Awesomely Awesome
So, in the last week I have met not only one, but TWO Korean celebrities. And it only took me almost four years of living here to randomly bump into them.
On Friday night, I went out with the boys to Hongdae. I was originally going to stay home, but I figured, eh, why not? We headed over to our favorite club (because it's cheap) but were unpleasantly surprised to find out that it wasn't that cheap that night. (25,000 won vs 10,000 won) But we go in anyway, and discover that it's because Supreme Team, a very popular hip-hop duo, is performing. I had already gotten a picture with them last month at Greenplugged Festival, so I sat back at the bar with my friend F, while everyone else crowded up to the stage to get a better look.
Well, after their performance, I noticed that the guys, E-sens and SSamD, were in a VIP room behind us. So, F and I spent a very entertaining 20 minutes watching all these girls in trying to dance very sexy-like in front of the opening to the room, in the hopes that they would get invited in to drink with the guys. But of course, none of them did.
After awhile, we go back to drinking and dancing and whatnot, when I look behind me and notice that E-sens is now standing right behind us talking to a big foreign guy and his Korean girlfriend. At that moment, I decide that I want another picture. I wait for a very long time, since it's E-sens, you know. Every time he would stop talking to one person, another would jump up and demand a picture or tell him he's wonderful. So I gave up. But then my friend J notices that he's talking to one of the rappers. So I hand him my camera and walk up to them to ask for a picture.
What I get instead is E-sens putting his arm around me and saying,"This guy is the hottest rapper here!" To which his friend responds, "Don't believe anything he says!" I tell him what E-sens said and that gets me "No! He's f***in' E-sens! He's the hottest!" This goes back and forth for awhile. Then J comes up and waves the camera. We take the picture. And then he starts talking to us. J talked to E-sens for a long time and I tried to listen in, but it was loud. So I end up dancing for a bit. And then E-sens dances with us for a bit. And then I hear, "Wait! You work at Arirang!" Now, it was loud in this club. So you can imagine how loud he shouted that to get my attention.
It's the first rapper friend. His name is B-Free. He really wanted to get on Arirang. I told him I'm on the news team, I have nothing to do with any of the other programs. But he wants to exchange numbers anyway. So we do. Planning to go to his show in July. And hopefully before that, we can all get together and hang out again. ^_^
So that was Friday night... Now, here's what happened last night...
I went to my friend's bar with a group of people. They all left, but I had a bit of my drink left to finish, so I stayed a bit longer. A small group of army guys came in. I started talking to one. And he seemed nice. But then he got a little weird. And apparently his buddies were making a group of Korean girls uncomfortable. So Dio asked me to translate for him and tell these guys that the girls were uncomfortable. (I'm not sure why, his English is good enough...)
Anywho, then Dio leans over and tells me, "By the way, it's Yoon Eun-hye." As in Coffee Prince and Goong Yoon Eun-hye. As in these losers were hitting on an insanely popular actress and didn't even know it.
My eyes go wide and immediately Dio said, "No."
"But I just want to say hi!"
"No."
Dammit. So for 20 minutes I sit on my stool and sneak glances over at her when she's not paying attention. Felt like a total creeper. I then come up with what I, in my slight inebriation, thought was a perfect plan. I gather up my purse and say bye to the bartenders. Their table was right by the doorway. So, I go up to say good-bye to the bartender at their table, then turn and say, "Oh! You're Yoon Eun-hye? I really liked Coffee Prince!" in Korean. She shakes my hand. And then I hear, "Emma!!" from the entrance. Yea, Dio caught me. So I bowed very quickly and rushed out because I thought I was in trouble.
Turns out I wasn't. He was laughing at me and asked if I got a picture. I didn't. He said next time maybe. If my extreme embarrassment from running away from Yoon Eun-hye doesn't kill me first, that is.
On Friday night, I went out with the boys to Hongdae. I was originally going to stay home, but I figured, eh, why not? We headed over to our favorite club (because it's cheap) but were unpleasantly surprised to find out that it wasn't that cheap that night. (25,000 won vs 10,000 won) But we go in anyway, and discover that it's because Supreme Team, a very popular hip-hop duo, is performing. I had already gotten a picture with them last month at Greenplugged Festival, so I sat back at the bar with my friend F, while everyone else crowded up to the stage to get a better look.
Well, after their performance, I noticed that the guys, E-sens and SSamD, were in a VIP room behind us. So, F and I spent a very entertaining 20 minutes watching all these girls in trying to dance very sexy-like in front of the opening to the room, in the hopes that they would get invited in to drink with the guys. But of course, none of them did.
After awhile, we go back to drinking and dancing and whatnot, when I look behind me and notice that E-sens is now standing right behind us talking to a big foreign guy and his Korean girlfriend. At that moment, I decide that I want another picture. I wait for a very long time, since it's E-sens, you know. Every time he would stop talking to one person, another would jump up and demand a picture or tell him he's wonderful. So I gave up. But then my friend J notices that he's talking to one of the rappers. So I hand him my camera and walk up to them to ask for a picture.
What I get instead is E-sens putting his arm around me and saying,"This guy is the hottest rapper here!" To which his friend responds, "Don't believe anything he says!" I tell him what E-sens said and that gets me "No! He's f***in' E-sens! He's the hottest!" This goes back and forth for awhile. Then J comes up and waves the camera. We take the picture. And then he starts talking to us. J talked to E-sens for a long time and I tried to listen in, but it was loud. So I end up dancing for a bit. And then E-sens dances with us for a bit. And then I hear, "Wait! You work at Arirang!" Now, it was loud in this club. So you can imagine how loud he shouted that to get my attention.
It's the first rapper friend. His name is B-Free. He really wanted to get on Arirang. I told him I'm on the news team, I have nothing to do with any of the other programs. But he wants to exchange numbers anyway. So we do. Planning to go to his show in July. And hopefully before that, we can all get together and hang out again. ^_^
Click to viewSo that was Friday night... Now, here's what happened last night...
I went to my friend's bar with a group of people. They all left, but I had a bit of my drink left to finish, so I stayed a bit longer. A small group of army guys came in. I started talking to one. And he seemed nice. But then he got a little weird. And apparently his buddies were making a group of Korean girls uncomfortable. So Dio asked me to translate for him and tell these guys that the girls were uncomfortable. (I'm not sure why, his English is good enough...)
Anywho, then Dio leans over and tells me, "By the way, it's Yoon Eun-hye." As in Coffee Prince and Goong Yoon Eun-hye. As in these losers were hitting on an insanely popular actress and didn't even know it.
My eyes go wide and immediately Dio said, "No."
"But I just want to say hi!"
"No."
Dammit. So for 20 minutes I sit on my stool and sneak glances over at her when she's not paying attention. Felt like a total creeper. I then come up with what I, in my slight inebriation, thought was a perfect plan. I gather up my purse and say bye to the bartenders. Their table was right by the doorway. So, I go up to say good-bye to the bartender at their table, then turn and say, "Oh! You're Yoon Eun-hye? I really liked Coffee Prince!" in Korean. She shakes my hand. And then I hear, "Emma!!" from the entrance. Yea, Dio caught me. So I bowed very quickly and rushed out because I thought I was in trouble.
Turns out I wasn't. He was laughing at me and asked if I got a picture. I didn't. He said next time maybe. If my extreme embarrassment from running away from Yoon Eun-hye doesn't kill me first, that is.