Monday, September 7, 2009

My Close Encounter with 周華健 at the Noodle Shop...

So, I was in Las Vegas to see Superband at the Mandalay Bay casino and on the day of the concert, my wife and I were looking around to find something to eat. We walked up to the Noodle Shop to look at the menu posted next to the restaurant.

Standing about 10 feet away, I noticed an older Asian guy in a black shirt. A few seconds later, he turned around for a few seconds and my jaw dropped. Although I'm pretty bad at recognizing Asians, I actually got this one right.

周華健 was standing only 10 feet from us, waiting in line. Thinking back, it's interesting that he was actually waiting in line instead of being treated like a VIP and immediately brought back to a special room. Interesting.

After a few seconds, I thought I'd whip out my new iPhone and snap a quick picture. Well, my wife had other plans. She's definitely the more outgoing one. She told me to approach him and ask him to turn around so my wife can snap a picture of me standing with him. I nervously passed the few folks in line between me and 周華健 . However, when I was only three feet away, his assistant stepped in front of me, put her arm around my shoulder and steered me away and said, "Sorry, he's with his family, blah, blah, blah."

Shoot! So, close. While walking back to my wife, 周華健 did a quick turnround and said, "Sorry" (although not looking at me in particular).

Still kind of in shock that I almost met him and my wife in shock that his assistant wouldn't let me approach him, we forgot to actually try to take a picture of him from our original vantage point. Oh well... :)

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