19 February 2014

☊ pics-03 [2013-14 the year's journey] ☊

<<< Part 01 Here >>>
<<< Part 02 Here >>>

Just how cute is this little prince?!?! *cue audio of exploding hormones*


I don't know why he makes me crazy... and I don't want to know why ㅋㅋㅋㅋ





10 February 2014

☊ pics-01 [2013-14 the year's journey] ☊




Sharing some (uber) delayed pics from Hyesung oppa's EPIC year-end concert. I'll do this (the pic sharing) very (yeah, really very) slowly ... I'm racing against time to organize my concert (and vacation) experience before my hectic worklife drowns the bliss I earned from that winter holiday ~~~






Disclaimer: I ended 2013 in such a daze... Running around Seoul from one concert to the next without really any plan or purpose... ㅋㅋㅋ A few of my friends told me that I was living a dream (and indeed, I was)~~~ that I was able to travel alone (mostly) and spend the new year being an ultimate fangirl (i suppose) and that I deserved that insane vacation after all the unbelievable work stress and huge family events I had to slave for (this I kinda tell myself actually)... AND YET ... I don't know. I'm half myself trying to piece together the sensory overload from December... Had I really watch Shin Hyesung oppa?!?! Oh, it was a memory I couldn't believe myself ... 몰라몰라몰라...

27 November 2013

☊ happy happy #Shinbriefday ^^ ☊

Today is one of those days...



It's AMAZING how on this day, a great person was born. He whose smile makes everything worthwhile on the toughest days...



Happy happy birthday 정필교오빠 <3. 진심으로 감사했어... 다 때문에요. ^^
항상 행복하고 건강하세요~~~ 축하해요!

06 October 2013

☊ eye candy: dancing 9 mvp ha huidong ☊



Here's to the fiercest baddest awe-inspiring b-boy with the biggest softest heart ever! Red Wings MVP HA HUIDONG oppa, 축하해요!!!

There are TONS of passion and talent in Red Wings (and Blue Eyes too!) so it wasn't easy to settle on a bias. But there was something really special about Ha Huidong oppa which makes him all too deserving to win MVP. Perhaps his age sets him way apart from the rest of the dancers ... I personally admired him MORE after seeing his superb skills and then knowing that he's already mid-30's! His cute face and personality doesn't really make him any different from anyone else I think. I've always loved his silent pride on his team and his performances. He makes for a really strong yet adorable leader who makes his own funny mistakes and cries his heart out for the team. I'm really happy that Ha Huidong oppa placed as MVP.



Major KUDOS to these fabulous MASTERS too!!! Their support was overwhelming and I love how they celebrate their win with just as much fervor as the actual contestants themselves. We should see them perform in their own MASTER stages as well SOMETIME, right!?




Cutie b-boy snake ~~~ YOU are the definition of AWESOME.

Congratulations!!! ^^

26 September 2013

☊ this dancing 9 addiction ☊

Since Shinbang has been off season for some weeks now, I've been scouring kdrama and kvariety land for treasure finds to fill the weekend void. This opportune moment led me to Lee Minwoo oppa's Dancing 9. I haven't really seen any of the US dance programs so I can't really compare. A friend says that Dancing 9 is kind of similar to So You Think You Can Dance but that its stage is bigger hahaha. I have no qualifications to match up talent … But since I am pretty floored with Dancing 9's aces, I would believe that they should have adequate skills to rival dancers elsewhere. I do wonder if western counterparts shed as much tears as dancers in Korea haha! In any case, now that I've become addicted to Dancing 9, I feel like its talent is beyond exceptional and its heart is crazy remarkable.



At first, I was just following Dancing 9's subbed delayed broadcasts on Channel M. The draft episodes up to the pair battle episodes were super fun and the dancers were really amazing … so they kept my attention for longer compared to other survival shows on that channel. And then it came to the group missions… and OMG I just got really HOOKED! I can't quite explain why but I was choked up with tears watching these team battle episodes. I feel like there are so many things to love about the show and that an innocent viewer can easily be transformed into an avid fan! Let me share just a few spazz-worthy reasons which can lead to Dancing 9 addiction haha~~ ★ ★ ★

The MASTERS. Check out their profile here.


Quite obvious, ㅋㅋ I know. But even though I'm a Shinhwa Changjo, I'm not just talking about Minwoo oppa here. At this point, the competition is as much about teamwork amongst the Red Wings and Blue Eyes contestants as it is about the teamwork of their Masters. Recently, reaction videos focused on the Masters' passionate support were released. They care so much that you can certainly feel the nerve wracking tension radiating from their eyes and their carefully phrased comments against the other team. It's CRAZY. They're like parents rooting for their babies on stage. Minwoo oppa … his tears from the LA episode, his anger from eliminating Red Wings members and his PROUD PROUD PROUD standing ovations …. /I just can't. There's so much to say about the other master-nims' as well but this can easily turn into a novel with that. In any case, major kudos to all the masters who are all cool crybabies with the biggest hearts in the world! But of course, I am a Red Wings' supporter all throughout. I am rooting for the Red Wings master-nim's as much as I am for the dancers themselves haha!



★ Dancer BIASES – RED WINGS FTW! HA HUIDONG OPPA 진짜 대단이다!!! His b-boy skills are off the charts NO DOUBT. And his personality (with his age, perhaps? lol) is absolutely charming. I like how he is snobbishly quiet heheh and how his big soulful eyes speak volumes of pride, embarrassment, stress, and whatnots. I also love this kinda love-line with co-ace LEE LUDA ^^. They match up pretty well in my opinion. I wish to see LUDA-ssi without her thick eye makeup though as I believe she will still be just as lovely! I also adore the rest of the dancers from Red Wings and applaud their quiet disposition as a team. They really are more serious and are not as rowdy as Blue Eyes … a trait which actually appeals to me!



★ Dancer BIASES – BLUE EYES^^ I also kind of root for KIM MYUNGKYU and HAN SUNCHUN from the Blue Eyes. They are so cute as a pair, right?! And I'll be damned with their ballet skills~ whoah!



★ Song choices are KYAAAAAAAAAA!!! I do enjoy the mix of western and Korean songs in the performances. It doesn't even matter if I know the lyrics or not (unlike singing competitions) since the choreography tells me its own story anyway. Obviously, I have to say that I cheered the loudest on the WILD EYES + SCARFACE performance~ OF COURSE. It feels so good watching them interpret the kpop songs in their own dance genre. So kudos to that! I'll be infinitely thrilled with more SM songs, but of course I'll be happy with whatever they pick BIGBANG, G.NA, CL etc~

I just caught up with the live Saturday broadcast at Episode 9… I had to pull some late nights to catch up but it is all worth it. At this point, re-watching the earlier episodes feels just as exhilarating. RED WINGS HWAITING!!!!!!! ^^