Date: 9th September 2000
Time: 4.00pm
Venue: Bukit Jambul Complex, Penang

Finally, eventually, at last, I MET Lee-Hom in person! I have been waiting for 2 years, and this time, I kept my words not to miss him.
I was very, very excited when I got the news that Lee-Hom was coming to Malaysia on a promo tour. Initially, the news was Lee-Hom would have mini concerts in 4 cities in Malaysia, including KL and Penang. I was overjoyed when I heard this (about a month before the actual date). I thought of different ways to obtain the tickets, no matter by hook or by crook, coz I'm determined not too miss Lee-Hom this time. But it proved that it was too early to do that. As the day came nearer, the presenter for Lee-Hom's showcase, AsiaOnAir announced that all the mini concerts except the one in KL had to be cancelled due to Lee-Hom's schedule. Lee-Hom had been too busy with the filming of two movies in Hong Kong and Shanghai that it was impossible for him to stay longer than 4 days in Malaysia. You can juzz imagine how disappointed I was. I was upset for more than 2 days over this matter.
Anyway, luckily there was still an autograph session in Penang. It was like a consolation but it was still better than nothing, right? Of course I went to the autograph session! Together with Pey Jung (For your knowledge, she's a friend I got to know because of Lee-Hom. She also own 'A Tribute to Lee-Hom' webpage.), we planned everything and went ahead for Lee-Hom. We met at 2.00pm and waited under the hot sun for Lee-Hom. I have to admit that both of us are NOT diehard fans. I would not go to the venue as early as 9 or 10am if the time of the activity is fixed at 3. Anyway, b4 we reached the venue both Pey Jung and I thuoght that the autograph session was planned to start at 4.30 but the actual time is 3.30. The time given by different sources are different.
We waited and waited and finally juzz b4 we became giraffes, Lee-Hom arrived at around 4.00pm. Fans screamed like mad and everyone tried to squeeze to the front. Poor me, who is small in size. I'm not tall enough to take a good look at Lee-Hom and was nearly squeezed into packed sardine. Only when I jumped I caught a few glimpses of Lee-Hom.
At first Lee-Hom greet the fans. Then he sat down and started to sign CDs and cassettes for us. Again, I was pushed and squeezed. The atmosphere was so stuffy that I thanked God I didn't faint due to lack of oxygen! It was as if a dream when it was my turn to stand in front of Lee-Hom. I can't believe that I was only a few inches from him! I was too excited until I was a bit blur. I've totally forgotten what I wanted to tell him. I juzz remembered to thank him for his autograph when he thanked me for supporting him. His voice was deep and he wore sun-glasses from the beginning to the end. I could tell that he was very tired.
It was like a dream! When I stepped down the temporary stage, at once I regretted for not saying something else to him and not shaking his hands. I was really rueful.
At 4.30 the MC annouced that Lee-Hom is going to leave for Ipoh. My first reaction was "Why so fast?" Yeah, it happened too fast. Lee-Hom came and left in half an hour. I didn't even had a good look of him. Neither did he sing a song. He had been wearing sun-glasses all the while that I didn't have the chance to look into his bright eyes.
Lee-Hom left at last, though he knew everyone was not willing to let him go. I felt as if something had dropped from my heart and my mind. I felt that I have lost something. But when I looked at the songbook with Lee-Hom's newly signed autograph I felt a warm stream flowing through my heart.
"It's all worth it, the sweat, the time and the tired legs," smiling contentedly, I told myself.