Yesterday reminded me so much of Nick and Norah's search for rock band Where's Fluffy. Like Nick and Norah who were looking for where the rock band was performing, I wanted to find Siwon, Kyuhyun and Eunhyuk, three of the Super Junior members who were in Manila to film a full commercial.
Nick and Norah had to rely on clues written on the door of the cubicle in the lavatory. My friend Monette and I as well as other Super Junior fans, meanwhile had to rely on Siwon's tweets since everyone had no clue on their whereabouts.
Monette and I took part in the search for the boys in the evening since we had work earlier. (Yes, we're old and have to go to work.) We met up with another friend of hers, and other girls at 7 pm. Earlier in the day though, I was monitoring Siwon's tweets.
The first clue he gave yesterday was a photo of the view from his hotel window. Based on what I was getting from tweets of other fans, the boys were staying in Edsa Shang. I was not convinced though because Siwon's picture suggested otherwise.
good morning beautiful world. first day in philipines. Its so beautiful sunrise. It will be lovely day. God bless!
At around 10 am, Siwon gave the second clue.
Just as we were trying to decide what to do next, Siwon gives another clue.
it was really good time with you philipines. Im so proud of you all and very appriciate for your love and passion.
And then, he replies to a tweet of a fan.
After reading that, we were convinced the boys were bound for Korea and so we decided to go to the airport. It was already 10:30 pm and I couldn't believe I was actually still willing to look for them. Monette and I were both asking each other from time to time why we were doing what we're doing. The airport is really far from where we live, but we were still going there just to see the boys.
At the airport, one of our companions gets a text message saying the boys were spotted inside the terminal. We were late and so unlike Nick and Norah who found Where's Fluffy, we didn't get to see the boys at all.
On the way home, Monette told me that she was never going to do this again. I totally understand. We exerted effort but didn't achieve the goal. She said she would prefer going to organized events like concerts or fan meetings only next time and that following them to every location they go to would no longer be part of the agenda. I agree with that. Going to concerts of course are more convenient. But yesterday, I just felt like I had to go see them, to show them that so many people want them to perform here again because the possibility of that happening seemed nil. The Philippines is not part of the Super Show 4 tour based on the schedule released so far and the producer of the previous Super Shows held here has not indicated any plan of bringing them here for another show.
What a day. One day, I will probably laugh at what I did yesterday, will think it was crazy or even forget about it. Any of that can happen tomorrow or sometime in the future. For now though, like all other Filipino fans, what I can do is cross my fingers and hope the management and producer would reconsider the Philippines as part of the tour.
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