A day filled of Korea’s culture and experience, and it’s all for FREE!
Saturday, September 14, 2019, me and my younger sister went to a Mall here in Manila. We arrived early as 10:00 AM making sure that we’ll be the first one to take part on the activities.
I saw about this event on facebook, it actually runs from September 9 – September 15, 2019, a total of 7 days where they offer Korean related activities at Atrium Bldg. A of SM Sucat.
The first activity we had was the “Hanbok Wearing Experience”.
My sister was so happy as this was her first time to try wearing a Hanbok (Korea’s Traditional Dress) and it really looks good on her.
For me it was my 4th time wearing a Hanbok. 1st, during KTO's event in Glorietta, Makati; 2nd in Jeju, South Korea at Seaweed Museum; 3rd in a Korean Restaurant at BF Parañaque; 4th is from this event!
They had lots of photo spots, where you can take memorable photos while wearing Hanbok. A background with Chuseok theme, Korean Palace and a runway full of white led lights.
2nd Activity, is a movie screening!
What makes it special is that Korean movies was in Tagalized version. It is a Korean movie but the voices were subbed in Filipino. Those movies we're actually shown in Cable Link and this event plus all of the activities we're presented by Cable Link, K Movies Pinoy!
On the day we attended, we were able to watch "One Step" starring Sandara Park and Han Jaesuk also "Midnight Runners" starring Park Seojoon and Kang Haneul.
We all enjoyed taking memorable photos and the K-Movies Pinoy!
As we got hungry, we filled our tummy with these yummy Bibimbap! (This is not for FREE! haha) We bought this at SM Food Court, Mr. KimBob.
Thank you so much to Cable Link, K-Movies Pinoy and SM Sucat for another Koreanish experience that made our Fangirling life happy!
I enjoy attending this kind of event related to anything Korea and Korean =)
Ailee, Hwanhee and Guckkasten visited Manila, Philippines last August 17, 2019 for Solaire Singing Legends held at The Theatre Solaire.
First of all, Thank you so much to Solaire for giving us FREE Concert Tickets. Me and my friend won 2 Tickets each from this giveaway.
Now, Let me start my Solaire Experience=)
We met up on our house lunch 12:00NN, got changed to smart casual attire and did our make up together in my room. We booked Grab car 3:00PM but took us 30 mins. to ride one.
From CAA to Solaire is 400 pesos plus the 24 pesos fee at the express way.
Fare Total = Php 424
Eomma Rose, Chingu Leah, Chingu Ana with her Namchin Paul
Finally, we arrived at Solaire and got our concert tickets 30 mins. before the said deadline which is 5:00PM only. I've also been told to register for Solaire Rewards club so here it is, I got my Silver Card having 250 pesos on it, so we got to play as well at the Casino just for a while.
Look how happy we are as we're waiting for 8:00PM to come.
Looking for photo spots!
Searching for what food to eat!
Since, we all love Korean Foods, we decided to have dinner at Solaire Food Court there is a place called Namsan, so from its name you can already know that it all sells Korean Food. As Namsan is a mountain in Seoul!
We order the following:
1 Bibimbap = 400
1 Mandu = 285
2 Shin Ramyeon = 285 x 2 = 570
TOTAL = 1,255
After eating, we went up and wait outside The Theatre Solaire, and look what we got! We we're able to take photos from Standees prepared by Solaire for this event and we met Japan Fanclub giving out Hwanhee's Fan for support.
This made us get more hyped up like "this is really happening! Finally, we'll be able to see Ailee, Hwanhee and Guckkasten performing LIVE real real soon!!!"
Finally! The moment we're waiting for...We got in at The Theatre Solaire before 8:00PM and a staff of Ailee Philippines gave us a hand banner cheering support for Ailee.
Our seat is located at the Balcony Center and the view was so fantastic! Once again, Thank you so much Solaire for this great opportunity.
As the show started, we we're surprised to see the Korean Celebrity we saw at Solaire Hallway that he is the Host/Emcee for the night! Until now we didn't know what his name is, so if you do please! let me know asap! His face was so familiar but I can't remember where did I saw him (KDrama or KVariety Show and or so on..)
BTW, This is him=)
First, is a front act of a Korean unnie who performed a DOTS OST "You are my Everything" by Gummy followed by a duet with a SB19 member singing an Aladdin OST "A whole new world".
Next, is Hwanhee!
Hwanhee is a South Korean Singer / Actor and a member of a Korean R&B Duo "Fly to the Sky". I knew him because of Fantastic Duo, and I really like him hitting the high notes while his face turns red! I can't imagine I saw him for real in front of my two eyes! Hearing his manly voice as he speaks in Korean, singing his ballad and R&B songs as well as an OST. He also let us see his dance moves and I like it how humble and humorous he is when he is speaking.
Then here goes, Ailee!
I really thank God for letting me see the person I wanted to see the most! Ailee has been in Philippines before for shooting promotional videos for Philippine Tourism in Korea. That time, I really wanted to see her but I know it was impossible as I knew it very late and this time, luckily I am finally going to see her!
Ailee is a cast of KDrama Dream High 2; I knew her because of that and at Fantastic Duo as well and she sings a lot of KDrama OST and her songs are really popular in Korea, I can hear it a lot in KVariety show and I really love her as a person, I love her style, looks, she is really pretty both inside and out, great in english and most of all I got hooked up on her latest 2nd Album "Butterfly". Tracks Room Shaker and Love is what I like the most!
Upon preparation of Musical Instruments of Guckkasten, a special number from Filipino Boy Group called SB19 which is handled under a Korean Company filled the Theatre BTS "Boy with Luv" and "Idol" as well as SB19 hit songs.
Just perfect as everything is ready for Guckkasten stage!
This is not just the first time I will be seeing them but actually my first ever encounter with Guckkasten because I really had no idea who and what are they except for the fact that I search Guckkasten and view their website so I knew that they are a rock band based on the images cover of their albums and searched once in Youtube and I found out and watched only 1 video and that is the vocalist performance of Fanstatic Baby by Bigbang at King of Masked Singer and that's it!
Guckkasten is a South Korean indie rock band composed of the following members:
Ha Hyun-woo (하현우) – vocals, guitar
Jeon Kyu-ho (전규호) – guitar
Lee Jung-gil (이정길) – drums
Kim Ki-bum (김기범) – bass guitar
Correct me if I am wrong, I'm so sorry as I am curious too why they are 6 on stage if they only have 4 members? Why? Who are the other two? If you know, please let me know asap!
I was so surprised to know from our seatmate who is actually a fan of Guckkasten and he told me that the vocalist, Ha Hyun-woo is the longest champion in King of Masked Singer. And I was like "really? WOW!" cause I am familiar with that Kvariety show but I was able to watch just short clips of my favorite artist or some are those who came up on my newsfeed.
At the beginning of their performance I was really shocked on how high the voice of the vocalist like"Oh my gosh! This will be a totally rocking stage" and I am really ready for that as I also love rock music!
As I watched Guckkasten, I said to myself that I was really lucky to be able to witnessed their amazing performance. It's really great to watch not just K-pop concerts but to see a korean indie rock band performing live! cause I missed watching live bands! It's been really a long time that I used to watch a rock performace and Guckkasten was really awesome. I actually found them cute haha especially when the vocalist looks to shy when speaking and making a heart sign for their fans which is really different when he's already perfoming! and also how the rest of the band giggles when they saw Ha Hyun-woo going down the stage and interacting with their fans.
The concert took more than 2 hrs. yet it feels like we wanted encore more and more haha! I'm so happy to be able to watch Solaire Singing Legends. I had a great time from roaming around at Solaire as well and also eating.
We waited for the bus shuttle from Solaire taking us to MOA. Then luckily we we're able to ride UV express, leave MOA and get to McDo Gatchalian easily and faster.
Maybe because of dancing and screaming made us hungry so we bought foods at McDo before going home.
We arrived in our house around 12:30AM, and guess what! We forgot our keys, good thing my brother woke up and opened the gate for us.
Another experience worth remembering which added another journey to my fangirling life!
Thank you so much Solaire and to my friends who made this all possible and more fun!
It all started when I applied last March 24, 2019 and received an e-mail from Ms. Jihye Yoon last April 8, 2019 Congratulating me for being part of the Team.
THANK YOU SO MUCH! 감사합니다~
It is such a great honor to be part of Korea.net Team of the Korean Culture and Information Service (KOCIS) as one of the Honorary Reporter. My passion in spreading Korea all over the world leads me to join this and that is because I love Korea so much! Unfortunately I haven't attended the official induction ceremony held at Seoul last May 20, 2019 where there will be a ceremony in the morning, lunch and then a tour in ChongWaDae in the afternoon, such a great opportunity that i missed. Hoping that I can took part in the future events and so. July 19, 2019 I went to the Korean Cultural Center here in the Philippines to get wonderful gifts from KOCIS. I gladly met Ms. Nahye Lee of KCC and I am very thankful for what I have received (Korea.net Badge and Backpack).
I’m looking forward on what I can contribute as an Honorary Reporter. Everything just make me feel excited as all Honorary Reporters from different countries are having one goal and that is to help the world learn more about Korea.
Once again, thank you so much to everyone in KOCIS and KCC! Update: I received my E-Certificate August 13, 2019 =)
I actually didn't expect that iKON will be having a World Tour this year 2018 and they are coming in my country! Like OMG will i finally see these 7 boys??? I really don't have "iponing" or enough savings for this>.< During that time i recently had a Trip to Davao, a province in Philippines going back there after 10 years to visit my Grand Parents and i just started to save up for the renewal of my Business Permit for the year 2019. So, I am like ottoke!? Greatfully i did all that i can in doing part time and that is selling ikon merchandise official and fanmade ones so I got to earn just enough for the ticket i want! Kamsahamnida~ to all those who bought from CezzsyShoppe during iKON in Manila ^_^
So, Let me share my story to you....
Let's start on the day of Ticket Selling!
Ticket selling starts last October 14, 2018 Sunday 12NN at all SM Tickets outlets as well as online! We lined up at SM Sucat early as 6AM we arrived there 5AM i think and we created our own queuing numbers and help each other to have proper lines but once we got inside the ticketing booth there are 7 people who came at the line first and that's really sad cause they have seen us ikonics lining up outside we even saw them roaming around and upon me asking that we should be the first in line they even argued and said we're the one who went first here in the booth so we are first! I know that the queuing numbers we made was not official but if you are a true fan and nice person you wouldn't do that just to be the first one getting the tickets also if you hurt too many ikonics who woke up early and patiently fall in line outside. We bought our tickets 30 minutes have passed as the ticket selling opens! We supposedly buying PULP ROYALTY SOUND CHECK but we weren't able to do so as it was super limited and it sells out fast. So me and my friends decided to buy VIP STANDING - D Section. Funny how we even cried that we got Standing D not Sound Check because you know that feeling that you earned for this, you wait for this for years to happen but yet we're really thankful that we still got great tickets as our queuing starts at #51. Great right!?
and here comes, November 11, 2018 i won't forget this date as many special things happened! 11.11 / D-DAY But wait! Let me share to you first their ARRIVAL here in Manila! First time of iKON in Philippines except Jinhwan who used to lived in Davao due to his English Language Class.
Night of November 10, 2018 Me with my 2 friends went at NAIA Terminal 1 for iKON's arrival! We waited for like more than 3 hours i think and then saw iKON for only like 5-10 minutes! HAHA Yeah! That's what TEAM AIRPORT be like! Unless, you have an airport pass where you can go inside and wait for them where they are coming out walk with them until they got inside their cars! Yet we're still lucky as we saw them as they walk towards their cars and as they passed by in our area Yunhyeong dropped down their car windows so we really saw them even though not that too long and not properly as PH ikonics at the airport were so hyped up in welcoming the boys!
Concert Day! 11.11.18 - MOA Arena...
Finally after years of waiting, I still can’t believe that i already saw the boys and really upclose..We experienced both hard and good things! Early as 9:30AM i think after strapping we start doing our Giveaway (face ikon logo tattoo, paper banner, photo card) we're doing it until 1PM.
Thank you so much to every PH ikonics who lined up patiently and loving our mini giveaway! This is a way of our "Thank you" for being able to see iKON soon. Like another dream being fulfilled!
By the way, this wouldn't be possible without my Chingudeuls~ Thank you so much to all of you! Eonnie, Faith, Jerome, Lishan & Xuen! We work hard for this and its soooo worth the effort right!? Ang saraaap sa feeling! Nakaka proud hehe
Until iKON's next concert here ❤
After our late lunch we started lining up and got in at the concert hall at 5:30PM. I was already soooo tired but once IKON showed up i dunno but bigla akong nagka energy to shout, to jump, to dance! As in party party walwal to the max hahaha...This is my first ever experience na nagkabukol ako sa siko, nagkapasa ako sa legs and ilang days na sakit parin ng katawan ko aigoo~ literal na nabugbog katawan ko hahaha anyway, i’m super duper happy! Best team airport and Best concert experience ever!
I wouldn’t forget how the boys got so hyped up because of us PH ikonics, how Hanbin dances in front of me and that funny walk and the way he leads us to sing love scenario as loud as we can;
How Yunhyeong always shows up in front of us, sitting then playing with confetti and wanted us to sing along with him,
How Donghyuk smiles on us, looking on our faces one by one,
How Jinhwan go down the stage and got so near to us,
How Chanwoo rocking the stage,
How Junhoe splashes water on us,
How Bobby help the members to show how much they love us,
How iKON shouted that we love us!
How nice and kind they are to smile, waved to us! How literally they have fun with us! The successful fan projects, that rainbow lights, that yellow cloth especially that don’t let me know performance that they asked everyone to put down each cameras/phone cause they wanted to see our faces!
All of my worries starting from what we experienced during the ticket selling which we’re supposed to be pulp royalty (soundcheck) to the konbat issue, until the concert day because i know how hard it was in the VIP standing section based on my condition, all of those worries turned into an amazing experience that i can say that this is an Advance Birthday Gift for My Self, Advance Christmas Gift and Special Gift for My whole Year 2018 I was so blessed! So i am really grateful for all of this!
credit photo to YG LIVE NATION PULP
credit photo to YG LIVE NATION PULP
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