Family gathering with KHJ???

These may be some of the questions you may ask of me:

Are working for TFS?

Are you a KHJ fan?

If not then why are you doing all these?

My answer to all of the above, Bae Yong Joon.

It was because of YJ that I got acquainted with TFS. So when news broke that they would be bringing KHJ, I volunteered to help them with the fans portion. Why? Mostly because HJ has become part of our Bae family so somehow I feel I’m supposed to do something to help one way or the other.

And the thing about KHJ, well, ok I do like him la… I think I’ve watched all of his TV works and listened enough of SS501 to know and actually talked about these boys. Ok, HJ is the one I like most among them I admit. I think it’s difficult not to right? Even so, I didn’t want to call myself a fan. Why? Well, it’s a tiring task you know :p

When YJ, I mean Keyeast decided to sign him on I was elated. It was like YJ has heard our voices calling for him to get him on board haha..but this is another story to be told :p

Oh, I’ve deviated. Ok, so anyway, I was ‘in-charged’ of bringing in the fans for the event.

So for the first time ever, I had to go searching and calling up people I don’t know and who don’t know me. First the 2 local FCs representatives, Rachel and Tyra. Then it was to BB in Singapore who after much thought decided not to come herself but instead helped arranged for the others from Taiwan and Korea(PERFECT) to join us. You have no idea how tough a decision it was for me to help these fans to get them their TFS products in order for them to take their chances at the lucky draw for HJ’s autograph. I had to rang up to a total of 20 over receipts for 2 different types of purchases without a shopping list from the purchasers themselves..haha ladies, I hope those products I’ve chose suits your needs ^^

Oh Thailand. Yeah Thai fans did cross my mind and first thing I did was to call my Bae sister in Bangkok to ask if she knows of any HJ or TripleS fans in Thailand. None. So, my apologies to those Thai fans who came all the way. Perhaps I’ll advise the local FCs to get in touch with all of you for future communication. ^^

Soon, finally as the day draws nearer, and when my passes have all been given out, my dear sister BB called to ask for additional passes. Haha, seemed like some gals just got itchy and decided to fly in with him to KL. Yeah I know how it feels. Anyway, in the end I managed to get them all in ^^

Hmm.. I’m supposed to talk about family gathering and look now where I’ve gone to :p

Ok so, like all Bae sisters around the world, each time when one from country A visits the other in country B, they will always arrange for a meet up and the host will play host and the guest will play guest. And I believe, ever since I’ve become part of the Bae family in 2002, this hospitality has never fail. Wherever you go, there will be someone there you can call ‘family’. What do we do then? Well besides the usual eat and ‘play’, we talk. Trust me, we really TALK.

This time, my guests coming in aren’t any Bae family so what is there to talk about? Haha..KHJ

Even though I am only meeting all, yeah ALL, of them for the first time, (there’s a lot of ‘first time’ with BYJ so we Bae family are used to it ^^) I can somehow feel some closeness with all of them. Probably maybe it’s because I consider HJ as part of the family hence all of his fans are also family.

The Taiwanese fans, Ya-Chih and Chia-Ling were the first 2 I met on Friday night with Emily. Then the 3 PERFECTs from Korea and finally the others from Singapore. I was glad that our local TSMY gals got a chance to get to know all of the others because chances like these are really rare in Malaysia. Dinner on Saturday after the fans session was a merry in the making even though the 20 of us had to sit in 4 separate tables.

To me, it was all fun and I really really enjoyed myself. Talking, chatting and laughing about HJ. The gals sharing their experiences with HJ, their first time with HJ, their special moments…many more.

Gives me the ‘yesterday once more’ feel during my hey-days of BYJ chasing. You may have people not understanding how you feel but trust me, I know exactly how you feel..hehe.. I enjoyed the late night talks we had especially with Ya-Chih’s story. The one I like best was when she told me how she planned to see HJ off at the airport but woke up late that morning. She had to rush to the airport and keep praying “I will see him, I will see him, I will see him..” and when she got to the airport, she was relieved. HJ too was late for his flight. Isn’t it just amazing how some fans really have the kind of fate with their idols?? Call it coincidence if you want but to many even myself, it is really fate 인연   

pic courtesy of TFS Msia (KHJ & Mr.Bodyguard^^)

Gals thank you to all of you for your participation. I really was worried of the reception HJ will get here in Malaysia. Now that he’s smiling all the way home, me too am smiling ^^)

To my Bae sisters wherever you are, be sure to recharge and brace yourself for the new wave coming soon !

Our dear BYJ is BACK !!!

Kim Hyun Joong The Faceshop Asia Tour – Malaysia 4th-5th Dec 2010



pic courtesy of TFS Msia



Now, how and where should I begin???

Ok, the weather. Today’s weather. Now as I begin writing this, it’s raining cats and dogs outside. I can’t even see the building across the road so you can imagine how heavy it is. It has been rainy for the past 2 weeks practically every single day running up to the event. So, those of us who were involved directly or indirectly to this event were praying hard for it not to rain at least on the big day itself last Saturday especially because it will be an outdoor event. Eventually, it really did not rain on all 3 days when he was here except for some drizzle intervals on Saturday but just before HJ arrived on location the drizzle stopped. It didn’t rain on Sunday too. It was only today, Monday that the rain came back in max volume. Looks like even the one up there likes HJ very much ^^





Again, where should I begin? But first, let me warn you. This is gonna be a very wordy write up because believe it or not, even though I was carrying my camera in my bag, I did not take it out even once for a shot. So I’m sorry I don’t have pictures to share but I’m sure you would have saw many pics posted everywhere right? Mian~



Let’s see.. ok. Friday night 3^rd Dec.



I wasn’t able to welcome HJ at the airport due to the dinner I had to attend. Throughout the night I kept looking at my watch that my colleagues were asking if there’s anything wrong with me and I didn’t want to leave the dinner early before all lucky draw prizes have been given out hahaha..this is the only thing everybody look forward to during every company dinner right? So how can I leave? Cheapskate huh? Haha :p

But I was supposed to meet up with the overseas fans at the hotel and I was afraid to make them wait. Finally, dinner ended and I got to the hotel at about midnight. Met up first with the Taiwanese fans and then the Singapore rep.

Saturday 4^th Dec



It was drizzling early in the morning and I was already getting worried. At that moment I was really singing ‘rain rain go away come again another day’. Drove to pick up SY before heading to the hotel for the press conference (PC). Yup, KHJ was staying at Ritz Carlton Residence. Nice place!

While we were waiting for our little brother to come, I had the opportunity to chat with Mr.Shin/SP Shin, the bodyguard. For those who may not know, SP Shin is YJ’s ‘usual bodyguard’ who has been with him for quite some time now. And this time round he came with HJ.



Unni, I really don’t know if he knows me but when I told him ‘Baetomisa’ he smiled and said “ahhhh..” ^^ I passed him our Baeto’s messages to HJ and also the present for Yang’s daughter. Now, that I remember, I wonder who will pass it to Yang? Shin or will HJ bring it back with him? Oh, I’m so stupid. How can Shin pass them to Yang when he’s not Keyeast??? Oh someone please shoot me!

Ok well anyways.

HJ was a little late coming in for the PC. He looked really tired and not really smiley in the beginning. But soon he was ok but still you can tell that this little brother didn’t seem to have slept well and wasn’t really feeling good. I was thinking he may be worried or something may have been bugging him that he couldn’t sleep well. Was he worried about the small fans turnout at the airport on arrival? Hence, how many will be there at the fans session later? I don’t know but these seemed to be bugging me too because I always believe that fans presence is something very important to an artiste.

After the PC, we went down to Pavilion. And my oh my….I was glad to see the crowd before my eyes.

It was only about 1pm and yet many people were already in line. And the participating fans were the first in line. Oh, they were such good gals ^^ During the registration, I was approached by some Thai fans which I now know were supposed to be from Hyuniversal.

(Gals, please help me tell them that I am very sorry that I couldn’t do anything at such last moment due to the quota given to me by TFS. I saw some of the photos taken by them and I hope wherever they were taken from the gals didn’t have much difficulties because the crowd beyond the barrier were really scary, more on this later)

Soon, as time near, the crowd got bigger and bigger. You know it was really fun doing all this like helping the gals put up their banners and balloons and oh yeah the pretty bouquet from KHJ Perfect too. I am sure he saw all of them and we have arranged for the bouquet to be brought back to his room after the event that day. I later told the good looking bodyguard that the bouquet was actually from the Perfect fans who came and he was very surprised and said he will make sure for it to be placed in HJ’s room ^^

Oh, let me digress a little to the good looking bodyguard hahahaha..

According to the list of the names I got and if there’s no last minutes changes to it, this good looking fella should be Mr. Jeong. I noticed that he was the one always standing by HJ throughout the whole tour except that I don’t seem to see him with the team on arrival at Incheon today. He was also a nice guy and yeah a very good looking one too. Gals, I bet most of you who saw him think so too right?

Anyway, after the fans session on Saturday and back at the hotel, he suddenly came down to the lobby and walked towards us who were waiting with the bunch of gifts. (Fans were not allowed to present their gifts during the event so I asked them to bring them to the hotel) I told the good looking bodyguard that all these were presents plus snacks from the fans to both HJ and staff. As usual he said thank you and all and said will arrange for all to be sent to the room. Then SY said we should ask him for a photo. So I did but he said ‘No’ then I said ‘you are very good looking’ he smiled. After some brief chat he said his thank you again and went back up. So there you have it. But come to think of it, I think he’s quite new because I don’t think I’ve seen him before anywhere. Next time, must tell KE and Shin to recruit him as well. Hahahahaha. Ok end of good looking bodyguard story :p

Oh dear, let me get back to the event. So, the crowd got bigger and soon everyone who has been waiting in line hours ago was allowed to get in the barricaded area zones by zones. The frontliners (after the media) were of course the fans ^^

Then Shin arrived on site earlier as always to check out the place. As soon as he got there he noticed that fans on the outside of the barricaded area on the left were pushing their way forward and immediately spoke of his concern. You know, Shin can be seen as quite a serious guy but actually he’s really friendly. Haha and I’m glad he can understand my bad Korean. It was fun chatting with him. Because he knows who I am he said that ‘oh, YJ’s going to Japan will you be going too?’ and when we were telling him that we were worried about the rain, he said ‘oh no worries, we can use this’ showing me the umbrella he was holding in his hand and then had it open and held it over our heads. So cute huh?

Slightly, before 5pm, HJ arrived. As soon as he step down the car and walked on stage, I could actually see that he was really happy seeing the number of people in front of him. He said that in his hello speech too right? And he too sensed the ‘danger’ for the fans on the left side of the stage just like Shin had said earlier. Believe me, everyone was really excited to see the real Kim Hyun Joong and concerts aside I don’t think there is any other Korean artiste who is able to have such a big gathering of fans in one single venue in one single day in Malaysia ever before. Were there any???

Soon, after all the formalities, he sat down and got the sign session started. He was to sign for 210 lucky draw winners. In the beginning, everything was on a normal speed, fans were allowed to go in group of ten up the stage. Soon, sensing something not right, Shin came down from the stage and went to the left side of the compound and tried to calm the fans down as they were pushing even further in front which was really dangerous. Shin saw some ladies who were sardined in front and asked if they were ok. Actually both him and the good looking fella came round a few times asking for restrain. And I presumed this is one of the reason why things were then speed up. We were then asked to let more people in and to make the line move faster. Due to safety, they had to get things over and done with fast. In the end everything was over in just short of an hour. So it wasn’t because the bodyguards or his managers were strict in not letting him shake hands and receive gifts but they were concerned of the public safety.

After the event at about 6 plus we walked back to the hotel to get the gifts issue settled which was what I’ve already wrote, with the good looking bodyguard. Then we waited around and soon it was time for him to go for dinner. He was singing and walking out of the lobby when he saw SY and I standing by the main entrance, he turned smiled and nodded in acknowledgement at us. Suddenly, missing a step, he tripped a little, and everyone went ‘omo omo oh oh oh’ haha it was quite funny then but of course he didn’t fall and even greeted more fans as he got into the car. Let me tell you, he was looking really really happy.

Unni, that look and smile he gave SY and I was like as though he has read our messages in Baeto and that he knew that it was us. Hahaha..

And this was the last I saw of him on Saturday.

Lastly, on Sunday morning again we waited for him at the same place again, yes by the main entrance, and when he came, again he nodded and smiled at us before he walked into the car and off to Pavilion for the first outlet visit. We too got over to Pavilion but because of the crowd we only watched from far. SY and I decided to end out KHJ chase at Pavilion as we did not want to travel to the other outlet which will be more than 30 mins away by car.

We had brunch before getting back to the hotel at about 1 plus and we saw that he was already back at the hotel. We wanted to meet Shin again and ask him for a pic so we stuck around but after some time we decided to put an end to our crazy star-chasing outing. Shin was no where to be seen and so we went home.

So, there you have it. and if you read every single word i have wrote, I did not at any time get up close and personal with him. Of course i wished i have that chance but well that didn't happen.

Sigh...but anyhow I had fun throughout. You'll know why when I write my next final part about meeting with the fans ^^

Oh my, this is 3 full pages. Hope you were not bored :p

Most exciting week for the year of 2010

I thought having the prospect of working for a total new MNC status company would be the most exciting chapter for the year. (The company I worked for has changed hands from Mr. Sugar King to that of Mr. Gwailos, from being a local listed company to a part of a company on the NYSE)

But, well, I was wrong. Very wrong.

The past one week WAS the MOST exciting and I can warrant it a 120% stamp and to close 2010 with it. There were 2 occasions actually.

First, it was KTO KL’s “Inspiring Korea Night 2010” (IKN10) held on 2nd Dec 2010. Next, was of course KHJ’s TFS Asia Tour to KL on 4th & 5th Dec 2010.

And it was of no help that my company’s annual dinner has to come in between those date on the 3rd. So I was more than a little haywire for the whole of last week thinking of all those preparation I had to do. Ok, not that I need to prepare anything for the company dinner but somehow it will take up my early evening/nite on Friday.

Let me start with the first occasion.

Thursday, 2nd Dec 2010 - KTO KL’s “Inspiring Korea Night 2010” (IKN10)

Our local KTO (Korea Tourism Organisation) KL office had in mid of this year established a club called ‘Saranghaeyo Korea Club’ (SKC) with the purpose of promoting Hallyu in Msia. Recently, with the increasing number of members (+1000) joining the club, KTO has decided to form a Board of Directors to oversee and manage activities and events. So, as a result 2 of our BYJ’s Msia Family (BMF) members, Shien Yin and myself was appointed to the board with 6 others coming from other various fanclubs. BMF is very proud and happy that we have 2 representatives on board and I would have the family to thank to ^^

I was very happy too that there were 16 invitations in all to our BMF members to the wonderful dinner. Then surprisingly, I was announced as one of the 2 ‘Most Inspiring Member’! I wonder how KTO evaluate one to be the most inspiring. One who is most talkative or one who is most talked about?? Anyway, for that I was awarded with a glass ‘trophy’ and a LG touch screen mobile phone!!!


Yayy!!! What a surprise and a great coincidence! My old mobile set was just about to give up on me so imagine my happiness when I got the new phone hehehehe ^^ Oh, on acceptance of the award I was asked to say a few words. Guess what? I said “I only have one person to thank to, Bae Yong Joon!” My goodness ! I wonder what went into my head to have those words coming out of my mouth! Seriously, if KTO have told me earlier that I will be winning that award I would have prepare a more decent thank you speech. So let me right now make a better and proper thank you speech.


“The inspiration comes from BYJ no doubt. But the support is definitely from the family and KTO. Thank you!”

Wait, this is not all, at least not for BMF. Among the raffles draw prizes for the night (return air tickets to Korea, Ginseng Products, LG Microwave Oven, Wonder Girls Concert, Gopeng Resort Full Package and TheFaceShop hampers) 3 of our members won 1 return ticket to Korea, 2 LG M/Oven and a pair of WG tickets! Can you imagine the noise that these ajummas can make in the hall of about 300 guests?? Even with the presence of the big bosses of the Korean organisations we couldn’t hold back our excitement and be lady-like. Haha..it was really a night to remember for us BMF ^^


Photos courtesy of Jenny Chee’s FB.


Stage of the night

SKC B.O.D. (The thorn among roses is Mr.Yun JaeJin, MD of KTO for Msia, Brunei & Phillipines)
Sohpia Ridza, our SKC spokesperson. She was one of KBS’s Chit Chat with Beautiful Ladies.



Family photo




Next, now this will be on KHJ so I better do this in a separate post else the posting is gonna be so long winded.

soon~~~~

BMF Gathering Of The Year 2010

WOW!!!

it really has been a while since i last arranged such a 'big' gathering.

but first, i would like to express my gratitude to ALL of you who came to today's meet-up. i really really appreciate it that we are all still ONE and still 'faithful' to YJ, ok though some of us might have a little 'affair' here and there BUT yet i am sure you came because somehow you are still BYJ.

the arrangement was not really all that 'smooth-going' because 3 days before reservation to our initial gathering venue was cancelled !! restaurant said they are relocating hence they will be close. oh dear ! how can this happened??? so anyhow we ended up with this buffet lunch thingy hehe..

this is our door gifts. many of which are my collection..sob sob....KTO's and TFS's gifts ^^

well, it all started with the usual 'Hi' 'Hello' 'Long time no see, how are you?' stuff and those long time chat and then eat eat and eat. And since this lunch were buffet styled you can imagine the amount of food consumed. (hey, now that i remembered, i didn't even had time to try their dessert/ice cream/fruits/teppanyaki and oh my not even...oh...)

ok, i was busy and ok i supposed i can loose a little fat then :p

apart from all this, in order to get all our sisters' brains to work, i had them played some games..hehe...

first, i gave them a Q&A quiz with 20 questions about both BYJ and Korea/Korean related stuff. my~ this seemed to really get them working and suddenly our area became sooooo quiet when everyone concentrated on answering the questions. believe me, you'll loved to see that moment..haha.. we had 3 prizes for 3 winners to this game. first prize included an original copy of BYJ's 2008 autograph for BMF and the winner was Clara Sia !

next was a game played in a pair of 2 person. prior to the game, each pair were given time to read through a 'kimchi making' recipe. among the set of questions given, one question posted will ask to provide the basic ingredients involved and list basic steps of making kimchi. one particular must have been so really excited that they left out the most basic ingredient needed. CABBAGE !!!!! sister, how can you make kimchi without cabbage??

and then, there was this question where i cropped out mouth of both Jowon & King Damduk and ask them to identify who's mouth belongs to whom. can you identify them yourself??


this part game was won by JennyT and ShienYin ^^ and their prize include 2 wonderful hampers contributed by The Face Shop.

oh, yeah lucky draw ! something which is loved by all because they dont need to answer anything :p easy huh? well, i didnt really made easy though. we had 2 rounds of draw. one easy, where each one were asked to draw a number from 1-20. prizes were only given to those who drew 8, 2, 9 & 7. do you know why? ^^

then 2nd round of draw. one lucky draw which even i myself had to participate due to the prizes involved. prizes for this were contributed by Rosie from Japan and when i showed the goodies one by one, everyone were going...'oooohhh' and 'wahhhhh'...

this time i went to get 20 cups of ginseng hot tea and each cup was numbered from 1-20. these cups were placed randomly and mixed about. really, when i was filling the tea i had no idea what number each cup was. i did not peak !

i splitted rosie's goodies into 10 sets and had them numbered the night before, numbers were randomly picked from 1-20. so, everyone was asked to pick their own cup of tea without knowing that there were number at the bottom of the cup..hehe...and i made myself the last to pick so see, i did not cheat :p

after drinking, they were asked to check for their number at the bottom of the cup and those whose number matched those on the japan goodies gets it ! my number was 13 and i got the TWSSG perfume !!!!!!! hehehehe..hey remember...all of you ladies were given the chance to choose your own cup before me ok? :p

btw, this is our BMF 2011 Calendar. we still have stock so anyone who's interested pls email us byjmalaysia@gmail.com


i hope all of you had fun playing the games and draws. they weren't too difficult right? :)

our family photo ^^

there were 19 of us today with, i would like to welcome back our dear Christine Khoo who had previously gone MIA. i was so glad when she told me that she's coming.

christine, thanks for coming back to BYJ !!!

next, i would like to say welcome to Sabrina (can i call you sabrina? ^^) our newest member to the family.

my utmost gratitude to KTO and The Face Shop Msia for their neverending support to our family. you will always be a part of our family !

last but not least, to our dear BYJ. thanks for his wishes and autograph and for always acknowledging us Malaysia family.

once again, today's gathering will not happened without all of you. if there were any wrongdoing from my part, my apologies.

kamsahamnida !!!!

thought of the day. BYJ?

just when i thought i would just lie low and be quiet forever....

i supposed its a case of 'once a priest, always a priest' !

who would have thought that the ever so 'slow moving' korean wave here in malaysia is still surviving despite the almost non-publicity of the, i would say, trend of the century?

why?

yeah, it's true that we are really getting more and more share of the act here, the number of korean restaurants mushrooming, k-dramas on tv (never mind the dubbed versions :p) and even the growth of korean language classes in town.

then?

i do not know. perhaps i shouldn't even make any comparison with our neighboring countries where they are already experiencing double or maybe triple amount of what i've mentioned above. right? no?

i supposed its not anyone's fault and i do know the kind of 'constraint' and limitation AND DIFFICULTIES involved especially when it comes to k-entertainment matters.

where am i getting to with this? i do not know. ha.

recently, i've been 'active again' or 'reactivated' with BYJ stuff.
the family is still 'breathing' of course. in fact, we'll be having a family gathering mid next month and this time we have even created our very own BYJ calendar ^^

ironically, just when i wanted to ask myself again why i am still going through all the trouble and still bother to do something for someone who do not even know me (many of my close friends do question my sanity with regards to this issue..heh), 3 days ago i received an email from KTO KL inviting fanclubs to an interview by a Korean journalist from Chosun Ilbo. 

so what should i do?

believe me, the first thought that came to my mind was "i'll give this a pass. it's just another korean wave survey." the moment i click away from that mail, the word 'GUILT' came hovering over my head and the next thing you know, i'm typing away here and there checking with xiaoyi on our 'family history'.

we dig and dug and finally came out with something which we'll be making it available for the interview later. (today 29 oct 2010)

amazing?

i would say "Yes. Absolutely!"

during the course of updating our family chronologies, i realised how 'active' we actually are though we have been 'inactive' at the same time. does this mean we have not gone into hibernation mode?

yesterday night, as i was rummaging through my BYJ stuff, i found something that surprised even myself. a self-penned poem for BYJ which i've written during my early and hey days of BYJ in 2002. yeah u read it correctly two.zero.zero.two.

the card was designed with 2 very nice pictures of him and i even had the card laminated nicely. then i started reading the many words scribed. *goosebumps* how can i ever write such thing to a man who do not know me??? he REALLY do not know me that time 8 years ago, okay. am i nuts???

will i ever do or write something like that again? "NO"
see? this is why and it is true when i say that there have been many 'first time' and many 'only and absolutely for BYJ' with the man.

have you also been there done that?

anyhow seriously, at this very moment, i am still absolutely BYJ.
i do have my fair share of 'kimchi affairs' here and there, now and then, but this shows that i am not crazy and am 120% SANE.

this 'absolutely BYJ' thingy has evolved into something even more than just star-gazing.

i love my family
i am looking forward to finding someone whom i can call 'hubby' and he does not have to be a korean
(see? told ya im perfectly normal :p)
i have a job
i have good money to spend

most importantly, i am happy !

so enjoy life and keep smiling ^.* /


ps: ladies, make sure you make it to our gathering this time round. trust me, you will be as happy as can be...hehehehe...

Kang Joon Sang Once More...

i have been 'quite into' dramas of late...korean ones of cos. i've finished Takku (King of Bread), watching Seungjo (Playful Kiss) and Sungkyunkwan Scandal...of its a 'must watch' for the latter. my fav character/guy is Gu Yongha/Sung Joongki...he's sooooooo cute !

so, ok, anyway...all these dramas got me quite 'worked up' and all of a sudden i wanted to watch Joonsang/Winter Sonata/WLS again.

seriously, up until now....8 years plus, i have yet to get myself a real/original copy of WLS. can you believe that? i have no idea why i still didnt get my hands on them but one particular reason is because i only want the original original copy, ie. the original korean with eng subs from korea. hehe..

ok so, i've got no choice but to look for an online version. i was watching the first 15mins of episode 1 a while ago and wow...i am still amazed with Kang Joonsang !

i mean it has been ages ago but how come he still look so good and so so likeable? i confessed it wasnt 'love at first sight' for me (it was only during the playful snow scene btw joonsang and yujin that i went head over heels) so when now that im watching it again, even only at the start of the 1st episode, i realised that he is actually already so really charming !

what am i trying to tell here? well, i guessed i just realised that there is something as 'everlasting'. even now, even if i am only watching WLS for the 1st time, i will also go head over heels over Kang Joonsang or of cos Bae Yongjoon !

most of the time, at least for myself, when i do watch some of those 8-10 years old dramas, i'll find those actors/actresses old fashioned and boring looking but absolutely not with YJ. no, im not being biased, his good looks are and i'll now say forever everlasting.

ok i know i should really seriously absolutely get myself a copy of WLS when i get my feet on his ground..hehe..

anyone out there watching at the moment?

Happy 38th Birthday YJ !

it has been quite a while since the last i blog..


anyway, the malaysian family had a wonderful gathering yet again last saturday celebrating our dear YJ's 38th birthday ^^


the family seldom..or should i say never had a dinner gathering before but because this is a fasting month for the muslims, we decided to make this a first. first dinner for us, first buka puasa 'for' YJ.

we decided on this particular thai restaurant suggested by a malay sister and reservation we made a month ahead. came saturday and we were told they have missed our booking and we ended up with no table to seat all 13 of us. after some negotiation we settled for 2 tables arranged outdoor. while waiting for the set up, some sisters spotted some YJ's souvenir in the korean store next to the restaurant. (sorry i forgot the name of the shop :p)

so almost all of us went in to the shop to check out the goodies and found that they were selling quite a bit of stars' souvenirs...mugs, stickers, folders, posters etc.. besides the usual korean household stuff which i would say the shop has quite an interesting variety. maybe i would visit again the next time i'm in that part of the town.

the sisters bought the mug and folders but didn't buy the poster as it was too expensive...haha

there was only one mug available then so we gave the lady our number and asked her to inform us the next time they have any new stock..anything on BYJ !

after spending i think about more than half an hour in the shop, we finally got our tables ready.
since it was time to break fast, there were a lot of people and the restaurant were all packed.

it was a hot day that day so we were all already sweating and because of the mistake the restaurant made, we were quite upset too hmm...

but..but...but....when i open the box of cake.... oh wow~~
everyone soon forgot about the mistake and started to click away with their cameras...and the rest is history....

oh the cake, yeah jennyC was the one who ordered the 2kg cake with him 'on' it.

so we got our food ordered and demanded them to serve us hungry ajummas FAST !
we were all so thirsty but they only brought us 2 glasses of water...sigh. ended up some of us had to do self-service, getting our own jugs of water, plates, utensils etc.. haha we treated the place like our own home !

at last the food came, we ate. food was not bad or maybe we were all too hungry hahaha..
soon it was cutting cake time. i was told not to cut 'his neck' but how are we supposed to eat the cake without cutting 'him'? anyhow in the end we cut him all up and some sisters brought home his eyes, nose, lips, ear and i think hair...i dunno well because i wasn't the one who cut him hahahaha..

after the food and cake, the restaurant treated us to some ice-cream as apologies haha...

i had a lot of fun laughing and talking, i think i talked so much..oh @@~

so, like i said i had a lot of fun, as always and i hope everyone who came too had as much fun as i did, or better still more :)

i know not only the malaysian family was celebrating his birthday but i am sure most families out there was doing the same too last weekend.

key question, how about the birthday boy himself??



YJ, no matter who and where each and everyone of us are, we wish you great happiness and health always !



on behalf of BYJ's Malaysia Family, Happy Birthday To You, Yong Joon ! We Love YOU !!!



ps : my gratitude and thanks to all of you sisters who came and my apologies for the reservation blunder. for more pics & comments of the gathering, pls visit our family facebook here

pps : our little adventure into the korean shop next door were blog by the owner on her korean naver's blog and has been translated by Suehan nim here in her blog. the one malaysian aunty who is a crazy BYJ fan she mentioned must be Lyana. the 'I Love Korea' card is actually KTO's (Korea Tourism Organisation) Saranghaeyo Korea Club membership card. the grandmother was Kak Aidah. the lady who must be really surprised to see that YJ actually has a family here. maybe i should contact her again and ask her to get her shop involved with KTO so that more people will know of her shop and we can all get good discount next time haha..

just some babble b4 i go out...

went for the Korean Breakout Dance comedy yesterday and it rocked !!!
i had great time laughing n 'moving' to the beat and im glad the friend, a non-korean-thingy-follower, who went with me enjoyed it too ^^

and i just somehow like the show more for the fact that the production is also in collaboration with Keyeast Inc.....see the connection? hehe..

oh i just gotta say this... somebody is just sooooo influential to some people..who to whom? ur guess my say...bwahahahaha...

and bb ar....how come there's no news whatsoever that THEY are coming to this side of the world wan???

my new banchansssss !

just when i thought im slowly starting to go really slow with all things korean...
yeah that includes D-Man himself...i got into something that i told myself im NOT gonna start with.

3 words... Boys Over Flowers

so the rest is history. wait...i'll come back to this later...

then The Face Shop confirmed and announced its overseas contract with YJ.
suddenly the urge came back...its like the bear forgot to go to sleep..a failed hibernation..hahaha..
so for some nosey ppl like myself...i started picking up the phone and wah lah~
our 6th anniversary came and gone~

but seriously i had really, i mean r-e-a-l-l-y wanted to go slow and quiet on him...
and each time i tell myself so, something else will just pop-up and the thought of not doing anything 'for him' somehow makes me feel 'guilty'...weird eh? i mean..why do i care? when i think he dont even care...:p

anyway anyway...i guess im still seriously absolutely BYJ, that's why..hehe..

and so...that brings me back to those 3 words again...
like i said i wasnt supposed to watch this and i actually planned NOT to watch but somehow its fated. i 'stumbled' upon it..i mean it i REALLY stumbled upon it when i saw my cousin brother watching it. not knowing that its BoF i just sat down and watched...and so im stucked !

oh im not gonna talk about BoF..or WGM for the matter of fact...no. its the aftermath im getting to.
ok...resulting from the WHOLE 'saga' is....

i now officially announces my new banchan for the year...banchans not banchan..
gosh how my appetite has grown :p

ss501

since the 'departure' of Shinhwa i hv yet to find any other boyband so this is a deserving one ^^
(though i still prefer orange..shinhwa is orange btw...i'll try my best to like the color green..hehe)
although, frankly, to compare the boys here with Shinhwa...the boys still have a lot to improve and from what i gathered so far...they are ^^

oh, why u may ask? well, i find them really entertaining, fun and full of laughter.
4D leader makes u think out of the box
cant help but love the good boy and early riser Kyu
smooth talking and charming Horse
shy vocalist YoungSaeng
Baby, everyone knows they dont call him that for nothing ^^

애들아 홧팅 !!!

나중에 누나 와 만나면 큰 소리로 불어줘 오게?? ㅋㅋㅋ


ps : anybody knows if there's any ss501 fanclub exist here in malaysia???

BYJ's Malaysia Family 6th Anniversary Celebration

Thank You Very Much !!

thats the first thing i really wanted to say to everyone who participated in the celebration..

as with the usual anniversaries we hv been having all these years, we had food served, games played, questions asked, gifts given bla, bla, bla...

BUT, BUT, BUT....

this time for the first time we had something 'extra' ^^

firstly, after so many years, we finally decided that we will have an ID card of own own.

a BMF Family Card. nothing special but we hope it'll be of 'use' in time to come..





next, well...we wouldnt name our event this time 'Beautiful You & Joon @ Korea Plaza' for nothing..hehe..
think u should notice the B Y J which i dont need to explain :p...
'beautiful' = TFS and 'Korea Plaza' = KTO.

here's why...

for our celebration this time, we are grateful to have participation from both Korea Tourism Organisation (KTO) and The FaceShop (TFS).
KTO has been our long time supporter since they set up their office here in KL.
since our dear YJ is now the endorser for TFS, we got hooked with TFS..hehe..

so, our celebration was held at KTO's Korea Plaza and all of us enjoyed a beauty session with TFS ^^

here are some of the pics for the day.





and oh, i almost forgot. here's our dear YJ's message.
(and this time he got it all correct !)




i would say this gathering has been one of the 'biggest' we have ever had so i was felling a little tensed and worried how it will all turn out.
well, allow me to say that it all turn out fine and i enjoyed myself very much and i hope everyone of you did too. my apologies should there be any wrongdoing on my part.

lastly i would like to thank..
xiaoyi for all her effort and time preparing for this..
asthy, eve and of cos bosses of KTO for their support and allowing us to use their plaza on their off day..
tinyen and her colleagues from TFS for their participation..

and of cos BYJ, without him i will not be writing this !

.
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since there are quite many of you on that day, why am i the only writing?
ladies, pls say something !!
at least xiaoyi has posted some of her photos HERE ^^

"Beautiful You & Joon @ Korea Plaza"

.

ps : wow~ i hv actually been 'away' for so long? hahaha..

Visit Korea 2010-2012 : He the Ambassador, Me the Traveller ^^

many ppl said that he should hv been the ambassador long long time ago..well it doesnt matter la..

think its not only an honour for himself but also to his family of fans.

it has been quite sometime since the last time he was involved in any official official event.
so today has been a field day for evone with the high 'influx' of news reports and of cos photos of him.

oh i just love his suit today...soooooo smart !
and ive always love full length pic of him ~ @@ ~ ooohhh ~~


anyway, i had been 'planning a plan' even before this ambassador thingy was announced.
so since now he's ambassador, the more reason for me to be the traveller. bwahahahahhaha..

congrats YJ nim !!!

정말 축하드립니다 !!!

YJ + The FaceShop

i was surprised when i read the news yday that YJ signed with Faceshop.
i mean...BYJ and The Faceshop? hmm...

i had wonder longtime ago why hasnt he do any commercial for those skincare/beauty products. i mean..its kinda norm in korea for famous actors/actresses to promote these stuff.
then on 2nd thought, maybe its just not 'his style'. and now he's signed with Faceshop.
well, there's always a reason why he do certain things..hehe...
i have nothing against Faceshop though and i havent use any of their products so i cant really comment. but i must say KSW did a great job for them.

im hoping to see some 'new images' of him with Faceshop. they should do something 'new' in conjunction with their 5th anni. instead of those..u know..flowers, greens, blurred images..those normal images associated with beauty CFs..:p

anyway, read that yj's contract is only a year old and that ksw's 'korean contract' ended in June but those overseas' deals still last till next March. so while the koreans can start to 'savour' our dear YJ coming November, others may have to wait till later to know if his deal covers those of the overseas market as well.

and btw, the pretty lady of Faceshop is Lee BoYoung. she's the one in Mr. Goodbye (Ahn JaeWook), Save the Last Dance for Me (Ji Sung), Seo DongYo (Cho HyunJae) etc.

IMHO i think YJ had very good on screen chemistry (for CFs) with both Lee YoungAe and Kim Hanul. so lets see how this new pair work out.

good luck YJ !!

왜?

인 생 은 복 잡 해 ! ~

bangkok breakaway~

bangkok was great !

it's almost 3 years since i last travelled so this breakaway did serve me some real good relaxation and mental de-stress. and of cos its wonderful to meet my dear thai bae-sis.

had really nice good thai food and massage ^^

shooping? nah..i din do much shopping except for 3 pairs of shoes..and ohh my little monks..hehe..

din quite take much pics cos i just seemed to forget evtime :p

but here are some just for the record..

my 3 pairs of new shoes. yeah i know im short and should wear heels but im more comfy with those flat ones. my fav of the 3...of cos the one in purple. i was looking for an orange but they don have so the one with the orange inner lining is the best bet..hahahaha

and this one...u know, both tigger and i had the same tot when we first saw this... BB !

on that someone's bday, we went around town. but tis is the only place where i took pics.

the Reclining Buddha..

and this is taken from our apartment. oh..my fren and i stayed at Somerset serviced apartment instead of Banyan Tree as it was supposed to be..boohoo...

but we still like the place a lot especially when we saw the kitchen so fully equipped that we said we must at least use it once. so on our last nite there we stormed this up..hehe

to my dear thai sisters, thank u so much for all the hospitality. kob-koon-ka

and tigger...i will come back and stay longer next time. i promise !

our BYJ lunch that day...2008.08.24

it was supposed to be a 'birthday celebration' but there wasnt any birthday cake

or did anybody actually remember that his bday is just around the corner and the lunch was meant to 'celebrate' the special day?

i dunno about those who went but frankly...i forgot :p

how can i forget??

seriously the birthday was just another sweet excuse for us to get together again

it was really nice to see everyone again after our last gathering during our 5th anniversary back in May.

this time we have 3 new sisters joining us for the lunch which makes myself very happy.

im always so glad and grateful that almost each time we gather, we'll hv at least one new sister.

allow me to welcome them one more time..

christina, rohana and jennyC...welcome to the family !

btw jennyC is the 3rd jenny we have in the family so she'll be jenny C after jennyA and jennyB ^^

there wasnt much activities that day so basically its all just

chat chat chat laugh laugh laugh eat eat eat and chat chat chat laugh laugh laugh

here's our family photo ^^

i would like to thank everyone of you who came...thank you !!

and oh...our lunch was at Koryowon, KLCC, KL.

food was good and the best dish of the day was 'fun' !

he came he wrote and he conquered (us)!

wow !~

the man posted 2 postings this morning. 2 in 1 day !
well it was supposed to be only 1 but bcos he was too 'long winded' he had to post them in 2 separate postings so thats why..haha..
from what i remembered, the last time that he actually wrote and posted on his own was on new year's eve back in 2004. so u can imagine how excited everyone got this morning (or evening) when they saw his message.

i myself cant really believe my eyes when i first saw them in gongsik this morning.
first i saw "배용준입니다-1"
next i saw..again "배용준입니다-2" so at first thought, i thought i was seeing double and that someone must be playing some jokes. cos i did the same thing last time of posting his old messages on board :p
then i looked again. and saw "배용준" and again "배용준"
finally i realised, its REALLY 배용준 !

so quickly i clicked and i read.
reading thru i smiled and i laughed. well, not that i can understand all 100% of what he wrote but enough to understand what he wanted to say. somehow there's this closeness with him reading his self penned (in this case typed) message. i agree with what Kait commented that she felt as though she got a love letter from a boyfriend ! hahahahahaha...

its really great to know that he's recovering well and that he's ready to get on with his photography project. am i gonna 'help' him out?
well, i'll hv to digged into my photo albums first hehe..

and bcos of his recovery i would like to thank someone...
A씨 도음이 많이 주셨어서 감사합니다 !!!


im gonna repost his original korean message here just for my record ^^


배용준입니다.

this part was posted at 3:21:44am 2008.08.19

안녕하세요 가족 여러분, 배용준입니다.

오늘 날씨가 짖궂긴 했지만 시원한 바람이 상쾌함을 주는 하루가 아니었나 싶습니다. 반면 조금은 차가운 비바람이 계절이 곧 바뀌겠구나 하는 생각을 들게 하더군요. 시간이 벌써 이렇게 흘렀나 싶어 마음이 급해졌습니다. 쉬면서 하고 싶은 일들을 많이 그려놨거든요. 그래서 제일 먼저 가족 여러분들께 편지를 보냅니다.

먼저, 걱정 끼쳐드려 죄송합니다. 수술은 별 탈 없이 잘 진행이 되었구요. 병원에서 며칠 경과를 보다가 퇴원 후 이렇게 컴퓨터 앞에 앉아 우리 가족들에게 편지를 쓸 수 있을 정도로 빠른 회복 단계를 거치고 있는 중입니다. 앞으로는 심려 끼쳐드리지 않겠다는 약속으로 우리 가족 여러분들에게 감사한 마음을 대신 하고 싶어요. 여러분들도 건강 조심하셔야 해요.

제가 앞으로 하고 싶은 일들 중, 한가지에 대해 여러분들과 상의를 좀 할까 합니다.

얼마 전, 제가 한국을 소개 하는 책을 쓰고 싶다는 말을 한 적이 있는데요, 혹시 기억하세요? 사진을 좋아하는 이유도 있지만 무엇보다 한국의 아름다움을 소개하고 싶은 생각이 오래 전부터 들었습니다.

그러니까, 제가 아시아 가족들에게 사랑 받기 시작하면서부터 많은 가족 분들이 한국에 대해 관심을 가져 주신 걸로 알고 있어요. 방문도 하시구요. 그런데 그 방문 루트가 드라마 촬영지에 너무 국한 되는 것이 언젠가부터 안타까웠습니다.
그 중에서도 한국이란 나라에 큰 매력을 느끼시면서도 별 다른 정보가 없어 금새 발을 돌리는 가족분들이나 관광객들은 더욱 더 붙잡고 싶었습니다. 그리고 말하고 싶었습니다.

“한국이란 곳은 평생을 살고 있는 우리에게도 커다란 감동을 안겨 주는 풍경과 문화와 역사를 지닌 나라입니다. 카메라를 들고서 곳곳의 아름다움을 좀 더 담아주세요. 이곳이 내가 태어나고 자란 대한민국입니다. 내가 출연한 드라마나 영화에서 그려지는 한국의 진짜 아름다움입니다. ” 라고 말이죠.

그러면서 내가 먼저 카메라를 들고 여행을 시작하면 어떨까 하는 생각이 들었고, 나의 사진을 통해 조금이나마 한국의 아름다움을 소개하는 책을 내고 싶다는 마음을 가지게 된 것입니다.

그런데 고민이 여기서 끝나진 않았습니다. 여행 루트를 생각하다 보니 너무 유명한 곳, 혹은 내가 가본 몇몇 곳에 치우치게 되더군요. 내가 알지 못하고, 가보지 못한 곳 중에서도 분명 좋은 곳이 있을 텐데.. 도움을 청할 곳이 마땅치 않았습니다. 그러면서 생각난 것이 우리 가족들이었어요! 이 책을 나 혼자만의 힘이 아닌 우리의 힘으로 함께 만들어 보자는 생각이 들었습니다.

어떠세요? 저한테 말씀해주시겠어요?


this part was posted at 3:26:22am 2008.08.19


여러분께서 여행하신 대한민국 곳곳의 아름다움을 저에게 알려주세요. 사진이나 글, 어떠한 정보도 좋습니다. 우연히 들른 한 허름한 식당의 시골밥상도 좋습니다. 차를 세우고 기지개를 펴다 만난 이름 모를 뒷산의 일몰도 좋습니다. 유명한 여행지에서 겪은 재미난 에피소드도 좋습니다. 평생을 한국에서 함께 살아온 분들도, 우연히 한국을 여행하다 한국의 진가를 알게 된 분들도 좋습니다.
아직 한국에 대한 궁금증만 가지고 계시다구요? 그것도 좋아요. 한국의 어떤 면이 궁금한지, 어느 곳에 가보고 싶은지, 무엇이 먹고 싶은지.. 마음껏 제게 아이디어를 제공해 주세요.

여러분의 이야기를 귀 담아 듣고 좋은 책을 만들 수 있는데 최선을 다 해 보도록 할께요. 외국에 있는 우리 가족들 뿐 아니라 한국에 관심이 있는 사람이면 누구나, 이 책을 보고 한국에 오랫동안 머물고 싶은 생각이 들었으면 좋겠습니다.

저의 카메라와 노트와 펜은 준비가 되어 있습니다. 여러분의 이야기를 듣고 바로 여행가방을 싸도록 할게요. 우선 얼마간은 webmaster@byj.co.kr로 메일 보내주세요. 조만간 여러분들의 이야기에 귀 기울일 수 있는 공간을 마련해 보도록 하겠습니다.

몇 주전부터 생각했던 이야기를 털어 놓고 나니 마음이 가볍네요. 저는 이제 떨리는 마음으로 여러분의 이야기를 기다리고 있겠습니다. 저 역시 열심히 공부하고 있을께요.

항상 건강하시고 행복하세요.
사랑합니다.

2008년 8월 19일 새벽 배용준 드림

추신.
글이 한 번에 다 안 올라가서 잠시 잠깐 놀랐습니다.
용량 제한이 있다는 걸 깜박했네요. ^^
보실 때 불편하지 않으셨길 바랄께요.


looks like he took about 5 mins to figure out that the board has a max. length posting..hahaha..

tell me, how not to love this man??

everyday is a different day

got home just now to receive some really good news ^^

somebody replied my email after a long time
it was a positive reply so i wont be the only happy person
i'm sure those involved will be very please too ^^

now, im waiting for next tuesday to come
if the outcome is positive on that day too (no, im not getting pregnant :p)
then, i'll be really really happy !

is this byj related? well, its only for me to know..bwahahahahaha !