BEST. ANNOUNCEMENT. EVER.

this morning, at precisely 12AM--the exact moment that YG's countdown clock read 000:00:00:00, YG Entertainment released what were probably the four greatest announcements in the history of announcements.

when i saw the screen, i couldn't believe my eyes. a fit of mild crazy-fangirlishness, accompanied by screaming, clapping, and a happy dance ensued.

announcement #1: G-Dragon and T.O.P will be releasing a digital single on december 15!!

announcement #2: G-Dragon and T.O.P will be releasing a FREAKING FULL LENGTH ALBUM[!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!] on december 24 [merry christmas to meeeeeeeee!!] a track list was even posted EEEEEKKKKKKKKKKKKKKK!!

announcement #3: Seung-Ri [the little brother of bigbang] will release a new solo digital single on january 3.

announcement #4: BIGBANG COMEBACK FEBRUARY 1!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! [HECKYESSS!!!!!!]

the only thing about this announcement that kinda sorta sucks is that i have to wait two months for bigbang's korean comeback [they haven't released a korean album in freaking forever].

but in other news, OH.MY.GOSH. G-DRAGON AND T.O.P!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

hottness overload

the MAMAs are over. 2PM won a crapload of awards. and taeyang, T.O.P, and g-dragon gave hands down the hottest performance everrrr.

OH.MY.GOSHHHHHHHHH.*dies*

also, last week i discovered the tragical news that my beloved T.O.P had destroyed his beautifully perfect hair by dying it. BLONDE. i was disgusted, heartbroken, and enraged. i desperately wanted to find the person who had done this horrible thing to him, and i dunno, injure them or something.

but then, after watching his performance tonight, i decided that he is super attractive no matter what his hair looks like, and he can kinda rock the blonde. although his black hair is much hotter.

YG countdown

i spent my afternoon eating ramen and watching bigbang concert dvds, because apparently i am a fifteen-year-old korean girl.

i'm currently watching the 2010 Mnet Asian Music Awards [MAMAs]. 2PM just won an award for their dance in their video "I'll Be Back", which is completely ridiculous because it's essentially them doing the running man for three and a half minutes. clearly the judges are on crack. or just saw the name "2PM" without actually watching the video.

anyways, i'm mostly just trying to waste time until 12am, when YG's countdown is finished. i'm positively dying to know what it's for!! no hints at all, just wild speculation. i'm hoping it's something bigbang related...like a new music video, song, official date for their korean comeback, T.O.P's phone number, etc. etc. etc.

in other news, i hate surprises.

YG, you're killing me!!

variety tv

i really love korean variety television shows. [i usually watch them at night when i'm trying to fall asleep...] now that i'm learning korean, i can usually understand [or figure out] most of what's going on. and it's usually reallyreally funny. a lot of programs parody popular songs, music videos, singers, tv shows, etc. hilarious

something unique about korean variety/reality programs is that it's usually only famous singers/actors that appear on the shows. there are very few programs [that i've seen] that have ordinary people on them.

anyways, infinity challenge is one variety show that i'll watch when i can because i think that the comedians on the show are absolutely hilarious. last week, i saw an episode where they parodied bigbang's "haru haru" [my fave bigbang song^^] sooo funny:


annddd, here's another one they did of girls' generation's "gee".
only in korea...

internets~~

this picture is so freaking cute:

T.O.P~~i love him.

[yeahhh~~i had some free time after i finished my korean homework...]

i have a kitty~!!

two weeks ago, i got a baby kitty^^

actually, my neighbor [a foreign english teacher like myself] found her when two college-age girls were trying to give her away at a nearby convenience store. technically, my neighbor and i are sharing the cat, but i still consider her to be mine ㅋㅋ

i thought long and hard about a good name for her. i really wanted to name her after T.O.P or bigbang, but since she's a girl i decided that probably wouldn't be appropriate. in the end, i chose to name her after the next best thing--2NE1, my favorite girl kpop group considered to be the girl version of bigbang. anyways, since my favorite from 2NE1 is C.L. [she's sooo cool], i decided to name my cat 채린 [Chae Lin], C.L.'s real name. i think it's a pretty name, and i think it fits the cat's personality too. she's kinda crazy and wild like C.L.

also, my cat is adorable.

adorably evil.

korean level up~!

매일 저는 한국말 공부 열심히하고 연습하는 것을 좋아해요.
[i study korean very hard every day, and i like to practice it.]

this past week, i had a pretty important test with my korean tutor. part1: interview. part2: write a story. luckily, i passed! and she told me that i had "levelled up", which makes me feel like i'm part of a video game or somethingㅋㅋ

anyways, the story writing was pretty difficult. my assignment was to write a story about whatever i wanted as long as it contained the following ten words:
창문 [changmoon]: window 문 [moon]: door
자판기 [japangi]: vending machine 휴지통 [hyujitong]: trashcan
정수기 [jungsoogi]: water purifier 복도 [bokdo]: hallway
엘리베이터 [aellibaeitu]: elevator 계단 [kyedan]: stairs
소화기 [sohwagi]: fire extinguisher 비상구 [bisanggu]: emergency exit

anyways, my tutor said that my story was clever and funny, so she made me read it later to other people. quite frankly, i'm just proud of myself for being able to write something that kinda halfway makes sense.

so here it is, for your reading enjoyment:

"미나가 탑을 만난 이야기"
저는 창문하고 비상구 사이에서 친구를 기다리고 있었어요. 문이 갑자기 열렸어요. 남자가 방에 왔어요. 탑이 었어요! 저는 놀라서 아무말도 못 했어요.
탑이 자판기로 걸어가서 콜라를 샀어요. 그것을 마신 후에 그는 빈 캔을 휴지통에 버렸어요.
저는 목이 말라서 물을 마시고 싶었어요. 그래서 정수기에 갔어요. 저는 물을 빨리 마셨어요.
그때 탑이 복도로 가서 저는 그를 따라갔어요. 탑이 엘리베이터를 탔어요. 그리고 저는 계단으로 내려 갔어요.
저는 먼저 도착해서 소화기 옆에서 기다렸어요. 저는 탑을 다시 한번 봤어요! 하지만 이번에 그에게 얘기했어요.
"저는 당신의 팬이에요. 왜냐하면 당신은 정말 잘생겼어요~~그리고 멋있어요!"

그 다음에 저는 잠이 깼어요. 그것은 단지 꿈이었어요!

최승현~~생일 정말 축하해요*^^*

for those of you who care [and for those of you who don't but are reading this anyways], today is T.O.P's birthday [aka 최승현 aka my future husband].

by western age, this means that he is now 23 [yeah, i'm older than him...by like four months. whatevs]. since korean's calculate age differently, he's 24 [still--they don't count age by birthdays, but by the new year. soo, he's been 24 all year, even though his birthday wasn't until today. once the new year rolls around, he'll be 25 and so will i, technically.]

to celebrate, i've scrounged up some ridiculously attractive pictures of him. [as if all pictures of him aren't ridiculously attractive?? ㅋㅋ]

sigh.

저는 너무 바빠요~!

i'm pretty certain that i'm the busiest person on the planet right now. [i'm writing this during the 6 free minutes that i have planned out for today...]

here's a small glimpse into my weekly schedule:

monday/wednesday:

7am--wake up

8:30am--arrive at school

9-12:30pm--teach classes

12:30-1pm--lunch time

1-4:40pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

5-6:30pm--work out at the gym

6:30-7pm--shower

7-9:30pm--korean class

9:30pm-7am--eat/watch tv/sleep

tuesday/thursday:

7am--wake up
8:30am--arrive at school
9-12:30pm--teach classes
12:30-1pm--lunch time

1-3pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

3-4pm--advanced english class

4-4:40pm--study korean/fall alseep at my desk
5-6pm--grocery shopping at lotte mart [only on tuesday]

6-7pm--korean class

7-9pm--gym

9pm-7am--eat/shower/watch tv/sleep

friday:

7am--wake up

8:30am--arrive at school

9-12:30pm--teach classes

12:30-1pm--lunch time
1-4:40pm--varies [teach afternoon classes, plan lessons, study korean]

5-6:30pm--gym

6:30-until?--meet up with friends [finally!!]/eat/shower/watch tv/sleep

saturday:

sleep/eat/gym/hang out with friends

sunday:

11am[ish]--wake up

12:30-4:30pm--church

4:30-5:30pm--clean

5:30-until?--dinner/watch tv/skype/sleep

it seems like i have next to no social life...but that's not entirely true. i have friends at the gym and in my korean class. i just sucks that i don't get to see my other friends until we can coordinate a free friday night/saturday.

it's no wonder that i've been sick for the past 5 weeks.

pictured: me.

S.M.O.G.

yesterday was probably one of the greatest days ever. i met a S.M.O.G. *swoons*

[S.M.O.G.=Sexy Man Of God...according to me and my college friends haha^^]

i met my friend jen, and went to church as per usual on sunday afternoons. this past weekend, there was some kind of festival going on at the korean part of my church, but we didn't really know what it was all about. there were posters up, but they just said that some local singers/choirs would be performing, and that sunday's event would start at 4.

normally, i'm long gone from church by 4, since the english service starts at 1:30. but yesterday, i had to go to a meeting afterwards since i am now a greeter. the meeting ended at 3:45, so jen and i decided to stay just to see what the concert was all about.

best decision i've ever made in my life. [or it's at least on my top 10 list.]

they introduced the performer as a famous kpop singer named "brian". my heart started to race, and i looked at jen and said "holy crap, i think it's brain joo!!" and it most definitely was.

brian joo is famous for being a member of fly to the sky, an older kpop group that is no longer active. [but amazing nonetheless.] currently, he's been pursuing solo activities, having [relatively] recently been asked to record the korean version of jason derulo's "in my head". he's also working on releasing a christian music cd along with super junior member choi siwon [another S.M.O.G.].

anyways, he sang 5 songs, and 4 were in English [he's korean american]. and then when he finished, the pastor came out to preach. i suggested to jen that we should leave and try to meet brian, since we wouldn't understand 75% of what the korean pastor was saying anyways.

yet another good decision.

we walked around to the back door and waited there with a small crowd of maybe 30 people. brian did come out there, but he was quickly whisked away to his SUV, so no one was able to talk to/meet him.

not easily discouraged, jen and i left church and noticed a group of about 15 korean girls on the opposite side of the street. we crossed just as his SUV pulled out onto the street. we waved enthusiastically as his car passed by...and then...it stopped. brian rolled down the window, and out of everyone who was there...he talked to ME. well, and jen too.

he asked us if we went to church there, and i said yes. and then jen told him he was amazing and i agreed that his performance was really great. so he thanked us for coming. and then his light turned green and his car drove off and eventually vanished from sight.

sigh.

also, i've recently decided that brian joo is my perfect man: korean, speaks english, incredibly attractive, talented, successful, excellent singer, and he loves Jesus. 앗싸~

everything about this man is HOTT.

enjoy*^___^*