SMTOWN

So, from my previous post it's about this concert. Yes, I managed to buy the ticket but it was at a rather far seat. Honestly, it's far better than what I imagined but I would love to have better seats. This SMTOWN concert would have been all worth it if it's not for the heavy rain that downpour at the end of the concert, the stupid right screen blackout for the light blue and blue area- which I'm seated and the poor spotlight system on the idols.

This was supposed to be my dream concert but suprisingly I'm not that hyped over it once it's over. Maybe because of the rain or that I got bored and lost while TVXQ was performing. I'm sorry, I thought I do like TVXQ, but turns out I don't know any of their songs except for Mirotic and Keep Ur Head Down. One of the reason was also because the guy seated next to me was so damn irritating. He was irritated by the screaming fans but hey, you're in a concert! That's what you do. No need to guess that he was only there to accompany his friend which I think is a SONE.

My seat was rather faraway. I spot Kyuhyun numerous times but all I can see is his tiny body. Can't see his face at all. It was all white and it's so disappointing when they did not focus on him during Don't Don. Apparently the spotlight couldn't find him and the screen shown a very dark Kyuhyun. Stupid spotlight did the same thing to Victoria, Changmin and the list goes on.

Then, there comes the rain. It rained so heavily before the concert that we had difficulty going to the venue itself. Once it slow down, all of the fans rushes to the venue resulting it being jam packed for the bag checking. Security was loose, I could sneak in camera if I want to. But there was a bitchy usher that keep refraining us from taking photos. As I was seated quite in front of the row, some security guys kept walking past, yet I did not take any photos as it turns out all crappy and blocked by the spotlight.

Performance wise, it's the same for SS4, but still it's SJ so I enjoyed it to the max. The loud sound system managed to make my right ear deaf half through the concert so I can't hear any fanchants and screaming loudly. All I hear was the loud songs playing through. It seems that the concert was a bit rushed too. The continuous performances make me so confused. It was like song after song after song, I lost count how many songs were performed until I look back the list and the goes a whopping 50 songs performed cramped into 4 hours of concerts. I have to admit though, Shinee was really good and TVXQ performance was really powerful. F(x) was cute - Amber being the crowd favorite and Sulli so cute in her short hair. They performed in the rain during Electric Shock. Shinee too during Sherlock so thumbs up for the professionalism.

Intro was rather short except for SJ and Shinee. They had the longest intro and Boa too. She's so sweet! SNSD had Seohyun talking in English. That was really fluent but I think she might have memorized it cos' she said the same thing during the press conference. But that was an effort there. Surprising for me too, as I thought they would let Jessica and Tiffany do the talking. The girls are beautiful. Sunny dyed her hair purple. Seohyun was glowing. Yuri too with her sweet smile. All the girls are so pretty. Same with f(x), I like them equally as much. EXO had names on the screen during the introduction. Screams for EXO was really loud. Still I can't distinguish most of them. Lay being my favorite had his name on screen typed as Ray. Half into the intro, the name got messed up because of the slow response from whoever that control it.

Dance Battle was really short. A minute it was Victoria then comes Tao then Maxstep. Eunhyuk only appeared for a few seconds and then it was SNSD then comes Yunho. It was so fast then moment it ended, I was like, "It ended?". I love the duets though, cos' it's something different from all the performances that we've seen before. Fave duet will be Ryeowook, Onew, Chen and Baekhyun "Open Arms". I'm quite disappointed that they changed the song without Eunhyuk at first but still this is such a good song. When Kyuhyun appeared during "Just The Way You Are" I just keep on snapping then when it was his turn, I focused on the screen. Kyu was the chair boy again at Singapore. Zhou Mi and Victoria "Today I Will Marry You" was nice too. So glad they gave Zhou Mi and Victoria the duet. Krystal did a wrong move during California Girls. She was about to go the the front when Jessica pulled her. Like A G6 was totally hyped too. Key was going crazy and Kris and Amber was seating on the stage and made the fans go crazy!

Fast forward towards the end, and it was "Hope" - my supposed fave part. But since it was raining, none of them dared to walk to the front, and since they were all mixed up, they couldn't capture each part on the screen. So I could only look at the screen and see lots of them and I lost focus, then suddenly someone come to the front and then next thing we know are all of them come running to the front. I was searching for Kyuhyun, but to no avail and I couldn't remember who I see. When the song ended, they were bowing and left as usual. Only few left to wave and say their goodbyes and ELF were so proud that SJ are the last ones to leave. I left just in time the Lee brothers and Kangin were doing the thumb kiss and with a "I love u la"..Eunhyuk and Donghae were the last to leave.

Looking at the popularity of SMTOWN, I'm convinced there will be one every other year, and so I will definitely go to the next available SMTOWN4! But unlike Super Show, where I will enjoy every moment of the concert (it's a plus it's indoor and SJ only), I will only go to SMTOWN once for every edition. It's still sad I don't get to see SeoKyu duet and from this, there's no interaction at all. But still I enjoyed it though it comes with so many complaints.

Lesson learnt is for every concert, if you're going, make sure you get the best seat!

Tachycardia

I just found out this disorder where a person heart rate beats abnormally faster than normal.
I know it's my nervousness but I always believe I have some kind of sickness where my heart beats extremely fast when I'm anxious and nervous. And I'll get cramps, stomachaches and my heart beats like crazy.

So this is not me explaining what kind of sickness that I might have or will be diagnosed with in the future. Every single of my blog will somehow connect back to SJ (intentionally). Let's get staright to the point, I don't have much time anyways.

I'm actually waiting to buy the SMTOWN tix. Like, staring in front of laptop and hope it will 12am soon and yet I'm just so nervous I need to blog about it. Cause honestly, I can do nothing now and it's a relieve I got to type this nonsense entry to let the time pass by. I hope I got the tickets. I know I will but I want decent tickets if that's not too much to ask for. So please please please let me have decent seats!

If this is what I'm feeling now....then I will be all nervous again for the SJM showcase. It's a showcase, not a concert and God knows how many ELF are waiting for it here in Malaysia. My chance of getting the ticket is so scary. I need to repeat this again! No!!!

And stupid me think that I'm some superhuman that I took coffee earlier for the late dinner. So that explains why my heart is pumping so fast. The caffeine + anxiety + anxiousness!!!

I dunno....I think I will need to take half day tomorrow to calm myself down! It's all crappy here...I need to go off now. Back to having Tachycardia!

The SJ boys are back!

In the very rare time that I will blog, it must be SJ related. Many things had happened in the past 3, 4 months I last saw Super Junior. Remember my last blog about the Bangkok trip. That was SJ driven. So, a month ago, I went to Singapore to watch I AM because Malaysian cinemas sucks- they don't import I AM even though I'm sure the SMTOWN fanbases here are quite large too. Their lost. So, yes, the Singapore trip was SJ driven too, or rather, SMTOWN driven. Before I watch the documentary (really, it's not a movie after all but I love how they insert the live performances with the interviews- doesn't make it so boring), all I know is that these artists debut and train hard at a young age. That doesn't change the fact but makes me treasure their efforts more, not only SMTOWN, but Kpop in general. How they're so perfect, it's the packaging and that's what the company made them to be. They made them train hard, they took all of their time, they perfected their skills-the training- is what made them to be the star that they are today. So even if I'm only an ELF, I will never hate on SNSD or Shinee because from what I AM shows us, they trained equally as hard and it's their effort. Novody become a star in a day, not SJ, not TVXQ, not SNSD, no one.

And, of course, I don't only go to Singapore to watch I AM. Went to Universal Studio- enjoyed the thrilling of  Transformer 3D and the Cylon ride (that nearly took my life) but that was about it, the Steven Spielberg studio is impressive as well. Will definitely go to Singapore again for any SJ related stuff. Next to it will be Thailand cause the way I see it, so long as the precious Putra Indoor Stadium is not ready, SJ won't come or rather SM will never look at the worn out Stadium Merdeka. Heck, I don't even want to attend the concert there so I'm glad that SM has this kind of very high standard thingy for their artists. Well, since I'm talking about concerts, Big Bang is coming this October but it's at Stadium Merdeka so there's a high possibility I won't go. I won't buy the most expensive ticket for Big Bang so if I don't get good seats, might as well don't go. The seating will be too faraway for the cheaper tickets. I don't want MOA to happen all over again.

Alright, so back to main topic and the pic above explains itself. The 6th album cover and title is so disappointing. What kind of cheap cover is that? Heck, any ELF could do even better than that and with all the fantasy teasers that SM gave us, they can't spend more to get the boys to pose together for a group cover? The title song is absurd too. What kind of song is Sexy, Free and Single? Like, hey look, I'm SJ, I'm sexy, free and single??? That was how I think. I'm hoping by then Bonamana did not repeat itself. Luckily, it did not. The album cover might be plain, nothing fancy but remember it comes as a photobook with 84 pages for us to drool over. There's no individual covers this time around, might be because they did not want to burden ELF like last time but I'm worried the sales might not be as good as Mr.Simple. Most of us bought more than 1 cover last time. The title song is still very much SJ style but surprisingly Sexy, Free & Single is such an easy listening song, you don't realize it's already the tenth time you're listening to the same song. The whole album is good too. So many songs that I really love but of course, there's some that I don't appreciate much but since it's SJ, I think I'll accept it later on. Too many good songs to mention- Bittersweet, Daydream, From U, Someday and NOW. Knowing me, I always love slow tempo R&B songs. This is also my first time downloading song legally from a music site. All for SJ.

Time for me to stop my rambling and also because I have so many things to do. Need to place order for 6JIB and I had placed an order for the same album but ELF Japan version. I don't know how I can get this crazy over SJ. I know one day, I'll look back and wonder how fanatic I had become. Maybe because I'm an adult now and I earn on my own so I do what I like, what I can afford and what I want to do. Everybody says I'm crazy but I told them it's just because I'm ELF and this is what ELF do.

Lastly, as I read somewhere in the title, "Do not judge a book by it's cover" and "this album is not made to win awards, it's for ELF". That is so true. This is what SJ do to repay us for Mr.Simple success and that's why this album is rushed because Leeteuk is leaving for the army, he can't extend it any longer and this is what he gifted ELF.

Impulsiveness

Hi my blog, it's a been a while....again.
I don't know what happened, but my life does not seem to be interesting at all, so I don't blog anymore. Nothing special to write anyways.
Until my obsession to SJ strikes and my need to attend their concert is so addicting that I stalk almost all of their Super Show booking site. I planned to go to Singapore and failed because of the pricier tickets- which I regretted the most after I got my bonuses. It is still affordable considering I don't need to book a hotel, plan my leave and the air flight is damn cheap.
Then comes Indonesia, which are not announced yet, but still I trust my fellow admin at our baby fanbase and planned to go with her if ever there's a Super Show there but I couldn't wait for unconfirmed news. It's the same here in Malaysia, the organizers told us they're working hard (thank you) but no confirmation on dates makes this crazy fangirl here giddy and worried. I don't want to miss Super Show 4, as facts has it that Leeteuk will be enrolling and the rest, let's say it's unsure. We can believe that there'll be Super Show5, but not in the near future, not 2 years later at least. So then come Macau but the rate is impossibly high and going to Macau and everything is just so expensive. I thought of going to Tokyo Dome, well, it's a safe country and I have 2 Japanese friends there but the thought of getting the tickets seems impossible to me. My friend said it's hard to get tickets if you're not a member of the Japanese ELF fanclub and obviously she is not, and the other one as well. Minus point is that this friend of mine does not live nearby Tokyo so plan cancelled. So this leaves me with Bangkok, the nearest place I can ever get next to Singapore. Well, since SS4 in Singapore ended, my only available option is Bangkok. So eventually I want to go but decided not to after knowing that only Thai ELF can book through the booking site. Then there's the added date and I want to go again. Soon enough, I found good tickets and the best part is no deposit needed. Well, I just need to trust the seller and since they're offering more than 1 ticket, just need to take the risk. Problem is the air ticket is extremely overpriced, the rest I do not have much complaints. I need to cover for my brother's accommodation and stuff since he's keeping me company to got to Thailand. "Mom won't let you go alone", he threaten, and true enough, mom had been nagging me when I called. Too late, as I told her I'm not going to reveal the cost and expense, that I had already booked the ticket and she could only wish me luck. Sounds bad, but I'm already a grown up, and I trust ELF.