[FAN ACCOUNT] 140808 HAHA Fanmeet @ K-Festival Malaysia 2014

You just never know when luck is on your side. Of course, it's not advisable to rely on good luck all the time because effort still matters more, but when you're lucky, you're lucky.

So, I was very lucky to be chosen as one of the special pass winners for K-Festival Malaysia 2014, held at Pavilion mall, Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. The pass that I won allowed me to participate in an autograph session by HAHA (Real name Ha Dong Hun; Korean reggae singer; SBS 'Running Man' variety show cast member) as one of the activities during K-Festival.

How did I sign up for the special pass' lucky draw, you may ask? Simple. Korea Plaza KL, governed by Korea Tourism Organization (KTO) Malaysia, promoted about the lucky draw on its social media sites (website, Facebook, Twitter, etc.). I saw the promotional post on Facebook and decided to sign up since the steps were very simple. First, applicants should be Kaki Korea Club members (*Member registration can easily be done at visitkorea.com.my for free.*). Second, we needed to submit our basic information (contact details) and answer a trivia question about HAHA. Third, applicants needed to submit the online form and wishfully wait for the result announcement. I went through my days as normal and frankly, I wasn't expecting much from the lucky draw that I almost forgot about it. One evening, as I was having my dinner break at work place's cafeteria, I checked my e-mail inbox like I always do. When I opened the e-mail message sent by KTO KL (which I initially thought was a promotional message about any of its events), my next expression was literally O.O ... I then had my dinner gleefully and went back to my work area. I hesitantly asked my Line Manager if I could get a day off on the particular fanmeet day. Thankfully, I could! From that moment onward, I was looking forward to the day I would meet HAHA.

August 8th came around and I was more than ready to meet HAHA at K-Festival. The day before, a Korean lady from KTO KL called me to inform about special passes' collection. So, I made my way to Pavilion mall, KL via public transportation and a little bit of walking. Along the way, I couldn't help but to smirk or giggle on my own whenever I thought about meeting HAHA 오빠 and getting his autograph in person (!!!). Once I reached Pavilion, I went straight to Centre Court area of the mall, where K-Festival was held. I got my special pass (in the form of a red tag, placed on my wrist by the crew member) and a goodie bag from KTO KL, containing KLiK magazines, "Imagine your Korea" t-shirt, Dove shampoo samples, Sunsilk shampoo samples, and "Imagine your Korea" hand fan. I was then led to the special zone area, where I sat with other K-culture fans. I briefly talked to a few of the girls at the special zone and we ended up getting each others' contact numbers to enable us to stay in touch and discuss everything K-culture-related. ^^



All audience members were entertained by a Kayarang (traditional Korean musical instrument) performance, played by 예쁜 Korean twin sisters. They even performed 'Negaraku', Malaysia's national anthem, and the whole audience stood up during the anthem's performance and sang along. It created such a heartwarming atmosphere. After the Kayarang performance, MC Cody Lim took the stage to chat and interact with the audience. The newly appointed ambassador of Kaki Korea Club was announced - Baki Zainal, TV host and Korean culture fan. Baki went on stage and joined Cody in chatting with the audience. After that, we were entertained by Painters Hero, a 4-member group of male artistes (painters) who impressively created pieces of arts while dancing on stage.

A press conference session was carried out right before the opening ceremony of K-Festival Malaysia 2014. Representatives who delivered their brief speeches were all amazed at the big crowd that K-Festival managed to attract even from the first day of the 3-day event. A ribbon-cutting ceremony was carried out and K-Festival was then officiated.

After that, it was the moment that all K-culture and 'Running Man' fans anticipatively waited for from the beginning of the day - the appearance of HAHA! HAHA went on stage and the crowd went insane (*I did too.*). HAHA, along with his interpreter and crew members, was surprised to see so many fans at the venue. I can recall how HAHA exclaimed "Waaah~" when he first appeared from back stage. He even took out his handphone to capture the moment in a video. A talk session with HAHA was carried out with Baki as the MC. HAHA even gave away some gifts to the audience by throwing out the (non-dangerous) items towards the audience's direction. The audience was so excited and bold that HAHA had to momentarily go back stage to cool down and wipe off his sweats from all the excitement. ㅋㅋㅋ



Soon after that, the autograph session took place. As one of the lucky winners of the special passes, I excitedly and nervously waited for my turn to get HAHA's autograph on the stage. When it was my turn, I handed out my "Imagine your Korea" hand fan for HAHA to sign on. As he took my fan, I greeted him with "오빠, 안녕!" (Oppa, hello!). He looked up, smiled (so freakin' cutely!!), and cheerfully replied "안녕~!" (Hello~!). He then wrote down my name and signed the fan. When he was done, he initiated a high-5 while exclaiming "Okay~". I happily responded to his high-5. I wanted a little more interaction, so I said out "하그.." (Hug..). He immediately said "Okay!" and stood up for a while to give me a hug. I was smiling ear-to-ear the whole time. God, thank you for allowing such a special occurrence in my life! The official photographer, who had been snapping photos of the session from the end of the table on stage, signalled me to look at the camera, so I did (with my I-am-on-Cloud-9 expression that probably looked silly). I went down the stage, still smiling (*My poor facial muscles~*) and briefly met the new friends I made before making my way to the station to go back. When I reached home, I still smiled like a fool, thinking of how wonderful the whole experience was.



Thank you very much, KTO KL and other co-organisers and sponsors!
Looking forward to more events like this one in the future..
잘하다.. 감사드리다.. 사랑하다..

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[FAN ACCOUNT] 130627 - AIA K-pop Concert in Malaysia

[FAN ACCOUNT] 130627 - AIA K-pop Concert in Malaysia

I went to K-pop Dream Concert Live in Malaysia in the month of May and I enjoyed it.  One month later, I went to yet another concert!  This time, it was AIA K-pop Concert in Malaysia.  What made this concert extra special was the three performing acts who all came from the same company, Cube Entertainment.  My favourite K-pop company!  The three acts were 4Minute, BEAST, and G.NA.  In January 2011, the same lineups came to Malaysia for DiGi Live K-pop Party and I attended that one too with my dad and younger sister.  This time for AIA K-pop Concert, my dad tagged along again.

My dad and I took a flight to Kuala Lumpur on the same day of the concert.  We arrived at Kuala Lumpur about four hours before the tentative time of the concert.  We made our way to the stadium where the concert was held via Light Rail Transit (LRT).  The concert venue was only two stations away.  When we arrived at the stadium, we wandered around the stadium, which was already filled with fans and AIA (M) Berhad's agents, staffers, policyholders, and family members.  The concert was initially planned as a private concert for those related to AIA (M) Berhad only.  After discussing with Malaysian fanclubs and K-pop concert-goers, the company decided to make the concert open to public.  *cough* /Extra revenue/ *cough*  *cough again* /Nothing wrong with that/ *cough again*  I bought the concert tickets for my dad and I through Malaysian BEAST's fanclub, MYB2UTY.  About fifteen minutes before the concert started, we entered the concert area.  Upon hearing songs (which turned out to be music videos) by the Cube artists being played in the concert area, I felt excited and could not wait to see the performing artists live again, especially BEAST!

G.NA was the first performer.  Even as a solo singer, she did not fail to capture the audience's attention with her powerful yet sweet vocal and her friendly greetings.  Her first song for that evening was 'Supa Solo', one of my all-time favourite songs of hers!  G.NA also performed '2Hot', 'Bananas', and the English version of 'I'll Back Off, So Live Well' (in which, B2UTY went wild when BEAST's Jun Hyung came out to perform his rapping part) before performing a two-song medley of Rihanna's songs, 'Take a Bow' and 'Rude Boy'.  Her remaining performances of 'First Kiss', 'Top Girl', and 'Black and White' kept the crowd cheering.  I especially liked it when G.NA mentioned during her talk time that Malaysian fans have been doing great at supporting the United Cube family and asked for continuous interest and support.

The audience continued to gleefully scream, shout, and sing when 4Minute came on stage.  The girls appeared on the stage with their stylishly sassy performance of 'What's Your Name'.  They also performed 'Mirror Mirror', 'I'm Okay', 'HUH', and 'Muzik'.  I enjoyed every performance but I particularly liked their emotional balladry song 'Pretend'.  Before stepping out of the stage, the girls performed the bubbly 'Heart to Heart' and the catchy 'Hot Issue'.

Then...the most anticipated (for me, personally) act of the evening...the one, the only, the amazing BEAST!  As expected, the audience, including me, went wild when an introductory snippet featuring BEAST's members was played.  The next thing that came up was Gi Kwang's "Byeol-i bit na neun areumdawoon bam-iya-iya~".  The BEAST's members appeared on stage to perform their upbeat 'It's a Beautiful Night'.  What made the audience (at my area) even more hyped up was the members running towards the front part of the stage from the beginning of the song.  So, my eyes were pleasantly treated to the up close view of real life BEAST's members!  Dear God, thank you very much!  I frantically waved my rose-shaped lightstick and sang along while smiling ear-to-ear.  BEAST is known as one of the groups with outstanding fan-service.  That fact was really shown that evening even from their first performance.  The group performed 'Bad Girl' and 'Shock'.  These two songs are their first two title songs.  So, being able to see them perform those songs and dance the choreography meant so much to their B2UTY fans, trust me.  The other songs that BEAST performed so marvelously were 'Special', 'Fiction', 'On Rainy Days', 'I Knew It', and 'Freeze'.  Right after that, a new but familiar tune was played.  I immediately screamed joyfully when I heard the introduction music of one of BEAST's new songs, 'Will You Be Alright'.  I could tell that a few of the audience members who were near me turned their heads to look at me.  They must be wondering why I suddenly shrieked.  It was another special treat for B2UTY in Malaysia because that was the first time the song was performed overseas, and the second time it was ever performed live.  The first time the movingly sad song was performed was during B2UTY Party event at Maru Park, Seoul, South Korea.  Oh yea, now I remember something!  During 'Will You Be Alright', Jun Hyung missed a tempo and ended up giggling while doing his "Stay with me babe, stay with me babe.. Don't go, don't leave me babe.." part.  It was so cute!  Their last performances were 'Beautiful' and the encore song 'VIU'.  The members had lots of fun on stage, running around and making each other wet by splashing drinking water from bottles.  In fact, the members seemed to be in a very good mood from the beginning of their appearance on stage.  That made fans extra happy.  One of the things that the members said that I particularly remember is Dong Woon's "[Translated] Now I know why Malaysia is so hot.  It's because of your passion."  *o*  Smooth move, Son-Nam-Shin!  Another one is in Yo Seob's advice for everyone to take extra care of their health because of the haze, "[Translated] Please stay healthy.  Because you exist, I exist." *o*  Very sleek, Yang-Yo!

That evening is definitely a memorable evening for me.  I am sure many fans think so too.

We will continue to stand by your side, United Cube!

[FAN ACCOUNT] 130524 - K-pop Dream Concert Live in Malaysia (Cube Entertainment's Fan's POV)

[FAN ACCOUNT] 130524 - K-pop Dream Concert Live in Malaysia

(Cube Entertainment's Fan's POV)

The Evening Before (May 23rd)

My family and I arrived at Genting Highlands, Pahang on May 23rd.  Our flight was delayed for about an hour, so my energy was mostly drained by the time we arrived at the lobby of our hotel.  Before entering our hotel room, I had to first meet up with a few Melodies (Melody = Fan Name of BTOB's fan) to pass them their slogan towels and lightsticks.  (For those who did not know, the slogan towels and lightsticks that I am referring to are the official support merchandise produced and sold by the talent management company.)  The first day of the concert was happening on that evening.  The tickets that I bought for my family and I were for the second day. 

From our hotel room, we could hear the songs that the artists were performing.  Our hotel was right next to the main entrance of the concert venue.  I could particularly hear BTOB's 'I Stole Those Lips (Irresistible Lips)', 'Wow', 'Second Confession', and G.NA's 'Oops!' because when those songs were performed, my family and I were walking somewhere outside, looking for a place to eat. 

It was about half an hour past midnight and my family members were already sound asleep but I was still up, watching TV.  I then received a text message from a fellow Melody-and-K-popper.  I was supposed to pass her some slogan towels too but we could not meet up before the concert that evening because of my delay in arrival.  We then made a quick appointment to meet up outside of a coffee house near the lobby of the hotel where the artists were staying at.  There are a number of different hotels at Genting Highlands and those hotels are connected by walking paths and buildings.  So, I just followed the sign boards and some directions from that Melody friend of mine to get to our meet up place.  I finally reached the place and I knew that I was at the right place because I could see a number of people gathering and waiting outside of a coffee shop.  At that time, the artists were having a break after the first day of concert at the coffee house.  I met my Melody friend there and passed the slogan towels to her.  We had a little chat and I met some other K-pop fans.  I was told that BTOB, my favourite group out of the performing line-ups, had already gone back to their rooms.  I decided to wait with the other fans to try my luck at catching a glimpse of the other artists who were going to come out of the coffee house sooner or later.  BTOB's senior label-mate, G.NA (pronounced as "Ji-Na"), came out of the coffee house with a manager from Cube Entertainment and  some security guards.  They walked towards my direction, making me feel more excited but I tried to contain my excitement and I took a step back to give way.  G.NA was literally about one metre away from me.  I blurted out "Hi, G.NA~" and she looked at me while smiling, waving, and saying "Hi!" back.  That made me feel so happy and thankful!  She is not only a very beautiful woman, but she is also kind and genuine towards her fans and others.  Not long after that, 4Minute, also BTOB's senior label-mates, made their way out of the coffee house.  A manager went out first with a cake from 4Minute's fanclub.  The girls followed after that, surrounded by security guards.  The girls were all-smiles as they walked pass fans.  Like G.NA, they really looked like porcelain dolls up close.  Apart from BTOB, G.NA, and 4Minute, the other artists in the line-ups of K-pop Dream Concert Live in Malaysia were Sistar and Brown Eyed Girls.  I was not sure if Sistar and Brown Eyed Girls had already gone back to their rooms earlier on or not, but I decided not to wait any longer and walked back to my room. 

G.NA coming out of the coffee house and walking towards my direction(!)

4Minute coming out of the coffee house and walking towards my direction too(!)

The Concert Day (May 24th)

From the afternoon, I joined the other fans lobby-stanning (Lobby-stanning, a.k.a. hotel-stanning, is a term used to refer to fans waiting at the hotel lobby where their favourite artists are staying at, hoping for a chance to see the artists with their own eyes when the artists go out to have a meal, walk somewhere else, or off to a rehearsal or show.)  Of course, security guards were there to make sure that fans did not go overboard and that the other guests of the hotel would not go through too much of a difficult time because of the hoarding of fans.  I felt bad for the other guests because there were times when they had to squeeze their way through the fans to get to the hotel lobby.  Fans were kind enough to make way when necessary but still, the overwhelming number of gathered fans at a hotel lobby can be quite frightening to anyone who is not used to that.  Nobody got hurt, though.  We patiently waited and queued at the hotel lobby for hours.  Our biggest 'enemy' at that time was not the long hours of standing but the cold highland wind that occasionally blew in from the front entrance of the hotel. 

The concert was about to start in a couple of hours, so G.NA walked out to the hotel lobby first, surrounded by an entourage of staff members and security guards.  Sistar and 4Minute then came out one after the other.  My Melody friends and I were anticipating BTOB the most.  We kept waiting.  The authority at the hotel lobby announced that BTOB (and Brown Eyed Girls) would not be coming out soon.  Some even claimed that they were already at the concert venue since rehearsal, but fans knew better that they were not at the venue yet because some fans really waited at the hotel lobby since morning.  Nice try but you cannot easily fool fans, okay?  Fans are extra alert, extra attentive, and extra informative.  Most fans were already on their way back or to the concert venue but a number of fans remained at the hotel lobby area.  I even had some time to briefly followed and 'stalked' managers from the talent management companies, especially Cube Entertainment, when they wandered at the lobby area.  My Melody friends and I wanted to stay at the hotel lobby until BTOB came out but it was already ten minutes before showtime.  We did not want to miss the start of the concert, so we decided to make our way to the concert venue, which was about fifteen minutes away by foot.

The managers

On the first day, the order of performing artists was BTOB-G.NA-4Minute-Brown Eyed Girls-Sistar.  I expected the order to be the same for the second day but it turned out that Sistar was the first performing act.  My seat was at the front row and the two seats on my right as well as the two seats on my left belonged to fanboys.  So, I was surrounded by fanboys!  I enjoyed Sistar's performances since I knew some of their songs.  In fact, I was familiar with all of the songs that the group performed that evening.  After Sistar, it was G.NA's turn to perform.  I screamed my lungs out especially when BTOB's Il Hoon came out to perform his part in G.NA's 'Oops!'.  G.NA also performed the English version of her debut song, 'I'll Back Off, So Live Well', among other songs.  Then, 4Minute went on stage to perform their songs.  4Minute is one of my top K-pop acts.  The second last performing act was BTOB!  Woohoo~~!  As expected, I went insane when BTOB came out.  From the first song, 'I Only Know Love', to 'Secret (Insane)', to 'Second Confession', to 'Wow', I gleefully sang along and followed some of the dance moves.  The guy sitting next to me was surprised and asked me, "Waa... You even know all their dance moves?".  I smilingly nodded and continued cheering.  Brown Eyed Girls was the last performing act.  I was not very familiar with some of their songs but I still enjoyed their performances.  During Brown Eyed Girl's turn to perform, the group's manager came to the front of the stage area among the security guards and stood near my seating area.  At one point, he briefly scanned the seating audience area and I happily waved at him.  He saw me and nodded.  

Sistar

G.NA

4Minute

BTOB

Brown Eyed Girls

When the concert was over, I walked to my hotel room, feeling tired but happy.  I simply love it when I can smile after a concert no matter how exhausting the day has been. 

Back in December

Catch Up Post #4
(Last)

Back in December 2012

2012 Asia Super Showcase in Malaysia [Fan Account included] 

Remember that I bought a V.I.P. Zone ticket for this showcase last time?  The time was finally coming!  BTOB in Malaysia~~~!  Woohoo~!  You know what?  I think I'll make a short fan account on the showcase, then include a few pictures below.  I never got to make my fan account.  Yup, terribly busy!

[FAN ACCOUNT] 121211 - 2012 Asia Super Showcase (Melody's POV)

Since the venue of the showcase was in Kuala Lumpur (KL), I had to take a flight from Kuching to KL.   I (with my family) had to go for an afternoon flight on the same day of the showcase.  It would be better to depart earlier but I had a presentation in the morning.  So, right after the presentation at campus, I dashed back home to change and my uncle sent us to the airport.  We weren't late for boarding at all.  In fact, the flight was delayed for almost half an hour!  >.<  I usually wouldn't mind a slight delay but that day was different.  I needed to rush to claim my showcase ticket as soon as possible.  I tried to remain calm because freaking out wouldn't make me magically transport myself to KL in a blink of an eye, would it?

So, when we reached the airport in KL, dad and I went to the taxi ticketing booth while mom and my sisters went to get our luggage.  When we got in the taxi (which was a van, actually, since a taxi could carry maximum four passengers only and there were five of us) and directed the driver to bring us to Kenanga Wholesale City, the venue of the showcase.  I wasn't in a rush to actually enter the showcase venue yet because I bought a ticket with numbered seating.  However, I needed to get my showcase ticket first.  After getting my ticket, we were sent to our hotel by the driver to check in.  A funny (and quite stressful) incident happened when we were on our way up the elevator.  The maximum capacity of the elevator was three people but all five of us got in with our luggage, thinking that it would be alright.  The next thing we knew, the elevator doors wouldn't open when we reached our floor.  Dad called the receptionist and seconds later, the doors opened.  Without resting, right after we dropped off our stuff at our room, we rushed back out to go to the showcase venue.  (Yes, my family members went to the showcase venue too just to have a walk around because the venue was also a shopping mall.)  This time, we didn't go by taxi but we went there by monorail.  Rushing to the nearest monorail station without slowing down was tiring but we had to keep going.

This is the fanboard that I made and brought along to the showcase.

It reads "I only know BTOB", derived from BTOB's song, 'I Only Know Love".

Once we reached the venue after walking non-stop, I was so drained but I got some of my energy back when I saw the V.I.P. entrance.  I waved goodbye to my family members and went in.  There were already a lot of fans in the venue.  Even though I got a V.I.P. seat, it was quite unfortunate as the seat number that I got was among the furthest from the stage within the V.I.P. Zone.  Oh well...I just got to live it.  So, I waited patiently along with everyone else as there were minutes left to the start of the showcase.  We could hear occasional screaming from the audience whenever they thought they saw glimpse of idols backstage.  LOL  I can totally relate.

The audience waiting for the showcase to start

So, the first group to go on stage was the group I went there for.  BTOB!!!  OMG OMG OMG...  BTOB members were really on stage in front of my freakin' eyes!  They appeared on the stage with their intro song, 'Born to Beat'.  I screamed so much but I tried to cool down so that I could enjoy their performance as much as possible.  I swear I was crying in joy inside, but on the outside, I was far too excited.  I could see BTOB!  I could see sweetie Eun Kwang!   The boys sounded so great live.  Even their presence was beyond amazing.

After their intro song, the music for 'I Stole Those Lips (Irresistible Lips)' was heard.  They performed that song so energetically.

Then, the upbeat feel was halted for a while as BTOB performed their balladry song, 'Imagine'.  The meaning behind the song is just honest and disturbing (in a strangely good way).  Click here to see the meaning of 'Imagine'.

'Imagine'

The next song was 'I Only Know Love (Lover Boy)'.  The song has such catchy chorus and mid-verses [*I just confidently created this term.*], in my opinion.  I like the choreography too.

After 'I Only Know Love (Lover Boy)', BTOB had a talk session.  Each member introduced himself.  One of the fanservice-like thing that made fans squeal was when Min Hyuk was about to introduce himself.  The boys were sweating so much after the dancing and partly because of the humid weather.  Just as Min Hyuk started to speak, Chang Seob who stood next to him wiped Min Hyuk's sweat.  Aww...how sweet!  They then smiled and laughed.  Peniel, the English speaker of the group, stated that Malaysia is just so beautiful and he would love to visit Malaysia again for a non-performing-related vacation.  Min Hyuk also stated that Malaysia is a country that he would always go back to.  The MC asked BTOB to sing an acapella, so they sang the chorus of 'Monday to Sunday'.

BTOB's talk session

The next song by BTOB was 'My Girl'.  OMG I love this song!  It's an easy-going, love-confessing song and it has a beautiful acoustic guitar intro music.  The song doesn't have a particular choreography, so the boys walked around the stage to get closer to the audience.  Of course, fans started to scream so much and the screaming could be heard even with the song's music being played.  From my place, I could see Peniel taking a selca on stage using a fan's polaroid camera.  *Not jealous, not jealous*  The members looked straight into some fans' eyes when they got closer.  Towards the end of the beautiful song, Eun Kwang even sat at the edge of the main stage and swayed his feet like an adorable child.  Why?????!!!!!!  *Mental breakdown*

Then, BTOB performed their debut title track, 'Secret (Insane)'.  Malaysian fans must have been most familiar with the fan chants of this song because they chanted so loudly and clearly.  *Proud*  At the second last chorus of the song, there was a technical problem and the music suddenly stopped.  BTOB kept singing and fans' chanting accompanied BTOB's singing, making the rest of the song sound seemingly better that the one with background music.  

BTOB Hyun Sik: "You make me go insane.."

Fans: "Sane!"

BTOB Hyun Sik: "Give me so much pain.."

Fans: "Pain!"

BTOB Hyun Sik: "I won't be back again.."

(While BTOB Min Hyuk rapped..) BTOB Sung Jae: "I wanna hate you.."

BTOB Eun Kwang: "You make me go insane.."

Fans: "Sane!"

BTOB Eun Kwang: "Give me so much pain.."

Fans: "Pain!"

BTOB Eun Kwang: "I won't be back again...~~"  *Then, he stopped and giggled.*

*Even more proud*

The MC came out and BTOB had an interview session.  BTOB answered a few randomly picked questions from a box.  An interpreter was on stage too.

[P/S - I might rephrase the sentences but the points remain the same.]

Question: How would you spend a day in Malaysia?

BTOB Eun Kwang: "One day wouldn't be enough.  I would spend two days here."  *Fans, including me, screamed and cheered.*

BTOB Sung Jae: (To audience) "Would you like to spend a night with me?"  *WTH Sung Jae!  Don't even start!  You're the youngest member!*

Question: What is your ideal type of girl?

BTOB Hyun Sik: (In English) "Beautiful girls!" *While moving his hand in the audience's direction with a wide cheeky-ish smile on his face*

The MC asked Il Hoon to do his famous Kiyeomi Player (Cutie Player).  Three fans, who were selected way before the showcase started, were called on stage to do the Kiyeomi Player with him.  You can watch how Il Hoon's Kiyeomi Player looks like in a fan-recorded video of the showcase below.

Cute, right?

BTOB then performed their last song for the night, 'Wow'.  It was "wow" indeed.  There were still EXO-M and the main act, Super Junior-M left for the rest of the showcase but I already used up my energy on BTOB.  Haha...  I enjoyed EXO-M and Super Junior-M's performances too.  Oh ya, I was standing on my chair throughout the showcase.  So, my legs were absolutely sore and aching.  Other fans did the same.  I met a new friend, an Exotic (EXO's fan) whose seat was next to mine.

Fans went crazy because of the three groups.

The full song list of the showcase

After the showcase ended, I waited for a while with my new friend because a lot of people were waiting for the elevators.  When we reached downstairs and went out, I met my family members who were waiting outside.  It turned out that there were quite a number of parents and family members waiting outside the mall throughout the showcase.  Mom said that they could hear fans' screaming even though the showcase venue was 15 floors above and in an indoor location.  We made our way back to the hotel.  I was beyond tired.  To add to that, I had to complete my university assignment and part of my degree thesis.  How hectic, right? I just have to be strong and keep going.

After the showcase ended

My showcase ticket

.. [End of Fan Account] ..

My flight back home was two days earlier than the rest of my family.  I had to go back early because I had so many university stuff to do.  Back at home in Kuching, grandma and my little cousin stayed over.

 The rest of my family went to shopping malls around KL while they were still there.

Dad saw BTOB's standee in one of the malls, took a picture of it, and WhatsApp'ed me the picture.  He even posted the picture on his Facebook wall, making people think that he's a fan too.  LOL

Victoria's Early Birthday Surprise

It's like a customary among my circle of closest friends to hold surprise birthday celebrations.  It's getting harder to come up with a potentially successful surprise each time.  For Vic's birthday, we planned to make an early birthday surprise.

Vic is a huge fan of Manchester United.  So, that explains the theme of the cupcakes and gift.

Christmas

Our area's Catholic community went from one house to another for Christmas carols.

Christmas tree 

Christmas carol at our house

Bambi, Our New 'Family Member'

My sister's friend had quite a number of dogs and puppies at her home.  She was giving away a few puppies.  Bambi, a playful and unladylike female puppy, was given to us.  She was born in October 2012.  Her favourite food is fried chicken.

Meet Bambi.

Family Gathering Dinner

My uncle, who's my dad's youngest brother, was coming to Kuching after a while with his wife and son.  We had a family dinner at a restaurant since it's hard for all of us to gather together at other times.

My uncle, aunt, and youngest cousin

Yes, this picture is blurry and can't be fixed.

My nephew (cousin's son) didn't want to stay still.  Haha...