enough of the misery of studies, its end of week 9 anyways, i only have one more week of first term! yea baby, holidays here i come, altho i dont haf anything planned i cant wait to unwind and just chill out. let my biological clock get messed up again, watch endless movies, read novels, and of course spur of the moment shopping sprees!!!
among other things...lewis hamilton was in oxford on the 26th which was a monday, to sign his new autobiography. and now i oredi bought his autobio off amazon and i've read it already. so i will be damned if i didnt go and see him in oxford. on top of that, oxford is only 46mins away from coventry by train! its only 14pounds day return so i guess its bearable...at first it was difficult to find someone to go but siti (God bless her) told me she didnt mind skipping her 2 classes to accompany me and abby was to meet us there.
now we got to borders oxford (which is located near OCIS: oxford centre for islamic studies! its a sign!) at around 2.45 but decided we wont start queuing up yet because there was still plenty of time. but i found out that it was borders policy (the borders ppl are horrible, only one of them was nice!) that lewis signs his book that is purchased on the day itself from borders. so i actually had to buy another book. i didnt mind, as long as i got to meet lewis hamilton!
siti and i queued up around 3.45 (we went to check out some shops at oxford, oxford's got good shopping!) and i was given a ticket to tell me what number i was. i was number 193! there were 350 ppl there all in the basement floor of borders waiting for lewis to get there. some ppl started queuing at 9a.m when the shop opened (insane huh?)... i didnt care if i was 193, as long as i got to meet lewis! when he finally arrived at the shop at 4.30 (d thing was to start at 5) i was just beyond ecstatic. my heart had fallen to my stomach and my stomach had gone to my mouth and i was just thinking i was going to be sick! i was so nervous! i was literally scared to meet him, scared to meet lewis hamilton lord noes y but i was scared to meet him!
it wasnt till 6p.m that we got to d front of the queue. again borders ppl were being annoying (i mean first at 5 they cordoned ppl off from coming down they also didnt allow ppl to go back up!) they "offered" to take a picture of us with lewis. but then the lady who took my picture didnt tell me she was taking my picture which resulted in only siti looking at d camera (yes siti was more obsessed with d camera rather than meeting lewis hamilton, bless her ^^)! but nonetheless d pic proved i spoke to lewis and he listened to every word i said!
now when i met him i thought my knees were going to fail! they felt like jelly, and i was stammering! and i think my face went red. when he extended his hand to shake mine, my palms were SO sweaty! his hands were rough tho and my palms were sweaty so i dont think it was a pleasurable experience for the both of us. and so this is the conversation that ensued between us:
me: hello lewis, how are you? (that was all i could come up with as an opening line ok!)
lewis: im fine thank u, and u?
me: im good. erm we've (altho siti didnt! LoL) read ur book and u mentioned u like msia. we're msians.
lewis: (looks at me with disbelief) really???
me: yes...im from kuala lumpur.
lewis: ohhhh d city!!! (lord noes wat dats spose to mean, hes good in geography? LoL)
me: *giggle*giggle*
lewis: so will you be going to d grand prix then?
me: no. we're studying here, so we'll be stuck studying (i think i gave a sad face)
lewis: aww...u'll b stuck here in d cold while i enjoy d heat
me: *giggle*giggle* yea (at dis point in time d guard was giving me evil looks so i will shut up)
lewis: anyways, thank u for coming down guys, i really appreciate it (and smiles that to die for smile of his)
and as i walked away i thought i died and went to heaven right then and there. indeed it felt like i was walking on air. i never in my wildest dreams imagined i would meet lewis hamilton. i devised plans to stalk his home in hertfordshire but my plans were dashed as he moved to switzerland...and then by a stroke of luck (thank u syazana for goin to oxford to see hilni and pass the posters and thank u nadiah for telling me!) ... i wouldve liked to linger arnd d basement to wait till he was done but we had to go back upstairs bcoz it was borders policy n besides it was so hot and stuffy in d basement (stuffiness + excitement = fainting feeling!) and as siti and i walked outta d shop we decided we will linger on upstairs (coz we couldnt go back downstairs) until 7p.m when lewis was to leave.
rmmber abby, my fren who was supposed to meet us in oxford? well she came at 5p.m sharp and by this time borders ppl were oredi blocking ppl from going down and joining d queue. me and siti couldnt go up to call her down and we couldnt reach her by phone because there was no network coverage from downstairs. and so i felt really bad for her. albeit she isnt a lewis fan she just wanted to like show her younger bros who are f1 fans she met an f1 driver... n d fact dat she actually saw siti downstairs but siti didnt see her made me feel even worse, so i decided to give her d lewis's book dat i had bought off amazon for free. all 3 of us decided to linger on till lewis leaves. there were still 20 odd ppl waiting upstairs to be let down and when the 350 ppl were done these bunch of kids were pleading the guards to let them down. and i dunno perhaps hamilton heard them coz i think it was his publicist who told the guards to let these ppl down.
at this point i swiftly gave abby my receipt from my purchase to show the borders ppl as tho she bought the book from them. and then abby called me to go down with her and siti came too. by right we shouldnt haf been allowed down again, siti and i but rmmber that 1 nice guy dat works in borders? well he was manning the escalators and he let us thru! Bless him ^^ and so my 2nd meeting with hamilton began:
lewis (when he saw me and siti): heyyy its you guys again!!! (in a happy cheery way)
me: (overjoyed at d fact he rmmbered me) yea it is
lewis: dont tell me u queued up again?
me: it's all coz of her (while patting abby's back)
me: we msians always find a way to come in (i haf no idea wat dats spose to mean but i said it!)
lewis: dats cool (smiling dat melt-ur-heart smile of his)... u noe when i went to msia i didnt get to see d city much. i only got to go to d kanye west concert coz he was in town...
me: yea...he was...(and then suddenly with a burst of enthusiasm)...u should come again and visit US!
lewis: (looks stunned for a bit, prolly by my forwardness...so much for passive hijabis!) aww but i got d bahrain grand prix afterwards...
me: (i thot he said "brain" so i was a bit confused) aww ok (wat i really wanted to say was, come when its not f1 season!)
lewis: (security guards giving all of us dirty looks) thank u for coming, again. appreciate it, you guys.
as i walked away abby exclaimed rather too loudly "nadiah! ur so in love with him!" he prolly heard dat! i mean seriously tho i think it was obvious i was flirting wid lewis hamilton but who d hell cares? abby didnt even say a word to him tho hahahahahahahahaha i was on a roll suddenly, non-stop chatterbox! and i was so amazed at d fact dat he rmmbered me an siti after signing autographs for 350 over ppl! and he was still being so nice and friendly, i mean if it was me id be tired already! anyways we lingered on at the basement till he exited (besides abby needed d loo) and i got to see him shake hands wid all d employees of borders (altho i dont think they deserve it! except for mayb dat one dude hehehe) telling them wat gr8 job they did in organizing the event and how the event was success. hes such a good sport! n then his publicist which is dis very nice lady had forgotten her purse so he waited patiently smilingly and was cracking jokes while d security guard asked for his autograph...isnt he d sweetest?!!! n then as we got up d escalator as we were d only ones left there he waved goodbye, siti saw specifically i was just in a daze. but he waved bye to us!!!! ahhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh
he is everythin i imagined him to be. i was so afraid dat hed be in a foul mood after meeting so many ppl. and i was already annoyed that the borders ppl force us to write our names on stick on notes so as to quicken d process but by doing dat lewis didnt hafta learn our names and he wouldnt hafta ask me how to spell mine :( but he was such a good nice guy! he is so humble! so sweet, he'd make a great dad (to my kids, i wanna haf his babies thank u very much LoL) coz he was treating his lil fans ever so kindly! and the fact that he rmmbered me, that just shot me up to the moon! i haf fallen even deeply in love with him. i am SO in LOVE with him now its insane. i even find myself smiling for no apparent reason.
and u noe wat i noticed...he had a scratch mark on his hand exactly where i haf a burnt mark (his is vertical mines horizontal)!!! see we even injure ourselves at d same places! it is a sign im telling you!!! call me insane, but everything does happen for a reason. hahahahahaha
but masyAllah, i haf had such a good year so far. Alhamdulillah... i mean first i met toni qattan then i went watch Man U play and then i just met LEWIS HAMILTON the guy who's poster i haf hanging beside my bed. the man who makes up my screen savers. i am close to tears overwhelmed by such happiness. i cant blive i met him! finally i meet someone famous here in england, and someone famous that i like too need i add :D :D :D
i love lewis wid all my heart and soul. and he really lived up to my expectations. i wish i made something for him tho (i was considering doing popia for him but i doubt security will let me give him food in fear of indigestion), something that had my email or my phone number. something, anything! but i didnt...i guess maybe our paths will cross again...insyAllah...i hope he does get hidayah tho...i mean he is such a nice guy...kalau masuk islam kan bagus, coz every good deed he does akan berlipat kali ganda pahala nye...and hes such a positive role modely, didya noe he doesnt drink during the season? awww he doesnt let anything get in the way of his work. and his best mate is oredi called mohammed, he hangs out wid dat mansour dude who has a share in mcclaren (need i add dat mansour is d name of my granddad?!) so wat other signs are u askin for?! and i slept in the HAMILTON suit for God's sake! omg, now that was definitely a sign, coz who wouldve thought roughly 2 weeks later i would meet n speak to lewis hamilton! twice!
~~listening to "No One" by Alicia Keys (and rightly so!)~~
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