Random Thoughts No. 73.
Posted by AgentP in Cloud Matters, Food Trip, Musings, My So-Called LifeMy staff gave me a surprise belated-birthday bash at the office last Thursday. They even wore my pasalubong Kuala Lumpur t-shirts for the occasion. It feels great to know that even if the higher-ups don’t appreciate me as a person, some people at the office still do. 
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Anyone here knows where I can get some nasi lemak in Manila? I’ve been craving for it for almost a week now. I’m craving for it so much that I want to jump on the next Air Asia flight to anywhere just to order their in-flight nasi lemak.
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I have exactly one week to finish all my reports and yet I’m not flustered at all. I think I’ve come to the point that nothing, work-wise, makes me care anymore. I’ve been numbed out.
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I’m actually more concerned about other matters concerning my everyday life. One of which is: I should be posting my Malaysia blog entries by now, but I haven’t done so yet. 
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The other being, why is it that everyone, as in EVERYONE in the Philippine Kpop Community seems to have at least heard (for some, they are dead sure about it) that Rain is having a concert in the Philippines very, very soon (September, from what I heard? They didn’t say what year, though) EXCEPT his own Philippine fan club?
I find it very insulting because if this is the case, apparently, the local promoter is seeking promotional assistance from somewhere or someone else that is not Cloud Philippines. And as far as I know, there is no other Rain fan club here aside from CloudPH, unless someone is secretly plotting on creating one that will only sprout once the concert is confirmed. Hey, it’s not like fan groups that suddenly appear once the artist is in town and act as if they’ve been there all this time has never happened before, ya know. 
And I find it very amusing that even if I quote confirmed sources like… I dunno, Rain’s agency J Tune … they’re still like, “there’s been talks about it for months now”.
Dear Pinoy Kpop fans: In Rain’s world, “talks” doesn’t equate to “confirmed”. In fact, in Rain’s world, nothing is confirmed until he’s actually there in the flesh. In fact, he could be there in the flesh and it may still get canceled at the last minute. 
If you’re really his fan and not just a simple bandwagoner of Kpop, you would know this very, very well.
I honestly can’t see how he could hold a concert here when his filming schedule is so packed and he doesn’t have a scheduled Asian tour at the moment. Someone said maybe he would do a concert especially for the Philippines. My reply to that is: “I’m sorry, but we’re the Philippines; we’re not Japan.” And ok, assuming that it’s indeed true… September 2010? Are you kidding me??? It’s one week ’til August now and we’re hearing NOTHING about this concert yet. What is the promoter planning to do, just make Rain appear here out of nowhere with near-zero promotions and insane ticket prices? Do they want another U-KISS/Beast-KHJ?
I read somewhere that even if you ask J Tune now, they wouldn’t even confirm his filming schedule for Fugitive here in PH even if press releases have been saying that PH is one of the filming locations (which leads me to believe that there is a possibility that he won’t be in the scenes to be filmed here). Then again, it’s J Tune. That company doesn’t know anything at all.
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Call me selfish, but my mood now is, I don’t want Rain to come here and be hounded by fans who are not really his fans but mere bandwagoners declaring to be his fans but if you ask them some Rain trivia, they don’t know shyte about him. They just want to see his hot body in the flesh, period.
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Speaking of Rain fans: I wonder what’s gonna happen to Cloud8? With all the trouble J Tune is facing now, I’m a bit apprehensive as to how they are still going to manage this. It’s been badly managed even when J Tune wasn’t in trouble, how much more now?
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Aaaand speaking of J Tune… I’m sorry, no offense to the other Clouds, but I really don’t see how trending a topic at Twitter will help solve this issue. I actually think it will make it worse. Why? Because right now, only those in Korea and overseas fans who have been following the Korean news about him religiously would know about Rain’s issue with J Tune stockholders. If this topic trends at Twitter, now all the world will know about it. That’s not something worth shouting to the world especially if we’re trying to build Rain’s image in the international scene, right?
Oh well. Your choice, your actions.
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Edited to add:
I decided to just include this here instead of writing another blog entry since it’s full of random thoughts.
Charice is back for the 3rd time at the show that officially gave her the big break in Hollywood: Star King. Here are the clips (credits to TheSpoopke at YouTube):
Part 1
Two things I want to note on part 1:
(1) I love how Kang Ho Dong looked like a proud father when Charice entered the stage;
(2) I love it even more how Charice was not “sapaw” in her duet with the girl (meaning she didn’t try to outsing the girl even if she clearly can do it). Certain female singers from that Sunday noontime musical variety show from her home network here in PH should learn a lesson or two from Charice.
Part 2
I think I got more jealous that Charice got to hug Ho Dong and CNBlue’s Jung Yong Hwa. 
Part 3
I think Charice was told to sing like the way she used to just for Star King. She doesn’t belt this way anymore because David Foster taught her to tone it down. Still, the improvements were very obvious, especially with the tone of her voice. Not to mention the vast improvement in her clothes and make-up as compared to how she looked like when she first guested at Star King where she was made to look like a kindergarten student.
Final random thought: Comments at YouTube pointed out the lack of reaction on f(x)’s Sulli’s face when everyone else were excited about Charice. Some said maybe Sulli was jealous; I say maybe the plastic on Sulli’s face doesn’t allow her to react anymore. 
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About J.Tune problem, has Philippine media talks about it. In VN, some newspaper has talked about it. They also compare J.Tune with JYPE and of course he with JYP.
Actually I hope some Eng site don’t update that new in their site. But nothing can not hide too much.
About Clouth 8th, it seems everything in a messy !!!
“there’s been talks about it for months now”. Ehh? Everyone knows about it except us, what in the world…?? I find it very insulting too if they are asking for help from other FCs.
IF the talks are indeed true and I see staffs there other than you guys, it’s gonna be war. 
And please, I really wanna 
the so-called promoters. Are they aiming for something worse than U-KISS/KHJ/B2ST? Seriously…I might not buy my ticket until 10 minutes before the concert…to be sure at least. 
@angelordevil: No, as far as I know, PH media hasn’t talked about it. And I don’t think they will.
Rain got caught tonite at a restaurant in Shanghai. The fans sister is working in the restaurant and she called her sis when she spotted Rain. The fans also got an autograph from him.
I guess this is the time when any news saying that Hye Kyo is in China will be very much welcome.
Hi, Agent P . I am a silent reader for years. Would just like to reply to your nasi lemak craving. If you cant find it in Manila you can make it yourself. It is quite simple.
Cook the rice with coconut milk instead of water (if you use 4 cups of water substitute with 4 cups coconut milk), add a dash of salt and a couple of pandan leaves (screwpine). For the CHILLI PASTE : soak 20 dried chillies for a couple of hours then wash and drain, blend together with 10 shallots, 5 garlic and a handful of dried shrimps. In a pot heat some oil and cook the chilli mixture for 10 minutes, add a half teaspoon of salt and 3 or 4 tablespoons sugar (depends on how sweet you want it to be). For the side dishes you can eat with anything etc fried or boiled eggs, omelette, fried chicken, fish, peanuts and cucumbers(a must have). Serve on a plate with banana leaf for that added fragrance.
Sorry for taking up so much space but I thought if you followed some of the nasi lemak recipes in google it might be too confusing.
Hong Dong and Charice have chemistry
LOL!!!!
Who is Sulli?
So happy about the Star King guesting. I think the SUJU boys remember her from before. But yeah, I wish I got a hug from Yong Hwa too. Maybe the girl was clueless that is why she was not reacting too much. Or cannot understand English or something..hehehe. I wish there were subs for this guesting. KHD like a proud uncle I have a feeling if he gets to Manila he will be so kwela.
I got the same observation Pau. Ho Dong really looked like he was very proud of Charice. Of course Leeteuk and Eunhyuk still remembers her. Charice even tweeted about this perf that she finds it cute that they still call her “Pempengco”.
Too bad Kyuhyun was not there. I wouldn’t mind if they had another duet. 
@Pre: Sulli is a member of the group f(x) and is also an MC of SBS Inkigayo.
I don’t know how many of you went, “Me! I know the song!” when Yong Hwa said, “do you know Oetoriya?”
HaHa…U re craving for Nasi Lemak !!!
I know that Singapore food chain brought some Singapore & Malaysia food in Manila..
It’s called MAKANSUTRA Asian Food Village @ Manila Ocean Park…
Here is the link..
http://www.makansutra.com/eateries_afv.html
Also, I was told by my Philippines friends werking in S’pore that there is also one at Robinsons Galleria level 2 in Quezon city…
Hop u get craving fulfilled soon!!
@Pau: LOL Yeah, I did shout “me!”
@admire: Thanks for the recipe! I’m not sure if the dried shrimps we have here is the same as in SG/MY, though.
@Liverpool: I’ve heard about the one at Robinson’s Galleria, I think the resto itself is named Nasi Lemak.
A top chef in our country highly recommends it because of its authenticity. I’ll check it out when I’m in the area. Thanks!
Pau, if other k-pop promoters are seeking your advice regarding their talents when you are not even a fan it find it stupid if JTune will not contact you for a Rain concert here after all we are his fanbase here.
Love Ho-dong’s reaction, and Leetuk and he’s hugs. Nagulat din ako sa hand gestures ni charice kasi matagal na nyang di ginagawa yun.
Thet: That’s what makes it all the more insulting to me. Even booking managers of other Korean artists were able to find CloudPH. Rain’s local promoter didn’t? Doesn’t sound right, isn’t it? The only reason I could think of - assuming the rumors are true, that is - is that me sumulot sa atin.
As for Charice, it’s really too bad that they asked her to go back to her old cocky self for Star King because those who don’t follow her Hollywood career religiously (and are biased towards f(x)’s Luna) gave her a very bad review for all those unnecessary vocal acrobatics and hand movements. When in fact, she hasn’t been doing that ever since David Foster trained her.
Ganun? May sulutang nangyayari nakakaloka ito! Hmp kung sino man nanulot kung meron man there is something for you in the end…
Star King! Charice still gives me goosebumps specially the one moment in time piece. But there are some keys that she didn’t hit big time. 1 more note to go and she will go totally off tune! But the showmanship can cover up for it.