Lee Si Young & Ju-Jin’s couple photo released

The famous make-believe to real couple from Let’s Get Married, Lee Si Young (27) and Jun Jin (29), look really good together. Lee Si Young recently uploaded a self-shot photo onto the main page of her cyworld mini homepage. In the photo, Jun Jin is on the phone in the background and Lee Si Young poses sweetly for the camera.

This is the first time Lee Si Young poses their photos online since the official announcement of their relationship. In June, Jun Jin uploaded 3 photos onto his own mini homepage with the message ‘please love Lee Si Young’. Such a sweet gesture~

Via My Daily

 

两难—戴佩妮 (MV and lyrics) and my cover of it

(this is posted in my blogspot blog too^^)

For those of you who know me, I love Penny’s songs. This is the first time I’m doing a cover of her.  The REAL mv of her’s is below! (:

This is my favourite song from her newest album 原谅我就是这样的女生.

WARNING: I don’t sing well, I did make some mistakes, but I’m too lazy to redo it XD

 hmm apparently wordpress doesn’t allow me to upload the player. Go to my blogspot blog if you really wanna hear me sing XD Otherwise, just enjoy Penny’s MV!

两难–戴佩妮
专辑:原谅我就是这样的女生
谁将你眼眶
染成一抹红
谁用模糊语言轻易带过承诺
几度梦里寻觅
踏遍多少愁
敢问弦月缺少了什么
少了那一夜短暂烟火
只能怀念剎那闪烁
少了那一次流星滑落
只能将心意淡没
我说去亦难留亦难怎么办
有些话只能偷偷拿出来纪念遗憾
我说爱亦难恨亦难分作两半
有些人注定和寂寞相伴
（间奏）
少了那一夜短暂烟火
只能怀念剎那闪烁
少了那一次流星滑落
只能将心意淡没
我说去亦难留亦难怎么办
有些话只能偷偷拿出来纪念遗憾
我说爱亦难恨亦难分作两半
有些人注定和寂寞相伴
我说去亦难留亦难怎么办
有些话只能偷偷拿出来纪念遗憾
我说爱亦难恨亦难分作两半
有些人注定和寂寞相伴
有些人注定只能作伴

Drama Remakes = low viewership (?)

Was reading the latest entertainment news on Naver this morning when I saw this piece of article. As you may know, there are 2 drama-remakes currently showing in Korea right now:

1. 결혼 못하는 남자 (the man who can get’ married) – remade of Japan’s Kekkon Dekinai Otoko
2. 친구 (Friend) – Drama version of 2001’s famous movie Friend

 

          

Both are currently stuck in single digit viewership, which is really pathetic considering the success of their predecessors. However, this is due more to the skewed taste of viewers rather than the quality of the dramas.

I can’t comment about ‘Friend’, but I can vouch that ‘The Man Who can’t get married’ is GOOD. Much better than the Japanese version in fact. I’ve tried watching the first episode of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko and I couldn’t get past even the 10 min mark – it was THAT unappealing to me.

As mentioned in the article, Korean viewers seem to have developed a taste for 막장 드라마 (TV dramas with extreme situations, rivalry, betrayal, violence etc) and hence the sweet (placid?) storyline of ‘The Man who can’t get married’ didn’t appeal to them.

But I find it stranger that Friend is recording such low viewership. Apparently before its screening, Friend has been receiving quite alot of attention from the media. With its strong casting of Hyun Bin and Kim Min Joon, Friend should be a sure hit.

According to the producers, ‘Friend’ is not a pure remake of the movie. Rather it portrays the story between Han Dong Soo (Hyun Bin) and Lee Joon Suk(Kim Min Joon) during their school days, which was not shown in the movie.

Hopefully, the ratings will pick up in the coming episodes. I absolutely adore ‘The Man Who can’t get married’ and I’ll be really disappointed if it does not hit at least the 18% mark.

Shinhwa’s Andy turns trot singer in ‘Two Wives’

On 29th June, the casts of ‘Two Wives’ turned heads at their filming location in a shopping mall in Bu Cheon. In the episode, Nam Joon (Andy), together with Mi Mi (Lee Yoo Jin) and Se Ri (Jung Ji Ah), entered into a ‘Citizen’s performance contest’, where people are encouraged to display their special talents. For their performance, they did a fiesty sing and dance in their dazzling costumes.

This is the first time in his career that Andy attempted ‘trot singing’. His discomfort and embarrassment were evident before the filming began. As Andy is known to be working on his 2nd album right now, fans who happened to be in the mall thought that he was making his comeback as a trot singer. (that would be a refreshing idea, isn’t it)

The casts unanimously agreed that trot singing suits him so well and even encouraged him to dabble into trot singing in his next album.

Andy’s trot performance will be broadcasted in the upcoming episode on 9th July.

 

News source:here

Nominated for Top 100 Language Blog 2009

The bab.la language portal and Lexiophiles are holding the annual TOP 100 Language Blog competition and  I’m so happy to be nominated for this. Anyway please do vote for me from July 8 – July 27. Each of you is only entitled to one vote. So please vote for

My Korean Learning Journey (blogspot)

I’ll update again once I know how the voting will be conducted!

p.s a million thanks to Cathy from MyLangBlog who nominated me!

Dear Shanna,

you are nominated for the "Top 100 Language Blogs 2009" competition. Congratulations! After last year’s success the bab.la language portal and Lexiophiles language blog are hosting this year’s worldwide language blog competition once again. We are confident to surpass more than the 350 blogs which entered the competition in 2008.

We have made two major changes to last year:

1. Due to the amount of blogs we have created categories.
(Language Learning/Language Teaching/Language Technology/
Language Professionals)
You are in category Language Learning
2. User voting will count 50% towards final score

Voting will start on July 8, leaving you enough time to prepare your readers for the upcoming voting. Voting will close on July 27 and the winners will be announced on July 30.

For more information on the 2009 competition and what it is all about visit [http://www.lexiophiles.com/english/top-100-language-blogs-2009-nomination-started]
So now you may ask yourself what you can do. Here are some suggestions

-Nominations are open until July 6, so feel free to share any blog you like with us
-Each blog will have a one-sentence-description for the voting. If you would like a special description to go along with your blog, just send me an email [marc@bab.la]

Announcement

Hi guys! (: I’ve decided to split my Korean Learning Journey blog into two.

• My Korean Learning Journey (blogspot)

 I’m starting university in August and I’ll be majoring in Linguistics. Hence I’ll probably blog more about languages, linguistics and korean of course. (: So I’ve decided to devote an entire blog to it. Do check it out. (:

• My Korean Learning Journey – Entertainment (wordpress)

This wordpress blog will remain active and I’ll continue translating korean entertainment articles. I’m trying to think of a more apt name for this blog, since it no longer recordsmy learning journey – any ideas?

Do continue to support me!

 

Should I move my blog?

I’m so irritated over the fact that I can’t change the html code in wordpress without paying. Thus, I’m thinking of switching to blogspot. Here’s a few alternatives I’m thinking of

1. Move the entire blog over to blogspot

but one problem is that I dunno how to move all my archives over. ><

2. Keep this blog for korean entertainment news and switch my language blog over to blogspot

3. Just stay put

So what should I do? But I’m so busy these days and I’m supposed to start studying for TOPIK. Is it a good time to move now? hmmm

Update:

wow I exported everything to blogger already. But I’m still deliberating over the move. (I don’t want to lose readers! XD ) I’m leaning more to option #2 and I’m publishing all those posts related to language and korean learning.

anyway most of the traffic here is generated by korean entertainment news, so I guess it won’t hurt if I move my language learning stuff elsewhere?

Since I will be starting uni as a linguistics major in august, I’ll probably be blogging alot more on linguistics and stuff. So will it be more apt to create a new blog for it?

(haha it seems like I’m psychoing myself in favor of the move)

I’m still deliberating. Fickle-minded.

anyway here’s the link to my language blog (not yet completed)

 seoulareyou.blogspot.com

Dreaming in a foreign language

I guess I must be too obsessed with korean these days. Why do I say that? A few nights ago, I dreamed in korean! As in I dreamt that I was talking with this korean lady and I was trying to form the sentences at the back of my mind. When I woke up in the morning, I could still remember what I talked about. (but oops I can’t remember now)

It’s important to immerse yourself in the language that you are studying. Since I can’t be in korea right now, I try to include something korean in my life everyday. It can be just listening to k-pop, watching korean drama, listening to korean radio programmes etc.

On a normal day when I’m home, I am exposed to more korean than english or chinese. I try to think in korean these days and now my reflexes are in tune with korean too. If anyone call out to me, my first reaction will be 뭐? / 왜? / 네?

Do you have any experiences of dreaming in the language you are currently learning?

I’m really curious. ^^

Gu Hye Sun: ‘Da Vinci is my role model’

 

At the opening ceremony of her personal art exhibition in Insadong’s art gallery, Gu Hye Sun revealed that her role model is none other than the celebrated Leonardo Da Vinci.

I’m not sure if people will criticise and jeer at me if I reveal this, but my role model is Leonardo Da Vinci. My favourite teacher gave me a book titled ‘Think like Da Vinci’ and it had alot of influence on me. Through the book, I learned that even though we are not geniuses and have own our flaws, we are still able to accomplish alot of things and this gave me alot of confidence.

Gu Hye Sun’s preferred tool is a black marker and she usually spends 1-2 hours drawing per day. The album artwork in Gummy’s 4th album was also done by her.

Gu Hye Sun also revealed that she is currently choosing her next acting project. She is deliberating between choosing another role similar to the one in Boys Before Flowers or an entirely new and refreshing role.

After the huge success of her short film, Gu Hye Sun is currently writing a full length film. Although she has no current plans of making a full length movie, she wishes to prepare in advance.

About 50 of her art works will be exhibited and the public can visit the gallery from tomorrow till 7 July.

News Source: segye

I particularly like this pic of hers

Seriously, if some random artiste declares that Da Vinci is their role model, I’ll probably roll my eyes and think ‘what a fake and stupid statement’. But Gu Hye Sun is really talented in her doodlings and this made that statement more believable and digestable. Personally, I think she should choose a brand new, refreshing role for her next project. Perhaps a villian? haha

The Man who can’t get married OST – MVs

I’m loving this show more and more. Here’s 2 MVs that I found online.

그대는 예뻐요 – 신혜성

 

그대가 있어서 사랑 할 수 있어서
내 맘 가득 그대가 있어 줘서
더이상 외롭지 않아

아직은 너무도 사랑을 잘 몰라서
서툴러 넘어지고 상처만 남아
스쳐지난 사랑에 지쳐가고 외롭던 날들

사랑은 어려워서 연습해도 그게 잘 안돼
좀 서툰 나라도 좀 늦은 나라도
사랑해 주겠니

사랑인가봐요 사랑이 오나 봐요
눈을 감아봐도 그대가 보여요 내 안에

그대가 있어서 사랑할수 있어서
내 맘 가득 그대가 있어줘서
더 이상 외롭지 않아

어둡던 내 심장이 그댈 향해 촛불을 켜고
부질없던 마음이 하늘을 나는 기적같은 나

사랑인가봐요 사랑이 오나 봐요
눈을 감아봐도 그대가 보여요 내 안에

그대가 있어서 사랑할수 있어서
내 맘 가득 그대가 있어줘서
더이상 외롭지 않아

그대는 예뻐요 세상 그 누구보다
수줍게 건네는 내 안에 진심을 알까요?

그대는 멋져요 세상 그 누구보다
사랑하고 아껴주는 마음을
내게도 가르쳐줘서

사랑하고 아껴주던 마음을