1.what is your goal for this year/next year?
He exchanged a high-five with the enthusiastic fan who claimed it was their first fan-sign to attend. “Really? I hope next time I will see you again,” Sanghyun said, but they quickly retorted that it was impossible since it took a lot to win the entry ticket. “it doesn’t have to be this event. I could see you on the street or during the promotion week. We have a lot of chances to see each other again, okay?” And they shared another high-five.
To their question, Sanghyun took the time to answer the question while he was signing the album. “For this year, I want to do some cooking-related things. Also…it seems impossible, but publishing a book?” he was hesitant to say it, but the fan seemed interested in his answer that she jumped ups and downs while shaking Sanghyun’s hands. “But I don’t know, though!” he cracked up. “We’ll see. It will take a lot of my time to do better in those fields, but I’ll give it a try. Somehow it feels burdensome, especially the latter.” She said she would be at least ten books to give Sanghyun the support and he found it ridiculous after what she said about attending another fansign. “Hey, you just said even this event is impossible and you’re going to buy 10 books?!”
8. what soloist do you like the most recently?
Sanghyun shared some snacks with the member next to him while waiting for the next in the queue to come to his table. While munching on the sweet, a young man who seemed still in his teen came forward. His appearance excited Sanghyun since it was rather rare to see a young male come to the event. He asked for his name and wrote it down on the paper. They began to talk about how the teen wanted to be a professional dancer and Sanghyun encouraged him to pursue his dream. Although his favorite member was someone else in the group, Sanghyun was okay with that fact and teased the fan about the said member by telling a fake fact. As he set his hand on one marked page, he received the verbal question from the fan to kill time before he moved to the next member. “Recently? It’s not really a new song but there’s time I listen to San’s Yanghwa Bridge on repeat,” he answered. The fan was elated and agreed on his choice. “Right? It was nice to listen to it during the winter too.”
20. can you give some inspiring words for someone going through a hard time?
the next one in line was a young lady in her early 20s but looked gloomy with her messy hair. Sanghyun asked for her permission to neat her hair and gave her a thumb up in the end when she looked more decent. She didn’t talk much and let Sanghyun sign her album in silence, but there was still time until she moved to the side. He wondered if she was in the right state of mind since those eyes were recognizable, but had no courage to ask. Sanghyun just tapped her hand gently and asked if she already ate. The lady shook her head which caused Sanghyun to draw more concern as the event happened after the sun had set. Instead of replying to his concern, she asked Sanghyun to give her some encouragement, since things didn’t happen so well on her side lately. She handed Sanghyun a piece of a sealed envelope which she requested him to read later, and he promised to read it once he’s home.
“One thing that my father used to say to me when I was at my lowest was ‘the sun is not born to be defeated’,” he started, reaching out to hold her hand. “you see, that the sun is just massive ball of gas but it gives purpose to life. It comes back to give light every morning and kill the darkness. I think what he was trying to say is that if you can’t see the greatness in you, then be the greatest to someone else, and then maybe that you will see that you’re more valued than who you think you are.
23. what place do you want to travel to the most?
it was one of the most common questions Sanghyun had received whenever he was in a public event, but somehow he always had a different answer every time. He could have written down a default answer to make things easier, but there were too many places he had not yet visit, aside from the big cities in foreign countries that were already familiar to his knowledge. Playing with his pen while his head was processing which answers he wanted to use for the written question attached to the paper, Sanghyun thought of places that were dear to his heart and would not mind visiting time and time again. His fingers stopped fiddling on the pen and wrote down the answer. He drew a little smile and a house next to his short answer.
Jagalchi Fish Market Busan :)
