A few days after the Big Bang MADE Concert in Manila, I finally able to catch some coherent thoughts to post something though I still have the concert hangover.

I can’t find a word to describe what I feel when I see them again almost three years after, the fan girl in me is just screaming about how surreal everything is, and how lucky I am to be standing there and listening to them LIVE!  Nothing beats hearing your favorite artist’s voices LIVE, it’s so raw and gave me chills.

We are seated on Lower Box, the same seat we had on the Alive Tour and I was disappointed on our seat because it seems far compare to the last concert and the stage doesn’t really live up to what I was expecting (I know it’s my fault for not researching more). I should have gotten the Row 206 to see them better, but I was in a mid-state of panic when I was buying out tickets because their LB tickets sells like hot cakes. But it was difficult to be in a negative state when you are in a concert watching your favorite band, so those thought disappear quickly as they came.

Compare to Alive tour, I am happy that they let the fans early, WAY EARLIER than the last time, I almost kissed the arena’s face by running fast to get in time to witness the ALIVE opening act, and I was on the line outside at 4:00 PM then.  By 7:30, almost everyone was inside the arena and singing along with the M.A.D. music videos, which I am pretty sure made the boys happy.

They started the concert singing BANG BANG BANG, which is a really great concert/party song, I am actually excited to see this live because I can imagine how this will be at their concert, and it didn’t fail me. It really puts everyone into a very hype party mode. I did some research for their MADE set list so I am actually expecting some of the songs from their old albums such as Fantastic Baby (I fell in love with this song from their Alive concert), Blue, Bad Boy, Stupid Liar, Lies, and of course they sang all the songs from the M.A.D album. They can sing anything live and I will probably be a happy fangirl (yep, some blind love there).

For their solo stage, Seungri started it with Strong Baby & Let’s talk about love with GD and Taeyang. The Nyongtory feels is so strong there, especially when Seungri said “GD Pogi Pogi” (GD Handsome Handsome) while holding Ji’s face. I was screaming like a mad girl, heck everyone is screaming like it’s a mad house. Those two are super cute!

Then it was followed by Daesung’s Wings performance, and strip with the bias, he really has a magnificent voice. Those high notes are such a small thing for him. My friends and I was expecting him to descend from the ceiling, though we know it wouldn’t happen, no one can hurt by a simple wishful thinking :P. I feel bad while listening to him because I realized that 3 years after, he still sings Wings in live concert. I hope he will have another song soon.

TOP Doom Dada was played next, and all I did was thinking how good looking he is the whole time. I am not fond of Doom Dada, mainly because I find its concept scary and the tune is a bit scary, but it didn’t stop me from singing Doom Dada divi DA DA.

Then Taeyang sang Eyes Lips Nose, and for some time, I noticed that the venue is silent until the chorus, and I am pretty sure everyone feels like he is singing only for them. I feel goose bumps all over me while listening to him, his voice is really flawless.

Last was Jiyong and he sang Crooked in a pink & black suit! My best friend told me that if you can be that handsome in an orange hair (like chick that's being sold in the Fiesta’s) and in pink & black suit, nothing can make you look ugly, I can only nod. Heck, he is so good looking with mud all over him in RM, how can I assume he will not be good looking with anything????

They ended the solo performance with Jiyong and Taeyang singing Good Boy. I think by this point, my throat is screaming at me for shouting ‘I am a Good Boy’ as loud as I can.

I am not sure when the second talk sets start, but I just found myself swooning over them. They are interacting with us, and speaking in English, and bit of Filipino. I am not sure if it started with Taeyang or TOP because I was screaming and laughing and swooning that time.

Bingu TOP is really adorable!!! He is sending thumb hearts all over the place while doing a funny dance. That handsome face + cute gesture = a fangirl’s heart attack.

I was laughing so much because of Daesung, in the first talk set, he made everyone laugh by asking “Nakikita nyo ba ako?” (Can you see me?) While his bangs brushed down in front of his eyes, his MADE concept. He was asking everyone if we wanted to see his big eyes, and of course we said yes, then bows and abruptly stands upright so that his bangs flip away from his eyes. He gives us an open-mouthed smile while trying to make his eyes bigger. Seungri was teasing him and saying ‘Yes, so big’ in the background.

I think Daesung is on the roll that night, he was so funny. On the second talk set, he was in the middle of his speech when he said “You know..” I think he is in the middle of remembering what he is supposed to he saying, or composing what he will say in English, but the PH VIP shouted “WHAT!” And he said again “You know..” And PH VIP answered “WHAT?” And he ended it by saying “I don’t know!” While laughing so much. He keeps saying thank you and he loves us when Seungri asked him to show his love. He did his Japan famous chest dance with T.O.P while Seungri was laughing so hard in the side.

Seungri is such a flirt, he is a major bias ruiner!!!! Well, we all know how great he is in fan service. He did a Pabebe thing (current trend and slang for aegyo but it's annoying) with Giyomi, and I wonder that time if he can any be cuter because I swear I might die from excessive happiness because of him. He keeps shouting and laughing and it’s so nice hearing his laughter. I am not sure when but at one point he even said “Cute nyo po” and “Cute mo po”. He has been so talkative as always and he said “ This is awesome!!! Super super awesome!” And of course, we scream our lungs out. It was so funny when he said he want to live in Manila, Philippines, that he wanted to buy a house and live us and then Taeyang suddenly said “Thank you for ten years” and he was speechless. It was a super cute moment between Taeyang & Seungri, and super funny too! He was super pump up that he ate his English words (We cannot understand what he’ saying) and the only we can hear was either JUMP! Or Thank you, both are the endings of his sentences.

There is one thing that best describe GD, and it’s an adjective I heard from my friend. He is such a Diva, and it is not negative at all. He didn’t say so many things unlike their maknae and Taeyang but  when he stood on the stage, you would look at him and can’t ignore his presence. You can feel the leader vibe with him and I swear I feel that I needed to keep quiet when it’s his turn to speak and making hand gestures to silence the crowd. At that moment, I can personally why he is their leader. He was speaking about their next release E and when the fans ask if they will sing it, he said to wait until next week. (Such a cute leader hehe!) It is so nice to see his confused face, he was in the middle of his talk about E and PH VIPS shouted “SAMPLE! SAMPLE! SAMPLE!”(A slang we used it when we requested to see a person's talent, short for example) that he speak in Korean to ask if any of the members know what we are asking. Seungri is such a sweetheart, after he explains what we are asking him immediately beat boxed the song Dope and the member start with a snippet of it :D

I don’t remember much of what Taeyang has said except when he joked with Seungri that they will leave him and his Thank you’s and when he sing “When I say Ma, you say NILA!”   (I am so sorry Taeyang fans >.< Seungri, GD and Daesung really get my attention >.<).

The concert last for almost 3 hours, and as it always feels so short but our legs & throat feels sore at that moment.  I am super happy to see them again after 3 years, and who knows when since their military duties clock are ticking.

At the end of the concert, I can’t help but compare The Alive Concert to MADE. This year's concert was full of personal touches, not that Alive doesn’t have it, but they communicate more here,  they speak more, maybe we can attribute it to the fact that they know what they will see, they have an idea of PH VIP’s. I love how much interaction we got here. We got more fireworks and the stage is much better in terms of aesthetics than before, I seriously love those effects, but I was afraid as well because of the current fireworks incident with Bigbang. But I love the Alive T stage more because the boys can run freely. I read some PH VIPS post that they feel that Alive was more lively, and they seem crazier in there and I did agree with them and I can only pinpoint the stage as the culprit. The Alive Tour stage doesn’t have any stairs that can hinder their mobility, they need to ensure their safety first and foremost. If the stage is near as flat as the Alive, I am pretty sure the MADE concert will be much more amazing!

If there is another thing that I wished happened in this concert, I hoped they sang more of their old songs like A Fools Tear, Last Farewell, Heaven and other songs from the 2007. I was pretty surprised when they don’t sing Heaven. I became their fan late 2008, and I was immediately hooked with Lies, I love the Bigbang groove back then, and I still love them and I will forever love them until whenever, just like what the VIP’s line. I do love their new songs, it’s so catchy and no one can deny how great concert song they are, but I guess I just missed the old them so much. I hope I can save this year so I can see them in Korea next year (crossing fingers).

Though I do have my wishful moments as a fan, I really did enjoy this concert. They made me realized again why they are the top South Korean Idols, and why I love them so much. They really did set the bar high.

Before I end this ultra mega long post, I wanted to give cheers to Big Bang PH for all of their efforts, I really love the white ocean in If You and the Blue & Yellow lights for Blue. It was such an amazing sight! The banner is awesome as well ^^

P.S. I don’t take so much pics because my cell phone is having a battery issue >.< And you can find tons of high quality pic on the net. Though I have some video shots that you can hear me screaming hahaha.

P.P.S: Excuse my face, I just need to post this for my future reference hihihi!

This is a DIY/Amazing Race/Budget and Too-many-first trip.

I have never been in Cebu & Bohol, so planning and organizing trip have really racked my brain and it's the first out of town trip with my high school buddies + their boyfriends that involved an airplane, so I feel all the pressure to make this as smooth as possible, though no one really putting pressure on me (me being an over-thinker can really kill me one of these days)

This trip is supposed to be in Palawan, but you know how airline sales go in the Philippines, so we changed our target location and booked Cebu instead.  While searching for the Tourist Spot in Cebu, we learned that the beaches are 3 hours away from the city so my best friend suggested to go in Bohol since she's been there instead of spending some time in South Cebu, and this trip was born.

It was a 4 days & 3 nights DIY trip last July17-20 (except in Bohol in which we have an amazing contact ^^). I have mentioned that it feels like an amazing race, and it is. Our bound for Cebu flight was scheduled at 6:00 AM so we need to leave our house at 3:00 AM, so sleep is nowhere in sight that day. For this whole trip, we sleep from one place & woke up in another. 

My best friend, her boyfriend and I close our eyes when the airplane takes off, the last we heard was the plane was experiencing some turbulence and we woke up when the flight attendance were announcing that we have arrived at Cebu.

My bestfriend & her boyfriend I just wake up look when we reach Cebu.

While searching for our destination, I was taking some of their pics!

Our plan was to do some city sightseeing before we board the Bohol bound ferry. We act like locals so after lunch at SM Cebu, we went to Fort San Pedro via Jeepneys and walk towards the Magellan Cross (we have our luggage that time, so it's a bit of a hassle and the Cebu heat can compete with Manila). 

Us, taking some break from the Sun in Plaza Indepencia. 

When in Cebu, you must take a shot with Magellan's Cross!

After our must have tourist shot, we head to Pier 1 to wait for our Ferry Boat Schedule. I was worshipping their port because it saves us from heat (they are air conditioned!) and we have ample of time to rest from our busy itinerary.

Taking some selfies with the HS friends! (were incomplete here)

We spent the 2nd day with water related activities, such as Dolphin's watching (too bad I don't have a pic for that, but we saw them!), snorkeling, swimming with Pawikans and visiting Virgin Island. 

One thumbs up for the water activities 

Me trying to show the scuba diving spot, it was scary!

We did visit the bee farm and gained some knowledge about them, though what we have retained must be something our tour guide don't want to hear.

Trivia:

 * Jollibee's butt & twirl dance is actually a dance used by the scout bees to teach the collector bees the direction of where to get their food.

* All workers are female bees

* They have a very systematic system. 

What we have learned from the Bee Farm? 

* Some of the our guys wanted to be a Drone Bee, imagine you will be lazy all your life and wait for the queen impregnation days. Who wouldn't want a job like that?

* I will never be a scout or collectors bee, I have issues with directions

* I long to be a queen bee! haha 

Taking some picture with the bees! (We have the queen with us)

Our 3rd day was spent on appreciating Bohol's gift. We went to see the Tarsier and took some pics with the famous Chocolate Hills. We even ate chichaworm, which tasted like dried shrimp shell. We ate at Loboc Cruise & Buffet and listen to their famous choir and took some post card shot at Blood Compact Shrine.

Hello Chocolates!

We can't take a nice shot with the small tarsier, so their sign is a enough proof.

The Loboc Cruise & Buffet :D

Post card shot at Blood Compact.

The day 3 ended with us boarding the ferry going back to Cebu. Once we were in Cebu, we immediately checkin at our pension house, went outside to look for food before we took our rest for that day.

Our day 4 start a bit late, we have left the pension house near 11 PM and check out our things (The pension house was so kind to let us leave our luggage there so we could roam around the city). We ate at the local eat all you can seafood restaurant, their food is really good at an affordable amount . After our lunch, we proceed on visiting Temple of Leah and Taoist temple. The only way to visit the Temple of Leah was to ride a motorcycle, and so we rent one. The ride going to the Temple is really good, we enjoyed it since you have the chance to see the whole city.

A bit dramatic shot from Temple of Leah

Jumpshot from the Top!

We went to the Taoist temple after and we took some wrong turn that resulted in long walk,  then we had tried to walk again from the temple to our pension house that didn't end so well so we unanimously decide to ride a jeep before we all die from exhaustion. 

We are a big group so we decided that some of us will go to Tabo-an market, while the rest will go straight to the airport with the rest of our baggage. After our pasalubong hunts, it slips on our mind that a taxi can only accommodate 4 passengers, so my best friend and I decided to get another cab and let her boyfriend, and our other 2 friends ride the cab.

The taxi hailing was a bit stressful since it's already rush hour, and I swear we looked like 2 crazy girls hailing while walking because we were running out of time. Our flight was schedule at 9:20 PM and it was past 7. We were really lucky that one man told us to walk straight ahead since there is a near by mall, and the taxi driver wasn't picky, he let us board the taxi and turn on the meter.

Once we were in the airport, we had been informed that our flight was delayed. We stayed 4 more hours at the airport, and get on the 2:00 AM flight.

I would say this is a successful trip, and we actually met our budget! :D 

So I am pretty sure that we will have more trip in the future! ^^

Til our next trip! ^^

I will post a separate post about our itinerary, contacts, and cost for this trip! :)