K-Pop Obsession: Infinite's Be Mine

This weeks obsession is Infinite's Be Mine. Infinite doesn't seem to be as popular as other boy groups, but I really like listening to their songs, they have a nice sound. I actually think they are some of the best dancers in the K-Pop world. Another song to check out is their newest single, Paradise.

Let's Learn Korean!!!

This is a new ongoing segment that will feature, well, learning Korean! Yayyyy! First up, let's learn how to sing Happy Birthday. Down below is a helpful video with romanized lyrics! Be careful, the little kid singing it is cute the first 30 seconds but I wouldn't play it around someone who's sensitive to annoying, repetitive tracks (ex. Nyan cat). Let's learn!



Lyrics in romanization :

saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
ji-gu-e-seo u-ju-e-seo
je-il sa-rang-ham-ni-da

kkot-ppo-da deo gop-kke
byeol-bo-da deo bal-kke
sa-ja-bo-da yong-gam-ha-ge
happy birthday to you

saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
kkot-tta-un nae-chin-gu-ya

gul-go-git-kke sa-ra-yo

saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da

ji-gu-e-seo u-ju-e-seo
je-il sa-rang-ham-ni-da

kkot-ppo-da deo gop-kke
byeol-bo-da deo bal-kke
sa-ja-bo-da yong-gam-ha-ge
happy birthday to you

saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
saeng-il chu-ka ham-ni-da
kal-kka-teun nae-chin-gu-ya
pom-na-ge sa-se-yo
beol-ga-teun nae-chin-gu-ya
tok-sso-myeo sa-ra-yo

chu-ka hae-yo
chu-ka hae-yo
saeng-il chu-ka hae

High Fashion & Pokemon

Another Pokemon post, but this is suuuuuuuuuuuuuper cooooooooooool. Combine high quality fashion magazine scans, Photoshop, and Pokemon and it is awesome!! Via Pokemon&Fashion tumbler, check it out! There were so many good ones to choose from, I just had to post at least 6! I wish I'd thought of this... -_-

Drama - Protect the Boss

Genre: Comedy Romance
Episodes: 18
Network: SBS
Broadcasted: Aug-3-2011 to Sept-29-2011
Lead Actors: Choi Kang Hee, Ji Sung, Hero Kim Jaejoong(JYJ), and Wang Ji Hye

My Rating: ♥♥♥♥♥/5

Ok, so I'm crazy about Korean dramas! I spend a lot of time watching them and talking about them to my uncaring brother and sister (listen to me!!!). Any one of you who wants to make fun of me for it, beware...I might beat you up (when I say "might" I mean "I will"). I just finished the SBS drama Protect the Boss and let me tell you, it is AMAZING! It's one of the best dramas I've ever seen; it doesn't follow the typical girly-drama story line and it is as much romance as it is comedy.

The basic story line of the heroine falling in love with the rich guy is still there, but the lead character No Eun Sol, is no ordinary girl. She doesn't take crap from anyone and will hand out butt kickings to anyone deserving of it! And the male lead isn't the cold-hearted, cool guy that wins the girl (despite the nice guy watching over her!). It's so refreshing to have such a strong woman protagonist that it makes me so happppppyyyyy!

Basic Synopsis: No Eun Sol is a hard working woman who has tried her best to gain a legitimate job despite her gangster background. She gets a break when she's hired to be the secretary of a difficult and spoiled chaebol son, Cha Ji Heon. While working together, they fall in love and encounter many difficulties and circumstances of social status and business corruption.

Adventures of Pickapew

To wash out that awful taste left in my mouth from yesterday (a lá Heart2Heart), here is a light hearted animation featuring Pokemon's Pikachu and Ash by animator's Pen and Nat. It's really cute for being about farts...

The Horror that is Heart2Heart

So this is what happens when you take Americans and mix them with Korean Pop groups. You get the boy group, Heart2Heart and it is not good. I mean, they just debuted October 3 and their debut song is called "Facebook Official"?!? Is this some sort of plug, Is Facebook sponsoring this group?! I have to be embarassed for them since none of their producers are doing their job (someone needs to get fired). These boys aren't even attractive, maybe it would help if their hair wasn't styled in the early 90's. I swear, if it wasn't for the Jeremy Scott Addias shoes, this was made in the 90's. Even the dancing is lacking, go back to the studio and spend another week in practice. The "dance breakdown" made my jaw drop, not from the raw talent of their dance skills but from the pure awfulness of it all. Here is a snippet of the lyrics:

"All I wanna do is put a heart on your page (heart on your page).
Let's make it official.
Baby you and me (You and Me) Facebook official."

I thought this was some sort of joke, but oh the horror it is real. Five guys in a boy band apparently mentored by Lance Bass?? There are so many question marks here, ugh. Even worse, they tagged their video with some actual talented KPop groups like, BigBang, 2NE1 and SHINee!!! Awwwww! Nooooooo! Not even close.

Japanese Synchronized Gymnastics

Resurfacing on the internet is this video of lyrical Japanese gymnastics. It is utterly amazing. Damn...