[fan account] Rain at the MCM party, Shanghai.

Seeing Rain at the MCM Mini-Salon in Shanghai, July 28 2010

Account and Images by: huhuhuhu @raincloudHK.com

Source blog: Memo Rain

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I was able to obtain an invitation for the MCM party at last minute. I therefore had an opportunity to attend an event with our prince not as a fan, but as a guest.

I arrived the place on time at 6.00 pm. (fans were always early) and I was the first guest. The place was quite small, and I understood the organizer had invited over 100 guests. It was therefore getting quite crowded by 6.30 pm. The manager told me our prince would appear any time, and showed me to the entrance. We both stood there to wait for his arrival. There were many fans waiting outside.

The familiar van appeared. Loud cheers could be heard and our prince got down the car. He wore white shirt with black vest and trousers, and had his sun glasses on. As he entered he hugged the MCM chair woman and greeted the other guests/hosts. He then went inside a fenced off area to “change”. When he came out he was wearing a black suit, without the sunglasses. Our prince looked very neat and handsome. He had very nice skin. As the place was small I was able to follow him quite easily, even though he was surrounded by bodyguards, with Mr. Kim in overall charge. But I kept my distance, as all I wanted was to take a good look at our prince, to see if he was happy and healthy.

He took a tour of the shop, smiled and listened attentively when his hosts introduced the products to him. Then he retreated back to the fenced off area and stayed there for quite a while. I saw him sniffed a couple of times – not sure if our prince had totally recovered from his flu. When he seemed not sure or disagreed with something, he frowned and gave a very unique mouth gesture. He sat down in a relaxed manner on a sofa chair, his long legs stretched out, enjoying some conversation with his assistant and his host. A couple of times he looked out. I was standing right in front of the “room” and our eyes met. I felt slightly scared and guilty that our prince might be annoyed by my watching him, and involuntarily I turned my face away…

Then our prince came out again to sign on one red and one white bag (the same type of backpack that he carried recently when he went to Japan). I was standing right behind Mr. Kim, and he kindly gestured me to move forward so that I could take some pictures. That was really kind of him and as a result I could show here some relatively clearer photos of our prince. For the rest of the time I had to move with the crowd and fight for space to take pictures (and you could see the quality of those….). But for most of the half hour or so I simply forgot to take any pictures. I was standing so close to our prince I was totally absorbed in watching him – his smooth hair, he broad shoulders, his attractive back, his lovely smiles, his gentle movements. He had a halo on him which made everything/everyone besides him lustreless.

After the signing our prince went inside the fenced off “room” again. Some guests went inside to have pictures taken with him. Some bags (the same type which he signed) were brought inside too for him to sign – the price of these signed bags would cost twice as much, as this would be for some kind of charity.

Our prince came out again. He walked towards the store room next to the cashier counter, and before we knew what happened, he disappeared inside the storeroom. (When he opened the door I could see lots of hand bags on the shelves.) A camera man hired by the organizer whispered to me that our prince was ready to leave, and we thought he wanted to change inside the store room. (The fenced off room had glasses and fans could see through so I guessed our prince couldn’t change properly there).

It was funny to me that all attention was paid to a store room at that moment. We waited for about five minutes. There was a signal given from inside. Our prince’s assistant opened the door and our prince came out. It seemed to me he hadn’t changed. He was still wearing a suit. May be he had changed to another suit? I was not sure, because people crowded around him immediately as he came out. This remained a mystery to me.

Our prince said goodbye to the hosts and left. Loud cheers from the fans outside could be heard as he got on his van.

I had a chance to talk to the MCM chairwoman, and I thanked her from the bottom of my heart in inviting our prince to Shanghai for this event!

— huhuhuhu