Valentine's Day 2009 - Part 2
(picture of part of the stage of the Sports Center)
On February 15th, it was the day when i actually got to attend a FRH event. It's a "Welcome to Taiwan" event made especially for foreigners. It was located near the Gongguan station, in theNational Taiwan University Sports Center. I was lucky to get a voucher from my Singaporean friend. I found out later that in order to get it, u must keep buying FRH's 3rd album's 3rd gaiban, and in random limited ones, there would be that paper voucher to trade of the cardboard pass voucher. Yeppers. Here's a picture of the front and back of the cardboard one:
Actually, my actual area was A2, Row 5, and Seat 11, but i ended up changing spots with these two people because they begged to switch. They wanted to be with their own group of friends but they got separated, so they wanted to switch. ....^^:;; But it's good for me actually, i got blocked a little by the lights, so the new seats was somewhat better, even though it was slightly farther away from the stage. ^o^;;;;; Oh yeah, I sat next to a white girl named Sarah pictured below. ^o^
haha So thankful to her, because she gave me all goodies at today's event, which include....
1. A FRH "Welcome to Taiwan concert"
2. A cute clear and flashing fan that says Fahrenheit on it.
3. An MRT Easycard with FRh's picture on it, special edition limited to this event (VERY VERY COOL!) I use the EasyCard very often, but too bad I already bought one for $500... ~_~ oh well, at least mine's a student card, with slight discount.
I wouldn't have gotten those because I agreed to give those to the Singaporean that was the original owner of the voucher ^^:;
SO I went in, lining up with a bunch of other excited fans. I didn't get to take any pictures, or record any videos because i wasn't allowed to, and i couldn't sneak any because the lights were brightly lited and guards can see me. NO way I would risk the chance of getting kicked out if i get to see Jiro, so i didn't take any pictures. BUt omigoodness, I did not realize I would be able to see Jiro and FRH sing and dance live. O.O I had no idea what the event actually was! ^o^ lol I was so happy that I felt a little teary eyed, although I really really wish I was closer, lol cuz I can't reall see their face, but I refused to look at the big screen because I can see them in person! ^.^ Jiro was wearing a yellow shirt and gray pants. Here's a picture i found online:
Yesh, isn't he adorable. ^.^ In that event, they also played games with fans, and they get to come up stage by random drawing by calling out our seats!!!! But I didn't get to go up. Lucky fans that get to one up get feed by FRH, and played with games with gives them a chance of physical contact, so lucky!! ^o^ haha When they were calling out the seats, I must say Calvin is heard most clearly, while I can't really hear the others. ^^:;; SInce FRH is the Taiwan ambassador for Korea and Japan, there were often lots of translating redone in Jap and Korean, which unfortunately makes me faze out for a bit before Jiro's magical voice snaps me back in. MWHAHHAHAH!! I will try to find a video clip of that event online. *searches*
Click to view*psyched!* Here it is!!!!!!!! I was at THIS event!!!!! THIS EVENT!!!! I will look for more video. mwhahhaa!
The songs FRH started sing was "Touch Will Touch Your Heart." Omigawd, what a wonderful welcoming party for me. ^o^ haha!!! First week in taiwan, and they're welcoming ME to taiwan. hehe ^.^ Afterwards, they also sang Xin Wo, Heng Xing, Ji Mou Bao Zou, and Yue Lai Yue Ai. YESH! But it felt like it went by so fast. *sigh* Well, it is kind of short, the event only lasted from 3pm-4:30pm, but it's really more like an hour because frh didn't truely appear until 3:30pm..... ~_~ But they're really busy tho, they run everywhere. Like yesterday on Feb 14th, JIro had to go to THREE different events across Taiwan on the same day, eeek-ness, so much work. Poor guy. ~_~
OKIE! Now some pictures that I took with Jiro and other Jiro fans!!!!!!!!!!!! Lol, no just kidding. Of course I didn't get to take pictures with him, but instead with his cardboard. ^o^ But it was so much fun taking them. ^_^
Kung is like 34, but she's quite so pretty in her boyish outfits. ^o^ This is self taken in the taxi. Haha, I rodethe taxi like 10 times or so during this weekend. LOL mY first time in a taxi. ^o^;;;
YESH! Jiro fan to my right. Both are from Japan. I asked the where they bought the fans, and they said at XI Men Ding. I'm definitely gonna head there for sure!!!!! ^o^
Fahrenheit welcomes me to Taiwan. *sobs* and this time, my friends help me take pictures. ^.^
The girl on the left is named Karen, another person i met during the event. She's from Malaysia, although originally from Singapore. SHe has no particular favs.
and Of course I need special ones with Jiro. ^.^ hehe He's holding my hands! ^o^ haha
Haha, touched his cheeks lol
I didn't realize it until Corina asked me to take a picture of her like my pose here, because it looked like i'm leaning on his shoulders.. haha
YAY!
It's V-day, and my cardboard partner is Jiro! ^o^ lol YAY! lol In real life, I think Jiro is about this height relative to me. ^_^ Tall.. .*dreamy* lol
OKIE! So that's my showcase of Jiro fandomness! I must admit that I feel kind of tired and maybe a little not as enthusiathic as I wanted to act, but I try to be so here to make sure I remember that I was! ^_^
There are more pictures of me going around Taipei in the following link.... sorry for taking so long to upload, it's really slow... ^^:; Some of them were not in order because the photobucket kept freezing so it breaks off that order. ^^;;;
Interesting findings in Taiwan so far=
1. Guys would help carry their girlfriend's bags all day, like hanging it across their own shoulders. How sweet! ^o^ American guys would never do that!! They would think they feel gay or something.
2. Girls in Taiwan like to wear short short skirts with long long sock-like stockings
3. Taiwan people all sleep very late. ^o^ They don't start THINKING about sleeping until after 1:30am.
4. Currently in Taiwan, the year is 1998. YESH, 1998, not 2009. Well, the dates and everything is the same as 2009, but in important documents, it's 1998 this year. ^o^ hahaha
5. Jiro is amazingly hot in person. AMAZINGLY Shuai. Very very. VERY. haha ^.^
6. Jay Chou's music was the most commonly heard singer when in shops and convenient stores.
7. Buses come by very often, like maybe every 5 minutes???? So absolutely no worries if I'm late! Just catch the next bus! ^o^ HAHAH!!!
8. ALL Taiwan traffic, info, etc signs all includes English. So for those that don't speak English, it's actually not scary here at all. ^_^;; hehe
9. Traffic laws are not strict at all. Cross ANYTIME u want, but it's absolutely the truth that cars and motorcyclists will definitely NOT slow down or stop for you. They just speedily dodge you---but at very high speeds. *scary!!!!!!*
10. Buses are giant beast that stops very abruptly, and speeds very fast through the streets. Not a Sacramento bus at all. ^_^;
11. Food porportionals are smaller than American porportions, but they're cheap anyways. ^_^
NEXT Entry (for Michael):
- Exploring the Mall with You and pictures
NEXT NEXT Entry (For Jennifer):
- Food that I saw
- Food that I ate