My student is suju's fg

[2hachi]

So today there's interesting thing happen. Today, i forgot bring my laptop charger to the class, and my laptop battery was very low, so in the end i borrowed laptop from the student. and the one who let me borrowed her laptop is an elder woman, well around 50 yo i guess (remember i said that my student are the profesionals and high schook graduates

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[cekelat]

I actually envy K-pop fans now. They can be more open in expressing their interest in K-pop music & idols. I was in K-pop fandom scene in 2006-2010. Back then, K-pop wasn't that popular like now. (I think it's the same in Indonesia)

I used to be more open the fact that I'm a FG at work back then. Either with my students or colleagues. I had Suju/DBSK wallpapaper. It was OK when I was a student because I didn't bring my laptop to class. The problem started when I had a Facebook account and had to add my bosses and colleagues to my account. The work involves a lot of social media posts. It was my first job that used a lot of social media and I never thought to have a 2nd account (BIG mistake). I used to post a lot on my Facebook, drama updates, Suju stuffs, Korean language that I've learn... just anything.... I use my Facebook like Twitter (I don't use Twitter pre-Johnny's fandom).

Because I post stuffs that people at work not familiar with (sometimes in hangul), they think I talk bad about them. In 2010, it was the first concert Suju had in Malaysia as part of Super Show Tour. They made fun that I went to the concert because I was the "good girl" in the office (bc I was the only one wears hijab in the whole office). The next day, there was newspaper report on Suju concert that I attended. And they called my idol "sissy". It hurts.

For me, I'm still the same person. But for people at work (bosses & colleagues), they think my IQ level just drop. What I'm angry about was that, they were fangirling/fanboying Glee, American Idol, Twilight at the office and proud of it but my fandom seems stupid to them.

I had the same remarks from Malaysian who studied at the same university in UK when I told them what my research is.

I don't want to explain to those RL people why I listen to Johnny's (or need to listen to). And why I watch Japan TV. And why I don't watch Malay TV shows.

It's up to the person whether to conceal the fangirl activities at work or not. From all my past experience in the last 10 years, I would rather keep Johnny's or whatever fandom I have to myself. Even my choice of music. Or I ogle Adam Levine from time to time. Nobody would judge me if I like schoolboys like Juniors, 20s guys like Hokuto or ossan Eito.

I rather like Japanese expression that we human has 3 faces. One that we show to public, the second one is the face we show to our close friends and family and a third face that we never show anyone except ourselves.

[2hachi]

yeah, sometime friends/colleagues can be very annoying. they dont understand that we have our preference.