That day was quite a special day for me. It was a day where tension would build and parents would be very supportive and all in a place that was suddenly turned into a haven of love - unconditional love. I'm talking about the SECC, which is where the Glasgow round of Britain's Got Talent is held.
Going back a week ago my good friend - and crew mate - Tiger aka Fu Cheng calls me up, asking what I'm doing on the tuesday of next week. I reply "Nothing, why?" and he responds "I want you to come watch me do Britain's Got Talent." And I felt honoured that I was able to support my friend through this. (For those that don't read my blog, Tiger is from Taiwan and is over here studying for one year.) He asked me to burn his CD for him which I did with great pleasure, and I knew he was going to rock that joint.
So the tuesday arrives and I head to University, to be honest I don't know why I bothered to go into Uni because I had missed my tutorial for the day so what was I going to do? Simple, check my mail - I don't get to do that in the morning. So after I check my mail I head to Glasgow Central to meet him. What is always so amazing about Tiger is the number of international girlfriends he has; from Poland, Russia, China...it's crazy! So when I met him there he was with two other girls that I did not know of, but we got to know eachother as the day progressed so I'm happy about that!
After getting the train to the Exhibition Centre station we proceeded to walk over to the SECC. Now Tiger and Ivona and Paulina (the two Polish chicks) had never seen the SECC in person before, and they were just as amazed at the Clyde Auditorium that stood beside it - as Tiger mentions "It looks like Sydney Opera House."
So after many pictures we go inside, and guess who we see? Psycho Stylez Crew!! For those that don't know, Psycho Stylez is a B-Boy crew from Edinburgh.
But once we pass them we look to see that the line to audition is freaking huge! Well I guess that we did come at the right time...sorta. But anyway we're in line and we see that there's these girls from like 7-15 stretching and dancing, but they had all this weird make up on. But still we watch in amazement as I think "Damn these girls think they have a chance? =P" As we are in line I ask Tiger if he has anything to drink, and suddenly he brings out a can of Red Bull saying "I've never had this before". I was in shock. HE CHOSE THE WRONG ENERGY DRINK! I was like "DUUUUDE, wrong drink! You ever tried Monster?" *Tiger shakes his head* "I'm buying you some man!" so I step out of line to go to the McColls that's opposite the line to get a can of Monster and a bag of Minstrels. Can you believe that Monster from there costs £2.20?? When in somewhere like ASDA it's only £1? And I still don't know why mum goes to Iceland...well she doesn't actually, I just wanted to use that line cause I've never used it before. But while we're waiting in line our crew mate Mario, I forgot he was going to be there, he's here with his friends from the Philippines that came from Newcastle to audition in Glasgow.
About an hour passes and some dude from the BGT team comes up to us and tells us:
"If the contestant is 18 and over will their friends please move to the holding room at the end of the line. If the contestant is under 18 then will a parent or a guardian over 18 please stay with them while the rest move in to the holding room". Now let's be honest here, I was the only one from the group that could understand that, maybe because Tiger is from Taiwan and Iwona + Paulina are from Poland...not a problem so I told them what would be happening. Tiger was alright staying with himself and me + girls made our way to the holding room. Well it didn't look like a holding room at all, there were just seats and another line. But we got up to a little bit, mainly about cameras and stuff - for me that's freaking awesome.
Tiger then comes back through and we now have to wait in this queue for the BGT waiting room. We had some giggles and quite a lot of fun in that line. But lemme tell you one of my pet peeves...kids playing bagpipes - and are shit at it! This lil' dude's bagpipes are clearly out of tune (being a music dude you pick up these things) and people still give him the "easy props"...but to be honest he was with his mum I wasn't guna shout "YOU'RE WACK!", I mean his mum was in front of me hahaha. But Tiger decides to get down behind him while he's playing and he is just incredible at what he does.
So after about an hour and a half of waiting in that line (could have been longer, I'm not sure), we finally get into this room with lots of "Britain's Got Talent Glasgow" banners...finally I'm in one of the official rooms that's seen on Glasgow's episode of Britain's Got Talent. At this point it is Tiger, Iwona, Paulina, Mario and myself. While we're waiting for any future announcements Mario and I have the best conversation about South Park! Man I love my crewmate, talking about South Park is definitely on the agenda now hahaha.
But you know what though? Would you wait for more than 4 hours for a mate to do something that only takes about 3 minutes? That's the kinda scenario that makes or breaks friendships, I mean normally you'd be bored shitless if you were with someone for more than 4 hours but I wasn't thinking that, I was really hoping the best for Tiger because I know he has potential to win the whole contest! It's that burning sensation in your heart that when you look over at your friend and see what he is aiming to achieve, that's when you stop thinking for yourself and start believing in their dreams and supporting them all you can! Now that is being a friend, he is more than just a crewmate to me - in fact all of the people in my crew are more than crewmates - but Tiger is now a close friend of mine!
It was about 7pm and I hadn't had food for a few hours now, and I wanted Tiger to have energy so I got him and myself a Panini...and honestly I've never been happier spending money, even if I ended up with hardly nothing left! But Iwona, Paulina, Mario and I were beginning to feel tired from the long wait. But an hour later we finally get called through.
Now this was really where my heart was really beignning to get racy, the crucial moments. Tiger went through that room and was a little unsure about the whole process, so I quickly tell him before he gets in. I could see what he was doing through a peephole, and I just went nuts when he hit his moves like I knew he could! Once he left the room he was given a sheet with the details of when he'll hear back from the show - Feb 2011.
After the audition, I had never been more proud of a friend of mine! I'll travel to where he needs to go, I'll be with him for the whole journey! Not just me - but on behalf of Flyin' Jalapenos, the best in Glasgow, we will be with you the whole way!
But the night wasn't to finish there, I decided to go back to Tiger's and head out to Karaoke at his student union - this meant I had to go out to Paisley. But when I got to the union it was quite a nice set up, lighting was pretty awesome and it had a chilled vibe to it all. The only thing I didn't like was that I didn't really seem to fit in with all of Tiger's friends, they all seemed kinda uninviting and they didn't really try and say Hi to me...throughout the whole night not one of his friends that I hadn't met decided to say Hi. What bitches!
Although the Karaoke was awful fun, I went up twice once with Iwona and once on my own. I actually thought I had a great chance of winning, because let's face it...the rest wern't really that good. But then the winner of the Karaoke contest was...not me. WTF? How not?
But then me and Tiger repped and danced in the union, getting quite a response which I like. I just don't like to go to every club and have to dance, that's the problem with peer pressure (another post on that later).
When we got back to Tiger's dorm we were just up chilling, I took a shower in his room and then we went to get noodles from the kitchen. It was there that Tiger really told me what he wanted to do with his life - that I won't reveal because of a matter of respect. But at 3am his german friend Geoff comes in, I've met Geoff before from a dancing event he watched Me and Tiger rep at. I forgot how much of a nice guy he was!! But then we both ended the night at about 4am and had to be up at about 8am.
So Tiger was really nice to take me back to the station and help me get home, and he still made it into University in time.
I can never thank Tiger enough for being who he is. I know he is only here for a year but I just want to make it the best experience he'll ever have; it's not like I want to be overprotective or anything but I know how precious his time over here is and I want to make sure it's an experience he'll remember.
Another post will be made when he gets his results from the first round.
*Signing Out*
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