A Teenage Dream Come True ....

It all started early Sunday 3am in the morning, after several hours of brain-cell killing thinking playing our new favourite strategy board game, PowerGrid; that I saw a video posted on Facebook by my Sis-In-Law, of my favourite boyband 15 years ago, one that I remember skipping school one day to see - 911. Do they still exist? I asked. Yes, she said...they are on a reunion tour. And so I googled and found out that they are performing LIVE in the O2 on Tuesday - 1.5 days away!!! So I went into a panic mode and made my loving husband Mr T, buy some concert tickets online at 4am on a Sunday morning. :):)

The concert is called The Big Reunion, where several old bands came together to put on a concert  - Five (Baby When the Lights Go Out); Atomic Kitten (Whole Again); Blue (All Rise, Sorry Seem to be the Hardest Word); B*Witched (Cest La Vie); Liberty X; Honeyz and of course, 911 - the reason I am even here. 






Atomic Kitten



Liberty X

B*witched

 Mr T with his nerdy, geeky childhood, has not heard of any of the bands before ....but commented that Blue is his favourite of all the bands that performed.



When 911 performed, think I almost went mad......a dream born 15 years ago came true!! Seeing them perform 'Bodyshaking' LIVE... never thought this day would come...and the way it came too, so suddenly. They also sang "Party People", "Love Sensation" , "A Little Bit More" and "More Than A Woman". The shocking thing is....I could still remember the lyrics to all these songs even though it is a whole decade and a half ago that I first learnt them!

And of course, seeing how the boys have grown!! My favourite, the cutie Lee Brennan, is not so much of a cutie pie anymore with his dark hair....Jimmy and Spike still looks pretty much the same as they did....

Wow, what an experience....if not for that one facebook post by sis-in-law, I would have missed having this teenage dream come true! Saw it just in the nick of time - So, thank you Elaine!

BackStreet Boys

Dear 16-year-old D,

Today, I gave you All I Have To Give. I made a dream of yours come true. 

Thinking back, I laugh at how you choose to Get Down and dance in the living room to songs of Backstreet Boys when you need a break from studying. You would drop everything you were doing to stand in front of the TV if any of their video clips were playing. Gosh, how you use to gush over the boyband and sing their songs with like-minded teenage girl friends.

Did you ever think that one day, you could see the Backstreet Boys LIVE,  on stage? You, a penniless little girl living in a kampung, attending a world class music concert?  It was beyond your wildest imagination :)  

I'm writing to tell you that on April 29, 2012, ...you were there in person....at a BSB concert. That's right, the Backstreet Boys were there, Larger Than Life...in the same building as you, the O2, London!!!

Well technically its more then just a BSB concert, its a concert featuring the two biggest pop bands of the last 20 years... New Kids On The Block (NKOTB)  and BSB....( but yes, you know which band you were there for). 

BSB (minus Kevin)

The NKOTB

I went with Ms G, and Mr T (you won't know them yet but Mr T is the sweet guy whom when he's not by your side, you will feel just a teeny weeny bit Incomplete). He will go Anywhere For You. Its funny how he's willing to accompany me to a boy band concert...hahaha. It was a full house, and the crowd is 98% female. The few guys there looked a bit out of place. There were 2 guys in front of me, who stood as still as a rock, hands crossed over their chest even when the whole stadium is dancing along to the BSB music.....me and Ms G keep giggling about these stone-still guys in a music concert.

As for Mr T, I guess he was really amused at how fully grown adult women (including me) can scream and shout and act like star-struck teenage girls. Bet he was more entertained by the crowd then by the performers on stage.....although he happily obliged when I nudge him to wave his hands to a song, or dance with me because I Want It That Way. 

You must have spent so much time learning the BSB songs really well because 15 years later, you still know the lyrics to every single one of their songs. When they started singing 'I'll Never Break Your Heart' ..... I became you...I sang every single one of their songs with them. 

You got to see Joey Mcintyre and Jordan Knight from NKOTB too....I bet you never ever thought you would see them in person, eh? Nick Carter and his long blonde hair, although much fatter and older will have the same effect on you in 15 years time. Perhaps, its cause we are The Perfect Fan, ignorant of his wrinkles and weight. 

Nick Carter :)

But gosh can the 'kids/boys' still dance and jump..... They are like what? Some are in their 40s probably...but still very muscular, strong and full of energy.....that's right, tell Everybody, Backstreet's Back...in 2012. :) 

Its funny how dreams can come true...... so dream big, enjoy your life, never Quit Playing Games, make yourself 10,000 Promises and yes, you still have a few more years to be crazy before you grow to understand the Shape of My Heart and turn into boring old me. I'm joking, ...I am positive you will Stay The Same.

A Friend In London (the concert's opening act)

Do write, I Don't Wanna Lose You Now that I am in touch with you again :) .

Till you become me Step By Step, take care.

As Long As You Love Me, 

Ms D

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