Date: Feb 11, 1999. In Changi Airport, Terminal 2... Flight SQ861.. and Orchard Hotel.

I was so happy that Faye is coming only in the evening 'cos I need to work. So this arrangement is fine with me. Before that, we got news of Faye flight details and arranged to meet (me, my 2 good friends Penny & Yuhui, they're S'pore 1st generation Faye fans) in town to go to the airport together. We left for Changi Airport at about 6.30pm & actually had some time to take a quick bite in the airport. Of course, we couldn't really eat anything, too excited at the imminent prospect.

Tick, tick, tick, time is passing so fast, more & more pple were gathering around belt 33 now, the fayenatics were very co-ordinated, they're holding a very nice banner just outside belt 33 & they're wearing the S'pore t-shirt. We decided to move to the other side of the glass panel for a better view of Faye. Our hearts were thumping hard now. There's this group of matured fans gossiping excitedly & their news were so outdated that my friends were real pissed with them. Suddenly, my heart missed a beat, isn't that lady in front of me (behind the glass panel) Ah Foon??? I poked my friends nervously & told them & we're all very high & excited now.



Scream, scream, scream, Faye, Faye, Faye, YES, that's lanky Faye strolling along with Angela beside her. She's so tall & gasp!, so beautiful despite the long flight. She waved to us from that far distance & sauntered along casually to belt 33. She's in a grey top with a maroon shawl over her, dark grey pants & carried a small handbag. She had sunglasses on. She didn't take the luggages from the belt at all, that's Angela's job, hehe. She just stand there, perhaps feeling bored? She passed Angela her maroon shawl at the belt, guess S'pore weather is really too hot for her lah, even inside air-conditioned areas, hehe. Once in a while, she'll turn & wave at us. You can imagine all of us just went crazy!!! Click, click, click, lotsa flashes around & Faye is still nonchalant. The worst is none inside waiting for luggages at belt 33 knows what's going on? They didn't even ask for Faye autograph, such a good chance inside. I wished I was inside!!! Suddenly a rush for strategic spots as Faye was preparing to come out!!! Angela was pushing the lugguage & the security had been stepped up. Lotsa pple were trying to grab at Faye, we just quickly got to the exit to see where Faye will be going. There's already 3 maxicabs waiting outside for her. Just our luck, we quickly called a cab 'cos we thought we might as well go back town together after this.



Faye transport disappeared in the dark very fast. However when we boarded our cab, the cabby asked us if we know the 2 white cabs in front ('cos of the security lah), we said yes, & he said he know where the cabs went. We didn't give a 2nd thought since the 2 cabs had gone so long ago already. But to our surprise & immense good luck, our cabby managed to catch up Faye transport. Her cabby drove so slowly, they're in the centre lane at the expressway & actually they're road hogging going in that speed!!! Faye most favoured seat, is always the last corner seat on the right side, beside the window.

Anyway, really our good luck. Since our cab was just beside Faye, we waved to Faye, she was so surprised to see us, smiled (showed her teeth!!!) & waved back. We just can't imagine our good luck when there's a traffic light right in front of us, it turned red!!! Our cab stopped in front & Faye maxicab was behind us on the left side. Our cabby was so cute, he reversed a little (there's no cars behind our lane) to let us be on par with Faye & Faye cabby also very cute, the cabby forwarded a little to the front, so we're just beside each other, if I wind down the window, I could touch Faye lah, haha. No lah, we didn't do such crazy & dangerous things. Anyway, we were so happy with our luck, we waved to Faye again, she waved back. We made victory signs & no. 1 signs to her, & guess what, she responded back with the exact same signs. Gosh, heaven must be helping us!!!

We just bought some mags before going to the airport & there's a Faye cover on one of the mag, my friend asked me to show it to Faye from our window. (In normal circumstances, I wouldn't do any such things, but the minute I saw Faye so close-up, I lost all my usual common sense). I showed Faye the mag, she didn't really catch it then but her personal assistant Angela caught sight of it, she laughed & asked Faye to see. Faye saw the mag, made an action of trying to see clearly again & after that, she smiled her acknowledgement. Its the image of Faye squatting down with a green stripe across her face. Faye was so shy when she saw that image, she just opened her mouth into an "o" shape.

At first, we wanted to go home, but since we had such good luck, we decided to go Orchard Hotel first to welcome her, hehe. Yes, we reached the hotel before her 'cos her transport is really crawling like a snail. The maxicab no. is 3113. There were many fans, media & photographers there and security is very tight. Suddenly a shriek was heard, Faye is HERE!!! She was heralded out, with security on each side of her forming a human wall, Angela was just right beside her. Despite this, Faye still managed to smile to all those present. She was very quickly whisked off into the lift to the 17th floor. 15th, 16th & 17th floors are all premier club rooms & booked for the event. Faye is the only one staying on 17th floor, the big suite, of course with her personal assistant lah.

We were so tired after this, all the anticipation stress that has been built up before Faye arrival. We just flopped onto the sofa in the lobby to take a good rest. We saw about 3 or 4 groups of Faye supporters in the lobby too. It was getting really late already & my friends were wondering if Faye would be coming down for supper which I dun think possible. Suddenly we saw Dou Wei coming in alone. He came direct from Beijing while Faye came from HK, besides Angela, only Ah Foon was with her. We didn't shout DW at all, but we waved at him & smiled at him from our seats, we were too tired to get up, hehe. He was so shy, he actually smiled & waved back to us but his wave was so discreet!!! After that, Katie came in, she was surprised to see some fans still around, but she also waved & smiled. Another group of Faye fans immediately rushed up to her, passed her a bag of Faye stuff requesting for autographs. Katie was very obliging, told them to wait for her pple to get back the things tonite. We chatted for a while & when we saw many security staff carrying plastic bags of food back to the hotel, we knew she wouldn't go out for supper, so we left shortly after that.