Up close and personal at the concert!
.. aaaawww the Boyz II Men concert was amazing!! We’ve been talking about it for weeks, I can’t believe it finally came so quickly- and that we actually were able to get tickets! We were having trouble get tickets because we didn't have our Alien cards yet, then when we finally got them, they wanted a domestic credit card when we only have check card, thennn when we asked Jade to put it on her credit card for us, it was too close to the concert to get the tickets online. So we took the risk and went to the Olympic Stadium, where the concert was held, two hours early. The cheapest tickets were sold out, but we were able to get the 100,000 won tickets. We sat on the curb and laughed and hung out while we waited for the concert to start then grabbed a few beers and went to our seats. I thought we would see a lot more white people, but I'm pretty sure that we were the only ones. It was pretty fun. We kept screaming “Philladelphia” really loud when there was a quiet part of the song, pretending we were from Philly. We were hoping that the boys would meet us since we were the only Americans there. About half way through the concert I decided that I wanted to try to sneak into the front row, so I recruited Katelan to get rebellious with me and we were on our way! I usually just hold my ticket up and act like I'm going to the right spot. It worked! Nobody stopped to question us, so we just found some empty seats and ended up getting some sweet seats in the 5th row. During “I’ll Make Love to You” we ran up to the front and pushed our way to the front row of the crowd. It was perfect! The boys were passing out roses so I got aggressive and got a rose!! One of the boys was bending down giving the girl next to me a kiss on the hand. I was able to get some awesome pictures of the boys singing and up-close, all sweaty. It was a blast!! And I can still say that I have never been to a concert without getting front row. ;-) Next up – trying to get backstage! Katelan and I left the concert one song early so we could beat the crowd and head for backstage. We felt pretty sneaky and 007 running between places to hide. It was almost impossible not giggle. Eventually we reached the End of the Road, if you will ;-) where there was a rope and security men stopping us from going back where the bands where staying. Katelan made up a story about how we knew the band and our friend was backstage and we needed to go pick her up but they didn't speak English so they called someone to come talk to us and help us out- the members of Four Men, the really popular Korean boy band that opened for Boyz II Men, came out to ask us what we needed. We fed them some more lies about this friend of ours, but they still wouldn't let us back stage. We didn't like this, so with our liquid courage we decided to run past security to hunt for the boys ourselves. Somehow we ended up behind the stage where the band and staff where taking apart the stage. Here we caught a glimpse of the cuter Boy- Shawn, we waved and kept rushing to hide from security, assuming they were looking for us. We finally gave up and met back up with Katie and Tia to head back home. Mission unaccomplished, but I’d still say it was a successful evening. Definitely a good time!!!
Before the concert a big group of us went to the Cherry Blossom Festival in Seoul for the day. There were 5 kilometers of Cherry Blossom trees on one strip, it was so beautiful! I look about 100 pictures that all pretty much look the same. Katie, Tia and I have been talking a lot about getting tattoos while we are here but I haven’t thought of something that would be meaningful enough for me to get it permanently on my body, and I definitely don't need anymore words, I have enough of that. After seeing the gorgeous Cherry Blossom trees, I’ve been seriously considering getting a Cherry Blossom tree tattoo with each blossom representing my 7 best friends from college with one falling, which would represent Tanya. I think this tattoo will capture my experience here in Korea while being meaningful in other ways as well. We’ll see if I end up getting it. Back to the festival… we all just walked around observing the scene and taking it all in. It was fun to be walking around and surrounded by Koreans, I always love when I really FEEL like I am in a foreign country, this was definitely one of those days. Along the walk were a lot of venders selling artwork and even painters painting unbelievably stunning portraits as we walked by. I felt like I was in Piazza Navona, Rome, all over again. The weather was beautiful and the company was great. It was our first real cultural thing here and it just made me look forward and excited about more in the near future! Can’t wait to start planning Jeju Island, a weekend rock climbing, and Mudfest!!!!
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