My phone spoilt on me altogther yesterday so I borrowed one from B2.
Then this morning I realised today's the gala premiere of HBP! And I have 6 SMSes stuck in my phone I can't read so there's a chance I could have won the tickets!
So I decided to drop by Shaw Lido after work and go check the namelist if I'm one of the winners.
Alas, I was so sure I was.
Shortly, my brother arrived (I got him to, just in case I won the pair of tickets) and I have already started wandering around the area, asking random group of people if they have extra tickets.
I got lucky on my first try. This guy with 4 tickets, but then his friends are all joining him.
After some time I can't help but notice he's still alone, so every now and then he'll notice I've been looking at him..lol, must have thought I'm some nutter.
Well all the people I've asked were very nice! They all said 'no, sorry' and smiled at me. Damn I wouldn't mind trading in all the 'no, sorry' + smiles I've collected for the tickets!
And then I was around this guy again, and overheard him telling one security one of his friends might not make it. I was so excited I wondered if I annoyed my brother, lol. Of course I stared at his way even more often.
And sure enough, he approached me shortly after saying he miiight be able to give up one ticket because one of his friends isn't coming, but he'll hold on to it just in case.
But there's my brother and myself with one ticket?
So I walked around more and asked more people. Still no tickets to give away. I even went up to the counter towards the end and ask if there're any uncollected tickets. He said no. I swore he lied.
Well as the time past it got really crowded and started to spot celebrities around. Zoe Tay took photos with this group of people who were all dressed up in robes and wands! There were even an Umbridge and Luna (complete with her weird glasses and a copy of Quibbler! Very impressive!) And then there's also Pat Mok, Andrian Pang & family, Edmund Chen & family, Pan Ling Ling & family as well, Joscelyn (sp?) Tay...
The screening was a very strict affair. Regardless if your phone has a camera function or not you're NOT allowed to bring in. They have to be checked in with a counter.
After 1.5hrs, the guy with the extra ticket is no where to be found. My brother and I finally gave up. Can't say we were not gutted!
Well it was all good experience.
I just can't wait another 23.5hrs to catch it.
