After 20 hours of flying, this event wasn't something pre-planned. Once again, it has proven that my stamina never falters when it comes to HK stars. Fighting jet-lag and being sleep deprived for the last two weeks, my body was begging to get a good rest but like a true blue starz stalker, my mouth uttered "yes" when a friend called to asked if I'm back in town and is game to catch Ray's Ali Cafe function.
While waiting for Ray to arrive,my eye lids became real heavy...luckily, I was all perked-up the moment Ray came on stage. By then, the queue to get his autograph (Ray is to sign on an Ali Cafe's eco bag, which I must add is more than nice) is too long to be seen. Can't blame them, afterall I tried to get the bag too after the event but ran out of stock.
When the two ladies from 988 radio station announced "Here's....Raymond", the dude was no where to be seen. Everyone was glancing side ways, up and down, wondering where would Ray be making his grand entrance. After a few false alarms, heartthrob Fung finally appeared, decked out in black attire. The already skinny Ray has lost even more pounds and wearing black only serves to make him thinner.
Having said that, dishy Ray certainly has not lost his sex appeal and is still pretty "yummy yummy", judging from the crowd's response. At one point, I thought that the organizer would halt the autograph session but kudos to the them, they allow every single one up the stage. They were also pretty accomodating when an auntie (around 60 years old or so), made her way to the stage, in a wheel chair. With the help of her relative/son, she mustered all her strength to slowly walked in baby step, up the stage. She actually went through so much trouble, just to get a glimpse of Mr. Lam for a few seconds and his autograph.
Ali Cafe has now expanded its presence to HK and China. Knowing the massive market that Ray has in the mainland, it's not suprising Ali Cafe is willing to fork-out 7 digit pay cheque to entice Ray to be their spokesman. Other than that, Ali Cafe has also launched its latest line of coffee beverage - their very own white coffee. Ray's new movie with Miriam will also be released soon. Wonder if there's gonna be any gala premiere for this movie in Malaysia. Ray will be swinging to our shores in Feb (save your red packets) for a concert at Sunway Beach in Feb 2011. The venue sucks. Since there are a few more months to go before the big day, I hope EEG makes a last minute switch to Genting instead. Also, fans better pray hard that the concert organizer is not Galaxie. If it is,it'll be double whammy (unsuitable venue and bouncer-style, yucky organizer).
Oh...on a side note, I read a comment in another blog that the auto-play songs in my blog is annoying and only noobs resort to this. Well, for one, I'm no noob in the cyber world and also, everyone has the option to put the music on silent mode. Besides, the songs on my play list are my favorites. Some bloggers have the mentality that just because they have privilege to attend functions with free invitations from Nuffnang/event organizers or recorded high hits in their blog,they have "arrived" in the blogging scene. How pathetic. My bank account numbers may be dwindling and enduring the long hours/hassle can be such a pain but at least, it's my passion. I don't blog about an event just because I was invited and had to suck-up to the organizer.
