Here’s the photos I took from my first ever KPop concert. I flew all the way to Jakarta for GOT7.
I swear these kings are surreal in person.
Look at JB being possessed by the devil, though.
Or the individual members’ charms.
Or just GOT7 being the hot GOT7 for their unit stages.
And the rest of smoking hot and overwhelming talent and history.
I swear in those moments, I feel infinite.
I was never a fan of KPop. I even told my self that I will never delve anywhere near their world. Now, I am eating my words.
I was in Mindanao when my best friend asked me if I want to go to Indonesia. To complete my Southeast Asia travel bucket list, I impulsively said yes without really knowing why she wanted to go.
Little did I know, that impulsiveness would change my life for the better. I said yes for a GOT7 concert. I believed in a beautiful sky since then.
GOT7 is a South Korean boy group under the JYP entertainment. Composed of seven talented kings — JB, Mark, Jackson, Jinyoung, Youngjae, BamBam, and Yugyeom — they have been dominating the world scene flying high with the hearts and souls of Ahgases (the fandom).
GOT7 debuted last January 2014, and in as much as the world knows about how amazing they are, they get the least recognition from where they came from. But that doesn’t bring our hopes down.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because these men, who work harder than any person I know, have been giving their all to showcase their undeniable talent. Their teamwork is undoubtedly steady that they share a connection more than biological brothers. When they are together, respect, love, joy, and charm just overflow.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because these kings are multilingual. Three out of seven of them are not even from Korea but they speak the language as if they own them.
Mark Tuan is American-born Chinese. He speaks fluent English, Mandarin, Korean, and even Japanese.
Jackson Wang is the most multi-lingual of them all. He was born in Hongkong and studied at a premiere English school until high school. He speaks straight Mandarin, Cantonese, English, Korean, and an intermediate level of Japanese and French.
Bambam, on the other hand, was born in Thailand. Just like his brothers, he speaks English, Japanese, Korean, a little bit of the Chinese language, and of course Thai.
The other four — JB, Jinyoung, Youngjae, and Yugyeom — are warm-blooded Koreans who also speak English and Japanese as needed. These are the boys that Korea is still missing.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because what people don’t know is that these boys always look for the beautiful sky even if the clouds are gray. They don’t know that JB cares for the six members more than like his brothers even though he’s an only child. JB is the epitome of a leader that will selflessly take all the darkness for the other members to shine.
They don’t know that Mark, being the oldest of them all, is quiet but is always thoughtful to his brothers. That Jackson, even if he’s sweet and extra, gives everything he has in anything that he does. He works so hard that at 23, he now owns his own label — Team Wang, based in China.
That Jinyoung’s outright honesty gives the group a more reason to stick to each other. They don’t know that Youngjae, their power vocal, is always the eternal sunshine– whose smile can literally brighten up an otherwise gloomy day.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because even if people don’t know about Bambam’s hardwork and love for his family given with his childish yet mixture nature; or Yugyeom’s playful yet serious on contributing to the success of GOT7 — my heart will always belong to them.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because even if South Korea doesn’t give their full attention to my kings, the world knows that the crowning glory belongs to the ones whose hearts are pure and full of compassion.
It’s always gonna be GOT7 because when the love and respect overflow from the group, it radiates to the good hearts of their fans. Ahgases are blessed.
Yes, it’s always gonna be GOT7.
This post is a year old. This was a part of my March YOLO trip in 2017 and part of it was Negros Occidental gaming.
So the itinerary was South Korea (March 16-21) — Singapore (March 21-22) — Malaysia (March 22-23) — Hat Yai and Phuket, Thailand (March 23-24) — Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia (March 25) — Singapore (March 25-26) — Manila (March 26, 8AM to 4PM) — then Bacolod — Cadiz City — Iloilo — Guimaras.
I can’t remember the hotel we stayed at but I booked it the moment we land in Bacolod- Silay Airport. The hotel was clean and accessible to public transportation and chicken inasal food hubs, though. *winks*
After that legit winner, winner chicken inasal dinner, we set off to the dreamland because forget about Bruno Mars’ “to different city every night, oh I, I swear..” it’s tiring. Perhaps excessively so.
Day 1 in Bacolod meant travel to Lakawon Island in Cadiz City. Yes, it was my only reason. I want to go to my City. *winks*
HOW TO GET THERE from Bacolod City:
The fee for the Tawhai Floating Bar is different. I’ve read from blogs that we’re supposed to get a complimentary drink but it’s a hoax. You need to buy your own drinks.
You can swim or just be a potato in the floating bar. My aunt had the time of her life swimming, and I, on the other hand, chose to be a bum.
We left the island a little over three in the afternoon. The boat service from and to the floating bar is free. Going back to Bacolod City is pretty much the same thing as how you left. Hire a tricyle when you reach the port, and wait for buses bound for Bacolod in the waiting shed.
We reached Bacolod City at roughly 5 PM so we decided to go to the famous Manukan or Manokan Country, because you’ve never been to Bacolod without trying their famous chicken inasal in one of the stalls in here, right?
I can’t find any photo but going there is easy. It is near SM Bacolod so ride a pedicab or tricyle and tell them to drop you off in Manukan.
Day 2 City Tour and The Ruins.
I can’t really remember what we did but we did a City tour (visiting churches and parks). Forgive my short term memory. But we went to The Ruins.
HOW TO GET THERE FROM DOWNTOWN BACOLOD CITY (by public transport like we did):
On our third day, we actually went to Iloilo and Guimaras but let me save the HOW TO GET THERE post on my next blog. Hola ~ xN
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