It still felt surreal meeting for the first time the international best selling and my favorite author Nicholas Sparks in person last October 28! I could not remember how many times I’ve gotten over the page of my book where he signed. i just could not believe everything. And when I woke up the following morning, first thing that came to my mind was the book. And once again I looked at his signature. I guess that’s what you call could-not-get-over-it-state. lol. Looking back, the excitement never really receded from the moment I learned that he’ll be coming here in the Philippines up until the day of the book signing. I could still remember asking my sister to call National Book Store a couple of times just to make sure how I can get to the event and that’s pretty tiring for her. Haha.I bought the book a week before the event and since I started reading it, I couldn’t stop turning the pages anymore, haha. It was like watching a great movie where you don’t wanna miss anything.
I started to love him and his novels. In 2002,I watched A Walk To Remember and sufficed to say, I fell in love with the story so I started reading The Notebook and I was riveted!
Came the event, I woke up at five o’clock in the morning which is not my usual wake up call, mind you. Right, that’s for Nicholas Sparks..:)) Left the house twenty minutes past seven but arrived @ the Podium thirty minutes past eight due to traffic as usual and imagine my surprise to see a long queue already. My hope for an early bird pass just dropped. But I still prayed to win the lucky draw and my efforts paid off because I got a “YES”! And it’s amazing how people reacted when they got a yes too, priceless! The queue reached the highest level of the mall, that’s how many people wished to have a chance to meet Nicholas Sparks. Everyone was screaming & really excited to see him. When he was on stage, he can’t even say a word because once he attempts to open his mouth, the crowd will just start screaming crazily!
He was really nice in person. He said “do you like my shirt? It has a Philippine map on it!” like he was really proud…JI think that’s the coolest thing he ever said during the interview, haha.
As I approached him, he said “hi, how are you?”I got star-struck and all I could say was “I’m fine, thanks” when I all I really wanted to say was “I’m great, meeting you is just a dream come true! Your novels are so moving that makes me hope for a love that truly abides!”
I don’t know when can I get over it but one thing is sure, I will forever cherish that moment when he smiled at me after signing my book !It was so warm and tender, it was like seeing Noah, Garrett, Landon, Will, Travis, John & Dawson altogether.
What’s amazing about all these that made the event unforgettable is meeting really nice people. At first, we were just talking then exchanging numbers and before the event ends, we all parted ways as friends..:))
Thanks Nicholas Sparks and to those who made this possible!
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