http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian culture, lifestyle, entertainment, food, travel, trend, events, traditions and offbeat stuff. Wed, 18 Nov 2009 09:11:30 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en 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... The tallest volcano ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/mount-semeru-bromo-batok-penanjakan-viewpoint/ 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 ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/korea-girls-group-battle-of-chicken-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 ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/mighty-mouth-feat-insooni-laugh-music-video/ 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). ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/going-on-millionaires-trip/ Korean pop group SNSD posing for SPAO [Kr], a new fashion line partly owned by the girls' management agency SM Entertainment. Click image for larger pic... [images via sicaGO@Sosiz][Kr] Girls' Generation news Previous: SNSD Into The New World encore http://yeinjee.com/2009/snsd-spao-photoshoot/ 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 ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/ninja-assassin-movie-trailer/ 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 ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/entertainment-roundup-november-4-2009/ 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 ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/youtube-best-of-china/ A Malaysian state is scrambling to find ways to improve sexual relations, as the divorce rate in the state is rising in an alarming rate. There's at least three in every ten marriages registered in the Terengganu state that ended in divorce. Boring sex and smelly body odour were said ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/exotic-fragrances-free-honeymoon-to-curb-divorce-rate/ Thai actress-model Paula Taylor featured on a September issue of Lisa Weekly Magazine in Denim jeans... [image via Yimsiam][Th] http://yeinjee.com/2009/paula-taylor-lisa-weekly-denim/ Songs by Japanese girls group AKB48; Korean pop groups Tiara+Supernova and singer Ivy; and Taiwanese artist Angela Chang. AKB48 - River New song by AKB48, the group's first Oricon weekly chart topper. And in case you missed my very old post, there's 48 members in the group indeed... amazed lol? T-ara ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/asian-music-video-collection-8/ Korean stars Go Soo and Son Ye-jin posed for November issue of Cosmopolitan magazine [Kr]; the duo is starring in Into the White Night which is screening next month. The film is Go Soo's first movie since his enlistment in 2006; the hype is further sparkled with news that ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/gosoo-son-yejin-white-night-cosmopolitan/ Chinese paper cutting is a folk art with close to 2000 years of history. Below are some amazing samples of great craftsmanship; most of the graphics are symbols of luck and prosperity, animals & pets, as well as reflections of daily folk lives... The oldest surviving paper cut was originated ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/chinese-paper-cutting-art/ Chinese actress Li Bingbing will feature on November issue of L'Officiel... [image via Sohu] http://yeinjee.com/2009/li-bingbing-on-lofficiel-magazine/ Korean pop star Tablo and actress Kang Hye-jung got married in a private ceremony at the Bailey House in Seoul on Monday (Oct 26). Wedding photos are released via respective agencies; celebrity guests' pics further below... The cute couple is expecting their first baby next April. Congrats! The celebrity guests Among ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/tablo-kang-hye-jung-wedding-photos/ A premature baby boy who was born on board an AirAsia flight last Wednesday night will be given free flights for life with the Malaysia-based budget airline. The aircraft made an emergency diversion to Kuala Lumpur when the mother went into labour, but the baby was smart enough to pop out ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/malaysian-baby-free-airasia-flights-for-life/