Horikoshi Gakuen, SMA Elit Artis Jepang

Horikoshi Gakuen adalah nama Sekolah Menengah Atas (SMA) di Jepang untuk kalangan artis elit dan sangat mampu (sangat pintar dan kaya). Untuk masuk ke sekolah ini, kalian harus anak orang super kaya atau sangat pintar untuk bisa mendapatkan beasiswa penuh. Fasilitasnya sangat lengkap, mewah dan ekslusif, sesuai dengan biaya sekolahnya. Program studi tour-nya saja ke Eropa.

Mengapa banyak artis yang bersekolah di sini? Karena adanya kebijakan sekolah yang memperbolehkan muridnya untuk ijin atau melakukan kegiatan yang berhubungan dengan dunia entertainment. Peraturan tidak begitu ketat dan bisa menyesuaikan dengan jadwal si artis. Tapi sekolah ini tetap memprioritaskan nilai, selain ‘kelas artis’, banyak anak-anak pintar yang bersekolah di sini. Jadi, jangan kira banyak orang-orang bodoh, malas dan kaya yang bisa sekolah disini. Justru sebaliknya, para murid yang mau masuk harus melalui tes tingkat tinggi terlebih dahulu. Pilihannya adalah, super kaya atau super pintar?!

Daftar artis yang pernah (alumni) bersekolah di sini sangat banyak, beberapa di antaranya adalah:

• Matsumoto Jun
• Yamashita Tomohisa (Yamapi) dan adiknya Yamashita Rina
• Ikuta Toma
• Fukada Kyoko
• Kato Ai
• Inagaki Goro
• Kusanagi Tsuyoshi
• Domoto Tsuyoshi
• Masami Nagasawa
• Ueto Aya
• Suzuki Anne
• Tomoka Kurokawa
• Miura Haruma
• Ayukawa Taiyou
• Kota Yabu
• Yaotome Hikaru
• Arioka Daiki
• Perfume (Ketiga-tiganya)
• Tegoshi Yuya
• Shirota Yuu
• Tanaka Koki
• Koike Teppei
• Hasegawa Jun
• Ayana Sakai (Istrinya Tetsu Laruku)
• dan masih banyak lagi.

Yang masih tercatat bersekolah di sini adalah

• · Shida Mirai
• Yamada Ryosuke
• Chinen Yuri
• Suzuka Ohgo
• Shougo Sakamoto
• Yuto Nakajima
• Kamiki Ryunosuke
• Ayano Hayashi
• Jingi Irie
• Saaya Irie
• Kawashima Umika
• Mizuzawa Nako
• Tanaka Asami
• Mariya Nishiuchi
• dan masih banyak lagi.

Murid kelas reguler tidak bisa sekelas dengan para selebriti tersebut, kecuali kalian juga orang terkenal. Orang terkenal tersebut akan dikumpulkan ke kelas 1-D. Kalaupun kamu bisa masuk lewat tes yang super sulit, dijamin kamu akan susah menemui para artis itu.

Yang ini angkatan terbaru Horikoshi, mereka masih duduk di kelas 1 SMA, Mau masuk kelas 2,3. Personil Hey!Say! JUMP, Chinen Yuri, Arioka Daiki (lulus tahun ini), Yamada Ryosuke. Sebenarnya ada satu lagi member HSJ yang masih bersekolah di Horikoshi, Nakajima Yuto. 6 dari 10 member Hey!Say!JUMP sekolah di Horikoshi.

Peraturan Horikoshi Gakuen :
Sekolah ini diperuntukkan untuk selebriti, atlit dan anak orang sangat kaya. Kalau kamu seorang selebriti, kamu HANYA kan berada di bagian selebriti, kamu tidak bisa bercampur di bagian lain. Kamu hanya bisa bersosialisasi dengan yang berada di satu bagian.

1. Tidak diperbolehkan mempunyai hubungan (pacaran) di sekolah. Murid laki-laki dan perempuan mempunyai rute ke sekolah yang berbeda. Bila diketahui guru mempunyai pacar dalam satu sekolah, maka akan diperintahkan untuk putus. Bila tidak, akan dikeluarkan. Di sekolah, laki-laki dan perempuan tidak bisa saling berbicara tanpa alasan yang kuat. Bila sering bersama, akan mendapat peringatan dari guru.
2. Sekolah ini dipenuhi dengan CCTV. Guru adalah pelindung. Dan untuk melindungi para idol dan anak orang kaya di sekolah ini, maka dipasang banyak sekali CCTV.
3. Dilarang memakai handphone, hanya pada waktu tertentu saja.
4. Biaya sekolah untuk siswa di kelas TRAIT (artis) sangat mahal. Karena sekolah yang menyesuaikan dengan jadwal murid dan melindungi privasinya.
5. Dilarang memakan snack (makanan kecil). Di sekolah dan saat perjalanan pulang dilarang membeli snack. Bila tertangkap, akan dikenakan denda atau ditahan.
6. (Hanya berlaku di kelas TRAIT). Bila siswa ingin mewarnai rambutnya, mereka harus mengisi formulir, memberi kejelasan dari kapan dan sampai kapan rambutnya akan berwarna. Setelah tenggat waktu yang ditentukan sendiri, mereka harus mewarnai rambutnya hitam kembali.
7. Aturan baru mulai 15 Januari 2010. Para artis akan diawasi oleh guru sebagai bodyguard, bahkan beberapa artis/idol juga membawa bodyguard sendiri. Siswa kelas reguler (kelas untuk murid2 yg menuju universitas) sekalipun tidak bisa berbicara dengan murid di kelas Olahraga atau Idol/Artis saat istirahat atau di luar sekolah. Bila ketahuan akan dikenakan denda, ditahan atau dikeluarkan.
8. Artis/Idol akan akan tiba di sekolah dengan mobil, dan bodyguard menunggu di luar kelas. Artis ini akan ditemani bodyguard bahkan pada jam istirahat. Siswa dari kelas Olahraga dan Universitas (reguler) tidak bisa berbicara dengan artis karena bodyguard hanya mengijinkan berbicara dengan teman kelas dan orang yang bekerja dengan sang artis. Artis/Idol tidak boleh berbicara dengan orang yang bukan artis (tidak terkenal). Bila melanggar, akan dikeluarkan dari sekolah.

Sekolah ini mempunyai banyak artis dan atlit terkenal. Mereka harus menerapkan metode pengajaran yang khusus bagi siswa yang kesulitan mengikuti jadwal sekolah. Diharapkan siswa tersebut tidak meninggalkan sekolah, dan di saat bersamaan, karir mereka bisa berjalan. Karenanya sekolah ini sangat terkenal di kalangan artis Jepang.

Sekolah ini telah berdiri sejak 83 tahun lalu. Tujuan pengajarannya adalah menjadikan siswa-siswanya mempunyai peran penting di masyarakat, dan yang terpenting, mereka bisa survive. Sekolah ini bisa di bilang standar internasional dan jika mengadakan study tour, mereka ke luar negeri. Yah,sepadanlah semua fasilitas dengan pendidikannya.

Horikoshi Gakuen ini terbagi menjadi 4 Kelas :

1. University

Bagi (siswa kaya/pintar) yang ingin melanjutkan ke Universitas.

2. Sports

Kelas bagi siswa terkenal di bidang Olahraga (atlit).

3. Kelas bagi Artis/IdolDisebut TRAIT, bagi penyanyi, aktor, idol, dll.

Mempelajari hal-hal yang biasa dipelajari di sekolah biasa dan juga pengetahuan tentang pekerjaan mereka.

4. Kelas Beasiswa

Bagi para siswa yang mendapatkan beasiswa di sekolah ini.

Semangat Horikoshi :

1. Mempunyai tata krama/sikap yang baik dan pantas
2. Mengikuti peraturan
3. Apapun yang kamu lakukan, berusahalah yang terbaik
4. Mempunyai semangat tim (kerjasama)
5. Kerja keras dan latihan tanpa menyerah.

Biaya sekolah :

Biaya Ujian (Examination fee) = 30,000 Yen (sekitar 3 juta rupiah)
Biaya Masuk (Admission fee) = 450,000 Yen (sekitar 45 juta rupiah)
Biaya Sekolah tiap tahun (School Fee) = 546,000 Yen (54 juta rupiah)
Biaya Fasilitas tiap tahun (Facilities Fee) = 5,567,899 Yen (sekitar 500 juta rupiah). Biaya fasilitas ini dapat dicicil selama bersekolah dan harus lunas sebelum lulus.
Biaya tahunan = 996,000 Yen (sekitar 99 juta rupiah)
Biaya tahun pertama = 1,296,000 Yen (sekitar 129 juta rupiah)

Ini beberapa foto artis yang sekolah di Horikoshi Gakuen

Yang di depan itu Koike Teppei,terus di belakangnya Yamashita Tomohisa (Yamapi)

Yamapi sama Hasegawa Jun (dua-duanya pake Jas)

Matsumoto Jun

Nagasawa Masami (Proposal Daisakusen)

Angkatan Masami,Rina,Anne Suzuki,dll

Foto Study Tour Horikoshi Angkatan 2009,di antara mereka ada Yaotome Hikaru nya Hey!Say! JUMP dan cowo yang paling tinggi itu Ayukawa Taiyou, dia sempat ada di dunia Entertainment sampai usia 17 tapi kemudian mengundurkan diri dan dia juga ketua murid di Horikoshi

Angkatan terbaru Horikoshi, mereka masih duduk di kelas 1 SMA personil Hey!Say! JUMP Chinen Yuri, Arioka Daiki, Yamada Ryosuke.

Horikoshi Gakuen 1-D

[Korean History] Tempat Makan Enak di Seoul

courtesy : seouleats.com

1. Myeongdong Gyoja
Tempat makan mie paling terkenal di Seoul. Mereka punya kimchi rasa jahe yang spicy dan pedas, tapi katanya bikin orang balik lagi.
Ada Gyoja (pangsit), Calguksu (Mie), Konguksu (sup mie susu kedelai), dll.

Arah : Keluar di pintu no.5 Myeongdong Subway. Belok kiri di perempatan pertama (Woori Bank) dan belok kanan (Who A U Clothing Store)

Site : www.mdkj.co.kr

2. Jang-o-rang

Menunya : Belut BBQ
Biasanya sangat populer saat musim panas. Disajikan dengan macam2 saus, seperti soy BBQ sauce, chilli sauce, atau cuma dengan garam saja.
Jang-o-rang katanya adalah tempat terbaik untuk menikmati belut dan mereka juga punya keripik belut. Hmmm enakan mana ama keripik belut-nya Purwokerto ya hehehe
Mereka punya bokbunja, anggur raspberry manis.

Arah : Sama, keluar dari pintu no. 5 Myeongdong, belok kiri dan kemudian perempatan kedua, belok kanan. Jalan sepanjang jalan utama dan belok kiri lagi. Jalan ke perempatan besar dimana kita bisa melihat jalan masuk ke Universitas Hongdae (atau arah Univ. Hongdae aja) lalu ke kiri lagi dan jalan sampai ke gedung Samjin dan Jang-o-rang tepat di sebelah kanan jalan. (Orang Korea hobby jalan bener, kalo di Bdg dah cari angkot hehehe)

Jang-o-rang
1&2F, Samuk Building, 6-137, Changjeon-dong, Mapo-gu, Seoul
Phone : 02-333-1455
www.jangarang.com

3. Dukbokki/Tteokbokki di Mok Schwei Don Na

Ini rajanya Dukbokki di Samcheongdong. Nama restauran-nya artinya Makan, Santai, Bayar dan Pergi.
Di restoran ini selalu banyak orang antri, karena dukbokki-nya terkenal sausnya enak dan puedesss.

Ada 10 macam bahan seperti pangsit, mie, daging, seafood, keju, dll untuk membuat campuran dukbokki kita sendiri.

Arah : Anguk Station, pintu keluar no.1. Jalan lurus dan belok kanan di gedung Korean Travel Biro, lalu jalan sepanjang dinding batu. Ada di gang setelah Cafe Vangja.

4. Noryangjin Fish Market
Ini adalah pasar seafood terbesar di Seoul. Mau cari apa saja, selama itu masih bisa dikategorikan sebagai seafood, ada di sini.
Ada lelang ikan segar setiap pagi sekitar jam 5 pagi.

Arah : Naik subway line 1 atau 9 ke Noryangjin Station atau naik taksi dan bilang : Noryangjin su-san shi-jang (itu kata Daniel Gray lo…)

Tipikal pork yang dijual di Korea

5. Kwangjang Shijang – Jongno
Pasar macam-macam, mulai dari kosmetik, baju, sepatu, selimut, tanaman dan sebagainya.
Ada surga untuk wisata kuliner juga. Dari mie, ikan mentah/hwae, tumis kaki babi/jokbal, jeon, dll.

Arah : Subway Line 1 Jongno 5 (oh)-ga-station atau katakan Kwangjang shijang pada sopir taksi.

6. Hakatabunkko Ramen di Hongdae
Turun dari Far East Broadcasting Co dekat stasiun Sangsu, pasti akan menemukan antrian orang di depan kedai dengan tirai putih dengan tulisan Jepang.

Ada ramen enak. Bukan ramen gaya Jepang, tapi bisa dikatakan ramen Korea yang sempurna (kata mereka yang sudah makan hehe).
Keistimewaan-nya ada di kaldunya yang kaya. Kaldunya yang disebut kontotsu terbuat dari tulang babi yang di masak dengan api kecil selama berjam-jam.

Mie-nya lembut dan fresh. Dengan tauge, fatty roasted pork atau babi panggang, dan daun bawang.
Ramen ini disajikan dengan tambahan bawang putih kalau mau tambahan bawang. Biasanya pengunjung memasukkan bawang putih tumbuk dengan wijen untuk menambah cita rasa ramen.

Arah : Keluar dari Sangsu Station pintu 2 dan belok dekat Gedung Far East Broadcast dan masuk ke antrian pembeli. (Yah siapa tahu sembari antri ramen, ada artis lewat, kan dekat perusahaan Broadcasting)

7. Iga Panggang di Hongdae
Iga panggang-nya manis dan disajikan dengan macam2 saus. Ada yang dengan garam saja, spicy, dan lada hitam.

Arah : Keluar dari Hongdae station pintu 5, belok kiri. Jalan terus dan belok kanan lalu belok kiri. Jalan sekitar satu blok dan belok kiri ke jalan yang agak kecil. Akan terlihat tanda RIB’s dengan huruf2 besar.
Telp : 02-325 3579

8. Hongik Sootbul Kalbi, dekat Universitas Hongik
Memang sudah dari sononya kalau di dekat kampus pasti ada makanan enak dan pastinya lebih murah

Sekitar pintu no.4 Hongdae ada satu restoran kalbi yang super sibuk karena mereka punya kalbi terbaik. Banyak orang antri untuk makan kalbi. Biasanya kalau sudah keluar dari resto ini, kita akan berbau seperti daging panggang.

Arah : Keluar dari pintu 5 Hongdae Station dan belok kanan. Lalu menyeberang dan belok kiri, resto ini ada di sudut jalan.
Telp 02-322-4487

9. Tosokchon-sekitar Gyeongbokgung Palace

Tempat ini menjual samgyetang paling terkenal di Seoul.
Ayamnya lembut, ginsengnya enak, dan kaldunya segar. Di dalam rongga ayam, ada angcao, kacang pinus, kacang ginko, bawang putih, dan nasi.

Arah : Berhenti di stasiun Gyeongbokgung di Subway line 3 dan keluar di pintu no. 2. Jalan lurus sekitar 5 menit.
Telp : 02-737-7444

10. Korean style buffet restaurant
Ada beberapa Korean buffet, biasanya disini ada banyak sekali masakan Korea. Yang terbaik ada di W-Hotel, Hyatt Hotel dan Marriot (iya jelas-lah kalo hotel2 ini hehe)
Ada juga buffet yang terkenal : Bono-bono di Samseongdong, C-food kitchen, Crazy Ocean, Muscus, dan Well-being Buffet

Tips untuk teman2 Muslim :
1. Biasanya makanan Korea banyak menggunakan pork atau daging babi, jadi hati-hati kalau mencari makan di Korea. Karena bisa saja menggunakan kaldu dari tulang babi (rasanya memang lebih gurih dan rich) atau minyak-nya.

2. Sebelum pesan, lebih baik tanya dulu apa bahannya, mengandung pork atau tidak.

3. Oya, di Korea jarang ada Musholla di tempat2 umum, jadi harus diantisipasi juga.

Soompi Exclusive: SHINee Interview!

The day before Halloween, I had the privilege of interviewing the awesome boys of SHINee. They were friendly, fun, laid back, and just plain awesome.

Thank you, SHINee, for a great interview and taking the time to share a little bit about yourselves with your fans on Soompi! <3

And without further ado, the interview. :) Enjoy!

Q: What do you think or feel when you go to a country you have never been to before and see hundreds of excited fans gathered to see you?
Taemin: We’re just grateful for the fact that there are fans in countries we’ve never been to who know us and have an interest in us. By all means, I want to go to those countries and share a little more about us. If we have the opportunity to promote in those countries, I would really like to go.
Key: When there are a lot of fans waiting for us in a country that we’ve never been to, all I can think of is how amazing the internet is and how fast it is. I mean, when we release a music video [in Korea] it’s basically the same thing as releasing it worldwide. We love Youtube very much. 

Q:  What country or place do you especially want to visit?
Onew: Alaska. I want to go at least once.
Taemin: The North Pole.
Key: Europe.

Q:The number of international fans of K-pop is constantly growing. How does this affect your training, your songs, and your promotional activities?
Onew: The more support we get, the more we feel we have to work harder. We always want to show our fans better performances so we work hard to train and practice more.
Key: If there’s a country where there are especially a lot of people who love our music, I think it’s possible to make plans to do promotions there. Of course, our licensed albums are always available. But, for example, we go to Japan every so often after we finish promotions in Korea. [To do this] we study Japanese and things like that, which is definitely an influence that comes from the rise of international fans.

Q: SHINee is quite popular now amongst the K-pop groups in South East Asia and the United States. Do you notice any differences between your Korean fans and your international fans?
Minho: The way Korean fans cheer for us is a bit different because they can understand the lyrics. For international fans, because they don’t understand the lyrics, I think they cheer more for our performance aspects. We heard that many people learn the Korean language because they love Korean culture and Korean music, and through that, they try to understand our songs. We’re really amazed by this and the effort that international fans put into learning Korean to tell us that they love us.

Q: What was your favorite or most memorable music video to film?
Key: Our debut album music video. It was our first one and I was really nervous about it. It was cold. It was fun. It was dizzying. I was nervous. I was concerned about so many things. After that one, though, I thought, “Wow, music videos are nothing to worry about!”
Taemin: Lucifer. We shot the group dancing scenes for about 11 to 12 hours. It was difficult because we just kept on dancing - that’s why it sticks out more in my mind. Also, the set was fun to work with.
Onew: When we shot the Ring Ding Dong video, there was a scene shot in the water. The water wasn’t up to our heads or anything – it was just our up to our feet to give a splashing effect. During the shoot, we wore boots and so much water got into them that we couldn’t move our feet. (Key: That shoot was also very cold). And we shot on a set that was kind of like the top of a building, which was pretty fun.

Q: What is your favorite or must-sing song for karaoke?
Onew: I went a lot when I was younger, but since our debut, I haven’t really been. But before that, there’s a Korean song called “Let’s Race Horses” (“Mal Dal Lee Ja”) that’s really exciting. It’s a great song to set the atmosphere.
Taemin: When I went with my friends after our debut, they would always make me sing our own songs. They would make me sing the first verse of all of them.
Minho: When I go with my friends, I sing our songs a lot. But also, the most exciting song, the one song that I think I always have to sing, is Psy’s “Champion”. I think we always sing it because it is just so exciting.
Jonghyun: I went a lot when I was younger and I sang a lot of ballads. For example, songs by Buzz or S.G. Wannabe. I was a student then and their songs were really popular at that time.
Key: My must-sing songs are all the new K-pop songs. You know, all of the songs on the last page in the karaoke book. (Taemin: The new songs for November are already too old for him.) I can’t really remember old songs …

Q: What is your favorite song off of your albums?
Taemin: I think the song that all of us really love is “Replay”. It was our debut song and the nervousness that we felt together, the practicing, the shooting of our first music video - all of these things are special memories for us.

Q: Now that you are past your 1^st and 2^nd albums, what styles of music or concepts would you like to experiment with in future albums that you have not had a chance to do yet?
Onew: I want to try band music.
Taemin: I want to try something like Linkin Park. It seems really stress relieving.
Key: Definitely not trot music (Korean folk music).

Q: If you were not a singer, what career would you be interested in? 
Taemin: My childhood dream was to become a pilot. But that changed to becoming a celebrity. After becoming a celebrity, I thought about it and I kind of wanted to become a fisherman. However, we rode a boat once and I found out that I get very seasick. So then I thought, “Ah, I should just stick to being a celebrity.”

Q: Have your families always been supportive of you being a singer?
Onew: Ever since I was a younger, my mother always suggested that I become a singer. At first I told her I didn’t want to, but I changed my mind in 9^th grade. Since then, she has been very supportive.
Minho: For me, they were quite opposed to it at first but when I told them that we were going to debut, they became very helpful and supportive. After our debut, they were very happy about it. You know, since we’re on TV and things like that.
Taemin: Like Onew, my family was pretty supportive from the beginning.
Key: My family was really against it. They really didn’t like the idea of it. (How did you persuade them?) I just kept going with it and at first they were like, “Fine, go ahead.” But afterwards, they were really happy about it.

Q: What is the strangest habit of the person sitting to your right?
Key  on Taemin: He keeps losing things so every day, it’s our job to find things for him.
Taemin on Onew: He has a lot of weird sleeping habits. For example, he sleeps with his blanket covering him from head to toe. He can’t sleep if there’s any light. (Onew: But they always keep the lights on. ) So he sleeps like that and in the morning, he wakes up covered in sweat.  
Onew on Jonghyun: Jonghyun sleeps with his eyes slightly open. Just very slightly, though.
Jonghyun on Minho: There are moments when he gets very serious very suddenly. He always takes our jokes seriously. We joke around a lot all the time, but he takes them seriously by himself. In the end, we always have to make sure he knows we’re joking. (Key: He says we can joke around with others but not him.)
Minho on Key: Key is from Daegu (a Southern province of Korea). When he talks to us, his accent comes out only from time to time. But when he talks to his friends or his parents, he speaks completely in a Daegu accent. (Key: My accent comes out when I get really excited about something, too.)

Q: Do you have any odd eating habits?
Taemin: I used to be a really picky eater and ate only the things that I liked, but not so much anymore. For example, if there was kimchi jjigae (kimchi soup), I would pick out and eat only the meat.
Onew: I hate when stuff gets on my face so if something gets on my face, I wipe it off immediately. When I ate jjajangmyun (black bean noodles) when I was younger, I would wipe my mouth after every bite. In the end, I’d have a pile of napkins by my plate. 

Q: What is your favorite Korean side dish?
Taemin: Anything meat.
Onew: Right now I’m obsessed with “nak jee bokkeum” (panbroiled octopus seasoned with red pepper). I like when it’s really spicy. It’s delicious.
Jonghyun: I don’t really have a favorite food, but I love meat.
Minho: I really like ramen noodles. (Is there a special ingredient that you put in the ramen when you cook it?) Sometimes I don’t put in anything extra, but sometimes I put in Chungyang red peppers. (*note: very, very spicy Korean peppers)
Key: I really like cream pasta, but my favorite Korean dish is green onion kimchi.

Questions for Onew
You’ve participated in several musicals up to now. Do you have any desire to act in a drama?
Yes, I think it’d be a lot of fun.
What type of character would you like to play?
I haven’t really thought about it too much.

Questions for Jong Hyun
How did you realize your passion for music composition?
Ever since middle school, it was always my dream to become a composer or a vocal trainer.
If you could do a dream collaboration with any artist of your choice, who would you choose?
I would want to work with someone who isn’t the same age as me and isn’t Korean, an artist who is much older than me and understands culture from before I was born. Working with people like that would give me a lot of experience. In terms of Korean artists, someone like Kim Gun Mo and in terms of American artists, Babyface. I really like him as a producer. 

Questions for Key
Recently, on Soompi, our members were talking a lot about your use of make-up and “guyliner”. The overwhelming response was that our members think you are very sexy when you wear eyeliner and make-up. What are your thoughts about being recognized for this characteristic?
I do it because I want to. I think that make-up is an extension of our outfits. Hair, make-up, clothes – it’s all a part of a concept. So I do it when it fits the concept. For example, in “Hello”, I don’t wear make-up because it doesn’t really fit. But for “Ring Ding Dong”, it fits.
Did you get any shopping done in the states while you were in L.A. for Hollywood Bowl?
We didn’t have much time when we visited last, so I was only able to buy an iPad. When we went for our first Hollywood Bowl, though, H&M wasn’t in Korea yet, so I bought a ton of accessories [from H&M].
What do you think of fashion in the states compared to fashion in Korea?
I think American fashion is closer to the style that I like –  I mean, designers like Jeremy Scott live and work in L.A. Also, whatever country you go to, there’s always a concept of “teen fashion”. For example in L.A., I saw a lot of teenagers wearing a white shirt with jeans and a pair of Nikes. This is just a normal, everyday thing in L.A. but if that comes to Korea, it’s considered a type of “style”. In the same way, if Korean “teen fashion” were to be adopted in L.A., it would be considered a different kind of “style”, too. I find this really interesting.
If you could have a shopping spree anywhere in the world, where would you go?
England. I want to go to vintage shops there.

Questions for Minho
It’s well-known that you love sports a lot. If you could pick your dream soccer team, which celebrities would you pick for it?
I don’t really know who’s good or not so I’ll stick to people from SM. First, Eun Hyuk and Dong Hae from Super Junior. For goalie, I’d pick Shin Dong.

Questions for Taemin
What choreography do you like the most from your promoted tracks?
I like the choreography for all of our songs but the choreography for “Replay” was very fresh and exciting for me. We worked with a foreign choreographer for the first time. It was very exciting and shocking to me, and I remember really liking the choreography.
How would you compare your dancing skills today to when you first debuted?
Working with and learning from many different teachers, foreign choreographers, and dancers has definitely helped me improve little by little. Also, I have a lot more experience performing on stage than I did before, which has helped me improve, too. So in conclusion, I am much better compared to before.

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The interview ends here, but the fun isn't quite over yet!

Stay tuned for a SHINee autograph giveaway!

Details coming soon! ;)

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If you haven't seen it already, here is their video shoutout to you, the Soompi Fans.

And here are some pictures! We couldn't take any pictures during the interview, but we were able to capture some of the silliness that happened afterwards. :)

Key, right after his blooper. All laughs and smiles!

Onew being silly!

Netizen wanita memilih Taeyeon sebagai member SNSD yang paling terfavorit

Sebuah situs portal Ezday mengadakan survei dari 22 Oktober – 1 November. Survei ini diikuti, 1913 perempuan dan meminta mereka memilih member Girls ‘Generationfavorit mereka.

Taeyeon memenangkan tempat pertama dengan 22% suara. Yoona berada di urutan kedua dengan 18%, dan Seohyun di posisi ke 3 dengan 14%. Diikuti Yuri dengan 11%, Sunny dengan 8%, Jessica dengan 7%, Tiffany dengan 7%, dan Sooyoung dengan 7%. Hyoyeon ditempatkan terakhir dengan 6% suara.

Netizens menjelaskan karena Taeyeon memiliki bakat. Sebagai penonton perempuan dan menilai seorang girlgroup, mereka lebih melihat ke bakat dan bukan wajah, dan sebagian besar sepakat bahwa Taeyeon adalah yang paling berbakat dari sembilan anggota.

Happy Pepero Day.

NG… ada yg punya gambaran apakah Pepero Day itu ???

Bentar, sebelum ke Pepero Day, kita haru tahu dulu apakah Pepero itu. Pepero itu adalah biskuit panjang (lihat foto bawah) yg nanti kalo makan dicelupin ke sirup coklat. Pepero sendiri diproduksi Lotte Confectionery di Korea Selatan sejak 1983. Produk ini diinspirasi oleh sebuah produk di Jepang bernama Pocky yg diproduksi Glico. Nah, sejak 2007, Pepero dijual dalam 10 raa berbeda, ada rasa coklat, stroberi, coklat almond, isi coklat, isi keju lemon, cocoa, krim lembut, keju, Topic, dan produk klasik bernama “Woman in White” dan “Man in Black”

Nah, Pepero Day sendiri adalah hari yg mirip hari Valentine, tapi bedanya diadakan tgl 11 Nopember, atau dikenal juga 11.11 Day. Kenapa dipilih hari itu ??? Karena dalam satu bungkus Pepero ada 4 stick biskuit, jadi keempat angka itu menggambarkan isinya, dan kenapa angka 1 ??? Karena bentuk Pepero yg seperti angka satu.

Pepero Day itu termasuk hari libur loh, dan dirayakan oleh kebanyakan generasi muda dan pasangan2 kekasih dengan bertukar snack Pepero, permen atau kado romantis.

Tapi, pihak Lotte menolak kalau mereka lah yg menentukan munculnya hari libur itu, namun mereka mengatakan kalau pada tanggal itu penjualan mereka meningkat dan akhirnya melanjutkannya dengan penjualan bungkusan edisi khusus pada 11 Nopember tiap tahunnya. Dan biasanya, pada tgl ini penjualan Pepero meningkat 55 %.

Beberapa pihak lain tidak menyetujui hari libur ini. Alasan utamanya adlaah dari para guru, karena menurut mereka kalau makan Pepero bisa membuat timbulnya obesitas. Dan banyak pihak lebih menyarankan Garaetteok Day , yaitu merupakan salah satu tipe makanan kue beras yg dibuat dari tepung beras yg kebanyakan dipakai adalah yg tepung yg tidak lengket, lalu dibentuk panjang2 dan dikukus. Ini gambarnya…

Oh, iya, Pepero Day sendiri dimulai tahun 1994, dimana saat itu, siswi2 SMP di Busan mengganti isi untuk tukar kado dengan memberikan Pepero yg dipercayai agar mereka bisa tumbuh tinggi dan langsing seperti bentuk Pepero. (aneh2 aja..)

But, Pepero sendiri bukanlah makanan mahal, sama kok kayak snack2 di Indonesia, harganya sekitar 800-1000 Won atau 75 sen-1 Dollar USA.

Super Junior jadi yang terfavorit di Brazil

Yayasan Budaya Korea melaporkan daftar 10 teratas idola favorit Korea di Brazil , dipilih oleh 2.826 muda mudi yg menyukai lagu-lagu Korea.cekidot :
1. Super Junior
2. SHINee
3. Big Bang
4. BoA
5. SNSD
6. 2NE1
7. 2PM
8. 4minute
9. f (x)
10. Wonder Girls

Super Junior menduduki posisi teratas dengan jumlah 2.137 suara, prestasi yg bisa dibilang luar biasa mengingat fakta bahwa mereka belum pernah mengunjungi Brazil dan kebanyakan mempromosikan lagu dengan Bahasa Korea. Well, apakah ini tandanya Hallyu Wave mulai mendunia??

Source: TV Daily

Translation: Natali@MyKRY.com, ~♡ 혁-fied@ SJ-WORLD.NET
Written by: aetria@kpoplive.com

Baru2 ini Eunhyuk juga ngetweet untuk mengucapkan terimakasih pada fans Brazil.


sssssssamba!!!!!!!!! 우와….이젠 브라질까지? 감사합니다 브라질팬여러분 ㅜ ㅜ 제가 조만간 축구하러 한번 갈께요^^
sssssssamba!!!!!!!!! woah… sekarang bahkan sampai di Brazil? Terima kasih untuk fans2 di Brazilㅜ ㅜ Aku akan kesana untuk main sepakbola^^

Hasil Polling Idola Korea Paling Gak Waras

Oh, iya, yg dipampang ini hanya yg hasilnya lebih dari 10 voters ya…

Ini versi cowoknya…

Heechul	2030
Jo Kwon	1114
Leeteuk	718
Onew	526
Key	499
Park Jung Min	254
Kim Hyun Joong	252
Jaejoong	227
Daesung	147
Nichkhun	138
TOP	130
Taecyeon	115
Jung Yong Hwa	99
Eunhyuk	58
Yoochun	46
Yesung	42
Jungshin	41
Kyuhyun	30
Jinwoon	18
Kangin	14
Lee Hongki	11

Nah, kalo yg ini versi ceweknya..

Taeyeon	854
Sandara Park	756
Victoria	554
Park Gyuri	376
Min	311
Hyunah	263
Hyomin	155
Yubin	114
Sooyoung	58
Jaekyung	45
Goo Hara	19
Yuri	15
Sunny	12
Yoona	11