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Hello everyone, I’d
like to paste the old ‘’About the Blog” her and the new Frequently Asked
Questions. I’d like to hear what is on all of your minds. Let me know what
questions you’d like me to answer and I will try my best to answer them! For
now, I want everyone to at least read both of these because I took the time to
put them together.
Old:
A
lot of you who come across this page are here because you know me personally. I
created this blog so that I could communicate with the mass of people that I've
become friends with. Whether you're a friend, someone who is curious to see what
I'm up to, or a complete stranger, here are ten facts that'll help you
understand why I'm in the Philippines and what I'll be doing.
1) Why Danieljames Domar?
You'd be surprised how many men on the internet don't know how to function when
playing video games with a female. This is one of the many reasons why I didn't
use my actual name on the internet. Besides the obvious fact that almost
everyone can see everything on the internet, I started to write stories online
at a young age so I used this name as my author name as well.
2) Why the Philippines?
The plan is to get to the Philippines early and learn the language (or at least
get a head start). Then, I'll be going to school for however long it
takes.
3) What are you majoring in?
I'll be going for a teaching degree. Whether it's up to junior high education
or a couple levels above that- I won't know until I get there and see how their
degrees differ from the US.
4) Is there an idea of how long you'll be in the Philippines?
Two years, maybe longer.
5) Aren't you in a relationship?
Literally almost everyone has asked this so I'll add this in here. This trip
isn't about him. It's about me. I want to do this in order to better myself. It
doesn't matter what he thinks. But, if you all must know, he
wants me to do what I think is best for me. Don't get me wrong, I love him. As
I said before, this trip isn't about him, if you ask me about him I may or may
not answer your comments.
6) Do you know how to speak the language(s)?
Nope. It is sad but true. There are many languages my family on my mother's and
father's side know but I know how to speak English. I actually know more
Spanish than I know any language in the Philippines. (The lack in this skill is
looked down upon).
7) What are you going to do when you come back?
Hopefully, I can be a tutor when I come back. I know for a fact that it is
impossible to teach 25-30 kids the exact same way in an hour and expect them to
understand everything that you teach them. There are also adults that do not
know how to read and I feel that I want to be able to help them as well.
8) How often are you going to be posting on this blog?
I'm shooting for once a week. If there is a way for me to update y'all more
than once a week I will but the connection there is different depending on my
location so I'll probably be writing on my laptop and only posting when I have
enough connection to do so.
9) Is college the same as it is in America?
No. This is why I said I'll be updating once a week at least. I'll never know
when the next time I have connection is. Honestly, I don't know how college
works there.
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New:
About The Blog
Frequently asked questions:
1.Why did you chose to study in the Philippines?
It is cheaper and more efficient to
go to school in the Philippines. Granted, I’ve found out that the only major
that is considered workable in the United States is through the college of
medicine… but! I wouldn’t trade this past year for anything else. I’ve learned
a lot since I’ve come to the Philippines in April 2018
2.Don’t you have to speak like a different
language there?
Yes, I’m exposed to four actually. In Vigan people speak
Ilocano. However, the Ilocano spoken here is different from the Ilocano spoken
in my mother’s hometown. My family that lives in Paltoc, San Emilio speaks
Itneg and an older version of Ilocano. My family that lives in Pangasinan speak
English and Ilocano but the locals speak Pangalatot and I can’t understand that
language at all. The national language is Filipino but there’s a dialect called
Tagalog and the words are sometimes interchanged.
3.You’ve been here since April, how do you not know how to speak the languages?
It is very frustrating
for me to not be able to speak the four
languages that I’m exposed to. Trust me.
But I have improved since I’ve stepped foot in the Philippines. I can read
Tagalog (or Filipino), I can sing the language, and I can write it. However,
speaking it and understand it is difficult for me.
The easiest language for me to pick up on is Itneg. My
family in Paltoc speak that and I have an easy access to people who can
translate the language for me. It’s also the language I’ve been exposed to the
longest.
It’s odd but I have the best chance in speaking Ilocano and
understanding the locals. However, since there is no standardized way to spell in Ilocano I don’t know how to
spell in Ilocano nor write in it.
Don’t ask me about Pangalatot because I don’t even have the
memory capacity to recognize it. The only reason why I know it’s the language
that the locals are speaking is because it’s the only language that makes my
brain go “?!”
This will make you laugh but my English gets worse the more
I learn in these languages.
An interesting thing I should mention is that some Spanish
words are the same in Tagalog or Filipino. However, they may not mean the same
thing so that makes it that much more confusing. But, sometimes, I remember how
to say something in Spanish. The only issue is that the people don’t understand
Spanish here so I can’t use it.
Ex: Siempre (Texas-Spanish) – Always
Siempre (Tagalog) – Of course
4.What are you majoring in?
I’m currently going for Elementary
Education.
5.Don’t you miss your parents?
Not really. They’re family and they will always be there for
me and I’ll always be there for them. We’re adults after all. In the Filipino
culture family is closer than the family that I have in the United States. I
can safely say that the culture I grew up with allows me to be on the other
side of the world without worrying about my parents. After all, as I said, they’re
adults and so am I.
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I'd like to know any questions that come to mind. Don't be afraid to message me on Facebook or send a questions through Ask Questions Here. I'll also do my best to answer you through Instagram if you message me through Instagram! You're also welcome to email me: Lusterdragon72@gmail.com
Most of you know me by many names. For internet purposes we will concentrate on the name 'DJ'. In 2010 I joined Wattpad. In 2014-2015 my appearance on Wattpad became less. Now that I am going to school in the Philippines I have learned that Wattpad is part of the culture here. So, to reach out to the audience I am surrounded by, I have created this journal.
I will write poems and share my thoughts much like I did in 2010. I'm sorry everyone for disappearing on you. Now that I am of legal age I need to share a secret with all of my followers. In 2010 I was fourteen years of age. I shared my thoughts, hopes, and dreams with all of you. However, I did keep one secret from you. Since I was not eighteen yet I was weary about people finding me in person. Now that I am twenty-two I don't mind as much.
To prevent people from finding me I switched my gender and changed my name. Over the years, I have gone by many names and I still won't share my given name to you all. But I will tell you that in the real world, I am a female. Writing in a male's perspective has helped me consider how the world treats both genders. My official writing alias is 'Danieljames Joaquin Domar'.
Here in the Philippines I go by 'DJ' instead of my given name. My given name gets mispronounced often which is why I have gone by many names over the years. My current goal is to become a certified Elementary Teacher by Filipino standards. My destination is to be a tutor in many subjects including languages.
Right now I am trying to learn the languages Filipino and Ilocano. Eventually, I will master Itneg (my family's mother language on my mom's side). You will be see me write in a mix between these three languages for practice purposes. I'm hoping by using them together I can eventually separate then fluently. By the end of this semester I hope to be fluent in Filipino but I know more Ilocano. If you are able to explain Ilocano or Filipino well, in English, please message me. I would love to talk to you.
I am currently living at a dorm in Tamag, Vigan City, Ilokus Sur because I am going to a the University of Northern Philippines. I am a first year despite my previous college experiences. I hope you enjoy this journal.
Feel free to add me on Instagram and follow my blog. Let me know so I can follow you back. The links to both my Instagram and blog should be on my profile. I'll update once a week for sure. The names in this journal will be different from the given names of the people I interact with for privacy purposes.
It's good to be back everyone. Let me know what you're thinking as I post. Editing my previous work will probably not happen right now. Fare warning to those of you who are new to my work... My old poems are not edited and they are also based during a darker time in my life. Thank you
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If you have any questions of comments feel free to share what's on your mind. This is the introduction to my poetry book in which you can access by clicking the picture. The purpose of sharing my poetry book with you all is so that you can read about my experience in poetry form or through the entries each post will have something different that you can read. I hope these are interesting for y'all. Please let me know what you think as they are posted!
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This day was a good
day! Right now I’m trying to write poems for the New Tandem’s poetry book ‘LAYAP’.
It stands for something but I’m not sure what. I do know that the theme and
having people actually respond to my poems in a one to one conversation helps me
improve my writing immensely.
My brother asked me
to go to a brewery in town. I hadn’t gone because most of my friends don’t like
to drink or they think that they’re too young but most of them are eighteen
going on nineteen. (Yes, most of them are born in 2000 if not 1999.) Imagine, I
try to make myself stand out but the fact is that I come from a different
culture and age group than most of the people around me.
Luckily, through the
New Tandem I was able to find someone who was willing to go with me to this
brewery. There’s another bar that I would like to go to and I hope that he will
be willing to go with me. If not, I’ll have to venture out and make more
friends.
About the bar: This
place had a very nice atmosphere. It wasn’t a place that had this ‘rowdy’
feeling to it. It was very calm and spacious. I met my friend there and I was
so happy to go drinking with someone without
getting hit on! In the U.S that’s the main reason why I don’t go to bars
because I get hit on constantly.
This was our first
subject and he was amazed. Really? He
asked. I told him, yea. In the states, I’m a cute Asian so I’m the first one
people see when I walk in. He brought something to my attention that amused me.
“Isn’t it funny that Westerners think that Asians are so unique and ‘sexy’ but
over here in the Philippines it’s the westerns that we think are unique and ‘sexy,?”
It didn’t occur to
me that this was how the Philippines viewed the world that I came from. To an extent,
I did but I wasn’t living that life so it was interesting to see laid out in
front of me. In both cultures, I’m hit on, regardless because I look young even
for a Filipino. Due to that, I didn’t exactly pay attention to who was this
idea of ‘sexy’ or ‘lusted over’.
He shared with me
how he doesn’t always have a drinking buddy and was happy that I was willing
to go out with him and drink and talk in public. This is a cultural thing that’s
not usually acceptable. I had to explain that to most people, going out to
drink is limited to ‘women don’t drink in public’, ‘men are the only one who
can drink in public’, ‘men and women don’t drink together’. If men drink with
women it’s because they’re considered ‘gay’.
When I told him this
he shared that some people that we interact with don’t like to drink with him.
He always drank with the same person if the group went out for drinks but he
had never drank with the others. I knew discrimination was present but it didn’t
occur to me that he was included in this discrimination.
The reason why we
could drink together was because we didn’t mind drinking without someone at the
same intellectual level. To us, the bias of who was drinking with us wasn’t weird.
All we cared about was going out to drink with someone for the good of company.
Now that I think about it we compared our drinking experiences.
Through preference,
I didn’t enjoy drinking in public because most of the time I would be flirted
with. Or, I would get looks of disgust because I’m a woman in the Philippines
so customs say ‘I can’t drink’. Or, if I’m drinking anything other than wine
what I’m drinking isn’t a ‘woman’s drink’. Since when did society label whether
a drink was feminine or masculine?
His drinking
experiences usually surfaced as getting drunk to the point of no return. He
said he liked to drink and it was sort of like a competition. He had never experienced
sitting with someone, eating, and drinking, while having a good time or not flirting.
Even though the
interactions with this friend are few moments that I can grab with him each
time that I’m with him I can sync with him really well on an intellectual
level. He’s funny and he understands my humor. I don’t always get his due to
the language barrier but I’m happy enough that he understands my humor at the
least.
He never belittles
me and seems to always have the best interest for the people he’s friends with.
At first when I met him I didn’t understand why he was in New Tandem but as
time went by I realized that he’s in New Tandem because of his ideas and
output. He gives energy to the New Tandem that is similar to mine. We’re
idealist.
Apparently, I like
bitter beer while he likes fruiter tasting beer. It was funny because the first
two beers we got, I got the Diego and he got the Espada. We had small glasses
that we could poor each other’s drink in so that we could try both drinks. The
Espada was fruity while the Diego was bitter. The second round of beers we got
were the Canyon and the Bigote. I think he ended up with the Canyon because it
was fruity and I ended up with the Bigote because it was bitter. The waiter had
given him the Bigote at first and me the Canyon and we ended up disliking the
tall glass we had so we ended up switching glasses.
I’ll be uploading
pictures this week. For now, I will leave this here for all of you to read over.
I have to say, if any of you find yourself in Vigan City I recommend going to
the Calle Brewery. My brother wanted a beer label but they didn’t have any so I
ended up buying him a mug but he wasn’t disappoint!
Thank you for reading,
everyone. Tune in next week to hear about another adventure in my life!
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Contrary to belief not all of us Texans say, howdy. Some of us do but
not all of us. Lol. This past week was kind of a blur. We’ve had missing
teachers but they still give us assignments so I’ve been busy. One of my
cousin’s father’s passed away and the funeral with be on the fifteen of March
so I’ll be going back to San Emilio that Friday. I’ll be missing class but it’s
nothing I can’t make up.
I’m now on the fourth book of Game of Thrones! I kept putting it to the
side otherwise I would have finished it long ago. I try to limit the amount of
reading I do in a day because books here are expensive and even though I enjoy
reading through them I can’t afford to start a collection here. I mean, I
suppose I can but feeding me and my cousin is important…only on some days…
My friends and I went to Shakey’s this week. If you don’t know what
Shakey’s is… Well, if you ever visit the Philippines this is a place you have to visit. It’s probably the best
pizza I’ve ever had and originally they were franchised in the United States. I
don’t know if there are any left but I do know that the owner moved his base of
operation to the Philippines many years ago.
Last weekend I went to Paltoc, San Emilio. A lot has changed and not
everyone stays at the house anymore. My auntie’s business is getting more
attention and there was unwelcomed company where her store is so she stays
there some nights.
I should have been aware from my experience in Texas that I was sleeping
in their room. I didn’t know that it was originally theirs. I figured it was
but this weekend they had their stuff in the room and I felt bad because I was
now sleeping in the room while they were sleeping upstairs. With me not being
around, my cousin Rio has the whole second floor to himself and my auntie,
uncle, and their other son, cousin Ninyo sleep in the room that I sleep in
right now.
Eventually, I want to add more rooms to this house. If they’re up to
build it. I know my Uncle Krilo wouldn’t mind putting it together. Besides, it
would take a long time for me to get the funds. But, I’d like to add more room
to the house. Eventually, I want to buy land myself.
I’ve been spending a lot of time on Wattpad. I tend to share my poetry
and thoughts there. It’s like an escape from the stress that I’m dealing with.
I am getting better at understanding Ilocano, my issue now is being able to
speak it. I can write and read in Tagalog. I can even sing in Tagalog but I
can’t speak it or understand it.
As for my skin it has finally adjusted! As long as I keep up with my
showering routine my skin shows no signs of issues. I’ve come to learn that the
biggest factor to my skin issue is what I eat. For those of you who do not
know, I’m allergic to glutton and dairy products. I’m allergic to other things
but these are my main allergies.
Here, I eat rice, meat, and vegetables with the occasional ice cream. I
sometimes have a snack of fruits. I don’t each chocolate and I don’t care to
eat bread. I’ve had to cut out coffee due to the way it reacts to my medication.
Between that and having to walk everywhere (even though the distance is fairly
short compared to Texas walks) I am consistently walking and having to climb up
stairs as well.
If anything, the people say that rice is bad for you and people here cut
out rice if they are trying to go on a diet. I personally think they’re all
crazy because they’re all tiny people and I’m one of the bigger Asians in this
country so to me all of them going on diets makes me laugh. Sure, more food for
me I suppose.
I’ve started up my tutorial again in Ilocano and I told my teacher that
the purpose of the tutorial is to be able to survive and speak to the locals
because speaking Tagalog, although is convenient, it is not applicable for the
city that I live in. Most of the people speak Ilocano and for those who speak
Ilocano they tend to give lower prices to those who speak Ilocano. If you make
yourself look like a foreigner or not from the area they will charge you more
(I’m sure I’ve mentioned this before but this is my main reason for not using
Tagalog).
Other than that, most of the people I interact with don’t speak Tagalog,
they speak Ilocano. So, I can naturally hear Ilocano around me and pick out
Tagalog but it takes me longer to process Tagalog. What I’ve learned from
school in general is that learning is a natural process. Certain subjects don’t
come naturally to some people and that’s when a teacher is needed to help guide
that learner when it comes to that subject.
It’s frustrating trying to learn two languages at once. Especially since
most of the online content that has been standardized is Tagalog but in order
for to survive I need to speak Ilocano and Itneg. I pick up on Itneg pretty
easily too. However, that language is limited to my barangay and no the city
that I live in.
I’ve come to accept that language learning is the most difficult for me.
I’m glad that I can sing in Tagalog but I cannot understand what I’m singing
about (except that it’s probably about a love song). Overall, I do know that
I’ve learned a lot from this country culturally and I’m glad that I had the
chance to be here. I hope I can finish classes here but I’ve also come to
realize that… I’m the only person limiting my learning process.
It doesn’t matter how many classes I go through or how many years that
pass. I will always be able to learn whether it’s in a classroom or outside of
a classroom. It’s formal for me to have a paper saying that I’m a certified
teacher. However, the paper means nothing if I don’t know how to teach.
I can teach whether I have a paper or not. As long as there is a willing
person to learn and I have material to teach I can teach it. I want to teach
people of all ages. When it comes to learning up until eighth grade, all of
what kids learn up until that point is simple enough to teach as long as you
understand it. No one needs a degree to tutor their younger sibling math, how
to read, or to explain a concept in science. We have the internet. We have our
own experiences.
I came to the Philippines to learn about the culture while going to
school and I’ve achieved that. I’m happy that I’ve been given this opportunity.
It has been a real eye opener to me and how they view the world I came from
verse the way I viewed their world before I came to them.
Well, I don’t want to babble. I’m doing well and would like my friends
to message me when they have a chance. I do enjoy talking to all of you and I
actually need to post about a conversation I had with a friend. I’m sorry I do
not do much vlogging. I’ve been taking one minute videos of where I am and what
is around me so that everyone can see what I see but I haven’t posted them.
If I upload them they have to be uploaded while I’m at an internet café
doing homework and I usually forget about them by then. I’ll see if I can get
some video set up for you guys this coming March. Live video feeds fail me due
to connection so I won’t be doing any of those but I’ll see what I can do with
an introduction and a theme.
Anyways,
Thank you all for listen and I hope y’all tune in next week!
P.S: This should have been posted on the date written above ^^'
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If I don’t write a post here there’s probably a chance that I have
written something on my Wattpad because there I post poems! They are shorter
reads with more meaning. I am currently working on two poetry books but the
more important one that ties into this travel blog is called ‘A Barrier Meant
To Be Broken’.
Starting this month I would like to introduce my 'Sunday Watts'. These will be posted at 12PM CST time every Sunday. These are poems that I've written about my stay in the Philippines. I have a poetry book that I started in September of 2018 and finished May 2019. I would like to share these poems and try to reach out to those of you who use Wattpad!
These poems will be coming out of my book 'A Barrier Meant To Be Broken'. Right now I am focusing on finished my old projects that I left behind when I left the sight in 2014. I have more poetry to post which is gathering as a pile of papers among my belongings (which gets very dangerous as I pretend to not notice its evolution as days go by.) If you chose to click on the link it will take you to my introduction.
The poems will be posted under Sunday Watts: Title
I want these to be a way for my readers to read about my experience in a different art form. I would like the the readers of my blog to gather on this site to read my 'Weekly Entries' and to return to view these poems.
Since I have completed A Barrier Meant To Be Broken with 100 poems I figured I could schedule the content from September to May. By the time I'm able to get all of those scheduled in I might be able to buy myself time to fix my photography back into this blog.
I will be posting this first as an introduction to the new feature. Then, the following post will be my introduction from the book. The week after that will be my first poem which is called 'A Fault'. I hope my readers enjoy this new feature. I would like to hear any of their thoughts on my poetry or if they're on Wattpad I'd like to check out their work as well as have them read through more of mine!
This is a way for my readers to read my poetry and not have a Wattpad. I have more poetry than the ones that I will be posting here but since this blog is about my travels, I want to keep to the theme.
If you have a Wattpad, I am interested in reading your works! Personal Message me on Wattpad to let me know you saw my blog post and let me know if you're interested in a Read For Read.
If you would like me to read any poetry of your own please send me the link and a way to contact you so that I can let you know what I think! Send your link!
Again, I hope y'all enjoy my poetry. Please let me know your thoughts let me know of any errors that you may see in my poetry.
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To start this post
off I want to share Tuan Thailand’s music with you. Here are the two songs that
want to share.
1,000 Miles.
The band played this song at the concert. The one I call K-Pop is the main singer but Win sings the secondary part.
Blue Moon
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Their music reminds me of a Metal/EDM version of Linkin Park’s newer style. They also sing in Thai so there’s that too! I already showed some of my friends this band which is why I know that they’d acquire a fan base from San Angelo if they’d be able to show up in my hometown. When I get home, I hope I can find a way to help them get there so I can see them again and show my friends.
San Angelo is getting better at expanding in a cultural and artistic way. Although, I wouldn’t want to only perform in Angelo because it’s a small city. It would be cool to get them to do a small tour of Texas where they could play in all five regions (North, South, East, West, and Central). Of course, this isn’t something that I know how to process but the idea is still cool.
To my surprise they played Black Diary which can be found on
Youtube but they are still trying to get all their songs recorded I suppose.
Black Diary is one of their original songs. The original band members (from
what I could see) are the short one and K-Pop there. The rest of the members
are newer. I don’t know when they joined but I do know that the band went to UK
in 2017 with the members they have now.
It makes me sad how the technology has limited what I can
find about them. Well, I suppose it’s more about the lack of technology that
limits what I can find of them. 1,000 years was uploaded onto Youtube a year
ago and Blue Moon was uploaded four months ago.
The band has a website but the link doesn’t work. If they do
have anything online it’s probably in Thai and I can’t understand Thai
(although, I wish I did only for the purpose of getting to know the band). I
found an interview of the band but it’s in Thai (with no subtitles I might
add).
Being from the United States has spoiled me. We are so
diverse in the different cultures that are there along with the different
languages that are recognized to exist. Our national language is a global
language.
Back home I can be around different races and not feel that
I’m in a different part of the world when I talk to them. In the U.S we all
have our different backgrounds and lifestyles. There’s so much diversity. Here,
there’s diversity but it’s different… I feel that I’d have a similar experience
if I went to another country of Asia (outside of the airport anyways).
Instagram: It blows
my mind how social media can connect the world on a global scale. I enjoy using
Instagram although my main source of social media is Facebook. Instagram is a
good way to summarize what you’re doing with your life through pictures and
small caption.
Or, if you’re like me you have a picture of set of pictures
and you link the post to what you’re trying to share with the world of
Instagram. As a blogger, I have to try and use as many social media tactics as
possible which becomes hard to keep up with especially if you try to make each
post unique. I get lazy and I make the post through Instagram and then I send
it off to Facebook.
The band has toured in Bangkok (Thailand) and in the U.K. They’ve
visited the Philippines, and their record label (I’m not
sure if that’s the right word) is based in Japan. So, I think they’re a perfect
example of how people can thrive from globalization.
With each post this week I tried to get y'all to check them out on your own but this post is to bring them to you in a way! At the beginning I linked their instagram, then I presented two YouTube videos of their music. Now, here's a link to their Facebook. Oh, hey they have their names on their Facebook. Well, for those of you who were wondering who these people's names were here they are! (Their English names I supposed)
Key: Their name (What I've been calling them): What they do
Tuan (K-Pop): Vocals and Producer *Original Member*
Boy BBTJ (The Short One): Guitar *Original Member*
Bom Suwatin (Humble): Drums
Win Ginkz (Win): Bass
Oof Bongtong: (EDM/Beard): Sampler & Keyboard
They claim to be Alternative Metal.
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I hope those of my readers who like the same music as me will enjoy this band in the same way that I enjoyed sharing their information all week. This will be my last post about them for now! Their fans declare that they are part of the Tuan Army if they're true fans so I supposed I'm part of the Tuan Army and I hope my friends can at least appreciate their music.
If not, I hope reading about them was entertaining at least! For those of you who are recently visiting this page I will leave the links to this week's post down below. Read what you want when you can.!
Order of post:
Meeting Tuan Thailand:
You can either read this per 1k words so that you can come back easily to where you stopped. If you want to do this, click Part One. If you'd rather read the full entry (3-4K words) click Full Post.
April 1st, 2019:
This is a more emotion and thoughtful post about my experience with how interview Win affected me. Click the date to read this part. You can read it without reading Meeting Tuan Thailand but I do make references from the 'Meeting Tuan Thailand' post.
Aftermath:
When I wrote this it ended up becoming 2k words. You will need to read Part One before Part Two but click on the part to read them!
Spotify: I'd like to also mention that they are on Spotify. There are only two songs but I believe the two songs are the ones that I've pasted into here from YouTube. So, if you have a Spotify you can listen to them through that as well.
The only link I have left to share is Win's Instagram. If I had the Instagram of the other members I'd share them but Win commented on my Instagram post and the Instagram of Tuan Thailand also commented on my post so the official overall Insta is what I have as well as his.
My classmates are tired of me fangirling over these people, I'm sure. The Ginkz is another band that Win is in. His actual name is Warut Onoonjit. (Which I can't say properly probably). In The Ginkz, Win is one of the main singers I wanted to check out the background of this band he's in more. It's also metal but it's different from Tuan Thailand. I still like both bands.
Let me know what you guys think about Tuan Thailand as well as this whole interaction that I've posted about this week! I'd like to hear some comments from y'all. You can either clock the 'Ask Questions Here' button on my blog, you can message me on Facebook, you can comment below even if you don't have a blogger (I allow anonymous questions).
I'd like to do a Q&A eventually over the content I'm sharing!
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This is me and the one I nicknamed EDM/Beard. He uses a soundboard. Win has a beard but this guy has a fill on beard lol at least for an Asian XD. In the middle is the one picture I took of Win without me in it. I didn't take too many pictures because I was engrossed with the concert! I truly do hope I can see this band again.
This is Aftermath Part Two. I recommend Part One before this one.
Part Two:
At this point, I was already internally screaming with excitement. Then, the bass player was singing a song I knew by heart so I began to sing and the lead singer went over to pay attention to the crowd and get them to wave their phones. I watched the lights dance as I sang along with Win and got lost in the music.
Then, my ears began to pick up on the lack of an existence. I was singing but I couldn’t hear my voice. I could hear Win’s but not mine. What I didn’t know was that I had this recorded. While this was happening, I turned my mic on and back on then tapped it and blew on it but didn’t hear anything. I shrugged then continued to sing because being up there in general was already surreal. The fact that I could be singing with the band member I wanted to get to know made me bubble up and I sang to my heart’s content.
When I found the recording later I was surprised but I was able to show others that the lead singer’s mic was messed up which is why I didn’t like his voice at the time of the concert. There’s a part where Win stops singing and you can hear me singing barely but I remember the lead singer looking over at Win who then continued to sing but he backs off so that the crowd can hear me sing. It was considerate of him and I hadn’t noticed it until the third time that I listened to the recording. (Yes, I’ve listened to it a lot.)
The experience had me forget that I was feeling sick at the beginning of the concert. When the lead singer took back his mic, I looked over at Win and I wanted to get a picture with him but I knew they were about to sing another song so I got off stage because I wanted to be courteous. My friend from CAS got onto me because I didn’t get Win’s autograph at the time.
They played seven to eight songs in total. I loved how the lead singer was so interactive! After the song that I sung with them he went down to the crowd and took pictures while the band played a steady background filler. It was a nice short intermission to give their voices a break. I went up to the bass player from the ground and he looked at me in with an anxious look in his eyes as if he were to say, “Nope. You look nice down there. Yeaaah. I know you’re wanting me to join you buuuut Ima stay up here while you look nice in the distance. Yeeep.”
I touched my heart and mouthed please and he shook his head and continued to give me the most ‘nope’ like expression. I knew the expression because I’ve made the expression too many times myself. Then, he backed up and tossed something. Well, I’m blind you know, so this girl screamed and picked it up and he looked at me silently like, “…That was like… supposed to be for you… but… you know…”
Internally, I had to face palm myself. They sung the rest of their songs and the school gave them their rewards. After that, the lead singer announced that he wanted people to come up on stage and get autographs or talk to the band members. I was able to interview Win before this but I didn’t think that I needed to go into detail about it. If you want to read about it you can refer to the original post and press ‘CTR + F’ then type in ‘interview’ and it will bring you to the interview.
The first person I went up to was Win. He smiled at me and my friend from CAS asked me to take a picture of her and him. After that, she showed me the extra tickets she had and we proceed to have the band members sign them. When I got to Win I handed him my ticket but then I got excited and asked him to sign my phone case since I had layered it in white nail polish and didn’t know what design I wanted to place on it.
It wasn’t sure about signing my cellphone case. He was like, “Are you sure?” and I told him, “Yes!”
So, he signed it and I’ll have the phone case photo in this post as well as the pictures that I took at the concert. It was night time so I didn’t bother to take too many. But the original post has pictures from their Instagram.
Each member of the band has a nickname except for Win since I know his name. I nicknamed the lead singer ‘K-pop’ because he looked like a K-pop singer. The shortest member and guitarist was nicknamed ‘the short one’, the soundboard player was nicknamed ‘EDM’ at first but later I had asked one of the members where the one with the beard was and he pointed at the EDM player and so I switch between these two nicknames for him. Win has a beard but it’s not like the EDM player’s beard. Like Beard has a full on beard while Win has a regularly trimmed beard. When I spoke to the drummer he seemed so proud of the performance but he showed so much courtesy. Like the way he stood and answered everyone made me think of how humble he was so I nicknamed him Humble.
I really do hope that I can see this band again. I asked K-pop who I was supposed to talk to see about getting them to perform somewhere. He said a name from the university but I don’t know who they are. Luckily, I stalked them too but I plan to hunt down this person he mentioned and talk to them to see who the actual connection is so I can ensure that they can play in San Angelo.
There are so many friends that I want to meet this band and I want to hear them play again. After the concert I went and listened to one of their songs on YouTube so I could hear the lead singer’s voice and when I did look them up I realized that K-pop has a beautiful voice. AND his voice is deeper. That caught me by surprise.
Attached to both parts of this will be a link to all of their websites as well as a two YouTube video links. I want you guys to listen to them. If you like metal or Link Park you’ll like these people. Yes, they sing in Thai in both songs but who cares! Music is music and that’s the beauty of it. I’m so happy I got to meet this band and I hope I get to hear them play again! And hopefully, the mic will be in better condition than this first interaction.
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If you want to read the whole Meeting you can either click on (Part One) or (Full Post).
Also, if you haven't read my weekly entry you can read that as well! It's about what Win and what he got me to think about after our meeting. This week I've officially made it a thing. You will get three one more post about these people. My weekly entry is on a more personal level of emotion.
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