Baby Taemin Got Married

As you may or may not know, but I am a huge fan of We Got Married. For easiness of typing, I’ll refer to the show as WGM.

I love that show, ever since season 1. But the latest couples have not been my favorite so I dropped watching it a couple of years back. When it was announced that SHINee member was going to be on the show, I knew I had to watch this. And the candidate was no other than the baby Taemin. Surprises! 

The thing with my impression on SHINee is that, they never really get old. Like, seriously, I’ve been following them closely about 3/4 years now and note that they debuted in the relatively same time period with 2PM. Even though the latter group keep leaving an impression of grown up, mature group over time. SHINee never really broke off that fresh, young image of theirs.

Anyway, it caught me by surprise that Taemin was going to be on WGM. So, I frantically searched online to find out who the girl is and it was Naeun from APink. I was anticipating for that couple because it means my love for WGM could be revived!

And here’s my first look and take on the ‘First Love Couple’ as the media dubbed. And I am writing from a point of view such that I know it is scripted but I will still believe that it’s real like a blind fan, if that kind of make sense.

First of all, Taemin is such a smooth talker. I am not buying all that ‘I have no experience about dating’ nonsense from him. He is such a smooth talker, like seriously smooth. The way he starts the conversation with the girl, how he compliments, how he tries to look at the girl in the eyes while the girl tried to shy away; that’s a total player. I’m not saying he’s a player in real life because obviously I don’t know him but he kind of portrays this player vibe. (Note: by player I mean ‘experienced’ not the dude who plays with girls often) Taemin looking manly without his hyungs, I like it!! Player Taemin for the win! You break off that shy, little boy image baby Taem. Be a player!

It was so cute when the cameras visited their dorm too. Key, my baby, is so adorable trying to give advice to the youngest one about how to treat women. You go, Key! One thing I didn’t quite like about was Taemin trying to draw his wife. His expectations were really unrealistic. He wanted a perfect looking doll, not a human. But I’ll let it go since he’s only 20 years old. He gets a pass. 

Fast forward to the point after they met. Was I the only one who got a serious shock when I saw Taemin driving a car? Lol. Seriously, I was shell-shocked when I saw him driving a car. I kept thinking, ‘Wait? is he allowed to drive a car?’ and reality hit me. He’s already 20. He just has this impression on me that he never grew up? He just stays as this 15 years old in my memory. Like how the rest of SHINee members remained as teenagers in my memory even though all of them are well into their 20s now. More surprises here! I know right? They never really grew up in your eyes, right? Peter-pan effect, I tell you.

What else…oh, Taemin’s love for extreme sports made me chuckle a little. He went to Switzerland for a vacation just to try out extreme sports and he’s going to Jeju for extreme sports again? Lol. That kid is so funny. And can he get any cuter when he heard Naeun called him ‘Oppa’? I can see light beams flashing across his face from happiness! I’m sure he’s enjoying it because I doubt he gets called that often in the media except from fans. I don’t care if he’s acting out because he’s scripted because I find him pretty entertaining on this show.

Now that my praising of how Taemin is so cute and player-like in the show. Let us move on to my critic side.

1) I don’t like how Taemin kept looking towards the camera for help at random moment. You can still catch him looking at the camera crew with his ‘please-help-me’ eyes at moments. It’s pretty easy to see that and it’s so painfully obvious. Video editors should have cut out those scene because it was seriously disturbing.

2) The couple is too perfect and identical. Don’t believe me? Both of them are the youngest in respective group. Both of them went to same Junior High. Both of them are Catholic. Both of them wear rings on their fingers. Both of them lose things easily. Both of them like meat. Both of them enjoys eating. Both of them are the skinniest member of the group. Both of them have this blur, innocent face at times. Way too perfect. It could be scripting but the couple is way too perfect. We need imperfection please because reality is not perfect.

3) Awkward moments. Even though their segment was like 20 minutes, the first half of the segment was pretty awkward and strange to watch. So yeah…it’s virtual marriage but…should have been better. Or better edited.

Anyway, that’s my first impression about Taemin’s marriage on screen. I will definitely follow that couple because it’ll only take like 20 minutes per week and it’s pretty entertaining to watch the baby grow into a man on screen. I want more cute, fluffy moments to satisfy my inner shoujo monster. I want them to become so cute on screen that I want to curl my fingers and scream ‘kyaaaaaaaa’ for every single episode.

What about you? Did you like Taemin on WGM? Have you watched it? Will you be following them? Do you like Naeun? 

Leave me your comments! I want to know more!

x
Rosie

 

How to Avoid Gaining Weight in College!

It is currently the start of semester in Australia aka back to school season and yes, I am in Australia for university! Hello, fellow Australians! if one is reading this, hopefully!

It was dreadful when I gained weight after my 3 years of studying in UK before my university because I gained so much weight, which I have managed to lose all of them and maintain. If you are interested about how I lost, read about it here.

But! Prevention is better than cure. So, I decided to share my know-hows of how to keep off that fresher fifteen or keep off as much as you can.

• Move! I know you spend half, if not 3 quarters, of your day in university sitting at lectures, studying for exams or procrastinating in front of the computer. Try walking more. Don’t take public transport or drive a car. If you live close to school, get a bike. You’ll realize that you’ll save so much money as well as exercise unknowingly when  you ride your own bike.
• Stop eating fatty food at late night. I love late night snacks, especially ramyum (who doesn’t? it’s so tasty!) But late night eating is not exactly healthy for you. It puts your digestive system under stress because all of the food you ate might not be fully digested when you go to bed so avoid consuming fatty food late at night. If you feel the need to eat while you pull off those late-night sessions, eat something healthier; steamed sweet potatoes, edamame, baked rice crackers etc.
• Exercise. Sign up for a gym if you enjoy going to a gym. Or if you are cheap, like me, I highly recommend you to get on YouTube and follow some of the fitness channels. I can honestly claim that I lost majority of my weight with YouTube and have kept it off since. I highly recommend ‘Blogilates‘ it’s free, it’s fun. Cassey is amazing at keeping you high-spirited and motivated. 
• Keep track of what you eat. It’s important. There are a lot of social activities that you will do, which mainly revolves around food, when you are at university; lunch, brunch, dinner, coffee, cupcake sessions, Friday potluck, friend’s birthday celebration, project meetings, etc. And if you do go to bars and clubs to drink, alcohol does contain a lot of calories. You can consume a lot of food unknowingly during those events because you’ll be busy socializing with your friends because it’s important to meet friends and catch up with them. If your life revolve around a smartphone like me, here’s an app for help. The Eatery is great for keeping track of what you eat. It’s similar to writing down what you ate in a journal but much cooler. See? There’s an app for that and it’s free.
• Cook for yourself. Take-out food and restaurant food are expensive and give you massive portions to make you believe that you get what you pay for. Well, it is true in a way but you eat so much because you don’t want to bring some back home and feel guilty about leaving food on the plate. Cooking for yourself is so much cheaper than eating out and it improves your creativity level. So, buy a recipe book and start cooking! Cook up a large batch, freeze the excess, reheat them when you want to eat next time. Easy peasy.

So, those are the things I do to keep myself trim at university. Is there any tips you have? Please share with me! Sharing is caring!

I’ve been pretty much dead due to lack of inspiration as well as work load at school. But, I am back and I’ll try to write more. Until next post.

x
Rosie

Is this the so-called writer’s block?

Okay, not exactly a writer’s block since I’m not a writer. I’m just a person who enjoys writing this blog, which centers around my interests. Wait, does that count as a writer? Maybe…let’s just say an amateur blogger’s block in the head.

Anyway, I am having this huge block in my head. Seriously. I logged into the account this morning and I thought, “Hey, it’s been ages since I wrote about something on my interest blog and I think I should write some more!” So I went ahead and logged in, clicked on ‘write a new post’ and sat in front of the computer. Nothing happened.

Seriously, nothing happened! I mean, a month ago I had so much to talk about and I was going absolutely crazy for SHINee’s ‘Dream Girl’ comeback. I was this crazy fan who was anticipating it like mad. But now, I have nothing to say about it or any of my interest. I downloaded the latest chapters of all the manga I follow and I still have not touched it! Can you believe it? I cannot! I love manga! This is seriously happening to me! I don’t want!

What happened to me?!!

Okay, I know what happened, pretty much. I moved to a new place, started going to a new school, trying to fit in and settle down and all that. You do not know how hard it is to find an apartment in Melbourne? Don’t get me started, I have a huge list to rant out about that as well as real estate agents. I shall not do that or else it’ll be one boring post.

Now, I am going to get them out of the way very soon and get back a normal life, hopefully. When that happens, I am going to write something about my interest, SHINee. Sadly, I cannot write about their music review since I am not familiar with the type of music but I have so much to say about their photos and outfits. That should be fun.

Until that happens, I’ll be off the radar.

I hope to write again soon!

x
Rosie

Quick Update

While SHINee is gearing up for their Dream Girl comeback, I have been lazy as a fan. I wanted to write about their teaser photos (mostly about how Key looked so gorgeous with his printed pattern suit, middle parted blonde hair and freckles) and their medley. But, guess what, I have been such a lazy fan. I wish I could be as hardworking like some fans. 

Anyway, here’s a quick post of what I think about their newest comeback. I think the concept is really nice. Totally digging their suits and cotton wool. Apart from the fact that Minho looked like a kindergartener with his pink shirt and childish expressions in one of the photos, the rest are nice. Okay, Jonghyun’s picture weirded me out too. I couldn’t figure out whether he was trying to grin, smirk nor striking a post. 

I am totally digging the medley. I can’t wait to hear the album and see the dance. The microphone stand choreo is seriously something that has not been done by boy groups, as far as I can remember. There was Wonder Girls but they didn’t sing electronic dance music with it. I’m so excited! I hope SM doesn’t let us down. And I am not that hopeful about the video since Sherlock. They gave us one thing for the teasers and went the other way for the album MV concept. It caught me off guard and made me reluctant to wholly believe SM again. 

You took away my trust, SM. Now is the best time to regain it. 

See you again after the MV and album is out. 

x
Rosie

Review: To The Beautiful You

Finally! I have finished the drama I have always wanted to watched since it was aired. It took long since I was being lazy to watch the drama. And finally, I managed to write a review despite my laziness even though if it’s like lightyears late. 

This drama is a remake of a manga and there are already two Japanese versions of it – one back in 2007 and another in 2012. I’ve seen the 2007 edition but not the 2011. The drama critic of mine said 2011 Japanese edition was boring. And there is a Taiwanese version as well but I still haven’t watched it…. Why am I whining about all the remakes?

 

Acting - It was average, definitely not stellar. I’m sure a lot of Shawol, especially Minho’s fans, will dislike me after saying this; Minho still has a long way to go in acting. His acting is way too rigid. The way he changed from one emotion to another was just too obvious. It didn’t flow smoothly. Yes, I know he has been casted 3 times already; The Pianist, The Salamander Guru and To The Beautiful You, but I think all of his roles were too similar. In Pianist - an introverted boy who is a natural born genius when it comes to piano. In Salamander Guru - a guy who is so focused on revenging and a poker face, unless drunk. To The Beautiful You - the I-do-not-care-whatever-happens-around-me boy who has given up on his high jumping career because of an accident but willing to kiss anyone when drunk. See the trend? All of the roles he got were either introverted or poker-face. Where is the difference? It’s too Minho!! Anyone who has watched SHINee’s Hello Baby could see this. It’s still the same Minho, who is still in his comfort zone. I’m sure the boy can do better than these roles with some training. He got better than at The Pianist though. He was stony as a rock in there.

It seems like I’ve been complaining a lot about Minho. Ahem~ Let’s move onto the rest of the cast. All of them were okay. Not too fantastic but acceptable to some degree. I was expecting too much from Dorm leader character, Nanba senpai, was hilarious in the Japanese drama but in the Korean one, he was extremely inconspicuous and very forgettable.

Actually, I forgot to mention my favorite - Cha Eun Gyeol. I don’t know why I tend to fall in love with the second male lead in this drama. I loved Nakatsu in Japanese version as well. Maybe it’s how they have the happy-go-lucky personality, which struck a cord with me. And his character’s personality is just so cute.

how can you not like this dork?

Plot - the plot pretty much stuck to the first drama, with several changes to the characters and plot here and there such as Taejoon working in media industry under an agency and has a girl who works beside him. That was not in the first drama’s plot if I remember it right. And there were some minor changes as well. But all of the changes clicked, we all want a similar drama not the exact one because the old school kids, like me, will be bored to the very core because I watched the drama twice and patiently read the manga after knowing how it ended by skipping it to the end.

Set & Styling – the set was fabulous. It is obvious that the production team took great care of the set, especially the dorm room where the main leads reside. It’s something I’d love as a university student, small yet spacious-looking and cozy. Styling, also, was lovely. Everything the cast wore looked casual and boyish, very high school boy-like and summery with nautical stripes and shorts. I love Eun Gyeol’s bowl cut. I have a thing for bowl cuts since Taemin made it popular.

OST & Background music - 

Cinematography – Beautiful. I love how SM toyed with it’s very own matrix camera, like in the MVs. The shots were beautiful. The color scheme was wonderful. Beautiful scenery. Great use of lighting. It was just overall pretty. The camera angles, the lighting, the color scheme, the palette. Okay, I’ll admit, I love that matrix camera. It’s so fun and refreshing. This has to be one of the most beautiful dramas I’ve ever seen. It’s really beautiful. This is one of the reasons why I remained to watch the drama.

Verdict -  I have very mixed feelings about this drama. This is indeed a beautiful drama. The cast were good enough, although not stellar. The setting was wonderful. The plot clicked well. But this did not beat the Japanese one for me. The Japanese one was way funnier and more amusing. The cast acted better and much more natural. The downfall for the original one was that, the setting was not that fabulous but since it was back in 2007, it’s acceptable.

The only that kept me watching was the beautiful cinematography and pretty boys. Yeah, I guess that was the only thing that made me keep watching.

Until next post.

x
Rosie