Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Notes From WS - TBCC Press Con and a VOD

Sept. 29, 2009

I thank Lynn in BYJ Quilt/ freeboard # 14789 for this translation.

Shared by Wonchun/Baidu
Chinese to English by LYNN

I am hoping that Korean sisters can do the translation later on as Wonchun has expressed some difficulties in conprehension of YJ's words.

(Trans) NOTES - Press Conference in
Animated WLS - Tokyo 9/29/09


The press conference began at 11:30AM (Japan time).

BYJ told the press that he feels he came back to 7 years ago when he did the dubbing .

“I am really appreciated that once again I feel the warmth from WLS. Thanks to the family that I can review WLS. The animated image of Junsang is younger than I am now.”
Both BYJ and CJW have expressed their positive attitude towards future collaboration

CJW revealed the possibility for her future collaboration with BYJ by saying that:” We’ve had a good experience in collaborating with each other. If there is a good script in the future, I believe we will make a better work.”

They two also disclosed that it was really a tough job to do the dubbing.

BYJ:”It is difficult to express the emotions through the voice. Most of the time, I have to use my breath to present the feelings”

CJW:” At the beginning, I thought to do the dubbing would be much easier than do TV shoots. It’s hard to express the feeling in small space like in the dubbing studio. I still remember that there is a running scene and in order to perform realistically, I was running in the studio when I do the dubbing. Now I am getting more used to the dubbing.”

BYJ has been keeping long hair for 3 years since his last work “TWSSG” and now he cut his hair short. A lot of his fans feel unaccustomed to his new hair style. BYJ said he would like to present a new image to the public that why he got his hair cut.

CJW revealed her opinion on the animated image of Yujin “ The animated image is younger but more cute. Yujin’s image is more open in animated version than in the TV version which let me feel difficult to handle when I do the dubbing.”

WLS has brought great reputation to BYJ and CJW in Asia. Their collaboration in animated WLS is the first time in 7 years since their last one in TV Version of WLS. When animated WLS was in the preparation stage, BYJ personally communicated with CJW asking her to do the dubbing for Yujin.

BYJ:
”After reading the script, I contacted CJW. After 7 years, our appearance and thoughts may change, but after doing the dubbing, I feel that I am back to 7 years ago. It is really a warm feeling . Once again I feel the passion of First Love. I am happy in doing the dubbing.

BYJ expressed that:” The animated version enriches the content of the whole story which is impossible to fulfill in the TV version. Especially it reveals the story of that 3 years when Junsang and Yujin were apart with each other. And also there are some scenes of U.S and Paris which cannot be made in the TV version, but which is put into realistic in the animated version. It is the merit.


Photos credit as labeled
And VOD from You Tube by Tomato99... many thanks.

Photos from WS -Tokyo Bay Court Club Press Con


Sept. 29, 2009

Sources: kr.yahoo/ Naver, Fukuya's Blog and http://www.truelovebyj.com/

And all photos credit as labeled.
Thank you sooooo much dear sisters....^_^


Animation 'Winter Sonata' ---Press Conference
Sept. 29, 2009, 11:30 A.M.
Tokyo Bay Court Club of Japan












Anime - WLS Character Dolls

Sept. 29 2009


Anime - Winter Sonata, - Yu Jin and Jun Kang character dolls.
(Photo choeeunyoung SPN News)

BYJ In Narita, Japan

Sept. 29, 2009

Source: Japan Today
Japan News And Discussion > Entertainment
And all photos are credit as labeled ---- thank you so much !!!!

Yon-sama, Choi greeted by 1,700 fans at Narita

Monday 28th September, 02:00 PM JST

TOKYO —

The two stars of the popular Korean drama “Fuyu no Sonata” (Winter Sonata), Bae Yong Joon, 37, and Choi Ji Woo, 34, arrived at Narita Airport on Sunday aboard a Korean Airlines charter jet, and were welcomed by over 1,700 screaming fans. Around 250 fans had reportedly been waiting since Saturday night to greet the stars.

I found these "Onesans" (Japanese term for elder sisters) cute in their Yellow shirts.





Choi appeared first in front of the screaming crowd.


Five minutes later, Bae—popularly known as Yon-sama—appeared,
dressed in black and wearing sunglasses.




He waved at fans who went wild, screaming with tears in their eyes.





Bae had been hospitalized Sept 17 for blood poisoning but was released Sept 21,
and when he arrived at Narita he looked to be in good health.
The pair are in Japan to promote the anime version of the “Fuyu no Sonata” drama, set to air on Oct 17 on SKY PerfecTV. Bae and Choi will remain out of the public’s eye until their official first public appearance at Tokyo Dome on Tuesday night. (It's already tonight)

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Thanks to Kenhin and sanicyan3 for this VOD from YT.


Thanks to hanryumarimo for this VOD from YT.

Sunday, September 27, 2009

BYJ Goes To Japan

BYJ goes to Japan for his Tokyo Dome Event


Bae Yong Joon with Choi Ji Woo left for Narita, Japan via Gimpo Airport in Seoul at around 1:30 PM today, September 27.

Still lots of BYJ fans waiting for him at the airport.



So it's true that he cut his hair once more and dyed it....dark brown.
Hmmmm... I love it more.



Love, love, love, sooooo much his look now.







All photos credit as labeled... thanks a lot ^_^

Rak - The Narcissist

Sept. 27, 2009

This article really made me sad upon reading for a while but got relieved before reaching the end. A certain arrogant writer but later came true to her sense turned into a tamed lamb wrote this one. So glad that she realized what a true Bae Yong Joon really is.

I lifted this posting again from BYJ Quilt/freeboard # 15315 by Gaulsan ,Thanks.

Bae Yong Joon, a note of a journey in search for the beauty of Korea

Source: http://blog.naver.com/wpara?Redirect=Log&logNo=50072337692
Written by a blogger named 'Rak'
Translated into English by Gaulsan


For severe narcists like me, there is a remedy that is needed periodically at all costs.

The remedy is periodic blows of cold water on the back of one's head, which extinct the simmering fire of arrogance for a while and turn it into a tamed lamb. The blow is more effective when it comes from a person never expected.

Thankfully enough, there was a person who gave me such a huge blow on the back of my head and cured my narcissism very effectively. I felt thankful and sorry for the person that I decided to blog here after a year's silence.

Yesterday, I went to a large bookstore in Kangnam to spend time. I was heading to the corner that I used to visit, but something attracting my female instinct came into my eyes. It was a photo of a man's appearance from the back. It was in the front page of the "Yon-sama Book" that all the TVs and internet media had been reporting loudly the day before.
I was not his anti, but I was not quite fond of him, either. The fact that I was attracted by his photo for a moment annoyed me.

photo credit as labeled

I was about to walk away, but the fact that a thumb-sized back of Yonsama could attract me with such a strong force annoyed me again.

"OK," I said to myself, "it's just a book of an 'ordinary entertainer', right?"
I gave a snort, picked the book up, stood in an arrogant posture, and started to skim through the pages with one hand - like skimming a women's magazine.

At that moment, a middle-aged woman suddenly appeared from nowhere, and gazed shyly at a 'Yonsama book' - which was laid next to my arrogant hand - for a while. After a while, she carefully picked that 'Yonsama book' with both hands in even shyer manner, held it in her arms, and quietly walked away.

It might be the strange after effect of the 'shy lady' that made me feel ashamed of my arrogant posture. Unwillingly, I held that 'Yonsama book' properly with both hands - in the way that I handle a 'book' - and started to have a look again from the first page.

There were Forewords of VIPs as if to match the name value of Yonsama.
Then followed the Table of Contents (stay - leave - clear away - contemplate - return - leave again), which was not expected for an ordinary entertainer's book.
As I felt annoyed for the third time with the 'contents', I skipped the preface of the writer, that I would never skip in other books.

I was going to skim through the pages, but I had to stop after a couple of pages.
A photo that gave me very similar impression with the 'shy lady' stopped my eyes.
It was a black-and white photograph of three pairs of black rubber shoes neatly laid on a terracing stone.

On the next page, there were two short lines.
"The table of mother, the tears of mother"

I used to scoff at the movie 'Titanic', and threw a cynical smile at Winter Sonata(even though my sister was shedding tears sitting by me). However, I felt like falling on my knees at this single photo, shouting "yes, sir!"

I didn't want to admit this embarrassing and unexpected situation, and carefully looked at the photo once more. To me, who had some knowledge on photography, BYJ's photo was not technically surprising enough to give me such embarrassment I was feeling. It was rather honest and peaceful to the extent that one might think it was a bit too simple. Yet it had the strange power that attracted my eyes.

I moved to the next page. There was a traditional-styled roof covered with white snow. Above the roof, there was the sun, which was hard to tell whether it was rising or going down. I watched it for a while, and read the next page.

In his photo and essay, there were sincerity and honesty that I came across after a long time. The photo was telling plain stories, without pretension, to me. The essay was covering the story that the photo was telling us. It was this specific character that was strangely attracting my heart.

I know that this place is a board for writing reviews and I know that I should introduce more about this book, but I feel I am not eligible for reviewing this book.

However, I do have words to tell people who watch a 'person' named Bae Yong Joon through glasses thickly covered with arrogance, just like I did two days ago.
Right now, do pick up 'the book of BYJ' and start a journey in search for the beauty of Korea.
At the end of that journey, you will find a friend, who has the same beauty with that country, standing by you.

Saturday, September 26, 2009

Reporters' Gathering For BYJ's Book Publication

Sept. 26, 2009

Original in Korean: Peaches on the mango tree
Translated into English and shared by: Suehan in BYJ Quilt/ Freeboard #15312
Many thanks dear sisters...

[Trans]Reporters’ gathering for a commemorative event for the publication of the BYJ’s book

Hi, everyone;

Since BYJ published his book, ‘Traveling to discover the beauty of Korea’, I find lots of postings in the Korean websites. What I am impressed of the most is that his book changed the bloggers impression of him which was not-so good to begin with and his reason to publish his book.

The postings I translated below could be a good example of it and it’s was written by a producer of the broadcasting company. The blogger posted two vods, but I didn’t know how to repost the vods, please go to the website if you’re interested in watching it.
http://onthemango.tistory.com/264?srchid=BR1http%3A%2F%2Fonthemango.tistory.com%2F264

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Reporters’ gathering for a commemorative event for the publication of the BYJ’s book,



Bae Yong Joon held the reporters’ gathering to commemorate
the publication of his book and I attended to cover it.
It’s said that the book was published to introduce the beauty of Korea.

Actually,
Jeong Woo Seong and Jang Dong Gun’s movie previews were
scheduled to be held today as well.

Manpower of Korea Entertainment news was divided into 3 today
because there were 3 big events that would be held for
Jeong Woo Seong, Jang Dong Gun and Bae Yong Yoon.

But, the location where most reporters gathered was
the commemorative event for the publication of BYJ’s book.

A certain broadcasting company could not attend one of
the two remaining events.

Another company decided to interview the other two later on and
all of them came to Bae Yong Joon’s event.

Anyway,

That is the reason why many,
Reporters gathered at BYJ’s.

A certain reporter said,

BYJ’s events treat reporters very well.
But that might not be the reason why the reporters gathered.

But,
They treated us very well.



The picture above is the USB that was handed to us before the event.
It was a 4GB and said that it was designed by an artisan of
the lacquered wood inlaid sh*ells.

It wasn’t my favorite style,
but everyone was so happy to have it because it was a 4GB.

It was pIaced in a box and it looked good enough to give as a gift.
Our CP senior gave it to the broadcasting general manager right away.



We chatted before we entered the hall.
Senior cameraman Haejoon,
audioman Dongsik, and
wuri assistant producer ‘Hanchang’.

Event was supposed to start at 2pm, and
I heard that we could enter at 1:30 pm.

We were sure that lots of reporters would gather, so we left at 11 am,
and arrived at the venue before noon, but..

We were going to put our names on the reporters’ entering list
as soon as we arrived, but we were the 34th --;

A certain team said that they came at 8 am and put their names
as the first, and next team came at 9 am.. just like that.
This field is very competitive in every way.



Mess before entering the hall.
People are most sensitive at this time because they want to occupy
a good spot for shooting which depends on who enter first.

Originally, we’re supposed to enter the hall according to the order of the list
which we wrote down this morning, but we could see this kind of mess often
due to their strong nerves because some didn’t want lose their turns, and
some actually thought that they would enter according to the order of the line.



In this chaos, assistant producer Hanchang (His full name is Seo, Hanchang)
and I are concentrating to take pictures. He said that he was going to
show BYJ’s pictures to his mother.



Finally, it’s our turn to enter..



Inside of hall for the reporters’ gathering.



Finally, Bae Yong Joon appeared.



He has a well-developed figure. I mean it.

So-called, ‘A class’ stars have different auras.
Either they work hard to have that shape or were born like that,
Those are the reasons why they call them ‘A class’.

(vod)

Recently, Bae Yong Joon was hospitalized for sepsis due to his hectic
schedule for publication.
He had a bad complexion and his voice was quivering while he was
speaking due to his weakness.

Nevertheless, I could see clearly that he was doing his best.

I didn’t ‘edit’ it, but did just ‘cut and past’ with Daum Pot Encoder.
But my computer in my house which isn’t performing well seemed to
have a hard time handling it. Editing is not consistent.
It’s a shame for a person who has a job as a film editor.



To tell the truth, it was my first time covering Bae Yong Joon,
and I was surprised a little and jealous.

The reason I was surprised..

While he was writing this book,

he met many artisans [for example, artisans for Pansori (the traditional
Korean narrative songs), traditional dyeing, plum farm, lacquer painting, etc.)]

All of them praised BYJ highly.

Even though they live in the country side..
They have been living over 50 years and aren’t fools at all.

If his goal was to make money, or didn’t work hard, or showed his
shallowness, then they surely sense or know his intention.

But, all of them, with one voice, talked about BYJ’s warmness as human,
diligence, meticulousness, and passionate.

They became ‘masters’ because they devoted themselves in one thing,
and BYJ was recognized by ‘these masters’

I thought that the praise didn’t come without efforts
This occurred to me while I was listening to their praises.

And another thing I was envious of him

A while ago,
I mentioned this when I published the paper on the Cyworld.

Later,
If I have a chance,

I want to visit the masters of our traditional musical instruments,
learn the procedures on how to make the musical instruments one by one,
watch and interview them.

And then I would like to participate in making my own instrument eventually.

So, at that time,
Master of Janggoo (Korean Traditional Drum) someone, someone.

Master of Bangzza (high-quality brass tableware) who can make Jiing (a gong)
someone, someone

Master of Buk (a drum) someone, someone, someone

I had made a list that way.

Later, I would visit them to get the musical instruments.

Among them, a certain master of Janggoo (a drum),
I’m going to visit him no matter what happens.

But,
BYJ met the masters of the musical instruments,
Hyojae Sonsangnim who makes the Korean dresses,
worked at the farm with the owner of a plum field whom I can’t remember her name,
met the noted singer of Pansori,
and met the master of the lacquer painting.

And above all,
I really was envious of him because he could communicate with them by heart.

I am really envious of him.

Frankly, before I came here,
I was a bit lukewarm because I thought he wrote a book half-heartedly to make money

But,

I realize today that
This man seems to meet people wholeheartedly,
and wrote the book sincerely
So I see him differently.



I began to like Hyojae Seonsangnim after I read her book.

She set a table with tea and snacks for us herself after the commemorative event.

She told BYJ that ‘We aren’t supposed to send the guests back empty-handed.’.
She also prepared the snacks saying, ‘we have to eat tomatoes with salt’ and ‘scoop
up tea with a gourd and drink it’.



Dainty tomatoes that were on salt and looked like snow.



Tea which was scooped up with a gourd before drinking.



Paper plates, woodened chopsticks,
Such a sincere way..



Songpyuns (suehan: it is half-moon shaped and filled with stuffing
made from sesame seed and sugar. The dish is always steamed on top
of pine needles.) were really tasty.



Armful of generous gifts



Bae Yong Joon ssi’s book were given..
And..



One bottle of 3 kinds of traditional liquor which were brewed by
the master of traditional liquor was inside of each bag.

I took Gamhongro.

Gamhongro is; “It is the special liquor of Gaeseong providence and
special distilled liquor of Korea that Lithospermum erythrorhizonv, cinnamon
and honey were added to make the aroma and color while Soju was distilled.


I kept this liquor in a deep pIace where I keep my ‘good’ things to drink
with good friends on a nice day.



Assistant producer Hanchang who is still shooting enthusiastically like me.



Bae Yong Joon’s car, Maybach, under the blue sky.

Reporters who need to shoot BYJ when he comes out.
The footsteps of Japanese fans who were eager to see him more closely.
Screams are coming out from them. Greedy minds to possess BYJ.

(vod)

If you watch it very carefully,
then you can see his head. --

So sorry I can't copy the VOD, too, pls. just watch it in
http://onthemango.tistory.com/264?srchid=BR1http%3A%2F%2Fonthemango.tistory.com%2F264