A (Very) brief shot to fame

My shameless fangirl antics on Sunday will forever be recorded into my mind until I die. I'm planning to kill myself next month cos we're slated to be broadcast on MBC. Yes, MBC Korea.

This was another one of those interviews about international Kpop fans. Unlike the Song Seung Heon interview last time, yesterday was more of a mockumentary as they followed our 'fanclub' on a fanclub-esque day out. We were forewarned that we'd only be inserted into a 5 minutes slot of their program... However, the whole ordeal took almost 6 hours so I guess my face is gonna be edited out a lot! xD

It's a royal shame that Farah wasn't able to join us. But twinnie, you should count your blessings for not having to endure any future embarrassments.
Guh. I'll make sure to post the video up when it's ready.

The first part was a meeting/gathering which consisted of some 13 people (that's 8 of us plus 5 of Mr.
Seo's former students) and it was obvious we outshone those poor
people. We next moved to Tower Records for them to capture us
fangirling over the 'latest' Kpop albums there like we always go there to buy our stuff. Puahah. Oh, the irony!



Above is Moonie and me capturing each other on our K800i(s). Our last scene is at a noraebang (Korean karaoke), so on the right there is Tasha and N'war when we just arrived.



Here's Kak Bailah and those four on the right (Lyndy, Moon, Jess and Fel) who kept randomly picking songs they liked but couldn't sing.

Then there's teh Lyndy in Wondergirls action. It being my first time in a noraebang, I was quite surprised at the number of Jrock songs listed although they're pretty old. Whoohoo! I'm gonna have to look for lyrics so I can go there again.

Anyhoo, it was fun! Somehow, Mr. Seo conveniently forgot to mention that the cameraman is in reality a renowned director for MBC >_

i'm in a Korean newspaper!!

Wow the interview piece was finally sent to us! i must say we look nice in the pic. heheh. hmm it was published in Segye Ilbo on 1/2/06. i was anticipating this article, mentang2lah 1st interview by an international newspaper. nak tau apa persepsi orang Korea about the legions of K-ent fans in Malaysia... tapi... @_@ apebende yg dia tulis ha? *sigh* let me do a Babel on it first.

from the red markings i made on this capped excerpt, it roughly says:

1. The Hallyu (situation) recently has Southeast Asia youths wildly excited for our (the Korean) TV drama and pop music, and are counting on visiting Korea. But how does this Islamic nation, with an entirely different cultural background, accept Hallyu? etc etc.. Collected data from among locals especially Muslims.

2. Kuala Lumpur, Petronas Twin Tower (KLCC) - Muslim women having a commemoration photograph session after a Hallyu fanclub meeting.. etc. Southeast Asia youths.
-- (actually the journalist ahjuhssi asked to take picture with us after interview. Fanclub meeting?! Kpop Kingdom is not a fanclub ~_~)

3. Malaysia advances over boundary gates

4. Winter. yada yada yada.. fan club.. Korean winter scenery. whuh?

gosh. we're unofficially representatives of Malaysians + Muslims to the Koreans now! ah.. slowly but surely, they're noticing our country, and us fans. our main objective further on will be to cucuk2 these ahjusshis to bring more Korean actors and singers here. NEXT STOP, a KPop concert perhaps?