As an international Shinhwa Changjo (SHCJ, Shinhwa's fan club name), I could never have imagined the day where I'd be in the same room as them, let alone breathing the same air, witnessing these legendary men perform directly in front of my eyes, and on my home turf (granted, California isn't remotely anywhere near me, but it's a lot closer than South Korea).

Of course there are days where I've mulled over the thoughts of potentially seeing Shinhwa perform one day. I've spent endless hours thinking of the endless possibilities, probably over a thousand times in the last fourteen years. The thought and desire has always been there and has consciously replayed over and over again in my head but it's never fully crossed my mind as to how things would play out.

You know that saying, "If I had a penny, nickel, dime, dollar" so on and so forth? For the amount of times that I've contemplated on visiting South Korea, I'd probably have enough to already be living there. Just to have the chance to visit the country and embrace the dynamic culture in which I've been so bewitched by for over fourteen years my life would be a life changing.

But who am I really kidding? The main goal that's always stuck at the top of mind when thinking of Korea is how to get my hand on Shinhwa concert tickets. Word on the street is, and this is apparently true for a lot of the stadium performed K-pop concerts in Korea, that unless you're a part of the official fan club, which requires you to sign up with a Korean identification number (Korea's version of America's Social Security number), or if you're willing to pay an absurd amount of money (occasionally two or three times of it's original value), then you might just be out of luck in terms of ever attending a show while you're there.

It's hard enough trying to purchase concert tickets here in the States, especially for artists like Beyoncé, Taylor Swift, and Justin Timberlake, let alone being a foreigner in Korea and purchasing concert tickets there. Aside from flying halfway around the world and going on an incredible trip, the thought of not being able to obtain tickets for a Shinhwa concert blew my mind even more.

So can you imagine the emotions and feelings that rushed through my body when KCON announced Shinhwa to their Los Angeles line up this year? Can you hear my inner 11-year-old fan girl cries? If you're a SHCJ, were you too also sobbing happy tears? 

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