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Out of this Galaxy...

2012-01-26T14:42:00.001-04:00

After three long years I finally got a new phone last week. I bought the Samsung Galaxy S2 Epic 4G Touch. Such a long name... anyways the phone is awesome. I have and iPod that I could't live with out it cause my actual phone the HTC Touch was to outdated for now days social and internet needs. It was great for two years ago but now days it is all about geo-tagging taking photos, sharing media and been all fast. I couldn't do that with my old phone.

Its been a week with it and I've to tell you that it was so worth it to spend the money on this. The camera is awesome it haves 8MP on the back and 2MP on the front also a blinding flash. The videos look so freaking awesome cause the resolution is pretty amazing. The widgets are all cool. It doesnt come with a all the kéyboards like the Apple but i already fixed that issue. The apps I actually have the ones I NEED. I can do video call via google. Already tried it with a friend and it worked. LOL!

The music I upload only the ones I want for now until I get a 32g card. I'm using my old 4g on it for now. Works like a charm. Still I am not even sure if I should get the card cause I want to use my iPod it only haves a year. I hardly ever touch the iPod now... I actually use it just for the music now and take pictures to upload to instagram cause I can do that from the Galaxy yet.

Other thing that I love is that everything is big on the screen the letters numbers and everything is so good to my eyes. I felt I was going blind with the HTC. Now I don't have that problem. The battery life lasts a lot too it is quite impressive. I also can put all my oppas on the screen on a slide show I also have my cat there... lol! Anyways overall it was a great buy. I know this isn''t a techy enough review but more a user review.

Unpacking: B1A4 First Photobook Special Private Edition

2012-01-26T13:15:00.000-04:00

Unpacking B1A4 mini albums.

2012-01-26T13:03:00.000-04:00

Happy Everything Gifts.

2012-01-10T00:00:00.001-04:00

My Birthday was last month but I got nothing. LOL! As you get older the gifts kind of stop getting real. So since I knew that I wouldn't get gifts I went to Ebay and got B1A4 mini albums and bought them. I got the Lets Fly which is their debut mini album and It's B1A4. Both have photo books included with the albums. They also come with one card each. I got Baro's signed card and JinYoung card. Yes! Still I wish it was Shinwoo card. but it is all good anyways.

On saturday the mail man left this BOX in my house and guess what....

Happy Birthday, Merry Christmas and Three Kings Day for me. I am still waiting for the B1A4 First Photo Book Private Special Edition that is on its way. You will know when it gets here. BELIEVE ME!

I have to say this its been a LONG time since I was this emotional about buying an album of any kind of music. So this is kind of big for me. I noticed a huge difference. This orders was around $35 US incluuding shipping. Both albums came with photobooks (around 100 pages) each the prices where awesome and yet I have to say or wonder why it is it that buying a CD over here is so expensive sometimes. I mean the whole thing was well designed collectors piece and most of this Kpop merchandise come this way. They give you a lot of stuff for a quite good price. Sometimes you have to pay a little more since you are not buying it on the actual page cause sometimes you just can't buy it there cause you are not from South Korea. But thats another story.

Anyways I am really happy that I got them I open both of them smelled them took this pictures and back to the box they went. this are collectibles so they wont see the sunlight or a cd player/computer EVER.

Hidden B1A4

2012-01-09T02:35:00.002-04:00

Here again with a new drawing. This one is about B1A4 (YES AGAIN). I was just bored took a few hours to draw then color etc.

Meaning... cause you might not understand... there are a lof of "hidden treasures" on this drawing. Banas might get most of them REAL Banas will understand each and every little detail of it. So there you. I had lots of fun doing it. I am tires and about to go to bed but wanted to upload this here.

Good Night!

Music in 2011

2012-01-07T01:44:00.000-04:00

I think that in all the years this blog have been open I never made a music list. So they say there is always a first time for everything and I think this is the situation with this post. I am gonna try and make a top 10 list of artists for this past year 2011.

Again I had some korean influence so yeah they will be included here but do not worry I shall add you a video with lyrics. Whatever. Yes there will be songs in english too... I think. Even if the song wasn't released this year it might make the list. If I found it this year it will make my 2011 list.

Side Note: I've to say this the 6 months I spent on US made me fall more in love with Korean music 'cause I didn't had access to my regular radio stations. Back in Florida they play mostly country music or I just don't like the way radio stations work there. I am used to the local radio stations and the US middle Florida stations both are very... very different. It was easier for me to check to check youtube or download Korean music and get used to it than listen to the radio stations there.

This where the most played on my iPod this past year. Open your mind and just enjoy the music.
Anyways lets get this started.

2NE1: I'm the Best // Ugly / but you should really listen to this version Ugly (acoustic)
Adele: Set Fire To the Rain // Someone Like You
Aziatix: Go (regular) // Go (acoustic) // Be with you // Nothing Compares to You
B1A4: Only One // OK // 못된 것만 배워서 (Only Learned the Bad Things)
Beast: 비가 오는 날엔 (On Rainy Days) // Virus // Fiction
Bruno Mars: It Will Rain
Girls Generation: Genie // The Boys
Jay Park: Don't Let Go // Abandoned
Super Junior: Monster // Andante
Urban Zakapa: Always Be Mine // Crush // 그날에 우리 (There’s Us)

Happy New Year 2012

2011-12-31T23:59:00.000-04:00

I am thankful for many things this year 2011

I’m still alive… even when sometimes feels like a burden there are days I am happy that I am alive…
I still have my family & friends.
I fell in love with South Korea, Kdramas, Kpop and the whole Hallyu Wave makes sense to me now.
I have discovered a new world and made new friends thanks to what I mentioned above.
I spent 6 months in US and discovered that no matter where you go even in the hardest day there is now place like HOME! I never got home sick but I did compared a lot of things and yes there is no place like HOME.
I’m thankful for you… yes you dear follower. Thank you for been here supporting and reading.
Last but not least. I am a happy BANA.

To you I wish the best this new year. That you get the enough strength to overcome all your hardships and make it to your goals. Lots of blessings and looking forward to what this new year brings for us.

Lots of blessing for you on this new year.

2012 Bring it ON! I am ready.

Words You Shouldn't Believe

2011-12-30T09:44:00.000-04:00

I am gonna leave this song here. If I ever go to South Korean... and this band 넬(Nell) is performing I would LOVE to see them play this song LIVE. It is quite amazing. The arrangements are so good. They even made a softer version on Lets Take a Walk you can listen to it here. I have to admit that I fell in love with them thanks to this version of the song. But overall they are really really good. The Trace is a 2 disc DVD from their concert Stay back in 2008.

넬(Nell) - 믿어선 안될 말(Words You Shouldn't Believe)

널 언제나 사랑해 난, ~ I'll always love you,
널 언제나 생각해 난, ~ I'll always think of you,
널 언제나 기억해 난, ~ I'll always remember you,
널 언제나 기다려 난, ~ I'll always wait for you,

널 언제나 기억해 난, ~ I'll always remember you,
널 언제나 기억해 난, ~ I'll always remember you,
난 영원히 기다려 널, ~ I'll wait for you forever,
난 영원히 지킬께 널, ~ I'll protect you forever,

거울속에 비친난 ~ My reflection in the mirror
더러워진 기간과 ~ The time that was sullied
투명한 그 눈물의 ~ That translucent tear
사이쯤에 있어 ~ Is in between
까맣게 타버린 난 ~ Me, who've been burned black
그어진 내 진실과 ~ My darkened truth
그만큼 더 아팠던 ~ The pain that hurt so much
믿음속에 있어 ~ It's in my beliefs

믿어선 안될말 ~ Words that shouldn't be believed
믿듬면 아픈말 ~ Words that hurt when believed
믿고 싶개지만 ~ You may want to believe
그래선 안될말... ~ Words that shouldn't be believed

The KPop Fandom

2011-12-28T00:34:00.000-04:00

I found this article related to KPop fandoms and I have to admit it should be called 101 or Intro to KPop Fandom. The 10 Reasons the autor talk about are all true. In the year that I have been engaged on this KPop relationship the only reason I have not experienced yet... but I am looking forward to at least see... is number 9 the fanchants. Other thing I would love to do as part of the kpop fandom is obviously attend one of any of my favorite groups concert to see and be part of this and this... then cry my heart out while doing it. About reason number 10 I have not experienced the "a member of a group leaves or a group splits up" -at least of a group that I cared about- but I did went thru the whole "my bia is going to the military for 2yrs" thing. It is so bad and dramatic. You have no idea.

It is true that you won't find this in any other fandom. There is not ONE like it. KPop takes all the awards of best and worst fandom. Believe me. Bitches be crazy sometimes.

Anyways I will just copy paste the whole thing here. Make sure you watch the videos so you can get a real idea of what they talk about. It can be see is something funny or something scary.

10 Reasons why the Kpop fandom is not like the rest.

by Victoria Huynh on Thursday, June 2, 2011 9:00PM

If you’ve just recently stepped into the Kpop world, then you’ve probably noticed the Kpop fandom is definitely not like the rest you see when it comes to American music. We are a different species compared to the teeny boppers out there, we’re special. There are a lot of us in this fandom and I’m sure we all got into it one way or another, whether it be by your friend showing you a picture of the hottest Korean guy in the world, hearing a Kpop song on a random website, or accidentally clicking on a Youtube video that changed your life forever. Here are my 10 reasons why being in the Kpop fandom is a unique world compared to the rest.

1.The first thing you might notice is that not everyone in the fandom is Korean. In fact, there are fan girls of almost every single race in the world. And no, not everyone understands Korean either. Some people ask why we listen to it even when we don’t understand it and think it’s weird, and here’s how we answer it: We shrug a little and say, “Because it sounds nice.” And this is why we love subtitles.

2. There’s a must-know key word in our dictionary that’s commonly used, it is the word Spazz. Fangirls in this world love to spazz. We like to discuss about our idols on forums, news portals, and just about anywhere we can. Spazzing can include screaming “Oh my god! Did you hear about…” a lot, flinging your arms around and jumping up and down while talking non-stop about your idol, nose bleeding, squealing, and having everyone around you think you’re crazy.

3. In the fandom, there are a lot of fan bases. We like to identify ourselves with names to represent our groups. Common ones are Cassies, VIPs, Shawols, Hottests, ELF, Sones, B2uty, and much, much more. However, names are not enough. Groups also have colors! I mean, how else are you going to represent yourself at a concert? Cassies are red, ELFs are sapphire blue, Sones are pink, and so on. Just make sure you pick the right color for your lightstick, balloon, and banner, and you’re all set for a concert!

4. When a group makes a comeback, a term that is also commonly used in Kpop even though they didn’t really go anywhere, fangirls are superior when it comes to finding out when a new teaser and music video will be released. We have a tendency to stay up until 3AM in the morning just to wait for it to be released. As you can tell, we are not patient enough to wait until the next day. And of course, when you’re done watching it, you’ll look like this:

And nope, we don’t just watch it once, we intend to kill the replay button.

5. When something big like that happens, beware because that’s when fangirls can pretty much crash and take over a lot of websites. We can hyperventilate and get super excited and all click on the same website at once to watch whatever new has been released or start trending something on Twitter. Oh, trust me, we can get something to trend #1 worldwide pretty quickly. We also have a habit of checking Kpop news sites every five minutes.

6. All the fans in the fandom are married, even if they’re underage, and no official ceremony took place, they’re still married. And better yet, they always have more than one husband. Many fan girls consider their favorite idols as their boyfriend, hubby, and absolute soulmate. If you ask a Kpopper “Who’s that guy on your desktop wallpaper,” most likely, the answer will be, “My husband.” The marriage may be fake, but the love for our idols is always true.

7. And when someone disses our idols, we automatically if not out-loud, then inside our mind, we go “OH NO YOU DID-INT.” *Z-Snap* If our idols get called gay or stupid, we’ll defend them with all our hearts. How many of you have ever said something along the lines of this? “WELL, just because some of them have long hair and flawless skin, IT DOES NOT MEAN THEY ARE GIRLS! In fact, I think you’re just jealous.”

8. If an item has our biases’ or group’s name on it we’ll buy it. We absolutely love any Kpop merchandise with our idols’ faces on it. Cds, posters, lanyards, tshirts, socks, you name it, we love it. And when the order comes in the mail, mail men probably are terrified of fan girls the most. Why? Because we like to scream, squeal, and attack the delivery person for our package.

9. Fanchants. Where do you find fanchants anywhere else besides Kpop? Nowhere. Fans take time to learn it, make sure it’s on beat, and they even take energy to shout them as loud as they can. Idols actually feel very touched when they hear them.

10. For us, the end of the world is not 2012, not Judgement day or any other ‘the world is going to blow up’ day. It’s more of when a member of a group leaves or a group splits up. That’s our definition of an apocalypse for you. Or even sometimes, when an idol announces he has a girlfriend. Kpop idols actually have the ability to make fans cry, whether it’s because of something tragic or because a group won Music Bank for the first time. No worries though, we all eventually move on at one point. An example of that would be Jay leaving Korea.

Even though Kpoppers can seem a bit crazy at times or maybe even too obsessed, it’s only because we truly love the music, hot guys, pretty girls, and the great fun Kpop has to offer.

Butterfly

2011-12-10T19:55:00.001-04:00

I just found this amazing video. The song is called Butterfly. The artist is G Dragon from KPop group Big Bang.

Even when it is kpop what I really like is the video. Animated video that just had me at the bigining. even when he is the one singing he isn't the important thing on the video is the girl and the issue that he is showing her a new world. Now what fascinates me is the that the video is pretty much a fantasy land alice in wonderland style mixed with modern stuff. You see a gorgeous flying phoenix then she is riding an unicorn. Ah too perfect too colorful the way I like it. Great music video. I can see this will be one of my all time favorites from the KPop industry just because of the animation. It is art.

B1A4 The Sprouts

2011-12-06T11:38:00.001-04:00

The whole group (B1A4) is cute. I am fangirling really bad with this dongsaengs. They have this Sprout Dance that is so awesome!. Such dorks. This have become their trademark dance. I tried to find a decent photo of them while doing the sprout pose but that did't happen. Still as a proud BANA... (name for their fandom) I tried to make a cool wallpaper.
Now here it is. I hope you Banas enjoy it. B1A4 Lets Fly! Please do watch the video. XD

You can download the 1280x800 wallpaper from here.

CNU B1A4 (wallpaper)

2011-12-05T18:55:00.001-04:00

Lately I've been inspired by this kid name CNU. He is only 20 and I find him so adorable and cute. The whole group (B1A4) is cute. I am fangirling really bad with this dongsaengs. Anyways saw this picture on the internet and loved it. As a proud BANA... (name for their fandom) I said omo shin dongwoo oppa looks awesome there I could make a wallpaper. Now here it is. I hope you Banas enjoy it. B1A4 Lets Fly!

Yes I even added the airplanes. A true Bana will understand this. Ne!

I did a series of drawings for example the ribbons, headers, the writing on the right with his name and the airplanes I drew all that then went to magical photoshop.
You can download the 1280x800 wallpaper from here.

2012 Calendar

2011-12-03T22:36:00.000-04:00

For a long time I've been trying to make a calendar. The other day I sat down and draw some stuff but couldn't do anything cause I didn't had the right stuff to do it (photoshop). Now that have been solved so here it is. 2012 single page calendar. I hope you guys like it.

Actually Puerto Rico doesn't have four seasons cause we only have hot, extremely hot or rain all day seasons. Since sometimes I long for all the seasons... I added all the seasons on the bottom. Yey!

Since all you know that I am on the South Korean trip I made available in English and English/Korean too. So go to the links provided and download them. They are HUGE it is not suppose to look bad. Also you see the link there reavel.tumblr.com is shorter than the one here so I will use that one and I will also post this there. In case you are wondering. ENJOY! comments are welcome and if you feel like donating well thanks in advance if you do.

B1A4 Ringtones

2011-12-02T19:27:00.001-04:00

Made 10 ringtones of B1A4. I know this isn’t something special and that you can make them yourselves but well I took a few songs and made them for me. I just felt like sharing them with the other BANAS. XD

Songs used where… Wonderful Tonight, My Love and Beautiful Target.
Download them here. I also posted this on my tumblr page here.

High Cut April 2011 (송중기 and (유아인)

2011-11-23T12:01:00.001-04:00

Last month I bought on ebay the April issue of the magazine/newspaper High Cut from South Korea. I bought because it haves interviews/photos of Song Joong Ki (송중기) and Yoo Ah In (유아인). They are actors/models from South Korea if you are wondering. They worked together on the drama Sungkyunkwan Scandal which is a great drama. They worked so well together that for me their characters stories and relationship surpass the story of the leading couple .

I am so happy that it just arrived. I opened it took cheeck it out and since it was all perfect i just took the pictures with the ipod and closed it again. No way I am opening that tube again. EVER!

Totally fan girling over this. Can't believe it.
Anyways I will post some photos but you can check the whole album here.

Snow White

2011-11-22T13:29:00.001-04:00

I love Snow White and the Wicked Queen.

List of Korean Movies

2011-11-20T12:02:00.001-04:00

List of Korean MoviesI have watched. / For the posters and links go here.
(√) To Watch

0-9
... Ing
100 Days with Mr. Arrogant
19 / Nineteenee
200 Pound Beauty
3 Iron
71 Into the Fire √

A
A Bittersweet Life √
A Brand New Life √
A Frozen Flower
Almost Love
A Millionaire's First Love
A Moment to Remember √
Antique Bakery
Attack on the PinUp Boys

B
Baby and I
Bleak Night √
Breathless

C
Changing Partners √
Come Closer
Come Rain, Come Shine
Cyrano Agency

D
Do Re Mi Fa So La Si Do √
Dream Affection

E

F
Finding Mr. Destiny
Five Sense of Eros
Fly High
Friends and Lovers / Lovers Concerto

G
Ghastly √
Green Chair

H
Heartbreak Library
Hello Ghost √
Hello My Love
Holy Daddy √
Hot for Teacher √

I
Il Mare √
I Love You √
I'm a Cyborg but thats OK
I Saw The Devil

J
Joint Security Area √
Just Friends?

K
Kiss Me, Kill Me

L
Le Samourai √
Little Black Dress
Love, In Between

M
Memories of Murder √
Moss √
Musa √
My Girl and I
My Girlfriend is an Agent
My Little Bride
My Love √
My Sassy Girl
My Tutor Friend

N
Natalie
No Regret

O
Old Boy

P
Petty Romance
Poongsang √
Postman to Heaven

Q

R
Ran √
Rashomon √
Ride Away
Romantic Island

S
Sad Movie √
S Diary
Seducing Mr. Perfect
See You After School
She is on Duty
Shotgun Love
Silmido √
Sin of a Family √
Sky and Ocean
Speedy Scandal
Spring, Summer, Fall, Winter... and Spring
Spy Girl √
Story of Wine
Suicide Forcast √
Sunny
Sympathy for Lady Vengeance
Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance √

T
Tae Guk Gi √
Take Care of my Cat
The Art of Seduction √
The Case of Itaewon Homicide
The Chaser
The Classic √
The Crucible
The Good, The Bad and The Weird
The Housemaid
The King and the Clown
The Man from Nowhere
The Naked Kitchen
The Secret Reunion

U

V
Villain and Widow

W
White: The Melody of the Curse
Windstruck √

X

Y
You are my pet √

Z

Dramas I Watched

2011-11-20T11:41:00.001-04:00

List of dramas I have watched. / For the posters and links go here.
Korean / (J) Japanese / (T) Taiwanese / (√) To Watch / ~~Wont Repeat EVER!~~

0-9
1st Shop Coffee Prince
18 vs 29
49 Days
9 Ends 2 Outs

A
A Love to Kill
~~A Man Called God~~
Athenas: Goddess of War
Attic Cat / Roof Top Cat

B
Baby Face Beauty
Bad Guy
Baker King Kim Tak Goo
Beethoven Virus
Boys Before Flowers
Brilliant Legacy

C
Can You Hear My Heart
Can't Lose √
City Hall
City Hunter
Coffee House
Crime Squad √

D
Deep Rooted Tree √
Devil Beside You (T)
Don Quixote (J)
Dream High

E

F
Flower Boy Ramyun Shop √
Fugitive: Plan B
Full House

G
God of Study/Master of Study
Gokusen 1, 2, 3 (J)
Gourmet

H
Hanazakari No Kimitachi E (J)
Harvest Villa
Heartstrings
Hello My Teacher
Hero
Hooray For Love √
Hyena

I
Iljimae
I Need Romance
Iris
IS Otoko Demo Onna Demo Nai Sei (J) √

J

K
Kimi Wa Petto (J)
Kurosagi (J)

L
Liar Game (J)
Lie to Me
Love Shuffle (J)

M
Manny
Marmalade Boy (T)
Mary Stayed Out All Night
Me Too, Flower √
Midas
~~Mrs. Ripley~~
My Girl
My Girl (J)
My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
My Lovely Sam Soon
My Princess
My Sweet Seoul

N
Nazotoki wa Dinner no Ato de (J) √
Nobuta Wo Produce (J)
Nodame Catabile (J) √

O
Oh My Lady!
Ojakgyo Brothers √
~~One Fine Day~~
Ouran High School Host Club (J)

P
Padam Padam √
Pradise Ranch
Pasta
Personal Preference
Playful Kiss
Poseidon √
Pride (J)
Prosecutor Princess
Protect The Boss

Q
Queen of the Housewives
Que Sera, Sera

R
Rebound (J)
Romance Town

S
Saikou no Jinsei no Owarikata (J) √
Scent of a Woman
Secret Garden
Soulmates
Spy Myung Wol
Star Falling From The Sky √
SungKyunKwan Scandal

T
The Devil
The Flower Shop Without Roses (J) √
The Greatest Love
The Man Who Can’t Get Married
The Musical √
The Princess Man √
The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry
Tokyo Friends (J)

U
...

V
Vampire Prosecutor √

W
Warrior Baek Dong Soo √

Watashi Ga Renai Dekinai Riyuu (J) √

What’s Up √
What's Up Fox?

X
...

Y
Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge (J)
You’re Beautiful Z Zenkai Girl (J)

Z
Zenkai Girl (J)

South Korea a Nation to Watch

2011-10-20T12:30:00.000-04:00

South Korea a Nation to Watch is a special from History Channel. I found it thanks somebody else on youtube. If you have no idea of why South Korea is getting all this attention lately you should watch it and you might learn a few things. I know I did. It made me like the country even more. I admire their nationalism and the way they work so hard together for the good of the country. They have been through a lot of things as nation.

I think the tagline they are using on History Channel website for this complete video says it all.

"See how South Korea transformed into the economic miracle, its place in Asia today, and why it is seen by many to be a nation at ‘the centre of the world’."

South Korea a Nation to Watch is 47min long. Since the whole thing is composed by 4 videos I made a playlist so you can watch them all in one place. I hope you enjoy it as I did.

Back Home.

2011-10-18T20:29:00.000-04:00

So Yes I am back home sooner than expected but quite ok about it. I was planning on getting here by December but well had to make a few changes. I am still quite tired from all walking I did the days before getting here. The luggage was overweight by only one pound. That was possible thanks to the fact that I left a few things back at my uncle's house. I spent six months on Florida and I didn't miss a lot of things besides my close family and close friends... the rest you can get it anywhere.

The best thing about all the time I spent there was that I got to know more abohut my family cause even when I see them like every year I have never spent so much time with them and I am very happy with that. Also I got to spend a lot of time with my goddaughter and even made the cupcakes for her birthday. That was really awesome. Everybody loved them. I felt like the best aunt ever.

Anyways... I finally got to see Sondag. I missed her. Still haven't given her a shower cause she had some knots on her fur but I might to do it on the weekend. It is all back to normal between us. I have to confess that I also miss Jack a lot and wish I could have him here with me. I miss him walking around me. Such a good dog. Sondag might get jealous if she saw us together. First thing I did was to fix my room cause it was full of cat hair all over.

I am still watching my Korean dramas and I am still listening my Korean music and I am still in love with South Korea. Before I got here I asked for requested a Korean Tourism guide and it should be here anytime soon. I hope. I have to get back on my hangul and romanization reading.

Have You Ever Been In Love?

2011-09-15T08:00:00.000-04:00

Searching on tumblr for new music as I always do. I found this other Korean Indie band called Standing Egg. They have been around since october of 2010 for what I found on the internet. The band is composed by three musicians -two are composers and one is a writer- Clover (Vocal, guitar), Han Kyul (Double bass), and Hana (Djembe). Their music goes from folk to reggae, punk to pop and even jazz with hints of bossa nova. Therefore you already know you are in for a nice smooth ride.

The song that caught my heart (and the one that everybody seems to love the most) was Have you ever been in love? The vocals and music score on this one is light to the ears but heavy on your soul as it carries you on a joy voyage of instant happiness of been in love even if you are not in love at the moment. Yes I think that describes it well. They also have covers of other artist but please do listen to their songs cause they have a lot to offer. You can find more about them including their videos on their Youtube, Facebook or on Twitter.

Other songs I enjoyed where Lalala and I'm not yours. So be sure to check them out. They are pretty loved, respected and admired back in Korea on the indie scene. I'm really happy that I keep finding great musicians besides all the Hallyu and KPop things that every body loves. By the way you will notice that this video below says "with Ra.D" Ra.D is another K-Indie/K-Pop artist but I am still tracking down his info. Heard a song but I don't have a lot to tell you about him YET!

사랑에 빠져본 적 있나요 (with Ra.D) Acoustic Ver. (Have you ever been in love?)

Now this other video is a cover of this same song Have you ever been in love? but done by Kang Seung Yoon (강승윤). He is a new trainee on YG (an entertainment company in Korea). He is only 17 and is still attending high school. After watching this video I have high hopes for the kid cause he haves talent. Yes that is him singing. I am sharing this video too cause I loved his cover. This video was made as an advertisement for a clothing company but hey it works well with the video. This people know how to do stuff.

Again.

2011-09-06T12:57:00.000-04:00

Did this last night. That is all.

Dream High.... SNSD Genie cover.

2011-08-18T10:21:00.037-04:00

I was watching Dream High a few weeks ago and for me the best part of all the series was when the kids did the cover of Girls' Generation Genie for the guy at the chicken place. Actually the song is a happy song. So it suites the occasion perfectly. The "kids" are all professional artists they all have singing careers either on boy/girl bands or as solo artists. Dream High is a Korean drama. The song is in Korean but you can watch the original video with subtitles in hangul/english/romanization here or read the lyrics to the song in romanization and english translation here. I'll give you a little back story on the why I find it cool.

..spoiler alert... if you have not seen Dream High...

On this scene the kids are singing a cover to Girls' Generation - 소원을 말해봐 (Tell me your wish/Genie) to the bald guy to make him feel better and happy. Why? He was sad cause he failed his lawyer test again after studying and making many other sacrifices like leaving his family and starving in order to have a better life. After he failed the test he jumps from the roof of a building trying to commit suicide. He even fails at that cause he lands on top of a car. After he goes back to his home town and stays there to helps his dad with the chicken restaurant. Giving up on his dream of becoming a lawyer. The tall guy is his best friend and he comes up with the idea to go to his friend home town to surprise him by singing a song he loves and makes him happy.

Now that you know the back story you might understand why I love this part and why he is crying and everything. You should watch the series if you can. It is nice.

I wanna go... there.

2011-08-17T10:04:00.000-04:00

I wanna go to South Korea is my personal blog for all things related to that same sentence. I divided everything with tags. I just gather up information on that page. Seems that people are really interested on it cause I even got some followers. So it is all good.

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Do you collect anything? If so, what is it?

2011-07-28T20:01:00.002-04:00

I collect many things along the years. Bottles, postcards, pins and many other things. I still have my kinder garden valentine cards and all the b-day cards given to me since i was born. If you ever sent me a letter on mail I probably have it too. :D Don't worry it is all organized, believe me.

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