But i thought, heck. I was already going for Imagine Dragons at that time so one more concert wouldn't hurt right? So i told twin okay, I'd go. So we got the tickets with Rachel, Jialing, Jiamin and Jialing's friend Shen. Then we realised that Darren was going also. At that time I remembered that other friends said that it was foolish of us to buy the tickets without even knowing the lineup. And apparently a lot of people were unhappy that the tickets were released even before the lineup.
So okay, fast forward to the day of Ultra. Sep 19. The event was supposed to start at 10.30, or so we thought. But anyways it said on Ultra Sg twiter account that from 8-9.30pm, they would be serving drinks. But we felt what for should we queue with everyone else? So we decided beforehand that we'll just get our own pre Ultra drinks.
Oh so anyway, on saturday 19 sept, I met rachel, chinee and darren at Scape at 5pm. So that I could leave my things with rachel in her shop since we won't be going home after Ultra. After that we went to Bugis to meet twin and Jiamin for dinner. Then we decided to go to 5 Tapas Bar at Somerset (lol) for pre drinks and some snacks. We got a beer tower and i had a shot of vodka. Twin said Ansolo (Ansel Elgort) was going to be performing at 10.30pm. But by the time we got pass the security checks and topped up the wristbands, we had already missed 3/4 of Ansolo and the whole of Mija. But i felt that Ansolo wasn't that great. I don't know why. Maybe because I felt awkward?
taken from rachel's snapchat
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While waiting to pass security
After Ansolo was Nicky Romero (yay!!) and I really loved Nicky that night. He played Lean On and Legacy. And there was also lyrics on the screen so we could "sing" along. There were a total of 8 of us that night and so we decided to move to the front. We were quite in front and I could see Nicky from where I was. I LOVE HIM SO MUCH. Then halfway through Nicky, we split. I was with Rachel and Chinee for the whole of Nicky. Twin and darren and the rest left to get drinks. So with the 3 of us, we moved even closer. And this is where the weird shit started. Most of the time I was facing rachel so i had my back to the rest of the crowd behind me. But when the lyrics were on the screen, I turned to the front. And I saw this guy that smiled at me and I tried smiling back. We started singing along to the lyrics. And because the volume was so high and there was so much noise, we tried to have a somewhat audible conversation. He asked for my name and age. And in turn told me his. Let's just call him E. So E and I started singing along to the lyrics. And i felt someone's arm on my left shoulder. But I thought it was rachel's. Then I felt some one interlocking my left hand with theirs. And i got angry so i turned to my left and saw that rach had her hand interlocking with mine! So the arm on my shoulder was....E's! After a while he dropped his arm from my shoulder but moved to hold my waist and tried pulling me closer to him. I didn't know what to do because if i moved to my right, I'd just be diving straight into E. But i couldn't go to my left because his arm on my waist was stopping me from doing it. There was no space in front and at the back. And I didn't know where chinee was. After a while he let go of my waist. When Nicky's set was at its peak, everyone had their hands raised. Rach was so sweet she refused to let go of me so when we raised our hands with the crowd, our hands were still interlocking. But E interlocked his with my right hand since it was free. But he also let go after a while. When Nicky was close to ending, Chinee, rach and I left to get our free redbulls. Then we regrouped and rachel told me that she saw E and his friends had already saw us moving to the front. E also told his friends "order up". I felt so disgusted with him. Rachel also told him repeatedly to back off but he obv didn't get the memo.
Free red bull!
I don't think this photo does justice to show how close we were to nicky (is this even nicky??) but wow vsco cam makes these photos so pretty :')
After Nicky, it was Alesso. Once again, as a group, we tried to make our way to the front. We saw E once. And I freaked out. He smiled at me and I smiled back (even though I was panicking on the inside) and then I hid behind Darren. But when we moved to the front, I don' think he followed us. I was kind of enjoying Alesso when I saw on my right, the tattoos of this guy. And I think he caught me looking at them and I was so embarrassed. I know he kept looking at me but I would always try not to make any further eye contact. Until once I happened to turn and he caught me looking his way and gave a wave. I waved back and his friend tried to pull me over to him but I said no. :/ That guy (not the friend) had such nice eyes! I didn't enjoy myself for Alesso as much as Nicky even though there was E. I actually found myself mentally asking Alesso if he was going to be done. :( Maybe because i was thirsty and tired and needed to sit down for a while.
When Alesso ended, we got plain water and sat down drinking, taking a short break. Then Skrillex started! Skrillex was my favourite act that night. But we got lazy and didn't want to squeeze to the front. So we just stayed at the back where we were among the company of foreigners. There was also a lot more leg room. Twin and Jiamin left around 2.30am and Jialing and Shen left earlier. So all that was left was me, Rachel, darren and chinee. By then i was too tired and sweaty to even care how i look. But i must've looked high af cos this caucasian guy turned around and asked if I was on drugs and i said no! Then he asked if i WANTED drugs and i of course went NO?!?! Then he asked if i wanted to get on his shoulders. :/ dude which part of no did you not understand....
Okay lah I do look a lil high but i also look like I'm drowning.
After Skrillex ended (very punctual, at 4am.) the 4 of us decided to let the majority of the crowd to leave first while we just sat on the floor drinking water and waiting for Chinee's friends. We sat outside the convention centre while they were smoking. Once they were done and chinee's friends left, the 4 of us went to 7-11 to get water and sat outside the shoppes of MBS and talked while darren slept. There were a lot of people that were like us probably. They crashed at the same area we were at after Ultra.
I love you skrillex!! :')
Once the first train started, the 4 of us boarded it back to somerset and had Macdonald's for breakfast at 7am-ish. Then we walked the boys back to the MRT station, After which Rachel and I walked to ion and sat there talking about shit while waiting for her store to open at 11am. When it opened, i got my things and went home.
I even mopped the house when i got home. Then i showered, had lunch and crashed for about 4-6hrs. The next day, I woke up aching all over and i also had cramps.
So there it is, my entire recount of Ultra. I had fun overall even though there were a lot of fuckboys. It was a fun experience over all and I find myself missing Ultra even though its almost been a week since the festival ended. :( There were so many weird people there. Like this group of guys in onesies, and a joker brought the PAP flag in to the convention centre!
Skrillex was my favourite because he really interacted with the crowd. And his voice is really nice! I miss Skrillex so much :( I know that we took a gamble in buying the tickets without even knowing the lineup. And I took the biggest gamble because I have never gone to clubs or to zoukout. I really thought I wouldn't enjoy myself. It was awkward in the begining because I didn't know how to move. It felt really weird in the begining. But in the end, I felt like it was all worth it. :")
Great night friends!! Enjoyed myself tremendously!!
Post ultra faces. Thank you rachel for sneaking around with me, for being so protective and making sure that I am never alone. You've been a great friend and roaming buddy. Thank you so much for roaming with me even though you had to work like 10 hours the day Ultra ended and you didn't get any sleep or didn't get to shower. :') thanks for being such a great friend.
