lunar new year

lunar new year starts on the 26th of january. how do you think koreans celebrate Seollal [korean new year]? most people go back to their hometowns to perform ceremonial rites, paying their respect to their ancestors, so the day before and after Seollal are also designated holidays.

since lunar new year is just around the corner, this photo of young yong joon in hanbok came out again.

hmm, i wonder how yong joon will celebrate the lunar new year? you think he has time to purchase gives for his loved ones? will he be performing ancestral rites and play traditional Korean games with family members? or will yong joon be travelling during Seollal Holidays. ^^

photos posted by azuna / byjgallery

today's news about yong joon

this morning, i read an article about yong joon and his stocks with KE.

here are some of the details of the news from sportseoul. thanks to mariko for helping me out with the detail.

- amongst entertainment companies in korea only KeyEast [KE] is increasing the stock price while others are declining. [this is just my opinion, i really don't think that putting up own management company (which is the current trend for artists) is not a good idea now especially with the current economic crisis]
- KE registered a 70% increase in their stock price
- price last dec 30 closing of year 2008 was at 1920 won
- the increase can be attributed to the announcement of the collaboration of byj and jyp as well as with Digital Adventure in japan.
- yong joon total share is 4,380,000 stocks which is equivalent to 1,400,000,000 won (3,225 won per share)
- yong joon is the biggest shareholder of KE with 35%
- the article also mentioned other factors [writer's opinion] that may have contributed to the soaring of KE stock price . they are : BOFi increase in sales [obento, gosireh products], 'wls anime' related products are already sold to japanese companies, and the drama rights acquisition of 'drops of gods'
- KE worth is 4,080,000,000 won

additional info not in the news...
- it was in the news before that BOFs talents [particularly So Ji Sub and Lee Na Young] are shareholders as well of KE

bof talents, in demand cf endorsers ^^

i saw this news posted on byjgallery and kob, 배용준 CEO "불황? CF 나한테 물어봐! and according to mariko, this new talks about actors in BOF with many CF contracts and that feedback of the product they are endorsing have very positive response from consumers.

of course yong joon's name is the very first one mentioned. the name of so ji sub, lee na young, lee ji ah and and park ye jin were also in the news.

if you want to know what are they endorsing [and had endorsed] here are scanned photos of 2009 KeyEast/BOF/BOFi calendar which the profile of each actor that was posted by style about a week ago on byjgallery.

i'll post the rest of the calendar if i see again style's post. i posted all of them on byj thread @ soompi but the thumbnails are not working. i must have done something wrong when i uploaded them on imageshack.

btw, you may click the image to enlarge ^^




these are all the talents under BOF.

new photos from skyperfect tv

3 photos are not really new but the rest are. thanks to kaorin for posting these scanned photos on byjfan. ^^

i suggest that you enlarge the each photos for better view ^^

hee, i don't think his fingers are taped

simply gorgeous

found this in nagajun's blog and i can't resist posting it here.

another reason why we love yong joon ^^

i am posting this nice post that suehan posted on byj's quilt. thank so much suehan!

Wuri Yong Joon nim is surely different than others.
korean to english translation by suehan

suehan wrote on byj's quilt :

Hi, everyone;

Reporter Kim Yong Ho appeared on the SBS program, “Live Entertainment Express”, and talked about wuri Yong Joon nim yesterday, on January 19, 2009. The topic was of the secrets of cooperation amounts. I was informed that entertainers were supposed to return the clothes, shoes, glasses, etc. after they finished the interviews and shootings. Some entertainers are getting them from the sponsors as a courtesy, and some are demanding to have them. But, I guess wuri Yong Joon nim is surely different than others. Here is what Reporter Kim said:


“There are so many behind-the-scene stories about the cooperation from sponsors, and some entertainers don’t accept the cooperation from sponsors. Like Bae Yong Joon ssi, he nearly doesn’t accept the cooperation from sponsors. I heard that he buys the products from the stores for the same amounts as they are when he got the cooperation from sponsors.”

more GIFs from the 2008 MBC Awards

i know that there are so many GIFs from the MBC Awards that were posted earlier but i can't seem to get enough of yong joon.

here's another set of GIF from the 2008 MBC Drama Awards which was posted by 순 수 on byjgallery.

love yong joon's expressions and the way his lips move smile.

please do not hotlink

credit as labeled ^^

[screencaps] skyperfec cf

have you seen the 16 seconds skyperfect cf that was shared by makishi? not yet? ok, click here if you want to see yong joon in motion. ^^

here are screencaps made by makishi which she shared also on byjgallery

skyperfect cf

here's the 16 seconds skyperfect cf posted by makishi on byjgallery.

so cute!!!

anyone seen this? naomi posted this on byj's quilt yesterday but i was only able to see this video today.

yong joon is so cute here! first time i'm actually seeing this video and i wonder when, where and what this video is all about.



thanks naomi!

screencaps from SkyPerfect Special

thanks to makishi for doing the screencaps and posting on byjgallery. she actually posted this in byjgallery last monday, jan 12.

not sure if this is allowed to be posted elsewhere but since the urls of the images are not lock i'm posting these here.

you can click on the image to enlarge.