Beijing Book Release

Hi hi sisters ...... seems like Yong Joon is not only making waves in Japan, he's also stirring up a little ripples in China. As you know, the long awaited Chinese (traditional) version of his 'Beauty of Korea' book was released in Taiwan 2 weeks ago. Now the simplified Chinese version is also launching in China. As you have read in bb's LoveBaeYongJoon, she has kindly translated the event details of the Press Release, organized jointly by the United Book chain and the media company.

Fresh out from the oven, the event took place yesterday inside the Korean Embassy in Beijing

The congratulatory flower baskets from fan clubs all over China @@
Quite some nice displays of his travel photos, eh?


The capacity of the hall was 100, with 60 reporters and 40 fans. Well, if Yong Joon were there, multiply it by 1000 :)

Even though Yong Joon was not present, representatives from Keyeast and the Korean Tourism Organization were there.

Perhaps Mr. Li Xin of the United Bookstore expressed it best, "There is a fundamental difference on this book, apart from the average travel books. It depicts the type of travel based not on the temptation of eating, drinking and playing. Rather, it's a cultural journey, a journey into the soul."

Of course, we are more interested in what our BYJ family was doing, right?

Hehe, they came prepared, much like going to the Tokyo Dome Events, with banners and everything!

The 'famous' fan/interpretator Wonchun (she accompanied Yong Joon throughout his Beijing visit in 2005) asked Keyeast director Mr. Hwang Chang Woo when Yong Joon will go to China again. He answered that when time comes for the promotion of his future acting works, Yong Joon will definitely return. The Chinese family seemed a bit caught off guard when asked what they'd like to say to Yong Joon. They hoped their well wishes from the Chinese family could be carried back to Korea to Yong Joon, how sweet!

To be honest, I am quite happy to see 'official' BYJ promotion events held in other countries, so fans outside of Korea and Japan can also experience that sense of belonging in a BYJ family. As the consuming power in China continues to escalate and the Chinese family continues to grow, I am not surprised to see more events coming out from there. Now, dare we dream there will also be a book press release in N. America when the English version comes out?? kidarikeyo ~@@~

Thanks to amma格格 and 清夜儛婂 for posting the pictures in baidu!

Yummylicious

Hi hi sisters ..... I found this set of amusing screencaps (from DATV's History of Bae Yong Joon) and they present themselves for a wonderful storyline. Nop, our handsome prince was not having a toothache, he is just his usual self as a food-loving growing boy staring at his favourite food :) It just happened that I had my wisdom tooth taken out this past weekend, and I also was staring at all the yummy food at home but could not eat any, wahhhh *0*. Hope you enjoy the cute expressions of our prince .....

YJ : this is too irresistable @@

reporter : is that sashimi?

YJ : yup

reporter : do you like sashimi?

YJ : ummmm .... yum yum :)

reporter : which one is your favourite?

YJ : Hehe, I love them all ^o^

YJ : may I start now??

director : HOLD IT! This is the prop for our next scene!

YJ : but I am soooo hungry *o* ...... back to staring @@

original from マイ・Ｊｏｏｎ・メモリーズ by Sayaka
reposted from baidu / YJ影之国, thanks!

100% BYJ Art Exhibition

Hi Hi sisters .... our dear cloudnine has been working very hard recently in translating some Japanese articles to share with our English speaking sisters. You can read her latest translation on Fumi's articles on Dream Hi in bb/tomato's LoveBaeYongJoon site. She sent me this very interesting post in Fuyuka's blog, it's about the BYJ Art exhibition which was held in Tokyo last month. Sob sob, cloudnine probably pities me that I couldn't go there in person and witness it myself. So cloudnine, thank you so much for your kind heart and dear sisters, hope you enjoy .....

Original in Japanese : from fuyuka’s blog - August 30 100% BYJ Art Exhibition
Translated to English : cloudnine


Yesterday was Yon-sama’s birthday and I went to BYJ 100% Art Exhibition to Shinjuku
with a sister H.
It was soooo crowded~~.
Once you stepped into the venue,
I was riveted to “a certain corner”!!
which was…!

“We don’t need the glasses that cover too much!!” corner!!
I didn’t expect to see my pals here~~!! LOL
Then we drooled over the illustrations of Yon-sama without glasses…

There was a corner of ‘flash’ created by fans.

This was a corner of ‘coloring’.

I did coloring on an illustration of my favorite artist koshuka・

I was also hooked on nagajun-san who was actually painting just in front of me.

There was even a place where we could enjoy files of art work while seated.
Especially we were excited about kinkan –san’s work and, which was
illustrations of BYJ without glasses and with glasses~!

We enjoyed saying each other “I want this file~~!!”. ^ 0 ^

And there was a surprise at around 2 p.m.
It was a birthday cake!

Under hiyonn-san’s lead we all sung ‘Happy Birthday Yong Joon’.

The fresh cream was very delicious!
We took picture with Yon-sama masks. (laugh)

It was even more crowded toward the end…
It was indeed a shoulder-to-shoulder exhibition.

I had a picture taken with Hiyonn-san in hunbock against the background of the illustrations.♪

Everyone in this art circle, thank you very much for such a wonderful art exhibition.
I felt your love from each work. ・
Thanks to you, I recharged my Yon-sama batteries and
I was happy to see YANCHO-san, nagajun-san, boruneo-san, and kinkan-san.

Ahhh I really wish Yon-sama would see this exhibition ~…
He would be touched….

P.S.
You know what! After I left…Kim Tei-san came with her boy.
BYJ☆EY-san sent me this photo.^

2011 diary

Hi hi sisters ...... after the 2011 calendars, the BYJ diary is also released! To be honest, I'm a little surprised at how 'un-feminine' it looks this year. In the past, they had shocking pink, deep purple, bright red .... or neutral color like shiny silver to suit everyone's taste. Hehe, but I guess they decide to go more 'subdue' this year. So well, if I really have to choose, I'd go for the pastel - mint green :) Now next year, please give me back my pink or blue, huh?

They give you 3 pictures so you don't get stuck with the same face 365 days a year. Haha, they even have colorful patterns on the back, so just in case when your hubby or boss walks in, you can quickly switch it to a more 'business-like' diary, so smart, eh?

As usual, there are more handsome pictures inside the diary so you have something pleasant to look at in case you are bored waiting at the doctor's office @@

Hehe, I don't mean to sound like a BYJ salesman, but I really enjoy using the calendar and diary all year round. I always have a smile whenever I look at them. So dear sisters, please don't just keep it wrapped in the original plastics, open and use it well, ok? Take care!

LoveBaeYongJoon is born!

Hi Hi dear sisters ..... I am so happy to hear from bb that she has created an English BYJ site for us to gather and share our love for Yong Joon. Her site is appropriately called LoveBaeYongJoon! How thoughtful of her to give us this space on the handsome prince's birthday :) What can I say? I am just super super impressed ! Thanks princess and tomato san for your generosity, please access ......

http://www.lovebaeyongjoon.com/

Tokyo Dome 3D

Hi Hi sisters …….. hope you had a nice weekend. Even though I have left Tokyo, there are still so many outings I wanted to write about. Hmmm …. How about starting with that Tokyo Dome 3D movie in late May?

One of the venue was the chic Roppongi Hills Toho cinema, it was literally just steps away from my Tokyo residence. Many of Yong Joon’s old dramas like Winter Sonata, Papa, Barefooted Youth and TWSSG were shown there during weekday mornings. So, if some Japanese sisters recalled bumping into a droopy-looking ajumma donning her pyjamas and hair-rollers in the cinema drooling over Yonsama, sorry, that would be ‘moi’!


I still remember that was a busy week with TWSSG movie Chapter 3 also happened to be showing next door.

Just a snapshot of some BYJ merchandise in the display case before the sales people threw me out :)

Hehe, as I mentioned before, this country bumpkin had never watched a 3D movie before, so it was pretty cool when the usher handed me this futuristic doohickey at the door @@
As I was curiously examining my new toy, the familiar sweet melody of Winter Sonata came on. Aye .... why was there snowflakes dancing all around me? There ....... our handsome prince, with his usual charming smile, was taking each step slowly towards me?! It was so clear, it was so blue, he was so close! Sigh, of course this was only my illusion @@ My imaginery love-rival CJW just cut right in front of me?!

Thanks to the strategically-positioned 3D cameras on the stage and the magnifying effect of 3D eyeglasses, I could actually distinguish the ‘depths’ or ‘layers’ among different objects. Can you see the varying depths of CJW, her monitor, his monitor and Yong Joon here?

Now, the floating balloons and the audience inside the Dome really exemplified this 3D effect @@
Surprisingly, the Winter Sonata Anime event only occupied about 40 minutes of the 2-hours movie. More scenes from the ‘Beauty of Korea’ book event were shown, especially on Yong Joon's writing the postcard and reading passages from his book. So touching!
It was a pleasant reminder of the forgotten details from last September and was wonderful to re-live those 2 precious days with Yong Joon and our sisters.
Yes, compared to those blockbusters like Avatar with fantasy settings and graphics which fully explored the 3D technology, the Tokyo Dome Events would not present as an ideal 3D candidate. But to us fans, we are talking about simulating Yong Joon within our same physical space - as if he was close enough that we could almost reach our hands out to him, how cool is that! Of course, that was just the amazing 3D capability coupled with pure fan’s fascination. I thank Yong Joon for his brilliant sense on the pulse of the world, so this ajumma can proudly pronounce that “YES, I’ve watched 3D!” Hope you enjoy :)

2011 calendars

Hi hi sisters .... thank you for your kind comments, even though I have been absent for a while. Hehe, still didn't miss much from Yong Joon's camp. Yeah, I read about his leisurely time in Hawaii and California, guess we also benefit from his trip as the handsome prince did his 2011 calendar shoots with his new look @@

Wall calendar - 8 pages

Desk calendar - 16 pages

Both calendars include a bonus picture card and a special QR code - which I think fans can use their mobile phone to access the 'calendar shooting and making' footage. Hehe sorry, I can only make out this much with my poor Japanese. The 2011 calendars are available for ordering from JOB/goods ......

You know, I swear to myself as I was unpacking boxes and boxes of BYJ goodies from my Japan shipment that I will never be a BYJ shopaholic anymore! God knows I am still finding nooks and crannies in my cabinet to stuff those BYJ goodies. But, but ..... the moment I saw this picture of our handsome prince with his super long legs (and sockless!), slender body and refreshing smile, all my determination just fly out the window :) Haha, who wouldn't want to look at this face on your desk everyday in 2011? There is no excuse not to be happy and well anymore, don't you agree?
Thanks Xiaoyi for the pictures