T1STORY IN BANGKOK

I know this blog is pretty much dead now but I have to blog this down, cause this deserves to be in my memories forever.

I do know myself well enough that I'm actually quite a 三分钟热度 (I get tired of things easily) person. So when I say, I'm quite amazed by myself for going gaga over the same person for 8 years, I believe I deserve a pat on my shoulders.

With my girls, we planned our graduation trip to Bangkok and because we were too eager, we got our tickets pretty early. So after booking and paying for our trip, maybe around a week later, I saw this horrible piece of news.

I can't emphasize anymore on how crazily I've been dreaming to belong to the red ocean one day ever since 2011, the so called 'concert' in the name of a Fan Party (the post for that!) 

Of course, I was never a decisive kind of person, but I was really dying to go. Why?

Cause Yunho is enlisting this year. I mean like, hey 2 years is long enough for anything to happen. 

People are always saying, life is too short for regrets. 

It took up so much so much so much of courage to bring up this topic to my mom 

(just imagine having your daughter telling you she's going bkk twice in a month and she's going for a concert and that's the main point) 

Having said that, my mom is totally so against me and yunho and dbsk like no no. 

but well, in the end, all went well. 

Firstly, I have to really thank my bff for agreeing to be on this adventurous trip.

If not for her, none of my dreams will come true. Never. I'll be locking myself in my room like some depressed kid, feeeding on youtube videos is the only thing I can do to see my boys. Not partying not jumping on Level 4 with a phone and red lightsticks like a looney. 

Bangkok is not that safe, and what's more to the suburban area of Bangkok. Upon reaching there, we realized that the area where the concert was held, Chaeng Watthana, is really...boring. 

On our first day started off rather late, we reached bangkok around 4-5pm in the evening. And guess what, we met with the legendary issue of Bangkok, their jam.

Our plans were to go to the Chatuchak area, the night market which apparently was the nearest attraction we have to Chaeng Watthana. We were stuck in the jam for close to 2 hours *hands down* 

And so, I clearly felt the frustration from the cab driver and he decided to take a turn, and he went into somewhat a small little dark alley. He got us down the cab claiming that his vehicle broke down when clearly it was working PERFECTLY, and we got our once in a life time experience which most adults may just kill us for it. 

Yeap, I've never been on a motorbike ride before in my life. 

So I really love it! 

The next day was D-day.

The day of the concert. 

The day my dreams came true. 

the mandatory shot 

We spent our whole day at the concert venue just because around the venue there wasn't any facilities for us to like go and walk around or what. 

Thanks to social media, I could easily track whats happening and like the queue for merchandise started 2 hours before the sales time, 6 hours before the concert = =  meh

So we cabbed down immediately in fear that we may not be able to get the fan lights (light sticks) and joined the queue that built up after that.

Bangkok being bangkok, authenticity is not an issue.

Opposite to the venue there was like this flea market that sells ALL goodies about dbsk.

I swear it was like a heaven to me but Idk why did I not spend a bomb on the loots there. 

All I got and was attracted to was...

a printed plastic bag that comes w goodies haha

and le bff and I just sat there and nua-ed for like 3-4 hours doing nothing and finally it was time. 

Oh, not to forget I felt so homely wearing the Catch me tour shirt. I've never failed to feel absolutely out of place when I wore that shirt around back in Singapore. Almost 95% of the fans were wearing DBSK-related shirts, I swear I wasn't the weird one. 

 and having a large fan base simply means, there's tonnes of like pre-concert activities.
They totally don't mind spending money and effort to bring these stuff for all the fans. proud of my fellow cassiopeias.

and then it was show time

Screamed my head brain mind lungs pancreas my whatever organs out
and I'm not kidding I think I strained my organs, I can't laugh heartily now.

Finally, not from google ^  I love this sight. 

I was able to understand most of what the boys were saying (other than the thai translator that totally disrupted my chain of thoughts while trying to translate to Jiaen)
And the boys were nowhere near any disappointments at all. From the charisma to the dorky sides and to the heartfelt and emotional sides of them, I would say the 3 hours felt like 3 minutes. I can never get enough of them.

Changmin was a total player while trying to praise and sweet talk the fans by saying there are a lot of beauties in Thailand....and its a nice country... while Yunho was just being as nice. But he said "I don't have much time left" which totally left my heart bleeding with the fact that I deny with all my life. He's enlisting soon.
What hurts me the most was to realize how insecure Yunho was with all the fans cause he knew the kpop industry there's so many other groups and how he would lose all his fans. Well, Yunho, it's time to keep a little faith in us like how we did ya?

We will wait for ya.

I can't stop feeling proud of this fandom cause, really, internationally we are one. 

the fan chants, and even unknowingly during KYHD you'll just do the dance move and you'll see below all the light sticks are in sync w the boys. You'll just be wow-ed.

I've never been the hyper kind of person during any concerts I've been to like BAP and CNBLUE.

At most screamings and I'll never leave my seat. 

But for this time, Yunho's "GET UP", I got up and started jumping on the spot as instructed like a looney. It was level 4 and it was quite steep, and instantly my fear for heights were thrown up to cloud 100. It was really memorable. 

My close friends will never be able to doubt me of my love for TVXQ. Be it 2 or 5. I love them. 

I'm not rich, and I have a trip at the end of the year which cost a bomb and I don't have that extra money but the only thing I knew was that, my urge to go for this trip to watch this concert is very very strong.

I don't want myself to regret again after missing them for two occasions. 

First was the time when they went to malaysia for their catch me concert, and the second time was when they came to singapore for the Shilla event and I totally missed it. Regrets. 

"JO, you can't afford to miss them again." that was all I needed to hear. 

and full force into this trip, inclusive of all the boooking matters. Although I've regretted over the bad seating (I bought the circle seats cause the good seats were all gone in 1 minute I swear) but in the end, thank god the venue was smaller than I've expected and I still can make do and be contented for the view from our seats. 

(taken from Facebook) "We're good in waiting" 

 

(taken from Twitter)

30052015 I'll keep these memories etched and, keep the faith //