http://yeinjee.com Popular blog about Asian pop culture, lifestyle, trends, food, travel, otaku, entertainment, events, traditions, news and random fun stuff. Sat, 04 Jul 2009 17:39:34 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en Cute Korean commercial for Chum Churum soju (Korean rice wine), featuring pop star Lee Hyori. Eye candy pics after the video... [video via Reallycuteasians][image via Kbites] http://yeinjee.com/2009/lee-hyori-chum-churum-soju/ Filipino boxer Manny Pacquiao and pop singer Nicole Scherzinger from the Pussycat Dolls are set to star in a Filipino movie, titled "Wapakman". Pacquiao, nicknamed Pacman, is one of the world's top boxer and highest paid sportsman. And most people probably didn't know that Nicole, the lead singer for PCD ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/manny-pacquiao-and-nicole-scherzinger-in-filipino-movie/ Korean all-girls pop group T-ara have released some promotional photos in preparation for their debut album. Hmmm, the girls look identical at first glance; most of the time talent agencies would try to create unique identities for each members in a pop group, not the case for T-ara obviously. Sextuplets ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/tara-release-sextuplets-photos/ Actor Lee Min-ho and singer Son Dam-bi were named the best male and female commercial film models in a Korean broadcast and advertising festival in June. Hi-Mart CF, featuring Cha Tae-hyun, Park Bo-young and Wang Suk-hyun from movie "Speed Scandal", won the netizen popularity award. Lee Min-ho - Truegen Son Dambi - Garden ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/lee-min-ho-son-dam-bi-korean-cf-king-queen/ Seems like the MTV Asia Awards will be back to Malaysia again in 2009, according to Korean pop mogul JYP that is. No official confirmation has been made by MTV Asia yet, but JYP lets his words slipped with his recent Tweet... "Sorry cuz of the Jonas Brothers tour we can't go ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/mtv-asia-awards-2009-malaysia-again/ Undated photo of Japanese idol Yui Aragaki in Yukata, a traditional Japanese bathrobe which is a popular fashion during summer festivals... Aragaki was voted the best looking female celeb in Yukata in a recent Oricon poll; Hiroshi Tamaki tops the male chart but I couldn't care much lol [pic via ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/yui-aragaki-yukata/ Dined at the New Restaurant Ipoh Chicken Rice in Sri Petaling, Kuala Lumpur last weekend. It's a branch of a famous restaurant (in Gasing, PJ) which has been operating since 1977; this one was opened a couple of years ago. Chicken and bean sprouts seem like a weird combination for ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/new-restaurant-ipoh-chicken-rice-sri-petaling-kl/ Roasted pigs in costumes were paraded on the feast of St. John the Baptist in the hundred year old practise in the Philippines. Festival goers also got to sample the roasted suckling pigs (lechón), a famous Filipino delicacy, for free... http://yeinjee.com/2009/philippines-roasted-pig-parade/ Steven Purugganan is an 11-year-old Filipino-American who holds the world record for all five categories (three individuals, two teams) of sport stacking. Below is a video of Purugganan breaking the then Cycle record during the 2008 World Championships in Denver, USA... [his latest world record is 5.93s] [credits to raydavid1965@youtube for ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/steven-purugganan-speed-stacking-champion/ Entertainment snippets from other sources... China - Zhou Xun splits with boyfriend [Stareast] Japan - Arashi celebrates 10th anniversary [TG] Japan - Aya Ueto on Tiara magazine (pic) [RCA] Korea - Top 10 K-movies of all time, pt1 [Popseoul] Taiwan - Korean pop group Super Junior at Golden Melody Awards in Taipei ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/entertainment-roundup-june-30-2009/ Sony is celebrating the 30th anniversary of the Walkman. The first model of the personal stereo-audio cassette player, TPS-L2 (pic), was introduced in Japan on July 1, 1979. The Walkman brand was synonymous with portable personal audio devices until the emergence of iPod in 2001. People who grew up in the ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/sony-walkman-celebrates-30th-birthday/ Archaeology - Oldest musical instrument [BBC] Greece - Rocket 'war' between two villages [Youtube, via Wickedreport] Japan - Beer machine [Youtube, via Japundit] Japan - Men only train cars sought in groping fears [Reuters] Korea - June 14 is Kiss Day [K-popped] Malmö - Swedish women win rights to bath ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/offbeat-roundup-june-29-2009/ Japanese singer Ai Kawashima has an ambitious goal to build 100 schools for the poor across the world. The 23-year-old star, who was orphaned twice in her early life, has built a school each in Burkina Faso and Cambodia. Her third school is under construction in Liberia, and she's planning ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/ai-kawashima-build-100-schools-for-poor/ Music videos from some of the winners at the 20th Golden Melody Awards... Jay Chou - Fragrance of Rice [song of the year & best male singer] Sandee Chan - If There's One Important Thing [best female singer] Mayday - (Fading) Like Smoke [best band] Crowd Lu - 100 Types of ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/golden-melody-awards-2009-music-video-collection/ Winners of the 20th Taiwan Golden Melody Awards... Song of the Year: Jay Chou, "Fragrant of Rice" Best album: Eason Chan, "Don't Want to Let Go" Best Mandarin male singer: Jay Chou, "Capricorn" Best Mandarin female singer: Sandee Chan, "If There's One Important Thing" Best band: Mayday, "Poems of Post-Adolescence" Best ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/20th-golden-melody-awards/ Fila fashion's BIGBANG Collection, featuring Korean pop group Big Bang... Heritage Tromple-loeil http://yeinjee.com/2009/fila-bigbang-collection/ English subbed music video of "Tell Me Your Wish" by Korean pop group Girls' Generation, aka SNSD from their new mini-album, "Genie"... I like the song, it's not particularly catchy, but it's likeable. The choreography is a bit awkward though; trying a bit too hard on flashing their nice legs, ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/snsd-tell-me-your-wish-music-video/ Korean pop group Wonder Girls has released the English version of their hit song "Nobody" in preparation for their American debut. The girls will perform as opening act in the next two months for Jonas Brothers tour and is scheduled to release their first English album later on... Gosh, they should ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/wonder-girls-english-nobody-music-video/ Both North Korea and South Korea have qualified from the Asian groupings to play in the 2010 FIFA World Cup in South Africa. It will be the first time in history that both nations are participating in the same tournament. North Korea will be making only their 2nd appearance; their first was ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/north-south-koreans-qualified-2010-world-cup/ Dinner a couple of weeks ago at K10 claypot chicken rice restaurant in Bercham, Ipoh. K10 is one of the Malaysia's most famous restaurants specialises in claypot chicken rice, a simple yet tasty Cantonese delicacy. The restaurant is just 5 minutes of walking from my old house (where I grew ... http://yeinjee.com/2009/k10-claypot-chicken-rice-bercham-ipoh/