"My Day out in Hong Kong with Shawn Mendes" by Valerie Yung
We asked our readers to write an essay titled "My Day out with Shawn Mendes". Here is one of the entries. It has not been edited.
If I could go out with Shawn Mendes, I would like to bring him to, the one and only, Madam Tussaud’s of Hong Kong. Located at the Peak, bringing a celebrity to a wax museum of, of course, celebrities would be a hilarious experience. Firstly, and most importantly, I would hug Shawn for a very long time, and take countless selfies to post on Instagram (and gets lots of likes!). After that, we would set up an exclusive room for a Shawn Mendes “wax figure” right before the wax museum opens. And then, Shawn would pretend to be a wax figure, and I would be in a secret corner, filming. As guests enter the Shawn Mendes room, the Madam Tussaud’s staff would help them take a photograph with the Shawn Mendes “wax figure”. As the guests are looking at the camera, Shawn would change his position, whether it would be a funny face or doing the victory sign. As the guests sense movement of the “wax figure”, Shawn would suddenly shout and frighten the guests- which would be hilarious! After that, fans would be overjoyed (like me) of meeting the one and only singer-songwriter of my favourite song, Treat You Better. Their funny reactions would be caught on tape, and possibly released on YouTube. Remember- no one except Shawn and I would know that he would be at Madam Tussaud’s that day, and you would be super lucky if you were at Madam Tussaud’s that day! If there is enough time, I would request Shawn to perform a mini acoustic concert to everyone, which would be amazing. I have never heard or seen him sing live (despite being a huge fan of him and his songs), so Shawn having a mini concert for only a small crowd and I would be spectacular, and I would feel very special.