idol fever

Went for Singapore Idol filmed rehearsal today, and was amazed by the number of young female fans Sly ("Sly" is easier to type than Sylvester - I have not joined his fan club.) has gotten. They look barely 14. And considering the fact that it was pouring today, I wonder why they don't have anything better to do than to get wet, wait three hours, just to speak to Sly for 1 minute? That's idol magnetism for you I suppose. But really, they're so normal! Sly walked into the room, and everyone stopped playing for a while, to check him out, and then turned back and continued playing their own stuff. He really looks like the typical beng you see hanging out at Far East Plaza. Taufik, well Taufik is nice and cheery. Well they both are. But he doesn't have a fan club!

Well but Sly's version of An Jing is quite good actually. (He was showing off his Jay Chou concert pass.) Sly of him to choose something that will earn him the votes of all the Chinese. I think we really have to admit that Singaporeans are a racist bunch. I don't think that I'm generalising at all. We are all closet racists. And increasingly there are more things to be closeted about. Why.

Anyway, when rehearsal ended, the clusters of Sly's fans were in the toilet, outside the door, everywhere. But the strangest thing is that when the whole posse walked past them, (colour coordinated in red and white), the fans just stared. Didn't ask for autographs, didn't scream, didn't anything. Just stared. Weird.