Some nine years ago, my life revolved around a “random” Taiwanese group named F4. I know I was not alone. The entire country was enamored by their charm, which was introduced to us through the historical Meteor Garden. Let’s admit. This whole Kpop thing and fascination with everything Asian were sparked by the nation’s love for those four boys. And so for this month of February, I’ll take you back to the time when I was still so fuckin’ obsessed with them because February is F4 Appreciation Month!

Old school shit is old school.

To say that I was a fan of them is an understatement and my friends can attest to that. I watched their concerts, wrote fanfics, attended weekly gatherings and was a member of different fanclubs. Throughout the month, I’ll be posting here some of the things that I made. If you remember seeing them on the forums, YOU ARE ANCIENT! Hahaha! Part 1: My fan account of THE EVENT. I won’t even translate it to English because it would lose its essence. Pak!

This is for all you Pinoy F4 fans out there! You know who you are! 

The Event: A True story
Written on September 15, 2003 by red_star <- LOLERSKATES

May ilang araw na rin ang nakalipas mula nang maganap ang pinakahihintay ng bansa na “The Event”. Siyempre, hindi ako pahuhuli kaya nanood din ang lola mo! Subalit hindi doon nag-umpisa ang adventure. Eto na! Nawa’y magustuhan niyo.

When I heard on The Buzz na pupunta ang F2, na-excite na ako. Hindi ko pa noon alam kung sino ang pupunta. Sa totoo lang, gusto ko sana si Vic kaya lang when I found out that Vaness and Ken were the ones coming, okay na rin, F2 pa rin yun!

So sinabi ko na sa cousin ko na hindi namin pwede palampasin ang pagkakataon.

Edi ayan, ayos na. Sabi ng tita ko siya daw sponsor namin. Todo na ‘to!

A few days ago, I posted the first part of my tvN K-POP Star Hunt Philippine Finalists special feature and as promised, I’m back with part two. This time, it’s a video of the three, sharing their experiences and their talent! Yes, I asked them to sing and those kids are goooood! More than that, they know what they’re talking about so I didn’t have a hard time editing the video!

Smile! You’re on Kring’s camera!

Charlene, Rince and Charmaine talk about their training, explain why they want to be KPOP stars and even serenade you with their beautiful voices! Team Philippines FTW!

Watch the video after the jump

I’m not quite sure if you remember but last September, I wrote an entry here inviting people to join the tvN K-POP Star Hunt. I was one of the bloggers tapped by the network to help spread the campaign. Four months after, I finally got to meet the three Filipino finalists who represented our country in the said competition – Rince Cajucom and twins Charmaine and Charlene Albino.

Rince is a 19 y/o native of Nueva Ecija who is taking up Information Technology while Charmaine and Charlene are senior high school students from Miriam College. I remember Happee telling me about them as she was one of the judges during the eliminations.

Charlene Albino, Rince Cajucom and Charmaine Albino – tvN K-POP Star Hunt Philippine Finalists!

Yesterday, over hot chocolate, tea and iced mocha, the three shared with me their experiences in Korea while being trained under CUBE Entertainment, the talent company of B2ST, 4Minute and G.Na.

Kring: What did you guys do to get into the top 11?
Charlene: We’re a fan of Carrie Underwood and I sang Inside Your Heaven.
Charmaine: And I sang God Bless the Broken Road, originally by Rascal Flatts.
Rince: On the 1st round I sang Big Bang’s A Fool’s Only Tears and on the 2nd round, I sang an English song.
Kring: How about you, girls, what did you do on the 2nd round?
Charlene: They asked us to dance a short portion of Run Devil Run just to see if we can dance.
Kring: And can you dance?
Charmain: A bit *laughs*.