It’s so late here; and I've a long day tomorrow. But I must still write this down before I start forgetting whatever that happened, or if I lose my memory one day.

The entire of last week was so crazy for me especially since school just reopened, and my test results weren’t all that fantastic (though I kind of expected it).

WARNING:
THIS POST IS REALLY VERYYYYYY LONG. PARDON ME FOR BEING SO LONG-WINDED (I just wanna write every single detail down in case I might forget anything hahaha). YOU CAN ACTUALLY JUST SCROLL DOWN TO FRIDAY’S POST INSTEAD CAUSE THAT’S THE BEST PART LOL.

Thursday (28/6/2012):
I was totally dreading Thursday. It was gonna be the start of my French class (My school has a module called Interdisciplinary Studies where students list out their rankings of modules to choose. What module we’re posted into was based on balloting. I was so unlucky that I got my 4^th choice.) Crazy long day for me; 10-5pm in school and Japanese class immediately after that. I could totally imagine how badly I had to rush. Luckily the French tutor ended slightly earlier, so that I could have dinner before my Japanese class started.

Reached Raffles Place an hour early (surprisingly) and went to grab my dinner. As usual, I was scrolling through my facebook and twitter, checking for updates. Then I realised that someone posted on the yamakaze facebook group (Singapore Arashi fanbase group) stating that Sho was spotted at Raffles Hotel for Nazotoki filming at around 2+pm (when I was still having my French lesson, so I didn’t think that he would stay so long). After looking through the comments, FANS SAID THAT HE WAS STILL THERE. HOLYMAMA I FINISHED WHAT WAS LEFT OF MY FOOD IMMEDIATELY AND RAN OUT OF BURGER KING WITH MY GPS ON (I really do not know how to use the GPS but I used it anyway). 

Okay, back-tracking a little, on Wednesday, it was said that the Nazotoki crew was at Merlion Park though Sho nor Keiko were there. And there was a fan report stating that we would not be able to see them as they did not have any outdoor scenes. But after seeing what the fan posted on the facebook group about Sho being at Raffles Hotel, I just went to try my luck. SO I WALKED FROM RAFFLES PLACE MRT STATION ALL THE WAY TO RAFFLES HOTEL. For some of you who might know, it’s not very near. Took me 30mins to get there. Furthermore, I did not know the route at all, I relied on asking pedestrians on the road for directions to get there. Thankfully there were nice enough to help J

After about 20mins, I finally spotted the Raffles Hotel. The fans stated that he was filming at the Shopping Arcade instead of Raffles Hotel. And since I’ve never been to Raffles Hotel before, I didn’t know how the layout of the building was like, and ended up asking the receptionist at Raffles Hotel how to get to the Shopping Arcade, was like 5mins walk around the entire hotel. By the time I reached the Shopping Arcade, I was drenched in perspiration.

The moment I reached the Shopping Arcade, I could see a group of people crowding at a corner, and I knew immediately that Sho was there, filming. So I went to join the group but could see nothing thanks to all the plants around. Then, I saw this other girl (who is slightly older than me, prolly 25?) beside me who was alone and asked if she was here to see Sho too. And tadah, I made a new friend haha! (I think her name was Jordy, Idk how to spell her name!)

Since we couldn’t see anything from the 1^st floor, we decided to check out the filming from the 2^nd floor. (They were filming in an open area park kinda thing, under a pavilion, so technically, we could see from the 2^nd floor). Just like the 1^st floor, the 2^nd floor had fans too (but lesser), and there were also staff that were there to prevent the crowd from going to close to the filming area. The staff on the 2^nd floor kept telling us (the fans) to disperse as he mentioned that crowding around the area would attract more attention, and it might disrupt the filming. So, Jordy and I, left that area, to explore the place in search for another/better area to look at Sho :3

We walked to the other side of level 2 (which was in clear view of the filming area). There was not a single soul there (except for that one staff). So we were wondering why the fans did not want to go there instead. So anyway, the staff was so nice, he actually let Jordy and I walk along the corridor and watch Sho film!!! OMG THAT WAS IT, FOR THE FIRST TIME IN MY ENTIRE 5 YEARS OF FANDOM LIFE WHERE I ACTUALLY SAW ZA SAKURAI SHO. THAT MERE 30 SECONDS OF WALKING PAST WAS ENOUGH TO KEEP ME AWAKE FOR THE REST OF THE DAY. I swear, he was just so…….Kageyama-ish LOL. But sadly, as we walked from left to right, we had to turn our heads back in order to see Sho. He was in his suit, spectacles and centre-parting. Of course, walking past once is never enough, Jordy and I walked for another 2/3 times LOL. There was a woman opposite Sho, thought it was Keiko (her hair was being bunned up really princess-y) but fans said it was Miyazawa Rie. I couldn’t make out who it was cause my eyes were too fixated on Sho and I could only see the female actress’ back view lol.

My view of Sho:

After which, Jordy’s friends came along, and we told them about the route that we discovered, and we walked again LOL. Lucky for them, they came earlier in the day (during their lunch break), and they saw Sho quite close up to them! For Iris (another friend whom I made that day), Sho was walking along the corridor opposite her !!! They also told me that one of their friends saw Sho, and when she nodded to him, HE NODDED BACK TO HER OMG LORD SAVE ME.

At about 715pm, we decided to leave the place and I headed back to Japanese class. THIS WAS THE DUMBEST DECISION OF MY LIFE BECAUSE THE FILMING ENDED AT 735PM AND THE FANS WHO STAYED SAID THAT SHO WAVED TO THEM AND THE STAFF ALLOWED THE FANS TO PLAY AND TAKE PHOTOS WITH THE SET.

So anyway, throughout my entire Japanese lesson, there were times where I unknowingly smile to myself cause of what happened earlier that day ;_;