日本歌迷的一篇报道:
Hi Friends!!!
WE MADE IT!!!
My sons and I managed to see Michael walking on the red carpet after patiently waiting for seven hours in the rain.
Here is my report.
This is going to be a long one, and I do hope I am not going to bore you to death:
I left home with one of my sons to reach the venue in the morning. When we arrived, although it was three hours before the beginning of the red carpet, there were already about 300 people waiting to get the position near the red carpet. Of course, we joined the line and waited, waited, and waited, in the rain. In the end, there were well over 1,000 people queuing to enter.
Then, just before 2:30, about half of the people could get near the red carpet, while others were positioned about 10-20 meters away (I gave up my place in the gallery as I had to pick up my older son at the station, but my younger son could go some meters away from the red carpet).
At 2:30, artists, guests, and presenters arrived in limousines. We knew that Michael should come at the very end, so, we just waited.
At 3:00, there was a break for a live performance, and the red carpet resumed around 3:30. After two hours, my clothes were totally drenched, as there was a wind as well as rain. It was tough, but I was so pleased to find many Michael fans around, and we started chatting. So, I was never bored.
Just after 5:30, the second to last guest arrived, and it was Pamela Anderson (?!). Just after Pamela went out of our sight, MC announced, "As all of you know, the very big star was supposed to come tonight. We must tell you that it is not still 100% certain. It is up to HIM. Those of you who want to see the show, which will start at 6:00, please leave this place. Those of you who, although it is not certain he may come or not, still want to wait, you are free to do so."
Unfortunately, quite a lot of Michael fan left the place, thinking he would probably use another entrance to avoid the confusion, and they moved to the gate where all the entering cars would pass. Quite a lot of camera crew left the red carpet, which made us wonder even more if Michael would really come.
So, it was a moment of decision. Should we keep on waiting here, not knowing Michael will come or not? Or, should we move to the gate where we can probably catch a glimpse of him in the car.
We decided to keep waiting. More and more fans left. In the end there were only about 200 of us. Still, we were ALL enthusiastic fans of Michael. Everyone was talking about Michael, in different dialects, and I felt so happy being with them.
Then, there was a sudden movement. The MC, who was silent for one hour, said, "We are pleased to tell you that that big star will arrive here very soon!"
OH MY GOD, MICHAEL IS REALLY COMING HERE!
Come to think of it, the previous strange announcement which never mentioned "Michael Jackson" was a kind of security measure to reduce the number of people to avoid possible accident and confusion. It was pretty effective (and I feel very sad about this), as many fans just gave up waiting.
Those of us who were separated from the gallaly by 10 meters pleaded the security people to let us go near the carpet. There were young school girls cryin, "We came to see Michael, pleeeeeeeeease!" I made a big noise with others, too, saying "Michael wants to see us. We must be together to give him a cheer!" As soon as we got their OK, we rushed near the carpet.
And, then, at about 6:40, MICHAEL ARRIVED!!!
As you see in the photo, he was ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS! Everyone was screaming and crying (me, too, and I gave Michael words of love and respect, thinking about all the fans who could not be there).
My younger son, 13, who's been Michael's fan for 10 year, could see him from the front row of the gallery, and he was over the moon. So were my older son and I, though we were much farther away.
Today was the happiest day of my life.
I do hope Michael will have a great time during his stay in Japan |