[V.FRIENDS S4 BONUS MISSION] "GET A CHANCE TO WIN A BBMAs SHOW TICKET TO WATCH BTS COMEBACK"

• We could say that 2017 became the year of BTS, where all eyes (esp American) on them. It’s all started when they got nominated and won Top Social Artist award from Billboard Music Awards (BBMAs). At the end of 2017, they just debuted in American telvision on AMAs and got invited to three big television shows in US. As fans, of course I hope this year 2018 will be theirs too and also for more upcoming years until they have grandchildren. Lol.
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  Since their last comeback was on September, all fans around the world are waiting for their new album. It has been almost half a year and finally the wait is almost over. Yesterday, BTS has released photo concepts for their up coming new album and made all ARMY screaming can’t wait for their works.
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  Moreover, their release date album is just about a week on May 18, 2018 and it will become more special because their comeback stage will not be placed in Korean but in AMERICA. Yes, because BTS is nominated again for Top Social Artist from BBMAs 2018. Unlike last year that they only got invited to the awards show, this year they are also invited as performer on May 20, 2018.
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  So, we are going to see their comeback, their new song and their new performance in BBMAs. And because they are nominated again in Top Social Artist BBMAs 2018, we hope they will get that again. .
  Since their upocming comeback is so special, we may not miss this moment. VLive will be there in Las Angeles to capture the moment and do the live broadcast from the very beginning when BTS enter the BBMAs Magenta Carpet. They want to do it for us, ARMY all around the world.
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  Even VLive is very kind that they make “Vlive x BBMAs Special Event” to invite 20 lucky fans to witness this moment together and feel the heat of the event by getting a BBMAs 2018 Main Show Ticket.
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  To join this event is so easy we just need to follow BTS channel on Vlive App, write a post to support BTS comeback on BTS channel fan tab and take a screenschot of it and click ‘enter’ on the notification that shown everytime we open the app.
  .Because the comeback is just around the corner, the event period is so short. It started on May 8 and ends on May 10 23:59:59 (KST) and the winner announcement will be on May 14, 2018. So you still have one more day to join.
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• Unfortunately, this is only for US and Canada residents. Vlive can’t provide travel and accomodition for other residents because of the tightened control of US Government.
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  But if you are not US and Canada resident, but want to try your luck and believe can get all the documents needed for travel to US, why don’t you join? Or just enjoy watching them on VLive App.
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  I don't even both of those resident but I still want to join the event just for fun. Who knows maybe I will get the ticket tho. lol. And just see the rest what will happen later.
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  So, tet’s witness the comeback of international K-Pop Sensation BTS performing in big award show in US BBMAs 2018 together with VLive. 
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  Here is the link to join the event: http://bit.ly/2IIXUZu

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[V.Friends S4 - Last Mission] Take Me to North Europe Just Like BTS

• MY WORDS FOR V.FRIENDS
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  Time for V.Friends Seasons 4 is just around the corner and this is gonna be my last mission. It also means that I already join this event for almost a year if it is added to the previous season. I started the mission exactly on May last year. I’m so grateful to get one more chance to join in season 4.
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  However, this season is kind of hard to win in every mission compare to the previous one. Maybe it is because the participants in K-Pop category are so amazing that I can’t even beat them for once or it is just because I didn’t put my big effort into my reviews.
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  Okay, despite of that, I keep trying my best to review because it helps me to keep writing and once again I’m so happy to join this big event with other K-Pop fans around the world.
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  LET'S REVIEWING
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  For the last season, I was asked to review my favorite THING that I enjoyed the most. It’s hard if I have to choose only one since there are a lot of things I enjoyed watching in VLive. But if I have to choose I’ll pick one package of VLive+ instead of only one video. It’s VLIve+ package from 2016 that I remember the most till this day and it brings me a new dream to achieve someday.
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  So, my review is about VLive+ Package of BTS trip in North Europe in 2016 called “BTS Bon Voyage” (BTS BV). It was their first trip in North Europe when they needed to arrange everything by themselves without the help of their managers. It was just like BTS Bon Voyage Season 2 that I had reviewed for V.Friends Season 3 last year.
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  BTS Bon Voyage was held after BTS finished his comeback Fire in album Epilogue: Young Forever. Their promotion was only a week and this broadcast was their gift. And this comeback was also the moment I fell in love with this group for the first time.
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  Like an anonymous has said that the first experience will always be remembered, so does BTS Bon Voyage season 1 in my eyes. I still exactly remember their trip till today because there are so many unexpected events happened that brought laughs and tears.
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• That unexpected event even happened in their first day when arriving in Bergen, Norway. Jimin lost his luggage in a bus. He forgot to take it out from the baggage when he arrived. So, when the other went to the homestay after help him calling the call center of the bus, Jimin tried to get this luggage. He said that the most important of his luggage is not the things inside but the luggage itself because it was a gift from his fan.
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  The second event that will make you feel bad is that Vwas lost. So, when they went to Sweden, the other six members went first without V. I don’t know exactly why he left alone but because V’s flight to Sweden was delayed for hours, the members who arrived in Sweden decided to go without him.
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  Going to their hotel from the airport, BTS members were split into 3 group to go by bus or train (Arlanda Express). So when V arrived in Stockholm, he went alone with the cameraman by bus and took a wrong bus. Fortunately there was no worry in V’s face when he lost. When the cameraman was already frustrated, he enjoyed the scenery instead.
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  The last event that might make feel the worst is, RM lost his passport when they were about heading to Finland. RM is famous with his clumsiness in losing things esp passport. He previously even almost lost his train ticket but Jimin saved him lol.
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  However, if he lost his passport it meant he couldn’t continue his trip with the members, even though he already got his travel document he couldn’t get visa to Finland. So when other members continue to Finland, RM went to Korean Embassy and heading back to Korea first. In the way to enter the Embassy he said angrily to himself, “Losing my passport, when the other young guys didn’t lose theirs.”
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  Those were an unexpected moments when they lost their things and even himself. In addition, J-Hope even almost lost his tickets when hiked in Bergen and Suga also almost lost his iPad but fortunately Jungkook kept it. Probably because it was their first trip to arrange everything themselves, so it went messy with those “lost” things.
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• nurulizza16But those unexpected moments didn’t mean that they didn’t have happiness during the trip. Their trip in my opinion was full of amazing things to experience and to remember. Moreover, the beauty of the cities and scenery of North Europe were captured perfectly in this VLive+ that makes me want to visit so badly. And because they are BTS, it became more excited to watch.
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  In Norway, they went to Bergen seeing a Parade in the street and heading to Mt.Fløien, a place when J-Hope lost his ticket but luckily got it back after other tourist found it. They were split into two groups to go by cablecar and go hiking. The scenery in the mount both in the way of hiking team and cablecar wereso beautiful and even when they arrived on the mount.
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  So many places beautiful places they visited and many activities they did in North Europe. The most important was their funny, playful and silly action during the trip that would bring so much laughs. Just like when Jin enjoyed playing in the Mount, Jungkook opened the exit door in Mall in Sweden that brought a loud siren, when J-Hope and Jungkook had to run to catch the bus.
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  When the six member ran to be arrive first in hotel and when they shopped. When V played alone by himself with the sheep and so many things I enjoyed in this package. When they explore the cities. Even J-Hope made such a famous phrase “important business” every time they met people who asked to take picture together. They also said these words when they were in Hawaii for BV Season 2.
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  My favorite thing was their days in Finland. I think those were the highlight of this trip. Unfortunately, RM couldn’t join because he lost his passport like I mention before. In Finland they rode and slept in Camping Car to Santa Village. OMG, that was kind of my dream to experience something like that.
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  They went shopping to cook or having BBQ in near of car in night. Then they rode bicycle together around the camp and also having fun and play football in the field. They continue to go sauna and played games that the loser had to go inside the cold river in front of sauna as punishment. Jimin and V got that punishment and went to the river. .
• The last day, they finally arrive in the last destination: Santa Village. The place was like the Santa house in cartoon. They play along there, made a small puppet Santa and also wrote letters for members. The letter were sent to the mailbox and will be delivered to Korea in Christmas day. However, on Christmas Day 2016, they said the letter didn’t arrived yet.
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  BTS BV in North Europe brings me some memories for myself, even though I only can watch their activities there. There is a different vibe that I can’t describe why I like their trip, either because of the place or because it was my first time to their variety show. But the thing that I know is, usually what idols do, the fans tend to imitate it. And everything they did in North Europe, really makes me want to do it too. .
  Even by now, everytime I do my laundry in wahing machine, that appears in my mind is North Europe that is directed link to my memory when Jungkook was doing his laundry with washing machine in Norway because he really likes to do such things.

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[V.Friends S4] Protect BTS Village

• Something precious must be protected because there’s going to be some people who want to steal it. That’s also happen to ARMY stone in BTS Village. There are outsiders from Blue Village who secretly spying as BTS Villagers. So the villagers need to protect the village and ARMY stone from the Blue villagers. However, who are they among them? BTS villagers must find them out!
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  BTS RUN in episode 47 brought the theme of BTS Village. The location took place in in Korean Job World. The place looked like an indoor amusement park, where children can play several jobs to decide what they will want to be, when grown up. So, in this episode each member of BTS has their own role as workers.
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  J-Hope is a head of J-Hope Mart, where you can buy foods and things at. Jimin is a delivery man in the village, while Jungkook is newbie policeman. V is a patisserie of bakery in BTS village, while Suga is the owner of flower shop who brings flower everywhere he goes. Meanwhile, RM who doesn’t have a driving license and can’t drive is mechanic in the village. Lastly, Jin is the president of MG Bank.
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  As I mentioned before, their mission in BTS village is to protect the village from the outsiders, which come from Blue Village wants to steal ARMY stone. So, BTS members must find the hints to found out the identities of outsiders among the members. Otherwise, the outsiders also need to find hints to make the villagers confused. .
  Like in real life which have days and nights, so does BTS village. Funnily, it has days for only 20 minutes and night for 10 minutes. When the night passed, Jin even asked that made me laugh “don’t we need to sleep?”
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  In the day, they need to find hints about the outsiders. At night, they have tk gather in Village Hall to discuss the hints they found and find who the outsiders are. In the last night they need to point out who the outsiders are.
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• BTS members diligently searched for the hints in all places. They also shared the hint they got to other members. If they found a hint that make someone seems suspicious, they will tell secretly the hint to other members and sometimes also say it out loud to suspect a certain member is an outsider.
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  Several hints they got sometime not easy to understand. They have to think it logically, analyze carefully, and be critical. Just like, when J-Hope got a hint to find something in lost and found box, but ended up went to lockers. The lockers are locked and there are questions in each lockers that need to be solved to unlock. The questions were such a logical test that we need to think out of the box.
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  After all trial, J-Hope finally could open the door and got crucial hint about the outsiders. That was a picture of blue clothes. At the same time, Jimin who wore a blue vest came. Members who was there, J-Hope and Jin directly suspected him. However, Jimin calmly distracted and convinced J-Hope with the hint he got. He also tell other members about his hints
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  However, at the end, Jimin smiled mysteriously while he was away from other members. Is he the one of the outsiders? If yes, how cool his acting was, when trying to convince other members making a fuss woth the hints he got.
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  Unfortunately, we won't find the answer about the outsides. This episode will be continued next week. The preview for the next episode even makes me curious, because BTS members started to suspect each other with more hints they got, while the other try so hard to convinced that they are the villagers.
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  This episode reminds me of Running Man, where you have to find a spy among the members. BTS rarely goes on TV variety show when they comeback but it’s such a good thing that Big Hit made their own variety once a week instead. So they can play along with their members and can be themselves when playing this kind of variety show.
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  Indirectly this game also invites us to analyze and solve the hints in different way, exercising our brain with the logical questions. Also it made us guessing the spy among them by watching their reaction when get suspected by other members. Truely detective job

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[V.Friends S4] BTS Café: Theory and Making Coffee

• It has been half a year since BTS comeback last September 2017 and ARMY all over the world already miss them so much. Fortunately during that time, BTS still bless us with their weekly variety show twice a week in VLive. So, it can relieve our longing for them.
  
  This variety show is called BTS RUN. The theme of program in every week is different. It can be a skit drama, playing some games or learning other profession. The theme I will review for this article is BTS Café, which they will learn how to make a glass of coffee latte.
  
  Their costumes were already looked like a pro barista that they wore a white shirt and black apron, except for Jin, who wore a Cooky of BT21 costume as punishment of his lowest rank in previous episode.
  
  The show started by giving BTS a basic quiz about coffee, such as who the first Korean who tasted coffee is, who a well-known person that inspire a coffee brand’s name is, how long expiration of a coffee, and about their own song titled coffee. In the middle of this segment, Jin entertained us by giving a dad jokes that burst their fellow member and staffs into a laugh.
  
  To make a glass of coffee, there was an instructor who will teach them. He is Jang Hyun Woo, a judge of Korean Barista Championship in 2014. He first explained about the basic theory of coffee and they wrote down the information they got.
  
  Coffee was found in Ethiopia around 6th-7th centuries. Bean coffee that we drink basically is from the seeds that were removed from the flesh of coffee fruits. Coffee drinking culture came from Italy. When it is served, Italian will add sugar and take it for one shot. The feature of Italian’s Espresso is the balanced taste, instead of body/favor or the heaviness in mouth. Therefore, they add sugar while drink.
  
  Before BTS starting make their own latte, they will be taught about the coffee process or the term is packing. Firstly, they need to make espresso by dosing, it is a process where ground coffee will be poured into porter filter from a machine. Then do the leveling with finger to make the surface of ground coffee flat in the porter filter.
  
  After that, do the tamping by pressing the ground coffee once. Then, put the porter filter to the brew head or the machine coffee by turning it around till it’s clicked and inserted. We need to put the glass under it because the espresso will be out when we pressing brew button. Finally, we can taste the espresso. To check if the coffee we make comes from a fresh bean, we won’t see any black liquid when we pull the cup a bit.
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  Because Espresso might be bitter in the first drink, the instructor gave a way how to enjoy it better. Our mouth is coated with saliva, so we need to take it out by gargling the first sip of espresso and do not open our mouth while drinking, so that the fragrance will stay. The second sip will taste better, then enjoy the aroma and how smooth the coffee is. We also need to breathe out with the mouth close to enjoy the aftertaste.
  
  The espresso was ready, then BTS would taste it. They drank the way the instructor taught. But Suga and Jimin said that it tasted like red ginseng, while Jungkook’s frowning face couldn’t hide how bitter it is. However, because V doesn’t drink coffee, he didn’t taste it.
  
  Each of BTS members got a chance to make their own espresso. The instructor taught them how to steam milk to make the espresso become a latte. The steam milk will be poured on the top of coffee and make a heart shape. To make a heart shape, we need to pour the water almost a half of cup and stop it at the center. Viola! It became a cool heart and all member wowed it. All member also tried to make a heart shape. Funnily, it turned out to be an abstract shape lol. I think only V’s looked better.
  
  Finally, It was time for BTS making their own latte. RM made Shakerato latte, Jin made Rosy latte, Suga made Café Lemoni, J-Hope made Cocopresso latte, Jimin made Creamy latte, V made Injeolmi latte and Jungkook made Esproberry latte. And Jin’s coffee was picked as the best latte by the instructor.
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Basically, I really like this episode because it really taught me about a coffee from the very basic knowledge. It's such a new thing for me since I don’t really pay much attention for coffee. I also think that BTS didn’t only entertain us but also give us a good knowledge.

Another good things to see are the interaction and reaction of the members were also sweet and funny that made us not feel boring to watch them. They always compliment, care, and tease each other at the same time. Esp, when all member ordered hot chocolate for V and Jimin also drank coffee made by V because they know V doesn’t drink coffee.

However watching this, will also make you craving for a coffee. I found out many fans in social media said that they bought a coffee after watching this. Even they taste it the way BTS tasted the espresso. It also happened to me. I was craving for Espresso and directly go to a coffee shop to buy a cup of hot espresso and a signature coffee latte.

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V.Friends S4: Ride A Happiness Train with GOT7

While travelling, train is one of the best vehicles we choose to ride. It would be also be great if we could travel with our special people. So that we can be happy along the journey.

Through VLive, we could ride a train with our favorite Idols and this train is called Happiness Train. This is actually a show and it is made exactly look like we travel on a train. The setting of the studio, the view in the window of the train and also the announcement.

This time we would “amazingly” travel to US with GOT7 in only 1 hour from South Korea. Unfortunately JB and Jackson couldn’t travel with us because of their solo activities.

There is always going to be a thing we carry around when travelling, right? So do GOT7. In the first segment, they showed the things they always bring while travelling in one suitcase. Youngjae always brings and wears his red slippers when travelling. Even he has been using it for 4 years.

BamBam brings his speaker to listen to the music and a drone, whereas Jinyoung prefers to bring his earphone and digital camera.
Yugyeom brings something cute for his hair. It is used to prevent his hair from water while washing his face.

Lastly, Mark brings the things we should bring while travelling to keep our teeth healthy. Those are toothpaste and toothbrush.

Like other train, Happiness Train also provide some foods. GOT7 members ordered their food before the show and they did such a Mukbang or eating show in a train. They even made a competition between themselves to eat sexily. A member who eat less sexy will get a punishment to clean the tablet. However I personally laugh watching them to try to eat sexily. Because they looked funnier instead of sexy.

After they finish eating, their train passed a long tunnel then the light in the train dimmed. To wait the train passed the tunnel, GOT7 members decided to play true or false with lie detector and continue to call JB. Here you can finally hear JB's voice, who just arrived in Korea from shooting Law in The Jungle.

Soon when they are arriving, they need to draw a person they miss in a postcard and all the member draw IGOT7 who is symbolized by a bird. Such a nice idol who think their fans.

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