FTHX Live in Seoul - Day 2 - All thumbs up!!!

Sebenarnye plan asal aku nak tengok satu hari je concert ni which is the one on Saturday.. yg tu aku mmg beli tiket siap2 online kan... memula tu pikir sebab tiketnye pun agak pricey, nak tengok dua2 hari agak kopak disitu kan... tapi semalam lepas borak2 ngan 2 org fans dari mesia, rase mcm rugi plak kalau tak tengok 2nd day... dah alang2 sampai kan... takpe la pasni balik kl aku literally kene makan bubur nasik for the next 2 months.. hahaha... sebenarnye tak sangka nak jumpe fan pompuan melayu kat concert tu... alih2 semalam tengah tunggu nak masuk tu, tetiba je ternampak dari jauh org bertudung.. hahahha...sempat la borak2 kejap ngan diorang sebab diorang amik rock pit so diorang kene beratur awal sebab rock pit masuk dulu kan...

So dipendekkan cerita, aku berkunjung lagik ke Olympic Hall tengahari tadik and dengan gigihnye beratur selama sejam setengah utk beli tiket for today's show... seb baik tiket masih available ... rock pit pun ade lagik tiketnye tapi aku opt for seated la sebabnye aku takut lutut aku injured lagik skali.. tak kose nak pakai knee guard kehulu kehilir kan... fortunately, seat aku kali ni sangat dekat dengan stage... just kat 3 row dari belakang tempat diorang letak2 camera segala.. so mmg dekat and clear picture gitu...

Harini mcm semalam jugak mendung and hujan so masing2 merase la menunggu dalam hujan before boleh masuk ... btw tadik jumpe lagik 2 org fans melayu dari mesia juga ... ni bukan yg semalam tau.. yg semalam tu ade gak jumpe tapi diorang dtg lambat so sampai2 je dah kene bratur utk masuk rockpit so tak sempat nak borak lame... yg 2 org yg baru kenal ni rupenye semalam diorang pi Busan tengok concert Beast ... perhh perrh.... tu baru la namenye hardcore fans kan... semua concert diorang pegi... diorang kate 3/10 nanti ade lagik satu concert diorang nak attend... hahaha daebak!!! Aku tabik la kat korang dua org... sempat la borak2 kejap ngan diorang before masuk sebab diorang dok kat different section ...

Anyway, by 5.45 aku dah masuk dalam... lepas almost semua fans dah masuk, pastu tetiba kat satu section tu mcm havoc sket pastu ramai fans dok lambai2 belah situ.. rupenye that section reserved for retis2... aku tak nampak sape la tapi agak ramai... retis pompuan laki semua ade...yg retis laki siap pakai baju concert FTHX lagik... sangat cool la diorang ni... support sesame retis kan...

Opening concert same mcm semalam... champaign, minum2,then berjalan naik stage ... lagu pun same jugak .. cumenye semalam mase lagu Falling Stars diorang start tengah2... today diorang start dari awal ... kali ni Hongki lupe lirik time nyanyi lagu Try Again .. hahaha asyik la lupe lirik mamat rambut merah ni... Seung Hyun plak ade problem ngan gitar die lepas lagu Let It Go ... terpaksa tukar2 gitar gitu ... si Jaejin plak tak tau la kenape sampai dua tiga kali aku nampak die terbaring kat atas upper stage... overheat agaknye budak kurus keding tu... kali ni diorang main simbah2 air mineral kat fans kat rock pit ... pastu bile dah abis concert, hongki plak kene simbah ngan air mineral dengan jonghun... hahahaha padan muka ... pastu mase lagu ape ntah, hongki perasan section yg ramai retis tu diorang tak bangun and join the crowd.. so hongki pakse retis2 tu semua berdiri ... hahahahha tak kasik can nye kan...

Mase encore, semalam ade lucky draw and lucky fans dapat naik stage tangkap gambar kan.. harini diorang dah cabut draw siap2 kat blakang stage , then just tunjukkan name sape yg bertuah itu pastu diorang suh jumpe kat backstage ... kali ni time encore si minhwan je kot yg pakai baju official FTHX tu.. yg lelain just ikat kat leher jer.. aku bajet baju tu buat diorang tak selesa nak perform kot sebab lengan 3/4... tu yg memasing refuse nak pakai ...harini lepas abis lagu I Hope, Hongki ade wat speech sket, pastu diorang finished off dengan lagu Life ... then abis...tammat sudah ... sedey plak dah abis sebab performance diorang mmg best walaupun mcm2 jadik ... better than yesterday pada pendapat aku la ...hongki threw his fthx tshirt kat fan ... minari baling his towel ( or something ) kat fan kat section just next to mine and pastu plak siap buat satu round of catwalk kat atas stage, since die mmg takde chance nak tinggalkan his drums time performance kan.. lagik skali everyone was cheering for him like mad ... lagik skali aku katekan die sangat comey dengan mate sepet itu... hahaha fangirling tak abis2 kan...

Concert harini diorang buat recording utk dvd rasenye... so banyak la camera berterbangan here and there... kebetulan plan tempat yours truly ni sebelah tempat camera tu.. haha harap2 takde la muka aku terselit kat dalam dvd tu nanti yer ... kang ade plak nampak pompuan bertudung terkinja2 sesambil pegang lightstick hahahaha... tapi aku tak sabar nak tunggu dvd for this concert ... mesti best!!!

Overall, aku bagi thumbs up for their performance ... i wish them all the best and please please jgn la kensel ur performance kat KL nanti yer... noona will be there to support you... FT island, fighting!!!!

The first song from last nite, Flower Rock, as posted on Youtube ...

Try Again .. where hongki lupe lirik.. hahaha

Memory ... official youtube for FT Island ... i spotted myself in the crowd.. hahahah..

FTHX Live in Seoul ... Daebak!!!

*Entry tak bergambar and too much of fangirling in this entry ... please skip if you are not FT Island fans.. hahaha... warning siap2 nih so that takde yg mencemuh nanti :P

Daebak!!! The performance was awesome ... mcm biase Hongki's voice is totally out of this world and never fail to impress me... the music perfomed by the band also as good as their previous concerts ... aku sangat2 excited maklum la first time tengok concert kat negara diorang sendiri kan... mmg dari dulu berangan nak tengok concert FT Island korea at least once.. now dah tercapai hajat... skang kene penuhkan my next target which is nak tengok FT Island concert kat Japan ... rase mcm agak impossible sebab tiket kat sane within 10 minutes dah sold out kan T_T ... mmg susah nak utk org luar nak beli tiket kan...

Anyway, back to the concert ... jap aku nak recall balik... too much to store in my head within that 2 hour ... okeh concert start few minutes late ( ke jam aku yg cepat ehh??) ... dalam kul 6.10pm gitu baru la kat mainscreen tunjuk live diorang kat back stage .. everyone was wearing black ... Jonghoon tengah bukak botol champaign and diorang berlima minum before hit the stage ... okeh once they hit the stage, i was like, pinching myself on my face sebab rase mcm sangat2 tak percaya i was there... hahaha drama siot ... pastu tak silap aku diorang start dengan lagu Flower Rock ...i was in the mode terbang diawangan so i was either less concentrate or i was too focus on each one of the pretty boys sampai aku pun tak ingat lagu ape diorang nyanyi.. hahahah...

Aku pun takleh nak recall the concert set list tapi yg aku ingat diorang nyanyi lagu dari Thanks To album ( Memory, Falling Stars, Always with you), Let It Go, Wanna Go, Paper Plane,Theory of Happiness, Hello Hello, I wish, Freedom, Time To, Confess,  Black Chocolate ... ade lagik la tapi aku dah lupe la..

Time lagu Severely, Jonghoon played sentimental version with the piano for the first half, pastu baru la Hongki proceed with the normal stuff...

There was one song where they sang it sentimental ( yg ni serius tak tau tajuk lagu) and minari managed to hit quite a bit of a higher note ... everyone cheered for him ... and minari sangat2 chomey walaupun he's a drummer... hahahah.. motif drummer takleh comey ehh?? Hahaha...

And paling best and nostalgic bile diorang nyanyi lagu Love Sick, lagu time depa debut 6 years ago..
mase tu semua kanak2 ceria lagik...ahhhahaa...mmg best lahh.... sure lagu tu means alot to them
sampai diorang nyanyi balik dalam concert ni ...

Btw, i think there was one time where Hongki tetiba je suara die tenggelam... which is unlikely for him ... not sure whether he was crying ( ehh??) or he just forgot the lyrics... tapi again ku tak ingat lagu ape...

Kul 7.45pm, diorang stop kejap... pastu naik stage balik for the encore but this time diorang dah tukar baju, masing2 pakai baju FTHX ... then ade lucky draw to those yg submit lucky draw... 5 org bertuah dapat naik pentas and amik gambar dengan the band.. lucky them... pastu diorang proceed with lagu2 encore ( again lupe dah ape lagu) ...
Masa encore jugak fans yg kat rock pit ade yg bawak bendera... hongki siap brenti nyanyi and tanye ' where are you come from?' ... gile spontan and in english .. fans tu jawap from Morocco ... perrh glemer jap yer org2 Morocco... aku suka hongki yg sangat spontan itu...

Finally they finished of the encore with lagu I Hope ... totally sangat best!!! They use octaganol-shape stage so mmg best sangat diorang running and jumping here and there, especially Hongki yg nampak sangat takleh duduk setempat kan....

Seriously 2 jam adelah sangat cepat...i want more , i want more!!! I can't wait for their FTHX in KL december nanti...yeayy!!!

Btw, ramaiiiii sangat fans dari Japan... from all walks of life lah... macik2 jepun tahap mak2 pun ramai yg pegi tengok ni.. yg beratur kat sebelah aku tadik pun macik mcm dalam 50s gitu kot... pastu siap ade bapak yg teman anak pegi.. mak ngan anak together2... and suprisingly FT ISland ramai jugak peminat lelaki.. serius wehh.. terkujat aku tengok lelaki gigih beratur nak collect tiket sesame kami2 primadonnas ini... hahaha... ohh kat seat blakang aku ade 3 org jejaka kacak taraf retis yg aku tak kenal.. siapekah mereka?? hahaha.. yg pasti diorang berspek and bertopi, masuk lepas diorang dah perform few songs and once dah abis cepat2 kluar.. ala2 retis sangat kan.. too bad aku tak kenal diorang itu.. yg pasti bukan CNBlue... hahahh..

Finally, does it worth going? Money well spent? Yup, every single won ^_^ ... walaupun terpaksa beratur dalam hujan and kesejukan yg agak extreme ... Will I do it again in the future? Mostly likely YES!!!!

*gambar akan diupdate kendian... now i can sleep with a smile on my face ... too bad takleh amik gambar time concert sebab security was too tight.. kiri kanan depan blakang ade org monitor... 

Sunrise at 35,000 feet

And i'm gonna be in 'kg' halaman for the next few days...  ^_^

My first photobook

Akhirnye berjaya jugak aku siapkan satu photobook . Kebetulan last month ke the month before that groupon ade voucher RM35 utk 20 page landscape lite imagewrap photobook... so aku pun rembat la ... nak rembat yg 40 page, ntah bile nak siap kan.. aku ni dah la 'rajin' teramat plus daya kreativiti sangat kurang gitu ... dapat yg 20 page ni pun berzaman peram dalam harddisk... nonetheless, ni la hasilnye ... far from perfect tapi boleh la ... nak jadik pro mcm org lain, i guess it's a long way for me la..

AirAsia Free Seat!

AA sale datang lagik ... though travel date lom annouce lagik ... looking at my massive ( and insane ) travel plans so far, rasenye i need to refrain myself from buying any more tickets  for next year ... bawak2 bersabar yer cik azra ...

Update on 14/9:
Travel period: 7 January 2014 till 5 August 2014!

Jadiknye ni bukanlah new travel date.. rasenye AA tengah nak penuhkan flight la nih... okeh bleh tido dengan aman la selase mlm nanti

To JM, thank you mate!

Semalam lepas lunch tetiba je receptionist kat opis tu panggil pi reception area .. skali ade surat untuk aku. Tengok2 rupenye souvenir  from land down under dari JM dah sampai ... huhuhu tq banyak2 for the fridge magnet JM  ^__^

Sessi renew passport

Passport aku sebenarnye expired 1st April thn depan.. tapi sebabkan 6 bulan b4 expired dah takleh terbang kan, so jadiknye terpaksa la aku renew skang sebab ujung bulan nanti nak terbang and balik semula ke tanahair terchenta early  october ... kalau nak gamble jugak dengan passport lame, takut berendam air mate kat airport je nanti sebab ikutkan 1/10 tu aku dah takleh kluar mesia dah kan.... so utk mengelakkan kejadian2 yg tak diingini, aku renew la awal2... mmg dah target nak renew kat UTC Puduraya..

Kebetulan plak pagi tadik terbace entry blogger Anne pasal die renew passport kat situ jugak.... pastu terkujat jugak la bile die citer pasal queue yg super hazab tu kan...ingatkan kat situ mcm tak ramai org.. aku plan nak kluar lelambat sket... tapi takut gak kalau no abis ke, system down ke, naya aku.. dah la weekend ni je free.. weekend depan nak balik kg.. weekend lagik skali ade edisi berjimba2.. pastu weekend lagik satu dah nak terbang ... jadiknye terus tukar plan and kluar rumah seawal mungkin... tak penah2 aku bangun pagi seawal kul 5.30am and kluar rumah kul 6.15am ... hahahah over gigih ... park kete kat depan opis, naik komuter pi bts , pastu naik lrt sampai plaza rakyat ... sampai2 kat UTC, kul 7.30am .... ya allahhhh... queuenye dah panjang bebeno....ade la dalam 70-80 org kot kat depan aku ... bertabah je la kan... tunggu punye tunggu punye tunggu, kul 8.30am baru la diorang start bagi nombor ... and guess what, aku dpt no 1111 ... selepas almost sejam setengah menunggu utk amik nombor

Dah dapat no tu, aku pun duduk la lepak2 kat kusi2 kat tepi2 tu.. skali pacik guard dtg tanye no brape.. aku cakap la no aku kan.. die kate oooo lambat lagik ni... dalam kul 11 nanti baru sampai turn.. pegi la makan2 ke ape dulu .... aku agak hesitate jugak sebenarnye nak gi makan.. kang terlepas no mau nangis kat situ kan...  pastu aku dok perati je org2 kat kaunter tu wat keje, mmg agak slow nombor tu bergerak.. so aku pun cabut pegi tingkat 4 pekena nasik lemak dulu... kul 10am turun balik, tengok2 baru no 1050 .. alahai slownyeee.... pastu aku melepak je la kat situ ... by 10.30am, nombor dah abis.. kesian kat berpuluh2 org lagik yg dok queue nak amik nombor ... queue dah sejam, alih2 nombor dah abis ... pas dengar2 org yg jaga nombor tu dok explain kat customer, rupenye satu hari diorang boleh process 400 applications saje ... ade hari mmg tak abis nombor tu.. tapi hari sabtu ahad mmg habis sebab hari org tak keje so ramai yg datang. Seb baik la aku tergerak hati nak datang awal2 pagi kan..

So dipendekkan citer, ni la sinopsis time taken for me to renew my passport

7.30 am - start beratur
8.56 am - dapat nombor 1111 ... time tu tengah serving 1016
10.30 am - nombor sudah habis
11.20 am - aku punye turn ... amik mase 5 minit je kat kaunter tu ...
12.05 pm - turn aku utk bayar kat kaunter 9
1.15 pm - collect passport ...

all in all, amik mase around 6 hours ... ni first time aku renew passport kat kl after so many years ... last aku renew kat kl was back in 2005, mase tu masih lagik kat komplek wilayah ... pastu kan aku jadik warga negeri miri so since then renew kat sane je la... kat sane senang banget sebab tak ramai org.. within 1-2 hours dah bleh siap semua ... so ni kire new experience la aku bersesak2 dengan warga kota yg nak berjimba2 ke oversea ...

Goodbye my 4.5 year old passport

Hello my 7th passport 

Sepanjang 2-3 jam waktu menunggu tu, aku dok perati la org2 kaunter wat keje, pastu melayan karenah customer yg macam2 kan ... antara menda2 yg aku notis:

1) 1 nombor giliran adelah untuk satu orang .. kalau datang berkapel , or datang satu family, masing2 kene amik nombor masing2, takleh share nombor yer ... kesian pulak aku tengok akak kat kaunter tu bile satu kapel ni datang nak buat dua passport tapi bawak satu nombor ... seb baik la die tak tolak bulat2 yg sorang lagik tu.. terpaksa la pulak die carik nombor giliran yg takde org claim ( actually bile dah lame sangat nunggu, mmg ramai yg blah camtu jer )

2) Nak renew passport, sila la bawak passport lame ... aku rase mcm common sense je ni but still ade jugak yg boleh lupe nak bawak passport lame ...

3) Family nak buat passport baru utk anak2 bawah umur, ibu/bapa kene ade skali and kene bagi skali photostat ic ... ade yg lupe, pastu terpaksa la anak tunggu kat kaunter sementara mak bapak pi kedai fotostat... kan dah buang mase kat situ ...

4) Ada yg kate takleh amik gambar pakai spek / pakai contact lense ... aku cuak jugak sebab aku kan speki. Seb baik akak kat kaunter tu terima je gambar aku... ade kat satu kaunter tu akak yg jaga kaunter tu inform satu customer kate gambar die mcm ade reflection kat area mate sebab pakai spek.. die kate tunggu tukang yg buat passport tu bagi kate dua.. kalau gambar tak menepati citarase , nanti die call , kene gi amik gambar baru ... eemm macam2 kan....

5) Mase dah dekat2 time aku nak balik tu, masih lagik ade org dtg nak amik nombor ... diorang ingatkan dah kate bukak sampai mlm, boleh la datang anytime kan... ramai yg tak paham bahwa imigresen ni ade limit brape banyak application yg diorang bleh buat in one day ... patutnye menda ni diorang inform dalam website diorang .. aku rase mcm takde... ke mmg dah ade ehh?

6) Ramai yg lupe isi brape tinggi dalam borang kecik sekeping tu ... dah elok2 kat kaunter tu, terpaksa la pulak pi ukur tinggi plak kat ujung kaunter tu... pun dah amik mase extra kat situ ....

7) IC bermasalah ... yg ni mmg kesian ... tak pasal2 kene gi jpn dulu settle problem ic .. then baru bleh proceed ... thank god my IC is still in a good condition ...

Aku rase banyak lagik room for improvement dalam bab2 buat passport nih ... kalau betul2 takde masalah, everything can be settled within 5 minutes je kat kaunter tu.. so takde la waiting time kaw2 nye ... nak2 plak skang takde isi borang banyak2 mcm dolu2 kan ... just borang cinonet 4-5 baris tu jer kan ... lagik satu aku tak puas hati, awat dah scan thumbprint kiri kanan , and yet last2 kene jugak cop jari kat borang tu? why???

Okeh sekian my ramblings for today ....

Matta Fair kembali lagi

Matta Fair kembali lagik for the second time untuk tahun ni... this time around, exhibitionnye lagik besar, tambah lagik 2 hall tak silap aku... aku plak agak excited kali ni sebab plan sebenarnye nak gi shopping winter attire for my winter trip nanti ... hahahah dasar pompuan kan.. asal name shopping je mmg laju ... and aku dengan gigihnye jadik the first in line to queue for the free ticket , privilege for Matta credit card holders ... sangat over excited kan...

Tapi sebelum gi shopping, aku singgah dulu booth Korean Tourism and Japan Tourism ... kutip2 brochures... tanye soklan2 yg patut... then baru proceed to Universal Travellers booth ... btw mamat yg jaga booth Jeju sangat comey .... and people yg jaga Japan Tourism booth sangat2 informative and very helpful .. puas hati tanye soklan itu ini...

Sesambil tu jugak, freebies jangan dilupai yer... though kali ni tak banyak aku kutip ... malas nak jalan pusing sana sini...

Finally, haul for the day ...

Sebab dah serik dengan kesejukan yg melampau mase pi seoul last year, this time aku siap2 beli down winter jacket.. memandangkan harga pun masih mampu milik, so ape lagik rembat terus ... 

About currency exchange

Nampaknye ringgit telah jatuh teruk skang ni... exchange rate most major currencies semua dah gone up... termasuk la korean won.. ottoke ottoke ottoke??? Sejak aku terjebak dengan korean craziness ni ( since 2010 sebenarnye) , tak penah lagik korean won reach RM3 utk 1000 won... but now rate kat money changer dah RM3.08 ??? Terbeliak bijik mate aku dok tengok rate makin hari makin naik ... the highest aku penah tukar was RM2.90 ... the cheapest was RM2.75 ... dah la dalam tangan aku ade belen2 few hundred thousand won je lagik nih... dah tu aku ade 3 trips to korea within these few months... huwaaaaa ... expenses semua dah kene tambah la nampaknye.... :<

MYR to KRW rate within this month ... when will it go down again??? T__T

However, i'm quite happy that japanese yen is still at a reasonable rate ... nampaknye aku kene tukar yen siap2 la for my trip next year ... coz this year mase spring aritu the rate went up until RM39/RM40 for 1000 yen ... now it's only around RM33/RM34 ... banyak beza tu kalau nak tukar sampai ratusan ribu yen kan...

Yesterday's exchange rate

There was a time ...

When fueling up my car was not an issue ...

Ohh i miss my life in Brunei :(

AirAsia, seriously???!!!

Semalam dok bosan2 surfing internet, tetiba je terase nak play around with my airasia booking list ... konon2 nak add luggage utk the upcoming trip ... dalam hati mmg plan nak amik 15 kg luggage je sebab pegi pun 4-5 hari je kan... skali tengok, dah takde option utk 15 kg luggage... apekah apekah?? Terus la bukak site AA Fare Charges nak check for the luggage charges kan... skali tu dia ... no more option utk 15 kg for international flights okeh... T_T .. oh airasia, why why why???

No more option for 15 kg checked baggage

Baggage rate utk KUL-ICN ... no more 15 kg & 35kg

Hadoi laaa... aku dah la ade 3 trip AAX nih.. of which satu pun tak  beli luggage lagik... bermakna aku kene tambah additional RM30 for each trip ... and being a bajet traveller, every cent counts ok.... T_T