Wednesday, November 15, 2006

[Non-BYJ] You know you're addicted to Korean drama if...

Found this article in our local daily, Philippine Daily Inquirer. Actually, today there are 3 sections about the Korea Fever in Inquirer today. Just thought of posting this here and sharing to all my visitors. I guess we can all relate to the things enumerate below.

Btw, i've also posted links to
other stories below the article, also from Philippine Inquirer.

Ops one more thing before you read the article, just would like you to know that we have more Korean tourists in our country than Japanese lately. Before the number 1 slot always belongs to the Japanese. But since last year, the Koreans overtook the Japanese tourists visiting our country. ^^

You know you’re addicted to Korean dramas if…
By Melissa Telan
Philippine Daily Inquirer 11/15/2006

Published on Page E1 of the November 15, 2006 issue of the Philippine Daily Inquirer

1. You’ve tried, or you’re trying, to learn Korean in the hopes that one day you’ll watch your favorite dramas without aid of dubbing or subtitles.

2. You’ve watched your favorite dramas at least three times, and your favorite scenes—the most heart-wrenching or the most kilig [giddy]—at least 10.

3. Someone asks you to recall a particular scene from your favorite drama and you recite it in full detail, including the actors’ lines and the episode number where such scene is found.

4. You convince your friends, family, classmates, officemates and just about anyone who hasn’t caught the Koreanovela [korean dramas] bug yet to watch Korean dramas. And you do this with the kind of fervency that would make a door-to-door salesman proud.

5. Your cell phone’s ring tones feature the theme songs of “My Girl,” “Full House,” “Winter Sonata” (or the ring tones featured in such shows).

6. Your mp3 player contains mostly K-pop music or Korean ballads from your favorite drama’s soundtrack.

7. You create an online shrine dedicated to your favorite hallyu star or show.

8. You know what hallyu means.

9. Your Korean drama collection is big enough for you to open a small video rental shop.

10. You’re part of several fan clubs or a regular in online forums such as those found in soompi.com, d-addicts.com and tsinoy.com, all dedicated to your favorite K-artista or artistas [k-artist or artists].

11. You tirelessly write, petition, clamor and beg local television stations to bring your favorite Korean star to the Philippines. [i wonder if this is also the case with the other countries?]

12. You’re one of the earliest to line up at the airport when a K-star does come. Then you follow him or her to the hotel, where you’ve also booked yourself. If he or she has TV guestings or mall tours, you chalk up perfect attendance in all of them.

13. You save lunch money to be able to afford pricey collector’s items from www.Yesasia.com, such as DVDs or other K-drama paraphernalia.

14. When you do have lunch, you regularly make a beeline to Korean restaurants to eat kimbap, kimchi, and other such food fare that are featured in the dramas. You also search high and low for soju.

15. You save up money for your dream tour of Korea to see all the places featured in their dramas.

16. You watch your favorite drama all over again, this time dubbed in Filipino [or your native language] and shown in local channels, even if you’ve seen the entire English subtitled version.

17. You dream in Korean (plus points if the dream has English subtitles).

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Tuesday, November 14, 2006

new photos of yong and non-byj

new photos came out again. this time they were from the new ad of lotte duty free and josie jishin weekly magazine.


november 18 is fast approaching and hopefully we get to see yong joon, ji sub and the rest of the BOF men at the wedding of Mgr Wei.

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tomorrow, november 15 is the day that ji sub's bestbuddy and "hopefully" soon to be a member of BOF family, song seung hun's release from the military after more than 2 years.

btw, i saw in soompi's korean photos thread the new photos of Goong 2 cast in their formal wear. Se7en is really cute, Heo Lee Jae looks cute too in these photos than the presscon photos that were release early this month.

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I'm looking forward to seeing Goong 2 next year. Shooting starts this November.^^

Here are some photos of HLJ from a magazine that came out recently.

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I have yet to see her act in Sunflower opposite Kim Rae Won. But i'm wishing her all the best since she belongs to BOF family.

thanks to miemi for scanning yong joon's photos

Sunday, November 12, 2006

nagajun's artwork

there are so many baesisters particularly in japan who make beautiful sketches of yong joon. amongst my favorites are nagajun, koshuka, laki, boruneo and a lot more.

frances and i have been posting in byj thread @ soompi their artworks. recently nagajun has been doing sketches from CREA photos one after the other. almost everyday she posts in her blog new drawing.

here are her 4 most recent work wherein i've placed the original photo. i hope that she doesn't mind me posting them here in my blog as well.




Saturday, November 11, 2006

oh wow...oh wow...

i love the first one [and many more ^^]. see those arms and that chest? they make me sweat! whew! geez, i'm sure men would like to have those in them.

absolutely love this one! and those feet...
i hope that leslie kee didn't cut those feet.


"want to lie down next to me?"

this is actually not new anymore but i think
that the first photo that came out was in b&w.
have i said that i like his navel?


thanks to 권오경 for posting in Quilt and to kaorin for scanning. ^^

Friday, November 10, 2006

screencaps from CREA vods

Thanks to Style and 권오경 for posting the following vods in Quilt

from the vods posted by Rajikaru -- by oodo/http://cafe.daum.net/byjgallery
click here to download


and piko님,Annette님,희진님 / http://cafe.daum.net/byjfan
click here to view


hope that there will be a much longer vod that will come out. really love to see how the CREA article described the photoshoot with leslie kee. (",)

like a premium chocolate

Now that Yong Joon is back in Seoul, I think I’ll be missing the daily diary from Mr. Koh, LCK, JamTour and the real-time reporting of our baesisters. It has been a wonderful 3 weeks with so many information about our man. Topping all the reports is the different Yong Joon which we all saw in CREA, cover of BYJ Classics and Superstar courtesy of Leslie Kee .

Yong Joon is like deluxe chocolate ad in a gloss magazine. If a chocolate is yummy in every bite, Yong Joon is yummylicious in every angle. And there is no way to satisfy ones craving. One will definitely ask for more.

Because I crave for those photos, I created a siggy for my soompi.com account.


I found this cropped photo from CREA in Quilt which was posted by hyejun. [thanks hyejun!]

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Btw, it was said that Yong Joon made a heart sign. Now, i wonder how he did it. Is it by connecting his ten fingers together or like this ...

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i hope he did it like the first one (",)

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

more photos from CREA

cute feet ^^


enlarged by style

Heavenly Sexy Yong Joon

The latest issue of CREA is out and boy oh boy oh boy OUR MAN IS SO SEXY!

Here are the photos. Watch your droll ladies, your keyboards might shortcircuit ^^

I love his poses! Very much different from the poses he used to do. I love it! Really I love it! I seems that Yong Joon is showing us his other side. The very teaseful Yong Joon.

he should have not turned his back!

note : thanks to http://cafe.daum.net/byjfan ~ kaorin & style

Monday, November 06, 2006

another birthday coming

nope he's not from BOF but i'm hoping he'll be one day ^^

Se7ev [Choi Dong Wook] will be turning 22 on November 9. ^^ He is my very first k-pop idol.

When i was in Korean i bought his 24/7 album. I would have wanted to buy his new album Se7lution, but it was released November 1. But I was able to listen to them and they're good. I had a chance also to see his m/v "Ra Ra Ra" [click the title to watch] last friday wherein he was kissing his leading lady in the m/v inside the car. whew! hot m/v from se7en. i love it! ^^

Btw, i'm not that too excited on the news about Se7en doing Goong 2. I don't actually want him joining the bandwagon of singer going into acting. But since i like Se7en, i will be supporting him and the actress to be paired with him is from BOF, Heo Lee Jae [also from Sunflower starring Kim Rae Won (Attic Cat, My Little Bride, Love Story in Harvard, Which star/planet are your from?), another cute and sexy kimchi^^].

This is Hoe Lee Jae.
November 9 is another date to remember in November ^^

Saturday, November 04, 2006

it's so ji sub's birthday!

sonick is now 29....happy birthday!

his fans from korea, japan, thailand, singapore hong kong and even italy will all be gathering together tomorrow to celebrate his birthday. though BOF has already made an announcement that ji sub will not be able to attend tomorrow's gathering, fans will still continue to celebrate.

ji sub's official website are full of greetings from fans all over the world. jisub even posted again another photo [3 days in a row!]. it was said that he goes to his official site and youngsosa site [official fan club based in korea] almost everyday to read.

here's the photo that he posted yesterday.



btw, BOF also posted a photo of him ^^


again, happy birthday sonick [he goes by this name whenever he logs and leaves message in his website]!

just a though, is it possible for yong joon and ji sub to be in one project? i sure do hope for this to happen one day. ^^

p.s. some members of ji sub addicts will be having dinner tonight at Gorilla in the Kitchen ^^

Thursday, November 02, 2006

thanks to robyn!

edit ~

oh no! robyn i need to replace my template once again. i can't view it properly using my computer here at home. = ( as i told you i'm using firefox at home and IE at the office.

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like my new template? it's a gift from robyn a.k.a robyntulips @ soompi.

i've known tulips for about 2 years now and she is a fellow filipina. we became cyber friends through yong joon and ji sub threads at soompi. then some fellow filipinas at sjs thread decided one day to meet in Starbucks 6750 at Makati. and there i saw the very sweet robyn with her mom. she hibernated for a while because of work and studies. from time to time she still goes to soompi and drop a note or two here in my blog.

when i came from my trip to korea, i got an email from her with the attached template for my blog. isn't she so sweet?

anyway, robyn i really really appreciate your gift to me. see i'm using it now ^^ *hugs and kisses* hope to see you someday.

Wednesday, November 01, 2006

November Dates

After yesterday's 3 new photos of Yong Joon, today, baeland seems to be a little quiet again. I believe that we'll be going to have to wait for more photos later.

Geez, Quilt is down once more after working for few hours last night. Probably it's server problem again. I'm guessing that the server can't handle too much request for access [especially last night when the photos and news came out]. I hope Quilt will be back soon.

But tonight Gaulyeoja posted news update from Jeju in KOB but I can only decipher very little from the updates using babelfish translator. I'm pretty sure bb, will be posting later in her blog the translation for those updates. In the news it seems like an 88 year old fan (?) visited and Yong Joon was able to greet her. ^^

Btw, in 3 more day someone from BOF will be celebrating his birthday. So Ji Sub will be turning 29 (30 in Korean calendar) on November 4, Saturday.

His official fan club Youngsosa will be having a birthday celebration for him on November 5 at Seng Kyun Kwan University, 600th anniversay building, but it's still not known yet whether Ji Sub will be attending or not. I hope that he does since many members of Ji Sub Addict, a forum with members mostly are english speaking fans, will be there to attend. JSAs will also have a dinner at Gorilla on November 4. A Korean member, Saturn, has already made reservation for 17 pax.

Though Ji Sub has been in the military for almost 2 years now (he will be out on Apr 27, 2007) he has been constantly communicating with his fans and would post his photos in his official website. Today, he posted another photo of him.

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notice how long his fingers are?
he captioned this photo as "first day"

The following week after Ji Sub's birthday, BOF and Ji Sub will be celeberating 1 year (basing on the press release) of partnership. I still can recall the day when it was announced that Ji Sub has became a member of BOF Family and that his contract is good for 3 and a half years. I believe that I'm one of the happiest person on that day and it was such a very nice present for me. ^^

Before i end this post, there's another happening a week after the 1st anniversary of Ji Sub under BOF. Song Seung Hun, Ji Sub's best buddy and "might" one day be a member of BOF Family too [i'm crossing my fingers and everything there is to cross], will be released from his military duties on November 15 and will have a fans' day on the 18th the same day of the wedding of actress Jang Shin to Wee Seung Chul, So Ji Sub's marketing manager.

So many dates to remember in November. Whew! But none really for our Yong Joon. But like what i posted earlier, I'm hoping that he could attend the wedding on the 18th and see him together with all the other BOF men.

Tuesday, October 31, 2006

if it rains it pours ^^

more...more...more new photos please!!! thanks to jessica for posting this wonderful photo in KOB. i'm definitely going "chest"-nut once again!

the handsomest and sexiest king ever

m sure almost evry Blog and website has the latest photo of yong joon as damdeok. definitely the handsoooooooomest king i've seen! the late st photos makes me giddy....he's soooooooo gorgeouseses opps gorgeous! man, how can he have this so much effect on me! i can't conc$%0entr(#ate on my work! i'm stammering, my hands are sHahaKing! i'm tpying with so many errrrors! geez, what is happening to mmhe?!

hee, i wont definitely correct the text on this entry ^^




yong joon, you are soooo mean for not letting us see you more often. and now you are making us all go crazy with your 2 photos *argh*

i made a new siggy which i'm now using in soompi ^^


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btw, i forgot to thanks gaulyeoja for posting these wonderful photos in kob (",)

Thursday, October 26, 2006

my 1st seoul trip entry

i have debated whether to post the account of my trip here or in my other blog. but obviously posting the experience in my li'l cozy corner won. i want to keep this blog only for yong joon and some other k-entertainment news.

anyway for those who are interested to know how we spent our 1st night in seoul, click here.

btw, you'll also get to know a little about me in that personal blog. hope you'll enjoy the visit.

opsie, before i finish this post, let me just share this photo here. taken at nami island. i love nami!

Tuesday, October 24, 2006

november 18 wedding

nope definitely it's not yong joon's wedding nor ji sub's wedding. and absolutely not my wedding. it's the wedding of Mr. Wi Sung Cheol(28), marketing director of BOF (handling SJS) and Jang Shin Young(22).

well this wedding interests me mainly because ji sub will be the best man and there will surely be tons of new photos of my 2nd korean man ^^. likewise, our prince might attend if his schedule will permit him [crossing my fingers].

the wedding will be on the 18th of November at Sheraton Walkerhill Hotel, then the couple will go honeymoon to Bali. Comedian Jeong Joon Ha will be the ceremony's host, and Jo Seung Mo and Kim Tae Woo (of G.O.D.) will be wedding singers.



more pre wedding photos of the couple can be seen in the following link ~

http://news.media.daum.net/entertain/broad.../v14458799.html
http://photo.media.daum.net/list/gallery/j...=23232&su=1

thanks to saturn for the news posted in sjs thread at soompi

p.s. i know some of you are already waiting for the account of my trip to seoul. will do it after tomorrow, i just need to fix some minor problem with a friend (nope not related to the trip ^^)

Friday, October 20, 2006

already missing seoul...

yes i'm already missing seoul. i wish that i could stay there much longer and explore the beautiful city. the 10-day vacation i had was not enough. i would have wanted to extend, but because of work i was only allowed to take 10 days leave.

i just read tonight that yong joon went to jeju last night. geez, had i known about it i might have camped in kimpo airport and waited for him there. went home early last night to fix my stuff for an early morning flight. geez...sigh...

oh well, probably it's not yet really the time for me to see yong joon. but having gone to his country, breathing the same air, eating at Gorilla in the Kitchen and Tea Loft, setting my footprints in Park BOF and BOF office, and of course visiting Nami island is already an experience that's definitely worth treasuring.

waahhh, i want to go back!

btw, have i told you that i love walking? but do you know that my feet and legs surrendered to too much walking in seoul? geez, the one month walking i usually do in our country is equivalent to a week of walking in seoul!

i'm already in the process of fixing 1/7th of our photos. i will be sharing some them later and will also be blogging about our trip.

Wednesday, October 11, 2006

i'm off to seoul...

it's 2am here in our country and in just a few hours i'll be going to seoul with my friends. i'm so excited. my very first time in the land of hot "kimchis".

i'm not sure if i'll have the luck as our other baesisters who were able to see our yong joon. but i'm crossing my fingers. one thing for sure though, i'll be able to see rain (full house). we've already have tickets according to my friend.

ok i better go and hit the bed now. but before that, for those who gave me tips and helped me do reservations...huge huge thanks. likewise to a baesister who helped me with translation. hugs and kisses to all of you.

'bye!

Saturday, October 07, 2006

hot nails

don't you just love men with short and clean fingertips? we'll that's one thing i look for a guy. for me no matter how handsome a man is if his fingernails and toenails does not conform with my standard he's out in my list. like i said, i like men with short, clean and no polish nails. i easily get turn off to guys with long nails even if its just one nail (some guys grow their pinky nail long).

have you noticed yong joon's nails? i llllllllloooooooooooovvvvvvvvve them! honestly, i just lllllllllooooooooooovvvvvvvvvvve them! everytime there is a photo of him that includes his hands i will surely, definitely, absolutely look closely on his fingernails and see if theyr're short, clean and no polish. though there are few photos that i've seen with dried cuticles i just let it go since it looks kinda sexy and manly on him. geez, even i would sometimes have dried cuticle ^^

here, i've posted some photos with his hands. take a closer look at his fingertips, they're hot tips, don't you think? it's so amazing that this man, even at the very end of his fingers would look so hotta hotta hot!














i wish a bigger photo of his toenails will be posted soon ^^

speaking of tips, i'm assuming that the tips of his hair are also perfect. not split ends. what do you think?