Catchy K/Cpop songs

We're trying to come up with some songs for our fitness class aka torture chamber. Last year, she made us run two miles a day, and she hates slow people :P I'm azn, so I was destined to be hated by her. Well whatever. We're going to make the class more interesting by creating a CD of catchy Asian songs to play during fitness. So far, I have this:

I'm back by Danson tang
Last farewell bybig bang
Heaven by ft island
Gara gara go by big bang
A boy by g dragon
Heartbreaker by g dragon
bad girl good girl by miss a
chitty chitty bang bang by lee hyori
rainbows by alice nine
vi vi vi by sug
39galaxyz by sug
lachata
no other
wrong number by dbsk
shadow jump by hey say jump
t express by xing
wan ku-will pan
sorry sorry
lucifer-shinee
gee-snsd?
lollipop pt 2
abracadabra-brown eyed girls
love ya-ss501
haru haru
killer-jj lin

I've never actually heard of like half of it, since I don't have any girl bands/artists on my iPod. And I don't listen to disbanded groups. That part is all Julia. Oh and she also had

Super girl by suju m
Hallelujah by big bang
Beautiful hangover by big bang

I just think the lyrics are sort of weird for a Caucasian audience. We suffer enough Asian jokes already, no need for more. Last year, I went through an entire year in Spanish of this guy trying to say "wo shi ni de super girl" or something like that. It was something out of S.H.E and I have no idea where he got it from. The point is, it was annoying. If it wasn't for that issue, I would add Ring Ding Dong and Bingeul Bingeul. They're just catchy and perfect for running.

I also wish I could add some more cpop to make it even out, but cpop songs tend to be slower and not as catchy. They're more about the lyrics and in some cases, the instrumental aspect of the song [eg. Jay Chou], while kpop relies more on the catchiness of the song. So much of it is autotuned these days. Even Big Bang :[ So for cpop, I wanna add Disparate-Wei Chen, Grandness Equal to Heaven-Top Combine, Wo Bu Shuai-Yu Haoming [PS the new "Meteor Shower" has more than half the episodes out already!], and Tuxedo by this new three-guy band called Tuxedo [yeah I know, creative title right?]. They're kind of like HIT-5, who debuted, disappeared, and made a comeback. Sort of. I think two of them are twinkies and one was raised in Germany. Like 3/4 of their song is in English haha. At least I can understand it better.

Two things

One: That landslide in China? Pretty bad. I heard the death toll's higher than the earthquake, but I'm not sure which earthquake. I would assume it's the Qinghai back in April since it's the most recent, larger one to compare with. I really wanna help but they only accept cash and I would prefer to send clothing or canned goods or something. I'm in high school, my cash isn't very accessible. Not a good year for China disaster-wise. First the earthquake, then floods, now the landslide. Ouch.

Two: O.K. so WongFu Productions and some other Youtubers started this ISA (International Secret Agents) Concert thing back in 2008 and it's gotten quite big. This year, they've got Poreotics and Jay Park. I thought it was just a Youtube thing, but wow Jay Park's gonna be there. It's a great way to get more people to learn about Asian media, or at least realize it exists. Now I wish I'd gotten tickets.

I lied, one more. This is kinda trivial but I thought it was pretty cool. I was getting my hair cut today and I saw this photo of Kenny from Top Combine above the mirror. I always thought that photo looked familiar.. It's a bit strange though, since my hairdresser is Korean and I didn't think Top Combine is popular in Korea.

He's pretty, isn't he? ^^

Heechul and Zhou Mi to star in chinese drama

I have no idea when it airs but I can't wait to see "Melody of Youth" (青春旋律). I've never seen a Kim Heechul drama but I bet he's a good actor. Kind of a drama queen isn't he? This one's in Chinese though so it'll be interesting to see if he's got a knack for picking up languages. I wonder how good of an actor Zhou Mi is.

Heechul (Shen Tai 申泰) plays a 24-year old gamer who is invited from Korea to participate in a video game contest. My Chinese isn't very good but I think the Baidu page says that Heechul discovers that he actually isn't just a Korean farmer's boy, he is the successor of the biggest agricultural company in Korea. How very Asian drama. The pauper finds out that he's rich and gets the girl. Possibly. Then there's Zhou Mi (Gao Da 高达). He comes from a rich family but wants to make his own imprint on this world, without using family connections. He starts his own business and hits a wall. Well, many walls. Gao Da just isn't very good a running a business. Rich boy leaves family and sees the real world. Again, very Asian drama. So to wrap up, air soon!!

Zhou Mi, Heechul at Melody of Youth press conference. 8/9/10

Image/Info: Baidu

Headless chickens

I'm pissed. It's midnight and I can't sleep. I moved over a month ago and I still have no bed frame. Actually, my room consists of a mattress and a lamp. Yeah that's sad. This past month, I've learned that I should just make my own furniture. Furniture stores are so unreliable. I wonder if I can sue them. And I know this isn't really Asian related but I just need to rant. Plus, it just hit me that school starts in like a week and something and I've been so much of a couch potato that I've had nightmares of my P.E. teacher chasing after me screaming at me for being such a lazy bum. I'm so going to fail fitness testing.

Ok this is Asian related. 1) Guo Jingming is gay? He's so pretty! I've always thought it was kind of a waste that he's not an actor or singer. I guess it wouldn't surprise me if it was revealed that he is gay [has it been confirmed by any chance?]. His books are written in a chao romantic Asian drama way, something only romance-obsessed girls would watch. Or people getting in touch with their inner Asian, like me. If you've seen or read Summer's Desire, it's like that, but personally I think it's 5 times more dramatic. Not to say they're bad or anything. His books quite-well written, and it means a lot coming from me, a person who only understands every other word. --I think I lost my point.. Moving on. 2) That completely fake Chinese travel show that SJM is on that I mentioned earlier? Called Korean Impression btw. Turns out it's hosted by Zhou Mi. I saw like 5 min of it and it's aiight. Zhou Mi's a good host. Figures, since it was his major. I think they should cut out the girl though. She's more like a crazed fangirl than a host. They should get Xie Na. She has a way of making everything interesting.

SJM

You know SJM still exists? I thought after Hangeng left it sort of fell apart or something but it's still there. They're doing some totally scripted Chinese show where they introduce different cultures and stuff. And they're on the new Semir posters. I can't believe after what SM did to Hangeng ta men hai you lian zai zhong guo zuo advertisements. Not that I want SJM to vanish, I just hope SM learned their lesson. After all, Super Junior isn't the first group to make a huge fuss over the contracts.

I recently googled "Henry Lau" cuz I was wondering what happened to him after the whole Hangeng fiasco and apparently he's currently studying at Berkelee [no it's not a typo it's a music school in Boston]. Speaking of the Hangeng fiasco, why was Hangeng the only SuJu person who left SME? I heard five other SJ's sued too. What happened to them? I wonder who the leader is now. Oh, and it'd be cool to see Henry on one of Peter Chao's videos. When SJM's new album comes out [which will be soon, hopefully] they can promote it on PChao's vids. Kevjumba, Nigahiga too. Aznn kids got tuu stick tuugedahh eh? Just a thought ^^ Wan an, sweet dreams, etc.

All Kinds of New stuff for Me to Comment on :D

So summer is when all of those South Korean freaks start releasing stuff (note the difference between South and North Korean freaks (^_^)V). Anyways, there are tons of sucky new bands, like Sistar, Infinity, and D-Na... From what they sound like now, their only excuse is that they're newbies. I really hope they improve because I'm running out of new asian songs to listen to -_-

Se7en came out with a new album, for starters. After his fans waited a couple of years since his last release anyways... Frankly, I don't think the songs are that good because the sirens in the background of Better Together annoy the crap out of me. And Digital Bounce is.... "special" although TOP from Big Bang features :D

Better Together


Big Bang came out with a new song called Tell Me Goodbye :D and Taeyang and Top both released some solo songs. Also, it's been announced that Big Bang will come out with a new song on August 25. YAY XD

Tell Me Goodbye


Turn It Up (TOP)


I Need a Girl (Taeyang)


That's it for now since if I commented on every MV released this summer it'd be waaay too long... Bye (^_^)/

~Julia (got tired of sherry making all the posts ;D)

Doraemon FTW

I have this recent obsession with Happy Camp, this Chinese variety show. I've been trying to watch all the episodes and when Top Combine guested on it, the Happy Camp hosts did a surprise sanitation check on their dorms. It was revealed that Caesar is a bit of a neat freak and reads cookbooks before bed every night. And then it gets stranger. When they got to Kenny's room he was... well kinda weird to be honest. He had Doraemon pjs and his bed was Doraemon colored and he had a special section for his millions of Doraemon toys. Who would've known he was such a Doraemon fan.

Yeah that's Jay Chou on my browser bar. XD

Peace.

Usher and cpop sensations

It pays to live in China. Even though you might lose pretty much your entire childhood to the pressures of school, it's still worth it to live in China just to see Usher AND Jay Chou AND Wang Leehom AND Will Pan AND Han Geng on the same stage. I'm not sure if they're all going to be there but fans are showing their support for their Asian idols on Usher's site. Usher is making his debut in China on July 11 at Beijing's Wukesong Arena. I really need to find a way to get there and get tickets in 9 days. Argh.
Speaking of Wang Leehom, what the heck happened to him? I guess he's more into the film industry now, with Da Bing Xiao Jiang costarring Jackie Chan last year and Lian Ai Tong Gao this year (self-directed). And if Baidu is right, then he hasn't had a concert since February and his next one is in September. Plus, his last album was two years ago. Maybe he's busy working on a new album. Please, please have a new album out soon. I hope he didn't decide to move back to New York and disappear from the world of Asian media.

A-Dramas

I've been through quite a few Asian dramas lately, trying to find some good, shorter mainland idol dramas because they definitely exist. There are tons of people in China, someone has to film a good, short drama. Anyways, I don't really finish most of the dramas I watch. They get too long so I usually quit about halfway through. So yeah, I have yet to finish the following:

Oh! My Lady
Haha this is a pretty hilarious drama. Choi Siwon's not too bad of an actor for a singer. But I think it could move a little bit faster, sometimes it just feels like it's dragging and dramas are long enough as it is. Out of all the actors, I have to say Siwon's "daughter", Ye Eun, is my favorite. She's so cute ^^

Black and White
I think the title fits the drama well. Two cops, different as black and white. They dress like it too. First time watching a Vic Zhou drama, and I think he's a really good actor. He plays an absolute playboy, and I thought this was just his typical role, like how Wu Chun usually plays the strong, silent type or whatever, but apparently this is different? I just saw it on the video comment and I guess Vic doesn't really do the playboy type. He totally got me though. This drama has a lot of new actors, like Mark Chao and Ivy Chen. Mark Chao's completely new, this is his first drama. Ivy Chen is new to dramas I think, because I saw her in Hear Me (which is one of the best non-action movies I have ever seen, but then again I haven't seen a lot of non-action movies.) And then they have Kingone, who plays a druggie. It was totally believable though. The drama can be confusing at times, especially since I'm watching without eng subs. Halfway through Black&White, let's see if I actually finish this one.

Let's Watch Meteor Shower!

Lol @ Zhu Zixiao. He's like my favorite actor ever.

The first and only mainland drama I have ever watched. Well I'm not sure. Does Huan Zhu Ge Ge count as a drama? The title really doesn't sound as stupid in Chinese. It's basically just Boys Over Flowers-Chinese version. China has remade a few Korean dramas, it's about time for vice versa to happen don't you think? And it is. 甜蜜蜜-Korean version was supposed to star Park Yong Ha, then he committed suicide a few days ago. Anyways, I'm pretty excited that they're making Meteor Shower 2, I just hope it's good. Sequels tend to get boring, and C-dramas are already kinda long. Duan Mulei's hair looks better in the second one, in my opinion. I just have something against a guy with hair as long as a girl's shortcut, with the exception of Xiao Wu. His ponytail was cute (teehee).

I heard they're remaking Huan Zhu Ge Ge as well. It's 30 episodes, which sounds like a lot but is actually a ton shorter than the old ones. I wish they were using the same actors, but I guess look alikes will have to do. Loved Zhao Wei.

Image sources: Baidu Forums

Bing tang hu lu

Mmm yumm. I loved this stuff when I lived in Beijing,
and they were really common too. A lot of vendors wander around selling them. It's basically just a candied fruits kebab, traditionally hawthorn (shan zha), that's really popular in northern China. Anyways, so I went back last year and spent two days searching for them, only to be informed that they weren't sold on the streets anymore in the summer because it's too hot and they were melting or something. :( They do sell them in stores though, but it's just not the same. Look how delicious it looks in all of its unpackaged glory. And then compare it to the processed ones. They added a whole bunch of sugar and whatnot.