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Reached Asia-Expo at about 4:30-5PM to meet Reena29shadow(Reena), HL2412(HL) and Celinachung. There were already many fans who had reached by the time I am there.
The Hong Kong fan clubs were friendly people, and some of them are giving out cards from their respective fan clubs.
As some of you might be aware of, the fanclubs in HK had come together to do a combined fan support for Kyusaeng’s fanmeeting in HK.
I’ve also heard from the girls that the fanclubs played a significant role as well in organsing and ensuring the success of this fanmeeting.
To me, the fact that they managed to come together to do this for Kyusaeng is incredible teamwork indeed.
Impressive!
Anyway, while waiting for the fanmeeting to start,
I went around taking photos of the flowers prepared by various fanclubs from all over the world...
Look at these people taking photos of the flowers and standing banners! ^^
The location was wonderful and we can even bring in food and drinks to eat while watching the boys. ^^ It’s like watching a very exciting movie where you can bring in food, only with two lovely boys and that you can barely stop yourself from screaming and (accidentally) hurling popcorn and drinks everywhere. ^^
We queued outside to purchase the merchandises first.
I wish to say thank you to Lestari2412, who took care of us and kindly helped us buy our merchandise (it was a terribly long queue).
I am not really a fan of Kyusaeng (Everyone knows I’m a die-hard Leader fan), but I couldn't resist buying something back to remember this fanmeeting.
I accidentally bought a lot as a result! ^^
Thanks also, to Jennifer for helping me pay for the merchandise, as I’m a tad poor thanks to overspending in HK for the past few days…
After buying the merchandise, I finally entered the hall and found my seat.
I made friends with a Hong Kong fan beside me, who agreed readily to help me translate the Cantonese parts to me (Questions, and the MC’s comments).
She spoke English, so even better for me! I found out too that she’s also a Leader fan, and she has heard of our LoveKimHyunJoong.com too ^^
She worked really hard to help me, really translating almost everything, even what Kyusaeng are talking about (I did not tell her I knew Korean until later on when she saw me scribbling frantically while the boys are talking, even though the translator has not spoken yet)
Because of her help, I gave her one of the merchandise I bought to thank her. (She did not manage to buy any due to the long queue)
There were some instructions and a green 'Kyusaeng' banner provided on all our chairs by the respective HK fanclubs.
Kyusaeng finally appeared (very suddenly to me) and started with their first song: Because I’m Stupid.
The two men looked fantastic and I especially LOVE Kyu Jong’s hair.
This is somewhat like the U R MAN hairstyle which I know many people love as well!
Young Saeng on the other hand is his usual bad boy style. ^^
After the song, it was a short Q&A session:
Q: What is your impression of Hong Kong?
Kyu said he had a good time here in Hong Kong so far, while YS said that Hong Kong people are very nice and there are many handsome guys and pretty girls here.
Q: Most favourite place & favourite food in Hong Kong
Kyu said Lan Kwai Feng immediately. Before he said anything, some fans are already screaming Lan Kwai Feng. ^^
As to the favourite food question, Kyu started to say that beauties are his favourite food (??? Keke) Young Saeng was so cute when he said that he actually liked a kind of noodles but he has no idea what it is called (-_-)!
Q: When will your new album/future plans be released?
Kyujong said that Young Saeng will be busy with his solo album, which will be released in February. Kyujong himself has not finalized any plans yet, but will announce as soon as it’s been decided.
Q: Most favourite self-camera poses?
Young Saeng was adorable here! After being shy for like a few seconds, he started to hold up an imaginary camera in one hand and started posing to it. The fans screamed loudly at this part!!
Q: Is there anything that you don’t like about each other?
Young Saeng replied that there isn’t anything bad about Kyu Jong that he doesn’t like. Then he said that he doesn’t really know (-_-) in such a cute, lost boy way.
Kyu Jong also doesn’t have anything he doesn’t like about YS.
I guess they both work out well together, and according to them, both are punctual and usually on time. After all without Leader (who can’t wake up), Jungmin (Poor choice of roommate!^^) and without Hyung Jun (WHOM... well, nothing about him since he’s the youngest), I guess both of them have less trouble now. ^^
Q&A session wrapped up and it’s time for YS to prepare to sing “I LOVE YOU AND I’M SORRY”.
Young Saeng sang this beautifully, as usual. I can hardly believe I’m hearing his amazing vocals live, at last!
After the song, it was time for the cooking competition between the two boys.
Both are extremely eager to win, especially Kyu Jong!
I seldom see Kyu Jong with such energy and enthusiasm to win.
My impression of him has always been a very kind-hearted boy who prevents quarrels and allows others to win in games...
The host asked who is better at cooking?
Young Saeng replied that it is him, because he used to do all the cooking when Kyu Jong lived with him in the past. He cooked quite a lot for Kyu Jong as well.
Right now, he says that he’s too lazy to cook and what’s more, his mother cooks for him! (Lucky boy~^^)
As for Kyu Jong, he started to rattle off in a list of dishes that he knows how to cook. (REALLY!?!?! ^^) Some kind of spicy chicken, Kimchi stew... etc. He says he’s the best at cooking and he can cook a lot of things. ^^
The truth is, both of the boys are barely aware of what they’re doing and they don’t even have any idea of the ingredients in front of them. ^^
The host asked if they know what some of the ingredients are. Young Saeng’s reply is a very adorable “no...”, in a sort of agyeo + helpless manner.
Kyu Jong on the other hand started to randomly name some of the ingredients, “ Coffee! No? It’s Tea! ...” etc! Despite so, he actually told us confidently to anticipate his cooking!
Young Saeng came out then, and said “One Two Three” in Korean, and the fans also followed along. Cooking finally begins!
Alas for the two boys, who are quite lost over what to do?
The translator was quite good though, and she helped the boys a little over how to make the drink. (I think they’re supposed to make some kind of milk tea.) The boys are just supposed to make bread and tea! (and are completely lost over how to do it ^^)
But of course, being smart, they caught on pretty quickly. It’s not long before Kyu Jong began to play around again.
He said that he is going to make a lot because he wants to eat it! As for an excuse why he’s making them slowly, he says it’s because it’s his first time doing this and he wants to do it well. ^^
Young Saeng said that he really likes bread, and he often makes it. Because of that, his will taste very good. ^_^”
Upon hearing this, Kyu Jong started to say that [u]his food is fantastic and ask us to come up the stage to try[/u] (screams everywhere). He started to try his own bread and choked on it haha! (Is it because it’s too good? ^^)
Young Saeng kept trying to peep over at Kyu Jong’s, and Kyu Jong competitively [u]shooed him away, saying he should not look at his.[/u] (keke!)
Young Saeng then started to complain that it’s unfair because the fans tried Kyu Jong’s food first while it’s warm, and his is already cold by the time they’re done.
Finally, the boys are done with their messy sandwich and tea making, and 3 lucky fans were picked to come up to try their masterpieces!
The 3 lucky fans started with Kyu Jong’s sandwich and drink. According to Kyu Jong, he mixed coffee, red tea and milk together (WILL THAT TASTE NICE KYU JONG?!) But of course, anything he makes will surely be fantastic for the fans...
Kyu Jong also fed the fans personally with his bread, an action meant to draw more votes. (Young Saeng does not like it haha! He started to do the same thing later on)
After tasting the food, Kyu Jong even opened his arms and tried to group hug the fans! (lucky girls yep ^^) The fans are quite shy though. A girl even tried to avoid Kyu Jong's arm!
The lucky girls then moved on the try Young Saeng’s sandwich and drink.
Meanwhile, Kyu Jong started to taste his own masterpiece. He drank one of the drinks he made, and nod to himself proudly (so I guess coffee + milk + red tea is somehow a good combination...)
The fans on the other hand are trying out YS’s drink, and after drinking, one of the fans declared Kyu Jong’s one as the better one. The second fan said YS’s drink is nice. YS said that this fan is just humoring him. ^^
(Indeed, YS’s drink MUST have been horrible, because he did not add any sugar into it, except one drink, which Kyu Jong stole to drink himself)
Young Saeng said his is special, as it’s self-service, and fans must add sugar as they wish. (>.<)
YS then started feeding Kyu Jong some of his sandwich, which drew more screams from the fans. ^^
In the end, the 2 out of 3 fans voted for Kyu Jong's sandwich and drink.
As a result of Young Saeng losing, he was punished by drinking a very bitter tea called 'Five Flower Tea'(五花茶).
However, Kyu Jong helped Young Saeng drank some of it as well.
It was very cute how Kyu Jong turned away to drink while Young Saeng did not. ^^
Afterwards, it was time for the special video of the photographs taken by Young Saeng himself, who loves taking photography. I guess most of you would have seen this video, as it was shown in the other fan meetings as well.
Next up was Young Saeng’s solo special: Love Like This English Version. This is also the first time ever where the English version was performed! ^^ Please do check out fan cams for this, because Young Saeng’s sexy S – line is HOT!
After this, it was time for some Q&A again.
The boys were chatting with the MC and the MC was praising Young Saeng’s performance earlier. Young Saeng said that he has been practicing and preparing since last year.
And Kyu Jong seemed like he doesn’t want to be left out, because he piped up immediately “Me too…”. ^^
Kyu Jong then talked about the Thailand fanmeeting, as the host asked him if there’s anything unforgettable about his fanmeeting in Thailand. Kyu Jong said that the fanmeeting in Thailand was unforgettable because when they sang ‘Wings of the World’, everyone could sing along with them, and he was very amazed and touched!
Next up is another video prepared also by both the boys.
Young Saeng said that because the fans often see them on stage only, and rarely have any chance to see how they are like in their private and natural settings, thus they decided to do this video.
There are various scenes such as both of them practicing the choreography for ‘Love Song’ and Kyu Jong’s trip to Lotte World.
Kyu Jong was especially cute when the cameraman said this is the sort of place he should come with his girlfriend instead. Kyu Jong made a sad face and said he came with men instead. ^^
After this video, barricades were set up and Kyu Jong appeared from behind with his solo, ‘Wuss Up’, causing another round of frenzy. ^^
After this was a video made by the HK fans, as well as other fans from all over the world.
The fan video is very cute and interesting!
It’s about Kyu Jong and Young Saeng touring around HK, whereas the boys are represented by soft toys. The video introduced some of the good food in HK as well as places they could go.
It was a very cute video, very cheerful, and it spells out clearly that the fans want both of them to have a good time and come as often as they can!
The fan video then took a turn to become more emotional, when Young Saeng and Kyu Jong each had a video dedicated to them. T
he one thing I remember very well are the FAN BOYS in the video. Honestly I did not expect the boys to have any male fans, but one of them even exclaimed how much he like Young Saeng. (AHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! ^^)
After watching, Young Saeng said that he was very grateful and touched, and he ‘ALMOST’ teared. (Still can’t shake off his bad boy mask ^^)
Kyu Jong said that while watching, YS kept exclaiming ‘wow!’ but he is touched. ^^ He also said that the video reminded him of the past, and how the fans had accompanied them throughout, ending with a promise that they will work even harder.
Then come some words from Young Saeng (Longest ever for today!)
He said that he too realised it has been a long path for them and the members.
Thankful to everyone and grateful that the fans have supported them throughout and allowing them to stand on the stage again.
As for the issue regarding SS501, he said not to misunderstand them, as the 5 of them are now working separately to improve themselves and become even better solo.
When the 5 of them reunite again one day, wouldn’t that be even more impressive?
(I was quite touched by his long speech, and indeed, YS said exactly how I feel about the 5 of them being on their own ways for now. When they’ve achieved what they wish to achieve personally, the reunion of SS501 will be even better, impressive and amazing for all to see. )
Anyway the MC commented that this is so far, the longest comment YS have said throughout the fanmeeting. Our cute Young Saeng responded with, “I know how to talk too….” (aigoo cute!)
Next up was a lucky draw for 2 fans chosen to come up and the boys personally applied hand cream on their hands, causing another eruption of screams once again and the fans are lucky as well to receive hugs from both Kyu Jong and Young Saeng!
Then it was sadly, reaching the end of the fan meeting…
Kyu Jong began first by saying that time flies very quickly since the day of their debut 5 years ago.
He is thankful for the support fans have been giving throughout,
and wished that everyone will have a happy and healthy 2011,
and that he hope to express the gratitude he felt for the fans by working harder.
Young Saeng said that he has said way too much just now and now he doesn’t know what to say. (^^)
He then said it has been more than a year since he last met his HK fans.
However, he revealed that he often comes to HK (Fans started to scream again) though!
Once again, he send his well wishes for 2011 and hope that in future, he won’t have to say, ‘it’s been so long since we met’ but ‘wow, we met again!’ in the same year.
The boys ended with their last song, ‘Wings of the World’. T__T
Kyu Jong is however very into getting the fans to sing along with them. ^^ He seemed to really love the fact that fans know how to sing Wings of the World. It was a lovely song and I wish once again, with all my heart, I’ll get to hear 5 of them sing this song again, some day.
It’s the first time I met both Kyu Jong and Young Saeng, and I had a great time! I did not plan to come for this fanmeet at first, but I guess it was fate that I’m to go for this fan meeting. The Kyusaeng fanmeeting was announced after I long booked my tickets to visit HK for a short trip, and the fanmeet happen to fall during my trip period. It was fate!
Thankful to everyone who helped me, otherwise I would have been alone, scared and lonely haha! Thanks as well to the overseas fans who took care of us, thanks again for the warmness and friendliness! I’m really grateful!
Lastly, I wish to clarify that even though I did live updates via SGlove501 @ twitter, I am not an administrator of love501.com. ^^
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Credit: Wonderrrgirl @ Love501.com
Credit: Wonderrrgirl @ Love501.com
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