Amazingly, as we have never failed to mourn the fast-passing time in the past, it has been a week since I stepped on a plane to KL with all aims to catch 2AM live in person.
While 2AM may not be my most favorite Kpop stars, they are a nice group and they have lovely songs. Technically, they are the first Kpop group I have ever seen in person and I guess I can take this as a lesson/learning step towards meeting many more, hopefully as a representative of the media. Perhaps this is a warm-up towards many more in the future (I hope).
Last week this time, I would have touched down in KL for two hours plus, having arrived in city centre and checked into the hotel, plus lunch at Lot 10 before a short walk in Sungai Wang Plaza.
Went back to the hotel for a shower and short rest before taking the monorail to Sentral. From there, I had to locate Hilton Hotel, which looked near but I had to walk a big round before I reached it. All these was done with my brother, whom I managed to sneak into the press conference in one of the ballrooms in the high class hotel.
I can still remember the “snacks” and refreshments prepared for the press outside the ballroom. I’d hardly call them snacks and refreshments though. But eating at 3.30 to 4pm is odd so I didn’t get to eat much.
Since I didn’t expect to be able to bring my brother into the press con, we did not bring all the camera gear and therefore, the photos are mediocre at best.
The press con started at 4.30pm and the boys of 2AM turned up. Thankfully, this was one of the rare times that our ears were spared from the screaming fangirls, as only representatives of the media were present.
It was a pleasant press conference, the first one I’ve been to as well. We left the hotel using a taxi to avoid walking all that way back to the monorail station again. It was drizzling but we did not expect the drizzle to turn into full scale rain a couple of hours later.
We couldn’t go out during the evening due to the rain and the family can’t fit into one normal taxi. So, what did we do? We had KFC take outs near the hotel and ate in the room. That was how we spent our first day in KL.
Now that I looked back at it, the four days (technically three since we left on the morning of the fourth day) seemed rather long, especially with the packed schedules. I think we certainly made the three days last. And of course, it does help that I saw 2AM every of those three days.
Second and third day “adventures” to be continued (when I feel like it).
