June 24, 2007
I went to CHEER 2007! Early in the morning at 6.45am, I woke up to take my breakfast and get ready. At 8am, my sister and I reached the Taman Paramount LRT Station. I bought a train ticket and went up to the train. We went all the way to Masjid Jamek LRT Station for a transit to Rapid KL LRT (Star LRT). After about 1 hour and 15 minutes, we reached at the Bukit Jalil LRT Station. Taking a 5 minutes walk, we finally reached our destination – PUTRA INDOOR STADIUM, BUKIT JALIL. There was a very huge crowd. I meant it’s a bigger crowd than last year’s CHEER 2006! Quickly enough, we went to the most important place – that is the TOILET!! Phew! Finally felt a relief at my bladder. *Laugh! Then we saw the team we are supporting behind the stage. Jen Ai were there standing looking at them. She’s now a senior, no longer in the debuting squad. But I’m happy that I have a cheerleader cousin. I’m proud of her. If my school has a cheerleading team, I think I would have become a cheerleader too! Later, we quickly find a place at the BLITZERZ supporters’ seats. The BLITZERZ supporters from their school are so energetic. They shouted out their caller so loudly. Of coarse, upon their effort, they won the Best Supporter title during the competition.
Before the competition starts, sis’ friend, Kevin who joined the National Cheerleading squad – CHARM All-Stars Malaysia, came to us and had a little talk. He gave us a DVD of a cheerleading competition in Cineleisure, Mutiara Damansara.
The competition actually started late. I was a bit tired of waiting. When the event finally kicked off with a hip-hop dance by local dancers, the whole arena was filled with a great whoo! Those supporters who turned up for the competition looked more like cheerleaders. They shouted, screamed and stormed with their legs to cheer for their favorite teams. I was so impressed with their cooperation to shout out their caller together when their head prefect or whoever was that gave them a signal.
When the competition was going on, it was very tiring to sit up straight to watch all 41 teams performed without fail. I can feel that my back was so ached after the event. Although was very tired, but I really enjoyed the atmosphere at the arena.
Over there, I also saw a few famous personality such as the contestant of “So You Think You Can Dance” – Becky and Nikki. Of coarse the judge and chorographer for “So You Think You Can Dance” – Yunnus was also there as a judge of this Cheerleading competition. Also, the host of CHEER 2007 – Soo Kui Jien and Sarah Tan were there. They sounded a bit the weird because outside, they are a couple. Imagine, a couple hosting an event?
Finally, it came to the end of the event at around 6pm. When the results were announced, some were disappointed and some were happy. My favorite team – BLITZERZ didn’t make it for any of the prizes but it was a great experience for the juniors team members for debuting in such big competition. Their supporters were not disappointed while on the other hand, they cheered for their neighbor school, SMK Damansara Jaya’s team, DYNAMITEZ. They all have the sporting spirit in them. They are really the best supporters!
After the re-performed of the champion team, DYNAMITEZ, we quickly rushed to the LRT station to avoid crowd. But sadly, the LRT station is crowded with so many people. It took me a long time to buy a train ticket. When I finally got my ticket and went up to the train, sad enough, I don’t have a place to sit! The train was so full! Full with cheer supporters until many people ended up standing in the train during the whole journey. When I finally reached the Taman Paramount LRT Station, I went home with my dad’s car. Phew! So tired! It was really tired but was fun!
This year’s CHEER 2007 may be my last year of watching CHEER. I hope I can remember the fun of shouting and screaming in the arena together with all the other supporters……=p