The Royal Encounter.

So we stumbled across Prince William and Kate Middleton in front of Raffles hotel last week.

Not really. The roommate and I actually got up early in the morning and nervously tramped to City Hall while praying hard that we'd be able to see them with our very retinas. And also that they would appear early so I wouldn't have to be late for work. I wasn't, although it involved some running and extreme jaywalking.

"Oppa!" *in British accent

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So, it is a dream come true again, thank You daddy :) I remember last year there’s a rumour that the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge are scheduled to visit some Commonwealth countries including Singapore! Of course the roommate and I, self-proclaimed British royalties, were beyond thrilled. Maybe you won’t understand, but this pair is very close to our hearts (long story, but of course it’s related to our self-explanatory, native British roots). “There’s gottabe a way to catch them,” that’s what we told ourselves. The rumour turned into a confirmed news but as the arrival date got closer and closer, the less optimistic we became, especially when we found out that the visit wasn’t gonna fall on weekends. And maybe they’re just gonna attend private state events and the security, you know, will be ultra-impenetrable. Maybe James Bond will be there too. 

Wrong. They were apparently relatively accessible. And we only found out about that good news on their last eve in Singapore. Long story short, that very night, the roommate caught the a glimpse of William's reflection when their Rolls Royce passed by Nassim road, she was sooo ecstatic that she allegedlyshouted, “THAT’S MA BROTHA!” to the Prince behind the window. 

When that happened, I just got out from the office. Wanting to turn tables, smash glasses, punch people.

So we decided not to miss this, maybe once in a lifetime opportunity. They're gonna fly to KL the next day so we gotta do something about it (I honestly had trouble sleeping because of this regal over-excitement). And thank God, we were on time to say hello and goodbye, and see you on Granny's 87th birthday. They were only in the lobby for minutes, and those minutes made the day. I can’t really describe how did that morning feel like. This isn’t the same with meeting mere celebrity, this experience is normally called finally meeting the person you watch growing up in the other part of the world. We've been watching this guy from his childhood to his 30 something, we watched him to the tragedy of his life, watch him finding 'the princess' and virtually attended their wedding, and finally, we're able to watch him LIVE in front of Raffles hotel.