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hahhah ... too true. anything is possible till your last breath. anyways, i am definitely going to make time next year for some international travel. i'll use between now and mid next year to think of where. enjoy your trip to jejudo. i'm sure it'll be lovely.
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IU at DNF wearing that awesome black blouse order of video Good Day Red Shoes You and I Love of B Enjoy. These fancams are a really good quality
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Awesome! You know it's odd how IU is more popular among males than females in Korea because I was on another site and there IU fans were more the career, professional woman (outside of Korea). Of course you had males too but it looked more like the female fans out numbered the males. I don't think it'll be as bad as people make it out to be. Korea has come a long way. A gentleman I know, he's black, goes to Korea periodically for business and he's had no problems although I should caveat that and say that it was about 3 years ago. If you had been there in the 80's, I'm not sure how it would have been but it seems like it's better in the metropolitan areas. Gosh, I wish I was more open to these types of things when I was younger. Now, I'm working full time and everything and I kind of regret not doing something like what you guys are doing. Go out there and enjoy while you have relatively few responsibilities. Sigh, I feel so old now. -_-
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Just wanted to share this translation that someone did and shared. Original source: http://news.nate.com/view/20131206n07356 From KBS 2TV ‘Beautiful Man’, Choi David (Lee Jang Woo) and Kim Bo Tong (IU) Why KBS Wednesdays/ Thursdays drama ‘Beautiful Man’ still can’t get a high viewer rating? There is few banal and dead-end elements. I can say it’s unusually a good drama in recent days. Apart from the viewer rating, I can see there are a lot of fans supporting this drama online. What is the reason? Lessons that I don’t hate listening to If we have already finished all of the official education, it means we have already learned something in one third of our life, and then we’ll learn more in the rest. There is nothing as good as learning, but ironically those who try to give a lesson to others are likely to be hated, and it seems not accepted favorably to convey straightforward messages in movies and dramas, too. However, this drama ‘Beautiful Man’ keenly tries to teach something. The open way to tell us what money is, what brings disaster on ourselves, and what the difference between giving bribes and gifts stimulate us. To tell the truth, I had a silly idea that as the original is manga (comic), it must be just a cute romantic drama. However, it’s not! Maybe it’s one of the reason why ‘Beautiful Man’ hasn’t got a high rating because it dares to give lessons to viewers? How many viewers would watch dramas to get solemn lessons? Needless to say, it doesn’t mean we can’t expect this in the first place. Because the story line that Dokgo Mate (Jang Keun Suk) is going to meet a lot of women and become enlightened by them was already released before the broadcasting. But if a drama is trying to show something meaningful even though we ordinarily don’t expect anything but enjoy watching, it’s natural that the fun goes down by half. But surprisingly, I found myself listen to such lessons shown openly in the drama. Strangely enough, the messages through the drama are so straightforward that it might be natural to induce a feeling of rejection, but instead, it actually creates a positive mood as if we need to listen carefully for some reason. Seems like the reason is ‘they don’t show the lesson as a big deal’. For example, they show us a bit different view that we usually have on money or people, not showing them as sacred and precious to all human beings and all over the country. Instead, they show us a small secret to move people’s heart in a unique way. Their simple lessons are intrigued enough to draw attention from viewers naturally. A feast of distinct characters, hopefully it gets a meaningful result in ratings In ‘Beautiful Man’, Dokgo Mate is trying hard to move the sock factory President’s heart. ‘Beautiful Man’ is a very good drama in all aspects. It shows us a lesson directly, but it doesn’t sound intrusive at all. No devilish bad person. No extreme struggles that give us huge stress. It’s clear that things happen in the future are not easy to overcome, but still I believe this basic framework won’t twist on the way. However, above all things, the most fascinating point that ‘Beautiful Man’ has is all characters are lively and breathing. Not only main characters such as Kim BoTong (IU) with cheerful youthfulness and innocence, Dokgo Mate’s distinct personality with a double glittering charm, Choi David (Lee Jang Woo) who looks sophistic at the first glance but has some philosophy of life, Iron Lady Na Hong Ran (Kim Bo Yun), Mysterious Woman Hong Yoo Ra (Han Chae Young), but also other women involved with Dokgo Mate (?) all have distinct and unique characteristics. In that sense, I was a bit surprised and sad to know around 5 %, low ratings of ‘Beautiful Man’. At the same time, however, it is fully predictable. This drama doesn’t have any intricate secrets of birth in particular nor deep and mellow sadness that breaks our heart. In addition, a secret weapon, love triangle with Dokgo Mate, Kim BoTong and Choi David looks cute and awkward rather than painful. Because of these conditions, getting a high rating is almost like a miracle. Instead, the characters in this drama are committed to achieving their goal, and struggling to learn any lessons that are useful in life. They are recklessly dedicated to their beloved one and never expect something in return. Even so, if it’s uninteresting, what is the point? ‘Beautiful Man’ doesn’t have explosive fun, breathtaking suspense and trill, nor unpredictable magic like a black hole that we unknowingly fall into. But even if not maximum, it’s always guaranteed to retain an adequate level of making it interesting and touching. The day will come when it is rewarded with the good rating? I hope it will happen for some reason. Because it’s obvious that ‘Beautiful Man’ is unusually a ‘good’ drama in recent days. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ i esp agree with delivering life's lesson. they do it in a lighthearted manner but they do deliver it. i liked the last episode where mt explains casually that something given before is like a bribe and afterwards is a gift. thoughtful and stated oh so casually but the truth!
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I saw the rating for PM too but I figured that with Heirs reaching the last 2 epsiodes, it was bound to draw people in. I mean it looks like they share the same demographics for viewers so I'm just keeping my fingers crossed. You know the funny thing? Ep 5 actually reached 6% then Ep 6 went back down. Sigh Too bad really. I really find PM/BM/BA more entertaining too. I guess there is no accounting for taste or should I say that there is no power like teenage girls. I saw this floating around in another forum and I was amazed the length these fan girls will go to I guess these types of teen girls are really the best types of fans for the company. They're after the eye candy. They should spend that time studying instead of doing things like this.
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Speaking of OST, here are the ones for BM/BA so far http://youtu.be/UbiafJcfJms http://youtu.be/cKi79pYHi1U http://youtu.be/ER_Ndc38ee8
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OMG! I'm so excited for you! When next year are you going? By the way, maybe you can convert your friend to an IU fan while you're there. I'm sure you'll have lots of fun there esp with your friend there. Do you think you will be able to keep us posted on how things are going for you while you're in Korea?
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ty. i have mad respect for this lady. she really is so outstanding even among men. i enjoyed reading your posts. just wanted to let you know that you have visitors/lurkers who stop by periodically
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that top looks awesome. here's one of few pic from the concert itself during performance i really, really want to go to iu's concert next time. i hope timing works out better next time.
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dc gallery folks have a good sense of humor hardworking mate
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The holiday spirit has already invaded BM by the way, @helenzee i love this pic that you have
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heheh ... have a mt pic edit: fan made pic
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just dropped by to say hello. i've noticed hyori for a while and wanted to say what a gutsy lady she is. i probably won't be commenting too much but just lurking.
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Those are for photo session between performances and after concert performance pictures. It seems like there are less stray fancams of actual performance itself. I guess they (Loen or whoever) are learning as they go along and finding ways to prevent it more now. I still stand by my initial statement that her coordi needs to step it up.
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I wasn't even paying attention to that. I mean does it even mean something? Anyways, I'll go throw my vote in for IU. Link please.
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there aren't too many female characters in the drama land that are truly capable and that immune to men. i mean generally when they are portrayed that way, they are evil/bad or something. take for example the mil in bm who is really capable but also comes across as very, very not a nice person. anyways, go and check out episode 6, i can see progress coming. although it's probably not as fast as you'd like. although everyone should keep in mind that they're taking the direction from the manhwa. mt's character in ep 6 is definitely more likeable than mt of ep 1. by the way, the way drama drops hints o bt's talents is subtle but funny now cd knows not to get fresh with her
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The coordi that IU has sometimes chooses some ugly outfits for her. That photo time session outfit is not very flattering
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hahahah .... gosh those were funny esp the heroes episode where she has to dress like a bunny for punishment. ah i miss heroes
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speaking of singing - [iNFO] Singer Hwanhee will be making his return to the music scene with an OST for the KBS 2TV drama 'Pretty Man'. His agency announced on December 3, "Hwanhee has wrapped up recording for the 'Pretty Man' OST, and it's currently undergoing mastering." The track is set to be the main theme for the drama, which also stars Hwanhee's cousin Lee Jang Woo. cr: allkpop what a gorgeous guy. this drama is jam packed with osts!
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it's a slow but gradual change. i can see him maturing little by little. by end of ep 5, he truly appreciates and knows the gratification of earning money through his efforts, not just through women.
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hahaha ... i still remember the marshmallow during her Marshmallow song days i remember how surprised i was to later learn that her manager was in that marshmallow costume!