Today, this dream was brought to life, and it happened in my hometown.
My happiness cannot be described. I've been smiling the entire day, and I feel fantastic, like nothing can bring me down. Heck, I feel like I've downed an entire cauldron of Felix Felicis (Luck potion).
Okay let me start from the beginning, because this is something I want to remember for the rest of my life, even when I'm old and withered and knitting Harry Potter jumpers for my grandkids on this really antique rocking chair.
Alright so, on Thursday, Konark tweeted me a link from http://snitchseeker.com, informing me that the Phelp brothers, the twins who played the Weasley twins in the movies, are coming to Singapore for the exhibition opening.
Okay I'm exhausted now so I sound extremely unenthusiastic, but I spent a good whole hour spazzing on twitter, on my phone, everything.
It was so unbelievable, I was calling up people and making changes to plans, because there's no way in hell I'm giving up a chance like that.
It was written on SnitchSeeker that the opening will be held on a Friday.
I was trying to be a smartass, and so I thought that they meant Saturday on our timezones, and Friday theirs, 'cause the exhibition officially opens on the 2nd of June, which was a Saturday.
I was already making plans to rush down to MBS at 8AM on a saturday morning. You know shit gets real when Isabelle decides to rush down anywhere, at 8AM on a bloody Saturday morning.
BUT, later on in the evening, Gwen texted, telling us (it was an iMessage group) that her friend's (and some very messy connections, like friend's dad's friends or something) saw the twins at MBS.
I freaked big time. Literally flipped out and started making plans to go down to MBS on Friday instead. I already had plans with Clarice in the morning, and plans with my SP bros to celebrate our holiday.
But.. Weasley twins.
I was trying to fit everything in, and I was trying to persuade people to follow me there, so that I can still spend time with them, HAHA.
BUT, I went to sleep before I finalised anything.
Woke up late this morning (Friday), and decided to make breakfast for Clarice and I, so that I have an excuse for her to come up to my place, and therefore, there will be no need for me to rush, hehe.
Anyway, we made our way to Cineleisure, and I saw this at Somerset:
HEHHEHEHEHEHEHHEHE <3
We went to Vans first, because the both of us already wanted to get a pair of shoes from there, but to our huge disappointments, they didn't have our sizes. We were really dejected, and decided to visit other stores.
BTW I love GSS, 'cause I finally decided to get a Supras shoe from this.. shop. It was bright orange though. Seriously hoping it doesn't clash with my bag or something. AND IT WAS ONLY FOR $39.90. FREAKING SUPRAS FOR $39.90 DO YOU KNOW HOW CHEAP THAT IS.
50% off, I love GSS.
Okay so anyway, we decided to go back to the vans stall to ask if there were any other outlets with our sizes, because Clarice really wanted the shoes.
But at that moment, Novy called and told me that she saw a tweet on her timeline that mentioned that the Phelps brothers were at MBS taking pictures with a fan.
BUT IT WAS LIKE 1-2 HOURS AGO.
This is when my current favourite catchphrase comes into play. MAN, FUCK THAT SHIT.
Decided to try my luck and go down anyway.
I kind of left Clarice and Jialat at the vans store (I'M SO SORRY GUYS) and I rushed down all the way to MBS.
Mind you, it was a rather long way, and I was so impatient because the public transport seemed to have slowed down a great deal.
Of course that was all psychological.
I was tweeting and saying that I would clobber anyone with my Deathly Hallows book if they got in my way hahaha.
Thank goodness we went for the Titanic exhibition the other day, because I remembered the way to the ArtScience Museum.
I don't even know why I thought of that place, I mean they could have been walking around or something.. I don't know. But my instincts led me there anyway.
I was a crazed girl, running in MBS, bloody MBS. It's such a grand and classy place, and there I was, running like it was a normal old mall.
Somehow managed to take these shots of Harry Potter's advertisement while rushing though.
Anyway, as I was nearing the museum, I stopped short.
Right there, just outside the glass walls, was this very tall british man surrounded by beefy guys in black suits. I was literally standing there in shock, and then my mind came back and I sprinted towards the group.
I COULDN'T BELIEVE MY LUCK.
THEY WERE LEAVING THE PLACE, AND THEY WERE ALREADY WALKING OFF, AND I SAW THEM. IF I WAS A FEW SECOND TOO LATE, I WOULD HAVE MISSED THEM COMPLETELY. I CAN'T BELIEVE IT. THANK GOD, REALLY THANK GOD. I WAS PRAYING SO HARD AND THERE HE WAS, OLIVER PHELPS.
And it was perfect timing, because they weren't doing any event or anything, they were just touring around, going for lunch or something.
I WAS THE ONLY FAN THERE, aside from this little junior potterhead. I am so proud of him/her okay. Sorry I was so focused on Oliver Phelps that I didn't notice anybody else.
I AM SO HAPPY. DO YOU KNOW WHAT IT'S LIKE TO RUSH DOWN TO A PLACE ALONE, WITH NEARLY ZERO HOPE OF SEEING AN ACTOR FROM YOUR CHILDHOOD, AND THEN THERE HE WAS, IN ALL HIS BRITISH GLORY.
That sounded wrong somehow.
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HE WAS SO NICE, I rushed up to him and asked for a picture, and then he said "sure", and we took that picture. And then his guards started to usher him away from the place, and then I pleaded him to sign my book, and he turned around and signed it. SUCH A NICE MAN.
I was stopped by this chinese lady, who wanted to know what the fuss was all about. I was so bloody pissed with her, because that distraction made me lose sight of Oliver.
Managed to locate him once again, because of all the bodyguards around the area.
I felt so lost, I didn't know what to do. I was just standing probably 10 meters away from his restaurant, and I was just staring in.
Novy called me and literally screamed her head off at me, for a good 5 minutes. I didn't know how to react, it's like I lost all my ability to feel anything. I was in such a huge shock. I COULDN'T BELIEVE IT OKAY I ACTUALLY SAW OLIVER PHELPS, I SAW GEORGE FREAKING WEASLEY. I TOOK A PICTURE WITH GEORGE WEASLEY. DO YOU KNOW HOW AMAZING THAT FEELS?!
It took me some time, but I finally snapped back to my senses, and realised that I need to do something about this.
Went up to the bodyguards and asked if they knew when would the twins be leaving Singapore. They said they didn't know, but they do know that they'll be having some sort of opening ceremony that night, at 7PM.
That was all I needed.
Thanked them, and rushed back to my dad's place because my battery was down to 20%, and it sure as hell won't be able to last the day.
My twitter and iMessage was spammed so much LOL.
Rushed back, charged my phone, and spazzed with my personal big 7, while making plans with Xinyi and Christina to go down to the museum together.
Didn't get to charge my phone fully because of all the spazzing, but left my place anyway. Went to meet Jialat at TM because I wanted to buy socks, and he wanted to eat.
Hehehhehehe saw this at Tampines' MRT.
Anyway, met up with Jialat outside the train station, and we went to BHG to get my socks. That asshole sprayed like a hell lot of perfume (there were sample perfume near us) on me and I stank so badly. :(
So yeah, and then dinner, and then he went to meet Junyi, and I went to the train station.
Oh and Xinyi couldn't make it in the end, so it was just me and Christina.
You know, this was the first time we met each other, and it wasn't awkward AT ALL. I swear it felt like we knew each other for a long time. Okay technically we did, because of twitter and stuffs, but still.
Many thanks to @AccioOdair_ on twitter who kept us updated, 'cause she reached there before we did.
Got there and bloody hell, it was so beautiful!
We were mad pissed at the invited guests because they didn't even look interested. Hell, this kid walked in wearing this really disgusting blingy superman tanktop, walking around like she's a big shot or something. SHE'S LIKE 5 OR 6 WHAT THE ACTUAL FUCK.
I was so bloody jealous of all the kids, because they all looked so fucking bored.
We were so bloody pissed LOL.
But anyway, we asked around, and joined the queue of fans who were waiting for the twins. Unfortunately, it was a really small group of people, because this whole thing was so hushed up. I mean nobody made it a big deal or anything, so I doubt many people knew about it.
I'm assuming. I'm hoping.
BUT, it was also a good thing because that means we get to see the twins up close.
And up close we did.
This time, I went straight for James because I've already met Oliver.
Everyone was fighting for autographs, and I don't know why I didn't get mine, urgh. I just stood there with everyone, and the first thing that came into my mind was that I HAVE TO TALK TO HIM.
And so I asked him when will they be leaving Singapore, and he replied me, in an entire sentence, that they'll probably be leaving in an hour's time.
I DIED.
I REALLY DIED.
I'M NOT EVEN KIDDING GUYS I DIED.
I TALKED TO JAMES PHELPS.
WE HAD A SMALL, TWO LINED CONVERSATION.
BUT IT WAS STILL TALKING.
MY GOODNESS.
Oh and Christina passed them her Harry Potter photo album thing, and she opened the page to Fred and George Weasley, and James Phelps paused awhile to look at the picture, to see which twin he was, and he signed on himself.
SO ADORABLE OKAY OMFG.
And then they had to go in.. :( THIS LUCKY GIRL IN FRONT GOT A HUG FROM HIM THOUGH, EVERYONE SCREAMED LOL.
I shouted things like "WE LOVE THE WEASLEY TWINS!" and "FRED IS STILL ALIVE!". Hope they heard me.
It was a brief one minute thing, and we weren't satisfied. So we decided to stay and wait for an hour for them.
It was around then when these two girls approached us and asked if I was from PRSS. LOL. I was like "eh?" Turned out that they were juniors from PRSS too. I recognised Marilyn because she was from CO, but I've never seen the other girl, Ke Ni. Which was a huge pity because she was a potterhead too! And a pretty hardcore one and that.
They decided to wait with us, because they missed the twins, and Ke Ni was a mega huge fan of the both of them, like how I am with Tom Felton.
It was a.... frustrating hour.
It was the waiting that was frustrating though, the socialising bit was pretty awesome. We tried to figure out exits that the twins might take, and we waited there. There was a live band playing the Harry Potter soundtracks though, and I was gleefully naming most of them.
THEY PLAYED BUCKBEAK'S FLIGHT OKAY, AND THEY PLAYED FIREWORKS (like the soundtrack, not Katy Perry's), AND FIREWORKS WAS THE SOUNDTRACK THAT PLAYED WHEN THE WEASLEY TWINS WERE FLYING AROUND IN ORDER OF THE PHOENIX, MAKING HELL FOR UMBRIGE.
That was the twins most significant moment, in most of our opinions.
Christina used my personal hotspot so that we can continue spazzing with the rest of the people online, and ELIA'S REACTIONS WERE SO FUNNY. Couldn't stop laughing.
It was after awhile that we realise that it was a pointless wait, so we walked back to the entrance/exit/thingy.
Asked the guard standing there, and apparently there was an underground passage. Legit panicked, and went to ask one of the VIPs if the twins left already.
This lady told us she was very sure the twins left, and she was so confident about it, so we rushed off immediately.
THANK GOD FOR KE NI AND MARILYN OKAY. They already checked the British airway flights beforehand, and knew which terminal the twins were going to be at. We were still wondering whether we should wait at the hotel, or if we should go straight to the airport.
Decided to cab down to the airport in the end. We were outside Terminal 1's departure hall, and honestly, I didn't think we had a chance. They probably left like really long ago, and what are the chances of us meeting them again, seriously?
Keni and Marilyn did not give up though. Especially Ke Ni. She was close to tears because they're probably never going to come back again, and she just couldn't let this chance pass.
The both of them went to the other end to check whether there was any other possible ways to enter the departure hall. Christina and I were just hanging around. I was so exhausted, so I was just staring into blank space.
Then out of the corner of my eye, I saw this group of white people, and there were two really tall guys among them. They were quite a distance away though, and I really couldn't be sure, but I just started towards them and I was just going all like, "omg omg omg omg OMG OMG OMG!!!!!" and Christina was like "WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT WHAT??!?!" HAHA. K I momentarily lost my ability to make any coherent sentences okay because I just couldn't believe my luck.
Also I prayed very hard that I'll see them one last time, so once again, thank you Lord for answering my prayers :')
I STARTED PANICKING AND I JUST RUSHED TOWARDS THEM, AND CHRISTINA DID TOO, and we just stood there and the both of us just went like "OMG OMG OMG OMG OMG" while standing next to them. Apparently the VIP check-in thing was next to us all along.
The twins just went in like that, and I was like, shit. No. NO. And then I realised that the two girls weren't with us, so I hurriedly tweeted them (thank goodness we exchanged twitters) and they rushed back to us in time.
The lady at the counter for the premium check-in thing was like asking ask who they were, and Christina literally screamed at her, HAHAHAA OMFG I LAUGHED SO HARD OKAY. SHE WAS LIKE, "YOU DON'T KNOW THEM??!?!?? THEY ARE FROM HARRY POTTER!!!!!!"
IT WAS SO FUNNY HAHA THE LADY WAS STUNNED.
Then we asked if she could help us take autographs from them (I wanted James, Christina wanted Oliver's, Ke Ni and Marilyn probably wanted both), and she agreed. SUCH A NICE LADY I LOVE HER SO MUCH.
Oh, and the thing is, Christina brought her Philosopher's Stone book. Ke Ni brought Order of the Phoenix, and I brought Deathly Hallows.
So the three of us turned to the page with the most significant Fred/George moment.
Christina turned to the page where Fred and George suggested sending a toilet seat to Ginny, Ke Ni flipped to the "give her hell from us, Peeves!" page, and of course, mine was Fred's death scene.
We were just waiting outside, because we couldn't enter.
AND THEN THE TWINS WALKED TOWARDS US TO PERSONALLY RETURN US OUR BOOKS AND PENS.
DO YOU KNOW HOW FUCKING HAPPY I WAS.
THEY ARE SUCH NICE PEOPLE I AM SO HAPPY OMFG. THEY SERIOUSLY JUST WALKED TOWARDS US, AND PASSED US OUR BOOKS.
I ACTUALLY TOOK MY BOOK BACK FROM JAMES, OMFG. AND OLIVER WAS ASKING WHO'S MARKER WAS IT THAT HE WAS HOLDING, AND THEN I TOOK IT BACK FROM HIM AND THE FEELING WAS AMAZING.
I asked James if I could have a hug and WE HUGGED. IT WAS WARM AND NICE AND HE WAS MUSCULAR AND I FREAKING HUGGED JAMES PHELPS. I HUGGED FRED WEASLEY FOR GOODNESS SAKE.
I CAN'T, FANGIRLING OS MUCH RIGHT NOW. IT WAS SO GOOD IT WAS SO NICE, I FREAKING HUGGED HIM, I DIDN'T WANT TO LET HIM GO I ;ALKSJD;LKAJ;FHA;SKDJF;ALKSDJF;LAKSFJ
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Then we asked to take pictures with them and they agreed. ASKDJF;AIWHJ;ROIAJSDKFJ WE WERE SO LUCKY, WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO STAYED BEHIND FOR THEM, AND WE WERE THE ONLY ONES WHO WENT TO THE AIRPORT FOR THEM.
The twins in the premium check-in thing.
James Phelps with Ke Ni and I <3
The twins with all of us <3
HAHA OMG THESE POLICEMEN. They approached us and we all thought they were going to ask us to move away and not create such a crowd, but then one of them started fanboying and asked if he could have a picture taken with them after us. SO FUNNY HAHHAHAHA.
Oh oh, actually after taking pictures with us, Oliver started to move back in 'cause they had to go, and the policeman was like "but..", and then James was like staring at his brother, and calling out to him, and pointing to the police. AWWAKDJKF THAT BROTHERLY INTERACTION WAS SOK ;FAJWKJGA;SKDJF DYING.
THEIR SIGNATURES WERE SO MUCH NICER HERE. I CAN'T BELIEVE I GOT OLIVER'S SIGNATURE TWICE. AND SMILEY FACE. And my book was the only one that was signed off with (Fred) and (George). Hehe, I'm a lucky bitch. This is proof that Fred isn't dead. So tumblr worthy. Somebody should put this up for me or something.
Us with our signed books. THREE HAPPY POTTERHEADS. ARGHA;LSKJD;FAKJDF
Okay I'm so tired and I'm so happy and I wish this happiness could last forever and ever because damn, I LOVE BEING HAPPY.
Retweeted by Tom Felton on Tuesday, and met/hugged/took-pictures-with James and Oliver Phelps on Friday. I am brimming with happiness. I just can't stop smiling, and I can't stop staring at the pictures. Going to print a hard copy of it soon. I love today, thank you Lord for granting me this chance. <3
I AM SO HAPPPYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY.
June, be an awesome month alright? You started off perfectly, please continue being fantastic.
1 comment:
Huh. One word-- JEALOUS
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