HOT DAMN

BRB, I'M DYING.

God Bless fuckyeahchoiseunghyun.tumblr.com 

- BUNNY 

A message to Eli

This was not the post I had in mind to write, but god damn it Eli! you give me no choice...

WHAT THE HECK IS THIS???

It's not even the fact that it is purple? / lilac? / silver? I am most disappointed by the cut, and this outfit, ok and the colour a little bit, (not even going to mention that this is you on a date with a girl on MNET scandal the most traumatic reality show in existence) but all of it together, I just.... WHY ELI? WHY?

U-KISS has 7 members but I choose you as my favourite, I find your awkwardess endearing, I find your bad ass rapping style delivered in polite English irresistible and I find the contrast of your intense, cool performing and your real life adorkableness appealing, and of course your random bursts of hotness don't go unnoticed but really, I can not look past this error. I feel like I need quote your own U-KISS lyrics back at you through the medium of this GIF I just made (in order to show you how I really feel), ELI, are you listening?

The more I think about it, any hair colour on you would be fine, i'm ok with any of these, really:

...but whats the difference between these and the lastest picture of you? a fringe (or "bangs" as you American's say). Where is your fringe??

You see (above) there was a time when you could pull of the no fringe look, even shave a few stripes in your side cut and no one blinked an eye, but you're not 16 anymore (thank goodness!), you're starting to fill out your beautiful awkward teenage man frame, you're working on your guns by the looks of things, and that's all fine, but its making your head look weird and a shot crop with NO FRINGE is NOT doing you any favours. Until you grow this out I'm going to have to keep my distance from you. Your T-shirt below says it all:

Oh crap I think I love you again after this picture... No, NO! NO MORE

This is a bit like sifting through my mountain of crushes, some of them are so unconditional that even the worst of hair DON'Ts can not make my love falter, I'm talking about GD's blonde curly perm and the chubby teen dread terror TOP (as revealed earlier today in Jess's post). They can shave their heads, put on 50lbs and i'll still worship them, but I'm sorry to say that the lesson learned here is that our love just wasn't meant to be, my loves too shallow, I can't see past the hair, but rest assured as soon as its rectified no doubt i'll be waiting for you.

Oh God, I just realised that the lyrics to "Man Man Ha Ni" have become even more poignant now, its like it could have been written for this day. Please feel free to turn up at my house and sing it to me, i'm such a bad bad bad girl... :


"You only want hot love Baby girl
But you only give a cold hand Bad girl
Throw away your prided confidence
You keep teasing me Better stop now

I think I’m becoming crazy because of you Girl
It feels so real when you pretend to be nice
Give my everything and was lied to again and again
You keep teasing me (Crazy girl)

You eventually Come around / Love’s Final round
I keep thinking about her fake smile and I go crazy
Don’t piss me off and just leave oh oh

Am I that-that easy
Is love that easy to you
Our memories seem easy to you
Is everything is easy for you

You such a bad, bad, bad girl
Now I have to pay the price of playing with you
(You make me pissed off)
You’re not who you used to be, accepting everything
I won’t stand there like an idiot

You’re conceited / You’re full of yourself
You’re so shameless / You sure play well

You talk dirty / You behave immaturely
You keep teasing me Better stop now

I can’t understand it (Can’t get it)
I just don’t get you (Don’t get it)
What do you want from me ( I gotta know)
With you I can’t do this nor that, Your love has trapped me

You starting to get really annoying. I thought I only know you
Always dealt the same way, I’ll beg
You play with love as if it were easy to play along
But it’s over now foxy girl Girl

Am I that-that easy
Is love that easy to you
Our memories seem easy to you
Is everything is easy for you"



Yes Eli, its that easy for me. 1min32sec, i'm sure that's how we BOTH feel.

ps. you were smoking hot in this video.

- BUNNY

なるほど!

Finally, what I have always considered in my mind as my initial reason for adoring the T.O.P. has come to me in an aesthetic manifestation. Bunny, how will I ever repay you.

The Spock/T.O.P. union that I feel I have been waiting my whole life for.

He has always appeared to my as some type of other worldly ethereal being - and now I finally have my proof. Yes! His perfectly coiffed hair is often a high point by my standards, and the prevailing gelfling look is always outstanding, if you ask me. If the hair doesn't least of all allude him to being a Korean Spock, then maybe the eye brows, ears and perfectly sculpted sharp features do. Whatever the case, I am fully satisfied by this comparison, and this image.

Sadly, this proof of mine arrived alongside some other not so easy to admit nuggets of possible truth... I was always mad at GD for ever having the terror blonde Shirley Temple perm, but look at what our treasured T.O.P. had previously been up to.

Exhibit A! Are they dreads? What even are they?!

In the words of Ms. Trunchball, I don't know why, I don't know how, and I don't know when. All I know is that I have convinced myself that this is some Internet fraudsters idea of a sick joke! And I will not stand for it as being real life, not until I am forced more more convincing hard evidence before my very eyes. But, as Spock himself once said, "It is curious how often you humans manage to obtain that which you do not want". So, instead of becoming angry however, I will merely afford it reactions such as this:

So, anyways, to get back on track. Let's ignore this $2 weave nonsense, and instead focus on the happy times of the crazily chic crimp.

Over and out.

Taec me on

I'm sorry to tell you Bunny, but I just read about how part of Taecyeon's past prowess was revealed on KBS Happy together (third season). After releasing the name of one lucky girl, Amy, he shot himself in the foot(by saying that this girlfriend was not white, but another was) and inadvertently admitted to another girl he saw whilst living in the U.S. And here is where it becomes exciting---apparently, after a little hesitation, the name that then passed his lips was "Jessi... Jessi... Jessica"!!

("Is your mom a robot"?! These would not have been my words of choice..)

On the plus side, you can see this bright past of Taec's as a little pay back for Mir's committed love and sincere devotion of someone I believe looks very much like you. See MBLAQ Idol Army episode 11, as is part accessible below.


(What I refer to is evidenced from around 4:25 onwards, and the general theme also continues throughout the episode too.)

On the subject of this episode, and specifically on the supplied clip, let's reflect a little.

Note the brilliance of the MBLAQ collective. The entirely obvious sunflower slaps from Mir as the embarrassing revelation scene starts out, followed by the wagging of a silencing finger, foetal position and balloon masking. When it starts to look up for him for the first time since the Mr. J clue, as Jooyeon reveals she'd most like to be with someone who likes her, the delighted and rather vigorous pawing of the balloons by Mir is none other than the act of a playful kitten. This is another one of those times when I am gently reminded of the age gaps (that refuse to close up) between me and some of my dearest. The screams and general shrieks he emanates can also be an occasional giveaway. These things are probably why he is oh so endearing though, so I will hardly make them out to be negatives.

As for the rest of the members, we have the morally upstanding G.O. (who would have thought it) giving his donseng a chance in love, truly earning his hyung title. On the flipside we have Joon's "Then what am I?" and charmingly pathetic attempt at a defence of being a terrible hyung. Also, when he mishears who her ideal Mr. J really was and believes it is G.O. that she likes, he bears his lower teeth. Really, Joon. Finally, his repetition of then wanting her to confirm that in actuality he is her ideal type once he has gone figured, while Mir sits angelically cross legged on the floor - what a little tyke!

To follow, Seungho is the protagonist for part two of Mir's love thwarting saga. The one handed swipe of the confirmation teddy, by the boy with the broken rib of all people!! And as if his actions are not enough, his face to match is that of an absolute terror. Mir's only capable reaction is to bark "AHHHK!"
Nevertheless, just as you want to start hating Seungho a little, or a lot, it all comes out - Mir, who just wanted to be a real grown-up man, instructed him to do it properly. Phew. And then there's the re-match, such kind Nuna MC's, and the rightful pairing. What an emotional roller coaster, though I guess all the best K-pop tit bits are. All is well that ends well. The lack of Cheondung in this section is made up for by his doll transformation at the end, I feel, and by his general bad ass attempt throughout the whole episode.

On T.O.P. of the world

So, the night before last I had the best dream starring the one and only T.O.P. My first one, finally! Entirely a romantic dream, he laid on his front atop a bunk bed, rapping to me gently whilst his chin just brushed the pillow. I, of course, was inches away, standing exactly at eye level gazing directly back at him. It all would have been so perfect had his grandma not been sitting on the other end of the bed?! Even so, upon waking I really did feel my heart sink very deep, the realisation that this was nothing more than a self concocted fantasy. I think my disappointed start to the day was evident in my face all day long.

This is probably what it looked like. Maybe the same thing happened to GD?

So anyways, last night I tried my best to repeat this dream over, with a few modifications thought into it (no OAPs for starters). Alas, it was to no avail. Out cold like a log was hardly the physical sensation I was longing for.

Tonight I will plan once again to re-have this dream, thus I'll try a little harder concerning this effort. 頑張ります.


My glasses may even do this in my effort to do so.

Tokyo treasure-troves

Being a single-track minded K-pop fan is not always an easy feat when living in Japan. With J-pop idols constantly battling it out to win your heart, it can be quite the challenge to remain focused. This is not only because they are on nearly every television channel for some reason or another and in every other advertisement and magazine you see, but also because their fan merchandise leaves a trail in even the most conservative of stationary or book shops. You need only to turn too swiftly at the end of a book browsing aisle and you will send spinning a Hey! Say! JUMP sticker carousel, or fall full frontal into an Arashi display, photo books and all. Honestly, as a dedicated K-pop fan, all this J-idol attention can make you feel rather hard done by, and as though your own loves are a little neglected and thin on the ground, comparatively speaking. However, fret not, though it may not be so widespread, within Japan a K-pop fan idol world does exist. You may just have to work a touch harder to submerge yourself in it, and this is where Tokyo comes in.

On a recent trip to Tokyo with my original K-sensei (the one who first opened my eyes on to this perfect world), I finally realised that it is in fact a-OK to live in Japan whilst living for K-pop. To put it simply, we found the Shin-Okubo (新大久保駅) area of Shinjuku, best known as Tokyo's Koreatown. This wonderful, wonderful place is located one stop north of Shinjuku on the infamous Yamanote train line, and is in walking distance from Shinjuku Nichome (新宿二丁目) and Kabukicho (歌舞伎町). Positioned along Okubo dori, which runs east from the station, the K-idol shops of your dreams are a mere stone's throw from the station's exit.

However, sadly our joint discovery was not so smooth as the concise above description would make it appear. After trawling the Nichome area and finding our bearings via locating the familiar club Arty Farty, we meandered towards Kabukicho area. Having set out with only a faint mirage of a memory from my K-sensei's sleep deprived accidental original discovery of the Koreatown area, and mostly importantly it's idol shops, a month prior, we were not too confident about our chances of rediscovery. With this in mind, as we headed to Kabukicho and re-traced Love Hotels from the previous route, we thought it best to visit a koban and enlist assistance from an unassuming policeman. Needless to say, with a few helpful pointers we found what we were looking for just a short time later. Coming from Meiji dori, which is to the west of Okubo dori, we did not see the gold mine K-idol shops, which we had imagined to be everywhere, at first glance; there was just restaurant after restaurant. However, I assure you that they are there and we soon found them, and, boy oh boy, did we reap the rewards of our pilgrimage.

Even as we neared these places of wonderment, their facades totally put out. By this I mean displays and goods galore, before you even get the chance to step in the door. Posters fitted together so tightly that you would never even know they are supported by a wall, barely a trace being visible.


(Note the fantastic 2PM, Jaebeom inclusive, poster positioned pride of place and the charming suited a booted SHINee, centre.)


(And knee height UKISS, just in case you fancy crouching down to view the Cd's and you loose focus of the 2PM and SHINee above - your eyes are not left wanting.)

As it goes, on recovering a little from the initial and slightly disabling shock, and adrenaline flood gates opening, we stepped over the threshold and entered this place of worship in absolute awe and frenzy. This first shop we penetrated was full, literally brimming, with K-pop goodness, and fellow fans. Wonders yet unseen and unimagined abounded. Even a trip to a few small idol shops in Seoul a few months earlier did not prepare us for the extent of the treasure that we were to unearth.


(These small alcoves harbouring less than half of the gold dust we were soon to discover in Tokyo were hardly a disappointment but they do not quite compare to the latter discovery...)

Walls, ceilings, podiums, everything, covered head to toe in K-, predominantly pop, with a dashes of drama and film actors for goodwill. With club bangers blasting from the speakers (--t-shirts fresh, brand new sneakers--), the perfect shopping and gawping atmosphere was thus created. Recovering a small portion of our composure, we finally began properly exploring Hanryukan, this harbourer of goodies, methodically. The posters and homemade magazine cut-out displays enveloped every surface inside as well as out, and included bands that are yet to debut in Japan, in true K-style - they had it all (though not quite enough 2AM by my standards). The centre aisles were jam packed floor to ceiling with tessellated A4 plastic folders and shitakiji (plastic under sheets for placing writing paper on top of - very popular in Japan), featuring both entire bands and individual members, of course everyone of these items being double sided.


(The shitakiji I was eventually to buy can be seen here, among the other writing equipment I acquired, and is best identified by it's smoking SHINee farmhand photographic masterpiece.)

Along one wall was an array of various pads and notebooks, clocks and posters. As for the opposite wall, key rings and photographs, more larger folders and yet more posters. Towards the back of the shop Cd's lined the shelves, numerous hooks of sparkling key rings, and precious tins of sweets plastered with faces of Mickey/Yoochun (DBSK) and the like made the room an absolutely trilling challenge to navigate.


(Sadly a bit bittersweet for me - an example of "Bad Mickey" as far as I'm concerned.)

As if this shop was not enough, after painfully making decisions as to what to actually purchase and easing ourselves out into the cold light of day, we barely progressed up the road 100 metres and across the road the next K-haven lying in wait, K-star, whose name is no lie, came into focus. I was expecting the shop to be near on identical to the previous one and a little samey, though this made me no less excitable, but I was entirely wrong in my pretensions. The displays out on the street front boasted never before seen fans, and postcards sets a-dozen.


(Each and every one of the fans was crafted into the heart shape which is oh so apt.)

As we entered this shop, possibly even busier than the last, yet more surprises abounded. The whole rear half of the shop was dedicated to K-pop DVDs, and I'm not just talking the live concert kind. These DVDs are of all the TV appearances that our K-belles have made, in game shows, dramas and reality TV shows, in addition to all of their concerts too. Sold in simple white jackets, the only visual clue as to what these DVDs behold is on the screens positioned above the shelves, of which there are more than five or six. Simultaneously playing were live appearances by DBSK, performances by 2NE1 and Big Bang, and gags with the SHINee boys, grins galore, it was an ongoing audio visual crescendo. I didn't know where to look, which lyrics to mouth along to or when to even breathe. And finally, as if this shop has not wow-ed us enough, right by the till area, DBSK individually wrapped chocolates. If only I had known in time for Valentines day! And the cherry on the cake, staff sporting Hero/Jaejoong (DBSK) t-shirts. I felt I had finally found my rightful place within Japan.


(This shop not only covered it's vertical surfaces with posters, but the horizontal ones too boasted some real charmers.)

Moving reluctantly, yet equally keenly, onto IDOL Park, just 50 metres up the road and within sight from the door of K-Star, there were still more treats in store. Whilst browsing (again) unseen printed SHINee socks, Big Bang notepads and Rain postcards, and as I was handed a basket to collect my purchases together in as if in a market, Nuna Nomu Yeppo (SHINee), the song that started it all for us, burst forth in full volume. At this point anything that we had been holding back in an attempt at composure freed itself. Singing along and filming in the middle of an idol shop, entirely unabashedly; it doesn't get much more fan girl than that. How could each of these shops have different items yet be selling the same thing, and equally have the power to make squeals echo forth from a twenty-something girls lips in broad daylight? I call this effect the magic of K.

For fear of becoming repetitive, I will only make brief mention of the last shop we entered, whose name I have forgotten, which is located opposite IDOL Park, and is small part Korean supermarket and 90 percent idol shop. Set on two levels, this shop seemed the most upmarket of the four. Selling genuinely well-made ceramic mugs and chic glass-faced clocks, this shop also had a fantastic selection of poster books new to us. These high definition glossies featured some images that I have never come across; I, who consider myself a fairly well researched K-fan! The shock of it. And all this was set to the sound of Super Junior M's Super Girl. It's as if they read my slightly wearied mind and knew exactly how to remedy it. What a perfect end to the ultimate shopping trip. I knew I would sit on the seven hour train ride home happily, beside my four flush K-filled shopping bags, and believe me, I did.
I am assured also that there are more K-idol shops nestled in side streets all around this central area. I was maybe finished for one day, but I will be returning to hunt each and every one down in the future, especially because it seems that each trove has it's own individual charms and treasures respectively. Now a fully fledged fan girl, no longer in denial, this is what I have to show for it:


(And I have spared you the poster collection.)

For the time being, this will do for Tokyo and for me. But, one final point: it is a well known fact that the biggest Koreatown in Japan is not that of Tokyo, but Osaka. The potential this holds and the promise it will surely bring could almost keep me awake at night. With over 150,000 Korean inhabitants in Osaka alone, I cannot imagine anything less than perfection from such a place. Soon Tsuruhashi, soon.

An nyoung ha seh yo!

Hello! mainly i'm talking to you Jessica Jane, but also to the vast open never ending void of the internet. IT'S TIME! and no, not 2PM, not 2AM not even 4Minute... it's time to let our unashamed, unstoppable, unrivaled enthusiasm for k-pop run free!!!

I was going to start things off by cross posting some k-pop filled entries from my other blog, but now I've re-read a couple i'm not sure they really do justice to my current state of mind, but hopefully later i'll come up with something old or new and let's get this dazzling glitter-ball of Korean goodness rolling.

In the words of MBLAQ, "Are you ready my fellas? Let's go!"

and here's an unrelated Big Bang GIF:

Additional note: I can't bring myself to delete the "test post" so i'm just going to leave it there, possibly forever. 

- BUNNY