Remember December: KpopCon5 Experience

It was just a dream. Since December 2009, I’ve always wanted to attend Philippine Kpop Convention’s Kpop gatherings. It’s always a “Next Year!” for me but this time, it’s “This Year!” last year.  Soooo, before the great year of 2013 ended; me, my cousins and our Tita (the Financer) flew all the way from Cebu to attend the country’s grandest and biggest Kpop gathering full of win!

Ready, set, fly, go!

For 5 years, I waited for this to happen. Since I’ve been a missing a lot already, I vowed to really fly to Manila and attend KpopCon, whatever happens. I didn’t care about the artists they will be bringing (of course, I care but it wasn’t really my top priority. Charrrrrrr!xD) because I was excited for Cassiopeia Philippines’ fanclub boothhh!

OMGGGGGGGG! The ticket to success and reaching my dreams! Literally. 

Short long story of this photo: 2 days before December 28^th, Happee Sy announced from her Twitter all Booths Only tickets are sold out. There actually is an SM Tickets outlet located in SM City Cebu but I live an hour and a half away from the mall. Cannot be, Kiss B. I was hoping General Admission tickets will still be available a day before the event but we couldn’t really tell; What if it gets sold out as well? So I tried my luck online instead. God bless technology. But it didn’t just end there. Like all adventures, I also had my share of unfortunate events. While I was having an online transaction, the connection got cut off all of a sudden. The very same time I was on the payment option! WTF. But I guess, I was really a good girl because the transaction went through and we finally got our voucher to claim the physical tickets. ^^

CEBU to SEOUL! Loljk. 
CEB -MNL! Fast forward after 5AM of our arrival at NAIA to SMX Conventionnnnnn at 3PM!

 

We rested for a bit but we ended up sleeping for hours lol! Then had late lunch and finally ran to SMX Convention hahaha with internal spazzing. First thing we did was of course to queue in line to enter. The line was still long albeit not as long as it was on 9AM.

Upon entering, I saw Linh from Korean Cultural Center. She’s from CassPH too. Met her earlier last year for an event in Cebu. *Hello Linhhhh* Then, we went to the Toilet muna. LOL. We met a lot of Kpop dance cover performers re-touching, preparing for their performance. We met cute boys too HAHA. Mga, 8 boys. But of course, we didn’t approach any of the,. Some of them looked like legit Koreans already. So dang skinny. May sakit ba kayo? Omg, umiinom ba kayo ng pampa-puti? Anemic levels, jusko Dong! Cute ka naman eh, so OK na. Haha!

Then we saw Jaejoong’s Kosplayer from2009! Aura. Kuyang Kosplayer, kabogera ka din. Nice to meet you for the second time since Bigbang’s Alive Concert sa MOA Arena. “No pictures, only see.” Sabi ni U-know. XD

Booths Activities and more spazzing

After exchanging our tickets to wristbands, we started the ‘Kpop bingo’ game! We got ourselves stamp cards and prepared for what’s going to happen.

First two stamps were from PAWS and Gawad Kalinga!

For PAWS, we simply took a photo with their animal mascot!

Gawad Kalinga’s booth was just beside PAWS’. We were asked to dance the GK dance! “Di kami prepared omg. Kelangan mag stretchinggggg!” #OverheardAtKpopCon5 HAHAHAHA! 

Gawad Kalinga also prepared a something for the Kpop fans who dropped by their booth! Check out the cute video here. We arrived in the afternoon so we weren’t in the video. Too bad. Exposure na sana eh. Hahaha

Yeogi buteora, modu moyeora. We gon' party like, lilililalala~

Hetooo na. Hetooooooo naaaaaaaaaaaa! Aaaaaaaaah~ 

When we entered Hall 1, my cousins spazzed so hard because “OMGGGGG! BTSSSSS” XD

Proof shots. Look at their smiles! xD

Fun facts: Haya and Elay are identical twins. Haya loves dancing hahahaha! BTS lang nakakapasayaw sa kanya. 

 Only BTS can make her dance and lose control. XD

   

We missed A.Cian’s stage because we arrived almost 3PM already. We were busy going through the Fanclub booths when it was LC9’s performance. Lunafly and Boyfriend’s performance were amazing! More about that later anywayyyyyyyyy….

CASSIOPEIA PHILIPPINES BOOTHHHHHHHHH OMGGGGGG DB5KKKKKKKKKK

I think of all the booth, Cassiopeia Philippines’ booth is the only ‘fanclub’ booth. It’s not really TVXQ Philippines, representing TVXQ but really ‘Cassiopeia’. I may be wrong, I may be right. But one thing’s for sure, I’m a happy Cassie! Happy 10th Anniversary!!!
  

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! Hahaha I'm so happy~ isn't it? 

And omgg, JYJ Philippines’ booth is right next to CassPH’s.

 

We also wrote on their Message Board. ^^

The highlights of this trip and KPOPCON5 for me are….. DB5K!!!! Standeessssssss~!  

I cry. I finally touched DB5K. Standees haha!

Hopefully this year 2014, we can finally see them back in Philippine shores!

After spazzing, over CassPH and JYJPH booths, we continued with Kpop Bingo stamp game. Finally, after 3 hours (yes, it took us 3 hours of running from the fanclub booths area to the Main Stage because of the screaming fans!) we got ourselves free Kpop albums..

 I got BoA’s IDENTITY, the twins each got The TRAX and ONE WAY’s albums. 

Thank you!

Performances by Lunafly and Boyfriend

Unfortunately, we didn’t make it for A.Cian and LC9’s performances. But when Lunafly performed, my cousins ran to the main stage and left me at the fanclub booths area negotiating for a stamp! Haha! They sang OPM songs and one member speaks English in British accent. OPPA SARANGHAE! *In British accent* Lucky fans got the chance to *cheer* for Lunafly and the members chose the winner. The fan who did the “Beyonce” move won and she got the most coveted award, a hug from all members of Lunafly!

Sorry, LQ picture of Boyfriend haha!

Boyfriend members were super cute. The twins were funny! They sang songs, acted cute on stage, ate ‘kwek-kwek’ and had a Guessing Game of different Filipino things/food inside a black box. They even danced Whoops-Keri! When the host, Ms. Kring, asked them where they’d like to go for a vacation in the Philippines, they mention CEBU!!!!! Imagine me and my cousins’ bliss! We screamed “OPPA WE’RE FROM CEBU! SEE YOU IN OUR HOMETOWN!”  *with matching pangingisay/iyak/tawa/spazz*

Bestfriends, Boyfriend’s fanclub, prepared a video message for the boys and a birthday message for the birthday boy, Jeongmin. They even brought a cake on stage! We also sang a Happy Birthday for him in Korean. Jeongmin was touched; he was on the verge of crying so fans screamed, “uljjima”! The maknae, Minwoo, as a thank you message spoke Filipino and said, “Mahal ko Kayo!” and “Salamat!”.  Lastly, they took a commemorative photo with the rest of the Filipino fans. We were at the left side (when facing the stage) so I don’t know if we got captured. LOL

5^th Philippine Kpop Con Awards 2013

Kim Jaejoong won the Hottest Male Idol/Artist for the 4^th time! Kim Jae, when are you going to claim your awards? Quota ka na. His Standee received the award. XD

We also met one of the winners in the Kpop Kosplay, Chen of EXO! 

Cassiopeia Philippines won the “Fanclub Booth” again! Check out the rest of the winners here: https://www.facebook.com/notes/philippine-kpop-convention/winners-at-the-5th-philippine-kpop-convention/10153680817370643

Famous Last Words 

This experience was the highlight of my 2013 and 

I wanted to say thank you to everyone who made this escapade worth-while. 

Thank you to Cassiopeia Philippines admins/core/Ates/volunteers too! Sayang I wasn’t able to talk to you guys longer! Hanggang “Hi!” and “Hello!” lang from those manning the booth. Ate Tintin, Ate Mishi, Linh, Darel, Marjorie and the rest! Please produce more CassPH 10^th Anniversary goods! Haha! And OMGGGGGGGG THE STANDEESSSSSS! Twas the best! I hope to see you guys again and spend more time this year! 11G na!

Thank you to JYJ Philippines admins/core/volunteers as well! I got embarrassed kasi nakakaloka I proposed to Meke on the spot! Ate Jo, Steph, Leo, Jen and the rest! Sold out agad si Jaejoong, pogi kasi! Hottest Male Idol ehhhh. XD

Thank you to the other fanclub booths! You guys were amazing as well! Shoutout to Shinhwa Philippines Unnies! My cousins weren't familiar with Shinhwa but you guys were really mabait and very accommodating! ♥ Also met (more like saw because I didn't get the chance to talk to you) Ms. Kring and Jimmy Kim! Lakas ko  lang maka stalker haha! Next year, I'm definitely gonna approach you guys! And to all those who approached us as well, because we're from Cebu hahaha! Yes, we did fly all the way from Cebu. XD

This is definitely not the last KpopCon I’m going to attend! Flying all the way from Cebu was worth it! Thank you to PKCI crew and Pulp Live for organizing this kpop gathering for a cause! I fangirled and helped your beneficiaries PAWS and Gawad Kalinga. Truly, by the fans for the fans! Me and my cousins enjoyed a whoooooooooole lot! Hope you will bring more Kpop artists next year! *cough TVXQ/JYJ cough* Till the next gathering!