Place: Nokia Theatre
Time: March 9 at 8pm
Ticket price: $50 -$200

Tickets on sale on January 28 at 10am PST. Tickets can be purchased at TicketMaster and WWW.POWERHOUSELIVE.NET.

Man, you bet I will be there! Anyone wants to go? Please leave me a comment and let me know. I would love to meet with you there! Let’s cheer them on!

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To help the Japanese recover from this massive catastrophe, a globally broadcasted benefit concert is being held; the event will be broadcast on the social network site Facebook. It has also been stated that fans who happen to pass by Downsview Park in Toronto, Canada on September 3rd and 4th, 2011, will be able to catch this event live.

Featuring top acts from Canada, the U.S. and around the world, people can experience this global event all while helping those in need. The event will be a celebration of the Japanese culture and will feature performances from traditional Japanese drummers, top musicians and DJ’s. Amongst the scheduled performances are the Korean rock idol group, FT Island, who will be performing for the first time in Canada. Other groups to perform include Atomic Tom, Envy, Vas Vega, and Evaline.

To buy tickets, simply head on over here. Tickets for each individual day are priced at $75 and a two-day pass can be purchased for $130. There are also a limited amount of VIP tickets being sold per day; the VIP package includes entrance to a separate VIP parking area, fast-track admission with special entrance to the festival arena, exclusive access to a special VIP platform, a sheltered seating area, a four-course menu for both lunch and dinner, complimentary bottle of wine per table, access to a bar area, fast-track admission to a suspended bar, access to a “luxurious washroom”, and seat at a table for 10. One hundred percent of all net proceeds will be donated to various charities involved in the Japanese relief effort.

I am so tempted to go. Anyone else interested in going? Please comment and let me know.

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Just want to share with you the latest video from FT Island. It’s their latest Japanese song called “Let it go.” Check it out:

I like that it’s very upbeat. It almost sounds like a commercial jingo. What do you guys think? Please comment and share.

I am excited to hear all the tracks of the new FT Island’s comeback album “Return” and would like to share with you all here. The album has 5 songs:
1. Hello Hello

2. Oh

3. 널 갖겠다

4. 고백합니다

5. Sunshine Girl

Which one do you like best? Please comment and share with us.

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First of all, I would like to congratulate FT Island on their recent success in Japan. Their debut album “Five Treasure Island” topped the Orion album chart for this week. Their total album sales of 37,000 copies makes them the first male foreign artist to top the Oricon chart within the first week of release since 1970. Congratulations to FT Island!

A few days ago I posted the teaser of FT Island’s “Hello Helo” and now the full MV is already released so I wanted to share with all primadonnas out there.

How do you like it? When I first watched the teaser, I didn’t think it was good but now after I listened to the whole song and the MV, I actually like it. However, I just have to say they should have more diverse type of song. This song again is about saying goodbye which is just like their last big hit “사랑 사랑 사랑.” I do have to say Hong Ki has to ability to perform well on sad rock songs but I think he could do just as well on other types of songs. I wish they could let him try other types of songs. But that’s just my idea. What do you all think? Please comment and share.

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How do you like it? I think it’s just okay. Seems like the MV has an interesting story to it so let’s see if what the real story is when it comes out.

Have you been busy watching “Muscle Girl?” I know I am. So if you haven’t watched it, go here:

You know how to find the rest of the episodes, right?

FT Island will be releasing their coming back album “Return” on May 24. This will be their 3rd mini-album.

I am so looking forward to their Korean album! How about you? If you are watching “Muscle Girl”, how do you like it? Please share with me. I think Hong Ki is pretty cute in there. It’s funny when he is the referee!

How are you? I hope your Korean studies are going well. I have to say due to a lack of new songs from FT Island, I don’t even know what songs to write about. However I do still watch Korean dramas so it’s good to translate from Korean drama OST songs to get to know a few more Korean pop singers. Today, I am going to do a lesson on the song “Superstar” from the Korean drama series “Mary staying out all night.” For those of you who are fans of Jang Guen Suk probably have watched this. It’s a relatively simple song so it should be easy to learn.

Introduction (Sorry, I was not allowed to embed the video here):
GoAnimate.com: Lesson 17 by smileypgg

Video of the song:

Lyrics:
Chorus:
You’re my superstar

나만의 멋진 Honey Honey Honey
(My only stylish honey honey honey)

Honey Honey

언제 어디서나
(No matter when and where)

날 지켜줄 My Genie Genie Genie
(always protecting me my genie genie)

You’re my shining star

내 마음 속을
(Inside my heart)

환히 비춰줄 단 한 사람
(the person that gives me unobstructed light)

세상에서 유일한
(In this world the one and only)

그대는 나만의 슈퍼스타
(You are my only superstar)

Verse 1:
보고싶고 가슴은 두근두근
(I miss you and my heart is beating)

빨리 달리고
(Quickly run fast)

오늘도 예이예이 예에
(Today also yeah yeah yeah)

oh 내맘은 자꾸자꾸만 떨려오고
(oh my heart is always trembling)

내일도 와우와우 와
(Tomorrow also wow wow wow)

매일매일 담을 내일 기억들과
(Everyday the story comes back the next day)

너와 내가 가득 준비한 행복
(With you, I am filled with prepared happiness)

영원히 아니 그보다 더 오랫동안
(It’s not forever. It’s a while more than that)

날 지켜줄 유일한 사람
(I am the only one who will give you protection)

To chorus

Verse 2:
너를 보면 가슴이 두근두근
(When I look at you my heart is pounding)

빨리달리네
(Quickly run)

어쩐지 예이예이 예예
( Somehow yeah yeah yeah)

오 널 보면 자꾸자꾸만 떨려오네
(oh, if I look at you, I am always trembling)

어떻게 와우와우와
(What should I do? Wow wow wow)

I’ll promise you

욕심많은 세상이 널 밀어내도
(This world that is full of greed pushed you)

언제까지나 난 수줍은 클레멘타인
(Always my shy Clementine)

I’m so happy

To Chrous

You’re my superstar

내가슴깊이 숨겨놓은 그 보석같은
(Deep in my heart covered like a jewel)

내 삶의 유일한 그대
(The only one in my life)

나만의 superstar
(My only superstar)

Vocabulary:

멋진 – wonderful, nice, cool, splendid, lovely, fashionable, stylish
지켜 – guard, protect
환히 – unobstructed
비춰- shine, light, illuminate
유일한 – only, one and only
두근두근 – palpitation, (heart)pounding
빨리 – quickly, fast
달리 – run
자꾸 – repeated, again and again, over and over again
떨려오 – shake
담 – talk
기억 -memory
가득 – filled
준비한 – to prepare
밀어내 – push, shove, thrust, force
수줍은 – shy
숨겨놓은 – hide, cover
보석-jewel, gem
삶 – life

Grammar Points:
This song doesn’t have complicated grammar so let’s learn how to make adjective from a noun.

For present tense:

For action verbs and descriptive verbs that ends with 있다 or 없다, add 는 to the verb stem.

Eg. 읽다 – to read , 책 – book
The booking that I am reading – 읽는책

Eg. 재미 있다- to be interesting
The booking that is interesting – 재미있는책

For descriptive verb, add ㄴ to verbs without the final consonant or 은 to verbs with a final consonant
Eg. 예쁘다 – pretty , 여자- girl
A pretty girl 예쁜여자
Eg. 좋다 – good, 날씨 – weather
Good weather – 좋은 날씨

That should be enough for your to be able to describe something now. Try to make up some sentences and post as comments! Why don’t we use some words to describe Jang Geun Suk? I will start:
멋진 남자!

FT Island has release a new music video of their Japanese song called “Haruka.” This is the theme song of “Muscle Girl” which stars Hong Ki and Japanese actress Ichikawa Yui.

What do you think of the video? Do you like it? I think Jaejin’s voice blends in nice with Hong Ki’s.

I am sure some of you would like to know get the song lyrics of FT Island’s new song “Satisfaction” along with a translation of it. Here I finally found it for us.

Lyrics of Satisfaction:
シアワセの意味を探していた
shiawase no imi wo sagashite ita
I was looking for the meaning of the happiness.

どこかにあると思った
dokoka ni aruto omotta
I thought it was somewhere else.

そばにあったのに
soba ni atta noni
Though it was right here.

真夜中過ぎ　ぽつりぽつり
mayonaka sugi potsuri potsuri
After midnight, little by little

街の灯りまた消えて行くよ
machi no akari mata kiete ikuyo
the lights in town are turned off again.

夢が覚めて　眠れないこの部屋も
yume ga samete nemurenai kono heya mo
Waking up from a dream, this sleepless room is also

まぶしい夜景のカケラ**
mabushii yakei no kakera
a dazzling piece of night.

頭上（or地上?）の星座に重ねて**
zujou(or “chijou”) no seiza ni kasanete
Overlaying with the constellations up in the sky,(or “on the ground”)

君の笑顔描くよ
kimi no egao egakuyo
I draw your smile.

明日が今日へと変わる前に**
ashita ga kyou eto kawaru maeni
Before tomorrow turns to today,

涙が愛に変わってく
namida ga ai ni kawatteku
Tears change into love.

シアワセの意味を探していた
shiawase no imi wo sagashite ita
I was looking for the meaning of the happiness.

見えない星みていた
mienai hoshi miteita
I was looking at a star that I cannot see.

君の手を離しては
kimi no te wo hanashite wa
Letting go off your hand,

愛の意味を知らずに探していたんだ
ai no imi wo shirazu ni sagashite itanda
I was looking for love without knowing its meaning.

そばにあったのに
soba ni atta noni
Though it was right here.

頬をなでる　夜の風は
hoho wo naderu yoru no kaze wa
The night wind that passes over my cheek,

地球がまわってる証なんだろう
chikyu ga mawatteru akashi nandarou
it might be a proof of the earth rotating.

動き出せば風向きが変わる事
ugokidaseba kazamuki ga kawaru koto
If you get moving, things change. (like the wind changes its direction)

教えてくれてるのかな
oshiete kureteru no kana
Is the wind telling me that ?

シアワセの意味を探していた
shiawase no imi wo sagashiteita
I was looking for the meaning of the happiness.

夢の島を目指して
yume no shima wo mezashite
Heading for a dream island.

あてのない旅しては
ate no nai tabi shite wa
Traveling with no clue.

明日の風に吹かれ
ashita no kaze ni hukare
Being blown by tomorrow’s wind,

流されていたんだ 時の波間で
nagasarete itanda toki no namima de
I was swayed in between the time flow.

何を手にして**
nani wo tenishite
By getting what thing,

何をなくした
nani wo nakushita
what did I lose?

何を背負って
nani wo seotte
By carrying what thing,

何を落とした
nani wo otoshita
what did I drop?

大事なものほどありふれていて
daiji na mono hodo arihurete ite
Because important things are everywhere,

気づけないまま
kizukenai mama
I cannot realize it.

シアワセの意味を探していた
shiawase no imi wo sagashite ita
I was looking for the meaning of the happiness.

どこかにあると思った
dokoka ni aru to omotta
I thought it was somewhere else.

自分だけを信じては
jibun dake wo shinjite wa
Believing only myself,

愛の意味を知らずに探していたんだ
ai no imi wo shirazu ni sagashite itanda
I was looking for love without knowing its meaning.

そばにあったのに
soba ni atta noni
Though it was right here.

夜を超えて
yoru wo koete
Passing over the night,

会いに行きたい
aini ikitai
I want to go see you.

There you go!  Finally, we could sing along and understand the song “Satisfaction!”  I hope you enjoyed this!

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