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Good question, but I don't have an answer either. But I think it is a bit common method of revenge or fight there. I remember when Kris left EXO and was criticized by EXO members and fans, Chinese Kris fandom bought a lot of accounts and started to mess up keywords of all 11 EXO members spreading bad rumors. At that time, all fans did cleaning up to push down those bad search keywords. I also heard that Luhan and Kris fandoms fought that way vigorously for some years; and CY and Sehun fandoms might have fought that way as well. I think it is just their way of letting their anger out and make their enemy suffer. I would not say it is encouraged there, but it seems that it is not considered as bad as here in Korea. So maybe to them, the anger the K fans express is ridiculous and out of proportion. But to us, it is something very base. ++ I'd like to emphasize that it is only done by some C Sehun fans not by all of them. Most of them are of course innocent.
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It started with Gaon Voting. Somebody posted in a K community that Sehun Bar's posting in Gaon Sehun vote notice. It was a sort of directions to fans how to change IPs and some fans wrote that although they change IPs using the app, it didn't give ... It was posted as a proof of their rigging of the app to have more hearts. Nobody knows whether the K poster was a Xiumin fan since it was an EXO community. K Xiumin fans decided to make inquiries to the Gaon app company and got answers that there was no illegal actions of such things, but in general K fandom does not believe it since some other C fandoms said that was possible before but it was blocked now. Basically you can pay to buy votes once a day per machine, however many IDs you make, but with tweeking of IPs, you could buy votes once a day per ID, so you can purchase more votes in China than in Korea. But in China, you are unable to use Gaon vote application without changing their IPs, so it seems they had to do it anyway at that time. So Sehun bar's answer was that it was about changing IPs in order to login to the Gaon Kpop Idol App, not to do rigging. But it is also true that they were able to buy votes from multiple IDs for a while. Then some C Sehun fans started to target Xiumin fans in China and Korea. Basically they are enraged saying that the Xiu fandom is falsely accusing them for doing illegal things and Xiumin fans are making excuses since they are going to lose at the Gaon voting. So they started to tag bad words/insults on Xiumin and his family, messing his keywords in twitter and weibo. It is not done by all Sehun fans, but done by some. Then there was a Topstarmagazine voting. Dozens of famous Sehun fans in Weibo with thousands/ some tens of thousands followers posted their voting for other group members with a comment like "This will be another nail on the coffin of that K Xiumin fandom." Before then, Xiumin was running no. 1 in the Topstarmagazine vote. After their posts of voting for Jackson, Winner, and Infi member, Xiumin was pushed to no. 3, out of the prize range. At the last minute, other EXO member fans including some Sehun fans and many K fans all rushed in to push him up to no. 2. That in turn made Xiumin fans enraged. When Xiumin fans asked for apology from Sehun Bar, the reply was voting of individual fans are their choice, they would have helped the topstar voting if Xiumin fans asked for help. The difference here is in K fandom, it is unimaginable to the same EXO member fans meddle in against the voting of another member while voting for another group, especially when they are fans with a lot of followers--we say "named fans." You don't have to vote for them, but you do not vote against them when they are competing with other groups. Also, even if they did, they would do it secretly so that nobody would find out, but those Sehun fans flaunted their votings of other groups. It was bitterly criticized in K fandom even not just by Xiumin fans but by others, dragging up all past history in which C Sehun fans did wrong. Examples are what they did with Chanyeol's movie review and search keywords in Weibo. And Xiumin's keywords have been vigorously messed up in Weibo and Twitter for a few days it seems, and yesterday finally Chinese Xiumin fandom publicly asked for help to clean up Xiumin keywords in Weibo and Twitter. But in some twitter posts, there are some tricks in which they pretended it to be good words but in fact list all bad words in Chinese. So Xiuminsum and Xiutiful are saying not to trust all of them when you do not know Chinese. Click on the keyword links that XiuminSum or Xiutiful post or the links that I have posted here.
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Hello, long time no post here. I'm sorry for my tardiness. These days, I usually find pics and news at twitters. Today I drop by to ask for your help to clean up Xiumin's search keywords in Weibo. Some twitter posts for helping to clean up his keywords are fake, so please use only XiuminSum's or Xiutiful's posts in Twitter and here's the links to Weibo keywords that you can just click on to help the cleaning up. https://t.co/fKQ5bj4W9c Kim Minseok Kim Seondal https://t.co/J64sIlFmyW Kim Minseok Babyface https://t.co/dhPaATPJZ5 Kim Miseonk Abs https://t.co/Mr2xZEy0Mg Kim Minseok Earrings https://t.co/hrq8US3iuD Kim Minseok Lens https://t.co/AUZjMlnViB Kim Minseok Dyes https://goo.gl/9WzfBz Kim Minseok Cat https://goo.gl/LZb1DJ Kim Minseok eyemakeup https://goo.gl/x1VGDi Kim Minseok movie Thanks.
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Hello, Xiuangels, Have a great weekend! Blade & Soul ost Xiumin focus (161118, Busan Korea)
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This is slightly mistranslated though. The makeup part has a verbal ending in Korean that indicates a report of somebody else's speech, not of her own. It's something like, "But it was said the smell came from too much makeup." I think somebody made a joke about it, possibly Xiumin himself. I dropped by to share these amazing pics from 161008, DMC Festival, when he looked like a forest fairy or winter prince with his green hair.
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I saw a post of paintings of Xiumin by a Barcelonan fan at Xiumin Talk. Is this done by one of you? If so, applaud your great talent.
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We are to install an application "WYTH" on the phone, and the program verifies your ticket (whether it's fake or authentic) and controls the light stick. Basically the program recognize the LED stick via bluetooth and once you're in the concert hall, it is controlled automatically as a whole. If you register your ticket to WYTH, the program starts to control your LED stick via your phone at the concert time that you're attending. At the first show, I didn't know about this and didn't have time to connect the LED stick to my phone via bluetooth. Still my LED stick changed colors but a bit belatedly and it often didn't work so it was frustrating. But once I connected it to WYTH on the last day show, it worked no problem but you cannot control it on your own during the concert. I couldn't turn it off even after the concert when I was nearby the concert hall. In order to turn it off, I need to take out the battery from the stick.
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It is a one-week and two-week late report on my concert visits. I went to the first and last shows of EXOrdium concert in Seoul. On the first show (22nd July), I went to the ground floor, Section D, which was one of the areas where Xiumin came most often at this concert. I saw him most close this time throughout my entire 4-year fan experience. In short, he does look like a fairy. He’s fine-boned, so he looked tinier than he really was. Alone he was like a well-proportioned miniature person but when he stood with other members, I was surprised to see he was actually similar in height to Chen and Suho, and slightly taller than DO, who actually didn’t look short by himself. So he wasn’t lying when he said he was the 2nd shortest member. Also, I got to see his Artificial Love performance about 1 meter away, although I mostly saw his backside because he was dancing facing the seat area (Section 5). The dance was actually far sexier than in real—the fans went really crazy when they started to dance. It was apparently despite his young face, this oppa knows it all. His dance was really sexy, with full of sexual nuances. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Io9EoHrToAI (Artificial Love on 22nd July- Section D view: This video is not taken by me but from somebody else.) All members look really good looking, better looking in person than in pictures or on TV, and especially Xiumin was really beautiful in person even with my most objective opinion. He always looked better in person but I think he looked the best among the times that I’ve seen him. Rather than handsome and pretty, he can be described more as beautiful. In short, he was like Peter Pan and Tinker Bell personified in one being not only because of his physical features but because of his unique aura of ethereality and glitter. He moved like a fairy too, very agile and light, as though he was flying around. He looked to me sort of like this, and this. I have only one picture from the first day, which is really bad in quality and it doesn’t even show Xiumin who was drinking water at that time. I took about 4 pictures but accidentally deleted the others except this one. The next photos are taken by some other fans but they're similar to my views on the first day. For the last show, I was sitting on the 3rd floor, 8th row, and Xiumin mostly just passed by my section, so I didn’t see him very close except for at the end of the show when the members were moving on the rail between the 2nd and 3rd floors. Here is the pic when I took he was approaching to my area on the rail. This one is the view from my 3rd floor seat. Funny thing is I had a better view of performances and general arrangements of the show on the 3rd floor than on the ground floor. The ground floor is good when you want to see individual members up close. I watched the show following around Xiumin; still I got to see all members very close—especially Kai, Lay, DO, Chanyeol, Sehun and Suho. I was lucky to see all dances by Kai and Lay on the first day because it was before Kai got hurt. They are superb dancers. On the last day, I saw Baekhyun and Chen very close too because they directly passed my section too. This is the gate of the concert hall (a stadium). I took this picture when I left the last show. To end this post, here is a sexy video of Xiumin on 31st July taken by Xiutiful.
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Co-star of the movie Bongi Kim Seondal, Jo Jaehyun commented on Xiumin Actor Jo Jaehyun mentioned EXO Xiumin in his interview. Jo Jaehyun, during his interview with the Newspim on July 4, talked about Xiumin who co-starred in movie as Gyeoni. “I didn’t know he was that famous because he behaved like any other new actor who played a minor or small role in the movie.†Jo continued, “He never had a row of people around in his tow or sat around loftily like a superstar. He usually stayed standing and always had a smiling face. He’s got this particular gummy smile. I only remember his smiling face.†His daughter enlightened him later of who Xiumin is. Jo said, “Later from my daughter, I learned (EXO and Xiumin) are terrifyingly famous. So I talked with him after I learned about this, but he was quite extraordinary. He was just like one of my students. He listened to me carefully and never put on any air.†Pic: Actor Jo Jaehyun (Left) complimented EXO Xiumin’s personality. Source: http://m.newspim.com/news/view/20160704000235/?menu= I wonder if you remember this actor. He is a very renowned and respected actor who plays the arch villain in the movie that Xiumin stars. He is also rumored to be against idol actors (recently he interviewed that he didn't dislike idol actors and he also complimented Xiumin and Baro (from A4B1) as good examples of idol actors who behave well in that interview as well).
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More on Xiumin from the news articles about Kim Seondal It seems that Kim Seondal is receiving some mixed review, not bad but not raving good either. But in general, it is regarded a good entertainment movie and Xiumin's acting is received quite favorably by reporters. This article is the worst review that I've seen so far: http://m.kukinews.com/m/m_article.html?no=378063 Basically it says that the movie's story is not fresh and the director didn't do well with presenting the story, etc, etc, etc. But it says about Xiumin as follows: "ì˜ì™¸ë¡œ 가장 실ì†ì„ 차린 ê²ƒì€ ì‹œìš°ë¯¼ì´ë‹¤. ì œë•Œ ì¹˜ê³ ë“¤ì–´ê°€ 확실하게 존재ê°ì„ 남긴 후 ë¹ ì§€ëŠ” ëŠ¥ìˆ™í•¨ì€ ì•„ì´ëŒ ë©¤ë²„ì˜ ì²« ë„ì „ìž‘ì¹˜ê³ ëŠ” 나ì˜ì§€ 않다." The person who has reaped the best crop [from the movie] is Xiumin. He entered the movie at the right time and adroitly left a clear presence. This adroitness is not bad for an idol's first acting attempt. Yoo Seungho on Xiumin 1: ë˜í•œ ìœ ìŠ¹í˜¸ëŠ” "시우민 í˜•ì€ ë‚´ê²Œ ë² ì¼ì— ê°€ë ¤ì§„ ì¸ë¬¼ì´ì—ˆë‹¤"ë©° "ì•„ì´ëŒì„ ì ‘í• ê¸°íšŒê°€ ë§Žì§€ 않다 보니 ë¹„ë°€ì— ì‹¸ì¸ ê²ƒì²˜ëŸ¼ ë³´ì˜€ê³ , ë¬´ëŒ€ë„ ì—„ì²ë‚˜ê²Œ 멋지니까 í›„ê´‘ì´ ë²ˆì©ê±°ë¦¬ëŠ” ì‚¬ëžŒì¼ ì¤„ 알았다"ê³ ë§í–ˆë‹¤. 하지만 ì´¬ì˜ìž¥ì—ì„œì˜ ì‹œìš°ë¯¼ì€ íŠ¸ë ˆì´ë‹ ë³µì„ ìž…ê³ ìŠ¬ë¦¬í¼ë¥¼ ì‹ ê³ ì™€ì„œ "승호야, 왔어?"ë¼ê³ ì¸ì‚¬í•˜ëŠ” í‰ë²”한 ë™ë„¤ 형ì´ì—ˆë‹¤ê³ . ìœ ìŠ¹í˜¸ëŠ” "시우민 í˜•ì´ í•ìƒ í”¼ê³¤í•œ ìƒíƒœë¡œ í˜„ìž¥ì— ì˜¤ëŠ” ëª¨ìŠµì´ ë‚´ì‹¬ ì•ˆì“°ëŸ¬ì› ì§€ë§Œ, í˜•ì€ ê¸°ë³¸ì 으로 발랄한 성격ì´ë‹¤. ì´¬ì˜ë§Œ 들어가면 ìƒê¸°ê°€ ëŒì•˜ê³ , 견ì´ë¼ëŠ” ì—í• ê³¼ë„ êµ‰ìž¥ížˆ 잘 맞았다"ë©° ì‹œìš°ë¯¼ì˜ ì—°ê¸°ë¥¼ ì¹ì°¬í–ˆë‹¤ In addition, Yoo Seungho said, "To me, Xiumin-hyung was a mysterious figure behind a veil. I didn't have much chance to meet idols, so he was like some unknown secret to me. I thought he would be surrounded by a bright halo because their performance is awesome. But when I met him at the filming location, he greeted me like a friendly hyung in the neighborhood in his sweat pants and slippers, 'You've come, Seungho? (a way of saying hello in Korean)'." "I felt sorry that Xiumin-hyung came to the film location always in an exhausted state. But he is fundamentally a bubbly person. Once the camera started to roll, he was energetic and active. He suited very well for the Gyeoni character." Another interview: http://tenasia.hankyung.com/archives/961184 10. 다른 ë°°ìš°ë“¤ê³¼ì˜ ì—°ê¸° í•©ì€ ì–´ë• ë‚˜. ìœ ìŠ¹í˜¸: 네 명으로 ì´ë£¨ì–´ì§„ â€˜ê¹€ì„ ë‹¬ 사기패’는 ê°€ì¡±ê³¼ë„ ê°™ë‹¤. 어떻게 보기ì—는 ì´ëŒ€ë¡œ ë내기ì—는 아까운 ì¡°í•©ì´ë‹¤. 현장ì—서 ì´¬ì˜í• 때 민ì„ì´ í˜•ì´ ì—†ìœ¼ë©´ 너무 í—ˆì „í–ˆë‹¤. í˜•ì€ ìŒì•… 방송가서 ì¶¤ì¶”ê³ ìžˆëŠ”ë°ë„, 우리ë¼ë¦¬ ì–˜ê¸°í• ë•ŒëŠ” “견ì´í˜• 있었으면 ì¢‹ê² ë‹¤. ë³´ê³ ì‹¶ë‹¤â€ë¼ê³ ì´ì•¼ê¸°í–ˆë‹¤. (웃ìŒ) edited: It seems I forgot to put a negation again here. Q: How was the harmony with other actors? Yoo SH: The 'Kim Seondal gang of con artists' consisting of 4 members is really like a family. We are really a combination that shouldn't end thus here. I was really sorry when Minseok-hyeong was not around in the location. Although he was dancing at music shows on TV, we used to say 'I wish Gyeoni-hyung was here. I miss him.'" (laugh)
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Yesterday (June 21 here) Kim Seondal was first shown to the press. I found an article about Xiumin's acting and it was written quite favorably. Here's the link to the article and my translation: http://entertain.naver.com/read?oid=112&aid=0002824866 ‘Bongi Kim Seondal’, Xiumin’s first screen debut, he got full in the first scoop No one can get full in his or her first scoop of meal, but still Xiumin did so pretty much in his first debut on the screen. The movie ‘Bong Kim Seondal’ (Director: Park Daemin/ Production: M Pictures & SNK Pictures) was first released to the press at Wangsipri CGV in Seoul on the 21st. EXO member Xiumin first debuted on the screen, starring in the movie along with Yoo Seongho, Go Changseo, Ra Miran, and Jo Jehyun. Although his share in the movie is not large, there is no worry for bad acting. It’s Xiumin’s first step that makes us anticipate his next work. ‘Bongi Kim Seondal’ tells a story of Kim Seondal (Yoo Seungho) the legendary con artist who cheated the king and sold the owner-less Daedong River and his accomplices--Bowan (Go Changseok) the master of disguise, Yoon Bosal (Ra Miran) the fraud fortuneteller, Gyeoni (EXO’s Xiumin) an aspiring con artist. While preparing for a new con game to snatch the most expensive tobacco, this troupe of con artists learns that the most powerful aristocrat Seong Daeryeon (Jo Jaehyun) is the mastermind of the expensive tobacco business and plans a con game of lifetime using the Daedong River as a bait. The aspiring con artist Gyeoni, the role Xiumin played, comes to follow Kim Seondal who saved his life from the battlefield where he was taken as cannon fodder. Gyeoni is an aspiring con artist who wants to successfully con Kim Seondal himself. This pure and innocent character suited Xiumin very well with his innocent boyish looks. Despite his three-year seniority to Yoo Seungho, he is so baby-faced that he was well absorbed in the role without any awkwardness. Especially, Gyeoni is a very likeable character who wants to save his townspeople kidnapped to Qing with the money earned through con jobs. The scene where he enlightens Kim Seondal can look overplayed with emotion but it does not disturb our absorption in the drama. While another EXO member Do Gyeongsoo has portrayed a sad boy image, Xiumin has established an image of bubbly boy. “I felt quite nervous while working at the location as an actor not as a singer,†said Xiumin. Nevertheless, one cannot but look forward to how his screen debut will be accepted by regular audiences. ‘Bongi Kim Seondal’ will be released on July 6.
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Xiumin spoilering the Monster choreo since 22 years ago: === Highlights His precise moves His clever improvisation of including wiping the nose into the choreo Practicing head nodding for Lucky One since 1994 Born to be a heart stealer of girls
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Thank you for "your thanks" I edited one part in the Lucky One interview, because I saw that I dropped "not" in the interview about old and new things.
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If there is any other thing that you want me to translate, please let me know. I shall try to find time. Xiumin's focus at Suwon K-pop festival (160618) Lucky One Heaven Talk Today's SBS Ingigayo (160619): Military look Ending And a totally different look of him when he goes home
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EXO EX’ACT – Monster: Xiumin Interview (translated from Korean version) Keywords: present, influence, cheer Q: What is your earliest childhood memory? Xiumin: I remember dancing at the kindergarten. I was practicing dancing to prepare for the performance at the kindergarten’s jaerong janchi (a kind of talent show of young kids). I was practicing moves with four of my friends. I remember the song too, but it was an instrumental, so it’s a bit difficult to explain. The performance was of course a success! Q: Which do you think is the most important, past, present or future? Xiumin: Present. Future is literally a plan, an approaching present that we do not know how it will turn out. Past is what makes you reflect back on and gives you wisdom, and it’s a collection of facts that cannot be changed. We should do well at the present to make both the past and future good. Q: Do you like clarity or obscurity? Xiumin: Clarity. I think it’s neat and clean. Obscurity can leads to a doubt and suspicion. Q: Do you believe in coincidence or destiny? Xiumin: Isn’t there a destiny in coincidences? I believe there is a destiny in coincidences. You meet one by chance, but as time goes by, we may come to think that the person is your destiny. Q: Which do you think is the main factor that makes a person change? An internal factor or external factor? Xiumin: I think the most fundamental reason is the external one. Humans are born nice. (laugh) Their environment makes them change; I don’t think it can be said that our environment changes because we change. Parents often told us when we are young to meet good friends, meet good people, not hang out with bad people. Good or bad and right or wrong, our environment/circumstances makes us think one more time and affects us. Q: When do you feel the person who has been close to you suddenly like a stranger? Xiumin: When we fight. When I cannot like what that person is doing. You come to get distant to each other. Q: What do you think is your essence that will never change despite any changes in your environment? Xiumin: Justice! I am a righteous person. The things that will never change in me is a sense of justice and love for family, I think they are these two. Q: When do you think you feel like yourself the most? Xiumin: I am always myself. Umm, if I really have to choose a moment, then it’s when I exercise! Q: Do you consider yourself a consistent person? Xiumin: Yes. I have been living thus and I don’t change easily. Q: Do you sometimes burdened by expectations of others? Xiumin: Yes. I care about how fans will take our new album. Q: When do you feel free from such burdens? Xiumin: When fans like the album. When fans sing along with us and like the songs, then I feel relieved. Q: What is the scariest thing to you? Xiumin: Things that are happening when I am not prepared. Unexpected things. I feel disconcerted. Q: Which do you enjoy more? Familiar things or unfamiliar things? Xiumin: Familiar things. To be honest, personally I don’t like giving interviews very much. I tend to get nervous while doing an interview than on the stage. I am more familiar with the stage than interviews. Concert halls and concert shows have become more familiar to me now. As an EXO member, I think my place is on the stage. Where should EXO be other than on the stage? Q: What do you think is the most valuable among invisible things? Xiumin: Fan’s cheers. Really, truthfully I think so. Without fans’ cheers, we won’t be able to perform. Fans’ cheers, supports, and love! Q: Is there a thing that is insignificant to others but important to you? Xiumin: Warming up the body before a performance! Warming up before going up on the stage. Our dance moves are quite intense, so without warming up, one can get hurt. Q: What helps your mind remain strong in a difficult situation? Xiumin: Thinking about the future. I kind of resolve myself to work hard to make the future that I wish become the present. Q: What will be the only thing in the world that can last forever? Xiumin: Human relations, human ties
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It seems that translations of EX'ACT album interviews are already up here, but anyway, since there are some mistranslations/ missing parts, I'm posting belatedly my own translation here: EXO EX’ACT – Lucky One: Xiumin Interview (translated from Korean version) Keywords: SF, activity, frankness Q: What genre of movie do you think represents EXO? And which genre of movie would you choose for your own life? Xiumin: I think it’s SF. Each member has a superpower; we can’t just disregard that, so I think it should be SF. Actually I have a wish, I think it would be fun for us to make a movie about our superpowers. Although they are not real, they can be made into a movie. Main characters will be us, EXO, and the enemies that we fight against may be aliens? We will defeat aliens attacking Earth and save Earth and peace. If my life were a movie, then I hope it to be a comedy. Actually my life isn’t exactly a comedy because I lead a quiet and pretty ordinary life. There is a movie titled “Hangoverâ€. It’s a movie about things happening after a group of friends got together and got drunk. Friendship between the friends left deep impression on me, and the episodes in the movie are something that might happen in real life although unusual; the movie was quite dynamic. There were plots quite unbelievable that makes me wonder “Wow, can such a thing really happen?†Now I’m not living like that, but it would be fun to live a life like a comedy movie. Q: Which lyrics do you like best among the songs in this album? Xiumin: “She got me gone crazy. Why does the heart beat?†This part is very direct and realistic. The guileless, direct question of “why does the heart beat?†to oneself left me strong impression. It is a question that one asks earnestly because he doesn’t know why. In fact, you are not really sure whether it’s my heart that is beating or it’s her heart that is beating. Of course, as living beings having the heart that beat is given, but the part that I think meaningful is asking such a sure thing. So it also makes me wonder, really, why does the heart beat? Q: What’s your favorite time and space? Xiumin: When I work out at the gym. I can’t stay still. I feel bored if I do nothing, and I like being active. Previously I did a lot of weight training in order to prepare for concerts, but these days I am working more on aerobics to slim down my body. Even if it is not the gym, I feel comfortable and calm while I’m working out. Since I am an entertainer, my face is well known to people. So it is important how I would be looked on by others and how I would be remembered by people. So I cannot but always be conscious of glances of people around me, but while working out I don’t have to be conscious of such things. What’s interesting about sports is, sports is sports. You can concentrate on the game and exercise, even with people around you. Q: Tell me the things that you like because they are and things that you like because they are new. Xiumin: Things that are older the better are photos. Pictures taken right now might not be very valuable at the moment, but the older they get, the memories of that moment stay in my mind. So looking at the photos, I can go back to that time and hence it’s so valuable. Since photos get more valuable in the future, so older photos are better. The thing that is new so is better would be the Internet. The Internet culture will more develop in the future, but even now it enables us to communicate with people all over the world and easily access to the information all around the world; hence it indirectly extends the horizons of our experience. It helps us learn new things and discover stuff that makes us exclaim “So there is such a thing?†Of course, there are drawbacks, but it has a lot of merits too. Q: What makes you reminisce? Xiumin: As I mentioned before, it’s photos and music. I don’t remember it but my parents said that I used to dance to the song “You in my faded memory†by Jingyoung Hyun whenever I heard it. I think I was 3 or 4 years old? Also, the smell of rice being cooked also makes me think of home because I cannot go often to my parents’ house these days. So all the smells of home and family (make me reminisce). Q: When do you feel all grown up? Xiumin: When I drive. When I was a kid, I would sit in the car that my parents drove, but now I am all grown up and drive myself. I feel like “Ah, I am all grown up†when I drive my parents around. Q: When did you have an experience of having your views on the world broadened? Xiumin: Whenever I perform. Since we have activities on a global scale, we often have performances abroad. Also there are fans from other countries than Korea. So I feel that if we work hard, we can broaden our horizons even farther and reach out the entire world. I feel thus whenever we do a concert. Q: Is there any place that you'd like to visit? Xiumin: I do not enjoy traveling abroad very much, but I get to have a lot of overseas experience through concert trips. So among the places I have never been to, I’d like to visit Europe. Europe is famous for soccer and I’d like to go to Europe and watch a soccer game. Q: What are the things that you are interested in all the time? Xiumin: I’m interested in how members’ individual schedules are doing. Whether that’s a movie, a drama or a musical, I’m curious about how they will appear, not as an EXO, but as an individual. Q: If there was a twin or a doppelganger of you, what kind of person do you want him to be? Xiumin: I hope he’s a good speaker. Somebody who has great linguistic abilities. I like to see myself speaking very good English, Japanese, and Chinese. I’m very curious how I’d look when I speak a foreign language (fluently). Wow, that would look so cool! That’ll be enough for me—since for others I have them all. (laugh) Q: What is the moment that you’d like to have in your life? Xiumin: Winning a lottery (laugh) If I won a lottery, I would like to build a house. An awesome house made of state-of-art materials on the meadow, something like the Ironman’s. Ummm...actually I’m just kidding. I just want to have a house on a farm to raise sheep and cattle; I’d like to live with nature. Q: When is the moment that you feel perfect in everyday life? Xiumin: When I eat pizza and fried chicken with coke and when I eat cake with coffee. Q: What do you think is the most valuable among visible things? Xiumin: Seeing EXO-L on the stage. This is really true. Without an audience, our performances lose lots of its values. Q: When do you feel most returned after waiting? Xiumin: When I wait for a dish after making an order, especially samgyeop-sal (pork belly)! It takes long time to roast samgyeop-sal. But it’s so delicious when we eat after a long wait. Q: When do you feel a day is too short? Xiumin: A day feels too short when we return to Korea. We spend most of times on the road, and I don’t know what I should do with the remaining time because the amount of time left is so ambiguous to start off something. On such a day, I usually do not have time of my own. Q: At what time of the day do you think that the sky is the most beautiful? Xiumin: The sky that I look at after finishing a filming at dawn. It’s really beautiful. Here we filmed all night and after the all-night work, the sky looks so calm and peaceful. I have this sense of accomplishment “Ah, it’s done,†“Ah, I’ve completed the work.†I feel like I really live at that moment...like “so I’m living like this.†Q: What do you think is the greatest thing that the mankind has ever made? Xiumin: Transportation. I think it’s the best thing that humans have ever made. All sorts of transportation has their own merits. Airplanes enable us to travel around the globe. Without an airplane, EXO would not have performed traveling around the world. In that regard, I think airplanes are really great. Cars also help us to go anywhere whenever we want it, so the strength of a car seems to be having freedom. Trains are faster than cars. In Korea, trains are the best to travel to the far-end of the country. And without a ship, it would have been difficult to get goods from all over the world. Transports like spacecraft or rocket still have a long way to go; they need to develop further. Q: What is the compass that guides you through in life? Xiumin: Myself. I think the direction I go to is the path I should take. I think one should find one’s own path; nobody but oneself will make one’s own road. Even if somebody has built a road for you, after all you are the one who makes a choice.
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I never got Xiumin photo cards myself before. It's my first time and two in a row--today is my lucky day. I got the albums today. Loool Anyway, if I'm able to get another card of Xiumin, I'll send you one. It's hard to get one in Korea.
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Hey guys. EXO has started promotion of their 3rd album, double titled "Monster & Lucky One". It's got 4 versions (Chinese and Korean for Lucky One version-white version and Monster version-black version) and I bought 4 of them and got a great luck of getting two Xiumin two cards. Monster & Lucky One has different versions of interviews of each member and hopefully next weekend, I will try to translate Xiumin's interview if nobody already has translated it. In addition, if you guys want to see anything in English, please let me know. I will find time next weekend and translate them. In this new album, Xiumin's got much more parts than before; in particular I hear a lot of him in Monster and One & Only. So I'm so happy. EXO had three stages for the last three days, and I like the make-up and camera work at Music Bank (Friday, 10th) best so far, but yesterday they had the best performance, in my opinion, as for the song Monster. Please watch Xiumin's individual cam at Music Core (Saturday, 11th) posted at Music Core's Facebook. https://www.facebook.com/mbcmusiccore/videos/vb.133550316851918/543614355845510/?type=2&theater You can also download the HQ videos of EXO performances here: M Count Down (9th, their first stage): https://mega.nz/#F!ah1QAYTA!rdGqBV-RmCLLEnk5jBcEWg Music Bank (10th, my favorite styling) from here: https://mega.nz/#F!L48EmLpI!-qr2ktfXu0f_XSeVeB0Qmg!D89ymbSS Music Core (11th, best live performance) from here: https://mega.nz/#F!vwkGgQaS!Z_D55roAgBxXMivuWbtIEg
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Hello, Maryan. Glad you're still lurking here. I've been busy with my life too so I haven't been here much but I'm still vigorously following EXO & Xiumin's news. Xiumin sighting today. (160514) A fan saw Xiumin at the SUM market (an SM-operating market) and he dyed his hair darker orange. "I saw Xiumin at SUM Market. ã… ã… ã… ã… I saw Minseok. I saw him up very close. He's wearing a pink cap, and a hood shirt pink turning gradually to light blue. He's not wearing any makeup but he's really good looking. I still can't believe myself." Among her answers to other fans, she mentions: "He dyed his hair orange" "He looks like his Wolf-era self." source: https://twitter.com/wowow_03/status/731396628041474048
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He's referring to Kim Seondal. He said he was doing later work of the movie. Also, EXO had a schedule in Shanghai, China on his birthday. For many years, EXO members didn't hold any birthday party except for Lay. Since BH started again, other members might try too.
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About his height, it's unconfirmed but when he was ill early last year, somebody who claimed to be a hospital staff person said that he was 170cm tall. Since DO and Xiumin are about the same height, DO once said that he is NOT shorter than 170cm, so I think they are about 170cm. Among the EXO shorties, I think the order is BH > Chen > Suho > Xiu = DO. It's Children's day here in Korea, so a holiday. Apparently EXO members went to a wedding of one of their managers and sang a wedding song for the bride and groom. https://twitter.com/CHENSTA92/status/728202140687081473 In addition, one of his home masters posted a cute video clip of his childlike moments. https://twitter.com/xiudrenalin/status/728121304109350912 At the Japanese fan meeting early this week, EXO members chose their favorite fashion for girls. Here is Xiumin's choice: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SNm6usDv2-s&feature=youtu.be Do you guys have anything you want me to translate? I think I can do it this weekend. Have great May days everybody!
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I wonder whether this pic has been posted here. XiuButterfly - An uncanny capture of a moment made him look like a real human butterfly. Xiumin Focus "Butterfly (Don't go)" Guangzhou EXO Luxion (151017) ++++ Xiumin's webdrama "Falling in Love with Challenge" was ranked most watched and sought-after digital content at Naver (the biggest Korean portal) last year
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My pic in the signature is actually a cat version of that London boy look in the first pic. I really like that his squishy cheeks more stand out and look more plump when he's pulled on his beanie covering all his hair.
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The Korean government's Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (The MFDS) left a message to a Xiumin fan today (160405) https://twitter.com/xiuminmochi/status/717173910794403841 https://twitter.com/TheMFDS/status/717180455645151232 Fan tweets: It's said that eating sweets helps elevate one's mood and just looking at him feels so sweet. Then maybe Minseok's intrinsic nature is made up of sugar...right? Then he must be a legal drug permitted by the MFDS. The MFDS responds: (in a formal business tone) We will look over and check. Cat dancing at the EXO Luxion encore concert in Seoul (160319-20)
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A full video clip of Xiumin's talk at Lotte World Secret Night Corrected translation: Xiumin: Hello~. This is EXO's maknae (youngest), Xiumin. As you all know, it's a lie. But still don't you think my face looks like maknae a bit? How I'm doing these days...I'm eating a lot these days. So I'm really happy. Now it's goodbye to my six-packs~! *laugh* [++] Baehyun says he's going to make his abs next time with his own recipe [bH's groaning: It's too hard], so please meet Baekhyun's abs next time. [bH: It's too hard, please forgive me.] Yeah, it's nice to see you everyone! +++ "I sing for you~" (Look at his cute F in for) HQ pics His hair