KAT-TUN in taiwan escapade

8/26
- arrived at taoyuan international airport terminal 1 at midnight (with and elli and ver)
- immigration, baggage claim, exchanged Php to NT, rode "FREE" shuttle to terminal 2, arrived at terminal 2 at 2am
- marvelled at the coin changing machine, slept for a few hours on the surprisingly comfy arrival area chairs, waited for KAT-TUN's flight, met lulu and kimika (taiwanese fans who were very nice and helpful)
- witnessed KAT-TUN's arrival, ran to the other side of the airport for another glimpse, ran outside to the van for another one (but didn't get to see them, they were already in the van)
- travelled to taipei by bus, rode the MRT, walked to hostel
- met madette, madette's mom, joanne and herlyn
- too tired, rested a bit, took a bath, travelled to taipei 101
- rode MRT back to hostel, decided to visit some JE shops with , met fellow filipino fangirls (kai and another friend - forgive my forgetful mind), met hongkong fangirls who taught us the art of pre-immigration stalking, bought ryo-chan uchiwas, walked around ximenting til exhaustion, went back to hostel, slept

8/27
- went to taipei arena for concert goods at 11am
- bag's strap broke, kept hurting myself with the (not so) safety pins
- went around trying to find an 8/28 ticket with broken chinese, met some nice fans who were fluent in both english and chinese and who voluntarily wrote the chinese characters on paper to help us ask around (thank you!), showed the paper to the people in line *hides from embarrassment*
- met marilou and her sister
- bought kame (3) and maru (1) uchiwas and concert pamphlet, maru's lookin' fine, kame, so-so
- went around with the paper stuck on kame's uchiwa, hesitant to talk to the old guy fixer who keeps on saying something in chinese, i can only decipher a small portion of what he's saying, kimika to the rescue
- munching-something-fixer led us to another lady fixer with tickets, success!
- 2A seats, met , (thank you once again for the tickets)
- first concert, started with fall down, my favorite of all the new songs, KAT-TUN sang my ultimate favorite - yorokobi no uta, fans held up black and yellow crown-shaped cardboards during bokura no machi de saying something in japanese like 'i'm happy to be a KAT-TUN fan' or something similar (KAT-TUN fans are the best)
- kame's imitation of the translator - beyond cuteness
- one on one, i love, love, love
- ueda hurt his foot, 4-nin KAT-TUN
- 2 encores - NMP + going
- binoculars trained on kame's face (when looking our way) and on his butt (when looking the other way)
- stalking 101, taiwanese friends who speak japanese + filipino friend who speaks japanese = stalking galore
- car chases, counterflows, cab drivers with stalking initiatives, crazy driving, slow-down-i-don't-want-to-die moments
- stood near KAT-TUN's van with door open, koki texting on his seat, kame coming down first with a serious face (imo, pissed) followed by equally serious-looking members (minus ueda) then the slightly smiling koki
- waited outside til after KAT-TUN's dinner, kame more amicable albeit still untouchable, my friends touching koki and maru (best NT500 spent, right?)
- toned down car chase (different driver), van's window blinds up, sleeping koki, grand formosa regent hotel
- tired but happy, went back to hostel

8/28
- bought a new bag, went to taipei arena, tried exchanging tickets
- bought blue glowsticks (we now belong!)
- 3J seats, better than expected, small blind spot
- talked to my left seatmate, she's from shanghai and speaks english
- KAT-TUN fans' penlight project was successful and was really pretty (again, KAT-TUN fans are the best)
- got told off (in chinese) by right seatmate for trying to capture the fan project on video, i couldn't understand her, she refused to hold my hand during the 'we are KAT-TUN' bow, i refused to let it ruin my night and befriended her (i had to delete my video which wasn't really much)
- amazed how disciplined these kids are, i apologized and thanked her
- binoculars yet again trained on kamenashi and his cute behind
- 3rd encore: harukana yakusoku, i was shouting and singing like crazy, i think i had tears in my eyes
- chanted for 4th encore, members won't come out, fans started singing SMILE's lalala part, the whole arena joined in, after a while we heared the KAT-TUN members' voices join in on singing and then they came out, i cried from happiness XP
- right seatmate now held my hand :D (operation let's-be-friends-we-both-love-KAT-TUN-let's-not-let-this-ruin-our-night a success!)
- impromptu stalking, thanks to left seatmate from shanghai, was a success
- hotel stalking, met filipino hotel employee, misplaced my camera (thanks ver for finding it)
- tired but super happy, went back to hostel, agreed on 'me' time for the next day (later that day)

8/29
- went to miramar mall, rode the ferris wheel, went back to ximen, lost herlyn at the station
- found herlyn, shopped for JE stuff, went around ximenting for souvenirs
- taxi to main station, bus to airport
- goodbye taipei, you gave me 4 of the best days of my life :)