LOVE LOVE......TAKE THAT

I'm back, people!!! Yup, I survived the 2-day conference on the Gold Coast. At the moment, I'm still trying to recover from it. For some reason, I felt so exhausted when I got back to Brissie yesterday. The brain was more tired than the body though. But I'll talk more about it sometime tomorrow when my brain starts functioning properly.

Today, I just feel like talking about TAKE THAT. Yes, my all-time favourite boyband (or manband considering their age now!). You have no idea how crazy I am about these lads. Despite being three decades old, I still squeal like a teenager at the sight of them. They look so good despite their age.....swoon!!

This 'love' story began in 1993 when I discovered their song 'Pray'. Being a poor student back then, I even begged my parents to get me a Take That cassette (yes, you heard me right). I could listen to them day in and day out.......without getting bored. I even wasted alot of my pocket money to buy posters and Top of The Pops magazines (that were hella expensive) that featured these lads.

And of course, sometime in 1995, I heard that they were having a concert in Singapore and I was so ecstatic about it. The news itself was like a dream come true to me. It was all I wanted for my 15th birthday and I was so close to fulfilling my wish of seeing them face to face.I was ultra-determined to watch it...even to the point of persuading my parents to let me go for the concert.

But then, came the nightmare! I got my Sec 3 exam timetable....sigh! The day after the Take That concert was my History exam....Wat the!!!! Why can't it be a Malay exam or English exam....which don't require much studying?? Why does it have to be a History exam for god's sake??

It was coming close to the time of purchasing the concert tickets and I had to think long and hard whether I should really go for the concert or concentrate on studying for my History exam. And of course, being the 'rational' me, I chose my exam over Take That. History wasn't one of my favourite subjects and I knew I had to spend alot of time on it. I kept telling myself that Take That will do another concert again....sometime in the future.

Fast forward 4 months later, I got the news that Take That was disbanding. You have no idea how dissapointed and upset I was. Although I passed my History exam, I simply lost the chance of watching Take That's last ever concert in Singapore. Man, I still regretted it to this day.......

But...but...but...fast forward another 10 years, news broke out that the lads are reforming as a 4-piece band (minus Robbie). You have no idea how exhilirated I was. I was 26 years old and almost on the verge of getting married but yet, I was behaving like a die-hard fanatic. I was a mess!! When I heard 'Patience' on the radio for the first time, I simply cried (yes, a bit melodramatic) because deep down, there is still this small glimmer of hope that I could watch them in concert again......someday (not sure when!). But the hope is still there whatever the case. Thank you boys for doing this!!

And 5 years on (after reforming the band), these boys are still going on strong especially with Robbie rejoining the band....in fact, even bigger and better than the 'old' Take That. And today, i heard their new single 'Love, Love' which is a soundtrack from the upcoming X Men movie. And what can I say....it is just awesome (biased comment of course!). Way to go Boys!!!

Hopefully some day, they'll decide to do a big concert here in Australia or Asia. The UK is a bit of a distance at the moment.....but if need be, I'll save up and fly to the UK someday just to watch them. Even the husband has promised to come with me when the time comes. He sure knows how crazy I am about Take That!!

Here's their performance of 'Love, Love'...................