Here is a link to SAT1. They will show parts of the awards ceremony.
http://www.tvinfo.de/fernsehprogramm/226999531_laureus_world_sports_awards_2014

Hey guys. So I actually did meet Ben in the end. It was last minute, it was rushed, it was impulsive, but it was 120% worth it. He was so good to all of us who waited for him at the afterparty. We met Daniel Bruhl before Ben came. He was really nice! And incredibly good looking. Anyway, he came by around 11.20pm in a mercedes, while other celebrities came in buses. Once he stepped out, he went straight for us (the giant posters and the crowd of women might have been a giveaway), smiling and greeting, 'hello! Hello! How is everyone?'

We chatted a bit, which was rather overwhelming because I enter a weird disassociated state whenever I meet those devastating eyes. Some things we said

Me: I love Cabin Pressure! You'll always be Captain Martin Crieff to me.
Him: Aww, you know we just finished recording the last episode, Zurich. *gives knowing regretful look*

Later when he comes back to sign my drawing
He looked straight up at me. 'Did you draw this?' He sounded so amazed I was just stunned speechless. LOL. Thankfully my friend chipped in 'yes she did.'
So this is where I entered the disassociative state I seriously cannot remembrt what happened, But he signed it. I'll upload the picture when I find a computer.

Lastly,
Me: hey Ben, have you had any durian?
Ben stopped signing and looked up in the most confused look I've ever seen.
He: what's that?
Me: its a local fruit, etc etc. You're the adventurous type, you should try it!
Him: how does it look like?
Here all of us launched into various description of the fruit. He smiled, amused.
Him: I should get my hands on one.

In total he spent about five minutes with us. It was a really small group, not more than 10 of us, so we got
to spend more time with him rather than him having to move down the line. There were fans from Thailand and China too. 

The waiting was the most excruciating part. But when he arrived despite all the mayhem around me I was surprisingly calm. All I wanted was to hear his voice and see him up close, and boy did he not disappoint! He looked AMAZING in that suit, his hair was perfect, his smile so incredibly gentle. His voice was so friendly and he sounded like all he wanted was to put us at ease. Above all I was struck by how amazingly friendly and down to earth he was. He took time to sign everyone's stuff, posed for selfies. Pointybatch was back in action, too! I thought I couldn't love him anymore than I did, boy was i so wrong...

So that was my brief account of what happened. Still cant believe it was all real.

Oh, and I wanna see a pic of your drawing too!! Xx

Squeeeeeeee!!!!

Sorry, that´s all I´m capable of in the moment..^^ I´ll have to process that..

I´m sooooo happy for you, Polar.....

Oh Polar, how can you be sooo calm about this???
You lucky lucky thing!!!
CONGRATS!

That sound fantastic, Polar. I am so happy for you. You got the chance and you were able to take it. Brilliant.

Unfortunately the Sat 1 thing was crap. A lot of talking, commercial breaks and maybe 3 short moments with Benedict also disturbed by a German commentator. Wish that would have been recorded a little bit like the Oscars. But it just was ...

Last edited by gently69 (March 27, 2014 8:15 am)

Oh Polar, amazing, amazing, fantastic, wonderful....! This is so great, I am so happy for you! Talking to him, having your drawing signed... I'm sitting here with a broad smile on my face! What an amazing experience! Well done you!

And yes, this does happen: "But when he arrived despite all the mayhem around me I was surprisingly calm."
I know exactly what you mean, but surprisingly it seems that his sheer presence has sort of a soothing effect.
Did you also get a pic with him pointing at you?

I'm the one in blue lol.



My friend couldn't hold her camera steady she was shaking so badly! Better than nothing I guess. We had to call him back for this picture and he so sweetly obliged.


Thank you so much for the lovely words my dears! I was thinking about mentioning the Cumbersocks Collective but I thought you might wanna surprise him instead.  Rewatching videos of him greeting us I'm surprised that it was only a brief 1:15 minutes! It felt like time stopped, I think...just rewatching the video makes me tremble!

There was this poor girl from Thailand who didn't have her poster signed because Ben thought "yikes that's a horrible picture!" We had to console her after that...

Polar ... BRILLIANT ... just BRILLIANT!!!