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Eric Mun Leaves For Army Duty

Tenderly — Sat, 11 Oct 2008 02:49:40 +0000

After years and years of talking about serving their military service the first Shinhwa member has been enrolled in the army. It’s about time! Seriously, they have been talking about this for the past three years or so. I personally think it was just used for publicity rather than honestly announcing their intentions. So Eric is finally off and soon to follow will be Dongwan, JunJin and Minwoo. I’m not sure when/ if Andy will be going but I know that Hyesung can’t enroll because he injured his knee a few years ago. Didn’t Eric fall off the stage onto his head once? Too bad he couldn’t milk that like Hyesung to get a get-out-of-jail free card. Bye Eric! Enjoy your two-year desk job.

Links:
1. Seoulfull
2. Asianbite

Suicide Watch

Tenderly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 16:30:14 +0000

What’s up with the recent string of Korean celebrities committing suicide? I don’t know enough about Korean culture to know if this is requires a double-take or just another sigh. From my perspective though I just have to ask, WTF?! I know for the most part the Korean entertainment industry is quite unoriginal and notorious for plagiarism, so are these copycat incidents just reflecting this unoriginality? And I just have to ask, if a Korean is going to kill themselves why don’t they just go to sleep in a closed room with the fan on? Even though electric fans in Korea have a safety mechanism that shuts off to prevent this *cough*LMAO*cough* couldn’t they just import one from somewhere else? You know…since they’re so determined to kill themselves?

Personally I think there needs to be a greater emphasis put on seeking help with depression. Celebrities are put under a lot of pressure for their careers and their personal lives. They are expected to be perfect and people love tearing them apart when they don’t live up to their superhuman role. That is a lot to handle, for anyone! And who can they really turn to? Anyone can pretend to be there for them, listen to their worries and then go sell it to some tabloid. I think they should attend therapy though. In their position just talking to close friends and family just won’t cut it. They need professional help.

List of deaths so far:
10/08/2008 - Kim Ji Hoo
10/03/2008 - Jang Chae Won
10/02/2008 - Choi Jin Shil
09/??/2008 - Ahn Jae Hwan (isn’t confirmed to be a suicide just yet)
02/10/2007 - Jeong Da Bin
01/21/2007 - U-Nee

Polysics Concert Makeup

Tenderly — Thu, 09 Oct 2008 01:16:19 +0000

I’ve been wondering how I should glamour up for these upcoming concerts - mostly Polysics and Dir en Grey because who the hell cares what I look like for Jay Chou. I still need to figure out what to wear to the first two but at least I know how I will do my makeup for Polysics. I tried out a version of it last night and it looks pretty awesome.

This is a look called Chock-Ful by MAC Cosmetics. This look is part of their “Cult of Cherry” line of looks. Isn’t it fun? If you want to know what products in particular you need to create this look you can read about it here. I haven’t actually been to a concert like how the Polysics of DEG concerts will be so I’m hoping that the makeup won’t melt off my face by the end of the night. It might add to the effect though, especially for DEG. =D

Super Junior’s New Tattoos

Tenderly — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 18:51:35 +0000

This is one of the saddest things I’ve ever seen. Super Junior members Shindong and Kangin got tattoos recently. Shindong’s is just a little weird looking and the saying is odd - “A friend in need is a friend indeed.” What the crap is that supposed to mean? It is neither profound or impressive. But it is nowhere as bad as Kangin’s. Kangin’s tattoo has a MAJOR spelling mistake in it. Rather than saying “Actions are more precious than words” it says “Actions are more prection than words.” Prection? That’s not even a real word or close to a real word. Serious FAIL! Why, why, why didn’t he spell check?! Kangin! Idiot! At least ask Brian or Tim before you did something stupid like that. I am cringing for you. Foolish boy.

SHINDONG

KANGIN

References:
1. PopSeoul!: pictures & info
2. SujuOppa: info

Jay Chou On Ticketmaster

Tenderly — Thu, 25 Sep 2008 03:16:09 +0000

The Jay Chou Toronto concert has finally been posted on Ticketmaster! Right now the site just offers information and they won’t be selling tickets until September 29, 2008. If you want to secure your tickets before then you can get them through Etrends. Here is the following information for that via the Facebook group, Jay Chou - Toronto Music Journey 2008.

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Submit E-mail to:
fbsales@2008jaychoutoronto.com

or send FB msg to any Etrends Reps you knows: Turbo, Danny, Andy, Nick, Felix, Kris, Mario, Eugene, Jeffery

with the following information:
Subject: Jay Chou 2008 Tickets

Name
Contact Number & EMAIL please
Tickets that you wants (Please indicate type of ticket and quantity)

We will contact you to confirm your order and arrange for delivery/pickup.

For any other inquiries, feel free to contact anyone of us:

Eugene
eugene@2008jaychoutoronto.com
416-666-9377 (call after Sept 28, I still in HK, or FB/MSN me is fine)
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Links:
Jay Chou - Toronto Music Journey 2008 (Facebook Group)
Official Jay Chou Toronto Concert Site
Etrends

Wonder Girls Featured on Perez Hilton

Tenderly — Tue, 23 Sep 2008 13:51:29 +0000

So Wonder girls got a boost in exposure by being featured (and praised!) by none other than Perez Hilton himself. Talk about lucky! And they’re not even the most talented artists in the mainstream Korean music industry. This might actually have benefits for BoA since she’s planning to debut in the US in the near future. I was really ticked off by some of the ignorant comments made on the post though. There were so many comments perpetuating stereotypes of East Asians with broken English, exoticizing East Asian women as sex objects, and just references to East Asain restaurants (as if that’s all they can succeed in, in America). Honestly, it is disgusting how much racism there still is. Anyway, I hope this exposure helps Korean artists trying to break into the American music industry. I hope that with representations from East Asians who don’t fit the stereotype of idiotic jesters that ignorance against Koreans and other East Asians (who tend to be lumped into a huge category despite their vast diversity) can diminish.

You can read the Perez’s post on the Wonder Girls here.

Jay Chou Toronto Concert Seating Plan

Tenderly — Sun, 21 Sep 2008 00:55:12 +0000

I got a message from the Facebook group Jay Chou - Toronto Music Journey 2008 regarding the Jay Chou Toronto concert ticket prices in accordance with the seating play they will have at the ACC. This is the seating plan they will have.

CLICK HERE FOR ENLARGED IMAGE

The price tickets are as follows:
$388 - the blue seating area
$288 - seat sections 101 to 106, 121, 122
$138 or 188* - seat sections 107, 108, 109, 118, 119, 120
$78 or $98* - seat sections 110 to 117
$58 - seat sections 301 to 324

* the front parts of these sections are the higher price and the back seats in the sections are the lower price

Tickets are still not available for purchase online but you can try to purchase them beforehand from Etrends. Here are their instructions: Contact Eugene Chan at e-mail: eugene@2008jaychoutoronto.com or on msn: eugenechan_214@hotmail.com for tickets by providing your name, email, tel# and # of ticket and section.

Links:
Jay Chou - Toronto Music Journey 2008 (Facebook Group)
Official Jay Chou Toronto Concert Site