A couple of weekends back I headed down to Gyeongsan for a visit to Fiona's humble abode. And what a lovely weekend I had, too! Spending time with Fiona is wonderful as we're both from the exact same area of Manchester! It's great to chat to someone about home, all the things you miss and don't miss, with someone who understands exactly what you're talking about. And hearing another Mancunian accent is just brilliant, especially as mine is beginning to fade away!
On the Saturday we went to Daegu stadium for the Asian Song Festival concert. I was so excited about this concert since my obsession with K-pop (Korean pop music- and don't laugh, it's very VERY catchy and you hear it EVERYWHERE so it's difficult not to sing along and then, somehow, before you know it, you find yourself listening to it on repeat for hours on end!!) has accelerated drastically over the past few months. Some of the biggest Asian music acts performed at the concert, including performances by Chinese, Japanese, Taiwanese, Thai and, of course, Korean performers. The big Korean groups I was most excited about seeing were boy bands, 'Beast' and 'Super Junior' and girl groups, 'Miss A' and 'Girls' Generation.'
We were even lucky enough to get VIP tickets so the seats we had were great. And although we were on the ground as opposed to one of the higher tiers we saw everything because Korean people don't stand up at concerts so my view was perfect throughout. Wonderful.
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| Beginning the afternoon the way all afternoons should begin... Korean BBQ! |
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| Inside the stadium with our VIP tickets and free goodies including glow sticks and blankets - best idea EVER ! |
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| RaNia = raunchiest Korean girl group in the history of Korean girl groups. |
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| As the night progressed it became apparent that K-pop is not for everyone. |
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| The Beast fans were absolutely crazy!! They waited until their boys came on until they turned on their glow sticks to spell out... BEAST. Clever, eh?! |
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| Favourite group of the night- Miss A |
Everything was going swimmingly until it decided to rain. At first it was just spitting so we endured the getting wet but then it started pouring down and not everyone one had umbrellas, or the same addiction to K-pop that I do, and they decided to leave early before two of the 'biggies' had performed. I was so gutted. I wanted to stay but since I had no idea where I was and because hobbling around on a dodgy leg in the dark and rain and alone isn't the best of fun, I left with the others. Hopefully, one day I will have another chance to see the groups that I missed.
After the concert I had a 'Daegu night out' (oh yeah, the rain cleared up right after we left the stadium! Brilliant!) with Fiona and her friends which consisted of lots of alcohol (mainly in the form of bags-yay! I'm partial to a bag drink or two!) karaoke in the best bar EVER-'Champs' and just generally lots of fun and good times!
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| Pizza in a cup. Happy days. |
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| Bag drinks! |
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| Karaoke in the best bar in Daegu. |
The next day was a bit of a wash out due to the excessive alcohol intake from the previous night but we did manage a nice lunch in Gyeongsan before I boarded my train bound for Seoul :)
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| Scrummy lunch before my journey back to Seoul. |
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