nikjass

The first time I met him was last June, in Milan.

 

I was a bit nervous, but not that much because I had already seen him arrive at the venue and realised he was real and genuine and I realised I wasn't acting fangurly around him. Phew.

After the show we waited for him and when he arrived, I did everything very quickly (I didn't want to take too much of his time you see?): I gave him my portraits, asked for an autograph, telling him about the portraits. Then Mana told him I cried during the whole show - thank you Mana! haha He laughed and I said I really really enjoyed his show, that it was my first Mika-gig. I said thank you. And he smiled and looked at me for a while and well then something happened in my brain. I held out my cheek (is it the way to say that in English? lol) for a kiss and he kissed me, he was really surprised, and I was too, god what had I just done?? Then he said "ok a second kiss" and kissed my on the other cheek After that I was a bit ashamed... A kiss... gosh, how stupid. Mana kept assuring me I was very polite and did it in a very polite way but still haha. My siggy picture was taken just after the kiss by the way. I don't think he looks pissed, but you never know lol. Anyway, that was my first Mika moment

Emerald!! I completely missed your post That is a great story... where did that come from.. sometimes guts come out of nowhere...

:wub2:I met Mika at the glasgow gig in feb. I was one of the BG's and got to meet him after the gig. We (lg's and bg's) were all getting a group photo and i was next to Mika and i turned to him him and said Wow i knew you were tall ,but not that tall:boxed: He then turned to me and said oh you smell nice, ( i almost died) he asked what the strawberry smell was and i told him it was my chewing gum, he then asked if he could try a piece (omg!) i said yes and gave him the packet. He took a piece and then said something random about artificial flavours giving you brain damage:aah: then he offered the gum back to me but i said he could keep it! He looked genuinely chuffed! He then talked a bit more to all of us then as we were leaving he shouted after me 'thanks for the gum' All totally random but it made my day!!!!

Nice story Shoni. Mika & smells.. :roftl:

Not yet, he's teasing me with them:naughty:

Cheeky sod... that's nearly a year ago now...

Clogs??

LOL.. that's another story.. I'd let Rose tell it herself

Awwwwww, that's so cute! He obviously thought you two should get married!

 

Won't quote it all, but that was so cute, esp in Hong Kong!

 

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I really love Sasje's story, I have my favourites.. one of which is when Cynthia managed to be backstage.. mistaken identity.. remember it? good story that..

 

 

I'm doing a lot better these days... I've come off the anti seizure medication and am weaning myself off the meds that lessen the pressure behind my eyes... and I only need to get the blood tests for the blood thinners and see one more doctor, and hopefully I won't have to see anyone else!

 

And I got my drivers licence back in February (they suspended it cause of the strokes and seizures), and I start a full time job in about a week and a half!

 

 

I still get quite tired at times, my right side is still a little weaker than it was before, and I occasionally get headaches, but they're nowhere as bad as they were last year! I manage pretty well, and any tiredness or weakness I've learnt to deal with...

Good to know you're better now.. that thing he did was one of the best thing ever... love that story too!

Sorry if I'm being nosey' date=' but I think I've missed something and it sounds kinda interesting....can someone please explain about the flowers? Sorry! [/quote']

 

Yup.yup, Tegan should tell her yourself.

 

I'll meet him in a week...if i won't be able to hide properly...

 

Mika: Hi!

Me: Gasp...glup...arrrggghhhhh....cough, cough...*bump*

 

Wonka, you have to tell him you're WONKA!! No buts about it!

 

 

To be honest Lena, you could plan for weeks what you want to say to him, and when you do, it all goes out of your head when he looks at you:naughty:

Even now, after meeting him many times, I have blackouts of what I want to say and babble like an idiot at him, but he is very patient and doesn't get stressed (just don't mention clogs:roftl::roftl:).

Just be natural is probably the best way to be:thumb_yello:

 

Yeah Rose, learnt that.. so for the past few meetings.. I just said what comes to mind.

 

What happened to the clogs??? Did he give it to you two in the end?

 

 

i couldnt resist buying some for him when i was in London

 

LOL!!! That's a great conversation starter...

Well.. I "met" Mika more then twice but these two belong together:

 

* Munich 2007: Before we went there, Leator had written Mika a letter to let him know that we were going to see this gig. Afterwards, Melody introduced us as the first MFC-couple and Mika immediately respond with: "oooh yes!! you are the ones who are getting married, right?? :biggrin2:"

(think about it: this was our first date ever.. ) so, both Leator and I were like: "NO!! :shocked:"

 

* Munich 2010: Now when we met Mika, it was because he wanted to gratulate us with our engagement.. Was very nice and we joked around a bit..

 

I think that guy is psychic..

I love that story... should have a thread about Mika's premonition..haha!

Thanks for this thread.. gives me a chance to look back.. I've met & spoken to him 5 times now.. though it's not as many times as some of you had or as much as I like, it's just right for me to remember each meeting vividly. Good luck reading all these!!!

First time I met him was at a meet & greet in Hong Kong in May 2007. I thought I'd know what to say when I see him, but I was speechless when I was walking up to him. It was him that came closer and said that he liked my shirt.. (my friends & hand printed a t-shirt - it says Mika Magic on it). Then I told him about the disaster we had with the T-shirt. He was taken aback cause I think I sounded like a loon when I said, "it didn't turn out as how I wanted it too.. I wanted it to say Mika is magic.. but because of the design.. we had no space for that, so instead we printed 'Mika's Magic' but when we finally printed it and I tried it on, it looked as if my boobs were your magic.." then I laugh..(goon) My chaperon from Universal saved me, she said "she is officially your biggest fan from Malaysia, she has something for you". Just when I was about to show him what we made for him, he noticed my MFC badge.. he said something like "Ah you're a member" then I paused and told him about how I got the badge.. long story about how Freddie posted it to Bristol for free & then it was posted to me in Kuala Lumpur.. he said "it's amazing..I must sign stuff for you" (at this point Jerry was confused.. seemed like he didn't know about the MFC, anyway that's a different story). I took off my sling poster container and said.. "I feel like hiro Nakamura".. he said "who's that?" (He didn't know about Heroes.. & that's when Heroes was huge!) I explained a bit and gave him the poster we made.. & asked him if he knows 'Where's Wally. He said, "Yes he loves Where's Wally..." Then I said " Well, it's a 'Where's Mika Poster.. it has tiny Mika's hidden all over it.." that's when he started staring at the poster really close like an excited little boy...and kept going "that's me.. that's me..that's me...he said thank you and offered a picture together.. eventhough.. the security said no individual pictures at the beginning Got him to sign my copy of the poster & CDs. He spelled my name wrong and I told him off..haha. I had the shock of my life when he rested his head on my head for the pic.. thank God I was standing properly, otherwise we would have both lost our balance. After we had the picture taken I realised I forgot to give him the bracelet I got him.. so I told him and he let me put it on his wrist. Then the others spoke to him and we had a group picture taken. Part of that was on video, so that helps me to remember, somewhere during our conversation I remember telling him I'm a huge fan.. I watched him on youtube every night since I discovered him.. proper fangurl like.. quite embarrassing..

OMG:boxed: How long is that entry..

2nd meeting was in Birmingham in 2008

After the gig.. there was a m&g.. I was queuing with Cynthia and Moriina (Naomi) and a girl from Japan, when I went up to him I said, "I'm sure you don't remember me, but we've met". He said, "Where have we met?" "Hong Kong" I said. He then had this surprised look on his face. He said "You're that girl that gave me that poster! I said, " Yes".. He said, he can't believe I've come all the way ..I said "well when are you coming to Malaysia?".. he then tried to figure out closer gigs for me to go to.. I told him Cythia and Naomi had come from the US & ..pointed to the Japanese girl- "she's come from Japan!" I gave him the candles I got him.. and he was very excited.. before I could say they were scented he started smelling them already.. one fell and he picked up and smelled that too! Funny.. I passed him the T-shirt I wore in Hong Kong to sign.. reminded him about it and he started writing on it... I noticed him spell my name wrong again.. and told him off again..I didn't see what he was writing after that..so had a nice surprise when I left the venue. They told us no picture, but somehow, Mika was ready for one, so I got another photo with him.

3rd meeting - Brixton 2008

Waited after gig.. more ppl to see him there..my sister & I were waiting in line by the car he was getting on.. he walked down the line and signed stuff and spoke to ppl... but for some reason he decided to go straight to the car before he got to us...he walked straight passed us to the car, as he was entering the car.. I called out "Mika, It's Jassmin from Malaysia!" He turned and looked straight at me.. but he was already entering the car. The security man shut the car behind him.. and we couldn't see a thing cause the car windows were tinted.. in split seconds.. the car door reopens and Mika looked out and asked me his famous words.. "How are you?" I said "ok..is my poster still in your flat?" He said "yes" ..don't remember what else I said or he said but then I asked if we could have a signature for my sister.. he said I can't do pictures, sorry.. I said no.. signature, as in autograph.. he said.. yeah sure.. my sister passed him her thingie to sign and he signed it.. We said thank you.. he smiled, waved and the car leaves..

Wow.. it's interesting to have written all that.. I bet I'll dream of Mika tonight..

4th meeting - Sadler's Wells 2009

Waited next to rose in the queue. When he got to me he was only looking at my hands and grabbbed my Songs for Sorrow EP to sign.. he was still answering Rose's question at the time ..but I had to say something quick or else he'd pass me without noticing.. so I said.."Mika, remember me? Jassmin from .. malaysia.. even before I finish my sentence I noticed the surprise look on his face.. this is on video.. so i remember it clearly.. very funny expression.. and he even made a sound like haaaaaa.. "How are you..My God, You've travelled far.." I said.. "No, no I haven't this time" He said "Thank God. How are you?" "Great... I love your new songs" I said. He replied "you do? Good.. good..that is a scary feeling" I said" They're slightly twisted, but..." "twisted.. but in a good way." I said "yeah.." He then waved.. and said.."wow.."

5th meeting - itunes Fest, Round House 2009

For some reason, that night I felt like I should stand back a little..so I was on second row from the barrier. anyway.. he walked down the aisle.. I said, "Mika it's Jassmin!" He looked at me and said " Where..." and I foolishly replied "Hong Kong, Birmingham, Brixton, Sadler's Wells.. " He was a little annoyed with the answer I think.. obviously he knows we've met before.. then he said.. "Where do you live?" Then it struck me.. what an idiot I was.. told him.. i was living there for a while, but will leave soon.." I asked if my poster is still in his flat..(only cause I have no idea what to say, disturbed by my foolish reply) He said.. like well all the gifts are now in storage somewhere, bla bla..I was so disturbed.. don't remember anything else..

My last meeting wasn't a bad one but not a good one.. hoping to speak to him again in June. Hopefully I wouldn't be so silly next time.

I'm back home, let's see what I remember.

 

 

On another note (and I didn't really want to ad that to my report, as it doesn't really belong, but then it's part of my personal experience of the gig and so it does in a way): When we were sitting in the front suddenly an obviously blind guy darted through the crowd in front of me. (Of course.) He literally ploughed through the people with his stick not checking the floor but the air/people in front of him. My initial thought was: Yeah, cool, there goes my front spot. My second thought was: No way. My third thought was: How (the hell) does a blind person benefit from standing front row centre at a concert? So he stood behind me during the gig and I thought this would get me enough bad karma to be reborn as intestinal bacteria. He started asking the people behind me all sorts of questions about how the stage looked like, how far it was away, what instruments were on it and are the lights out already. It turned out that he goes to like 50 gigs a year. And at first I was amazed how he managed doing that all on his own. Then I thought I understood why he needed to be so close to the front. So he could ask the seeing folk what they see. The couple behind me got a bit tired of replying to his questions (I think), so he faithfully turned to me for further questions. Impossible to not answer them, right? (The man was blind after all.) I quite happily did so in the beginning (before Mika got on stage, that is, and before it got really annoying). So Mika came on and I got my shoulder patted and asked is he here now and what does he wear, does he move and if yes, how, where on stage is he now and is there a video wall, it's something about his school years, right, was he bullied and what exactly do they show on there. I missed huge parts of my dearest moments of the show due to being kind. *sigh* Like during I see you, with the umbrella - what exactly does he do? He's standing there, lifting a glitter umbrella up in the air - what kind of glitter? - like silver confetti - what is it now, why are people cheering? - He got onto his piano - ah is he still up there and what does he do now...

I just thought: well, if I can be of any help. But what a f*cking challenge is it to try and explain Mika's visuals to a blind person? How do you do that? It's impossible.

I must admit that there were two situations that made me almost lose it. During Happy Ending the guy thought he had to tell me how this song was not really Mika's but just nicked. And at the beginning of Over my Shoulder. My GOD. One would assume that if you can't see, this song must be a thousand times more intense to your ears than to a seeing person with average not specifically challenged hearing. Obvously not. - Is that song on the new album, too? No, it's on the first? Aha, where exactly? Which track is it?

I mean is it like that? Do you have to just stop being kind so people stop taking advantage of you?

I love the story about the blind man.. but I can imagine how annoying it must've been... not sure how I'd handle it..

maybe because of the word "dead"?

LOL!!!

Thanks for sharing Mari!

Dejavu!!! Haha.. love this thread..seems so looong ago.. good to see it bumped again

Oh shoot, sorry- yes it's on UK iTunes as an extra- I assumed it would be on all iTunes versions. But I'm wondering if the reason no-one else has mentioned it is that it's not new anyway -it was certainly new to me but I'm not really up to speed with things atm. It reminded me of the Radio 4 interview Mika did some months ago, except it was about movie music- and Mika was more like the interviewer than the interviewee- though it was very much a conversation

I want! I want! I want! But can't!

Right on!

 

 

 

I think recent statistics from the youtube vids might indicate that Marilyn.

For the first ten days the Kick-Ass vid was most popular with males between the ages of 13-17.

Today the MikaSoundsOfficial vid is most popular with females between the ages of 13-17, females 18-24 & males 24-34.

The demographics are expanding.

Go Mika!

 

Excellent news!!! Once you pop Mika, you can't stop!

Guess what..Kick-Ass is finally, finally growing on me .

 

It's because the last few times I have listened to it I've concentrated on the background vocals and synths and heard a few more layers in it, which I like. IMO the background layers aren't big enough in the mix. But what do I know..RedOne is the master

Another good news!!! Yay for Gata!

Thank you for clarifying it. I have yet to figure out how I can get my hands on that interview. I couldn't even buy the i-tunes gig last summer even though I wanted to. I really don't understand these country restrictions. They are working against their own sales.

Same here! I wanted the itunes gig cause you told me I was in it!! Though I hated how I look in it.. I wanted it!

Could i join in with drinks?

No one's really here now.. no one's serving.. and I've got to go.. next time perhaps.. it used to be 'HAPPENING' in here... hoping it'll be again soon

*runs in, hugs sasje, leator and freddie*

 

oh i missed you guys, bring back the old days (when i was stupid and didn't work/ care/ or know any different!)

xxx

HUNNY! Long time... yes bring back the old days.. I miss coming in here..

but that must be really a long time ago..

 

Or am I now so badly mistaken..

 

I can remember that when I had to go away from MFC for only a half an hour that there were already more than 1000 new posts..

 

Not that much now, right?

It was quite mad back then.. wasn't it?

No Im here ... just these days cant stay in here too long .. MFC is a different beast to a few years ago when I could read ALL 50 posts in a day

Different beast indeed. How many of us registered on here now.. crazy!

bye nikjass

Hope to see you all on here again soon

too bad you have to go..

 

But I will be around a lot more again, so we will find time to talk again..

 

drive carefully..

Great! Looking forward to it!

Hunnyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy...

 

wow... those were the days, my friend..

Those were the days.... where are all those peeps we're missing?? Good to see you all again..

Hiii...

 

Don´t worry about that drinkie, I am not working today..

 

 

FREDDIEEEE... cleaning to do..

 

still love my partner bar owner though..

 

 

Great to see you again, Nikjass..

Great to see you Sasje!!! I really miss having you here.. but I am so sorry.. I got to leave now.. something came up.. and I've got to drive out!!! Wish i could stay.. will see if I'll come back in time to chat more

Champerssss it is!!!!!!!!!

 

 

 

<passes>

 

Wow this thread .. 3 years ago ..

Oh how I miss it! Not the same without it

Maybe you should just wait till ya got your wedding photos, then photoshop Mika in them, and then write to every magazine/newspaper and get loadsa money xD

 

and hey, it's good publicity for Mika as well...

Win win situation!

Yup... like: I changed my mind when I could choose between those two..

 

(I wouldn´t ever in RL though..)

Awww...

Everyone is growing up together , its amazing to see younglings grow up , change , you never saw mika .. i remmeber you really wanting to and now have .. the whole thing is just SO pleasing

 

Its my baby , Im proud of it beyond words

Yup.. amazing..

Actually it's Mika's baby now

 

Mika owns us

Well it's mutual ownership.. i think.. indirectly he always does what we say.. which is kind a cool..

* Stumbles in*

Oops sorry, who's drink did I spill?

Stuck in my head all night last night and today

Mika in mypocket

Mika in my bag

Mika in my head

Sing it with me..

Mika, Mika, Mika, Mika, Mika

Mika, Mika, Mika, Mika, Mika

Lalala.. etc..

Can't get it out of my head!!!

Just noticed this thread!! Where have I been?? Gosh.. Congrats! Never too late huh? Wishing you the best for the future.

Yeah. It's a bit sad really! I went away for a while without even taking a peek in here.. But then the craze started again with the new album haha! Just too bad it didn't work on everyone!

I'm sure some more would come back.. Mika's too good:thumb_yello:

Oh Kata went to a gig recently and she said she thinks she loves him again

Brilliant! It's not the same without her sarcasm.

 

Nah it's cool, I know Wonka's was funnier.

 

I still have my scripts though!

Can't believe that was back in '08...

Time sure flies.

 

For some reason I am writing like DcDeb.

Oh.. & I love your scripts!! hahah.. DCDeb's prodigy..

At least someone recognises my talent

 

for you, Kodes! You can be my new BFF.

Awww... wonka's was funnier , but yours was good too! You know that I think you're extremely talented, right? full of energy, clever.. etc digging a bigger hole for myself here

I am young

I am strong

I'll put my straightners right where they belong

I'm not cool

I will flee

the scene when fans will knock me to my knees

 

I can rule this hairstyle

With a bit of hairspray

From the root to the tip, yeah!

Hope it won't rain on me

 

With a swish and a flick

I can make it BETTER

Turn it upside down

Straightners and me

 

I am the dream

No other way to be!

 

I am young

I am strong

I'm not going bald, that is just so wrong

I'm now cool

I am free

To have straight hair and do as I please!

 

and the rest...

Not bad!

The whole Kick-Ass single deal is very exciting Everthings fine, I've just felt pretty nostalgic recently and Mika's music, spring and changes goes together in my life it seems!

That's great! I'd love to see more of us oldies in here... wish Kata, Sasje, nicole, tanta.. well and many more would decide to come back more often too.. not that am always here myself..

OK - my question is this: the entire Kick Ass soundtrack CD is being released on March 29th, but when is the single actually being released? I have seen three different dates ranging from March to May

 

You don't seem to be able to pre-order it anywhere

I wish I know it too... can anyone enlighten us??

Go to the R2 website, and in an hour, click on the listen now link at the top of the page, beside Jools picture, to listen:thumb_yello:

I'm staying up to tune in... well and to finish up my work..

Thanks for posting pics peeps!

I like the scarf loads but don't feel it's right for the entire look...don't like the shoes or the jeans on him. Hair's ok.. his poses on some of the pics is another story

It's ON Love those little song contests, reminds me of the old days, back in da hood!

Oh my, it's been ages since I've seen you. Hope all is well..

Fab idea, Mana!