I never thought I'll get to see iKON this close, or even attend this event. Why? First of all, I am not a Samsung user. And even if I am, for sure I can't afford the required Samsung model to join the event. Second, I am not lucky with raffles. But thankfully, I got a media pass under kpopchannel.tv.

As you all know (if you have been reading my past blogs), I have been covering events for kpopchannel.tv for almost 2 years now. This time, I was given another task to cover the Samsung Galaxy S10 Launch in Manila. The event happened at the Cove Manila, Okada Manila last February 26, 2019.

Before I tell you my story with iKON, let me introduce to you Samsung Galaxy S10 (posting some snippets from their press release).

What does Samsung Galaxy S10 offers?

It has a Maximized Infinity-O Display

It can perfectly capture any moment with the True Vision Multi-Camera

It has an Intelligent Performance

It introduces the Wireless PowerShare

It has a variety of colors

iKON Time!

So, one of the main highlights of the event is the special guest. You know who they are, iKON. They actually performed three songs - Love Scenario (still the best!), Killing Me (죽겠다), and Bling Bling. They also have some few talk segments or introduction about themselves.



The event won't be complete without Jinhwan's famous Bisaya lines, "Sakit aking tiyan, sakit aking ilong..." It's fun to hear it live once again. At the same time, he told the crowd how much he love the Filipino dish, Sinigang.

The group mentioned that they will be coming back to the Philippines soon for their second concert. So I guess, we need to save up iKONICs, if we want to see them again.

The event ended after their performance and a few photo op with the executives and VIPs.





To be very honest, I only have very few photos of them during the event. I was assigned as a videographer that night. Good thing, the camera that I used was the Sony RX100 iii wherein I can actually take photos while recording videos.

Because I was there to work and not to fangirl (even if I badly want to T_T), I was not able to stare at them for so long. I was so busy with the camera, making sure I can get close up video shots.

Here is a video of iKON performing 2018 Song of the Year, Love Scenario.

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Here are the solo shots I manage to get from the Sony RX100 iii (still editing Bobby's photo, will update this soon):








Until the next blog of my events.

I am so sorry for myself because I barely blog the past few weeks even though I promised myself that I will be blogging frequently. It's just that there are too many events, too many things to do with school, and I can't find time to write.

Even though it is late, I will continue to blog the events I attended. So I hope you can wait for it. :)

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Special thanks to Samsung Philippines and kpopchannel.tv for this opportunity

I was pretty much aware that this new KPOP group, NOIR, will be visiting the Philippines for a free fan event. But I never knew that I will have the chance to meet them twice.

I barely stan new groups nowadays. Maybe because I am already at the point where I can’t be updated with all the groups all the time. That is why I have no idea who NOIR is or even know who the members were.

The only reason why I heard or saw their name was when AAP posted about them having this free fan event with hi-hug and fansigning. I was really curious at that moment. Of course, it’s a FREE event yet you have those kind of perks. So, I did a few research about them.

NOIR (느와르) is a 9-member South Korean boy group under LUK Factory. The members are Seunghoon, Yeonkuk, Junyong, Yunsung, Siheon, Hoyeon, Siha, Minhyuk, and Daewon and they debuted last April 9, 2018.

During our dinner with kpopchannel.tv family, Ate Minsei asked me if I want to join the other correspondents to cover the arrival of Noir in the Philippines. Knowing me, I would always say yes as long as it has no conflicts with my other schedule. And that’s how I met NOIR.

The Arrival of NOIR

I was quite happy when I saw the flight details. They will be arriving at Terminal 2 at around 11:15am. I liked Terminal 2 over Terminal 1 since there is a longer runway meaning we can take many shots.

But before going to Terminal 2, Erica and I went to Terminal 1 to take our passes first. We were actually nervous because we came there a bit late. But fortunately, we arrived there just on time. We were still able to prepare before NOIR came out.

I honestly have no idea who the members were. I mean, I have no time to memorize their faces and their names so I am quite afraid that I might take videos of the wrong person. But thankfully, they can be easily spotted.

The arrival video is not yet uploaded on our Youtube page so I will just be sharing to you some screenshots of the video I took for kpopchannel.tv. I will be updating this post once the video is uploaded.



Daewon is honestly so cute! He loves to look at my camera and wave his hands like this. Meanwhile, Yeonkuk will just smile a bit and ignore me 😂 No but seriously he will just smile a bit and look at the fans who were there at the airport too.



Oh yeah, hi there Yoonsung! He just gave me a heart finger. Wow just wow! My heart stopped beating for a while.

By the way, thank you K-Music Insider for uploading a video where my face can be visibly seen. Here’s a screenshot of their video.



That was the time that Yoonsung was doing the finger heart to me. Oh and look at this cutie Daewon saying hi to everyone!

But you know who took my heart? It’s Junyoung.



I never noticed him on their pictures but dang boy, he is so handsome in person. My heart.. and then he waved goodbye to me. 😭😍



At that moment, I know I wanted to see Junyoung more. So I immediately asked Ate Minsei if I could come to the one-on-one interview. And she said yes!

Before leaving the airport, we met the correspondents of K-Music Insider. And there you have it, hello new friends!

One-on-One Interview with NOIR

Our channel was actually given 15minutes to interview NOIR. I will update this post once our interview with them has been uploaded.

I was actually very nervous at that moment. Maybe because I’m gonna see them again for the second time.

The interview happened at Manila Hotel. And here are the correspondents from kpopchannel.tv (Melu, Erica, Me, Amor, and Ate Minsei).



The boys were looking so good of especially Junyongieee ❤️😂 During the interview, I was a bit trembling because I am not using a tripod. Hopefully my video is still stable.

Visit kpopchannel.tv’s Twitter account to see more pictures of NOIR.

This was the first time I saw a KPOP group so excited when they received a gift. Yoonsung and Junyoung even jumped when we gave them a gift. And that is how we got a group photo with them.



Dear Junyoung, even if we are both on the sides of the picture, at least we have a picture together. I hope my heart reaches there. Lol.

Look at Seunghoon holding our gift.

Noir was actually fun to talk with. To all the fans of Noir, you are very lucky for stanning a very humble yet talented group.

I was not able to attend their free event because I need to go back to my province. I believe that this won’t be the last time I’ll be seeing you guys.

Good luck on your future activities! Thank you AAP for bringing them here.

It’s funny to think that I was still able to attend Taeyeon’s concert in Manila even thought I was not able to buy tickets on the day of the ticket selling. I am very much thankful for kpopchannel.tv for this opportunity.

Like what I have said, I was not able to buy tickets during the ticket selling. But days before the concert, kpopchannel.tv asked me to cover the said event. So, I immediately grabbed the chance even if the concert falls on the same day as my thesis defense.

I was actually planning to vlog my “Thesis defense to Taeyeon’s concert” experience. Unfortunately, I was too nervous for my thesis defense that I forgot to take a video. Instead, I’ll just be sharing to you my experience through photos and the video I took for kpopchannel.tv.

Thesis Defense

Like what I have stated earlier, my thesis defense falls on the same day as Taeyeon’s concert here in Manila. So instead of being excited for the concert, I was so nervous for my presentation. Let me give you a little bit of a background with my thesis.

I am a Multimedia Arts student at Asia Pcific College. My thesis is all about promoting my hometown, Tuy, Batangas, to APC students by using illuminated paper diorama through projection mapping.

Here is an example of what I an looking forward to do:



I was too nervous with this defense because a lot of people said that our panelists love to see the presenters suffer. Well, I am actually pretty confident with my project. But the problem is, I am not confident with my speaking skills.

But thanks God, I was able to finish the presentation. Although I got a lot of comments, still, I was able to finish presenting without collapsing. Lol. Anyway, after presenting, FINALLY!! I can now be excited for Taeyeon’s concert.

Taeyeon’s Concert

Ate Minsei (from kpopchannel.tv) told me that the call time for the media people was 6:30pm. I was actually nervous of not reaching on time because Ate Minsei and I met at around 5pm at Ayala for the camera and tripod.

The concert day was on a Friday. The time we met was rush hour, Ayala to Cubao is far. Plus, it’s raining!

But thankfully, I was able to reach on time.



Having no sleep because of the preparation for my thesis defense, I really feel weak even before the concert starts. If you would have seen me, you will really think that I was a zombie. Good thing, my body still managed to finish the whole concert even if I am on the standing area.

For the recap of the event, read more here.



Oh, and by the way, during the start of the concert, I saw Inang, Winter, and London, in front of me. But I was not able to take a picture with them because I was too “bangag” at the moment.

Thoughts on the concert

It is already an overstatement to say this but Taeyeon is really good. I was actually not expecting much from her since I was a bit disappointed from her last performance during Best of Best 2015. But I felt that she was trying to make up from that performance that is why she interacted more with the fans.

SONEs were really cute when they are trying to keep the quietness when Taeyeon was singing. Plus, it’s cute how they call Taeyeon “beshie”. The intimate relationship between Taeyeon and SONEs was really felt.

The PH fanclub did a pretty good job preparing those fan projects. I love it especially the special banner for Taeyeon.



Regarding the staff of PULP, well, they are very organized as usual. Comparing it to DAY6’s concert in Manila, which happened on the same place, this concert was very organized.

I would love to watch Taeyeon’s concert again in the future. Though, I am lowkey hoping for a Girls Generation concert. The next time I attend Taeyeon’s concert, I would be on the seated area. I will enjoy the concert more if I am on the seated area.

Here are the videos I took for kpopchannel.tv:

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