EXOPLANET #3 - EXO'rDIUM in Bangkok 160910

YAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! IF ONLY TEXTS CAN EXPRESS SCREAM VERY WELL, I WOULD'VE USED IN THIS ENTIRE POST :)

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This is a very late post. I was sick for a week right after the concert and wasn't able to attend work. I was over fatigued and caught an infection so I'm catching up with work and finishing this.

I wasn't able to sleep well a night before because of my excitement and i just want to prepare everything. I made sure my lightstick v.2.0 was connected well, my powerbanks and phones were charged, my wallet is full and check all the fansites who will have give some giveaways.

I've shared in my previous post that I wasn't able to secure a ticket for The EXO'rDIUM in Bangkok. The whole process of searching was more than devastating. But as the saying goes, if there's a will, there's a way. With the help of my pretty friends on twitter (my twitter account is @hunthehyun, follow me :)) and to my colleague, i found a seller who sells pretty much the cheapest from the rest. So i got AL Queue 713. YES, 713!!!!! It was a very far number but guess what, my view is as perfect as everyone else. I can see how handsome their faces are, all of it.

Before we (I mean, I) settled with the ticket that we had, I had so many thoughts of trading since I wanted the BL badly. I had asked several friends and even my family if we should trade cards because I want to make sure that it was worth what we paid. I had many opportunities of trading through the help of my friends but a night before, I decided to just go with it. I don't want to regret it again just like last year (I was in BL but faves kept on going to BR which I had originally, hmph).

Let me just give you some quick tips :)

What do you need when going to the concert to Thailand?

Money - for buying food while waiting or buying fanmade goods and official merchandise
Your ticket of course
Water - you can also buy at the convenience store nearby since you can't bring them inside the hall
Lightstick (if you have)
EXCITEMENT SO YOU CAN ENJOY IT MORE
Bring gifts if you want and if you are allowed to throw to the stage (they said it was allowed here)
Powerbanks - YES WITH AN -S. Because you'll be waiting for quite long if you come early like me.
Patience - if endless lines and long waiting time are not your style then practice it now for next year
Medicine - well there will be first aid available but medicines won't weigh 5kilos in your bag so just bring it. better be quick.
Wear comfortable clothes and I won't suggest you to wear black because it's hot. Depending on your country, if your country is cold enough for you to wear jeans and black and every clothing accessory you want, do so because that won't ever happen here
Don't bring too much unless you are planning to leave it at the baggage counter.
It would be fun if you have a friend or Thai friend in particular to accompany if you are there early morning. But if you didn't brought anyone along with you, THEN MAKE ONE :)

Hope those were helpful ^^

So going on with the concert experience, I live quite near (its not that far) from Impact Arena. We paid around 160THB for the taxi fare including passing by some slight traffic at 9am. So just like how we expected, we arrived at the venue at 10am. And guess who's the excited little girl \^o^/ The atmosphere in the place is so different and knowing that all those girls share the same interest as you is just fascinating. We walked everywhere under the scourging heat of Thailand to get some giveaways and just get whatever we see.

There are loads of posters around, from fan projects and the official ones which I had photos with my favorite members. There were loads of people when we arrived at the venue. It just felt like the concert will start anytime soon. Fansites were giving out free goods which you have to check their twitter accounts to know where they are. Some were selling stickers, fans, headbands and much more. Every concert is like this anyway, it's like a convention in the morning and the main event at the evening.

We even arrived right on time when EXO arrived at the venue but sadly, we weren't able to see them. Just their bus.

Before I reveal all my other selfies and stuffs, this is what Impact Arena looked like when we went around.

Also there is a fan market right in front of the arena where you can buy fan goods instead of ordering them online which is a very good spot to go. This is Bangkok and it's inexpensive already. Go shopping and walk around!! I didn't last for an hour in this place though. Aside from that many people walking, you can't even stop at a shop and look for a little longer because it's packed. And lastly, IT'S SO HOT 🔥🔥🔥

So basically we roamed around the area from 10am to 2pm because we lined up at around 3pm. We took photos with the standees that was setup by fansites and grab some freebies that everyone were giving away.

This was me trying to escape after getting polaroids hahahaha

The best photocard that we had 👀👀

Everyone at the standing zone were advised to be in line from 1pm to 3pm because gates will open at 4pm and the concert starts at 6pm. That big gap? Don't mind it. Since we were on the 700th queue, we entered the hall at 5.30pm even though they opened the gate at 4pm. Everything was in order as always and that's what I like it here. Thai fan union gave kits for the fan projects that they've prepared for each section and it was upgraded from last year 👍👍

It's been years since I lived in Thailand but I still can't get use to the heat. Look at them looking all fresh while I was obviously sweating nonstop 😂😂

FINALLY!!!

When I got in, I checked the Wyth app (this app was specially made for exo's upgraded concert, I'm not sure if they'll update this with all their artists in the future) and made sure that my lightstick is connected and would work well ~~(I didn't prepare the lightstick for it to go to waste)~~. I was in serious panic because my data was not working inside the arena and good thing I have a friend along. I can recall how many times I've asked my friend that they should be testing the lightstick now because I remembered during Seoul concert, lightsticks glow 2-3 times before the the concert started.

EXO stage never disappoints to be very honest. The stage already showed that superior aura without lights and just the exo logo. The walkway was huge and the boys can surely go around. As I have mentioned before, my queue is at 713 and my view was pretty much the best so to say. I can dance, I can go around, I can squeeze in myself closer and most especially, I can see the boys well. I SAID WELL, AS IN WELL.

And then, it lit...

And that signaled the start of the epic concert. It was the same with Seoul concert (I knew because I audio streamed that time). The difference is just that no Baek abs (which I anticipated a lot) and no Kai dancing because of his injury (but he's there of course). I won't get into so much details and would just share some stuffs, but overall unbiased impression, IT WAS VERY FUN ✌

I really love Mama and Wolf performance. With the background, the remix, the dance, the attire, and the boys themselves. They slayed it.

We were lucky enough that they mostly do their ments and performances on the main stage so it's the best view for us as always. My photos were far of course but it's so close in real.

And then comes the steamy line-up 😍😍 White Noise (with the water thing), Thunder, Playboy and Artificial Love. What makes this the best because my SeBaekLay were all performing in front of our zone. Sehun, Yixing and Chanyeol (with Yixing dancing alone) during Thunder, Yixing during Playboy and Baekhyun during Artificial Love. 😍😍

That water performance is so mesmerizing that it made me so speechless. Yixing's blindfold dance (which was supposed to be with Kai) was after Artificial Love but it was too dark and I was just watching him at the screen. Next up, VCR and the serenading part which everyone loves ❤

I was looking forward to this part so much ever since the Seoul concert. It was so relaxing listening to them with the guitar and their honey voices. And of course, Sehun's solo during Lady Luck acoustic ver. (it was supposed to be with Kai, but yah).

They performed the whole version of Lady Luck while dancing (AND THAT'S IN FRONT OF US AGAIN 😭😭) . I had no idea Baekhyun would be there right in front of me!! What If (my fave 😭), Tender Love, Love Me Right, One and Only (another fave) and One and Only piano ver (Sehun and Yixing eye-opener dance)

This part is when they mostly come to my zone and can you believe how excited I was!

Well, I don't to state the whole story since I just enjoyed it more because I have the space to jump and ran around. PLUS! The boys always go to my zone so I'm just too happy. I'll share more photos below and if I can edit, I will share my videos too (these photos are all captured from my videos btw, ALL OF IT.)

Let me tell a quick story why I have selfies during this time. We already noticed the staffs pulling out some fans from the audience in our zone because of 1. Taking Videos 2. Live streaming. Well as I have observed, everyone especially those at the very front were taking videos and staffs just passed by so my friend guessed that maybe they were pulling out those who are live streaming. So I ended up taking selfies because one of the staffs was standing right beside me while I was taking a video earlier and it scared me. Hahahaha

And my priceless photo.. SEBAEK TOGETHER 😍😍

TONED BODIES!!!!!!!!!!!!

EDM TIME!!!!!!! The colors are so vibrant and makes you more hyped than ever

I was too focused in capturing Chanyeol's beautiful moment that I was too late to noticed that Chen was right in front of us. The colors may be different from the usual silver ocean from years ago, but it was still pretty. I love how it can lift the mood as well as boost the boys' energy

Sehun goes to this area almost all the time and you can't imagine how satisfied I am 😍

Towards the end, the fun part...

Chanyeol's non-stop dab during Lucky One

I've witnessed how dumb they are

ENCORE...

As always, they never fail to give me happiness. The concert last for 3 hours and 30 minutes and it could almost extend to 4 hours when the boys kept on extending their talks. I admire their stamina as they can pull off 2 days of concert without even showing tiredness during the show.