July 30th, 2006

The Fangirl Challenge

Posted by sky_blade at 10:22 PM on July 30, 2006.

I wished July didn’t come into my 2006 life. (read my previous entry so you’ll know) I came face to face with a real great challenge as a fangirl. Stars came down to reach out to people who adore them- a rare opportunity and a no-brainer for me. Impulse told me to see them but there were a number of constraints. All my life, I lived with these words, “Kung gusto maraming paraan. Kung ayaw maraming dahilan.” (If you want it, there are lots of ways. If you don’t, there are countless alibis) A fangirl gets what a fangirl wants… So there’s no place for alibis here… Fangirl Challenge? BRING IT ON!

STAGE 1- THE FAB 5

“Get ready! The queers are here!” That’s what I said not just to myself but on national TV. So I was fussing about the complexity of being able to get to the book signing event in my last entry since I’m all busy and have the littlest time for claiming tickets. Good thing, Kuting here, read my blog and wanted to go to. She did all the work, what a shame! That’s what friends are for right? Hahahaha! (Luv ya Kuts!) So she got us tickets but the problem was we got Group B tix (Kyan, Ted and Thom) and we wanted Jai and Carson! So Kuting went through all the hell just to exchange our tickets.

Thursday- they arrived. Suy went to their press con at Shang! So that got me even more excited! Check out her entry. Nice pics. In the evening, the Fab 5 had their first event at Greenbelt 3. We decided to check it out since we’re going there anyways. So Bubbles, Bheng and Vudang were there already. Bubbles texted me to hurry my ass up and when I got there, cameras were all over them! Then they all told me to join and say “Thank you ETC for bringing the Fab 5! We love you Fab 5! We love you Carson!” I was like, OK! That was long, can we practice? Well, obviously, there was no time for that. Camera roll… action! Ok I was just opening my mouth along with them shouting the spiel. The assistant was not satisfied and the cameraman was demanding more energy! Alright Mr. Cameraman, my brackets are all showing up, don’t I look perky and energized enough? So Take 2, roll… Me- “We love you JAI!!!!” Oooopss.. Assistant frowns.. OK Take 3! WTF? I don’t know why I shouted “We love you Jai!” -_- So there good take, done, watch me on August 7 at ETC! ;)

Friday came- I was busy all morning trying to think of what to wear and what to put on my face. Of course I don’t want the Fab 5 to feel like they wanted to do an instant make over right-on when they see me. I wanted to look relaxed and chill since this is an all summer country, so I thought we need a little representin’ for the New Yorkers. I wore cargo, flipflops, white-tank-instant boobs top and on my head- my multi-purpose ribbon. Simple and totally fab! Haha… Kuts and I met, waited waited waited, checked other people’s clothes, waited and Sam oh appeared! Good thing she was the one who hosted coz Anton San Diego was just a lousy host the last time.

They were introduced one by one and Glorietta was filled with screams every time a member comes out from the backstage! The interview went on and they were all so funny! Jai was wearing barong! He wore it so fashionably I didn’t notice it was actually a barong. A super whoa-handsome guy was with them and we thought that he was one of the Fab’s boyfriend. He’s super gwapo!!! Gwapo than Kyan, so we thought maybe he’s his boyfriend. But he isn’t gay after all. He was introduced by Carson as Amit, one of their Queer Eye staff. He’s got green eyes waaaaahh!!!

Moving forward, it was our turn to have our books signed. I was too busy checking out Amit, I didn’t notice it was my turn already. That feeling when I come up on-stage and meeting the person you wanted to meet in ages sent out a different Jillette- a cheerful, super-friendly, kikay-toned girl…

Me: HI CARSON!!!! You’re so fabulous! (Hugs, beso… Jai busy signing my book)

Carson: OH HI!!! Thank you so much for coming!

Me: (speechless… smile lang… turns to Jai) Hi Jai! You’re my favorite! (Kisses Jai without even asking..)

Jai: (surprised..) Really?! Why thank you!

Me: (speechless… smiles…) Yes! Thank you! (time is up.. leaves the stage)

After that, we saw Joy and took more pics and went to take a pic with Sam Oh! I used my Korean language powers haha! She’s so nice… After that, a girl came up to me and said, “Can we do an interview?” OK.

Girl: Where did you buy your books?

Me and Joy: Powerbooks Greenbelt and Glorietta…

Girl: Why did you buy it?

Me: (thinking of a good reason coz I only bought it coz I wanna see them up close)

Joy: It’s actually my brother’s.

Girl: Can you say this, “Get ready! The queer is here!”

Me: (thinks- “Why does it have to be only one gay?”)

Roll…

Me and Joy (in the same energetic shouting mode): Get ready! The queer is here!!!

Other girl: Uhmm.. can we do it again? It must be, “The queers are here!”

Me: (I thought so!)

Me, Joy and Kuting: GET READY!!! THE QUEERS ARE HERE!!!

Got out of the crowd all the way to ESPRIT when the crowd came swarming towards us. Kyan needed to pee and everyone followed! Unbelievable! We were devastated by the stampede!

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The day never ended just like that! I received a message from my friends- “We saw Dong Wook! He’s so gwapo!!!” And that was my signal to the second stage of my fangirl challenge…

To be continued…

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