Welcome Home, Boo!

Liam Payne aka Mah Boo is back home in England! He and the rest of One Direction were spotted departing  the Miami International Airport for England this morning, and arriving at Heathrow in London at around 5 pm.

Liam walking through the airport in Miami

So glad to see you wearing shoes, boo! And clutching a Harry Potter bag too! Probably brought home some goodies from The Wizarding World of Harry Potter in Orlando for your family, eh? So sweet.

He even has a Homer Simpson doll! We are so compatible. *coughs*

Despite looking visibly jetlagged and exhausted upon arrival in London, Boo managed to flash a smile to the cameras. Looks like he took a nap on the plane too, since he's changed from his skinny jeans to a pair of his signature blue shorts.

He and the boys also reportedly took time to take photos with fans who greeted them at the airport with thunderous applause and chants of "Welcome Home, Boys". Good on ya, British Directioners! Clap for our boys, don't scream at them like those Yanks do.

With the boys back home in England, I look forward to the many shenanigans they'll be up to during their down time. I am a hundred percent positive that it'll all be sensational, especially once they're all holed up in London together.

Stay tuned. 




Original images courtesy of One Direction Philippines. Editing by yours truly.

SPOTTED: Daddy Direction

Original image courtesy of Sugarscape. Editing by moi.

The totally gorgeous, incredibly talented, and unbelievably sweet (I HAVE A CRUSH ON HIM, OKAY?) Liam Payne of British boyband, One Direction, was spotted out and about in Florida yesterday. Paparazzi and screaming fans alike were outside their hotel waiting for the boys, and managed to snap up a few photos of them. There are a number of good photos of them floating about online, but this particular one caught my attention.

Yes, his hair looks amazing. And yes, his smile is bewitching. But if you look closer you'll notice that home boy is wearing... socks! I know. Big deal, right? Well, yes because it isn't the presence socks that's the shocking part, but the absence of SHOES! What's the deal, Liam? Are you starting some sort of trend here? Or is it just too hot in FL to wear shoes? Because there's an alternative type of footwear for that, you know. It's called flip-flops! Honestly, babe, you've gotta get this no-shoes thing outta your system. Who knows what your feet are picking up from the road? God forbid you encounter some stray glass or a shard of metal.

Here he is again, spotted at a McDonald's/gas station convenience store sans footwear. This is especially nasty because you know, it's a gas station.

Image sourced from various Tumblr blogs

Come on, Daddy D. You've got more sense than this. Snap out of it, please! And get your ass to a Havaianas store!

Up All Night with the boys who broke my heart

I think I may cry. Last night, British boyband sensation One Direction bid adieu to their first headlining tour in the US, "Up All Night", by having their final show in Tampa, Florida. The boys reportedly became very emotional during their final performance, with Harry Styles and Niall Horan sharing a very tearful embrace on-stage. After the show, Niall even took to Twitter to express his gratitude to their fans or "Directioners", as they are referred to, for sticking with them this past year.

That's when I lost it.

Seeing "Up All Night Tour", "UAN", and "#BestUpAllNightTourMoments" as trending topics on Twitter really irked me. Not because I'm not a fan of the boys, but because I was really bitter that the Philippines and the entire continent of  Asia, for that matter, were completely overlooked for their concert dates. I found it really unfair because 3 of the 6 countries that got their album to number 1 were in Asia, and their highest DVD tour sales were in Asia as well. The Official One Direction Fan Club in the Philippines was also the first EVER fan club to host a fan party, and the ONLY club to have a fan magazine published nationally. So I guess my question to One Direction is, what gives?

Now I'm not fooling myself into thinking that the band members themselves have any say regarding their concert venues, but the aformentioned statistics SHOULD give their management a clue that they have a huge following in places other than America, Australia, and the United Kingdom. There's a whole wide world beyond those countries, people. Think about that.

Now with this UAN tour out of the way, the boys are gearing up to produce their sophomore album, with plans of a new single to be released by September, and another headlining tour in 2013. So far, no dates have been confirmed in Asia AGAIN, but I am still hoping that Simon Cowell will get his head out of his ass and give US a taste of 1D.

If they ever do come to the Philippines, I hope they perform more than once and in places other than Manila. I know the PH isn't as big as the US, but international acts really need to learn that Manila is only one city in a country composed of 7107 islands.

That'll be the day.