Heaven knows I'm a sucker for tall boys with big smile and disappearing-eyes-laughter doing dorky chicken dance.



You can take the whole wide world with your boyish charm
But even as you pull me close I won't just stay in your arms

You make me feel like I can get lost inside your eyes
I feel closer to the sky, when you save the day,
With just a smile, just a smile~
- Just A Smile, Barbie Almalbis, 2006.




♥

as posted by theresa_lynne @ minnieaday :)

P.S. Entry title is from a different Close-Up CF theme song titled Close To You. But it aptly fits, so yeah xD

jayceeee look!



Changmin wore a black wife beater during rehearsals, so he didn't sweat on the cursed blue denim breast pocket shirt. And he's shaving. But 5 'clock shadow is still obvious. I guess he wore back the ugly blue denim breast pocket shirt on his way back to the hotel cause HE CANNOT BE SEEN NOT WEARING IT! x_X



ARMPIT FETISH YO!!! When Heavens showered the world with armpit hair, HoMin was first in line! xD



My favorite part of the dance battles. SRSLY! xD

SharingYoochun shared airport pictures of DBSK (countless, never ending, mind-boggling and I stopped saving all of them ;_;) as they were herded by performance commitments from one airport to another and back. I was used to seeing them surrounded by security personnel in East Asia and on my recent trip in Bangkok, there were countless guards checking around Dusit Thani, taking very good care of the VIP guests.



What puzzled me though, looking at these two airport pictures was the lack of security people around the boys as they walk to their flight back to South Korea from Beijing. China is known for the use of heavily-trained security personnel whenever they need crowd control (if you know the famous Securstars of HK, you know what I mean) because Chinese fans can be a little, let's say persistent, when it comes to seeing their favorite stars up close.



BUT WHY ARE THERE NO SECURITY PERSONNEL AROUND THE BOYS? Should I applaud Beijing fans for being collected with their fangirling? I've been to several countries fangirling for several artists and I've yet too see something like this. I am more than amused. xD

Cross off those SUHODAE security men as they were DBSK's personal security which they are bringing everywhere they go to, probably except Japan. I've seen them around Dusit Thani, guarding the boys' hotel floor and walking alongside them, threatening anyone who dare came across the boys path. They're really scary-looking. x_X



Jaejoong even showed his elusive smile and he even waved to the fans sending him off after he's safe and out of their reach. OH JAEJOONG-AH~~ ♥ xD

But still, just WTF is wrong with Beijing airport? **curious**

The more I rant about how the shirt has to go, the more Changmin wears it. x_X



He's a light packer, seeing as he didn't pack any change of clothes at all.



Well, with this boy, I should start changing tactic. I AM LIKING THE SHIRT NOW! ♥ Changmin-ah, tell me the brand and I will buy one dozen of it and ship it to SM a.s.a.p.! Ahhh, this kid can make me like things I had hated already. Look it even got it's own tag!

~_________^

PrinceShimChangmin@Blogspot posted Changmin's favorite things:

fave shirt:


fave sunglasses:


and he wore them both yesterday at Incheon going to Beijing:


...which got me thinking of launching a fund raising campaign to donate clothes for the Maknae. Or at least another set or two of that blue denim-breast pocket shirt he really loves to wear coz that shirt is hideously over-used and the denim-color obviously had faded. Changmin-ah, where did all the TSC/Tokyo Dome concert earning went? Have you not en cashed your check yet? BUY SOME NEW CLOTHES TO WEAR PLEASE! Your forming man-boobs are already over-showing on that shirt that it looks like it's a mid-ribbed shirt now. ;_;

★★★

DBSK is currently staging their Mirotic Concert in Beijing at this moment (I hope it isn't raining in Beijing now) and even though I vow not to watch them in China (with exception of Hong Kong of course!), I wanna transport myself now to Beijing to ( SHOP FOR FANGOODS )

Why do the Chinese make the cutest chibi stuff?!? **sigh**

★★★

Is PrinceShim (the fanclub which has the yellow on black banner) a Korean or Thai fan club of Changmin? I suddenly remembered I WANT that yellow PrinceShim support towel to match my YUCHUNism blue support towel. xD

★★★

I have work in less than 2 hours and it's raining really hard I will surely have difficulty getting a cab to work. And I said I will start commuting to work now (I am bringing packed lunch now + I stopped buying Wendy's frosty in the office pantry since the price went up from 38php to 41php!) to save some moolah for future **ahemtripsahem** use!!! x_X

I want one, for my room.



as shared by kahel_luna.

If only Madame Tussaud's Wax Museum in Hong Kong have them on display. xD

Jaejoong (WHOA CHEST WHOA!) and Changmin partly nekkid made hairs on my nape stood up. But the boys obsession with the Coconut(nut) is what I am finding weird. They don't have to go to Saipan to catch (and have pictures with) coconuts, we have a region in The Philippines named Bicol Region which has thousands (if not millions) of coconut trees which the boys can even climb up for fun. Shiz. We have thousands of things related to Coconut. Philippines, among other things, is a coconut country. Well, Junsu's recollection of Manila is about the palm trees, hundreds of them lining up Roxas Boulevard which the boys most probably traversed when they went here last 2006.



And you know what these top/half-nekkid pictures remind me of? They looks like Kopra farmers in Bicol too. Nyay.



Dork Min WINS!!! I am excited for the video/photobook whatever that is.
**pets imaginative DongBang spending fund**

--- I see. So when did you gain interest in music?
ChangMin: My interest in music started after watching Boyz II Men’s music video ‘The Color of Love’. It made me want to do music too. I didn’t have much interest in music before that and didn’t listen to a lot of music too so this encounter with music really changed my life. Even now, I listen to music all the time unless I’m sleeping; and that started ever since watching that music video. I even bring a water-resistant cassette player with me to the shower.

--- {Tomorrow 000777 days} Changmin's personal interview; as translated by sparkskey.

I love The Color of Love more now! xD

I was glued to CNN watching your funeral service live at Staples Center.



Changmin danced to your song on their 1st concert. Sadly, due to some song copyright restriction, the perf didn't made it to the DVD version of the concert. I'm sure Yunho got sad knowing you died, him being a fan. I read somewhere he bought your compilation record or something. I might be wrong though.

I am not a fan as I was not born yet/still in nappies during your career's golden years (the 80s and 90s). But I felt sad knowing you won't be able to hold a concert in my country anymore (i was a grade school student in 1996, and I don't have an idea back then of how famous you were---it's just that your face was all over the TV for a month or two!) since you already passed away. I would watch your concert for sure. But since you left us, the only concert I can watch will be the one to be aired on ABS-CBN by Sunday night.

The world is mourning. And you will surely be missed.

Manila's concert scene is full of the hottest acts. I'm not a regular concert-goer as I abhor Manila traffic and the venues were always ridiculously difficult to go to, but I love the festive mood. We Pinoys really know how to attend a concert. xD

There's BoyzIIMen on July 21st. Gen Ad tickets anyone?



OMG COLOR OF LOVE will always be one of my fave love song! ♥



There's eccentric Lady Gaga on August 11. Well, not watching this, unless there are free tickets. xD

But what really caught my attention was when blade012 told me about this and emailed me this as proof:



There's no denying that that's the Wonder Girls on picture but WTF! SM Mall Of Asia Concert Grounds? How many Koreans are there in the Philippines now? How many Asian Pop fans are there? They might as well bring along KPop's hottest acts (DBSK, SuJu, SHINee, 2PM, 2AM, Big Bang, SS501, whoever else++) and create a Korean Music Fest in Manila or something if they want a full-crowd. I knew I sounded like I am dreaming. Make a wish! xD

Well, I might be underestimating the Wonder Girls (they're surely called that name for a reason) and their Wonderfull fan base, but all we can do now is wait and see. I know I am attending it, if ever it's true. I hope tickets will be cheap, if not, free! xP

Dearest Changmin-ah,



I am openly basking in Nuna(girlfriend) pride reading people's comment about you being handsome and all that (and that your right side/angle is gorgeous) after the latest BKK Miroticon. Sadly, it took people to realize that after spending lots of money for you and your band mates. Is that money well-spent or what? LOL. xD

At least I don't have to issue refunds. Though I might start petitioning for a higher talent fee for you next time, for the reason than these fans got "more" than what they expected from the "you" they saw onscreen. xP

J/K! ~_^

your loving Nuna,
JelMin ♥

And it rendered Changmin, once again, speechless!



Was he too overwhelmed to speak? LOL! xDDDD
What's next for them in Japan? National Stadium? OH YES THEY SHOULD!!! **raises fist**



My heart beams with pride at these two. Oh my Soul Mate Couple~~~ ♥_♥
I am waiting for the time the song will be released as a real single. KYAAAAAAAAAAAH! ♥

How much did they earn? I was doing the math last night and I surely hope Changmin will be buying a new car now! xD

Changmin is so happy he wasn't able to say anything anymore.
His mismatched eyes made up for the unsaid words. ♥

xD



One more Toho boys! One more Tokyo Dome Day! FIGHT-O!!! ♥

Someone posted this at the dbsg comm so I watched:



and this:



♥_♥

Then comments lead me to...( nickhun ♥ minho )

ARRGHHHHH. Why do I have to find this two guys endearing?
And why is Minho the uke? xDDDDDD

SRSLY. xD

Exactly one week ago, I (and friends) almost died under terrible Bangkok heat.
Just to see the DongBang boys for 15 minutes.

Incoherent spazz and bad spelling/grammar ahead. I'm still nursing a fever. T_T

The 3rd Asia Tour "Mirotic" Concert in Bangkok Presscon
June 26th, 2009
Central World Open Grounds, Bangkok, Thailand

After checking in at Dusit which will be our home for 3 nights, we rode the BTS to Siam Station then walked the long walk to Central World. It's easy locating the stage as there were too many fans holding up fan signages and there's the Yamaha booth playing it's jingle non-stop. baby_jin went ahead to Central World and saved us seats and when we arrived, she left to go do some shopping. Fans were in their full battle gear, wearing support shirts and holding support banners. I bought this as souvenir:



We were lining up in peace, even eating KFC chicken burgers we bought as take-out when fans rushed in front, almost creating a mini-stampede. It felt like KLIA 06 all over again. Damnit.

It's 16:47 BKK time and we're waiting under airless Bangkok heat amidst the pushing of the crowd, some pushing back, some pushing forward. We were caught in the middle of a popstar-hungry mob and there were some ridiculous rude Thai fans asking us to sit down. Why should we, when all they did was sit down, then stand-up, then sit down again. I'm on the heavy side so sitting down, as much as my feet would appreciate it, was not an option. We opposed to their reasoning that all the fans will sit down if we sit down (we're not DBSK, those fans will not follow us! and hell, those fans around can't even understand us, how the eff will they follow us?) so we stood our ground that we will continue standing, to hell that we will have to wait for almost 3 more hours just to catch a glimpse of the boys. When fans around you (lots of students) fainted one by one, you can't help but feel disheartened.



Fans came by, adding number to the already hundreds/thousand in the open grounds, singing chant songs, entertained themselves and watched pseudo-DBSK boys dancing to O and Mirotic songs. It was disheartening and not even my wide experience of fangirling in several Asian countries can match that shit we're in. It was a death trap. I must've called all saints and cursed DBSK too much during that time. I was positive I can survive it but I have friends and it was really touching that we were holding hands, tagging each other. **sniff sniff** POWER HUG!!! xD

When the host came back, left and came back again, chants grew louder, pushing grew harsher. We were stuck and can't go out. Security were giving water and hauling out girls left and right as they fainted, then 5 or more will be joining the mob. When screams grew the loudest, the video wall registered 5 faces I was longing to see since November of 2007. I was too far from them. At least a thousand of fans away from them. Shit. My make-up was all erased and I already sweat-ed badly. Darnit. x_X

jhing_tearjerky, glovezz and I were pushed further back when DBSK said their usual crowd greeting (introducing themselves as if we don't know who they are!). We've lost sight of eyecatcher_101 (she's celebrating her 25th birthday that day!), baby_jin was nowhere in sight and moonstruck2133 & gracie_grace were together. Good thing we agreed to meet up at the Starbucks across the street after the event so I can focused on the task at hand: seeing the DBSK boys in the flesh. With a thousand fans between us.

I was short and there are taller fans in front of me, with their arms and cameras raised up high I can't see anything anymore. I jumped a bit to see each of them. One look, saw Yunho (ARMSSSS!!!!). Another look, saw Changmin (I noticed his hair OMG CHANGMIN-AH WHAT HAPPENED?!? WHY DO YOU LOOK LIKE JOSE RIZAL?!?) Another look, saw Jaejoong (OHNOES that glasses again, I wanna see his eyes. And his bangs all over his face again! Pfft!). Another look, saw Yoochun (dazzling in all-black and OMONA HE CUT HIS HAIR♥_♥). Last look, saw Junsu (oh WAI DOES HE LOOK SO SERIOUS? Is Bangkok heat getting on him? Junsu!!!). I was able to take a video of them but here's the most recognizable and complete screencap I got from that video:





I scanned all five faces again and I asked jhing_tearjerky if she wants to go over the fence now (the easiest way out) so we can still take one closer look at the boys before they leave the stage. She said yes and off we go. The security had difficulty hauling us up (we were both a bit on the heavy side. LOL!) so that bought us a second or two to see the boys clearly waving on stage. Other fans must've realized our tactic so they followed suit but no, the guards allowed none of it anymore. xD



We stayed at the side after the press people seeing DongBang boys' back and they went down the stage to their van. Then a sea of people swarmed to their van, security had problem shooing them away.



The boys left for rehearsals (from what I was told). We hurried to Starbucks to rest and spazz a bit before going back to Dusit to rest more and go grab some dinner (there are fans waiting on the lobby but we were so starving to stay). It was a very long day already but we all reminded ourselves that it's just the start of things to come. x_X

I was sorting through pics taken by me and friends in BKK when I saw this:



Found at B2S Store, Central World, Bangkok, Thailand.

HAH! All along, I was fangirling the wrong group! WTF! x_X

It's fun reading diff sets of fan accounts about the Miroticon in BKK. Like some wanted to kill Changmin for hurting himself (he was limping during HaHaHa encore perf on the 2nd concert night) days before Tokyo Dome con, as if it's freaking fault. Funny people. Effin' funny.



Bought myself a Cheer You Up shirt coz it looks good on Jaejoong. HAH! Giordano should pay him royalties as the yellow ones (same kind Jaejoong wore) were sold-out in Giordano in Central World. I'm not a shopping person but it was on sale (449BAHT/14USD only) so I can't let the chance to own it pass up. It's the only thing I bought for myself in BKK anyway. Yes, I didn't buy any Mirotic con goods (the USB was tempting but it got sold-out fast) as we arrived at the venue few minutes before each concert starts. And I was short on baht and the gold-ish t-shirt size won't fit me. Is that a good thing or what? xD

I had way too little sleep when I was in Bangkok (slept around 4am and wake up by 9am to make it to breakfast buffet which would last us until dinner time around way past 10pm) so I hogged sleep the whole day yesterday and probably until weekend.

Yoochun's english in 이별… 넌 쉽니 (Heartquake) (Feat. 동방신기 (U-Know & Micky)) on Super Junior's SORRY SORRY album is incomprehensible. WTF MICKY?!? xDDDDDD

Downloading Yunho's solo now titled Checkmate. It was good and Yunho sounded live (was it live?). Disco beat and all that. And Yunho slapping that dancer's butt looks funny. Like he's robotic and not into it. And I was too focused on Yunho during that time to be sure to say HE DID NOT (accidentally) KISSED the dancer. He covered the dancer's mouth with his hand and kissed it. LOL. I waited for that moment too (HET!ALERT! EWWW!), but no BB, it didn't happen! xD

EDIT: but two girls who had been confirmed catching flu A/H1N1 was in BR on 28th Jun -- AND IT WAS OUR 2nd night ticket ZONE! x__________X

EDIT: OK, I am panicking now.

The girl came down with a fever on Monday and when her condition worsened a day later she sought treatment at Ubonrak Thonburi Hospital, the official said.

The girl, he said, went to a weekend concert by the Korean boyband Dong Bang Shin Ki, at Impact Arena Muang Thong Thani.

The band held two concerts, on Saturday and Sunday. It was unclear which concert she attended.
- Two More Thais Die From Flu

AGHJDGHFUSIJRKJDHJLSK!!! Friends, if you went to the concert and you're sick, get checked-up. x_X

Woke up an hour ago to write my fanaccount. Dusit has free and fast internet connection so I resorted to downloading files first as I'm trying to remember everything but hell, it wasn't easy. My mind went all blank. I slept last night with the crowd cheer ringing in my ears like I was still in the concert. Damn the Thai fans scream really really loud I think I've lost my hearing. Few realizations for now as I need to outline everything. I already spent an hour and 25 minutes sneaking-reading some fanfics I've missed during my "vacation".

♥ Press Conference in an open area is a death-trap. Don't ever ever ever be caught in the middle of a really-popstar-hungry-citizens of a country. Friends and I thought that maybe because Thailand doesn't have a wide Entertainment Industry that they were so excited to see the DongBang boys so they pushed everyone and got mad at us for not sitting down. It was hell and I was spouting rapid English that some of them resorted to mocked me/us with Thai words we didn't understand and laugh at us. When fans left and right waiting under scorching Bangkok heat were fainting, you can't help but feel disheartened. I must've cursed the DongBang boys one too many times during that period. We just want the boys to come out to get it over and done with. More stories about this but lesson learned, don't stay around a mob of popstar-hungry-fangirls/boys/gays. It'll kill you in less than 4 hours. x_X

♥ Impact Arena is the best. Stage lay-out wise, best place to watch a concert, second to Hong Kong Coliseum. AL should be awarded as best moshpit ever. BR is crazily packed as it's cheaper but for the Changmin and the Yoosu, we opted for it. But the arena's location from downtown is so far so one has to hire van service to and fro. Especially if it's raining as the streets leading to it gets pretty flooded. x_X

♥ Bangkok is an OTP country. During Love in the Ice, the whole arena felt like collapsing during the YunJae duet part. It was surreal. When Yoochun came out during Junsu solo and to quote a friend, "hipthrusts" with him, half of the stadium died. Few of them were my friends. I wonder how I will manage to bring home these YooSu nuna-deul now. xD

♥ I wasn't able to buy a Prince Shim support banner coz we arrived at the concert venue late. T_T During most of the songs sung with them wearing candy-colored skinnies and Mirotic shirts, Changmin stood on the HoMin Side and he was surrounded by Changmin fans. Prince Shim banners and MAX Power were everywhere. I was so proud for the Maknae. I bought a Yuchunism one during the presscon so I need that Prince Shim one. I want that damn support banner. damnit.

♥ Changmin was sick and had difficulty breathing and Yoochun was hard of breathing as well and the show had just started then. Yoochun was already breathing through his mouth as pointed to me by a friend after Are You A Good Girl which is the 2nd song. I was looking at Yoochun and signaling "dead" (hand slashing the neck sign) to that friend everytime Yoochun showed up on the screen. Changmin also had problems breathing on the 1st night and got a little injured during HaHaHa song on the 2nd night. He even delayed the song a bit and when the camera focused on him crouched down on the stage while the other four are running playfully around, I bit my lip in shock. But being the professional Changmin is/was/will always be, he walked albeit with difficulty and danced with the four throughout the end of Hahaha song (he managed to even walk around but slowly) until the whole Sky song. I admit we chose BR for us to see the Sky perf (as it's our favorite Summer song) but seeing Changmin squinting in pain (though I know he tried he's best to hide it and Yunho looks at him very concern-ly) made my heart broke. Changmin-ah, get that feet well soon. I hope he got a Thai foot massage soon. T_T Oh why are these boys making me concerned with their health? x_X

♥ Jaejoong is ethereal as always and his hair is bouncing like there's no tomorrow. Jaejoong-ah, are you fishing for a shampoo CF? If I were an ad exec, I will cast you immediately. I lost count on the number of times I find him handsome shoving his hair away to show his forehead. I freely confessed that Jaejoong-ah is my new DongBang crush. ♥

♥ Junsu looks really nice in person. I admit Junsu is my least fave DongBang member now but damn his ass and hips. He can't even wave his hands without swaying his hips. Damn fluid-like Junsu, wai are you so perfect? He wore eyeliner the 2nd night and he looks uber uber snobbish. Which is my weakness. But then he smiled at the girls in front of me during the later encore songs and hohoho, those girls must've died. xD

♥ Yunho has lots of fans, each of them doning that damn big My Yunho/Checkmate towel. I was really pissed off coz they are blocking my view of Changmin everytime Changmin went to our side
but as glovezz told me, they were boxing out to guard one of them who was able to sneak in a DSLR with big-ass lens, which I later recalled, I saw them assembling it before
the concert. LOL. I just hope they release some shots of Changmin to make up for my lost view of him. xP

♥ The boys are not that tall. I'm five foot tall and I stand 3 arms length away from them (fancam soon) at the Dusit Hotel lobby yesterday afternoon (compared to 10-feet-away last Saturday) and they looked not that tall to me. I read JaeChunsu stands 5 foot 8 inches and HoMin are 6 footers. JaeChunSu walked first followed by slouchy Changmin and Yunho with a fedora hat. Or it's just Dusit's drop-off lower lobby where the boys paraded (LOL!) has a low-ceiling illusion?

♥ Jaejoong-ah used his LV Graphite Roadster but a staff brought it to the van before the boys go down Sunday afternoon. He's also using his Las Vegas trolley luggage. The boys had 5 luggages and 3 boxes of stuff with them (we're thinking those are Thailand tamarinds LOL), as hauled up to the van by their staff. I will review my videos to see what kind of bag Changmin is wearing. 2U is still using their couple bag and I failed to noticed MinSu's bags. FAIL >.<

♥ Changmin and his half-cut bangs irked me to no end. But well, Changmin loves me as he (or his stylist) put it up diff ways during the 2-day concert. ♥♥♥

♥ Lastly, my only picture of Changmin that's near and clear.


This is already long as I can't stop blabbering so I will start packing now coz we will be leaving Dusit today. Memories Dusit Thani, memories. Until we meet again! xD

Bangkok heat is unbearable. We will be doing temple tours later on so I better get prepared for dying in scorching Bangkok heat. ARGH can I just die because of DongBang again? x_X

OMG glovezz has funded Shim Changmin's laptop. DAMNIT. Zoom the pic and see the msg on the cover. That's Hewlett-Packard's notebook marketing tagline. WUHOOOO!!! But Changmin umma, why is your son wearing a very very old shirt. x_X

AND WHY IS HIS HAIR LIKE THAT?!?!?!!? OMG!!!

Saw them going out of the hotel to wherever (we all thought their having lunch) and well, Changmin showed up first with his murder of a hair matching that of a primary school student. OH CHANGMIN, but still ♥ Micky looks pinkish with his pink shirt and Yunho was the last one to show up, as he still fixed his shoes after stepping out of the elevator (as relayed by Glady Nuna). Jaejoong and Junsu came out as well, but since their hidden by their clothes, I wasn't able to see their faces fully. JAEJOONG-AH, why do you look so sad? ;_; Junsu smiled at the crowd across us. HOTEL STALKING 002, SUCCESS!!! Not really stalking, but just the same thought! xP

Saw 3 Filipina fans holding a Philippine flag outside the drop-off point
of Dusit hotel. if you're one of them, give me a shout, their best viewed inside the hotel. I'm making it a ritual LOL.

futbol_mad, Yunho looked so suave and handsome earlier. I thought of you encouraging me to stalk. Come with us later, we'll stalk them at the hotel lobby to see them like 10 feet away from us (with security guards blocking the way). kizay, for the record, Yunho showed up last, and I stayed quiet while recording it. I wasn't able to shout "YUNHO" this time. shred, what's the software for lightening up a dark video. My century-old Sony was able to capture short videos but those has to be lightened first as it's really dark and the shots were indoors mostly. PM/email me/comment here juseyo. Or I'll just up the video to you for you to do it, like before! Thanks mwah mwah!!!xD

Concert day 1 starts in 2.5 hours. We're leaving Dusit already. Will share more later. I haven't memorized most of their concert songs yet. NYAY! Well, I will be too busy oggling at them too sing. And those around me will prolly do the same so no one will noticed my wrong number, I mean lyrics! xD