a memorable day..

December 28th, 2007...supposingly my plan was going to ipoh parade to meet karen kong at 2pm and after that meet my friends in jusco at about 3 something to 4..but everything was messed up the moment i arrived at ipoh parade at 1pm with my sis and saw karen's poster stating that she'll come at 5.30pm...what??!??another 4 hours plus?karen did update on friendster the day before, just that i didn't realise there was a change of time.. some of my friends were already going to jusco..my plan was ruined...friends are more important but my plan wasn't like that..if i knew karen kong was coming at 5.30..i should have gone to jusco first..anyway..since my friends were on their way out..i changed venue instead..meet in ipoh parade..not jusco..so sue jane and irene came..hehe..but i seriously felt so bad for changing venue all of a sudden and joyce couldn't turn up because of that..sorry...!!

since irene was hungry..so we headed to kopitiam junction to kill some time and spend time together as irene's leaving ipoh for further studies..

and then we had a picture...


just the lost sheep..the queen and the prisoner aka lost shepherd..


oh yeah..met adeline there so she hopped into the picture too..hehe

we loitered around after that while waiting for 5.30pm to come..there was not a single banner or poster on stage and it seemed that hardly anyone knew karen was coming nor who karen was..hmm..i wonder why..irene left at about 5.30 so she couldn't see karen..left sue jane and me..
past 5.30 and not a sign at all that she was coming..just a few people and the emcee were at the stage waiting..met some friends and even they didn't know who karen was..they even thought she was my friend..lol..how nice if it's true.. if you don't know, her chinese name is Gong Ke Yun..

we loitered around the stage area while waiting and ate sushi..treated by sue jane =)



the empty stage awaiting karen..

the banner was finally hung at about 6 i think..and then only they started playing her songs..i was glad that more and more people started coming..


the crews hanging up the banner


ready..


aiks..what happen?why this way?maybe due to the word "launch press conference" on the banner as it's supposed to be promo tour..


since karen's not here yet so napped a picture of doraemon 1st..hehe


finally karen has arrived at 6.30pm..wonder why it was delayed..that's the emcee..


at last!! she's here!


first song she sang was Biao Yen..also the title of her album
here's the video..sorry for the other voices in the video..hehe


if you notice..she waved at me and said "hello" somewhere towards the ending.. =)


cute isn't she?


pretty isn't she?





Then she sang "Li Dao"...here's the video..she gave me a poster too..hehe..



the short clip below is when karen advised the crowd to support original cds..



next was the game session..well i simply volunteered to play..hmm..not goanna say anything about it..haha..embarrassing..i'm just bad at it...anyway i got a goody bag with a poster, a packet of wafer cubes, a bottle of sunsilk conditioner and a note pad..

then she sang another song titled, "Chen Mo Mi Mi"..a very nice song..




and then one of my favourite songs, "Zhen Zhen Tiao", originally in malay titled "Akan" in her malay album..



when almost everything was over..i had thoughts if i should support and buy her album?for your info..karen's album cannot be found in any cd shop but only during her promo tour where you can buy below the stage so it's like now or never..although my mum already bought her album when she saw her in sabah during her vacation, i felt i should buy 1 on my own too to support karen though i was really broke already..anyway, rm30 for her album is worth for the nice and soothing songs and a nice poster..so i headed to the table and bought the album right before the autograph session..i influenced sue jane to buy 1 too..hehe..i was too excited to get into the queue fo autograph that i almost forgot to get my change of money back..lol..managed to queue up 2nd while sue jane was 1st to go up the stage..

my mum bought her malay album too so i had 3 albums in hand..got her autograph on my mum's behalf for the malay album and an extra autograph on the already signed chinese album..karen signed on my poster too =)


yay!a picture together...so sweet of her..notice any similarities int he picture?her left hand and my right hand..we both wore bangles!!lol..pure coincidence..i love bangles too..


after getting her autograph and a picture with her..we wondered around and realised that the line wasn't that long and decided to go up for another round since i had another 2 unsigned posters (one given by her while she was singing,another for playing the game on stage) and sue jane had another 1 given by her too..so there we went..i asked the emcee if we could go up again and she allowed us to..this time, we let her sign on our cd instead and another poster with my name on it this time..


and there..another picture together..karen gave a cuter pose this time while i hold her album up..hehe..felt a lil guilty too for bothering her..lol..i could actually see that the manager didn't really like it..well who cares anyway..karen herself didn't mind..


after everything was over..i hung around there as my parents were not there yet..look..she even signed after going down the stage for a few who didn't manage to get her autograph in tim..wanted to have another picture with her (greedy..lol)..but very guilty already for disturbing her..so i didn't and the manager was already kinda ignoring me on purpose..i'm not obsessed but it's not an everyday chance right?


ever smiling karen kong..


stage cleared..saw her walking out of ipoh parade and she waved at me =)

she's indeed a very sweet, friendly, loving and humble celebrity..she talked to me just like a friend..


posters..cds..and the goody bag i got for participating in the game..




yeah!with my name on the album cover and poster..

really had a great time that day..thanks irene for the outing and sue jane for accompanying me till the end..and to karen, for all your autographs and pictures...karen's performance was great..you wouldn't realise it's a live singing cause it sounded just as good as in the cd..not all artiste can sing as nice during live performance compared to cd so she's one..if everyou have a chance to meet her..don't hesitate to purchase her original album..it's not in the market to ban piracy..it may not be able to ban piracy but they hope people will get the message of the importance of supporting original..

and guess what?i went home and posted a comment on karen's fan profile..to my surprise, she replied me and sent me a friendster message personally!!she sort of remembered me that time..wonder if she still does..and guess what again?i'm going to mid valley this sunday and karen is going there for her promo tour..wow!!hopefully i can make it there to see her at 2pm if there is no change of time..

that's all for now..