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Friday, November 20, 2009

Best Scene of YAB 14: Jeremy's Bus Scene

Credits: dramabeans.com

Oh My God! Episode 14 of YAB drama was so sweet! So sad it will wrap up by next week.
Once TK said 'I like you', i was like KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA! I watched that part several times, but I kept squealing everytime. KYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!

In this episode I love the fan fiction fantasies! hahaha! So funny...n my hair stood up a little bit too..can't imagine how could the fans ever thought that 'gay' story lor...huhu~






And the best scene of this episode is Jeremy's bus scene. Oh My God! It was soooooooo simple yet cute n sweet. He's so innocent. Oh poor Jeremy..Don't cry, love. I could feel his sincerity n innocence in that scene. Fabulous job Hong Ki! That singing + crying part was soooo heartbreaking. I just couldn't help myself but to cry with him. Sarangheyo!





Tears...

Thursday, November 19, 2009

Never Fight..

Credits: Taman-taman Syurga

Make today a breeze not a battle. Never fight.

Nothing is worth fighting for.
Wisdom never fights, it waits patiently,
speaks positively, releases easily,
sees benefit in everything and envisions a future
of abundance...
knowing that all needs will be met at the right moment,
in the right way.

If you think life is a struggle you will always
be struggling, If you think life is a breeze,
your attitudes and actions will convey
lightness and easiness.
And that's what attracts everything you need,
and much more.
Make today a breeze not a battle.

Jangan menampal dunia
dengan mengoyakkan akhirat.

Janganlah menjadi begitu masin..
sehingga orang meludahmu..
Dan janganlah pula berlaku
terlampau manis, sehingga
mereka menelan dirimu
begitu saja...

Have a unique character like salt
its presence is not felt but its
absence makes things tasteless.

Monday, November 16, 2009

Hellooooo by G Dragon feat. Dara 2ne1

Salam

I'm a little bit busy lately especially when it's near to the finals. Have a pack of papers to write..Ugh!! I miss you blog! However, I need to give extra attention to other things first. Ok for now, I just wanna share a song that I like...hehe~ for me it's cute with catchy music. And of course it's K Pop looorr!

I listen to this song a lot during my paper writing period...A great staying up buddy..hehe~ Let's hear Hello by G Dragon feat. Sandara Park. Or popular among the fans as Daragon..hihi~ Oh, I'm a little bit sensitive with this noona-dongseng relationship. wink*wink* huhuhu~


Tuesday, November 10, 2009

Fan Photo Project of You're Beautiful Drama

After being a zombie for a couple of nights because of the blo*dy history test, now I can breath a little even though I didn't do well in it. At least it's over! Maybe the test was not hard for my other classmates. But for me, it was so difficult because first: I don't like the subject, second: it was my first ever test in United States especially as the one and only international student in class. All the information are scattered in my brain and I don't know whether it is correct or not. I really need to kill myself to pass through this first semester. It's hard to adapt to American system because I am used to Eastern style. And as a graduate student, others think that you are supposed to be clever. Oh My God! That makes me sooo nervous. And the one I hate the most is people's high expectation. They were like "WOW!" when they knew I know 4 languages and I got Fulbright scholarship. Oh come on,guys! I was just lucky, not that intelligent. These expectations make me suffocate all the time.

When a person is in a lot of pressure, he or she tends to make unbelievable crazy things. Yes, I admit it. Soooo true! I just don't know how to release the tightness in my chest. I made a ridiculous decision: to pose in pictures as drama characters. Hahahaha! I just couldn't believe I actually did that. My same age friends are busy working, taking care of their husband and kids but here, I am just like a teenage girl posing for pictures, showing my love to a drama. Guess what? I DON'T CARE! (music background: 2NE1 'I don't care' song)

My latest passion is a Korean Drama, You're Beautiful that I have mentioned before in my previous posts. There was actually a fan photo project by the fan club. To give support to the drama team, the fan club decided to prepare a special slide of fan's pictures and messages. The deadline was 8th November at first but then it was changed to 6. I did not realize the change and because of the hectic days of study, I could not make it on time. Thanks God I am not a teenage girl anymore. If not, I would have banged my head to the wall because I missed the deadline. Actually...I really wanted to pose in front of camera but I didn't have any solid reason to do it. So now it's the time to take the chance! Hahahaha! I am a loyal viewer of America's Next Top Model but I am not a good poser though. Credits to Afreen, my housemate who took the pictures and to PA who edited them.

I wanted to make creative pictures and the only idea that popped out in my head was to pose as the drama characters. Ok now we'll start with Jeremy (Lee Hong Ki). In the drama, he is a witty, funny and kinda crazy guy. He loves to make people around him laugh and forget the problems. Likes to celebrate every single memorable time with parties. He is the type of person who is fun to be with.

This is Hong Ki or Jeremy in the drama:




Well. I tried to show the colorful sides (funny and crazy) of Jeremy,so I came out with this. Hahaha!




Next is the macho and the-best-nominee-for-husband man, Shin Woo Oppa. He's calm, macho and cool but he is always keeping everything inside. So, he always appear sad in hiding his feelings. (Even though in the next episode it seems that he's ready to confess his love. Kekeke! Go Oppa!)







I don't know how to appear macho but I'm totally good in showing loneliness since I'm alone here in the States. Hahaha!





This is the hottest man nowadays in internet forums about K Drama, Tae Kyung Shi. He is always smirking, getting pissed off really easy but undeniably major hotness! Like what Park Shin Hye said, he is the one that you'll fall for more each time you see him. Hihi~






Mmm...how can I show a pissed off face? So I just frowned to express it. Hehe~ Being hot is just out of my ability..so I just tried the higher-up-your-nose thing. XD


The main actress is Go Mi Nyu or Go Min Nam. She's the innocent, cute, and clueless type of girl. A girl who is pure and lovable.





Ok this is my attempt to look cute nd innocent. Hahahaha! I just want to roll over seeing my poses. Don't get too annoyed seeing me trying the best to appear cute ok? :p




The evil woman of YAB drama, He Yi. She is doing a very good job because I feel like slapping her everytime her scene appears. In front of everyone, she is the most elegant, pretty, super nice, and lovable actress. However, in the reality she is the nasty b*tch that keeps ruining Tae Kyung and Go Mi Nam's happiness.






I wanted to show the two sides of the fake fairy. So I showed the smiling face and the dark side and the arrogance of He Yi. I held 2 different colored files as a symbol of 2 different characters. How is it? Do I look fake? Hahaha!



Last but not least, this picture is to show my support to all of the casts and crews of YAB team. You really brighten up my hard days of studying with your adorable work. Don't care about the ratings because in the reality YAB has a huge fan base all around the world especially among the netizens. I made hand signals to show the word love.



Even though I didn't have the chance to submit my pictures to the fan club, I do hope one day the casts and crews of YAB team will come across my photos in internet. Heheh! Just wanna show them my support and love.

Oh, I can't wait to watch the 11th episode this coming Wednesay. So nervous to see Tae Kyung and Jeremy's reaction after the high-level-bravery of Shin Woo's confession in front of everyone. Mm..thank you for having a look at my craziness moments. hehe~ Now I need to put on back my glasses and start to look at my books again. See you all again. Muuuaaah! Love from USA.



Sunday, November 08, 2009

My Ummah by Sami Yusuf

Thursday, November 05, 2009

You're Beautiful Drama Passionate Fans

Credits to dramabeans.com and soompi.com

Hi everyone

You're Beautiful Drama

IRIS drama


You're Beautiful Drama (YAB) has 'given birth' to a huge base of fan especially among the netizens. We agree that YAB has a major competiton with IRIS since their airing time is the same: every Wednesdays and Thursdays starting 9.55 p.m (South Korean time). IRIS gets a lot of attention because of their top casts, top secret organization storyline and a huge sum of production cost: 20 million dollars! WAAAAAAAAAAAA! That's a lot for a drama isn't it? Yeah, and as expected, IRIS episodes rating is as following:

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2009-10-14 1 24.5 (2nd) 25.4 (1st)
2009-10-15 2 25.3 (1st) 26.1 (1st)
2009-10-21 3 27.9 (1st) 29.3 (1st)
2009-10-22 4 26.2 (1st) 27.2 (1st)
2009-10-28 5 29.6 (1st) 30.3 (1st)
2009-10-29 6 28.9 (1st) 29.8 (1st)
2009-11-04 7 30.7 (1st) 31.1 (1st)

Impressive huh? YAB drama is a 'lighter' drama and it is cool and fun. Of course the viewers category are mostly among teenagers. IRIS drama has heavier issues and the viewers are perhaps ahjummas. Just imagine, at a house with only one television, at the same time, how can teenagers have the guts to conquer the tv when the elders want to watch another drama? So...the teenagers who are more expert in technology compared to the elders, will go to the internet to watch YAB. Well, that's my analysis according to the situation. Let's YAB episode ratings:

Date Episode Nationwide Seoul
2009-10-07 01 10.8 (11th) 11.6 (11th)
2009-10-08 02 9.6 (12th) 10.2 (11th)
2009-10-14 03 9.1 (11th) 8.5 (14th)
2009-10-15 04 8.9 (14th) 9.4 (11th)
2009-10-21 05 9.0 (18th) 9.2 (13th)
2009-10-22 06 10.0 (11th) 10.2 (11th)
2009-10-28 07 9.6 (14th) 10.2 (11th)
2009-10-29 08 9.8 (12th) 10.3 (11th)
2009-11-04 09 9.8 (17th) 10.3 (13th)

Not that impressive, huh? But it's stable. Ok now let me tell you about YAB channel in viikii.net. The latest episode till now is episode 9. Episode 10 has been broadcasted but I am sure YAB channel team are working hard to sub it for the sake of non Korean fans who are from all over the world..including me! ^^ Ok, with only 9 episode, the channel has been viewed for 1176281 times! Just imagine more than a million views in less than a month! That's only viikii.net. Not included other sites yet such as mysoju.com, youtube etc.

Ok I admit there will be no 1 million viewers but it is the obsessed fans who have turned into stalkers. Keep refreshing every 5 minutes...hahaha! But still! I'm impressed. And I love this channel team because they are hardworking, excellent and kind people who work volunterily for us. I heart you YAB team! Will support you till the end.

I also like to read the comments in the channel. Believe me...they are really hard core fans! Sometimes I laugh reading the comments. There r cute comments like:

Yay! It's Happy Wednesday again! or Can someone hit me at my head so that I can sleep and wake up again next Wednesday? :p

The girls especially have comments like hooooot! cuuuute! drool! and there was once they made a list from the 3 male main actors about which one they will choose to date, to marry and eevn to have one night stand and to rape! OMG! hahahahhaa! Really girls!

And there a lot of topics created in the channel. I have read once a topic poct discussing about how addictive you can be for YAB drama? The comments literally are like competition to show how crazy u have became because of the drama. Hahaha! So funny. I enjoy reading their comments. For me it's cute....hehe~

Some viewers of IRIS also have changed their preference to YAB. In online forums, there are comments regarding it such as: “I changed the channel by accident and watched for a moment, but I couldn’t forget it so I saw the reruns from Episode 1. I’ve completely fallen for it. I’ve totally converted.” (credit for dramabeans.com)

ANd of course most of them have their STALKER MODE ON. heheh~ (including me) Keep visiting the site even though we all know that the subbed episodes willbe released only twice in a week. It has become more to a fan club for a band group rather than a drama.

However, Jang Geun SUk (JGS) the lead actor felt that he was the fault that made the ratings low. He sent a note for fans at the drama website. No, no, no JGS! Why did you think like that? Because of that, the fans got 'electric shock' and they sent encouraging messages to JGS and the drama crew. They even gave a buffet gift to the drama crew (around 100 persons) at the drama set on 30th October 2009! OMG! I'm totally impressed by the fans who react really fast in SOuth Korea.

So for giving support to the drama crews who work hard, fan groups are preparing for a photo project! Apparently we need to take pictures of ourselves with messages such as:

I like Minami because....
내가 미남이를 좋아하는 이유는...


"Fighting YAB cast and crew!"
미남이시네요 제작진과 출연진, 화이팅!

"Feel the YAB love from the whole world"
미남이시네요에 보내는 전세계로부터의 응원을 알아주세요!

"Jang Geun-Seok we love you!"
장근석, 사랑해요!

"Park Shin Hye we adore you!"
박신혜, 정말 좋아해요!

"Lee Hong Ki you are the greatest!"
이홍기, 최고에요!

"Jung Yong Hwa you rule our world!"
정용화, 짱이에요!

"You are beautiful - the best show in the world!"
미남이시네요 - 세계최고에요!

"UEE - we love to hate you! Great Job"
유이, 미워서 좋아요! 진짜 잘하고 있어요!

Translation was kindly provided by pacepace!



Send the photos to yabfighting@googlemail.com.Then the fan group will make a slide from it and they will send it by hand to SBS station. Deadline is 8th November. Wanna join? Sounds fun. Please refer this for extra info: http://www.soompi.com/forums/index.php?showtopic=318061
Ok need to go now. See you in the nest post Insya Allah. Anyong :)

Wednesday, November 04, 2009

Akhlak Baik

“Orang mukmin yang paling sempurna imannya ialah yang terbaik akhlaknya.” (HR Tirmidzi)

“Sesungguhnya orang yang paling saya kasihi dan yang paling dekat padaku di hari kiamat ialah yang terbaik budi pekertinya.” (HR. Tirmidzi)

“Sesungguhnya sebaik-baik kalian ialah yang terbaik akhlaknya.” (HR Muslim)

“Bertaqwalah kepada Allah dimana jua engkau berada dan balaslah perbuatan buruk dengan perbuatan baik niscaya kebaikan itu akan menutupi keburukan dan bergaullah sesama manusia dengan akhlak yang baik.” (HR Tirmidzi)

Nabi pernah ditanya perihal orang yang paling banyak masuk syurga. Baginda menjawab : “Taqwa kepada Allah dan Akhlak yang Baik.” (HR Tirmidzi)

"Sesungguhnya engkau (Muhammad) mempunyai akhlak yang agung” (Al qalam : 4).

Anas bin Malik ra. mengatakan : "Selama sepuluh tahun saya melayani rasulullah, belum pernah saya ditegur : mengapa engkau berbuat ini ? atau mengapa engkau tidak mengerjakan itu ?” (HR. Bukhari dan Muslim).

“ Yang paling memberatkan mizan (timbangan) pada hari kiamat adalah akhlak yang baik.” (HR. Ahmad)

Rasulullah pernah berkata “Aku diutus oleh Allah ialah untuk menyempurnakan akhlak.” (HR.Ahmad)

Used vs Loved


While a man was polishing his new car,
his 4 yr old son picked up a stone
and scratched lines on the side of the car.

In anger, the man took the child ' s hand
and hit it many times not realizing
he was using a wrench.

At the hospital, the child lost all his fingers
due to multiple fractures.

When the child saw his father.....
with painful eyes he asked, ' Dad when will my fingers grow back? '
The man was so hurt and speechless;
he went back to his car and kicked it a lot of times.

Devastated by his own actions..... .
sitting in front of that car he looked at the scratches;
the child had written ' LOVE YOU DAD ' .
The next day that man committed suicide. . .

Anger and Love have no limits;
choose the latter to have a beautiful, lovely
life & remember this:
Things are to be used and people are to be loved.
The problem in today ' s world is
that people are used while things are loved.

Let ' s try always to keep this thought in mind:
Things are to be used,
People are to be loved.

Watch your thoughts; they become words..
Watch your words; they become actions.
Watch your actions; they become habits.
Watch your habits; they become character;
Watch your character; it becomes your destiny.