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Thursday, September 27, 2012

Reseña del Concierto de Xia Junsu en Mexico


Hola!! 

Aprovechando que acabo de regresar y apenas estoy poniendo todas las fotos del Viaje a Corea en orden, les quiero dejar una reseña del concierto de Junsu en Mexico, esta reseña me la mando Carmen Sotelo, una ex-compañera de mi clase de Coreano que tuvo la oportunidad de asistir al 1er concierto de Kpop en México!

MI EXPERIENCIA EN EL CONCIERTO DE XIA JUNSU

06 de septiembre, un día que será recordado por 3500 fans del Kpop. Después de tantos esfuerzos se logró el primer concierto en México, Xia Junsu pisótierras aztecas para traernos su 1er Tour Mundial Tarantallegra.


 
Las personas comenzaron a formarse desde las 6:30 am, para las 11:00 ya éramos cerca de 1200 que esperaban en la entrada del Auditorio BlackBerry. Para hacer menos la espera, cantábamos y conversábamos con personas de otros estados: Monterrey, Querétaro, Veracruz, Acapulco, Guadalajara, San Luis Potosi, etc. Mientras llegaba la hora del concierto mis amigas y yo, nos dedicamos a repartir lighsticks de manera gratuita para quienes no habían tenido oportunidad de comprar los oficiales. Era una manera de agradecer a Junsu su visita a nuestro país.

Llegó la hora 6:30 y no accesabamos al recinto, la desesperación comenzaba hacerse presente. Gente que trabajaba en el lugar salió a informarnos que se había quemado un cable y no querían exponer a los asistentes.

A las 7:00 por fin comenzamos a entrar, sólo queríamos que nos revisarán rápido para poder correr y quedar lo más cercano posible al escenario. Tuvimos suerte!!, la hora del concierto había llegado y este no empezaba, nos preguntábamos que pasaba. Salió un representante del equipo de Junsu para decirnos que le habían mostrado un video donde se veía las largas filas que esperaban entrar, por lo tanto este hermoso hombre, había tomado la decisión de esperar al último fan para que no se perdiera detalle alguno de su concierto.

Ya que nos encontrábamos dentro del auditorio, se coreaban canciones como Cielito Lindo, Sabes, El Rey. De pronto se nos informo que la mamá de Junsu había llegado y todas comenzamos a gritarle: ¡¡suegra!! ¡¡Suegra!!, ¡¡omoni!! ¡¡omoni!!.


8:30  se apagan las luces, salen unos bailarines y en el centro se coloca un joven con traje azul. Todos sabíamos que había llegado el momento y los gritos no se hicieron esperar. Comenzó cantando  Breath, con unos movimientos muy sexys.

De ahí le siguieron canciones como Fever, You are so beautiful,Lullaby. Al terminar esta, concedió 3 deseos. El primero, subió a un fanboy y se tomaron una foto (todas quisimos ser ese chico en ese momento), segundo cantó un fragmento del musical Elizabeth y tercero hizo un paso sexy. No cabe duda de que es un chico con cierta inocencia, pues mostró pena cuando cumplió este último deseo.

Continuaron las canciones, The last dance, No Again e Intoxication. Posterior a estas cantó una de las más esperadas: Tarantallegra. Al término de esta, se sentó en un sillón que estaba en la parte superior del escenario, se notó en ese instante que le faltaba la respiración pues se quedó ahí cerca de un minuto.



Hizo otras dos pausas para agradecer a las y los fans por haber acudido a su concierto, y dijo que había disfrutado la visita a México. Que comentaría todo lo sucedido a Yoouchun y Jaejoong. Prometió regresar con ellos el siguiente año.

Anunció lo que sería su última canción: I don’t like love. Debo decir que la interpretó con un sentimiento que hizo poner la piel chinita a todos los presentes. Se despidió junto a sus bailarines. Pero como buenos mexicanos gritamos el tradicional ¡OTRA! ¡OTRA! Y que sale de nuevo. 



Cantó Fallen Leaves. Al término de esta hizo una reverencia al público, algo que solamente se había visto en Corea. Fue tanta su emoción que al momento de hacerla, lloró. Demostrando así lo feliz que estaba.



Al salir pude ver a varias fans llorando, mas enamoradas y súper agradecidas por este sueño hecho realidad.

Sin duda la mejor experiencia que tuve en este año.

Carmen Sotelo

 Pues ahi lo tienen, al parecer el concierto fue todo un EXITO, esperemos muy pronto podamos tener mas conciertos de Kpop en México, yo mientras espero el de BigBang o GD :) 

-Gisela V

Wednesday, September 19, 2012

Hola Seúl!

안녕하세요!

Después de 24 horas de aviones, espera en aeropuerto y demás... Por fin llegue a Seoul!

Mi vuelo llego a las 10:20 a Incheon y 40 minutos después estaba buscando ya mi equipaje, por suerte todo salió bien :) y ya me esperaban afuera.... La verdad es que hubiera estado padre que tuvieran un letrero super grande con mi nombre y no solo en una hoja de papel... Jajaja, pero bueno de Incheon es un camino largo y lleno de trafico a Seúl así que llegamos al hotel alrededor de las 12:00pm y 3 horas después salimos con rumbo a COEX para visitar el museo del Kimchi por que tiene años que le traigo ganas a ese museo... Un post completo de eso será hasta que regrese por que por ahora solo puedo bloggear desde el teléfono.... Después del museo fuimos a un Templo que esta ahí mismo en Gangnam (Oppa Gagnam Style (8))8)(8)) y después regresamos al hotel por 2 niñas que también se unirían al tour (Anabelle y Emma de Londres), fuimos a la N Seoul Tower y tomamos el teleférico... Así como Kim Sam Soon solo que lleno tipo metro en hora pico u_u.... Después de la torre teníamos reservación para el restaurante Coreano que esta ahí, pero con todo y eso teníamos que esperar 50min.... Al final terminamos comiendo en un Lugar Italiano ahí en la torre... El lugar esta muy padre, pero el ambiente es ROMÁNTICO 100%.... Así que eviten lo si van de foreveralone (kkkkkk)

Después frenar tuvimos que correr al hotel por que teníamos que ver a unas personas de KOCIS (Korean Culture and Information Service), casualmente después de ese encuentro salí en búsqueda de un teléfono de monedas por que el del hotel no funciona y termine encontrándome con Emma y Anabelle... Así fue como terminamos dando un paseo por las ocupadas calles de Itaewon...

Perdón por las fotos, pero de nuevo... Solo puedo bloggear del teléfono :(

Ahh!!!! En COEX compre mi One of a Kind de GDragon!!!! Y hasta póstercito me dieron :)

Ahí les dejo unas fotitos... Están en desorden, pero bueno.... :)

-Gisela V.

Tuesday, September 18, 2012

Bye for a bit!!

Hey Guys!

I'm so excited!, in 4 hours I leave for Seoul :)  YAY!!

Seoul... see you in 30 hours!!!!!!!

-Gisela V

Thursday, September 13, 2012

Traveling to Korea... Expectation / Reality


Expectation / Reality

A few months ago I ran into someone whom I took Korean Lessons with, after catching up a bit I remembered she had traveled to Korea just a couple of weeks back and asked how it was.... To my sorprise she said she didn't liked it O_O (WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAT?!!!) I wasn't shocked because I want everyone to love Korea but because she was taking Korean Lessons and seemed to be very into Korean Culture, but no she was only into Hallyu/K-Wave, I'm not sure about her age but she is older than me (I'm 27) by at least 10 years.

When she started with "I didn't like it because you can not experience K-pop the same way you do it here (KoreaTown in Mexico City)"...I was like.. REALLY?? That's your reason??????????? HUH????????... how is it possible?

Reality / Expectation













So, let me tell you a bit about my experience with Korea. 

After listening to her stories I was pretty relieved I didn't know much about Dramas, Kpop and Hallyu in general when I traveled to Korea...I wouldn't even dare to say more than 3 words in Korean :(. I was very into Korean Culture, I loved (still do) the language, the culture, the food and it just seemed like a very cool place to travel. I read TONS of K-blogs writen not only by Foreigners but also by Koreans so I new a bit about both sides of what was going on in Korea... when the time came and I traveled to Korea I wasn't really expecting anything and ended up having an amazing trip...I still feel like I didn't do enough even thou my schedule was packed everyday and sometimes I feel like I wasted too much time sleeping while I was there (What???!! this country has 24hrs deliveries, Noraebangs, Spa's, etc!!)
Reality / Expectation













On the other side, this ex-classmate was VERY into Korean culture, on the 1st day of classes most of the people there said they wanted to go to Korea and meet their Idols O_o (Maybe that's why I never felt like I fitted in that class...), they would go to K-pop meetings, watch Dramas, buy (extremly expensive) K-pop products and would gather at a famous (expensive) Korean Coffee shop in Mexico to drink 8USD Teas with a 5USD piece of bread. 
I know for fact she was expecting to go to Korea and ran into someone famous or maybe find a Tall, rich and handsome Korean man who would be mean to her at 1st but then would fall in love with her. Sadly she went to the other side of the world for pretty much nothing :(, I even felt bad when she said she arrived at Incheon and thought it was an Ugly place....

haha they do think different.... 
I wonder if all Hallyu fans are like this.... if they will feel disapointed if they travel to Korea and can't meet their idols, sometimes we read so many things about Kpop that we believe Kpop is TOP priority in Korea, although Kpop it is popular, not everyone in Korea likes it and not everything is about Kpop. Most people (I've met) think Kpop is for Highschool girls... which is what I told her.... there are some "famous" Mexican bands who are very famous in other Countries (RBD) among teens but in Mexico older people (like me :( ) don't even think about at ALL.

This is why I'm worried now... even though I'm not obsesced with Hallyu... I've seen WAY too many Dramas (On my 1st visit I've only seen "My name is Kim Sam Soon") and I know a tiny bit more about Kpop... what if I get dissapointed with my next trip to Korea???... have I been biten by the Hallyu mosquito? is this contagious?... will I be expecting a Goo Yoon Pyo to come and resque me from the bullies from Highschool?? O_O or am I expecting to run into BigBang on the subway?? (okok,,,maybe I am expecting that lol)... I wonder if I would see PSY horse ridding while crossing a street in Gangnam....

What Most Hallyu fans will expect:
1.-Kpop playing everywhere
2.-Seeing your idols everywhere
3.-Each and every Korean to be extremely handsome
4.-Sexy women wearing super short shorts
5.-Korea as a country to look just like in Dramas

Reality...remember this is only MY experience:
1.-Kpop was played in Shopping areas or Malls...not everywhere (most of the times I was unable to recognize the songs....)
2.-I didn't see anyone... one day I was at COEX Mall and people were gathering for an event...I don't know who it was but there were less than 20 people waiting for him...so it might have been just a book signing?
3.-..... Not everyone was dead gorgeous, I mean most people are into fashion and people tend to wear nice clothes but NO, not everyone is as cute as Gum Jan Di or Goo Joon Pyo (Can you tell I don't know many characters names?? lol)
4.-THIS I will give you... on my 1st visit I went in WINTER...once I stepped outside of Incheon my face froze...I desperately wore my 2 jackets, a hat, gloves and a scarf and still I was freezing but Korean girls?? pfffft they don't give a (insert your word here) if it's 0°C...they will go out with a miniskirt and high heels, you will see them on the subway, at coffee shops, malls, buses, etc... they are awesome, either they are VERY used to that cold or they are much more worried about how they look (I will go for the 2nd one)
5.-Korea does look like in Dramas because well it is pretty in reality, BUT.... remember most Dramas will show you the Big City, the newest mall, the cutest Coffee Shop and well..the BEST of the best, but there are also very poor zones, at night you'll see homeless people sleeping in the subway (this is a bit scary actually....), does anyone remember when Gum Jan Di goes to sleep on the subway on BBF?? well...it's like that O_O, but it's safe if you hurry and get out of there as fast as you can lol :P jk

Anyway, on My 1st trip to Korea the REALITY of my trip overcome the EXPECTATION..... I wonder what will happen on this upcoming trip 0_0.

How was your 1st trip? How did you handle the Expectation/Reality of the trip?

-Gisela V.

Friday, September 7, 2012

G-Dragon



Kwon Ji Yong better known as G-Dragon (지드래곤) is BigBang’s leader, rapper, singer, songwriter, producer, model and whatnot with only 24 years (born August 18, 1988)… Amazing isn’t it??....I still can’t believe I’m 3 years older than him.

Lately I’ve been listening to more G-Dragon and reading more and more about him…why? …well to start his Birthday was just a couple weeks ago, he released the 1st single of his new Solo Album and well…rumors on the internet say he will be the main producer of YG’s new girl-band…..

If you remember, I already talked a bit about him on This post and after that post I kinda became a BigBang fan (lol), I listened to Heartbreaker by G-Dragon and it was just catchy… and when I heard he was releasing a new Solo album I was already a bit excited about it…but then “One of a Kind” came out and to be honest I didn’t love the 1st (2nd, 3rd, 4th) time I heard it…. Specially the video and his “new” image for the Video, I just don’t get why should they dye their hair with such a weird colors… T.O.P.’s mint hair started very “minty” and then it turned a softer color…. But Bright yellow?... and with the hair braided like that?? Plus the little bear and the Tiger…. I just wasn’t feeling it… eventually the song grew on me and now I find myself singing Yes Sir I’m one of a Kind… Neh Hyung… Neh Noona …as for the lyrics?... We all know he is wild (Just look at that yellow, pink, white hair)…. And Young, we also know he’s got lots of money but I don’t think he’s sorry for being so popular….and that part I’m a bear that can do a lot of tricks — no, more like a fox …He really can pull LOTS of tricks and that’s what I like about him, he’s not your average Kpop idol, I think he does a great job as a writer and producer… Come on! He’s just 24!!!! ….anyway, if you still haven’t listened to One of a Kind, check out the video up next.


Less than 2 weeks after One of a Kind’s release, G-Dragon came out with a new video That XX this video was rated for an 19+ audience and the explicit in the song was replaced by a beep  on “That Beep”… The 1st time I listened to this song I really liked it… and I normally don’t like this slow-romantic kind of songs…at least not on my 1st time listening to it… I had to read the lyrics of course and I went all Awwww!!! He doesn’t seem to be the type of guy who’s friendzoned lol and guess what… it took me a few days to understand that he is both characters on the video… the Nice-friendzoned guy and the XX (aka asshole….) it was nice to see the change from One of a Kind to That  XX, I’m even thinking about getting his new CD due to be released on September 15th and yes… this will be my very FIRST Kpop CD….. although I’m thinking about getting BigBang’s Alive and Super Junior’s 5th album


Do you guys have any recommendations for other good Kpop CD’s??, are there any G-Dragon’s fans here? What do you guys think about this new Solo album?

-Gisela V.




Wednesday, September 5, 2012

Xiah Junsu in Mexico


Hi everyone,

If you are a Kpop Fan from Mexico, you must know everyone is going crazy right now because of Junsu's visit to Mexico City,,,, but who's this guy?....

Kim Junsu aka Xiah Junso is a South Korean singer/songwriter is best known for being a member of JYJ's boyband.  Junsu debuted in 2003 with SM Entertainment as a member of the band TVXQ, in July 2009, Junsu and fellow TVXQ members Kim Jaejoong and Park Yoochun filled a lawsuit against SM Entertainment, arguing that their exclusive contracts were unilaterally disadvantageous towars the artists and should be invalidated. In October 2009 the Seoul Central District court ruled in favor of the three and granted an injunction suspending their contracts. Junsu then debuted as JYJ (Junsu/Jejung/Yuchun).

In May 2012 Junsu released his 1st full-length solo studio album "Tarantallegra" and it was followed up by a World Tour which includes concerts in South Korea, Bangkok, Jakarta, Taipei, Shanghai, Hong Kong, New York, Los Angeles, Mexico City, Sao Paulo and Santiago de Chile.

Tomorrow is Mexico's turn to enjoy Xiah Junsu's concert!, fans are having a massive meeting today at 4pm in Mexico City to show Junsu their love.

Yesterday Junsu enjoyed a nice shopping/eating/sightseeing afternoon with his Mom and his photographer.

Junsu and his Mom :) 
Junsu's mom has been tweeting (@zunoxiahmom) pictures of their trip. Judging by the pics, it seems as they were aroung the Korean Town area and Downtown...so I guess fans will be wondering around these areas today for a chance to see their Idol :)

Tacos @ Mexico City
"The best chicken in Town" - Downtown Mexico City 
A quick stop on a convenience store? 
Lucky fans! 
Apparently they both fell for the Mexican Girl ;) 
Mexican Beer 
If you are near K-Town...you might bump into Junso, so make sure you can recognize him ;)

As for tomorrow's concert....well, hopefully next week we'll have a review of the Concert here :D

-Gisela V.