Personal Taste!

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Personal Taste(also known as Personal Preference) is a drama that brings the hottest issues among women these days. Especially the main character, Jin Ho Jun (acted by Min Ho Lee, biggest rising actor) attracted lots and lots of fans. This drama is a drama about a middle aged woman (Gae In Park, acted by Ye Jin Son)who is too kind and naive and a guy who is very cold and ambitious. In the beginning the woman thinks that the guy is gay. Even though he is not, the guy pretends to be because of a special reason. However, the woman becomes to like him and struggles a lot because she thinks he's a gay man.

This is the trailer!

Ye Jin Son:

http://bonitasia.blogspot.com/2009/04/son-ye-jin.html

Min Ho Lee:

http://keryn-pink-paradise.blogspot.com/2010/03/personal-taste.html

This drama caught my attention because my favorite actress, Ye Jin Son is starring as the main character. She's one of Korea's most famous actresses! Min Ho Lee, who is starring as the other main character, is the biggest rising actor in Korea right now. He made a huge break out from the very famous drama, Boys Over Flowers. He attracts many fans in Korea with his handsome face and his height. Koreans are obsessed with height, including my parents, so being tall in this country is a very very good. Fortunately, Min Ho Lee's height is 187cm or about 6.1 feet. I actually hateMd Min Ho Lee when I watched Boys Over Flowers but I became a huge fan after watching a few episodes of Personal Taste.

My favorite scene from Personal Taste! I hope you enjoy!

Best Boy Band in Aisa, TVXQ!!!

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TVXQ is a very famous Korean boy band consisting five very talented members. The five members are: Junsoo, Yunho, Yuchun, Jaejoong, and Changmin. TVXQ made their debut in Korea in 2004 with their song, "Hug". They're very well known for their handsome looks and good singing and dancing skills. Unlike other idol groups in Korea, all the member of TVXQ are all very skilled dancers and singers. TVXQ is not only famous in Korea, but also very famous in Japan with the name, Tohoshinki. They have many fans all over Asia, especially in Korea and Japan. Even though all of the members are Korean, they're all very fluent in Japanese.
Few famous songs of TVXQ:
1. どうして君を好きになってしまったんだろう？ (why did I fall in love with you? )

2. Wrong Number

3. Love in the Ice + Mirotic



I love TVXQ!

"Soul" Couple

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Kim Bum and Kim So Eun are known as the "soul" couple to fans of the drama, Boys Over Flower in Korea. I'm also a big fan of Boys Over Flower and I really love this couple. They were really cute couples in the drama and many fans that support them created this name. They got this nickname from putting the names of their role together. So comes from So Yi Jung, which was Kim Bum's name in the drama, and Eul comes from Choo Ga Eul, which was Kim So Eun's name in the drama. Soul is actually So Eul, but since it sounds similar, they created the nickname "soul". They gained so many fans during the drama that they even filmed a commercial together after the drama. Even though they became very famous stars individually, their value gets higher as a couple.

Don't they look just so good together? They both very pretty and handsome! Many fans wanted them to go out in real life and they actually had a scandal because they were wearing similar looking rings, and everyone thought that it was their couple ring. I think this scandal was sort of made up by the fans who really loved this couple. I was one of the people who wished they would go out for real, but I don't think that's going to happen.

This is the commercial of the "soul" couple!


Best scenes of soul couple selected by me from Boys Over Flower!
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They're such a cute couple! I wish I could see them together again in a drama or a movie.

Yamashita Tomohisa

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Profile:
Name: Yamashita Tomohisa
Occupation: Singer, Actor
Born: April 9th, 1985
Height/Weight: 175cm, 64kg
Group: NewS
Entertainment Company: Johnny's Entertainment
Graduated: Meiji University
Debut: 1996 Johnny's Junior
Award: 2006, 9th Nikkan Sports Drama Grand Prize the best actor award

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Yamashita Tomohisa's nickname is Yamapi. The Pi stands for the color pink and it was made while he was a Johny's Junior. You might be wondering what a Johnny's Junior is. Johnny's Entertainment has many talented and good looking boys that are wishing to debut. Before they can debut as a singer, they're all Johnny's Juniors. Johnny's Juniors are all boys who're getting ready to make their debut. While they're a Johnny's Junior, they form small, unofficial groups called "units" and play small roles in dramas. By doing this, they're trained and getting experience in many areas, which helps them when they make their official debut. However, not all Johnny's Juniors get to debut, only a few, most talented boys get to make their debut. Yamapi is very well known for his good looks all over Asia. In Korea, he's one of the most well known Japanese actor because he looks very similar to Kim Hyun Joong, a member of a very famous boy band, SS501.

Yamapi is very famous for his great acting in Japan. Almost all of his dramas were successful and he's called the next Kimura Takuya, who is a legendary Japanese idol, a member of SMAP. Since he's still fairly young, lots people have very high expectations on him. He has the perfect looks and the skills to become the next no.1 top star in Japan. I've watched many of his dramas: Nobuta wo Produce, Code Blue 1&2, Dragon Zakura, Buzzer Beat, and so on. His dramas are really great! I love Yamapi!

我爱人民币！I Love Renminbi!

Today, I want to share a very creative/funny song with you. This song was created in China and it's about how they should use a lot of Renminbi (Chinese money, picture below). This song was introduced to me by my Chinese teacher and I thought it was really funny and cool, so I wanted to share it with everyone!

First, let's listen to the song!

我爱人民币！

Lyrics
*** wǒ rè ài xué xí jiān chí duàn liàn shēn tǐ

　　wǒ gōng zuò nǔ lì gǎo huó shì chǎng jīng jì

　　wǒ rèn wéi zuàn qián shì yī zhǒng lè qù

　　zhī yào qǔ zhī yǒu dào tiān jīng dì yì

[　**　wǒ xǐ huān shopping bǎo chí yú kuài xīn qíng

　　wǒ kù ài lǚ xíng zhōu yóu shì jiè gè dì

　　wǒ jué dé huā qián shì yī zhǒng cì jī

　　zhī yào liàng tǐ cái yī hé qíng hé lǐ ]

[　*　wǒ tǎo yàn dollar(duò luò ) bù xǐ huān lú bǐ

　　bù lùn zǒu dào nǎ lǐ dōu yòng rén mín bì

　　wǒ ài rén mín bì méi yǒu shāng liàng de yú dì

　　jiān tǐng de rén mín bì wǒ ài tā dào dǐ ]
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　　wǒ tǎo yàn huì lǜ bù xǐ huān suàn jì

　　bù lùn zǒu dào nǎ lǐ dōu yòng rén mín bì

　　wǒ ài rén mín bì wú xū rèn hé de dào lǐ

　　wěi dà de rén mín bì chuàng zào zhe qí jì

　　yī zhāng liǎng zhāng sān zhāng sì zhāng

　　wǔ zhāng liù zhāng qī zhāng bā zhāng rén mín bì

　　wǒ cún le bàn nián de jī xù

　　hěn xià xīn yǎo zhe yá mǎi le suí shēn tīng

　　tīng jiàn mǒu nán hé mǒu nǚ lā mái tiān chuāng de xiāo xī

　　hé rú qǐng kè sòng lǐ chéng le shì jiè nán tí

　　huǎng hū zhōng zǒu jìn mǒu mǒu diàn qì

　　(tóng zhì ) nín zhè mài bù mài qǔ kuǎn jī

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I really like the animation that's shown with the song. I think it's really cute! Don't you? I think this is a really creative song and video and it has a deep meaning. Using Renminbi will make China's economy better and the composer of this song tried to send a message in a very creative way. I really like this song!

My Favorite Actresses in Korea and Japan!

Korea
1. Ye Jin Son
I really like how she has a pure and cute image. I really love her eyes when she smiles. If you're interested in her, you should watch her recent drama, Personal Taste. I really recommend this drama because it's really funny!

2. Ji Won Ha
She became famous all around Korea with the drama, The Bali Story. This drama actually created many famous star actors, such as: Ji sub So and In Sung Cho.

3. Se Kyung Shin
Se Kyung Shin is a rising young actress in Korea. She just turned twenty years-old this year. She recently starred in a really famous television show, High Kick Through the Rooftop. She made her debut in a music video of a legendary Korean pop singer, Taiji Seo in 1998.

Japan
1. Erika Toda
I really like Erika because she has a really pretty face, she's very good at acting, and she seems to have a very good personality. Compared to most Japanese women, her voice is low and husky voice. I think this makes her really unique actress in Japan.

2. Keiko Kitagawa
I think Keiko is the prettiest actress in Japan. I first saw her in a drama, Buzzer Beat and she was just gorgeous. Her long hair, big eyes, and small face made her look like a well made Barbie doll. She made her debut as a model of a magazine and slowly moved on to become an actress. Although she is not very good at acting yet, I think she has a lot of potential of becoming the number one actress in Japan soon. I'll be supporting her until then!

3. Yuko Takeuchi
Takeuch Yuko is actually not very young; she turned thirty years-old this year! However, she is still gorgeous. She is very famous for the movie Be With You.

Do You Like Classical Music?

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If your answer to the question is yes, this will be a perfect drama for you. Even though you hate classical music, I recommend you to watch it because my perspective on classical music changed after watching this drama. This drama that I'm talking about is "Nodame Cantabille". This was originally written as a comic by a Japanese author due to it's popularity, it was made into a drama in 2006.

Synopsis: This drama is basically about a girl named Noda Megumi and a guy named Chiaki Shinichi who attends to a same university. Noda Megumi (Nodame) is a genius in playing piano but refuses to learn music theories. She wants to enjoy and learn music with her ears instead of reading the complicated scores and getting stressed while playing piano. She is a very cute, unique, and messy character. On the other hand, Chiaki Shinichi is a guy who seems to be perfect who secretly dreams of becoming a conductor. Even though Chiaki has all the talents, he has a bad memory about airplanes while he was young which makes him trapped in Japan. Which doesn't help him improve. Noda becomes to like Chiaki and because of him, Noda enters a piano competition which makes her improve tremendously.

I really like this drama because it has great amount of humor. The events that Noda and Chiaki go through and their relationship is very cute and funny. The video below is my favorite scene from Nodame Cantabile. It's Chiaki's debut as a conductor and it gave me goose bumps. I think this drama makes classical music entertaining. I actually thought classical music was boring but after watching this drama, classical music was more familiar and fun for me! I think it's a great drama!



This drama was a big hit in Japan and a movie version was released just a few months ago. I didn't watch it yet, but I'm looking forward to it!