Hellooooo, Kevin!
It’s Ryna with many many hobbies and the first half was written before pcd hit.
PCD hasn’t hit me yet. It’s probably because the comeback is right after and when the concert ended, I turned around and there’s a music video and so many things happening. I don’t think my brain has enough time to process it all yet.
What should I talk about first? Should I talk chronologically or just talk about what I’m most excited about first?
I’m gonna try to go chronologically. I like my chaos controlled.
You know what’s so cute about a week before the concert? Looking through the concert tag and seeing people post about their preparation; the newly decorated lightsticks, the handmade freebies, the LED billboard projects, the excitement, and the nails.
People posting about getting manicures to go with the theme of the concert or the dress code are just so cute!
At the venue, I kept hearing girls complimenting each other; outfits, nails, hair, make-up, how pretty the freebies are, how kind the other person is to give these pretty things to them, etc. I received so many gifts and freebies. so. many.
We just kept exchanging compliments and gifts. It’s such a happy female-friendly utopia. I thought I was transported into Barbieland for the weekend.
Next, the soundcheck sessions…
See? I told you you’d be able to tell which person was me from my sign! Good job เก่งมาก เควิน!
I knew you would be able to recognize the sticker right away, but I didn’t expect you to call me by name. Thank you for making my day. (Honestly, this time around, meeting you felt more like meeting an internet friend than meeting an idol. It gave me the same warm feelings.)
And I made you recognize me nonverbally. Good job เก่งมาก ไรน่า!
You saw me on Sunday too. It was only during soundcheck that I sat near the stage. (I sat a little further back during the concert.) You managed to spot me during soundcheck and point to where I was the day before. You need to be a brand ambassador of B12 supplements or something. It would sell like hotcakes. (@ist 👀)
Also because of soundcheck, I get to hear Water not only once, not only twice, but 4 TIMES??
What a privilege! My pores are cleared. My skin is clean. My crops are grown. My girls are queer. My Sun and Jupiter are in conjunction. Life is worth living again.
DDD was so fun. The whole chunk of Whisper, Thrill Ride, and DDD was so much fun. I tried to jump in my tiny seated space, but it was a little hard. Still, it was so fun and the crowd was so hyped. Ego is perfect as the opening song. The scream was SO LOUD that it’s all I could hear at one point, but I loved it.
You could see I had my phone in my hand during the concert, but my gallery’s a mess. I was enjoying the real thing so much that my camera was flying in all directions. The video audio is just me scuba diving through the lyrics. It’s loud and embarrassing, but I was having fun so who cares? (Fun fact: the word for ‘singing the lyrics all wrong/singing without knowing the lyrics’ in Thai is ดำน้ำ >> diving, since the words are all jumbled and nonsensical like you’re singing underwater.)
But, I made sure to film your ments.
Thank you for speaking English during the ending ment both days. (I think it’s cute that you apologized to the interpreter lady before doing your ment in English lol idkw) English is somehow the language I’m most comfortable with. I can’t say or be sentimental in my native language. It just feels so weird, but in English, I can say whatever.
I’m glad you get to use the language you’re most comfortable with to express yourself. It can be a little awkward waiting for the interpreter to translate, right? You’re not really sure if the sentiment will carry, too. (Don’t worry about people here who don’t speak English well not understanding tho. Jaan translated your ments to Thai already. She did a good job.)
You did an AMAZING job speaking Thai btw. Thai people actually understood you. Seriously, I’m not saying this to be kind or anything. The only reason the reactions to your Thai aren’t as loud is because 40% of the audience are foreigners. So, it’s not because your Thai pronunciation wasn't good, it’s just that 40%-50% of the audience don’t speak Thai.
Last year, I sat next to only Thai deobis. This year was very different. On Saturday, a Malaysian deobi was on my left and a Thai fanboy on my right. On Sunday, I had Korean deobi on my right and, what do you know, a Thai fanboy on my left. (Both fanboys are younghoon biased btw.)
You used one of my sentences in your introduction on Sunday and right before you said it you were like “oh boy” and I just knew it had to be one of my lines lol. In the video I filmed, I can hear myself say “I’M SO SORRY” out loud.
I gave you harder sentences because I believe in you, though. I was right to believe in you. You did it really well. You speak 2 languages fluently and none of them has ‘ng’ as the first sound and yet when you tried to speak a language that uses ‘ng’ as the first sound, you nailed it. (not on the first try lol but second try is still impressive)
In fact, I will give you a badge to signify your achievement in learning to pronounce the Thai letter ‘ง’. (Later though, my apple pencil’s battery is at 2% atm)
Oh, right, “P’Kev huajai taebi~” That one got quite a reaction, huh? Nice lol
Some people are still saying how cute that was on twt.
Also, we did make people cry with that “we’re here as 11 as promised.” I feel happy like my evil plan has been accomplished.
Update: PCD has hit. (and at a very inconvenience time)
I was at a shabu shabu place with a friend when I looked through my gallery and saw a video that I didn’t know what I was filming at the time but just then realized what it was.
It was this.
I managed to capture the entire interaction between you and Joy.
I didn’t know who you were talking to back then, but since the quality of the video looked so good (the power of s22 ultra), I continued to film and figured the person you were talking to must have wanted the video. I read your lips and it was for Joy.
From where she was sitting, it was a little hard to read your lips (couldn’t quite read the “even better” part), but from my pov? It’s as clear as Rotomairewhenua. (I sound so pretentious when I do that, right? I know I hate me too.)
I told you I don’t really cry at sad things, only at heartwarming things, right? By the time the video ended, I was BAWLING. My friend had to calm me down lol. Yes, right there at the shabu shabu place.
That was really cute, Kev. Like, seriously, that was so so cute. How lucky are you guys to find each other and be the fuel for each other’s hearts like this?
One last thing before I go.
You saw my Spider-Man sign!
The one I planned on making was even more detailed than this, but I thought it might be too hard to read as a whole ass mixed media art piece, so I had to make an adjustment and make it more simple.
Glad you like it!
That’s it for today!
I’ll be back to talk about Phantasy pt.1 (and that other thing) soon. Let’s keep this one about the concerts for now.
Stay safe and rest when you can.
Love you (still strictly platonically but even more now),
Ryna x
Ps - Joy wouldn’t let me translate her fancafe letters anymore because I wouldn’t charge her lol but how can you charge a friend for something like this?
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