G-DRAGON 2012

I can't help it. This guy just gets it. GD's mine. Hands off. Heh heh heh heh.

Key takeaways:
1) Though the ombre hairstyle was totally two years ago, the tip thingie on your long wavy hair is like the mainstream-yet-edgy thing to do if ya wanna swoon guys.
2) Men must dance well.
3) Bright yellow dreads in a poopy pigtail form doesn't look bad at all if you're wearing cheetah pants.

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Street + Drop + Rain + .....

Rain is here. Dates are coming up. Stress going everywhere. House is dying. I just want pillars. I want to move forward. I want less sadness and more safety.

Source: mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm. croak.

OMG. LOOK HOW CUTE SLASH PINK SHE IS. OMFG. FLIPPING MY SHIT. Had to watch that brief second multiple times to screencap her face.... LOOLLLL !! I wonder what she thought about that moment during filming.. Mmmmm.

PS. Come to the Tumbletub for more goodies.

song of the day

집에가지마 (Don't Go Home) by GD + TOP
It's been on repeat ALL NIGHT LONG.. for MANY DAYS. Nu disco in the background as the laying beat, YG doesn't fail. They know the trends of the world. LET'S GO GO GO.


And if you didn't know BIG BANG just made a recent comeback. I hate Korean idol stuff.. but Big Bang is a HUGE exception. I'm ALL OVER THEM.. Or I wish to be. Physically. Ahem. Let's move on.
Their new single is called Tonight. It's nothing special, in my opinion, but they went ALL THE WAY to the States to film the music video. So let's give them a little bit of handicap. Ha- Oh !! And I want you to note the NUMBER OF PLAYS !!!!!! BIG BANG FTW !!!


This is their interview talking about their new album.

B E F O R E Y O U L E A V E ! ! !
B E F O R E Y O U L E A V E ! ! !
B E F O R E Y O U L E A V E ! ! !

Did you forget to click in with the mainstream a few weeks ago and MISS this seizure-causing video !? Now is a chance to experience it.
Kanye West - All of the Lights ft. Rihanna, Kid Cudi


PS. Kid Cudi got a Tumblr. HAHAHAHAHAHA.

song of the day

Let's go for some funk hip hop. Add in pop spices. And there we go. We're set to go for this weekend-
The list goes from worst to best .... LOL. I do rank the third as the best song out of the three.

GD & TOP 뻑이가요 ..I can't translate the title cuz it's a slang. Gahh.


GD & TOP HIGH HIGH. Koreans are trying hard. Watch them flash playboy bunny remake here and there and awkward white girls trying to dance with GD & TOP. What more do you want !?


N.E.R.D Backseat Love. Old and quality. Can't get enough of Pharell EVER. I like repetition in songs if you haven't noticed. So yeah. This song ruuuuuuules.

song of the day

Let's travel back to 2004. When Wilco was introduced to me through a friend and through their legendary album, A Ghost is Born.

Spiders (Kidsmoke) by Wilco


BUT NOSTALGIA is also a factor of depression. So being happy people, we will continue to look into the future. WE LIKE THE FUTURE. We like what Korean girls have to offer to us... Some dance pop sort of weird quirky shit that borders on OMG levels in Korean culture. YEUP. JYP Entertainment.

Breathe by Miss A.

song of the day

Stardust by W & Whale
So this song's been on repeat wherever and whenever I listen to music. I think I forget all the other songs out there in the world........ This is how much I listen to this. Korean indie rock has surpassed my expectations in a whole new way.


Umbrella feat. Younha by Epik High
Recently, my mother has been listening to Epik High a lot. I only liked one song, Coffee, but I've been really really really really liking this one now.

song of the day

Meet Tez, a brilliant beatboxer from Paris. The only time I saw him perform live was at CocoRosie's concert around a month ago at Vogue Theater. He's pretty ballin' and the other day, I couldn't help but to search him up. Found a little clip of him from the Vancouver show I went to ! Enjoy it. Watch his hand.
Hand.
Hand.
Hand.
Hand.
Hand.


And because you may not be satisfied with that. How about more blonde Asian girls being all hipster-y and artsy and what not. Just another trendy song. To ruin your brain cells and to make your facial muscles cringe. WOO HOO.
Game by BoA

L-O-L-O-L-L-L

T.O.P. IS BACK WITH A SOLO SINGLE.
HE DANCES FUNNY DANCES WHILE CHANTING L-O-L-O-L-L-L.
THAT MAKES ME LAUGH OUT LOUD.
THE GIRLS ARE A NICE TOUCH ALONG WITH THE BLACK & WHITE CINEMATOGRAPHY THAT HIGHLIGHTS TOP'S HEAVILY MADE UP SKIN.
MMM.
HIS RAP IS SLOW BUT IT'S CATCHY.
I KEEP HITTING REPLAY.
HE RAPS DESIGNER BRANDS AND AWKWARDLY STANDS BESIDE A CARRERA GT (PORSCHE SUCKS)
TOP SHAKES HIS STUFF IN SPIFFY SUITS.
MMM.
AND WITH MCQUEEN PURSE HANGING OFF HIS SCRAWNY NECK.
PUT THAT ON ME, PLEASE.
L-O-L-O-L-L-L ALTOGETHER.

Walk Down the Memory Lane

젝스키스, in German and in English: Sechs Kies, was a Korean boy group of six. In German, their name means six jewels.. so I guess they were aiming to be the JEWELS OF KPOP. And they certainly were. THEY HAD MY WITTLE KOREAN ELEMENTARY SCHOOL GIRL'S HEART FOR SURE. PLUS !! I met my favourites, 강성훈 + 은지원 (Kang SungHoon and Eun JiWon) right before I moved to Vancouver. I think it was my destiny to like them. I was rewarded.. I was a good child. KARMA MATTERS, CHILDREN !!
Well so yeah, thought about them.. I had some time.. and with YouTube's magic I was able to go through them and this other Korean boy band I was quite infatuated with, G.O.D. I even did video swipes through HOT, Fin.K.L., and S.E.S.. The music and the skills these groups have are blatantly different from the idols in Korean music industry these days.
Just a couple of videos that are still open on my tabs. Enjoy ~

lovely

These are recent collections from places around the world wide web that sparks INSTANT LOVE from my heart. My pimples pop and go away through these pictures. So many love bubbles; enough to fill all the carbon bubbles inside a 2L Coca Cola.



Niizuma Eiji from Bakuman




Fei Fei Sun and her extremely blushed chiseled cheekbones


Lee Jungshin, a Korean boy.


Can't forget Mary-Kate and her two thumbs up. Eternal love.

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song of the day + MORE MORE MORE

LET US GO WILD ON YOUTUBE. LEMME POST A SONG AFTER ANOTHER.
WANT TO GO SWIM. NEED TO EXERCISE !!

Don't judge me. I just can't get over these skinny clean looking Korean boys. I find this attraction quite queer, too, but why not enjoy it !? Heh heh heh :) :) :) My favourite one on the very left !!


Remember these kids ?? It's rediscovering bands that make our tummies all happy.


Japanese indie bands have come and sorta swept Vancouver past Saturday night. I couldn't attend, but my friend showed me videos of the bands that came. This ones called Gumi and they hit pillows to make beats. That's how awesome they are.


Also another Japanese indie band, Mothercoat. This vid's sick; it's almost better than the song itself. These days, I find myself getting influenced by MVs a lot more than before. If the MV is awesome, I'll listen to the song even if it is only mediocre. If the MV sucks, I'll probably not look for the song another day. It's a very modern method of marketing by bands, I believe.

Asian Flashbacks

Summer's here. Check out G-Dragon, one of my favourite Koreans.


Summer's here. Check out Vogue Nippon and their tasty editorials. Tasty meaning delicious to my eyes. Vogue Nippon produces the editorials that I end up referring back to for whatever the reason, unlike Vogue US which produces boring ones - usually.
Editorial's called, Just the Two of Us.








Frida Gustavsson in more Vogue Nippon editorial. Frida is so angelic that I'm sure that she was sent by God himself from heaven to share her beauty with the beautyless.








STREET SNAPS. The thing that really riles me up is the fact that even though I gave my all studying Japanese this past year, I forgot so much kanji that I can't even read anything much. I thought I'd be able to. FML.


MODEL LOVES: SHU PEI + LIU WEN (More Liu to be posted later)


DAZED AND CONFUSED JAPAN.. Thomas Penhouse shot by Ben Toms. Menswear is not my guilty pleasure, it is my very explicit pleasure. I think I enjoy reading GQ way more than NYLON. No offense to Nylon lovers, but I feel as if Nylon is the same issue reprinted every month. BO-ring.
PS. This male model, Penhouse, hurts me with his bony beauty. I love him. He makes the hard-cut suits look so delicate.



And on the way back from my friend's today (we played RockBand 2 + Mario + MarioKart ALL DAY LONG ..and ate like pigs, too) we talked about Slamdunk. This got me all pumped up for manga reading, so as soon as I entered my house, I super-glued my ass to my chair and read Bakuman to save yet another page featuring my 2D love, NIIZUMA EIJI !! LOVE THIS CHARACTER. He plays with toy figurines and is a genius, need I say more !?

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U N B E L I E V A B L E

So ladies and gents. I have somewhat successfully completed my first year of university without much dips.. well at least. The dreadful marks will unveil themselves on the 2nd of May. Until then, I shall leave my sanity in a sacred box under my desk and play to my heart's content. Har har.

Since I'm going out to hang out with Koreans today, I'd like to make this a long delayed Korean post. First let's start of with long time ago Karlie Kloss from W Korea, and then the uber cool editorial Abbey Lee did for Vogue Korea (this is my first editorial from anything Korea that I like). I'm also not caught up with new editorials or what not, so there might be some better Korean mag's editorials out there that I've not seen. STAY TUNED !! I'LL EDUCATE MYSELF SOON !! AHHAHA. PS. Abbey's such a natural; I love her to DEATH. GUGHGhghgjhgl.






Been getting tons of Korean music ! Including this funky new band that my friend introduced me to ! Their name is EE !! SO CUTE !! Apparently they are getting married this year; I think that they are perfect for each other. Another point to note would be that this woman is sort of psycho and she was sued for assaulting a concert-goer or sth like that !!??! So she's like a Korean Courtney Love. HOW EXCITING !! BAHHaa



Another band is my ultra favourite, Hot Potato. I posted Confession few posts ago, and this is the follow-up. Part two. This song's name is See-Saw. It's really sad. Because here, you find out that the guy is actually married and has kids.. and then the girl is in the hospital and she ends up dying. It's sort of a typical sappy music video story that Koreans like to use. But the atmosphere achieved through this short film is totally different, and it has a quirky sense of humour. When he fed her an apple, the girl says "Ohhh, so apples were delicious"
Man: "You sound like you never ate apples"
Girl: "Yeah, I didn't eat apples much"
Man: "Really? Apples are my favorite"
Girl: "...heh heh...I'm allergic to apples."
H E A R T W R E N C H I N G !


The QUEEN of KPop is back !! With a full new album, H-Logic, which is actually bringing her LOADS of lawsuits !! SEVEN SONGS WERE SUED FOR PLAGIARISM. And when I went and compared them.. wow. I was quite surprised how BLATANTLY similar they are !! DLAKG;AIDFJKLADHGADF. Shame on Hyo-ri's part imo. However, call this the Korean Lady GAGA or another one of GAGA's copycat, but it's still awesome and I can't get more of it. This song was not sued for plagiarism, but it still sounds like everything we've already heard anyhow. WATCH HER STRUT HER HOTNESS + CONFIDENCE TO THE MAX.
Lee Hyo-Ri's CHITTY CHITTY BANG BANG. (SEE ???!!? That title already wins my heart over.)


If that wasn't enough Korean overload.. Don't fret. There's more ! I recently started following Korean artists on Twitter. Some of them are actually from abroad, so they speak English well and tweets in English, too. It's nice. It's actually quite interesting to see what they talk about. Sometimes it's about Korea's current events and all that. But this is my favourite Korean celebrity's twitter page. I thought I was going to have a heartattack.. becauseeeee...


HIS BACKGROUND WAS ALSO STARS AND SPACE. I wanted to cry. LOOOLLL. PLUS he uses a BlackBerry ?!!?! I MEAN WHAT ARE THE CHANCES ?!!? LOL. I'm being sort of pathetic here, but just hear me out, okie ? Teehee.
But yes. Over and out. For now. :)

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Yes, I am Asian.
No, I was not into K-Pop.
In fact, I had no clue about Korean idols. Until. Few months ago, I started DJ-ing for UBC's Korean radio. Then I started to open my eyes. Now, I am a true Asian who somewhat religiously follows the K-Pop world.
Furthermore, my internet world revolves around Devon Aoki's TFS page. I can't move onto other sites. At the moment, my life.. it's a mess. Oh, yes, did someone say LIU WEN ?!!? Yeup.
So let's start right away !

Abracadabra by Brown Eyed Girls


devon in vogue nippon 2008
her frown is fierce than ever, her eyebrows are the most obnoxious brown, and she is so young. 2008 sure was a long time ago.








Liu Wen in V, Tokyo something something. I was bad at jotting down the editorial title, because this wasn't TOO exciting. Liu was trying some new poses out and stuff, I just don't think this is the image or look that she can excel at. Nice seeing her branching out and working with new stylists + photographers, though !!



Liu Wen in Bergdorf's Lookbook !! S T U N N I N G ~ ~ ~ !! ! !! !!!!
She gotta move her body and squint her eyes and open those lips slightly. That's what she's good at, and that's what the world wants.




Liu Wen in Alexander McQueen's Lookbook. Thinking about McQueen just brings a dark cloud over our heads automatically. His presence, ideas, and breathtaking designs will forever be missed. Liu delivers her best in his lookbook. this is why she is rising to the top. She is b o m b, a N U C L E A R B O M B !





Was that too much of gorgeous Asian models ? Should I add in Daul for kicks ? NAWWW. I'd rather show you my fangirl obsession over this Korean band CN Blue !! ! ! ! KYAA +0+ I find them so hot, its ridiculous. I actually went on google collecting their pics. Don't judge ! Just ..judge in yous heads. LOL.




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