Friday, February 19, 2010
Thoughts . . .
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Thursday, February 18, 2010
Wednesday, February 10, 2010
Wonder Girls
The Wonder Girls is one of South Korea’s top female pop groups, and recently gaining popularity in the US following their opening acts at Jonas Brothers’ tour. The girls are scheduled to release their full English album later this year.
Their luck changed in September 2007 with the release of full album The Wonder Years. The song Tell Me was one of the hottest songs of the year; its cheeky choreography has became a national dance and gaining international notice.
The girls’ popularity is soaring ever since. They released the So Hot single in June 2008, which did pretty well; and Nobody a few months later, which was again one of the songs of the year with an extremely popular choreography.
The Wonder Girls began their concert tour in early 2009, which began in Bangkok before moving to a few American cities and ended in their homeland by March.
An announcement was made shortly after the end of their tour that the girls were ready to take on the American market in full force with the English version of Nobody. And their company brought in another good news in June that the girls would be joining the Jonas Brothers’ tour as opening act for their concerts.
The tour ended in late August, and it obviously helps the girls to gain popularity in the states, as their English single of Nobody has moved into the Billboard Hot 100 singles chart, making them the first ever Korean artists to achieve the feat.
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Tuesday, February 09, 2010
Girls Generation - Korea
Too pretty to resists. LOL~
TaeYeon
Birth name: Kim Tae-yeon (Hangul: 김태연 Hanja: 金泰妍)
Date of birth: March 9, 1989
The leader of the group, she has since ventured out into DJ-ing and reality-variety shows, along with various solo singles.
Taeyeon became a DJ on Good Friend Radio, which she co-hosted with Super Junior’s Kangin until he left on April 19, 2009; she continues to host solo.
She sang a duet with Sunny for “Heading To The Ground” OST; also “If” (“Hong Gil Dong” OST) and “Can you hear me” (“Beethoven Virus” OST).
She was featured on MBC reality-variety show “We Got Married” as part of the third rotation of couples; she was featured with comedian Jeong Hyeong-don.
Jessica
Birth name: Jessica Jung (Hangul: 제시카 정)
Korean name: Jung Su-yeon (Hangul: 정수연 Hanja: 鄭秀妍)
Date of birth: April 18, 1989
Jessica was born and raised in San Francisco, California. She released two singles with Tiffany and SeoHyun: “Oppa Nappa” and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”.
She starred in Kim Jo-han’s music video “Love is Late, I’m Sorry” and is featured in 8Eight’s song, “I Hate You”. She also appeared in Super Junior-M’s “Super Girl.”
In their second mini-album “Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)”, she sings a duet with SHINee’s leader Onew in the track “One Year Later”. Jessica and Park Myeong-su released a duet song for Infinity Challenge called, “NaengMyun”.
She plays the main character, Elle Woods, in the Korean production of “Legally Blonde – The Musical” from November 2009 at the CoEX Atrium.
Her younger sister, Krystal, is a member of f(x).
Sunny
Birth name: Lee Sun-kyu (Hangul: 이순규; Hanja: 李順圭)
Date of birth: May 15, 1989
Sunny was a trainee under a different entertainment company before she transferred into SM Entertainment. After several months of training under SM Entertainment in 2007, Sunny debuted as a member of Girls’ Generation that same year. She was a co-DJ of ChunJi until the broadcast ended in July 2008.
Sunny appeared in Super Junior-H’s music video for “Cooking? Cooking!”. Sunny also sang the song “Finally Now” on the soundtrack for the movie “Story of Wine”. She also co-hosts a music show called “The M” with SS501’s Hyungjoon.
She is also the niece of Lee Soo Man, the founder of SM Entertainment. She also revealed that her dad was in Hwaljooro, the famous college band with Bae Chul-soo, a famous radio DJ and the host of show 7080.
Sunny alongside with Yuri are part of reality show “Invincible Youth”, which they will be part of G7 (consisting of 7 girls from popular idol groups). She also sang a duet with member Sooyoung called “Happy Me”.
Tiffany
Birth name: Stephanie Hwang
Korean name: Hwang Mi-young (Hangul: 황미영; Hanja: 黄美英)
Date of birth: August 1, 1989
Born in San Francisco, but raised in Diamond Bar, California; she was discovered in the SM Starlight Casting System 2004 in Los Angeles. Along with SeoHyun and Jessica, she released a single, “Oppa Nappa” and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”.
She was the co-host of “Sonyeo Sonyeon Gayo Baekso” along with Kim Hye-sung from November 5, 2007 to June 13, 2008. She sang “Na Honjaseo” from the “Ja Myung Go” soundtrack, a duet with K.Will called “Sonyeo, Sarangeul Mannada”, as well as “Feeling Only You” by The Blue with Sooyoung.
Tiffany and Yuri currently host MBC’s Music Core.
HyoYeon
Birth name: Kim Hyo-yeon (Hangul: 김효연; Hanja: 金孝淵)
Date of birth: September 22, 1989
She was BoA’s silhouette during a dance break in BoA’s “Over the Top” performance at the MKMF Awards in 2005. Hyoyeon attended a hip hop dance school that specialized in waving, popping, locking, and animation.
YuRi
Birth name: Kwon Yuri (Hangul: 권유리; Hanja: 權侑利)
Date of birth: December 5, 1989
Yuri joined the label when she took 1st place in the 2001 1st SM Youth Best Dancer Contest.
She appeared in TVXQ’s “Beautiful Life” and also made a guest appearance in TVXQ’s 2007 2nd concert. She also had a small role in a television segment, “The King’s Boyfriend”, which was part of the 2005–2006 KMTV Super Junior documentary, Super Junior Show.
In 2006, Yuri made an appearance in the Chinese CF of Orion Chocopie with Jang Dong-gun, and she later appeared in the Dongil Highvill CF. Yuri also played a part in the sitcom “Unstoppable Marriage” alongside Sooyoung. Yuri alongside with Sooyoung sang the song “Ggok”.
Yuri is also the centerpiece of K. Will’s music video “Dropping the Tears” and appears in the music video for “JjaRaJaJja” by Joo Hyun-mi & Seohyun.
Apart from her solo works, she is currently the co-host of Korean music program Music Core on MBC alongside Tiffany. Yuri alongside with Sunny are joining the television program “Invincible Youth”, which they are part of G7.
SooYoung
Birth name: Choi Soo-Young (Hangul: 최수영; Hanja: 崔秀英)
Date of birth: February 10, 1990
Before Sooyoung’s audition to Girls’ Generation, she made a brief debut in Japan as a singer in the group called “Route φ”. She first debuted with Marina Takahashi with the song “Start”. She was previously a DJ of ChunJi but was soon replaced by Sunny due to schedule conflicts.
Sooyoung also played a part in the sitcom “Unstoppable Marriage” alongside Yuri and was also in the movie “Hello Schoolgirl” with Kang-in of Super Junior and actress Lee Yeon-hee. Currently, she hosts MBC TV program “Fantastic Duo”. She also featured in “Feeling Only You” by The Blue with Tiffany.
YoonA
Birth name: Im Yoon-ah (Hangul: 임윤아; Hanja: 林允兒)
Date of birth: May 30, 1990
Yoona was the first trainee revealed to be a member of Girls’ Generation and is also an actress and model. She was the lead actress in “You Are My Destiny” and “Cinderella Man”, in addition to playing a small role in “9 Ends 2 Outs”.
Before her debut with Girls’ Generation, Yoona had been well known in the entertainment industry. She began to film commercials and model for various magazines when she was a trainee. Apart from the girl group’s commercials, Yoona is currently a model to endorse Clean & Clear, YeJiMin Pad and Innisfree Cosmetics.
SeoHyun
Birth name: Seo Joo-Hyun (Hangul: 서주현; Hanja: 徐珠賢)
Date of birth: June 28, 1991
The group’s maknae (youngest). She was a 2004 SMART uniform model with TVXQ. Along with Jessica and Tiffany, they released a single “Oppa Nappa”, and “Mabinogi (It’s Fantastic!)”. On February 17, 2009, her duet with trot singer Joo Hyun-Mi (Korean: 주현미), was digitally released, called “JjaRaJaJja”.
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Lea Salonga - WE COULD BE IN LOVE (Duet with Brad Kane) lyrics
Be still my heart
Lately its mind is on it's own
It would go far and wide
Just to be near you
Brad:
Even the stars
Shine a bit bright I've noticed
When you're close to me
Lea:
Still it remains a mystery
Chorus (Both):
Anyone who seen us
Knows what's going on between us
It doesn't take a genius
To read between the lines Brad: ohh
And it's not just wishful thinking
Or only me who's dreaming
I know what these are symptoms of
We could be in love
Lea:
I ask myself why
I sleep like a baby through the night
Maybe it helps to know
you'll be there tomorrow
Brad: Lea:
Don't open my eyes Ohhh
I'll wake from the spell I'm under
Makes me wonder how Tell me how
I could live without you now
Both:
And what about the laughter
The happy ever after
Like voices of sweet angels
Calling out our names
And it's not just wishful thinking
Or only me who's dreaming
I know what these are symptoms of
We could be in love
Brad:
All my life
I have dreamed of this
But I could not see your face
Lea:
Don't ask why two such distant stars
Can fall right into place
(Repeat Chorus)
Both:
Oh, it doesn't take a genius
To know what these are symptoms of
We could be Lea: ohh
We could be, we could be in love
Brad:
Could be in
Both:
We could be in love
Sunday, February 07, 2010
Dear God...
Care-less~
That's what happen, So I have to make it happen too~