Haven't updated this blog in such a long time! Its about time to with all these Rain filled days of mine for the past few days! Warning! Its a very very LOONNGGGG post ahead! :D
It finally RAIN-ed in MALAYSIA! After the long 4 years wait, the man himself, the cute, hot and sexy Kpop King finally came back for the Malaysian Grand Prix After Race Concert. RAIN IN MALAYSIA for the 2nd time! *hyperventilates* Continue reading for the full account of what my whole Sunday was like, including the MEET AND GREET SESSION and the CONCERT! *jumps*
An early start for the Rain filled day!
Left Seremban on Saturday evening to KLCC to meet up with Lilian, since I had to camp at her place before the airport greet which is at 5.10 a.m. on Sunday! Met up with a few more Rain fans namely, Kher Ning, Amy and Winnie from Hong Kong. Had a Korean meal for dinner, and the main topic of our conversation is just ONE word, RAIN. :D It was really nice talking to them and listening to their Rain stalking experiences since I had none! :( So jealous of them! We sat and chatted for hours while stuffing ourselves with food.
We then left to buy some snacks for Rain since he is arriving so early in the morning, we thought of getting him some cookies, sweets and snacks for him to munch on since after all the man just LOVES his food! :D Then me and Kher Ning followed Lilian back to her place. We were guessing which hotel Rain would be staying in, so when I was in her house, I went online and started googling. Since they mentioned he was staying in a resort, we guessed the Golden Palm Tree in Goldcoast Sepang. We got the contact and called them up to check if Rain is staying there. Then BINGO! The reception confirmed that HE IS STAYING THERE! We were all so excited! *jumps*
The Welcome at the Airport
We got ready to leave Lilian's place and left at about 2.30 a.m. We did not get any sleep at all that night. :D We hired a van to bring us everywhere that day so we started off by picking the other people up. Saw Sen, Jaimie and Sara. Good to see these familiar faces after such a long time! Reached LCCT at around 4 plus in the MORNING! There were a few people there already. :) Met Swee Wei for the first time too! :) We were then briefed by this Korean guy about what to not do when he comes out. We waited for an hour or so and he came out! :D
Credit: ratoka
Looking dashing in a which t-shirt and a red cardigan, we all went CRAZY! :D Cheering for him but luckily we were all well behaved and no one started harassing him. :) He got into his white BMW then I saw the tint on the car window going up. We were wondering why so mean dont even let us see him go off! Then after a few seconds, HE WIND DOWN HIS WINDOW! *hyperventilates* Then he waved while the car drove off. *melts* He probably pressed the wrong button the first time round. hehe! :D
Credit: Swee Wei
Golden Palm Tree, Gold Coast Sepang
It was a pretty long drive into this resort! After all, we were driving to the beach. The resort was just so nice! You have to see it to believe it! I dont think my pictures turned out that nice. XD But the place was really so nice! Very 'Bora-bora Island-ish' in my opinion. :) Of course, the price is equally nice. :) HAHA!
Since it was so early in the morning, Rain went to the hotel for some rest, and we didnt wanna disturb his anymore, so we headed back home to get ourselves some rest. Slept for about 3 hours and had some noodles at Lilian's place before taking of to Sepang. :)
Sepang F1 Circuit :)
There was obviously a traffic jam when we were going into Sepang. But we managed to reach there about 3pm :) Even from outside, the sound of the cars racing were SO LOUD! I can imagine what it would be like inside. But we weren't there for the race, it was ONLY for Rain! :D Sorry F1 fans, but we will go all out just for Rain. :)
We went to the concert venue, the helipad and saw some fans queuing already! We joined them and started chatting among ourselves. Met more fans as time went on and before we knew it, everyone was queuing already! :D The gates were suppose to open at 5 pm, but it didnt! Not too sure what time did it finally open though since I went off to meet Swee Wei. :) Collected my concert tickets from KLue representative, Priya too though I didnt really need it. Just wanted to keep it for memories sake. :)
The long wait.
Met up with Swee Wei and Aris then lingered around the helipad entrance while collecting freebies from Air Asia. :D They were giving out a Rain fan! :D Just when we were about to go in, Aris couldnt go in cause he had a DSLR with him. They wouldnt allow him in and insisted that he kept it back in the car. But their car was parked far far away! Me and Swee Wei went inside first since we were suppose to meet with Eric at 5.45 p.m. and it was past 6 p.m. by then.
Waited for Eric and tried calling one another but the line was so bad! I was just hoping that they havent left for the meet and greet yet! :( Got a text from Eric to meet Angie instead. Met up with a few more people then they brought us into the VIP area. My heart was pumping so fast then! You imagine, walking through these private tents and rooms where the models and others were preparing, its like in any moment, we will be meeting Rain. :) Then we went to the end and saw a group of people coming out of the room.
I thought those people have already met Rain and now he was in THAT room, so I peeped and it was only one of the guys in charged, William. When he was about to speak, I thought he was going to say that the meet and greet is cancelled etc. :( Then he said that change of plans and the meet and greet will be at 8pm instead. According to him, everything is up to Rain's assistant, so we had to see whatever she says.
We left the backstage and went outside to wait. We finally met up with Eric and Aris finally managed to come in (sneaking his DSLR in too!) :D Such a small world, Eric and Aris knew each other! Haha! So all 4 of us were waiting and talking among ourselves since it was more than an hour till the meeting time. Then we managed to get a free drink from Chivas right before we headed to meet William to bring us in for the meet and greet.
Credit: Swee Wei
Aris the 4 Minute fan, Me the RAIN fan :)
The Disappointment
We went back into the same room as before. Then a lady came in and briefed us about the session. We were not allowed to bring our cameras. When we asked about autographs, we were told, no autographs were allowed too! We were like so disappointed! :(
I guess we had our hopes too high since we were told to bring our cameras and anything we want him to autograph for us. On the Chivas FB page, they mentioned too that we would have loads of time to take pictures with him and even get to know him. Our excitement level which was sky high suddenly just dropped. We were divided into 2 groups. The first group which consisted of us and the other contest winners while the other group was under Chivas.
MEET AND GREET: The time of my life!
We were brought into another private tent which has "Rain" written on the door and his white BMW parked right outside. We went in and were asked to stand in front of the posters which was pasted on the walls. There were about 9 of us. The photographer was already on standby at that moment.
THEN! Looking so smoking hot, he walked in through those doors. Dressed in a black head to toe, exactly in what he was wearing during his opening act, with his shades on, he definitely did melt my heart! He proceeded with shaking each of our hands! *melts* A handshake from Rain himself! He said "Hey" and "Hi" to everyone. I said "Annyeonghaseyo" to him and the other 3 girls next to me copied me! HMPH!
Then he stood in the middle for a group photo. Lucky for me and Swee Wei, RAIN WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF US! He then PUT HIS HAND ON MY BACK WHEN TAKING THE PICTURE! My heartbeat must have increased drastically in that split second! I shook his right hand and his left hand was on my back! OMG! Then after the picture was taken, the body guards started shoving us out already. :( Now waiting for Chivas to send us the pictures :)
Only when i got outside I remembered about the card. Then I asked Eric if I could pass it to him and he brought me back to the tent but his assistant was at the door to stop us. I told her my situation and she said that she will pass it to him. Now I will never know whether he received my card or not. :( I really pray he does and it wasn't just thrown into the bin! :(
The card I made
Wait, wait, wait.
We squeezed our way through the middle of the crowd. We did upset some people since we pushed our way through but I couldnt be bothered! I wanted to be as near as possible to him! But we couldnt go all the way to the front to where Lilian, Sen, Jaimie, Amy and the rest of them were. :( There were just too many people and it was packed with no way for us to squeeze our way through.
We were happy with our spot and just stayed there. The Ford models finale was on but the crowd was totally not interested. I kinda pity them since the crowd was actually booing them! Then there was some Malaysian artist who sang some songs.
SHOWTIME!
It started off with the laser and light display entitled, Performance In The Dark . I think its suppose to be a 3D thing in his actual concert. Then after awhile, he appeared! :D Dressed in what we saw him in earlier, rising up and looking so cool! :D Wanna watch the video of his opening performance, "Rainism"? Click here. :)
Then he continued with "Its Raining". Love the fireworks during this song always! :D Only managed to snap the first one only though. :) After that song, he started talking to the crowd. :) He said "I love Malaysia but it is so warm here" then proceeded with wiping off his sweat. He then teased the crowd by making an attempt to wipe his armpit and the crowd went crazy! HAHA! All wanting his towel! Me included but I was too far! :(
Then continued with "You" with his sexy female dancers. After that he sang "Harudo" and continued with "How To Avoid The Sun". Went backstage for a change or clothes. Before his return his band was playing the Malaysian Folk Song, "Rasa Sayang" and he made his appearance again! :D
Continueing with the very fun and happy song, "Fresh Woman" and pointing and fans all around making everyone go crazy! :D Rain asked us to dance along to the next song, "With U" which he said "This song always makes me happy". And the crowd went 'right, left, right, right, right left, right, right' dancing along to his dance moves.
Then we wowed the crowd once again with his dance moves from "Hip Song". Then he switched into ballad songs and sang "Love Story" followed by "Love Song". Right after, he mentioned that it was his last song and he sang "Friends" :) and exit the center stage door again.
I knew it wasn't the end, since he always ends his concerts with "Instead of Saying Goodbye". Then a video message was played. The message in the video was so sweet! I almost teared listening to what he said! Then he came back on stage with "Bad Guy", his first single released during his debut in 2002. And he danced to the dance part of "I Do". He didnt sing that song though, I was really hoping he will. But I guess he had to cut everything short.
And last but not least, "Instead of Saying Goodbye". All of them bowed when the song ended and slowly the dancers exit the centre stage door. Our cheeky boy doesn't seem to wanna leave the stage was dancing at the door! Shaking his ass and making the crowd go wild! Then he left the stage and that was the last I ever saw of him. *cries*
Post-concert
Only 1 hour performance did satisfy us Malaysian fans who has waited 4 years for his return. BUT I STILL WANT MORE! :( We were still lingering around the concert venue after the concert ended. Met up with the rest from MJJH and left the helipad. Managed to wipe my face on the towel that Rain used since Jaimie and Lilian both managed to get one of them. HAHA! Before leaving Sepang, a few of us managed to steal some cloth posters which was pasted on the boards. XD
I was having mixed feelings after the concert. I was so happy I finally saw him after such a long 4 years wait. But I was so upset because I have no idea when will be the next time I see him live again since I don't think he will be coming to Malaysia again for his "The BEST" tour and he is leaving to the army in fall this year.
My words of gratitude.
Firstly, thank you to Lilian and Sen who are the ones who helped me get the tickets to this event! Thanks to yall, we managed to get the 8% discount! :D
Thank you to Swee Wei for bringing me for the meet and greet! It was really really very cool of you to bring me along! Chances like this comes once a lifetime and I really really thank you for giving me that opportunity! THANK YOU SO MUCH!
Thank you to all the Rain fans I met this time round including Lilian, Kher Ning, Sen, Amy, Jaimie and Sara for all the fun and laughter throughout the whole weekend!
Thank you Swee Wei and Aris for the awesome company all night long! :D Aris, very sweet of you to cheer me and Swee up after the disappointing moments! A day with such bittersweet memories! Thanks yall!
Thank you everyone who voted for me! Although I didnt get enough votes to win the contest, I still managed to meet Rain in person! Thank you all for coming online just to vote for me! Thank you for spreading the word about it to your family and friends. THANK YOU!
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Thats all from me :) Credits to Kpopped's article on this concert which helped me refresh my memory of it too! More pictures are in my FB account. :D And I will slowly upload more videos! :) Will be back when I get the pictures from Chivas! :D
Labels: Kpop Culture, My Life I LOVE, Rain