SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore

Wow. Just, wow. SMTOWN was just the most amazing concert ever. I was a little skeptical on whether I should go at first, but boy, am I glad that I decided to. I was really impressed with most of the performances and I especially enjoyed the collaboration stages. Anyway, here's how my day went down.

My friends and I reached pretty early - around 1pm, considering the fact that we got seats. We were disappointed when the merchandise booth stated that the lightsticks were sold out, but we were so happy later when we got free ones from Samsung by just waving. Lol. We took it one step further and did body waves as well. SO. EMBARRASSING. We also went around collecting hand banners which was a lot of fun. Most of them were EXO ones though. I'm not complaining - I just wished that I could have gotten some SHINee and the TVXQ one. Uh well.

So cool! But what do I do with them now?

Things seemed pretty bleak in the evening when it started pouring like crazy. The sky looked so dark it gave me such an end-of-the-world feeling. But the ominous clouds eventually cleared and we were all so thankful.

Fast forward to when we entered the concert venue. There were so many people that I think they gave up on bag checks, so we got to our seats pretty quickly. Our seats were pretty decent, and the atmosphere was awesome. And we absolutely had no idea that the extended stage was going to be so close. Haha we kinda freaked out.

Mandatory ticket shot and an awesome view.

My amazing concert companions ^^

Anyway, the concert itself was just uh-ma-zing. I was definitely looking forward to seeing EXO the most... just because. It was my first time seeing EXO, BoA, f(x), Kangta and Super Junior live. And they were amazing. All of the acts were, even though there were some slip-ups (literally - lots of the artistes slipped on stage and some fell).

Thankfully my kungfa panda didn't fall at this part.

While it was disappointing that some of the performances were lip-synced to - EXO's 'History' and 'MAMA', SHINee's 'Lucifer', and the one that upset me the most - Taeyeon's 'Devil's Cry', the collaboration stages were really impressive. I especially enjoyed Changmin's and Kyuhyun's 'Just the Way You Are' and 'Open Arms' by Ryeowook, Onew, Baekhyun and Chen. Of course, it was also great getting to hear TVXQ's 'Humanoids' even before it was released. Lucky us. Hehe.

Oh god Baekhyun please come into my open arms.

Of course my favourite Taemin and SHINee charmed the socks off of me with their cute little antics and English. Haha!

2min moment at 2:37. Urgh Taemin can you get any cuter?

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And Internet War ft. Jonghyun and Taemin. That totally sent all of us into fangirl spasms. LOL.

Lol at how Taemin has to bend to be on eye level with Jonghyun.

The weather took a turn for the worse when BoA was performing 'Only One'. It was horrible that I missed the Sehun and BoA dance break because I was busy putting on my poncho. I was so looking forward to that part! :(
I was so impressed with f(x) when they performed Electric Shock (how apt lol) live in the heavy rain. It was totally a the-show-must-go-on moment and I was incredibly touched.

And as if on cue, during the last song 'Hope', the rain suddenly stopped. It was like the heavens knew. I was even more touched and even though it was a happy song I started tearing up. It was beautiful. Even as I write this and reminisce I feel like crying. Hahaha I'm such a softie, pfft.

Anyway, to end off, I am so glad that I decided to go for this. It was indeed the biggest K-pop event in Singapore thus far, and I anticipate the next one in 2014.

Do check out Dinoseoul's write up here, photos here.

And also watch the highlights of SMTOWN Live World Tour III in Singapore that I did if you haven't! :)

D-DAY

Today is SMTOWN. SMTOWN is today. Can I just say how excited I am? Wow, seeing so many artistes (of which I all like - I know, so many) performing over a span of four hours is gonna be really insane and absolutely fun! I can't wait to see SHINee perform since they were the first K-pop group I ever liked. But man, am I looking forward to watching EXO? I've been following them since Teaser #1. And I really love them okay.

Okay. So fangirlish. Meh. Goodnight!

Alive and Ready

Just woke up from my three-hour nap. I'm not one to take naps but this time you really can't blame me after my really long night where I only had two hours of sleep.

Went for TP Band's tune-in and it was pretty fun since what I basically did was slack with the other seniors/alumni. I spent half of the time dancing to 'Highlights from Grease' hahaha I love 'Summer Nights'! The only somewhat unpleasant thing about the night was when a freshie asked me if I was a freshie in a very condescending tone. Sheesh you just got off on the wrong foot with the ex-President!! But thanks for the compliment, I guess.

Oh! And I asked TP Band's conductor if I could join them for Singapore International Band Festival (SIBF) held in July and he readily agreed, even though there aren't enough instruments. I really loved how he said he'd settle the instruments and just invited all of us to play. Seriously, such a fatherly figure. :) Anyway, that's that, I've got something to look forward in July, I get to play my French horn with my awesome section, I'm a happy person!

Met up with my juniors after that to watch the not-so-exciting match between Manchester City and Manchester United. Wenhui met us for a little while at Bedok before we headed to a bar at Katong.

Glad to see you again after so long, Chia Wenhui! Even though it was just for a while.

Had a couple of drinks and some food at AdstraGold, the bar where we watched the match.

The Tequila Sunrise I ordered. Really sweet and refreshing, and not too strong - just the way I like it!

Vinnie's mojito. She only drank like 1/5th of it because she is such a lousy drinker and I helped her finish the drink. I fell in love with it instantaneously! I think mojitos are my favourite cocktail now! I think I should try some sojito in Seoul. (sojito: Korean mojito made with soju instead of the usual white rum)

Bratwurst Sausage. This was heavenly!

I was stoked for the match initially but it got pretty boring after a while. I don't need anymore reassurance on why I prefer Spanish football over English football. Hahaha.

After that, due to unforeseen circumstances, everyone ended up at my place for the rest of the night morning and I had to leave a note for my parents in case they woke up early only to find four extra pairs of shoes outside and four other people sprawled all around in my room. LOL.

At 7am I was on a Stickam chat with my @paulBLG and he answered two of my questions which were about tattoos and shoes. Hahaha.

Hehehe.

So after 2 measly hours of sleep I sent my juniors off after watching them eat roti prata and suffering from extreme hunger before going to Parkway Parade with my family to have brunch at Jack's Place. Bliss.

Chicken and steak combo. Because one slab of meat is not enough.

Went for a little shopping for stuff that I'm bringing to Seoul and dad kindly changed some SGD to KRW for me. Hahaha I'm a millionaire now! In terms of Won, of course.

Oh! And the Harry Potter exhibition is finally coming to Singapore and it is starting on 2nd June! I really can't wait to go for that - it's a huge part of my childhood after all! Details here.

And let me just end this post with this really addictive song from TaeTiSeo (I still hate the name), a sub-group from Girls' Generation, Twinkle!

Freaking gorgeous girls + catchy song + nice music video + powerful vocals + cameos from members of EXO-K = NOTHING HURTS!

Oh yeah, and happy May! :)