Shinee

Yay! The newest boy band of SM entertainment… Just when I was starting to loose interest in SM ent, they made a band of really hot and talented boys! Shinee! No wonder they got lots of fans at the Pops In Seoul Kpop Music Party! When I saw their mv Nuna is Pretty (Replay) I already knew which guy I was gunning for, Jonghyun oppa! I was like omg the first guy in a flesh jacket was kinda a bit cute; please don’t tell me he is the 14-year old one haha! He is not the 14 year old one! Hehe Just my luck! I kind of like Minho too, I like his eyes and oh I think I like his chipped brows too. He has this different aura…gosh! We need profiles here…wipe the saliva of from your mouths girls. Oh I think they had the best debut performance ever,  Shon Shi Dae’s debut was somewhat a disaster, they Wonder girls too until now lack much pizzazz… but Shinee, they were strong and awesome, they know the moves, memorized the lyrics and had presence of mind, Ok let’s start shrieking…

Their ages range from 14 to 18 years old.

Official music video of "Replay" or "누난 너무 예뻐" RELEASE DATE: May 21st, Wednesday

SM Entertainment, which has already released some of the popular groups in the Kpop scene like TVXQ, Super Junior and Girls' Generation, is coming out with a new male group called "Shinee." The members of Shinee, described as a contemporary band, are composed of members whose ages range from 14-18 years old and who go by the names of Jonghyun, Minho, Taemin, Onew and Key.

According to SM Entertainment, Shinee is going to lead this generation's trendy dance, fashion and music. With regard to its name, the label explains that it is a combination of the word "shine" and "ee," which is to mean "people receiving the light." This light, as applied to the group, is the "spotlight" directed toward Shinee, whose goal is to fascinate fans, regardless of their age or where they come from, with its diverse music.

Onew (leader)                  
Stage Name: 온유 / 温流
Real Name: Lee Jinki (이진기)
Nickname: Leader Onew
DOB: December 14th, 1989 (18 int'l ; 20 krn)
Height: 177cm
Weight: ...?
Bloodtype: O
Family: ...
Education: SM Entertainment Academy
Hobby/Interest: Music, Piano, Mandarin
Facts: He really likes Sundubu (a type of tofu), so a lot of fans call him that. He is always smiling.

Jonghyun
Stage Name: 종현 / 钟铉
Real Name: Kim Jonghyun (김종형)
Nickname: Bling Bling Jonghyun
DOB: April 8th, 1990 (18 int'l ; 19 krn)
Height: 173cm
Weight: ...?
Bloodtype: AB
Family: Parents, sister
Education: ...?
Hobby/Interest: Watching movies, Popping (dance), Lyrics, Piano, Mandarin
Appearances: Zhang Li Yin's 交錯的愛 (Wrongly Given Love)
Facts: He's the shortest out of the whole group. He studied Chinese in Beijing in 2007. He was in a band in middle school and high school until he was scouted into SM Entertainment. He has both ears pierced.

Key
Stage Name: 키
Real Name: Kim Kibum (김기범)
Nickname: The Almighty Key
DOB: September 23rd, 1991 (16 int'l ; 18 krn)
Height: 177cm
Weight: ...?
Bloodtype: B
Family: ...?
Education: ...?
Hobby/Interest: Rap, Dance, Water Skiing, English, Mandarin
Appearances: Attack of the Pin-Up Boys (2007)
Facts: He has both ears pierced and he has his cartilage pieced on both ears, but in different places. He's from Daegu and auditioned when SM had an audition there.

Minho
Stage Name: 민호 / 珉豪
Real Name: Choi Minho (최민호)
Nickname: Charismatic Flame Minho
DOB: December 9th, 1991 (16 int'l ; 18 krn)
Height: 181cm
Weight: ...?
Bloodtype: B
Family: Parents, older brother
Education: ...?
Hobby/Interest: Soccer, Basketball, Performing, English
Appearances: Ha SangBaek's Fashion Show (March 2008), 2008/2009 F/W Pret-a-Porter Busan Fashion Show (May 2008)
Facts: In Ha SangBaek's Fashion Show, he walked down the run-way like a robot. He studied Chinese in Beijing in 2006 and 2007. He is by far the quietest member. He was casted on the street.

Taemin
Stage Name: 태민 / 泰民
Real Name: Lee Taemin (이태민)
Nickname: Handy Boy Taemin, Maknae
DOB: July 18th, 1993 (14 int'l ; 16 krn)
Hometown: Dongbong-gu, Seoul
Height: 175cm
Weight: 50kg
Bloodtype: B
Family: Parents, older brother
Education Graduated middle school
Hobby/Interest: Listening to Music, Popping (dance), Piano, Mandarin
Facts: He's considered the best dancer out of the group despite being the youngest; he started dancing in third grade. He studied Chinese in Beijing in 2007. Everything he does is really cute, although he doesn't try to be cute at all.

Source ; Shinee Baidu Bar + TheSHINee.com
Translation Credit ; exotsia., melody, misuzu, shin;bi
Credit ; SHINee Forums, soompi forums

Arirangtv’s Pops In Seoul Kpop Party!

The concert party for Pops in Seoul’s 1000th Episode started 3pm.

Fan Clubs for different kpop artists are represented…like

Cassph for TVXQ (wearing red get-ups..mehn there were a lot of them!)

Cloud Philippines for Rain (wearing light blue get-ups)

Suju Philippines for Super Junior (we wore Suju Blue of course)

Shinhwa Changgo for Shinhwa (wearing orange)

Big Bang Philippines for Big Bang (wearing shirts with Big Bang logos)

Some people were green either they’re fans of SS501 or Evan!

All my fave kpop groups are represented!

Vj Isak started the show by singing an English song for her Filipino fans.

She sang with perfect English diction…she is Korean-American after all. It is refreshing to see such a pretty healthy young lady like her, she does not look reed-thin, or bulimic...hehe.

Then kpop artist of Click-B, Evan got the party started. He looks so good! So handsome, so fair-skinned, is he Eurasian or something? He can speak a little Engrish too...hehehe.

Did you know that VJ Isak is the 7^th VJ of Pops in Seoul…help me out on the listing coz I only know 5...J, Tomo, Soy, Kensie, Isak…who are the other 2? And did I get the names right? She sang Umbrella for her last song…awesome voice this girl has.

Isak also promised that she would tell SM Ent to bring their formidable boy bands and girl band to the Philippines when she comes back here…way cool! I think I am liking that new group Shinee?!

Let the pictures roll in…

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It Started with a Kiss 2: They Kiss Again

Cast

Ariel Lin as Xiang Qin

Joe Cheng as Zhi Shu
Jiro Wang as Ah Jin
Zhang Yong Zheng as Zhi Shu's father
Cyndi Chaw as Zhi Shu's mother
Tang Tsung Sheng as Xiang Qin's father
Zhang Bo Han as Yu Shu (brother to Zhi Shu)
Figaro Ceng as Qi Tai
Aaron Yan as Ah Bu
Supporting Cast
Guan Cong as Zhi Shu's grandfather
Jason as Hao Qian
Tiffany Xu as Zi Yu
Cai Yi Zhen as Luo Zhi Yi
Jiang Pei Zhen as Zhang Ni Na
Xiu Jie Kai as Zhou Chuan Jin
Candice Liu as Liu Nong
Petty Yang as Chun Mei
Rui Sha as Christine
Lin Jia Yu as childhood Hao Mei
Meng Geng Ru as teenage Hao Mei
Cong Yang as teenage Yu Shu

Other Titles: E Zuo Ju Er Wen, ISWAK 2

No. of episodes: 20

Synopsis:

It Started with a Kiss ended with odd couple Zhi Shu (Joe Cheng) and Xiang Qin (Ariel Lin) getting married in characteristically comical fashion, and the sequel picks up the story right away with their honeymoon and married life. Xiang Qin is as ham-fisted as ever, creating many funny situations as she learns the ropes of being a wife and tries hard to become a good nurse and work alongside her genius husband. Aspiring doctor Zhi Shu meets some obstacles at school when he encounters both academic and romantic rivals who are determined to dethrone him. The pressure of balancing marriage, work, and school often leads to mistakes and misunderstandings, and Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin soon learn that marrying young isn't all it's cracked up to be.

As Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin struggle with their professional ambitions, they also struggle with their personal relationship. Many times, Zhi Shu's coldness drives Xiang Qin to tears and she tries to run away. Zhi Shu himself tries to push Xiang Qin to higher ambition and making a life for herself. Zhi Shu soon learns to love Xiang Qin and forgive her bumbling ways, and Xiang Qin tries harder to become a better wife and nurse for her husband.

Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin are not the only ones having problems with their relationship. Xiang Qin's friend, Chun Mei (Petty Yang), gets pregnant by her boyfriend, Ah Bu (Arron Yan), but his wealthy, highbrow mother is desperate to keep them apart. Zhi Shu's younger brother Yu Shu (Zhang Bo Han) deals with his own first love, and Xiang Qin's childhood friend Ah Jin (Jiro Wang) deals with the affections of an English exchange student who latches onto him against his will.

What I Think:

This is the reason why I have been hibernating for weeks..21 episodes imagine that! But not a burden to watch though..hehe!

Ariel Lin as Xiang Qin was okay; yeah I cannot seem to describe her here. The good parts would be she is very loving and devoted to her husband…even if she has male classmates who obviously like her a lot. Ariel plays the role with much gusto; she is still funny, perky, wacky a lot more endearing as she is. One thing that irritates me with her and Zhi Shu’s roles are they don’t seem like a real married couple. In some scenes, Xiang Qin still follows and acts as if she and Zhi Shu are just schoolmates, she daydreams a lot, I really mean A LOT about the romantic things that she and Zhi Shu can do like as if they are not married?! So basically Xiang Qin’s character did not evolve at all, she is still clingy and dependent on Zhi Shu. Duh even her dream of becoming a nurse is connected with the fact that Zhi Shu will be a doctor so she wants to be with him and assist him. But then again Ariel Lin is the heart of this drama…she has superb acting skills, very versatile, mehn she can do bed scenes here people with much passion (check out their honeymoon ep!), and all-around wacky it girl. Hairstyle is better; clothes are better looking too, not those drabby, long skirts that makes you go ugggh!

Joe Cheng as Zhi Shu, if she was the heart of the series, he is the very soul of it. All the frustrations I had with Xiang Qin’s growth or the lack of it, was made up in his character. I thought he has the best character growth, if he was cold, and brutal in ISWAK 1, he can be loving and thoughtful in ISWAK 2. I was expecting that he would be more open and would show more love and tenderness and affection for Xiang Qin, you can see that all their couple romantic scenes are still lacking. But Joe matches Ariel’s acting still that is why they rock together no one overshadows the other. He still looks so damn good, his hairstyle a bit different but he looks different I don’t know I can seem to pinpoint what’s new with him.

Chemistry! These two (Arjoe) knows how to cook chemistry, and man the kisses were like for real! Who has seen the bed scenes in the honeymoon, they kissed and ate each other are you kidding me? And they did that in open air at the veranda! Holy Shmuck I went crazy for that scene! Okay I am now an officially rocking in the Arjoe ship!! Hahah!    

Other worth-mentioning stuff are Jiro Wang’s role was I think very small in this series ne? Not his place to shine I guess. But a new girl, Christine now seems to like him; he has a love life out of Xiang Qin after all. Christine, the foreigner girl is a lean and mean Chinese-speaking machine! Figaro Cheng…wow reminds me of coffee! He looks a lot like Max of TVXQ! He was ok in his role, not too impressive but I like the fact that he chased Xiang Qin and made Zhi Shu that he should fight for his wife’s attention all of a sudden. I still think Max is cuter haha…Figaro looks so-so.

Fave scenes:

** The honeymoon bed scenes haha!

** Xiang Qin crying on Zhi Shu’s shoulders after she moved out of his house

** Them 2 at the bus so lovey dovey

** Zhi Shu teaching and allowing his wife to extract blood from him

** Episode 11…I love this ep so much, believe me this is soooo nice! Nice is an understatement.

Rating: 9 Taiwanese Taicha out of 10

Other Stuff:

** Opening Theme Song:  Xing Fu He Zhuo She by Mavis Fan

** Closing Theme Song: Ni (You) by Ariel Lin

** Joe Cheng sang one song for the OST entitled: Zhong Yu Yuan Wei

** Most scenes are still based on the manga, Itazaru Na Kiss ("Prank's kiss") by Kaoru Tada

** That Joe calls Ariel “my wife” and she calls him “my husband” for real

Our fave couple...

Because Figaro looks kinda cute here...

The kissing scenes get howwttt..

credits: spcnet, wikipedia, soompi

Pops in Seoul's 1000^th Ep in Philippines

Wu Chun Going to the Philippines

Chun will be going to Philippines for Romantic Princess Promotion from 12th - 14th July 2008.

Schedule update by Chun himself in the international Fan Club blog.

http://www.fahrenciti.com/blog/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=335&blogId=5

16 June ~ Beijing for Zespri Kiwi activity

17 June ~ Shanghai for Shanghai Film Festival

21 June ~ Taipei for Zespri Kiwi activity

12 - 14 July ~ Philippines for Romantic Princess promotion 19 July ~ Taipei for Guerlain activity

26 July ~ Tai Chung for Guerlain activity

24 and 27 July ~ Taipei for Hotshot activity

28 and 29th July ~ Japan for Butterfly Lovers promotion

30 and 31 July ~ Korea for Romantic Princess promotion