Crazy weekend part 2: Courts Megastore 1st Anniversary

Continued from part 1... me and Ishardi took a taxi to Tampines North Drive 2, where Courts Megastore was located. Once there, I saw a few Rui En fans, including pouty-lipped Steph whom I hadnt seen for some time. I still think she got a crush on Mr Leong (much like Rachel Lin who was present as well). I also saw Seth and Anthony from the HapyHady club.

The event started at exactly 1830 hrs... the emcee being Hype Records singer-actor Cavin Soh (last seen as a schizophrenic in "Metamorphosis").

First artiste to peform was Vasantham Star 2007 winner Ebi Shankara. That's really his name, as in Ebi Rice Burger. He sang a Tamil song and an upbeat English song. He looks a bit like someone though...

Next to come out was... JONATHAN!!! He damn shuai lor... he sang "Qing Qian 25", a Jacky Cheung song (drats forgot the song title) and a 'remashed-n-remixed' version of Cyndi Lauper's "Time After Time". He's the only artiste to sing 3 songs, all the others sang 2. Here in the photos wif Cavin, he's telling the former Dreamz FM member to 'better buy his album' when it comes out. Haha, just kidding! :-p

3rd artiste was Olinda Cho. She still so chubby, but at least she still looks healthy. She sang Chaka Khan's "Aint Nobody" and a remashed-n-remixed version of Culture Club's "Karma Chameleon"... a rather sad rendition without the upbeat tones.

4th artiste was the Singapore Idol season 2 winner, Hady Mirza! Come 15th and 16th December, he would be performing wif 5 other Idol winners from all over Asia to compete for the title of "Asian Idol". He sang "Merpati" and "You Give Me Wings"... he was very sweet, he actually wished one of the HapyHadys (a gal named Siti) "Happy Birthday".

The moment Cavin said, "Before the next handsome guy, must come a pretty girl", we knew straightaway that the 5th artiste to perform had gotta be RUI EN!!! I tell u, we all screamed like mad when the pretty and adorable Rui En came out to sing "Jie Dong" (theme song for "Love @ 0 Degrees C") and "Kuai Le Fang Shi" (theme song for "Beautiful Connection"). I even waved the posters in the air as I snapped pictures of her... but I felt a bit guilty cos I realised that I took more pics of Fel (whom I last saw earlier) than of Rui En (whom I had not seen for 6 mths).

Last artiste to perform was the very first Singapore Idol winner, Taufik Batisah! I didnt take frontal shots of him cos I was waiting outside the tent located backstage wif the Rui En fans. I can't even remember the names of the songs he sang. And please, don't ever ask abt that certified Mr Sim, he's a certified has-been already. Let's just say Olinda is the runner-up for the 1st season of SI.

The few fans (50 I think) who had bought $30 worth of items from Courts got to go into the tent to take pictures wif the artistes as well as get autographs from them. Rui En came out at abt 2030 hrs, and I had managed to pass to her the letter I wrote to her... mission accomplished!! Soon after, Jonathan was escorted into the same van very quickly (less than 5 seconds I think). As the van drove off, I cheekily shouted out, "Rui En, Jonathan loves you!!" I never thought that both of my faves would end up taking the same van back to Hype :-p

Next to go was Taufik and Hady... Olinda and Ebi took the last bus back. I went to Ikea to haf dinner wif Carol, Valerie, Elle and the mum-n-daughter pair (so sorry, forgot their names). Man I tell u, the restaurant was HUGE, but what surprised me even more was the HUGE furniture section at the 2nd level!! We took a shuttle bus back to Bedok Interchange, and then took separate buses back.

I reached home at 2330 hrs... feeling happy abt the event that had just ended, and excited for the flea market the next day!