I Love The 90s

herekitty asked: WHAT THE WORLD?!!?!?!? You MET RUPERT GRINT?? Please tell us of this tale. That is one of my ultimate fantasies:'( :)

Context/Background: I live in Singapore. This week is F1 Grand Prix weekend, if you’ve heard about it, the only night race. Which is super awesome and I’m going to be watching it live on Sunday!

I met Rupert at Marina Square (a shopping mall located near the race track) just now, the strange thing is hardly anyone noticed him. I was trying to help an F1 driver (Nick Heidfeld) find his hotel, running all over the place. Thus I became seperated from my group of friends. Then I got a phonecall from my friend who said: “Hey! Harry Potter’s friend is here!”

I’m all “What the hell, who is that? What Harry Potter friend? What are you talking about?” I rush over and they point me to Rupert Grint and then I get what they are talking about. They should have said so. I walk towards him, going “Rupert!” He turns around, acceeds to my request of a photograph. In the midst of this he puts his hand on the back of my back and I can feel my heart pounding - not because I’m star struck but just from all the scrambling around. Also, my camera jams for awhile and it is rather awkward waiting for a proper photograph to be taken.

After the photo, my friend and I got to chat with him a bit. He was really friendly and obliging!

We met him a second time, one hour later at a different location within the same mall. This time he was wearing shades, and we waved to him. He waved back (and all the time no one else knew who he was! The wonders of shades.)

UNTIL my friend decided to ask him for an autograph and you know how people notice once a trigger goes off. People started asking who he was, and then subsequently mobbed him. He posed for a few more photos and went off :) What a tale.

He was a million times better than Schumacher who went “No photos, no autographs” and shooed everyone away sternly.