When Lee-Hom launched his first album, "Love
Rival Beethoven", I was still a student in
Primary Year 5. At that time I listened to
many pop songs, regardless who the singer was.
There was nothing such as "favourite" or "idol"
in my mind. I noticed Lee-Hom, though, I didn't
bother to pay any attention or put in effort
to check out more about him. ( Fairly
inattentive, huh?! )
It was October 1998, Lee-Hom came to Penang
to advertise his 1st album in Sony Music,
"Revolution". It was also the last day of my
term exam. What a coincidence! Two of my
classmates urged me to attend Lee-Hom's
mini concert in Warp Disco (if I had not
mistaken the venue, I can't really recall it!).
Most unfortunately, we failed to get any tickets
therefore the plan of going to the concert was
called off.
Two weeks later, I 'bumped into' an entertainment
contest. The request was to write as much as
you can about an artiste, which would be
renewed and announced once a fortnight. The
icon of the week was our super star -- Lee-Hom!
Since it was after exam (and nearly holidays
indeed ), I was rather free. So I decided to
try it out. I collected all the articles I
could find in newspapers and magazines, and, of
course, "combed through" all the webpages
online. I gathered sufficient facts and started
to work.
It happened to me that I realized
how talented and outstanding Lee-Hom was.
Since then I paid more attention on Lee-Hom,
his music and everything about him. I found out
that his music was really extraordinary. By a
chance I watched his MTV, "Loving You is Loving
Me". How playful Lee-Hom was! This is my
encounter with Lee-Hom and the time I idolized
him. A rather peculiar way to adore an artiste,
wasn't it? I didn't win any prize in the contest,
but I won an idol instead. Till now I'm grateful to that
occurance. Otherwise, how could I learn about
such a wonderful idol?
It had been one and a half year I became
Lee-Hom's fan. But I have never seen his live
performance on stage. Personally I feel that
I'm a failure. I wonder what a fan I am, as I
have never seen his life performance before!
But I often find excuses for myself, ha ha!
You see, I'm not to be blamed. The first and
only time Lee-Hom came to Penang, ( as I had mentioned before ),
it was the last day of my exam. You can't
expect me to throw away all my books, or even
skip the exam, and wake up at 5am just to get
his tickets, right? Lee-Hom would not be
pleased if I did that. To be absent from the exam just
to obtain a ticket for a concert! How
serious the matter would be! The 2nd time he
visited Malaysia was the New Year Concert in KL.
This time, I faced transport problem. I'm too
young to ride a motorcycle or drive a car, and
my parents just would not let me go to KL all
by myself. They said it was too dangerous. And
they won't go together with me either. Poor me!
All I could do was stay at home and listen to
the live broadcast on rFM 988. The 3rd time is
the Concert with KLSO, also in KL. But I had to
participate in a choir competition on the same
day! ( Anyway, we became the champ that night. )
See for yourself. That was not my fault!
With eager, I'm looking forward to Lee-Hom's
next visit to Malaysia, and I'm determined not
to miss it!