2011 Asia Tour Cri Show – Bangkok (May 28, 2011) – Part 3

Umm, there’s not much I can say about the FM since it’s very similar to HK in the sequence, so… hmm, how should I do this?  Maybe the 10 things I remember most about this day? (almost not in any order) ^O^ Again, I won’t say I remember everything accurately. And this is just my opinion and impression… oh, and since they said not to take pics or vids, I didn’t take any.  And since this is the last Asia Tour show I could go, I didn’t want to miss even one minute of the show dealing with camera. So the pics are from elsewhere (credit at tagged).

#1) The day with him started when we were waiting for him at the hotel. Even when we’re the guest of the hotel, the staff was rude. I know they had their order that nobody should take pics/vids of Keun Suk leaving the hotel and to maintain order. It was understandable that they asked us to keep our camera (and even phone!) in the bag while we’re in the lobby (but think what if the guest is not an eel but someone on business who is waiting for an urgent call), but to ask our room number and how many people staying in the room wasn’t what I expected from a five-star hotel (never had this experience while we’re waiting for him in his other hotels). And then it happened! Keun Suk’s staff went down and waited for him at the lobby, with their cameras ready. And the hotel staff asked them to keep their cameras in their bags!! I was LOL-ing when his staff had to explain to them that they’re his staff, 😛 Then Keun Suk came down, walking down the stairs to go to rehearsal. We didn’t even stand n greet him and just sat there with our eyes feasting on him 😛 And when he left, they closed the door behind him, preventing anyone from the lobby to come out. Including his staff! *LOL again* They had to again say “staff! staff!” for the hotel staff to open the door for them hahahaha… *I swear I would never on my free will stay again in that hotel!*

#2) It’s about 4pm when we arrived at the venue. The line for the standing area was so long already, and the line for the merchandise was so short, so I decided to pick up the stuff I pre-ordered first (what a wise decision, because later on, the line was like they’re giving the stuff away for free. Even his father was impressed enough to take video of it ;P) The rehearsal was starting by then, and I could hear him singing Let Me Cry… then Oh My Darling… and so on. While it was great to get a bonus being able to hear him singing them, it also took the surprise element out from the show since we already knew what he’s going to sing even before it started *I remember how surprised I was in HK last year and this year when he sang a song I never expected to hear during the FM… and how high it made me feel*

#3) I’ve been telling my friends left and right how curious I was how he would look like in the FM with his new hair style. Would he let it loose? Would he tied it up? With his hair shorter, can he tie it up? It was answered the moment he came out. It was tied up just like his Let Me Cry cover pic, also with his customary black suit and white shirt. And he looked super good!! For the whole show!! *okay, judge for yourself :P*

#4) While I always love watching him singing Oh My Darling, I think the Hong Kong performance was better. Oh, his voice was much better in Bangkok, and so did the sound system, but the dance and the feel was better in HK (or was it because it’s the first time I saw and heard it?) The plus thing here is we got to hear him singing it twice… or one and a half because he stopped in the middle of the song, asked us to make some noise and then started over ^O^

Which is also my biggest gripe about this FM because I didn’t find the audience high enough. Sure, they made noise when he asked, but otherwise not that much. And he asked several times for us to make some noise… *and I felt sorry to the people sitting in front of me because I kept screaming ^^;;*

#5) And I felt really really bad and sad for Sukkie during the photobook segment. The MC was asking him to show the audience the short movie he took in Budapest, and he had this look on his face while he said something like “well, you can always find it in youtube”. I can still recall that look even now… and it still makes me feel really wretched every time T_T

#6) Even when I don’t understand most of what were being said during the FM, I could see Sukkie wasn’t too happy with the MC and the translator (and later on my Thai friends confirmed this too). My friends said the MC joked too much, and the translator might be good in Korean, but not good in translating things to Thai. But there’s always a silver lining: later on Sukkie just took matters into his own hands (it’s so just like him ;p) and spoke mainly in English 😛 *which is just fiiiiiine by me hahaha*

#7) Don’t get me wrong, it’s not at all bad in Bangkok. While he also sang Hello Hello both versions here, he sang the ballad version halfway before he changed into the fast version (while he sang only 3-4 lines in Singapore and Hong Kong). It was quite long that I thought he’s going to sing the ballad version in full. And here he had more interactions with the fans and much more playful. Like during the Lounge H segment, he took out a watergun and started spraying left and right, toward the standing areas and some VIP sections. Just my luck that the 2 front rows of where I was sitting were occupied by the Super VIP people, namely the promoter’s family and Suk’s parents so the whole A2 area was skipped by him T.T but his manager Eun Suk (who was standing near the stage in front of A2 area) got a headful of water kkkkk *and the poor guy also crawled later on to mop the stage ;p*

#8) Love how he interacts with Big Brother. They were talking about the show and Keun Suk asked him about the Bangkok show… and Big Brother asked the audience: are you f*cking ready?? Then Keun Suk cheekily asked him what’s the meaning of f*cking? ROFL and Big Brother said it means very very… so he was like ahhhh, so f*cking means very very HAHAHAHAHA Then he told the audience that Kurt’s nickname is Pimp, and Kurt elbowed him in embarassment LOLLLL Oh, how I love to see the friendships between the two ^O^

Ehm, let me just channel my justtt-little-bit pervie mode here: In this FM, I was sitting on the 5th row, dead smack center seat. And he’s gaining weight a bit, so his clothes were a little bit too tight on him. And it was sooooo wonderful to see him dancing in these clothes (especially the black pants), because his backside was much much fuller (especially in the black pants!! oyyy…) LOLZZZZ I was like O.O while he was dancing hahahaha Oh, and the tight white pants kept sliding off his hips too, and he had to pull them back up every time. Once, he pulled it up while doing some wiggle and sent a cheeky grin to the audience… LOL… ok, ok, back to my “proper” self 😛

#9) my most memorable moment would be during the last song in Lounge H. He was asking the audience if he should sing domancho? Not many people answered him (maybe they don’t know the domancho song? O.o) Lily_white and I were standing up at that time, screaming at the top of our lungs: DOMANCHO!! And he looked at us (or our direction) and asked “you want domancho?” in English. Again, I screamed DOMANCHO!! (the poor people in front of me looked back and might have thought I was a crazy girl, but at that time I didn’t even care what people thought hahahaha) Then Kurt said maybe they should do Gotta Getcha instead. Keun Suk asked again to do yes or no using the hand signal.  The sad thing was, I didn’t hear what he said next, so I just did the Yes sign. Then he said “ok, then let’s hear it” in Korean and did Gotta Getcha instead T_T Not that I don’t love the song… but it’s a repeat since he did Gotta Getcha after Seungriharira during the Lounge H opening *sigh*

#10) Keun Suk said the last song was My Precious. Then after he sang it, he went back inside. And it was mind-boggling for me that the Super VIP people started to stand up and go. And even more jaw-dropping that the fans didn’t even shout his name or encore… or not that much (to think there were more than 3000 people there >.<)  The lights were going on and off, on and off… then it became fully on and I was thinking “oh, shoot, will he eliminate the encore? But he hasn’t worn the I love Fan shirt yet!” Thank God that not long after, it dimmed again and he went out wearing the I love Fan shirt and bringing big Suni with him.  He sang Promise, then before he finished off the show, he said Suni wanted to speak something and he woof-woof-ed cutely at the audience LOL

Anyway, I think he did a great job in Bangkok. I enjoyed myself… and I really enjoyed the show. He could do with a more responsive audience though. Compared to Singapore and Hong Kong, I would say the other two shows are better, even though his singing is much better in Bangkok. BUT… after the show, I asked several people what they think, and they said the show was perfect… that they enjoyed it thoroughly and even thinking of going to Malaysia one.  And I think that’s what Keun Suk wants at the end: for the eels to spend time with him and enjoy it. So that makes it a super successful Bangkok Cri Show ^O^ *ahhh, so sad I couldn’t go to any more Asia tour stops after this T_T*