5566 madness

today i went to cover public duty for 5566 performance cum autograph session at IMM. it was madness, to say the least.

kailing msgd me on thursday to ask me if my corps can cover this duty... i was thinking, of course... the cadets would be dying to see 5566 up close... so... they will be more than willing to do the duty

and.. i was right. within the day itself, i had 4 names.

i am not a music or pop person, so i cannot fathom why people my age would queue up over a week just to catch a glimpse of their idols. to the extent of being squeezed together to the point of some of them passing out due to insufficient oxygen. And, the blazing hot weather didn't help much either. We had at least 42 casualties and that was during the time we were there. Heat exhaustion, nausea, fainting, and what not... even near heatstroke cases. A good thing no one was sent to hospital, though.

the thing that disturbed me the most was that there was this girl who wanted to get their signature for their taiwanese album. apparently they only sign for a certain album, not this taiwanese album, and this girl burst into tears and started throwing things around.

Goodness, this is what i really don't understand about pop idol culture. Good sense goes down the drain for a glimpse of that singer or whichever. What utter nonsense...

Ppl skipping school so as to chope seats in the queue.

Not going home for one whole week.

Squeezing together like sardines under the hot sun. And i thought the queueing in CHC was chaotic.

I ain't seen nothing yet.. till i see this.

At least in CHC, we queue for a good cause. This........