Music Bank in Hong Kong 2012!

Despite all the troubles with meeting up with my friend (grr she got lost and made me, little kids, and our mothers wait meh - I was asked to take care of two girls for the concert), we managed to get to Asia World Expo safely, before 7 PM (the estimated start time)! Because we got there relatively late, there was already a crowd so humongous that we couldn't even tell where the entrance was.

Anyway, here's my fanaccount of the Music Bank in HK concert, along with some pics and vids! Enjoy :) WARNING: Do not expect the quality of the pics and vids to be great, and don't expect the vids to be recordings of the full performances. My battery died, and my cam kept freezing cuz of the lack of battery power T^T And plus it was my first time at a concert.

holy mother of god

They made us wait till 7:30 ish before they started letting people in.
So they decided to entertain us by playing music videos and short message vids from each of the artists.
INFINITE is so damn popular here in HK; people started screaming like crazy bitches when the Paradise MV started playing.
I was scared, along with my two cute buddies I was told to take care of.
Damn crazy fans
It's just an MV
and yet they still go batshit cray cray @.@

the interior of the arena + the view from where i sat
it looks far, but it was a pretty good view
special thanks to my mom for getting these seats haha

starting~

And here's the opening of the concert! It's only a fancam taken by a person who has never been to a concert prior to this one, so don't expect it to be perfect, still, and showing every single artist clearly. I tried my best (haha). And yes as soon as INFINITE showed up, I went cray cray and started screaming and only filming them...HAHA XD

MBLAQ performing "It's War (전쟁이야)"

A close up of Mir

 First up was MBLAQ. They started off with "It's War", then "Y", "Mona Lisa", and finally, "Oh Yeah", their debut song. I mainly enjoyed the performance by using the binoculars, so no vids XD sorry! They spoke a bit after they finished up performing the two songs; I don't remember what they said, but Thunder tried to speak some English, and then fans went cray cray at that...so I couldn't really hear what he was saying. I think most of all, they were surprised that there were so many KPOP fans in HK, and that it's their first time in HK...blah blah.

Another special part of MBLAQ's performance was that Joon formed his hands into a heart and smiled instead of dropping to his knees at the gunshot part in "It's War". Again, fans went cray.

I really liked their outfits; they were wearing the same one btw - it was all black, with studs on their jacket, and they were just wearing black wife-beaters underneath.



After MBLAQ was f(x). No pics or vids for f(x), sorry! I tried to take some photos of them on the large screen on my right, but they kept coming out blurry and ugly...so I gave up.

Amber and Krystal got the most screams from the audience, particularly Amber. f(x) was overall good live, but there was a problem with Luna's mic I believe; I could barely hear her at some parts. Overall, I was pretty amazed by how beautiful each of them looked +_+ and their clothes were very colorful and nice to look at, too. ^__^

They performed "NU ABO", "Hot Summer", "Pinocchio", and finally, their newest hit, "Electric Shock". They also got a chance to talk to the audience a bit; Victoria spoke some Mandarin, Amber and Krystal English. Luna and Sulli didn't talk.

Dong Woon

After MBLAQ and f(x) were two quick special stages - "Paradise" by T-Max (I think) performed by BEAST was up first. If you guys don't know, the song is one of those famous OSTs from the drama Boys Over Flowers. I couldn't really hear them sing because of the screams and the cheers.

Damn, there were quite a few huge changes in some of the members' hairstyles. Hyun Seung dyed his to bright red (which I didn't like), Ki Kwang now has blonde and curly hair, and Jun Hyung also has blonde hair, and bangs that slightly cover up one of his eyes.

And the next special stage was a collab between INFINITE and Wonder Girls :D. I don't know what the song they sang is, but I really liked their performance c: Very relaxing and tender voices those 4 - Woo Hyun (INFINITE), Sung Gyu (INFINITE), Yenny (Wonder Girls), Sun Ye (Wonder Girls) - have there.

Next up was IU; she performed "You & I", "Marshmallow", some other song, and "Good Day". The vid above is only a recording of "You & I" - I couldn't afford to use up more camera battery at this point.

IU was overall amazing ^__^ And she was so adorable; she had me smiling the entire performance. I'm glad I got to see her in real life, hehe.

Yong Hwa up in the front stage alone for the sake of fanservice

all these Yong Hwa photos are for the sake of his wife michele

After IU was CN BLUE! They performed "I'm A Loner", "LOVE", "Intuition" and another song...I believe the title was "Hate You".

I think CN BLUE deserves an award for giving the best fanservice for this concert, and also for being the liveliest. Even though I'm not an avid fan of them, I still had lots of fun watching them perform. They even had this "quarter time" thing where they posed while all the fans took pictures of them in the dark with flash on. Yong Hwa also eventually came all the way up front for the last two songs; when it wasn't his part, he walked over to the edge of the stage and said hi to the fans in the standing area. Besides Yong Hwa, the other members clearly seemed to be enjoying the performance, and their smiles also made me smile as well. Thus, they were a great pleasure to watch.

And then the curtains suddenly dropped, and weird light rays started being shown on them. Some people around me were whispering, "INFINITE?" And honestly, I thought so too. But in the end, we were surprised as it was IU and MBLAQ, another special stage - a cover of Rain's "Rainism".

yay IU~

And then INFINITE finally showed up! OMG YOU GUYS HAVE NO IDEA HOW EXCITED I WAS. My camera refused to cooperate with me and died though...so I tried to make it work and film longer vids, but yeah...didn't really work, and ended up not really completely enjoying INFINITE's performance. So sad. Oh well.

They performed "BTD", "Paradise", "Be Mine", and "The Chaser". It was a strange feeling, watching them up so close. I couldn't believe that they were actually there, singing and dancing to the songs I wanted to watch live.

And if you do hear some voice singing along with INFINITE, yes, that is me...haha

Sung Gyu singing with all his might~

Myung Soo~^3^

Their dance moves were so damn quick @.@
Look at those blurs ahha

These guys also got a chance to talk a bit before moving on with their last two performances, and here are some photos I managed to take:

Woohyunnie~

Sung Jong's mic didn't work

so he was given a handmic
and ooh look these two are so cute *_*
seemed like other fans agreed with me as well
cuz they started screaming with joy

I think at this point I started screaming his name
"MYUNG SOO YA! MYUNG SOO YA! KYAAAAAAAAAA"
Oh boy

And as they left, Woo Hyun didn't forget to throw "hearts" at everyone! Hehe he was so adorable~I'm glad to have witnessed his actual "heart" throwing in real life. So damn cute though OTL

And then the Wonder Girls~. They performed "Tell Me" (damn, nostalgic feels), "Nobody", "Be My Baby", and "Like This". They were also pretty lively, and were fun to watch as well. Sun Ye also suffered some technical troubles with her mic, which is a shame.

Two shots of Victoria cuz she's too gorgeous to just end with one

f(x) then came up for a special stage. Not sure what the song they were singing was, but I think it was one in memory of all the famous HK films? I'm not sure, because Crystal (I think that's her name), Miss HK, was the Chinese MC, and she was the only one up there to explain what the next stage was gonna be about.

boy michele

u missed out a lot

And Yong Hwa had his own solo stage for a special stage. His singing was very soothing; my friend and I were just moving sideways left to right along with the slow, calming music.

Here's the funny part though - there was a problem with BEAST's entrance, so there was a slightly awkward moment, and they made Yong Hwa sing his stage again, and the MCs said their lines again. I know they didn't mention the mistake and just redid that portion of the concert, because they have to show this on TV in Korea on the 29th, but I still found it hilarious.

BEAST starts off with "Shock"

The handsome man Dong Woon is speaking

There were still problems going on during BEAST's performance though, but it was just the cameras - there were absolutely no close ups at all for a while; only group shots. Then the close ups started showing, so the technicians did manage to get that fixed.

BEAST performed "Shock", "Fiction", "Beautiful", and...I forgot. Damn it I was too into staring at them through the binoculars to keep track of what songs they sang, haha. It was so fun singing along with all the songs, and plus most of the audience were as well, which made BEAST's performance even more enjoyable.

For their last performance, they skipped up to the front stage, and gave some fanservice. I really enjoyed watching Hyun Seung jump up and down like a kid XD hehe what a cutie.


And the last one up was TVXQ. I don't have any pics or vids because I decided to enjoy their performance to the max without having to care about other things. My friend started going a little cray cray here as she is a somewhat avid fan of TVXQ. I even lent her my binoculars so she could enjoy the performance to the maaax. XD

DAMN, Yun Ho and Chang Min are so good. I am so damn happy that I got to hear Chang Min's high notes and screams live XD He really is one amazing singer. The lowlight of the performance was that I caught someone holding a "YunJae" lightstick on the screen -___- Seriously?

And my friend was a little disapproving of the fact that they performed "The Way You Are" and "Mirotic". Well, they can't really help it, can they? All the other groups performed 4 songs, and it would be weird if the most popular and well known group only performed two.

TVXQ also said that they wanted to hold a concert someday in HK. Boy, they better release more albums then! Cuz there are some fans out there who dislike them performing old TVXQ songs.

And after TVXQ, it was time for the ending song! All the artists came back on stage, singing "Arirang", a Korean traditional song. Kinda surprising that they picked that as an ending song though.

YAYAYAYAYAYAY INFINITE AGAIN!

Everyone on stage!

And again my eyes are only on INFINITE hehe

Dong Woo was so amusing to watch though. He was just moving around like the happy-go-lucky kid he is, and at one point even went up and gave a "Paradise" thrust to the audience. Haha. He was also kind of doing his fanservice alone; I don't think he noticed that his fellow members had already gone ahead to the front stage with the other idols. I saw Woo Hyun doing his usual heart throwing, and I think either Myung Soo or Sung Jong joined in. Cuties~. Sung Yeol also just did a random "charge" at the audience...what a kid.

And when all the artists were back on the stage in the way back, Dong Woo was behind everyone, and just uh skipping in one place...LOL. He was sooo adorable omg! I really wanted to give him a hug >_<

And I also wanted more of the idols to look to their left, as we were not getting much attention..haha. Thanks to the thoughtful Joon though, he noticed our section and gave us a smile and a wave. Thanks Joon! XD

BEAST was also an amusing bunch to observe. I have no idea what Doo Joon was doing, but he was just holding onto a stand that was holding a...camera? I believe? Because he kept making funny faces at it. At one point I thought he might pole dance, but nah he didn't haha. BEAST also came by to the left section and waved at us.

INFINITE was the last bunch to leave the stage; Woo Hyun threw more hearts, and Hoya joined in. (I...think. Oh curse my short term memory and poor eyesight. At the very least, he waved to our section.)



Annnnd that's it for my fanaccount of Music Bank in HK 2012! It was super fun, and I still can't believe I saw all those idols in one night, especially INFINITE. I already miss them so much though ;__; Damn it, as soon as I get to Korea, I'm gonna grab any opportunities there are for me to see INFINITE in real life AGAIN! Ahh~>__< Alright, it's late, and I think I'm going to bed. Bye~!

Code:Breaker anime coming soon~

The anime for Code:Breaker is going to be released in October of this year! WAHOO! I am so excited. This manga had me hooked ever since the start, and has disappointed me at some parts, but nevertheless, it's one of the best manga I've ever read. Here are some teasers I found :)

yes yes ogami!! XD

I'm not really liking how Yuuki is drawn here though :/
Heike also looks slightly deformed
The Prince looks fine :)

And the trailer! It's way too short > < I need more than this. Ogami looks great, the voice also suits him as well. The only thing I found disappointing was the flame...It looked super unnatural. Oh well.

October needs to come soon > <

Hang out with Jun Ah

I woke up early today thanks to a phone call saying that I had something from my college. Turns out that it was the documents needed for me as an international student to get a US Student visa. I was super glad that they finally arrived, but yet at the same time, I was so tired and enervated. There wasn't any food in the house, plus my mom had left early in the morning, so I spent my morning hours with a carton of lemon tea and the newest ep of INFINITE's Ranking King.

I left after a while to meet up with Jun Ah in Tai Koo. I was starving after waking up early and not having breakfast, so we went to Crystal Jade for lunch first. What I ordered wasn't very good, but I was starving, so whether it was good or bad didn't really matter then:

the la mian made in si chuan style
doesn't taste so good

Then we went inside to Cityplaza because I wanted Jun Ah to buy me ice cream to celebrate my high school graduation ^___^.

This is what Jun Ah got.
Don't remember the name, but it was apparently some sort of a ice coffee drink with some chocolate.

My drink.
Ended up not finishing this, so I offered to pay it myself.

After spending quite a while in Haagen Daz chatting and all, we then went over to the cinema to see if there were any decent movies we both haven't watched yet. Unfortunately, there weren't any, so we decided to go downstairs and check out the CD store. We also spent a bit of time in the store, pointing out movies and drama we knew (like the last time we hung out). Jun Ah couldn't find any CDs she wanted, so we left the store, and decided to head to Jusco.

While we were on our way there, Jun Ah made me engage in some fail Mandarin conversations with her, because she wanted to practice her Mandarin (haha). When we got to Jusco, we checked the movie showing schedule to see if the cinema there was any different from that of Cityplaza. We gave up on watching movies, and walked around in Jusco. We initially wanted to go find the games corner, but we ended up surrounding ourselves with random things such as stationery, children's books, fluffy stuffed dolls (Hello Kitty, Melody, etc), and so on. I managed to find a store that sold a lot of female products, such as perfume, and so I bought my friend's birthday present there.

360 HKD, 30 mL bottle of perfume that smells like roses
I actually thought of getting her a one of those tiny perfumes that were only worth 45 HKD, but since I'm a quite considerate friend, I decided against it.
Boy, if she doesn't use this daily, I'm not gonna be happy.

Then we ran into some really cute notebooks and diaries. Jun Ah decided to buy a couple of diaries, because she wanted to write in her diary when she was at summer school in France, starting next week (Grr, I am so jelly of her >:c). I got myself a cash book, because I'm trying to get into the habit of recording my income and outgo, as I'm gonna need to keep track of my money when I become an official college student.

Most of the cash books there were in poor condition,
I had a pretty hard time choosing the nicest one.
Anyway, I really like the cover of this one ^__^

Gonna write down today's income and outgo soon~

Afterwards, we headed back to Cityplaza. We went to the Japanese bookstore in Apita after I couldn't find much luck finding the manga I really wanted in the tiny one in Jusco. It wasn't there in Apita either (omg let me cry ;__;). Then we had to take a break by sitting at a empty table in the Food Court; we walked for quite a long time. After a while, we decided to eat some takoyaki. Jun Ah offered to pay for it, as my graduation celebration. Wahoo ^__^

We had to wait 20 minutes for our takoyaki, so we decided to sit in the Food Court, and I helped Jun Ah review for her Mandarin lesson later in the evening. We also drew some random stuff because we were bored:

Here comes the lowlight of the day. This woman who was sitting in the table next to ours, kept looking at us (this part already annoyed me), and she finally opened her mouth, and asked us whether we were Japanese. Jun Ah clarified that we were both Korean. Then this woman decides to say that she thought Jun Ah might be Korean but she wasn't sure because she didn't have a slim face.

Seriously, what the fuck.

Anyone can have a slim face, whether they're Korean, Chinese, Japanese, Indian, European, American, or whatever. Since when did body/face shape prove to be a valid factor in determining someone's race? And plus, that comment was damn rude.

From that point on, the woman further proved that she was some psycho. She kept blurting out things that had absolutely nothing to do with what she had just said before. Like, she mentioned how she wanted to learn how to swim or something, and she kinda implied that she wanted Jun Ah to teach her and her friend...What the fuck?? And she also asked which school Jun Ah was going to, and she immediately guessed, "Korean International School?" Lol, jesus christ. I might as well go up to a Chinese kid and ask what school she/he's going to, and just immediately guess, "Chinese International School?" Seriously. What was up with that woman.

Thank god she left shortly after that weird conversation. Then we had our takoyaki, which was super hot and I almost burned my tongue as I almost always do whenever I get takoyaki. Because we had that takoyaki at like 5 ish, and Jun Ah had to leave at 6:30, we couldn't have a heavy meal for dinner. So we went to McDonald's to get something light (I got chicken wings, french fries, and a Coke - not exactly a light dinner, but whatever).

the takoyaki~

Then we said our goodbyes, and I got home and left soon after because my mom told me to come to the gym as she was already there. The gym was relatively packed at night, which I didn't really like. After the workout, we went to Apita to fill our house with some bread, and I got a birthday card for my friend. And now, I'm here, in front of my beloved Macbook Pro. Bye.

Om nom nom

I know I haven't done much on this blog recently, but that's because my days have been overall pretty boring. A typical day = wake up late, eat lunch while watching anime, play pokemon black/watch more anime, go to gym and work out for ~2 hrs, go back home, leave home again to eat dinner outside with my mom. Not very interesting indeed. But the food and drinks I had over these few days are :D Here are some of the stuff I had:

Jun 17th, Sunday:
Breakfast at UCC Coffee shop :)
I had berry waffles and chocolate coffee.
It was alright.

On the same day:
On a walk after dinner, Mom and I decided to stop by Starbucks.
This is the berry cheesecake (I think that's the name).
It wasn't very good; it didn't have enough cheese in it.
Meh, what happened to their blueberry cheesecake :( That one's actually really good.

At least the strawberry frappuccino was good.
Although there was way too much whipped cream on top.
Next time, I'm gonna see if I can have the frappuccino without the cream.

Jun 19th, Tuesday:
A full meal after a good exercise is always delicious ^__^
I had dinner with my mom at Nha Trang, a Vietnamese restaurant.
I got Pho Tai (as pictured) noodles, with Fanta and some delicious garlic bread.
It was sooooo gooood >__<

And today's dinner:
We ate at a new Japanese restaurant, which was already pretty crowded even when it was only a bit past 6PM.
The drink in the pic is Japanese royal milk tea - and hands down, it was the best milk tea I've ever tasted in my entire life.
Maybe I haven't had enough milk teas in my life. But this one was still the best one out of the ones I've tasted before.

And the main meal~tonkatsu with curry! with miso soup, salad, and this other thing I do not know the name of.
It wasn't amazing, but good enough to fill my empty stomach.
The rice was the best, though. Ahh~so good.

and the dessert~>_<
strawberry sundae with chocolate mochi, two pocky sticks, and some fruit-like thingies below.
It was a very refreshing (?) dessert~hehe

And this is random but

While I was waiting for my food, I skimmed a Japanese magazine,
and saw two pages devoted to some ice cream brand being promoted by TVXQ!
Whoaaaaa. Cool.

Alright bye~

Rainy Saturday

The weather was absolutely horrible today. It basically rained all day, and it wasn't even a couple of light showers, but basically close to that of a yellow rainstorm, but never did I once see that signal come up on the Hong Kong Observatory site. *le sigh*

I got up late today, despite the 4 alarms I set to make sure I woke up earlier. I ate a hot dog and a couple of rice balls (small, tiny ones with bunch of seaweed crushed with it - not the Japanese style) for brunch, along with a "banana shake" and a carton of lemon tea. I watched a few more eps of Death Note, and then dragged myself outside to go to the gym, even though it was raining a lot.

look at the raindrops on my window

Because I had to go to church by 5, I did a really quick workout session, a quick shower, and tried to rush everything. But then I realized that my shirt was pretty see through, so I couldn't go off to church right away. So I decided to go back home first to change or something, and I got drenched on the way because 1) it was raining so hard, 2) the wind was pretty strong and it directed the rain towards me. I told my mom about the horrible weather + the immense traffic going on on the highway (saw through the windows at the gym), she let me stay at home (yay!).

After a while, I decided to secretly go buy some new manga before my mom got back home. Unfortunately, the new manga wasn't there T^T It's either that the store didn't order it through air mail (It was released in Japan just yesterday), or that someone had already bought it. Meh. I hope I can buy it soon.

Then I decided to head back home, and realized that it was raining really hard...AGAIN. Even though it wasn't raining at all when I had left home. The rain didn't look like it was gonna stop anytime soon (no umbrella), plus my mom was gonna call me soon and come home (had no phone with me), so I decided to try to kill some time. When I couldn't wait any longer, I went ahead and bought the cheapest yet still ok-quality umbrella I could find, and headed outside to find out that it had stopped raining.

fuck the weather
it hates me

Then I hurried back home, and heard my phone ringing. I had got back home just in time for my mom's phone call. Then we decided to eat dinner outside. And I had just come back from strolling around...OTL. And so we ate dinner at Deli and Wine.

spaghetti bolognese + garlic bread
with lemon tea

Then we went to Mango to shop. Here are the clothes I bought today:

blue top with white lace collar
front

back

neutral polka dot skirt

long sleeve shirt

blue animal print jeans
my own photo of it had horrible lighting so here's a professional photo

a long cardigan

Can't wait to start wearing them hehe >_<

Alright, that's how my Saturday went! I'm off to spend the night with some more Death Note eps. Woohoo~