My Kind of Life

David Archuleta To Me: “Oh, thank you!”

I can’t believe how close I was to David Archuleta today! And, the most amazing part is he said “Oh, thank you!” to me. :)

Today, November 16, 2010, one of my greatest dreams had happened. As early as 7:00am, though I had a choppy sleep last night, I woke up just to see one of my idols, David Archuleta, at the airport! I was so pumped up that I hate how the time was moving so slow. I went at Dangwa first to pick up the leis I ordered for David that I and some of my fellow fans would give him when he arrived.

With so much excitement, I left the dorm at exactly 10:15am to get to a meeting place where us fans would meet to see the van that would bring us all at the airport. It was at McDonald’s at EDSA Taft. There I saw a lot of Archie fans and I got the chance to meet a few of them. I can’t remember anymore what time we reached the airport but probably it was around 1:00pm. The group stood for hours at Bay 16 of NAIA Terminal 2 just to see our idol. David’s flight was an hour delayed but us fans didn’t mind it because we knew that before the day ended, we would set eyes on David again, finally!

It was around 4:00pm when David got outside the airport. Even all of us promised that we would be prim and proper, we broke that promise. Haha But we didn’t do anything that scared David off. Aside from Melinda’s tweet that Philippines is a great country and there are crazy people at the airport, we didn’t mind anything else anymore. Haha Before he came out, we already formed a line where David could pass by and might approach us. We lost our line when the media rushed towards David because they were blocking our view of our idol. That’s I myself made a move where I could see him so close. Even if the marshals kept blocking us, I didn’t mind them just to fulfill my dream of going close to David. As David walked towards his van, I was in front of him with the media people who were interviewing him. It was I who gave him the lei. When I gave him the lei, I said “Welcome back!” and, unexpectedly, he replied, “Oh, thank you!”. For me, it was unbelievable! What happened was beyond my expectations. It’s another experience of a lifetime.  Now that makes me want to have a photographic memory! Anyways, after giving him the the first lei, I didn’t leave to give way to the “well-behaved” media people. As he walked towards, I walked backwards so I couldn’t lose track. Then, before he jumped into his van, I gave him again the other three leis. “Yes!” I said to myself when that moment happened. I don’t want to sound that I’m bragging about this but a lot of my fellow fans are envious of me about that. That also makes me feel proud and lucky. Haha And then, as I was saying, I got the chance to take close-up pictures of him also. Haha And, by the way, if I wasn’t pulled away the van, I could have been a scene stealer that time because I really wanted to jumped into David’s van. Haha Thanks to the marshal who pulled me. LOL

So after David left, we just waited for our own van then we followed him as he got to his hotel, Manila Peninsula. There were also fans there and they got the chance to have their Chords of Strength and CDs signed by our very own David Archuleta. Personally, I was envious of them at first because they had an autograph. But when I realized what I experienced earlier, I just smiled and felt very contented and satisfied with what I had as an experience. But I couldn’t take it off my mind that if our driver was just a little faster than David’s, I could also had my book and Cd signed! Haha

So, after a quick stay at the hotel, we went at the nearest SM. There I met other new friends and we talked about everything about our day which was also all about David. Haha I left the mall at 5:30pm and rushed to the dorm to catch the news, thinking that I would see myself on TV. To my surprise, I saw myself on TV, giving the lei to David, but off YouTube.

So, I don’t want to end this blog yet as much as I didn’t want to end my day yet a while ago. Haha But, I know that there’s still tomorrow - more exciting, more fun-filled. :)

David, if you happened to read this, please remember that I’m one of your loyal fans and I’m really happy that you’re in the Philippines once again. Thank you for how amazing your music is and how it unites different sorts of people like your fans in here.

PS

Please sign my fan edition CD and my COS tomorrow eve if it’s not allowed. Haha See you, buddy! :)

(BTW, I here’s the link of the news on TV Patrol about David’s arrival. Try to find me! Haha)