Saturday, December 31, 2011

Celebrating my New Year with Kim Hyun Joong~

Let's see, what was he up to after winning Best Male Solo Artist in MAMA11 and KIA Soul People’s Choice in SIA11?

Lots! Hyung has been beeezzzzy... so I have to pick and choose. I haven't been updating as diligently as I should, but there are better blogs that are more dedicated to hyung out there, so I'm not inclined to feeling guilty  about this.

In SBS Gayo Daejun alone he gave us many performances:

29.12.11
 
He's owning this performance now. 

Love the show, hate the lighting (arrgh, my eyes!). Anyway, I've never heard this version of the song before. Or maybe it's in the LE, you know... that LE that I've had for months now still within the bubble plastic it's wrapped in. Uhuh. He looks like a Vampire Prince, or Alien Prince, or something ethereal and not of this earth. I think he should totally play a cold-blooded psycho killer in a movie some day, he'd be perfect for that role. 

Hyung's getting all the gurlz! First, it's Miss A (Suzy), now two After School ladiez (Nana and Kahi)! Oh, and I vote for no glasses in all hyung's later shows, unless they're the stylishly classy transparent kind. Did you see those eyes?? They're not meant to be covered, dude. Let us see them next time, kay~

I found this video. Thank you, fellow fan koreanlover1fan2.

I purposely put the opening teaser last coz hoshizlookathim *jaw dropped*. He looks very good in black. Or in anything and nothing, I guess. Yes, I'm remembering that shower scene right now.


30.12.11

I think this is the performance where I've seen him smile the most and the longest. And he's very playful towards select members of the audience, namely pretty ladiez. Sorry boys. This one likes us too much to swing your way. Of all his performances, I like Lucky Guy the best (esp when coupled with Do You Like That). And of all his solo songs, I like I'm Your Man the most.

I knew this performance is going to go somewhere! I made a post about his Rainism dance in my blog, and I'm so glad he's showing it to us again. You know what will top this? The Baek Brothers dancing to Rainism. Oh oh, better yet: Hyung and Rain perform it together in a concert...his or Rain's, I don't care. That'll be epic. At least, for me it will be. I wish the lighting here is brighter though.

If I miss any other video from the SBS Gayo Daejun, please lemme know.

O yeah, just wanna say that even though I'm not a Seung Gi fan, I thought he's holding up the SH show really well without Kang Ho Dong. He's really good at this hosting thing. I found hyung's subbed cut in a recent ep:



That's it for now. Happy New Year evewwyone! *confetti* \(^o^)/


Friday, December 30, 2011

Another shining gem of Ireland

Dr. Crane just pops out and grabs your eyeballs, doesn't he? The first time I saw him, my jaw dropped and then I was sputtering completely incomprehensible words. Or maybe they were squeaky noises, I dunno.

He has that dark hair, pale skin, piercing eyes thing that is sorta familiar to me by now, ever since I got a bit obsessed with Merlin. I mean, it's either that or flaming red hair, pale skin and piercing eyes with the Irish lot I get on my TV. I wish I had done the whole road trip bit in Ireland when I was studying in the UK. But hey, poor student equals no money nor time for traveling. Meh.

There were these two guys in my class in univ that caught my eyes, and thinking back... I think they're probably Irish lads. What is this? Am I psychically geared towards being attracted to Irish guys? :P

Anyway, here's a bit about a film where his character is a transsexual woman. I have to admit, even I don't move that femininely (and was in awe when I was watching the clip). 

Isn't Cillian Murphy delicious? I shall never be able to input into my head that this is a husband and a father of two.

I have no idea where to get the film here, and short of downloading it, I'm not sure I'll be able to buy it online coz I'm on a tight budget in 2012... want to start saving again (I want to buy a Mac~~) so am cutting a lot of my entertainment budget since I have been spending like a headless chicken this year. 

O hey, look. Tomorrow is the last day of 2011!!!


Friday, December 23, 2011

Sukkie in drag! MKMF 2007

Hey thar, pretty~

 

Well, for someone whose all-time favourite picture of Gackt is that one with him dressed as a blonde geisha, it's easy to take this in my stride. Jrockers are usually heavily made up and as pretty as a pretty thing anyway. But it's funny looking at the audience. Some looked overwhelmed, poor guys. The girls all seemed really excited though... :P


Friday, December 9, 2011

Happy Belated Birthday to Me!

Let's celebrate with cake!



Well, since hubby did not fulfill his promise of buying me cake and a big bunny stuffed toy by conveniently falling sick after he got back from a 3-day work thing, I'm rebelling by staying down here with a muted Harry Potter movie on TV and 5 lovely men topped with icing.

Why is he so quiet? I'd better get back upstairs and see if he's still alive.

ETA:

He's not even feverish. Men are such babies. I'm cooking his comfort food and then I'm off shopping by myself, if it doesn't rain, that is. After so many years of being married, I still find my own company more exhilarating. How sad.

Belated birthday wish time! Things I want to have by 45, if I'm still not dead yet (what is the point, I'm asking ya??).

  1. Manga Cafe
  2. Japanese degree
  3. Translation diploma
  4. Some kind of Arts certificate (not sure about how and what to get, must do more research)
  5. A published fiction (self-published is also okay)
I didn't even complete my Nanowrimo...heh. I feel like I have no business concocting goals in my blog coz that's a rather surefire way for me not to go and accomplish them.

Real life feels so much more exciting when they're captured in a 31" monitor and compressed to 1/3 of a billionth its size.


More slow songs from Kim Hyun Joong (solo)

I'm in the mood for collecting his slow songs in one place today. Look out for the "hyung slow songs" label to find them all.












Aaaaand a bit of rap on the side. When I thought I can't possibly love him more, I found clips like this.

Wait a minute...he still remembers that song?? WGM fans will be very pleased (and that includes me!)

This is the first time we've heard him sing it in full, ladies. So enjoy it!!!


Chibi Kim Hyun Joong!

Well, not so chibi considering he's like a head taller than I am. But this is the full video of that high school concert when he was still playing bass. I bet he was very popular back then, and as oblivious about his charm as he is now.


Army Boys

Why is everyone I'm following joining the army this year?? It's like a massive co-ordinated effort to deprive me of eye candies! *wails selfishly*

Let us look at the pretties who have left the bright lights only to emerge in the future at a time when I'm too old to care anymore...maybe.


On the other hand, how can I ever not care about Lee Jun Ki? And he's gonna be released in February (man, these news reports. 'Released' makes him sound like a criminal, or something)


Heechul may not be my most favourite member, but Super Junior feels incomplete without him. I will especially miss him during Mr. Simple since that's the song & performance I really really like right now. He just got in, so it'll be a long time before he comes out. 


Okay, so maybe there's no such thing as forgetting Rain no matter how many years he's out of the public eye. He's just too awesome for his own good.


And today I just found out that my favourite Jae Wook has already joined the military too. Well, that's a surprise. And I'm sort of maybe quite irritated for not knowing about it sooner. I hope he'll always be in good health while serving his country. I got interested in him when he played Sun Ki in Coffee Prince. Then I watched Antique and I knew about The Walrus, and the love happens. I've been following him on and off for awhile now. I just never thought that not looking up his fan page for a few months would end up in me finding news of him going off for his military venture. Demmit.

Hyun Bin is in the army too, but too lazy to paste pictures since I'm not too much into him.

Did I miss anyone else?

Gong Yoo is going strong after his release from the army. His new movies are Second First Love (film and theme song), and now The Crucible. I have to get the DVDs since I dunno how else am I gonna get to watch them here. And anyway, I hate going to the cinema to watch movies of actors I love a bit too much. The sombre atmosphere (or maybe that's just in Malaysian cinemas) is too suffocating. I miss him in dramas though. Yeah, us fans are selfish creatures who want the guys we love to be in the spotlight 24-7.

Joo Ji Hoon has been released! Wow, that sentence made it sound like he's some kind of production. But honestly Ji Hoon, please don't make us worry again, kay. Have a healthy life and work hard!

(I wonder when hyung is going off for his military service. He's 26 next year, so maybe soon. Just the thought of it makes me wanna cry buckets.)

Love Kim Hyun Joong

Remember the post where I said my favourite hyung's songs are the slowass ones, despite my usual preference for loud rock and dance music? Here's another one and it's a cover song:



Anyway, I think his voice is suited to rock. I wish he'd form a band on the side, you know...like Johnny Depp or Kim Jae Wook. I wanna see him play the guitar again. And singing while playing the guitar, pretty please?

Kim Hyun Joong - Kiss Kiss music video (?) and performing with glasses!

I found this video and it looks official enough. I know I've bought the LE months ago and if there's an official video like this, it ought to be in that LE. But I'm this weird person who seems to always be reluctant to unwrap the parcel of goodies she was excited about when she purchased it...a year ago. So yeah, no clue about its existence until a few minutes ago.



And I know he wears glasses, but I've never seen him perform wearing them on stage before so forgive me for shrieking like a banshee when I stumbled across this clip:




Wednesday, November 30, 2011

[Video] Awesomest entrance eva! by Kim Hyun Joong

His image for the 2nd mini album seems to go in a really different direction to his 1st. Not that his 1st mini album has a destination it's fixing its sight on, since it's a mix of styles that feels more like hyung going through several phases on a whim rather than him trying to get a fix on where he's going next.

But when you're Kim Hyun Joong and looks as good when he's a badass leather-and-chain type guy in Breakdown as when he's a bubble-gum, beach-going boy in Kiss Kiss, I don't think he'll get any complaint from his legion of fans. Certainly not from me. And noises from critics don't count...after all, they're not the ones buying his songs and albums.

The styles for the songs in the 2nd mini album seem to have a theme though, judging from the looks on the album cover and the performances. When I watch him in Do You Like That and Lucky Guy, I think of a cool, bratty and sexy mafia playboy entering a casino or cabaret with a bevy of beauties and men in black at his beck and call. I wonder what hyung was trying to say, but my bothersome conscience is distracted by the creamy expanse of smooth flesh in display from unbuttoned shirts he put on in every show.

There're 5 songs in his 2nd mini album, and my favourite has to be no. 4 (I'm Your Man). I dunno why, but despite me disliking ballad, R&B, slow songs, I find that when hyung sings them, they turn out to be the ones I got completely bawled over by. He may not be the lead vocal in SS501 and may never win Best Vocal in a MAMA award, but he knows his strengths and weaknesses and he's always managed to pick songs that suit his range the best.

So far, all his non-dance songs are my favourite: Because I'm Stupid (solo version), Never Again (concert solo version), One More Time, Please, and now I'm Your Man. Love his voice when he sings these songs. I don't care if I'm not supposed to sing I'm Your Man coz it's supposed to be sung by a man and I'm obviously not a man...I want to learn to sing this one!

Anyway, back to the main topic, which is the title of this post: his performance at the 2011 Style Icon Award. Love love love his entrance:

And he won the Popularity Award. It's his 3rd time in a row, and I'm not surprised. Look at him, how can he not win every year? The commentators were talking about the entrance too, wish I understood what they were blathering about. And I found his rehearsal videos too! Thanks ultra Hyun Joong fans...or whoever you are who filmed this! You gals rock~

Saturday, November 19, 2011

[Music Video] Kim Possible Theme Song

Coz she kicks ass. She's also a cheerleader who doesn't hang out with the cool crowd and best friend with a tech nerd and a cute wierdo who has a ferret as a pet. What's not to like?



Friday, July 22, 2011

[Song] Kristal - Memikat Hati

Song in Youtube

Memikat Hati (R. Azmi)

Pakai baju kanchinglah suasa

Pakai mari babalah melaka

Biar saya rosaklah binasa

Kerana dia tidak mengapa

Dari mana mahulah ke mana

Sayang che mamat menjual padi

Dari mana mahulah ke mana

Sayang che mamat menjual padi

Cantiklah pun tidak sebagailah mana

Sudah tersemat di dalam hati

Pakai baju kanchinglah suasa

Pakai mari babalah melaka

Biar saya rosaklah binasa

Kerana dia tidak mengapa

Pucuk pauh di atas batu

Anak sembilang di tapak tangan

Pucuk pauh di atas batu

Anak sembilang di tapak tangan

Pucuk pauh di atas batu

Anak sembilang di tapak tangan

Sungguhlah pun jauh di negeri satu

Hilang di mata di hati jangan


dari Kuad JPA

Saturday, June 18, 2011

[Rock Your Day] Kitade Nana - Kibou no Kakera (JROCK)

I want to start this feature post coz I've always wanted to get to know all the interesting music out there in this genre.

And also coz there're so so many good bands that I know nothing about simply because they're not mainstream enough to catch my attention.

It doesn't help that they disband and regroup every 2 months. Okay, I exaggerate, but what I mean is... it's very difficult to keep track of them.

I'm gonna do this by randomly picking any group that pops up in my search whose songs I like.

[Investigation File] Lee Ji Ah - the mystery revealed

Well, I'm not her fan... but I do like her ex-husband's music kind of a lot. Uhuh, apparently the 'Alien' did not appear out of nowhere in 2007 as we thought. I'll just copy-paste what I found this morning here. Ami shock!
Legendary rock star Seo Taiji, known as an iconic musician in the 90s and dubbed by his fans as Korea's "culture president", stunned the public after the daily SportsSeoul reported on Thursday that Seo has secretly been married to actress Lee Ji-ah for the past 14 years and they are in middle of a divorce. (link)
I don't know why the love life of the artists I'm obsessed with should be any of my (or any fan's) concern, but there you go... apparently his fans are disappointed because he lied to them about his status. It's easy to see why he lied, you eejits. Coz else, you people will never leave him and his family alone.

Interestingly, Lee filed for divorce in 2006, about a year before she debuted. Too much stress? It's not easy to be a power couple, I guess. 14 years of marriage and now they've got an alimony suit to show for all the memories they shared together. Divorce proceedings suck.

[Update] Kim Hyun Joong in SBS "Night After Night"

I hope it will be uploaded (and subbed) as soon as possible.

Request for English sub - KHJ TV (2)







[Update] Kim Hyun Joong at Music Countdown, Music Core and Music Bank

(Hear the cheering in the audience? They used to shout the names of all the boys when each sings his part in a song. Now all the voices call out his name. Awesome.)

 




His subbed speech is here.



Wednesday, June 15, 2011

[Song] Please - Kim Hyun Joong


Sing it the way I hear it:

(Lyrics)

Hey Yeah

Sule chiyeso I cried
Noye jibapeso norul gidaryo
Bulikkojin jiburo dulokanun
Gewa norul bogo sumi makhyosso
Nunul makchugo ibul makchugo
Gurul aggo jamidul
Nega nomu miwoso
Ipsul kemulgo nunmul samkigo
Jongshin nagan saramchorom so isso

Nan ojik norago
Yongwoni norago
Tojoborin nunmulle jujoanja bullo
Nol bullo
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why don’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram bomyo utjima
Jebal no gu saram ip makchujima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

nunul gamumyon Baby
ajikdo nega gyoteitnun got gata
ne sumkyoli ne sarangi neaneso
domanggaji mothage butjabgo issulle
biga neryoso modu shitgoso
ibyolan ge kiokdurul sarajige hago shipo
odum sokero do mon gosuro
ne apun nunmuldurul deryoga jo

Nan ojik norago
Yongwoni norago
Tojoborin nunmulle jujoanja bullo
Nol bullo
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why don’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram bomyo utjima
Jebal no gu saram ip makchujima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

pojinun dambe yongi sairo
norul hutojige hedo
hayage nega do-uk gipge segyojo
norul monijo

Oh Girl
hey hey ho

Dashi negero wa

Michil det soricho nomanul saranghe
Norul bonen jalmote
Huwihamyo biro
Nan biro
I just don’t get it, get it,
Why can’t you get it, get it,

Jebal no gu saram pume anjima
Jebal no gu saram saranghajima
Cuz you’re the cheater, a liar,
and a killer

Oh Baby, I need you

You took my love
and killed it girl

You took my love

You took my love
and killed it girl

You took my love
and killed it girl

irojima

You took my love
and killed it girl

Why my heart cries
Oh Girl, (It’s) like you killed me

You took my love
and killed it girl

Baby you killed it
Jebal nal donakajima

[Song] Confession - Kim Kyu Jong (SS501)

Thank you amazesing!

[Investigation File] Sexy stage - Kim Hyun Joong

This is the performance he did when he said in an interview how he wanted to create a 'sexy stage' but he didn't think he succeeded to do it as he wanted it.


This is the 'sexy stage' he created years after that. What do you think? Has he succeeded? (I think he has, but let not my opinion sway your decision).


If you must know, I think the sexiest stage he has ever created to date was when he ripped his shirt off during 'Please Be Nice to Me'. That was... mmm, very nice.

Oh, did you notice he said in the Section TV interview how he's managed to do the 'free stage for fans' performance that he's kept saying he wanted to do ever since his SS501-DSP years? Isn't he all sorts of awesome?? I wish I were part of the audience when that history was made in hyung's life.

[Archive] Today's YTvid collection - Kim Hyun Joong

English-subbed:

Kim Hyun Joong's Entrance Cut at KDG
Kim Hyun Joong Interviewed by Children
SH Kim Hyun Joong Cut
Kim Hyun Joong Talks about Bae Yong Joon
Kim Hyun Joong @ Inki
Hyun Joong at MBC Sports Interview on 15 April 2011
20110607 SHOWCASE BREAK DOWN PRESS CONFERENCE ONE, TWO


Unsubbed:

Kim Hyun Joong on E!TV StarQ10 Cut News
Kim Hyun Joong (SS501) Break Down @ SH

[Engsubbed] MBC Section TV Interview with Hyun Joong on 12 June 2011

Yeay! My request was fulfilled (well, I'm sure it's purely coincidental but I'm grateful nonetheless). It's subbed!!! Thanks so much!


I want to write letters to him (in Korean, a language I have not learnt yet)! And I can say I love him more than my hubby too! With hubby's permission... of course, since he's a fanboy who totally asked me to buy a SS501 concert DVD the other day and pawed at it like a kitten when we got back home so I could put the video on because he doesn't know how to work the new player no matter how many times I tried to teach him. I watched hyung's new MV with him sitting beside me trying to look all bristly and jealous coz I was openly salivating at too much sexiness. Awwww...

You can find more subbed video here. Watch them quick! Before it gets taken down by the self-righteous copyright defenders~

Yoshiki (X-Japan) at Anime Central 2011

You know, if you had died circa 2000 and one of your biggest regrets in life was the disbandment of X-Japan, you can rest easy in your grave now coz this day has finally come.

The guy looks like he hasn't aged at all. Friggin' amazing.


Monday, June 13, 2011

[Investigation File] SS501 forever~

Did they co-ordinate their outfits (and performances) or something? Hyung and Yeong Saeng seemed to mirror each other.. the single glove, the sunglasses, black on white theme, shades of gray in alternate places. *ish a happy fangirl*


Request for English sub - KHJ TV

Please??


[Update] Kim Hyun Joong SBS "Strong Heart" Teaser ...and other UPDATES

Yes, yes... I'm updating again. Now that hyung is back and looking sexier than ever, how can I resist blabbing about him all over the place?


Kyaaaaaaaaaa! Another show! Okay, this makes all the months of not having KHJ on my screen worth the wait.

Hope they sub it quickly... thing with hyung, if we can't enjoy his 4D talk then it'll be like soooo frustrating.

Doesn't he look so grown up now? He's lost most of his chubby face, all lean machine now. I keep going "Wow, he looks so much more like a dancing mannequin," coz of his excessive prettiness. The mature look suits him, even if I did wish he had a cuter-styled hair. Well, at least it's not a bowl cut or dyed platinum / strawberry blonde hair. Eeeep.

Speaking of pretty, hyung confessed to having a nose job. Ha! I could almost hear a cacophony of "We told you so!!!" LOL. He said he did it after his nose was hit (smashed? thwacked? tapped?) by a stone, but I dunno why that should distract antis and their grandmothers from the fact that Mr. Perfect had his nose done.

Oh, I just looked this up coz I'm not into fanclubs so I'm very sorry I missed it. I'm still a TRUE FAN~~~ (whatevs). I'm just trying to imagine what antis will make out of Henecia... there are some interesting words that rhyme with it out there, if you have all the time in the world as antis do to indulge in that sorta past time. Anyway, does that make us Henecians, then? That sounds pretty rad, actually. I think we should start looking up a potential home planet.

As usual, I like to torture myself by reading reviews on albums by artists I like, knowing that these critics write them by focusing solely on the songs and performances with no regard for the artists' hotness factor. Of course that kind of dry objectivity is permissible with some artists, but not with Kim Hyun Joong.

It's like trying to say Madonna, Britney Spears, Justin Timberlake, George Michael and Lady Gaga should rank lower in the chart coz they have limited vocal range but hey they're skilled at working with what they've got to make themselves sound good. (Duh. I wonder if these critics ever realize how redundant their columns are before they publish them).

Despite KHJ not being anywhere in the vicinity of those pop deities, it still holds true that an idol is a complete package and somehow KHJ just exudes idol charisma. I used to wonder about it too, until I saw him for myself from afar. He's just such a blinding light and I was floating from happiness despite being squashed by hundreds of screaming fangirls throughout the meet-up session. Borrowing a line from his new song... "I just don't get it, get it."

I tried to watch the highly-rated Oh! Ah! and Girl by Kim Hyung Jun (a.k.a. the other KHJ)... mmm, nope. No feeling whatsoever. No to Jung Min's Not Alone either. I guess it depends on what you like and whom you like. No amount of ratings from even the most seasoned of critics can make you feel for a song or a performance or an artist. But I'm a masochist, so I reserve my rights to continue reading those review columns as much as I want.

By the way, Break Down just nabbed 1st place on the Hanteo Charts, Korea’s largest record sales chart.. so yeah, if someone were to tell me how that is not indicative of a good song, I'll ignore the stupid.

(have you ever tried to sing 'One More Time'? He goes from very low to screaming without his voice sounding like it's experiencing much range. I didn't realize that until I tried to sing it. No matter how I tried, I still can't get the pitch right. It was then that I realized how good he is as a singer. Try it and see, maybe you're a better singer than I am and can get it at first try)

Found a talk where he was asked about that nose job thing he disclosed in the previous TV program and hyung conveniently admitted to suffering from insomnia (video here). I love the way he can twist questions around in interviews and make it work in his favour with apparently no prior planning or scheming. He's a genius at handling obnoxious and belligerent hosts. And when they're nice to him, he'll turn on that mega-wattage charm that has even the male talk show hosts melting in puddles of goo at his feet.

Found a translated interview by Brian Joo where he was asked about hyung. Were they close?

He was in this show too! What is this SBS 'Every Night'? Must look it up later, hope someone uploads it (with sub, please?).

Finally, a (very very short) subbed video...

...and hyung vs. Yeong Saeng at the chart. Woah.

[Song] Broery Marantika - Biarlah Bulan Bicara



(lyrics)

Bulan sabit
Yang jatuh dipelataran
Bintang redup
Tanpa cahaya gemintang
Langkah tanpa arah
Sesat di jalan yang terang
Aku yang terlena dibuai pelukan dosa

Chorus:
Ingin pulang membalut luka hatimu
Ku pun tahu betapa pedih batinmu
Beri kesempatan atau jatuhkan hukuman
Andai maaf pun tak kau berikan

Air mata tulus jatuh di sudut bibir mu
Tak terlintas dendam di bening mata indah mu
Aku yang merasa sangat berdosa pada mu
Masih pantaskah mendampingi mu

Biar lah bulan bicara sendiri
Biarlah bintang kan menjadi saksi
Tak kan ku ulangi walau sampai akhir nanti
Cukup derita sampai di sini

[Song] A Song Calling For You - SS501




Sing it the way I hear it:

(Lyrics)

Morunun chokago chomjom nega to pyone jigo
Kakkum tarunyoja bogo
Saljak kyot nunjildo e bogo

Ije toin kot kata nega neyoja toil kot kata
Nodo ne ma wumal kot kata

Keroke midosso
Karago haji mayo karago haji mayo
Dashi hanbonnal pondamyon

La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 4x
La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 5x

Chepal tonajinun ara ijen twessoyo
Tu bon dashi nun geron marun marayo
Moduchung bune ijen nega al kot katayo
Dashi nun geron marun haji marayo

Han bon punirado chaggu chonado kwoaro bogo
Sarangiran malha naro ne mam dolyo boryo he bogo

Kutnejanun mare chonbu chilyot danun mare
Nega shiro jyot danun ge mare

Amu mal mothe do
Karago haji mayo karago haji mayo
Dashi kedega ondamyon

La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 4x
La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 4x
La 5x ...iroke bullo bado nol bullo bado... la 4x
La 5x ...iroke bullo bado nol bullo bado... la 5x

Chepal tonajinun ara ijen twessoyo
Tu bon dashi nun geron marun marayo
Moduchung bune ijen nega al kot katayo
Dashi nun geron marun haji marayo

Mojilge keroke amurochi anke
Mudomdom hage damdam hage
Ne kyotultona ganayo
Morochil surok chomjom chakajil surok chomjom
Kedemanto ulla nan amu maldo amugotdo

La 5x, La 5x, La 5x, La 5x

La 5x

La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 4x
La 5x ...nol burunun norega iron no rega... la 4x
La 5x ...iroke bullo bado nol bullo bado... la 4x
La 5x ...iroke bullo bado nol bullo bado... la 5x

Chepal tonajinun ara ijen twessoyo
Tu bon dashi nun geron marun marayo
Moduchung bune ijen nega al kot katayo
Dashi nun geron marun haji marayo

Saturday, June 11, 2011

110605 Running Man Ep46 - Kim Hyun Joong (Guest)

...okay, I screamed.

I think maybe I should wait until someone sub this first.


The rest are here.

110609 [HD] Kim Hyun Joong - Let Me Go + Please + Break Down [Solo Debut Stage]

Maybe I was wrong about the sunglasses. Maybe hyung didn't wear it because of some image issues. Maybe he wore it to protect us fangirls from swooning en mass from too much hotness. Case in point - the "Please" performance in this clip:


...and I found the fancam where he was reading the letter to the audience (and it's for all of us fans, of course) in that cute way and crying and, ok... by that time, I'm a goner. It doesn't matter that I was a goner before.


Maybe with Kim Hyun Joong, one is destined to be a goner more than a coupla hundred times in one's short life. Not that I mind.


ETA:

Psssst, did any of you notice that Baby Jun put the KHJ initial on the cover of his CD? I know that their names have the same initial, but everyone sorta takes it for granted that KHJ is hyung's. Don't believe me? Google 'KHJ' and see what turns up. I don't know what Baby meant by it, maybe nothing. But I did go "huh?" when I saw it.

And please don't wank all over my blog about this. Don't kill the messenger. Go PM Baby at his official website to ask him if you feel so strongly about it.

He made me remember why I loved him...

There's a channel in Unifi... my new favourite channel because it's on Korean Entertainment and all the programmes are subtitled: tvN 360.

I was watching MNET KM MUSIC FESTIVAL 2007 when suddenly Gackt was announced. Huh? Huh? And then I screamed with the audience. It's things like this that reminds me why I loved him. I just can't follow him nowadays. Maybe it's just me. My preferences have changed, but I still love the Gackt I've loved before.

His performance:


GACKT will be going on tour in Europe for the second year in a row, traveling through nine countries to perform 14 shows.

YELLOW FRIED CHICKENz 2011 EUROPEAN TOUR
2011/07/20 - Le Bataclan, Paris [FR]
2011/07/21 - Le Bataclan, Paris [FR]
2011/07/23 - E-Werk, Cologne [DE]
2011/07/26 - Melkweg, Amsterdam [NL]
2011/07/27 - Forum, London [UK]
2011/07/29 - Bikini, Toulouse [FR]
2011/07/30 - Razzmatazz, 1 Barcelona [ES]
2011/08/01 - Backstage, Werk Munich [DE]
2011/08/03 - Huxleys, Berlin [DE]
2011/08/04 - Syma B, Budapest [HU]
2011/08/06 - Stodola, Warsaw [PL]
2011/08/07 - Haus, Auensee Leipzig [DE]
2011/08/09 - Arenan, Stockholm [SE]
2011/08/09 - Arena, Moscow Club Moscow [RU]

Friday, June 10, 2011

How can one not fall in love with perfection?



The boy is back!

And how he's grown. I hardly recognized him. If I hadn't been reading his name, I would not have known who he is. I wish he'd lose the sunglasses though. I miss his entire face after so many months not having him sing his own songs in public appearances.




I'm buying the CD! Errrr... next month, coz I hardly have any money left to splurge after iPad2 hijacked my pocket.

Performances for his Comeback Stage are here.

Friday, May 13, 2011

[Video] Asmaradana - Tiara Jacquelina (from the movie 'Puteri Gunung Ledang')

I fell more than a little bit in love with her after watching her dance to this song in an award ceremony. She looked so young, beautiful and lively there and by the time she was up in the air, I was clapping like mad despite not being one of the audience in the hall. I wish we'd have more of this kind of choreography... male back-up dancers dressed only in hakama-like pants flanking the properly dressed in sexy-red girl prancing around with silat-based moves and looking absolutely hot that they give me goosebumps. I go berserk every time she flicks that long tail-whatchamaycallit of her dress. It was perfect.


I wish Merong Mahawangsa could be turned into a musical too. I mean, if Cuci could be turned into one... why not Merong, right? If the lead is still Stephen, I think I'd most most probably go and watch it. I didn't go when he was in Puteri Gunung Ledang the Musical, to my ever lasting regret. KRU needs to call up Tiara Jacquelina and collaborate on this theatrical production, seriously. I feel so strongly about this that I'm actually considering giving this suggestion to them via KRU's official website.

Thursday, April 28, 2011

[Update] All sorts of wonderful people I've been looking up lately

I knew that dude in Spiderman is someone special, coz Harry's never supposed to be that captivating (have you guys read the comics?) and yet next to him, Spiderman becomes almost an insignificant entity. Or maybe that's just coz I hate Tobey McGuire as Peter Parker and it's concentrating on Harry is my coping mechanism. But I never knew how special he is until I accidentally read about him and his academic pursuits that he does in-between his many and various acting and production jobs. Did you know he already has a PhD? Considering how hard it is for me to go on with my study, without having any additional jobs that require me to travel all over the place and presenting me with a gajillion other deadlines on top of my academic ones, he has all my respect.

He's currently taking classes at (gasp) several (!!!) schools with the possibility of pursuing another PhD, all of this while still continuing on with his acting work, and various other pursuits that are too many to list down here. I don't believe it. James Franco, I've always liked to follow overworked celebrities but you are way waaaay up there in that list. Ignore everyone who says you're spreading yourself too thin, a favourite phrase spouted for the purpose of setting limits on other people so they won't get too far ahead. Shah Rukh is kilometers behind you eating your dust, and that's saying a lot. What's more, he gives nice screen-kisses too.


Have you watched the 2011 Oscar Roundtable? How rad is it that we have James Franco AND Colin Firth sitting at the same...well...table and talking about all sorts of things? I want them in a movie together so that afterwards they'd have to do a promo tour where we can hear them talk a mile-a-minute about all sorts of nonsensical things. I think all the other stars are great too... I've loved Nicole Kidman like forever, or at least back when I first caught her in 'Far and Away'. And Natalie Portman as Queen Amidala is the only thing that endears 'The Phantom Menace' to me, although not enough to make me follow the arc to the end. It does seem that they have quite a number of actors (or maybe all of them?) who have previously played real-life people winning the Oscars this year, but I think Colin has played the most real-life people in his dramas as well as in his movies. And who can forget Bridget Jones' Mr. Darcy, where he played a character inspired by his Pride and Prejudice's Mr. Darcy. Who is not a real-life person but still deserves a mention in every blog post that talks about Colin Firth in it. Coz he's teh awesomest, that's why. And for the record, Colin doesn't mind at all that we dredge Mr. Darcy up from the lake all the time.

Oscar Roundtable (part 1 of 7)

I could listen to Colin Firth talk for hours. He doesn't have to do wild antics to amuse me (or the audience), all we need is a good host whom Colin is comfortable with and he'd talk our pants off. I was literally rolling around the floor of my living room listening to their conversation. I was going... what?? what?? and ROFL until I nearly cried when he says, "I think an overly streamlined Scotsman would be very dubious." And that talk show was just beginning.

with Craig Ferguson (part 1 of 2)

There's another awesome person I expressly went on the net to find today, and that is our wee lad from Merlin. I've always been fascinated with the kid who played Mordred, and I just knew that he was also in Nanny McPhee (the sequel). After watching him in the "The Beginning of the End" episode of Merlin, I can't seem to be able to get him out of my mind. Especially that stare... and those eyes. I bet he got a lot of offers without having to audition just by turning that megawatt gaze on the Casting Director. I thought those were contacts, until I watched this interview.


I want to see more of this kid. It's pretty exciting to be able to catch all these talented people so early in their careers and to be able to sort of follow them through their works. I'm not fond of going into their private lives, so I suck at gossiping. But I love to gush about the stuff they do on-screen. Good times.

On the music front, I'm currently listening to Taylor Swift discography. I've got them in my thumbdrive and play them everyday when I commute to and from school. The thing with Swift's songs is they're pretty inspiring. I always find myself listening to them and thinking... hey, this is easy enough. I can write this. Just the lyrics though coz I don't know how to play any musical instrument. They're miles away from my jrock stuff, which get my adrenaline pumping but can never be played at the volume they deserve in polite company. Or in any company, really. Even my friends who are jrock fans would cringe at the volume at which I play them. Swift's songs face no danger of having my friends cringe at them coz they're so non-provocative that I can get even my little sister who can't abide my (loud) taste in music to talk about her songs up to the extent of striking a deal with her to do a little Taylor Swift-home concert once she's good at her guitar (she's recently taken lessons). And I love her music videos... they're so Mills and Boons, aren't they? For a jaded old woman (shut up), the sweet sentiment in them make me go... awwwww, all is probably still alright with the world then.

Monday, April 18, 2011

[Fandom] Yep, still in Merlinland

I'm sorry for flinging this post onto little children. Anyone below 15, please avert your eyes.

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I do believe that if I go on like this, it is quite possible that I'll flunk my study. Or maybe I'm halfway there.

But all my reading has strengthened my resolve to write. And the ideas in my head have nothing to do with subjects remotely academic. Unless I'm studying anatomy. Which I'm not.

It's rare to actually find myself learning when I'm reading fanfictions, but apparently there's a vast difference... as deep as an abyss (which I have never stared down into, so forgive me if the analogy is unsuitable)... when you're in a jrock or jpop fandom and when you're in a European one. Or in this case, Brit.

Words just flow without the restraint of not knowing much of the culture, the people, the language. Authors are not writing in English about non-English people having impossibly complicated English conversations in a completely non-English setting while drinking something that's made in a country entirely populated by mostly non-English speaking people.... and I relish the freedom.

Also, since I studied in the UK (though I didn't have enough money to travel to Ireland, to my everlasting regret) for a bit and watched hours and hours of British telly in defiance of my busy undergraduate schedule, I do get a bit of the jokes... although not most. But enough to make me howl with laughter and splutter saliva all over my laptop monitor.

However, I have to say that after more than a week of intense reading, I have yet to find a single bondage fic... much less S&M, or any plot that doesn't involve fluffy romance and happy ever after. I was so used to at least finding a story with one of the characters dying. And that's RPS, mind you... not even AU. Hmmm, what does that say about jrock/jpop fandom... IDEK.

The strange thing is, all the stories in the Merlin fandom I found... and I do mean ALL!... were so well-written that I'm not even missing those intense, dark, OTT-menacingly-whispered-professions-of-love-while-being-tortured-with-black-candles, nearly suicidal relationships I was so used to bump into while maneuvering the messy j-ent fanfiction corridors.

Obviously I've been missing on a lot of things. I have Colin/Merlin and Bradley/Arthur to thank for this massive discovery. I've yet to move to Season Two because I'm still determined to explore Season One for a second time. And this time I'm to take my sweet time about it... while reading fanfics, watching interviews, looking up making of clips... taking in everything.

O yeah, this mission must be accomplished while churning out technical papers for supervisors and bosses on time. Tricky, that.

Monday, April 4, 2011

Saturday, April 2, 2011

[Fandom] Merlin


Secrets & Magic [1]: Merlin Time



It feels weird... and kind of special... to fangirl over an actor who is not Asian in this blog. I think Colin Morgan is only the 3rd western crush I pimp here. The 1st being Lee Williams, and the 2nd is the ever evolving Colin Firth (Oscar!!!FTW).

I did catch Merlin when it was first aired in Malaysia...what, a year ago? But at that time, I was all... meh, what's this story about? And why is the title character so thin and bony?? Obviously I had no clue of what and who I was talking about coz a few weeks ago, upon watching this one episode of which I no longer remember what it's all about, suddenly a lightbulb went off in my brain and I went... this show is so gay! LOL. Yeah, I'm a slow learner... ^^;;

The show is full of layers and ...mmmm, layers *cough* ...and what with Merlin / Arthur forever looking at Arthur / Merlin like he's the most delectable dish the guy's ever come across while Arthur / Merlin is always looking back at the other dude (I'm not choosy really, whoever's staring hungrily at whoever is good enuff for me) with this pseudo what, what expression... I'm in BL haven... and for once, it's not coming from a japanese / korean / taiwan / hindi source. Loving it.

(note: They do this off-set too. Don't believe me? Watch that roadtrip video, or the S&M video, or their interview videos... or any videos that have CM and BJ together. Or if you're impatient... just watch this~)

After watching a few incomplete episodes (I promise I'll download the whole seasons later, mkay) I concluded that the Brits do BL waaaaaay better than the Americans can ever hope to do. Is it because of their stronger European connection? I was ready to generalize about the whole western cinema not having a clue about subtlety when it comes to boyxboy content before this drama came along.

I mean, seriously... look at Heroes and weep over the loss of having so many hot-looking guys running around and not giving each other suggestive stares even once! At least not that I'm aware of, and sometimes I can be rather dim about these things. But only sometimes! Anyway, I don't watch Supernatural (have a fear of horror) or Prison Break (don't like convict/war/violent stories much), so can't comment about those. But look at Smallville and imagine how much better it would be for us if Clark and Lex have a more super-charged, electrifying bond.. eh? Clark just keeps on chasing after Lex, and Lex can't get enough of doing bad stuff that will keep Clark eternally chasing after him. And all those gorgeous super heroes and super villains and kryptonite-mutants who can come in and play havoc with their love life. Right, I want to cry now.

It's pretty hilarious how Hollywood gets to be morally upright in TV shows that it makes me roll my eyes every friggin' time like... come on people, we already know, ok?

I found these cast videos. Colin Morgan ish so cute!!! Freaks me out when I got to know that he's 25 years old, though. Why? Because I seem to have a harem of boys born in 1986 (hyung, Kame... and now CM). Furthermore, they're all in the lust/love-at-first-sight category so it's not as if I planned any of this. Am I psychic?? Or is the universe trying hard to tell me something????! (But what?)



ETA: I apologize to everyone who got eye burn after staring at so many bolded words. IDEK what happened. Blame it on the crappy modem connection, but I have to check out of this hotel now (hubby's getting antsy.. any minute now and he's gonna confiscate my laptop) so can't go on an edit spree. And once I'm home, it's a different universe so I doubt I'll ever get around to edit it then. But hey, just think of it as squee-ing with bold rather than CAPS... kthxbye~

Thursday, March 31, 2011

[Fanfic] Accidental Memory In The Case Of Death by derryere [NC-17]

Tell me I did not just flunk almost one whole day of work coz of this fic. And an entire night too. It's all Merlin's fault, really. Well, Arthur too... but mostly it's that guy. Merlin, Merlin, Merlin... why now?? Why when I'm having the mother of all deadlines, which I'm ignoring rather nicely right now.

But seriously, how can a guy look ugly one moment and breathtakingly gorgeous the next. Drives me crazy. I don't even bother knowing his real name... I wonder if this is just temporary?



Is it just me or does Arthur remind you of Jensen Ackles??

Anyway. About that fic "the size of a house". It's so cool and epic and made me go, "Man, I could never write like this. Ever. Not in a million years.." Btw, I've bookmarked the Merlin tag in her LJ... (lol)

I hope she doesn't mind me linking it here in blinking neons. Or maybe bolded and in red font.


...and this just gives more fuel to imagination:


I swear Colin Morgan looks more and more beautiful the longer I watch him smiling in those breeches.

I should go to work and fill up that compulsory 4-hour a day thingy. Absolutely not feeling guilty about this coz.. hey! Long weekday hours and occasional weekends! They'll make up for the hours I'm flunking right now.. *ish in denial*

Happy reading, and welcome to my new obsession! (am planning to scour torrent for past episodes) ...oh! And they're continuing the season! After that scare about Season 3 being the final season. Are they actively trying to give me a heart attack??

I really should go now.

Saturday, March 19, 2011

Kamenashi Kazuya is ♥

I miss him, so I went to youtube in search of teh hotness...

Great fanvideo:


My most fave CM of his coz of the extreme yumminess:


...and its making of:


An old video with their senpai that I can't believe still has not been snatched away by the ebil youtube filter:

Saturday, March 5, 2011

[CRUSH] The next generation of Takeshi Kaneshiro

Although Takeshi mostly does movies, is fluent in 5 languages and reclusive like nobody's business.. it's a good thing he's a workaholic and he's popular in Malaysia, so we have a lot of his DVDs/CDs available in video stores here to feed my Takeshi-addiction.

Dean Fujioka has a long way to go before he can even touch the ground Takeshi is walking on, but he's young and hungry. I bet he'll get there and beyond in no time.

Anyway, japanese actors rarely get this big outside of the j-ent circuit (i.e. acting in foreign dramas/movies) or even speak languages other than their own mother tongue this fluently (Gackt, I'm looking at you) so this is quite a find, if I have to say so myself.

The moment I got attracted to him at first sight in "Miss No Good", I knew I have to check him out online. I can't believe it... he's japanese! I thought he's of mixed parentage (coz they bothered to make Si Le's mother a foreigner). Dean Fujioka... will you be my next obsession?



I read that the drama that got him attention is "Corner with Love" ...I'll bookmark that one for later viewing. Right now, I want to finish watching Miss No Good coz it looks interesting.

I don't normally get hooked on dramas I watch on TV.. coz I rarely watch dramas on TV.. or any program on TV (who need TV when you have internet?). It's hubby who usually switches on the TV nowadays. This weekend we had breakfast with the TV on... and coincidentally, this drama was airing right after I finished eating.


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It has 14 ep, which is just nice for me... a bit longer than japanese dramas but shorter than korean ones. I normally get turned off by dramas with tens of episodes.. which is usually the case with chinese dramas. Or maybe those usually come out of Hong Kong.

Found this on his Twitter account and went... EEHHHHHHHHH?? NANI KORE????? LOL

By the way... has anyone watched "Perhaps Love" (Takeshi Kaneshiro, Jacky Cheung and an actress who looks familiar but whose name I forgot)? Saiko da! It reminds me of Moulin Rouge... hehe. I want to buy the DVD!!! *hunting mode on*