1.30pm…
The first half of the show (1.30pm – 3.30pm) was the “Student Program”, which was more of artist Liang screaming to the students if we were ready.
There was an unmemorable speech by someone, followed by clips of peace ambassadors (the one which featured the astronaut got the most acknowledgement, if the teens’ screams were indeed that…)
என்ன லா? தமிழ் வருது???
Hmm… I was trying to edit my post, and I did not know how to disable the Tamil writing… LOL!
Anyways, there were also a few cultural performances; but I don’t remember the sequence *sorry!*
Somewhere after that, Ning Baizura performed (with class, I should say :). The ending of her performance was near perfect, right up to the point where a friend of mine exclaimed about her “fine @$$”. Hmm, so much for enjoying a performance (hahahaha I’m sure u were enjoying her @$$ as well! Kekekekeke…)
After that came the second part of the show, which featured mostly speeches. Most of them were… err… boring (forgive me for being a normal student :p), but there was one speech that stood out. It was by the founder of the Global Peace Foundation (GPF); “the Lion” we dubbed him. His voice definitely contrasted his appearance. A black suit hung on his tall, thin frame, with hair slicked back. However, his voice was deep and hoarse (Hulk Hogan?). He had so much of enthusiasm in him, roaring “Do you want to dream the ultimate dream?” to every section of the stadium. So, okay, I did not understand more than half of what he said because of his accent (my friend thought he said “Do you want to drink the ultimate drink?”), but I liked his enthusiasm anyway! LOL!
After the speeches were over, finally we had performances! Shruti was up first. This tall 13-year old lass performed well, working the length of the stage like a pro. Then the slew of performances comprised Suki (One In a Million winner), Daniel Lee (Malaysian Idol 2), Nikki (One of the Malaysian Idol Finalists) , and, uh, some others…
But the most memorable performance (in my opinion) is Jaclyn Victor’s. Her voice is simply amazing! Her rendition of “The Power of Dreams” was a little off, I guess, as I think her singing style does not suit the song. But, when she sang her winning song, “Gemilang”… Wow… I sang along so excitedly, poor kiat ngee who was beside me probably got some trauma :p
And that was it. 6.30pm and we’re off! Outside, there were booths selling GPF and Friends to Mankind merchandise for charity, among the many other booths (which were also set up for charity as well). I did enjoy the muffins by Monster Muffin.
Just something I really wanted to post... Check out the amount of spices I got from one serving of Biryani!
