Bonnie & Clyde

S. Korea is a weird place. Almost all of the internet sites have commenting sections where people leave their comments, thoughts, opinions, and ideas. Usually, they are full of cursing someone. When celebrities or people commit suicides because of horrifying comments people have written, people then realize that they have done something really awful and they wish the dead to rest in peace. However, that still does not go for a long time. People start criticizing other people again.

Around 8:45 A.M. on May 23, 2009, South Korea’s former president, Roh Moo Hyun committed suicide. He jumped off a rock in a mountain which is near his residence. People could not believe it. Numerous numbers of people cried when they heard the  news. The country literally could not wake up from the shock for days. On every Korean internet sites, there were people’s comments like “RIP,” , “We love you,” , “We’re sorry for everything,” or ”It is the present government that killed him!” Even though they hated Roh for the fact that he accepted bribes from people when he was the president, they still write comments like “You were the best president. Now that you are gone, Korea is going to perish.”  

Before the atrocious day, S. Korea has been unstablizied for a long time. Basically, the whole country was and still is against the present president, Myung Bak Lee. 99% of the citizens curse at him, hate him, and literally wants to assassinate him. The citizens of S. Korea think President Lee is making the country into his very own and get rid of democracy. They think he is making all these weird laws which are not fair for them. They think they have made a big mistake of choosing him last year during the election. Most importantly, they think that it is he, the present president, that killed the former president, President Roh.

Don’t people think it is their fault for former President Roh’s death? It really upsets me that people are blaming President Lee for Roh’s death. I strongly think that President Lee does not have anything to do with Roh’s death. Why would the present government even try to kill Roh? It is actually worse for them because they cannot prove Roh for being guilty of accepting bribes. They would have to stop investigating. The best thing for them is to prove Roh guilty of his actions and let things be.

This is only my opinion, but Roh was a pretty bad president. He literally abolished many laws and did things the way he wanted them to be. He hated people that did not agree with him. Because what he said on TV, having thousands of people watching, this man committed a suicide. After his ruling (?), S. Korea has been going very chaotic. There are no rules in S. Korea anymore. People don’t follow any rules. They ignore everything.

These days, President Lee is trying to settle things down. And because of that, he is abhored by everyone. President Lee is trying to make laws again to make people behave orderly and to not ruin the country. Last time, when the government gave citizens a certain amount of time to have a memorial service. The government said that after 12:00 A.M., people would have to get banners, pictures, posters, and flowers down because that is going to make traffic. Citizens agreed. However, even in the morning, when it was around the rush hour, nothing was gone. There were even people laying on streets, mourning. Thus, the government had to order the policemen to get rid of those people. Of course, those people did not leave without any drama. They cried even more and cursed at the policemen for not being respectful to Roh. This just does not make any sense to me. I get that they are trying to be respectful and that they are sad that Roh passed away, but a rule is a rule.

It is definitely a shame to have a former president to commit suicide. It is the first time ever in history. I do not think it is even a right thing to have a memorial service for someone that has committed suicide. Although he may not be the present leader, but he did represent South Korea before and he should be responsible for his actions even after his ruling years. The past 2 weeks, the fact of me being a Korean has been an embarassment.

Last time, I wrote a post about a group named 2NE1.
They have finally debuted!!!!!!!!!!
Their debut performance did not impress people that much. People have expected too much. However, today was their third performance, and they are getting better and better! Unlike other female groups, 2NE1 is favored by lots of people and they are really good at singing/rapping.

Here are videos to compare their performances from their first stage to their latest one.

First time:

Second time:

Third time:

Recently, I watched this movie called, Mother. It is directed by a famous director named Joon Ho Bong.The cast includes a really famous actor named Won Bin, playing the role of Dojun and an actress named Hye Ja Kim, who plays the role of Dojun’s mother.

So the story goes like this:

Dojun is mentally retarded and so his mother is always cautious of him. One day, Dojun gets hit by a car, but the convict just drives off. Thus, Dojun and his friend, Jintae follow the car. They go to a golf field where the owner of the car is. When Jintae and Dojun find the owner, they beat the owner up. The owner with his friends so the fight gets bigger. The police comes and they all go to a police station to get examined. There, a scene comes out and Dojun is holding two golf balls and he starts to write his name on them. The story goes on, and I’ll skip the unnecessary part. Then, Dojun becomes a suspect of murdering a girl. Near the crime sight, a golfball with Dojun’s name was written on it. That is not enough proof to arrest someone for committing a crime, but because there were so many other cases going on, and becaue Dojun is pretty negligible, the police arrest him. Thus, the mother goes off to find the real criminal. Basically, this is the whole story. I won’t write the ending and who the criminal is here.

WATCH THE MOVIE ON YOUR OWN AND TELL ME HOW YOU THINK OF IT!  (:

RATE: ★★★★

Korea and the US are not just different in size wise, but also in so many other ways.

Lately, I have realized that the United States is not just powerful and such a well developed country for nothing. Americans have certain actions that lead their country to success. However, Koreans do not do those certain actions and that is one of the reasons why Korea is not as developed as the States regarding the fact that it has only been a couple of decades since Korea was set free from colonizations.

First, Koreans do not follow any laws or rules. They act however ways they like. Whenever a new law is made, Koreans protest to abolish the law, but it usually doesn’t work. Koreans try to work things out that will be best for their own. Last time, when I rode a cab, the taxi driver cursed off the government for giving drivers tickets when crossing over the stop lines. When I heard this, I thought it was obvious and it was something the govenment should definitely do. Thus hearing someone curse about this did not make any sense.

Also, Koreans are very bad at anger management. When something happens that upsets people, the whole nation comes together and gets furious. They would write bad comments about the incident on internet sites, make up posters, do protests, or even form groups. For a while, they would be really mad and just stay like that. Then, their anger would cool down, so on internet sites, they would write comments like, “I understand, ” or ” We forgive you.”  Before their supposedly ‘understanding’ comments, people that were included in the incidents get hurt so much, whether they have done something bad or not. The scars in their heart will stay forever.

Yes, not all Americans follow rules/laws and manager their anger. However, compared to Koreans, a lot more people do that and that is one of the reasons why America is more developed and is the most powerful nation. Instead of criticizing the country for something they have done that they would not do anymore, we should learn from them first.

This year,, I would say,, has been one of the best years of my life. Although nothing especially good has happened, I have changed the most during this year. I admit, I don’t think I have tried my best this year, but in fact, because of my laziness I have learned many things.

First, I learned that procrastinating does not get you anywhere. It rather messes you up. Recently, I took two big tests, but because of procrastinating, I could not take the test the best I could. I regret being lazy so much, but regretting will not reallly do you any good. I thought that rather than just being miserable, I might as well as just learn from my mistake and do not procrastinate any more. Secondly, I learned that time flies… Time flies really fast. Just when I straighten up my mind and decide to study really hard, the year is already over… The fact that results come out depending on how I did when I did not even try my best is sad.

It may seem like this time of the year too late or not late to start new and to workreally hard, depending on each individual. To me, I do not think it’s late. As long as I try my best from now on, I don’t have anything to worry about. I have *him* with me all the time. He’ll be the light of my future.

About two weeks ago, I said a goodbye to my old phone, W-2700, and got a new bestfriend, W-750.

W-750, mostly known as Haptic Pop, is one of Korea’s latest and best phones. It is one of the Haptic series. Before Haptic Pop, there was Haptic 1, Haptic 2, and Haptic Beam. Not because I am an owner of Haptic Pop, but I would say that Haptic Pop is the best version out of all the Haptics. Haptic 1 is very plain. Although functions and things like that did not change tremendously compared to former Haptics, there are still a lot more newer and better functions in Haptic Pop. 

First of all, one thing that you’ll notice right away is that you can change the back plastic cover for Haptic Pop. You can change it to any kind you’d like. Second, when Haptic 2 came out, because there were a lot more widgets and functions in the phone, Haptic 2 was thicker and longer compared to Haptic 1. Haptic Pop is thinner and narrower than Haptic 2. Also, there are less widgets because having that many widgets is not necessary. Widgets just take up space. Besides these, all Haptics are pretty similar.

Here are pictures of my bf, Haptic Pop.

About 540 days ago, I met a person that changed my life. He made me realize lots of things that I never knew before. He made me realize that I am a very special person. He told me not to let myself down too easily. He told me to never give up. He made me realize that my life is full of things to thank God for. Throughout many fights and arguments, our relationship only grew stronger. Trying to get away from him was hard. Not only did I feel bad, but I always needed him.

Fairy tales do not last forever though. Maybe because there is no such thing as a fairy tale? The more I tried to forget about him and the more I tried to erase all those unfortunately everlasting memories, the more I reminisced and felt stupid.

Today, I was searching through my old journals and found this quote, “Never regret what once made you smile,” written. I guess I thought it was interesting. I am not going to regret anything that I have done before. Everything that happened in the past stays behind. A new chapter of my life has begun.

A group of four girls that everyone was waiting for has finally debuted. They debuted through a cellphone commercial with a really popular boy group named Big Bang. Their name was supposed to be Sista as but they changed it to 21, as in “To anyone.” However, there was a singer that was named 21 before, so they changed it to 2NE1. 2NE1 mean new evolution.

Before 2NE1 debuted, they were known as the female version of Big Bang. Thus, everyone had a really high expectation for them. As soon as 2NE1 came out, there were already many anti-fans, also known as “haters.” People disliked them for using Big Bang for popularity and attention. Also, those anti-fans said that 2NE1 changed their name too much. However, I think it is just jealousy. Probably, Big Bang fans are just jealous that they can’t be with Big Bang like 2NE1.

2NE1 consists of 4 members: CL, Bom Park, Sandara Park, and Minji Gong. All of them have featured in other artists’ songs or performances. Bom Park and Sandara Park are 25 years old. CL is 19 years old and Minji Gong is only 15 years old. Minji Gong may be really young, but she has the talents and skills that any older person could have. The leader of 2NE1 is CL.

I honestly think 2NE1 is going to be a really skilled, popular group later on. I hope people could have a little more patience.

Here is a picture of 2NE1.

***The background song is Lollipop by 2NE1

I always have lots of work and extra things for me to do planned out. However, I never get all of them done. Why? One of the biggest problems among all the students is procrastination and it also is my biggest problem. We always tend to say that we have so much work, but do we really? Even if we do, we are probably procrastinating. Honestly, I bet people go home, eat snack, watch TV, turn on their computers to do their “homework,” but always end up doing facebook/blogs/iminlikewithyou. Then, they make up their mind to really do their “homework” but minutes later, they find themselves on facebook. It’s probably always like that. Finally, around 11 p.m., people then start doing their work and stay up all night. Without procrastination, what we are assigned to do from school will not be THAT time consuming. We probably won’t have to pull all-nighters.

Next week is our school’s spring break and I have lots of things to do and things all planned out,, as always …. I’m actually scared that I won’t do anything the whole week and waste time..

No.. more.. procrastination….dang it…

All of you that know me probably also know that I am obsessed with TVXQ.

TVXQ has too much to talk and I found a site that had all the members’ history.

So I copied it from here:

http://www.kpopmusic.co.uk/tvxq_dbsk.html .

Who are TVXQ (Dong Bang Shin Ki, DBSK) from Korea?

The meaning of “Dong Bang Shin Ki” or “Tong Vfang Xien Qi” is “Gods Rising from the East”. They consist of a five-member dance team is made up of high school students who auditioned for stardom. Each member of Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) has proved his talent in singing as well as dancing. Thus, the mould of the korean boy band was formed.

The Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) boys were put in different groups among peers during their training to be selected for the band, which was already named Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) / Tong Vfang Xien Qi.

The first to join Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK) was Kim JunSu (김준수) who was 12 at that time; he was brought into the program through a TV show looking for a new talent. He continued to train for six more years and debuted under the name of Xiah Junsu (시아준수; Xiah is pronounced SHe-AH in Korean).

The next TVXQ (Dong Bang Shin Ki, DBSK) member to join, Jung YunHo (정윤호), won his audition through a dance competition. However, he was no amateur–he had been a backup dancer and rapper for K-pop singer Dana. His chosen stage name is U-know YunHo (유노윤호; because when you say YunHo real fast, it sounds like U-know in English).

Kim JaeJoong(김재중), like Tamaki Nami (a Japanese pop singer), left his hometown to audition for SM Entertainment and debut under the name a fortune teller foretold years before: YoungWoong JaeJoong (영웅재중). He is also known as Hero, the meaning YoungWoong (영웅).

Shim ChangMin (심창민), was one of the youngest to audition; nevertheless, he passed the try-outs. He joined the band on the name of ChoiKang ChangMin (최강창민; the English counterpart to his stage name is Max).

Six months prior to the Dong Bang Shin Ki (DBSK)’s debut, a new member was added. American Park YooChun (박유천) changed his name to Micky YooChun (믹키유천). Originally, YooChun’s English name was Micky, so he chose his English name to be part of his stage name.

Since TVXQ (Dong Bang Shin Ki, DBSK) Tong Vfang Xien Qi is very successful Korea, this boy-band’s music has been shipped out to several countries in Asia”

There is too much to talk about TVXQ so I’ll skip the rest. <3

The whole point of this post was to publicize TVXQ’s latest album even more. Lots of people that just “listen” to TVXQ’s songs because TVXQ is really good at singing and hot, only know some songs like Mirotic, Love in the Ice, and Wrong Number.

Thus, I’ll post up some songs from their latest album, Mirotic, which was very very successful.

Mirotic

Wrong Number

Picture of You

Crazy Love

Hey

These are only a couple of songs. I couldn’t post any more songs because I suppose I don’t have any more space =[

MY HEADER IS A PICTURE OF TVXQ !!