Note: No photography was allowed of the Enishi photo display area and of the event. As such, you will not see any photo of these posted here. Only venue photos before the start of the event will be posted.
Whether you have met Park Sihoo-ssi in person or over the air as his characters in his dramas, you would have been exposed to his special kind of magic.
It is something indescribable. The man’s good looking but he is certainly not the most gorgeous looking man in the world. He just has this special charm, his special kind of magic that he weaves around so many of us, giving us that warm, fuzzy feeling and making us his fans.
Well, last night, I was exposed again to his special kind of magic. At his “One Summer night in Jeju” fan meeting, that coincided with his Japan exclusive magazine Enishi’s fifth anniversary!
It was a beautiful garden party held in the Jeju Lotte Hotel & Resort. An elegant white and gold setting in the hotel’s garden. A simple backdrop at the front with raised stage fronted by greenery and flanked by its steel structure stage lightings. The red carpet was rolled out in welcome with an approach to an intricate ice carving with the event’s name in the centre.
Before the event proper, we strolled a little side garden which was where the Enishi photo exhibition was held, bringing fond memories of past photos that were shot for the magazine. Creatively displayed in various parts of the garden, we had little Jami and Dami and mini Park Sihoo-ssi peaking out from the shrubs to guide us through. And we voted for our favorite photos.
As was tradition, we partook of dinner first before the event started at 7.30pm.
An Enishi 5th anniversary cake took the centre stage. And when the event backdrop flashed the theme of the event graphics, the “commercial” rolled out for Enishi. Past covers of Enishi, along with an animated photo book with a beautiful showcase of photos, brought us down memory lane over the 5 years of Enishi.
Park Sihoo-ssi then appeared, walking down the red carpet from the event entrance. Dressed in a black tuxedo, crisp white shirt, white pocket square, black bow tie and super shiny leather shoes with his short hair styled, he was picture perfect. You would think he was dressed to walk down the red carpet of some glamour, star studded entertainment event! But of course, it was only us, his fans he was meeting.
He went from table to table, toasted champagne and clicking glasses with every one. Kanpei! A toast to his successful return to Korean mainstream broadcasting and to the 5th anniversary of his long running magazine, Enishi!
He then went up the stage and we baded happy birthday to Enishi! And as he cut the cake, the fireworks went off accompanied by the music “congratulation and celebration”….
The next segment was about his new KBS drama “My Golden Life”. and the Episode 1 trailer was played on screen. He briefly gave an overview of the drama, saying that it was a weekend drama that encompassed the pursuit of love and happiness. When asked how many in the audience watched the drama…well, you can easily guess, almost everyone! What do you expect?
Another video showed scenes involving Park Sihoo-ssi’s character, Choi Dokyung, including the meeting room presentation, the ladies in the lift, the gay self conversation and the car accident when he was called ajeossi. Park Sihoo commented that Choi Dokyung is an idealist and he can be particular about certain things, even sweating small stuff. He started off being an interesting character but he would grow even more interesting as each episode unfolded. Yeah! We look forward to seeing more of Choi Dokyung for sure!
It was purely co-incidental that there were some similarities between “My Golden Life” and his earlier drama “Cheongdamdong Alice” such as the meeting presentation and the accident scenes. He only realised it when we mentioned it.
Park Sihoo-ssi shared that all the scenes which he appeared in in Episode 1 were filmed in one day. He had a bad flu on that day but had to continue filming. As a result, his face might have appeared bloated and on the plump side during the filming.
One of the drama scenes was highlighted – the accident scene when Seo Jian gave the spill about no insurance etc as excuses to get out of reporting the accident to the police and Choi Dokyung regurgitating the points when rebutting her. Park Sihoo-ssi was asked to re-enact the scene. He said that since it was fairly recent, he was confident he could remember his lines as compared to June when he had to remember those in the Princess Man lines from a long time ago. The audience took the role of Seo Jian, acting out her pleading in begging gestures and Park Sihoo-ssi flawless recited his lines! Well done!
Then photo posters of his Choi Dokyung and Seo Jian were shown on the screen. These included the fantastical fairytale one. Park Sihoo-ssi divulged that it was not easy to capture the jump. When they did the jump together, there was always something not right about one of them. In the end, the final photo used was a merging of two different photos to make one perfect whole. The result being the beautiful romantic piece we saw.
Photos of the off-track bike rider and the biking scenes were shared. The weather was bad and it poured. Some scenes had to be cut including one where the bikes were to take to the water with a river scene. How tough and tiring this bike riding scene was could be seen in the video of Park Sihoo-ssi falling off his bike. The shoot looked absolutely scary and dangerous in our eyes! But he made it through, even looking gorgeous in biking gear that had been muddied!
Connected with the off track bike riding were photos of him in a white shirt with black patterned lines which Hoo Factory shared. We saw more. One showed him talking on a mobile and another of him taking a selfie with his phone but actually he was looking at himself in the mirror. There was one of him having a conversation with a foreigner. This was an American who was acting for a first time and having some lines in the drama. The American was really excited and wanted to show himself in action to his mother but alas, it turned out his face was practically covered under a riding helmet! The emcee asked what we have been curious about. Did he speak to the American in English or Korean, but we didn’t get an answer – well at least this was what I heard.
Other scenes of the drama included the poster filming of the family shot, Park Sihoo-ssi rehearsing for the off-track bike riding photo shoot and one of him on stage with the foreigner.
When asked what his expectations were of the drama’s rating. He said he hoped to achieve 30% average, after the exceptionally high rating of “My father is strange”. And when the emcee asked what the audience wanted for achieving this, we said they wanted a hug from him. If this happened, then another event would have to be organised for Enishi. And it would only have one activity on its programme. Hugs! It might take a couple of days for Park Sihoo-ssi to finish all the hugs if all Enishi readers were to attend the event! Immediately, hearing that, Park Sihoo-ssi upped his target to 35%, to which the audience said “no deal”, so the original 30% stays! So ladies, you know what to do if you want a hug from Park Sihoo-ssi! Let’s go for the big 3 zero at least! We want our hugs, don’t we?
Then the outcome of an earlier poll of the audience on their favourite photo from the Enishi photo display in the garden was revealed. The audience loved the Princess Man photo…and Park Sihoo-ssi? He blew us some flower petals…so do you know which one?
Remember before the event, fans were asked for their opinions and to give creative ideas on the concept they would like to see for Enishi? Well, we had two selected ideas (I think as I went to visit the little girls’ room during this time). Park Sihoo-ssi had to act out the ideas that were selected. One of the winner liked to see him in a driver’s seat, showing his skills behind the steering wheels. Like “Family Honour”, there would be a passenger beside him. He would give the passenger a kiss while driving. Park Sihoo-acted this out, sans passenger…he did well at the steering wheel…but was a slow starter when it came to the kiss! And then it came at one passionate movement! Hahaha! Watch the traffic yah?
I wasn’t there for the second selection but heard it involved a sleepy head Park Sihoo-ssi, all drowsy and cute!
There were also costumes suggested for Enishi filming including him wearing a futuristic outfit like that of the Final Fantasy and also of the super flamboyant Michael Jackson. He said that MJ’s costume would be interesting and he wouldn’t mind trying that out.
When Park Sihoo-ssi arrived yesterday, after checking in, he went off immediately to a photoshoot…and he shared some gorgeous results of the afternoon just prior to the airing of “My Golden Life”. Absolutely dashing photos…We will be in for a feast of the eyes in Enishi 2017 volume 4! Can’t wait to receive my copy when it gets published!
He also watched “My Golden Life” premiere episode with this team and his family that evening….I think somewhere there were some talks about Jeju food and Samgyetang or ginseng chicken but I can’t figure out what was said.
This was followed by an Enishi quiz where we had to refresh our memories of the information in the different issues of Enishi since the first issue was published! Not easy even if you have owned every copy of Enishi magazine since day one! Or for the prize of having a one-on-one photo with Park Sihoo-ssi, some might resort to winning it by hook or crook!
Park Sihoo-ssi then read a letter which he wrote for his Enshi readers. I don’t know what he said since I know no Korean or Japanese so we will just have to wait for the official translation to read what he wrote.
He then sang his signature song Kimiwo, talked little bit more about his drama and then was asked to read out the word “Enishi” slowly. He did and then the fireworks exploded overhead, celebrating the success of his return and the birthday of his magazine Enishi.
The evening then came to a close but not before Park Sihoo-ssi went round giving out commemorative gifts to each and everyone of us at our tables. What a befitting and beautiful keepsake…our Princess Man, our golden Princess Man!
Park Sihoo-ssi’s kind of special magic! High touch on every aspect including to get the hotel to provide big towels to every person in the audience as the evening could get a little chilly! Your kind of special magic is so very precious in our hearts!
Thank you!
Photo Credits – Many thanks! KBS Drama, kbs.co.kr, Sport News, Samish Leather, Nance
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謝謝姐姐的美文分享,相信大家也和施厚有個浪漫美好的晚上,好羨慕各位姐妹們的幸運。要好好收藏這些美珍貴的回憶喲!
My non PSH fan mates asked if I am obsessed. A very natural feedback by anyone not PSH’s fans. My reply is when you are able to find something so thrilling to tickle your interest til you are obssessed you are lucky. Imagine a life with lukewarm interest. …nuh. The polite way and genuine description should be passionate. Not obsessed. When your friends said you are obssessed it means this friend does not know you enough it also says there’s lack of faith in you . So Nance Phua it’s a magical fate that we ever stumbled upon PSH in our life path and is only him this one man could bring out that passion inside ourselves. As i now reflecting Claudie and Marion made their trip all the way from France to Tokyo for PSH when Claudie merely known PSH in a short number of months. All these speak loudly why. It’s a magical happening to us ordinary folks. I end here steadfastly say nothing wrong with being obssessed when you are obssessed you are still in control. Only when you are being possessed then it’s danger. Bob’s whole life is obssessed with silicon bungs. It’s heart warming to know my boy lived his life with interest large and deep enough to have found his obsession. As I said compare that to a lukewarm to everything in life kind of life and be contended that you will not be called obssessed. Up to you which type of life experiences you want to choose.
I can totally relate to what you are saying 🙂 each of us has our own way to express our feelings of happiness and self contentment. Fighting!
Nenet Laoagan Thank you for your understanding. Haha, yes, to each her or his own. No worries.
Now that I have read your most, and yet another, most wonderfully detailed account of last night, Nance, THANK YOU from the bottom of my heart. PSH fanship world without Nance is not a world that I would have enjoyed that much myself. Nance, your undying untiring efforts and dedications benefit all of his his fans all over the world. We sincerely Thank YOU.
So the PSH’s favourite Enishi photo is the one he has flower power in his lips? Or the one chosen as the stage backdrop flower photo at 2016 Miyazaki’s stage, that’s also the Enishi flower photo. Or do you mean some other flowers Enishi photos? Can you tell us the answer of PSH’s personal favourite of his 5 years collections, Nance?
This is the one…I can’t find the photo which he blew those petals, but I can visualise this in my mind.
Park Sihoo-ssi 박시후 씨 Oh he meant this one. I thought those were paper cuttings, were they really flower petals?
Thanks from me to you, Nance, for sharing those magic moments spent with PSH on “One Night In Jeju”, celebrating the 5th anniversary of “ENISHI” and also,, what a happy coincidence, PSH’s come back to K. entertainment, with his new drama, “My Golden Life”, that from the beginning has hit a high rating, No.1. Happy those who could attend this unforgettable event, happy the rest of us, who having Nance, she has soothed our eagerness to know everything about that magic night. And as Nance mentiones, PSH’s appearance in front of his fans was indeed like ” a glamour ,star studded entertainment event.” “Glamour only radiates, if there is a sublime courage and bravery within: glamour is like the moon: it only shines because the Sun is there.'[C. Joy Bell] And, The Sun, Park Si Hoo, was there and with his elegance, grace, mystery, with his delectable perfume has cast a spell on all his audience. Because Park SI Hoo is simply the person who is floating throughout our lives, and who cares for how to perceive everyone. Popularity and Fame do mean that he is great, but his heart, behaviour, personal traits and action do mean a lot more.And when one good thing happens to him. other good things seems to follow. And that’s what we want for him. Happy anniversary “ENISHI” for 5 years! Congratulations Park SI Hoo for your come back with a new K. drama. “A Golden LIfe for a Golden Actor!”
A Golden Welcome Back to our Golden Actor, all ready for our Golden journey ahead.
Nance has spared no details relating to Enishi’s One Summer Night event last Sunday so there’s really nothing more to add except for the bit when she went to the Ladies ( powder room? ). My deduction of the fan’s request was for Sihoo-ssi to act out one of his many sleeping scenes in the past where he always looked adorably loveable with his eyes closed. So he obliged spreading his body across 2 chairs on the stage and pretended to sleep. And then he slipped and fell onto the stage floor laughing gleefully while shaking his head . Probably in his mind he was thinking — “this is so embarrassing to act out this sleeping scene”
Personally this Enishi event is truly memorable like the icing on the cake, the cake being all the beautiful build up of events leading to the premier of MGL on 2/9. As the awesome fireworks displayed right above me on that special moonlit summer night I gasped in wonder and gave a silent word of thanks that even the heavens were on his side. No rain. For the dark clouds followed by rain came the next day!
Wonderful addition to Nance’s detailed account, so very wonderful to hear of him trying to act but next laughing and fell off the 2 chairs. Thank you for adding your flavour of the Jeju summer night event. Simply marvellous!
Yes, Dorothy, the scene remains memorable for ‘ the sleeping beauty ‘ trying to act sleeping in front of his fans, but in fact trying to enterain them with his talent as a comedian. Falling down and bursting in laugh. That’s Park SiHoo! I think you enjoyed it so much.Thanks for sharing.
Thank you for your addition Dorothy! It must have been funny watching the acting out of this sleeping scene!
Thanks for your detailed description of the ENISHI 5th year celebration Nance! It has been another memorable event together with our golden man. Let’s wait until the TV ratings hit the 30% target for the first time! Those promised hugs will keep PSH very busy!
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