tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8811326.post-61250724555774637952007-11-19T23:22:00.002+08:002007-11-21T14:07:02.350+08:002007-11-21T14:07:02.350+08:00<span style="font-family:arial;">And to Richard Gasquet too!<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I was at the Kuala Lumpur International Airport at about 5.30 p.m. waiting for my tennis idol, Rafael Nadal to show up. Earlier on, I was in KL to pick up my TGI Friday's winning voucher before proceed to Ritz Carlton Hotel. To my disappointment, a friend from Astro who apparently preparing</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> for the brief appearance told me that event at the hotel has been cancelled.</span><br /><br /><span style="font-family:arial;">I called up Anna, the organizer, and she has been very helpful b</span><span style="font-family:arial;">y letting me know that Nadal's flight has been delayed and I would be in time to catch him at KLIA. Hence I drove all the</span><span style="font-family:arial;"> way to KLIA and waited for hours at the arrival hall. Nadal and Gasquet did not appear at the arrival hall but instead proceed to the VIP lounge where all the reporters and TV stations are there f</span><span style="font-family:arial;">or a press conference.<br /><br /><object height="355" width="425"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/kyeOTAsZm_8&amp;rel=1"><param name="wmode" value="transparent"><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/kyeOTAsZm_8&amp;rel=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" wmode="transparent" height="355" width="425"></embed></object><br /><br /></span><div style="text-align: left;"><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://hcfoo.com/2007/09/support-my-campaign-to-meet-rafael.html"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R0GzZ8G6W7I/AAAAAAAAA9E/rCHVimtR1mY/s200/nadal-and-me.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5134582308392295346" border="0" /></a><span style="font-family:arial;">I managed to get to know the location of the lounge and waited outside. I did get some footage where Nadal and G</span><span style="font-family:arial;">asquet wa</span><span style="font-family:arial;">lked out from the press conference.<br /><br /></span><span style="font-family:arial;">I </span><span style="font-family:arial;">also managed to get a photo with Nadal but the one with Gasquet didn't work out. And I got Nadal's signature on my ticket too!</span><br /></div><span style="font-family:arial;"><br />What a day! And my dream and campaign finally realized. Thank you guys for your support. Now I don't need to put a fake picture with Nadal anymore. As for the number of comments '<a href="http://hcfoo.com/2007/09/support-my-campaign-to-meet-rafael.html">Vamos VMY2007</a>', I've received 22 of them (out of the targetted 200 comments) which means w</span><span style="font-family:arial;">orth only RM22 for charity. Anyway, I will still donate RM200 for charity, which I will keep you guys updated in this blog very soon.<br /><br />By the way, I was too busy chasing for Nadal, I've forgotten about Richard Gasquet.<br /><br /></span><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R0PK6cG6XBI/AAAAAAAAA90/jkerkneZ_NY/s1600-h/new+pictures+025.jpg"><img style="margin: 0px auto 10px; display: block; text-align: center; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R0PK6cG6XBI/AAAAAAAAA90/jkerkneZ_NY/s320/new+pictures+025.jpg" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5135171105458904082" border="0" /></a><a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/_Qg6J04XZhR4/R0G0v8G6W9I/AAAAAAAAA9U/g7EVNNuUfWA/s1600-h/new+pictures.jpg"><br /></a>hcfoonoreply@blogger.com