RinoTheBouncer

In 1998, an 8 year old kid watched the Ray of Light music video on MTV followed by other music videos and then Substitute for Love and Frozen. That day, this little boy asked his mother about who that "Wonderful woman from the extremely crazy and fast video and the woman with drawings on her hand that turns into crows and a dog" is (Ray of Light and Frozen) and she told him "She's Madonna". That day marked the beginning of his immortal love and fandom towards this incredible woman that he called "The Queen of Music" even before knowing that she's known as The Queen of Pop, worldwide.

On his 9th birthday, he was asked about what kind of present he wants for his birthday by his mom and dad, and he said "I wanna write a letter to Madonna and tell her that I love her so much", that's what all that he wanted. Much for his disappointment, he lived in Iraq and wasn't able to attend any concerts by her, yet his parents always bought him every piece of merchandise, CDs and DVDs for her as she and video games were his only friends and the closest to his heart.

Years later, he was blessed to become an ICONER, a collector and 14 years from the day that kid watched the Ray of Light video, he got lucky and bought Early Entry Golden Circle tickets to the MDNA Tour Istanbul, Turkey show of June 7th, 2012. Much to his surprise, he won Golden Triangle passes through ICON and on the concert day, the staff were kind and compassionate enough to give his whole 5 membered family, Golden Triangle passes.

But the story does not end here. The young man first saw the queen of his dreams since childhood on stage, rehearsing for the wondrous MDNA concert and she wasn't responding to any of the shouts and chants by the fans with him in the Golden Triangle. Yet they silenced for a moment and he screamed "MA-DOOO-NNAAAA" and she turned around and said "SHHHHH" looking at him. His heart skipped a beat for a moment, happy that she noticed him and later throughout the wonderful show that mesmerized this young man and his family, during Open Your Heart, she walked towards him, pointing to him with her finger while she's on the main stage, she sat on one knee and she held his right hand for 5 seconds!

That moment, this young man knew he's the luckiest man on Earth and the happiest. She sang: "I think that you're afraid to look in my eyes. You look a little sad, boy, I wonder why?". He was speechless and in disbelief that this wonderful moment that he couldn't even dare to dream of has finally happened.

The boy turned to a young man and he became me, and though I've written a long article about how wonderful that moment was and my whole life with Madonna is. Words will still not express enough what she is to me. Long live the Queen of Music, Madonna.

"If it's bitter at the start, then it's sweeter in the end"