Help! K-pop Addict Exposure Syndrom?

So the new semester has started here at my University in Long Island. And It's great to see all the returning students come back into the swing of things greeting each other in ample excitement, because for us 3 months of not seeing one another is just too long. We love each other. And while new faces pop up within our residence dorms we upper grads take special interest in getting them feeling like this is their new home.

But with new comers always comes a certain measurement of uncomfortableness, unfamiliarity. Because right now you don't know how each person is going to judge or make opinions based on the things they perceive mixed with their own experience or inexperience. So how would a recently graduated high school boy from the Bronx, whose just been admitted to college, come to a sense of understanding me? A white American K-pop and Korean cultural enthusiast, who makes aims to move to Korea to teach English?  How could I even make someone who is straight out of Korea understand me?

G-Dragon is One of a Kind

Hey! Have you checked out G-Dragon's new single MV? This guy is really something. I feel like there is nothing G-Dragon can't do without making it golden. Just my opinion though. I love how he is reverting back to his earlier days style in this video by sporting the cornrows, baggy clothing, and rapping.

Now the atmosphere, dancing, and look of the cast seems rather masculine, so how does GD add in cuteness to capture his female fan's attention without shattering his "Bad Boy" look? Answer: Baby Animals! Not like kittens and puppies... no no, but fierce and exotic baby animals. The opening of this video featured a baby tiger and later introducing a black baby bear cub. WHAT! My heart nearly melted into my rib cage when I saw this.... God GD... *sigh. Nice call. But I have to say my favorite part? SPOILER ALERT! When Tae Tae (My way of saying Taeyang) came out and did a brief cameo in the end. Ahhhhh! I Love him!!! ^0^

Parody God

So as you know I am Gangnam Style crazy and love this video and song so much. I mean I have the song as my current ring tone! OPPA GANGNAM STLYE!!!! <(^0^<)

And what I thought was more hilarious than the epic itself was the following videos that spun off from it's amazing originality. Tons of video uploads featured on Youtube that tried to poke more fun at the song. Problem though... How do you make fun of a song or video that is already poking fun at itself? (As also said by Simon & Martina @ Eatyourkimchi.com) Not to knock the makers of these videos but when in comparison, PSY is the master at his own creation. No one else has been able to match up.

Except one man.

David So.

Happy Anniversary Big Bang

In South Korea, today would be August 19th. This day Marks the 6 year Anniversary of one of the most popular boy bands in all of Asia. BIG BANG!

It's been six years already and these guys have gone through so much and have over come some trying times in their careers from legal copy right issues, such as GD's "Heart breaker" having the same back drop beat as Flo Rider's "Right Round" or the run in with playboy corporation for using the bunny icon which was being used to promote TOP's and GD's collaboration, to even overcoming a tragic car accident involving Daesung, who was so personally destroyed emotionally that he spent weeks locked up in his room. Along with other hardships that I cannot actually say, but believe me they're there.

Running Man's Haha Marring Byul!

WHAAA?!

This morning allkpop released an article on their website noting that the variety show star was said to announce his engagement to Byul publicly later on the 15th of this month at the MBC Dream Center. The rumored date of getting hitched is November 30th.

Now I love Korean entertainment, but I am not one of those people who knows every cringing detail of the star's lives. Especially their personal lives because that's... well... personal. But this came to me as a big shock. I didn't even know Haha was dating someone. And wow, Byul of all the possibilities. Nice catch Haha, nice catch.

The allkpop website noted that the two stars have only been dating for 6 months but known each other for years. As I read some of the comments of visitors on the site I was quite saddened by what some people had to say. "Shot Gun Wedding" and "Trolling us because of flirtatious attitude." Let's clarify some things here people.

I Just Can't Decide!

So here I am on one of my favorite websites EatYourKimchi.com watching this past Friday's open chat and I see Martina sporting this pretty awesome K-pop shirt. Gave me an idea, that I want one too! But I wanted something in my own style, unique to me. So I found this pretty cool website where you can design your own shirts, sweaters, hoodies, you name it... and further customize it to the hundreds of designs they already offer! See it Here. Just click on "Design your Own" and your ready to start.

Now I have a dilemma sitting here at what is now 2:06pm in the morning in good old Long Island, New York. I have two designs prepped and made But I can't decide!!!! Help me out. Which one should I get? Can leave comments down in the section below.

Thanks! XOXOXO