With a huge (I really meant HUGE) paper shopping bag on my right shoulder, I was busy searching for the nearest train station from the map along Queens Street - Brisbane's largest shopping district. It was 7pm and getting dark and I had a swell day from my shopping stint at the suburbs (feet swollen too from all the endless walking).
Then people starting flocking to the left side of the street, straight to the Louis Vuitton boutique. Flash lights seemed to illuminate the evening darkness and for a moment I thought it was going to rain. It seems easier to spot celebrities in Aussie since everybody else is so laid back. Relax is the mood and generally people don't give a damn whether Russell Crowe is seated next to you in on the train. At least, I don't usually give a damn. I walked on by, smiling at the small crowd gathering the windows. There wasn't any more than 50 persons. Small-time local celebrity? I walked on.
My one foot stepped the road, ready to jaywalk across to the next street when I heard that one word which made me turned my head almost an 180degrees, like a freak owl - "Rihanna".
And he carries his girlfriend's buys...
While she pays...I got a 'front row' view without much effort. Most people gave way after they had their fair share of photo-snapping. You'll never get even the slightest glimpse of celebrities like Rihanna and Chris Brown if they were shopping in Singapore; you'd probably be squashed and trampled on to death by the sweaty fat high school girls before you could scream 'Rihanna!'. Anyway like caged animals in the zoo, Rihanna, Chris Brown and entourage were the only ones strutting in the store while champange and Hors d'oeuvre were dished out. We, the
I didn't seemed to get the high after getting their pictures. Perhaps a little too easy? No sweat at all! Nobody sweared at me for lugging a space-consuming paper bag while trying to get 'in line' for the photos. Normally I would expect the entire dictionary of profanities thrown at me if I were to do that in Singapore (I'm not saying I do this in Singapore no no no no no).
Oh yes, Rihanna looked every bit like she does on the glossy magazines. HUGE earrings, sulky expression and big sunshades (thought it was already very dark out there). But well well, you know a superstar when you see a superstar; they act like one.
P.S. Kat says I should blog about it, since a certain local blogger shared about her 'encounter' with Richard Gere, I should post the pictures which actually shows the faces of the celebrities.
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