Sandara Park - My favorite Korean star

Sandara Park

Sandara Park is really my favorite even way back in 2004 when she was still a finalist in Star Circle Quest, the Abs-Cbn talent search. She was one of the reasons why I watched that show back then. And actually, I have seen some of her movies with Hero Angeles.

Last 2007, I was just wondering why is it that she was no longer visible on Philippine television. And I just heard that she decided to go back in Korea in order to pursue her studies. Right after that I haven't heard anything about her. I was just so surprised that she auditioned in YG entertainment to become one of the members of 2ne1, the Korean girl group. Then, she passed the said audition and the rest as they say, is history.

Sandara Park has definitely reached the superstar status in Korea. Nevertheless, she remains humble and always looks back to the days when she was still an actress in the Philippines. A lot of her Filipino fans including myself were so ecstatic when they knew that Sandara Park together with the rest of 2ne1 members will be having a concert. As a matters of fact, thousands of her fans were there at the Araneta Coliseum last June 4 to witness how she has changed through the years and see her perform once again. And it’s so sad, I wasn’t able to watch it since I live here in Mindanao, and I don’t have enough funds to fly to Manila and watch the said concert. All I did was to watch it through You tube and thanks to the people who uploaded it.  Anyway, she even mentioned that night that one of her dreams was to perform at the big dome, and I’m glad she was able to achieve it already that very night.

One of the videos that surprised me was when she sang her popular song back then, the “In or Out” at the concert. She was still able to memorize the lyrics of that song and even the steps, to think that she is very popular in Korea already and not to mention, that song was released 5 0r 6 years ago. You could really tell that she never forgot her Filipino fans and she really appreciated the fact that she was an artist here in the Philippines a couple of years back. She still speaks “Tagalog” very well and she’s just so cute and very charming, I must say. Just in case you haven’t seen yet the video of the concert when she sang the song, I have embedded a video of it below, as well as the music video of “In or Out”.

                      Sandara Park singing "In or Out" at their concert in Araneta

                                         Music video of "In or Out" of Sandara Park


 I hope that Sandara Park will never forget her Filipino fans and would still continue to visit the country. Since I honestly believe that the Filipinos will never forget her and she’ll always be remembered as the “Pambansang Krung-krung ng Pilipinas”. I hope that when she comes back here or when there’s another 2ne1 concert in Manila, I would be able to watch it already, since I want to really see them perform live on stage. Well, I’m keeping my fingers crossed.