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Selayang Mall, the final meet-the-fans-session for the season Sevelynn, Chun Yiun, Mei Ling and I decided to car pull since we were not sure of the location of Selayang Mall. Mei Ling is very familiar with the place. We met up at Sevelynn’s house at 1.30pm. On the way there, we were busy sms-ing, voting for “Mimpi” in RTM TV1’s Hits1. It was a very close fight between “Mimpi” and “Seru” (by Misha Omar, the theme song for “Pontianak Harum Sundal Malam II”), which ended with “Mimpi” in second place; “Seru” lead by 0.3%, a very narrow margin. Well, we will definitely not giving up on this chart.
We reached “Selayang Mall” at about 2.45pm. We saw a group of “Pinkies” but wait a minute, they were young kids, age from 3-5, mostly dressing in Pink. There weren’t any Daniel’s posters on the stage. And there were many Barbie dolls selling near the stage. there were some posters of dolls on the stage. We then asked the sales person, and found out that we were at the wrong complex! It wasn’t Selayang Mall, but SUMMIT SQUARE! It was already 2.55pm when we got back into the car. We rushed to the ACTUAL Selayang Mall, which was about 5 minutes away from Summit Square. However, it was really jammed, and we had difficulties looking for parking. We got down from the car, rushed into the mall, leaving the driver alone to search for parking. Gee, we were bad right?
I saw a big crowd when I was walking towards the location and I heard Daniel’s “I Love To See You Now” (Xian Zai, Hen Xiang Jian Ni). When I got nearer to the crowd, I found out we were actually on the Ground Floor, and the stage was in Lower-Ground. Can you imagine, how BIG will be the crowd be at downstairs? All I could say is, the crowd was awesome! I squeezed my way through to the left side of the Pinkies’ corner located by Sony BMG. Szen then decided to get to the right side of the stage to lead the cheer. I followed Szen, leaving Ostrova, Sevelynn and the other Pinkies to cheer from the left corner. It was a rather small space. I knocked so many people, stepped so many legs while I made my way there with my bag, camera, board and whistle. Sorry aunty Kumiko, sorry Suet's mum, sorry Pinkies.
“Mimpi” and “Fly” (Fei) were played over and over again while waiting for Daniel to come out. As usual, Pinkies sang along. The DJ was impressed and asked us to shout. We shouted “Daniel, Xian Zai Hen Xiang Jian Ni” (Daniel, we love to see you now). At 3.30pm, the emcee, Pei Pei came out and asked us to shout for Daniel to come out. And the moment that we had been waiting for, at last, our Hero, Daniel, came out from the back stage.
Daniel: Hello!!Pinkies screamed and cheered and whistled, too. Daniel was wearing a Pink tee with a white long sleeve tee inside, a black pants and his black shoes. Daniel was very happy to see the crowd. Daniel and Pei Pei greeted each other.
Pei Pei: Your fans are all in Pink to support you today. Coincidently, I’m also in Pink!Daniel started of with “Xian Zai, Hen Xiang Jian Ni”. The fans sang along, as if it was our show. Aunty Qunity and Jwong was dancing in front of the Pinkies crowd and Daniel saw them.
Daniel: Hai ke yi tiau wo ah.. (Still can dance ya..)
Haha... Aunty Quiny and Aunty Jwong, both of you were caught in action. ;D After the song, Pei Pei told Daniel that the crowd on the left side of the stage was asking Daniel to face them when he sings (he was facing the front crowd most of the time when he sang the first song). After receiving Pei Pei’s message, Daniel walked towards the left crowd. He said “Hello” to the fans over there, and they screamed! He then greeted the crowd on the right side of the stage, and eventually looked up! He was surprised to see so many people upstairs. It was flooded with people in Ground Floor and First Floor.
Daniel: I haven’t seen such big crowd for a very long time.
This was the first autograph session after the long break from Chinese New Year. Pei Pei also said, after so many years in the industry, she haven’t seen so many people for a meet-the-fans-session.
Pei Pei (to the fans): Will you be there for all Daniel’s functions?Fans: Yes!!I thought she will ask whether the fans will follow him to East Malaysia for promotion in April.
Up next was “Organic Love” (You Ji). He told the fans that he will treat this as a karaoke session and requested everyone to sing with him. Without fail, the fans sang along with him from the beginning till the end of the song. In the beginning of the song, some Pinkies shouted, “Daniel, pinkies love you” and he was very sweet to give the fans a flying kiss while singing, which made the pinkies shouted, and *melted* of course.
After the heart-melting song, it was time for some games. They needed five persons on the stage. I saw many hands up in the air, waiting to be picked. Pei Pei picked one girl from the crowd. Then, it was Daniel’s turn. He picked one guy from the right side, one girl from the middle crowd (Priscilla, a Pinkie) and another gal from the left crowd. They needed another one. Pinkies were pointing at Aunty Swan. Pei Pei suggested Daniel to pick her.
Daniel: She’s my mum. Pei Pei: Your mum is here, too?! How about this little boy (pointing to Aunty Bagus’ son)?Aunty Bagus: He’s me son.Pei Pei: Oh, you forced him here?Everyone laughed. However, Daniel picked a little girl. Pei Pei doubted she’s too young to play the game.
Daniel: It shouldn’t be a problem. She can do it.There was a teenage girl, carrying the little girl up the stage. Are you ready for the games? Sit tight and enjoy yourselves.
It started with the little girl. Pei Pei asked for her name (I’ve forgotten, sorry), her age
(4 years old), who’s she seeing today
(Daniel), what song she knows how to sing
(Lee Chee Hun) Haha.. We really had a good laugh.
Pei Pei: Oh, as long as it’s Lee Chee Hun’s, she knows how to sing them. What song you want to sing now?There was total silence. She looked adorable up there, her eyes were so big! The teenage girl who carried her up told Pei Pei “You Ji”. So, Daniel assisted her.
Daniel: Na li qu xun zhao you ii de..Little gal: Ai..Daniel: Duo ai yi hui ye bu shou shang..Little gal: Hai… Hahahah… She was absolutely cute and the crowd laughed and cheered for her. Pei Pei told Daniel to hold the little girl’s hands. Daniel took her hand, hugged her and they were ready for a picture. Pinkies made a lot of noises because….. yes, we were jealous!
Pei Pei: I also want to be 4 year old. Can hold Daniel’s hand and let Daniel hug and take picture. Why didn’t we have LEE CHEE HUN when we were 4?Gosh, Pei Pei was superb. She has a great sense of humour and never fails to interact with the crowd.
Now, it was time for the remaining contestants. All of them introduced themselves. After they introduced themselves,
Pei Pei: Oh, I’ve forgotten all your names.Haha.. Me, too. I have difficulties in remembering people’s name. The first to perform was the boy. He sang “Xian Zai, Hen Xiang Jian Ni”. His singing was not bad. Pei Pei even said that he can become Malaysian Idol 3. Next was a girl. She was a sales promoter in one of the shops in Selayang Mall (from the t-shirt she wore).
Pei Pei: Aren’t you supposed to be working? Why are you here? Did your boss know about this?Girl: I’ve already asked for permission.Pei Pei: Your boss approved?Girl: Er….I don’t know.Pei Pei: You don’t know and you dare to come here? Your boss must be a great fan of Daniel, too. Now, what song that you want to sing?Girl: I worked during the day and I only listen to Daniel’s songs when I am sleeping. Hence, I can’t really remember the lyrics of his songs… I will sing “Xian Zai, Hen Xiang Jian Ni”.I saluted her for the courage to go up there to sing, in front of such big crowd and plus on her uniform!!
The second girl chose to sing “Xian Zai, Hen Xiang Jian Ni” too.
Pei Pei: You want to hold Daniel’s hand while singing? Eh, cannot. You can only look at him and sing.Haha… She really looked at Daniel and sing. Wooh, I guess if other Pinkies were up there, many must have fainted before they even start to sing. Both of them were standing about 4-5 feet away from each other. Daniel was a little nervous and shy. He laughed and smiled all the way. She didn’t have a perfect voice, but I give her credit for the courage to be up there. Her message to Daniel was “I’ll always support you”.
The last girl was Priscilla. She was wearing her Pinkie tee with her name behind. Hence, when Pei Pei said “The last one now and you are…”, Daniel replied “Priscilla”. Waoh, Daniel, you took the trouble to remember Pinkies name! It was really sweet of him. Since the first 3 people sang the same song, she decided to sing Daniel’s winning song, “Mimpi”. I like the way Priscilla hold the microphone, so professional!!
Pei Pei: You can look at Daniel while singing. Eh, you are taller than Daniel.Guess what Daniel did next? He actually tip-toed, so that he can be a little taller. Oh my. His action made the crowd burst into laughter. When Priscilla sang the last verse of “Mimpi”, Pinkies shouted “MIMPI” with the Daniel’s hand signature, pointing up the sky.
Priscilla: I’ll always support you. Pinkies will always support you. A big round of applause for Priscilla and all the other contestants. All the five of them received a poster each from Daniel and they took a group picture together.
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