This weekend, the 'Loof' will be on fire!

Can you tell, by the title, what I'm talking about?

Just in case here you go....

Sorry I couldn't help myself, Himchan you are so cute!

And I am back, to my topic today.
This weekend is the BAP concert in Indiana. But not alone...

We even have a countdown widget for it,
 that's how excited we are to see each other.

Oh that's right, Uri Dongsaeng is going with me, along with another one of our friends.  That's right Unnie & Dongsaeng will be together this weekend and seeing BAP live in concert!!!!

How awesome is that?!?!  Probably not as big of a deal to you guys as it is to us.  What have I been doing in preparation for her most daebak arrival?  Getting more & more excited!  Tomorrow morning I will head to the Metra station in Illinois to pick her up & then Saturday she & our friend will be leaving kids here w CA, & heading into K Town in Chicago & then down to Merrillville, IN for the concert!  Beyond excited!!  I SO NEED THIS ONE DAY VACATION, KRAZY AHJUMMAS ONLY!!!

Unless you know BAP wants to hang with us too, that would be allowed.  Yup totally doable...uhhh that sounded better in my head.  Sorry.  I meant we would be completely okay with the idea of hanging with the guys.

If you're there & you bump into us & recognize us, please feel free to come up to us & say "Annyeong!"  We'd love that!  We can hang, talk K Pop, K Drama, biases, whatever!

Until then I will continue my BAP playlist of MVs on Youtube.  In fact, I will share some of my fav BAP MVs to help your day go by faster.  Then back to tidying up the house & prepping for her visit.  

Starting with their latest...

1004 (Angel):

Warrior:


Power:

And probably my favorite of them all...
Badman (filmed in my own home town Detroit, MI)

Okay, this last one is one is pure joy to me. To listen to AND watch.  How could you not love a song where a cute boy sings, "the 'Loof' is on fire"?!?!  Come on!!

Hurricane:


Coffee Shop:


So do you have a BAP Bias? It's all about Yong Guk for me.  That deep voice is meltworthy.  The others are adorable & I want to crush on them too, especially Daehyun & Youngjae, BUT they are a little too young for me.  I have got that invisible line of which to be aware.  I hope all of you are having an excellent week.  I'm back to work around here.  Oh and enjoy Easter!  You know if you celebrate Easter etc...

Unnie's Wednes...uh...Thursday Write Up... scheduling conflicts of interest.

Sorry this is a day late guys but I managed to somehow get, not one, but two viruses this week, from my kids.  First a stomach bug, that was fun, (sarcasm) & now I am fighting a nasty little head cold.  It's perfectly normal & rational that, at this very minute, the temptation to chop off my own head is normal, right?  My forehead feels like it's going to explode, my glands are swollen, it hurts to turn my neck & my ears are filled with pressure from the congestion, as are my sinuses.  Needless to say, I have spent most of this week sleeping too.  2 viruses in 1 week, that has to be a record right?  I'm telling you this does not bode well for this next school year, that already we are getting sick.  Sigh. 

So today's Wednesday Write Up will be short. 

Originally, I had planned on doing this yesterday, but my head hurt too much to stare at any kind of computer screen, which is why this would have made more sense yesterday, sorry.  AddiKts, don't forget that Wednesday's episode of The Master's Sun is delayed to Thursday as a special showing of The Thieves was shown on Wednesday, holiday programming for Chuseok.  How The Thieves is more Chuseok related than The Master's Sun is, I haven't the foggiest.  I have the feeling the station felt the ratings would drop so much due to the holiday that they decided to air a different show until more people would be able to watch & keep the ratings up.  Next week they will air episode 14 & 15 on their regular dates & then the final episode, 16, will air the following week on the 2nd of October.  Now here is where I am not sure what is going on.  One site, which now I can no longer find, said that there will be a special behind the scenes/making of The Master's Sun airing the following day but another site, said it was an extension of the show, meaning 17 episodes.  Whether the 17th episode is the special or it's another actual episode & then they will air the special I have no idea.  I tend to believe the allkpop article since I can no longer find the other one.  Guess we'll have to wait & see.  Then the following week Heirs will debut.   

The other thing I wanted to talk about was the news that Kim Hyun Joong's latest Kdrama, "Inspiring Youth", has been postponed until next year.  In a move, very reminiscent of the City Conquest debacle, there is apparently a problem with dates, due to Chinese holidays, for the scheduled filming. Because of the mix up, shooting has been delayed, instead they will be airing Jang Keun Seuk's new drama, "Beautiful Man".   Upon reading that this morning I was disappointed, frustrated & yes almost resigned to the feeling it was going to all fall apart like CQ did.  I never should have watched King of Dramas, it all smells like a conspiracy to me.  Someone wants to stop KHJ from being in dramas.  But why?   KHJ who did you piss off?  o.O   So pray, burn incense, sacrifice on an altar, send positive vibes or happy thoughts, sprinkle fairy dust if you need to, but everyone we must work together to get KHJ back on the air in a drama!! 

As a way of saying sorry for this being late I thought you guys might enjoy a couple fan made videos of TMS that I have seen on various friends FB feeds this past week.  As well as the new OST from SIG for the drama.  I also wanted to share this meme that Uri Dongsaeng made after watching last week's TMS cliffhanger.  If you are on Pinterest & want to share it, you can find it here. 

Enjoy have a beautiful rest of the week & I will see you tomorrow for more TMS review. 

Saranghamnida,



No Matter What by Seo In Guk OST for The Master's Sun:

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: Teasers & Pretties

You know what AddiKts, it's been a stressful few days in my house.  I won't go into deets cos really no one wants to know what stresses me out, except my family & even that's just in self defense.  I can tell you that I am so incredibly stoked to see tonight's episode of The Master's Sun.  Like sincerely, seriously, incredibly stoked.  A friend posted a preview for tonight's ep on FB & I have watched it at least a dozen times so I am going to share it here & then you can all hypothesize as to what you think may be happening.  I can't wait to hear how many of you guessed right & then what your cray cray hypothesis might have been. 

 

 

Along with this epic picture teaser:

A KISS!!~~~  SQUEE!!~~~ I CANNOT WAIT!!~~

Wishing I spoke Korean well enough to understand this preview.  Although, I did hear him tell her to "Get Lost" again. kekekeke...

Now what else?  Oh I also saw a poster for KHJ's new drama, "Inspiring Age".  But it was fan art not an official poster.  It was still really nice though.  I am getting all kinds of excited for that drama's arrival. 

And oh so many pretties show up in the latest Lotte Duty Free MV, including KHJ.  

Sigh those videos were exactly what my overwhelmed mama brain needed.  Sorry if you were in any way hoping for an actual article, containing anything cohesive.  Today that was beyond my abilities.  BUT I do have one in mind for next week.  Thanks to a question from another blogger/friend just this morning. 

 

 

Hope you all have a great rest of the week.  See you for reviews starting tomorrow. 

 

Saranghamnida,  



Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: One of Those Days

I know I am not the only one on this wide beautiful planet to have "one of those days".  I blame it on the end of summer blahs that are setting in, here in Wisconsin.  When I lived in AZ, I LOVED winter.  Couldn't get enough in fact.  Hated summer, dreaded it.  And would almost always go crazy come October when it was still in the 90s.  I was ready for fall by October but fall was not ready to arrive in AZ.  Oh I drove my husband batty about it, "This isn't fall!  Fall is crisp air & cooler temps & falling leaves!"  Bless his poor heart, I was a huge whiner.  So when he was offered a job in Wisconsin I was ready for the change.  But having spent a predominant amount of my life in a warm, super sunny, climate has made my transition to colder, wintry, snowy, icy, gray days a little bumpier than I expected.  Don't get me wrong, Fall is AH-MAZING here.  So beautiful!  But fall is then followed by 6 months of miserably cold temperatures, Snow up to your waist, Ice, and more gloomy, gray, cloudy days than this So Cal chick can handle & I discovered I suffer from seasonal depression because of this winter climate.  This last winter here was hard, as it seemed to go on forever still getting snow storms in mid to late April.  I spent most of last winter begging my husband to look for a job back in AZ.  Yep that was me, a complete 180 on my previous viewpoint about AZ.  Again I say my husband is a saint.

I couple this 'blah feeling', on the fact that today, my eldest, child went to his high school freshman orientation.  Tomorrow there is a freshman cook out & dance in the evening.  His first high school dance.  As he left this morning, I felt conflicted.  I was so happy for him.  Yet so sad for me.  First, he's not my baby anymore and he was sincerely such a cute baby.  Yes, all mom's think their baby is the cutest & the best.  Second, it also means I am the mother of a high school kid, which makes me feel old, boring, useless & really quite unattractive.  I picked the wrong addiKtion.  I picked an addiKtion that focuses on being young & perfect & beautiful.  None of these things can be used to describe myself.  Normally, I still feel like I am in my early 20s.  I don't look like I am but I feel like it.  Today, for really the first official time, I actually feel like an ahjumma.  Which has its perks, apparently on a city bus or subway in Seoul, I can be as loud & obnoxious as I want, because I am an ahjumma.  So there's that.  kekekeke...

While today has not been a bad day per se, it has been one of those days where I feel blah.  Darn you end of summer, oncoming winter & darn you to kids getting older ergo making their parents feel their age!  I spent the morning watching Barefoot Friends & getting my KHJ fix, which again as an ahjumma today I feel very weird liking a man 10 years younger than me.  And I feel like I should apologize to KHJ for creeping him out. LOL  The good thing is I picked a bias that doesn't really pay attention to the virtual world very often so woohoo he has no clue a pervy old lady drools over him.  ^^  That helps my ego some.

But there are good things about being in the place I am age wise.  I am past the diaper era, the potty training era, the having to sit & watch the many, many repetitive kid shows era.  I can wear jewelry without worrying about them breaking it with little hands, that pull and tug, with the force of a sumo wrestler.  My kids can dress & feed themselves, are perfectly content entertaining themselves, help clean up the house, & don't need to be constantly watched anymore.  In short I can stop stalking them.  Plus, my kids will all head back to school in a couple of weeks & I will get the house to myself again, at least for most of the day.  Looking forward to peace & quiet throughout the house again.

To help cheer myself up from the 'blahs' I gave myself a treat on my Jess Unnie Profile on FB.  A thread dedicated to Kim Hyun Joong.  Sigh.  And I encourage all of you who have already friended that profile to go check it out & add your own favorite videos to the thread.  The world needs more KHJ.  So even though he is completely unaware that he turned my mood from blah to happy I want to say, Kamsahabnida Kim Hyun Joong-ssi for just being you.   Jjinja.  This old lady thanks you for your smile & your talent.  It brightened an otherwise blah day.

For those of you that aren't on FB, &/or aren't interested in friending Jess Unnie on FB, here are some of my favorite KHJ performances.  Sigh what a nice voice he has.  The videos are not mine, they aren't official, they are from his fans because they love him.  And he appreciates his fans, even if just once he'd like to say, "Stop buying me food, I can do that, just buy my album instead."  Classic KHJ, honesty.  I bought your album.  Which means you owe me dinner dude. ;)

Have a great day AddiKts.  BTW The Master's Sun ep 5 is already almost finished subbing, I know what I will be watching while my son is at Tae Kwon Do tonight! Squeeee!!!  Yep, the day is no longer so blah.

Saranghamnida,




I'm Your Man Live

One More Time Fanmeet in Tokyo


Because I'm Stupid Live

Kiss Kiss MV
 




And from his latest album Round 3, {{available on iTunes}} here are 2 of his MVs from:
The Official Kim Hyun Joong Youtube Page.  

Your Story Official MV
   

Unbreakable Official MV

And one of my favorite moments of his. This interaction with his fan always melts my heart. He's so sweet & she is adorable. I LOVE the look on her face when Ho Dong moves the paper & her dream man is right there for her to stare into his eyes. She is so in love & adorable. Bless her little fan girl heart.

I hope this helped your day like it did mine.  <3 Unnie

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: Casting Calls & Major Signings

Have I told you guise lately that I feel truly so blessed?  I really do.  I have made some amazing new friendships in the last year, some in person & some virtual, w fellow AddiKts all around the world.  Some have written me letters (emails) of encouragement, some have become great friends that I watch our beloved KDramas with while we live chat at the same time, some that have become "aunties" to my kids & send them treats.  Of course it helps that my kids are just so stinking cute. ;)  I even have my first Official Stalker, as of this week.  Kind of nice being the 'stalkee' as opposed to the 'stalker', for a change.  *giggle*   Of course the dealio is, if she gets to stalk me, then I get to stalk her back.  I look forward to getting to know her better.  She seems like a lot of fun & I like people who make me smile.  Being able to make people smile is a rare & beautiful gift & I appreciate people who can make me smile.  It was one the most attractive qualities in my husband.  He just makes me laugh so often & I LOVE to laugh.  To those of you who started as fellow addiKts but have taken that first tentative step toward reaching out to become a friend I thank you for being so much braver than I am.  Your friendship & your hearts are appreciated.

Well, now that we got all that mushy stuff over, how about we move on to more K Drama news?  This last week 2 big announcements caught my eye & I had to squee over both of them.  And one totally personal announcement for one of those awesome new "K"  friends I've made over the last few months.

Kim Hyun Joong officially cast as Male Lead for Age of Feelings

That's right!  My Kim Hyun Joong, whose latest album "Round 3" has hit the ground and taken flight w hit MVs for the tracks, "Unbreakable" & "Your Story",  has finally made it official that he has nabbed the leading male role in the new upcoming drama Age of Feeling.  Which has also announced that the 2 leading ladies have been cast as well.  I am very excited about this news & yet a little nervous too.  City Conquest broke me of becoming too excited, as they had even started filming & still had the carpet pulled out from under them.  If this goes that route too then I will seriously be irritated & will be flying myself to Seoul, even if I have to stuff myself in luggage.  At only 5'2" (or 156 cm) tall, I should easily be able to squeeze myself into a large suitcase, right?  If this show gets canceled like City Conquest, the people who are responsible better wear shin guards!  That's right I went there!  However, I was sad that he was their 3rd choice for leading male.  But as long as he is the one starring who cares that he was 3rd choice, maybe this will be the defining moment in his career that will make the ones who turned it down regret that choice & everyone will see KHJ shine.  Sending good luck vibes out to my bias, break a leg Kim Hyun Joong-ssi, you're gonna knock 'em dead.


Ha Ji Won (Unnie's Girl Crush) signs w UTA

The second announcement for my favorite actress, Ha Ji Won.  Who scored a  major coup this week, when she signed with United Talent Agency, UTA.  Only one of the US's largest & most influential talent agency.  An agency that carries other big name stars, like my ultimate & first ever crush & an incredibly talented actor, that is constantly changing himself into whatever character he needs to be, Johnny Depp.  This is BIG news!  This move on Ha Ji Won's part is being touted as a huge coup for Asian actresses everywhere as this wasn't just a meet & greet for a single project but an actual contractual signing, she now works with them!  This is her chance to break into the Hollywood scene & maybe beyond.  Now I hope & pray that they will not relegate her in to the typical Asian character but will give her real roles & real characters to play that showcase her enviable talents as a first rate actress.  I have to say I may have more than a little 'girl crush' on Ha Ji Won.  She really is my favorite actress.  So everybody wish her good luck too.  Ha Ji Won-ssi break a leg & show those 'Hollyweirdos' exactly what you're made of girlfriend.  You totally got this girl!

Hot Korean Pop Music every Sunday in Austin Texas!

And one more announcement...this one is for a friend.  A few weeks ago she suggested to her boss, at the radio station she works at, that they should do a one hour KPop program on their station, he was intrigued by the idea and asked her to work up the deets.  Excitedly she did & he liked her ideas so he gave her the 7-8 pm time slot every Sunday night!!  How exciting!  She works on the line up & program all week long & then bam!  A hit show every Sunday night.  You guys have got to check it out!  The show can be found, if you are in the Austin TX area on 103.2 The Fix on Mega HD2.  You can also tune in online here.  OR you can use the TuneIn Radio App on your device.  Shout to you Jen!  Bringing KPop to the US!  Kamsahabnida chingu!  This lucky lady is even attending KCon this month in Los Angeles & is hoping to get some time to talk to the KPop Stars.  What questions would you guise like her to ask GD or f(x)? (just examples)  Leave some comments on this blog post, my Unnie FB profile, the TCA FB profile OR you can even go to the Official Fix Kpop FB page & leave them there, don't forget to Like the page while you're there & show your support for our favorite music!  And then tune in Sunday nights to listen & get your Kpop Groove on!  I know Dongsaeng & I will be listening!

That is all for now AddiKts.  I hope you have a fabulous rest of the week.  Look for the next 2 installments in my reviews for The Master's Sun, this Thursday/Friday.  Can I say how much I LOVE this drama.  So perfect!!  Come on Hong Sisters don't let an Unnie down now, pleasepleasepleasepleasepleaseplease?!?!?!?

Saranghamnida,

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: I'll show you Low Brow!

So this was one of the topics I was considering last week as a WWU.  But decided against as I was just in the mood for fluff & fun.  At the end of July, the Wall Street Journal wrote an article covering, sort of, the fascination w Korean Dramas.  They talked about a study that was conducted by Seoul National University, where researchers studied Chinese TV viewership & found that K Dramas were very popular, thereby showing that the biggest draw for these shows are people w the little education & have a lower income.  Entitling the article, "South Korean Soap Operas: Just Low Brow Fun?"   This article happened to pop up in my News Feed on FB while I was on vacation with my family.  My poor CA, then had to listen to me rant & rave & give a huge breathless diatribe as to the veracity & intelligence of this article's author.  He's such a patient & loving husband, I'm a lucky woman.

What I found interesting was the viewing choices of people of higher education & income, so the article claims the study says,

"The high-education-and-high-income group showed a preference for the subject matter’s novelty, fast pace and suspense — often found in U.S. TV shows, the report said. “The Big Bang Theory” was the most popular feature for fans of American TV."

What this article does not point out, sufficiently, in my opinion, is that this study was conducted in China, exclusively.  The author of the article does not mention that K Dramas are beloved the world over, including this country.  So what would the study determine from the many K Drama fans in the US?  Of which I can only gather there are a great many, going from the counters on our blog, which tallies US readership higher than any other country at a whopping 109,552 views to date since we opened our metaphorical doors, of course most of those readers, nay those fellow AddiKts, may not yet be willing to admit their closet addiKtion, btw negative articles like this do not help K Drama fans come out of that "K-loset" either.  Who would when the stigma of "Low Brow Fun" is attached?

I happen to live in a lovely suburban area of the Midwest.  I have an education & while yes I am a stay at home mom, & therefore earn no money, for my endless work, my husband works a wonderful job, that is more than capable of taking care of this large family of 6.  I also happen to LOVE The Big Bang Theory as much as I LOVE my K Dramas.  What does that say about me?  Am I "Low Brow"?  Keep in mind, before you answer that question,  I'm an avid reader, a fan of the opera, ballet, & the theater too.

The thing I find most appealing about my AddiKtion, is the cleanliness found in K Dramas.  They are funny, intense, exciting, dramatic, entertaining & clean.  I do not have to wait & watch after my kids have gone to bed, as a precaution to them walking in on a nude scene or a sex scene, which is prevalent among US TV shows.  In fact my kids like to watch with me.  Even The Big Bang Theory, imho, is far too mature a show for my teenage son to watch, with its ribald humor & innuendo & make out precursor to sex scenes, that are rife throughout each episode.  Great adult fun & laughter, sure!  Not exactly safe for my kids!

So while I was at first very offended that I was considered Low Brow.  I was also insulted for the Chinese who were called Low Brow as well, how dare they not make more money & have higher education!!  Let's shame those who do the best they can, who work hard from sun up till sundown w little pay, by telling them have lousy taste in TV shows & are obviously too poor & stupid to know better.

As I thought more & more about it, I decided as it was the author who deemed it necessary to label our beloved K Dramas as "Low Brow Fun", I can only assume they have their own low opinion of the rise of K Dramas in this country & are trying to shame people from watching them, without actually giving them a chance, or they are trying to insert their opinion rather than allowing people to decide for themselves.  But wait they would have had to do some research to discover they were insulting a great many of their very own readers & obviously they did no research for this pathetic attempt at journalism.

And that right there, that lack of research, of forethought, of intelligence & obviously that pseudo intellectual belief that they are better than others, based solely on their level of education & what people like to watch for entertainment, that is why I was offended.  Yes, it is this form of sloppy, opinionated journalism that I actually take offense to.  What happened to relating actual news w some actual reporting included?  This is why I was so irritated with this person's article.  It was lazy, sloppy, & showed no actual research whatsoever.  A mere criticism of something they didn't take the time to study in greater depth & detail.

They found a study & slapped an insulting title to it & BAM, Voila!  Sensational journalism, at it's worst, rearing its ugly head!  I can understand this from quick entertainment news outlets, that focus on the shallow surface of stories for sensationalism; but this is an article in what I used to believe was a reputable newspaper.  Apparently even they are guilty of shoddy, lazy journalism.  Color me disappointed & dismayed.

Shame on you WSJ for posting that article.  Shame on you for criticizing something you know nothing about, as is obvious from the lack of journalistic integrity in this article.  Maybe your reporters should take a step off of & away from their high horse & realize that humanity is a varied & interesting species.  With many different & eclectic tastes & preferences & judging people on shallow items such as what they watch on TV to determine their intelligence & background is elitist, pompous, puffed up & arrogant.  Need to me to use other synonyms?  I can you know, cause I can spell!  And yes I watch Korean Dramas. I watch them so much I barely watch US TV at all.  I watch them so much I started a blog w my best friend all about them.  I watch them so much I am trying to learn another language.  WAIT!!  That can't be right?!?!  Only intelligent people learn to speak other languages.  Korean Drama watchers aren't intelligent ergo I couldn't possibly be trying to learn another language.  BTW WSJ....this will be my 3rd language.

I have a suggestion for the WSJ reporter who decided to label me & my fellow AddiKts as "Low Brow", why don't you say it to my face, you pompous know it all? I dare you.

Have a great week addiKts.  I don't know about you, but I feel better.

Saranghamnida,

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: {{Oppa Eye Candy}} **Updated**

~*UPDATED*~

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It was pointed out to me in a comment, from an awesome reader, that I made a mistake.  I'm so sorry to the Jang Dong Gun fans, like myself.  He is actually 41 not 42.  I apologize for the mistake.  But between the late LATE hour I was writing & the extreme HAWTNESS I feel quite lucky I was able to type at all.  Seriously looking up the pictures for this post was very disarming.  O.O  <--- Me, but with mouth agape & drooling too.  :)  Thanks for the heads up AddiKt, you rock!

Now for the other update... I realized upon waking up this morning that I forgot a most exceptionally sexy & talented Oppa.  So like #5 had a pair of hotties so does #4.  Now you may ask yourselves why does she make it a countdown of 10 when there are obviously 12?  The answer is my... (self imagined & self diagnosed minor case of)... OCD will only allow the nice rounded number of 10, this is how I cheat the OCD.  ^_^  Look below for the addition to our visual candy fest on Delicious Lane & you're welcome.  Kekeke...have an awesome day AddiKts!

Love,
Unnie

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Sigh...I struggled w my post this week AddiKts.  I had a number of different ideas of things I wanted to talk about, some serious others not so much.  Every time I sat down at my computer the last few days I struggled with what I was going to write.  But I guess I will save those more serious posts for later.  Tonight I just want to be light hearted.  When we first started this blog one of my very first posts was all about being "Oppa Krazy".  I used Oppa loosely as most of the guys talked about were actually younger than Dongsaeng & myself.  I realized that I never talk about the Oppas that actually are Oppas to us.  Here & there, once in a while, when I am talking about a drama they are in or when it's their birthday but I have not yet dedicated an entire post specifically to our actual Oppas!  So here it is... I hope you appreciate the Oppa Eye Candy below....

Everybody is always talking about those beautiful young boys that fill our KPop world.  Of course remember I have an age line so I don't go too young, but I too, drool over the idols that are younger than I am...KHJ for example.  But as an older woman I can appreciate the incredibly sexy masculine man that is my age & older just as much as I can the young boy who is still becoming a man.  So below I dedicate this post to all those men that have given me sincere tummy flutters, rapid heart beat, made me sigh through a fantasy or two...million.  Those men that made me think, "DANG! OPPA YOU'RE HAWT!!!"  And thank the Oppa gods themselves for being so very good to me & my imagination.

These aren't really in any particular order except for my TOP 3 but you won't see them till the end...as this post counts down.

#10.
Jang Dong Gun age 42 (same age as my CA)

I fell in love with Jang Dong Gun while I was watching & reviewing A Gentleman's Dignity.  He was so smooth & articulate & cool, until Jung Yong Hwa showed up then he was a big idiot, giggle.  I couldn't get enough of him.

#9. Jung Woo Sung age 40

From Padam Padam & Athena: Goddess of War

#8. Lee Jeong Jin age 35

I discovered this hotness watching 9 Ends 2 Outs. 

#7. Nam Goong Min age 35

My first experience with this hottie was when I watched Can You Hear My Heart he was insanely good & gorgeous!  

#6. Oh Ji Ho age 37

Famous for so many different roles in TV & film but I first saw him in clips from Chuno I have got to watch that drama.  

#5. Kim Myung Min age 40

 When I watched King of Dramas I discovered a man's voice can easily become the sexiest thing I've ever heard & for this guy it's true.  He has got the most amazingly sexy voice on the planet.  

#5 Song Seong Heon age 36

Okay he is not my favorite actor out there.  I've seen 2 dramas of his & he did not wow me with his acting abilities but OMO that body!  Seriously one of the most incredibly classically handsome faces coupled with a most wonderlicious body you know he has to go in my top 5.  

(And yes I know I had 2 number 5's but come on, it's a tie between The Voice & the Look for me.)

#4. Cha Seung Won age 43

I first saw this delectable morsel when I watched The Greatest Love.  Now I admit at first, I wasn't his fan...his character just came off so slimey & weasel like at first that I had a hard time rooting for him but by the 3rd or 4th episode I was a huge fan "Dog Crap Jin". kekekeke...  Then I watched, at the request of several fellow AddiKts, one of his older dramas, City Hall & OMO!!!  It was ...  I was...  Yeah. O.O So HAWT!!  That kiss scene in the car & then the bed scene & I was all....homina homina homina homina....  Then I discovered he was a happily married oppa & my heart was crushed...for me.  Happy for him & his wife but aw man!  Oh well, at least I can enjoy the deliciousness that is CSW!  {{{Psst...he ALSO happens to have an incredibly sexy voice that makes my knees weak.}} 

#4. So Ji Sub age 35

Best friend to Song Seung Hun  & ummm...yeah my first, my only, experience, so far, with this amazing man was when I watched Rough Cut a few months ago.  Funny Story.... I don't as a rule watch anything rated more than PG-13.  It's a personal decision I made when I got married & unless an R rated movie comes on regular TV & is edited (love that loophole) then I haven't seen one in 15 years.  I couldn't tell what Rough Cut was rated but I watched it anyway.  I watched it one night while I was waiting for my son to finish Tae Kwon Do, at his Dojaeng.  I just got to the first sex scene w Kang Ji Hwan's character, not realizing what it was rated I wasn't expecting....THAT.  Made worse by the fact that the timing of this explicit scene coordinated with the little bitty kids (ages 5-10) finishing class & exiting, directly behind me, from the matted area where they have class.  OMO!!  I was way less than cool when I realized these little kids were going to be able to see over my shoulder what I was watching, & worse that their parents might see it too & think I was watching REALLY inappropriate stuff, at a place where there are children gathered.  I had my ear buds in so it wasn't like they could hear but still I jumped & hunched over the screen as I tried to get my iPad to close & finally just flipped the whole thing over as it wouldn't stop playing when I wanted it to.   With bright red cheeks, I tried to remain calm & prayed no one had spotted what I was watching.  Yeah not my most graceful or intelligent moment.  

But I am so incredibly excited to watch his performance in his upcoming drama The Master's Sun, which starts next week, & which will be my next drama review here on TCA.   He was amazing in Rough Cut,a phenomenal actor, with phenomenal looks.  Win/win IMHO.  :)

#3. Kang Ji Hwan age 36

The Oppa who stole my heart with his amazing kisses in Lie To Me.  Seriously 3 of the best kisses in KDramas are because of this guy.  He was absolutely spectacular in Incarnation of Money, I just can't get enough of him!  I adore him!  Picking just 2 pictures was torture for me.  

#2 Lee Byung Hun age 43

My first real Oppa crush is this guy.  I fell hard for him too.  He is so talented & so hot it was impossible to not fall hard for him.  When he started dating Lee Min Jung, I was completely torn in 2.  One side of me was so happy that he finally found the love of his life so he wouldn't be alone anymore.  And part of me wanted to scratch her eyes out.  In fact in my personal little group of K friends I refer to her as only, "Whatsherface".  I refuse to say her name and act as petty & ridiculous as I can.  He was supposed to be mine!!  {{Don't tell my husband that though.}}  kekekeke...  Seriously though I wish him every happiness, he deserves it all.

{{{Psst...keep this on the DL, but I went with my husband to see Red 2, the weekend it came out, & it took all my willpower to not scream like a crazy person during his nude scene & I had to use all my effort to not run & jump on the screen to lick him!  Seriously the "Squeeeing in my head was deafening!!}}} 

AND finally ....

#1. Bae Yong Joon age 40

Yes this is my #1 actual Oppa Eye Candy.  Bae Yong Joon is ethereally beautiful.  He's one of the few men that when their hair is long they are even sexier.  No, I'm not a fan of men w long hair but OMO does it work for him!!  He's just perfection.  He can act too.  Seriously, sincerely fiercely act.  I adore him.  He has it all...looks, talents, body, ambition, heart just all of it.  I couldn't figure out what it was about him that made him so incredibly sexy to me & then a friend pointed out...he looks like an older version of Kim Hyun Joong.  And I realized...I have a type. LOL  Ethereally beautifully perfect men.  Not a bad type to have in my opinion.

I hope you enjoyed this trip down Delicious Lane & that your favorite Oppas were included in the list.  If they weren't please, PLEASE, feel free to send me pictures of your favorite Oppa & links to his movies/dramas/music so that I can enjoy the eye candy as well.  

Until then have a wonderful week AddiKts!

Saranghamnida,

PS If you want to see more shots of these guys I have repinned a number of their beautiful pictures on my own Oppa Eye Candy Board on Pinterest.  I may not have loaded the original pictures themselves but I had a lot of fun re-pinning them! :)

Unnie's Wednesday Write Up: Kim Hyun Joong's Unbreakable

Dear AddiKts,

I'm writing to you, today, to let you know our beloved Unnie has finally succumbed  to the mental descent into a world filled with nothing but her bias, Kim Hyun Joong.  Yes, Unnie is in her heaven & she's much happier there.  I should go back to earlier in the week & help explain just what happened to put our Unnie into such a state of obsessed mania, the final snap in her mental acuity so to speak.

It all started late Wednesday night.  Unnie had just finished drama-thoning All About My Romance & was checking FB one last time before retiring for the night.  If only she hadn't thought to check, she might still be with us.  But alas, check FB she did.  We all know how much our Unnie loves Kim Hyun Joong but this time her love for him is what ultimately led to this mental break.  As she opened her newsfeed to FB, one of the first posts she found belonged to the Official KHJ Facebook Page, it was the announcement for his latest single/MV, "Unbreakable".  Unnie excited at the prospect of seeing her bias singing & dancing in all his sexy glory on her iPad was too much for her to wait until morning.  So she opened up the MV in Youtube & that's when Unnie left this real world forever.

What a sight greeted her upon her arrival.  Oh if only they had stopped at images like this....

But no the powers that be wanted to not just enthrall but enrapture our Unnie to the point of no return & so they continued on & on until finally these images are what did our Unnie in....

And ending with the following mind blowing, ovary exploding moments of the video.

Is it any wonder our Unnie couldn't stand up to the mind blowing dancing, sexy, thrusting images of her bias as he danced & sang his way into her soul?  Poor Unnie *sigh* she never saw it coming.  And that is why we mourn her mental loss but we celebrate her happiness.  She has gone beyond our world & is in a much happier place.  Do not cry for her, do not pity her, no head shaking or saying "I told you so" for her, no we must be happy for our Unnie.  For those interested the "Asylum" WILL give her care packages, after all she isn't a danger to herself or others. But please no KHJ items as they send her into a renewed frenzy & then they have no choice but to sedate her further.  The physicians are working around the clock to bring our Unnie back from her mental breakdown.  Will she be the Unnie we've all come to know & love so much?  Only time will tell.

Sincerely,
The Management

*****Disclaimer #1: No this was NOT a real letter, I am find & dandy.....sort of...****

******Disclaimer #2: All of the images were found on the KHJ Official Facebook page, they are not mine.*****

KHJ's newest MV was phenomenal!!!  And I have watched it myself, at least 40 times, give or take, since it's release!!  Seriously, they should have put a warning on that video!  I blame Keyeast for not properly warning viewers & fans of the danger to their mental well being if they viewed Unbreakable.  So before I share it on here I will add my own warning label.


*************WARNING***************
The following video is will cause hot flashes, ovary explosions & quite possibly pregnancy.  Watch at your own expense!  You've been warned, proceed with caution.


And if that weren't hot enough, they also released the video of his latest photo shoot w Star1, the day before the MV released.  And yeah....so incredibly handsome.  Thank you Lord for Kim Hyun Joong!!  Thank you so much!



Let's just say I had to give a warning to my friends & family on Facebook, following my private profile, that I was going to be blowing up my Pinterest Feeds, & that for any of them following me, they might want to "Un-follow" my Pinterest acct for Jess Unnie.  I pinned somewhere around 300 pins that day, of just KHJ.  Bringing the grand total for my probably really unhealthy addiKtion to 2766.  *SMH* See it's admissions like this, that keep me from wanting to meet my bias in real life.  Just sayin'.  What do you say to the guy you have almost 3000 pictures of?  "Um...yeah Hi, I swear I'm not as cray cray as I seem online."  I figure that my pinning pics of him may be unhealthy BUT I do it for his safety & I consider it a bonus that keeps me from being arrested for creating an International "Incident" & of course goes without saying, the inevitable restraining order.  Win Win.  ^^

Well, that's it for this week's squee fest for KHJ.  Come back next week, I'm pretty sure I'll still be squeeing away.  In the meantime would you please go VOTE for Unbreakable at EYK for his video to be reviewed for one of their awesome KPop Music Mondays?  Pretty Please?!?!  As of Saturday night, when I actually wrote this post he was #7 on the charts.  When I get back from my vacation I'd really like to see him in the somewhere in the Top 3.  Thank you guise.  I KNEW I could count on you to help me out.  I've never seen a KHJ review on EYK.  They may have done one, a long time ago, but I've not been able to find it in the archives.  It would be really nice to see my #1 getting some spot light from them.

Have a wonderful week ladies & gents.

Saranghamnida,



P.S. Do you see how they are killing me?!?!?!

This is me at this point...

This picture found on Pinterest though. 

(x.x) <---Me - *Ded*