My Bieber experience took place on July 14th 2012, it was the best day of my life. It all started in May when I found out that Justin would be in Malaysia for MTV World Stage. In order to win passes, we had to play a game on their website. I played the game everyday, 3-4 hours everyday for 8 days. And finally, on the 8th day, I got my passes. I was screaming with joy, I was glad to be able to see my idol perform again. After I won my tickets, I decided that I was going whatever I can to meet him. I made videos, I tweeted Justin and the crew, I DM-ed him, etc. My friends even helped me tweet him and they sent the link to my videos to him and the crew but it didn’t workout. About 3 weeks later, Universal Music was organizing a “Girlfriends Day Out.” They were giving out passes for Justin’s press conference here in Malaysia. I was so upset that I wasn’t able to go. But that didn’t mean that I would give up. About two weeks before the concert, I was giving up. I knew I wasn’t going to meet him and I got very upset. A week before World Stage, MTV was doing roadshows and they were giving out passes and also meet and greets. The roadshow was for two days and I attended both days. And even at the roadshow I didn’t win. I checked the MTV website daily and I found out they were giving out meet and greet passes through an online contest. All I had to do was answer 10 questions about Justin and write a 250 word essay about why I deserved to meet him. I entered as many times as possible using my Facebook account, my sisters’ Facebook account and also my friends’ Facebook account. The contest was about to close on July 9th, just a few days before World Stage. I came home from school and my mum tells me she had a surprise for me. I was being sarcastic and said, “What surprise? I won?” and she said yes. I won two press conference passes and two meet and greets. I immediately started screaming and crying. I couldn’t believe it. All of my hard work had paid off! I called all of my relatives and they were so happy for me. Finally, Saturday arrived. I woke up at 5 am and I got ready. It was time to meet my idol. We (my sister and I) arrived at the hotel where the press conference was supposed to take place. We waited for about 3 hours before we could go into the press conference room. I was so excited! The press conference was only supposed to start at 11 but I made my sister take me earlier. I met so many other amazing Beliebers as well. After we registered our names and we were actually allowed to enter the hall where the press conference was to take place, everyone ran for their lives to get the best seat. We waited for about 2 hours for Justin in the hall. He was running a little late. We waited and waited. All we could talk about was how excited and grateful we were to get this opportunity! Suddenly, we saw Scrappy and Dan walk in the door, everyone started screaming, “OMG, OMG! JUSTIN’S HERE!” The minute they walked in, the host announced that they’ll be starting soon. I kept looking out for Justin just in case he walked through the doors. From the corner of my eye, I could see Kenny on stage. They were setting up. And before we knew it, the lights went off. And the man himself, Justin Drew Bieber, walked on stage. I will never forget the excitement that I felt. He did an acoustic set for everyone. I was the only one in my section who was going crazy. I made a poster that said, “Marry Me?! I love you,” and while he was singing “Die In Your Arms,” he looked at me. We made eye contact a couple of times, I couldn’t believe it. Alfredo even stood in front of my section and he looked at me and WINKED! Just to make sure he was staring at me, I waved at him and he waved at me! I just couldn’t believe that this was happening to me. After he had finished with the interviews, it was time for the meet and greets. Those who who wore the purple tags were asked to leave the room. And those who had the red tags were asked to line up by the stage. We had to wait for about 20 minutes because Justin was doing some round table interview. I did not mentally prepare myself to meet Justin because I kept thinking I was dreaming. My group was the first group to walk up on stage to meet him. There were ten people in the group because they had to get it done fast because they were running out of time. Moshe is such a sweetheart, he actually smiled and said hi to me. Allison was there too, and it was her birthday. When I saw her, I was like, “HI, ALLISON! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!” She just smiled and said thank you. I couldn’t believe my eyes, Justin was standing right in front of me. We took a picture and everyone rushed to hug him because our time was so limited. I remember just grabbing him and giving him a hug. All I could remember was feeling his arm around my waist and the way he smelt. I couldn’t say anything to him, I was just speechless. I hugged him and the security told us to leave. I wrote Justin a letter and I wanted to give it to him personally but everyone was crowding around him so it was hard to give it to him. Moshe saw me and he took the letter from me. When I saw the next group going up to meet him, I just stood in front of the stage. I was just watching him. He looked so flawless. His skin was so soft and he smelt so good. July 14th was the best day of my life. I never thought that I could actually have this opportunity. I will never forget the feeling I had when I saw him on stage or the way he looked at me and my poster while he was singing. Justin, I love you so much. Thank you for everything that you do for your fans. We love you so much! – @sarah_eunice21 PS: Never in a million years did I think I would write my experience. That’s me at 7:55 saying, “I can’t wait to have my Bieber experience” and look at me now. 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