Showing posts with label Cpop. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Cpop. Show all posts

Sunday, 18 August 2013

Can't Lose you?


Hi guys, I'm back with another post, maybe, if you know the Taiwanese F4 (JVKV) then you'll know the title is the name of one of their songs and its my favourite song of theirs. F4 became famous after the release of Meteor Garden back in 2001. They were put into a boy band and released music and went on tours across Asia with each of their individual charms, it was easy to see how they became popular especially with young girls and young women. They also bring back a lot of nostalgia and memories for those fans, as its a reminiscence of their high school days.

Recently,they performed together for a Chinese New Year programme for a long time, they haven't stood on the same stage. It must bring so much nostalgia and happiness to their fans.

Anyways, I got into F4 (I know this part isn't interesting and you just rather see some pictures of
F4) but I'm making you wait. I had my tonsils removed on March the 30th it was the first day
of my holidays (2 weeks) and I spent all that time on the sofa, my mum dug out a copy of Meteor
Garden, sadly it was in Mandarin (I only understand Cantonese) and no subs (I think).

However, I endured because of two things, because F4 are handsome (also, because I had become interested in Meteor Garden and the music was catchy) and because my parents translated it for me
and I had nothing better to do. :/

Without further ado, let me welcome you:

Pretty-faced Jerry Yan (I think he is perhaps one of the most popular members or at least
with older women), he was a model that was scouted. He is 180 cm tall, he has appeared in the
drama called Down with Love alongside Ella Chen and child actor Xiao Xiao Bin. He looks so gentle
and kind. Whoever, marries him will be very lucky :) he has appeared in other dramas as well.



Van Ness Wu (yes, it sounds like a girl's name. He said he got picked on by kids because of that)
Van Ness grew up in America, this means he is able to converse in fluent English and Mandarin, he
was the first member to release a solo album (Body will Sing). If you can't understand Mandarin
or prefer to watch something without subtitles then watch Van Ness's interviews in some of them
he speaks English and its extremely clear and good. He supposedly is engaged? =.= He is also a strong christian. You can follow him on Twitter and Instragram. 

 























Ken Chu, Ken got scouted to be part of Meteor Garden when he was working as a waiter. He has a reallysoft looking face, someone who looks friendly and kind but intelligent at the same time. He has releaseda cook book called Darling, lets cook together. He says he enjoys cooking and doesn't like eating food from outside. Me neither to be honest, home cooked food is the best. Ken, I'll cook with you! lol. I think he has appeared in some films.



Vic Chou, Vic was scouted too. He was waiting for his friend, who had decided to audition, and huddled
up in the corner of the path. The director or someone thought he suited the part of I forget the name
of his character, who is very shy and reserved. Vic also looks very shy and reserved right but again gentle. I say this word a lot but I think it best describes them. Vic has been in numerous films and dramas. Vic also has the nickname Zai Zai (which means little boy), it was the nickname his grandma gave him and his fans also, fondly call him by that name.









 



I really hope one day, F4 will get back together. I would love to see them on stage. They all have unique charms and I think you should go on YouTube and listen to one of their songs.

For music as F4, I like Can't Lose You and Can't help falling in love with you as soloists, I've
only ever listened to Van Ness's music and I really in particular like Love, Faith and Live.

To end this post, here is a picture of how they look currently. I know they
look different to how they were in Meteor Garden but that was over 10 years ago. Which look do you prefer? I prefer their appearance now.

When they first started out ~~~ back in 2001 (?)

  and this them now~ earlier on this year, performing together for Chinese New Year.



Okay, I hope maybe you'll give them a chance! !!

I guess, you are wondering who my favourite member is, its Van Ness but I noticed Ken first and I
actually really like him too, then its Jerry and then Vic. Sorry, Vic! To be honest, I like all four members.

Let me know in the comments below, what you think of F4, if you like their music or are willing to give them a try. :)

 Credit: None of these photos belong to me, credits go to their rightful owners.

Tuesday, 2 April 2013

Useful Links to find Kpop, Cpop,Hong Kong News, Japanese fashion and Jrock information.

Its really quite diffcult sometimes to find places to find the videos, you want to watch or up to date information that is translated to a language you can read, right?

YouTube does not have full series of Hong Kong dramas and I find this incredibly irritating, I was lucky to find this link recently:

Http://azndrama.net which not only has Hong Kong dramas but Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese (?), although the Hong Kong dramas, I've watched have no english subtitles.

Otherwise, you can try www.MySoju.com (although, currently the website is under construction so its down (not working)) for Korean, Taiwanese and Japanese dramas/films. It says Hong Kong ones too but I haven't found any at the moment.

For news about Hong Kong celebrity news theres: www.jaynestars.com --> really good, written in good, readable english and has information about a lot of stars.

For Chinese/Taiwanese music updates

There is www.CpopAccess.com although it seems like they stop updating recently. If you know another site, please let me know, otherwise when I find another site, I will update it here.

For Japanese news:

If you like Jpop more then try: www.tokyohive.com although, it covers some information about VK bands but the big established ones.

If you like VK bands or Jrock bands then try: www.shattered-tranquility.net or http://jrockoftheday.livejournal.com (although, they stopped updating this site and move onto a different one, there's a link on their that tells you where they write/update now) I still find it useful as it has lots of profiles on lots of different musicians.

Almost forgot, www.jaMe.com contains a kind of bio thing about Mana, which I'm sure Mana fans will be interested in plus lots of interesting information with other Vk and non-vk musicians in the Japanese music industry.

For Japanese fashion:

Currently, I only use one website which is popular with lots of people: www.tokyofashion.com ---> I enjoy reading their street snaps, a lot of inspiration for dressing a little more flamboyant and a little more different.

For Kpop news

There is a bunch of sites! Because Kpop is spreading~ fast! LOL. I'm cool with it because after all I'm a Kpop fan too. Anyways, here are the sites!

www.soompi.com (they also have a shop filled with kpop merchandise)
www.allkpop.com (this one and soompi are the two big sites, I believe, they have the most and perhaps detailed information)


Again, I'll update when I find more other sites! I'm sure, there are other sites for Kpop news~

I hope you find this useful, be sure to share me any websites you know for asian news~

Of course, credits to the creators of the websites that are used in this post.
Good Bye.... Prince Happiness :P

Monday, 28 May 2012

Merchandise

I apologise there are no pictures at the moment, but when I get time, I will take pictures of my Cd's and DVD's and upload them.

CD's

-Super Junior Don't Don Album with a cd and a dvd that has the music videos for 'Marry U' and 'Don't Don'

-Super Junior Mr.Simple, repackaged B version that came with a giant poster

-Super Junior Sorry, Sorry repackaged C version (?)

-Super Junior Twins Knockout 05

-Super Junior Cooking! Cooking!

-You're Beautiful Soundtrack

-'Let Me Cry' by Jang Geun Suk Album

-Super Junior Dancing Out/U with two discs, one Cd with Dancing Out, U plus other songs and the dvd with the music videos for Dancing Out and U

-Super Show 3 Soundtrack from their concert

-Geng Xin (Geng's Heart) by Hangeng album

-Bonamana by Super Junior

-Lollipop F two albums

DVD's

-Super Show 1

-Super Show 2

-SS501 Love Ya Concert

Other Merchandise

-A Super Junior 2010/2011 Calendar ( I can't remember which year but I think it's mostly likely 2011).

-Jang Geun Suk notebook with four little notebooks inside.

-Lee Jun Ki phone charm

-3 or 5 TVXQ Magazines

- 2 or 3 Super Junior Magazines

-A.N.Jell Magazine 

-3 Super Junior Folders

-Kim Hyun Joong Folder

-Jang Geun Suk Folder

-Posters (TVXQ, AN.Jell and Super Junior).

-Four photo cards the size of A5 paper with a message written in Chinese characters from each of the Lollipop F members came with one one of their albums.

-A Lollipop F poster and foldable box thingy that has their faces on it.

I don't think I left anything out... I'll update as I go along and hopefully attached some pictures very soon ^^

:D As you can see i'm a big fan of kpop~ but I also love Cpop and recently got more into Jrock too.

Super Junior Merchandise Back and Front