That OMG moment when the time ticks even closer to the date you're waiting for....
...and that date has to be on July 1st.
Apart from Leader Leeteuk's 29th (30th) birthday, but the fandom finally went wild.
It's the day "SEXY, FREE & SINGLE" is out.
What's that?, you may ask.
No worries. I asked myself that at first.
It's the latest 2012 album (or jib) on Super Junior, where Kangin joins the group back and happily ever after.
But I just hope that Kibum would just suddenly appear in the MV, rapping and dancing like he always do... It's been three years since Sorry Sorry, where he only appeared in the MV and did nothing but just act out his part. Very devastating, honestly.
I actually laughed when I saw Hyukjae's teaser. It was absolutely funny. It's the second year, I realized, that his eyes are invisible. It's his asset, alright? I don't know, hmm.... But Donghae looked absolutely beautiful! weird, no?
So these are the teasers. We'll just wait for the rest of the teasers to be released.
P/S: Aren't you excited that KIM YOUNGWOON is back? =D
P/S/S: I'm 'temporarily closed' when it comes to fan-fiction. I'll come back after SPM, with a better quality fan-fictions. At least, I do have some spare time to write better. A lot of spare time, even!
The first episode of Skip Beat (or Extravagant Challenge) have finally aired in Malaysia on the 26th of May on 8TV and the K-poppers in my school went wild with the topic. I asked most of them the infamous question of that day: "Hey, did you watch Skip Beat yesterday?" Most answers were yes and the rest were devastating no's. I was glad that I watched since I had a critical mental sickness that makes me often forget important things and it is surreal that I managed to remember to watch the drama.
It's in Mandarin and what's cool about the drama is Donghae and Siwon of Super Junior (yes, the Greek Gods-sque Koreans who are 2/15 of Super Junior) and what's not hot about the drama is both of Donghae and Siwon's parts were dubbed. It's actually a clean dubbed since their real voices and the dubbing voice actually sound alike, but if you're a huge fan of these boys, you can tell the differences. (Minor spoliers alert!)
It took at least more than five minutes to wait for Donghae's appearance and when he did appeared (as a sexy billboard), my state of fangirling went wild. It became wilder when Donghae smiled. He was a hot in bronze hair, eye-lined eyes, smiling down at the girl whom he knew for all his life... Oh well. If only I was the one whom he smiled at.
Siwon appeared on Donghae's flat screen TV. Yes, that's when he first appeared. Apparently, Sho Fuwa (which is Donghae) hated Ren Tsuruga (I hope I got Siwon's character's name correctly). Fuwa's a newcomer in the entertainment industry who has packed schedules and is stuck-up. Tsuruga's mouth is like Kyuhyun if you want to compare Siwon's character with Siwon's real-life buddy and Tsuruga's dubbed as 'the Hottest or the Handsomest Celeb in Taiwan', and Fuwa wants to beat him for the title. The girl whom Fuwa have know for most of his life threw a strawberry jelly to the flat screen TV which hits Tsuruga in the 'face'. (Funny part: He replied, "Thank you," and smiled Siwon's infamous charming smile.Gah!) But Siwon didn't appear much yet, but he will, in the rest of the episodes.
For the first time I actually liked the heroine. I never liked any, even if I watch another Mandarin, Korean or Japanese drama. Probably because I felt sorry to the character. She is naive and working three part-time works at three different places just to pay the rent for their Fuwa and her lavish home. She travels form one place to another with a bike. Gosh, she must be lucky to sit on one couch with Donghae.
The worst part is yet to come. (Major spoilers alert!)
The girl came to where Fuwa was at for an appearance on a show. Fans queued to meet Fuwa, chanting his name and all (ah, you know the typical fangirl things...) and she actually shoved herself through the crowd but was kicked out by security. She tried once more and succeed. Yay for Gong Xi's camp! She was holding the door knob when she heard that someone was talking about "Gong Xi Fa Cai" (or Happy New Year in Chinese, which is she) and she listened intently.
When she realized that Fuwa was talking about her when he was OMG-sex-godding-on-another-girl's-lap, this 'treasure chest' which holds her devil side opens and she became extremely mad and was crying-plus-laughing like the ones you've seen asylums.
Gong Xi: *laughing madly* Bad girl: Is she mad? Sho Fuwa: Looks like it...
She was still laughing and laughing and laughing until I felt my hairs stood. Man, it was creepy. She accused Fuwa for using her after they ran away from Fuwa's Dad's hotel (they kind of lived together since they were kids, since Gong Xi's parents were busy so they sent her to live with Fuwa's family, but they're not related in anyway, but they basically grew up with each other) and he used her to make things easier for him, i.e: cooking, working to pay their apartment's rent, laundry and etc...
Gong Xi: I will come to avenge you! Sho Fuwa: Bring it. If you are going to avenge me, you should try to join the industry, then you have the slightest chance to avenge.
Grrr.... For once, I was sick with Fuwa. I wanted to straggle Sho Fuwa, but I'm aware that in the end, I'd be straggling Lee Donghae who was innocently playing his role.
Gong Xi then was kicked out again. Phew, she didn't get the chance to hit Fuwa. When she got home, he ripped all of those posters and CD cases apart and cried like hell. Somehow, poor Gong Xi for being treated like a dog. For the second time, I was going to rip Fuwa's head, but then again, I'll be ripping Donghae's head. Haih...
She decided to try out the entertainment industry so first, she needed a make over. She never had a chance to doll herself because she was working hard for the rent, she had to forget the fact that she needed a make over. Again, my sympathy for Gong Xi.
Hairstylist: You've been keeping your hair for a long while... Don't you think it's a waste to cut it short after you've struggling keeping it long? *moments of Gong Xi's thoughts...* Gong Xi: Cut it star style! (She meant it any celeb's style, not star's style...)
She ended up with a funny spiky short hair and it was dyed red. Man, it was funny. I can't believe it she afford to walk on streets wearing that hair. No one's looking at her at all? Ha, I doubt it. Probably she was less-affectionate towards her looks and the eyes on her.
Gong Xi actually walked on the streets of I-don't-know-where-in-the-world-they-were, looking bad-ass like a whore (no offence!). It's a 'superstition' that Gong Xi's friend's mum told. If you walk in that street, you'll be famous. Apparently, it happened to a veteran actress, not the nowadays ones. But, she received a card from an anonymous saying "If you wanna be famous, do come to our place." Gong Xi was ecstatic.
I still can't believe that Donghae was role-playing Sho Fuwa. Fuwa's evil to my eyes. Fuwa's evil to my friend's eyes. Except for Dila's.
Dila: To me, Sho Fuwa's the most gag-iest character.
Anyway, I can't wait for the second episode!
P/S: The lines weren't as accurate. I type it down as how I understood it.
P/S/S: It's pointless, right? Who asked you to read it? LOLJK.
Sorry it took me about two weeks to update again. I'm really busy with the pre-test and endless of school works. I'm getting home by five and seriously I've got no time to do things I really wanted to do so much. Anyway, it's school holidays now, yay!
As promised in my last post on those K-Dramas and a Tangalo drama, Nandito Ako which has our American Idol David Archuleta as the main actor. Yes, the main actor.
VAMPIRE PROSECUTOR 2
Okay, like I said in my previous post, they still secure the main casts like Yeon Junghoon, Lee Youngah, Lee Wonjong, Kim Jooyoung and Jang Hyungseung (not JS oppa, again I say, NOT JS OPPA!). I made assumptions that we shall see new characters, yet we never know. It will start around August or October this year, so guys, buckle up your fangirl selves for now; you'll let them loose when VP2 starts.
HERO
I must say that OCN has the best dramas ever. Though we can see that those dramas reflects the Western ideas, but the Korean style's still applies and they did an excellent job in it. *clap clap*
So Hero's basically about Kim Hyeungchul who obtains superpowers by chance and uses those gift of his for justice. It's set in a fictional (of course it is) city of Muyeong (which Gotham City sounds familiar to you now) in 2020 which is full of injustice and corruption.
So you'll have your Yang Donggeun in this drama, so anticipate it, okay?!
SPECIAL AFFAIRS TEAM : TEN
If you're a fan of CSI+NCIS+Criminal Minds, then this would be your drama calling. TEN's a special affairs team that handles the 'hot stuffs' as in violent cases which has only 10% or less rate to arrest. So they solve the near-perfect crimes and the mystery at the end of the day will unveil. So yeah.
Joo Sangwook acts as Yeo Jihoon who is a top-notch former detective who later works as a professor. Jo Ahn's Nam Yeri's a detective for four years joins TEN for her abilities of psychological reasoning powers. And there's Kim Sangho (remember City Hunter?) who acts as Baek Dosik, a 24-year detective veteran. The character, Park Minho (Choi Woosik) a new comer to the investigating world came along after impressing Prof. Yeo Jihoon with his physiological reasoning powers.
This drama has the VP elements in it. Anyway, both Hero and TEN are dramas from OCN, together with VP, so you can see a bit of the similarities between the dramas.
CAN LOVE BECOME MONEY
Our vampire prosecutor had trade his fangs and blue eyes for expensive coats and two girls. Well, not for long until we'll see him again in VP2.
Yeon Junghoon (the actor of Vampire Prosecutor, Min Taeyeon) is in CLBM as Ma Intak, a CEO who cares about money, money and nothing but $$$. He considers that everything that looks like $$$ is the most important thing in life. Ma Intak later found himself in the center of a conspiracy due to his obsession with money and later (finally) found out that there are things that are worth more than $$$.
This time, it's not OCN, but MBN. For those who have watched The Woman Who Still Wants to Marrry, you'll find Wang Bitna and Uhm Jiwon in this drama.
So people, if you love the touch of Midas and/or Salaryman, this should be in your list now.
SHUT UP FLOWER BOYBAND
If you love dramas like Dream High or dream to watch something teensy a bit, Shut Up Flower Boyband would be it.
It revolves around five high school boys who forms a rock band. All five of them have deep passion for music, yet dealing with friendship and love and etc will come in between.
Fans of Infinite's Myungsoo (or known as the single-letter boy L) you ought to watch this. Feed the flower boy aura and yeah, they're all cute and hot!
NANDITO AKO
In English, 'nandito ako' means here I am. In this Tangalo drama, fans of David Archie will see him acting as Josh Bradley, a singer, who when at the tender age of 6 got separated with his mom during a fire occurred in a hotel. Born in Philippines and was bred in the US, he grow up and become a singer later returns to Philippines and found that his mom, Cara, had died in the fire tragedy that happened when he was six. Josh later found out from his mom's friend that she was alive so, yeah, shocking things happens all the time.
For all the trailers, you can search it on YouTube and so I hope these little infos would suffice for now.
It's 4:37AM and I'll be back maybe tomorrow or the day after, and I'll try hard to list my bias and mention about my sudden fangirlness towards Infinite.
P/S: Pictures: credit to owners of the sites, especially the official site of the dramas
Infos: Thanks to koreandrama.org for infos. Go there to catch some more infos.
Mianhae, can't find Nandito Ako's official picture..
Okay. Firstly, I've declared myself as I-can't-online-or-play-much-this-year. But how can I declare myself when I myself isn't ready for that? Honestly, I'm going crazy and mad.
Vampire Prosecutor 2
Haha, the directors and script writers took my word seriously. VP 2 will be starting around August or October this year and they secures the original casts. Guess who? Yeon Junghoon, Lee Youngah, Lee Wonjong, Kim Jooyoung and Jang Hyunseung (not your JS oppa, kthx.)
How do you think I felt, really?
HERO
Beats me when anyone says SBS and KBS has the best dramas in their hands. Well, yeah, technically. But I now prefer to be OCN's biggest fan. Why? They provide me freaking legit fantasies.
Like this one, Hero. Said dramabeans.com, it's set in near-future and it'll be Batman-ish. I saw the trailers and it was, like I said, legit awesome. I mean, what's not to like? It's gonna be as awesome as VP is!
TEN
TEN's like CSI+NCIS+Criminal Minds. Well, I can't provide you much info on this drama cause I'm running out of time, but when I watched the first episode, it was mind blowing. Oh yeah, call me kidding when I'm not, I'm gonna roast you.
From here, as you can see, it's all OCN dramas. And there's David Archuleta's first lead appearance in a Philippian drama, Nandito Ako (I'll Be Here in English) so there you go! All the K-drama and David Archie-drama that take it's place in my queue this year!
I'll come again later to provide more infos on these dramas. ;D
P/S: Most pictures posted here aren't mine, but there are mine also, too. I won't credit mine, but for, Saku-kun's, Yeon Junghoon's and the cast of VP, I credited at the very last picture. :)
Firstly, school.
You know how much I loved hated school, no? School's starting in two weeks more and I'm feeling sad to leave K.L again, but this time with few ultimate missions and to make it back to K.L after I'm done with my Sijil Pelajaran Malaysia, or popularly known as SPM. Speaking of SPM, of course I am very scared because I see no much time. SPM is going to be around November next year and I'm going to be under real hiatus mode; I can barely do anything but facing my school books. 2012 ain't gonna be nice with me.... ;;;;;A;;;;;
Secondly, Vampire Prosecutor.
Yesterday on December 18th, Vampire Prosecutor finally came to an end. It was awesome (I'm saying it was awesome, though I haven't watched the twelve [and final] episode yet, but I knew it was, since I've read the reviews on Dramabeans, mwahahahahaha!!! And to watch the episode click 'here') plus, my Junghoon-oppa looked extremely hot for reasons that I can't even comprehend!
He's cute, he's funny and he can be serious. That's Mr. Versatility, Yeon Junghoon. [CR: Owners and very few are mine]
The VP Family is LOVE! [CR: Owner's not mine]
The awkward couple, JungYeon (Jungin and Taeyeon)... [CR: Owner's not mine]
I want Vampire Prosecutor will have its second season. I mean, even if the final episode ended just nicely, I really want to beg the PD and writers and even the casts (I really hope they're reading this, though I know, they won't) we international fans of Vampire Prosecutor enjoyed this drama to the fullest. It was an awesome drama and every episode surprised us with new twist and the ideas of a prosecutor who was a vamp is very new and daring.
If they fail to write, hire me, hire me! I can write the script, I can even write a book out of this cool drama. If you don't want to hire me as VP's scriptwriter, Mr./Mrs. Writers, start writing now. Chop, chop!
Thirdly, Sakurai Sho.
Before I knew who-is-who in Arashi (like how I was like with Super Junior at the first stages) I found Ninomiya Kazunari is 'The Bias' for me. (P/S: Mine in SuJu was Kyuhyun for the official, and the unofficial was Ryeowook). Never mind that. Well, nowadays, I found Saku-chan way better looking and furthermore, he's a genius to be compared to most of the members. And another thing, Saku-chan is responsible with the raps, and I rap too (LOL, technically, since I can actually rap...) so now I think Saku-chan is THE BIAS for me. *cue to smile like a mad person* I'm watching Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (Problem Solving After Dinner), by the way. =P Saku-chan's in it.
Here is Sakurai, my latest stan in Arashi. :) [CR: Owners, not are mine]
Fourthly, being belong to the Sapphire Blue family.
I love my Sapphire Blue family like hell! You guys just keep me going and going and going. We 'shared the same blood', right? ;D
I'm just wondering, when can I go to SS4; Malaysia or Singapore. Yes, apart from SPM, these concerts are going to be held in the year of 2012, which is an important year to me.
I really want to be a part of the Sapphire Blue ocean once again, that's all I want. Am I asking much?
I really am desperate to be a part of this big scale Sapphire Blue again. :'( [CR: Owner's not mine]
Fifth, Jaoker Junhyung's brithday.
Whee!! Happy Belated Birthday to my sixth favourite rapper! Junhyung's turning 21 (or 22 in Korean age) so I hope to see him smile and laugh like hell and nag like a granny again! xD
Birthday Boy!! ^^ [CR: Onwer's not mine]
Sixth, curious case of Eunhyuk's hair.
I think most of you guys have known about this, and... I really am sad that he actually cut his hair and colored it into... Brown, I think? Is it? :\
NOW! [CR: Owner's not mine]
The BEST color that lasted only a few months, sadly... :\
Versus with the hairstyle he used for a year or two. [CR: Owner's not mine]
Seventh, Oppa, Oppa!!!
OMG, can you believe it? Oppa Oppa is actually a digital single! Below's the official video of Oppa Oppa by the EunHae!
Oppa Oppa MV, it could've been a way better. :\ [CR: SM Town, Super Junior]
The EunHae, representing the the SUPER JUNIOR oppa... [CR: Owner's not mine]
During Seoul's SS4, EunHae performing Oppa Oppa [CR: Super Junior's FB]
Eighth, Skip Beat! aka Extravagant Challenge, with SiHae as the male leads.
I'm happy to announce that Skip Beat! or Extravagant Challenge (the Taiwanese title) is now airing. You can always watch it on Youtube, as for now, and you can also check Dramacrazy.
The bad news is, SiHae's voices were dubbed.
I'm still wondering why, but I just assume that maybe the director weren't satisfied of their Mandarin. Are they not good for you, Mr. PD? You must know that SiHae worked hard on the drama, but you took something that is very important that is their own voices. I'm not happy with it, to be honest, but what can we do? - it's airing already. :\
Donghae and Siwon at Extravagant Challenge meet. [CR: Owner's not mine]
I guess, that's the end of it. I'm tired also! I'll leave you with a picture and the latest video by Super Junior (feat the SM Town Family). :) Good night and Happy Holidays!
Super Santas!!! [CR: Owner's not mine]
Super Junior15's Santa U Are The One! feat the SM Town artistes! [CR: SM Town]
Leaving you with Henry and Peter (of OneWay)'s fail.
Dad and Mum were here until the went back on the eleventh at 3.15AM. Dad was actually catching up for his meeting, so I was, okay, glad, because I was already missing FB (like I ever did missed FB).
I sent a list of few DVDs I wanted. Wow, I still have the time to worry about the K-Dramas and J-Dramas when there's an eternal hell ahead of me! =.=
I went to watch Breaking Dawn Part 1. I was thinking to make a review on that movie. It seems that I'm no longer a Twihard. Haha.
Okay! This is boring.
I'll post my fan-fiction, my Vampire Prosecutor and Breaking Dawn Part 1 when I've finish writing them.
Oh yes, I have ditch you out in the cold. Sorry 'bout that.
And December Greetings! We've left November and now, please, December, be good, thanks!
I actually haven't have much mood to update here, because I'm bored and I was quite busy with nothing. I mean, seriously, nothing at all.
For weeks, I've been lamenting over everything, examples are like, I was bored, I'm too lazy to update this and that... And certainly, there's many more.
And to be honest, I am lazy right now too! But now. I'll try to recap everything.
I went to Kinokuniya and bought two mangas and a Japanese Kana book to practice. I'm too fond in learning Japanese and also Korean (for sure!) and I don't really like going to Mandarin classes, since I don't see the need of me learning that language. But, oh well! What can I do, really, except for dragging myself out of bed and go to Mandarin class!
MAMA 2011 (or M.Net's Asian Music Awards 2011) which was held on the 29th of November in Singapore was exciting and was also a let down. I wasn't happy at all and feeling to rage at other Soshi (another name of SNSD's Sone, which, I don't really like them either like their primer) and MAMA literally changed the ranks too soon! I mean, we voted Super Junior for the Artist of the Year award and Song of the Year award, but Super Junior (who was in TOP 5) wasn't even nominated for AotY award! Most were like, what the hell?! but then, we knew who's job was that.
I don't really mind 2NE1 won the Song of the Year award (Blackjack here!) and I'm still feeling quite not right for most of it. :\
BUT ANYHOW! Super Junior did own the stage with their remix of Superman, Mr. Simple and Sorry Sorry. The mix's called Mr. Simple Clone - as Eunhyuk's the clone. Haha.
(CR: Chic4Mari5's YT)
I watched G no Arashi (cheerleading episode) and found that Ohno-kun and Nino-kun were cheerleaders from the inside! I mean, as I practised gymnastic since I was a kid (and yes, of course I stopped later), I can't even do the jump properly anymore! Probably my age and body size actually had affected that (and when was the last time I did a split, really?!) but seriously, Ohno-kun and Nino-kun were no kids, man, they were awesome! (I mean, kid -> kidding.).
Getting number 9 in class actually made myself a good impression... for only in the matter of seconds. My brothers who was much worse in school will get themselves a laptop. I seriously don't understand what kind of difference would it make if I get worse than nine. I would probably get nothing, either.
And BTW! Beast's Hyunseung and 4Minute's Hyuna came forward with a sub-group called Trouble Maker with their song was also called Trouble Maker. The MV was awesome (sexy awesome... sexy awesome.... sexy awesome....) and I was literally glued to the whistle! It's a must-listen. And do not hate Hyuna for having a some hot scenes with Hyunseung (just overly sexy, really)! Just enjoy the song. :)
(CR: Trouble Maker's Official)
And... Eunhyuk'll appear in Ryeowook's cousin's group MV. He, as the hero in the MV will have to kiss the girl on the lips and kneel and cry for here. It was hoping that he'd kiss me, kneel and cry for me, but it was for another girl. Yes, that sounds pretty weird, but still, Super Junior Eunhyuk was kissing another girl is extremely too heartbreaking. I just hope it was me who he'd kiss. Haha.
Vampire Prosecutor will come to an end in two weeks! This week will be the 10th episode of Vampire Prosecutor (with 12 episodes in total), and I'm quite sad, because it was very unique, sexy, addicting and alluring. Besides, Prosecutor Min doesn't sparkle and he actually can stand under the bright sunlight! He has that cute blue-vampiric eyes and four pointy fangs... And Detective Hwang and apprentice Cho is also cute! OMG, did I just say Lee Wonjong cute?! XD
But I personally think that Lee Youngah's expression's too funny and sometimes needs to be fixed. :p
I watched Happy Together with the four main Vampire Prosecutor casts (unfortunately Kim Jooyoung wasn't included; I'm feeling so sad for Cho Dongman!) and to see Yoon Junghoon being all wet because of a slight mistake during the tongue twister game was funny! And BTW, aren't vampires were supposed to be perfect? *cue to laugh my ass off!*
I was watching Maou with Ohno-kun and Ikuta-kun. It's more like investigating and revenge... Well, can you believe it? Ohno-chan, that cute and innocent Riida can actually be an evil person and Ikuta-kun who's usually very funny could actually become a 'depressed victim' of Ohno. I suggest you to watch this also.
I feel like I betrayed Eunhyuk for... Prince Manager Kim Junghoon (Super Junior's manager)! I was literally sorry for Eunhyuk, but Prince Manager is certainly good looking! I could've compared him to Siwon, and OMG, thank God I didn't!
I guess........ That's all for the recaps? I will update some more later, I promise! =)
Do you want to celebrate? Wait, it's just the 100th, so what?
Okay! I've missed a lot of things. Well, not exactly everything, since I've done nothing (nothing would be an understatement also...) but yeah, pretty much nothing.
SJ's leading for MAMA 2011 and the won the Popularity Awards on Melon Music Awards. I can;t believe it when 2NE1 and B2ST literally took both Daesangs.
Before you bash me, I'd like to say that I love 2NE1 and B2ST as much as I love SJ (only not like how I'm fond and protective of Super Junior, that's all) and I'd like to grab this opportunity to congratulate 2NE1 and B2ST and other artists (except for those bloody SNSD, sorry).
Well if you wanna bash me because I've written many things and posted them online (it's either you know/have seen them or not...) BASH ME ANYTIME KAY?! XD
And I actually love Yesung's quote (from the acceptance speech).
" When I was in elementary school and whenever there was a popularity vote, I was the not popular one.. but I am really glad and happy that we received the popularity award today. Thank you and i love you ELF! "
Congrats oppa!
Anyway, today's the last day for MAMA 2011 votings. Vote for who? SJ!
Kay that's all.
P/S: Sorry for the crappy English. I've used it only for when I'm bored. Bye~
I'm not giving any reviews yet for this book because I'm still searching for it. (With help and reference from Wiki)
Who's Tablo?
Tablo's a South Korean singer (hip hop, not those dance-y ones) whose English name is Daniel Armand Lee. He's a Stamford University graduate in English Literature and Creative Writing. He met Mithra Jin, originally a poet and they became good friends because their views for music and also writings.
So basically, Tablo had written Pieces of You (which was written originally in English and later, Tablo himself translated it in Korean) when he was still in Stamford around 1998-2001. Pieces of You has ten short stories: Andante, Counting Pulses, Break, The Rat, Matchbox, A Glass of Victory, The Walls of Our Worlds, Hate Crime, Coup de Grace and Strawberry Fields Forever.
The Korean version of Pieces of You was released three months earlier than the English version and both versions of the book were best-sellers as well.
The latter claims that the setting of New York City didn't much, so he added some element of fiction in his stories.
About.
Andante: it is about the conflict between the father and the son. The son is greatly influenced by his father who is a prominent pianist, and he eventually follows the identical path as his father. Upon watching his father confront Alzheimers, he becomes more worried about his life and his family. In the end, the son becomes hopeful when his father keeps asking what song he can hear while his father's recorded version of Fur Elise is being played, and the son realizes that he can hear his father's breathing within his music.
Counting Pulses: it is a story about the son and his mother. The son is always conscious about taking care of his sick mother who needs his care even when she is in need of taking medicine. At one night, the son brings his friend to his house and they start smoking weed while the mother is in sleep. Due to excessive inhalation, the son starts suffering from a respiratory problem resulting him into a critical situation.
Break: it is a short story compared to his other stories which is about the teacher who takes a break from his students. During this short break, he starts feeling overwhelming pain; here the word "break" literally means a break which he has now, but it can also mean the life and the condition that he is in, which breaks him.
The Rat: this is a story where the casting director of a movie with nude scenes invites the main actress to his house. As he invites the cast to his house, he notices that there is a big rat staying in his bedroom. He becomes paranoid of the fact that there is a big rat in his bedroom which it reminds him of the girl.
Matchbox: it is a story about the son who starts smoking due to his father who is a chain-smoker. He starts smoking when he is six and he quits smoking at the age of twenty-five when he realizes how horrible cigarettes are for his health.
A Glass of Victory: it is a story about the conflict between two friends. The main character attends the high school reunion where he meets his rival during the students' president election. He is ridiculed and disgusted by the resemblance of his friend and his son. Suddenly, he recalls the high school student's president election, where he lost to him by a little, but the difference in votes has never been revealed. After he meets the janitor from high school accidentally, he hears from him that there were some votes thrown out inside the garbage. He realizes how his rival cheated on the election, and he goes up to him and punches his face, but he loses miserably in fight again.
The Walls of Our World: this story explores the internal, almost insuppressible lust within all humankind, regardless of the masks of occupation, status, and position in the social hierarchy.
Hate Crime: it is a story about the Asian identity as seen by Caucasian culture. The story comments on the lack of differentiation, and ignorance towards the different ethnicities within the US-Asian population.
Coup de Grace: this story portrays how a cowardly father ironically forces his son to become a strong and brave person. By creating himself into a completely different person, he doesn’t only deceive himself but he also deceives even his family members. In the end, the coward turns out to be not his son but himself.
Strawberry Fields Forever: this story portrays the fast-paced nature of our life, for instance, how things bypass us so quickly that we sometimes forget to appreciate their value.
In every story that Tablo had written, the theme was identical - overwhelming loneliness, and depression and most issues were sensitive - drug abuse, peer pressure, materialism and many more.
Fans prefers Andante and Break for their favourite short story and Andante was also praised by Tobias Wolff, a well-known author. Lee Byungryul, a well-known poet, praises Tablo's writing saying, “It reminds me of his panic-state of his youth which is difficult to hold up regardless of many effortless trials, and throughout this book, I felt that I became aware of his profound inner mind as well.”
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So, after searching through the Net, I stumbled upon some reviews of Tablo's Pieces of You and all the reviews that I read were praises, saying the writings are beautiful, sad and angelic. I grew curious.
The book is very hard to get in Malaysia, so a friends suggest that I buy it from YesAsia. I would if I could, but would my parents want to buy me Pieces of You? Would my aunt or uncle - if you'd like to include - would be generous enough to buy me the book? Yes, I don't deny that my aunt and uncle had bought me a lot of things, but buying something that would take a very long process wouldn't make a good idea also.
I will try to talk to my parents first about this book, and I wish to get my hands on it as soon as possible so I can review it. Wish me all the best!
Super Junior's Super Show First WORLD TOUR kicks off today in Seoul, South Korea! I was ecstatic and was really looking forward for the show. Even though it went without Heechul, Hangeng, Kangin and Kibum, the show must go on. I heard that the stadium was tearing up when they played a video that reminiscence their glory days from the past, but I believe that every time they smile and they do their best, they embark into a never-ending of heaps and lows of their journey towards the ultimate stardom. I hope they will come back together.
Well, back to SS4, the dominated Twitter worldwide trends with five trends. Can you believe it? FIVE TRENDS AT A TIME.
There were a lot of unexpected surprises and funny moments. Let's take and example... Hm... Ryeowook has abs. Yes he does. You don't believe it?
I'm not lying. That's Wook with abs. He grows abs. [CR: Owner's not mine]
... And Super Junior in what I personally call 'the Halloween costumes'. Siwon in Superman and Sungmin in... Marilyn Monroe?
A Marilyn Monroe with... guitar? [CR: Owner's not mine]
There's YeWon, not YeWook. Where did the rommie spirit goes? Yesung was literally clinging on Siwon and Kyuhyun wiped Siwon's sweat... Overly nice of Kyuhyun to do that to his hyungs!
Sungmin with pink ribbon in his hair... Cute,Mr. Aegyo. [CR: Owner's not mine]
Okay for these two pictures. I always confuse with Zhoumi and Kyuhyun, since they look almost alike, especially in a very blurry picture, I can't make out which one's Mi or Kyu. If you notice, please comment! =)
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So we'll go to Teukie oppa! He looked so elegant in this picture, I guess Miss Kang Sora had remind him to be well-groomed 27/7? I really like Teuk-Sora's relationship. But yes, I really hope that Leader would always choose me over Sora. ;D Alright, before you guys bash me, I'd just wanna say...
...I WAS JUST KIDDING! XD
Hehe, that;s my first time to type in a larger font! Kay, I got excited for no reason. :P
See?! See?! Teukie oppa so elegant, no? [CR: Owner's not mine]
Kay, this gif's just so funny. I guess LeadTeuk was surprised by the chants! He really looked so funny! And my anchovy... Gave no reaction. :P
These pictures... Well, it's funny no? XD [CR: Owner's not mine]
But unfortunately, Lady HeeHee enlisted in the army for two months already and there was no Lady HeeHee. Last year, everyone would get over excited to catch Lady HeeHee in action (except for us Malaysian, we can't catch Lady HeeHee, since we have performers' terms and regulation). But I still remember clearly that SS3 was awesome - even without Lady HeeHee.
LOL! [CR: Owner's not mine]
But anyway, I just want to acknowledge all Everlasting Friends' in the world's efforts to make these Super Show happens. Without Super Junior, there will be no Everlasting Friends. Without Everlasting Friends, there will be no Super Junior. We are in this whole huge scale for each other. We laugh, cry and feel each other's tiredness, but we put on a smile and that very smile, ignites the sapphire blue light in us and in Super Junior. We are no wrecking lives that need to seek psychologist, just because we are too devote in K-pop. We are teens that appreciates what other cannot appreciate. We are K-poppers and we are Everlasting Friends for the one and only, Super Junior.
Only Everlasting Friends can manage this. [CR: Owner's not mine]
And... Have you watched this K-Drama called Dream High? If you haven't, you must, now! It's about a group of high school students who got accepted into the most prestigious arts school in South Korea. They help each other to achieve each other's dreams and also deals with great amount of humour, jealousy and love. Perfect for people who aims and dreams high.
Oh yeap! The cast line up is great too! There's Suzy of Miss A as Hyemi, Taecyeon (Jingook/Shihyuk) and Wooyoung (Jason) of 2PM, Eunjung (Baekhee) of T-ARA, Kim Soohyun (Samdong) and IU (Philsook) too!
Dream High will never let you down! [CR: Owner's not mine]
I should tell you about what had happened to my plans to Alexander's showcase. Ciao!
