Autograph Session @ Oriental Place
*yawn*...up again at 11sth to get ready to go to Oriental Place. What we decided the night before is that we should get there at 1pm, eventhough the autograph session doesn't start till 5pm. Our philosophy is that, since we don't have those tickets to get an autograph, we should go earlier to line up or at least find a good place to stand.
Poor Alice got there before 1pm and saw the security people setting up the place. The rest of us didn't get there till about 1:30pm, so she ended up waiting by herself. A couple of other people were already there. We were tired and hungry and just didn't know what to do. However, it was nice to be in a group so at least there was a certain degree of "support". haha, and then they started to play Leo songs and we started to sing. Us in our ORANGE tees...hehe, everyone was staring at us, and that was the point! We wanted people to know that we had a group of die hard fans here and it was a good way to advertise for our website!! hehe =)
I don't remember the sequence in which the other kukus came, but there were a lot of =\ moments during those 4 hours as we anticipated Leo's arrival. I'm just glad we were there for each other and that we all pulled through in the end~ After a lot of mix up, we ended up being at the front of the line for the group "without tickets" but flo and I gave up our spot for Gloria and Karen S. What ended up happening was that EVERYONE got to go on stage and get an autograph/pic/handshake...everyone except fluss. well, Jeff didn't want to go so thats a different story. But ya...that was really poohie. We ran up and down the escalators and and screamed at the top of our lungs, waving signs, lifting banners, just...totally making a fool of ourselves. I think what I enjoyed most about it though, was not the actual LEO part of it all, but seeing how happy sumsum was to go on stage, how excited Carmen was to be there, and Cece telling me how glad she was to meet a group of people who equally as crazy. HAHAHA...I think all those things means so much more than seeing Leo there and getting his autograph.
There was an incident while we were lining up when some not-so-civilized people were budding and causing trouble. So some other people had to call security and it got pretty messy. Standing there and listening to them swear and each other and stuff...reminded me that I'm not longer 14-15. I was there and I was crazy, but I was civilized and considerate of others. I was glad, and I felt proud to say I've waited 11 years for all this =) I'm sure I can get a couple of nodding heads...hehe!! I think that this "step back into time" was good for me...I got to live out a childhood dream, and it made me realize how childish it really was. Heck, no regrets though, b/c every part of the experience made me very happy, yup...even the poohie moments!!
I think we (our kuku group) set a very good impression the night before, and so a lady from Tai Pan approached Alice when she was on stage to ask for our contact info, stating that Lorraine would like to have us at the airport when Leo leaves. I was really happy to hear that, not b/c of seeing Leo again, but to know that we did set a good impression on him (note: this notion does not last long) we hung around a bit after the autograph session, and we even asked the Tai Pan people if we could take a group pic in front of the stage!! haha, crazy kukus. It was good b/c we didn't crowd around the glass room where they were doing interviews and we didn't push and shove like others. mm, very proud of my fellow kukus =)
We even discovered that the bald guy who was walking around is a choir member from CMC!! too bad we didn't know earlier, or else he could have done something for us, or so he claims..haha. But it was nice chatting with him for a bit...you can always tell who's a Catholic =) It was also really nice to see Cindy again after so many years!! Yes, YEARS...she was one of the "orginal 6". Actually, Leo really pulls us together b/c we got to see Peggy again too!! aww man, my kukus...I miss you all so much. Now that I'm typing this up a week after all the fuss, it makes me really miss all the kuku stuff we did together~ *hugs* for my kukus!!
Saturday was a very special day...it was a day when the kukus stood together and really BONDED. We weren't like those people on JSG covering our faces, but we stood proud and sang at the top of our lungs. Many people walked by, pointed, smirked, took pictures, whatever...but that didn't affect us at all. We weren't doing it for Leo, but for each other. It was a very special moment. One I will never forget. So what if Leo didn't look at us once or gave rat's ass that we were there, all that matters is that we WERE there...together.
Thank You My Dear KuKus =)
Poor Alice got there before 1pm and saw the security people setting up the place. The rest of us didn't get there till about 1:30pm, so she ended up waiting by herself. A couple of other people were already there. We were tired and hungry and just didn't know what to do. However, it was nice to be in a group so at least there was a certain degree of "support". haha, and then they started to play Leo songs and we started to sing. Us in our ORANGE tees...hehe, everyone was staring at us, and that was the point! We wanted people to know that we had a group of die hard fans here and it was a good way to advertise for our website!! hehe =)
I don't remember the sequence in which the other kukus came, but there were a lot of =\ moments during those 4 hours as we anticipated Leo's arrival. I'm just glad we were there for each other and that we all pulled through in the end~ After a lot of mix up, we ended up being at the front of the line for the group "without tickets" but flo and I gave up our spot for Gloria and Karen S. What ended up happening was that EVERYONE got to go on stage and get an autograph/pic/handshake...everyone except fluss. well, Jeff didn't want to go so thats a different story. But ya...that was really poohie. We ran up and down the escalators and and screamed at the top of our lungs, waving signs, lifting banners, just...totally making a fool of ourselves. I think what I enjoyed most about it though, was not the actual LEO part of it all, but seeing how happy sumsum was to go on stage, how excited Carmen was to be there, and Cece telling me how glad she was to meet a group of people who equally as crazy. HAHAHA...I think all those things means so much more than seeing Leo there and getting his autograph.
There was an incident while we were lining up when some not-so-civilized people were budding and causing trouble. So some other people had to call security and it got pretty messy. Standing there and listening to them swear and each other and stuff...reminded me that I'm not longer 14-15. I was there and I was crazy, but I was civilized and considerate of others. I was glad, and I felt proud to say I've waited 11 years for all this =) I'm sure I can get a couple of nodding heads...hehe!! I think that this "step back into time" was good for me...I got to live out a childhood dream, and it made me realize how childish it really was. Heck, no regrets though, b/c every part of the experience made me very happy, yup...even the poohie moments!!
I think we (our kuku group) set a very good impression the night before, and so a lady from Tai Pan approached Alice when she was on stage to ask for our contact info, stating that Lorraine would like to have us at the airport when Leo leaves. I was really happy to hear that, not b/c of seeing Leo again, but to know that we did set a good impression on him (note: this notion does not last long) we hung around a bit after the autograph session, and we even asked the Tai Pan people if we could take a group pic in front of the stage!! haha, crazy kukus. It was good b/c we didn't crowd around the glass room where they were doing interviews and we didn't push and shove like others. mm, very proud of my fellow kukus =)
We even discovered that the bald guy who was walking around is a choir member from CMC!! too bad we didn't know earlier, or else he could have done something for us, or so he claims..haha. But it was nice chatting with him for a bit...you can always tell who's a Catholic =) It was also really nice to see Cindy again after so many years!! Yes, YEARS...she was one of the "orginal 6". Actually, Leo really pulls us together b/c we got to see Peggy again too!! aww man, my kukus...I miss you all so much. Now that I'm typing this up a week after all the fuss, it makes me really miss all the kuku stuff we did together~ *hugs* for my kukus!!
Saturday was a very special day...it was a day when the kukus stood together and really BONDED. We weren't like those people on JSG covering our faces, but we stood proud and sang at the top of our lungs. Many people walked by, pointed, smirked, took pictures, whatever...but that didn't affect us at all. We weren't doing it for Leo, but for each other. It was a very special moment. One I will never forget. So what if Leo didn't look at us once or gave rat's ass that we were there, all that matters is that we WERE there...together.
Thank You My Dear KuKus =)
posted by wuss at
12:31 PM
2 Comments:
*beam* totally agree.. so proud of us as a group.. so proud of us as OUR own support.. not to say *SCREW LEO!* but.. hahaha.. he bought us together.. and we worked to get this far... =) the autograph day was definitely a day to remember... so much love.. so much laughs... so many kukus =P
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flo, at October 01, 2005 2:43 PM
Thanks for such a detailed report! I got lazy and never did write mine down. But I guess it was TOO memorable for any of us to ever forget that *PERFECT DAY* .
Reading your entry made me smile again. Reminds me of all those UPS and DOWNS . So we've known each other for more than 4 years already! Thanks to Leo...he created the KUKUs =D
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