Knowing that the boys would be back from their Shanghai schedule, we figured that we'd go to the airport to see them since SM idols normally choose to use the CIP terminal when they visit Singapore hence we don't usually get a chance to catch a glimpse of them at the airport. Besides wanting to see the boys, I was, in fact, more curious about the airport situation in Korea.
We woke up at around 9+/10, and met Min at Hongik Uni. stn for the first time :D First impression.. Hmm okay I'll leave that for the last post. :p
It was a long trip to Incheon. And there was where we met Mana, a fanartist who draws really well, and she went there early so that we can get a good view. There's also a "chope-ing seat" culture over there as well, where you claim your place with signs/foldable chairs/bags, pretty much like how you do it in Sg hawker centres except that you don't use tissue packets.
Life, as EXO fans, is always about waiting, taking the first and last trains, and running. We waited from about 12PM KST when previews were out from Shanghai, to ~530PM KST. It was supposed to be a shorter wait, but their flight got delayed. We heard that SHINee was coming back from Taipei to ICN plus it was at the same gate as well.
After ten thousand test shots and a packet of fries (couldn't resist the temptation from the Japanese fangirls who were eating fries), SHINee arrived. Everyone stood up, and raised their cameras.
Ready.
The gates opened for the first time and a few fangirls ran out.
On your mark.
Gates closed.
Get set.
Gates opened.
Go!
A group of about 20 or so shawols dashed across, and I'm not exaggerating, but the sound of the fans rushing over makes one wonder if an earthquake is happening. I could literally feel the ground shake. It happened really fast, too. They vanished after, like, 8seconds.
AND GOOSE GUESS WHAT I LOST MY SHINee PICS BECAUSE I WAS DELETING ALL MY TEST SHOTS T.T
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| The only pic left, and the reason why you should never use auto-focus |
Together with the rest of the EXO fans, I stayed at my spot and continued to wait.
After about half an hour, the boys landed. One way to prepare self and to know when the idols have exactly arrived, is when you see fangirls (comprising of fansite masters) with hugeass camera lens standing near the gates. These are the fans who took the same/earlier flight as the idols for a variety of reasons. They are your cue to get ready.
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| Security + fans busy snapping away in the far distance |
What happened next was total chaos. The gates opened. And out came the boys.
Yixing was first. He came out so fast there was a distinct gap between him and the rest of the group, you could easily miss him in the group of security guards. Tao was looking down for pretty much the entire time. Not sure if it was the color or his height, Chanyeol stood out in his red outfit. Caught a few glimpses of Kai and Sehun and this all happened within ~5 seconds of mad shooting, ie clicking without bothering who or what I was trying to take a picture of.
People RAN towards the exit, and I followed along, seconds behind them when all the boys had left the place where I was standing. I realised there were more people in the first half, so I tagged along the second half of the pack, and had a good view of Kai and I remembered the first thought that came across my mind was "I think I understand why they call him kkamjong". He isn't THAT tanned, but in comparison to the other members, ESP SEHUN, you could actually see the difference between their skin tones quite clearly. But really, he isn't that tanned. And his face was so damn fine, so perfect it looks sculpted. I don't know if it was the lack of fats in his face, he looked really tired and worn out. :/ Oh, and another observation was, their faces are realllllllllly small.
So when I was moving towards the exit, more people started pushing from the back. I tried hard to resist the traffic flow but this is really mission impossible. Once you are in the crowd, you have move with the flow. You will only trip if you don't because they PUSH (read: applying force to get rid of any obstacle between me and oppa).
Saw the boys going into a black car, so I tried to move into an open space, since I thought this should mark the end of this airport thingum and I'm happy with seeing them irl already. All of a sudden, the group of fans moved into my direction and I got pushed back against a white vehicle. I still remember that I felt quite sorry for owner of the white car, like "Dude, sorry that this is happening to you but you just had to park your car here". I was literally half sitting on the front bumper of the car and got almost pushed out to the centre of the road. Back then I was still thinking that the fans were pushed here because the black car that had the boys inside were trying to leave the place. And when I was still hanging onto my dear life because I didn't want to get knocked down by the cars behind me, I saw some of the boys (D.O, Luhan, Kai, Baekhyun) entering this car, and this was when I realised this freaking white car that I am half sitting on isn't a normal car belonging to some random civilian (it didn't look that posh tbh). I was shocked for a few seconds and I turned my head and saw freaking Baekhyun sitting in the co-driver seat and I was so so so embarrassed that I was stuck in this awkward position. I squeezed my way out of this mess, while the rest of the fans looked happy to see this gap that I have left. I stood at the back of the crowd until they left, and went back to find the group, and we checked our cameras.
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| Can't edit my photos and publish them yet since I don't have PS on my spare laptop |
Min and Mana then took us to the everysing at the airport and I bought my Overdose albums there (together with a GG polaroid set :DD) Told myself that I will officially declare Kai as my bias if I got his photocard, since I've gotten his standee from NR + kept seeing him at the airport + current wallpaper + AND I AM THIS DESPERATE FOR A BIAS
Chanel and I then went to grill5taco to meet Fi. Heard some interesting stories from her and all I can say is that, it might be tough and tiring living as a fansite master, and you will have to deal with a lot of shit from everyone, but the acknowledgement that you'd get from your bias makes everything worthwhile.
Ordered double cheese quesadilla and skinny fries! THEY'RE FREAKING YUMMY :D Oh yeah there's free flow tacos in store too~
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| So freaking good we swore to come back another day |
Time for the decisive moment.
BIASLESSEXOFAN4EVA_1995
BYE
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Upcoming post: DAY 4 (EVERLAND + GANGNAM + HONGDAE), DAY 5 (HONGDAE + DONGDAEMUN)
I know I'm taking a super long time blogging about my Korea trip so I will try to up my pace a little bit.
This spare laptop has been showing some signs of failure so I'm gonna get my new laptop this Sun~ YAY!
Been crazy in love with yoghurt these days. Random, but I need to proclaim my love for yoghurt somewhere. >.<
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