
Super Junior.
The initial reason why I'm a fangirl. XD
It's been one year and six months since I was pulled to the Kpop kingdom. Yes, this group is the culprit. Well, Kim Hee Chul to be specific.
March 2007. There I was minding my own business. My high school graduation was just two weeks away. My academic life in ADNU was finally over and graduation practice was my only agenda for the day. My body clock woke me up quite early in the morning, on that faithful day. It felt a bit weird. After years of waking up early to prepare for school, I no longer needed to. But the habit was already there. To pass the time, I switched on the television. Not surprisingly, all the good shows weren't being aired yet. So I ended up in the higher channels. Then, I got to the Arirang channel. Pops in Seoul was being aired. The show was featuring the making of Super Junior T's new music video, Rokkugo. It was a bit amusing but not really my thing. After a while, the camera focused on Hee Chul and I almost fell out of the bed. And that was the start of it.
Over the duration of my high school life, I was able to try different types of music. I had my OPM phase, my Western songs phase, my Jpop phase and finally my Kpop phase. I'd have to say that Kpop really hooked me. From Super Junior, I discovered other groups that would keep my fandom life busy. DBSK, TRAX, FT Island, Big Bang, SHINee, etc. My brother can never understand why I'm so into these groups. He pointed out some facts. One, I can't understand their language. Two, some of are prettier than girls. Three, they all become dorks at one point. Why I find them so lovable is completely beyond my
kuya. And he's not the only one. A lot of my friends really don't get it too. Good thing my parents already accepted the fact that I'm so into Asian music. Though it doesn't mean they let me buy their albums. Well, it's not like I ask permission if I could purchase them. But I'm not really keen on doing that. After all, the internet provides fangirls with tons of download sites. LOL.
But lately, I haven't been able to update myself with my fandoms. With Super Junior, the sub groups are doing their own thing. So it's really hard to get news about each one. It would be easier if they start performing as a whole group again. School work is eating up all my free time. So I haven't been spazzing over my favorite members in such a long time. I miss them already. :( I guess, I'll just have to wait for sembreak. And DBSK's comeback is nearing, so I'm watching out for that. They've been gone from the Korean music scene for almost 2 years. So I'm sure fans are dying to seem them perform again in their native land. Japan was lucky enough to be DBSK's music concentration over the last years. When will they ever consider the Philippines? haha. A bit impossible at this point in time. But who knows? Pops In Seoul already shot their 1000th episode here. Maybe it'll be the start of the Korean wave here.
Although it's a bit ironic, right? A lot of Koreans are coming to live in the Philippines. But Kpop groups are yet to become really popular in the country. But I'm not sure if I want that to happen. I don't want another ala "F4 wave". I was never a fan of that group. But I can say that their popularity here was a bit to much. There was a time when you could see their faces everywhere. On slippers, glasses, shirts, sari-sari store labels. It was a bit overwhelming. And it didn't take long for me to get tired of seeing them. F4 overdose, that's what I call it.
But oh what I would give to see at least one of my fave groups perform live. ^^,