Viva Sogno! Viva Baggio!
I have never imagined, not even in my dreams, as weird and far-fetched as my dreams might be, that in this life time, I'd be less than 10 yards away from the hero of my life. And today, it really happened! It was not a dream. I was there! Baggio was there! 10 yards from me at the most!
Baggio arrived in Beijing for a leisure trip this morning. I went to the hotel he's staying and waited there. I was very lucky to stand in the front row of fans. The organizers taught us a few phrases. "Benvenuti" "Roby Baggio ole' ole'" that kind of stuff. Why even bother because as soon as Roby got off the car, all you can hear is cheering and screaming. He turned and started walking to the fans. At the moment I forgot all the languages that I can speak, and the only word I could utter, no, SCREAM, is "BAGGIO". Unfortunately, the guards held him back and escorted him into the hotel only seconds after he started walking to us, because...uh...we're over enthusiastic? Nevertheless, oh he was SOOOO close to me! He even looked at my direction although his mystic eyes were hidden behind a pair of not so flattering shades.
Some funny stuff: the girl next to me lives in another city. She took 3 days off to travel here just for this opportunity to meet Roby. One girl was so excited to see Baggio in person, so much so that she broke down in tears right after Baggio got into the hotel. While we're all standing and waiting, some guy started screaming on the phone: "Baggio's here! OMG Baggio's here!" We looked at the empty front gate of the hotel, all confused, only to hear the guy continue: "He's here! He just got off the plane!"
The biggest regret is that I did not take one picture of Roby. Well, I attempted to take more than one, but my hands were shaking so badly I took a good amount of pictures for cars and journalists.
I might come back with updates as people there who did succeed in taking pictures send their pictures to me. For now, let me continue to sit in my office trying to calm down....
Baggio arrived in Beijing for a leisure trip this morning. I went to the hotel he's staying and waited there. I was very lucky to stand in the front row of fans. The organizers taught us a few phrases. "Benvenuti" "Roby Baggio ole' ole'" that kind of stuff. Why even bother because as soon as Roby got off the car, all you can hear is cheering and screaming. He turned and started walking to the fans. At the moment I forgot all the languages that I can speak, and the only word I could utter, no, SCREAM, is "BAGGIO". Unfortunately, the guards held him back and escorted him into the hotel only seconds after he started walking to us, because...uh...we're over enthusiastic? Nevertheless, oh he was SOOOO close to me! He even looked at my direction although his mystic eyes were hidden behind a pair of not so flattering shades.
Some funny stuff: the girl next to me lives in another city. She took 3 days off to travel here just for this opportunity to meet Roby. One girl was so excited to see Baggio in person, so much so that she broke down in tears right after Baggio got into the hotel. While we're all standing and waiting, some guy started screaming on the phone: "Baggio's here! OMG Baggio's here!" We looked at the empty front gate of the hotel, all confused, only to hear the guy continue: "He's here! He just got off the plane!"
The biggest regret is that I did not take one picture of Roby. Well, I attempted to take more than one, but my hands were shaking so badly I took a good amount of pictures for cars and journalists.
I might come back with updates as people there who did succeed in taking pictures send their pictures to me. For now, let me continue to sit in my office trying to calm down....