bb's ramblings: days of being a BYJ fan... since 2002!
Thursday, July 16, 2009
[KHJ] clips from fan meetings
am sure most of you SS501 or KHJ fans would know that there's ajapanese site that has deliciously clear videos of the boys.
unfortunately, the site operators do not wish for people to repost their videos, and they've said so rather clearly on their site. but, that doesn't and shouldn't stop us from visiting that site to check out those clips, ya?
anyway, here are some links from there that are from the boys' recent outings to taiwan and hong kong.
hehe, i do know that ALOT of fans who had seen them during the fan meetings are missing them like crazy. soooo.... crazy that they're actually plotting, excuse me, i mean planning to fly to seoul in august to catch them in action again!
original in chinese: FANS (taiwan mag), july issue translated into english: xiaochu @Quainte501.com
KyuJong Worked At BBQ restaurant, String Meats Together
KyuJong’s experience of working part time is in relation to food. He worked at a BBQ restaurant before, stringing pieces of chicken meat together. He said “I had to put 3 pieces of chicken meat together in one stick putting an onion between the meats, and I had to do that every day when I worked there.”
The hyper-active JungMin cuts in and said “Ah~Why do I feel that KyuJong is still doing this job now, it is like I smelt the BBQ smell here~”
And YoungSaeng has not much experience of working part time, he indicated that he has only worked in a convenient shop before.
JungMin’s mother was “yakult mother”, selling yakult on her motorbike, and the filial JungMin helped his mother by promoting the advantages of drinking yakult.
The One & Only Secret Among Members
SS501 has been together for a few years now, are there anything that happened among yourselves which is not known to others?
Leader HyunJoong said “Everyone has been together for a long time, there is no secret which can be kept from each other.”
However, when we talked about topic on hot spring, JungMin disclosed a secret of HyungJoon unexpectedly “Even though our members have known each other for 5 years, but HyungJoon is still not willing to bathe or soak in hot spring with the rest. Thus, ‘HyungJoon’s naked body’ should be the biggest secret among SS501 members. Anyway, this is still a puzzle among us.”
Little Touching Events Happening Everyday
Have SS501 done anything that is touching for the other members?
These guys started to crush on their heads when they heard “touching”, JungMin jokingly requested “Everyone cry now!”
Then the rational leader jumped out to say “Everyone is leading a normal life, there is nothing particularly touching that happened. However, every little thing in life may make us feel touched. For example, when the weather is hot and a member taking a drink for me, I would feel his kindness, this is also a form that makes us touched.”
JungMin said “When HyunJoong is filming drama, everyone would go and visit him together. When I was acting in a play, they would come and watch, such incidents makes me very touched.”
Start of Asia Tour, First Stop Seoul
During the interview, SS501 also announced their Asia Tour which will start off on 1,2 August in Seoul, Korea. Tour stop in Taiwan is scheduled between October to December, hope that everyone can support them for the concert, and also welcome Taiwan fans to fly over to Korea for the Seoul concert.
With regards to the contents of the concert performance, leader HyunJoong said “Each concert will be designed for the fans, like for Korea and Taiwan fans, we would use different methods to satisfy everyone. During this period, we will do our best to plan and come out with a very good concert performance.”
Members created a commotion saying if the concert requires stripping of top to display their muscles, this mission would be given to HyungJoon, and jokingly said that it is because his body is very cheap.
Q: our Deepest Impression During Your 3 Days in Taiwan?
JungMin: Eating the delicious xiaolongbao.
KyuJong: Seeing a lot of fans the moment we arrive at the airport, taking photos with 1,000 fans individually after the fan meeting.
HyunJoong: Fans giving us snack wherever we go, Taiwan snacks is delicious.
YoungSaeng: A lot of delicacies, suits my taste, I’ve a feeling of familiarity in Taiwan though it is my first visit here.
HyungJoon: Heard that a lot of fans started queuing 1 week before the fan meeting, I’m very touched by it. Hope that we can have a concert in Taiwan this year and everyone can attend.
JungMin
Name : PARK JUNG MIN Nickname : Sexy Charisma Birthdate : 1987. 04. 03 Blood type : O Height : 181cm Weight : 67kg Hobby : Writing Lyrics, Collecting Things, Taking a Walk Specialty : Tap dance, Rock climbing Animal that you describe yourself as : Unicorn (puhahaa…UNICORN?! =_= he’s trying to make a nicer image out of horse. ^^ love the humor) Motto : Live with a thankfulness mind Family members : Father, Mother, Elder brother, Sister-in-law, Sister, Nephew, me Idol : None Part which you are most satisfied of : Teeth Habit that you would like to change : Hope to cure sweaty palm Things that you bring in your bag : Brought all necessity to be brought Thing that you do most seriously : Considering to compose seriously 3 wishes : 1. SS501 to become artiste known by people all over the world 2. Eternal life living forever 3. Quickly able to see Taiwan fans
Q: Holding a fan meeting in Taiwan for the first time, anything special that happened?
HyunJoong: After the fan meeting ended, I saw a lot of Taiwan female fans riding on motorbike following our car, this is quite rare in Korea.
JungMin: Fans pitching tents outside the venue, queuing for 1 week in order to attend the fan meeting.
HyungJoon: Taiwanese fans are very hot (very enthusiastic), even more enthusiastic than I’ve imagined, especially during the encore performance, everyone stood up and jump, I was so touched!
Leader Guarantees an Exciting Performance
For HyunJoong who undertakes the responsibility as the leader of SS501, he emphasizes this when we talked about their upcoming concert “Our concert will definitely be very interesting from the start to the encore performance, not only would we sing and dance, there would be other more exciting performance, hope everyone can look forward to it!”
Even though this concert will not have any special guests appearance by other singers but mainly displays their group as a whole, the Taiwanese singers that SS501 hopes to collaborate with are Jam Hsiao, Jolin Tsai, Vic Zhou and Fahrenheit.
HyunJoong Makes a Hilarious End
Then how is SS501’s feelings on their first trip to Taiwan?
Leader HyunJoong replied on behalf of his members “Coming to Taiwan this time, we were a little surprised to see so many fans at the airport to welcoming us, we would like to thank everyone for their enthusiasm, we are really very happy.
In addition, JungMin chanced upon FANS magazine’s reporter during this interview, hope that both of them can have a great development on their relationship, wishing them together for a long time!”
Once he finished, all the members burst out laughing once again.
Fans Version of We Got Married
What? Did I hear wrongly!
For the first 25 minutes of the interview, leader HyunJoong has kept his rationality and cool, but never did I expect that at the last minute he would mess it up, did he want me get killed by the vast SS501 fans? Or that he thought he was back at the variety program‘We Got Married’ which he participated previously?
Anyway, this interview went out of course unexpectedly, but resulting in some laughing, so hope fans can read this as a joke, don’t ANTI me alright!
Requesting for SS501 fans’ forgiveness~ I swear to do good interviews of SS501 for the rest of my life~ SS501, Mansae! Sincerely, peace!
Q: Besides being an entertainer, is there any other jobs you plan to take on?
HyungJoon: I want to be a boss, I like the feeling of working with a group of people.
YoungSaeng: I want to learn more about composing and be a composer.
HyunJoong: Actually I want to continue being a singer, but if HyungJoon becomes a boss, I want to be the CEO whom he reports to and manages him, haha.
KyuJong: I hope to move towards the big screen, to become a movie actor.
JungMin: I am a multi-player, I can do anything, can be a plumper or electrician, singer, boss, nothing I cannot do, haha.
On 28-Jun at 7.30pm, SS501 came all the way from Korea to hold their fan meeting at TICC with over 3,000 fans.
At the fan meeting, they sang a total of 6 songs, in the interview, JungMin and HyungJoon pranked on each other, making the whole event even more fun! In the middle of this event, they unexpectedly walk down to the walkway at the audience seat area, giving red roses to the lucky fans, making these fans who received the flowers so happy!
After that, through random draw of ticket numbers, 5 fans were invited to go up the stage to take polaroid with SS501. HyunJoong’s fan is very petite, so he knelt down to match with this fan for the photo. JungMin suddenly carried the fan up for the photo taking, immediately making the other fans shout.
6/29 SS501 Commemoration Press Conference
Before SS501 ended their Taiwan trip from 27-Jun till 29-Jun, they held an official ‘Commemoration Press Conference’ for the Taiwan media at level 1 of Grand Hyatt which they’ve stayed in.
Won Golden Disk, Took the Lead to do Charity
At the press conference, SS501’s 2 albums released in Taiwan “SS501 Super Hits – Super Collection” and “SS501* 1st Solo Album – Solo collection” honorably won the golden disk the moment it was released, so they especially award to them a golden disk to commemorate it.
SS501 also donated all the extra amount that they’ve received for the fan meeting to a charity organization “United Way of Taiwan”.
It is no wonder they are the role model of idol group since they lead their fans to do charity on their first trip in Taiwan. They’ve had such a good result even though this is the first time they release an album in Taiwan.
YoungSaeng, who is the least talkative among the members, said on behalf of his members “We hope to have more chances in the future to come to Taiwan to see our fans here.”
Forgetting Lyrics, Forgetting Dance Steps, Sorry
I made myself there for all the schedules that SS501 were scheduled for. Be it during the interviews or at the fan meeting or at the commemoration press conference, we are able to feel that JungMin, who is the most hyper-active among them, is the mood-maker in any open events, he is good at making jokes of variety-show levels.
At the press conference, he continues to goof around and joke around. When he was being disclosed by the other members that he is the one that always forgets lyrics, forget dance steps, he pretended to be serious and said “I felt really regretful that I was chosen by my members to be the one who forgets the lyrics the most. Hope that it will not happen again.”
And about being chosen as the one who always forgot the dance steps, he explained “I only danced accordingly to how I felt!”
JungMin Eats Anything – Drinks Beer and Dances
And when they are vote for “The member who loves to eat?”, the votes became more decentralized.
Some pointed to JungMin, some pointed to YoungSaeng, but JungMin still won by 1 vote. So how much does he loves to eat?
Leader HyunJoong said “JungMin is usually very thrifty, but he is willing to splurge on food. And most people would be more or less not used to food in a foreign country, but he has no problem in any countries, he really does know how to enjoy eating.”
JungMin quickly replied with a Korean idiom towards this ‘accusation’, “People say to eat good and filled, you’ll be pretty even if you die.”
Everyone started laughing after he said this and he was being requested to drink Taiwan beer as a penalty. He stood up happily and cheers to everyone before drinking it at one shot with the members shouting “one shot, one shot!” beside him.
On the other hand, KyuJong is curious about the cup-shaped ceiling lamp and jokingly suggested to pour Taiwan beer in the cup-shaped lamp to drink.
HyungJoon who loves to bicker with JungMin said “After drinking the beer, JungMin would have trouble looking for his room later!”
JungMin also danced to his specialty, tap dancing, upon reporter’s request.
HyunJoong Too Lazy To Get Out Of Bed – Even Burglary Won’t Wake Him
They continued to ask the members to vote for ‘Member who usually too lazy to get out of bed” during the press conference. This question is also a all-win vote, HyunJoong got the ‘support’ from the rest of the members without doubt, even he also pointed to himself using the ‘cutie finger pointer’.
He admitted “I am actually the person who loves sleeping the most among our members. When we just debut, I am not able to wake up even if there’re 50 or 100 phone calls to me, I may not even realize even if there is a burglary.
But I’ve improved now, being able to wake up if someone calls for 5 times.”
And when they were being asked who is the person that is most popular with females, all of them became humble and shy, indicating that they’re all popular with girls because each have different types of charms attracting different types of girls.
YoungSaeng Became Less Talkative, HyunJoong Dismantle Microphone
SS501 debuted for 4 years, how has the members change?
KyuJong said “I was a quiet person, but after interaction with the talkative JungMin over the years, I am more talkative now.”
JungMin said “KyuJong was more passive in the past, he is more cheerful now.”
YoungSaeng is the opposite of KyuJong, he said “I’ve became less talkative, I’m more and more frightened of media and cameras, just like now I am perspiring.”
While everyone is replying to this question seriously, HyunJoong is seriously immersed in the world of his own, playing with the mic in his hand, even opening the battery cover to investigate the structure.
The production staff thought that his mic is not working and went up to him to ask him, and he said “I just wanted to know if the mic in Taiwan is different from that of Korea.” Indeed showing us that he is Kim HyunJoong who lives in his own 4th dimensional world.
HyunJoong Acting is Good, Members All Agree
Kim HyunJoong, who has become good friends with Lee MinHo after ‘Boys Over Flowers’, heard from him who went to Taiwan earlier than them, that ‘Boys Over Flowers’ is very popular in Taiwan, and fans would go to the airport to welcome them, also reminding him not to be taken aback by Taiwan fans.
And Kim HyunJoong also expressed that he felt the enthusiasm of these Taiwan fans. Before Kim HyunJoong took up the role in ‘Boys Over Flowers’, he had watched Taiwan and Japan version of the drama. He thinks that Taiwan F4 and Makino are handsome and pretty.
And the host deliberately asked the other 4 members how they thought of HyunJoong’s performance in the drama?
HyunJoong became shy and covered his face, not daring to see if the members nod or shake their heads. But the members all nodded in approval of his acting skill.
Promised To Return By Year End, Wave Goodbye
Ending the press conference, SS501 took Cathay Pacific Airways CX531 at 8.20pm to Hong Kong, their 2nd stop for Asia Tour Fan Meeting. There are about 600 fans who sent them off at the airport.
Because there were really too many fans and they are too enthusiastic, Leader HyunJoong almost fell, his clothes and bag were almost pulled off from him, even the wooden hand railing of the staircase leading to level 2 of the airport fell off!
The 5 guys were so grateful towards the enthusiastic fans that they went towards the glass window prior to going through the custom check and waved to their fans for about 5 minutes. Fans responded by screaming enthusiastically. The other tourists in the airport are curious about this huge commotion and stayed around to watch.
SS501 also promised before leaving Taiwan, that they would come back for a concert by the end of this year, hoping that the fans can wait for them!
when the boys were in taiwan, they really really really had a very packed schedule...
and the result of that packed schedule is now showing up EVERYWHERE! they're on so many entertainment news clips, and on the covers of so many magazines...
here's one, FANS.
okay, first things first, me thinksquainte501has a great team of people who are always diligently sharing stuff and doing trans and subbing. so, here's a loud Thank You shout-out to you guys there!
and yea, xiaochu has translated this ultra-long and ultra-interesting interview in FANS, july issue. thanks much much!
original in chinese: FANS (taiwan mag), july issue translated into english: xiaochu @ Quainte501.com Taiwan Magazine FANS Interview
SS501 Loves Fans, HyunJoong Shows Sincerity
SS501 has debut for 4 years and has started to gather much attention in Taiwan this year. In order for the fans here to know them better, SS501 specially came to Taiwan for promotional activities.
During the course of interview with our magazine, they displayed their most natural, sincere, easy-going and funny sides of themselves, making me feel greatly about the extraordinary attractiveness of this Korean idol!
I will be bringing you the most exciting photos and interview of the fan meeting and commemoration press conference!
HyunJoong
Name : KIM HYUN JOONG Nickname : Cow, Dog Birthdate : 1986. 06. 06 Blood type : B Height : 180cm Weight : 68kg Hobby : Swimming, Soccer, Gym workout, Basketball Specialty : Piano, Dance, Guitar Things that he hates : Insects, Birds Motto : You only live once Animal that you describe yourself as : Lion Family members : Grandmother, Father, Mother, Elder Brother, Myself Idol : Seo Tai Ji (Legendary Rock Singer in Korea) Part which you are most satisfied of : Eyes Something that you must do before sleeping : Bathing Method for relieving stress : Traveling Things that you bring in your bag : iPod, Contact Lenses, Wallet, Mobile Phone Thing that you do most seriously : Work Favorite color : Black
3 wishes : 1. Become a world-class, universal star 2. Gathering fans from all over the world and hold a free concert for them 3. After which, to live a peaceful and happy life
Q: Are there any similarities between yourself and Yoon JiHoo in ‘Boys Over Flower'?
HyunJoong: Kim HyunJoong and Yoon JiHoo are totally different. The role in the drama is an ideal prince!
(The other members shouted : HyunJoong is a 4th-dimensional person.)
New record for most number of activities
On 27-June, SS501 started their busy schedules in Taiwan not long after they got off the plane. This is also the first time in history for a Korean artiste coming to Taiwan with so many activities to attend to, which we can see how sincere and how much they value their fans in Taiwan.
Not only are the Taiwan fans touched by this, but I am also being touched a little. The media took turns to interview them in a conference room at Warner Music.
FANS magazine was originally scheduled to interview at 4.30pm but it was delayed a little as the boys were extremely friendly towards Taiwan media and answering to all questions given to them. Our magazine interview started only at 5.30pm, but the wait was worthwhile, why? Hehe! Read on and you’ll find out!
First Impression is Friendly & Courteous
I was wearing a yellow long-top on that day. The moment when I stepped into the conference room, I saw five big boys politely saying “Welcome” in Chinese and applauded (I’d give an additional 5 marks to them for this. Friendliness is 100%)!
In order to help the readers of FANS magazine to win over the hearts of SS501, I immediately praised them that they’re very handsome in person. I also introduced myself as “Miss Banana”. Maybe I was seen being too hyper from the beginning, and it triggered off the ‘deviated and funny’ 30-minute interview!
Wants to Marry a Taiwanese Wife
Firstly, the first question that I asked was “Which type of girl does SS501 think is the most suitable to be marry?”
HyungJoon answered first “Taiwanese girls!”
JungMin teased him and said “That’s a lie!”
HyunJoong, KyuJong and YoungSaeng agreed with HyungJoon saying “Yes, Taiwanese girls are very enthusiastic which we’ve experience it immediately after landing here!”
And JungMin refusing the admit defeat said “I am the one who love Taiwanese girls the most!” And even used perfect English to say “I love Taiwan!”
Q: The most memorable, most unforgettable thing since debut?
HyunJoong: When we won the best newcomer award in Korea a few years ago, I was very happy as I felt that we received the recognition from everyone. I hope that we can share our joy with Taiwan fans promptly whenever we win an award in the future.
KyuJong: During SS501’s debut stage, and the first time when I see our group name appearing everywhere. These are memorable to me. And my nervousness for this first visit to Taiwan will also be unforgettable for life to me.
HyungJoon: Our 100 days of debut is memorable to me.
YoungSaeng
Name : HEO YOUNG SAENG Nickname : Otter Birthdate : 1986. 11. 03 Blood type : O Height : 178cm Weight : 63kg Hobby : Online gaming, Basketball, Listening to music Specialty : Piano Animal that you describe yourself as : Bear Motto : Always smile to live your life Family members : Father, Mother, Myself Idol : Seo Tai Ji Part which you are most satisfied of : Shoulders Habit that you would like to change : Not able to speak well Things that you bring in your bag : Waller, iPod Thing that you do most seriously : Singing
3 wishes : 1. Hope to earn lots of money 2. SS501 and my name to be known all over the world 3. Be able to think more carefully
YoungSaeng, KyuJong Likes Girls who are Virtuous
After some bickering among the members, rational leader HyunJoong saved me (I’m really so thankful) and quickly brought them back on topic. They answered seriously “I like girls who are like friends to me.”
YoungSaeng continued “The girl I like must definitely be good at cooking and knows how to clean up, tidying up the place.”
KyuJong said“I like girls who can cook! And I hope my future wife will be good to me as well as to my family.”
Cheeky JungMin Teasing Reporter
I thought I was going to go on to the next question, but JungMin started to continue talking about his criteria of choosing his wife in a “serious” manner. I never expected this as the beginning of being teased by him!
JungMin intentionally spoke in a serious manner “I like girls who are dark-skinned, very confident and her hair tied up. Gold is a rather out-dated color in Korea, so if a girl chooses to use this color, that means that she is very brave. I admire girls who are brave. In addition, girls who wear jean, it shows their figure the best! The last criteria is that I like girls who can show her charm by wearing a yellow clothing, haha.”
Humorous and Funny, Everyone Laughs Out
After JungMin finished his speech on ‘Choosing a wife’, SS501 members and the staff were almost rolling around in laughter. The sound volume is almost blowing off the conference room. And at that moment, all the people’s eyes were on me, so embarrassing!
Let me admit to all of you who were not here~ What JungMin had listed was exactly what I’ve worn that day and my natural skin tone. He is really cheeky to be teasing me like that! Anyway this incident made us discover SS501’s humor unexpectedly, and their initiative to integrate with others.
Topic on Love Confession Continues On
Keeping the motto of FANS magazine ‘Helping fans interact with idols’ in mind, I will be tossing aside ‘reporter’s baggage’ temporarily in the upcoming interview time, and continue to be a ‘comedian’ with JungMin to continue on with the topic!
I said to JungMin intentionally “Since you have confessed to me, then come home with me tonight!”
A roar of laughter came when SS501 heard this. I continued to ask JungMin “How is it? Are you having cold feet?”
JungMin said “The progression is too fast! Will you marry me?”
Q: Exposing of Secrets of Other Members?
HyunJoong: I think YoungSaeng is more of a 4th-dimensional person among us. Once I was at his house and when we started talking about more emotional stuffs, he suddenly ran into the room and lit some candles. He even forgot that he lighted the candles and almost burned the house. Haha.
YoungSaeng: Every time we rode on our company car, JungMin likes to sit in the front passenger seat. There was once he saw our company car in front and raced towards it, I don’t know what he is trying to do~
(JungMin explained: I raced towards it because I felt that I can run as fast as a car!)
JungMin: HyungJoon always wear his underwear in a bath, I don’t know what’s so mysterious about it. KyuJong’s chest line along the collar bone is very deep because he exercises frequently.
(Thus KyuJong began to demonstrate the exercise that enhances the chest line~)
HyungJoon: There was once when I wanted to wake JungMin up, but realized that he had disappeared. He is actually hiding under the blanket eating!
(JungMin explained: It feels very cozy to eat under the blanket. He even promise with everyone to try eating like this.)
KyuJong
Name : KIM KYU JONG Nickname : Praying mantis, Gorilla, Prince Birthdate : 1987. 02. 24 Blood type : A Height : 181cm Weight : 65kg Hobby : Listening to music, Reading, Basketball Specialty : Magic Something you fear most : Fear of heights, fear of taking plane Motto : Challenge with no regrets! Family members : Father, Mother, Younger sister, Myself Idol : Rain Part which you are most satisfied of : Left hand Something that you must do before sleeping : Brush teeth Method for relieving stress : Traveling alone Things that you bring in your bag : Disposable contact lenses Thing that you do most seriously : Recording, Learning dance Favorite color : Used to be yellow, like blue these days
3 wishes : 1. Hope that SS501 can expand to all of Asia 2. Music industry in Korea to restore to its good old times 3. Making a movie
HyunJoong Sighs There Is No Day Off For Leader
My second interview question is: “What does SS501 want to do during your day off?”
Leader HyunJoong said solemnly “Day off…eh…there is no day off for leader.”
Cheeky JungMin replied “Go get married when there is a day off!”
Ahh~ Why does the old topic comes up again? I, who is determined to be a comedian for this interview, cannot lose to JungMin. So I asked the other members if they wanted to attend to JungMin’s wedding during their day off. SS501 broke into laughter and agreed in unison that they would most definitely attend to JungMin’s wedding together during their day off.
Hope to be Overseas Volunteers Together
When our topic was deviated previously, it was SS501’s leader who stepped in to save it. This time, it was KyuJong who brought the topic back on track, he said “If we have a chance to go on leave, we would like to go travelling with 5 of us together.”
HyungJoon said “I would like to go to Iraq, to do volunteer work there with our members, helping the people in need. Because SS501 has received a lot of love so we would like to return our favors to the society.”
YoungSaeng on the contrary, likes Taiwan very much and would like to return here for a holiday.
Five of Them Sees Each Other Almost Everyday
I am a little taken aback that SS501 members want to be together even in their day offs though they have been already seeing each other so frequently at work! Won’t they feel sick of each other when they see each other so frequently? Or that a holiday wouldn’t feel like a holiday at all when all members attended?
Leader HyunJoong said “Frankly speaking, we are really seeing each other almost everyday. About 360 days out of the 365 days in a year. Rather than saying ‘feeling sick of’, if we don’t see each other, we would feel weird or not used to it, that is because 5 of us are one.”
HyungJoon Worked Part-Time at Steak House
During their promotional activity in Taiwan, it is the summer holiday here, so is it usual for Korean students to work part time during their holidays? What are the working experiences that SS501 has prior to debut?
Leader HyunJoong said “It is normal for Korean students to work part-time too. They would deliver newspapers or be a waiter in restaurants just like Taiwan students.”
HyungJoon worked at a steak house before, and JungMin softly exposed “He was fired because he skipped work!”
So HyungJoon turned to him and stared at JungMin who spouted the nonsense, giving him a warning with his stares, while JungMin pinched HyungJoon on his back.
Q: What does a girl does to be able to attract you?
KyuJong: "I am afraid of dogs, so any girl who doesn’t bring a dog out would attract me. Keke."
HyunJoong: "A girl wearing a hat sitting on a mat under a banyan tree during summer, early autumn would attract me."
YoungSaeng: A girl who is biting on an elastic band about to tie her hair, would attract my attention the most. (YoungSaeng demonstrated this action on the spot.)
JungMin: A girl who is enthusiastic like me, able to sway along with the music.
HyungJoon: A girl who cooks and feeds me.
HyungJoon
Name : KIM HYUNG JUN Nickname : Turtle Birthdate : 1987. 08. 03 Blood type : O Height : 181cm Weight : 66kg Hobby : Listening to music, Online gaming, Working out Specialty : Writing lyrics, composing, singing, dancing, swimming, golf, horse-riding Favorite animal : Rabbit, Puppy Motto : Don’t be comfortable with current, work hard to advance further! Family members : Father, Mother, Younger brother, Myself Idol : Justin Timberlake Part which you are most satisfied of : Waist, Lips Method for relieving stress : Sing to heart’s content, Going to beach, Going for a drive Things that you bring in your bag : iPod, Album, Training outfit Thing that you do most seriously : Taking care of family members, singing, dancing 3 wishes : 1. Hope that SS501 can have successful activities in Taiwan and all of Asia in 2009. 2. New album be well-liked by everyone. 3. Everyone be healthy.
Truth Ranking
1. Ranking of members who loves looking into the mirror? YoungSaeng : HyungJoon, JungMin, me, HyunJoong, KyuJong
2. Who is the most different on and off screen? JungMin : HyungJoon, YoungSaeng, KyuJong, HyunJoong, me
3. Who is most petty? HyungJoon : Me, JungMin, YoungSaeng, KyuJong, HyunJoong. (HyunJoong being the last in petty ranking, he must be the most generous one, he said “As long as someone instigate me to buy (dinner), I would pay for it.”)
4. If Kim HyunJoong is a female, the ranking of the members that you would like to date? HyunJoong : YoungSaeng, KyuJong, me, JungMin, HyungJoon. (Hah~ this ranking seems to be directed to HyungJoon!)
yea, it sorta sent bae-fans all over the world into abit of a frenzy, trying to get hold of the magazine... the japanese fans were luckier, as thejapanese version of cosmocarried wuri yong joon's pics the very next month.
singapore? haha, whatever made you think that singapore has its own local version? yea, we don't... but the thais have it!! and fellow fan ladymoon has shared the pics and also kindly done the english trans to share on twssg.blogspot.
me thinks ladymoon also goes by the ID, saranglady. same person, right? does anyone know?
anyway, here's the trans. great one, this one!
Original in Thai : Cosmopoiltan, Thailand – July 2009 Photographer : Hong, Janghyun Text by : Ryu, Sunghee Style by : Lee, Miryung Clothes : Louis Vuitton Thai into English by : Ladymoon
BYJ, Man On Fire
“If you imagine Bae Yong Joon as a lonesome hero in brutal war, you’re totally wrong. His hand so powerful when I shaking hand with him. His warm smile reveal his perfect teeth. We probably thought that he is like any other stars. But I can tell you, that’s wrong. Because his point of view had changed.”
If your thought is we’re going to talk with a most well-known Korean superstar about his girls, you must be disappointed! Because what Bae Yong Joon want to talk is about his new ways for looking things around him in his life.
Let’s imagine a man who can do everything in life with balance. His routine is go back and forth between his home and office, go to the gym for work out. All of these are the meaning of BYJ’s smile. His perfect teeth remind me to orderly, constant lifestyle. It’s precisely and accurately like a math calculation. He is so strictly with himself and be a perfectionist. He is radiating pure aura, and it’s no surprise at all if one day he declare that he want to be a priest ! (OMG!!!...sorry BYJ, but I can’t imagine you to be priest.^^)
BYJ who I’ve met today look so simple and relax. When I told him about my mother who worried that I will be too nervous when interviewing him. If this is few years ago, he won’t act like this. BYJ that I known few years ago would be flash his stunning smile as on the poster of Duty-Free. It’s so different from BYJ who I’ve met today.
“Don’t be nervous. It’s the best way to deal with things. Maybe I’m more relaxed.
In the past, I always careful for everything even a little thing. But now I feel relaxed, peaceful, and beyond that, I have more confidence that I can control everything.”
And this is his journey through the long, narrow tunnel of his life. More confidence BYJ learned to care for things around himself, especially about environment. When I told him that the word “city man” sounds suiting with him more than “natural man”, he laughed out loud,
“You’re right. I’ve changed, it’s the others that not change.
There’s no special reason that make me care for environment. I even can’t remember when I start thinking about it. I really consider about eating meats. Do you know that each year, excrement from just one cow or pig can emitted gas and caused greenhouse effect more than a Toyota can?
The worst is we produce too much foods. We produce meats for ourselves.”
I foolishly asked him back that, how can I live by not eating meats? But what he said is “Not everyone can be vegetarian. I just prefer eating vegetables. But I don’t need to declare that I’m a vegetarian. Because it won’t be good at all if I do like that and make many people around me get into trouble.”
I’ve to admit that it’s a very smart answer for my foolish question. That’s why every little things he do is so powerful. The thing is it’s never waste. “Everybody have to change, even in good or bad way. I believe that I try my best to change in the best way. It’s time that we should care more for environment. We need to keep in mind that powers all around us are limited. What we need to do is start from little things, like make sure that you turn your faucet off or turn off your lights if you don’t use them. For me, I like to stay in rather dark place. (Oh, are you vampire or something, BYJ?^^) Just turn on only one lamp is enough for me. When you’re familiar with darkness, you won’t feel it’s dark anymore.”
Today, BYJ become a very flexible man. To live in the city, to touch with natural wind, even when he filling his car’s tank, everything seem more relax than ever, “Now I’m making a little book. I often travel around Korea to climbing mountain, visiting temple, enjoying with nature. It’s definitely difference from life among concrete.
Have I ever told you that I’d like to stay in upcountry? I’d like to have my own farm, growing herbs, and try to help other people. Just respect to this world by providing healthy foods from nature and giving out that happiness to people around me.
I can’t imagine for any other things that more beautiful than this. And I believe it can come true one day because that’s the thing I try to do now.”
To reach the top of mountain with your bicycle is so difficult. Because you may be sliding or your bike’s chain can be loose or something. But when you start doing something, don’t give up. Your muscles will work with their full efforts to take you to the top of mountain. You will get there before you realize. That’s nature. It always have its own power and language.
For BYJ, now he became a voice of nature. He learned how to release his pressure that come along with his fame. It’s probably make you wonder, what is he make himself to get into? But the certain thing is, his muscles didn’t come from his work out in gym, but come from the ground that he stand. He’s strong enough to reach the top of mountain and befriend with darkness instead of spotlight.
When compared with him, where are we now? Have we ever make anything better? May be this is thequestion that BYJ want to communicate with us.
p.s. didn't i tell you it's a good one?
p.p.s. wanna share some links relating to the korean version of cosmo, may issue.
this is something old... i think it's from the SS501 boys' fan meeting with the UFO town members back in 2007. it was held on 25th nov 2007, to be exact.
i'm not sure of the original source of this, but i picked up the chinese trans from hyunjoongchina, and will do the english trans to share.
The flower-boy-band SS501, do they have members whom they are envious of?In the afternoon of 25th at 4pm in a certain club near Hongik University, SS501 had a 'SS501 together with UFO Town' fan meeting.
During the topic of'If I were to be born again, I would like to become this member', Kim Jyu Jong expressed that he would like to be Park Jung Min, his reason was that although they're both of darker skin, but he's envious that Park Jung Min's a lot sexier than himself.
Kim Hyun Joong, who is representative of flower boys, chose Kim Hyung Jooon. He said he was simple and reticent and didn't know how to act cute and do aegyo, and he wished to be like Kim Hyung Joon.
Kim Hyung Joon chose Kim Hyun Joong, and he said, "He has many areas that I'm envious of. There are times when I lack self-confidence. but Kim Hyun Joong is someone who is able to express his thoughts and ideas clearly. I would like to be like him."
Heo Young Saeng shared that he didn't know how to take care of others, so he chose Kim Kyu Jong who has a warm and kind heart.
Park Jung Min, on the other hand, chose Heo Young Saeng for his sweet and beautiful voice.
quite interesting, huh?
i wonder if their answers would still be the same if someone poses this question to them once again now.
anyway, here are two related news clips from that events.
and oh, remember i'd bloggedhere that F4 epi on smapxsmap would be screened on 13th july? yea, it's already aired in japan tonight (mon).
no subs yet, but here's abit of a teaser... thanks for sharing, shirbogurl21!
p.s. since i'm on the topic of the BoF cast doing their promo for the drama in japan back in april, will just share something that lemongrass0704has uploaded on YT.
clickhere and here for hyun joong's BoF event aired on Mnet J.
i was just blogging about the KAC eventhere, here and here...
and whoa... the official KAC song is already out!
here, watch the boys record the song in the studio. thanks for sharing, hoonfami!
and, yea, the joongboers amongst us will pick up the sleeveless hoodie hyun joong's wearing rightaway!
this was what he'd worn when hwang bu-in accompanied him to the recording studio in japan. yea, that was also the first time he called her yeobo! click here to watch the clip!
and... there was one cut scene whereby hyun joong had called her yeobo too. check out #27 of this posting on joongbo deleted scenes.
and... that's not all!
this one was really fast. it was when he was serenading her under the peach tree at the farm visit. that's epi 26, and he called her yeobo at around 4:18.
and... there's one more! hyun joong had called hwang bu-in on the phone and called her yeobo!
hehe, too bad she couldn't recognize rightaway it was him. this was pretty early on in their 'marriage', believe it was during the world cup epi.
some of you might already have seen the scanned and posted pics of the magazine color out in taiwan. am talking about the july issue with the SS501 boys on the cover.
anyway, just for the record, will also post the scanned pics here. thanks for sharing, yyy148!
and... the english trans is out!
original in chinese: COLOR (taiwan mag) 2009/07 translated into english: xiaochu @ Quainte501.com
SS501 Exclusive Interview, Confession of Secrets! Exclusive Q&A! Love’s Discussion What type of girls would attract them?
Q: Among the members, who is the most shy and introverted? Who is the most active and extroverted? Who likes playing jokes? Who cries the most? Who loves looking into the mirror?
They were all talking at the same time, but they came to an agreement: YoungSaeng
(He’d become shy when he knows that the camera is shooting him and he doesn’t know what he has to say.)
YoungSaeng: I don’t know why but I would become nervous! Once I’m nervous, I will become expressionless! Hah!
KyuJong, HyunJoong: Most active and extroverted must be JungMin, and the person who likes to joke around is also him!
HyungJoon: As for the person who cries the most, I have to confess that it is me. Sometimes when I receive an unexpected gift, for example cards which fans made themselves, I would be so touched that I would cry.
Everyone: Who loves looking into the mirror?
(Everyone points to YoungSaeng)
YoungSaeng: Is that so? I don’t think so myself!
Q: If god gives you a chance to exchange your identity with one of the 4 members for one day, who would you choose? Why?
(In the end, JungMin received the most number of votes! JungMin is so happy that he stood up and wave!)
Everyone: Why JungMin? Because he is eloquent, not shy with strangers, quick witted, he possess characteristics which are so different from the other members, which makes us felt that if we were him, we would be able to make a lot of good friends, getting our way wherever we may be!
JungMin: Haha! Thank you everyone. After listening to them, I think I should continue to be myself!
Q: What is the thing that all 5 of you want to do in the future?
Everyone: We thought of this before, we want to act in a movie together! Because we acted as killers in one of our music video previously. We spent a week to film the 20-minute long music video. In the music video, we acted as a ruthless killer for the first time, we felt very excited about it.
HyunJoong: JungMin and I pointed guns at each other to get back our lover. We also have another exciting fighting scene with KyuJong. Such a collaboration is really fun so we hope to film a movie together in the future!
Q: Since SS501 debut, when is it that you felt that you’ve achieved the biggest achievement?
HyunJoong: When we won the best newcomer award, we were really very touched at that moment!
Q: What type of girls would attract you at first sight?
Everyone: It’s hard to say!
(Then which type of dressing style?)
We prefer decent dressing, we are not used to girls who dress too sexy, we would feel weird (about it), we prefer girls who dress more decently.
Q: In the next 5 years, what is the target that SS501 wish to achieve the most?
They began to discuss enthusiastically, and finally came to a conclusion:
We hope to get a DaeSang (the most prestigious music award) as a confirmation for ourselves!
Q: What does a girl does that will make you change your opinion of her?
They laughed after listening to the question, and started to discuss once again.
Leader HyunJoong: Mostly are fine, except that all of us don’t like girls who use uncouthly speech and likes to scold people.
Q: If you have to put up an advertisement of “Notice to recruit a lover” for the other 4 members, what are the merits of that person would you put in?
JungMin: HyunJoong is very MAN (masculine), he is very responsible as a leader, so he would be very sensitive towards his girlfriend.
KyuJong: JungMin has a strong touch of humanity, he is very warm at heart.
HyunJoong: KyuJong is very kind and easy-going.
YoungSaeng: HyungJoon is very lively, you will not feel bored with him around.
HyungJoon: YoungSaeng has loyalty and is very responsible.
Q: What are the differences between Taiwanese girls and Korean girls that you felt?
Everyone: Taiwanese girls are more enthusiastic which makes us very touched.
(I heard you are amazed by the fact that most Taiwanese girls can drive a motorbike?)
Yes, because there are not many Korean girls who know how to drive a motorbike.
HyunJoong: Actually, I would love to go around Taiwan on a motorbike! Personally, I love motorbike, so I think it would be very interesting to visit attractions and night markets on a motorbike!
Q: Has everyone seen ‘Boys Over Flowers’? What do you think?
HyungJoon: This drama is already very popular around Asia. Leader is as handsome as per normal, I think it is a good drama.
KyuJong: I watched the Japanese version of ‘Boys Over Flowers’ too. I think the Korean version is a little different and has its own individuality.
Q: If you can take a part in F4, who would you like to be?
HyungJoon: I want to be Goo JoonPyo. Ah~ Sorry! Is it weird?
YoungSaeng: So YiJung! He is similar to me? Right?
JungMin: If I can take a role, that would be Yoon JiHoo (laughs)!
KyuJong cannot decide and was being make fun that he wanted to take the role of the Chinese friend in Macau who is secretly in love with Yoon JiHoo. He even said the dialogue lines of this role in Korean, making everyone laugh!
p.s. here's sharing some cropped pics from the mag...
yea, am late again with this posting about wuri yong joon... sorry!!
anyway, japanese fan KyaputenQ had shared the following pic and little story on byjgallery. gotta thank mariko for the english trans-in-brief on soompi BYJ thread.
she received this photo taken by her friend at a coffee shop called Vecchia e Nuovo in cheongdam.
When her friend went there to buy bread, she heard a familiar man's voice.
Yong Joon was wearing white T-shirt, sunglasses and a hat. He was carrying a bag too.
When they passed his way, they said "Hello, please shake my hands," and they received a handshake from him.
The person in the store said YJ ate chicken sandwich when they asked her. They were lucky because there were only two Japanese that could meet him accidentally.
p.s. now i really would like to know when this BYJ sighting took place...! how lucky these fans are!
p.p.s. incidentally, this is actually a rather famous italian deli... you can click here to read more about it.
more pics of Vecchia e Nuovo at cheongdam-dong.
just in case you didn't know, cheongdam-dong is situated within gangnam-gu, which is the rich men's district.
and, cheongdam-dong is referred to as the 'fashion and art street' of gangnam, what with its imported foreign brands, local fashion designers' boutiques, galleries and cafes... some people also call it rodeo street (yea, a reference to its namesake in beverly hills)
one other tidbit, this italian place is actually designed by the famous italian architect guido stefanoni. he seems quite active in south korea, and yup, vecchia e nuovo ain't his first work there. his previous work also included frette flagship store in korea, boon the shop, and 10 corso como.
p.p.p.s. before i go, just wanna share a cropped pic of wuri yong joon.
hee, just couldn't let these 'off' pics go without reposting... yea, still from today's KAC event, these pics sorta caught leader during his 'off' moments.
super-cute!
love that tongue thing!
okie, okie, other than being suspected of having a foot fetish, i'm beginning to think i also have a thing for tongue... not just duck tongue or ox tongue, mind you...
but hehe, am fascinated with wuri yong joon's tongue, as proven here andhere.
and oh, since we're on the topic of tongues, you HAVE TO check outleader's tongue!!
anyway, here's a closer look of the pic above...
hee, cute!!
omo, is the boy tired or what...?!
he really doesn't like to smile all that much, ya? he looks so serious and stern here!
and here too!
another candid moment, another 'off' pic...
oh, this is soooooo... funny! hehe, leader's probably not used to being 'crowned miss universe'!!
good thing he didn't trip over himself!
haiyo, doesn't he look like he's smelling the flowers?!
zoning out again...? or just acting cool...?
oh, i quite like this one! like the earring too!
talking about this, i still haven't gotten my hands on jihoo's ear studs!
before i go, will repost some pics that fans had taken... seems like the fans' pics ooze of more love!! hehe, the colours from their pics are so intense, as compared to the media pics!
of course, i wasn't going to stop posting pics from today's event, hehe!
here's one the boys took with whom i think are KAC staff...
oh boy, check out that lady holding onto leader so tightly and so closely!!
you know, if she didn't look so decent and demure, i would actually think she's trying to get abit 'fresh' with him!! i mean, ain't most women quite careful about their bosoms not coming into contact with men?! (*bb: haha, even i was smiling at the choice of my 'antiquated' choice of word... bosom...?!)
and here comes more leader's solo pics!!
yea, yea, i'm more of a leader fan than a SS501 fan. thought it should be pretty obvious by now...? in fact, i don't even normally listen to k-pop, hee...
but yea, coz of leader, i've started to pay attention to SS501, and have been listening to quite abit of their music. can't say all good, or that i like all of their music, but there're some tracks that i do like...
and oh, jung min's really starting to grow on me. he's sooooo.... adorable!
actually the news came out some days ago, but i just haven't gotten around to posting it. but hehe, seems like today's the ceremony, so my timing works out pretty well!
will first share the english trans of the news from quainte501. thanks for all the sharing all this time, gals!
original in korean: udn.com 2009/07/13 translated into english: SS5014ever @ quainte501.com
'Pretty boy' Kim Hyun Joong's sudden popularity, contributes to the rise in influence of SS501 led by him, causing Korea Airports Corporation (KAC) which operates Gimpo International Airport etc, 14 other airports in Korea, to take a fancy to their immense popularity, and invite SS501 to become honorary promotional ambassadors.
Yonhapnews pointed out yesterday, according to Korea Airports Corporation, the popular idol group SS501 who's well-known within the country as well as outside of it, added on to the good image of the five members, as well as their being multi-talented, matches well with the image of Gimpo International Airport, which hopes to become South East Asia's economic hub airport, therefore, they decided to appoint SS501 as promotional ambassadors.
Yonhapnews points out, Korea Airports Corporation, on the 13th, 2pm, will hold an appointment ceremony in Gimpo International Airport's Domestic Terminal, and the 5 members of SS501, will also guest star as service and security staff for a day.
the boys play service and security staff?!! that should be so fun! would it be too risque if i say, 'frisk me, frisk me!'...?! haha!
anyway, am reposting some pics of the boys from today's ceremony of them being officially appointed as the honorary ambassadors for KAC.
and, this news was also all over the korean news programs too!
KoreanAein shared this news clip from Y Star News.
and she also shared this news clip from SSTV.
shirbogurl21 who has brought us so many interesting clips lately also put up this news clip from JK news.
and also this, from donga news.
and one last clip from my daily, shared by marvie0701.
will end off this entry with some pics of leader solo, receiving and holding the plaque up for pics.
he looks nice with glasses too, don't you think? adds an intellectual air, and it also sorta makes him look a wee bit more matured.
remember i'd blogged about who hyun joong resembles?
too new to my blog to have read that? then you can click here to catch up abit.
anyway, one of the celebs mentioned in that post was wuri yong joon.
as said before, personally i don't think the two are alike at all, not in looks and definitely not in personality and temperament. but somehow many bae-fans seem to think hyun joong's portrayal of yoon jihoo in BoF reminded them alot of wuri yong joon. perhaps it's that particular character.
and i've gotta say that in the BoF drama, there are certain small gestures from hyun joong that are a teeny weeny bit like wuri yong joon, especially the way he would blink before he turned his head, and how his smile could transform a face that looked so cold and disinterested to something soooo... different, and how gentle his mannerisms were...
anyway, i've found another reason to post wuri yong joon's pic in a KHJ posting!! remember wuri yong joon made a guest appearance onthe japanese version of hotelier? yea, that was back in 2007, i think.
yea, i know wuri yong joon looks quite nice in the pic above. hehe, if you want to see more, click here.
anyway, what i'd wanted to say is that the SS501 boys actually made a cameo appearance on hotelier too!
they appeared very, very, very briefly in epi 7.
want to see the clip? now don't say i didn't warn you, it's seriously SHORT.
and talking about cameo appearances, i was genuinely surprised that a few of the SS501 fans around me actually DID NOT notice that the special unit consisting of young saeng, kyu jong and baby appeared in the BoF drama.
they just plain didn't believe me when i told them so. i suppose they just could not believe that they had watched the drama (more than once, for that matter), and not noticed the three boys performing. but really!! they appeared in epi 4.
honestly, i also can't understand how the gals could have missed that. the three were singing U R Man, and that's like one of the most recognizable SS501 songs on earth... anyway, here's the clip.
okay, now back to the boys' recent outing to hong kong. remember they'd left hong kong for seoul on 2nd july? i'd previously blogged about their departure here.
more pics of hyun joong arriving at the hong kong international airport have surfaced these two days. seems like the original source waschoi si won's fansite, and then shared on the hong kong tripleS fansite.
hee, some gals got abit excited as hyun joong bent down slightly to get out of the vehicle... yea, he teased us with a glimpse of what's underneath that blank tank...
[NEWS] Model Lee SoRa, “If I’m 10 Years Younger, I Would Have Gone After Kim HyunJoong”
Model Lee Sora has shown her special affection for SS501 leader Kim Hyun Joong.
She was on MBC Come to Play aired on 13th July where she was asked “If you are 10 years younger, who do you want to go after?” and she has chosen SS501 Kim Hyun Joong.
She said, “I recently attended an event where SS501 was there too. I wanted to see Kim Hyun Joong much and I even went around asking where he was in the dressing room.”
“But he was not in the dressing room. But I met SS501 in the hallway where we chatted happily with the staff, but Kim Hyun Joong was not there. In the end I only saw him on stage singing and after that the event ended.”
She continued, “But on our way back to Seoul, we spotted the car that SS501 was in. In a rush, I told my manager, ‘Follow them!’.” causing laughter in the audience.
Credits: Sookyeong
p.s. not sure who lee sora is?
well, she's supposedly south korea's first supermodel! of course, she's abit older now, but hey, apparently still very well-respected in showbiz and also the fashion and modelling arena.
and oh, she owns a yoga-clothing boutique as well. she also hosts a number of fashion and lifestyle TV programs. one of the latest feather to be added to her cap is the korean version of project runway!
yea, she's the host.
p.p.s. and, that makes two (or izzit two hundred or two thousand, haha!) of us! yea, if i were 10 years younger, i would be going after hyun joong too!
and oh, there's some discussion on soompi KHJ thread about whether hyun joong's hand was on his chest, or in between the fangirl's two hands...
oh well, whatever it is, it seems like most fans believe that hyun joong doesn't quite like to be touched... remember, he did say on WGM he doesn't like skinship much? and most fans are of the view that he had probably put his hand on his chest to protect himself.
I enlarged the original group photo and HJ's hand is actually covering his chest. Her hands were over his hand.
I agree she as well as others should not have done that.
I was happy just to be able to have eye contact, a smile and a photo for keepsake.
hehe, so i too enlarged the pic to have a real close look.
sandy's right!!!
it's actually leader's hand first on his own chest, then the girl's! doesn't it make you wonder if he was trying to 'protect' himself, or at least trying to minimize contact as intimate as touching the chest...?
anyway, let's not judge so hastily since we weren't there. for all you know, maybe the girl had asked for leader's permission before wrapping her arms around him?
saw the earlier pic of that fangirl close to hyun joong during the photo-taking session?
here's another one. this one's even more daring, holding leader's hand in between hers...
again, i can't say i like the sight of this. but hey, she's got guts and she got away with it, so what can i say?
i too would wish for a chance to be close or super-near to wuri yong joon or leader, but i don't think i'm comfortable reaching out to touch them without asking first, or somehow making sure that they're ok with it. in any case, i'm really much too 'thin-skinned' for stuff like that, probably too old for stuff like that, lol...
i mean, even though they're celebs, it's 'bad' enough that they have to be like animals on exhibit in the zoo with us, fans, looking on and taking pics and pointing, making comments, etc... they HAVE TO be touched by whoever dares to, too?
ain't that too much?
can you imagine if just half the fans at those sessions did the same thing? i mean, while the boys may not appear to be complete strangers to us coz we read about them, we listen to their songs, we watch their MVs and their shows, and we think we know them pretty well. but do they know us? sure, they may know us collectively as tripleS, but do they know us on an individual or personal level?
do YOU like having complete strangers touching you, holding you?
sure, you might say oh, these gals are young and pretty, surely the boys wouldn't mind... but really, can you control the situation such that only the young and pretty ones touch them? and of course, the statements i'm making are, by no means at all, politically correct. it's like i'm discriminating against the older, the less pretty, the less attractive. and it's like i've double standards.
but sadly, that's mostly how the world works, so sue me. and anyhow, i belong to the group of older and less attractive, so i can talk.
he seems happy enough in these two pics... so i guess it's not a big deal. although i did read that he wasn't too happy about being touched so much duringthe taiwan fan meeting.
but i also remember reading that he's someone who actually appreciates having fans. hyun joong said in this interview,
"Even if the camera's following me and filming me really close, I don't find it annoying (laughs) Coz I think one is not an entertainer if he/she hates having the camera on him/her. And he/she has also lost the right to be an entertainer. I want to do the work that I'm supposed to do with a happy heart.
I really enjoy signing autographs for my fans. And it's precisely because I'm popular, that's why there're people wanting my autographs, so I think signing autographs is great.
No matter when, I hope to be able to enjoy this kind of popularity, and it's also doing something good for people who like me."
so i guess if his mentality is like that, maybe he really doesn't mind if fans get a little over-zealous. but i've also read that he doesn't like people to be too 'over' or excessive...
anyway, like i've been saying all these years, everything in moderation. and i suppose if we're mature adults, we just have to be sure we don't behave in a way that we would be ashamed of.
but that said, life is one shot, and we should treasure every opportunity to do the things that we really want. so if getting close to leader is what you want, then go for it. but in the process of going for it, just be sure you respect yourself and respect him.
so, hehe, the next time i get a chance, i will ask if i could hug him or something, haha!
well, i know for a fact that some people just dislike that pair of white sandals leader wore in taiwan and hong kong. i wonder why. i really really really think they're cool. and just right for summer too!
too girly? i didn't think so.
anyway, one man's poison is another's meat, so the saying goes...
he wore the sandals when he flew from taipei to hong kong...
wore them to dinner at TST after the hong kong fan meeting too.
and... hehe, i think leader and baby probably wear the same-size shoes, coz baby was wearing the sandals during the photoshoot!
other than fiddling with the microphone during the presscon in taiwan, another interesting tidbit about that event was actually the pair of shoes on his feet.
i've gotta say i certainly wasn't expecting him to be wearing that pair of sandals when i was looking at him in that getup. but that said, he looks completely cool and stylish even though i wasn't expecting the sandals.
and yea, i looked. he's got very clean feet and nicely-trimmed toenails!
now if people didn't know any better, they'd probably think i've gotfoot fetish or something!
hehe, then again, i certainly won't be the only one even if it's true.
coz hyun joong seems to have abit of an odd obsession with feet and toenails too!
want to read more about leader's suspect foot fetish? hehe, clickhere and here.
okay, now back to the sharing of footwear. that pair of sandals wasn't the only pair double-HJs had shared during their recent outing to taiwan and hong kong.
leader was wearing this pair of black-and-white patent loafers at the taiwan fan meet, remember?
baby was spotted wearing those at the photoshoot! there, proof again that those two probably are of the same shoe size!
talking about fan meet... am soooo... jealous of this hong kongfan!!!
she actually had the nerve to do that to leader! i mean, alot of us actually find leader rather 'untouchable', coz other than the low-key young saeng, he's really not as warm and friendly as the rest of the boys.
but she's daring!! can't say i feel happy looking at this pic (yea, yea, i know, i know... i should be happy for her...) but hey, at least i'm honest with my feelings here with you, ya?
since i've already posted a pic of leader and fans, might as well share another that's of him with his 70 lucky dates at that hotsun date event.
keke, they're really noona fans just like yours truly! click here for the related interview clips from that same event.
and... before i go, will just share one more piece of news. there's gonna be a korean wave event on 22nd aug (sat) and our SS501 boys will be performing at that event!
okay, this celebratory event is to commemorate incheon becoming a global city, and there's gonna be a music concert held at the incheon stadium on 22nd aug (sat) from 7pm to 9:30pm.
other than our SS501 boys, SNSD, super junior, 2pm, kara and others will also be performing. should be quite an exciting event to watch, so do look out for it!
p.s. if you're thinking of attending the boys' concert in seoul on 1st or 2nd aug, and haven't gotten tickets, do read this, and get in touch with SgTripleS.
shirbogurl21 has been awfully kind and sweet in uploading and sharing SS501 clips. and she's helped with the subs too!
don't think she hangs out around here, but still, i wanna shout out a big thank you to her.
anyway, here are more clips of the boys on various variety programs when they were in taiwan and hong kong recently. the first three clips are from taiwan.
娛樂百分百 Entertainment 100% 2009/07/08
娛樂百分百 Entertainment 100% 2009/06/30
SS501 BTS & NG Clip on KKBOX
SS501 HK Interview on TVBPV 2009/07/07 part 1 of 2
SS501 HK Interview on TVBPV 2009/07/07 part 2 of 2
here are more pics of dashing leader from hong kong! ah, that expressionless face with those lovely, piercing eyes again! i like i like i like!
and... he's sporting a different hairdo for this interview session... although the back's abit shorter, but it kindda reminds me of how he'd looked when he'd first appeared on WGM back in may 2008. yea, when he wore that black tux and appeared with his hwang bu-in on WGM for the first time!
and now, everybody together now!
p.s. before i end off this entry, wanna share this clip of them taking pics during this HK interview session. it's uploaded by topmonday.
and of course, i haven't forgotten about wuri yong joon. not at all, in fact.
and yea, am still trying my darnedest to make sure i am in tokyo on 29th and 20th sep.
meanwhile, here are some pics fromthefaceshop. some are old, some are new. not new in the sense that he's just taken the pics, but new in the sense that we haven't seen them before.
who's going to the SS501 concert in seoul on 1st and 2nd august?
did you read the details about how to buy tickets here andhere, and still can't figure out how on earth you can get your hands on those tickets?
or you don't have any korean friends to help you go online to buy the tickets?
worry not!! the singapore SS501 fanclub SgTripleScan help!
have you seen the notice posted on the site yet?
yea, if you wanna go and haven't got tickets, i suggest you contact SgTripleS quickly.
the gals have direct contact with the organizer and will be able to help you get your tickets.
yes! you will be able to get standing tickets in the C or D section. these are supposedly some of the best spots coz the boys are expected to use the so-called catwalk/s often, so if you're in the C or D section, you will be right in the middle of the excitement!
yea, that's saying that you won't be too far from them when they're on the catwalk, and you should be okay when they're on-stage too!
if you can afford the time and the money, GO GO GO!
the seoul concert is quite possibly the boys' biggest and most exciting out of all the concerts that they are planning on having. yea, they promise lots of fun and interesting things!
yea, things that they boys may not be able to bring to the concerts in other countries due to equipment and venue size.
aren't you tempted already?!!!
i know i am!! but i really really really can't go, coz i need to save my annual leave for my september trip to tokyo. sighs... i wish i can go!!
argghhhh!!
now i can only pray hard that the boys will come to singapore to stage a concert too. yea, me and lots of other singapore fans are praying hard!
hehe, i said i wasn't in the mood to do translation. but somehow right after i'd said that, the mood to translate came!!
fellow fan shiawasan shared some mighty interesting tidbits about hyun joong on baidu joongbo thread.
in fact, she'd shared these tidbits almost immediately after the SS501 boys' visit to taipei, but i was really too busy to translate them and share with you. now, it seems like her friend's away to get a backstage pass for the boys' fan meeting in taiwan, and shiawasan was able to get this friend to share so-called backstage info.
shiawasan had shared the tidbits in brief point form, so there's really not all that much descriptive details... but it still makes mighty interesting reading.
original in chinese: shiawasan / baidu KHJ thread translated into english: happiebb / bb's blog
shiawasan: i finally saw the friend who got the backstage pass to the taiwan fan meet online today. not much news, and there isn't any clips or pics. control from the korean side is very tight. (but heard that there's a group pic of the boys with all the staff, but my friend hasn't gotten the pic yet)
according to my friend's brief recollection...
1. my friend went to watch the rehearsal before the SS501 fan meeting.
2. hyun joong's first words after the rehearsal were: "can we eat now?" (*bb: hehe, he's a growing boy alright!)
3. coz the control wasn't very good during the 1000-pax photo-taking, fans were touching hyun joong quite... err... (anyway, suffice to say he was affected to the extent that his mood wasn't that good)
4. during the wrap-up dinner party, seems like SS501 had a private dining room to themselves (didn't have a chance to my friend, she'd gone offline again), but only hyun joong came out to toast with the dancers and the rest of the crew.
5. baby and jung min were very nice chaps.
6. hyun joong can really drink and he smokes too.
7. hyun joong is very polite and courteous towards staff and crew.
more tidbits... (seems like the following info was from a second msn session when the friend came online again)
about jung min, he was teased and was called a gigolo, coz his PR skills were so good! haha, said that he's very nice to everyone, very chatty and funny!
kyu jong and young saeng were described to zone out even more than hyun joong, and they didn't talk so much.
baby likes to joke and play around, seems to speak mandarin quite well.
hyun joong? he's just zoned out, mostly.
more...
friend: hyun joong's eyes are perpetually emitting electricity*... totally can't look him in the eye...
(*bb: this is the chinese way of describing that eyes that are very attractive and expressive, capable to sending shockwaves out to people looking at them. it's a very flattering description.)
shiawasan: probably because he's zoned out all the time, so he looks like he has misty eyes... hehe!
friend: maybe it's because he can't see clearly... he makes me feel like i should be short-sighted too, to see if i'm able to have electrifying eyes... i can't even think about (his eyes) now, my legs will get weak!
shiawasan reiterated at the end of her post that her friend shared that amongst everyone, hyun joong's the one who treated the staff the best, and he was the friendliest with them. and he would come out from his own private room to chat and drink with the staff.
okay, that's it!
and before i go, will just repost some fantabulous pics of hyun joong from the taiwan fan meeting!
these...? from hollywood bowl in the US? i'm not quite sure...
he was wearing this sparkly tank for quite a few of his performance; gotta say it ain't one of my faves. am relieved and very very glad that he's stopped wearing it since. i prefer him in solids, and not so sparkly. well, his good looks are really sparkling and eye-catching enough, haha!
oh... trying to act cute, kyu jong? really, you don't have try THIS hard. you already ARE very cute, wakaka!
omo, these boys are soooo... weirdly funny! dorky and cute!
last-minute practising...? good boys!
and since we're 'in' US, will share these rather new-ish pics taken in the US.
hee, hyun joong looks nice even when he's squatting! and yea, i know, i know, i'm most definitely biased!
can't say i like their outfits in the pic below... but i think young saeng's ensemble is possibly one of my least faves amongst these...
the boys... acting cool.
after hyun joong, jung min and kyu jong are my next faves in SS501!
i love how jung min just CANNOT shut up! he's so hyper and fun to watch on-stage! and the tom-and-jerry teasing between him and baby, LOL!
some of you might have already seen this pic, but i still wanna share it here.
seems like jae joong of DBSK caught up with hyun joong after wrapping up his concert in tokyo. they're reportedly spotted spending time together in the early morning of 10th july... you do know that the boys are BFF, ya? hehe, it was raining too that evening in seoul...
anyway, seems like jae joong didn't stay in seoul for long, as he's zipped off to beijing with his DBSK members for work already....
the one on the left is supposedly jae joong, and the one with the beanie and in berms is supposedly hyun joong.
and oh, the solo collection album came with the long, movie-like drama MV, ya?
seems like there will be something released in taiwan by warner music.
yea, the solo collection album will be out, together with a DVD that will contain the drama MV as well as footage from their US trip. am not sure if the US footage is the same as those posted here, but it's possible, i guess.
and oh, the poster originally said that the product will be out on 24th july. but seems like there's gonna be a delay and it will only be out sometime in early august. no firm dates yet.
and yup, there will be chinese subs on the DVD, and the lyrics will have the chinese version for fans to sing along with...
still on the drama MV, did you notice what the girl's holding in her left hand?
i think it's one of those things they use in showbiz whereby you squeeze and blood will squirt wherever the tube is...? see the tube thingy from the object in her hand? it's pasted on her wrist area and i think led to her 'bleeding' arm.
you know, i think hyun joong is really really really goodlooking! i especially love it when he's looking expressionless. even better, fierce! those big, piercing eyes!
anyway, i know i'm terribly late, but i still am gonna post that MV that's (finally!!) out.
shirbogurl21 has bought the HD version of the MV from gomtv, and she's uploaded the clips onto YT. but please please please just watch them, and go buy the MV if you like 'em.
here's a message from shirbogurl21 on her YT account on these MVs. DO NOT RE-POST OR HOTLINK!! EMBED: please include the message above
and, she's also volunteered to help if you can't maneuver your way around gomtv to buy the MVhere and here. i suppose you can send her a PM ather YT account.
before i post the second drama MV released on thursday evening (9th july, korean time 5:01pm), i will first repost that first epi, ya?
actually now that we've watched the entire MV released on thursday, i think the so-called first epi was actually a teaser...
okay, now for the REAL thing...
part 1 of 3
part 2 of 3
part 3 of 3
before i end off this entry, wanna repost some screencaps that fellow fans have done. i've gotten them all from soompi KHJ thread. thanks, gals, for all the sharing!
