KMF 2011 fan account (super detailed rofl)

As promised, I will post lol. So...As you all know, last weekend (April 30th) was the Korea Times Music Festival in Los Angeles...and being the big K-POP fan that lives in Socal, I went!

Well let's start on Thursday shall we?

Thursday, after I finished my dang test and got stuck in LA's traffic for like 10 million years (more like 2 1/2 hour), I finally got to Sheraton in downtown LA, where all the artists who were attending KMF stayed at. First person I saw as soon as I got into Sheraton was K.WILL! I gotta say, he was much shorter than I imagine (lol) but nevertheless, he was nice and cute. I didn't get a picture or autograph because I froze there (gimme a break lol it's my first time seeing K.WILL oppar) while his manager dragged him away.

Then, I saw G.NA, getting out of the elevator! But she ran back in because I think her manager called her or something. I was seriously freaking out when I caught a glimpse of her and aside from my friend who was with me, I was the only one who saw her too! Since G.NA didn't come out for a while, I sat around inside the lobby area and watched the Laker's game (rofl i don't even like basketball...) until I heard screams from upstairs. Immediately, I grabbed my friend's DSLR and ran for my life up them stairs, and guess who I saw? G.NA! Her sneaky manager has gotten her to the elevator to get off at the upper level, right where the entrance/exit to Sheraton was, but I guess he didn't expect the swarm of fans that she had was already waiting for her there. I managed to get close to her and was about to snap a picture of me and her together, but manager-nim shoved me, then when I tried again, he almost tripped me. I guess manager-nim had a super bad day on Thursday, because he was dang cranky (and violent lol) to fans. But Baby G was super sweet! She kept on signing and signing and signing the stuff that fans gave her and kept on saying 'Thank You' too! (and I also heard from my friend that when the manager pushed her at the airport, G.NA told him to stop). G.NA wasn't as tall as I expected because I totally thought that she would tower over me (I'm 5'3-almost 5'4 ish) but she wasn't that much taller? She looks tall though because she was so thin! Oh but there's something that is true, she is so beautiful, gorgeous, hot, cute, adorable~! After the manager managed to shove all the fans away, he dragged her outside where they waited for the car, while the fans (including me) stood inside and snap pictures like crazy! G.NA turned around and smiled several times before the car came and she left--oh and did I mention K.WILL was there too? He has somehow managed to sneak outside and was waiting for the car as well~ While he was waiting, he dropped his iphone though, and it looked like a bad fall too....

After G.NA left, my friend and I sat around until we heard screams again, and this time, it was Oneway's Chance (Michael Kim) escorting Secret back to the hotel (he was their guide so he took them around LA to see it and stuff). Awhile after he took them back to their room, he came out again and was signing stuff for fans~ The security asked him if he needed his way clear but he was like "It's alright" and continue to sign stuff for fans. I didn't have anything for him to sign so I asked for a picture and he said yes! so I GOT A PICTURE WITH ONEWAY'S CHANCE! -fangirl status-. Chance was so nice and so cute lol~ He even like bended down a little (or else we wouldn't fit in the picture lol) when we took the picture~

Neways, after Chance left, we saw Sistar's Bora! Again, lol she was shorter than I expected (She looks like she's my height lolol) but she was so cute and a little clumsy~ but she was cute so it's okay lol.

When Bora went back to her hotel, we went upstairs, by the entrance/exit of Sheraton and sat there, lugging around a huge (and heavy) gift bag that we had for U-KISS (I totally forgot to talk about the gift bag, but basically we had a huge gift bag that we prepared for U-KISS lolol so yahhh~). The sun was starting to set and I was like getting tired of running up and down the stairs and around the hotel lobby so I just like flopped on the chair/ground and waited. Finally, our waiting came to an end when people downstairs screamed and then ran upstairs because U-KISS was coming up the elevator to leave for dinner or something. My friend and I waited in front of the elevator with our gift bag ready, but then all of the sudden, KEVIN WOO came back to the hotel in a car and walked in (he was out with his family). I almost screamed but I figured it would scared him so I didn't. I couldn't push through the fan girls because I was lugging a heavy bag with me so I just went to the other side and guess what? His manager was dragging towards me! I was so happy when he was in front of me I squealed a little before giving him the gift bag. I was like "Kevin! Kevin! This is for U-KISS" and handed him the bag. He smiled and told me (this is exactly what he told me) "Awww! Thank you~ Thank you!" and took the bag. He held it with him as the manager drag him back outside to a white limo and I just ran towards my friend, hugging and high-fived her! Our mission was complete! We wanted to stay until U-KISS leave but we had to leave because of the time.

Okay now, onto Friday~!

We were back at Sheraton by 11 AM and ran right into Secret's Hyo Sung! She was giving out autographs by the elevators in the upper level of Sheraton until her manager decided that it was time for her to go back to her room~ after Hyo Sung left, we decided to go grab some food before we starved to death, and while we left, DJ DOC came out. I was so sad because I'm such a big fan of DJ DOC, especially Chang Ryul-sshi...but food is food and living is more important lmao.

We had such a long long long wait until Secret came out of their room and into a small coffee shop inside Sheraton's lobby to get some drinks. The lady working in there told us to not go in so basically all the fans just crowded around the shop, snapping pictures. I was lucky to be at the front of that crowd where no one was blocking my view~ Only Ji Eun, Hyo Sung, and Sun Hwa was there, I guess Zinger was in the room. But yeah, Sun Hwa was soooooooooooooooooo cute she kept waving at the fans while they waited for their drinks! After their drinks was done, they came out and agreed to give autographs XD. I ran to Sun Hwa and asked for one and she was so cute up close! She kept on saying 'Thank you'~ Then I ran to Hyo Sung and omfg, girl was so adorable, she asked me for my name and told me to spell it out so she could write it! Then after I spelled it, she asked if I was Japanese LOL, girl is so precious <3 she even agreed to take a picture with my friend!

Then in the midst of it all, Oneway's Chance appeared like a knight and the Secret girls back to their room. While he was waiting for them to get done giving autographs, I asked him for another picture (ROFL because I can okay) and he told me to wait and that he will be back down here again later (kyaaa it's a date you gaiz).

So...we waited again and saw Jay Park (several times lol) but yeh he was pretty much walking in and out of Sheraton a lot with his AOM crew tooo but since I'm not really a fan or know anything about him, I couldn't care less.

Then, Chance and Secret showed up, and they were leaving in a Korea Times' van to head to Hollywood Bowl for practice. Chance didn't leave but he, being the gentleman that he is, escorted the girls to their van. After Secret left, Chance came back inside and basically I just stood there with several people, listening to him talk about how he took Secret around, and how he wanted to take Sistar to six-flags but couldn't and then some other stuff (lol he's so adorable). All of the sudden, I heard people screaming "ELI" and I just zoomed downstairs, where I saw Eli walking somewhere with his coordi/stylist/manager/idk who she was. So many fans surrounded him that it was hard to take pictures but then again, being the lucky girl that I am, he walked towards me! Hehehe so I asked him for a hug (because I saw some people asking him for a hug) and he opened his arms (omgah). Yes, I got a hug/hugged U-KISS's Eli.

After Eli went towards the restaurant place thingy, my friend and I ran back upstairs because we had a feeling that someone is going to come/leave. Then Eli came back again and we had to run back downstairs (trust me, I lost 5 lbs running up and down those stairs). Then when we went back upstairs, Jay Park was coming up from the escalator and the crowd of fans that swarmed after him was kind of pushing us away so my friend decided to head towards the side of the hotel door and guess who she ran into? U-KISS's Dong Ho and his manager, sneaking back in through the side door! I froze when I saw him but then my friend snapped me back to my senses and we kinda sorta followed them? I swear Dong Ho was smiling and I think he might've was about to give my friend a hug or something but his manager was dragging him away (they were literally running away from us rofl).

Then, after waiting a little more, more like 5 minutes, one of U-KISS's manager came up and was standing by the elevator near the side door where we bumped into Dong Ho. Because of him being there, everyone was sure that U-KISS would come up that way, but little did we know, he was a decoy. U-KISS ended up coming up the escalator (thank god I was smart and smelled some fish so I decided to stand in the middle where I could run to both places super fast). They came up in the order of Dong Ho, Soo Hyun, Eli, Kiseop, Kevin, and Hoon (no AJ because he was in NY for that one interview and didn't get there until like 8 or 9 or something) and because my friend had a present for Kiseop, so I was like next to him, tugging his sleeve (just lightly lol not like crazily) and was like "KISEOP WAIT! KISEOP WAIT!" and he laughed at me (I was stupid and didn't notice that he was already holding the present bag lol because my friend already gave it to him w/o me noticing). Then the crowd pushed me back to where I ended up being right behind Hoon and next to U-KISS's managers (rofl...scary...) Because of the fangirls pushing me, I bumped into Hoon several times (I'm so sorry Hoon :(.....) but he smiled at me so I hope he wasn't mad....he's too nice to be mad anyways rofl.

After they got into their van/bus (it look like a mini bus lol) waiting for it to leave, they were waving at the fans that was there, chanting/screaming/squealing at U-KISS. Oh and we got kick out of the hotel (unless you're staying there) afterwards because everyone made a huge fuss when U-KISS was leaving.

Anywaysss skippy-skip to Saturday!

(This is getting way too long lol, I'll just like talk about the high lights of my KMF concert)

Okay, so when G.NA and Chang Ryul came out to MC, I screamed my head off, waving my G.NA sign like crazy while saying "Unni Saranghae!" at the top of my lungs. I know that she caught a glimpse of my sign because she was glancing and smiling towards my direction.

Then when G.NA performed, I like died and went to heaven. She was soooo good live and she was super beautiful and filled with charisma on stage! When she was singing "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better" I was like near tears (I'm dramatic I know but I never would've thought I'd actually see my Baby G on stage, singing, live, in flesh in front of me). Then when she sang Black & White, I was screaming the lyrics along~ I was really sad that she only performed 2 songs but I guess it's okay since she was one of the MC and I get to see her throughout the whole concert.

Then, when it was U-KISS's turn, I almost wanted to stand on my box's wall just to get AJ's attention LOL but I didn't want to get kicked out of the concert so I just went ballerina style and stand on my toes. Screaming, waving, jumping didn't seem to do the work of catching his attention to me (lol or even my sign) for the first half of their performance. But then when they performed Bingeul Bingeul, AJ finally look towards my direction and saw my sign because he was waving and smiling! I'm also pretty sure that Hoon & Kevin saw my AJ sign(LMAO) because Hoon and I made eye contacts several times and I swear I saw Kevin laughing at me (I could be delusional but hmm IDC).

After U-KISS was SISTAR and omfgah I was so damn happy that they performed "How Dare You" but super sad that they performed "Push Push" instead of "Shady Girl" because Shady Girl is a much better song ... :(.

After Sistar was Baek Ji Young and she performed the Secret Garden Ost and the "My Ears' Candy" With K.WILL as the rapper (I swear, is there anything K.WILL Oppar can't do? He's like perfect at everything!).

Skippy skip to DJ DOC's perf and how much I jumped when they sang "I'm A Guy Like This" and "Run To You". DJ DOC seriously pumped up the concert (or at least they did to me because I could only remember screaming Chang Ryul's name and jumping like a maniac). What makes it better was that VASCO was with them....(you guys seriously don't know how much I love and respect Vasco lol). I'm really glad I got to see DJ DOC at KMF because they're like one of the K-POP legends that I love love love!

After DJ DOC was intermission and then skippy skip to Secret! Ever since I bumped into Secret and how Hyo Sung was asking for my name, I've became one of her fan (I was a Sun Hwa biased) and I basically made her my #3 favorite K-POP girl (G.NA is #1, obviously, and HyunA is #2). They performed Madonna, Shy Boy, and Magic in their adorable outfits! I seriously just wanted to hug them all lolol.

After Secret was K.WILL and I seriously just wanted to shout "OPPAR MARRY ME" but I doubt he'd hear me and I didn't wanna embarrass my friends so I didn't. He was flawless and perfect, enough said.

Skippy skip lol it's Jay Park's turn but I didn't know what he was singing because I'm not a fan and like I said I didn't really care so yeahh...sorry you JP fangirls, I'm pretty much useless rofl. Oh but he was dancing with his crew? It was sorta cool.

So, finally, after that, was 4MINUTE, and I'm pretty sure I made everyone around me go deaf (if they didn't already from me screaming for G.NA & AJ) because I was SCREAMING (screaming is an understatement but idk what other words to use) HyunA's name. 4MINUTE was so gorgeous and omgah, I was like dying when I saw HyunA loloololol. She was seriously a goddess, I love her even more now, I might've gotten her attention because of how loud I was but I'm not sureee. All I saw was her looking towards my direction so I can't really tell....

Oh and during the concert, I would shout out my love for G.NA and she saw my sign for her, she finally smiled and waved at me (I'm sorry, I was the one interrupting the MCs rofl) I really have to thank the fanboys next to me for helping me to get her attention!

Then, when the concert was over, I tried to get G.NA to sign my sign but the damn security blocked me -_- yet I saw him letting another girl through earlier....But yah so I like went another way and got to the extended stage, WHERE AJ SAW MY SIGN AGAIN AND TOLD ME TO CALL HIM! (no i didn't really get his number, but he pointed at me and made a gesture telling me to call him and then pointed at me again as if to say he's holding my tab on it LOL). It took him a while to notice me because I'm damn short and standing behind tall people! But I managed to made my way to the front and yeah! He saw me! I almost (almost) fainted on the spot there when he did that "call me" gesture but thank god I didn't LOL.

But yeah, U-KISS's AJ, my bias, noticed me? My Queen G.NA, smiling and waving at me? Okay, my life is pretty much complete. Oh and when the concert was over, due to the fireworks that KMF was shooting, one of the palm trees caught on fire....so we really had to leave the place because...it's dangerous lol.

But yep! I guess that's my KMF experience? It wasn't much but I'll remember these memories for life (or at least until next year's concert). Within 3 days, I made friends with complete strangers, meeting people that I've only talked to on fan forums...I've laughed, cried, and definitely had the time of my life. I really wished that I could re-live all those 3 days. Now that it's over, I miss sitting on chair in Sheraton, waiting and waiting. I miss those stairs that I ran up and down on, I miss those familiar faces that I would see at Sheraton, I miss running into celebrities, I just miss everything...~

Until next year, I shall live in the memories of those wonderful 3 days.

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