I had the day off today since I traded my afternoon shift with Marisal so that I could attend a concert that night. In the morning I just caught up on some blogging and then I headed down to the USA Pavilion in order to meet friends for the flash mob. I tried to pick up four rolls of 김밥 (kimbap) at the 분식 (fast food) place at the bottom of the apartments, but the lady told me that because they were busy, she couldn't make me 깁밥 without ham. She had to put the ham in otherwise I couldn't buy it. This really annoyed me party because it was a simple request, but mainly because she made no sense. I wanted to buy food and not putting in meat would mean less effort for her, so it was completely illogical to say it would take more time, especially since making 김밥 takes all of one minute. Anyway, I just left and picked up some yogurt at the convenience store instead. Once I got to the pavilion it took about an hour for everyone to show up and get ready for the flash mob, which we then went and filmed underneath the huge digital gallery screen. None of us really knew the rules regarding that, but they performed the whole song without interruption from Expo staff. After the performance though an Expo worker informed us that although we could dance whenever and wherever we wanted, we weren't allowed to play music since it could interrupt with the shows playing on the screen. He was really nice about it though and let them perform again right outside of the main screen so we could film more (I was one of the people filming.) Then we filmed by our pavilion, but we couldn't show anything that would mark it as the USA Pavilion since this event wasn't affiliated with USAP. It was a lot of fun despite a lackluster reaction from the crowds. You should check out the video below:
After we finished filming, I got a bagel and strawberry smoothie at Dunkin Donuts. Cinnamon Raisin Bagels with cream cheese have become my new favorite thing from there. I think I'm going through cinnamon withdrawal or something. Like I would kill for a cinnamon roll here, but there aren't any. Then other people hadn't eaten a real lunch either, so we all decided to get something to eat outside of expo. We went to 김밥나라 (Kimbap Land) and I got a roll of 김밥 (kimbap) for a late lunch. After that we all headed to the cafe Brown City for coffee and smoothies, but everything was like $4 minimum, so we decided to try Cafe de Paris where it was just like 50 cents cheaper. Some people got stuff there, but I went and got a strawberry smoothie at this other place I love that just sells fruit juice and waffles. I also got a fresh waffle and ice cream, which is delicious if you've never tried it.
After that I went to the 2AM and B1A4 concert with Ellen and Sara at about 5 pm and So Jung joined us later. The concert started at 8 pm, but we wanted to have good seats. It turns out though, we probably could have gone at 6:30 pm and still have gotten fantastic seats because the crowd showing was kind of dismal. it mainly consisted of elementary school fans of B1A4. Luckily though enough people showed up at around the time the show started so it was wasn't embarrassing for the performers. While waiting, a guy named Reuben started talking to us because it turns out he had met Sara almost a year ago in 전주 (Jeonju, about an hour away by train). Then one of the girls who works at Dunkin Donuts also happened to be sitting right next to us too, so we chatted with her too. The performance started on time and 2AM performed first and it was absolutely amazing. Expo requires that people remain seated during the concerts, but when 2AM walked out onto the runway area, everyone just stood up and rushed toward the stage.
After that, B1A4 performed and by that time there was no hope of getting anyone to sit down again. I wasn't originally planning on staying for their performance, but I ended up watching it all. Whatever they lack in talent, they make up for in enthusiasm. Despite the fact they didn't sing all of their songs live, they were just so energetic, it still made for a fun performance.
After both of the performances, I was hungry so I bought some 떡볶이at Red Spoon and it so happens that when you buy one you get one free when it's about time for expo to close since they need to get rid of the food. After eating that, I headed back to the apartments and went over to Erin's room to give her the video I'd taken of the performances and then I went back to my room to sleep.
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