{"id":917,"date":"2011-09-14T16:41:49","date_gmt":"2011-09-14T16:41:49","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/web02.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters2\/archives\/917"},"modified":"2015-05-24T07:04:25","modified_gmt":"2015-05-24T07:04:25","slug":"a-full-day-with-alan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/917","title":{"rendered":"A FULL DAY WITH ALAN"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dreamed that you could spend a whole day with your favourite singer in Hong Kong?&nbsp; Yes, I did.&nbsp; And because of Youth Music Magazine, it actually happened.&nbsp; I won the competition it organized and the rare opportunity to spend a day with my idol, Alan.<\/p>\n<p>We were arranged to meet on a Saturday.&nbsp; I treasured such a golden chance so much that I planned the itinerary three days in advance.&nbsp; To maximize the time to be with Alan and to know more about her, I decided to start the day early in the morning.&nbsp; We met at her studio.&nbsp; My first sight of her that day was slightly different from the image she showed in the magazine but still she was gorgeous.&nbsp; We introduced ourselves to each other.&nbsp; She was really nice.&nbsp; She probably knew I felt a bit nervous, so she took the initiative to shake hands with me.&nbsp; Then she led me around, visiting her studio.&nbsp; We chatted a lot along the way.&nbsp; She told me although she is a singer, sadly, she doesn&rsquo;t know how to play any instrument.&nbsp; Then I suggested I could teach her how to play the electronic piano if she wished.&nbsp; She immediately grabbed one.&nbsp; I taught her to play a popular song of hers.&nbsp; Its melody was simple, so she got a hang of it soon and looked overjoyed.&nbsp; And the most exciting thing was I had sung a song with Alan.&nbsp; It was even recorded.&nbsp; Her agent promised me they would give me a CD demo later as a special gift.<\/p>\n<p>Leaving the studio, we went to have an abundant lunch.&nbsp; I was surprised that though Alan is slim, she eats beef and dessert.&nbsp; We spent quite a long while in the restaurant and I just kept on asking her questions and sharing my stories with her.&nbsp; I found out that she has loved to sing since she was five and her parents gave her great support.<\/p>\n<p>In just a morning, we seemed to have become closer and were just like friends.&nbsp; In the afternoon, I took her to my favourite shopping mall, Trendy House in Tsim Sha Tsui.&nbsp; She enjoyed seeing all the things.&nbsp; No one spotted Alan as she was wearing a cap.&nbsp; We didn&rsquo;t stay there long anyway.&nbsp; I invited her to have dinner at my home.&nbsp; She was very happy to have a chance to try my mum&rsquo;s dishes.&nbsp; Before she got to go, she gave me a note saying she had had a great time with me and she signed her autograph on all of my collections, which was so sweet.&nbsp; I was thrilled.<\/p>\n<p>When I lied in bed that night, I recalled every second I had with Alan.&nbsp; I thought she was really an enthusiastic and nice lady.&nbsp; She spent the day wholeheartedly with me.&nbsp; I could also see the passion for singing in her.&nbsp; Meeting Alan was wonderful, unforgettable and a dream-come-true.&nbsp; Never had I been so happy.&nbsp; I hope she could make greater success in music in the days to come.<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Have you ever dreamed that you could spend a whole day with your favourite singer in Hong Kong? Yes, I did. And because of Youth Music Magazine, it actually happened. I won the competition it organized and the rare opportunity to spend a day with my idol, Alan.<\/p><p>We were arranged to meet on a Saturday..........<\/p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/archives\/917\" class=\"read-more\">Read More<\/a>","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":8474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-917","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized","language-en","schoolyear-33"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=917"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3002,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/917\/revisions\/3002"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/8474"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=917"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=917"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.carmelss.edu.hk\/buddingwriters\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=917"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}