Lucky Germany T^T

TV series "Padam Padam," "Kimchi Family" and "Syndrome," which had aired on JoongAng Ilbo's general programming cable channel JTBC, have been sold to Germany.

2011 Kdrama OSTs

   Bad thing is - there wasn't any OST that I would buy in a heartbeat. There were some nice songs that fitted the drama, yet nothing as spectacular and powerful as, let's say, Chuno OST or Revenge of Gumiho OST. Oh yes, 2010 was a good year for dramas. Maybe last year of some quality in main 3 broadcasts' productions.

But if I had to pick up the best score - it would be NToG and What's Up! But the second drama started in December and ended in February, so it's not entirely 2011 one.

I Believed I Was an Angel

   Here's the thing, the beginning of this translated interview starts exactly like the rest, so I spared you talk about café in Samcheong-dong, flower boy past blah blah.

They did write “he carried the manly aura” around, though.

So smile, everybody!

   If there is one thing I truly hate (no, not Diva-ness this time :P) - it's laziness. I had small incident with people's stupidity again, so I had to take meds that knocked me off my feet, but after 2 hour long sleep, I'm back! You missed me?

While making cuts few days ago, I made one I totally forgot about, because I named it "11a". Turns out, it's the smiling combination from Padam Padam ep 19. That was such a bright and lovely moment.
So here you go.

Mistaken identity

Learn the difference.

  

   I’ve been planning to write on this topic for a long, long time. Somehow other things got in a way and this was postponed. Finally, I had some time to spare and collect my (scarce) thoughts and write a post.

My affair with Korean entertainment developed into serious relationship, this is why so many things amuse me now. Fangirls are one thing, but illusions that fangirls have, are infecting, oops, I mean, influencing the journalism in Korea. And this is not about ‘we-all-know-which-website’ articles. This is about the trend that has roots in fangirls’ perception of their bubble world and how it affect the real world.

Discussion on ‘minam’ evolution theory.

   Are you bored yet? Like I care (sorry, I'm obnoxious like this). Next two articles will be here today. One, on the topic titled above. Oh, we all love 'kkotminam', 'minam' and all that crap that is coming some guys way. They look good, fine. But let's not get overboard with that. Looking good doesn't equal talent at all. It's simple, but perhaps not for some eastern ethics. Oh yes, I know well about gunja ideal and so on, don't try any tricks. I know in all far-eastern systems beautiful looks were equaled with beautiful character. But guess what, it's not working like that.

Anyway, after a long and boring intro, some guy's words.

Breaking the shell

Oh good, some people started to work on those, as there are tons of articles (way over 15 now). This way, less work for me and I can concentrate on other things.

But KBS Global didn't give the original source back. Talking about copyrights. Tsk, tsk.
Here is the original (plus use the backlinks, it's scattered).

Met Jeong U-seong through dream*

I swear, he's such a weird young one. 

Anyway, this is the first part of the biggest article. The second part is the one with Jekyll and Hyde reference, post below. 

Jekyll and Hyde?

I had this interview left as the last, thankfully I don't have to do it right now.
Someone was faster than me.
Why as a last one? Because I have my own secret code of assembling articles for translating. It's a cat thing.

What is Padam Padam to ‘bad angel’?

Another translation is up here^^

This makes my contempt and disdain for certain Divas even deeper.

Some interview with...

... someone who is not into this business for 20 years!

Another translation.

Oh, this is such a guilty pleasure.

Bath scene - we saw it all.

Short, cute interview from today morning.

Bad thing is, I was in a frenzy of making .doc out of those interviews and I forgot the website. 

The good thing is, I found 3 more while looking for the original.

Padam Padam Ep 20

So it ended.
It ended...

Guardian Angel Kim Beom explodes

   I wouldn't mind him giving... erm.. OK, let's stop here.

I was bored out of my mind during my consultation hours at work (one student came), so I was browsing mah friend that is google (yeah, they can track me) and I found one easy article but in Japanese. When I wanted to find the original for it, I must admit - I was defeated. I couldn't find the original source. The Japanese website didn't give the link back to the article. Talk about copyright protection, mehehe. Anyway, it's hard to believe (and concentrate) but 5 minutes ago I found the base article, by sheer chance (don't ask me what I'm doing). They are not exactly the same as the wording and some sentences are totally different, and I'm devastated enough to not re-translate it this time from Korean. I just added missing lines.

Forgive me my sleaz... laziness. 

Padam Padam Ep 19

I'm not ready for the last episode tomorrow. Damn not ready.

Tongyeong

   My sister-in-bitchin' made a post about the city, but I was bugged by one picture. The one above. I wasn't sure if the painting was real or was it just a momental happening in the series, as so many things here. I wasn't sure was it just an illusion that disappears while we blink, or was it real. 

So I watched all videos on this beautiful place where Padam Padam is filmed, and finally I found the answer. The painting is real, the series used it craftily.

In the video below, you will see it's from Dongpirang Village close to Tongyeong. If anyone read the interviews here, you are already familiar with the name Dongpirang.

Padam Padam Ep 18

There is a lot of people to feel sorry for in this drama, but one is especially pitiful. Jeong, the boy was caught by really stormy winds.

Padam Padam Ep 17

Cause I'm sick.

Jeong U-seong interview part 2

Interview part 2 is served. Uff...

Forgive my awkward sentences sometimes.

Jeong U-seong interview part 1

   First part of the interview is served. I know I was supposed to translate it earlier, but... Friday was my bad day, and Saturday I spent with my sister cause she fed me (and I baked a banana bread for her^^), so I was kinda indulging into real life activities.

But fret no more, it is here. Since it's a quite big interview, I split it in two parts. Next one later on Sunday (after I catch some sleep).