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TWILIGHTERS MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE: RP TOKYO FAN EVENT 2009 COVERAGE - PART 3: PRE-EVENT

The directional signage to the event. I don't read Japanese but I believe the Japanese words you can see above translates to "Press Conference/ 16:00 START" which we were not allowed to attend...boo-hoo

Okay. So we already checked in and are freshen up and we arrived at the Shinagawa Intercity at about 5.45pm for the event. We know we are not going to be the first ones but my, weren't we excited!!! We met up again with Katie, Mel and Laurel (they spent time at Outback Steakhouse and Katie told me she actually fell asleep, poor Katie...) and while waiting, Laurel presented us with keychains (yup ppl, one each for Azlina and I, you can check out the pics in Katie's blog) which she got from her trip to Forks over the summer. Can you believe that? Something original from Forks! Thanks so much Laurel, we owe you one!!!

At about 6pm, the officials (I am so inclined to call them 'guards') got all of us together and the result is a very long "U" shaped line starting from the entrance of the hall, doubling up to the entrance of the venue as you can see from the picture below. However, most of us were still calm and collected as RP is still not in sight :). Can't guarantee you what happens once he is tho LOLs...

The long 'U" shaped line outside the hall. We are still calm and collected...

I believe the Japanese were not ones to be known for delays but I think this is an exception for I think they are trying to create more buzz and excitement (or) simply, tension for us who are waiting? Well, it works with or without the additional 15 minutes of waiting as we were only allowed to enter at about 6.45pm. Each fan entering the hall received a silver helium balloon with a pink heart and I Heart Edward on it besides the basic NM screening information (YAY!!!). Aww..They're so cute. You can checkout the pics shortly but meanwhile, lets gawk at Edward('s car)...

"Edward's" Car - the same model they used in the movie was on display courtesy of Volvo but seriously, I still dun understand why its now black instead of silver , but its still shiny tho...

I managed to snap a few frames but did not manage to get in the frame (neither did Azlina) as the crowd was really persistent in getting theirs too...Anyways we did get this pic tho...

Nurul & Azlina with their Edward balloons close to their hearts...thump-a-thump-thump!!!


Throng of fans still queing up to get in, and getting surprised by their very own Edward balloons in return...

A bunch of Edward balloons...ain't it cute? Wish they give us an Edward each instead..LOLs...

Oh, something to tell you guys!!! Prior to the trip, we managed to have a custom made t-shirt done with I Heart Twilighters Malaysia printed on it, especially for Robert!!! And we managed to pass it to the officials who were manning the "Presents" booth (in hopes) to get the tee passed to Robert himself. What do you think are the chances guys? Do you think he'll actually get it??? Do you think he'll ACTUALLY WEAR IT ~~Gasps??? Fingers crossed but who knows? One of these days, we might just be seeing Robert, conspicuously parading the world-exclusive-one-and-only I Heart Twilighters Malaysia tee shirt!!! Help us keep an eye on it will ya?

Okay, lets move on. All these happens in the short 10 minutes after we entered the hall and we were directed to the actual event hall. We found our seats which (as we said) we discovered to be at the far right hand side corner of the ninth row from the stage. That's like almost 40-50 feet away!!! Boo-hoo-hoo-hoo-hoo!!!

Regardless, we made the best out of it. Nurul immediately tested the Telephoto lense she loaned from fellow Facebooker, @Fadlisham Fadzil (thanks Sham! - he's gona be the official photographer for our Unofficial Mini Premier) and it worked. Checkout the pic of the stage below...

The stage, from 40-50 feet away, cropped up to the table top level. This is not the closest zoom tho, I was amateurly working with @Fadlisham Fadzil's 75/300 lense

We were placed next to the press photographers and we came to know that once the event starts, we are not gong to be allowed to even stand (or raise anything above our heads). And I'm thinkin, how am I gonna get pictures...You guys... :((((. We even enquired to the officials on the possibility of one of us to stand at the press designated area so that (at least) we can stand and take photos (better vantage point) but we were turned down. So sad...

Regardless, we are still optimistic and can't wait for the event to start, can you??? We know you can't too (especially the part of waiting for Robert's pics right, I have a bunch of them..hehehehe)..

No worries, you can view ALL OF THEM and DROOL~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ in PART FOUR (patience is a virtue...)!!!

Chiao for now,,~~HUGS...

(~~Grins and gives you a wink!)

TWILIGHTERS MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE: RP TOKYO FAN EVENT 2009 COVERAGE - Video Part 2

Hello Twilighters!!

Here is our video part 2.



Part 3 will be up soon, video with RP in it. We promise ;)

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON THE SCORE TRACKLIST REVEALED!!

THE TWILIGHT SAGA: NEW MOON THE SCORE TRACKLIST REVEALED! This album will be officially release on 24th November 2009. Let's hope we won;t have to wait too long to get the album here in Malaysia like we did on Twilight The Score album.

1. New Moon 2. Bella Dreams 3. Romeo & Juliet 4. Volturi Waltz 5. Blood Sample 6. Edward Leaves 7. Werewolves 8. I Need You 9. Break Up 10. Memories of Edward 11. Wolves v. Vampire 12. Victoria 13. Almost a Kiss 14. Adrenaline 15. Dreamcatcher 16. To Volterra 17. You are Alive 18. The Volturi 19. The Cullens 20. Marry Me, Bella 21. Full Moon

Source : Press Release

*Spoiler Alert!!* : Top 5 Best Things About New Moon

People.com has give us the Top 5 Things about New Moon. Get ready Twilighters!! ;)

1. Jacob’s Black Body: Photos of Taylor Lautner’s amazing transformation from a scrawny kid to a rippling teen werewolf already have been making the rounds for months. But the first time Lautner rips off his T-shirt to reveal his muscled chest onscreen, the sight is still gasp-worthy. In fact, Lautner sizzles and smolders throughout New Moon as he walks the line between friendship and romance with Bella (Kristen Stewart). Though Bella’s heart belongs to Edward (Robert Pattinson), Lautner may steal Pattinson’s heartthrob status right out from under his pale nose.

2. Bella & Edward’s Reunion: When Edward comes to the (incorrect) conclusion that his love, Bella, is dead, he decides there is no choice but to commit vampire suicide. Of course, the only person who can save him is Bella. When she launches herself through a crowd and across a fountain in an Italian square to push Edward out of harm’s way, the sparks that fly between the soul-mates are like fireworks. (Ok..this scene I know 95% of us can't wait!)

3. The Wolf Pack: The actors who play Jacob Black’s gang of strapping pals provide the perfect mix of teen tension and ferocious loyalty that exist between the group of guys who realize that one and all are actually werewolves. They snarl and yelp, tease and torment each other, and of course, fight together just like Twilight Saga author Stephanie Meyer describes in her series.

4. Dakota Fanning: She plays the pint-sized vamp, Jane, who wields a daunting power – simply by concentrating she can cause her victims to convulse in excruciating pain. She’s not in the movie for very long, but when she focuses those red eyes on her targets and softly whispers, “Pain,” everyone will squirm. (She did looks fabulous in the poster)

5. The Sense of Humour: While the Twilight series is based overwrought teenage angst, director Chris Weitz lightens the mood with some well-placed humor. Bella’s human school friends provide comic relief. When one of them has to leave a horror movie because he’s ill, Launter’s character laughs and says, “What a marshmallow.” And when a member of the wolf pack accidentally changes from human to werewolf right in front of Bella, another member quips, “Well, I guess the wolf is out of the bag.”

ooh...and by the way, there was a press conference for New Moon. See all the tweets at RPLife.

TWILIGHTERS MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE: RP TOKYO FAN EVENT 2009 COVERAGE - Video Part 1

Hi Twilighters!!

This is our first video on our arrival in Japan until we redeem our special tickets ;)





Part 2 will come soon ;)

TWILIGHTERS MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE: RP TOKYO FAN EVENT 2009 COVERAGE - PART 2: WE GOT TIX!!!

Part TWO IS HERE!!! PART TO IS HERE!!!

So we start with pics first...

Nurul & Azlina at Narita Terminal 2 Station

The ticket from Narita to Shinagawa cost JPY 3110 person. Thats like MYR 120..huhuhu


The train route to Shinagawa (we discovered later that this is part of a systematic route link)


Shinagawa Station Signage

The Venue: Shinagawa Intercity Hall

The 2nd line upstairs. There's at least 100 people here when we arrived (for what we thought is just scouting) at 10am.

The 1st line downstairs near the hall entrance (where we waited in another line for "International"). There's about 100 fans too.

The first fan in line came two days before the event day and camped outside the hall..WOW!

The makeshift sign for the start of the "International" line

Laurel, Mel and Katie... You guys RAWK!!!

Nurul & Azlina with Katie. We've been waiting for almost two hours (3-4 for Katie) by this time...

We got the tickets. YaY!!!

Ahh....BRUNCH!!!

Well guys, we touched down safe and sound (after a long, uncomfortable night in the plane) at about 0640 hrs Japan time. That's like 0540 hrs Malaysian time, and we woke up like an hour earlier than that coz everyone in the cabin has already waken up...

After going through immigration and picking up our luggage, we head straight for the train terminal to board the express train from Terminal 2 Narita Airport to Shinagawa, the host city of the RP Tokyo Fan Event 2009. During the journey, we discovered some really cute things like:

1. The houses we see along the way looks so much like those you see in the Japanese serial "Ultraman". Azlina actually makes it a point to call her hubby and tell him that (aww, schweet!). Its small and literally very2 clean (on the exterior). Its like someone actually makes time to come and clean the outside of those houses at least once a week. How cool is that?

2. Even though we do not understand what people were saying at least 3/4 of the time, we still managed to get the information we needed, thanks to sign language

3. Japanese people are really helpfull, regardless whether or not they can speak english.

During the journey, we decided that once we arrive in Shinagawa, we will go straight to our hotel (we will be staying at the Shinagawa Prince Hotel) to drop off our luggage and checkout the event venue (Shinagawa Intercity).

So, after about 1.5 hours on the train, we finally arrived in Shinagawa. The weather was CHILLY!!! We somehow still managed to snap a few pics at the Shinagawa station before making a move to the hotel. We checked out the venue and guess what we found out? There was already a very long que (of at least 100 people) waiting and guess what for? FOR THE TICKETS!!! WOW! The ticket counter would not open till about 1pm and at 10am, fans are already queing! WOW!!! And what we discovered shortly after was even more WOW! Apparently, the long line we saw was not the only line in waiting. After consulting a guard, we were directed downstairs where we found another long line of at least 200 fans. This line is the FIRST line, which continues up to the second floor. And the first fan in line in came and camped outside the hall since two days ago!!! WOW!!!

This is where we met up with Katie, Laurel and Mel :) and we decided to wait up too since we can't check in into the hotel yet (check in time is 2pm). So we chatted up a bit and were placed in an "International" queue (dunno whether that means good or bad). Nurul even tried to convince the guards to give us a press pass but were not successful :(

So, after 2.5 hours of waiting, straight from the airport, without any breakfast, the ticket counter was opened at 1pm sharp and we managed to get two tickets, A9 22 and A9 23 (that's the nineth row from the stage - we discovered that much later). Katie, Laurel and Mel got themselves B seats. Relieved, and tired, we decided to move back to the hotel to freshen up and to come back before 6pm as the gates open at 6.30pm.

We managed to grab some sushi for brunch (man, its so expensive @ JPY 699 for 5 pcs) but its really nice!!!

What's next? That will be part 3!!!

TWILIGHTERS MALAYSIA EXCLUSIVE: RP TOKYO FAN EVENT 2009 COVERAGE - PART 1: DEPARTURE

Hey Twilighters!

First and foremost, thank you for waiting. It's been a hectic few days full of events and my, was it worth it! So we'll kick off our reports from the very beginning...

HOW IT CAME TO PASS

Well, you might be wondering what kind of luck are we striking till we manage to get ourselves a trip to Japan for the RP Fan Event? To us, its not really luck, but its fate. We were talking to fellow Twilighter - Grace from Tayangan Unggul, the official movie distributor in Malaysia for Twilight and New Moon one day, to finalize a few things in regards to their support for our New Moon Unofficial Mini Premier and the topic of us possibly attending the event (on our own expenses) came out.

So, being overly excited as we (always) are about anything Twilight, we started the planning even while we were waiting for the go from Tayangan Unggul's US counterpart. We approached various parties for sponsorship, applied for our Japan VISA, made travel arrangements etc. We were lucky to have MEP Education Consult Sdn Bhd, the publisher of MEP Magazine to sponsor our trip, however, up to Thursday, 29 October 2009 when our VISA was approved, we are still not in the news on the buy-in from US.

The good news reached us on Friday, 30 October. US said YES and that sets the clock in motion. We finalized all arrangements and confirmed our itinerary on the same day...

DEPARTURE

Both Azlina and I believe (so much) that its fate that brought us this trip. We were to depart KL en route to Tokyo via Japan Airlines (JAL) flight JL 724, ETD KUL @ 2305 hrs on 02 November 2009 and ETA NRT @ 0655 hrs on 03 November 2009 (the day of the event). Talk about last minute :p. We should arrive just in time to get ourselves in queue for the tickets (ticket counters are scheduled to open at 1pm, Japan time on 03 November for collection) as Shinagawa (the venue city) is like 1.5 hrs journey by train from Narita Airport where we are to land. We were sent off by our families and fellow Twilighter, Sunie Nordin (thanks Sunie!).

*Nisa (Nurul's 5 year old), Nurul, Azlina & Sunie @ KLIA*

Call it butterflies or jitters or even cold feet, we were chanting "We're going to Japan, we're going to Japan, I can't believe we're going to Japan!" like a mantra the whole way. We can't sleep a wink so we decided to finalize the questions that we wanted to ask RP as we were told we could have the chance.

Since our sponsor MEP Magazine is an educational magazine some of the questions that we have lined up are "How does RP sees himself as a role model to young people, especially in getting them to stay away from things like drug abuse" or "What drives and inspires him to be a successful artist at such a young age" etc... Oh of course, we listed some hot gossip questions too like "Which Twilighter you like best, Nurul or Nurul (hey, Azlina's first name is Nurul too..hahaha)" :p <--kidding! Brave and determined as we are, we finally succumbed to the sandman and slept (he must be using some A grade sand tho)...And what happens next is part two (darn this internet connection...it's so slow, part two will hafta wait till tomorrow, it's already like 1.30am!!!)