How Have You Been???
29 Nov 2011 1 Comment
in addiction, asian, korean Tags: eugene, ji sung, save the last dance for me
OMG!!! It’s been over a month since I posted something on my blog.. mianhae-yo..
It’s been a bit of a whirlwind for me here because I had to transfer to another place for my job. And unfortunately because of unforeseen circumstances in this place, my internet took more than a month to be connected. But anything goes here so I understand that.
I’m going to try to post as much as I can now that finally my internet is ok. I mean probably writing this blog will that think that will make me sane here. Don’t get me wrong, I like this country just fine but I still miss home, especially during the holidays.. 
So these days I’ve been watching old korean dramas and I have been once again addicted to Ji Sung. I mean he is not super handsome like Jo In Sung or Won Bin or Hyun Bin. But I guess it’s the appeal and how good he is as an actor plus I super loved him and his character in Protect the Boss. Makes me wish to be Noh Eun Seol!!!
So for my great comeback, this is from the drama Save the Last Dance For Me (Eugene and Ji Sung) and it’s called Give My Love by Edward Chun. This is the English version by the way!
Later~~
credits: ashishi84@yt
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Back! ^_^
24 Apr 2011 Leave a Comment
in addiction Tags: itaewon freedom, jyp
So I am back after a long hiatus… and yes it was a little difficult to stay away from writing something on this blog. It was tempting… very tempting.
I actually did not go somewhere but I had to do some sacrifices for the Holy Week. I had to give up some of my favorite things to do in the world.. (1) watching 2 days 1 night (Il Bak Ee Il), (2) watching Running Man (OMG I didn’t even know Song Joongki changed his hairstyle!!), and (3) writing something on this blog.
I’m way behind all my favorite things to do… and I have to do a lot of catching up! kk
But I’m back and I have a lot to post on this blog! kk
And because I’m back I’m posting a real wicked video! kk Itaewon Freedom by UV ft. JYP (kk 80′s feel!!!)
credits: jypentertainment@yt
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At last… I could access my blog!
08 Mar 2011 Leave a Comment
in addiction Tags: cute, wang seok hyun
I was very frustrated for a week because I could not post any entries to my blog. My IP address got blocked by wordpress. But all is good now because at last I can access it!
So because I could not post, I engrossed myself with watching lots of youtube videos. I found myself watching lots and lots of commercials or CFs as the Korean people would call it.
And this has got to be my favorite:
Mani Mani Juseyo!!!!
I absolutely love love love Wang Seok-hyun (the name of the kid). He is perhaps the cutest kid I know. I saw him first in the movie Speedy Scandal (with Cha Taehyun). Oh so cute!!! I love it when he smirks!
Love this kid… more posts to come… when I finish my report~~~~ kk
**credits: summasnow@yt
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Already Been Two Years…
02 Jan 2011 Leave a Comment
in addiction, asian Tags: brown eyes, two years
I can’t believe it, it has been two years (and a day) from when I started this blog. Two years!!!!
I first started the blog just to share my craziness over Asian stuff… Though I have not updated it as much as I wanted to because of my crazy schedules, I try to write as much as I can.
In two years I have 395 posts (this one doesn’t count), 154 categories, and 399 tags. Well, if you compare it to other sites, they may have more, but to me this is an achievement. I did not expect to have written those many posts.
And to those who have visited or accidentally came across my site for whatever post you visit… Thank you! Kamsahamnida! Xie Xie! Arigatou! Salamat! ^_^
Though a lot of Asian blogs have surfaced over the two years.. I will continue to share the Asian things I love most…
And to honor this.. I’m leaving you with one of my favorite Korean ballads… Brown Eyes’ Already One Year
**credits: Sunghan90@yt + as tagged
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Haven’t Blogged for Ages
25 Nov 2010 Leave a Comment
in addiction, asian, korean, soong joongki, stars Tags: song joongki
Yes I haven’t blogged for ages… because of my crazy schedule, I haven’t had the time to post anything on my blog.. I have just been frequenting other kpop and kdrama related websites.. and I was amazed with the increase in the number of these sites.
Not so long ago, if my memory serves me right, there were only a handful of those sites. But now I have lost track of the number of kpop, jpop and cpop blogs. It’s amazing what technology can do! We’ll to me it’s a good things as now shows have now become so readily available. I don’t need to try too hard to do a search. But on the other hand, I feel like most contents are about idols… don’t get me wrong, I am a a fan of an idol group. If you take a look at my blog, I also write about them, but sometimes I feel like the other artists have been overshadowed by them. And a lot of new idol groups are coming out. For someone who has been addicted to the hallyu wave for quite some time, I realized that it’s difficult to keep up.
But nonetheless, I am still an avid fan of all things kpop! and kdrama
So what do I share in my post today… my not so new obsession.. and he goes by the name of Song Joong Ki..
Just some pictures.. who knows I might be inspired to write another entry ^_^ till then!
credits: as tagged
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Posting Again!!! :D
03 Apr 2010 Leave a Comment
in addiction, fun fun fun Tags: siwon
After a very long hiatus… I’m going to be posting again!
It’s been awhile since I last visited this blog.. and a lot of things has happened to me.. but I am glad to say that I am back and I will be posting again! Yay…
My schedule has been pretty tight for the past few months but I managed to find some time and I will manage to find some time to post something to this blog… and I have to thank Rain’s new video for this! and my friend who actually encourage me to post something new to the blog!
When I was posting this entry I realized how much I miss posting something on the blog.. For quite some time I was just contented reading other sites and downloading some songs.. but I still want to share.. so I’m back now and I am posting again… I can’t wait to post a lot of things!!!! 
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Hwabun (Hwa Boon) – Loveholic / Alex (Clazziquai)
04 Feb 2009 Leave a Comment
in addiction, alex, asian, korean, kpop, loveholic, other shows, we got married Tags: alex chu, asian, clazziquai, hwabun, kpop, loveholic, we got married
I’m currently catching up on the episodes of We got Married. I just got addicted to this variety show so I am a little late. I’m still at the 18th episode, and its a long way to go.
The song I’m posting now is related to the Alex and Shinae couple. I like this couple however they’re too perfect . But I love how sweet Alex is. I actually like them because of Alex…ahahahah. I was addicted to his voice eversince I first heard She Is by Clazziquai. For those who are unfamiliar of the group, they were a trio who made, in my opinion, very good music – specializing on jazz, pop and electronica. Their popularity skyrocketed when they sang 2 songs from the soundtrack of My Name is Kim Sam Soon (the first song was She Is and the second one is Be My Love).
The song I’m posting now was sung by Alex in the 8th episode of We Got Married. It was actually his parting song with Shinae since they had to part for awhile because Alex had to concentrate on making his first solo album, My Vintage Romance (I love this album!). When I heard him sing this song, it sounded really familiar to me. And yes, it really was familiar because its one of the tracks from the soundtrack of Coffee Prince. The song is called Hwabun (also Hwaboon in some romanization) and it was originally done by Loveholic. I’m posting booth versions on this post. Though Loveholic’s version is nice, I loved it even more with when Alex made his own version. I love this voice! Enjoy!
Hwabun – Loveholic Version
Hwabun – Alex (Clazziquai) Version
** this performance was done last August 22, 2008 at Yoon Do Hyun’s Love Letter, credits to kmUploads for sharing the video on youtube
Hwabun (Hwa Boon) – Romanization
molliso molliso molliso kudae-ga oneyo
i ttollinun ma-umul ottohke ma-rhae-ya hanayo
ku-daen
cho-umbuto naye ma-umul ppae-atgo
naul su omnun pyo-ngul nae-ge chu-otjyo
hwabuni dwil-lae-yo
nanun nul kido hajyo
nan ku-daen chagun changgaye
hwabuni dwilkkeyo
amu mal mo-thae-do / paral su opsodo
kakkum ku-dae-yi misowa son-girul padumyo
chamdun ku-dae algul hanobshi bul su itketjyo
mollido mollido mollido
kudae-ga kaneyo
ttorochinun nunmurul ottohke
kal-lae-ya hanayo
ku-daen
cho-umbuto naye / ma-umul kajyotgo
na-ul su omnun pyonguralke han kojyo
hwabuni dwikopun nanun nul / kidohajyo
nan ku-daen chagun changgaye
hwabuni dwilkkeyo
amu mal mo-thae-do / paral su opsodo
kakkum ku-dae-yi misowa son-girul padumyo
chamdun ku-dae algul / hanobshi bul su itketjyo
nan ku-daen chagun changgaye
hwabuni dwilkkeyo
amu mal mo-thae-do / paral su opsodo
kakkum ku-dae-yi misowa son-girul padumyo
chamdun ku-dae algul / hanobshi bul u itketjyo
nan ku-daen chagun changgayehwabuni dwilkkeyo
amu mal mo-thae-do / paral su opsodo
kakkum ku-dae-yi misowa son-girul padumyo
chamdun ku-dae algul / hanobshi bul su itketjyo
Hwabun (Hwa Boon) – Translation
You come to me from some place far away
My heart trembles, how can I express my feelings?
You stole my heart from the start
and gave me an incurable sickness
I want to become a flowerpot. I pray always.
I’ll become a flowerpot that sits on your small windowsill
Though I can’t speak or want anything at all
I’ll be able to see you smile and feel your touch once in awhile
And I’ll be the one gazing at your face as you sleep
You leave me for some place far away
How can I stop my tears from falling?
You had my heart from the start
and made me suffer an incurable sickness
I want to become a flowerpot. I pray always
I’ll become a flowerpot that sits on your small windowsill
Though I can’t speak or want anything at all
I’ll be able to see you smile and feel your touch once in awhile
And I’ll be the one gazing at your face as you sleep
I’ll become a flowerpot that sits on your small windowsill
Though I can’t speak or want anything at all
I’ll be able to see you smile and feel your touch once in awhile
And I’ll be the one gazing at your face as you sleep
I’ll become a flowerpot that sits on your small windowsill
Though I can’t speak or want anything at all
I’ll be able to see you smile and feel your touch once in awhile
And I’ll be the one gazing at your face as you sleep
** credits to kreah for romanization and KBS & jafa100 @ soompi for the translations
** update! here are the links if you like the song.. sorry it took me awhile to put this up
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Okaeri – Ayaka
05 Jan 2009 1 Comment
in addiction, asian, drama, japanese, zettai kareshi Tags: absolute boyfriend, ayaka, okaeri, zettai kareshi
Late last year I was watching a jdorama which one of my officemates downloaded. The drama was called Zettai Kareshi (Absolute Boyfriend). This drama was based on a the Japanese Manga of the same title. It was a story of a girl who had the chance to try out a “special appliance” (a robot which was made according to the specifications of the owner’s ideal boyfriend) which was made by a company named Kronus Heaven. At first the girl doesn’t want the appliance but later on she falls in love with her “Night” in shining armor — who is in fact a robot.
This drama’s OST is one of my favorites. The ending song is entitled Okaeri (which means welcome home). It was sang by one of my favorite Jpop artists, Ayaka. Ayaka herself wrote this song for the drama (she wrote it together with her music producer).
Okaeri Video
Okaeri – Lyrics (Romanji)
Okaeri sweet home
Kaeru basho yeah ai wo arigatou
Mata heiki na furi wo shite
Kanashimi no iro wo nuritsubushite waratte shimaun desu
Shinjiru koto no taisetsusa wakatteru no ni
Iza to iu toki utagatte shimaun desu
Karappo na karada nagareru toki ni
Uite shimausou ni naru kedo
Anata no koto dakishimetai
Kono kimochi ga tsukiugogokasu no
Okaeri I’m home
Hitokoto de mitasareru kokoro
Okaeri sweet home
Kaeru basho yeah ai wo arigatou
Sweet home
Jibun no koto bakari wo kangaeru otona wa zuruin da to
Omotte itan desu
Demo hisshi de kaeru koto wo
Sakende iru hito mo irun da to yatto shittan desu
Atarimae no shiawase nanka kono sekai ni hitotsu mo nai
Anata no tame sou omoeta
Kono kimochi ga tsukiugogokasu no
Okaeri I’m home
Supiido ga kasoku shiteku mainichi
Okaeri sweet home
Kawaranai zutto aru keshiki
Sweet home
Sagashite nakushita
Kokoro no kizu ga
Tachimukau tsuyosa ni kawareta no wa
“Okaeri” ga atta kara
Okaeri I’m home
Hitokoto de mitasareru kokoro
Okaeri sweet home
Kaeru basho yeah ai wo arigatou
Sweet home
Okaeri I’m home
Daijoubu anata ga iru kara
Okaeri sweet home
Mattete ne mousugu tsuku kara
Sweet home
Okaeri Transalation (translation c/o kiwi-musume)
Welcome home, sweet home
Thank you for giving me a home, yeah, and your love
Once again I pretend I don’t care
Blot out the colours of my sadness and smile
I know how important it is to trust you
But when it really matters, I start to have doubts
When this feeling runs through my empty body
I feel like I’m floating
But I want to hold you
This feeling inspires me
Welcome home, I’m home
Those words are all it takes to make me feel content
Welcome home, sweet home
Thank you for giving me a home, yeah, and your love
Sweet home
I thought that those adults who only thought about themselves
Weren’t playing fair
But I’ve finally realised that there are people who are screaming out loud
That they’re doing all they can to change
There is not one happiness in this world that can be taken for granted
You’ve made me think that
This feeling inspires me
Welcome home, I’m home
My days are getting faster
Welcome home, sweet home
This scenery won’t change, it’ll always be there
Sweet home
The scars in my heart
From searching and losing
The reason I was able to turn them into the strength to face everything
Was because I had that “Welcome home”
Welcome home, I’m home
Those words are all it takes to make me feel content
Welcome home, sweet home
Thank you for giving me a home, yeah, and your love
Sweet home
Welcome home, I’m home
It’s OK, I’ve got you
Welcome home, sweet home
Wait for me, I’ll be there soon
Sweet home
** i did not make the enlgish transalation, if you would post the lyrics online, please dont forget to credit her .. thanks kiwi musume for the translations
my addictions :D
02 Jan 2009 Leave a Comment
in addiction, seriously Tags: addiction, asian, lib balms
according to webster, an addict is one who devotes or surrenders (oneself) to something habitually or obsessively
thus addiction does not happen to people who do drugs or people who drink alchohol excessively. so long as a person devotes or surrenders to something habitually — then ur an addict
i have 2 addictions:
1. i’m a lip balm addict – yes you can be addicted to lip balms… if you can’t leave your house putting on a dab of your favorite flavor of chapstick then you sure are one! —- me… i definitely cannot live without a lip balm, i put on some before i leave the house, every after a meal i make it a point to visit the washroom so to put on some lip balm, i don’t know what to do without it.
2. i’m currently experiencing the asian addiction – i’m addicted to asian dramas, music and stars. i am an asian (half thai and half filipino) but my addiction is an addiction to anything chinese (madarin and cantonese), japanese and korean. i’ve been bitten by the asian bug ever since they started showing meteor garden on tv! and since then it never stopped.. now i enjoy listening to asian music rather than the english songs. i do not understand most of the songs that i hear or the shows that i watch but i enjoy them..
i wanted to share my addictions because i would probably writing more about my asian addiction in this blog (starting off with my next entry)… so i better end this post so i can start on the next one
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