Super Junior Show II in Kuala Lumpur, the concert, was awesome! Loads of EunHae moments for yours truly. LOL. K.R.Y was superb! I won’t comment on the organizing, planning and technical parts because it would involve me being nitpicky and all. Nah ~ I’ll pass. ^^
For some reason, I’m able to read up fan-accounts and not feeling extreme jealousy. There was this fan who was really enraged because she is a big fan of Siwon but he did not go to her area often. She even counted how many times he went there versus other areas (and according to her the difference was big).
I’m not sure if it’s my being older or my shifting away from Kpop in general, but I felt distant when I read those stuff. Like, I can’t really relate. ._.; Like I said, I wasn’t expecting any ‘special moments’ of some sort, so I was focusing more on seeing the boys doing their thing and whether or not they looked like they are enjoying it (which they did, especially Donghae and Sungmin, although some were sick and/or tired).
I thought my seat was pretty good, though it was at 2nd tier, 2nd row – another reason why I had low expectations on any direct interaction with the boys – and was at the side. I think we managed to see all of them come over except Zhou Mi and Henry who were mainly at the middle stages and walkway. There were, thankfully, no freaking big banners blocking my view and the fans in the front row were not selfish to stand up all the time. Oh yes, that bad experience for DBSG’s [O-Jung.Ban.Hap] still is a bitter taste in my mouth. I’m not sure if it’s because I didn’t pay RM400+ this time around unlike for [O-Jung.Ban.Hap] that made my tolerance level pretty high or the other factors I mentioned earlier. To me, I felt like I got what I paid for and it’s worth it.
If I were to say which was my most favourite part (aside from my obvious biases), then I’d pick the clip where the boys were talking about Super Junior and ELFs. It’s really a very sweet message from them and made all of us fans – old, new and first-timers alike – felt welcome with a big, open arms into the fandom. I love how they make the effort to show their appreciation towards the fans and how they convey the idea of everyone being together as ‘one’. Marketing strategy and whatnot aside.
This time, although I have been a fan since around [U] period, I did not go to the concert looking like a fan at all. No blue tshirt, no glowstick, no torchlight (for the successful [Shining Star] project which made Eeteuk cry), no headgear, nothing. I didn’t even know the song list nor did I practice the fan cheers. Did it make me less of a fan? One could say so, I guess, but I think that kind of allows me to be content with what I got instead of having continuous rant over what I did not manage to get.
So, perhaps, not taking fandom personally (most especially for current Kpop) is the way to stay sane and/or happy during this trying time. I read plenty of crappy news the same night I came back from the concert. Distance does make the heart grows fonder, they say.
Talking about distance, 1 more day for the anniversary of my fandom ultimatom: SHINHWA. Personal or not, I love these dorks and no one else comes close to this bias. =P
