"Singapore has a CRUSH on DAVID ARCHULETA".

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Hey All! I hope everyone's having a fun time so far and this week has been such a blast for me. Last Saturday, a few of the DASG members and I got the chance to welcome DAVID ARCHULETA at the airport!! That was pretty crazy though. Sal sent me a pm on MSN as soon as I got home from work that he'd be reaching Singapore in an hour's time. It was like... LAST MINUTE! So we both had to cab down and rush to the airport. Oh! It was so rushed that I forgot to comb my hair after I got changed but whatever haha. It was funny 'cause we got to "promote" DASG to the cab driver who seemed clueless about who is David lol. So there at the airport, we met up with Larissa, Steven and Sheryl. Here's a video of us greeting David as he lands at Changi Airport at 1:15 in the morning. If you can spot me, I'm wearing yellow.


(Video credits to Team Archie International)

David Archuleta was wayyy cool in person than you'll ever see him in American Idol or youtube. We couldn't take photos with him but it's AWWEESSOME because he was just right in front of me!!

One of his fans, that I just knew of at the airport, requested to have a picture with him, and he replied, "You want to have a picture taken with me? I look really bad." haha.

Oh yeah. David actually mentioned this while he was still here in Singapore, "I love the warm weather here. Everyone here is so friendly and nice and I want to thank the fans who came to the airport late at night to show me their support." - fansofdavid.com

I love meeting people who are really well known and stuff, and you expect them to act all big and important, when they are some of the most down-to-earth cool people you've ever met haha.

Then it was David's showcase and autograph session at Iluma, the new mall opening up at Bugis, on Tuesday! Ian and I reached the mall near 12 in the afternoon and there was already a queue for the autograph session outside. But there were several familiar faces, so that was really exciting. Some came as early as 9:30 in the morning after watching David on Channel News Asia haha! The showcase would only start at 7pm but it was fun just hanging out with the rest of the fans before the show. We had many passer-bys who looked at us in amazement but we promoted David to them in case they didn't know who he is lol. I got to grab lunch too with some of the DASG members who were already there, and we ate lunch while queueing outside the mall haha!



Meanwhile, the other fans were doing cool stuff like making LAST MINUTE banners and writing last minute fan letters! What was so weird was that people around me talked to me about David although we didn't know each other and we could relate to each other pretty well. Crazy huh? he he. It's also AMAAAZZZING to know people who live like as far as India who were willing to travel here. Like Larissa, she's the no. 1 Singapore fan that I know of in person and she would willingly travel around the world just to see David. But anyway, Ian and I explored the mall a little bit more after lunch although we already did a few days before the show (if you have seen Ian's entry on our fansite) and we managed to snap a few close-up pictures of the stage and a HUGE poster of David. Cool stuff! We also helped with distributing the fans that Team Archie had made to the first 205 people who came.

More people joined the queue in the late afternoon and before we even knew it, the queue were already so LOOONGG!! It was almost unbelievable. DAVID ARCHULETA has sooo many fans in Singapore!! More guys were coming out too. But the fun part was when Sheryl and Farhana finally decided to show our huge DASG banner which was designed by Zaren (apparently my twin brother lol) to the crowd. Hazel then led the queue with two very strong cheers. I guessed we were soooo LOUD that people across the street could hear us. That was awesome!!

We were able to enter the atrium only around 5 in the evening. Those of us who there for the autograph session after the showcase since morning were pretty fortunate because the centre of the atrium were reserved for us. But oh my heck! There were incredibly so many people, the entire mall were filled from the 1st level to the last. David Archuleta should do a full concert here instead haha! While waiting, a number of his songs were played on repeat. Honestly I love all of them. Maybe I'm a little biased... but I'm pretty sure all of the songs were just amazing.

It was only around 7:30 when David really arrived on stage and I finally got to see him perform LIVE!! Of course I was loving it lol. I was at the 1st row beside Sahira, Wendy and Candy, and I had such a good time! David was amazing amazing amazing amazing, and he sounded so good live! I never thought I'd get the chance to see a successful AMERICAN IDOL runner up like him performed in front of me, and I always thought the Americans were lucky. David sang with so much soul and I was really happy that I got to see him even though it was just a small showcase. I admire the way David has gone with his music and career, and how humble of a person he is! He is just down to earth. He performed 4 songs, starting with the party starter "Touch My Hand", followed by "A Little Too Not Over You" (i'll put the video up for you guys later on), "A Thousand Miles" in which he played the keyboard, and ending with "Crush".


Photo credits to Regina (besides myself)


The crowd were momentarily insane and we sang the whole way through. It was full of energy!! Like I've said, when David Archuleta jumped on stage, I felt like jumping too among the crowd!

I didn't know what to say to him exactly during the autograph session but I did tell him that I was at the airport on Saturday and he went "Yeah!" with a lot of confidence and a big smile (he remembered me haha). Of course I didn't forget tell him that his performance was awesome and he initiated a hand shake with me. Cool! Oh! After the show, I got to talk to Boy Thunder from 91.3FM for a bit too. 91.3 ROCKS! Thanks for supporting David Archuleta!

Okay, that's enough talking about the show. Remember the DASG CD I talked about on my previous entry? That was the mini project DASG had and it's also considered as a country effort from Singapore to David. It really is so much fun working with all of them on that project. So anyway, we got to pass the CD to David personally during the private meet and greet session and showed him the the video of Let's Talk About Love we made. He was really touched by it as he got tears in his eyes when he watched it. Kinda weird I guess 'cause it was quite embarrassing when I first saw the entire video especially with me inside it but now I'm moved too. David was the first to clap after the video ended lol. Ah! I actually got the that video with me... but I'm pretty sure I'm not going to show that haha. But if you're clueless of what I'm actually talking about then you can read more about it

here. Ah! And we gave our Rainbow Club donation and our huge DASG banner (which was signed by all of us at the end of the day) to David too.


(Video credits to pinkamech)

Before I go I wanted to share this with you guys really quick. Ever wonder how David Archuleta will look like in a malay traditional outfit? See it for yourself. So now I know what colour am I gonna pick for my own traditional outfit this year lol.


I know I talked a ton about David Archuleta, but I think that only makes it even more appropriate to share one of his songs today. So the song for today is You Can - David Archuleta.