[MUST READ] 130202 - Kyuhyun Dad's Words of Love and Understanding re Taiwan SJM FM tickets
[Trans] I went and observed with my own eyes the situation with the sale of the Taiwan SJM FM tickets. Only now do I realize how immensely difficult it is for fans to buy tickets.
About 5000 seats were being sold across the nation in 7-Eleven stores. In every store, there were one to two people waiting. All these people began queuing the night before at around 11pm. They knew that if they were not the first or second person in line, they had absolutely no chance of buying any tickets.
[Translator's note: the tickets were sold via an electronic ticketing machine called IBON which was only available in 7-Eleven stores]
And yet, I heard that all tickets were sold out within one minute. This was all news to me. Is my son who has grown up surrounded by the love of fans aware of this reality? In this process of receiving such immense love from fans, do they know that the love comes from a lot of pain and hard work? I will certainly let them know.
My heart aches when I hear fans say that they wish to die after queuing all night, only to fail in getting even one ticket.
[Translator's note: If the fans were speaking in Chinese when they said "wish to die", it doesn't really mean they want to die. Just a way to express their disappointment and sadness.]
I hope that my words are of some comfort to you. I also wish to let you know how grateful I am and how much love I hold for you.
I love you.
Translation from Korean to Chinese: Yuli-
Translation from Chinese to English: scarkyu (here)
Another translation from: @Ptt2StarCraft (here):
I didn’t know how hard it is to get tickets for SJM Fan Meeting in Taiwan until I went to the place where sells tickets. The capacity for each FM is about only 5,000. Some fans had been staying at 7-11 since 11:00 p.m. last night because if you are not the first one in line, it will be impossible to get the tickets since 7-11 is everywhere in Taiwan. (I’ve modified some sentences to make you understand how we buy tickets in Taiwan.)
The fact that all the tickets were sold out in one minute (actually it’s about 30 minutes. XD) is something I haven’t thought about before. Will my son, who grows up with fans’ love, know the fact? I will tell them that how hard the situation fans are in when they’re receiving those LOVEs. When I heard some fans who didn’t get tickets saying that they don’t want to live anymore, I felt heart-broken. Here I hope I can comfort you guys and express my love and gratitude as well. I love you.
This was posted on Kyu's dad's facebook. ;A;
