Feeling Surreal
Ok... Hello peeps. I know that I have not been updating my blog in a very long time, and probably would take a very long time till I write my next entry, but the chain of events which happened to me yesterday was so surreal. It's too good to be true and I have to pen it down as one of those priceless moments.
The day,Saturday, 30 September 2006 started off as usual, where my presence was required at work. I got in on time, did some work and expected to work the whole night through, but there was some operations issues and were given the green light to leave. Guess lady luck was on our side.
Upon hearing our good fortune, we packed our bags and left the office as we were losing day light. It was about 5:30pm then. Usually it would take no more than 5-10 minutes to hail a cab, but yesterday proved to be a challenge. Every other cab was either occupied or there would be someone else beating us to it.
We finally got to our destination at about 6:30pm, Din Tai Fung, which serves one of the best Xiao Long Pao's in Shanghai. The place it self deserves an entry by itself, but let's not deviate from the topic. We ate as usual, and I would normally be stuffed before the final dish arrived, but last night I was craving for more and that proved to be a bad decision because we had to wait for an additional 30 minutes for the dish to arrive.
When we decided to leave, the time was about 8:00pm and since there was no agenda for the night, we decided to go to the Fake goods store down town.
We got there at approximately 8:30pm, and went browsing through the stores. Until one particular store, we noticed a big crowd outside with the shutters down. Being guys, we joined in the crowd and was told that Michael Schumacher was in there behind the 'secret room'. My very first thoughts was, ' What?? Schumacher here? Why would he want to buy fake goods??!?!' Whipped out my handphone and got ready to take his photo. One particular foreigner whom must be at least 6"2 said there were lots of paparazis outside was amongts the crowd, so it somewhat confirmed his suspicion.
ok... so, after waiting for about 10 mins, we decided to proceed to other shops as the crowd was starting to get rowdy. I was thinking to myself, that cant be the MAN in there, no way he would be buying fakes. We walked for a good 10 minutes, and suddenly found ourselves walking towards the commotion again (still clutching my handphone) , but this time, it was a different scene. Suddenly, there people started running towards us, and before I could really blink, there he was.. The fastest driver on the planet, no other than Michael Schumacher himself, running towards me, staring at me, in my face, with a good 50 people behind him, approaching fast. Instinctively, I ran next to him, by his side. Ok, now the weirdest part of all. Michael Schumacher suddenly grab hold of my hand. No, I'm not kidding. He held my hand, and out of no where, he was holding my crappy N70 handphone and I said to him, "Heyyyyy... that's my handphoneeeeeeee'', and he let it go, and I gave him two quick pats on his back and said, Hey, good job Michael, and the disappeared into crowd, into a champagne Maserati
What a day has it been. It's not everyday I get see MS, what more give him a pat on his back. It's one of those priceless moments that I will cherish forever and hopefully one day I relate this story to my grandchildren. And like the title suggest, I am still feeling very surreal by the chain of events.
p/s: I still don't know the reason why he's there, but I have my reservations that he's there for fakes..
The day,Saturday, 30 September 2006 started off as usual, where my presence was required at work. I got in on time, did some work and expected to work the whole night through, but there was some operations issues and were given the green light to leave. Guess lady luck was on our side.
Upon hearing our good fortune, we packed our bags and left the office as we were losing day light. It was about 5:30pm then. Usually it would take no more than 5-10 minutes to hail a cab, but yesterday proved to be a challenge. Every other cab was either occupied or there would be someone else beating us to it.
We finally got to our destination at about 6:30pm, Din Tai Fung, which serves one of the best Xiao Long Pao's in Shanghai. The place it self deserves an entry by itself, but let's not deviate from the topic. We ate as usual, and I would normally be stuffed before the final dish arrived, but last night I was craving for more and that proved to be a bad decision because we had to wait for an additional 30 minutes for the dish to arrive.
When we decided to leave, the time was about 8:00pm and since there was no agenda for the night, we decided to go to the Fake goods store down town.
We got there at approximately 8:30pm, and went browsing through the stores. Until one particular store, we noticed a big crowd outside with the shutters down. Being guys, we joined in the crowd and was told that Michael Schumacher was in there behind the 'secret room'. My very first thoughts was, ' What?? Schumacher here? Why would he want to buy fake goods??!?!' Whipped out my handphone and got ready to take his photo. One particular foreigner whom must be at least 6"2 said there were lots of paparazis outside was amongts the crowd, so it somewhat confirmed his suspicion.
ok... so, after waiting for about 10 mins, we decided to proceed to other shops as the crowd was starting to get rowdy. I was thinking to myself, that cant be the MAN in there, no way he would be buying fakes. We walked for a good 10 minutes, and suddenly found ourselves walking towards the commotion again (still clutching my handphone) , but this time, it was a different scene. Suddenly, there people started running towards us, and before I could really blink, there he was.. The fastest driver on the planet, no other than Michael Schumacher himself, running towards me, staring at me, in my face, with a good 50 people behind him, approaching fast. Instinctively, I ran next to him, by his side. Ok, now the weirdest part of all. Michael Schumacher suddenly grab hold of my hand. No, I'm not kidding. He held my hand, and out of no where, he was holding my crappy N70 handphone and I said to him, "Heyyyyy... that's my handphoneeeeeeee'', and he let it go, and I gave him two quick pats on his back and said, Hey, good job Michael, and the disappeared into crowd, into a champagne Maserati
What a day has it been. It's not everyday I get see MS, what more give him a pat on his back. It's one of those priceless moments that I will cherish forever and hopefully one day I relate this story to my grandchildren. And like the title suggest, I am still feeling very surreal by the chain of events.
p/s: I still don't know the reason why he's there, but I have my reservations that he's there for fakes..
posted by KW at 8:42 PM
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