Let's Go, Let's Go, Let's Go, SMTown, Let's Go!
A SHORT JOURNEY -- THANK YOU, SMTOWN LIVE IN LA '10
HI BBs! This is park eunhee, maybe some of you have seen me (and don't remember me)!
SMTown in LA '10 was the best weekend I had ever spent anywhere. For 2 months, I had to go through so much trouble, trying to find tickets, lodging, a ride down (live in California), and I had to listen to my friends complain to me about how much they wanted to go.
WELL! All that trouble was totally worth those two-and-a-half days I spent down there.
Anyway, you probably don't want to hear my intro anymore, so let's get on with SMTOWN!
FRIDAY!
LA - FRIDAY
I had to go check into my hotel (The JW Marriot), but I got to see Koreatown! It was amazing, and I was thinking of all the lovely SJ related things I'd see My friend who drove down is a huge SHAWOL, so she really wanted to see SHINee! We immediately tried to go to the Sheraton! (And sorry if I sound crazy after this, my friend suggested it not me XD) Of course we got totally lost and I had to text Happy (bbyong~✪) for the address. So we got to the Sheraton, and tried to stake out for artists (and yes I didn't really like this idea but...) We went into the mall and through there, the hotel. We tried going on some elevators, but there was this mean lady that kicked us out. We actually met these two lovely ELFs and one of them was a staff (or admin) of a Baidu bar (It might be Teuk's but I don't know). They were incredibly sweet and since they were staying at the Sheraton, we went to their room, and hung out there. They had just been in Korea, and flew to the USA to catch SMTown in LA! ^^ They showed me their pictures of SuShow3 in Qingdao/Seoul, and some pictures of the SMTown in Seoul (these girls go everywhere). I got some water and we watched TRAX's Oh! My goddess MV.
So we tried again, leaving the two lovely ELFs we had just met, and searched around again. We rode the elevators onto the floors, but lovely managers stopped us. Eventually, we started to take the stairs D: (This sounds so creepy, if you guys want me to take it out I will ^^) We climbed to the 22nd floor from the 21st. We left and stood near the elevator with a bunch of staffs. We pretended not to care, but then one of the staff members started to talk a lot and she ran to a room, which opened. I thought it was U-know YunHo, so I kept my composure as best I could, but then RyeoWook stepped out. The two of them started coming toward my direction, and I melted inside. He just about came over, and the elevator came. We quickly stepped inside with me trying to get a glance at Ryeonggu, and me totally dying in the elevator.
Anyway, we just about spent our whole day in the Sheraton. We got lucky to see SNSD SeoHyun and Yuri (actually they were in the same elevator, but we weren't trying that hard that time.) We got back to the hotel, and I explored it with another friend. JW's pool was amazing. :D;
SATURDAY!!
SATURDAY - BEFORE THE CONCERT
No stalking today, but we did stand outside and talk to a bunch of ELFs~ =D I actually got a baidu bar towel from ELFs I had met on Friday and they had so many in their suitcase. It was hilarious but a bunch of SHAWOLs and ELFs were laughing at me (not to be mean of course ) because I looked so nervous and scared. So it hit about 12pm, and I told my friend we had to eat lunch, trying to find artists was futile! (Actually we had a bad experience with SHINee's manager but I won't go into that) We went to KyoChon chicken, and I asked the workers for a Suju poster (I wanted the calender but posters were good too because I had no idea they had posters, only calenders.) KyoChon was amazing and delicious, and the workers were pretty nice. (I can see why Suju endorsed them haha).
We went to the Koreatown Plaza (mall), and shopped around for a little bit. I went and finally got Sorry Sorry ver.A (FAILUREBB♥) and banana milk for my lovely SHAWOL friend We went back to the hotel to freshen ourselves up a bit (because I sweat easily) and off to the Koreaboo meet we went! We went, but I stopped myself at a bunch of girls talking amongst themselves. They were the Baidu International ELF Bar of China! The leader girl was so amazing and sweet, and she tried her best to speak English for me (because she is an international student) and then I told them I could speak Chinese so that was a plus for them (of course I should have told them my Chinese skills failed). They were so nice to me, and they gave me a T-shirt, a balloon, a giant lightstick, and a small pink Kim JongWoon (our silly YeSungie ) banner (I got the banner after the meetup). I told them I was going to the Koreaboo meetup and they told me to come back if anything. I left them and got lost inside. Amazingly, I found it and the party started there.
I immediately searched for the SJW bbs and saw the lovely No Other/Don't Don posters. There were so many people around the SJW table, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to pick up my stuff. Eventually, I got over standing in line (which was to buy the T-shirt) and just went to the side! I stood next to Allison aka twinbb and from what I could see, poor cenara bb was being flooded by a lot of people D: I got my fanpackage (pictures later ^^) which was the best, obviously :D; Gaia and JunJun's design for the shirt turned out to be way better in reality! SJW staffs, you guys are so nice and sweet, and I took a picture of you guys ^^
Anyway, I went to the rest of the fanmeet, and took more pictures ^^ I got to meet so many awesome people, from SHAWOLs to ELFs to SONEs to lovely KangTa fans ^^ Everyone was so incredibly sweet and funny (: I had a great time. In fact, I was so happy I ran back to my hotel all happy (and I had to ask for directions) and people were pointing and laughing at me D:
SATURDAY - CONCERT TIME!
THE CONCERT WAS AMAZING. ;___; It was truly the best concert I have ever been to, and I have no regrets, despite having a lot of bad luck before it. The concert wiped away all my worries and bad feelings and gave me so much energy it's okay I didn't really get to eat or sleep. :D Everyone performed so well and it just made me go crazy. I was dancing along and screaming and cheering and singing and collapsing everytime Suju came out haha. xD Unfortunately I couldn't get pictures of the whole Suju team but I managed KyuHyun, Henry, and Zhou Mi ^^ including the worst fancam of Heenim and Henry D: My camera died right before Suju came out, but I didn't care anymore because I wanted to party with them! I think my favorite moments of the night were when EeTeuk yelled "EVERYBODY SCREAM!" and he didn't English fail rofl and when he was turning to everyone in the crowd at the front of the stage and he turned to my section (or where I was, it looked like he was looking at me) and gave a beautiful smile and thumbs-up. I died several times during the night, and it was kind of hard to cheer because I was surrounded by people who didn't cheer, a SHAWOL (I mostly cheered for Suju yes), and SONEs. But it was still amazing. Obviously I didn't know any fanchants so I just sang. xD I don't think I have ever been this excited for one thing. .__.
I did talk to Allison and ★stilapixie again ^^ (Allison after the concert, and stila before because I was totally lost and she helped me)
I ate at IHOP for dinner and saw The Grace girls and TaeMin but no motion toward them because I was really tired. I also met the cook for SMTown (I actually have no idea about this but he's on Food network and had a room next to some of the Suju boys) and I sat in his room and listened to his drunk rambling until 3am. Obviously the best day of my life.
SUNDAY!
It's time to leave. We woke up and got dressed, and made for the Sheraton again. We just talked to fans this time, no stalking. About lunch-ish, we left for the Koreatown Galleria mall, and I got Boys in City Season 2 (which was awesome) ^^ Ate lunch and bought some snacks for the road but I never ate them. Although drinking the strawberry milk made me feel like EunHyuk a lot.
My group left LA at 3pm~ That's the end of my SMTown journey. It was amazing, end of story.
I'm so happy I got to meet so many of you lovely ELFs ^^ Or see you, for that matter because I didn't know who was who D:
Everyone was amazing, and the concert was amazing! I hope SM does do something like this again next year ^^
Thanks for reading! SJW staffbbs, thanks for holding the meetup and having to deal with so many people. Yes I came back so many times and stalked--I mean watched you guys doing your jobs awesomely. D: <--I am not awesome you guys are.
This is something I can never forget. Not ever. I think I'm going to cry from happiness now. ;_; Thank you guys so much. ♥
taking it out?
credits; park eunhee @ sj-world.net
This is not about the concert!! D: My memory sucks too much for specific details like song order but it was awesome. ♥♥♥
And yes I will confessions soon D: I have no time right now.
HI BBs! This is park eunhee, maybe some of you have seen me (and don't remember me)!
SMTown in LA '10 was the best weekend I had ever spent anywhere. For 2 months, I had to go through so much trouble, trying to find tickets, lodging, a ride down (live in California), and I had to listen to my friends complain to me about how much they wanted to go.
WELL! All that trouble was totally worth those two-and-a-half days I spent down there.
Anyway, you probably don't want to hear my intro anymore, so let's get on with SMTOWN!
FRIDAY!
LA - FRIDAY
I had to go check into my hotel (The JW Marriot), but I got to see Koreatown! It was amazing, and I was thinking of all the lovely SJ related things I'd see My friend who drove down is a huge SHAWOL, so she really wanted to see SHINee! We immediately tried to go to the Sheraton! (And sorry if I sound crazy after this, my friend suggested it not me XD) Of course we got totally lost and I had to text Happy (bbyong~✪) for the address. So we got to the Sheraton, and tried to stake out for artists (and yes I didn't really like this idea but...) We went into the mall and through there, the hotel. We tried going on some elevators, but there was this mean lady that kicked us out. We actually met these two lovely ELFs and one of them was a staff (or admin) of a Baidu bar (It might be Teuk's but I don't know). They were incredibly sweet and since they were staying at the Sheraton, we went to their room, and hung out there. They had just been in Korea, and flew to the USA to catch SMTown in LA! ^^ They showed me their pictures of SuShow3 in Qingdao/Seoul, and some pictures of the SMTown in Seoul (these girls go everywhere). I got some water and we watched TRAX's Oh! My goddess MV.
So we tried again, leaving the two lovely ELFs we had just met, and searched around again. We rode the elevators onto the floors, but lovely managers stopped us. Eventually, we started to take the stairs D: (This sounds so creepy, if you guys want me to take it out I will ^^) We climbed to the 22nd floor from the 21st. We left and stood near the elevator with a bunch of staffs. We pretended not to care, but then one of the staff members started to talk a lot and she ran to a room, which opened. I thought it was U-know YunHo, so I kept my composure as best I could, but then RyeoWook stepped out. The two of them started coming toward my direction, and I melted inside. He just about came over, and the elevator came. We quickly stepped inside with me trying to get a glance at Ryeonggu, and me totally dying in the elevator.
Anyway, we just about spent our whole day in the Sheraton. We got lucky to see SNSD SeoHyun and Yuri (actually they were in the same elevator, but we weren't trying that hard that time.) We got back to the hotel, and I explored it with another friend. JW's pool was amazing. :D;
SATURDAY!!
SATURDAY - BEFORE THE CONCERT
No stalking today, but we did stand outside and talk to a bunch of ELFs~ =D I actually got a baidu bar towel from ELFs I had met on Friday and they had so many in their suitcase. It was hilarious but a bunch of SHAWOLs and ELFs were laughing at me (not to be mean of course ) because I looked so nervous and scared. So it hit about 12pm, and I told my friend we had to eat lunch, trying to find artists was futile! (Actually we had a bad experience with SHINee's manager but I won't go into that) We went to KyoChon chicken, and I asked the workers for a Suju poster (I wanted the calender but posters were good too because I had no idea they had posters, only calenders.) KyoChon was amazing and delicious, and the workers were pretty nice. (I can see why Suju endorsed them haha).
We went to the Koreatown Plaza (mall), and shopped around for a little bit. I went and finally got Sorry Sorry ver.A (FAILUREBB♥) and banana milk for my lovely SHAWOL friend We went back to the hotel to freshen ourselves up a bit (because I sweat easily) and off to the Koreaboo meet we went! We went, but I stopped myself at a bunch of girls talking amongst themselves. They were the Baidu International ELF Bar of China! The leader girl was so amazing and sweet, and she tried her best to speak English for me (because she is an international student) and then I told them I could speak Chinese so that was a plus for them (of course I should have told them my Chinese skills failed). They were so nice to me, and they gave me a T-shirt, a balloon, a giant lightstick, and a small pink Kim JongWoon (our silly YeSungie ) banner (I got the banner after the meetup). I told them I was going to the Koreaboo meetup and they told me to come back if anything. I left them and got lost inside. Amazingly, I found it and the party started there.
I immediately searched for the SJW bbs and saw the lovely No Other/Don't Don posters. There were so many people around the SJW table, I was afraid I wouldn't be able to pick up my stuff. Eventually, I got over standing in line (which was to buy the T-shirt) and just went to the side! I stood next to Allison aka twinbb and from what I could see, poor cenara bb was being flooded by a lot of people D: I got my fanpackage (pictures later ^^) which was the best, obviously :D; Gaia and JunJun's design for the shirt turned out to be way better in reality! SJW staffs, you guys are so nice and sweet, and I took a picture of you guys ^^
Anyway, I went to the rest of the fanmeet, and took more pictures ^^ I got to meet so many awesome people, from SHAWOLs to ELFs to SONEs to lovely KangTa fans ^^ Everyone was so incredibly sweet and funny (: I had a great time. In fact, I was so happy I ran back to my hotel all happy (and I had to ask for directions) and people were pointing and laughing at me D:
SATURDAY - CONCERT TIME!
THE CONCERT WAS AMAZING. ;___; It was truly the best concert I have ever been to, and I have no regrets, despite having a lot of bad luck before it. The concert wiped away all my worries and bad feelings and gave me so much energy it's okay I didn't really get to eat or sleep. :D Everyone performed so well and it just made me go crazy. I was dancing along and screaming and cheering and singing and collapsing everytime Suju came out haha. xD Unfortunately I couldn't get pictures of the whole Suju team but I managed KyuHyun, Henry, and Zhou Mi ^^ including the worst fancam of Heenim and Henry D: My camera died right before Suju came out, but I didn't care anymore because I wanted to party with them! I think my favorite moments of the night were when EeTeuk yelled "EVERYBODY SCREAM!" and he didn't English fail rofl and when he was turning to everyone in the crowd at the front of the stage and he turned to my section (or where I was, it looked like he was looking at me) and gave a beautiful smile and thumbs-up. I died several times during the night, and it was kind of hard to cheer because I was surrounded by people who didn't cheer, a SHAWOL (I mostly cheered for Suju yes), and SONEs. But it was still amazing. Obviously I didn't know any fanchants so I just sang. xD I don't think I have ever been this excited for one thing. .__.
I did talk to Allison and ★stilapixie again ^^ (Allison after the concert, and stila before because I was totally lost and she helped me)
I ate at IHOP for dinner and saw The Grace girls and TaeMin but no motion toward them because I was really tired. I also met the cook for SMTown (I actually have no idea about this but he's on Food network and had a room next to some of the Suju boys) and I sat in his room and listened to his drunk rambling until 3am. Obviously the best day of my life.
SUNDAY!
It's time to leave. We woke up and got dressed, and made for the Sheraton again. We just talked to fans this time, no stalking. About lunch-ish, we left for the Koreatown Galleria mall, and I got Boys in City Season 2 (which was awesome) ^^ Ate lunch and bought some snacks for the road but I never ate them. Although drinking the strawberry milk made me feel like EunHyuk a lot.
My group left LA at 3pm~ That's the end of my SMTown journey. It was amazing, end of story.
I'm so happy I got to meet so many of you lovely ELFs ^^ Or see you, for that matter because I didn't know who was who D:
Everyone was amazing, and the concert was amazing! I hope SM does do something like this again next year ^^
Thanks for reading! SJW staffbbs, thanks for holding the meetup and having to deal with so many people. Yes I came back so many times and stalked--I mean watched you guys doing your jobs awesomely. D: <--I am not awesome you guys are.
This is something I can never forget. Not ever. I think I'm going to cry from happiness now. ;_; Thank you guys so much. ♥
taking it out?
credits; park eunhee @ sj-world.net
This is not about the concert!! D: My memory sucks too much for specific details like song order but it was awesome. ♥♥♥
And yes I will confessions soon D: I have no time right now.