July 25 26 and 28 of 2011; best days of my life.
Just to begin with, yes I live in Hong Kong. No I am NOT Chinese, but half Italian half Filipino :)
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At July 25, I welcomed 30 Seconds To Mars along with a few more Echelons at the airport. I asked Jared if I could take a photo with him, but he politely refused saying “no no i’ll take a photo of you guys” and so he took out his girlfriend (his BB lol) and snapped a photo of us! At this point I was freaking out since all I could register was “This band is actually in front of me breathing the same air as me and my face is in Jared’s phone.” He uploaded the photo on the site too! It’s this. After taking the photo they headed to the car and then they left. All I could think was “ASDFGHJKL I JUST MET THEM OMG AND IM GOING TO THEIR CONCERT TOMORROW”.
that night, i couldnt sleep at all really. i think i only slept for 2-3 hours? :p
July 26. Day of the concert. I’M SEEING THEM AGAIN! Gosh. The concert was A -FUCKING- M A Z I N G. I was right in the front and right at the middle too. I was sorta basically crying the whole time since it was all just so surreal. Then there were times when Jared would point my way and WOAH. It was really the best concert I’ve ever been to. After the concert, I met them at the carpark too! I was crying (now that I think back I cried a lot lol) and I was telling Jared, Shan and Tomo stuffs like ‘thank you for tonight it was the best concert really’ and all that. After saying goodnights and all, they left. I was already so happy about meeting them again yet I told myself that I am not allowing myself to let them leave Hong Kong without taking a photo with them or asking for an autograph. So the next day (July 27), they were still touring Hong Kong which means they’ll be leaving on the 28th. At the night of 27th, i wrote them letters to give the following day when I meet them at the airport.
July 28. Mars’ departure from Hong Kong to Manila.
The night before, I asked my mom if I could go to the airport to say bye to them since I live close and I still haven’t had a photo with them or anything. Obviously my mom said no because she thought i was going insane. Despite this, I still went anyway since a) she wasn’t at home to stop me and b) I knew that if I wanted things to happen, I had to take risks no matter what. I’ve been waiting for years for this moment and I can’t just let the chance slip away. When I came at the airport, my other friends were already there and so we waited. I think I arrived at around 9 or 10 am? Finally at 2 pm (haha the whole time we did nothing but look around in case the band came) THEY. FINALLY. CAME. I SAW TOMO WALKING OUR WAY AND I TOLD THEM “GUYS. TOMO.” They couldn’t believe it and we all just tried to keep calm, although we were so happy! When they finally came near us, I just started crying, again :p Then Shannon comes to me and says “aww stop crying. come here.” then he pulled me in for a hug (!!!!) and i just hugged him back and again, I COULDN’T BELIEVE ALL THIS WAS HAPPENING. So after calming myself down I gave him the letter I wrote him, took a photo (he took my camera and took the photo!) and asked for his autograph. When that was done, I went to Jared and did the same. I hugged him too and after that, it was awkwardly silent since I didn’t know what to do/say next. Then for some reason, I was just staring at his shirt/chest or whatever part of him I was staring at, and the next thing I know Mr.Jared Joseph Leto was just like “Would you like to touch my abs?” as if it was a normal thing and not at all a big deal. Yes i was INVITED to do so. I was quiet on the outside but puking rainbows everywhere on the inside. Tomo, being the clown he is, was just nudging me and making this facial expression which says “go!” and Shannon was laughing his head off! xD I was like “yes I’d love to” and I DID. DID ALL THAT JUST HAPPENED? apparently so. Then they checked in and after that I did the same to Tomo. (not touching the abs part, just taking photos, giving the letter and asking for autograph lol). After that, they took a photo of us (this time with the official camera guy not his BB). It’s this photo and I’m that girl in black shirt with a blue bag holding a camera (excuse my ugliness, I was sweating and crying like shit :p). Then they had to leave so they said goodbyes and all then we all had our final hugs and they were off.
That was all so surreal. My dreams came true.
“Good things happen to those who wait.” Indeed this is true. 30 Seconds To Mars made my summer the best one ever and I thank them for everything, really.
Here’s my picture with the three of them! Enjoy ;)
p.s. yes I’ve only just won the tickets to the concert. My mom wouldn’t buy me a ticket so I joined a contest and I won! So far all the concert I’ve been to is for free since I just won the tickets for all of them ;)
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