My first book: Jalan-jalan Kpop is finally published!!

Hi blog, hi readers, long time no see...I miss writing here. Nowadays I'm super busy with thesis preparation, so it's really difficult to find time to do my hobby, which is blogging. Kinda sad, but that is life^^;

Luckily during these busy time, I still could manage to join a writing project, which was about Kpop concerts and Kpop stuffs in Korea, such as merchandise shops, how to buy concert tickets in Korea, how to visit Kpop celebs' shops, how to watch live broadcast of Kpop music shows, etc. With 4 of my friends (Widhi, Atri, Ramski & Anda), finally we got our first book published by Gagas Media, a famous publisher for teen books. This book was written in Indonesian and priced Rp 45.000. It's now available on bookstores in Indonesia^^ Please enjoy it!

In Indonesian:

Akhirnya saya & 4 teman saya berhasil menulis pengalaman kami berlima nonton konser demi konser di Korea. Walau artis Kpop sudah banyak yang ke Indonesia dan negara lain, menurut kami tetap saja menonton di Korea sangat menarik. Di buku ini kami berlima menuangkan pengalaman nonton konser tunggal dan konser borongan macam SM Town atau Dream Concert, cara2 membeli tiket konser di Korea, cara menonton acara musik seperti Music Bank, Mnet Countdown, Music Core & Inkigayo, serta panduan berkunjung ke toko2 milik artis seperti Handel & Gretel (Yesung), Page One (T-ara), Kona Beans, tak lupa cara berkunjung ke toko merchandise & CD seperti Everysing dan Hottracks. Buku ini sudah mulai beredar tanggal 7 April di toko-toko buku di Indonesia dengan harga Rp 45.000 saja. Selamat menikmati petualangan menonton konser di Korea ya^^ Sampai jumpa di Korea~~~

Watching SM Town Concert 2010 (Aug 21)

Uh-oh...I've been abandoning this blog for 2 months T_T
I was on my hometown for a month, and came back to Korea on August 12, but then everything came in a same time. Moving dorm, new campus, graduation day... I couldn't manage my time so this blog was kinda put on hibernate *bows*

Okaaay, now comes the talk!
Finally, this year I could watch SM Town 2010!
Last year I was anticipating for this event but suddenly it got canceled T_T
So this year, I was happy that they made it.

What I remembered the most was: the weather was very very HOT.
Summer oh summer...But it's better than raining, of course (the week before, I watched Super Junior's SS3 concert and the rain was terrible).
So, I went to Jamsil Stadium with Atri, Pampam (her brother), and Tommy. At the stadium we met Widhi and Qonita. What a happy day^^

Look, how crowded it was...

Being loyal fans (?), Atri and I straightly took a line to buy the merchandise. The line had already been long, but I thought they had a lot of stocks, so we didn't have to worry. Our picks were of course: the concert's photobook and Super Junior's merchandise ^^

At about 4 PM, we entered the venue. We got separate seats (I sat with Atri, Pampam with Qonit, Widhi and Tommy got other seats). It's because the seat-selecting system was based on luck, hahaha...

This is what I like from Kpop fans...They are all very dedicated to their idols. They made the banners and even sat together with fellow fans from the same group/singer, so they'd create a beautiful view when they waved the light sticks.

The example of the light stick "ocean"..Pink belongs to SNSD's fans.

The concert was, of course fun! Especially when the remaining members of DBSK (Changmin & Yunho) appeared. I've been wanting to watch them since I came to Korea, so even if I only watched the two of them, I felt happy. Apparently a lot of Japanese fans came for them, because the two of them now aren't active in Japan. Hmmm I hope someday they'll reunite and rock the world again~

Okay, because the show began late, it ended late too. We went home at almost 12 AM, so we couldn't catch the last train T_T

We took a taxi finally, and spent money 4 times than if we took the subway^^;

But it worthed, so yeah~

Watching Dream Concert (May 22)

Okay, I feel so lame that I always post a long-gone event T_T
*blame all those assignments that made me crazy*

However, amidst those crazy weeks full of assignments, I still managed to entertain myself by watching concerts XD. Since last year, I always attend Dream Concert (DreamCon) in which many Korean popular singers performing, and also of which the ticket is cheap. Only 5,000 won (~ Rp 50.000). That's just freakin cheap, and me likes cheap things, hehehe... I also watch DreamCon especially to see my favorite K-pop group, Super Junior ^^. This May was their comeback and I really wanted to see them perform 미인아 (Bonamana) live.

Okay, so I went with my friend Atri and met two others at Sangam World Cup Stadium. It was raining, so we had to buy rain coats. I hate rain becoz it makes things look more difficult, but I knew I'd still enjoy the show^^

Me wearing the light blue.

At 7 PM, the show began. The MCs were Ok Taecyeon (2PM), Shin Saekyung (actress from K-drama High Kick), and Kim Heechul (Super Junior). IMO, both male MCs were very attractive but the female MC was still stiff, maybe because that was her first time doing MC.

Left-right: Kim Heechul - Shin Saekyung - Ok Taecyeon

There were 21 artists (solo singers and girl/boy groups) performing, named U-kiss, Rainbow, F.Cuz, Ze:a, f(x), davichi, MBLAQ, CN Blue, B2ST, SHINee, SS501, Rain, T-ara, 4minutes, After School, Kara, Wonder Girls, 2PM, SNSD, Lee Hyori, and Super Junior. They all performed with their own unique characteristics. The cute and energetic SHINee, the calm and mature SS501, the fresh CN Blue (and the only live band XD), the sexy Kara and After School, the cool Lee Hyori who brought a motorbike on the set, and of course the long awaited Wonder Girls and Super Junior! I was very entertained and I hope I can attend the next year's DreamCon.

CN Blue (but only Jungshin and Yonghwa in this picture)

SHINee

SS501

Rain (it seems his appearance was omitted in the televised version) T_T

Super Junior

The closing performance by all artists.

The crowd at the station after the show. Though we were all wet, but we're happy!! ^^