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#3981670 [06.09.11 - 06.12.11] SMTown Paris 2011

Posted by smlsw<3SNSD4ever on 15 June 2011 - 09:35 AM

Hey sones this is my fan account of SMTown Paris 2011. Same like kelvinlovesboa(we were room mates during the trip) i didn't got the girls's autographs but we have an unforgettable and wonderful experience of meeting the girls :)

SONEs that are in the same trip as me(mostly):Kelvin,Lee,Seb,Zara,Lo,Kim,Jho,Carol,Lai Ting,Nichole,Vin

9th June the day the trips start
That day i rarely sleep(maybe just half or one hour in the plane) and I pack up my stuff to go to Paris, got to airport 2 hours before departure,wait for the plane to departs, and eventually got to Paris CDG around 1.30pm UK time(which is 2.30pm local time). When i reached the arrival hall, I was surprised by the amount of ELFs that're there waiting for SuJu. I can estimate it was around 100-200 ELFs are there during that time.
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I kept moving and got to Gare du Nord around 3.30 and got to the hotel around 3.50. At there i meet other UK sones such as Kelvin,Lee,Zara,Lo and Kim. After i rest for a while, we moved on to go and get the soshi support bundle at etap hotel carpark. Although i didn't buy it online since i noticed the thread too late, I managed to get myself a small and medium sized soshified smtown paris shirt. After we got our desired stuff and have some conversation, we decided to go and take a look at the venue just in case we lost during the concert day.
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We found out that SHINee was rehearsing during that time and we moved to another side of Zenith to take a closer look at what happens. When we reach another side, there was already twenty to thirty people around there.
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We was there for 4/5 hours and i got to see LeeTeuk,Victoria,Shindong,Eunhyuk,TaeYeon,Yoona and Sunny. From what i remembered LeeTeuk, Victoria and TaeYeon waved at us (wow, they're all leaders of their group)and they went in for rehearsal. I was concentrating hearing which few songs they rehearses and found out 10(excluding Seo's Way Back Into Love and Dance Battle part as i only realised these 2 is included when im in the concert). Those 10 songs are Gee,Genie,RDR,My Child,Hoot,Oh,Kissing You,Him Nae,HaHaHa and Tik Tok. Few hours after, SNSD comes out but in a few different vans. Jess,Hyo,Yul,and Soo were in the first van(black colour) but with tinted windows. I managed to saw some of them waved their iPhone to us but not sure which one was it. TaeYeon,Sunny and Yoona were in the second van with clear windows. Me and another SONE(Lee) was somewhere near the gate and when they come out we keep waving crazily(i was with foam heart) and i got to see Sunny smiled at me and Yoona waved at me just in front of me(around 1m distance only). Lee was the same and he just went blank(being shocked by seeing them upclose) and 10 seconds after that he shouted to express his excitement. I was the guy with foam heart, black jacket, and green t-shirt on the video.
Someone managed to record the video of me and Lee waving to SNSD
That whole day(after we saw SNSD), i keep hearing he saying 'Yoona is so pretty' no matter where we are. Tiffany left in a different van after and quite a lot of us SONEs ran to chase after the van but only Kelvin managed to reach it by the time. We sounds a bit crazy right? LOL.. Seohyun left with SHINee so we didn't catch a glimpse of her. Btw, one of us sones that is there that time(Vin/Yoong Buck) managed to filmed some HD moments of SNSD members leaving the venue. That's the end of day 1.

It's us - the group of crazy but polite stalker uk sones :)
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10th June the first concert day
We get up around 8/9am and got to the venue by 12. We brought some drinks and foods with us while queueing in case we're hungry or thirsty. We put on some music and some of us dances to the rhythm. I managed to catch a glimpse of Korean media(reporters) interviewing someone in the queue.
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Paris's weather is unpredictable which is same as UK and rain starting to pouring down around 1 or 2. 20/30 minutes after, rain stops and sun came out again. This phenomenon/situation keep repeating itself until around 6. We managed to get some merchandise ourself and i got all 9 fans :) and SNSD poster. Although the weather is bad, the queue doesn't decrease though.
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One thing that need to be mentioned is the organisation structure of the concert. People who have soundcheck tickets only be able to see it for 30 min and the security guards that checks our ticket doesn't seems like taking interest on it as they just take a peek and then let us through. When we ask which gate we able to go in(when we're queueing), the security guards also not sure which one of it was available.
After we got through ticket checking part, we all rush in to the venue and busy taking pictures of surrounding.
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We didn't managed to get into front rows as it's dominated by some european shawols/elfs/cassies. We was somewhere around 3rd or 4th row which makes us less visible to SNSD. Almost all of us got our ssf shirt on and some of us(the girls i mean) got some pink bunny ears which will easily attracts soshi's attention but some european shawols/elfs that are in front of me moaning that they can't see their idols and almost got into an arguement with us. C'mon, its your own height problem that you're short and not to mention as well they was squeezing around me, that's how they got in front of me. We didn't want to make any troubles so we make an agreement with them that only when snsd performs we(the female sones) will wear bunny ears. Not sure how it went after that as i was busying taking surrounding's picture. I managed to notice that the organiser did prepare sufficient water bottles and towels for the artists since i recall i saw it last time when snsd perform at Hanyang Uni the organiser didn't prepare enough water bottles around which makes them need to share a water bottle. Everyone in the stadium makes a wave continuously for a few minutes which makes it a magnificent scene to see. Something that worth mentioning about the first concert is, although we(the group of uk sones) tried our best to cheer for snsd during the performance, we're still overwhelmed by surrounding european elfs and shawols since uk sones that attend wasn't that many. But Sooyoung,Hyoyeon,Taeyeon,and Sunny noticed us and Sooyoung constantly smiled/waved/looked to us. Taeyeon and Sunny looks very tired though, i guess its because of their hectic schedule. During the Oh fan chant part at the end of the song, not many sones did chant it with us which makes us feel so disappointed. Since i can't get into the front rows, for the whole 2/3 hours, i follow their direction and went as near as possible to them wherever SMTown artists appears. The ending part was quite touching but not as epic as 2nd concert's ending.

11th June the 2nd concert day which both bad and good stuffs happens
This day we woke up a bit late - 10/11 ish i think. We was going to Disneyland but Kelvin and Lee got pick-pocketed at metro station(everyone next time when u are around paris take care of your belongings)so we split into two groups, Seb,Jho,Zara,and Kim still going to Disneyland while Kelvin,Lee,me,Lo,and Lai Ting went back to hotel to change our hotel card and report stolen identity to banks. After we're done with it, suddenly we received info from Carol or Nichole saying that SNSD stay at XXX hotel(for their privacy i won't reveal the hotel name). We straightly packed our stuff away and called two different taxi to the hotel. Kelvin,Lo,and Lai Ting were in the first taxi while me and Lee catch another one. They reach there earlier and got a glimpse of Taeyeon walking back to hotel while me and Lee missed it out(that's because of the taxi driver fault for letting us down in a wrong location that is quite faraway). Carol,Carmen(one of our friend which is ELF) was there already. We kept staying there for a few hours and managed to catch a glimpse of Yoona,Sunny,Hyoyeon,Sooyoung,Seohyun coming back from photoshoot.
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We were just standing there waving our fans and saying annyeonghaseyo greeting them. From what i remmember sooyoung turn her head to our direction and smile to us. About 10/20 minutes later we also saw SHINee walking back to hotel from a nearby restaurant. We greet them politely again :) Moments later, we saw Jessica walking back with her mum(maybe from shopping). Again we greet them politely again, Lo asked Jess in a loud voice(in case she doesn't heard it) whether Taeyeon received the stuff she give to Taeyeon already or not as well as 'Lets Go Soshi Lets Go' while i shouted SNSD fighting :)
We met Jessica :D
We waited outside again for half or one more hour but after that we found out from other artist's fans that they left using the backdoor. Most of us didn't got to see them with the exception of Lee and Lai Ting.
SNSD left using hotel backdoor
With a slightly disappointed mood we decided to move on to the concert venue. During that time there was just me,Lo,Lee,Kelvin and Lai Ting since Carol has already on her journey back to UK while Nichole is still in the press conference. Sometime after that Lai Ting left as well to catch her transport back to UK while just me, Lo,Lee, and Kelvin left. Lee and Kelvin managed to get tickets to 2nd concert with the money me and Lo borrowed them since they've been pick-pocketed while me and Lo already got out vip goodies ticket for 2nd concert. I bought some more goodies for myself which includes ssf lightstick, foam heart and smtown t-shirt while waiting for Jho to come and join us. Compared to the previous day which we only get into the venue at 6.30, on that day's 6.10pm, most people has already got into the venue which is such a contrast. Around 6.25 Jho arrived with Seb accompanying her(Seb is a gentlemen lol) and then Seb left(Aaah, what a pity.. he could have joined us if he buy the ticket outside the venue). Jho went in for her prestige seat while me and Lo go and get our goodies stuff which includes a random artist's photobook, towel and bath towel. Originally i got SHINee's but i swapped for SNSD's. All five of us went to our different seat but 10 minutes before the concert starts i abandoned my seat and went to Cat 1 to join Kelvin since my view wasn't that good at that site;Kelvin's side was quite good since it's almost straight to the stage but just a bit faraway from there. The atmosphere was much better than previous day and lots more cheers for every artists. Audiences stamps their feet synchronously before the concert starts to express their excitement. Cassies,ELFs,SONEs,Shawols,and f(x)'s fans all cheer for each other artists and the mood was very nice. Red,blue,pink,green lightsticks all shows up during performances of different artists.
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Hit songs of SMTown artists e.g. Keep Your Head Down,Rising Sun,Sorry Sorry,Don't Don,Bonamana,Gee,Genie(Tiffany's Paris put it back on was epic),RDR,Hoot,Oh(Yuri's <3 on almost the end part was lovely),Lucifer,Ring Ding Dong,Amigo,Danger,Chu,La Cha Ta,Nu ABO heats everyone up and everyone cheered,dance to the songs,and fan chant with the songs. I was in a HYPER mode during the concert and constantly taking fancams, cheering,dance to the hit songs,as well as fan chant and singing with the songs which makes my sound hoarse straightly after the concert. When the concert almost reach its ending and SMTown artists was making their speeches, all the audiences including me are a bit disappointed that it end so quickly and again the audiences all stamps our feet to show the strong supporting of SMTown and wishing that the concert doesn't end that quick. I can see that SMTown artists are touched especially soshi which i can see tears in their eyes through the screen. They all express their thankfulness to the audiences and together do a big bow to us(TT.. this shows the bond of SMTown family) and SNSD members keep saying thanks and bye to audiences.
SNSD touched by audience's response
SMTown artists' epic bow
After that we meet up with Zara,Kim,Seb which comes back from Disneyland and we having a nice meal at the hotel thanks to Zara.. Felt sorry about her since she lost her camera on the disneyland trip(that includes the pics and fancams that she take on concert the previous day)...
Chongmal kamsahamnida zara noona!!!

12th June the last day of the trip which is unforgettable
With the exception of Nichole and Vin, this is the last day for most of us(me,Kelvin,Lee,Seb,Zara,Kim,Lo,Jho). We was doing some sightseeing and while we're just like 5 minutes distance away from Eiffel Tower, we received some info from Carmen/Nichole saying that SNSD is dining somewhere nearby their hotel. Again, we the group of 'crazy but polite stalker uk sones' called 2 taxi again and headed off to their hotel's direction. When we reach there, we decided that Seb and Jho that saw SNSD upclose the least should go in. The rest of us was standing 5-10m away from the restaurant wondering is our clothes and stuffs too obvious to snsd if we're going in and that situation lasts for almost 1 hour. Sometime after that, SNSD comes out with their managers around. They knew that there is some sones 'lurking' around nearby so they went into the direction of their van.
Yoona and Sooyoung
SNSD walking back to van
8 of us braced ourself up and got nearer to them since we have not much time left before we got to leave for train or plane. We kept a distance between us and them to show them that we mean no harm and i think they kind of acknowledge it inside of their heart. Before they get into the van, all SNSD members(except Jessica since she's somewhere else with her mum)waved to group of us and Tiffany saying Thanks for coming to us. For sure we waved back and i shouted 'take care of your health' since i know that they're very tired because of the japan arena tours. We tried to ask for signatures from SNSD through the managers but they said no.(This proves that only the managers are inconsiderate of the fans, not the girls!!)Tiffany also apologises to us since they won't be able to sign for us because managers is around. Inside my heart my 'tears' start to flow which im overwhelmed by their kindness. After a while, TaeYeon,Sunny,Yoona,Hyoyeon went away somewhere after some argument with their managers(if im not wrong). I was thinking was this a hint for us to go and get their autograph without the managers but i didn't said it out. Yuri also waves and greets us and we did the same thing back. In addition, while Sooyoung was applying lipstick, Kelvin waves at her and she waves it back. We stayed there for a bit longer before we leave for train/plane. Seohyun waved and said bye to everyone of us individually inside another car and we did the same back. That's the end of our experience with SNSD through the trip.

Here is the goodies and merchandises that i got from the trip.
SNSD all 9 members' fan
Other stuff i got from the trip

Oh, there're two things that need to be mentioned. Firstly, although i said we are the group of 'crazy but polite stalker uk sones', but we didn't go near them, we kept a distance with them, as well as greet them nicely every time we meet them upclose. So we're not actually considered as real stalker LOL.

Secondly, there're rumors around Internet saying that next year SMTown might be organised at London because of the Olympics. To make the rumor came true, it's advisable that we should join this group
Bring SMTown World Tour 2010/11 to London UK
as well as this petition(depends on u whether u want to donate or not)
SMTown Concert in London - Petition Spot
I have done my part for both of them :)

Thanks for reading my super duper long fan account! Jigumeun Apurodo Yeongwonhi SNSD, SNSD Saranghae <3
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