because i totally forgot to post my fanreport of dara here >:)
honestly i don't know where to start with my fanreport but here it goes,
the night before the 'meeting' or 'stalking' or whatever you want to call it, me and my friend pj (peppergurl) went out to buy some presents for dara and the girls just in case we could get the opportunity to get to hand them over to dara. we ended up buying so much candy and small 'gifts' for them instead that we filled a tote bag o___o and i couldn't sleep properly that night because i was excited and i had alot of work to do for school, so i ended up feeling really 'dead' the next morning instead of being all pumped up and 'energized'
our presents and our goodie bag>:)
after my class, me and my friend pj went straight to the airport to meet up with Yeye (SeulStarlah★ ), Steph (jemnise), and Kris (kxtina7) to go see Dara arrive in Manila. When we got there I heard that their plane just landed and they were still stuck inside to get their luggage, so we waited for dara to come out. All five of us didn't eat breakfast yet but still we 'endured' and continued to wait for Dara. We waited and waited and waited but there was still no sign of her o___o As time went by, the five of us were starting to talk less due to the lack of sleep, fatigue, hunger and i think our 'spirit' to go wait for Dara kind of wore out because of that ^^;
We ended up leaving the airport after an hour or two to finally eat ^^; after wards we went straight to ABS-CBN to go catch her webchat. at first we got off at the wrong gate so we had to walk our way back to the front entrance and ask for directions there but to our disappointment the receptionist wouldn't let us in x___x she told us we weren't allowed to get in unless we knew someone from the inside who could get us.
At this point we were way beyond disappointed now. We ended up waiting in the canteen and the five of tried to call up anyone we could get in touch with who could help us with our situation. After calling everyone, the hardest part of it all was waiting for someone to reply or call back to us. I think that was one of the most gruelling moments i've ever experienced o___o good thing jemnise, yeye, kris, and pj were keeping things 'light' and we ended up chatting about random things or i would've died then and there due to all the tension ^^; haha
Anyway, it was already way past 4 (which was the scheduled start of the chat) and still we had no sign of progress. By 5 o'clock we finally decided to walk around to find any way we could to see Dara. While walking, i kind of already felt the heavy atmosphere that we were always in the same place as Dara but we never really got to see her. I think the phrase: 'So near yet so far' really fits the situation we were in actually.
We finally deicded to stay in starbucks because we heard that she was there earlier in the afternoon. We sat near the entrance just in case Dara showed up we could see her right away. While waiting we decided to talk about random things again just to keep our minds off our 'situation'. We all kind of felt really disheartened because, again, we followed her the whole day and yet we couldn't see her. We even joked that everyone in the whole building, even the janitors, already saw Dara we didn't o___o (While we were walking to Starbucks alot of people that we passed by were spazzing how they saw Dara a while ago It was like they really wanted to rub it in our faces or something. LOL.) To be honest, at that time we were at starbucks we kind of all knew that the chances of seeing her by now was really slim but we still never gave up hope. Actually, most of us felt that we couldn't give up because we went through all this just to see her and we still couldn't. To be honest, i think all we were waiting for was a miracle. Yeye even tried texting Dara through her f
While we were chatting, Pj told us she thought she heard people screaming inside. At first we thought nothing of it but she still made me check just in case. When i checked, i didnt really see anything out of the ordinary so i went back to my seat and brushed it off. We started talking again but then she told us she really heard people screaming just now. I told her it was probably nothing, but she went to check anyway. She told us she couldnt see anything that's why she coulnd't really tell what was happening inside.
Suddenly, Pj blurted out to me 'Uy, Koreano' (Translation: 'Hey, A Korean') and then I looked back and saw a Korean guy pulling along an orange flower patterned trolley. Jem asked if he really was korean and i said yes. When i saw him, I immediately looked at the entrance and saw the doors were wide open. At that moment i really felt my heart beat pick up and I kept my eyes on the door, waiting for someone, something, anything to come out those doors and then BAM! I saw Dara surrounded by a small group of people guiding her out the building.
I did the first thing that came to mind and that was to get her attention. I shouted 'DARA!!!!!!!!!!!!!' loudly and took off and chased their small group. She noticed me and smiled and gave a small wave (I think I died right then and there).
She looked amazing, and believe me that was a total understatement. I saw her in person from back when she was still a celebrity here in the Philippines and believe me she looked COMPLETELY different from how she looked like in person now. She looked really tall (or was it just her 'tall' hairstyle or was it just her heels? o__o i don't know. haha, i was wasn't really thinking straight at that moment, bear with me x___x) and she was slim (not the scary kind of slim, the healthy 'i-work-out-and-not-starve-myself' slim) and she looked really happy and nice and i swear her smile just made all of the pain and exhaustion i felt go away right that instant (I think I even forgot how to breathe for a moment there) And I swear she has the whitest skin i've ever seen O_____O seriously. she was paper white. she wasn't like scary pale or sickly white or anything like that. she was...err...just white? haha i fail ^^; she wasn't glowing either. And the fact that she had really light brown hair made her look even whiter. she just really had white skin and i just can't seem to get over that fact. haha XDD
back to the story, so I chased her but then at the moment she smiled and gave me a small wave i was suddenly rooted to the spot and everything went blank. i think was already gawking at her after she waved (haha, i probably looked like a dork^^
. I think of the girls that was with Dara thought i was going to mob Dara or take her picture so she said 'No Pictures! No Pictures!' loudly and while he guided Dara out she had her hand stretched out as if to stop me from taking a picture (to be honest, i was too stunned to see Dara to even think of taking a picture really -______-) and then suddenly i saw pj run past me, carrying our tote bag of goodies, and shouted at one of the people with Dara, 'GIFT! GIFT!', while pointing at the tote bag. The lady continued saying 'No Pictures! No Pictures!' and pj, not giving up, continued to tell her she wanted to give our gift (I think I even vaguely remember running after pj and kept pushing her to the lady and shouted along with her too about the gift, but I'm not sure anymore since it was all a blur). Finally understanding what pj was saying, the lady took the bag, looked at it and asked 'All of this?', with a surprised look on her face and both me and pj nodded and she replied with a loud 'Thank You! Thank You!' and I think The whole time this was happening Dara kept on looking over since the three of us were really loud ^^; haha
After the lady said thank you i immediately ran over to pj and shook her shoulders, practically yelling 'OH MY GOD. PJ. WE DID IT. WE DID IT. OMG. TAPOS NA. TAPOS NA SIYA!' (Translation: 'Oh my god. Pj. We did it. We did it. OMG. It's finished. It's finally finished!') and i think we hugged and we kept jumping around around and then jem ran over to us and then kris and yeye ran over to us and we all jumped and shook each other and we couldn't believe that me and pj actually succeeded in giving our tote bag of goodies and after all the waiting, WE FINALLY SAW DARA.
We actually kept on spazzing in the main entrance (I swear I could really feel everyones eyes watching us by this time o___o) and then suddenly Pj approached me and yeye and handed us our phones. Apparently, the whole time i chased after Dara and Yeye took off and followed us, we left our cellphones on our table x___x good thing no one took it. After a few moments of letting ourselves calm down, we went outside and stayed on the sidewalk and we continued spazzing. We couldn't really believe what just happened and we were so happy that they took our gift. Some of us couldn't believe what just happened, some really elated, and some even cried due to extreme happiness. But what happened afterwards was the icing on the cake ^0^ Suddenly, yeye called our attention and said she had something important to say and she read out the text that Dara sent in Ktext or Fantext or whatever and she said thanks for the support and thanks for the GIFT. thanks for the GIFT. take note: it was singular. and she sent it minutes after what happened so that made all five us spazz some more XDDD haha
and all of this happened in what? 5 or 10 seconds? haha XD all the hours of waiting and commuting was definitely worth our 5-10 seconds with Dara.
-Part 2-
Since im too tired already, i'll just make this one real quick ^^;
Me, Pj, and Jem decided to meet up in ABS-CBN and basically waited for 3pm to arrive. (take note we got there at 10 am. so we did some serious waiting there haha XDD)
While waiting, we decided to make some fansigns since the ones we had made didnt finish on time x___x we ended up making fansigns from folders since there wasn't any colored paper sold anywhere ^^; We drew an imprvised YG Secret logo, A Happy 100 days 2NE1 sign, Sandara Park Saranghae, and a WooDara one ^^; (and we also wrote Szai at the back of the posters just in case
) oh and i bet bom would be so proud of our fansigns since we placed so much stars on them x__x haha
After hours and hours of waiting, we were told that we could finally go in the studio. While in the line, we got worried for yeye since she still hasn't arrived x__x and we were about to get in already. When the show started, Jem kept on going out to check on yeye and when she returned she told us she and yeye saw Dara arrive in the studio. Jem told Dara 'Hi Dara!' and Dara replied back with a Hi ^0^
After a few more moments of waiting, Dara's interview finally started. She looked really pretty with her hair down and she wore a cap. Actually I didn't remember most of the interview because me, yeye, jem, and pj were too busy shouting and taking pictures.
Dara looked so adorable and she seemed really happy that she was warmly received by all her fans. When the show was over, we told pj ('the flash' kekekeke~) to run after Dara so that we could give her our 2nd batch of gifts. She was stopped by a guard at first but she continued running after Dara and luckily she got to talk to Dara and she told Dara these were our presents and Dara said thank you to her
We felt so happy after having successfully giving her the presents for the second time ^^ After the show, jem stalked off somewhere and followed Dara while the rest of us remained in the studio. We heard that Dara was in Starbucks, so me, yeye, and pj ran to Starbucks to catch her but then we were surprised to see that no one was there. Suddenly, some of the staff from the studio told us to come back because there was a signing.
When we got back to the studio, we saw jem in line and she told me that when we left the studio she followed Dara and saw her in her dressing room (i think?) and no one was guarding the place. She wanted to have everything signed but then she left all of her stuff with us x___x and by the time she went looking for us, everyone else found out and people started lining up.
When we got back to the studio, we were told that they wanted to film the fans for 2NE1 tv and that Dara would be coming out to greet and interact with us and then we would get the chance to have an autograph signing. When Dara came out everyone was so excited. Everyone started standing up from their seats and taking pictures and everything. I don't remember what she talked about because i was too busy trying to figure out how to get our fansigns of ygs and 100 days to be signed and i was taking pictures again so yeah XD
thats dara with the 2NE1tv person ^^;
Dara then asked everyone to sing along with her when she sang In or Out, then she sang Fire, and then I Don't Care. It was amazing. the staff then told everyone that Dara will take a group photo, so Dara joined everyone in the bleachers and I think yeye and pj sat behind her and i think they held up the ygs logo too? but i wasn't sure ^^;
if you look closely thats me on the very far left. next to the person with pink jacket + SLR. and i see pj rin with pink jacket >:)
After that, Dara left ABS-CBN and then it was over. It was one exhausting day with alot of waiting, planning, and whatnot but it was all worth it
photo credit to: peppergurl, seulstralah, and bomdarapark >:)