The Rain!

Went to Las Vegas to see Rain, the Legend, in his "The Rain - Legend of Rainism" performance at Caesar's Palace.

It was my second K-Pop concert and we were worried that he might cancel at the last minute because he has done that a few times before....and didn't refund the ticket money!!! So, we held off on buying tickets until the day before when we came back from LA.

When we got to Caesar's it was really funny to see all the asian/asian american's looking at us really funny! It was much worse when I went to see Shinhwa in Japan but it was still quite obvious that we were one of the few white people around...lol! When we went to find our seats the usher said "Are you Rain Fans!"...he was asian american and seemed bemused more than anything else but we just went with it.

I don't know what I was expecting but I really impressed with his voice! He had such a strong voice and was a great performer. The main annoyance was the fact that he kept getting onto his hands and knees and panting after/during some of the songs, like he was about to pass out...lol. I guess he isn't as fit as he was when he was training for Ninja Assassin! Well, i suppose I will give him a break...like I'm fit in any way.

He spent more time on his slower tempo R&B stuff and skipped over some of his best stuff but I will forgive him because overall it was great.

My next goal is to get to a kpop concert in Korea...don't know what my chances are but I'll give it a go eventually...when I'm not broke!

Here's my favourite rain song for you!

Been a while...

So, I have been wanted to get my blog started again because I have really been terrible about keeping it up. I love my friends blogs because it gives me a chance to see what they are doing if I haven't seen them for a while, keeping us connected if even just a little. Hopefully my friends will see that I am still as kookie as I have always been...lol.

Sorry!

Hey Everyone,

Sorry I am being slow with the holiday blog but I have been hectic. I had my work Christmas Party and have been moving into my new house. I will blog about it all soon when my internet is up and running in the new house.

Soon...I promise!

XOXO

P.S. I went to the Big Brother Auditions today and I will tell you all about that too.

Holiday Blog Part 1: Travelling to New Orleans

After our 2 hour drive to Dublin, 8 hour flight to Chicago, 2 hour flight to New Orleans and all the waiting and travelling in between we were totally wrecked! Of course there were a few "difficulties" along the way.

We flew with American Airlines - Never Again! First of all when we went to check in we found out that Expedia didn't assign our seats together! We ended up having to ask the guys sitting beside us if they would swap seats with us. We were both sitting in the two emergency rows in one window and one aisle behind each other. So I asked the two guys if they would move and of course they refused! One of them said, "Well, if it was an emergency row seat I would." (They were both emergency rows!) The other guy said "I have to go all the way to Mexico!" (We had to go to New Orleans and why would that matter when he would have had exactly the same seat but one row back) I was really ticked off! Who would refuse that???? I just put it down to different cultures, if you know what I mean!!! Although they must just be a**holes. So to be honest my view of those people really coloured the start of my holiday.

To top it all off we had to spend 8 hours on a plane that came from the 60's. There were only main tvs so to watch the only film that was on you had to strain your neck to watch one that was miles away from you. I will never complain about great companies like Virgin Atlantic/Cathay Pacific or any of the others again! At least the staff were pretty decent.

We finally arrived in the "great" old U S of A and then we had to deal with the Taxi Driver from hell! He didn't seem to know where he was going, didn't seem to know what we said, couldn't speak english, was a bit of a perv and drove like a maniac!

The next thing we had to deal with was the Hotel staff. We got to reception to find out that we couldn't get the room we had booked and this was relayed to us by the rudest reseptionist I have ever met! She wouldn't look us in the eye, was visably annoyed and seemed to be bothered that she had to deal with us at all. She didn't smile the whole time she spoke to us...but with all the one word answers she was giving us I assume she was just a miserable kind of person. Marie and I were sooo tired that we just took the room and went on our way. Thank god the room was decent or I would have blown my top and started complaining to the management. Marie doesn't like it when I complain so I have to hold back when she is around unless it is totally necessary.

So let's just say our holiday didn't get off to the best start! We were hoping it would get better.

Holiday Blog

Hey guys,

So as some of you might know I am just back from 2 weeks in the States. I want to tell you all about it but it might take a while so I am going to blog it in a few different parts. Don't worry I will put some photos on there for you to have a look at. There are probably too many photos of me eating but you know that's what I love to do. Have a read, post a comment or email me if there are any parts you find funny or interesting. It was a very "different" trip but it was fun!