Westlife 2019

I just went through my blog drafts and there were plenty of it. From the concerts and other events, I tried to continue writing but I just forgot the details.. I love writing about good things and happy moments/events in this blog, just as a reminder that my life has a lot to be thankful for and that I am blessed. 

While at it, I've realized in a year 2019 before the world getting hit by Covid severely, it was also a year where I went to concerts most; Siti Nurhaliza (yeap), Ed Sheeran, Boyzone, Jason Mraz, Maroon 5, Westlife and Shawn Mendez. I have them drafted but I really can't recall much, thank God for Instagram. 

If anyone know me from school, they know how big of fan I am of Westlife. Yes, was crazy over them during my teenage life, in fact, the first concert that I went to was Westlife in 2001, still remember the ticket costed RM90 and abah brought me then :) I collected their posters, mousepad, cassettes, throughout my teenage years, well until my interest change to Maroon 5 instead :P So when they announced they going for Asia tours in 2019, of course I was thrilled!! Of course I had to drag down my friend Manisah to go to the concert with me all the way from Sabah since we were both fangirling over them then. 

I don't know but Westlife really hold a special place for Asians compared to the other celebrities. As proof, they even held not one but two shows in city where the demand are the most, and Malaysia included. I know that I can't get through the ticketing system, so I hired a personal shopper to do so for me. It's a bit worrying to trust someone with money of almost Rm700 but that's the best option that I have because I know I'm not gonna camp overnight at the ticket counter nor winning the online ticketing battle. Anddddd... I scored the best seat ever!! It really is a rezeki and luck, it's front row seat baby. The front-est of all, and closest to the middle stage as well. WHAT.A.LUCK. Felt like hugging and kissing the PS. The tickets were sold out within minutes both physical and online for BOTH NIGHTS! 

I remember having all sorts of excitement and butterflies in fact the whole zoo in my stomach waiting for the concert to start. It has been like yearsss since I last watched them in concert. My seat was definitely the best as I get the perfect view and making eye contacts with them all the time! This concert really relive my teenage years and having shared this with Manisah my school friends means a lot to me, as we were both nicknamed after Mark & Shane’s last name during school days. Ohh the dumb thing we did (-__-) We danced and sang along with all we got, and had the best time of our life. They also includes medley of Queen’s hits, they were good but I thought it’s  unnecessary because hey Westlife has been around more than 20 years, they have enough song to cover whole concert. They can sing all their hits and that won’t be enough for 1 show for that matter. 

Of course the highlight of the concert were first, when Mark waved back at me and second, when Shane return my flying kiss!!!!! Of course the whole stadium saw that hahaha! And and and I even managed to record it! I did gave multiple flying kisses to other members too but they just laughed it off, only Shane is kind enough to return it! Haha, yeapp my seat was that close to the stage that I get to interact with them! :D This concert was wayyyyyyy better than their last one in 2011? I really really enjoyed myself that night, maybe because it was sort of like a goodbye or closure of my teenage life, a reminder I was young once doing young people do fangirling over a boyband. Little did I knew, world is affected by Covid months after and there is no international concert since.. 

The concert is part of their world tour to promote their latest album, so most of the songs that night are new, bit of awkward to sing along because most are expecting to sing down the memory lane haha. Funniest was they did eye contact with me during the new song and obviously they can see me mumbling the words…. Lol 😆 Malu ok! Because during their familiar songs I was jumping and sing along like crazy, waving giving flying kiss all sorts, but when it comes to the new ones, I just smile and wave hands only laa. They did sing the old hits too, for the medley. 

The 2 hours went by like an eye blink.. Can’t believe the concert finally over. I am 32 again. 2 hours I was transported back to my youth.. my teenage years where life is easier, everyone I loved were still around, and no single care in the world about money. Felt like crying, well I think I did. Thank you Westlife for being part of my teenage years, for the memory and for growing up with me, together. I was obsessed over them, my English weren’t good then, grew up with non-English speaker grandparents and society, also at rural kampung school, Westlife songs really helped me. I would buy English magazines (Galaxie, Smash Hits, TV Hits), and hitting up the dictionary to find the meaning. Well, my English aren’t that good now either, but boleh lah to survive. 

Malaysia is slowly moving towards the endemic and most of the sectors are slowly picking up, entertainment being the last. In fact, 2022 has few concerts lining up, especially from the A-list celebrity; JUSTIN BIEBER in October. Hope we can go back to normal, can’t wait to attend all the live music performances and burning my pockets, again. (Like it wasn’t burn onto something else already haha)