ISWAK 2 Autograph Session (惡作劇２吻的簽名會)

L-R: Jiro Wang (汪東城), Joe Cheng (鄭元暢), Danson Tang (唐禹哲)

帥哥！帥哥！Hot boys are out and about in Taipei! For example, Jiro Wang (汪東城) on the left looks really handsome in person. Actually, more than anything, he was more pretty than handsome. But still, very good looking. And, he carries off his clothing very well.

Deciding to join some friends in checking out what an autograph session (簽名會) was like, I found myself at the Shilin Night Market (士林夜市). We were all waiting for the It Started With a Kiss 2 [ISWAK2] (惡作劇２吻) cast to come out.

After a bit of a wait (we waited for 4 hours, but we got there early), the cast came out. Unfortunately, Ariel Lin (林依晨), the actress who plays the main character, Xiangqin (湘琴), wasn’t in attendance.

Smiley, smiley!

I thought it quite funny that when the cast was posing for the fans to photograph them, they would all turn as one mass towards one side when the emcee shouted out, “turn left…right…centre!” But I have to admit that it is quite an intelligent approach to satisfying fans.

Also, to have the opportunity to handshake (if you wanted) the real people behind the fantasy world of television was neat in itself. After all, stars are no less human than we are.

Smiley, smiley!

A note on the fans:

I was so surprised that fans came from many different places to see these stars. Yes, they are quite famous, but wow! In addition to the majority of high school students that were there, there were even people from Japan and Korea in the audience! I have reason to think that some of them possibly flew in (an airplane) to have their ISWAK2 gear signed. Or they could have been foreigners who just happened to be in Taiwan at the time. Maybe Taiwan’s entertainment industry can do for Taiwan what Korea’s entertainment industry did for Korea.

Anyways, some of the fans’ ISWAK2 signs were so impressive. They were mostly all handmade, and this one sign had a huge picture drawn in the likeness of one of the stars. The dedication! However, this dedication is also kind of frightening at the same time.

Pretty, pretty!

For example, I saw one fan that was situated further back tell one that was further up front that standing wasn’t allowed because it was the sitting section. Actually, it was more of a fierce finger wagging, “no,” and a subsequent hand motion motioning downwards. Surprisingly, the one further up front obeyed.

Later, as we were all packed in very close together in a small space, I started thinking about what would happen if these fans started to riot…

The ISWAK2 autograph session was certainly an interesting experience!

The multitude begins early on in the afternoon…