Monday, October 18, 2010

Fan Account (Part 2)

.::. Part 2 - Show of a lifetime and bidding the boys a temporary goodbye .::.


After the lunch, somehow we lost our way to the monorail station despite the fact that we have Jo, the KL girl with us. So we just took two cabs to Stadium Negara. I was in the same cab as Jo and Jas. When we arrived at the stadium, Jas shouted ‘Junsu! Junsu’ and I went hysterical right away at the thought maybe she spotted Junsu outside the stadium. I bugged her ‘Where? Where?” and she answered “In the poster lah,” while pointing at a YooSu banner. Then she told everyone that I’m already high even before the show starts. Next, our goal was to find
the GMS (Geng Mata Sepet) to get our ‘Saranghae Project’ goody bag and my ticket from Farah. But we spotted ‘Rock Records’ booth and they were selling The Beginning album and I just bought it without a second thought. It was a great dismal that the photobook were sold out because I really want to get my hands on it. After purchasing the album, our search for GMS continues. Apparently the girls were really busy till we don’t have proper greetings.

Aina - This girl loves Junsu and she’s just as cute and adorable like Junsu himself. And pretty as well. Somehow Aina’s ticket lost somewhere and that caused a mini commotion till she bought another ticket from FatDeal.
Lea - She was busy looking for the lost ticket and being a staff for Saranghae Project. But her smile was warm when she greeted me. Lea, I can’t forget your smile LAH ;-p

Leanne - This is the girl that I bugged continuously for a few days before the showcase. She and I cursed SME and spazzed like crazy over Lee SeonJun (Yoochun’s character in SKK). She was tensed up but what funny is when she asked me “Are you Nanthini?” and I said “Yes! Leanne, I’m standing beside for the past 10 minutes,” LOL.

Yuulina - She was busy giving the goody bags and I only heard her said “Farah, Nanth 3 bags,” when Farah gave me the goody bags. And I managed to take a photo of her with Aina later.
Farah - I owe this girl a lot. Without her, I won’t make it this far. So thanks for the umpteenth time,Farah. I feel like I wanna pinch her cheeks and say “You are so cute LAH, Farah,” but I don’t get a chance. Next time when we meet up, I will sure do that.

Ice - There’s this girl who is wearing a white framed spectacles and sitting beside Swezing unnie. I know she must be someone close to GMS girls but I can’t recognize her. Then when she introduced herself, I shouted ‘Ice!Ice!’

Nia and Ayu - These Yoochun lovers flew all the way from Indonesia to see the boys and again, I can’t recognize
them because I had never seen their pictures before. Apparently Nia was selling a photobook and I didn’t hear when she said that since I was busy sorting my things. When Jac paid for the photobook, I went hysterical again. “Nia! I want one too! Sell me that one *points at Nia’s photobook*” and of course she don’t want to! LOL. Just my bad luck. And Ayu greeted me and I don’t why I called her ‘Hikarinome’ despite I already knew that it is Ayu. Sweat.

When we were busy recognizing Tohosomniacs, we heard the boys practicing inside and we can hear their voices outside the stadium. Fans went crazy (and that includes me)! I was like “I’m hearing their actual voices for the first time ever,” Around 1pm, we walked to the Entrance C and saw a huge crowd waiting for the doors to be opened. Jac,Jas,Swezin,Reyna and I were together as we all are in Free Standing Zone while Jo’s is numbered seat.
We were at the very end of the line and the heat got us. We were sweating like crazy and were tired even before we go inside the stadium. And what kept us alive were the voices of the boys singing ‘Empty’ again and again inside the stadium. There were these two girls and one of them looked so doll-ish which made us thought she is Japanese. She was holding a signage with Junsu’s picture and “Junsu nim” wrote on both sides. She and her friend came to us and asked whether this the entrance B. Apparently, she is not Japanese but a Thai. If I’m not mistaken, she went to the showcases in Thailand and Singapore before coming to Malaysia. And when she told us that she actually touched Junsu in the airport, we screamed our lungs out. I felt dizzy instantly. Then she dropped another bomb. She even touched Jaejoong and he smiled at her. Again, our screams fill the air and everyone around us looked at us. Someone from OneCassiopeia forum came to us and gave a tiny pouch with 2 sweets and a paper to write our message. She asked us to throw that thing during the last performance. So I wrote in Korean ‘Jaejoong Saranghaeyo! Junsu Saranghaeyo! Yoochun Saranghaeyo! Changmin Saranghaeyo! Yunho Saranghaeyo! DongBangShinKi Youngwonhi! Xiahzart! Lee SeonJun! Dr.! JaeJoon!” and drew a coconut tree for Junsu. Sealed with my kiss, I placed it in my bag.
After bathing in our own sweat under the hot sun, suddenly it starts to pour down. The first thing I did was protect my JYJ poster and ticket. We ran to the entrance and it was shelter enough but poor fans that got wet by the rain because no shelter. It was just like in a sardine can. People were pushing from every side and I have to make sure that I don’t get separated from my friends. Somehow only Swezin unnie and Jac were with me as Reyna and Jas ‘lost’ in the crowd. There were a few times when some of the fans chanted ‘Stop checking!’ because it takes a long time. Honestly, I joined them in the chanting. What impressed me were a few Cassies who really cared for others. They warned about the metal bars and I saw one of them holding back the metal bar away from the fans so none of us get hurt. She was holding it back so hard that it pressed deeply on which I believe a fanboy’s arm. I told her “You are pressing his arm,” and she relaxed a bit and give me a warm smile. After pushing and shouting ‘argh’, we finally made it. We practically shoved the tickets into their hands and made our way to the Free Standing zone. Red Ocean is visible as pearl red lightsticks were lit up. Again, we were at the back of the crowd. I took a few photos of the red oceans and the stage. The show was about to begin when we spotted someone looks alike Jaejoong at the backstage. I think our brains weren’t functioning well because we thought it IS Jaejoong. Of course, we start screaming! The moment the lifts were raised and the boys stood in flesh before my eyes, I’m sure I let out tones of OMG’s. The first song they performed was Empty and I wasn’t in the right state of mental from the moment I heard Yoochun start off the song with ‘Girl,I swear…” in his husky and deep voice. I was jumping and screaming at the same time. Then I noticed that there weren’t much fans near the metal bars. So I ran there and leaned over and tada! I can see all three of them performing flawlessly from a side view. I dragged Jac and she joined the madness. I really loved the ‘Let it go’ dance move and it is more special when Jaejoong was dancing that movement at the side of the stage that is close to us. I don’t really remember all the dance steps for all songs because I was busy screaming and jumping. Second song was Be My Girl which is more a ballad song. I was completely indulged in their voices. I heard from other Cassies that went to their live shows before that DBSK’s live performance is the best and their voices sounded just like in the CDs. Third song was Be The One, a song that has the right beats to make you move your body without realizing it. After that performance, it was time for greeting. As usual Junsu and Jaejoong introduced themselves in Korean which was translated by a Korean translator. As for Yoochun, he spoke in English and his accent is ARGH! No words to describe it. The host for the showcase told them that Malaysians love to add suffix -Lah at the end of a sentence and asked them to give it a try. Jaejoong said “I love you LAH,Malaysia” and as expected we went high, screaming our lungs out. Then the host asked the boys “Do you think Malaysia girls are hot?” and since it’s a Yes/No question, Junsu right away answered ‘Yes’. I think Jaejoong said ‘Yes’ but maybe the host had asked him to add more (my memory is messed up, so I kinda forgot what she asked) so Jaejoong said “I know! Malaysian girls are so beautiful,” That adorkable guy knew what to say in order to make us go gaga over him.


After that little chat, the boys went back to business. The next song was Chajatta (Found You), Yoochun’s Korean drama Sungkyunwan Scandal’s OST. This was supposed to be a fan + JYJ song. But I guess we were immersed in the excitement till we missed the chants. Then, it was Ayyy Girl which incites the atmosphere. Seriously, when they sang the ‘Ayyy~ayyy girl’ part, it reminds me the ‘Are~are~are~you good girl?’ in DBSK’s Are You Good Girl song. After this performance, it was time for the boys to bid goodbye to the fans. And again, Jaejoong never fail to make me smile at his words. The host asked when they are gonna come to Malaysia again and Yoochun asked Jaejoong. Jaejoong said maybe next SUMMER. And the host told the fans, “Jaejoong forgot that Malaysia is all year summer,” Yoochun told us that they will be on worldwide concert tour which will be in June or July next year. All three of them thanked the fans and stated their hopes to meet us soon. And Yoochun ended with a loud scream of “Always Keep The Faith,” Nothing beats DongBang boys.

The last song which is an encore but a remix version Empty and this time I decided to stop jumping. Instead I recorded the entire performance which they tried to interact with the fans such as Jaejoong sing ‘Let it go,” and aimed the mic to the fans. Too bad I can’t sing because I was busy fancam-ing. With a burst of confetti, the less than an hour showcase ended. We got to see the boys walking to the backstage since we were glued near the metal bars. Jac asked me what to do with the pouch and we decided to pass it somehow to the boys. We saw the translator was sitting a few meters from us so I waved my crazily and she saw us! She walked to us and I told her --> “This pouch thingy is part of OneCassiopeia Forum and we were supposed to throw it but we didn’t. So can you pass it to the boys?” and to our great surprise, she took them! We thanked her for a few times. Can you imagine that among hundreds of the pouch that were given to the fans, only Jac’s and mine were actually passed area beyond the metal bar. LOL.When Jas wanted to hand her fan letter to personnel, they rejected it by saying they can’t pass anything to the boys. The showcase is over and only the buzz from the fans can be heard. That’s when I came up with screaming “Jaejoong” at the direction of the backstage. And we did~

We left the stadium and this time Jac and I got separated from Swezin, Jas and Reyna. In front the main entrance, someone was selling DBSK’s towels and bandanas. I bought 2 DBSK Miroticon towels and gave one of it to Jac. We bought 100 Plus to quench our thirst. Since it’s already 4pm, I thought it’s better to take a cab to the KL Sentral. We were walking to the other side of the road when Jo called and asked our whereabout. I told her it’s getting late for my train and bid her goodbye. There were another 2 Cassies who came to us and asked where we are going. We told them that we are going to KL Sentral and they are going to Sg.Wang. They asked whether they can share a cab with us and we said yes. So all the way to Sg.Wang, we interviewed each other. Those girls are from Penang and introduced them as Margaret and ChingChing. Margaret is a Junsu lover and ChingChing is a Jaejoong lover. Both of them got down at the Sg.Wang and Jac and I started to spazz over the performances.

Arrived at KL Sentral around 4.50 and decided to fresh up before sorting various things in our bags. We settled down in Burger King and sort all our things. More reddies start to flood BK. They were looking at us since we were wearing DBSK t-shirts and I was busy snapping photos of The Beginning Photobook. Around 6pm, I hugged Jac and bid her goodbye which I hope is not the last one since she will fly to Sabah on 10th December and her chances to come back to Peninsular Malaysia is very low. All we hoping for is another meet up for JYJ ‘SUMMER’ concert next year.

In the train, three girls who seating in front me also went to the showcase. I saw them holding the photobook and one of the girl’s message tone is Junsu’s voice singing ‘Saranghamnida’~ Obviously, she is a Junsu lover. There was another Cassie in the train which I knew when her ringtone is “Chajatta”. So I’m not the only Cassie in both trains I took. I reached Kampar at 8:24pm which means my wonderful journey came to an end.



Fan Account (Part 1)

.::. Part 1 - A secret journey from Perak to KL and mini meet up with Tohosomniacs .::.

When I said ‘secret’, I really mean it. None of my family members knew that I came to KL to see the boys. Nothing seems bad when it is for the boys. I woke up around 3:58 am and wasn’t sleepy at all despite the fact that I had only slept for merely 2 hours. Those feelings I had within me were mixtures of excitement and anxiety. I boarded a 5:09am train from Kampar to KL Sentral. Once I settled down on my seat, I plugged in my MP4 player and start listening to all the songs in The Beginning album. It’s a 2 ½ hour journey so after my MP4 player’s battery is low; I decided to just take a short nap. I don’t know how many minutes I slept till I heard a familiar music. JYJ’s Empty intro music. I’m already smiling before I realize it. And noticed that girls beside me were wearing red t-shirts but they were with whom I assume as their grandma. Ignoring them, I lost once again in deep thoughts while watching the sunrise. I fidgeted at the last few minutes before reaching the KL Sentral station at 7:26am.

Once left the train, I made my way to KFC for breakfast and bought a newspaper on the way. Ordered KFC a.m Twister with a cup of tea and sat down with the newspaper. Merely going through it for any articles of the showcase. Earlier in the train, I asked my unnie to meet me at KL Sentral before I meet my Tohosomniac friends. This is the first time ever I’m meeting her so I’m quite nervous. Maya unnie, I ‘met’ her in LiveJournal and we exchanged numbers after a few chats in LJ. Ever since that, I’m close to her but never met her in 2 years of our friendship. Just like I haven’t meet the boys in my 2 years of fandom. After finished my breakfast, I wandered around and since there weren’t many shops running business, I just found myself in a bookstore called Sun@Mag. I already browsed every single novel inside the store when my unnie asked where I am. So I told her I’m in Sun@Mag and when I stepped out, she was there. Smiling and walking towards me. I only mouthed ‘Oh My God’ again and again. We didn’t hug but she grabbed my wrist and brought me to a bench just near the shop. I was staring at her and speechless for a few moments. We talked mostly about our feelings on that day and how we look in person. Random talks. She gave me a bag which contains presents from her. And that’s when I felt guilty for not getting anything for her. Around 9, we went for a walk inside the KL Sentral and bought ourselves McFlurry Cornetto and Vanilla Sundae Cone. I asked whereabouts of my Tohosomniac friend, Jac who willing to hang out with me since I’m not familiar with KL routes. We walked to the KL Sentral Monorail station and all the way, we were talking how it will be different if Changmin and Yunho are here as well. At the monorail station just after few minutes we arrived, a bunch of girls in red came to buy tickets. And my scanner eyes already found a Jaejoong keychain on one of the girl’s handphone which confirmed that they are Cassie.

Jac met me at the monorail station and after bidding my unnie goodbye (since she wants to go to Stadium Negara earlier), we boarded the monorail. Inside,there were more Reddies. I can’t help but to be ecstatic to see people in red. Simply because I felt the sensation of JYJ in the town. Hang Tuah station which is the station for the Stadium Negara is a station before Imbi station which is for Berjaya Times Square. Jac and I mentally bid goodbye to all the reddies that left at the Hang Tuah station. LOL. Once arrived at the Imbi station, we made our way to ground level Starbucks and Jas wasn’t there. Then we went to the 3rd level SB and found it was empty. Went to ground level SB again and decided to change my clothes before Jas comes. Yet another surprise when Jas patted my back when I’m talking to Jac. So did we hug,Jas? LOL. I don’t remember any hugging. Swezin unnie and Reyna were with her. Swezin unnie looks so young that I would believe if she claims that she’s 19. And as for Reyna, she’s really cute! Swezin,Reyna and I decided to go to the washroom when Jas starts to tell about the showcase in Singapore the night before. A few things that I found interesting are :-

1)S’pore fans chanted (maybe) “I love Jaejoong,Yoochun,Junsu” and dorky Yoochun asked them back, “Love Jaejoong *short pause* YoochunJunsu?” (YooSu ftw!)

2)Jaejoong introduced himself in English. "Hi.I'm JJ"


Finally, like being forced to change my clothes we three headed to the washroom and all the way long, Swezin unnie and Reyna told me how the showcase was in S’pore. It started a bit late and that made them miss the flight to Malaysia eventually. I changed into a red t-shirt with my DBSK long sleeved t-shirt tied around my waist. Put on some ‘proof’ that shows I’m a Cassie as well. Actually I was tempted to change faster because I saw more reddies in Times Square. LOL.

We bought ourselves bottled fruit juices (which turns out to be the most expensive fruit juice I ever bought in my life) and went to the renowned K-Pop shop in Berjaya Times Square, MyStar. As expected, there were lots of JYJ goodies. I bought 2 name tags; Kim Jaejoong and Shim Changmin(for Maya unnie), TVXQ handphone strap, Jaejoong keychain and AKTF wrist band for RM48. After going OMGs at the goodies, we went to Old Town Coffee for lunch. Jas, Reyna and Swezin unnie had light foods like fried dumpling and dumpling soup while Jac and I had some serious lunch such as Curry Noodles and Egg Noodles Soup. As for Jo, she ate ‘breakfast’ which is egg toasts with kaya. That’s when Jo gave us the presents to compensate the lost prezzies that she sent through Pos Malaysia when we met up last June. I really felt like it’s Christmas already because I’m receiving presents! LOL.

When dreams come true~

Dreams are something perceived as wonderful or perfect. Let me tell you that certain dream when they come true, they are simply beyond wonder~ and that includes my once in a lifetime opportunity to see the individuals that I love dearly and the journey that made it possible.

I had tried my best to put my feelings that I went last Sunday in words since I’m not very good with words. But apologies to my readers because my fan account gonna be long since I’m including every single thing I did on 17th October 2010. I’m the type of person who wants to keep record of meaningful things that happened to me so I can recall it whenever I want it. So there’s gonna be 2 parts.

Part 1 - Journey from Perak and mini Cassiopeia meet up

Part 2 - The show of a lifetime and bidding the boys a temporary goodbye.

Friday, October 8, 2010

Randomness Overload~

Too many mistakes in a short span of time can make us feel miserable about our beautiful life. But doesn’t that mean we actually forgot those beautiful moments in our life in the same period of time?

The best years in my life were since 2004 till 2008. Right after I stepped out of my school with my SPM results in my hand back in March 2009, I felt an urge to return to this school and continue my studies. That is why probably I chose Form Six as an option. After almost a year, I deeply regret my decision. Maybe Form Six is way too much for me or simply, I slacked off a lot. And it is a shame that all these realizations hit me after I ended my friendship with my bestie. Like usual, she guided me indirectly. Nowadays, I tried my best to study and work on subjects I’m weak such as Mathematics and Chemistry. All I’m hoping for is to pass all four papers to show that I’m not stupid. Full stop.

I’m not a studious girl. I spent most of my high school years by goofing around and still managed to secure second top student in the class. And I still believe that was possible because my teachers rocks in the class and I’m the type of person who depends on classroom lessons. There are few Form Six teachers that I wish to teach me in these 1 ½ year. Sir Lim just rocks when it comes to Mathematics. Although I barely passed my Additional Mathematics when he taught me back in Form 5, his lessons were understand-able by me. But now, I can’t even understand what is on the white board and Math-ing in home is just as hard. Sir Iskandar knows what his job. He entered the class, scribbled various equations in coloured marker pens and explains in detail. His English is good and I can understand what he’s trying to tell us. Now, the readers might already know what my current Chemistry teacher’s problem is. Biology lessons are sleep-causing but recently with God’s grace, I found it way more interesting than Mathematics. General Studies or rather known as Pengajian Am is uncomment-able lesson. What I should expect to learn from a teacher who is tired to climb only 4 flights of stairs and sulks at our actions? Fine. As a teacher, she should be able to control the class instead of complaining that huge number of students in the class in the reason of her mood swing. Also, she really should stop expecting us to answer exactly what is on her mind. After all circumstances, I will believe that God had shed some miracle over me if I pass all four papers. For a person like me, it’s really hard when classroom turned into hell. Nonetheless, I love every single teacher in my school.

If school has not give me enough trouble to deal with, my aunt adds up to it. Why everyone love to see Nanthini suffer? Why on earth watching Tamil show doesn’t bring any harm to my studies but watching a Korean show does? I just can’t understand the way she thinks. All she expects from me now is stay away from television and study my ass off for just another 2 months. Wouldn’t I die if I keep staring at books with no relaxation? But I did sacrifice a few Korean shows just for her.

Deepavali and my birthday is just less than a month away. And along the course is my so-called graduation under the name of Farewell Party for Form Five and Six students on 30th October. I still believe that there is a hidden wonder behind my birthday falling on Deepavali and STPM starts on 23rd November (2+3=5 is my lucky number ^_^) Hope everything goes just the way I hope.

P/S: Do you believe in Karma? Because I do believe it now. Seeing those individuals that hurt me is now suffering for certain reasons. You can call me devil for finding happiness in other’s pain but hey, even my Biology teacher said that not all of us are 100% saint.