HK Trip Day 2
Hardly slept a wink...Maybe drank too much coke, or maybe the bed was too small for two...Anyway, had a leftover polo bun for breakfast and met up with Littlefish and the rest at a posh shopping mall (called Harbour City I think) in Tsim Sha Tsui. We had lunch at a food court-like place selling Asian cuisine. Haha, we were too scared of being sea-sick to eat much so in the end four of us shared two plates of fried rice. We headed off to catch the ferry to HK Island (was it Wan Chai? Can’t remember again...) Then to the meeting place for the cruise! I was worried about being sea-sick due to my lack of sleep for the past two days, plus the slightly choppy seas...turned out we were all ok, thankfully!
Filled with anticipation...the cruise started with a band performance by ‘the Gootles’. It was quite funny because the yacht was swaying quite a bit, so the mic-stand and other stuff were very unsteady and almost toppled over if not for Money who caught it just in time! I can’t remember the exact sequence of other events, but there was a lucky draw (prizes like t-shirts, watch and Slazenger shoes!), games segment (charades – Goodae was so funny!), singing (Vic and Money dancing around!), birthday wishes clip and cutting of cake. The cruise seemed too short! We took photos with HK friends, Goodae & Goomo again, 25, Vic, Money and of course ah C! Dear Money also helped us get some of our CDs autographed...thanks!
After that, we went to Cat Café for a light dinner before going to Kowloon Tong to catch the special buses that would bring us to TVB studio for Jade Solid Gold 1st round Awards Presentation! My first time at a TV event! It was quite a long ride to Cheung Kwan Ou. The few of us were chatting away in our usual English/Singlish/Mandarin mix spiced with a few occasional Cantonese/Hokkien/Malay words. After some time, a couple of curious Hong Kongers sitting opposite us asked what language we were speaking, cos they couldn’t help overhearing our conversation and were amused by what sounded vaguely familiar and yet incomprehensible! Uniquely Singapore!
JSG was held outdoors for the first time and thank goodness for the good weather! Everyone was given raincoats (we were going to be sprayed with water!) and balloons to wave around. A standing event…our legs were already dying, help! Anyway no choice, just have to bear with it for an hour or so. The first award went to Kelly Chen’s 希望. Both Fran and I can’t stand the song cos we have heard it too often on TV! And a few Kelly fans in front of us kept waving their signboards even when Kelly wasn’t singing, blocking our already half-blocked view, balloons and all. Next up, Hocc’s 如無意外 yeah! Think she wasn’t feeling well as her voice sounded a bit hoarse. But her jamming session with Miriam was the best of the night, a rock version of Home of Glory and a Miriam song partly sang through loudspeakers!
Others awards: Blessing/Hins Cheung, 自導自戀/Alex Fong, 我們三/Toby Leung, 小黑與我/Fiona Sit (her fans were so noisy beside us!), 佳節/Hacken Lee (absent), 明日恩典/Joey Yung, 浪漫時代/Deep Ng, 勁歌金曲/Leo Ku, 冬ling時間/Twins, 長信不如短迅/Miriam Yeung
Other crossover sessions: Toby, Fiona and Twins (dance hits), Hins, Alex and Deep (drum n sing) and Kelly, Joey and Leo (bossa nova medley, also the time when they started spraying water at us poor audience!)
After event, Sum and others brought us to where the singers were leaving and we hung around hoping to catch some action. We got more than we bargained for! Hocc’s van was leaving but stopped some distance away and we made a mad dash. Some HK fans knew we were from overseas and made way for us to squeeze to the front. Wc pushed me to the van entrance while saying something like ‘quick, take the chance!’ I was stunned to be so near Hocc. She was sitting inside looking at us while we just stood there like dummies at the entrance. Then Gu took the initiative to shake her hand. I followed, and Fran also. Her handshake is very firm, and she looks at you straight in the eye with a serious expression. Haha, I was at a loss for words! Fran was the only one speaking normally, but then she had a mission – to help her friend pass something over. It was quite an experience!
Judy and Sum were great, escorting us back to our hotel in case we lost our way. On the way back, we detoured to Temple St. But unfortunately it was too late so most of the stalls were closing. But we had already done so much in the day so missing out on this wasn’t too regretful.
Filled with anticipation...the cruise started with a band performance by ‘the Gootles’. It was quite funny because the yacht was swaying quite a bit, so the mic-stand and other stuff were very unsteady and almost toppled over if not for Money who caught it just in time! I can’t remember the exact sequence of other events, but there was a lucky draw (prizes like t-shirts, watch and Slazenger shoes!), games segment (charades – Goodae was so funny!), singing (Vic and Money dancing around!), birthday wishes clip and cutting of cake. The cruise seemed too short! We took photos with HK friends, Goodae & Goomo again, 25, Vic, Money and of course ah C! Dear Money also helped us get some of our CDs autographed...thanks!
After that, we went to Cat Café for a light dinner before going to Kowloon Tong to catch the special buses that would bring us to TVB studio for Jade Solid Gold 1st round Awards Presentation! My first time at a TV event! It was quite a long ride to Cheung Kwan Ou. The few of us were chatting away in our usual English/Singlish/Mandarin mix spiced with a few occasional Cantonese/Hokkien/Malay words. After some time, a couple of curious Hong Kongers sitting opposite us asked what language we were speaking, cos they couldn’t help overhearing our conversation and were amused by what sounded vaguely familiar and yet incomprehensible! Uniquely Singapore!
JSG was held outdoors for the first time and thank goodness for the good weather! Everyone was given raincoats (we were going to be sprayed with water!) and balloons to wave around. A standing event…our legs were already dying, help! Anyway no choice, just have to bear with it for an hour or so. The first award went to Kelly Chen’s 希望. Both Fran and I can’t stand the song cos we have heard it too often on TV! And a few Kelly fans in front of us kept waving their signboards even when Kelly wasn’t singing, blocking our already half-blocked view, balloons and all. Next up, Hocc’s 如無意外 yeah! Think she wasn’t feeling well as her voice sounded a bit hoarse. But her jamming session with Miriam was the best of the night, a rock version of Home of Glory and a Miriam song partly sang through loudspeakers!
Others awards: Blessing/Hins Cheung, 自導自戀/Alex Fong, 我們三/Toby Leung, 小黑與我/Fiona Sit (her fans were so noisy beside us!), 佳節/Hacken Lee (absent), 明日恩典/Joey Yung, 浪漫時代/Deep Ng, 勁歌金曲/Leo Ku, 冬ling時間/Twins, 長信不如短迅/Miriam Yeung
Other crossover sessions: Toby, Fiona and Twins (dance hits), Hins, Alex and Deep (drum n sing) and Kelly, Joey and Leo (bossa nova medley, also the time when they started spraying water at us poor audience!)
After event, Sum and others brought us to where the singers were leaving and we hung around hoping to catch some action. We got more than we bargained for! Hocc’s van was leaving but stopped some distance away and we made a mad dash. Some HK fans knew we were from overseas and made way for us to squeeze to the front. Wc pushed me to the van entrance while saying something like ‘quick, take the chance!’ I was stunned to be so near Hocc. She was sitting inside looking at us while we just stood there like dummies at the entrance. Then Gu took the initiative to shake her hand. I followed, and Fran also. Her handshake is very firm, and she looks at you straight in the eye with a serious expression. Haha, I was at a loss for words! Fran was the only one speaking normally, but then she had a mission – to help her friend pass something over. It was quite an experience!
Judy and Sum were great, escorting us back to our hotel in case we lost our way. On the way back, we detoured to Temple St. But unfortunately it was too late so most of the stalls were closing. But we had already done so much in the day so missing out on this wasn’t too regretful.
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