“You are my favourite hello and my hardest goodbye.” The only way of meeting her physically, as of now, is by attending her concerts and watching her from afar at the audience seat. As she shines brightly on the stage, I’m lost among thousands other cheering fans, wondering if she could see me at all. Still, whenever she has concerts, be it locally or overseas, I still yearn to get a ticket just to get myself an inch closer to her. At the end of it all, how many goodbyes do we have to endure as we part our ways yet again without having a chance to meet privately just to say hi? When the next concert comes round again, would it be a goodbye or a hello again?
Barely 1-2 weeks after being discharged from IMH for treatment of schizophrenia, I went on a holiday trip to Fukuoka with a friend while still on the road to recovery. How did I manage to cope with mental illness while travelling and which BIGBANG member’s concert did we watch there that turned out to be my very first overseas concert experience??
After failing to meet Taeyeon in person at Asia Style Collection 2013 as I hoped to, my second chance came quickly 4 months later when Girls’ Generation returned to Singapore again for their Girls & Peace world tour. Did I get to meet her this time and solve the unknown mystery surrounding I Got A Boy as I slowly recovered from schizophrenia?
About 1 month before SNSD’s I Got A Boy comeback, I attended SMTOWN concert in Singapore just 3 days after my 21st birthday, excited to participate in the audience singing… Who knew this Kpop event that I almost never talked about before would become a significant precursor to what was to come in 2013?
After 6 months of strange occurrences since SNSD’s I Got A Boy comeback and suffering from symptoms of schizophrenia came my first opportunity of meeting Taeyeon in person finally in Singapore at Asia Style Collection 2013 fashion show. Or… did it happen?
#190112# The tickets for ‘s… Taeyeon Concert in Singapore were released to the public for sale when I was away in Taiwan for family vacation between late Nov-early Dec last year. Despite so, I was lucky that I managed to find time at my hotel in Kaohsiung on the first day of public sale to…
Fan Meeting: Yoona Fanmeeting Tour “So Wonderful Day #Story_1” Date: 28 September 2018 Venue: Zepp @ BIG BOX in Singapore After my unpleasant experience at Hallyu Pop Fest, I began to develop negative feelings towards other Kpop idols alike. I felt like it was a Kpop thing. All the ordeals I had been going through…
Concert: Hallyu Pop Fest Date: 9 September 2018 Venue: Singapore Indoor Stadium I did not hesitate to get a ticket to Hallyu Pop Fest in Singapore when news of Taenggu performing on the 3rd night of the concert were confirmed. Especially after a better-than-expected concert experience at K-Wave 2 in KL the previous time (related…
Concert: K-Wave 2 Music Festival Date: 13 January 2018 Venue: Stadium Merdeka in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia It was barely less than a month since Taenggu’s The Magic Of Christmas Time concert in Seoul. After having gone through the pain at her Christmas concert (related post: LYRICS: BYE + WHAT IF IT WOULD BE MY LAST…
“Bye” by Taeyeon (Mr. Go OST) I wasn’t even ready, But you are before my eyes, about to leave I couldn’t say anything so I just waved So long, I wave, toward the shining you Goodbye my love, my precious person You always warmly hugged me I fill my eyes with you as I say…