「 Man Suang」 Journey

August 24, 2023

After Man Suang made its debut at the 2023 Cannes Film Festival, the Thai political-thriller-period film produced by Be On Cloud finally hits Thai cinemas on August 24.

Here we gooooo!!! Man Suang❗ Man Suang‼️ Man Suang❗❕❗

📅 Day 1 - August 23, 2023

📍 Location: Siam Paragon Cineplex & SF World Cinema

I won't hide, I was just jumping around the places 😅

Man Suang, we are readyyy ~ ~ ~

📅 Day 2 - August 24, 2023

📍 Location: Siam Paragon Cineplex & GMMTV building

It's D-Day! Man Suang official release day ♡

Let's not forget the PopCorn!!! 🍿

Have I told you how impressive the place was!

To be honest, 🐡 Tiana and I didn't even knew what to expect. We just went with the flow going "Waaaoouw" for everything we were seeing because it really was just a first for everything.

First Thai Theater Experience, first Thai Movie ... 🤓 We were there to discover!

Of course having "Man Suang OST" : ' เร้น - COCKTAIL ' playing as BGM hyped the experience even more ❣️

The event started with the lucky fans draw before the movie.

That would just be the time for me to sit and wait as I am one of those who aren't lucky in these kind of things. 🤣 I swear, I'll tell you later how non-lucky I am, being part of the lucky ones having a ticket but still unlucky to the extreme... 🙈

During the draw, 🐡 Tiana and I were wondering where Mile would be seated to watch the movie (because really, front seats are nice for the Event but for watching the movie... it would ... ehr? Neck ache?)

So according to 🐡 Tiana , in France, during (Avant-)Premiere, it often happen for the cast & staff to have a word before the movie start but they won't stay in the Theater to watch the movie.

We thought it would be something like that. Even if I've read on X (twitter) prior to our arrival that all the seats surrounding the Actors were taken.

一 Me 🐼 : How do you know which seat they are in?

Answer: ... I thought the people who were walking around with boards mentioning "No pictures" were there so people won't take video's of the movie to upload online (a bit like Japanese Events style I'm used to) ... ends up that Mile's seat was there (the Theater entrance) ~ 💚

Now I understand as well the reaction of the audience.

Each time a new character showed up, there were some supporting screams. While some went "Shhhh 🤫", after Khem's introduction it all went with fully cheers for all the other characters.

( Especially the moment when Chatra appeared for the first time 😏 )

🤣 Did I told that 🐡 Tiana and I were just there like 2 lost souls, just wanting to see ManSuang on the day of release and basically not knowing how things worked around with these kind of Events? ✔️

About Man Suang, I was really impressed from the beginning already for the quality of the images and well I was just happy to be there, witnessing, seeing it with my own eyes on the big screen.

I did had a moment of confussion at a moment, trying to remember the names of the other characters (out of the main cast) so I knew that I'll for sure will watch the movie several times to give me the time to dissect all details and secrets 🤭 because I swear, this movie has all the small details that gives you answer if you pay attention to it. And one time watching isn't enough to find them all.

Awaken the detective side in you 🔎, to find the secrets of Man Suang.

So this round was for my excited side to discover the story plot of Man Suang and we were not deceived!

I came out of this first experience with starry eyes 🤩.

After the movie, it was the lucky fans benefit time.

Of course 🐡 Tiana and I couldn't stop exchanging about parts and plots that both of use noticed differently, so it sure was in for a rewatch.

Initially, I had a 2nd Man Suang watch at 19:00 through a fan project give away.

Tho since we couldn't have a ticket for 🐡 Tiana for that one, and knowing myself, I wanted some more time to cherish and munch my first thoughs about Man Suang, not wishing to make a watching marathon of it, we decided it would be more fun to go and look at how the cast event at GMM building would be.

(Note: Apo's fan screen was right after Mile's, thought since we lost in the tickets war 😵, well we were happy to have a first watch already ♡ )

At the really end, it was asked for everyone to leave row by row, also in one line arriving at the entrance gate.

So that seems to be the Hi/Bye part.

While waiting for our turn to go in the queue, we waved at the MC to thank her for the cheerfull moment and well we were so happy as she has been translating from Thai to English all the time. We really felt so included in the Event.

🤔 Now talking about my non-luck. I don't know if it's contagious ... if it does, sorry 🐡 Tiana 😂 Hahaha ...

Because she was walking in front of me and the moment the girl in front of her was talking to Mile, the handle of her bag cracked, making her struggle a bit to advance while a staff member who saw it happening understood the situation tho the line still had to go forward.

And I just didn't noticed that happening so I went the full "french style" force:

一 Me 🐼 : Tianaaaa!!! On dis Bonjour!!!

... as usually hanged behind her shoulders having us ran by with a

一 "P'Mile! Bonjour P'Mile! 👋"

Which we got a "Bonjour" back from Mile 💚

And security just pointed us the way to where to go ...

1 second after:

一 Me 🐼 : You knew we were allowed to film at the Hi/Bye, right?

一 🐡 Tiana : Yes, but the handle of my bag cracked, I couldn't get my phone.

(Note: and Ooh you know how bad I am in filming and taking pictures when I'm in the cheer-up mode ... 😅 ask the fUnclub girls... I'm usually appointed as screamer instead of 'camera holding')

= I think we were the only ones who didn't filmed our Hi/Bye with Mile ... 🙈

一 4 hours later ... 一

Spending seating time with other lovely fans.

To be honest, 🤣 we really were like tourists, going inside the building and seeing like 2 different spaces with fans. When asking one side, they said they were not there for แมนสรวงxFANDOMLIVE, while the others ... no need to ask ... the popcorn buckets and drinks already gave us the answer.

Tho since everyone was seated all around, I thought the talk stage would be the white café corner like stand, which kind of has all spots around taken.

Wandering around with 🐡 Tiana , we went for the barriers. You know how I love barriers ( See the adventures in Paris 😹 = My comfort zone! )

So while seated, we chatted with other fans. There were Japanese fans in front of us, chinese fans right behind and 🐡 Tiana spend some time talking with " Quinze nuances de vert " photographer.

It was a lovely moment around with "sharing is caring" motto (as it was hot inside, without airco and even the floor was sweating 😂).

Thought the wait was so worth it 💖

Ends up the talk area wasn't in the corner like we thought (would make us being all in the back) but on the central space, which kind of like was in front of us.

(Ok, sometimes it happen for me to be lucky⁉️ 🤗)

Tho we were so happy to be able to see the 4 of them ~

(also the first time for us to see Tong and Bas!!)

And like in each Event, there are their pics. Which will reminds us that it was real and not a dream!

📅 Day 3 - August 25, 2023

📍 Location: Siam Paragon Cineplex

Srichand Event Day !!!

🥲 Sadly, 🐡 Tiana didn't got a ticket for this Event so we could only spend part of the time during registration together and would meet up again after it.

Tho I just knew that some like Lucky, Nico & Amy were able to get tickets, but since the seats were randomly given at the registration, even that was like

一 " Where are the girls going to be seated!? Will I be nearby someone I know? "

But well those were questions for later as we were enjoying the ads!!! Nyaaaa ~

Registration in Progress ~

We even received our ManSuang Srichand box set with our ticket 😍

I ended up with Seat T41 ... which for European it would be like we are seated all in the back (according to alphabet going from A front screen seats to Z back screen seats... ) ?

Once inside the Theater, it seems like that I was in the front ... ok corner front 🤣

Even now I don't know if that was lucky or not lucky?

And for the friends around ... well I know that Lucky was seated one row in front of me, at the 20-ish seat... while I even didn't knew where Nico or Amy or Ellie were?

~ MODE " Moment de solitude " ON ~

And so we went with "Man Suang Round 2" !!!

🤣 Me: Wondering if it's because I know the story plot now that I'm focussing more on the details or if it's because I'm so close to the screen that the details pop up more then the day before?

But 'Ouch my neck' 🙈 ... I even thought it was good that for all the upcoming sessions, 🐡 Tiana and I have middle range back seats.

Still enjoying the movie, but there were times where I had to look away from the screen as it became tiring to look up so close 🤓

And so after the Movie, let's welcome the cast!!! Yaaaaay ~

Today's fashion was 🤩 (like always!!!)

Though to be honest, I felt like being left out during this event as the MC only went for Thai and Chinese language.

😂 Did I said I'm a lucky-unlucky person?

Well being lucky to be there but unlucky to be in a corner, quiet not seeing the stage and literally lost in the place, more thinking about how happy the French fUnclub girls would be if they were here (especially if we were all together) but instead I'm there, wondering what I was doing there... 🙈

Basically a Thai fan (or chinese speaking person) would have been more happy there to follow and hype.

While I was more in the thoughts of:

~ "It reminds me the Japanese Entertainment industry that I have left ... exactly because of this feeling of loneliness, left outside/cornered. "

Though I tried to get some pictures for the French fUnclub as I knew they would hype on the other side of the world 😹

Arriving at the lucky Fans, the girls in chat were even

一 "Did you win!!? Did you win!?"

一 Me 🐼 : I already told you I'm a lost case for any lucky stuff. (But wait, I'll tell you more about the big day of my unluckiness level 150% 🙈 )

Let's say that it was quiet an experience to discover, even if it had me more thinking back about going to events where we, as team (or others that I might know), could go as we could at least laugh and have fun together. Well the kind of "not limited" ones.

Adding a funny note?

Even on the group picture I was in that dead angle corner that you even don't see an ounce of my shadow 🙈

Tho it was fun to watch Man Suang for a 2nd round as I might have discovered some parts that I had missed during the 1st watch 💖

Once after the Event, some fans gathered around the side that I guess would be the artists' exit way.

Since I was fearing that 🐡 Tiana was waiting for a long time outside, I made my way down, trying to spot her, ending to call her to know where she was.

Seems she was at the popcorn table that was there before the Event = the road of where the Artist will walk by.

😅 Looks like I worried for nothing, as she had a good spot to have her second of seeing the Artists for the day as well ~

It was my time to wait for her after the fUngirling moment 🤭

📅 Day 4 - August 26, 2023

📍 Location: Siam Paragon Cineplex, SF World Cinema & Major Cineplex Sukhumvit

Today's Schedule:

✰ 11AM " Man Suang at Siam Paragon Cineplex "

🍴 Lunch

✰ 15PM " SF World Cinema "

Since we did won fan give-away tickets for Man Suang before the Major Star Roadshow announcement, we thought of keeping up with our initial schedule as we did started to feel the jetlag.

And a chill Man Suang day was just as we planned, since we knew we had both sessions of ManSuangStarShowatSF the next day + maybe the Star Show itself depending on how it was going to be?

The 11AM session went as planned (and I still went Kyaaaa-ing over the ads around 🤪

After the movie, the plan was to collect our tickets at MPulse table for the 15:00 session and perhaps have some lunch somewhere (to talk about Man Suang of course, as it was 🐡 Tiana 's 2nd time only watching it and I knew she has needed more time with the English subtitles to understand it fully.

Not that we didn't talked while walking from Siam to Central World 😂 but we can talk non-stop about everything and nothing.

Especially since we are in Bangkok this time and not Paris 🤭. There is always something to wonder about and stop for to look at...

+ Me 🐼 ... running around (again) when seeing the ads 😅

Basically, we were a bit lost running around (not something new, right? 🤣)

Tho I also got easily distracted with the standees and ads all around inside.

At first we were like struggling with the E-ticket machine and the code, which ended up being the code to pick-up the tickets at the table.

When we saw some girls with the ManSuang Popcorn set, we asked them and they literally took us upstairs to where the table was.

Well 🙃 in France and Belgium, the Popcorn etc... are all sold once you've validated your ticket to go inside (even the standees and movie promotions are all inside the Movies, so like you can't access it without a valid movie ticket). So uhuuu we were auuuw-ed when we got upstairs with all the standees around and the fact you only need your ticket at the door and not to walk around.

There do was a table, tho not the one of MPulse project...

So we kept on wandering around, searching for another table on another floor.

That was when we took the rolling stairs down (alongside Apo posters).

And the white kind of corridor (with huge Oscar statues) looked familiar to me.

一 Me 🐼 : Tianaaaa!!! That Theater is where KinnPorsche Episodes were played!

🤔 But I don't really think it's there were the MPulse table will be (as it had it's own entrance counter).

But since there were fans walking around (the red carpet area) and people talking, we thought we might still ask. Maybe one of them were MPulse or know where there might be another table.

一 Also Me 🐼 : That person in white there, looks like Pond (Man Suang screenwriter & Director).

一 🐡 Tiana : That is Pond.

一 Me 🐼 : Maybe we should say 'Bonjour' and tell him how we love Man Suang?

😹 Did I told you we usually never keep things to our Schedule?

But we didn't dared to pass the counter area as it was like a check point.

I asked the ladies who were standing there if perhaps they might know where the table of MPulse Man Suang tickets were thought they didn't knew.

We then asked if we had the permission to wait there for Pond when he has time to say 'Hi'.

Permission accorded ✅

And we stood there 🙃 looking at everyone else (fans) bypassing us, going straight in that red carpet area talking to Pond.

一 Me 🐼 to 🐡 Tiana : Maybe we should leave? Pond might be kind of busy (since I remember it was the day where there was the fan screening with Barcode).

That was when one of the ladies called Pond over 🥲 (Thank you Madame ♡ ) so we could have a little talk to say how impressive Man Suang was to us (for our first Thai Theater & Movie Experience!)

We even got a "Merci Beaucoup" 🙌

And so we went back wandering around trying to find MPulse table.

Once upstairs again, where we noticed another table being put up, we asked some girls who told us that the 15:00 session had been moved over to 20:00, after that day's "Major Star Roadshow promoting Man Suang" at Major Cineplex Sukhumvit.

Now I understand the message of MPulse about "Seeing tonight" instead of "See you at 15:00" 🙈

一 Me 🐼 & 🐡 Tiana (Uhn the usual of how the Frence fUnclub works...) : We aren't going to wait till 20:00 here, do we?

一 Me 🐼 : If we take a grab from here now, it takes around one hour to reach Major Cineplex Sukhumvit. We can go there, check how the "Major Star Roadshow" works for knowing for tomorrow, grab a lunch there and come back here for 20:00?

一 🐡 Tiana : Let's Gooo!!!

That's how we changed our plans of the day 🤣

To our surprise, it wasn't that much crowded yet at Major Cineplex Sukhumvit, so were were quiet surprised to have a nice spot for an unplanned event.

And we got a group picture 💖

📅 Day 5 - August 27, 2023

📍 Location: SF Cinema Terminal 21 Rama 3 & SF World Cinema

The Day... well the last day of planned Events (wait till I tell you my 150% not-lucky-ness!!!)

😜 But also the days where I finally meet the other girls (Ellie, Alexa, Amy again), as we kept on missing each other in the crowd of each place.

Well it all started with " Hiiiiiiiii 👋 ", sharing give-aways, starting to queue ~

I thought everyone was there for the 11:00 Session.

Ends up when the mall opened at 10:00, people started to run.

一 Me 🐼 & 🐡 Tiana : We do have our tickets already... don't we? (Well there was a ticket war when the event was announced...) Why the running?

🤣 For some reason, I started to run too... to discover that the running was to claim good seat in front of the show stage.

一 Me 🐼 : 😅 Ok... so I ran for ehr... a place at an Event where I won't be present? ( as 🐡 Tiana and I decided to go to the 14:40 session while getting lunch on the way, to be in time for the start of the movie...) 🙈

After the movie, the cast came on stage ❤️‍🔥

( 🙏 and thank you to the MC's for the English parts 🥰 )

With the usual group picture ✌️

Now talking about that not-lucky-ness 🙈 I was there with 🐡 Tiana mode

一 "Dear Destiny, are you for real! What is that teasing!!"

Just like, how huge the Theater was and how many people there were.

So during the fan benefit times, the person right behind my chair had the chance to hold the micro and tell their impressions about Man Suang to the cast, the person seated in front of me won the signed T-shirt and the person seated right on my left won a Man Suang post card after at the stage show.

I was there like: 🐡 Tiana , we might perhaps change of seats, maybe you will win something because hell... we are seated just somewhere at the middle of the Theater, there are the 4 extreme corners and many rows in front of us, there are hundrerds other people BUT why does the lucky fans are all around me, having me feel even more unlucky then I usual do 😅

*Points at the group picture at the end. Look how huge the space was...

Destiny had choice: rows up, down, left, right, corner ups, corner downs 🥲 you know...

It could have go farther around to choose the lucky fans to not have me feel 150% unlucky 🙈

But having the chance to experience the Events was a must!

Our goal flying over was mainly to watch Man Suang on the day of it's release and we wouldn't ask more then that.

It was a blast and each additional Event we were able to attend to see the cast was a lucky strike for us. As well as being able to visit around the places likes Song Wat.

As we guessed, the show after this session was crowded already when we went down.

Like our 🐣 Fern would say 😂 :

一 "Giiiirls!!! There are only 2 loudspeakers over the whole place❗ Who in their fuckin mind would go stand behind it⁉️"

一 Us ( 🐼 & 🐡) :

🤣 Wait 🐣 Fern, when you are our age and run around like we did 🤪

Next time, be sure to bring all the Frence fUnclub girls with us!!!

Tho there were no regrets during this Journey and we were happy and excited to be there, hoping Man Suang the sucess it deserved, because it really is a "Chef d'oeuvre"!

Ooooh did I told I end up succeeding my challenge to translate Man Suang so my mom would understand the movie (mainwhile waiting for a french subtitle version one day 😜).

Like I guessed, it's the kind of movies my Mom likes and well 😆 she even understand some more elements then I did (about the livestyle of that period).

一 Also Me 🐼 (at the start of the movie) : Mom, look that's Apo!

一 Mom: Shhhhht 🤫

🙈🙈🙈

The last part of the trip, we ended up visiting some places in Bangkok hadn't visited yet, while chilling with more Man Suang sessions.

And we had the presents of French fans to take care of, sending it to lovely @milephak_family 💚

The fUnclub spirit was back while we were packing it and prepare to have it send out ~

Basically, that day, our luck had returned, as there were still Mile Photo cards left when we arrived at Central World + the Popcorn combo set was in again, having us finally be able to get the tumbler!

AND the ManSuang hype followed us all the way through the journey as we even had Chatra till the moment we had our flights back to Europe 🛫