Wednesday, June 30, 2010

sad day... on park yong ha

i'm probably amongst the last to post this news.

i suppose you gals have read about
THE PASSING OF PARK YONG HA?



sad, isn't it? he's only 32, 33... lots of good happy years ahead of him. no matter if the situation is bad for him now, he's at an age he's young enough to turn it around. why...? why resort to this?

i guess no one will really know what really went through his head during the final moments.

seems like he was already suffering from bouts of depression. yet on good days, he seemed happy enough, cheery enough. though it took him some years to break into the industry and make himself known with the second male lead's role in WLS, he did manage to maintain a certain level of popularity, although more so in japan than korea.

but that said, he was quite good in dramas such as On Air. and with the recent news about him starring in the remake of Tian-Mi-Mi with YEH, i was soooo... looking forward to it.

some said he was never really able to cope well with the stress of a celeb's life, despite the fact that his father's a 'famous' and experienced manager of an ex-actor. and some said it may be financial woes... since he did suffered some when the agency he'd set up some years ago to let his father run failed and folded two years ago. but mostly, people are saying it's filial piety driving him to this. his dad, whom he's extremely close to, suffers from cancer... sighs, it's a sad story.

i know many kpop fans have questioned why on earth he's chosen to end his life instead of staying on to take care of his parents when he said he loved his parents so much. but hey, we ain't him, and most of us do not know what it's like to have depression. and i'm not sure if he's receiving treatment for it.

i know he had close friends in the business, peeps like SSH, SJS and KSW(?) and i also recently found out he's close to jaejoong (of DBSK) and also
MAKNAE KIM HYUNG JUN (of SS501). the picture of SJS crying at the wake was heartbreaking.

but but but i did hear about wuri yong joon going to the salon earlier tonight, and yea, as predicted by many bae-fans, he showed up at park yong ha's wake. i feel almost apologetic that we have to see his 'public appearance' under these sad circumstances, but the bae-blogger in me just have to post these pics.







can see he's had a shorter hairdo now, and it's natural and straight.

i like.

i hate those ajumma curls the most.



here are some of the celebs who were there at the wake today.



and... although i know it's quite hard to expect that this would be the last of suicidal cases coming from the korean showbiz, i seriously hope the artists would be mentally strong. remember how i had blogged about how we should all
LOVE OURSELVES, AND LOVE LIFE?

please... try to tell yourself that the sad, sorry moments are just that, moments. they will pass. the trick is to just grin and bear it.

and if you see anyone around you suspected of suffering from depression, do try and lend him or her a helping hand. it can kill.


ps. you can also click HERE to read more about park yong ha's suicide.

Saturday, June 26, 2010

YJ met my leader on 24th!

aigOo.... leader's only back in seoul early thursday morning and he's already gone to meet my YJ in the evening...?!!

the two are really
THAT close...? or (dare i hope...?) something's really brewing...?

with the news of
lee hyori leaving Mnet and joining B2M Entertainment (which is rumored to be started by ex-DSP director, ex-DSP managers... & even one ex-SM staff....?) there're also rumors about leader (and two of the boys?) joining B2M... (then again, there're also loads of other rumours about this issue....)

for now, i suggest reading everything with HUGE pinches of salt and do not worry, do not cry, do not fret just trust that he'll do whatever makes most sense to him, okie?

it's his life, and no one knows better what he wants and what he wants to do. also, even if he makes a mistake, or even if he makes a decision that you don't like, please do not ever forget that it's HIS life, not yours, so it's a corollary fact that it's
HIS decision, not yours. he's fully free and entitled to live his life the way he wants it, and to make his own decisions. we are not him, and we do not know what he wants, or what constraints or what-nots he may be facing, or what considerations he has in his mind, and also what options are open to him. just be with him, be there for him, and DO NOT TRY TO BE HIM, k?

i'm kindda abit tired of how fans over-react to the contract issues...


source SODASU103's blog 2010.06.24
reposted from BYJ FAN SUEHAN's blog

Miel in Cheongdamdong
2010/06/24/23:00




(omitted)

Every time you go to Miel, you run into celebrities. Everyone acts like they aren't paying attention, but they all look. Even I looked too. We all steal looks. Hehehe... That's why Miel is a fun place.

Today, someone we saw was Kim Hyun Joong. He is tall and good looking, and you can tell right away when you see him. Everyone looks at him quietly. He mustn't like it. Everyone starts grabbing their cellphones. I sent a text message to my friend Bokii.

(Everyone must have sent messages like me, right?
"I'm in Miel right now and Kim Hyun Joong is here. He is good looking."

(Reply right away...
"You must be happy that he's good looking.")

After texting back and forth a couple of times, our interest disappeared. And we get deep into our own conversations.

I get a weird feeling from the table next to me. They're Japanese women. They look over at Kim Hyun Joong over and over again.
"Wow, Kim Hyun Joong is very popular," I thought.

After some time, we got up to leave the Cafe. Kim Hyun Joong also got up as well.

Then, the Japanese women had disappeared after we had gotten our check and paid. They must have luggage. How courageous, they must have gone to follow Kim Hyun Joong.

Kim Hyun Joong is in front of us, but the Japanese women aren't talking to him. They aren't even taking glimpses of him. "What is this?" I think.

They say hello to the man wearing a cap who was sitting next to Kim Hyun Joong.
"Huh? What is this?" I think... Who is this?

The person who is smiling at these Japanese women is Yonsama. The guy that is supposedly an absolute God to these Japanese women.

It was Bae Yong Joon.

He smiles pleasantly and greets the Japanese women. On and on... Even as he gets in the car... the women were in shock of how nice he was.

Then, he and Kim Hyun Joong get in the Benz leisurely. Today, I confirmed with my own eyes the popularity of Yonsama. It definitely isn't a lie. I thought that we were dramatic in our country.

But why were the two of them together? Kim Hyun Joong and Yonsama don't go together...

(omitted)


click HERE to get a feel of how classy and beautiful MIEL cafe is. incidentally, it's one of my YJ's fave cafes ^^ he was spotted there earlier this month too, click HERE to read more.

[non BYJ] why postpone happiness...?

believe no one will disagree with me if i were to say all of us want to be happy, or at least be happier. but it’s ironic how we ourselves are often the very stumbling blocks along our own paths towards happiness. yea, we’re always in the way of our own happiness, don’t you think?

take a homemaker for instance. she may have a perfectly loving husband who is her high school sweetheart. save for the occasional quarrels and rows that happen to just about the best of us, they’re really in love with each other. and she has a pair of cute, although extremely noisy, kids. and they live in a four-room flat. but but but… instead of looking at the positive side of things, she chooses to postpone her happiness.

she goes and tells herself, “i’ll be happy when we move into that (more expensive, but smaller in size!) condo in the east.”

she goes and tells herself, “i’ll be happy when my kids are grown up so that i don’t have to worry about them anymore.”

she goes and tells herself, “i’ll be happy when hubby retires in another 20 years’ time and we can go on that (darned!) cruise.”


but why…? why wait till then to be happy when you can be happy now, right this minute? are you really that dissatisfied with the current state of your life that you cannot, simply will not, allow yourself to be happy now? why postpone happiness?


take a young lady who has just graduated from uni and is searching for a job. she’ll tell herself, “i’ll be happy when i can apply for my own credit cards”, “i’ll be happy when i can afford that chanel handbag”, “i’ll be happy when i earn more money than my cousin.”

are these things really so important? are these things really the ONLY things that can make you happy? aren’t there anything else happening in your life right now that you can be thankful and happy about?

what about the fact that you’ve finished school and are now ready to contribute back to the society by applying what you’ve learnt? what about how you’re no longer needing to rely on your parents for allowance and have a wee bit of financial independence? what about being a part of a unit that actually makes things work in an organization? ain’t these things to be happy about too?


i don’t quite understand why so many people like to set conditions or invisible timelines before they allow themselves to be happy. why not be happy now? why postpone happiness?


like how sometimes a woman may have bought a lovely pair of shoes and they’re so lovely that she cannot bear to wear them. so she says, “let me save them for a special occasion…”

but why not wear ‘em anyway and feel special and happy rightaway? your own happiness is in your hands.

yea, shoo..!!

shoo, you, yes you! you’re standing in your own way of being happy.

Saturday, June 19, 2010

missing him....

sighs... it's been months and months at end and there's still no news about his next work. is he testing our patience or what..?

the wine manga-drama no more... and then there's almost no updates on dream high (leader...? please cast leader...?), so what's up with wuri yong joon?

talking about what's up and the passage of time, his three years' timeline to get married is up already...? hee, wonder what's the status update on that front too.

gotta share something with you. heard a little story from a fellow fan who heard from yet another fan... cute little story, i didn't ask for permission to share, but i suppose it should be alright ^^

one day, a fan had a chance to speak with wuri yong joon and she'd asked him when he's gonna be starting working again. know what our man said? he said he's been working everyday ^o^

anyway, just wanna repost this previously-unseen pic. so he's still close to lee philip? does anyone know what this young man's up to lately...?

sources: cafe byjintoronto(msmakai)/DC inside Sihoo Gallery