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Catfish

2012-05-11T23:24:00.001-04:00

So I went downstairs to look up for water and my family was watching a movie on HBO. I didn't knew what movie it was but while I was using the printer I actually got to pay attention to it and asked the name it seemed interesting. I started laughing because of the situation of the moment cause some of us have been there.

The movie is named Catfish. It is about this guy that starts receiving paintings from a 8yr old girl named Abby. He ends up talking to the whole family and friends (Abby's family) via facebook. He gets to know Abby's older sister named Megan and he starts falling for Megan and keep a relationship over the internet since both live FAR away. I saw until that point and it got me all interested.

So I went upstairs to actually watch the rest. I don't know when it happen but he founds out some of the stuff Abby's family is sharing with him doesn't match so he starts tying knots. Then it gets a whole more interesting. I wont tell you anything else cause I would be a waste if you want to see the movie.

I found the movie really interesting and that is why I am writing this here. Even if it is fake or scripted (which I don't think it is but who knows cause there are some rumors about it) I actually don't care cause this things really happen. It wouldn't be the first or last. It also makes you think about what you share or post on the internet. Sometimes we share personal stories we people we don't even know just because we feel that we connected. There are many reasons to do so but still we should always be careful. I am grateful that most of the people I have met are good people that because real friends. Anyways watch it. You can find some info on the movie here and here.

Review: Alright and Slip Away

2012-05-05T10:11:00.000-04:00

So last night before going to bed I listened to Aziatix and Nell albums. Both are so great. Totally different moods YES. If you have not heard any of this groups before eyou should start paying attention to them cause you hare missing out on AWESOME well done REAL music with feelings and the compositions lyrics are amazing.

Aziatix's Awakening all in english so you wont have language barrier problem. Aziatix is an R&B group. Keeps you moving from songs 1-4 then you hit History it slows you down at a good pace and gives you a feeling that you have to let something go... then Lights pumps you up again. Flowsik is all over the place very strong on this album. For me is the center of it. Just like on the CD cover. Eddie Shin and Nicky Lee are complementing Flowsik aggressiveness and I like that a lot. This is the good thing from Aziatix they all have their skills and show them off well no one over powers it but on this album I think that Flowsik got to show off more.

Aziatix - Alright

Nell's Slip Away is another story. It is totally the contrary of Aziatix. Nell is a korean rock band (indie rock band). They set up a melodramatic mood from beginning to end of this 10 songs album. Therefore you should be ready for the emotional roller coaster. If you have listen to Nell before you will be ready. All the songs even when they are mostly in korean (there are only two songs in full english Beautiful Stranger and Losing Control) you will fall deep into the emotional hole they are digging for you during the whole album. But don't worry the fall wont hurt that much. Since it is in korean you should look up the songs translated to english so you can get a better idea of what they are singing about and understand the whole story behind each song.

넬(Nell) - Beautiful Stranger

Frankenweenie is ALIVE

2012-05-04T23:10:00.000-04:00

Went to the movie theater to se The Avengers... which by the way is the best super hero movie done to date. Before the movie started I was walking towards the ladies room when I saw this poster.

My heart was in shock. I couldn't believe it. I finally saw the poster for Tim Burton's Frankenweenie. You have no idea how many years this have been a project and now it is a reality. I actually posted about this on this blog back in 2007. So yes I was really really impressed with this. Frankenweenie is one of the Tim Burton's babies. It is a movie he shot over two decades ago. Back in 2007 when they announced that Tim Burton was going to make Alice in Wonderland they also informed about this movie but since I never heard/read about it again I believe it was all On Hold again.

Frankenweenie could become this generations The Nightmare Before Christmas since it they are using the stop motion as they also did for The Corpse Bride. The fan in me went actually crazy and I can't wait for the movie to be out and go to the movies and watch it. Still I have to wait. But for me it will be so worth it. I have high hopes for this movie even when people will say a lot of things I know that this will be GRAND. This movie means a lot to Tim since he have been waiting for ages to do this they way it should have been done on the beginning. At least October is just "around" the corner. I'm so looking forward to this. About freaking time this movie deserves attention and recognition.

The $119.9 Million Scream

2012-05-03T11:35:00.003-04:00

Edvard Munch's The Scream sells for record $119.9 million at Sotheby's auction. Starting bid price tag was $50 million. The bid lasted 12 minutes and it made history. This is the most expensive art piece in history and it is just 1 of the remaining 4 of the series. The owner said he would help build a museum and some other stuff on Norway so in the end it is all good. Read the full story here.

Still $119.9 million is like a lot of money and it makes you wonder Who the HELL bought the painting? If he/she can waste/spend that amount of money I am sure they can do a lot more for the Arts than buying and keeping safe masterpieces which is good but what is the use of keeping all this if the future generations wont even bother in knowing about them.

This have always been one of my favorites paintings and it made me happy to read this news cause there is still people that enjoy it no matter what the meaning or purpose of owning one of this is... I think it is great that people are still up to pay huge amounts of money. It also makes me wonder if the artist knew how much their pains and agonies of those days are worth it now. This artists most of them had like REALLY troubled lives and we are just here sitting enjoying their pain while we somehow relate to their suffering. We embrace that suffering when we go to the museum and try to figure out this kind of paintings.

Slip Away

2012-05-03T01:49:00.000-04:00

Slip Away is the 5th album of Nell. Nell is a Korean Indie group that I found out I don't even remember how but I am so grateful I did. I have posted about them before on the blog. Anyways they released this new album last month on April 12 I think. I downloaded the album but I didn't listen to the whole 10 songs until tonight. This group is very loved and cherished in Korea. They are back after a 4 years hiatus. This 5th album is a brand new masterpiece. A total roller coaster of emotions that I just get in and let everything go.

I found myself in love with at least 5 of the 10 songs but the whole album is awesome musically speaking. Sounds lyrics everything is on spot. As always Nell haves all this dramatic and sad effect and story to tell. They really know what it feels to be heartbroken and empty. All in a good way cause this is what works for them No cheesy songs just heart breaking and agonizing pain that will bring you down to your knees while crying and reflecting on your life. Sounds depressing I know but it is magically and gorgeously depressing. I am into all this stuff so yeah it hits me in all the right places.

It haves two songs in english Beautiful Stranger and Losing Control which are my favorites not because they are in english but because they are really good and meaningful. My other favorite songs are The day before (the video is awesome too), Standing on the rain and Slip Away which is the title song.

I totally recommend you that you buy this masterpiece of album. Do whatever you have to do but you SHOULD consider adding this to your music collection even when you don't understand the rest of the songs I am sure your heart will feel the whole album. If you want to know more about the group you should visit this page.

A seongmul from my Korean chingu.

2012-05-02T09:37:00.004-04:00

Yeah! I got the gift (seongmul 성물) from my friend (chingu 친구) in Korea. Her grandma sent me this as a gift. I was so surprised and happy. I originally planned on putting this photos on my wall but they are double sided photo cards. If I do that one of the sides will get totally ruined so there is NO way I'll continue with my plan. I will just put it on my the box with the rest of my KPop collectibles. They are all so pretty. I took a photo of both sides. This photos are from their second mini album IT B1A4 along with the magazines photos for ELLE Girl and Vogue Girl.

HighCut Magazine Korea

2012-05-01T21:10:00.002-04:00

My HighCut Magazine collection so far. Very happy about this. I'm looking forward to get more of this magazines. It is kind of insane to pay around 10$ dollars to have this when they are actually less than 1$ (500won) Still there is no other way to get them so Ebay will become your best friend. Why I buy them? Cause I like them. They photography is always awesome. The concepts are different and it up to date to what is going on on the fashion and styles some more provocative others conservative and fun.

The first one from left to right is from last year -April 2011- is a double sided issue on one side it haves Song Joong Ki (the guy with red shirt) and on the other side it haves Yoo Ah In (shown below... the guy stading on the side alone). The Second one is Yoo Ah In again with Hyuna from girl group 4Minute (April 2012) and the last one is G Dragon from boy group Big Bang (March 2012).

Yesterday

2012-05-01T08:16:00.000-04:00

The Day Before

2012-05-01T00:20:00.001-04:00

Been listening to Nell's new album Slip Away. Actually to this song from that album. I have the rest of the album but I haven't listen it completely. Shame on me. I know it is good I don't doubt that but I will give it a break this week. Below is the gorgeous video. Also the lyrics in english are on the video and well written below too. I hope you like it as much as I do.

[ENGLISH]

At first, it was really hard

I couldn't acknowledge it so it was torturous
But after I accepted it
Now it's just so sad
Actually, it's like this -
what use is it to hold onto something that is scattering?
Only the heart will hurt more
But I wonder,
what is the purpose of living like this?

At first, I hated you a lot
I cried a lot too
But after being like that for a while,
I wondered what in the world I was doing

Actually, it's like this -
what use is it to hold onto something that is scattering?
Only the heart will hurt more
But again I wonder,
what is the purpose of living like this?

I wonder if we're sometimes standing in the same memory
I wonder if sometimes, time has stopped for you too

How about this break up? Is it withstandable?
Was the pain a bit less since you were ready?

How about love? Is it doable again?
Actually, I'm like this -- I'm just afraid

This is all that I can say

Thinking hard about it alone, the words that let you go
It won't ever reach you -- the words that let you go.

[ROMANIZED]

cheoeumen manhido himdeureotji
injeonghal su eobseo goerowotji
hajiman badadeurigo nani,
ijen geuge neomu seulpeun geoji
sasireun geurae.
heuteo jineunde butjaba mwohae
maeumman deo apeuge
geunde ireoke sarajineun ge
eotteon uimiga itneun geonga sipginhae

cheoeumen wonmangdo manhi haetji.
ulgido cham manhi ureosseotji
geunde gyesog geureoke itda boni
ige mwohaneun jisinga sipeun geoji

sasireun geurae.
heuteo jineunde butjaba mwohae
maeumman deo apeuge
geunde ireoke sarajineun ge
tto eotteon uimiga itneun geonga sipginhae

gakkeumssigeun gateun gieog soge seoitneunji
neoui sigan yeogsi ttaeron meomchwo beorineunji

ibyeoreun eottae. gyeondyeojil manhae
junbihan mankeum eotteon apeumdo deol hae?

sarangeun eottae. dasi hal manhae
sasil nan geurae. geujeo duryeobgiman hae

This is all that I can say

honja doenoe eoboneun neol bonaeneun geu mal
neoegen dahji anheul neol bonaeneun geu mal

Hello!

2012-05-01T00:06:00.000-04:00

It's been a LONG time since I posted something here. I have been doing nothing yet I do not make the time to come here and post something. I am a bad blogger. I remember when I used to post around 4 posts a day. But that is now ancient history waiting to be discovered.

I don't read the newspaper. I don't watch TV either I only spend my days on the internet looking for random and not so important things that I think it is not even worth it to post here. Therefore I do not post anything here as you can see.

By this time last year I was living in US on the house of an uncle. I actually enjoy those days. Sigh. Anyways nothing to inform here. I still have my cat. I still love her to pieces. I am still in love with South Korea. I do not take photos that often like I used to. I don't draw anything. I do have some new friends that share the love for Korea and its music with me.

I will try to post a lot of the photos I have take with my new cellphone which OMG the photos come out so awesome it is quite impressive. I also have to brag about all the stuff I have been acquiring from Korea as magazines and stuff. I am still in love with B1A4 but also fell in love with other new groups that debuted this year. So I might add some info on that later. Not sure.

I think thats all for now and I will try to use my cellphone to post stuff since that is one of the main reasons why I wanted a new phone. Blah. See you around.

Yoo Ah In and Hyun Ah HighCut Magazine Vol.74

2012-04-23T20:56:00.000-04:00

Baked king crab dumplings.

2012-04-19T21:35:00.000-04:00

Had some friends over like two weeks ago and made this babies for them. Yes! I made baked kingcrab dumplings for my friends. I bought the kingcrab added some chives, chopped garlic, salt, black pepper, olive oil and 1 cream cheese (8 oz) for the mix or filling. Since my dad can't eat fried stuff and I wanted to give him some so he could taste them I baked a few before hands to see if the dumplings came out well. I have to say that it was WAY better than expected. Everyone in my house loved them and it is so easy to make. I will try to make more soon cause they really enjoyed them and they taste so good when you bake them. Tasty. I think that you should add a little of sesame oil. I should try that out and later eat them with some soy sauce. Oh yes that should be cool.

Nu'Est... Pledis boys.

2012-04-18T23:01:00.000-04:00

There is this new boygroup called Nu'Est (New Established Style and Tempo). It is composed by JR (leader), Aron, Baekho, Minhyun and fabulous Ren (maknae). My bias so far are Ren and Baekho and I totally ship BaekRen. Long story short they are Pledis boys which in good english means that Pledis Entertainment is their company. Their sunbaenim and mentors are the girls from After School.

They debuted the same day B1A4 made their comeback stage -that was april 15- I had the fortune of seen it so I think it was THE FIRST kpop group ever that I saw debut -even when I didn't knew at the time I believe they were just performing like any other day- Still it was awesome. I finally got to see them on stage dancing and singing. I am all in for Ren cause he can dance, sing and well he is too gorgeous to the point people believed he was a girl when they where presented to the public. I just say it is the style they just made him portray. They are all cute adorable guys but more with a more manly chic look ... then you see their clothing for the song I'm sorry and go like ouh this is different and flamboyant. Anyways they are stealing hearts left and right without compassion.

I will share their video that haves the English text below with you so hold on. After I watched their performance I had to have the album even when it only comes with 3 songs I'm Sorry, Face and Nu'Est. On April 18 I got on the mail the poster, album, photobook and JR photocard all that for 13$ including shipping. Yey! The song Face -the video below- talks about bullying so yeah that is cool... for those of you that think it is all pretty boys singing nonesense. The next video you will see is their debut stage. Which is the most important stage on the career of any group it is the first time you show what you got to the public and it will last a lifetime.

The B1A4 Ingnition Vol.1

2012-04-03T21:50:00.000-04:00

Yes it is here. Finally! The first full album of B1A4 after waiting so much it is finally here. I am so happy and excited. I can't even explain it. Perhaps I will later on when I can actually talk about this.

Year of the Dragon HighCut Magazine Vol.70

2012-03-19T08:40:00.000-04:00

So yes this is the second HighCut Magazine that I bought. It haves G Dragon from kpop boygroup BigBang. Yes I did bought the magazine because he is on the cover and inside but I really like the photos. Theya re so cool and his sense of fashion is always spot on. This one came out along with their comeback which was HUGE and expected by so many of their fans since last year they had a rough year. Anyways here are the photos. Enjoy.

Do you know South Korea?

2012-02-15T06:38:00.001-04:00

Do You Know South Korea? from David Dutton on Vimeo.

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.