As I told you the previous post, I will tell the story of me and my ex-favorite F4 member. It was a long story that some of you can relate. Have you ever felt the fandom fever? You cover your room with posters of your favorite artist, making it like a shrine to your idol. You listen to his records non-stop until your eardrums blast.
Mine was a different story.
I used to be obsessed with F4 like everyone was back in Grade 3. I would always sit at the couch at 5:30 PM with my dinner of egg and bread while watching Meteor Garden. At first, I liked the quiet guy (Vic Zhou) then switched to another one in the second season.
And the epic tale begins there.
My mom once watched the whole series at midnights for two days. I joined her during one of those sessions. And while watching that, I began to develop an interest in one of the playboys there. Nah, I’m not talking about Xi Men. I’m talking about Vanness, but I prefer to call him Van Wu. I thought he looked better in the second season. Plus, his storyline was interesting. Yeah right. So after that, I began following him. I started collecting photos of him and watched MG II over and over. When his debut movie Star Runner came out, I and my mom watched it. It was a great movie with a sensical plot and awe-inspiring fight scenes. But most of all, I thought that Van Wu’s haircut there looked fine on him. Ayayay.
Then one day, everything changed. A busmate saw a poster of the F4 endorsing Pepsi with Van Wu posing like he fell off the building. She thought he was being boastful and asked another busmate why did she idolized him. From then on, I studied Van Wu’s moves. Oh yes, he really was a boast.
From that time on, I started hating Van Wu. I drew his photos with bunny ears, mustache, and acne. I changed the channel whenever he appeared on TV. I even submitted an entry for the guessing game assignment with him as the answer. The riddle was like this:
I once liked this singer,
But now I hate him so much.
I think he’s really boastful,
And there are a lot of reasons why.
And as for my Creative Writing club membership entry back in Grade 5, I submitted a magazine entitled “Van Wu Haters Club”. My English teacher asked me:
“Who’s Van Wu?”
“My most hated F4 member.”
Eventually, I got the membership. It was long before I got in to Theresian Mag. What I didn’t know was that the next event will be the most horrendous exploitation to date. Our batch went to Ephpheta Foundation for our first-ever exposure trip. On the way there, a friend yelled about my hatred on Van Wu to the whole class. Result?
My classmates teased and laughed at me about it. They began singing MYMP’s “Especially For You” (which was a big hit then) and I laughed so hard I fell off my seat. The jokes continued up until we went home from the trip. A former classmate offered me Van Wu’s poster which I scribbled with mustache and some words such as “jerk”, “snob”, “tootsfat”, etc. I got the word tootsfat from Drawn Together, BTW.. I booed him whenever our school bus passed by the convenience store with his Pepsi Fire and Ice billboard in it.
So? I already revealed to you who I despise in F4. Do I still feel the same way until now? Look below:
[Plain White T’s]
Mine was a different story.
I used to be obsessed with F4 like everyone was back in Grade 3. I would always sit at the couch at 5:30 PM with my dinner of egg and bread while watching Meteor Garden. At first, I liked the quiet guy (Vic Zhou) then switched to another one in the second season.
And the epic tale begins there.
My mom once watched the whole series at midnights for two days. I joined her during one of those sessions. And while watching that, I began to develop an interest in one of the playboys there. Nah, I’m not talking about Xi Men. I’m talking about Vanness, but I prefer to call him Van Wu. I thought he looked better in the second season. Plus, his storyline was interesting. Yeah right. So after that, I began following him. I started collecting photos of him and watched MG II over and over. When his debut movie Star Runner came out, I and my mom watched it. It was a great movie with a sensical plot and awe-inspiring fight scenes. But most of all, I thought that Van Wu’s haircut there looked fine on him. Ayayay.
Then one day, everything changed. A busmate saw a poster of the F4 endorsing Pepsi with Van Wu posing like he fell off the building. She thought he was being boastful and asked another busmate why did she idolized him. From then on, I studied Van Wu’s moves. Oh yes, he really was a boast.
From that time on, I started hating Van Wu. I drew his photos with bunny ears, mustache, and acne. I changed the channel whenever he appeared on TV. I even submitted an entry for the guessing game assignment with him as the answer. The riddle was like this:
I once liked this singer,
But now I hate him so much.
I think he’s really boastful,
And there are a lot of reasons why.
And as for my Creative Writing club membership entry back in Grade 5, I submitted a magazine entitled “Van Wu Haters Club”. My English teacher asked me:
“Who’s Van Wu?”
“My most hated F4 member.”
Eventually, I got the membership. It was long before I got in to Theresian Mag. What I didn’t know was that the next event will be the most horrendous exploitation to date. Our batch went to Ephpheta Foundation for our first-ever exposure trip. On the way there, a friend yelled about my hatred on Van Wu to the whole class. Result?
My classmates teased and laughed at me about it. They began singing MYMP’s “Especially For You” (which was a big hit then) and I laughed so hard I fell off my seat. The jokes continued up until we went home from the trip. A former classmate offered me Van Wu’s poster which I scribbled with mustache and some words such as “jerk”, “snob”, “tootsfat”, etc. I got the word tootsfat from Drawn Together, BTW.. I booed him whenever our school bus passed by the convenience store with his Pepsi Fire and Ice billboard in it.
So? I already revealed to you who I despise in F4. Do I still feel the same way until now? Look below:
[Plain White T’s]
