About Me

How did you first came in contact with Asia ?

I came in contact in asia during my first year of high school, seven years ago. I had a friend who read and watch InuYasha on YTV and she made me read it but I mainly watched the show (in english with english subtitles) and I liked it so I watched it until the end. At that time also my sister was begining to be interested in Asia bu tif I remember well it was Gackt for her.

Anime ?

While watching InuYasha I came across Gundam Seed and I liked it even more than InuYasha. To make it short, the first animus I watch were english dubbed on TV but after a while I started to watch on the internet and of course watching in japanese with english subtitles.
Even up to now I watch animes but I find it hard to watch them until the end because I get bored quite fast but there are really great animes for example Code Geass, Inuyasha, Gundam Seed (plus destiny), Rainbow, and of course Cardcaptor Sakura and Sailor Moon.

Drama ?

I first watched "One litter of tears" (by myself) and "Hana Yori Dango" (with my sister) but at that time I was mainly watching animes. The reason why I switched to dramas is quite simple, the plot were beginning to be uninteresting. I first started with japanese drama (I couldn't bear to watch watch Korean drama), I also tried to watch Taiwanese drama but it didn't worked either. I started watching Korean drama not long ago because japanese drama were also starting to be boring.
Best Korean Drama ? White Christmas, King of Baking, Dream High, Mary Stayed Out All Night, A Man Called God
Best Japanese Drama ? A Million Stars Falling From The Sky, Liar Game, One missed Call, Jin, Mr Brain

Manga ?

I still read a lot of them, I started more or less at the same time as animes but I still read a lot of them now and I am quite impress because I have been reading some for a few years already and i am not tired of them ^^. I read Subaru Moon solitude standing, skip Beat,Kuroshitsuji, The One, Naruto, Red and others I can't remember.

Music ?

I was introduced to Asian music almost as the same time as Asia thanks to animes, it started with Ayumi Hamasaki and then Gackt, T.M. Revolution and after that I followed my sister who discovered Boys band from Johnny's Entertainment first Arashi then SMAP. After that I switch a bit more than six month ago to KPop with CodeV poisoning and following was BEASt and then my sister made me listen to Bigbang that I didn't really liked until GD&TOP, after that came Dalmatian, block B and not long ago I listened to Jang Woo Huyk and also the rock group that has yet to debut Yanghwajin since I don't only listen to Kpop (I listen to metal and classical music but I do like asian metal and I'm sorry but japanese don't what metal is at best they do rock, and the best asian metal I have ever heard is chinese believe me it is really good and it is not always gothic metal), really appreciate Yanghwajin's sound because they are really close to what I call "real rock". Yes I love music (I could go on forever but i'll stop). And I am also a big fan of simon and martina (I love these two ).

Dramaholics news

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I'm sorry for not posting everyday. The reason is that I'm working. I will do my best !!!

The police confirms that the motorcyclist died from the collision with Daesung's car

On June 24th, the Seoul, Youngdeungpo police revealed, “Hyun, the deceased motorcyclist involved in Daesung’s car accident, died from Daesung’s collision. As a result, the police will be making a dispatch to charge him without detention.”

On this day, the Youngdeungpo police held a press conference revealing their investigations and confirmed that there was only a 132-second window between the first accident and the collision with Daesung’s car. They revealed, “There was only about two minutes between his motorcycle accident and Daesung’s accident, so we have determined that Hyun did not die in that time frame. There were not a lot of cars on the road and the speed limit was 60 km/h, but we discovered through the taxi’s video that he was speeding at 70 to 80 km/h.”

When asked to confirm whether there was a previous hit-and-run accident, police stated, “It has nothing to do with the case. There weren’t a lot of cars on the road at the time, and his alcohol level was 0.186. It has nothing to do with a hit-and-run.”

With confirmation that Hyun was killed by Daesung’s car, what Daesung will be charged for is currently unknown. The law states that he could be jailed for under five years, or pay a penalty of $20,000 USD.

Source: bigbangupdates

It is sad that Daesung is responsible of the motorcyclist death but he has to pay for what he did, I just hope the society will not be harsh on what will follow

block B's teaser

Okay so the teaser is awesome and I don't think Zico's dreadlocks bothers me anymore and Halo at the end is quite good.
by the way dvdheaven is now selling the mini album for 9.13 $ it is in the "New Music" section you just need to scroll down a little to see it.
I put the new teaser

And here is the subbed version of the teaser

block B's first Mini Album info and track list

As we all know the previous three songs (from their digital single) will be on the mini. The mini album's name is " New Kids on the Block", and it contains 8 tracks. The title track is "Tell your friends" and it was written by Zico (Leader and rapper), he also composed the majority of the melody. The song is descrided as a “fun, upbeat track that is a fit for the summer season.”
The cd cost 8,500 Won and is out on June 23rd.

The actual track list :

1. Halo

2. Tell Your Friends

3. U Hoo Hoo

4. Wanna B

5. Freeze!

6. Is It Only Me?

7. Tell Your Friends (Inst.)

8. Freeze! (Inst.)

So there are basicaly three new songs (and hooray the Freeze! (Inst)) but this is a definite buy (Only if Post Canada is back delivering packages .....)

I tried to find retailers online and I only found it on preorder on yesasia (and as usual the price is higher than it should, even if it is still really cheap)

Source : Soompi

2NE1's new single, mini album and concert

2NE1's new single will be called "I'm the best" like the previous two it is a digital single and it will be released at midnight on June 24th, along with the MV. Here is what YG says about the upcoming single :"Produced by YGE’s main producer Teddy, “I’m the Best” is a powerful, fast beat song featuring electronic and hip-hop sounds. It’s expected to be popular among younger generation people used to the club scene as well as the fans of 2NE1’s original sound such as their debut track “Fire.” Unlike their previous tracks that didn’t involve any TV promotions, “I’m the Best” is expected to have a lot more comeback and TV performances."

As for the mini album, it is going to be released on July 21th and here comes a confusing part : "It will contain tracks like “Don’t Cry, “Lonely,” and “I’m the Best,” as well as two more three additional songs. Since we’ve been working on this album for a long time, there are a lot of promotional activities planned up, but we’ll give you more details in the near future."

And as for the concert that is their first solo concert it is scheduld for August 27th and 28th and will be held at the Olympic Hall in the Chamsil Olympic Park in Seoul. Following a long renovation process, the Olympics Hall has become a professional concert hall with a capacity of about 4,000 seats per performance.
And on her tweeter, Minzy asked the Blackjack to name the concert.

Sources : Soompi and Soompi

Little update about the accident involving Daesung, a taxi driver and a motorcyclist

So first of all the result of the autopsy has been postponed to next week, here is what their official press said : “Because they wished to be extremely thorough with their investigations, the National Forensic Service told us the results would be slightly delayed.”

Also it was reported today that the motorcyclist was drunk and it is highly possible that there was no hit-and-run and that the crash was due to his negligent driving. As a proof an official said the after completing the on-site investigation and CCTV footage, the results confirmed that there was no hit-and-run before the collision with Daesung's car.

Sources : Soompi and Bigbangupdates