Singfest was fantastic but almost only because of Mraz (:
Okay here’s my review of everything before I forget (:
1. Pre-fest Mania
Poor wheelchair bound me got early entrance to the Stage 2 area! And so did my entourage of pris ong, shuning, sharan and simran 
we had to pangseh auyong and daryl who were way back at the end of the queue cos we didnt dare ask the organisers to let them in with us as well haha oops! but anyway the international stage still wasnt ready, so we just went to buy merchandise first and I got my fabulous Jason Mraz Cassette Tape Shirt, which Pris and Nigel also got, hooray for good taste! Haha unfortunately it is very small but I will lose weight to fit in it I promise. Simran got the Fond of Hats one which is also very cute. After an adventure at the toilet, we proceeded to the International Stage Area… and got in through the Artiste’s entrance which was ultimate cool. Unfortunately our pleasant day had to be marred by miscommunication. Stupid woman wouldn’t let all of us in, so Pris and Sharan had to go all the way back up to queue again and this time they were so far back they only got in mid-way through Stacie Oricco’s set.
Meanwhile, Simran, Shuning and I got started trying to find the best spot for my wheelchair and their mats. At first we were on the screen side, and the slope was so freaking steep my weak heart almost jumped out of my mouth when we tried to take pictures with the stage in the background. So we decided to cross over to the other side, where another wheelchair bound guy, Eugene, was sitting with his siblings. During this time, Rick Astley’s female backup was still doing her sound check! Shuning and Simran went to redeem their Nokia goodies while I chatted with Eugene about Day 1 and random stuff. After they came back we decided to move a bit forward and start spreading out our mats to chope space for the rest. And of course we had to camwhore! Fun stuff. Then after maybe half an hour at 3 plus they finally opened the doors and people started streaming in and running to the front of the stage. Soon the whole group of Humans people found us and started laying the many mats that they koped around and started getting ready for Stacie Orricoooo!
2. Stacie Orrico!
The only song I knew was More to Life but she kept everyone entertained with her energy and great vocals! And her dress was pretty sharan, pris and farina finally joined us and we had fun just sitting around enjoying the music. and sharan had to obsess about her figure haha. As she started playing her more popular songs, people started standing up and it got difficult for me to get a good view of what was going on. But nice humans people chased people away when they got too close and were always looking out to make sure they weren’t blocking me haha although the back of auyong’s head still features prominently in the videos I tried to take -.-
3. Jamie Scott!
Everyone didn’t really know him la. But he is good and he is cute! So I enjoyed myself
4. One Republic
My dear friends all pangsehed me to go mosh at this juncture. Although Sharan and Farina were nice enough to stay! <3 It was an entertaining act I guess but I’m not that crazy a fan.
5. Panic At the Disco
Technical errors blabla. The humans people returned to rest and sharan & ros left to mosh. My sis and her boyfriend found me! Don’t like this band much but all right la. couldnt wait for it to end though! Guess why?
6. Jason Mraz
YAYYYY!! DAMNN was I excited. Although all my friends pangsehed me here, family means no one gets left behind sister and her boyfriend were there to endure my craziness!!! And her boyfriend went to find me a plank to sit on so that I could look past the moshers and stare straight into my husband’s eyes.
they took super long to set up the whole thing and I was getting super excited and this angmoh guy kept tuning Jason’s guitar and cleaning it and I was so scared that it was Jason just that I could not recognize him from so far! Chatted a bit with the other Jason fans around me…
Lady #1: Aiya you sit down first! When he come I will SCREAM to let you know!
Me: No la I wanna see him come out!
Lady #2: Don’t worry don’t worry I can recognise him! He is my boyfriend you know!
Me: *death stare* Eh! he is my boyfriend also leh!
Lady #2: Haha! Aiya nevermind la, we share!
*laugh laugh*
Then Nigel calls me to ask if I would like him to carry me! Haha so nice right. But I decided that it was okay since I had my plank already!
So after chillin out a little more….
JASON ARRIVESSS!
AND BOY DOES HE KNOW HOW TO WORK A CROWD! everyone was standing up and so many people were squished into the area and trying to get as close to the stage as possible (none of the other bands so far had such a welcome reception!)
So he started with his intro song which was so fabulous…
and then it was The Remedy! loved that he did his power of how rap!
in the not too distant time ahead
there is a way to get it done
without leaving your bed
there is a way to go to work
by using your head
it’s the quirk of the network
of mind intent
just visualize
anything that you want
close your eyes
bring it up to the front
and realize
every sprout is a route to the power of how?
the power of now
the power to me
is like my own preamble
yes i’m known to ramble
wearing only my sandals
my declaration is warm
so handle it
desperation is a mambo
dance it
and then he went into Wonderwall before ending it off.
and then Make it Mine! The trumpets and stuff were all there which made it a very grand rendition
then it was Live high (:
and then Only Human when he kept pointing over to me cos I was over at the trees! Woots!
and then I’m Yours! this was the climax of the entire set and the entire concert man. Everyone was up on their feet dancing along and singing to every word. He had the crowd around his little finger He made us echo weird sounds and tried to make us whistle too but it was so hard to whistle so everyone cheered instead! hahaha. He went: “You’re cheating!” and tried to get us to whistle again but everyone was so into laughing and cheering that it also failed. Haha. So he went on to Three Little Birds! love it! and everyone was singing along and having the absolute TIME OF THEIR LIVES. I knew I had mine! so fantastic I tell you.
then I thought it was going to end cos it was so so perfect. (murpheys law) but omg he knew that I had been practicing for the concert and didn’t want my efforts to go to waste so he started the intro to Dynamo of Volition!! and I sang along to almost every word! whoohoo! and it was great cos he got everyone to do high fives and high tens whenever he was at the chorus.
and then it ended with Butterfly which was deliciously sexy.
and everyone didn’t want it to end! he was the first one and only one to really get an encore cos everyone was enjoying themselves so freaking much. the dj decided to interview him instead to persuade us to just let him go.. which in the end of course we had to cos we had to move on with the show. what the heck ):
7. Levi’s Fashion Show
Haha hot bods on show. Everyone took the chance to go for dinner and sit and rest but daryl and auyong had to stand (god knows why) and block my view of the cute dark haired boy ha ha although I was just living high from Jason’s set…
8. Rick Astley
Still high from Jason… this old man thinks he is very sexy so he cracks a lot of jokes in that vein. but he was really quite funny and entertaining. second best of the night! and soccer friends + pris came back so we had fun singing along especially to never gonna give you up! haha and he got lots of underwear thrown at him. I guess thats a thing our dads and mums used to do at concerts? haha.
9. Pussycat Dolls
Then everyone left again to mosh.
Wow. I HATED the Pussycat Dolls. They were disgusting to the max!
“Hey SINGAPORE! are you ready for some hot and freaky fun with us?”
“Are you all gonna buy our new album, Doll Domination?!”
oh gross save me from their whiny drippy voices. who the HELL says hot and freaky fun ?!
I was so pissed with them and the fact that they could get the same reception as Mraz cos he was GOOD WHOLESOME FUN while all the stupid dolls had to offer were their bodies. Ew. And I wasn’t the only one! Sis and Morten both sat and stoned through the entire performance with me, while I put on my sunglasses and prepared to take a nap. Stupid pulsating beats were the only way the PCD prevented me from escaping into dreamland with my Mrazmeries…
10. Alicia Keys
So subdued. Shes got a good voice and everything but she couldnt really work the crowd until she played her more popular songs. She had really enthu back up singers though haha. Her set was so longgg and draggyyyy to me. couldnt wait for her to sing no one cos thats the only song I know apart from If I Ain’t got you (she didnt even sing this!) people started coming back to rest from PCD moshing and I guess everyone was just so sian it wasn’t very much fun. but when she sang no one it was a great end to a great day! and everyone was singing along! (:
YAYY! then it was time to go home and poor morten had to push me across the grassy mess and up so many slopes to get to the taxi stand. and it was past midnight already! sigh.
what fun ! and all at the price of a pair of jeans + some!
sigh love it. shall remember it for life ! or at least until Mraz decides to come visit me again.. though I already told my dad that we must time our holidays so that we get to watch him in whatever country we’re going to.
WHEW what a long post (: shall add in the videos afterward. sorry mr se for slacking but this slacking was important for posterity’s sake!
