D-84: Vietnam Trip

D-84! Luggage bought! I can fit in it!!

RIP Chae Dong Ha

Rest in peace Chae Dong Ha.

I just re-watched the documentary show Human Theater with SG Wannabe today and I just can’t believe that he really has left us forever. I cried watching it. Every time he appeared I thought to myself “he isn’t gone”, “look how happy he was with the SG Wannabe members”, and “look at the filial housekeeping son help his mother with chores”. My heart broke into tears when they showed his apartment and the very room where he hanged himself. It was just terrible.

My heart hasn’t ever been that sore for celebs who have past away.. maybe because I was unfamiliar with who they were only after having heard their name once or twice although they were known to many others. But yesterday when I saw “Former-SG Wannabe leader Chae Dong Ha commits suicide” on my Facebook feed, my mind went blank and I just didn’t want to believe hoping that this must be a joke, this must be wrong. It was someone I was familiar with. My heart was aching because I knew who this person was, I knew his music, I listened to his music, I was a fan. I am proud of SG Wannabe, I am a fan of SG Wannabe. They weren’t your typical idols that you see nowadays and it’s really disappointing that main stream k-pop has taken the light again and put other genres back into the background. SG Wannabe was a ballad-R&B trio who had sold out concerts, top selling albums, great music that was enjoyed by any age group and REAL singers. They ARE the real idols of the generation. They are a legend to me, they were able to touch hearts to a diverse group of fans from young ones to elder listeners with their medium tempo songs that are a classic for me to listen to. They didn’t appear on variety shows, but I’d still try to look for interview clips, concert footages and whatever behind-the-scenes cuts I can get my hands on. I may have removed their songs from my playlist from time to time but they always end up back on my playlist because there songs are just nice to listen to. I am proud to be a SG Wannabe fan.

He was my favourite member and will always be my favourite member in SG Wannabe. His voice was soothing to listen to no matter what genre of songs it was that he sang, from ballad to R&B to rock. It was the perfect fit. He was a great leader, and even greater after I was refreshed with Human Theater. He was a cool and great hyung to his SG Wannabe members. I was so touched when I saw him helping his mother do chores that I probably cannot imagine other men actually care to do. He was the type of son that you didn’t need to worry about if you left the house for days with people over, he was a… you could say.. “neat-freak perfectionist”. My heart just keeps on saying “Why, why did you leave”, “this is just unreal” every time I see his picture. My heart feels so terrible when I see the picture of his mom climbing up the steps to his apartment to not be able to see her son alive again. He was a great son.

When news broke three years ago that he, the leader and lead vocalist, would be leaving SG Wannabe to pursue a solo career I was just sadden by the news and knew SG Wannabe would never be the same without him (I still love the SG Wannabe that is right now, no doubt), but I supported his decision. I, like many other Love Room fans, would have loved to see all four of them perform on stage as THE quadruplet SG Wannabe. Sadly, this day will never come. You will always run through my mind when your songs play on my playlist.

We will miss you Chae Dong Ha. Although you have taken your life away from us, we hope you are living in a better world. You will forever be remembered. Condolences to his family, friends, and fans. SG Wannabe fighting!

Sandbanks Provincial Park Trip

After a 3-hour drive… we made it to Sandbanks!! Line up was heck long already at 11AM.

The morning was a bit breezy — around 19C. The car ride there killed me though… the sun just burning me dry… we got there and it was like 24-26C… pretty good weather… but it really felt more like 30C. The sand was burning…. had to wear flip-flops or else we’d be jumping like hot cakes!

Waiting in line… $16.00 a car… people should stop with questions and just pay and go…

Guy in front got out of the car and just sat on top of the trunk too smoke while waiting in line… K_K

Finally there…

Had a blast!!!

Wonder Girls Concert was AWESOME!!

Wonder Girls concert was a blast! Even though I wasn’t a VIP, the girls put on such a great performance!

So I went with my sister to the concert. We left the house at 4PM and got to York University around 4:25PM and went to Ink Blotz to buy our GO Bus tickets. It was my first time ever, so I had to ask around to find out which bus goes to Square One. Finally we found out, it was the 46 or 47 bus. 46 having to stop at Bramalea first before. Since 46 came first, we hopped on that one. And it was a double-decker bus! Fun! Our first time on a double-decker bus, so we went up and took the front seats. Great view!

Just a bit scary when you go under a bridge. It feels like it’s going to hit you!! So we got to Bramalea.. all along I was wondering where Bramalea was.. it’s in Brampton!! And then we got to Square One, finally after a little over an hour. Traffic was bad on the highway with all the construction. Ugh… weekday traffic is no fun at all… especially if you don’t have an A/C car.

We got off at the Square One terminal.. boy is that place huge! Not just the mall, but the whole area. But I love it! I would love to live in that area, especially with the new Fernbrook condo that is getting built their. It looks so cool from the outside! I’m talking about this one here:

It would be so convenient to live their. Steps away from Square One, a performing arts centre, city hall, theatres, Playdium, bus terminals, etc. Mississauga Chinatown is just 10 minutes away.. Close to highways.. Anyway back to the story.

Once we got to Square One, we went to Dollarama to buy some glow sticks. I was walking along the first aisle where I see they place party stuff and I see an employee. I ask her where the glow sticks were, she thought about it and told me aisle 6. So we finish walking down aisle 1 and there it is right in front of us. Glow sticks of so many kinds! Big ass glows sticks for $1.25, we bought two–orange and blue. And we also bought medium ones–pink–for a dollar which we didn’t end up using. Maybe they can be used for another concert or even Civic holiday. Didn’t plan on buying the glow sticks their if they weren’t the official Wonder Girls light sticks.

I’ve never been to the Living Arts Centre, but I knew it was located west of the mall, where that dome theatre was. So we found our way out of the mall and got to the Living Arts Centre. It was about 6PM when we got their. About 20-30 people were there already. There was a group who were going to do a flashmob.. did that even happen? I can’t even remember. I just remember the guy saying flashmob in 10 minutes… I don’t recall seeing them perform. I just remember that they were VIPs and once it was open, they packed their stuff away and went to the VIP room. Sooo jealous!!!

There was the lady who was setting up the merchandises for sale. She wasn’t open until 7PM.. So we just sat around.. went out to take some pictures until she started selling. CD was $10, poster was $10, glow sticks for $5 (compared to mine, they were like 1/3 of it, the only thing that reminded me was I should have brought a black permanent pen so I could impose and write Wonder Girls on my glow sticks to make people think I got better WG glow sticks, lol!), keychain was $5, t-shirts (2Am, 2PM, Wonder Girls blue and black type) for $30.00 each, female t-shirt for $20, and last but not least, the one and only XL sweater for $55. And the sweater was sold to the 2nd buyer, whom was a white skinny fanboy. I know the merchandise was heavily priced, but I wanted a sweater that would fit. It looked good and I probably would have actually worn it. I guess all the fans at the Toronto concert on Saturday bought it all. =P Only the poster and CD was actually fairly priced. I got my CD in the mail from the pre-order so I didn’t need to buy it. Anyway, we ended up buying a black Wonder Girls tee, 2AM and 2PM tee. $90 bucks for 3 tees, WTF was I thinking?! It better be good quality and their faces better not disappear that fast!

The place got more and more crowded, thank goodness we came a bit early so the merchandise area wasn’t as packed. After buying it, we just went and sat down again. Decided to throw on the shirt to test it out. Didn’t have a place to put it, so I just through it on top of what I was wearing. I must of looked fat. >_< I wore the Wonder Girls one and my sis put on the 2PM one.

I started to see a line form for the right orchestra, the entrance doors. That was our entrance, so we got up and started lining up. About 20 people in front of us. So it wasn’t bad. 10 minutes later, lines got really LONGG. Even the upper floors, everyone just started staring down and hanging out around the balcony. And finally we got to enter after ease-dropping into other peoples conversations–peeps in front of us and behind us. Gosh those VIP holders, taking photos with the Wonder Girls and meeting them…

We made it to our seats! It was closer than I thought. $50 was worth it (compared to Jay Chou’s concert at Air Canada Centre where I paid $90 per ticket and I was still like 100m away…). I can actually see their faces.

I was about behind 8 rows of people? Row E (5 rows) + 3-4 rows of VIPs. Right in the centre too! When the hall was nearly filled, the opening act started. BTW, it was a SOLD OUT concert. Woot! Wonder Girls! But I noticed Row B was empty, only like 4 people were seated in that row and they were on the sides too. Was it reserved or something?! Did this whole group not make it?!

Kate Todd? I think that was her. Sorry, I have no clue who she was. She had nice songs, but I never heard of them. I would have preferred 2AM/2PM. Have an energetic opening act to get all the fans hyped. I would have gone crazy if 2PM came. Probably would have even bought VIP tickets. Even JYP doing the opening act would have been fine. At least I knew some songs from him.

Finally, she finished her songs and it was Wonder Girls turn. I was a bit pissed at the new camera we bought the day before. Had I got a day to play around with it, I probably could have taken better photos and videos. It could take HD720p videos, and I DIDN’T KNOW ABOUT IT.  Stabilization my ass! Some of the pictures were so blurry. I don’t know, but I have to play around with the camera more. I am still trying to save money for my DSLR. If I got to take it with that like that lady in front right there, I would of have some awesome pictures. Ugh! Go on SALE damn it, you’ve released Canon T2i, T1i should go for half price! Anyway, the curtains rolled down and they were setting up, took them like 5 minutes. The people sitting up on the 2nd floor near the stage saw them preparing and started screaming and waving. Us.. we looked up to find out what was going on… prepared the camera. And the performance for Wonder Girls finally started!

It was a nice opening. But honestly, I wasn’t a crazy Wonderful fan, so I don’t know that much about their songs. Probably heard it a couple times, but that was like a year or two ago. Their live was better than I thought. SoHee is sooooo skinny. So was SunYe, she needs some rest after all that has happened. Her vocals were splendid. YuBin looked super hot, HyeLim was popping with her dance skills and YeEun’s vocals were soo good! They moved on to sing So Hot.

Their English was pretty good too. Especially Lim, YeEun, and SunYe. They sang Nobody (Rainstone Mix):

They moved on to their solo performances, with Lim being first. She so cool. I think she’s my favourite. Not being biased because she’s Chinese and can speak Cantonese, but she sounded like a cool girl to hang out with. So pretty too. Sorry, didn’t get her solo video because I was busy listening to her talk and then do her dance. She was asking the audience how each member was. The answers from the fans were HOT, AWESOME, etc. And someone in the row in front of us on the left said “SO AM I” in reply to “YuBin is hot”. Lol! That girl their was pretty hyper. She tried to do a seat wave too. Lim can dance so powerfully!! Hot! YuBin was next, then YeEun, then SoHee and finally leader SunYe.

SoHee is so skinny and tall! She looked prettier in person.

The rest changed their outfits and came out and joined SunYe to perform Survivor in their Tango dresses and shoes. It was a cool performance. Only if the venue was huger, they could have fireworks, that would have been awesome! They then went to strip off (don’t think badly, they went behind the curtains to take off the red skirts) their skirts and had nice lovely white dresses. They sang the song that YeEun wrote and composed. It was a lovely song.

The dry ice was just filling up the place. Lol at the row of VIPs. They couldn’t see a thing and was hesitating on whether to stand up or not. Then they all just decided to stand. Their was a security guard or other guy walking around telling people to turn off their cameras. I was pretty much in the middle so we didn’t get caught. You can’t stop us! Lol! We just put our cameras down when we saw it happen. Then once he left, cameras rolling again!

Then I don’t remember if they performed other songs but anyway, they showed the 2 Different Tears music video and then came out to perform the song. They did Tell Me after that and told the crowd to all dance and sing to the “Tttt tell me” part. Could I say, we were great!! ^_^

Then they did a fake ending and we all screamed for some ice cream. No, we screamed for Wonder Girls! Won-der Girls! Won-der Girls! Oh god it was loud!! And finally they came out!

The show ended and we left. It got so crowded. I didn’t think about waiting for them at the exit area. Our parents decided to come pick us up. Telling them the location killed my throat even more after all that screaming. I was practically screaming, “don’t you see that round theatre thingy that says Square One!! it’s on that end” That took like 15-20 minutes for them to actually pick us up. “Do you see someone holding up a orange and blue glow stick!” Finally, they saw us. They should have just let us take the GO Bus back and pick us up at York University…

Anyways, that was a great night! I accomplished something fun this summer. Lol! We need more k-pop concerts in Canada.

Coach on a Friday Afternoon

The Coach store in Niagara Falls on a Friday (July 2nd, long weekend for some) afternoon around 6PM. Still a huge line-up…

What a day…

What a long day today was. I started my day at 8AM getting ready for work. First work and then school and then sister’s 4-hour long commencement… I got so tired by 4PM when I was in my stats class. I didn’t understand a thing she said… Oh gosh… it was breezy today too… makes me even more tired. Changed and got ready for my sister’s commencement in 20 minutes… and gosh that commencement was L-O-N-G LONGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGGG…. Got some weird people there… I find it so disrespectful… you’re accepting your diploma and you wear super black sunglasses?!?!? The room was already not bright enough… plus you pose like you’re taking a picture with some hip hop artist? I mean… I just find it disrespectful.. I wouldn’t even give him his diploma… Haha!!

After they all got their diplomas, we headed for the gym for refreshments… I was the photographer for my sister today. *snap* Smile… 1..2..3! *cheese* Haha! The only teacher that recognized me was Ms. Lam… everyone else… seems to have forgotten who I was… Haha! Teachers.. forget as they get old… Lol.

And now I come home to hear that Park Yong Ha committed suicide.. I feel so sad… Even though I haven’t watched his dramas, I know he was a great actor.. filming all these great dramas and movies. May he rest in peace. My condolences to his family and friends. We will miss you.

Park Wan Kyu’s Love Over A Thousand Years

I just find this an awesome song.

Original by Park Wan Kyu:

Cover by 信乐团, titled 死了都要愛

And some funny cuts on 100% Entertainment:

楊培安:

And by Show Luo. Lol, it’s off sing but it’s too hilarious:

My yummy lunch

The weather is so weird these days… Rainy one day sunny the next, rainy for a week, sunny for a week… Well I made a “healthy” (?), I guess you could say, lunch. It looked so pretty I had to capture it on camera. The green grapes were TOO SOUR though. Tomatoes, lettuce, smoked ham, and eggs sandwiched in between a croissant with a glass of orange juice. Lol, I put my egg into the microwave to cook it and it almost made a mess.

Dae Ju tweets me! Lol!

So I found, stalk whatever.. some of the 1N2D Production crews Twitter accounts. Followed some.. tweeted Dae Ju, the maknae writer… Didn’t think he would follow me back since he has no clue who I am. >_< Anyway he did, surprised me.. And he replies to my tweet. So excited (Rain style!)! Lol.

Wonder Girls Tour!

Got my tickets to Wonder Girls concert in Mississauga on July 12 at the Living Arts Centre! ^^ I just hope Monday traffic won’t be bad!!!

And I’m hoping to get my Wonder Girls single soon too! Pre-ordered the album (almost a year ago)!

I’m guessing the guests will be 2AM. I was hoping for 2PM since I’m more into dance songs but 2AM’s vocals are amazing as well. Just 41 more days!! So excited!!