Back from NYC!
So as you may know, I packed my bags after hearing that I won VIP passes to go see Wonder Girls, 2PM and JYP! I had an extra pass that was going to vii and Juicy decided to come along for the ride! I made some quick notes during the road trip. I left Toronto to drive to Waterloo at 4:30pm and arrived in Waterloo for 5:30pm . We had dinner at 6:00pm then left Waterloo at 7:00pm to begin the AWESOMENESS.
| DAY 1 | |
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10:00pm
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Crossing the US border! |
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12:40am
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We just left the state of NY to enter PA? |
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1:00am
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WTF service stations are plentiful on the way.. BUT WHY AREN’T THEY OPEN?! Why would a McDonalds here close? |
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1:30am
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Toll booth guy gypped us 75¢ AMERICAN. That’s 96¢ Canadian! |
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2:00am
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Auburn, New York is by far the SCARIEST place I’ve been to |
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2:30am
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In Homer, New York there are many signs that give warning to COWS crossing |
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3:00am
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20 minutes away from NYC. Looking for food. Have not eaten since 6:00pm. Should’ve stopped at IHOP. Why isn’t anything open? |
| 3:30am | aznkid runs a red light |
| 3:40am | Toll booth guy will not take my Canadian money. He asked if I had any "regular dollars". Hilarity ensues for quite some time |
| 4:00am | NYC SUCKS. WHY ARE THE FOOD PLACES CLOSED?! |
| 4:10am | vii suggests we eat at a vendor. He pronounces it "ven-dore". Also said "unit" like "you-neet" |
| 4:15am | After Juicy laughs at Viet’s Engrish, he says "shower" like "sho-er". God, we’re tired. |
| 4:30am | We finally find an open restaurant called Venus. Juicy orders a Muenster burger. We had to ask what Muenster was. Waiter asks if I want home fries. I ask him what corn fries are |
| 5:00am | Is it even possible to get a hotel here? I think we will sleep in the car. We will shower at Juicy’s friends place in the morning |
| 5:30am | We find a shady looking motel in Jersey. Let’s check rates |
| 5:40am | They have hourly rates. Shady. Who cares, we’re tired. We enter the wrong room. Bed was DISGUSTING. Mess everywhere. Toilet full of pee. We slowly back out. We find our proper room. We were told 2 person maximum occupancy SEVERAL times. Juicy hides in car. We tell him to join us in the room. He decides to sleep in the back instead |
| 6:30am | I finally sleep. Never did I think I would drive to Waterloo, and then 9 hours to NYC |
| DAY 2 | |
| 8:20am | vii’s alarm goes off |
| 8:45am | I did not fall back asleep after the alarm so I got up to shower and get sexy for Wonder Girls. I slept less than 1.5hrs. FML |
| 9:15am | I wake Juicy up from the back seat of my car. He showers |
| 9:45am | We’re all showered. LET’S HIT THE ROAD. MTV has requested we show up NO LATER than 1:00pm . We leave Jersey to drive to Newport. We park the car at Newport mall. $22 for parking at this crappy mall. Eep. SUBWAY TIME! |
| 12:25pm | We arrive to MTV Studios. There is a rapper outside handing out autographed CDs. He claims to be the best rapper in New York. After I refuse to donate, he takes his CD back. |
| 12:35pm | We decide to line up rather than get breakfast. Why are we even lining up? We have VIP. We entertain their request. Juicy lines up in the regular lineup to see if he can get in |
| 12:45pm | JYP employee takes a picture of me and vii in line |
| 1:15pm | I run into whataboutadam and meekakitty in the lineup. Adam flew from Northern Ireland to see the Wonder Girls. Anyone remember their Nobody Ukelele Version? |
| 1:20pm | MTV employee asks me to ask 2PM a rehearsed question |
| 1:30pm | I get interviewed for MTV Iggy about Wonder Girls |
| 1:45pm | Wonder Girls camera man asks me to record a snippet about them |
| 2:30pm | Finally get into the studio. IT’S FREEZING. I have a quick chat with johnnydorama |
| 2:40pm | I am recognized in line as the cereal eater off YouTube |
| 3:00pm | PERFORMANCES START. MY LIFE IS FULL OF WIN. FRONT ROW, BABY! Some girl Alice tries to bribe me and vii with candy |
| 3:15pm | Juicy manages to run to the front of line. He’s the last one in. Everyone else has to watch from the Jumbotron |
| 3:30pm | I am asked to move to the side. I am too tall. 5’9" too tall? DAMN YOU SMALL FAN GIRLS |
| 4:00pm | EVERYONE GET YOUR CAMERAS! YOU ARE ALLOWED TO RECORD "NOBODY"! Make sure to click "HQ" on the video because the quality is otherwise terrible MTV Iggy’s Official Footage: |
| 4:30pm | I yell out asking YooBin to marry me but she doesn’t respond. It’s been 12 hours since I’ve consumed food and I’m running on less than 1.5 hours of sleep. I have so much adrenaline I don’t care. Juicy and vii proceed to discuss every guy they would like to drop kick in the studio. Who can blame them? I’d kick in the teeth of the "Gee" singing asswipe too |
| 5:00pm |
I am seated so close to the Wonder Girls. 10cm I SWEAR. They smell good. SoHee’s body is covered in goosebumps. How come to mic pouch on the back of their dress is so ghetto? They’re all crooked and off centred |
| 5:15pm | I prepare to ask my question to 2PM. Producer pulls me aside to turn my aznkid.com tshirt inside out ): On the bright side, he told me listened to my "So Hot" cover and loved it |
| 5:30pm | I’m on TV asking the question! I rep Canada! I feel bad because I had to talk to 2PM looking past the Wonder Girls. I hope they don’t think I honestly travelled for 2PM |
| 5:45pm | Session is over. Everyone gets to have handshakes and high fives with Wonder Girls, 2PM and JYP. Peep the homegirl in the back! UNNNGHHH! |
| 5:50pm | I give props to JYP for being THE SHIT |
| 6:00pm | Special VIP meet and greet session begins. 2PM’s Taecyeon shouts out, "Hey Kevin from Canada!" |
| 6:10pm | Get to have a quick word and handshake with each member of Wonder Girls and 2PM. We leave the studios. johnnydorama suggests eating at TGIFridays |
| 6:15pm | We get our goodie bag from MTV. IT IS SO GOOD. T-Shirt, hat, necklace, The Wonder Years, So Hot, and an autographed copy of The Wonder Years Trilogy     |
| 6:40pm | WOW. This TGIFridays is EXPENSIVE. $20 for normal burgers? CRAZY |
| 7:00pm | I have my first sip of nourishment in 14.5 hours |
| 7:30pm | I have my first bite in 15 hours. It happens to be a STEAK. johnnydorama is on the phone with matteo. Apparently they refer to me as "The cereal eating mother fucker" |
| 7:45pm | johnnydorama, the steak eating mother fucker decides to baller it up and pay for my meal along with my three friends. He met me, Vii and Juicy the same day. He didn’t even meet the other friend! THAT IS MADDDDD GENEROUS! THANK YOU AGAIN! We roam NYC |
| 8:30pm |
Let’s take the train back to Newport! |
| 10:30pm | After a Starbucks run, we decide to head back to Waterloo. Thanks for the Frappucino, mustardpink! vii takes the first leg |
| 11:00pm | aznkid falls asleep |
| 2:30am | aznkid wakes up |
| 3:30am | aznkid takes over the wheel |
| 4:30am | We stop for American Tim Hortons. We get a GIANT medium coffee with our breakfast. Their breakfast sandwich is big. Their XL coffee is like a McDonalds soda |
| 7:00am | I HAVE ARRIVED BACK TO WATERLOO! When should I go back to Toronto? |
Stay tuned for MTV Iggy footage!
Random Notes:
The Wonder Girls are much prettier in person
Their English is good! Easy to understand everything they’re trying to say. It’s adorable!
SunYe and YeEun were the friendliest with SunMi and SoHee coming next, then last is YooBin which dispapointing because she’s my favourite (although she was still nice.. just not as nice)
Wonder Girls perform flawlessly EVERY SINGLE TIME (Some songs had to be performed 2 or 3 times)
SoHee sings better than I thought
4 foot Jaebeom from 2PM thinks he’s the hottest shit on earth
JYP was flirting hard with MTV host SuChin
so awesome, u deserved this trip.
heyyy remember me? the crazy fangirl in front of the line lmfao
yeahh, it was pretty awesome
i remembered your shirt, so i was like “hmm i should check it out”
haha
and dudee your hat is so much prettier than mine!!
anyways, nice meeting you!!
i’m glad my advertising worked
WE SHOULD’VE TRADED HATS!
DUDE, IM SO JEALOUS! LOVE THE GOODIES MAN!
You are soooo lucky =]
I was at the MTV Iggy thing as well xD I doubt you remember me. I don’t think we even talked *LOL i’m such a creeper xD* But if you saw some asian girl in gray coughing her brains out, that was me =]
Oh cool! How did you recognize me? Maybe I’d recognize you if I saw a pic. Don’t be shy next time hahah
Which one is Johnydorama?
this guy?
http://photos-c.ak.fbcdn.net/hphotos-ak-snc1/hs023.snc1/2562_525076473428_304702809_2067002_2045991_n.jpg
well it even worked on Soompi, thanks for this great account, you def went into detail ^^
Yup, that’s johnnydorama
mmm.. not bad
thanks for reply
1:30am: 96¢, what!
3:40am: Explain hilarity.
8:45am: “Today, I just finished having dinner with my boyfriend, so I leaned over to him and said seductively, “How about some dessert?” Obviously, he didn’t catch my tone, because he then looked at me and said, “Babe, you really don’t need it.” FML” Bookmarked =D
4:30pm: Maybe she didn’t understand? I’m sure she’d say yes…esp. after that handshake =P
5:15pm: Of course he liked your cover, they’re amazing! Karen said your voice is “so soothing”.
That’s a super amazing goody bag, you totally did deserve this!!
I’M IN YOUR YOOBIN PIC LOL
and i remember you!
i remember thinking you had a really cool looking shirt and attempting to read it…and when they moved you (i was one of the short fangirls behind you LOL)…and when you asked the question (i sitting behind and was thinking “is that guy’s shirt inside out?”)
p.s. i’m pretty jealous that you got to meet 2pm personally
“Jaebeom from 2PM thinks he’s the hottest shit on earth”
Yes he is, therefore he has every right to act like it. LOL. =D
You’re so lucky you got the VIP passes!!! I’m so jealous. Thanks for putting everything up. It really makes me feel like I was there – kinda, not really, but I wish. LOL. And the “script” was hilarious!!! Man people can be so funny.
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LOLz at the random notes
Glad you had fun.
damn. Im envious. U deserved it..thru the cow country drive, upon no food…glad u had fun. I had fun just reading and staring at ur pics. thanks for sharing.
haha, remember me? i was in front of you wearing the white sweater when we were waiting on the line to go into the actual stage. yeah, i remembered your shirt and wanted to check out your website.
ok, i just wanna say UGH you got SUCH nice shots of them! lucky.
and i laughed at your random notes about jaebum.
anyways, nice website and see ya!
hey! glad you made your way to my website
7:30pm I have my first bite in 15 hours. It happens to be a STEAK. johnnydorama is on the phone with matteo. Apparently they refer to me as “The cereal eating mother fucker”
ROFL. <3!
I’m almost starting to question which one is better… the free fucking stake from JD oppa himself or meeting WG and seeing them live… Hmmmmm
-sLaVe
seeing WG and 2PM and even JYP in real.. wowwww
I would’ve just ditched everything I had to do if I knew i could meet Jay !
-cuz he is the hottest shit on earth,!! ARH!
ooh, ure the kid that drove from canada! haha
damn youre a lucky 1 x_X~
LOL you changed it to 4 foot Jaebum.. he seemed pretty cocky cause i met him when i saw jyp’s concert in NY
Hey!
It’s Adam here! It was so great meeting you! The Wonder Girls were amazing, and I’m so sad that it’s all over already. I wrote a review over my trip to NYC, including MTV and the concert, and I took the photo of us together you posted in this entry, I hope that’s okay!
SORRY DUDE BUT THE WONDER GIRLS
ARE A BAD COPY OF THE PUSSYCAT DOLLS.
And you, Wolowitz, are a bad copy of the PussyCat Dolls without the cat or the doll. Ass.
OMG. I’m sooo happy you put this up!. I live very far so it’s a relief to be informed of the WG’s activities in the big jungle, i mean NY, my bad.
THANK YOUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUUU
do you happen to have the raw televised footage of the tell me perf at MTV times square studios? you have it on youtube, but i’d like to download it and store it on my computer as well..
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Hey someone else here has the same name as me o.O
Anyway to Wolowitz.
Who said they are a copy of the Pussycat Dolls?
There are plenty of other girl groups out there.
Why would you compare them to such a trashy group?
Besides PCD only has 1 Old lady that sings and a girl that does occasional moans.
So now, please tell me how they are a ‘BAD’ ‘COPY’ of the Wonder Girls?
Please give me a logical answer. Thanks :]
Sorry i meant “BAD COPY of the Pussycat Dolls”
That’s what happens when you are obsessed with WG ^.^
wow aznkid you are the man!~ It must have been an awesome trip. You’ve got great friends as well, makes the mood happy all the way through. lol I want to hear them speak English ^^ Good thing you got food on the way back. Thanks for giving that cute comment on youtube. ;D -wink- -wink- oh yeah what did you do to win VIP tickets? It’s like once in a lifetime.
Thanks kulinat! It was the trip of a lifetime! hahahahha.. and yes, my friends are great for supporting me so last minute.. TROOPERS! As for the VIP tickets, I wrote a song as to why I should win hahah
VERY jealous haha. specially the face you got to meet and greet
wondergirls AND 2pm. nichkhun&taeyeon<333
deng, very disappointed in yoobin. She seems extremely nice!
i expected sohee to be least friendliest
“4 foot Jaebeom from 2PM thinks he’s the hottest shit on earth”- LMAO… he is so cocky but I still love him SO very very much. and the wondergirls too of course.
ohhh :O you met wondergirls *_* ToT
luvky boy!!
[...] Ok, not quite. This footage which was filmed March 10th, 2009, was posted on MTV Iggy yesterday, July 22, 2009 (Took them long enough). If you skip over to 2:30, you can watch me ask a scripted question to 2PM and their “shocked” faces when I asked Boo to MTV Iggy for not letting me wear my aznkid.com shirt (had to turn it inside out) but yay to them for organizing a fun event. Want more details? Check the full scoop to my trip here. [...]
dude i cant get your cover of Ebabo out of my head anywas how did you get all of this special VIP treatment so jealous
thanks! i had a connection through allkpop (;
oh i saw you on tv and i lived in CALI … u R like almost famous