21st Filipino-Korean Cultural Festival

Yesterday, I had a privilege of attending the 21^st Fil-Kor Cultural Festival, and it was an overwhelming and enjoyable experience. Actually, it’s my second time to attend the Fil-Kor Fest (the first was last year). I think it is better this year. In this post, I guess I will just state my points comparing the two recent fests I attended, the reasons why I said it’s better than the recent year.

One thing I most appreciate on this years’ fest is the emcee they got for hosting of the program. It’s better in a way, because Ms. Sam Oh is fluent equally with the English and Korean language (and some tagalong too). So I think the audience can “go along” as on what’s going on, both Filipinos and Koreans alike. She has that hosting skills, added that she does it professionally.

On the performance aspect, it just all goes well, same with the last year performances. Koreans performed Filipino dances and songs, vice versa, Filipinos did Koreans performances. What I like most was the SINDAW presentation. It was so colorful, their dresses was so grand, especially the singkil costumes. And the performance was so superb! I was so proud  being a Filipino on that moment.

Guest Filipino performers were Francheska Farr and Down To Mars. What so amusing about it were the performances of the contestants received more squee-ing than these two famous (well, are they?! :P) artists. Actually, one of the contestants (Shiners & ComOne Ground) received so much squee from the audience on which Ms. Oh asks if are they really that "sikat" in Korea. Hehe… What she really doesn’t know is that the cover song they performed was the thing being screamed upon by most of the audiences. One of the reason why most group dances get so much screaming is that they cover popular kpop songs.

Mr. Jung Lee, a famous Korean balladeer also graced the event. He performed three songs, but sadly, I don’t recognized any one. He says something in Korean, but I don’t understand any of it too. But anyway, his vocal was so great! I just hope I know him more so I can appreciate his presence. Awtz…

The grand prize winner, which received P50,000.00, were the Hybrid Crew. They were a 5-female group, and they do a cover kpop group performance.

The event also held raffles of boxes of ramen, on which we didn’t won, again! But before leaving the event, they let us logged in our names and contact details, and gave us pamphlets, books, and posters. It is for those who plan to visit Korea. Yay! Actually, I loved it all. It was like a pamphlet/map, a travel guide with all the streets, shopping places, and all other interesting places you would want to visit when you go there. I also loved the books on Korean Cuisine. It was beautiful, and I really loved having it!

All in all, the event was awesomely enjoyable! Thank you Arirang for the tickets! Till next year…

A Letter For You, Madam

I’ve been missing you so much. Only now I realized the things you keep on telling me when you’re still here with us. The things you told me, the lessons you taught me, the worries u feel, your interests in life on which I, myself, find interesting too, those for-the-girls-only chitchats we shared, your belief & principles, ideology & thoughts – all of those things, reminding me of your presence once upon a time - are now memories.

Sometimes I smile when I remember your tactlessness, then I realized, I missed your bluntness, your rudeness. The way your react on a certain situation, I understand it now, cause that’s the way I will react too, but I think in more restrained manner. I wish I am strong as you, and as smart as you. The high and mighty facade you show hides a little modesty and reserved attitude inside. Some don’t see that, but I do. I always do, ‘coz I feel you. And I want to thank you for helping me to know and understand myself more – simply by watching you. 

Up until now, I just can’t believe that you’re really gone. All I want is to see you again! I think I have to continue what you have started... Till we meet again, Ma’am! Xoxo…

Wacky Dream

Hello! I just wanna share to you my oh-so-nice yet funny kind of dream last night. I’m so excited to share this to you. Actually, this is my first time I had a dream like this. I mean this is the first time I had a night  dream of him, my bias KHJ, and I’m still so overwhelmed by it until now. It goes a little something like this…

The first scene was so vague. He was there, I think it was something like a concert, or a product endorsement in a mall maybe… I guess he was performing a song, or maybe he was greeting and saying something. He was waving to his fans, there were so many people screaming, something like that. But I think I was closer to him, maybe I was in the front-right side of the stage,’coz I was able to see him more closely. I could see his face. His ever-so-handsome face.

Next scene, we were waiting outside the boutique (of a mall), so I guess it was outside the The Face Shop boutique. Waiting for him to go out and have our autographs and picture-takings of him. So there he was, making his grand exit of the said boutique. I don’t know, it seems that only a few of us are waiting for him outside. I really don’t remember if I did approach to him a picture taking with us or some of my colleagues, but what’s important is he allowed us. Haha… So I did.  Again, I don’t know how I make a picture-taking where I did the shots, and also I was included in the picture. Hehe… But wait, it didn’t happen actually, because before the shots was taken, the camera made an error, and it turned black. And I then I tried it again… and again. But nothing happens…  My camera seems broken! Awtz… L

So I made a way to repair it, checking the battery, checking the memory, etc. I noticed my camera had a game on it… It’s something like tetriz! Haha… Crazy dream!  I was trying to delete the game to free some memory, but it didn’t work. My mom (yes, she was there too! Haha!) said KHJ was waiting for the camera to be ready.  And when I looked at him, he was so tired waiting for me (for my camera actually hehe…). I guess it was a couple of minutes, or even an hour he waited. Gosh, he really waited huh!

After a multiple effort I made to make my camera work, nothing happens! In the end, my mom said, let KHJ go, ‘coz he looks so tired and bored waiting for that damn camera! Gosh, pity KHJ! So I said maybe I’ll make it next time, so he left. Awtz! My chance has gone!

What’s so touching about this dream is his willingness to wait… though I know it’s not something personal, but for his fans, a single effort to make his fans happy, he’ll do. And that’s what makes me closer to him!

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Reminiscing 2011

Year 2011 is a very "learning year" for me. Learning year I say, because I have encountered a lot of different situations, problems, new settings, new job, new places and of course new friends and acquaintances that made me a better person, if that is. These new experiences makes me start the new year with a warm welcome and with a full embrace trusting that this year will be a prosperous one for me and for all my loved ones, and also for everybody living on this Planet Earth. :P

The biggest factor that rocks my previous year is my new work. This is especially on the last few months. Actually, I was really thankful that I made this big decision ‘coz if I don’t left my previous job, I will not experience and learned this new “rocking” kind of work. I’m not saying I don’t like the latter; it’s just that I was so tired and so sick of the same-old-job-everyday. But I was so grateful that I also learned from it. Everything that I do and everything that happens to me, good or not-so-good, or even the bad ones, I believe it makes me who I am now. My present job makes me really thrilled, jittery, or sometimes drains me so much, but still, I’m excited to wake up each day anticipated to learn a lot of new things.

Family ties solidify last year, esp. on the extended kinship. This happens when Aunt Jane died last February, which, in a way, a prelude to the La Familia reunion happened on April. The reunion had some flaws, but it actually achieved its main purpose, to make a connection between the family members. Facebook played an important role. It makes and but it also breaks relationship between us, depending on how you use it. Some of them unintentionally used the social network to damage their relationship with others. But for me, as far as I know, I haven’t had disagreements with any persons (pm me if there’s any), esp. with the family members. As I said with my Tita Brends, I am a peace-loving-citizen of this country, and I don’t entertain any conflicts with any person.

Happy New Year to everyone! Yay...