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The night I told Martina Hingis to go to Batu Caves

So I had a very random Friday night yesterday. Started my day with getting lost trying to get to a meeting with CV at an Astro office in Taman Equine aka The Boondocks (it's somewhere past Puchong). I eventually got there and as we finished our lunch she asked me,

"What are you doing tonight from 7 - 11pm?"

Feeling this might lead to invitation to a multi-level marketing meeting but overriding that with my fondness for CV I say I'm free. Apparently she has corporate tickets to the Kuala Lumpur 2010 Showdown of Champions at Stadium Shah Alam. You may have seen the ad for this event on TV. It kinda looks like it was made by the same people who invented tacky fluorescent government event, styrofoam-lettered backdrops (you know, the ones that say "Selamat datang kepada YB Dato' Seri blah blah ke upacara perasmian blah blah ke 13 etc") that inspired nothing but sadness and misery.

Anyway basically we get to the event, ate and watched the last match. It was a mixed doubles match between Martina Hingis & Pat Cash VS Anna Kournikova & Goran Ivanisevic. The match was fun, both teams obviously making it a show more than an actual competition. Lots of laughs, trick shots and court comedy antics.

The interesting bit that made my night was the PC they had after. Since we had corporate passes we were allowed to attend and we were pretty much amongst the press checking out ze famous tennis people. Joey, another friend who was there called me over to where he was and said, "Eh, pretend you're a journalist la and ask some questions,"

Five minutes had already passed and not even ONE journalist asked a question besides Edwin the MC who had to resort asking a question himself (what the hell is up with that la wei. Speak up la!). Semua senyap and sape yang ada camera layan ambik gambar je. Sampai Anna Kournikova sendiri had to "Ok people, the PC is open!"

So, apa lagi.

*Disclaimer: this may not be accurate word for word but you get the gist la*

Me: How long are you guys here for?
Guy tennis players: *mumble mumble*
Anna: Hmm I'm not sure, some have different plans
Martina: Maybe a day or two, spend a day sightseeing.
Me: What do you plan to see?
Martina: I don't know. Do you have any suggestions?
Me: Oh *brain work fast* do you like outdoorsy stuff or the nightlife?
Martina: Outdoor probably. Don't like being around a lot of people though (I think she said this last bit. Not really sure)
Me: *oh help me god I couldn't think of anything else* Well you can check out Batu Caves
One of the guy tennis players: BAT caves??? *chitchattalktalklaughter at their table*
Anna: Martina wants to go to a club. She wants to get drunk tonight!
Me: Oh well there's Rootz. Pretty decent club in KL.
*Anna looks at the others and the all start mentioning Rootz. Biar benar these ppl*
Edwin the MC: Uh well if you're looking for that sort of thing you can find it at La Bomba (one of the sponsors for the event). We'd be happy to bring you there. *I was this close to saying "We can bring you to Rootz!"*
*Other reporter asks Pat Cash a question*
Joey: *whispers in my ear* hey ask Martina if she's gonna make a comeback to Tennis
Me: Martina! Are you gonna make a comeback?
Martina: No. *says something else about doing only these kinda events these days. I think*
Anna: From clubbing to a question like that? What a transition! *Kan dah kena sound dgn Anna Kournikova. Babi Joey*

Later after the PC was done I asked Martina if I could take a pic (had a minor crush on her during her peak) and she said ok.

Me: *as we were posing for the pic* Actually I'm not really with the press. No one was asking so I just decided to.
Martina: Oh *this sounded a bit nervous to me. crazy fan alert maybe* 

And that was it. A few other reporters very timidly asked a few questions during the PC. Gatal wanted to ask more (What's your favourite fruit? How is Enrique?) but decided against it. I did feel it was a bit ridiculous that I, who is not a member of the press, ended up asking 90% of the questions at that PC. Apparently this is the case at most PCs involving foreign acts (except for the recent Slash PC which is was filled with questions) where journos start imitating mutes. WTH!

Thanks CV for inviting me. Malam yang menarik!

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