My card to SunYe on TV~

First thing's first! So when I was confirmed as a fan*tastic, I made SunYe (leader of WG) a birthday card. I asked fans if they wanted me to give her a message, send it to me, and I will paste them in the card. So yes, I gave it to her the day I saw her. The next day, about 18 Korean media flew in to interview them or just take pictures. In one of the interview, YeEun showed them my birthday card to SunYe! My poster was in the background too! I'm really happy because one, they showed it to the interviewer and second, it was on the table next to their laptops and purses, instead of the box where they kept the other fans' gifts. I even took screen shots! Kekeke, so happy. I might not have been satisfied with JUST meeting and taking pictures that day, but now I am. I guess it takes a while to soak it in. If you want to watch the video, here:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LbBaDL8GL9Q


Anyway, it's 11:24. I'll write something else tomorrow or something.

Beauty

Some people are not satisfied with their looks and go ahead and get plastic surgery. Ulzzang is a korean term for "best face." People online win contest for looking good. Net Idol means the same thing, but I guess it's a term mostly used for Japanese and Chinese. It's the same thing, people win contest online for looking good. I have been a fan of ulzzangs and I know that most of them get surgery. How? I've seen before and after pictures and read articles. If I don't see it for my self, I can't really say so. I know that girls in Asia care a lot about their looks. Enough to get plastic surgery, not satisfied with what their parents gave them. Most girls get surgery in their high school days; some even in middle school as a graduating or birthday gift. It's kind of sad to see middle schoolers get plastic surgery. They're still young, they're still devloping. If only they had more confident. But hey, whatever floats their boat. Yes, this world is indeed shallow. From what I see, the girls who gets taken faster are the prettier ones, the cute ones while we other girls are still waiting for our "Prince" to come. But all I have to say is, just wait, even if you're desperate. The real one will come to you for you. Not for how you look, but for you yourself and you wont regret waiting. The other day I was talking to a friend about this whole 'beauty' situation. And it's true, sometime we take a look in the mirror and ask ourself, "What's wrong with me? Am I doing something wrong or what?" And that's when I constantly say, "Not pretty enough. Not cute enough. *Hides in corner*" LOL, but I don't know. Only time will tell.

And wow... I've been replaying Honor Society's song over and over. While I was standing in line for the meet and greet, I didn't really care for them, hahaha. I was just there to "kill time" and get an autograph from a famous band. I liked their song, though. Few weeks later, I'm sitting here replaying their song over and over. I don't mind if I start getting into them and becoming a fan because I already have their autograph. Hahaha. And one of them even looked up at me so sweetly and said, "Thank you Lily," so cute~ ha. Nisei week ends in a few days. I must go!

Most boring summer ever.

At first, this blog was full of rant. But the title was supposed to be "Most Boring Summer Ever" so it had to be about the boring summer. So I took out the rant :P

Every year just gets worse and worst. When I was younger, I was able to go outside and bike with neighbors and just play tag. Now, I just sit in the house with my eyes glued to the computer screen, trying to find something to do. Yeah, you're thinking "Get a life!" And well, I couldn't agree more. I want to go out, explore, take pictures for memories, or do something! But no, being the well protected child I am, I can only go to places if the King and Queen says so. And they'd have to be the one to pick me up, or drop me off. If I am to find my own transportation, it has to be an adult. What if it was a friend? What if it was a sibling of a friend? Of course it would be a no. Why? Apparently, in the eyes of Asian parents, all teenagers are seen as horrible people who have nothing better to do than get in trouble. I don't know why, but I feel like I deserve some trust. I feel like I am not trusted... at all. My parents think I lie to them and that it's because of the people I hang out with. I can't believe they think that at all. The people I hang out with do not consist of any trouble maker. None. They all have better grades than me. They participate in all these academic things. They are so sophisticated and talented. While most of my friends get a boyfriend or girlfriend behind their parents' back, I don't! I don't lie to my parents because I end up guilty. I have always told them the truth. But apparently, because of little misunderstandings, it lead them to think I am a liar (I'm crying as I'm writing this, so it's taking me forever). It hurts me that they don't believe me and don't trust me. I have friends telling me how lucky I am. How great my life is. But is it really? How do you know? How do you know that I am not hurting? How in pain I am? How lonely it is. I may see the world bright, sunny, and "beautiful." But hiding in the corner is the real me who sees nothing but darkness.

So what I wanted to do since the beginning of summer was go to Disneyland's summer night thing, go bike at the beach, take ulzzang style pictures, take cue picures, karaoke, lose some weight, get really nice new clothes, go to Knotts, hang out with Lizzie and Grace, and a few other things. Guess how many of those I did. None. Nada. Zip. If I want to get them done, there's only one thing. Only one problem stands in the way: FIND A RIDE. I am at the age where I can drive. Unfortunately, my fear of driving has prevented me to do so. You're thinking, "Why are you scared? Just be careful." Well, if I walked out at night on the street and "be careful," does that exactly mean I'm safe? What if I'm careful and some driver just rams into my car? What if someone is standing far away with a weapon ready to attack? *knocks on wood*

If I won the lottery, I would totally get a driver, hahaha. Oh, could've won the lottery if this one thing didn't happen, which I am pissed about.

Meeting the Wondergirls (and Honor Society)

So I won the contest.

I was told to be at Staple Center five minutes before 8:45 PM. I got there at 6 and walked around. My WonderGirls shirt was in my bag and my huge poster (which was too thick to roll up), I had to close it in half. I looked around for ANY other WonderGirls fan, or anyone with a Wondergirls shirt, but everywhere I looked, everyone wore Jonas Brothers tshirt (well, it IS the Jobro's concert, it's just WG is opening for them). I was like, "Wow... I could not find ONE shirt that said Wondergirls." So I walked back and forth and then I saw two Korean guys, one holding a white t-shirt. I was thinking to myself, "They must be here for WG. They're probably a fan*tastic and that white t-shirt must be the custom made t-shirt that we were asked to make. So they went up to ask the guards where the Verizon bus was (where we were going to meet up) but the guard didn't know. So I asked the two guys if they were looking for the bus and they said yes. And I said I was looking for it too. They were anti-social. So anyway, I keep walking and I see someone with a WG shirt and I look up at the person. It was Rosie (apparently, she has connections and is a big fan. So she's going to most of the concert. And let me tell you, there's about 40 something cities, which means 40 something concerts and she's attending most of them.) Since she's going to be with them for most of the concert, I guess she gets passes and stuff. So I asked her where the bus was and she told me. So I walked over to the bus and I see "anti-social" guys. I wait for a while longer before walking back to Staple Center. There were thousands of girls waiting in line to see JoBro. Then two girls walk pass me (June and Toni) and they ask if I was here for Wondergirls and I said yes. Turns out they were fan*tastics too! So I told them I would see them later. After circling Staple Center, I see another girl (Jane) with a Wondergirl t-shirt. I didnt guess she was a fantastic, though, but she was. So I met up with them at the bus. Us four girls and the two "anti-social" guys who didnt want to join us. They were just off talking to themselves and waiting. Then another guy comes (Thomas) and he was wearing a WG shirt, so he was a fan*tastic. Turns out he bought the ticket for 100+ dollar just to get in, see the wondergirls, and get out (and not staying for the rest of the concert, cuz the rest is JoBro) and WG was only performing ONE song. So that's a big fan right there. So then we stood and talked and I was really comfortable with them. I was really social and they didn't ignore me, like people I know in real life would, so I was really happy to be around them. Then another guy shows up and he asks if we were fan*tastics and we say yes. Turns out he is one too (Jeremiah). We talk talk talk then I get a text saying to meet in front of Staple Center across a target billboard so we all walk over there and met other fan*tastics, which was about 20 (more or less) total. Hana (the manager) came out and took roll call. We got our [meet and greet] wristbands and then she took is down to the parking lot to meet the girls. On the site, they said we would get photo-op with the girls, autographs, t-shirts, and CDs. But we only got one out of the four, which was the photo. The fan*tastics were upset because we were rushed. "Get in, take your picture, and we'll escort you out." At first the security said, "no pictures, no autographs. Get in, shake hands, get out." And we're all like... wtheck? But one of the manager said it was okay so ONLY pictures. We had to get into groups of three, though. But we had four: me, Jane, Jeremiah, and Thomas. The four of us stood in the waiting area and when it was our turn, YeEun peeked out and waved to me and was like "hi, c'mon~" and I walked over to them. I made Sunye a birthday card so I handed it to her and said, "This is for your early birthday," and she gave me a sweet look and said, "Awww, that's so sweet, thank you." And I showed the girls the box of chocolate and cards I made and said, "And these are for all of you," and handed it to... I think YeEun or Yoobin. I stood in the middle of Sunye and Yoobin and Sunye opened the big card. She said, "aww" or something like that and was going to read it, but then we were in a rush and she was like, "Oops, I'll read it later ^^" and we were going to do the Nobody pose but I had a huge poster in front of me. That poster, I was planning to wear around my neck while passing out fliers. But I wanted to do the pose too so I handed it to SunMi. After we took the picture, I wanted it back (to wear while passing out fliers) but I thought it was rude to take it back. And btw, it was full of pictures of them... so I dont think they'd want it, haha. So no autographs. JYP was standing around so we went up to him and asked for a picture and autograph, which he gladly gave. I got one. Went back out the parking lot and passed out lots of fliers. Comments I heard were, "Oh, we saw them!" "They were really cute!" "It's nice to see some Asians!" (<- from an asian lady) "I liked them" "Can I have two more fliers?"

After I passed them out, I went back to the spot where all the fan*tastics were and we just stood around. Hana didn't come back out. I guess when we were done, we could just leave. So we stood in a circle talking and then took a group picture. Still, we weren't really satisfied. So most of us decided to attend the girls' meet and greet autograph session at the Verizon store in ktown. Wondergirls start at 2-3 while Honor Society starts at 12. Instead of arriving at 2, I arrived at 9AM. There were people in line already. But luckily I was there earlier than the others who came at 10, 11, 12, 1, or 2. We were given wristbands. Red ones were for the people who made it early and they're guaranteed an autograph. People who came later than 12 got yellow/green wristbands which meant it was a MAYBE for them. When autographs started for Honor Society, my friend and I decided to get in line just for the heck of it, even though we didn't know them (I heard their song). The Verizon guy (i guess the host) of the meet and greet was doing contest to win backstage, VIP, tickets, and everything. But we werent a fan of HS so we were probably the only ones not cheering. When we got in, the guys said hi and signed our poster and I asked one of them to make it out to "lily." When I got to the last guy, he looked at the poster with my name and said, "Thanks lily" with a smile and I was like "Thanks!" and was really happy cuz he said my name, hahah. So I got back in line for WG (line was saved) and a lot of other stuff happened before I got to go in. The first person at the table was Sunye. So while she signed my poster, I asked her, "Remember the birthday card from yesterday? It was from me." And pointed to a cartoon picture I drew on my shirt that was identical to the one I drew on her card and she smiled and said, "Oh, that was you? Thank you." then I moved on down the table to Yoobin, Sohee, YeEun, and then Sunmi. I was going to ask YeEun to make it out to me but then I was afraid of being rushed so I didnt. MY ONLY REGRET!! AHH! So after that, I waited around outside. Some people left after getting the autographs. But a few minutes later, the security created lines where fans were able to walk through and take pictures of the girls who were standing under the shade looking pretty, surrounded by guards holding back crazy fans. My oh my how many times they had to repeat "BACK UP," haha. Well, I guess that's it :)