kpop – CityScapes and Beyond

~~A little late at posting but never too late to relive it !~~ ❤

Event: House of BTS

Location: Gangnam

Date: October 26th of 2019

Weather: Fair and Sunny

Mood: Ancy & Ecstatic

When my sister and I arrived to middle of Gangnam (station) approximately about 9:30am right before opening, we were overwhelm with the crowd already. You are never too early anywhere in Seoul. Our anticipation of visiting the House of BTS was more on our mind than the crowd however. The location is not far from the main street. But you did have to tackle a little hill..so we thought. As we reached closer to the location, we see pink. And then the line. And another line. And so we climbed another steep hill. Thank God it was still early where the sun didnt burn us. We both did not think we would stand in line for about 6 hours just to get inside. We didn’t but we did.

What made the line go fast though was the friendly friends from abroad as well we met on our line. We joked and entertained ourselves alot. Although it felt long, the time also felt fulfilled and unwasted. When we all got hungry at one point, my sister’s husband was able to drop us some food while off he goes to explore Gangnam on his own. A few friends also had snacks to share which made it even more inviting to be among the group.

The anticipation of whats on the other side of that door made us squeal like little kids. Oh, I want this door for my mansion, first of all when I saw it. Haha!

Lets Shop & Play!!

It was so much fun despite the crowd. It felt like an adult fun house. Lots of people inside but they made sure people were moving along too. Good entertainment and things for you to see. I spent about $160 USD if I can recall. Haha. Who knows. All that wait I entirely forgot how long and tiring it was after entering the place. The line grew as we made our way out later. We spent an entire day there and I dont regret it at all.

A good memoirs I cant forget. Not just because we waited sooo long to get inside a simple manufactured shop of the BTS as others may think but met great friends and experienced things we dont often get to for the love of the boys. I felt young at heart. Thats the most important as you age. Til next time!

❤ Kae

A very much belated post but never too late to read on our continued Seoul journey in October. I also lost my train of thoughts to post. Its been a cold and unmotivated season. Up til BTS announced their new album promos and World Tour again for 2020, I had the courage to blog again. I am still recovering from when we couldnt get tickets to their Seoul last concert days.

Anyway, we stopped at the Pop Store again briefly the following week, just because. Why not. We spotted a cafe with BTS pictures and decided to head in. Lots of V pictures with some minimal Jimin birthday stuff in October. Pretty obvious, V was a bias of the owner of that cafe. Didnt hate, love Taehyung but really wished more BTS as a whole. I took of what I could. But I’d prob do the same too with my Namjin too (Namjoon and Jin). Haha. We spent a good 45mins and bought drinks. Met some army from out of the country and shared stories and photos.

I need this in my life!

On our last day in Seoul, Winner had a exhibit going on at the Lotte Duty Young Plaza. We had to check it out. I do enjoy their music and have attended a past concert in my town. Besides, our hotel was nearby. I realized we didnt spend enough time exploring other areas of this place.

Coex Mall. We spent much longer time here then expected. Very busy but besides checking out SMTown Museum, the big Library, that was about it for me. SM has definitely taken over this area. I came to SM Museum to seek out DBSK, Shinee and Girls Generation. Lots of past displays and some fun photo bombing activities for you to explore while there. Of course, you had to also take pics with the infamous Gangnam hands statue outside. Apujueong wasn’t too far up the area so headed there next.

Beloved Shinee Jonghyun’s 2017 SMtown concert outfit

My Passes I got to Pick at SM : Red Velvet & DBSK

K-Star Road. What can I say? It was one of the most anticipated areas I had to be in before leaving Seoul. This happened to be later in the evening. Which I regret not exploring more as we got too tired by then. The day time was alot more different as I discovered busing through a different day. But we walked the strip and found alot of the Bearbricks as we didnt know the order of them. Our target: BTS. And eventually found a quick BBQ joint because we got hungry. A little overpriced but it was in an area that was expensive. Compared to Hongdae and Myeongdong, food seemed a little tasteless too.

I found more Bearbricks but I couldnt load them all on here as I had so many photos but I will update again. I am not even sure how many there is.

I suppose this is like our Beverly Hills scene. Not like I really hang out in BH either. Though it was nice to see and say Ive been there, I dont know if its somewhere I would spend alot of my time while in Seoul. We did only past through once fully. But as you can see, many brand name stores to admire.

I dont recall the name of this place but I got too rainy and too hungry to move on. I did enjoy their soju. We completed our night here before returning back to our hotel across the Hangang river.

And I had to buy one of these sugar candies that Ive seen forever on the streets of Seoul from this old lady. The one I bought was huge at $1 a piece. They are bitter from the baking powder but for the most, it is all sugar. Still good when you want something quick and sweet.