My 2012 Moments to Remember

Another awesome year for me! A lot of things happened, great experiences, discovered new things and explored different places,  ..... Overall it's HAEppiness overload!

Traveling is LOVE, the year 2012 has been good to me allowing me to visit SOUTH KOREA twice (February and November), THAILAND, SINGAPORE (again) and BORACAY!

Consider myself lucky to see some of my Korean BIASes, number one on the list is LEE MINHO, who visited Manila last November, then my LEE DONGHAE and CHOI SIWON visited last August and while I'm in Seoul last February I saw SUNGMIN and RYEOWOOK of SUPER JUNIOR.
When I visited THAILAND last JUNE I had a close encounter with none other than a famous actor in Thailand MARIO MAURER! On the same day I also saw pretty boy SONG JOONG KI in Bangkok.
I can't get enough of MARIO MAURER, I saw him for the second time when he visited Manila last October.

Aside from my biases, my favorite BANDS also came and of course I also get a chance to have have some meet and greet with them. HAEppiness!!!

Now sharing my 2012 Moments to Remember! 

JANUARY

CAMUS-tahan Reunion at Laguna, our yearly family gathering (father's side). I love the color of our shirt ~SAPPHIRE BLUE!

CAMUS Family

Followed by SIMPLE PLAN Concert Live in Manila (Smart Araneta Coliseum), it was not their first time visiting Manila and I'm glad that I was able to watch them live!

FEBRUARY (February 11 -15)

SOUTH KOREA Tour!

One of my dreams come true .... Travel to SOUTH KOREA! I'm so HAPPY that finally I reached one of my dream country! Been to the filming locations of my favorite Korean Dramas! South Korea is L-O-V-E!

The happiest part is that I see SUNGMIN and RYEWOOK! I'm so lucky!!

MARCH

Meeting the bands (March 7, 2012)

Meet & Greet with Dashboard Confessional's front man "CHRIS CARRABBA" 
I'm so dazed when I see this man, he is so gorgeous! I'm about to explode when I get a chance to have a KISS and HUG to this guy! So much happiness for me! ^^

Meet & Greet with The Cab
A couple of months ago I was listening non-stop to their songs, the fact that ALEX MARSHALL was in front of me together with Alexander De Leon & Joey Thunder! It was amazing experience that finally I'm meeting The Cab and got a hug from ALEX ^^

SMASH PROJECT 2012 (March 8, 2012)

One of the best concerts I've attended! Where 4 BANDS came to perform, namely "The Used", "Cobra Starship", "Chris Carrabba" of Dashboard Confessional, and "The Cab". Lucky again that I got a patron tix to this concert, I was very near to the stage and seeing the backstage. Their performances are EPIC!

APRIL

Meet & Greet with Taking Back Sunday

Never thought they will come in Manila, it was a bit surprising for me, lemme say that 2012 has been so good to bring ADAM LAZARRA and the rest of TBS! Even he was suffering an injury that time, he managed to visit Manila and entertains fans! A salute to Mr. Adam Lazarra!

TAKING BACK SUNDAY Live in SM Skydome (April 13, 2012)

MAY

My birthday of course!

JUNE

THAILAND tour! 

This tour is so memorable, aside from seeing great temples, attractions, shopping and stuffs, what made is so special is that I saw MARIO MAURER (had a close encounter in Ayutthaya) and SONG JOONG KI in Bangkok is so so so AMAZING, indeed it is really AMAZING THAILAND!!!!

JULY

BORACAY tour!

Had a great time with this tour, it's been 3 years since I came back to this island. Even the weather is not that good, we still enjoyed our escapade, been through some water activities, eat a lot and had a good time!

AUGUST

SIHAE IN MANILA (TriNoma Actvity Center - August 15)
Seeing my dorky boys is HAEppiness, seeing my DONGHAE is super HAEPPINESS!

SEPTEMBER (Sept 17 - 21)

SINGAPORE tour!

My second time to Singapore with my sister Tina, enjoyed the USS (of course) with Transformers The Ride. Was able to explore the Harry Potter: The Exhibition, been to Gardens By The Bay - new attraction in SG, some familiar places for me like Chinatown, Merlion, Esplanade, MBS, Bugis, etc. We also had a chance to see some Ferrari and Porsche for the Formula 1.

OCTOBER (October 30, 2012)

Red Carpet Premiere of Suddenly It's Magic: MARIO MAURER!

"Lightning strikes not only once but twice!" ~kekeke~

He's so handsome! Seeing him again up close, he even says "HI" :) How I wish I was Erich at that time, walking on the red carpet with gorgeous Mario Maurer! #daydreamingalot

NOVEMBER (November 16, 2012)

FUN MEET: LEE MIN HO

It's been months since Bench officially announced that LEE MIN HO will visit Manila for a fun meet at the Smart Araneta Coliseum. Seeing this god of beauty, is he a human? I know he is so handsome, but I never thought of this feeling, I can't merely describe ! It's beyond my expectations, he is really a GOD OF BEAUTY!

SOUTH KOREA AGAIN! (Nov 22 - 28)

Yay~ my second time this year! It's really a good good GOOD year! Allowing me again to visit my favorite country, as I always say "I will never get tired visiting/touring this country (South Korea), NEVER". This time I'm with my favorite travel buddy TINA (my dongsaeng), spending 1 week in South Korea is LOVE!

Hopefully this year 2013 will be another great great GREAT year! I'm so excited for more adventures, more experiences and more fun! As they always say... ENJOY AND LIVE LIFE TO THE FULLEST!

LEE MIN HO in Manila

Korean actor/model LEE MIN HO arrives in Manila last November 16, 2012, he came for the Global Benchsetter Fun Meet event to be held at Smart Araneta Coliseum this November 18, 2012.

our Patron tix

Bench clothing Facebook fan page announced that redeeming of the actual ticket for the said event will start at 8'o clock in the morning. Well, I'm lucky enough that my dongsaengs will redeem our tickets! They came around 12 noon and only redeem Patron SRO (Standing), unfortunately some Patron invites was unable to redeem their actual Patron tickets. So instead of Patron tix, Bench give Upper Box A w/ meet & greet passes (well not bad huh).

According to my dongsaengs,it was already past 2pm when the line start to queue for LMH's fun meet event. Well I'm lucky enough not to experience queuing the line 'coz I arrived around 5pm and they let us in the coliseum! The thing is, some people are already pushing and screaming! (that irritates me so much)

As we pass the gate, I saw Mr Ben Chan at the entrance, a big thanks to this person who bought LEE MIN HO! Few months back he also bring my favorite/crush LEE DONGHAE together with CHOI SIWON of Super Junior! (SIHAE in Manila)

SIHAE in Manila

I miss Smart Araneta Coliseum, it's been a while since the last time I've been here. To be exact it was during the Smash Project - March 8, 2012, a hella night of good music performed by The Used, Chris Carraba of Dashboard Confessional, Cobra Starship and The Cab. We were also in the patron area but on the right side, this time we are in a left side.

A huge LEDs on stage already when we arrived the patron area! Woah looks like Bench really prepared for this event. As you can see, we were in fourth row which is a good view ^^ 

After hours of waiting they started the event past 7pm and so these pictures flashes to the huge LEDs onstage! Of course the coliseum was filled of screaming fans on every pictures of LEE MIN HO! Can't help smiling seeing his beautiful face! ^_^ *dies*

The first part of this event was hosted by Hans Mortel of TV5's Face to Face, he draw the winners for the autograph signing, the spin a wheel contest and the acting contest finalist.

After that, he announced that it's time for LEE MIN HO's appearance, and the countdown begins!

I'm getting ready to record the part where LEE MIN HO will take his appearance on stage, but to my surprise it was a special number for wannabe's Wonder Girls performs "Nobody"!

Followed by Down to Mars performing Super Junior's Sorry Sorry.

Then the girls of Philippine All Stars dancing to 2NE1's FIRE

PSY's Gangnam Style was performed by the guys of Philippine All Stars.

Nice opening for this event, I didn't expect that there will be front act for this! DAEBAK BENCH! ^^

So this time it's for real, LEE MIN HO finally take the stage! 

his appearance on stage

The coliseum was filled with screaming fans so loud!!! They also begin to push towards the stage to see Lee Min Ho. It really frightened me, thought that a stampede would occur that night.

I'm so speechless when I saw his beautiful face! He's real right? So handsome guy! I can't take my eye off him, even some pushes me towards the stage, well the pushing thingy come as advantage to me 'coz it takes me to the second row of the front stage! Seeing LEE MIN HO so close! 

Sam Oh interviewed Lee Min Ho, questions comes from fans tweet via Bench Twitter account.

DEFINITION OF A PERFECT MAN!

During the interview, I remember that he mentioned Boracay, as one of the places in the Philippines he wants to go. 

Biting his lips! ^^

After the short interview, they start the next activity - The LEE MIN HO look a like contest! As I will be posting this picture, 'coz I kinda know this guy, ELF "Lyndon" admin of EUNHAEHOLIC. He's so lucky to have a moment with Lee Min Ho, even he didn't win the contest , he's already a winner!

ELF w/ LMH <3

Next is the "Acting Contest", they already have pre-selected participants for this contest. When Lee Min Ho is watching he laughs, he also draw his line, so stuck watching every move he does! When he laughs or smile I can't help but smile too.

I'm so HAEPPY seeing the way he laughs and enjoy watching the participants. I can feel that he really enjoyed it.

A lucky 16 yr old girl won the acting contest, her reaction is priceless! How I wish I also won :)

Next game is the spinning game, where I've seen how sweet and nice Lee Min Ho to his fans, he even knelt down to have a picture to a winning fan 'coz we all know how tall LMH is! I envy those fans!

That was the last activity of the event, few words from Lee Min Ho and he bids good bye.

LEE MIN HO take his photo with the thousands crowd in Araneta!

Final glimpse:

his final bow

For more pictures of the event:

LEE MIN HO in Manila - Bench Globalsetter Fun Meet

I'm so happy!!! HAPPINESS overload! He is the most HANDSOME guy I've ever seen! I know he is handsome when I'm watching his dramas, but seeing him up close, oh my I was like "GRABE ANG GWAPO GWAPO NYA", till now I can't get enough of his looks, I still remember the way he smile, the way he touches his hair, biting his lips, the way he talks, the way he laughs, his gesture, the way he arrange his clothes, overall he is really PERFECT! And don't yah ever try to object hahahaha

SARANGHAE~yo LEE MIN HO!!! <3 Hope to see you again ^^