Highlight from my Indonesian trip, the Semeru-Bromo-Batok volcanoes, the most unearthly place that I’ve ever been. Had to wake up early in the morning and catch a jeep ride to a mountain-top viewpoint at Mt Penanjakan for the sunrise and breathtaking scenery of the volcanoes and caldera…
Fried/roasted chicken must be a huge biz in Korea, or perhaps it’s cheap to hire Korean celebs to endorse their product, or probably a bit of both.
Sharing here some Korean commercials featuring popular girls groups SNSD, Wonder Girls, Kara and 4minutes for different chicken restaurant chains…
SNSD – Goobne Chicken
SNSD has been endorsing Goobne Chicken for almost two years; video below is their third CF edition for the brand… [check out their previous dance battle CF]
English subbed MV of Laugh (웃어) by Korean hip hop duo Mighty Mouth, featuring R&B diva Insooni. The song is the first track from the duo’s Smile mini-album…
The song is just ok for me, but I like its a-laughter-a-day-keeps-the-doctor-away theme. Another attraction of the video is the cameos from host of Korean stars, i.e. 4minute, Kara, After School, 2am, Epik High, Lee Seung-gi, Baek Ji-young, Taegoon, Kim Jong-kook, Kim Tae-woo, Jung Juri and Jewelry S etc.
[video subbed by TwirlyBox@Youtube]
Will be travelling to Bromo-Tengger-Semeru National Park – famous for its volcanoes – in Indonesia next week. Still a few days to go, but I have a few personal matters to settle before the trip, thus the blog will not be updated until I’m back next weekend (Nov 14). See you again then.
So, what’s the millionaire’s trip about? Apparently Indonesian Rupiah is one of the least valued currency units; got myself 1.9 million Rupiahs (~US$200) the other day, which literally makes me a millionaire just like many others lol.
In case you are wondering, the world’s least valued currency is the Vietnamese đồng, which took over the #1 spot in April 2009 from the suspended Zimbabwean dollar, which had a 100 trillion dollar banknote (~US$33) at some point.
Trailers for Ninja Assassin, starring Korean pop star Rain, his first leading role in a Hollywood film. Looks like a typical Hollywood action movie, but not bad…
Rain plays an assassin who was trained to be a killing machine since he was a kid; but ran away from the group after seeing his friend mercilessly executed by the clan. He later saved a Europol agent (Naomie Harris) who is investigating the organisation and the duo work together to bring down the clan.
Check out previous video and photos of Rain training with the stunt and martial arts team. The movie will release in American cinemas on November 25.
[video via 16neelloc@Youtube]
Entertainment snippets from various sources…
China – Pop singer Chen Lin falls to death [Cfensi]
Japan – Kazuya Kamenashi’s photobook [Stareastasia]
Korea+Japan – Hallyu stars to stage special show in Tokyo [Koreatimes]
Korea – Song Jina in RayBan’s style [Reallycuteasians]
Korea – SM artists to boycott Mnet music award [Asiae]
Korea – Enlisted celebs perform in army concert [Dramabeans]
Korea+Malaysia – Lee Min-ho in Kuala Lumpur [K-popped]
Korea+SG – Yoon Eun-hye on nüYOU magazine [Koreanclicks]
Best of Youtube series: China & Chinese
Methodology: Just search for specific keyword on Youtube and share some of the most viewed videos here; limited to one video per channel.
Chinese Backstreet Boys – That Way [by ewo]
Two of the earliest Youtube celebrities, which shows the website’s power of creating instant fame out of ordinary folks…
