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Janice de Belen at Song Joong Ki's Manila Event

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<div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748132295640sjk manila.jpg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Song Joong Ki during the &quot;Ready, Set, Bloom&quot; segment at his Manila event</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p><strong>Janice de Belen</strong>, an<strong></strong> ultimate K-drama fan, attended the &quot;<strong>I AM Song Joong Ki: Live in Manila</strong>&quot; event in MOA Arena on Saturday, May 24, 2025.</p><p>During a segment called &quot;Ready, Set, Bloom,&quot; Korean actor <strong>Song Joong Ki </strong>gamely took on an onstage challenge, where he was tasked to make a flower arrangement within three minutes. The game was inspired by his upcoming K-drama, <em><strong>My Youth</strong></em>, where his character is a florist.</p><p>While he began with the challenge, he told host <strong>Janeena Chan</strong> that his favorite color is pink and that it was perfect that the flowers for the challenge were pink.  </p><p>Janeena asked Song Joong Ki if he found it hard learning floral arranging, and he said that while it may be hard at first, he&#x27;s also happy doing it. He finished the challenge before the three-minute timer was up. Then, holding his hand-tied bouquet, he turned to the audience to pick a lucky fan who could take it home alongside a signed poster. He and Janeena chose from the crowd and invited the fan onstage. While the fan was making her way to the stage, Song Joong Ki asked Janeena, &quot;How do I say &#x27;slowly?&#x27;&quot; Janeena told him, &quot;<em>Dahan-dahan</em>,&quot; and he adorably said it several times to tell the fan to be careful. </p><p>When the fan finally made it onstage to meet Song Joong Ki, the fan turned out to be Filipino actress Janice de Belen!  </p><div> </div><div><iframe class="instagram-media instagram-media-rendered" id="instagram-embed-0" src="https://www.instagram.com/reel/DKC2x37pl-e/embed/?cr=1&amp;v=14&amp;wp=864&amp;rd=https%3A%2F%2Fod2-workbench-web.abs-cbn.com&amp;rp=%2F#%7B%22ci%22%3A0%2C%22os%22%3A1419977.8999999762%2C%22ls%22%3A1419513.8999999762%2C%22le%22%3A1419865.699999988%7D" allowtransparency="true" allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="857" data-instgrm-payload-id="instagram-media-payload-0" scrolling="no" style="background:white;max-width:540px;width:calc(100% - 2px);border-radius:3px;border:1px solid rgb(219, 219, 219);box-shadow:none;display:block;margin:0px 0px 12px;min-width:326px;padding:0px"></iframe></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div style="text-align:center"><br/></div><p>&quot;Nice to meet you,&quot; Song Joong Ki told an overjoyed Janice. They shook hands and hugged tightly.  </p><p>He said he had already noticed Janice in the crowd earlier because they made eye contact. &quot;<em>Sobra siyang masaya kanina</em>,&quot; Song Joong Ki said, as translated. Janeena teased that they make more eye contact—they did, leaving the audience green with envy. As if that was not enough, when it was time for Song Joong Ki to give the flowers to Janice, he did not simply hand the bouquet over to her; he got down on one knee and offered the flowers. Janice couldn&#x27;t contain her excitement, and the crowd erupted in cheers and screams! She told him, &quot;Thank you,&quot; and they hugged once more. They shook hands again, and he told her, &quot;Enjoy this evening.&quot; </p><p>&quot;<em>Mabango po ba &#x27;yung</em> flowers,&quot; Janeena asked Janice, who replied, &quot;<em>Kahit hindi, oo</em>!&quot; </p><p>Janeena asked again, &quot;<em>Ano po ang balak ninyong gawin</em>, Ms. Janice, with our new bouquet from Song Joong Ki <em>na siya pa talaga ang gumawa </em>from scratch?&quot; Janice answered, &quot;<em>Itatabi ko sa pagtulog ko</em>.&quot; </p><p>&quot;Thank you,&quot; Song Joong Ki told Janice, and he even tapped her back as she was about to leave the stage. But then, Janice forgot the poster she also won, and Song Joong Ki and Janeena called her to get it. But then Janeena thought of asking Song Joong Ki to hug the poster, and then Janice got another hug from him.</p><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748135025845500471821_1069311368404862_4078506271966702436_n.jpeg" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner">Photo from @super_janice</span></span></span></div><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><div><br/></div><div style="text-align:center"><span class="fr-img-caption fr-fic fr-dib" style="width:700px"><span class="fr-img-wrap"><img src="https://od2-image-api.abs-cbn.com/prod/editorImage/1748133887463flowers by song joong ki.png" style="width:700px" class="fr-fic fr-dib"/><span class="fr-inner" spellcheck="false">On Instagram Stories, Janice shared a close-up shot of the bouquet by Song Joong Ki, showing everyone where she would put it: &quot;<em>Sa tabi ng</em> bed <em>ko</em>!!!&quot; Photo from @super_janice</span></span></span></div><div><br/></div><p>Janice took to Instagram to gush about the amazing moment he shared with Song Joong Ki onstage. &quot;I really did not expect to be on the same stage as my crush!!! <em>May bonus pang </em>f<em></em>lowers at <em>madaming yakap</em>. He is my ultimate fave Korean actor,&quot; Janice wrote. She said that Song Joong Ki holds a special place in her heart because his series, <em>Descendants of the Sun</em>, was what she started watching to cope when her mother passed away. &quot;It helped me so much to recover from the sadness and the pain. <em>After nu&#x27;n, mahal ko na siya.</em> So tonight was monumental for me.&quot;<em></em></p><script async="" src="//www.instagram.com/embed.js"></script><p>The &quot;I AM Song Joong Ki: Live in Manila&quot; event marked Song Joong Ki&#x27;s first time in Manila, and second time in the Philippines, as he previously visited Cebu.</p><div><br/></div><div><strong>Related: <a href="https://www.abs-cbn.com/metro-style/people/2025/5/24/song-joong-ki-talks-about-his-family-during-manila-press-conference-1707" rel="noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">Song Joong Ki in Manila—The Korean Star Shares Cute Anecdotes About His Family</a></strong></div>

<p>Janice de Belen turned to Instagram to gush about the amazing moment, sharing how Song Joong Ki's K-drama helped her cope with pain from losing a loved one. </p>

Janice de Belen turned to Instagram to gush about the amazing moment, sharing how Song Joong Ki's K-drama helped her cope with pain from losing a loved one.

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