Saturday 25 August 2007

A SM insider talks about 동방신기:










Jung Yunho: A perfect socialite, he handles social scenes very well, not only it's due to extensive training from SM, but also has a lot to do with his personality and his family surrounding. SM was focusing on him since the begining of days because they knew he was something special. The whole "I only became leader after JaeJoong hyung said he didn't want to be one" talk is all garbage. JJ's personality isn't suitable for a leader, which will be explained later on in this.

Yunho's very well rounded, and he knows what to say and what to do at places, even when he absolutely has to critize someone, he does in a low-down way that is not dramatic. Once backstage, this big time celebrity was upset about something, so he was basically cussing everyone out, and no one had the guts to say anything because he was such a big shot. However, Yunho came into the room, greeted the big shot and started some casual chit chat, and they both ended up engaging in a light hearted conversation.

All five boys have great professional attitude, especially the leader Yunho. He's not the type that comes, does the gig and leaves, he will make sure all details with the crew, anything related to DBSK, he will and wants to know. He often cares for others, see how they're doing, perhaps that's why being the leader gets so exhausting sometimes. But he's really smart and very detail-oriented, not to mention he pays attention to others. When a crew member hurt his hands during a photoshoot, Yunho saw it and asked him if he was alright and if he needed help. Everyone truly likes Yunho. He knows the importance of his place yet he's very modest.

He's very caring toward the members, professionally, he does everything in his power to make sure others work smoothly, so that's a load off of the manager's shoulder. Once half way through a schedule, he asked a crew member to bring a pair of shoes, I first thought Yunho just want to wear another pair of shoes, but turns out the shoes were for Junsu, because Junsu had mentioned his shoes were too slippery and they had to dance later in the schedule. Yunho immediately thought of taking care of the problem for Junsu.

Yunho plays it tough in front of others, but there are times it's hard for him to hold back his emotions. Behind the glam, he's a very sensitive, passionate guy. Not after they debuted, once I saw Yunho cry, it was in a small room, his back was facing the door so I didn't see his face, but I saw his shoulders shiver, the members were around him. Changmin gave him tissues and Jaejoong was holding his hand and comforting him. The entertainment circle is a cruel place where people learn to toughen up, the tough will get tougher and the weak will only grow weaker.

Yunho's a nice guy, but he absolutely will not allow it when people attack Jaejoong, whether as a joke or not. Once someone was talking about JJ in a bad way, Yunho stared the person down for about 30 seconds. That sent shivers down my spine.

Fun fact: Yunho does most of the socializing in DBSK, so he often had to drink.. his limits is 4 bottles of soju~~
Yunho does not have a girlfriend at the moment, because the company simply does not allow it, there are quite a few girls in the field that like him, but that would kill DBSK's career and SM will never let Yunho gets away with it.
The five are extremely close, they're always playing together, once Yunho asked JJ to do something, JJ jokingly said " if you dare to go kiss _____, I will do it right away..". That person was a girl. Then there was a time where everyone thought Yunho liked her, Yunho laughed and said "what the heck are you smoking". Then he hugged JJ. The ending? All five hugging together on the floor.













Jaejoong: He likes to talk a lot, esp with people he knows well, no matter what he's taking about, he likes to describe it to the fullest, once telling a joke, he used 22 adjectives to describe a ballpen. So sometimes he drags his stories, often in the progress of describing things, he totally forgets what he was going to talk about.. yet he's still loves it! At times like this, Changmin would try to get to the point for JJ but JJ won't let him. Even on shows, unless it was scripted prior to the show, JJ will often gets lost in his own chatter and completely forgets the fact that he's even on a show. It makes the MCs so dizzy! But no one hates him for it, he has a good heart, friendly and easy to get along with, even to strangers. But he has his guard up when it's necessary and he knows how to protect himself. He'll chat your ears off, but never things he knows he shouldn't say. He has a habit of cooking, then eating while cooking, so by the time he's done, there's not much left. JJ's smile is elegant and soft, yet the minute he opens his mouth he's a complete jokster. I don't think he smokes too much or too often. I'm not sure about his alcohol tolerance, it seems that he likes to drink. Once he was drinking for 4 hrs and came out looking totally fine. Yunho on the other hand, gets really red after drinking, so does Yoochun.

JJ's really close to Yunho, often helps Yunho with any problems he has, sometimes Yunho feels bad lecturing the members, so JJ does it for him. JJ's the type that base everything on first impression, if he likes you first, then he'll like you forever, otherwise, he never will for as long as he live. Not like Yunho, who likes everyone.. that's why I said before JJ's personality isn't suitable for a leader.












Yoochun: He's a true gentleman, he always opens doors for female crew members, let the girls go first when riding the elevator. Through little gestures you can tell he's very much of a gentleman. Sometimes he acts goofy around team members, but I think that's because he lacks confidence. Sometimes, he has lots of stupid silly requests, to get attention from team members, he needs to know that others loves him to feel secure. Maybe it's because he barely has any family in Korea, so he feels a little lonely and insecure. He's the quitest one out of the five, sometimes he's deep into his thoughts for hours, and he tend to let his emotions effect his work, that's why the manager's particularlly worried about him in case they go solo one day.













Junsu: His personality is more edgy.. when he's cold he's very cold, when he's mad he's really mad, when he's playing around he hits you hard, even though he was serious, but it still hurts! But he never hits Yoochun because Yoochun's really sensitive, once back in training days, he hit Yoochun playingly, and Yoochun cried.. so never again after that. Junsu went through a lot of tough times during training days, despite the fact that he was one of the best trainees. Once his voice went away, a lot of people who were jealous were all stumping on him. That was his darkest time.

Junsu's very strong and independent even though he acts cute in front of the camera, but off the camera he's much more mature than he appears to be on camera. It's said that if SM has plan for them to go solo, Junsu would make the first solo debut. Junsu holds himself and others to very high standards when it comes to music, he doesn't allow himself to make any mistake.. a perfecionist. Eun Hyuk of SUJU is Junsu's best, he will kick others butt for Junsu. Once during trainee days, someone was making fun of Junsu, Eun Hyuk came in and slapped him.












Changmin: He's the youngest, but he doesn't let the members spoil him. He's more low key. Even a shy changmin still gets into fights.. you wouldn't think, right? He's a good person to admire, and because he's mature and he's deep, if he's not a singer, he is really capable of doing politics. He's young but he knows sometimes you just gotta hold your anger, fight for what you want. Sometimes he's too mature almost, he thinks a lot. Changmin's the one that the manager nags the least, whether it's school, work or personality he takes himself the best, he phones home the most, but keeps it short, even though he's the youngest but he really takes care of other members.

credit: soompi forum
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I'm sure you didn't read anything, but if you did, you'll know why I like Yunho. It seems that I have a tendency to like guys who emit this mature aura. That was what drew me to him in the first place. And not the looks. That was later. haha. And did I say that I really admire their friendship?














It was the time they won "The Best Music Video" for Rising Sun in 2005. Yoochun's eyes were like raining with tears, but Yunho said their thank-you speech, and after that he cried while going backstage with the members. That was the first time he cried in front of his fans. The only other time was when they won Daesang last year. He's never cried in public because of personal reasons.


















This was during their Five in the Black concert this year. It was their 2nd concert in Japan, and they were singing [Proud], one their last songs. Yoochun and Junsu were crying non-stop, and apparently Yunho wanted to cry too, but that's ^ what he did. He held back. At the very end of the song, where each member sings "Proud of your love..", he couldn't finish his sentence. So lesson learnt: if you feel like crying, take a deep breath, calm down, and move on. =)

Thursday 16 August 2007

going cheena.

一下下
同恩


最后一班悬浮火车
满载悬在空气中的不舍
我们却像陌路旅客
在月台分开站着毫无牵扯

现在的我能说什么
徘徊你们之间的流浪者
说决定心是给你的
却要你给我留下来的许可

[Chorus]
我只想再哭一下下 把记忆彻底地分化
等哭完我就会回家 眼泪我会替自己擦
我只想再哭(默哀)一下下 假如你不反对的话
以后我不会再牵挂 可知我有多努力啊
只有这办法 才不再想他

希望你是谅解我的
感动过的痕迹很难割舍
一颗心就要爱你了
暂停一下并不算出尔反尔

[Chorus]


click for MV.
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It's a very nice song. And I like the lyrics too. Well. There's always more:
同恩 - 不准哭 (the lyrics of 一下下 kinda feel like the continuation of this song)
张栋梁- 错了再错
林俊杰 - 西界 (I think the MV totally copied D.N.Angel - the black and white, not to mention the feather)
林俊杰 - 大男人 小女孩

Even though I have no special liking for 林俊杰, I must admit that his new album is pretty good. 迷路兵 is not bad too, I like their songs 泪 and 适应.

Sunday 12 August 2007

nice songs

I've been listening to the radio lately. Some nice songs:
张震岳 - OK (just look at the lyrics man)
Fergie - Big Girls Don't Cry
Avril Lavigne - When You're Gone
Boys Like Girls - The Great Escape
Linkin Park - Bleed It Out
Justin Timberlake - Summer Love
Justin Timberlake - What Goes Around ...Comes Around
Fall Out Boy - Thnks Fr Th Mmrs
Kelly Clarkson - Never Again (the most bitter song at the moment)

The last one: Daughtry - Over You

Now that it's all said and done,
I can't believe you were the one
To build me up and tear me down,
Like an old abandoned house.

What you said when you left
Just left me cold and out of breath.
I fell too far, was in way too deep.
Guess I let you get the best of me.

[Chorus]
Well, I never saw it coming.
I should've started running
A long, long time ago.
And I never thought I'd doubt you,
I'm better off without you
More than you, more than you know.
I'm slowly getting closure.
I guess it's really over.
I'm finally getting better.
And now I'm picking up the pieces.
I'm spending all of these years
Putting my heart back together.
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
I got over you.

You took a hammer to these walls,
Dragged the memories down the hall,
Packed your bags and walked away.
There was nothing I could say.

And when you slammed the front door shut,
A lot of others opened up,
So did my eyes so I could see
That you never were the best for me.

[Chorus]

Well I'm putting my heart back together,
'Cause I got over you.
Well I got over you.
I got over you.
'Cause the day I thought I'd never get through,
I got over you.

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Really, blissfully, I got over you. =)

Friday 10 August 2007

Secret


























Watched 不能說的.秘密 yesterday. Honestly, it's much better than expected. And it's got nothing to do with me being a Jay Chou fan. Where do I start? First, the casting is very good. Huang Qiu Sheng is perfect as the strict but caring and sometimes funny father, plus the Nan Quan Ma Ma guys and Huang Jun Lang. Jay's acting has improved, but the one I really like the most is the casting of Gui Lun Mei. She's not breathtaking-ly pretty, but she's really natural and cute without trying too much. And she carried the emotion well. I almost cried at some point. Another thing to look out for is the crazy playing of piano by Jay and Yu Hao, and also the crosshands one by Xiao Lun and Xiao Yu. As for the plot.. well, I certainly wasn't expecting that storyline. The last part of the movie explains everything, and the pieces sorta came together. If you were to look at every detail, you might find some loopholes here and there, but then again somehow they don't seem to matter that much. The ending is satisfying too. I actually missed the first 15 minutes of the movie, but hey, now I've got an excuse to watch it again, right? haha. So, in conclusion, it's a very good movie. I'd rate it 4.5/5. Go watch it! =D

Did I mention that I really like the Xiao Lun/Xiao Yu couple? Even in real life, they're really cute. I watched a clip of Gui Lun Mei dancing with Jay's mother while Jay played the piano, and she could almost pass of as the family's daughter-in-law. During interviews, they seem comfortable with each other. Too bad she's already taken. xD













Sheesh I'm so high now. Sometimes I'm surprised at how much I seem to not think when it comes to Jay. Things like grabbing a magazine from the magazine stand without even considering when Jay's on the cover. It happens a lot, but I don't do that for other celebs, even though they're much better looking than him. hmm.

Tuesday 7 August 2007

:)





















Look at the first picture: on the left is Yoosu (Yoochun/Junsu), then Yunjae (Yunho/Jaejoong) and Changmin. Second picture: Yoosu, Yunho and Jaemin (Jaejoong/Changmin). Jaemin pairing is very funny, cos even though Jaejoong is the oldest and Changmin is the youngest, when they're together they always fight (as in, punch each other, etc) that you won't know which of them is the oldest. I think Jae becomes like a kid when he's fighting with Changmin. haha.

Actually I find Yoosu cute too. xD


















But then again, I still like Yunjae more.













Before their debut, Yunho and Jaejoong were a team with Donghae and Heechul from SuperJunior.
EDIT: I think this^ photo was photoshopped. -.-"








Shortly after debut, during their Hug days. haha.



















During their Rising Sun days, when Jaejoong's leg was injured. Yunho was (almost) always the one who supported him. Well, they're good friends afterall. And Yunho is the strongest physically among the rest.














^lol.












Yunho was sick, coughing every now and then. His water bottle still had some water, but Jaeejoong's had more. So he gave his bottle to Yunho. At least, that's how I interpreted it. Unlike other fans, I don't see it as indirect kissing. Click ^ for clearer view.


















hmm. Order from the top: Changmin's hand - Yoochun - pillow - Junsu - pillow - Jaejoong - Yunho. haha.

Maybe you can guess that I need something to occupy my mind with. At least, it's still effective.

Monday 6 August 2007

张惠妹 - 如果你也听说












作曲: 周杰倫 作词:李焯雄

突然发现站了好久
不知道要往哪儿走
还不想回家的我
再多人陪只会更寂寞
许多话题关于我
就连我也有听过
我的快乐要被认可
委屈却没有人诉说

夜把心洋葱般剥落
拿掉防卫剩下什么
为什么脆弱时候
想你更多

[Chorus]
如果你也听说
有没有想过我
像普通旧朋友
还是你依然会心疼我
好多好多的话想对你说
悬着一颗心没着落
要怎么附和 舍不得
又无可奈何

如果你也听说
会不会相信我
对流言会附和
还是你知道我还是我
跌跌撞撞才明白了许多
懂我的人就你一个
想到你想起我
胸口依然温热

许多话题关于我
就连我也有听过
我想我宁可都沉默
解释反而显得做作

[Chorus]

如果你也听说
有没有想过我
像普通旧朋友
还是你依然会心疼我
跌跌撞撞才明白了许多
懂我的人就你一个
想到你想起我
胸口依然温热
如果你想起我
你会想到什么

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Superb vocals. Damn nice song. Did I say that it's composed by Jay Chou? xD

Sunday 5 August 2007

laughs.

Just wanna post one of Jaejoong's UFO (a website where fans register to post messages for celebrities) replies.

[QUOTE]
fan: Oppa, want to spend a passionate night with me?
Jaejoong: Oppa already promised Yunho!!
[/QUOTE]

hahahaha. That's called fan-service to the Yunjae fans out there, really, but enough to make me laugh. Jae doesn't seem to mind being paired with Yunho. xD









Look at Jae's expression after he hugged Yunho. LOL.

Wednesday 1 August 2007

high.

I realised that out of all the posts here in my blog, there isn't a single one about Jay Chou. Why is that? hmm. Now that I'm posting about him, I don't know how to label it. It can't be put under "obsession" cos it's not an obsession. Heck, I can find lots of reasons why I should dislike him, but I can only think of a few of why I should like him. Ohwell. Who cares.

Anyway. Jay came on Monday to promote his movie Secret, but I didn't go to see him. I went two years ago when he came to promote Initial D, but I wasn't able to go this time. To be honest, I kinda thought that his popularity has decreased a lot, but it turns out that I was worried for nothing. I mean, I watched the videos of him in Singapore, and the crowd was big. I found it amusing that when he turned to the crowd behind him and made a "V" sign, they went crazy. xD

Today after school I went to The Cathay, wanting to redeem the Single CD for the movie. Guess what, it was all gone. I should've been very sad, right? But I wasn't. I was only slightly disappointed, but other than that, I felt happy cos he's so popular. Am I weird, or what?

I feel weird if I don't post some pictures. So yeah.














1st - Initial D














2nd - Curse of The Golden Flower



















3rd - Secret


I'm watching the movie on the 9th. Still trying not to get my expectations too high, so I won't be too disappointed if it isn't as good as everyone says. ><

But why am I talking about Jay's movies, anyway? I'm one of the fans who don't mind him acting, but would rather him concentrate on his music. Sometimes I feel very disturbed when he said in interviews that he takes this movie very seriously, like his first album. Does that mean that he doesn't feel that his music is that important anymore? o.0

Jay filmed this movie in January and February, then went to act for Kungfu Dunk (which, in case you don't know, is another movie he's acting in, and is gonna be released next year). After the promotion period for Secret, he's gonna start preparing for his album (or maybe finishing, since he said that he can write music everywhere). And there's news that the album is gonna be released in September. As if that's not enough, he's also going to hold concerts starting November. If he really can do all these, then I'll applaud him for being a superman. If he can't, I won't be surprised. But then again, I shouldn't doubt him too much. Afterall, I was one of the people who thought that he went to direct a movie just because he got hooked, but it turned out that he is serious. *shrugs*

Ohwell. I shouldn't make myself sound naggy. I'll just post my favourite picture of Jay.














Why do I like this picture, you may ask. Let me give you a hint: what is he doing? =D