was the catchphrase of the day for Leandra who didn't have shoes for the red carpet half an hour before they were supposed to leave. Half the time she was running barefooted along the corridors. That aside, for the record, Sly didn't sound as bad in the stadium as much as he did on tv. I suppose he really couldn't hear himself, what with the hysterical fans and all. Even during the rehearsal he was hearing the echo from the soundtrack rather than his voice. But I am glad Taufik won anyway.
The whole of yesterday afternoon was spent bumming around. My friend was trying to see how many times she could walk round the stadium in an hour. Others played cards in the holding room, watching Dick Lee rehearse his song on the small tv. Clair, Grace and I were inside the hall watching Sly and Taufik rehearse "I Dream'. He's really sweet - no wonder my friends are crazy about him. Babes (Conde) was there too, and she was telling us about her son Adam in ACS Barker, and then she talked about Sly in front of him - "Sly's such a playful boy" - they share quite a mother and son relationship, it's so sweet! Sly calls her "my lao shi". But really, when Taufik, Gurmit and Sly are together they fool around so much. From the breakdancing (attempts) to the faux punches, it's really funny to watch them together. Anyway, they did an impromptu duet version of "I Dream" during the soundcheck and dedicated it to Babes.
Taufik: "Once in a lifetime performance.."
Wonder if anyone recorded it.
"Hey Mrs Babes, did anyone ever go "Hey Babe" and you said "How did you know my name?" " asks Grace, the one with the dimples who makes Sly go "Why you keep showing off your dimples?!"
Babes: "haha..no I wasn't so smart at that time"
The food they provide is so bad, Polar Puffs taste like heaven. But the hair and makeup people from Jean Yip are really really good. And yes it is true that gay men do hair and makeup so much better than the females. They are so gentle, and they generally have better taste than the females. Oh well.
After counting down the hours of boredom, we finally decided to take a walk to the red carpet and the fans were going crazy everytime someone stuck a camera into their faces. But really, it felt weird thinking that the Sly fans were screaming for is the scrawny guy wearing his white polo tee with a blue "Sly" written on one corner, playing his gameboy/Nokia Engage (I don't know which) in the make up room oblivious to everyone else. It's, I dunno, surreal? Like, what's so special about him anyway?
If fans were screaming for jeassea, that I can understand. She's really really hot. During rehearsal she was wearing some T-shirt that went "sexy since 67" and really, she undeniably is the hottest. Ian says she has "curves at all the right places" and Clair was gushing about her butt. And once anyone gets started on jeassea, it has quite a snowball effect because everyone else starts gushing too. From where we're sitting, we get a really good view of everyone from the back, and some people's back views are really inspiring, some not so. And some have weird habits, like Taufik, who keeps putting the back of his left hand at his butt when he sings.
The atmosphere in the stadium was more than electrifying. I've never seen or heard anything like it before. (Ok maybe that's because I haven't gone for any rock concerts, not that I want to). When the fans screamed, I felt all my cello strings vibrate. And it all becomes this huge tsunami of noise - it's so loud that you don't hear anything. Actually, I don't really remember anything. Maybe it's because it was so much like the rehearsal, except for the fans. And the idols had so much more energy, it's like they were drawing energy from the crowd, which is supposed to happen anyway.
After the high comes the overwhelming desire to sleep, which I can't get enough of these days. Post idol flu sucks. I don't know how I lost my voice but it's gone anyway.
"What goes around comes around, what goes up must come down" ?
The flu bug spreads really fast in the stadium.
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