My trip to Seoul with Soshified and SNSD WARNING lots of Pictures

Sm ent. JYP and other entertainment companies

this yellow old looking building is SM's main building and everyday there are people there. Japanese, chinese girls were out there like everyday hoping

to catch a glimpse of anyone walking in and out, it happened to be SuperJuniors comeback so there were lots of girls. I got to see Lee Soo Man (chairman CEO of SM)

himself leaving the building.

Heres the new SM Trainee building with actual signs

Heres JYP's main building

If you watch alot of korean variety shows, you know celebs dont take limos they take these pimped out Chevy Celeb Vans

On our second to last day we were wandering around Apgujeong to check out SM and go out to eat. Apgueong is the Beverly Hills of Korea, it even has a Rodeo Street.

If you wanna see celebs this is your best bet and SM and the other companies are around her as well. so we went to a Boba shop that Sm artists are known to frequent and

lo and behold outside this shop we meet Amber from F(x), she just wrapped up her promotions with Hot summer and pinocchio(danger). we spoke with her (shes from LA)

 but couldnt take pictures cause of SM rules etc. so we respected that and went on our ways.

We went to another music show which was at KBS (Korean Broadcasting Station) and we watched "Immortal Song" which was a singing competition for Idols

the show was epic and we got to see the idols and other singers like DJ DOC, Moon Hee Jun (former leader of HOT)

the Idols were Hyorin from Sistar, Huh Gak, Jay Park former 2pm, Jiyoon from 4minute, Kyuhun of SuperJunior, G.O of Mblaq

it was a great show and we even go to vote for the people to move onto the next round.

Queuing up outside to try to get into the show

we couldnt take pictures inside so, i managed to snap a photo of the logo on stage ehh blurry but i didnt want to get kicked out

FOOD

Patbingsoo- ice shaving ice cream various toppings

Soooo much good food but i lost weight instead of gained, probably cause of all the walking we did and we walked EVERYWHERE from subway stations and its humid there too

Goodies from Korea & Souvenirs

Vita 500 collection plus a bottle made at the concert with my picture on it.

Albums, photobook, DVD set galore

Souvenir for friends and family

innisfree goodies, flyers, postcards, hankerchiefs etc.

Concert goods

My prized possession found on the ground at the Concert, when the girls had their first fanmeeting these were passed around. To attend a fan meeting you need to be apart

of the official SONE fanclub in Korea and register with a Korean SSN which i have neither and am not a citizen, but to find this on the ground was just epic

So many posters with no room on my wall

IU shes adorable 

Miss A poster free from a store

Vita 500 poster from the Concert

Models for Intel Asia, free DVD and too many posters, i have 20-30 more posters from various albums but you get the idea

My buddy Jon basically had a Fan account with more pictures and basically explains what went on from day to day and you can read that here:

http://www.teamliquid.net...blog.php?topic_id=257332

and here: more SNSD concert info with Fancams during the concert

http://www.teamliquid.net...blog.php?topic_id=248693

If you guys are interested in being a member of Soshified and want to go on a trip with us, they are planning to do this every year and it wasnt that bad cost wise.

join up spazz about SNSD and the girls and maybe go on a trip next summer.

That sir is tteokbokki, Spicy Rice Cakes with ramen eggs, hot sauce, you let the broth reduce and let everything soak up the flavor..

the most amazing dish youve ever had.

Korea recently made this their National dish, so go out there and try it broo

yes we actually do the trip consisted of about 60% -70% males while the rest were 40% - 30% females

^Soshified is SNSD's international fan club and they put together this trip for 100 of us members.

we werent the big deal, it was more of the good press we were giving Korea and their culture.

Its a big deal for them to have 100 international fans to all fly to Korea to learn the culture and spread the what they call "Hallyu Wave"

which is the spreading of Korean culture: music, food, tv dramas to different parts of the world.




if someone can help me embed i have videos from the Korean media:
http://youtu.be/DzuMGx40_Eo
http://youtu.be/wvZJWz3T6Bs
http://youtu.be/TxJI9UvBbNE


For a week we were in the news with different new outlets, members getting interviewed by newspapers and magazines. all very surrreal