This Year's Party of Speed (2 - and it's my favorite!)

Nah. Saturday. And SATURDAY WAS AWESOME, beyond words, beyond blog post, at least to me. This was a very heart-consuming process but long story short, my and the ex-roommate's tickets were upgraded to Zone 1 walkabout, it was definitely something to thank God for.

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The über-fun day started with the uncertainty whether or not we can get fanzone wristband for Maroon 5 concert later that night. The info was here and there. I actually thought there's no way those wristband were gonna be distributed anymore, since they had started online reservation system this year (and we found out too late). But nothing to lose, we approached a staff and asked about it. 

"Nah queue that side," he said, pointing to the Padang, around 100m away from us. 

We couldn't believe what we heard. It took us few blank seconds to digest the great news. Then we ran there like girls do - with some screaming, you can imagine. They apparently had started giving them away we had no idea since when. All we could do is to pray that there would still be some left for us. 

And yay :) Thank God :) Meski ada insiden iPhone Regina ketinggalan dirumput Padang.

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With the fanzone wristbands in our hands, we leisurely walked to, guess what: paddock entrance! 

Fyi, Zone 1 refers to the golden access to the zones I could only imagined before. So when I reached the farthermost point of zone 4 and crossed over to "only zone 1 access", it felt surreal. It was a long, long walk under the sun (who was being extremely tropical) to reach the paddock entrance. It was difficult to stay excited, but I told myself, "Devina, this is the path the drivers will walk on from the hotels to the circuit!" So we kept walking *ahem* and there we were in front of the paddock entrance, standing nervously together with a group of die-hard F1 fans (and experts), waiting to see the drivers CLOSER THAN EVER :) and hoping to have some kind of interaction with them. Any kind.

 

And one by one they swaggered to the battlefield:

Schummy

Webber

Grosjean

Vettel

Alonso

(Bruno) Senna

As expected, my Kimi, the one with most onsite devotees didn't make a warm entrance, a memorable one tho. While most drivers walked on foot and even spared some time for autograph and photo session, dia pake golf cart dong! Nengok aja nggak you Kim!

But just to see you again, I was already very very happy. Le sigh.

After getting so psyhced after meeting those guys again, we began the Zone 1 circuit tour. I am incredibly blessed, there were things that I saw that day that once again, I could only dream about: 

Pits. Stand there and be the first one to see the cars joining the race after pit stops :)

PODIUM! COULDN'T BELIEVE MY EYE!

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Have I told you that Saturday was AWESOME again? After that very satisfying tour de Singapore GP, we got to see Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds performing at Zone 1! - meaning less, much less people. We reached the venue only 1 hour prior to the massively anticipated show (since missing Oasis 2008's tour is one of my biggest regrets), and guess what, we're in the front row - the prime spot to sing along with the Britpop/rock legend! There were also a few groups of people waiting with us, I spotted some cool ones in Oasis tees. One of them told us they flew from Jakarta just to see Noel. Guys and girls, in this case I understand.

"I guess you're all Oasis fans huh?" He knew. Of course. The crowd were shouting Oasis' song titles all along, including us. I bet most of us were only familiar with 2 High Flying Birds' hits. Not bad, they performed around 5 Oasis' songs, the 90's crowd went crazy everytime they did that! I think we both teared up at some point haha, especially when they performed DON'T LOOK BACK IN ANGER. And everyone went beyond nuts!

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Then here comes our race with distance and time, because Maroon 5's and Noel's concert venue was like far east to far west and we had to meet our friend and grab strategic spot for the equally important gig (Fanzone band guarantees that you'd be able to see Adam Levine, but to see him well - you still gotta fight) , we exited from the zone 1 gate, ran to the nearest MRT station, took train to Esplanade, met Willy, entered the circuit park, and ran to the Padang. Not a problem! *panting* This is for Adam Levine! *fainting*

Mas Adam was wearing this super-sexy black polo shirt - I had never realized a black polo shirt can look very good on men (or the other way around, whatever, the body helps of course). He's charming, as always, I guess that black polo shirt made him look even more charming. That night was full of incipTu moments. And now that I was there WITH COMPANIONS this time, singing out loud and dancing to Mr. Levine's hypnotizing serenade didn't feel awkward at all. 

And there's this group of crazy American uncle and aunties in front of us who were entertainingly acting like they're in their 20s - which made the night even more spectacular! Attending Maroon 5 concert was a majestic way to end the wonder-packed day. Thank You Tuhan :)