If you want to search for previous chapters, feel free to visit My KPOP Memories Timeline ~ 29th December 2014 (Monday) Today there is AOA fansign event. Those who would like to join the fansign, first they need to go the Sbenu shoes shop located near Hapjeong station. (The shop already closed down though, for the past 2 years whenever I walked pass the empty shop, I always recalled about this fansign.) Anyway, after the shop opened at 10am, for the first 150 customers who spent above 89000won will receive a ticket for the fansign at 2pm. The shop will open at 10am, but it doesn't mean I should reach at 10am. Considering the popularity of AOA kept rising lately, and the guesthouse I staying was quite near with the shop, so I decided to go to have a look at 7.30am. Wow! Many fans already lining up outside the shop. I roughly calculated, around 40 fans. Originally I was thinking to just go back to guesthouse and rest, then come back later to line up.... Then I saw two Japanese friends were lining up at behind, so I decided to line up with them instead~ After waiting for two hours, Sbenu decided to open earlier at 9.30am, so I bought a nice pair of shoes, and received the fansign ticket. I also took the chance to ask the staff about the fansign event later............ I was quite disappointed after hearing it, because we can only line up at the outside of the shop during fansign, and take turn to enter the shop to receive signatures. Then we must leave the shop immediately after receiving signatures........... So it will be totally different than the fansign events that I normally attended, I was a bit regret to burn my money for this fansign..... Anyway, at least I will be able to see Mina~ (Since Mina didn't show up much during Like A Cat promotion.....) The fansign started at 2pm, and since AOA will sign for 150 fans, so I expected it to be ending at 4pm. Thus, I purposely arrived late at 2.30pm, so that I don't have to wait too long outside of the shop during this cold weather. I arrived at around 2.30pm, and saw a lot of fans were lining up neatly there. I went to the back of the line, crossed the barrier and lined up at behind. Suddenly, a tall security guard came and asked me to get out of the line. ??? I took my fansign ticket out and showed to him. The security guard claimed that I already received signatures, no repeat, so I must leave the line right away. WHAT THE HELL??? I just reached here though!! So I told the guard that I not yet receive signatures, but he didn't believe and shouted at me:"NAGA RA GO!!"(JUST GET OUT OF HERE!!) WOW............ BEING ACCUSED LIKE THAT........ I started to get angry too, so I shouted back at the security guard: "Cho rel an mite myeon, jikjob member tel aegae mulrobosaeyo!!!" (If you don't believe me, just ask the members!!) I stared at the security guard angrily, then only he let me line up and left. Not even at word of apologize from him.......... Luckily I learnt some Korean languages......... If not I might be kicked out just like that........ Finally it was my turn for signatures, but somehow my mood was a bit distracted because of the quarrel just now......... First was the cutie Mina who I didn't meet for a long time~ We greeted with each other, and Mina told me that she enjoyed the coffee that I asked Jimin to pass to her last time. (For details please read chapter24.) I took out a gift and hid the front of the gift, I said:"I brought your favorite food today." Then I turned and showed Mina the front of the gift, it was actually a sweet potato snack with a large sweet potato picture on the cover, and I purposely wrote there TO: Suyeon. Mina saw it and laughed until her back laid back on the chair, then she praised:"Sense itnae yo." (You have sense.) If you don't understand the joke, please watch the Modern Farmer which Mina took part in that drama. Basically, Suyeon is the character acted by Mina, and in the drama, Suyeon pretended that her favorite food is sweet potato. Next was Jimin~ We greeted each other with hiphop style, then I showed her the AOA fans message book. "Wah!" Jimin was very happy. Jimin tried to have a detailed look at the message book, but the security guard already asked me to move............... Same as Yuna, after signing she tried to open the message book, but the guard asked me to move again....... Next... Seolhyun also............ So I only had chance to tell them:"Ibon ae jinjja naeneon to pua yo." (Let's meet again next year.) Seolhyun's signature:
The following member was Hyejeong. Hyejeong saw the message book, and told me:"Hangsang gomapwo yo."(Always thankful to you.) I replied:"I also always thankful to AOA." Next was Chanmi~ I was expecting that Chanmi will keep her promise and call me oppa, but she not only forgotten her promise, she even forgotten how to write my name................. I was so sad........T_T The last member was Choa~ I passed the message book to Choa, Choa put down her marker pen and opened the message book. Choa flipped through a few pages and said thank you to me happily. The guard asked me to move, then only Choa picked up the marker pen and signed for me...... DONE. After receiving all signatures and passed the message book to AOA, I finally able to relax a bit. Even though we were not allowed to stay inside the shop, but me and a group of Japanese fans still waited at outside of the shop. After the fansign, AOA members came out and stood at the door step, then they said a few sentences about today fansign. After that, the AOA members went back to the shop, and started to pick their favorite Sbenu shoes~ This time I was lucky~ Since I was standing just in front of the glass wall, so I was able to seem the members clearly. My view that time:
For 20 minutes long, I watched the AOA members picking sport shoes, Chanmi and Choa will bring different shoes and asked for our opinion, then Jimin and Chanmi took their handphone out and took picture of us:
This time the Sbenu fansign wasn't very good, since the security was very tight, we couldn't take any photo once we were inside the shop, and because of the quarrel incident, it left me a bad impression at the security guard. If next time there is another Sbenu fansign, I don't think so I will go again......... The next day, I went to MBC to watch the pre-recording of MBC Gayo Dajeon. After one year, finally I was able to see the performance by AOA Black again~ Well.... I didn't expect that it will be my last time to see AOA Black though~ After that, I went back to my country, and ended year 2014 with a lot of memories with AOA~ The next time I see AOA, it was already year 2015........... Thanks for reading. Please LIKE My Facebook Page& FOLLOWMy Twitterto make sure you are always updated with the blog~ Teaser 1 - GWSN chapter21 First fansign event of RED SUN promotion~ Teaser 2 - AOA chapter27 Giving Choa a watermelon~~~ Teaser 3 - SNSD chapter3 Sunny's musical~
If you want to search for previous chapters, feel free to visit My KPOP Memories Timeline ~ 23rd July 2017 (Tuesday) After 3 months, GWSN finally comeback with 3rd mini album "RED SUN", and they held a showcase at Tuesday night. The showcase venue:
The wreath:
My view on that day:
Luckily the stage is high enough, so even though I only managed to buy a seat at the back row, but I was able to enjoy the whole showcase~ I won't talk much about the details of the showcase, since you can find it by searching on Youtube~ The next day which was Wednesday, GWSN had busking at Myeongdong and Hongdae. I skipped the Myeongdong busking due to...............laziness~ Since Hongdae busking was within walking distance from the place I staying, of course I must go~~~ I arrived at the venue around one hour before, and found a not bad place to stand:
Not only me, but my Malaysia friend P was there too and stood in front of me. At the middle of the busking, we had a small contest for whoever shouted the loudest will receive GWSN's signed poster. At the left side, Friend P shouted the loudest. So Miya was holding the signed poster, and said someone at the left side shouted very loud. When Miya and Seoryoung both looked at my direction, I quickly pointed friend P, so they chose friend P to give away their poster LOL Until Friday, GWSN finally attended music show, which was Music Bank~ I entered with No.1 seat LOL:
After watching pre-recording, we came out to line up again. Originally the mini fanmeeting was canceled due to rain, but since the members really wanted to see the fans, so the managers decided to do the mini fanmeeting at the area with rooftop. Since the floor was wet, so the fans needed to stand during the fanmeeting. Luckily I was no.1 so I stood at the front row, if not I might not be able to see the members clearly if I stood at behind~ My view during the mini fanmeeting:
Frankly speaking, the brightness was very bad....................... Soso was having trouble with her leg, especially after performance at Showcase and Busking, she walked like something was wrong with her leg. So I took the chance to ask Soso about her leg, She only told me that she went to hospital to do check-up. Never mind, I will ask for more details during fansign later. The ending fancam:
We also had a fansign event on the same day, but I will write about it at the next chapter~ Anyway, from here, finally GWSN started their 3rd album promotion~~~ Thanks for reading. Please LIKE My Facebook Page& FOLLOWMy Twitterto make sure you are always updated with the blog~
Teaser 1 - AOA chapter26 A quarrel with the security guard! Teaser 2 - GWSN chapter21 First fansign event of RED SUN promotion~ Teaser 3 - AOA chapter27 Giving Choa a watermelon~~~ Teaser 4 - SNSD chapter3 Sunny's musical~
If you want to search for previous chapters, feel free to visit My KPOP Memories Timeline ~ 7th December 2014 (Sunday) I stayed at Korea for around 3 weeks already, and AOA is having their final fansign for "Like A Cat" promotion, so I will be leaving Korea at the next day after the fansign. The fansign event was held inside Lotte Mall which located at Gimpo station. I don't recall my seat number, only remember that I sat at the right hand side, which was the side facing Choa~ Since Yuna, Seolhyun and Jimin are either having birthday at end of December or early January, and thinking that I will not be seeing them at that time, so I prepared some gifts for them today~ After waiting for some times, finally it was my turn for signatures~ First member was Seolhyun~ Seolhyun's signature:
I prepared a star shaped chocolate box as gift for Seolhyun~ While giving the gift, I hold the box up high and said:"I prepared for you a star which dropped from the sky~" "Wah! Wah!" Seolhyun was very happy when receiving my gift~ Then we high touched with each other and said good bye. Next was Choa~ Choa's signature:
I saw Choa's writing with her own unique style, quickly asked her what did she write. Choa answered that she wrote that she would like to spend a happy year with me again at 2015~ 2015............ Ahhh.................. The following member was Hyejeong~ Hyejeong's signature:
Hyejeong wrote about Christmas and end of year. Wasn't that a bit too early?? Next was Chanmi~ I told Chanmi that I am going back to my own country the next day, so before I leaving, I hoped that she will call me Oppa~ "Oh? I never called you as oppa before?" Chanmi only realized about it. After signing on my album, Chanmi lifted her head, shook hand with me, and said:"Thanks for your support, Oppa!" I am dead................... Looking at my happy facial expression, Chanmi smiled and said:"Starting from next time, I will keep calling you as oppa then!" Chanmi you are such a good and kind girl~~~ Chanmi's signature:
Next was Yuna~ "Yo Yuna! What's up!" I greeted Yuna with Hiphop style. "Yeah~" Yuna replied with Hiphop style too LOL Then I realized that I was actually wearing a hoodie jacket, so I lifted the hood to cover my head to make me looked more Hiphop style, and "What's up!" with Yuna one more time. Yuna laughed after seeing me did that. Jimin who sat beside Yuna already done signing, she saw me and said:"Yo! XXX! What's up!" (XXX is my name.) I replied Jimin with "What's up!", Yuna laughed at our interaction while signing on my album. I told the two members that I am leaving the next day, they showed me a sad face at the same time~ Yuna's signature:
Before moving, I gave Yuna a chocolate box, and she thought that it was ramen~~~~ Then Yuna opened the box only realized that it is chocolate~~~ Last member was Jimin~ At that time I didn't know that there will be a Sbenu fansign event at 29th December, so I just gave Jimin her favorite chocolate box as early birthday gift. Jimin happily received the gift, and I joking said:"An early birthday gift for you, Ban oship chukka haeyo(Congratulations for being half 50 years old)!" Jimin laughed and hit my left forearm~ Jimin's signature:
By the way, all thanks to this fancam from D ace, I was able to write more detailed:
Chanmi was talking to me at the start of the fancam~ There were my interaction with Yuna and Jimin too~ Really thanks to the owner of this fancam~ After everything, I went back to my own seat. Later, my Malaysia friend went up for signatures, and he passed me his camera so that I can take pic of him and Yuna. I hold his camera and kept waiting. Finally my friend moved to Yuna, and said a few sentences to her. When I saw that Yuna was looking around the audience in front like searching for someone, I raised my hand a bit to let Yuna find me. Yuna and my friend quickly posed for me, sadly I wasn't very familiar with friend's camera, so I took pic quite slow. "Ah....Palli!!" Yuna gotten anxious and told me to be faster~ At the end I took the pic, but it was a bit blurred................... Really sorry to my friend..............-_- Anyway, the next day after fansign, I left Korea. I was thinking that I need to wait until next comeback to see AOA again, but not long after I was back, I received a notice saying that AOA will be having Sbenu fansign event at the end of December! Since I was totally addicted to fansign, so I bought flight ticket, and went to Korea again before the end of year 2014........... Thanks for reading. Please LIKE My Facebook Page& FOLLOWMy Twitterto make sure you are always updated with the blog~ Teaser 1 - GWSN chapter20 The first few days of 3rd album promotion~ Teaser 2 - AOA chapter26 A quarrel with the security guard! Teaser 3 - GWSN chapter21 First fansign event of RED SUN promotion~ Teaser 4 - AOA chapter27 Giving Choa a watermelon~~~ Previous articles: Memories with GWSN chapter19 Memories with AOA chapter24 Memories with LABOUM chapter18 Memories with LADIES' CODE chapter3 Memories with DREAMCATCHER chapter22
