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Pinay fan reminisces about meeting Barbie Hsu in Taiwan as she mourns passing of the actress

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E. Kristhoff Cagape

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<p>Filipino fan Victoria Pendatun took to social media to reminisce meeting the late <em>Meteor Garden </em>star, Barbie Hsu, in Taiwan back in 2019.</p><p>Victoria documented her encounter with the actress in a vlog in 2019 and posted a short clip from the said vlog on her Facebook on February 3 as she mourned the passing of the actress.</p><p>&quot;So in the next part of the video, my ultimate dream just came true. I was and still am a big fan of <em>Meteor Garden</em> (2001). Kahit bigyan niyo ako ng test kung anong nangyari on each episode, gurl Valedictorian ako diyan,&quot; read the texts in her video.</p><p>She added: &quot;Never in my life inexpect ko na makikita ko idol ko ever. Kahit makita ko lang &#x27;yung hotel niya solved na ako eh... pero... thank you God!&quot;</p><div><iframe src="https://www.facebook.com/plugins/post.php?href=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2Freel%2F1319973495858414&amp;width=500&amp;show_text=true&amp;height=652&amp;appId" width="500" height="652" style="border:none;overflow:hidden" scrolling="no" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>Victoria met Barbie at the restaurant of the S Hotel in Taiwan where the Pinay fan&#x27;s family was checked in at that time back in 2019. </p><p>&quot;Excuse me, can I take a picture?&quot; Victoria asked the actress when she saw her as can be seen in the video.</p><p>&quot;Of course,&quot; Barbie replied.</p><p>&quot;Oh my God!&quot; Victoria exclaimed.</p><p>The Filipino fan then asked the <em>Meteor Garden</em> star if she could hug her. Barbie immediately gave her a hug.</p><p>Netizens were quick to react to Victoria&#x27;s post.</p><p>&quot;Omgggggggggggg 😭😭😭😭😭 at least once in your life you met her personally 💔,&quot; one fan commented.</p><p>&quot;Wow na-meet mo pala in person c Shan Cai 🥺💔 RIP Shan Cai,&quot; another netizen said.</p><div><iframe width="1899" height="753" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/GK5fXbi0pC4" title="I MET SHANCAI IN TAIWAN!! ❤️(dream come true) | Victoria Pendatun" frameBorder="0" allowfullscreen=""></iframe></div><p>In an interview with News5, Victoria shared that they were waiting to check in at that time when she met Barbie.</p><p>&quot;As a fan girl, I was so happy na nangyari &#x27;yun,&quot; she recalled. &quot;Nung day na&#x27; yun actually kakarating lang namin ng hotel waiting for check in. Ako, ang gusto ko lang ng time na &#x27;yun makita lang &#x27;yung mga location ng <em>Meteor Garden</em> kasi fan nga ako.&quot;</p><p>Victoria further recounted: &quot;Nung nakita ko si [Barbie], actually hindi lang ako naka-smile nun eh, umiyak ako kasi siyempre dream come true talaga siya para sa akin.&quot;</p>