COOL STORY BRO.

Oh my goodness, it's already August?! Time is passing by too quickly! Can't believe my internship is also coming to an end already, just about 2 weeks more to go! Having loads of mixed feelings about it..

So what can I say about July? It went awesome! Decided to escape reality and head to USS with Nat one Sunday after church and it was super fun! Honestly speaking, I thought I would be a little awkward with him because it was just the both of us, but it turned out otherwise! Thanks to Joe and Aunty Poh Suan's express passes, we took all the highlights of USS! So how it works is that at the gantry, you have to show your pass to enter and if you have an express/student pass, it has your face on it. Obviously the faces weren't our faces since they weren't our passes.. So I got through but Nat got stopped at the gantry because it wasn't his face on the pass HAHAHA and he still said it was his face when it was Joe's. Well all in all, we were total ninjas that day using the express passes to take the rides hehe :-) Poor Nat though was always getting caught, example: putting his lanyard in his pocket when he had to put it at the side while taking the roller coaster, or being scanned and caught for bringing his phone up the roller coaster when we were not supposed to but I managed to get through.. Really thankful for that day, because it was a time where we could have a really good HTHT and talk about random nonsense too haha!

I guess the highlight of my internship would be meeting Michael Learns To Rock! :-) Those 4 days of being a part of their entourage and working with them are still so fresh in my mind! So before picking the band up from the departure hall, I had breakfast with Joan at the airport and some random traveller started talking to me. He was a backpacker and he was travelling around and he just got me really excited for my travels in September! (Need to think of a hashtag for my own vacations..)

Welcomed the band and it was really exciting to see them! Mikkel was so well-dressed, I noticed him and I was just blown away, like who dresses so well for a flight? He wore some suit with his shades and scarf which made him look like x100 cool! Kare was really cute too, he wore some Adidas windbreaker lol.. So after dropping them off at the hotel, we went back to the office to get some stuff then headed back to the hotel (lol lame I know). Had dinner with the band and because it was in 2 private rooms, we had to split up (my colleagues and I) and my CS gave me the choice of sitting in whichever room I preferred to so I just sat with the band since she was seated with them. Kare and Mikkel had a short chat with me, we talked mainly about music and they asked what instrument I could play. I told them I wanted a jam session because it's something really fun and relaxing! Then they told me that if I really want to pursue music or just jam, I can't be afraid and I have to just go out and perform. Can't really remember what they said exactly but it was something along those lines! It was really memorable because they gave me that small advice! :)

Thursday was great too! Had a whole day of promo and Joan and I made friends with Freya, a waitress from Mitzo restaurant since we were all situated outside the restaurant waiting for guests/customers haha.. The promos went well and we headed to Mediacorp for radio interviews and The 5 Show! Jascha asked me to help carry his guitar so you could say that was an honour LOL! I ended up carrying his bag too at The 5 Show! The band looked like they had loads of fun at the Nanyang Coffee House eating their toast, it was a pretty hilarious sight too!

Concert Day was so hectic and stressful, well I can't complain much because I'm sure my CS and other senior colleague had much more to do.. We had to ensure their dressing rooms were properly set up and 'equipped' with drinks and snacks. The merch booth was pretty insane too, there were so many customers! Had a chance to sit in the soundcheck for a short while and it was cool, the whole Star Theatre was empty apart from the crew and us, and the view of the stage was just breathtaking! I must say the show was awesome, managed to catch only a couple of songs but better than nothing! At the end of the night, we managed to get a few group shots with the band as well as the Tour Manager (hahaha he is like the best TM ever, really nice guy!!!) and Anders the bassist!

Sent them off on Saturday morning. When Mikkel was about to leave, we jokingly said we are actually going along with them to Vietnam and I think he believed us.. Then when he was going into the departure hall, he turned and asked why we weren't going and we told him we were just joking and he looked a little disappointed haha! All in all, it was a really good experience! :) But I must say that he is the friendliest artiste! He just smiles at you all the time when you look at him and he even ran to the fans to give them hugs! Kare is also really goofy~ Jascha is just Jascha haha! The 3 of them make such a funny trio! Absolutely no regrets working late into the night and waking up early because it was definitely a very fulfilling event! Old is gold~~~