Over the past week, I've watched in horror as the biggest typhoon ever hit the Philippines.
Super Typhoon Haiyan has caused much devastation. It leveled houses, reduced buildings to rubble, farmland and livestock is basically gone. And the people...oh my God...families, friends, loved ones all strewn about. In just one area there are thousands missing, dead or displaced from their homes. (Click here to view images of destruction.)
I don't believe any of my family in the Philippines was too affected from the reports I have seen and heard so far, and for that I am truly grateful. But with most communication out, it is still hard to tell. This typhoon blanketed the whole nation, that's how huge it was. And in the city of Tacloban, in the province of Leyte, everything seems to have been destroyed.
I am speechless. I haven't seen this much devastation since Hurricane Katrina in the U.S.. And even that I don't think was anywhere near this bad. Plus, there's another storm, Zoraida, coming in and ready to sweep up any vestiges of recovery. Lord help them!
The people of the Philippines will need help from everyone. I am imploring all of my readers for help. Please, please help! My God.
Below is a link to an article with descriptions of agencies providing relief efforts and a link to each of their pages. Please my friends...help!
Click here to find out how you can help victims of Super Typhoon Haiyan.
Sources: Huffington Post, Fox News
Monday, November 11, 2013
Monday, September 16, 2013
Super Junior's Shindong Back in Hawaii
The photo showed four perfectly grilled pineapple burgers, a favorite on the menu, with sides of fries. He tweeted, "Ah... Delicious! Very delicious!" via his Instagram account.
There were rumors before the group left in mid-July that they will be back for a photo shoot. However those rumors were never confirmed.
Is he back for work with fellow members? (No news yet as to who traveled with him) Or, is he here alone for some R & R? Either way, welcome back to Hawaii Shindong! We hope you enjoy your stay!
Keep checking back for any new updates!
Source: Shindong's Twitter and Instagram
Thursday, September 12, 2013
FT Island's Lee Jaejin is Back!
Late last year, FT Island's bassist, Lee Jaejin, deleted his Twitter account. Since then, fans have been begging him to go back on, but to no avail.
However, he has started his own Instagram account and has begun to actively use it. He began to post photos on September 6th and as of this post, his account has over 30k followers.
So although fans have lost him permanently on Twitter, fans can rejoice in that he's using another social app.
See his posts on his Instagram account, @saico0111.
Welcome back to social media society, Jaejin!!
Source: Lee Jaejin's Instragram
However, he has started his own Instagram account and has begun to actively use it. He began to post photos on September 6th and as of this post, his account has over 30k followers.
So although fans have lost him permanently on Twitter, fans can rejoice in that he's using another social app.
See his posts on his Instagram account, @saico0111.
Welcome back to social media society, Jaejin!!
Source: Lee Jaejin's Instragram
Super Junior Working on Song for Tony Moly
In a previous post, I mentioned that members of popular K-Pop group Super Junior (along with f(x)'s Victoria) were selected as the new models for Asian beauty product line Tony Moly.
Now, it looks like the guys are working on more than just looking handsome for their advertisements. Members Donghae and Ryeowook hinted at a collaboration with Eunhyuk and Henry(?).
Donghae tweeted photos of the potential song title and a photo of the four in the studio session.
Ryeowook tweeted in response to one of Donghae's tweets "Tony Moly".
Hope it sounds good!
Source: Lee Donghae and Ryeowook's Twitter
Now, it looks like the guys are working on more than just looking handsome for their advertisements. Members Donghae and Ryeowook hinted at a collaboration with Eunhyuk and Henry(?).
Donghae tweeted photos of the potential song title and a photo of the four in the studio session.
Hope it sounds good!
Source: Lee Donghae and Ryeowook's Twitter
Monday, September 9, 2013
FT Island to Release 6th Mini Album!
It was announced though their official Facebook site that the handsome K-PopRock group, FT Island, will be releasing their 6th and newest Korean mini album titled, "Thanks To"!
As a sort of tribute to their fans, the five have embarked on a tour specially for the fans who have given them so much support called, "FTHX" or FT Thanks. It seems that they've translated this to their new anniversary album as well.
They will be doing a Q and A on their Facebook site from September 9th through 13th. Fans will be able to post a question and the members will select questions to answer personally. The answers will be posted when the album releases on September 23rd.
Post post post!
So excited to see what the questions and answers will be. (Btw, please be thoughtful and respectful in your questioning.)
Even more excited for their new album!
Source: FT Island Facebook
Thursday, September 5, 2013
Tony Moly! Featuring Super Junior M and Victoria!
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| Tony Moly store in Singapore. |
Anywhoo...I guess you're wondering when I'm going to get to the point. I was searching the net for news on CC cream cause that's really hot right now and I found news about Tony Moly, K-Pop group Super Junior M and a member from f(x) named Victoria.
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| Super Junior M (minus Eunhyuk) |
For those not very familiar with all the different sub groups to Super Junior, and honestly I'm still learning myself since I'm a fairly new fan, the group itself is split into different sub groups to target certain markets in Asia. (Gosh, my profession is really talking!) Super Junior M is their sub group for the Chinese market (M for Mandarin, or so I'm told.). They consist of members Kyuhyun, Donghae, Eunhyuk, Henry, Siwon, Ryeowook, Sungmin, Zhou Mi, and former member Hangeng. (Absolute heart stopping handsome guys. Plus, they can sing you to the point of meltdown. ELF's all over know this first hand. LOL!)
Check out one of their singles, "Breakdown" below! (Sorry, this is the Korean version.)
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| K-Pop group f(x) |
Victoria, well, much simpler explanation. She's the leader of K-Pop group f(x), and is one of three members not of Korean descent. (She was born in China.) She's known for her beauty and talent. And her group's beautiful members, with their catchy techno pop mixed in with the proverbial rap vibe makes them stand out from the rest of the clutter of idols. (All I gotta say is that Amber has got skillz!) But, I know her best as Nichkhun's wife on "We Got Married". Can you tell I'm a fan of "We Got Married"?
Btw, have you checked out f(x)'s chart topping hit, "Rum Pum Pum"? If not, see below!
Back to Tony Moly. If you haven't heard of them, you're either not Asian or you don't live anywhere near Asia. They are one of the leaders in the cosmetics, facial and body care. What really grabs the attention of the shopper are their cute packaging (apple and lemon shaped hand lotion containers) and interesting ingredients (snail slime in lotions?).
Both Super Junior M and Victoria are rumoured to have finished their photo shoots for the cosmetics brand. Looking forward to seeing them plastered all over!
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| Top: Super Junior M (minus Siwon). Bottom: Victoria |
Source: Yahoo!
(I don't own any of the above photos. Rights and credit go to their respective owners and their sites.)
Tuesday, July 23, 2013
Kim Hyun Joong's "Unbreakable"
I remember seeing this guy on Boys Before Flowers years ago. He was in the early years, performing with SS501. They were the 2nd generation eye candy K-Pop group. They had the looks, they had the moves, they had the catchy songs and voices to hook in the crowds.
After they disbanded a couple of years ago, Double S fans were disappointed. And there are still some that hope that they will get together again to make a comeback as one. For now, they are on their separate schedules.
Kim Kyu Jong is currently in his second year of service in the military. Members Heo Young Saeng, Park Jung Min and Kim Hyung Joon are busy with their own comebacks and performance schedules.
And then there is their strong and lovable leader, Kim Hyun Joong. Since joining Key East Entertainment, he's been pretty busy with performances, releasing singles and working on albums in Japan as well as Korea.
His newest single, "Unbreakable" is a hard edged, heavy on the R&B song. Not quite sure how the concepts of taiko drummers and rhythmic gymnastic/riibbon dancers fit into the concepts, but the driving beat certainly adds to the song. Featuring Jay Park, who raps intermittently throughout the song, the combination of music, strong choreography and Hyun Joong's lean and sexy charisma just takes it over the top.
Check it out:
(I do not own this video. Credit where properly due.)
After they disbanded a couple of years ago, Double S fans were disappointed. And there are still some that hope that they will get together again to make a comeback as one. For now, they are on their separate schedules.
Kim Kyu Jong is currently in his second year of service in the military. Members Heo Young Saeng, Park Jung Min and Kim Hyung Joon are busy with their own comebacks and performance schedules.
And then there is their strong and lovable leader, Kim Hyun Joong. Since joining Key East Entertainment, he's been pretty busy with performances, releasing singles and working on albums in Japan as well as Korea.
His newest single, "Unbreakable" is a hard edged, heavy on the R&B song. Not quite sure how the concepts of taiko drummers and rhythmic gymnastic/riibbon dancers fit into the concepts, but the driving beat certainly adds to the song. Featuring Jay Park, who raps intermittently throughout the song, the combination of music, strong choreography and Hyun Joong's lean and sexy charisma just takes it over the top.
Check it out:
(I do not own this video. Credit where properly due.)
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Anniversary Post: Super Junior in Hawaii!
I had thought about what to write for my one year anniversary post. (I can't believe it's already been one year of blogging!) And I was going to do it on another review of an episode of We Got Married Global, or FT Island, or even CNBlue.
And then lo and behold...the princes of SM flew into town! Hawaii ELFs and local K-Pop fans were treated to a taste of what fans around the world have been experiencing when idol group, Super Junior arrived in Hawaii on July 9th.
If you haven't heard of Super Junior, and you like K-Pop, I have to say where have you been? With their debut in 2005, this 8-12 member group, have gained popularity over the years with songs such as "Sorry Sorry", "Mr. Simple" and most recently, "Sexy, Free and Single". Gracing covers of magazines and appearing on TV shows and dramas, these men have kept busy.
Members such as Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Siwon and Donghae arrived in Hawaii as early as July 9th for a photo shoot. Members Ryeowook, Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun arrived later in the week.
Apparently rumors were circulating around the ELFs here in Hawaii. And they were already waiting at the airport for their arrival. I, on the other hand, was tipped off by Siwon's tweet of a sun setting behind a hotel building. Soon after, Donghae uploaded a video to YouTube of he and some of the members walking around Waikiki near the International Marketplace. When I saw Donghae's video, my heart literally stopped. I can only imagine what my friend felt like when I showed her the video since she's more of a fan than I am. =)
You can see Diamond Head in the background when they are on the beach! (Credit SM Town and Lee Donghae.)
We immediately took to the internet to figure out where they were staying. Yes, we had a lot of time on our hands. Well, actually no, we just made time, haha. And found out they were staying at the Moana Surfrider. This was later confirmed when Siwon had tweeted a photo of a double espresso from the Honolulu Coffee Company in that hotel. Yes, I am a coffee drinker and I remember little details of coffee shops. Go ahead, call me weird. =D
My friend and I unfortunately were not able to go to hang out at the hotel during the majority of their stay. Work interfered. LOL. But we did have a couple of sightings.
My personal account was at the Korean Festival on July 13th. It was nearly dusk and I was wandering around talking with my friends when I believe I had seen Ryeowook. (I didn't know it at the time, my friend "confirmed" it for me.) He was dressed in a gray cotton hoodie, shorts and carried a bag. Most of his head and body was covered up by the hoodie. But being local, you can pretty much pick out the ones that aren't. With his nearly white hair peeking out from under the hood, his super fair complexion made even paler with makeup, eyeliner around his eyes and a lost expression on his face, you could tell he wasn't from around here. I had thought at the time, "who would be dressed in a long sleeved hoodie when it's 90 degrees out?". When I saw photos of him later I wanted to slap myself! I was really surprised at how petite he was. I had thought all Super Junior members were tall, until my friend told me he was the shortest out of all of them. Unluckily for me, I didn't think to take my phone out to take a picture. And now I really hate myself for it. Sigh. =(....
I had tried to see if I could run into them on Sunday while cruising at the hotel, but no such luck. All of the members, with the exception of Eunhyuk, left on Monday, July 15th. My friend and I were finally able to go together on Tuesday, July 16th, to hopefully get a glimpse of Eunhyuk (her favorite). We were hanging out at the hotel late that afternoon with a couple of other fans when we saw their silver SUV pull into the driveway. To my friend's delight, Eunhyuk appeared out of the passenger side. He had just come from surfing, and he and his companions walked past us into the hotel lobby and up to their room. She was able to get a quick snapshot, but not a very clear one since someone had gotten in the way. Darn luck. Why can't people just stay still? Nevertheless, she was happy to even have gotten close to him. =) Hey, living in Hawaii, we hardly get these opportunities, so we take whatever we can get. My friend was so excited, she proclaimed she wanted to meet her other bias, Song Seung Heon, next year. At least one bias per year. Lol.
Other fans were much luckier. Some got autographs, others got a few photos of or with the members and the very lucky ones got hugs and handshakes. Some fans even caught some offguard!
After this photo was posted on the internet, Sungmin blogged on Naver:
"i am a man that can surf now too! kkk
uwoo i know how to ride the waves like this
it`s a new discovery…
but this time`s concept (baby belly?) was revealed embarassingly in the end…
well i was excited~k
you should have told me if you were going to take a picture,.. i could have put strength in my stomache..ㅠㅠ
really no consideration for me~~
but there are people who like this kind of belly~it`s okay! I`m okay~ okay… sigh
i`m going to try snorkeling and kayaking~~~~with clothes on kkkk"
Later:
Ryeowook ventured out to the North Shore to try some garlic shrimp!
It was hard to pin the guys down together. They split apart for most of their stay. Some went surfing, some went sightseeing, some even went skateboarding.
If you want to see more photos and videos of their stay, go to this fan page here. The fans following them were pretty good about keeping tabs on them the whole stay.
During their stay, Siwon didn't realize how confusing our island is, I think. See his video here.
With the help of social media networks, fellow K-Pop fans and ELF's spread the news and bonded over the experience. And this is one experience that will definitely not be forgotten.
If one of the Super Junior members read this blog, I'll be very honored. I hope they enjoyed their stay on our island and they will return very soon! Please! Very soon! A week is too short!
And with that, I'll leave you with their version of hula. Credit SM Town and Eunhyuk's Twitter.
And then lo and behold...the princes of SM flew into town! Hawaii ELFs and local K-Pop fans were treated to a taste of what fans around the world have been experiencing when idol group, Super Junior arrived in Hawaii on July 9th.
If you haven't heard of Super Junior, and you like K-Pop, I have to say where have you been? With their debut in 2005, this 8-12 member group, have gained popularity over the years with songs such as "Sorry Sorry", "Mr. Simple" and most recently, "Sexy, Free and Single". Gracing covers of magazines and appearing on TV shows and dramas, these men have kept busy.
Members such as Kangin, Shindong, Sungmin, Siwon and Donghae arrived in Hawaii as early as July 9th for a photo shoot. Members Ryeowook, Eunhyuk and Kyuhyun arrived later in the week.
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| Donghae (Credit smjthanks.com and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
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| Siwon and Donghae getting ready to leave for Hawaii (Credit shijalee and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
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| Ryeowook on his phone waiting to leave Incheon. (Credit PaMongMi and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com | ) |
Apparently rumors were circulating around the ELFs here in Hawaii. And they were already waiting at the airport for their arrival. I, on the other hand, was tipped off by Siwon's tweet of a sun setting behind a hotel building. Soon after, Donghae uploaded a video to YouTube of he and some of the members walking around Waikiki near the International Marketplace. When I saw Donghae's video, my heart literally stopped. I can only imagine what my friend felt like when I showed her the video since she's more of a fan than I am. =)
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| View of a sunset in Honolulu from the beach outside of the Moana Surfrider. (Source: Siwon Choi's Twitter) |
You can see Diamond Head in the background when they are on the beach! (Credit SM Town and Lee Donghae.)
We immediately took to the internet to figure out where they were staying. Yes, we had a lot of time on our hands. Well, actually no, we just made time, haha. And found out they were staying at the Moana Surfrider. This was later confirmed when Siwon had tweeted a photo of a double espresso from the Honolulu Coffee Company in that hotel. Yes, I am a coffee drinker and I remember little details of coffee shops. Go ahead, call me weird. =D
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| See the coffee shop name in the background? (Credit Siwon Choi's Twitter) |
My friend and I unfortunately were not able to go to hang out at the hotel during the majority of their stay. Work interfered. LOL. But we did have a couple of sightings.
My personal account was at the Korean Festival on July 13th. It was nearly dusk and I was wandering around talking with my friends when I believe I had seen Ryeowook. (I didn't know it at the time, my friend "confirmed" it for me.) He was dressed in a gray cotton hoodie, shorts and carried a bag. Most of his head and body was covered up by the hoodie. But being local, you can pretty much pick out the ones that aren't. With his nearly white hair peeking out from under the hood, his super fair complexion made even paler with makeup, eyeliner around his eyes and a lost expression on his face, you could tell he wasn't from around here. I had thought at the time, "who would be dressed in a long sleeved hoodie when it's 90 degrees out?". When I saw photos of him later I wanted to slap myself! I was really surprised at how petite he was. I had thought all Super Junior members were tall, until my friend told me he was the shortest out of all of them. Unluckily for me, I didn't think to take my phone out to take a picture. And now I really hate myself for it. Sigh. =(....
I had tried to see if I could run into them on Sunday while cruising at the hotel, but no such luck. All of the members, with the exception of Eunhyuk, left on Monday, July 15th. My friend and I were finally able to go together on Tuesday, July 16th, to hopefully get a glimpse of Eunhyuk (her favorite). We were hanging out at the hotel late that afternoon with a couple of other fans when we saw their silver SUV pull into the driveway. To my friend's delight, Eunhyuk appeared out of the passenger side. He had just come from surfing, and he and his companions walked past us into the hotel lobby and up to their room. She was able to get a quick snapshot, but not a very clear one since someone had gotten in the way. Darn luck. Why can't people just stay still? Nevertheless, she was happy to even have gotten close to him. =) Hey, living in Hawaii, we hardly get these opportunities, so we take whatever we can get. My friend was so excited, she proclaimed she wanted to meet her other bias, Song Seung Heon, next year. At least one bias per year. Lol.
Other fans were much luckier. Some got autographs, others got a few photos of or with the members and the very lucky ones got hugs and handshakes. Some fans even caught some offguard!
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| Donghae, Sungmin and Kangin (?) relaxing on the beach (Credit sunggay_ and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
After this photo was posted on the internet, Sungmin blogged on Naver:
"i am a man that can surf now too! kkk
uwoo i know how to ride the waves like this
it`s a new discovery…
but this time`s concept (baby belly?) was revealed embarassingly in the end…
well i was excited~k
you should have told me if you were going to take a picture,.. i could have put strength in my stomache..ㅠㅠ
really no consideration for me~~
but there are people who like this kind of belly~it`s okay! I`m okay~ okay… sigh
i`m going to try snorkeling and kayaking~~~~with clothes on kkkk"
Later:
"Kk….. you make me unable to rest comfortably no matter where I go….
I should just exercise….
I will do exercises of fury!!k
Sigh… I was too off-guard…
In this world,…. there are too many delicious food…ㅠㅠ
I’m sad~"
Ryeowook ventured out to the North Shore to try some garlic shrimp!
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| "Shrimp truck is delicious ^^ in Hawaii" (Source Ryeowook's Twitter) |
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| Surf's up! Check out my shaka! (Credit Joseph Libby Photography) |
If you want to see more photos and videos of their stay, go to this fan page here. The fans following them were pretty good about keeping tabs on them the whole stay.
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| At a skate park. Looks like one of them got really sunburned! Ouch! (Credit MimiKim12 and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
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| Eunhyuk and Ryeowook skateboarding in what appears to be Hawaii Kai. (Credit MimiKim12 and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
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| "surfing is great sport. good night all :^)" (Source Siwon Choi's Twitter) |
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| Siwon woke up one morning and tweeted this selca saying his face looked swollen. Really? |
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| Donghae looks surprised! (Credit geraldine_b and b_lyniee) |
During their stay, Siwon didn't realize how confusing our island is, I think. See his video here.
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| Siwon and Shindong leaving Honolulu (Source Siwon Choi's Twitter) |
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| Donghae back in Korea. Did he wear the same shirt going to and coming back from Hawaii? Lol, silly. (Credit dear_tiny and sup3rjunior.wordpress.com) |
With the help of social media networks, fellow K-Pop fans and ELF's spread the news and bonded over the experience. And this is one experience that will definitely not be forgotten.
If one of the Super Junior members read this blog, I'll be very honored. I hope they enjoyed their stay on our island and they will return very soon! Please! Very soon! A week is too short!
And with that, I'll leave you with their version of hula. Credit SM Town and Eunhyuk's Twitter.
Thursday, July 11, 2013
UPDATED: Super Junior in Hawaii!
UPDATE 7/20/13: If you want to see more photos and video from their trip, see my anniversary post "Super Junior Mania in Hawaii" =D
Members of the K-Pop group Super Junior are in Hawaii! =D
Donghae uploaded a video to YouTube, which was also uploaded by SM Entertainment on July 11th.
Siwon also tweeted a photo of the view of the sunset from Waikiki Beach and tweeted the morning of July 11th that he was enjoying an espresso from one of the two major coffee companies on Oahu, Honolulu Coffee Company.
What they are in town for, one can only assume that it's for the Korean Festival happening this weekend at Kapiolani Park! UPDATE 7/12/13: They are here for a photo shoot and are staying at one of the older, yet very classy and upscale, hotels in Waikiki. (Sorry, I know which one, but I can't outright say. You can figure it out by any pictures you see.)
Aloha SuJu! Welcome to our lovely state! We're so happy you are here to enjoy a little bit of summer with us!
Source: SM Entertainment and Choi Siwon's Twitter
Author Note: Check out my anniversary post for more photos and videos of their stay!
Members of the K-Pop group Super Junior are in Hawaii! =D
Donghae uploaded a video to YouTube, which was also uploaded by SM Entertainment on July 11th.
Siwon also tweeted a photo of the view of the sunset from Waikiki Beach and tweeted the morning of July 11th that he was enjoying an espresso from one of the two major coffee companies on Oahu, Honolulu Coffee Company.
What they are in town for, one can only assume that it's for the Korean Festival happening this weekend at Kapiolani Park! UPDATE 7/12/13: They are here for a photo shoot and are staying at one of the older, yet very classy and upscale, hotels in Waikiki. (Sorry, I know which one, but I can't outright say. You can figure it out by any pictures you see.)
Aloha SuJu! Welcome to our lovely state! We're so happy you are here to enjoy a little bit of summer with us!
Source: SM Entertainment and Choi Siwon's Twitter
Author Note: Check out my anniversary post for more photos and videos of their stay!
Wednesday, July 10, 2013
Taiwan Better Brace Themselves for Typhoon Soulik
The first major storm of the typhoon season! (That I've heard of.)
Typhoons, hurricanes, monsoons, whatever you call them, it's never pretty nor should they be taken lightly. A huge storm is developing out in the Pacific north of the Philippines with the potential to become bigger.
With winds up to almost 145 mph, Typhoon Soulik doesn't look like it's weakening any and may turn into a Super Typhoon as it nears Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Most people into Korean shows right now may remember that actress Gui Gui, Taecyeon's wife on "We Got Married Global", is from Taiwan.
Please pray for them. I am particularly worried since I have a friend who's traveling there for the first time right now. I hope this storm weakens before the weekend.
Here's the news I had seen on Weather.com.
Typhoons, hurricanes, monsoons, whatever you call them, it's never pretty nor should they be taken lightly. A huge storm is developing out in the Pacific north of the Philippines with the potential to become bigger.
With winds up to almost 145 mph, Typhoon Soulik doesn't look like it's weakening any and may turn into a Super Typhoon as it nears Taipei, Taiwan. Taipei is one of the most densely populated cities in the world. Most people into Korean shows right now may remember that actress Gui Gui, Taecyeon's wife on "We Got Married Global", is from Taiwan.
Please pray for them. I am particularly worried since I have a friend who's traveling there for the first time right now. I hope this storm weakens before the weekend.
Here's the news I had seen on Weather.com.
Saturday, June 29, 2013
Little FT Island Tribute
I was bored at home. Started playing around on the computer and I put together a few images as a mini tribute to one of my favorite K-Pop bands, FT Island.
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| K-PopRock group FT Island: Vocalist Lee Hong Ki, Leader and Lead Guitarist Choi Jong Hun, Guitarist and Vocals Song Seung Hyun, Bass Guitar and Vocals Lee Jae Jin, Drummer Choi Min Hwan |
Gif Description and Sources: Various. I don't own any of the images.
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FNC January 2013 Issue
Promo Photo for Japanese Single "You Are My Life"
Backstage Photo 2013
6th Anniversary Group Photo
Friday, June 28, 2013
Lee Hyun Jae To Debut in New Group "Eden"
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| Drummer/Actor Lee Hyun Jae |
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| Lee Hyun Jae with his former group, indie group Mate |
But, if you're a fan of Lee Hyun Jae, you're just happy that he has found a band to jam with in "Eden". Nearest I can tell, they are a three piece band whose music skews more pop/rock rather than indie. Not bad considering that it seems that K-Pop is evolving to incorporate more rock into their music. The band comprises of Tae Hyung (vocals, guitar), Hyun Jae (drums), Hi Sung (vocals, guitar). They will be releasing their Japan single, "Never Cry" July 24th.
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| Promo Image of Eden (l to r): Hi Sung, Tae Hyung, Hyun Jae |
Here's a taste of what you can expect from them.
You can follow Eden on Twitter @Eden_Japan and checking for updates on their Official Japan Site.
Sources: Eden's YouTube channel and Official web site. All photos and video credited to their rightful owners. I do not own any images.
Thursday, June 27, 2013
CNBlue and FT Island at Summer Sonic 2013
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| FNC Artists CNBlue (Top) and FT Island (Bottom) circa 2012 |
These two have basically made FNC popular in the K-Pop mainsteam with their more edgier rock type of tunes and soulful voices. Not to mention both groups have men full of youthful energy and charisma.
They will be performing with a lineup of superstars such as Muse (FT Island's Leader Choi Jong Hun likes to listen to them a lot!), Linkin Park (one of my personal faves) and Metallica!
Summer Sonic tickets for the July 11th show are already sold out. Get them while they're still available if you can!
Source: Soompi.com, photo credits to their rightful owners.
Review: We Got Married Global Episode 4- First Meal and Wedding Shoot!
I am seriously behind on this series. And I really don't like that I am this far behind because whenever I really like something, I want to let everyone know about it. As of this date, Episode 11 is already out. Wah! Got to catch up. I can do this...I can do this...
SO! The couples have already settled in and are making their first meals together as "husband and wife". From the previous episode, we know that Taecyeon is the "bomb" in the kitchen and Gui Gui's cooking skills are much to be desired. And Hong Ki didn't exactly impress Mina with his Korean spaghetti/ramyun concoction. =P Mina shows Hong Ki what she has prepared.
Hong Ki and Mina
Gwiyomi time! Hong Ki and Mina's segment started off with the two preparing dinner. As they donned their aprons, they remark how cute they look. Mina then mentions that Korea is known for their cuteness or "aegyo". Hong Ki isn't very comfortable with aegyo (as his fans know) so he immediately dismisses it saying that it isn't true and he wonders where she learns this stuff.
Mina showed him that she could do cute by performing the "Gwiyomi" song. (Trust me, you are going to want to YouTube this cause some idols can do it really well. It's a cute song, but can get irritating quickly.) She wanted Hong Ki to do it as well, and after a few moments, he agrees, but only if she did it with him. Hahaha. What followed was a very awkward rendition of "Kiyomi". Watch one of the popular "Kiyomi" videos and then watch their clip and you will see the difference! I nearly passed out from laughing cause Hong Ki looked so uncomfortable!
On to dinner! Mina has brought some goodies to make onigiri (おにぎり, rice balls) from Japan. These onigiri aren't just regular rice formed into little balls, they are seasoned with different seasonings. Mina showed Hong Ki natto (なっと, fermented soybeans, the sticky slimy, yet yummy stuff) and furikake (ふりかけ, seasoned seaweed flakes with sesame seeds). But wait, Mina also brought her favorite, umeboshi (うめぼし, pickled plum), to put into the onigiri. Once Hong Ki sees this, he immediately snatches it up and tells her that they can't use it. Unknown to Mina, Hong Ki had a bad experience eating umeboshi. He absolutely can not eat it. Every time he tries to, he feels like he has to throw up. (I remember hearing him say this on a show once, and I felt really bad...Umeboshi isn't that bad once you get used to it. Frankly, I think natto is a lot worse!) But instead of explaining this to Mina, he quickly puts it aside and begins to make his kim chee tuna stew.
This was an interesting episode in finding out what the other person likes because you have Hong Ki who will not eat umeboshi, and you have Mina who can't handle food that is too spicy.
As Hong Ki is making his stew, he throws in Cheonyang spicy green peppers. These are the same peppers that you see alongside cooked pigs feet and they pack quite some heat. Oh Hong Ki, why do you want to do that to your wife? He even tried a pepper, and it was too spicy for him. Yet, he still left it in!
Soon, their dinner was ready. Spread on the table was a lobster that they had cooked together, Hong Ki's tuna stew and Mina's onigiri.
As they sat down to eat, Hong Ki began to handle the lobster by trying to crack it with a mallet. He is unsuccessful in cracking it, so Mina takes a shot. (A couple of really good whacks, actually.) She finally cracks open a claw and she gives a piece to Hong Ki. He says it's "delicious" and he hands a huge piece to her. I think he liked making her squirm trying to stuff that whole piece of lobster in her month. LOL!
After they clear away the lobster, they try Hong Ki's special tuna stew. Hong Ki tried it first and admits to her that it's a little spicy. Mina tried it and you can tell she's trying to be polite when she says it's good and a little spicy but still delicious. Her mouth is mostly closed and she's trying not to laugh, but you can tell she doesn't like that it's spicy.
Mina gives Hong Ki her special onigiri that she has made for him saying the one she was holding, in particular, was full of her love. She tells him to eat it quickly! After a few wary moments, Hong Ki accepts the special onigiri and puts it into his mouth. Hong Ki paused in bite and asked her if she put wasabi into the rice (わさび, green horseradish, spicy!) to which she admits she put a little bit of everything, wasabi, natto, and...umeboshi! LOL! Take that Hong Ki! Hong Ki sickly tells her that it's delicious. But you can tell from the look on his face that he's already not feeling too well. He tells her that her love is "sour, delicious and greasy!". To which she replied, "my love has those charms. It has that deep taste." =P
After dinner, they decide to drink wine, but there's no corkscrew to be found. So Hong Ki improvises by using a type of screwdriver and a mallet. Mina jokes that there's always the sound of construction at the house. As they desperately try anything to pull the cork out, the screwdriver comes loose and wine squirted out onto Mina. Whoops! After more struggling they are finally able to pull out the cork and enjoy their glasses of wine.
As they sat talking, Mina brings up that she still has a wish from her postcard left. (The puzzle card that Hong Ki asked her to put together when they first met, the message on the back said that she could have one wish.) She wishes that Hong Ki would sing to her. Loose from the wine, Hong Ki gets up to sing "Hong Ki's Live House Version" of "Love Love Love"/"사랑 사랑 사랑". As he sings, Mina begins to cry with emotion which surprises Hong Ki. He is so touched, he tells her that he will sing for her whenever she wants him too. In return, he asked that she sing for him one day.
After dinner, they decide to play with some fireworks outside for a little while. Now mind you, it's still winter, so they go outside with their coats on to keep warm against the cold brisk air. Mina suggests a game. (These two are forever playing games and competing against each other!) They would each light a sparkler, and the one whose light goes out first doesn't have as much love as the other person. (I think this is a test to see which one loved the other more, supposedly.)
Hong Ki lights Mina's first and chuckles that he would be the one benefiting from that move in the end. As Hong Ki plays with his sparkler, Mina holds hers steady. In the end, Hong Ki's sparkler, much to his disbelief, goes out first. LOL, hello Hong Ki, you fanned the fire with more oxygen as you twirled the sparkler around! They continue to play with little aerials.
In their confessions, Hong Ki vows to lift Mina (support) and let go of his reservations a little. While Mina confesses that Hong Ki seems to be becoming more and more of a man instead of a brother to her. Aww....
Taecyeon and Gui Gui
It looks like it's been some time since these two have met each other last. And it looks like it's still quite cold because Gui Gui immediately asks Taecyeon for his coat once they start filming. (Honestly, I think she acts like a kid sometimes just to see how much she can get away with. Oh, us sly little females.) Being the gentleman that he is, Taecyeon drapes his coat around Gui Gui's shoulders.
They cautiously head down the street since it's very slippery. I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing the silver shoes he bought her. As they move along, they are given their next mission card. Today is their wedding shoot, so they have to come up a with a theme and take wedding photos! To me this is kind of weird because in America, you don't take pictures till the day of the wedding, with all your family and friends and bridal party. Very interesting that Koreans do a whole photo shoot prior to the wedding day.
Off they head to the bridal shop and begin to pick out themes and clothing. (@Primavera Luxury Wedding Shop) They are greeted by the wedding planner and she takes them back to a room that is lined with beautiful wedding gowns of all types. They have picked one out for Gui Gui, a sleeveless lace with tulle bottom with roses, based on her tastes. Gui Gui picked out another, a floral halter type of dress with lace. The planner suggests another type of dress with a different type of look, sort of like a mermaid. Gui Gui doesn't seem to understand the planner, so Taecyeon takes it upon himself to show her what type of dress it is. He started by outlining the shape of the dress, when that didn't work, he laid down on his side and moved his legs together as if it were the tail part of a fish. "Mermaid, you know mermaid?" he asked her. Quite hilarious and you can see that the planner is trying hard to be polite and not laugh. Finally, Gui Gui understands. She isn't feeling like a mermaid dress, but seemed to like a mini dress that Taecyeon had picked out.
Taecyeon goes to pick up a tuxedo and immediately pulls out a white tux with a long tailcoat and stitching accents on the lapels. Quite princely and dashing. Although, Gui Gui makes fun that it's like a penguin. (does the motion) They both head back to their respective dressing rooms to try the clothing on.
Gui Gui gets dressed first, so Taecyeon waited for her in the waiting room, of course. After waiting twenty minutes, the curtain is revealed to show an enchanting Gui Gui in the dress the shop had picked out for her. Taecyeon has a huge smile on his face and claps in approval. Gui Gui likes the dress, and Taecyeon snaps a photo so they can compare later.
As Gui Gui puts hers second dress on, Taecyeon decides to call around for groomsmen. His first call goes to ZE:A's Kwang Hee (To The Beautiful You) and he invites him to the shoot the next day. Kwang Hee asks if there will be anyone attending from the bride's side and I don't think Taecyeon thought about that, but he assumed there would be. Then scolds Kwang Hee saying that he's a married man, too. (At the time of filming, Kwang Hee was also in the all Korean version of We Got Married) Kwang Hee tells him he wants to look at the bridesmaids, not date them. Taecyeon tells him to look charming and handsome. And Kwang Hee says he will and that he will need to put extra cushions in his shoes because Taecyeon is so tall. Taecyeon jokes that he will need five of those cushions! Lol.
Taecyeon's second call goes to 2AM's Jung Jinwoo, who coaches him on how surprised and happy he should look when the curtain opens. Because, he reasoned, women look at how men react when they see them in the dress. He doesn't get to ask him to come to the wedding though because Gui Gui is ready in her next dress.
And Gui Gui appears in a vision of chiffon and floral lace and appliques. As coached by Jinwoo, Taecyeon over reacts to the dress by clapping and smiling exuberantly. Umm...you could already tell it was fake. And Gui Gui had immediately caught on. She tell him that maybe they should close and open the curtain again. Haha. Taecyeon you dummy...
Taecyeon goes ahead and snaps a photo of Gui Gui and while he is fiddling with the settings, she asks him a question, "Tomorrow, Nichkhun will come?" I couldn't believe she asked that! Taecyeon's response was of surprise and questioned why she was asking. She replies that "Nichkhun is your team, so it's very yes..." (I think she meant he's a member of the group so why wouldn't he come?) But Taecyeon was already annoyed. He said "Wae, wae, wae? Why are you asking about Nichkhun? Nichkhun is not your husband!" LOL. She says that she hopes that he will come and asks Taecyeon if he was angry. Taecyeon, polite as always, sighs and says "no" and take a picture.
In his interview, Taecyeon stated that he WAS going to ask his members to come, but after that, Nichkhun will never come there. If he did, he was going to send him back immediately! Oo, jealous! It's so cute when guys get jealous!
Gui Gui tries on another dress, and emerges in the mini dress with tulle (?) skirt. It's actually the cutest of the three, but not very suitable for a wedding if you ask me. Taecyeon seems to be happy and he snapped another photo.
It's Taecyeon's turn to try on his clothing and he appears very princely in the white "penguin" suit. After parading a little around the pedestal in front of the mirrors, they both agreed they liked the suit. He was quite dashing, if I may say so myself! So handsome!
His next suit looked more like an event suit. It's a dark blue suit with plaid lapels and plaid pants. Umm...no. Wedding Taecyeon! Wed-ding!
They sit down to make their selections and once that's set, they are off to their wedding shoot. Gui Gui is reluctant to go, but Taecyeon encouraged her with exclamations of "Yeppuda"! "Happy!" (Yeppuda means "pretty".)
Through the magic of television, we skipped to the next day where Taecyeon meet up at the studio where their wedding photo shoot will occur. Taecyeon tells Gui Gui that he's heard that wedding photo shoots are a lot more tiring for the bride, so being the considerate guy he is, he gives her a signal to let him know when she needs a break. If she scratches his shoulder, he will lean over and offer his shoulder to lean on for a bit. And then once she is rested, they will charge back in.
The studio they've arrived at looks more like a beautiful two story home than a studio. They head down the winding staircase with the photographer to a garden area where they will begin.
Cut to the garden where Taecyeon is waiting for Gui Gui. He is dressed in a very formal black tux with white shirt and black tie. (When I saw this, I could only think thank God he ditched the plaid!) Still as dashing as ever! He looks up to see Gui Gui coming down the stairs and immediately goes up to gently guide her down the stairs. (She's dressed in the first dress, by the way.)
Their first set-up is with Gui Gui on the boat and Taecyeon helping out by blowing fog around her so she looks like she's traveling in a mist. Taecyeon tried his best to blow the fog, but unfortunately stronger winds were blowing the fog away from Gui Gui. This frustrated both Taecyeon and the photographer especially who was trying to get the perfect shot.
Next, the photographer asks Gui Gui to sit down and look far off into the distance with an expression on her face like she's thinking of her love. The photographer mistakenly calls Taecyeon Nichkhun which illicits an outburst of "Nichkhun? Oh Nichkhun!" Whoo boy, if you looks could maim, the look Taecyeon had was just like that. Later, Gui Gui confesses that she liked to see Taecyeon jealous. She thinks that if a lover gets jealous, it means he loves her. Oh the tricks women play!
Finally, Taecyeon and Gui Gui are asked to stand face to face and look at each other. This seems to be too close for comfort for Gui Gui because she can't make eye contact and keeps laughing. She explains that it's "hot". Yeah, I would be too girl, I would be too...
After relaxing a bit, Gui Gui is finally able to settle down and do the final shots outdoors.
My thoughts:
Can I just say that I absolutely love wedding shoots now? How special to have a photo shoot before the actual wedding? You get more time the day of the wedding to prepare, you're not that stressed out, and I'm thinking, a shoot is one way of getting what you actually wanted done before the real thing! Genius! In America, we do engagement photo shoots to announce the upcoming nuptials. You can get pretty creative with those, but you don't really get dressed up for it. I think that's what I like about these shoots in Korea, you can get dressed up twice!
This episode was eye opening to me for both couples. Mina got a taste of what Hong Ki likes to eat, or rather can eat. And Hong Ki found out the hard way that Mina isn't as sweet as she looks. LOL, umeboshi!
I loved when Hong Ki began singing to her. His voice is so unique, you can tell it's him just by listening to him once. And even though it wasn't an actual performance, he still sounded great. I could seriously listen to his singing for hours. Oh wait, I already do! =P
And Taecyeon and Gui Gui's photo shoot was just so enchanting. If you search for their photos online, you will see what I mean. That photographer knows what he's doing. It was literally breathtaking. Makes me want to have that! And what girl wouldn't want to have photos like those, especially when you have to look into a handsome idol's face? Sigh...
One of my favorite episodes yet!
Sources: We Got Married Global Facebook and YouTube Channel
SO! The couples have already settled in and are making their first meals together as "husband and wife". From the previous episode, we know that Taecyeon is the "bomb" in the kitchen and Gui Gui's cooking skills are much to be desired. And Hong Ki didn't exactly impress Mina with his Korean spaghetti/ramyun concoction. =P Mina shows Hong Ki what she has prepared.
Hong Ki and Mina
Gwiyomi time! Hong Ki and Mina's segment started off with the two preparing dinner. As they donned their aprons, they remark how cute they look. Mina then mentions that Korea is known for their cuteness or "aegyo". Hong Ki isn't very comfortable with aegyo (as his fans know) so he immediately dismisses it saying that it isn't true and he wonders where she learns this stuff.
Mina showed him that she could do cute by performing the "Gwiyomi" song. (Trust me, you are going to want to YouTube this cause some idols can do it really well. It's a cute song, but can get irritating quickly.) She wanted Hong Ki to do it as well, and after a few moments, he agrees, but only if she did it with him. Hahaha. What followed was a very awkward rendition of "Kiyomi". Watch one of the popular "Kiyomi" videos and then watch their clip and you will see the difference! I nearly passed out from laughing cause Hong Ki looked so uncomfortable!
On to dinner! Mina has brought some goodies to make onigiri (おにぎり, rice balls) from Japan. These onigiri aren't just regular rice formed into little balls, they are seasoned with different seasonings. Mina showed Hong Ki natto (なっと, fermented soybeans, the sticky slimy, yet yummy stuff) and furikake (ふりかけ, seasoned seaweed flakes with sesame seeds). But wait, Mina also brought her favorite, umeboshi (うめぼし, pickled plum), to put into the onigiri. Once Hong Ki sees this, he immediately snatches it up and tells her that they can't use it. Unknown to Mina, Hong Ki had a bad experience eating umeboshi. He absolutely can not eat it. Every time he tries to, he feels like he has to throw up. (I remember hearing him say this on a show once, and I felt really bad...Umeboshi isn't that bad once you get used to it. Frankly, I think natto is a lot worse!) But instead of explaining this to Mina, he quickly puts it aside and begins to make his kim chee tuna stew.
This was an interesting episode in finding out what the other person likes because you have Hong Ki who will not eat umeboshi, and you have Mina who can't handle food that is too spicy.
As Hong Ki is making his stew, he throws in Cheonyang spicy green peppers. These are the same peppers that you see alongside cooked pigs feet and they pack quite some heat. Oh Hong Ki, why do you want to do that to your wife? He even tried a pepper, and it was too spicy for him. Yet, he still left it in!
Soon, their dinner was ready. Spread on the table was a lobster that they had cooked together, Hong Ki's tuna stew and Mina's onigiri.
As they sat down to eat, Hong Ki began to handle the lobster by trying to crack it with a mallet. He is unsuccessful in cracking it, so Mina takes a shot. (A couple of really good whacks, actually.) She finally cracks open a claw and she gives a piece to Hong Ki. He says it's "delicious" and he hands a huge piece to her. I think he liked making her squirm trying to stuff that whole piece of lobster in her month. LOL!
After they clear away the lobster, they try Hong Ki's special tuna stew. Hong Ki tried it first and admits to her that it's a little spicy. Mina tried it and you can tell she's trying to be polite when she says it's good and a little spicy but still delicious. Her mouth is mostly closed and she's trying not to laugh, but you can tell she doesn't like that it's spicy.
Mina gives Hong Ki her special onigiri that she has made for him saying the one she was holding, in particular, was full of her love. She tells him to eat it quickly! After a few wary moments, Hong Ki accepts the special onigiri and puts it into his mouth. Hong Ki paused in bite and asked her if she put wasabi into the rice (わさび, green horseradish, spicy!) to which she admits she put a little bit of everything, wasabi, natto, and...umeboshi! LOL! Take that Hong Ki! Hong Ki sickly tells her that it's delicious. But you can tell from the look on his face that he's already not feeling too well. He tells her that her love is "sour, delicious and greasy!". To which she replied, "my love has those charms. It has that deep taste." =P
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| Hong Ki tries Mina's special onigiri and can barely hold it in. |
After dinner, they decide to drink wine, but there's no corkscrew to be found. So Hong Ki improvises by using a type of screwdriver and a mallet. Mina jokes that there's always the sound of construction at the house. As they desperately try anything to pull the cork out, the screwdriver comes loose and wine squirted out onto Mina. Whoops! After more struggling they are finally able to pull out the cork and enjoy their glasses of wine.
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| Tap tap tap, thump thump thump. |
As they sat talking, Mina brings up that she still has a wish from her postcard left. (The puzzle card that Hong Ki asked her to put together when they first met, the message on the back said that she could have one wish.) She wishes that Hong Ki would sing to her. Loose from the wine, Hong Ki gets up to sing "Hong Ki's Live House Version" of "Love Love Love"/"사랑 사랑 사랑". As he sings, Mina begins to cry with emotion which surprises Hong Ki. He is so touched, he tells her that he will sing for her whenever she wants him too. In return, he asked that she sing for him one day.
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| "Annyeong nae sarang sarang sarang..." |
After dinner, they decide to play with some fireworks outside for a little while. Now mind you, it's still winter, so they go outside with their coats on to keep warm against the cold brisk air. Mina suggests a game. (These two are forever playing games and competing against each other!) They would each light a sparkler, and the one whose light goes out first doesn't have as much love as the other person. (I think this is a test to see which one loved the other more, supposedly.)
Hong Ki lights Mina's first and chuckles that he would be the one benefiting from that move in the end. As Hong Ki plays with his sparkler, Mina holds hers steady. In the end, Hong Ki's sparkler, much to his disbelief, goes out first. LOL, hello Hong Ki, you fanned the fire with more oxygen as you twirled the sparkler around! They continue to play with little aerials.
In their confessions, Hong Ki vows to lift Mina (support) and let go of his reservations a little. While Mina confesses that Hong Ki seems to be becoming more and more of a man instead of a brother to her. Aww....
Taecyeon and Gui Gui
It looks like it's been some time since these two have met each other last. And it looks like it's still quite cold because Gui Gui immediately asks Taecyeon for his coat once they start filming. (Honestly, I think she acts like a kid sometimes just to see how much she can get away with. Oh, us sly little females.) Being the gentleman that he is, Taecyeon drapes his coat around Gui Gui's shoulders.
They cautiously head down the street since it's very slippery. I couldn't help but notice that she was wearing the silver shoes he bought her. As they move along, they are given their next mission card. Today is their wedding shoot, so they have to come up a with a theme and take wedding photos! To me this is kind of weird because in America, you don't take pictures till the day of the wedding, with all your family and friends and bridal party. Very interesting that Koreans do a whole photo shoot prior to the wedding day.
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| Mission card time! |
Off they head to the bridal shop and begin to pick out themes and clothing. (@Primavera Luxury Wedding Shop) They are greeted by the wedding planner and she takes them back to a room that is lined with beautiful wedding gowns of all types. They have picked one out for Gui Gui, a sleeveless lace with tulle bottom with roses, based on her tastes. Gui Gui picked out another, a floral halter type of dress with lace. The planner suggests another type of dress with a different type of look, sort of like a mermaid. Gui Gui doesn't seem to understand the planner, so Taecyeon takes it upon himself to show her what type of dress it is. He started by outlining the shape of the dress, when that didn't work, he laid down on his side and moved his legs together as if it were the tail part of a fish. "Mermaid, you know mermaid?" he asked her. Quite hilarious and you can see that the planner is trying hard to be polite and not laugh. Finally, Gui Gui understands. She isn't feeling like a mermaid dress, but seemed to like a mini dress that Taecyeon had picked out.
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| What's a 'mermaid' dress? Taecyeon will show you! |
Taecyeon goes to pick up a tuxedo and immediately pulls out a white tux with a long tailcoat and stitching accents on the lapels. Quite princely and dashing. Although, Gui Gui makes fun that it's like a penguin. (does the motion) They both head back to their respective dressing rooms to try the clothing on.
Gui Gui gets dressed first, so Taecyeon waited for her in the waiting room, of course. After waiting twenty minutes, the curtain is revealed to show an enchanting Gui Gui in the dress the shop had picked out for her. Taecyeon has a huge smile on his face and claps in approval. Gui Gui likes the dress, and Taecyeon snaps a photo so they can compare later.
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| Enchanting Gui Gui |
As Gui Gui puts hers second dress on, Taecyeon decides to call around for groomsmen. His first call goes to ZE:A's Kwang Hee (To The Beautiful You) and he invites him to the shoot the next day. Kwang Hee asks if there will be anyone attending from the bride's side and I don't think Taecyeon thought about that, but he assumed there would be. Then scolds Kwang Hee saying that he's a married man, too. (At the time of filming, Kwang Hee was also in the all Korean version of We Got Married) Kwang Hee tells him he wants to look at the bridesmaids, not date them. Taecyeon tells him to look charming and handsome. And Kwang Hee says he will and that he will need to put extra cushions in his shoes because Taecyeon is so tall. Taecyeon jokes that he will need five of those cushions! Lol.
Taecyeon's second call goes to 2AM's Jung Jinwoo, who coaches him on how surprised and happy he should look when the curtain opens. Because, he reasoned, women look at how men react when they see them in the dress. He doesn't get to ask him to come to the wedding though because Gui Gui is ready in her next dress.
And Gui Gui appears in a vision of chiffon and floral lace and appliques. As coached by Jinwoo, Taecyeon over reacts to the dress by clapping and smiling exuberantly. Umm...you could already tell it was fake. And Gui Gui had immediately caught on. She tell him that maybe they should close and open the curtain again. Haha. Taecyeon you dummy...
Taecyeon goes ahead and snaps a photo of Gui Gui and while he is fiddling with the settings, she asks him a question, "Tomorrow, Nichkhun will come?" I couldn't believe she asked that! Taecyeon's response was of surprise and questioned why she was asking. She replies that "Nichkhun is your team, so it's very yes..." (I think she meant he's a member of the group so why wouldn't he come?) But Taecyeon was already annoyed. He said "Wae, wae, wae? Why are you asking about Nichkhun? Nichkhun is not your husband!" LOL. She says that she hopes that he will come and asks Taecyeon if he was angry. Taecyeon, polite as always, sighs and says "no" and take a picture.
In his interview, Taecyeon stated that he WAS going to ask his members to come, but after that, Nichkhun will never come there. If he did, he was going to send him back immediately! Oo, jealous! It's so cute when guys get jealous!
Gui Gui tries on another dress, and emerges in the mini dress with tulle (?) skirt. It's actually the cutest of the three, but not very suitable for a wedding if you ask me. Taecyeon seems to be happy and he snapped another photo.
It's Taecyeon's turn to try on his clothing and he appears very princely in the white "penguin" suit. After parading a little around the pedestal in front of the mirrors, they both agreed they liked the suit. He was quite dashing, if I may say so myself! So handsome!
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| Dashing Taecyeon |
His next suit looked more like an event suit. It's a dark blue suit with plaid lapels and plaid pants. Umm...no. Wedding Taecyeon! Wed-ding!
They sit down to make their selections and once that's set, they are off to their wedding shoot. Gui Gui is reluctant to go, but Taecyeon encouraged her with exclamations of "Yeppuda"! "Happy!" (Yeppuda means "pretty".)
Through the magic of television, we skipped to the next day where Taecyeon meet up at the studio where their wedding photo shoot will occur. Taecyeon tells Gui Gui that he's heard that wedding photo shoots are a lot more tiring for the bride, so being the considerate guy he is, he gives her a signal to let him know when she needs a break. If she scratches his shoulder, he will lean over and offer his shoulder to lean on for a bit. And then once she is rested, they will charge back in.
The studio they've arrived at looks more like a beautiful two story home than a studio. They head down the winding staircase with the photographer to a garden area where they will begin.
Cut to the garden where Taecyeon is waiting for Gui Gui. He is dressed in a very formal black tux with white shirt and black tie. (When I saw this, I could only think thank God he ditched the plaid!) Still as dashing as ever! He looks up to see Gui Gui coming down the stairs and immediately goes up to gently guide her down the stairs. (She's dressed in the first dress, by the way.)
Their first set-up is with Gui Gui on the boat and Taecyeon helping out by blowing fog around her so she looks like she's traveling in a mist. Taecyeon tried his best to blow the fog, but unfortunately stronger winds were blowing the fog away from Gui Gui. This frustrated both Taecyeon and the photographer especially who was trying to get the perfect shot.
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| Right out of a fairytale |
Next, the photographer asks Gui Gui to sit down and look far off into the distance with an expression on her face like she's thinking of her love. The photographer mistakenly calls Taecyeon Nichkhun which illicits an outburst of "Nichkhun? Oh Nichkhun!" Whoo boy, if you looks could maim, the look Taecyeon had was just like that. Later, Gui Gui confesses that she liked to see Taecyeon jealous. She thinks that if a lover gets jealous, it means he loves her. Oh the tricks women play!
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| "Nichkhun? Oh Nichkhun!" Uh oh...hehe, he's giving me the evil eye! |
Finally, Taecyeon and Gui Gui are asked to stand face to face and look at each other. This seems to be too close for comfort for Gui Gui because she can't make eye contact and keeps laughing. She explains that it's "hot". Yeah, I would be too girl, I would be too...
After relaxing a bit, Gui Gui is finally able to settle down and do the final shots outdoors.
My thoughts:
Can I just say that I absolutely love wedding shoots now? How special to have a photo shoot before the actual wedding? You get more time the day of the wedding to prepare, you're not that stressed out, and I'm thinking, a shoot is one way of getting what you actually wanted done before the real thing! Genius! In America, we do engagement photo shoots to announce the upcoming nuptials. You can get pretty creative with those, but you don't really get dressed up for it. I think that's what I like about these shoots in Korea, you can get dressed up twice!
This episode was eye opening to me for both couples. Mina got a taste of what Hong Ki likes to eat, or rather can eat. And Hong Ki found out the hard way that Mina isn't as sweet as she looks. LOL, umeboshi!
I loved when Hong Ki began singing to her. His voice is so unique, you can tell it's him just by listening to him once. And even though it wasn't an actual performance, he still sounded great. I could seriously listen to his singing for hours. Oh wait, I already do! =P
And Taecyeon and Gui Gui's photo shoot was just so enchanting. If you search for their photos online, you will see what I mean. That photographer knows what he's doing. It was literally breathtaking. Makes me want to have that! And what girl wouldn't want to have photos like those, especially when you have to look into a handsome idol's face? Sigh...
One of my favorite episodes yet!
Sources: We Got Married Global Facebook and YouTube Channel
More We Got Married Global Posts Coming!
To all my visitors and readers, I'm slogging through the reviews for the reality show "We Got Married Global". Not because I don't want to do them! I do want to! I seriously have a lot of catching up to do, but things keep popping up that distract me!
I know there are some of you that have been looking at the posts, so all I can say is please bear with me. I will have them up soon!
~The Fab Filorean
I know there are some of you that have been looking at the posts, so all I can say is please bear with me. I will have them up soon!
~The Fab Filorean
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
CNBlue's Minhyuk Shares A Sneak Peek On Tour
I hardly come across anything other than photos of CNBlue, and most of them are press related photos. But when they posted a video on their Facebook page, I immediately went to take a look.
In the video, drummer Min Hyuk shares a sneak peek on his cam of some of the backstage goings on during the "Blue Moon" tour.
Here's the link below, take a look!
Sources: CNBlue YouTube and Facebook pages
In the video, drummer Min Hyuk shares a sneak peek on his cam of some of the backstage goings on during the "Blue Moon" tour.
Here's the link below, take a look!
Sources: CNBlue YouTube and Facebook pages
FT Island's Choi Jong Hun Bares It, Again!
What do we know about FT Island's Leader and lead guitarist, Choi Jong Hun?
We all know that he rocks on the guitar....
And can croon a tune that will make a girl's heart melt....
He's shown that he can be a romantic, sometimes a cheesy and hard to read one, but a romantic....
And to keep up his strength for all the performances and appearances, he obviously tries to look good by keeping fit....
He's stunned with his megawatt smile, his charms and killer body once before....
And now he's done it again....this time for Elle.
So go on ladies/gals/girls, enjoy the post! And if you see any other photos from the shoot, please share!
On another note, wasn't Lee Hong Ki supposed to be working out with him? Wonder what his results are like?
Note: I do not own any pictures. All credit goes to their rightful owners.
We all know that he rocks on the guitar....
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| Jong Hun Rocking Out to His Guitar Solo in "Like Birds"/"Sadeul Cheoreom" |
And can croon a tune that will make a girl's heart melt....
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| Taking the Mic On Accoustic Guitar In Concert |
He's shown that he can be a romantic, sometimes a cheesy and hard to read one, but a romantic....
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| On His First Date With K-Pop Singer Choi Gina (aka G.Na) on the reality show, "The Romantic and the Idol Season 2". Sadly, they didn't work out. |
And to keep up his strength for all the performances and appearances, he obviously tries to look good by keeping fit....
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| Keeping Fit. Even For an Album Sleeve. (Note: Extremely filtered) |
He's stunned with his megawatt smile, his charms and killer body once before....
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| Baring it for Elle Girl |
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| And again for Elle's upcoming issue. |
So go on ladies/gals/girls, enjoy the post! And if you see any other photos from the shoot, please share!
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| Cute gif. I had to put it in. Nice work to whoever did this. |
On another note, wasn't Lee Hong Ki supposed to be working out with him? Wonder what his results are like?
Note: I do not own any pictures. All credit goes to their rightful owners.
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