Steven sang 3 songs: A Little Story, WTLB themesong, Zhong Guo Ren (Chinese people)
After finishing his performance Steven goes backstage. We all stand up getting ready to leave too though the show has not ended yet. Other people have the same idea too as many also stand up getting ready to leave albeit the grand prize drawing of a new car is yet to commence. Reality is that honest. Guess the main draw of the show is Steven not the new car.
Zita's account of 2012 @ New Avon's 22nd Glorious Anniversary
Condensed paraphrase of Zita’s report.
We (about 10 of us) got there at around 6 pm (tn: start time was 8 pm). Nobody is there yet. We talked the security guard into letting us inside the auditorium, and with nobody to fight with, we saved some good seats. Later, a staff informs us that Steven is almost here. We all rushed outside to the main entrance and see a black van drive by. My cohorts say they saw Steven inside the van but no matter how I looked I couldn’t. We ask the staff if Steven enters by the side door and he says yes. So we quickly dashed over there where a large crowd has already gathered. We are told that Steven has already disembarked from the van and is inside the building now. Through the glass walls I see Steven surrounded by his entourage walking down the hallway. He has on a brown jacket, muffler, jeans and boots.
Together with the crowd we all followed Steven on the hallway but we did not call him to get his attention, just silently following him. That man walks fast, real fast, like flying. We are running but can’t even keep up with him. Finally, he enters a transparent room. Steven turns his head, at seeing us he waves and smiles. I try to snap some pictures but for some reason there are these two women who stand right in front him blocking my view of him. So annoying! Haiz! But later, my phone rings, two other fans have just arrived at the main entrance, and I go pick them up. When we three get back to the previous place it is empty of people; no Steven, no little piggies. My phone rings again, turns out that Steven is taken to another room for the interim before his performance. And my group has returned to the auditorium to wait for the show to start at 8 pm.
And our waiting begins. It is not until 10 pm or so that Steven finally comes out. The MC sure knows how to heighten the ambience with excitement. We start to holler: Ma Chun Wai, Ma Chun Wai…… until Steven finally comes out on the stage. However, inexplicably I did not notice him getting on the stage, when I look he was already there. I can hear him speak but I don’t remember what he said. So here I am; left hand clutching the phone with YY on for live broadcast, right hand holding up the camera to snap pictures.
In all, Steven sings 3 songs – A Little Story, Siu Zhong Sin (WTLB themesong) and Zhong Guo Ren (The Chinese People). During Steven’s singing, Tsui Jie comes over to where we snap pictures. Haha! So we ask if we could take pictures with Steven after his performance. Tsui Jie says that Steven will leave right away his performance so she suggests we look for his van and wait there for him. When Steven finishes his performance and says his goodbye and walks into the backstage, we all stand up getting ready to leave. Seeing us, people behind us also get off their seats to leave, not waiting for the show to end. People are so realistic wo! Obviously most have come to see Steven in person. Not even the grand prize of a brand new compact car that is yet to be given away can make them stay if Steven is leaving. Heehee! But Tsui Jie tells us that Steven has to stay back to present the prizes. She suggests a few of us go look for Steven’s van while the rest stay back. So Ting Ting and I decide to look for the van. We go to the parking lot and separately look for his van. After searching high and low the parking lot/garage, search and search and getting desperate by the minute, I finally found the van parked in front of the main entrance. Haiz! And so I wait by the van. But later Jun2, Chen2, & Lulu they all walk away to join me by the van. They say they could not see Steven anymore. Maybe he has left already by another door. Doubt surges through our minds, maybe this black van is not even Steven’s since I had only caught a glimpse of it when it came. While still wondering, we suddenly hear Jun2’s mom standing by the main entrance yelps.
We all rushed to her and aiya, there Steven is, on the stage. He and the others are getting ready to draw lots and present the prizes. Regrets! How come we were so dumb waiting for him outside while he is still inside and on the stage to boot. We just got inside when Steven walks towards us, actually, walks towards the prize car. Steven is the grand prize presenter. Standing so close to Steven, my heart starts to do somersaults again. We begin to yell: 4th Brother, 4th Brother…! Hearing us, Steven looks at us and smiles. Swoon!
At all times, Steven is surrounded by a large entourage. After presenting the prizes, Steven goes back inside the stage. For sure now, he must be preparing to leave. We tried to follow him but the security guard stopped us. So instead we all rushed out to his van to wait for him. Later, Hillman (tvb manager) comes out. He tells us that Steven will leave by the entrance where he first disembarked.
Through the glass walls, once again see Steven by the door getting reading to step outside. At this moment, a big crowd has again gathered by the door. A staff tells us we can take pictures with Steven now. We are all very happy to hear that. Steven walks away from the door toward us and we all start to yell 4th Brother, 4th Brother. Steven sees us and warmly says, “Guai la. Hearing you all called me 4th Brother, know that you are little piggies.” And then he walks to the middle of our group and asks: “Which of you have YY on? I saw your live yy messages on the weibo.” I hold up my phone and say “me, I have yy on.” (Can’t remember if I handed the phone to Steven or he just spoke into the phone, but must be I handed the phone over to him.) Anyway, Steven holds the phone and say: Wei, wei, how are you?” or something like this, I can’t remember. Because it is so noisy here so don’t know if you all could hear him or not. After a while, he hands the phone back to me. And we begin to have our pictures taken with him. After the group picture, for some reason, the crowd becomes chaotic and rowdy. People stretch out their hands wanting to shake Steven’s hand. So there are this cluster of disembodied waving hands stretching in front of Steven hoping to somehow grab/touch his hand, can’t tell who they belong too because there are so many. Staying by the side, one hand with the camera, the other hand with the phone, I have no hand left to shake with Steven. Hiaz! When I managed to free one hand, a group of people are already requesting for hugs. …I see a person giving him a bear hug. (not from our group) Pretty soon, the crowd presses against Steven, crowding him. All wanting to hug him. The security guards become nervous and quickly separated Steven from his fans, rushing him into the waiting van. Even as he strides quickly to his van, everybody is still hollering they want hugs from him. Steven says guai, guai, guai, and pats a girl’s head as he passes her by. (Later someone posted in the fansite saying I shook somebody's hand but not sure if it was Steven's. Haiz!)
When he is inside the van, Steven rolls down the window and chats to us. And then separately, everybody says: “4th Brother, we all miss you..” Steven must have been very happy to hear that because he keeps saying ‘guai la, guai la”. (good girl/boy) And then everybody starts to introduce herself: I’m who and who…Steven says you all tell me who you are on weibo ba. I say to Steven: I’m Lam Lam. Steven says: You’re Lam Lam ah..” And I don’t remember what comes after that. And then Steven’s van drives away. We all yelled Bon Voyage! Drive carefully! And other well wishes. Sort of hear Steven replying OK. And so and so finally Steven’s van is gone. I feel like I’m in a trance. How did Steven’s van leave? Did he drive the van? What? (tn: confirm with a random weibo who posted a pix of Steven’s van that a driver did the driving, not Steven. Not sure if the van is his own or just a company van. And so the event has finally come to an end, a very satisfactory end. Thank you to Jun Jun who made this trip possible, helping us made all the necessary arrangements. Thank you, 4th Brother. He is so nice.
One more thing, when the van starts to move, someone in front of me yell: 3rd Prince (WTLB) be careful on the road. Come again to Taishan.
below------fan's report in Chinese ---