What Psychologists say about KPOP fans

An interesting read xD

A psychologist says:
“Don’t underestimate those children who chase after Korean celebrities, their hearts are purer than anyone else, they love courageously, they will want to try their best to tackle difficult obstacles, the language and cultural barriers. They symbolise peace, they don’t discriminate based on race, they befriend people with the same interest from different countries, they’re more passionate and warm than anyone else. They don’t betray the ones they like easily, they are persistent and don’t give up easily. They are stronger than anyone else on the inside, because when they are loving these Korean stars, they experience the setbacks they’ve never experienced in life. They are all sensitive children, easily touched to tears for a long time because of one incident.

Through investigation, most of them understand gratitude. Their way of thinking is different from others, they don’t easily get carried away by love, they don’t harbour thoughts of doing bad things, and their criteria when looking for a partner is very high, other than looks, personality is more important, so the rate of marriage isn’t high, but neither is the rate of divorce.

Their memory is very good, they can easily remember the korean lyrics they don’t understand, and their coordination skills are also very strong. Most of them are cheerful children, not the kind who keep to themselves. Their will of determination is also very strong, they are able to persevere all the way just to buy something related to the celebrity they like.

In short, the way these children think is vastly different from others, and their thoughts are not easy to understand. Generally, only those who have similar interests are able to enter their world.”

sourced from: HERE

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YG Auditions: Update

Well, i never got the call :'( but..... some Very Talented Others did!!

Congratulations to R. Park, J. Hwang, A. Lee and E. Joeng!! We will ALL be looking forward to each of your debut's! Good Luck and All the Best with training!! Remember Sydney will always be your home and we will all be looking forward to your growth in becoming the next BIG STAR!

For everyone else who didn't get the call, we had fun didnt we??!! :D
Thx for an awesome experience YG!

Looking forward to seeing you all at the next auditons!! Whenever that'll be... :P

Going Blonde - Taking the Plunge

Every so often I wondered what it'd feel like if i were blonde and over the past 5 years everytime I went to have my hair recoloured, i would question if this was the time i would go completely platinum?

So, on Friday the 13th, I FINALLY took the (somewhat random) plunge and went BLONDE! I was only meant to go out and have lunch with the family, and ended up in a salon getting a bleach job! I thought, hey; i have a haircut that im pretty happy with so why not!?

I went to a salon in Burwood that my family have known for more than a decade . I trusted them enough to handle my hair.

And so it began. 4pm apt.. (which started at almost 5).

>>>First coat of bleach turned my hair into a mix of black roots, yellow hair with red tips (red because of my previous hair colour that hadn't grown out yet).

Second time, it was alot better, my hair went completely blonde, but still very very very yellow! And also by this stage, i could feel that the quality of my hair had almost completely gone into the hay like stage. Strangely enough, I didn't feel any burning sensation on my scalp or anywhere on my head. I know that people say it kills to have it done over and over, but i didnt seem to feel anything.

<<< At this stage, I was kind of scared of the result, my hair was so, so damaged and felt nothing like the healthy hair i had a few hours earler. It felt like if i were to tug on it a little, a chunk of hair was going to fall out (however, it held up really well - not bald yet!). I was also kind of worried if this was going to be the final colour.

Anyhow, after drying for a bit and letting my hair have a quick break, the hairdresser asked if i wanted to recolour it to ba an ash blonde. I have to admit, i wasnt really sure about it at first becasue the sample looked alot darker then a platinum blonde, however i agreed to it anyway since i really didnt want fluro-yellow hair!

So again, I coloured again. Somehow, i find hair colour to burn more than the bleach, not that i had much feeling there anyway. 30min later, and it was complete. The resulting colour was great! better than what i had expected!

 Apparently, this result was meant to take at least 5hrs but she managed to do it in roughly 1.5hrs. The salon had closed at 6pm, and i was still there a 6.30! By the styling stage, i was the only one left in the salon and had 3 hair dressers working on me (Haha; felt important xD).

All up, with the bleach and the colour; it cost $100 all up to have it done. And, i love the result. SO, now i know. I can really pull off blonde!! xD

Now, i can finally say "sorry, blonde moment" Haha.

YG Auditions - Video

Video Posted by aus2one ent (via Youtube).
L00k! I'm at 9:59 trying to eat the camera!! LOL

YG Auditions - Audition Day!! 7th April 2012 - Ahhhh!!

Started the day off by Nervously rehearsing and sipping hot T2 Apple and Cinnamon to clear my throat (anyone whos a T2 lover (y)). I was pretty nervous already and i could hear it in my voice (Noooooo!!).
Read my facebook wall of supportive msgs and.. Got changed.

Major issue when deciding what to wear to a YG audition. I'm a shorty (at 170cm) so i know i have to wear something that will make me look taller than i really am. Note: Height = Good. So skinny jeans it was with 1 inch heeled boots (yes.. it was necessary), my baby milo tee (which i wore to the 2011 Kpop festival) and my rather expensive.....(bargain hunter) Tarocash shirt. And to top it off, sunnies. you know, just to look the part LOL.

Well, with that over and done with, nervously left the house to the station to get the 10.23 train to Chatswood.

Man, it was the longest trip ever! (not really) I was just THAT nervous...

By the time i got there, it was 11.01am. Time to find "The Civic Pavillion". I'd never been to Chatswood until today, so it was a new experience.

FINALLY reached the building and glanced at the beginning of the line.... They made the queue go around the outside behind a wall, so i wasnt able to see the full extent of it. I was so freaked out I couldn't even join the line!! O.O (yes, i'm such a chicken...)

MAN. I WAS LITERALLY FREAKING OUT!
  
I called my friend to see if he was on his way yet and he said 20min. (He was one of my support team xD). And, i needed moral support, so i'm glad he tagged along to keep me company. Note: its also good to have close friends there with you at an audition for moral support).

When he finally got there we went to the side of the building, where we joined the line. Looking back, it looked like we would be there forever and they had only begun calling the 100+ numbers.
We were standing about 1/2 way around the building, when this girl came around with this list and told ppl who were NOT auditioning to stand on the other side of the road. Nooooo, there goes my support team of 1 xD. Never the less, it was up to the queue to provide comfort and i gotta say, there is alot of support in these lines, you just have to talk to people :) I met Chloe and John who were both great, friendly and supportive fello YG auditionees [Hey guys!!! (if ur reading this)]. :)

After about 15min, this YG girl came around asking for the people with audition numbers for 300 (remember i was 321), Chloe was a few numbers behind me and John was 300+ (Note: for late registration, YG just issued 300+ as an auditon number). She told me and Chloe to go to the front of the line... leaving john behind :(

At this point, we were freaking out. Me more than others i think LOL. We had to go into the main room to hand in out registration forms and to formally sign on and recieve our ID stickers.
SO, I got push ahead from audition number 321 to...242 (and Chloe to 243) NOT BAD YG!!

As we both enter the main hall. Look, you can see Chloe's Blonde hair. As for me.... the top of my head LOL

Note: Singers and Singers+Dancing performers were split into 2 halls, so they ran both simultaniously.

From then on, the process was just us playing musical chairs whilst one after the other enter THE HALL... Du Du DuHhhhhhh AHHHHH! None of us could see inside the room, so we didnt know what to expect. As it drew closer and closer both of us were getting really nervous and began sculling tea and water like mad men.

And finally. It was time.

The Audition room was a really massive hall with just a table in the center, one YG talent scout, a camera-man, and another person doing the paper work.

We didn't know this before, but actually there are 5 seats inside for auditionees to wait their turn. So we'd get to see and hear each others performances. >>I KNOW.. MAke it anymore Nerve racking guys!!
Note: I noticed even though the e-mail said we get max 5min each to perform, everybody was getting stopped at around the 30second mark, i'm guessing becasue of the large numbers that they had to watch and hear.

Gotta say, the 2 girls that were ahead of me were really good, one sang The Wonder Girls "Nobody" and the other, a song by Navi which im unsure of the name. That made me even more nervous. I just prayed that when i had to get up, i would still be able to sing something without it sounding really, really crappy.

Then, it was finally my turn... strangely enough i felt less nervous than i thought i would be. Singing for the first time infront of people i've never met before is no easy feat. So, i walked up there, to the middle of this great hall and stood on the "x". I was just awkwardly standing there looking at the people behing the table because they didnt say or tell me to do anything, until i asked "do i start??"... o.o that was weird....>.>

So, finally I got to sing!!... Thankfully my nerves were fading sort of, so i was still able to deliver a somewhat decent attempt. (although i thought the first few lines were a little shaky, but then again everyones was. Note: its a really good idea to close your eyes to get into the moment of the song (it also distracts from staring/juding eyes; Haha)

After about 30 seconds the lady stopped me. Like everyone else, she didnt say anything. But she smiled, so maybe thats a good sign??

So, i went back to the 5 chairs at the side of the hall to wait for Chloe's audition. She sang Beyonce's "Listen". No easy feat in singing such a powerful ballad. She did a great job! Not alot of people can pull off a Beyonce number, but she certainly put in a pretty good effort.

With both of our auditions over, we exited the hall via the back entrance. OMG. The feeling was exhillirating!! The adrenelin rush you get is amazing! Whilst we were leaving the main hall, the crew at SBS PopAsia were there to interview us both on our audition experience. So you never know, we might be on the PopAsia Show on Sunday morining!! Haha.

With all that over, both of us sadly parted ways :'( but had really enjoyed this YG audition experience together!

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So, that was the day that I had my Very FIRST Auditon for anything and i have to say, i will defintily be doing this again. Anyone reading this and is having doubts about whether to audition or not, you should definitly try out. Its an experience that has to be had. Just do it for yourself. Its all about achieving a personal goal for yourself and well, for me, its ticking off one more thing on my bucket list! And you never know, maybe something good will turn out of it. The only way you'll know is auditioning!!

After Audition madness with Shaun the Sheep

xD

YG Auditions - The Night Before

There are less than 12hrs to go and i am literally Sh**ing myself atm.

So far, iv sang to ppl over skype and mobile, yet im sill soo nervous!! I'v spoken to so many other friends tonight, and one gave me great advice. Think;

• I am the Only person that can do what i can do.
• Have no regrets, this is what i do and if its meant to be, it will happen.
• Be confident and believe in yourself that you can do it.

These are the words of a wise friend of mine (who im pretty sure will be reading this at somepoint in your life), so thank you for your guidance! And hopefully this will get me through tomorrow.


If it's meant to be, it will happen. 321. 321. 321. 321 xx

YG Auditions - Le CONFIRMATION E-MAIL

After i came back from yum-cha (as all asians do on a public holiday ;), i came to find a little surprise in my inbox.

~~~~~~~FINALLY!!!!!!~~~~~~

With under 24hrs to go, YG has finally gotten back to me with my audition details and my audition number!!
The email came as follows:

And along with that, an attatched list of auditionees and their number..... I scrolled down to find......

                                                                    :D

I saw my name and was like YESHHHHH..... only to look next to my birthday a big fat "F"......... hmmm, they registered me as a Female o.O.....
Yer........, YG Fail! They also registered a few other guys as females LOL, I'm pretty Richard and Josh are guys names.... (i think >.> LOL..... i hope <.< xD). I'm pretty sure they'll notice something odd when we register at the desk tomorrow Haha.
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Ok, now that i know my audition number and where/what i have to do.... i don't know what TIME i have to get there by. My number is 321, which is 20 from the end of the list (i'm surprised, i thought there will be more participants, maybe alot of on-the-day hand in's).

I reckon they should give an approx time when we have to be there by, i mean theres no point in going at, lets say 12pm when they're not even pass the 100 person mark; think of all the waiting....

None, the less, i'll be there earlier since iv never been to the venue before and never done an audition before, so i dont really have a clue what im supposed to do.


Ahh....~ getting nervous now. Better get practicing!!
Wish me luck!

I'll do an update after my auditions, probably on Easter Sunday or next Monday, as i have a busy Easter Long weekend.

HAPPY EASTER BTW!! LOL, i kinda forgot casue of these auditions Haha.

All for now, see you on the other side! :P

YG Auditions - New Haircut + Song Decision MADE!!

With auditions coming up really fast, i decided i need a new cut to go with. So, the results are as follows:::::.....

Does it look alrite?
It was supposed to look like Key's "Sherlock" cut, but ended up looking like..... iunno.

And, i've finally decided on the song. Its the one i posted yesterday; Red Bean by Faye Wong.

YG Auditions - Song Decisions

YG auditions coming up real fast and i've yet to choose an indefintie song! I've gone through my iTunes library and out of 6726 songs i STILL can't seem to decide.
I really wanted to sing a ballad, cause they sound the best when sung in just vocals. And another dilemma... whether to sing in Eng, Mando, Canto or Krn??...

1. I dont really want to sing in korean cause they're korean and i dont speak, so i dont   wanna sound like im making it up.
2. I want to sing in mando but im afraid i'll forget the lyrics and so i'll have to make up some words (hopefully that wont matter because they hopefully wont understand anyway).
3. Canto songs generally have a good vocal range but (like above) i dont think i would remember the lyrics to.
4. English ballads are pretty hard to pull off.

So far, i've narrowed it down to one of my oldest favourite songs, 紅豆 (Red Bean) by 王菲 Faye Wong. Yes, its a mando song but i think i can pull it off. I'll UL a sound clip later on so you can see what i mean (I'm still capped remember), or you can youtube it. The song's also been covered in Krn on the East of Eden Soundtrack (by Lee Bo Ram from Seeya, and one by Lee Hae Ri from Davichi), so it may sound familiar if you've watched the drama. I havnt, but i just love the OST.

Anyway, here are the lyrics for now. It's slowish and its a pretty good vibe about it.

Gotta get practicing! :D

YG Auditions

Not too long ago (it was less than a months notice), YGE announced that they will be holding an audition for singers in Sydney. And, like many other kpop fans in Sydney, I wanted to do this audition. People who know kpop would know YGE is one of the three"kings" of the South Korean entainment industry. Their label includes international stars including BIGBANG (who won Best Intl' Act in the 2011 Brit Awards), 2NE1 (who are making it BIG in the US, UK, Japan as well as Sth Kr), Gummy and se7en to name a few. So, as you can probably see, this audition coming to Sydney IS a pretty BIG deal...

Ok, i'm a beginner. Have no experience whatsoever in auditions, and have no clue what goes on behind these doors. And yes... i was too chicken to do the JYP aauditions last year, i keep saying i had HSC on as my excuse. Anyway, after a long week of thinking and rethinking (and somewhat alot of pressure from my friends...[you know who you are], I finally registered for the YG entertainment Auditions in Sydney taking place this Saturday.

Whilst i was thinking about this audition, i dug into all my sources (mostly You Tube and blogs) to try and find some sort of review on what actually happens at these auditions. Sadly, i could NOT find one! SO hopefully this post will be a first. I know theres heaps on the JYP auditions, but how come i can't seem to find any on the YG ones?? None the less, i stared hypothesing of "what might be"... ...... Like what if i get through (highly unlikely)... Would i have to leave the country.... What if i become an idol.... well everything that can Make or Break a decision like this. Well, finally last night, i cracked and finally gave in.

It was a pretty simple process tbh, just fill in the from provided by YG and email a copy to JKent. >>>>>>>>>Everything you need can be found here, note that this link will automatically direct you to the Korean site, just click on the Australia tab on the side (if you are interested that is).

So far, i havn't yet recieved a confirmation email yet... so if they dont, i guess i'll have to call up tomorrow, before Easter Holidays.

Hopefully everything goes well. I'll keep blogging to keep you up to date with my YG Audition Experience!!

The Food Reviews of LAST WEEK + other Random Stuff

Boring Times on the long trip home from uni -  Haha.

Last week was kind of hectic... i mean, all university students should know. Especially with mid-term break coming up in 3 days time!! Cannot wait! But even then, i managed to fit in a few good restaurants here and there. (i go to Macquarie University btw)

MQ uni! i <3 it there :) Such great atmosphere

So first on my hitlist of Restaurants to visit is SAKURA JAPANESE RESTAURANT in Ashfield.

This restaurant brings me back to the days of high school, were we would visit every single week. We loved it there. Such kind staff and some really good Japanese food (much better in comparison to some of the bigger named jap rests that iv visited). They range from Sushi to Bentos, side dishes, mains, udon and hotpot.

Ten Don (Tempura and rice) with Miso Soup + Japanese Lemonade (MY FAV)

$13.80

Head to http://www.isakura.com.au/  to have a look at their menu and/or to make a booking (its also a good idea to book early if you are going in a large group. If you are ever in/or around the inner west area, i would highly reccoment you going there.

Next up is The Bagel House - MQ centre

Ok, so the people who know me would know i would'ne usually go for a burger as my number one choice of meal. But in this case, i couldnt resist. This was my first time going to Bagel House so i was a little bit scepticle spending soo much money on a single burger and fries.... (like all asians would.. cheap bastards LOL). Luckily, I was indeed happily suprised, very much worth the money i paid for it. The flame grilled burger came served on a hot plate and I have to say, was one of the best burgers i have tasted so far.  

Flame Grilled Beef Burger with Curly Fries

$15.80

Bagel House is located on the top floor of Macquare Centre, open for bothe lunch and dinner (i think) i havnt really looked it up xD... Like i say;  Google it! Haha. 



And Finally (for this post) is...., ZenQ. Not so uncommon for us asians to indulge themselves in something sweet every now and again (me more than others :D ). However, this was my first time at ZenQ. I've always wanted to try their Honey Toast... but unfortunately becasue of the massize beef burger i had earlier, i couldnt pack it in :( ..... until next time -.-. Instead, me and my friends opted for the Mango ice dessert, essentially shaved ice with mango syrup, mango jelly, fresh mango and a scoop of vanilla ice cream. Judging by the pictures on the menu, the actual size of the dishes were way, way bigger then expected. We ended we sharing them. 

Mango Shaved Ice

$8.80

Head to http://www.zenqdesserts.com.au/ to have a glance at their Yummy menu. I really hope to go and try out their Honey Toast soon! If anyone goes, please give me a head up for what i'm in for :) 

Ok, all for now. Time for bed since I have a bio assignment to do tomorrow :(

Must say to myself "Easter Break Soon!... Easter Break Soon!.... Easter Break Soon!!!"

Hahah! Enjoy reading!