#WelcomebackJKS "Our new journey started on May 29th, 2020"
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Author: Rika Setiati from ECI
Photo credits: SBS
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Author: Susan Moyamoy from ECI
Photo credits: SBS
OK, this is my turn. I chose episode 2 as I heard there was no JKS appearance. haha I gave the opportunities for other eels to write FAs of the episodes with him. Anyway, as many of you have been already talking about this drama ‘Daebak (The Royal Gambler)’, it’s really interesting to see even without him… That means.. with him, it’ll be more interesting! I can’t wait to see episode 3 as soon as it was finished the airing. Oops, I’ve talked too much in the introduction. Then, enjoy reading my FA!
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Author: tenshi_akuma
Photo credits: SBS
I really wish I had been there with her! Thanks again Hazy for sharing your precious experience!! 😀
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Credit: Hazy from ECI
An impromptu trip decided on the Sunday, 2 days prior to flying, and everything booked within hours of the decision to go.
There wasn’t any JKS show or fan meeting going on, nor was there any TeamH concert or Produce 101 live recording. It started with a simple mindset – to support our prince’s upcoming drama Daebak, and to see all the support adverts from eels over the world with our own eyes.
Our simple wish was fulfilled pretty quickly (and easily) as soon as we touched down in Seoul Incheon International airport.
As we did for ‘Love Rain’ and ‘Beautiful Man’, we decided to share eels’ thoughts on the blog again. There are many fan blogs do the similar things, but ours is not intended to recap the episode. Literally sharing each eel’s thoughts and feeling after seeing the episode. Some may write it like lyrics. Others may write it like your diary. The first author is Nancy. She’s joined the previous writing projects. She said she didn’t write long this time not to spoil many as this is the first episode. Rather, she wanted to give “readers” a chance to get interested enough to watch on their own without giving a blow by blow…
Then, enjoy! 😀
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Author: Nancy McDonnell from ECI
Photo credits: SBS
As you know, last weekend was very busy for our dear Jang Keun Suk and eels visiting Koera for attending Lotte FM, charity bazaar at L’inoui shop and ‘Produce 101’ live filming. My eel friends luckily attended ‘Produce 101’ live filming in Seoul on February 21st, and our Hazy wrote her lively FA here. Thanks Hazy! I wish I could have been there with you. Maybe next time?? kk
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Credit: Hazy Lee from Singapore and ECI
Truly blessed to be able to attend live filming on 21/2, watching last night(February 26th)’s episode brought back many wonderful and “not-so-great” memories :p
So sorry to take time to post Siew Hin’s lively FA here. I got it from her in September, but around that time, he had many upcoming events, so I failed to find the best timing to share hers here. In addition, I’ve been so busy… *crying crying… but as 2015 is about to end, so I finally posted it here today. It was her first FA shared with us (at first in ECI only), then, she shared some FAs before here, [Fan Account] A Singaporean eel Siew Hin’s exciting experience about LIVE IN SEOUL and [Fan Account] Live In Shanghai & Epilogue. But this one was her FIRST FA. So it’s more meaningful. She before hesitated to share her exciting experience in words, but now she’s willing to do for us. I really appreciate her help. Reading her first FA and her CRI SHOW 3 experience, now you can see CRI SHOW 3 DVDs. Actually she didn’t write much about the show itself, but around her behind-scenes stories. It’s well-written enough to imagine her experience would be yours. Enjoy your winter holidays!
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Credit: Siew Hin (her old blog ID was ‘niamki’) from Singapore and ECI
Photo credits as tagged
I tend to suffer severe memory loss whenever I attend his shows.
And it took me a long time to get round to writing this – so I really can’t remember much of what happened during the 2 shows.
So for this FA, it will be about anything but the show.
PRELUDE
2015 – I was suppose to cut down on the number of shows this year.
Ha! At the end of 2014, when he said he will have a last Team H show in Seoul…his home country… how was I suppose to say no? And it was going to be held on the very first month of January – haizzz.
After having secured the Seoul Team H tickets – I did regret deciding to go – when he announced he was having Cri Show 3…. starting as early as March 14 and 15 in Osaka.
Beth, an American eel. She’s not that much an old eel, but her enthusiasm is always beyond description. She’s a jewelry designer and made a great accessory that describes well about our love toward JKS, eternal love. I shared some info about her work at the bottom of this post. If you’re interested in it, please contact her directly.
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Credit: Beth Wagner from Oregon, U.S.A and ECI
Here is my full FA for the Team H Halloween Party at Makuhari Messe Hall, Chiba, Tokyo, Japan on Saturday October 31 and Sunday November 1st 2015!
PART 1: The Build-Up
If I go back to the beginning of this adventure, I would say it started just after the first of the year. MelyPr Eel (Melinda Reyes) and I had been dreaming of a chance to go meet in Japan someday and go to a concert, and suddenly, she had a possibility to take off work in the fall, sometime around the first of November, and my husband coincidentally began to plan another of his art shows in Tokyo for the end of October/beginning of November. When he finalized his plans in the spring to have the art gallery opening party on October 30th, Melinda and I got serious about planning a trip where we could meet up.
The only thing missing from our trip was the concert we dreamed of seeing together. First, Monochrome was released, and many concert dates were announced, but they ended in June. We hoped perhaps for a second round of concerts in the fall, but June came and went and no further dates were announced. We kept biting our nails, afraid to buy tickets for the wrong date– what if we got the tickets and then they announced a date that we just missed?! It was terrifying, but we tried hard to just think of it as a fun trip to Japan and a great place to meet up for the first time. Still….. it was impossible to push hopes for a concert out of our minds.
Summer came and still there was no announcement. It was beginning to seem that our dear AP was either taking the fall off, or had some other plans that would keep him from touring. We really began to lose hope of a concert. But suddenly he had a Live in Seoul concert, and our hopes bloomed again…. then…. it happened!! The announcement came that there would be two Team H Halloween Party concerts in Tokyo, over Halloween weekend!!
It’s literally Asia tour with JKS. Hazy and other eel friends did a great experience in a short period. Their tour started from Shanghai and continued to Osaka and Makuhari! You can feel her journey through her lively report. Enjoy!
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Credits: Hazy Lee from ECI
5 shows in 1 week – that was the fantasy world I was living in from 23 Oct to 2 Nov 2015, and really wished I do not need to be awaken from the wonderland!
A few of us from Singapore had planned to attend the TeamH Halloween party right from the beginning when it was first announced. We made tentative bookings for hotels, and tried to get our tickets for the Halloween party. When Live in Shanghai came about, we decided we could do a mini “Asia tour” with JKS, and flew directly from Shanghai to Osaka (instead of via Singapore).
Live in Shanghai
Siew Hin has done a great FA in this post http://jangkeunsukforever.com/archives/40443, so I shall not need to elaborate how sexy, cheeky, cute, seductive etc he was throughout the show.
Credit: niamki (Siew Hin) from Singapore and ECI
Managed to write this before I forget all other details – especially since Team H Halloween starts tomorrow.
24 Oct 2015 – Live In Shanghai
At Shanghai International Gymnastics Centre Hongqioao – 4,000 capacity – and it was 95% full. 🙂
The moment he appeared – I knew we will be screaming till our throats are sore.
This pre- fan account by Melinda is already so touching. She’s from Puerto Rico in Caribbean islands. Very far from JKS’ home country, but she is going to fly all the way to see him and TEAM H party to Japan. Most of you eels here are in the same situation as her, but like her case, the dream will come true! Looking forward to seeing her in person and reading her real fan account after the party!
Credit: Melinda (MelyPr Eel) from Puerto Rico and ECI
Exactly 1 week from today (its Tuesday here) I shall embark on an epic journey towards the adventure of my life. I shall cross 2 oceans, 1 continent, travel literally halfway around the globe and 3 days later I shall live a dream come true.
Tada~! Finally our Siew Hin (a.k.a. niamki here) wrote up her FA this time. She’s attended many his shows, but she haven’t shared her FAs in public before, but finally she did it! You’ll see the reason why she did it reading her exciting experience at LIVE IN SEOUL. Her seat was perfectly close to him. That’s why she couldn’t stop staring at him. Reading her exciting feelings can bring us to the virtual experience. Enjoy, eels! You may have the next chance! Thanks Hin 🙂
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Credit: niamki(Siew Hin) from Singapore and ECI
I’m so moved, reading her honest confess about her first attending JKS concert. She’s shy, so at first she hesitated to share her own FA, but as you see, I think it’s very well-written and full of her true emotions on that day! I like her way sooo much. Thanks again, Ariel. Suk may be surprised to know that there was an American eel flying from far away just to see him 😉
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Credit: tabby (Ariel) from Oregon, U.S.A and ECI
I feel very shy posting this, but also want to share my little bit about the concert last weekend. I do not come from a culture that knows or cares much about Hallyu or kpop or Korea in general. And also our ideas about fan culture are different. It is normal and acceptable to be a fan of a sports team and follow them fanatically, go to all their games, buy all the official merchandise… but it is weird if you are doing this for an actor. At least in my small community, I feel it is unusual. So I am pretty quiet about my interest in kdramas and the fact that I am an eel. So deciding to go to this concert was a bit like making a public declaration. I couldn’t be secret about my love for Jang Keun Suk if I was traveling almost 7000 miles to see him in concert. And I couldn’t pretend I wasn’t going for him since I was only staying for two days.
So happy to see her cathy in person. We met at BBQ restaurant after LIVE IN SEOUL for the first time. She’s as short as me, but I felt her big energy and happiness from throughout her small body! After that I heard from her how lucky she was. She could understand what he said during the show because of her good seat, there was an eel’s translator! Anyway, I love her full of happiness Seoul diary. I’m sure you too ^^ Reading her diary, I could feel her heart beating. Enjoy!
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Credit: cathy from Malaysia
First of all, this is My Seoul’s diary. So, I tried to remember as much as possible, as I am scared this beautiful memory will fade off from my ‘malfunction’ brain. Thus please bear with my “long story” telling section as below if anyone is reading it………
This is my ever first trip to Seoul, first trip for the purpose of attending ‘someone’ concert not a vacation neither for work. And of course the first time to see JKS in real life not through the TV screen. Well, I am very excited about the journey of course, did google some information about prince’s recommendation restaurants and some interesting place to visit. But when I arrived, seem to be not that easy as I thought as all the signs boards, directions are in Korean language which I totally do not understand and the locals speak very little English. I was a bit worried and uncertain what I should do…….. but guess what, end up this Korea trip is the best and the smoothest trip I ever have!! This is all because of the “EELS’ POWER” ^o^ *o* !!!
Wow…. I didn’t know that she attended LIVE IN SEOUL, so I failed to meet her in person then. And I’ve just learned the truth. During the show, he asked the audience where they came from. One of the answers he got and repeated was Swiss. That’s why media reported eels from all over the world such as Swiss attended his show, but it was not correct. She, Beste answered him “Turkey” shyly. Suk just misunderstood her answer! Suk, you must know where she is from! She’s from Turkey and also a Hanyang university student ^^
Original source: Beste’s Seoul Diary
Credit: Beste from Turkey and ECI
All that we see or seem. Is but a dream within a dream
