I have an annual audit report to finish, I have several months’ transactions to enter on my 2nd job and it’s already tax season, I was supposed to do a visual comparison on Rain and Ricky (and Rizza has already needled me about it), after two weeks I am still stuck at Episode 5 of My Girl and my list of unwatched K-dramas and movies is getting longer and longer, and here I am in front of my computer with my brain on hold and a stupid grin on my face and I can’t even blog about it! 
I need a life. A real one.
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I recently had a life-altering realization in, of all places, the bathroom. (Sheesh, talk about getting influenced by my idols. :???:) Thinking back on my list of things I learned from being a fan, I realized that of all my ‘phases’, it was during the ‘rock band’ era where I learned a lot about myself and others. However, this is one scene which, I’ve decided, I am never coming back.
No offense to those who are still on that scene, but despite being tagged as the scene where you can ‘be just yourself’, sorry, I don’t think so. For me, it’s the scene where poseurs thrive. It’s the scene where you can’t get out of the norm – the norm being: you have to listen to bands which are big in the underground scene (whatever that is), but once they go mainstream you have to pretend you hate them; you have to listen to rock and just rock alone, or be perceived as the lower entity or something; cussing, going against the flow, acting like a total ass and disrespecting elders is considered just ‘being different’ instead of, well, being a total ass; you have to wear black, or tie-dyed shirts, or shirts with band names on them. Piercings and tattoos are optional, but you’re cooler if you have them; you have to know how to drink, smoke, or take whatever substance you want. If you don’t, people will say, “but… why???” Crawling back home is the best way to go; you have to be ‘angsty’ or have personal issues. If you’re too happy, you’re probably taking pot; you have to act like you’re a ‘deep person’ even if in reality you’re just spewing gibberish (well, it’s not like the person you’re talking to understood your gibberish, either, but they’ll pretend they understood you anyway and will spew gibberish as well. It’s a neverending cycle.); you have to be careful not to classify an artist into the wrong sub-genre of rock, nevermind if it’s still rock, or else you’ll have STUPID tagged on your forehead; you can’t admit to liking Menudo as a kid because people will think you’re jologs, etc etc etc.
Of course, not everyone in that scene is like that, but you gotta admit, most are.
I will readily profess: I love Menudo. I love pop music. Hell, I love MUSIC in general, no matter what it is. I love Korean entertainment. I admit that philosophical books make me sleep, so I dare not touch them. My English vocab is not ‘high falluting’ or whatever the hell that’s spelled. I’m shallow. But so what??? THAT’S ME. And sorry to say, I found my world with the ‘pop scene’. This is where I truly belong. Call me jologs, whatever. THIS IS ME.
(If the above statements sound like crap, read the first sentence and you’ll know why.)
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OK! Time for a happy post!!!
Ever heard of couple rings? How about…. couple beanies??? Couple aviator glasses???
Hehehe. 
Credits to bm05om of soompi for finding these.
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Here’s a 1 Billion Won question: How come, despite the immense popularity of Full House, Bi and SHK never had another project together? Not even a CF, nothing! How come? Isn’t that, from the business standpoint, the most logical thing to do? I refuse to believe they were never offered anything after that.
Theories, anyone?
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BTW, the big news now is that Rain might have intimate scenes for his Cyborg movie. Woo-hoo, bring it on!!! I’ve been waiting for this!
Oops, I think that came out all wrong. 
I’m waiting for this not because I wanna see him naked (like, duh, I can see that just by watching his concerts) but because I wanna know how he will handle it. He did a damn good job with IJUKSA Episode 8, let’s see if he can stretch his, uh, acting abilities just a little bit further…
And knowing that the PD is famous Korean director Park Chan Wook, best known for his Vengeance trilogy (Sympathy for Mr. Vengeance, Old Boy, Sympathy for Lady Vengeance), I was kinda expecting there will be some ‘sensitive’ scenes in this movie. But I have enough confidence on the PD that the scenes will be essential to the story and will not be just for eye candy. Unlike….
Hi Pau,
I’ve been thinking about what’s in your mind too this past few days and I’m really happy, so happy I want to talk about it with the pangpang group. I hope we can this week since we do have guest.
Thet, I think we can talk about it even if we have ‘guests’, as long as we keep things ‘offline’.
Hey pau, i’m glad that nagpapakatotoo ka na as regards loving POP music. Nothing wrong with it naman di ba? =)
I, too, am looking forward to Bi’s movie. I wonder how that love scene will come out. It seems to me that he’s a little averse to being touched by strangers — but I guess in this case he’ll have time to get to know his co-star.
Jeng, I heard that the ‘bed scene’ part of the news item is just a speculation by the writer, it’s not confirmed. The only confirmed part is Im Soo Jung baring her shoulders and back. So… I guess we have to wait some more. :/
So…! Does anyone have any theories why Bi-Kyo still hasn’t re-teamed for a project?
I don’t know why they have not teamed up yet. I know Won Bin and KTH did for a phone, I think, and Daniel Henney and Jeon Ji Hyun for Olympus. SHK endorsed something with LBH right? It just makes no sense to me. It can’t be because of the talent fee, because clearly, companies are willing to pay. I don’t think JJH + Daniel Henney was cheap. Besides, even after the dramas completed, SHK appeared in events with her former co-stars. She did that modeling thing with Won Bin and she had that CF (?) with SSH. So, in a nutshell, I am puzzled too.
how about couple micky mouse T-shirt?
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anywayz, if Bi is going to do a love scene.. I’ll most probably get a heart attack but I’m soo ready for it. and yes.. I have the same reason as you.. I’d like to see how he would handle it (although seeing him naked would be a BONUS too
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I really can’t think of a theory on why Bi and SHG aren’t doing any other projects together.
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just like jeng said.. SHG did a cf with LBH for a water commercial or something… I think that was after all in… she walked the runway for andre kim’s fashion show with won bin.. and I think she worked with SSH endorsing some couple ring product(not sure)..
I was expecting them both to at least promote full house together in other asian countries u know.. since it was so well received. I was surprise that she went to taiwan alone to do that…
even Kim Rae Won and Kim Tae Hee managed to promote love story in harvard together in taiwan.
LDG and HJH were in the drama sweet 18 together and later on they teamed up again for the movie my boyfriend is type B.. and they are both dating in real life. There’s a lot of other korean actor and actress who has re-teamed for different projects.. so it shouldn’t be a big deal if SHG and Bi work together again for a project in the future… (it’ll be great news for Bikyo shippers tho
I don’t know much about Korean culture, so I don’t know if this is true: they say in Korean (showbiz) culture, confirmed couples (married or otherwise) do not pair up together for a project because they will be criticized for doing so. I don’t know how this is connected to Bi-Kyo, though. (But wait, isn’t real-life partners Cho Seung Woo and Kang Hye Jung starring in a movie?)
BTW, LDG and HJH eventually denied that they are couple, so I guess My Boyfriend is Type B does not count. When LDG was here in PH, he actually said he’s not dating anyone.
I thought both LDG and HJH both admitted that they are dating over in Korea?
Karen, I think they dated a couple of times, but they eventually denied that they were a couple. I’m not too sure about that, but I am very sure that LDG said he’s single when he was here.
I always wonder why no cf offers for these two, considering the high ratings of FH. I originally thought maybe they just cost too much $$$. But then later I found out about Eric & Hyori team up for one cf….well if they can afford them, they should be able to afford Bi & SHG as well. Their selling power will be worth all the $$$ anyway.
So why they haven’t teamed up for a cf till now, I am guessing both camps or one of them just don’t want to do it. Why? Anyone’s guess is as good as mine.
Hi Pau, I think I saw that in an Entertainment news, Both admitted each other as bf and gf, that should be last year. When did LDG went to ph?
Karen, he was here mid-September 2005.