Monday, October 04, 2004
Stalking Schumi - Part 1
March 2002
Applied leave to go stalking Schumi at Cyberview Hotel during breakfast. Sanggup tu!! Semua sbb one friend ni told me he saw Schumi having breakfast there the day before.
Tak tau le pelanduk dua rupa Schumi mana dia jumpa cos Schumi takde pun breakfast kat situ. Penat aku travel jauh2 pagi2 buta tu. Hehehe. Tapi takpe, mmg nak amik cuti pun that day sbb in the afternoon ada "Meet Ralf Schumacher" session at Sg Wang Plaza. Lagipun, best gak finally dapat tengok Cyberview Lodge Hotel. Cantik!! We also managed to meet engineers/mechanics from Jaguar & BMW-Williams team. After those guys finished their breakfast, they all got into a van headed to Sepang.
Ok, next stop - Sg Wang Plaza!
Got the wrong Schumi!! That'll do though. I'll take any Schumi I can get! ;)
Don't I look happy hahahahaha. If only it was the right Schumi!!
I was the lucky person to be first to come onstage and what an experience! I was jumping up and down hard and screaming like mad to get noticed! My friends helped too by pointing to me. Thanks Jules and Irwan! :)
Prior to meeting Ralf, I attended a 3 mths course on German which is not really enough though is it? So my German was not that good yet plus Ralf was sooo charming, approachable and good looking that I froze. The only thing that came out was:
- Ich bin ledig (I'm single)
- Ich liebe dich (I love you)
- Vier Gluck (Good luck)
Hahahahahahhahaha...
Anyway... They asked me a question and I got a 4 Litre Formula RS lubricant from Castrol. Berat gak nak mengangkut tu, hehehe. Why I didnt put the thing down I have no idea! Hehehe.
When the emcee asked if I had anything else to say to Ralf, apalagi, I went straight for the chase - I asked if I could give him a hug :) Hehehehe. Yes, I'm a serial hugger, hehehe (Vince, Zahid, Ralf Schumacher..)
Masa tu, semua camera zoomed in on me and Ralf. My friends couldn't even take a pic of me! Semua camera halang! Sedih sangat. Luckily my pictures came out in a few newspaper and magazines and on ntv7 news :
Various cuttings of my encounter with Ralf
The best part though was how I managed to get my hands on the pic of me and Ralf above! Jules was surfing the net looking for pics of Montoya when she bumped into that picture at http://de.sports.yahoo.com. I just couldn't believe it! Tak cukup masuk paper and tv, masuk Internet! Kat Germany lak tu!! Wakakakaka. The writing was in German of course.
Anyway.. back to my story...
While waiting for Ralf to arrive, and while Ralf was there, the emcee kept asking us "Who's gonna win at Sepang?" Everyone had to shout 'Ralf', naturally! Hehe. I was, most definitely thinking "Michael!!!!", but thought what the heck and shouted "RALF!!!!!!!"
And what do u know.. he won the bloody thing! Unbelievable! Before Ralf's win in 2002, Sepang was Schumi territory! It must've been my hug! ;) I wanted Michael to win obviously, but as it was a Schumacher who won, I guess it was okay, hehe. But definitely no more hugging Ralf for me!! :)
When I posted the Internet picture on my regular F1 haunt (http://www.atlasf1.com) these were some of the comments I got:
After reading those comments, baru le tahu that they showed my encounter with Ralf with SOUND! Oh my god!! Ingatkan depa akan tunjuk my encounter with new commentary added on. Kira takkan dgr my voice le kan. Adus, rasa mcm nak pengsan bila baca ada org dgr I ckp 'I Love You' on tv! Malunya!!! But it's kinda cool though cos those people who saw me lived in Netherlands, Luxembourg and Romania.>>niwanda if Ralf get's more than one lap this race, it's your fault! (Ooops, hehe.. Masin mulut mamat ni!!)
>>Your hug seemed to work wonders for Ralfie. Never thought he would win the race.
>>This Ralf is one lucky man...
(commenting on the 4Litre lubricant I was holding)>>Lubricant = happy Ralf
>>For your sake, STAY AWAY FROM DC'S HOTEL!!! (DC? No thanks! Hahahaha)
>>Did he just pinch your bottom or something.. j/k
>>Hey niwanda! They showed your infamous shopping mall appearance today on German television (RTL). Did you really shout "Ich liebe Dich" into the mike of the show host ?? Anyway, good fun to watch it!
>>Yep saw you on the RTL video as well. You're a celebrity now.
>>Hey, niwanda,You seem to bring something positive to the people you meet:
Ralf Schumacher - 1st, Nick Heidfeld - 5th, Felipe Massa - 6th
Anyway, I've seen you on RTL too. It was great fun. It looks as though you're on your way to international stardom.