So the last week has been awesome although there were exams but now that I have gotten that out of the way... partehhh!
After we finished our last paper, Overview of Producing, Chapmanites '14 (students of Chapman students bascially) gathered at Mary's place to celebrate Christmas. It was, for lack of a better word, great. And it was also the first time I sang properly in front of my Uni mates. Haha. Here's a snippet of it that Rowena took.
HAHA my rapping
With Faseha, Lilin and ze TKBand senior, Sijia
Much thanks to Mary's husband for being Santa!
My secret Santa gift to Zhenhao and Pavandeep's gift to me. (P.S. everyone seems to think that I'm really thin le sigh haha)
The beautiful/awesome/crazy/funny party people :)
Met up with the Poly bunch just now for Eudora's birthday dinner.
We went to Vintage Delicafe which was around Haji Lane. The food was delicious but I think I waited for almost an hour for my grilled chicken. Freaking grilled chicken. Gotta avoid that place on Friday nights and weekends for sure.
I can't emphasize this enough but honestly I will never ever feel as comfortable around anyone else compared to these wonderful people. They don't judge me, they put up with all my nonsense, they laugh at my horrible jokes and they make me tell them stuff that I honestly would prefer not to say...
AND they got The Script concert tickets for my birthday.
I was really, really surprised - that's a big deal by the way - I have a knack at spoiling surprises that are meant for me. Lol. I absolutely can't wait. Yiyun's my concert companion too so that's double the awesomeness. Sigh, guys I really don't know what to say. Here's a heart for y'all ♥, another one ♥, and many more ♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥♥
All these meetings with each other really assure me that things are gonna be just fine when the five of you (Stef, Rach, Dee, Mel, Brenda) go to Perth for further studies... I hope.
Anyway, happy holidays everyone! One week to Korea oh man am I stoked or what?! Hehe.
P.S. I'm not being biased but everyone has to check out Boys Like Girls' new album. It is amazing and it has got to be their best work yet. So proud of them.
Here comes the last month of the year. It certainly has been a crazy year, but woah, the first week of December has been insane! And I mean it in a good way.
29th, 30th November (I know this ain't December yet, but shh):
These two days are what I'd like to call 'Pre-Sundown Festival', simply because I spent the night of 29th at the airport waiting for BtoB's arrival, which was actually a last minute decision and the 30th trying to catch them again but ended up catching other artistes at the rehearsal. Lol.
Here's a pic I took of my favourite member Ilhoon hur.
Stef, Brenda and I camwhoring while waiting at the venue for rehearsal the next day. Hahahaha I'm so gross.
Ended up seeing Anthony Neely and Liu Li Yang! Anthony acknowledged us when we waved by showing us a peace sign. Hehe cute. See why I like HIM artistes? Haha!
BtoB did go for rehearsal after the fanmeet at J-Cube, but by that time we were already sitting comfortably at Stef's place munching on pizza and watching MAMA (Mnet Asia Music Awards). Check out Justine's and Cheryl's write-ups at Dinoseoul about Sundown Festival 2012's press conference and concert. Photos here, here and here. Video highlights below.
1st December:
This day was insanely insane really. Brenda and I went for 2NE1's soundcheck which I won tickets to. It was pretty cool seeing them again after their guerrilla concert at Clarke Quay last month. I was really happy to hear 'I Love You' live. They also sang 'In The Club' and 'Stay Together' which I wasn't very familiar with, but I love the former. The girls were really friendly and pretty (Dara, please stop all your perfection) and it was awesome to see them so up-close. No pics for this because security was darn strict and I almost died when security caught us taking photos. Eek. Anyway, do check out Mel's review of the concert (photos here) and yes here are video highlights again.
We then went over to MBS to catch PSY at his showcase.
As many of you might know, 'Gangnam Style' is a highly overrated song to me. But I was won over by this man who had so much stage presence! I will not go on any longer because you can just read my review over at Dinoseoul, photos here. And yayyy video highlights... again.
As a bonus, check out my favourite song from him.
Just hear all those people singing along. One thing's for sure - you go to a PSY gig, get ready to enjoy yourself, A LOT.
5th December:
I turned 20. And I had Feature Analysis exam that day. Luckily the movie we were made to watch was 'Finding Nemo' and not something like 'Out of Africa' or 'Citizen Kane' or I'd have killed someone. Faseha and Mary bought me food and drinks for my lunch (hehehe free food) and my awesome classmates dressed up like me.
Sigh Hirzi you really... LOL.
Met up with Stef and Brenda after school for dinner. Thanks for the cupcakes hehe love you both. Thank you too, to those who wished me be it in person, through text, Facebook or Twitter! ^^
6th December:
After finishing our presentations for Overview of Production, our school had a pizza party (yay free food again) and I went over to meet Brenda to get ready for RaNia's Singapore stop for their Asia Tour. It got delayed for quite a bit but overall it was a pretty nice event. The only thing that marred the night was this 'official' videographer/photographer blocking everyone's view for a nice group photo of the girls during the autograph session. Not to mention, she kind of shoved me out of the way when we were walking past each other. Omg, disgusting inconsiderate stuck-up fat piece of shit. The next time I see her she's gonna get a high-five from me... on her face... with spiked gloves.
Anyway, the showcase itself was really enjoyable. I wasn't familiar with their songs but they certainly did impress me quite a bit.
We were really close to the stage - closest to ANY K-pop concert/showcase I will ever be. We even got to shake hands with Xia. So cool. Deserving special mention is main vocalist Riko, who sang a solo song, 'That's Me', and who totally stole my heart that day. Sheesh, I think I'm a little infatuated with her. She's so gorgeous and just oozes a kind of elegance and innocence (though that doesn't seem to fit when one thinks about RaNia LOL). I swear I couldn't take my eyes off of her throughout the whole night. HAHA. Sorry not sorry.
Hi I think I love you.
Read my full concert review here (don't worry there is no spazzing in there), you can also check out the rest of the photos here.
8th December:
Freaking SHINee World 2! I would first like to thank Radio 1003 for the tickets that I won through their Facebook contest. I got more than I asked for when the tickets turned out to be free standing tickets. The concert was... wow, just wow. And although my life decreased by many years from the sound of the fireworks I really enjoyed myself.
My concert companion, Sziyi!
Let me just say how flawless the boys were. They were all so happy and I'm sure their emotions went on as much as a roller coaster ride as much as mine did. And Taemin... whenever I see him I just feel so proud of him. I was in awe watching his solo performance of 'Get Up!' originally by Korn ft. Skrillex. Was that really the cute maknae of SHINee screaming 'SHUT THE F*** UP, GET UP!'?! And his performance of 'Internet War' with Jonghyun absolutely got me crazy again. I already saw it live at SMTOWN, but this time it was 352748 times closer... and better.
Just five metres away from me during 'Internet War' and just working it during 'Lucifer'.
But as manly and badass he may look during these performance, I guess SM's not going to let him shed his innocent, and uh, feminine side yet - he appeared on the VCR of 'Tie a Yellow Ribbon' as Minho's girlfriend. Sigh.
Jonghyun thoroughly impressed me with 'Y Si Fuera Ella'. There was so much emotion. And the whole rose petals, water and blood plus needing a dancer to help him off the stage combination was a nice touch. The last part was funny though, if anything.
The most touching part was when a VCR of the boys since pre-debut days showed and they started crooning 'The Name I Loved'. It was beautiful and I couldn't help but tear. Yeah okay I know I cry every concert, go away...
I was sad to see them go but they came back for an encore and the boys started throwing balls everywhere and I managed to catch one that Onew threw. LOL uh here it is...
LOL no judging allowed please.
The fans and SHINee also celebrated Minho's and Onew's birthdays and it resulted in a cake fight initiated by Jonghyun. Haha, and Key was being really cute and all with his Buzz Lightyear glove.
Got to meet Wenhui and Vinnie after the concert too.
All in all, I thought that the first SHINee World was better, despite the number of awesome stages. I think too much rock remixes and screamo makes me wanna die (and because I was quite bummed that they didn't sing '1000 Years Always By Your Side'). And because they sang 'Romantic' the first time round. Heh. But you know, they never disappoint and it was still a stellar concert - great way to end the K-pop craze in Singapore for 2012.
So that concludes these past few days. Back to studying. Be back after exams!
