Monday 30 July 2012

U-KISS Fanfic-Someday...[Chapter 3]

Not long after his alarm went off, Kevin woke up and found Eli sleeping on the floor. Kevin rubbed his eyes, yawned and sat up on his bed with a hunched back.

'Must've rolled off the bed,' he groaned. Without having a second thought, Kevin got out from his bed and began trying to get Eli back on his bed by pulling his arm to drag the rest of his body onto the bed. Even with the strength Kevin has in the morning (which wasn't a lot); it was almost impossible to lift Eli off the ground. Suddenly Kiseop entered the room.

'Did I come in at the wrong time?' Kiseop asked suspiciously.

'N-no, I was just trying to…'

'Yes, you did.' Eli stated, interrupting Kevin's explanation. Kiseop just sighed and looked at Kevin.

'Hurry up and get up, both of you. We have a performance tonight, remember?' Kevin nodded as Kiseop exited the room. Eli sat up and looked at him.

'You can let go now, Kevin,' Eli laughed. Kevin let go of Eli's arm and looked away, blushing slightly. He could feel his heart racing again but this was different to when it was beating two days ago during the first Doradora performance. Kevin was about tell Eli something when Soohyun screamed.

'Hyung, what's the matter?' Hoon asked worriedly. Kevin couldn't hear what Soohyun was saying but he sounded quite angry.

'YA, YOU TWO!!' Soohyun yelled, suddenly standing by the room door. 'Didn't Kiseop tell you that we had a performance already?! If you haven't realised, we're leaving in 10 minutes so you better hurry!' Soohyun bared his teeth at Eli and Kevin and left the room, slamming the door behind him.

'Well someone's in a bad mood,' Eli said as he stood up and started to change out of his pyjamas.

Kevin started to blush again. Gotta get out before he starts changing his pants!

He looked through a pile of clothes on his bed and grabbed a pair of tattered skinny jeans and a red checkered shirt.

'I'm going to change in the bathroom because I…need to brush my teeth too.' he explained awkwardly. Eli stopped struggling to put his shirt on.

'Why? I mean, why the sudden thing to change in the bathroom? Wouldn't it be easier to change here? We're short of time, anyway.' Kevin just stood there, trying to think of an excuse.

After a bit of thinking time Kevin finally answered Eli by saying, 'I really need to go to the toilet now. I'll tell you later,' and ran off to the bathroom. Eli watched Kevin leave the room.

'Why was he acting so strange?' he said but just shrugged it off.

While Kevin was trying to put his shirt on and brush his teeth, someone walked into the bathroom. It was Kiseop.

'I shot I rocked the door.' Kevin mumbled with his toothbrush sticking out of his mouth. Kiseop chuckled and helped Kevin button up his shirt while Kevin continued to brush his teeth.

'I thought I told you not to talk and brush your teeth at the same time. You could choke on the toothpaste you know,' Kiseop joked, buttoning the top button on Kevin's shirt. Kevin suddenly stepped away from Kiseop and spat the minty mixture into the sink.

'Don't button up the top one, it always chokes me.' Kiseop scrunched his eyebrows.
'It doesn't choke you when you wear a suit!'

'That's different. This is for casual wear, not formal wear.' Kevin rebutted with a mocking tone. Kiseop smiled to himself and laughed half-heartedly.

'I guess that's why your picture in our new album has 'metrosexual' next to it,' he mumbled to himself. Kevin suddenly realised that Eli was standing at the bathroom door. Before he could say anything Eli walked off.

Why is Eli suddenly like this? He was fine last night…wasn't he?

All the thinking and talking made Kevin's stomach rumble quite loudly. Kiseop started to laugh but stopped after seeing Kevin glare at him funny. Kevin pouted, trying to look angry, and walked out of the bathroom to get some food from the fridge.

Not long after Kevin snacked on some Choco-pies he found lying around, the manager started telling everyone to get going. Eli was putting on a pair of black leather combat boots when Kiseop approached him. Even if Kevin couldn't hear what Kiseop was telling Eli, he had the urge to interrupt their somewhat tense conversation but thought again and decided to just stay out of it.

'Kevin hyung, stop day-dreaming and get in the van! The manager told me to stay out of the warm and heated van until you get your butt in there.' Dongho said, drooling over the thought of being in a warm place to be in rather than being in a freezing apartment.

'Why does the manager always pick on me?! Kiseop and Eli are…' Kevin's voice faltered.

'…in the car waiting for you!' Dongho said, finishing Kevin's sentence for him. Dongho dragged Kevin by the arm, threw him his shoes and made him run to the car that was waiting outside of the apartment building.

'Can't you just let me put my shoes on? I don't want to get frostbite on my feet!' Kevin complained as he reached the entrance of the building. It was snowing lightly outside, covering everything that wasn't sheltered with white, cold goodness; including the pathway to the car.

I refuse to walk in the snow with only socks on my feet, Kevin whinged in his mind.

His whole face scrunched up and his body shivered with just the thoughts of standing in the snow almost barefoot. Kevin could tell Dongho was getting impatient by the way he folded his arms and looked at Kevin.

'You know what, screw this.' Dongho mumbled to himself and started to push Kevin from behind with all his strength.

'Shin Dongho, are you crazy?! Don't you dare send me out there without any shoes on my feet!' Just before Kevin got shoved out of building, Eli got out of the van and started to pace his way to the apartment's entrance.

Dongho leaned close to Kevin's ear and whispered, 'you're lucky Prince Charming came to rescue you~', and laughed softly to himself.

Eli opened the doors and picked Kevin up immediately, cradling him in his arms. Kevin smiled gently as Eli made the trip back from the apartment block to the van.

'Thanks Eli,' Kevin said quietly, loud enough for Eli to just make out what he said. With a wide grin on his face, Eli replied, 'you owe me one, okay?'

In the van Kiseop, being the 'selca-king', was taking selcas with AJ, who was sitting behind him. Eli and Dongho were playing video games to past the time. Kevin and Hoon had both fallen asleep and were both in 'Neverland' while Soohyun listened to music and slowly dozed off.

'Ya, hyung, do you actually like Kevin hyung?' Dongho asked as if it was that terrible to like Kevin. Eli looked up at Dongho with stern eyes.

'If this is to distract me from the game just so you can beat me, then no.'

'It's not. I'm being serious. I mean, even the other members are starting to think the same thing too! Your crush for Kevin hyung is nearly as obvious as Kiseop hyung's crush for him, you know?' What Dongho just said caught Eli's full attention. He thought for a bit, wondering whether his feelings for Kevin were as obvious as Dongho said it was.

'Kevin wouldn't have figured it out yet, right?' he asked Dongho nervously. Dongho shook his head and sighed deeply.

'He doesn't even know Kiseop likes him so why worry?' was Dongho's advise. Eli nodded with reassurance. 'Let's keep playing. I need to beat you before we get to the studio!'

The car suddenly stopped and made a strange but loud noise, waking Kevin up from his slumber.

What the heck just happened? Kevin thought worriedly.

The sound of the failing restarts of the car engine brought panic to all the members. The manager roared with frustration and started banging his fists on the steering wheel angrily. Of all places, the van had to stop a kilometer away from the studio.

'You guys have to jog there. Soohyun, you know where the place is, right? Lead them there while I get someone to fix the car,' the manager instructed, upset. Without hesitation all the members got out of the van and started stretching while the manager gave more instructions to Soohyun.

'Okay everyone,' Soohyun began as he got out of the van, 'we need to just follow this road and head straight to get there. We're going to jog there so…'

'WE'RE GOING TO JOG THERE?!' Dongho argued. 'Hyung, if you haven't realised, we're a kilometer away from that place! It's going to take us maybe one and a half hours to jog there in this condition!'

Soohyun cursed, shutting Dongho up. He took a deep breath and started jogging alone. Dongho moaned and followed; so did everyone else.

Although it was snowing and was less than -3°, all seven of them made it to the studio without stopping. U-KISS burst through the entrance panting. Almost immediately, Dongho and AJ had passed out from exhaustion.

'Are you kidding me?!' Soohyun asked rhetorically and dropped on his knees, followed by everyone else. A tall, slender woman stood in front of Soohyun and looked down on him. Her eyes were heavy with eye make-up and her face as pale as a ghost's. The woman's clothes' colours were extremely clashing-a bright yellow, short dress and a black aviator's jacket.

'You guys are late; an hour to be exact,' she exclaimed, tapping her silver watch then eyeing every single member. After Hoon finally caught his breath he stood up and swallowed the saliva that was stuck in his throat.

'Jihye-noona cut us some slack! We ran a kilometer just to get here because our car broke down!' Everyone nodded in agreement. The slender woman known as Jihye sighed and rolled her eyes in dismay.

'Well hurry up and get on the chairs! We need to dry off all that sweat and snow off you too before we beautify you so we have a lot to do. Chop, chop~' she said with a cute wink that seemed to disgust Kiseop and Soohyun. 'Oh, and try to wake them up quickly.' Jihye added, pointing her slightly crooked finger with blood red manicure at Dongho and AJ.

There was only 45 minutes to go before their performance began when Jihye finally styled U-KISS' hair and applied the necessary make-up to their faces. Suddenly, a car horn sounded in front of the studio. Jihye stood at the transparent glass doors for a few seconds then turned to the boys who were sitting on the couch or on the floor.

'Your ride's here.' she chimed, giving Dongho, Kevin and Eli the shivers. 'Hurry up if you don't want to be late for the show!' Everyone got up reluctantly off the couch and floor but were shooed out by Jihye. As everyone rushed into the van, Kevin remembered something and turned around.

He smiled and bowed yelling out, 'thank you!' to Jihye who was still standing at the front doors of the studio. Although he Kevin couldn't see it because he had to get in the van, Jihye waved back.

'Let's hope that innocent child knows how to end that love triangle he's in.' she said as she walked back into the building to clean up.

'You guys start warming up your voices now. You might not have time to do it later.' the manager explained from the driver's seat.

Looks like it's time for me to put up a show again, Kevin thought, but this time I'll try to seduce the right person.

Wednesday 25 July 2012

Not all K-POP idols are skinny...right?

I thought I should make a short post answering this question that many girls (and probably guys) ask.

So straight answer, at the moment, I'm not entirely sure (so much for a straight answer =_=)  but in the past, Yoobin from the Wonder Girls was called "fat" by many people.

Yoobin from Wonder Girls before 'Nobody' single
Okay, you might not see the fat on her but to many Koreans saw her as pretty fat. You're probably saying: "This isn't even close to fat" or "They call this fat?" and I know, I was also looking at this picture and going, what the heck are those people saying?

I mean, to me, this is a role model or someone people who think they have weight problems can look up to; not some fatso that needs to go on a diet. Yes, she did go on a diet in the end because there was too much pressure but seriously people, we NEED more of these people. Not people who are stick thin (not referring to anyone in particular)!

Just because you don't look as skinny as Yoona or Hyuna, it DOES NOT mean you are fat!! Be happy and love your body~~ <3

Tuesday 17 July 2012

Popular Korean Make-up styles

Something I used to wonder a lot is "what is the type of eye make-up Koreans use the most?". I mean, if you look at all those Korean idols (was about to type "eye-dol" :P derp.) they have a particular style for how they apply eye-liner or eye make-up in general. So here's what I think are the most popular eye make-up styles K-POP idols use:

My favourite one- Cat/winged eyeliner~ ^_~

Goo Hara in an eyeliner endorsement (heavy-light and extremely stretched out)

Son Gain in music video 'Abracadabra' by Brown Eyed Girls (heavy and double winged)
These two pictures have the eyeliner really stretched out, so it sorta makes the eyes look 'longer' (elongated) but you can make the wing shorter so it gives that cute look and to me, it makes the eye's look rounder.

Bae Suji (Suzy) from Miss A (short and 'light')
Tiffany Hwang from Girl's Generation (short and 'heavy')


So from the pictures above you see two (more like 4) different techniques/ways you can apply eyeliner to make it look winged.

Suggestions ^_^ :
-If you want a casual look, I think the "short and 'light'" is a good one, because it looks really simple and it gives you a 'cute-sy' (I made that up) look.

-If you want to define your eyes or rather, make it stand out, I suggest the "short and 'heavy'" or the "'heavy' and double winged". I mean, if you don't like the double wing or it's too daring, then just go with 'heavy' and short or stretched.'

-If you have small eyes (not to be mean if it insults any readers; don't mean to offend) and you want to make it look bigger, go 'heavy' and stretched out- stretched out slightly more than the "short look"- because for some reason, 'heavy' eyeliner makes your eyes look bigger. Not sure how that works though. If you want to have a look, check out more pictures of Brown Eyed Girls' Gain because she is pretty much never seen without really 'heavy' make-up since she tries to hide her small eyes. I'm not kidding but I want to point out something, even if some people think she has a "cake-face" (way too much make-up) I still believe she's one of the prettiest people I've seen ^O^ (so don't worry if you have small eyes~ you're beautiful just the way you are :))

LET'S MOVE ON! lol.

 The next one is...
????
To be honest, I don't really have a name for it but I'll but the explanations after some pictures >:D


Not paying to his awful hat, U-KISS' Shin Dongho in 'Doradora'




Sunny from Girl's Generation in 'Tell Me Your Wish (Genie)'
Guessed it yet? Nope? Probably because I put a picture of Dongho (he is a guy, don't worry) as an example of the other eye make-up style. So let me tell you what it is~! It's a style that emphasises on the top eyelid more than the bottom eyelid. There's no name for it but I've always noticed this style used once or twice by many idols-both guys and girls (that's why Dongho's up there).

I mean, lots of people with single eyelids use it to define their eye a bit more, I guess. That's my theory. They don't only use eyeliner but they also use eyeshadow (and mascara/fake eyelashes if they're girls) to darken and bring out their eyes a lot more. If you look at Dongho, for example, his eyeliner is 'heavier' on his top eyelid. His bottom eyelid has hardly any eyeliner (either that or it's not visible from the angle the picture was taken from). Sunny, on the other hand, has not only a light winged eye but a bit of pink/beige coloured eyeshadow near the corners of her eyes to enhance the eyes just a bit more. If you look on the bottom eyelid, most of the make-up is where the bottom of the wing starts and on the inner third of her eyes. 

Suggestions:

-Like I said above (unless you couldn't be bothered reading that much), many people with single eyelids use this simple trick to emphasize the top eyelid more. It's short and quick and sometimes, depending on what else you put on your eye (I mean make-up), it can really brighten up your eye. Of course, you don't have to have single eyelids to pull off this look. If you do have double eyelids, to be honest I think it would look better if you thicken the line-but not too much or else it might not match the type of eye shape/type you have. You can try with a thin line first then thicken it if you think it need to look darker. 

-This look is great for beginners (like me :P) who just started with make-up. I know I put mine on the bottom eyelid for a simple look but I really think this looks better, especially when you can add a bit of the winged eye if you fancy that look :)

-If you're a guy that enjoys putting make-up on or puts it on to try and look like an idol (I know you guys are out there, you can't hide from me), this is a really good style. If you're trying this "top eyelid emphasis", don't thicken the line too much or else it won't look natural. You can go for what most male idols have: "top eyelid emphasis" and a 'wing' that's not supre thick. If you don't know what I mean, you can search up Dongho's 'Man Man Ha Ni' look. It's dragged out so it's pretty much just a line. Some idols have their 'wings' not as noticable and it's more of a flick than a wing. Your choice :D

Tutorials for the cat/winged eye:

This one has no voice-over or whatever but the pictures give really good guides. There are two other styles other than the cat/winged eye you can try if you like~

This one actually looks really good! Never tried it before but seems good. 

TIPS FOR BOTH STYLES I LISTED: Use liquid eyeliner or if you have it, gel liner because it runs smoother on your eyelid and it doesn't get ruined like when you use a pencil liner (I've tried. EPIC FAIL)

Hoped you liked this one! Sorry if the post was a little long ^_^;  I took my time with this-finding pictures and writing all the stuff so let's hope you appreciate this!! XD 

Thanks for reading~ ^O^

Monday 16 July 2012

Thank you :3

If you came here to read the first chapter of my U-KISS fanfic, don't bother looking for it at the moment. I don't know how, but the post suddenly just got highlighted in white and it's really pissing me off. SO FREAKIN' ANNOYING. So yeah, if you came here to read it, please go to my Deviantart account instead 'cause it's uploaded there as well. Or you can go to my Asianfanfics.com account (lol I have way too many accounts :P) If you have the answer to the solution of this highlighting problem, PLEASE HELP ME BEFORE I DIE. If not, you can visit any of the links below:

Deviantart: ukissmecrazy.deviantart.com
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Thanks for reading the fanfic <3 I love you, whoever reads it! And I love you too, whoever bothers to read my blog :)  Thanks for the support everyone! Oh and check out my cooking blog (even though it has only 1 post at the moment)

Come Cook With Me: cookingwithasians.blogspot.com

I LOVE YOU GUYS!!!!!!! <3<3<3

Edit: LOL I just fixed it. Right after I posted this. FACE-PALM. =_= I'm still keeping this post up 'cause I still want to show my appreciation for those who read my blog. <3

Sunday 15 July 2012

U-KISS Fanfic-Someday...[Chapter 2]


Eli and Kiseop looked at each other then turned to Kevin. Neither of them could get a word to come out of their mouths. Kevin could feel his heart beat even faster. He wasn't sure what their answers were going to be, but Kevin had a feeling it was something he wasn't going to expect.

'Um...well, we...oh look! The rain stopped!  Let's start walking before it begins to rain again.' Kiseop said, immediately changing the subject. Kiseop and Eli stood up and started picking up their bags.

'W-wait! You haven't answered my question!' Kevin called out to them from the floor. Both Kiseop and Eli ignored Kevin. 'Fine. Ignore me, then.' Kevin mumbled as he stood up, getting ready to leave the building.

As they exited the building, thunder rumbled in the sky. Eli and Kiseop walked ahead of Kevin as they made their way home.

'Do you think we went too far, Kiseop? Look at Kevin! He's sulking because you didn't answer the question!' Eli whispered to Kiseop angrily.

'Me?! You didn't answer the question either so it's not my fault entirely!' Kiseop hissed quietly. 'Kevin's mine to take care of anyway. Like I said before, you don't need to worry about Kevin's welfare.' Kiseop explained, still whispering. 'Since I'm the older one, I have the responsibility...'

'If you're going to talk about age shouldn't the responsibility go to Soohyun hyung, then?' Eli rolled his eyes and scoffed. What Eli and Kiseop didn't know was that Kevin could hear everything they said.

So they're both fighting for my wellbeing, right? Kevin thought. Is that why they both stayed back? No, that's not it. There's something else but why can't I tell what it is?

Just as Kiseop, Eli and Kevin reached the playground, which was exactly a block away from their dorm; it started to pour with rain. Eli threw his bag at Kiseop telling him to catch it and looked at Kevin.

'Kevin, get on my back!' Eli called out to Kevin, his voice struggling to compete with the amount of noise the rain was making as it hit the ground. Kevin looked up in disbelief. 'HURRY UP!' Kevin nodded his head and jumped onto Eli's back, wrapping his arms around Eli's neck.

Kiseop looked at Kevin and called out to Eli, 'Why don't you let me...'

'Tell me later! We need to find shelter first!' Eli explained as he started sprinting to the nearest shop. Kiseop watched Eli run off with Kevin for a few seconds then realised he was getting soaked so he ran after Eli and Kevin.

As Kevin tried to dry his hair in a café that let them in even if they were soaking wet, Kiseop and Eli were ordering something to eat at the counter. For the past few minutes, Eli had been groaning every time he tried to bend back. Kiseop just chuckled.

'I tried to offer, but NO.' Kiseop said. Eli just shook his head and continued stretching. 'Just order a coffee for me. I'm going back to the table.'

'Wait…' Eli called out to Kiseop. All Kiseop did was ignore Eli.

'So, Kevin,' Kiseop began as he sat next to Kevin. 'Are you dry yet?' It took a while before Kevin could answer because his mind couldn't comprehend what happened outside the café.

Why did Eli give me a piggy-back when I was completely capable of running by myself?! Kevin scratched his head in frustration.

Kiseop looked at Kevin with eyes of concern. Kevin turned to Kiseop and just smiled. Suddenly Eli walked to the table with a tray with a cup of coffee, a bowl of noodles and hot chocolate.

'Here, your coffee.' Eli said, placing the cup of coffee in front of Kiseop hard enough for the coffee to spill a little over the edge of the cup. 'I got you hot chocolate if you want.' Eli passed Kevin a tall take-away cup with the smell of chocolate filling the air.

'How come you get noodles?' Kiseop complained.

'Well you didn't ask for anything but coffee so I didn't get you anything but coffee. You want some noodles Kevin?' To the surprise of Kevin, Eli offered him noodles. Normally, nothing comes between Eli and noodles, and this was the first time Eli offered someone noodles.

'No, it's okay. I'll stick with my hot chocolate. Oh, and I'll pay you back for the drink when we get back to the dorm.' Kevin said. Eli nodded and started devouring his noodles. 'Oh, the rain's dying down.'

After the rain stopped all three of them started walking back to their dorm again. Before they even came close to the dorm, they could hear Soohyun screaming out, 'Eli! Kiseop! Kevin!' Kevin looked at Kiseop then turned to Eli. Kiseop and Eli just shrugged and laughed.

'Ya! Why'd you guys take so long?! Our manager yelled at us and told us to go look for all of you!' Soohyun scolded after spotting the three of them.

'Hyung, it started pouring when we were on our way to the dorm so we stopped by a café until the rain stopped,' Kiseop explained.

'Best person to have around just to make up excuses when you have to explain yourself.' Eli whispered to Kevin, laughing at his own joke.

'Oh, fine! Just tell the manager what happened and we're off the hook. Anyway, let's go back to the dorm. The manager's probably waiting for your return.' Soohyun sighed.

Just as everyone started to walk, an idea hit Kevin.

Maybe the reason why they both stayed was because they both don't like the other members! That has to be the only possibility, right? Wait, but what if they think that I don't like the other members too?

When U-KISS returned to their dorm, the manager was found laying on the couch watching a replay of Music Bank.

'YA! What took you three so long to get here?! Just because you don't have anything else on your schedules doesn't mean you can just settle down,' the manager scolded. 'Anyway, since it's not raining anymore go get the groceries. We're running out on kimchi and eggs.' Everyone wasn't that keen on going shopping, especially Dongho and Soohyun.

'I-I'll go.' Kevin volunteered half-heartedly. 'I need to get a few things of my own anyway.' The manager looked at Kevin, shocked and amazed.

'Okay, but get...um…Kiseop to go with you,' the manager said, making a hand gesture at Kiseop that obviously said "shoo". Kiseop nodded gently and smiled to himself.

'Oh, can you get Pocky for me? It's my snack time soon and it turns out that my Pocky finished,' Dongho laughed and placed his hand on Kevin shoulder. Kevin nodded slowly and tapped Kiseop on the arm.

'We're going now but can we have the keys to the van because it takes a least 45 minutes to walk there,' Kevin begged the manager. All the manager did was nod and threw Kevin the car keys that were in his pocket. 'We'll be back soon!' Kevin added. As Kevin sat at the driver's seat, he suddenly remembered something.

Damn it! I forgot I don't have a license! Kevin thought, hitting his forehead with the bottom of his palm.

'Calm down Kevin. Do you want me to drive instead?' Kiseop asked politely. Kevin nodded and swapped seats with Kiseop who was in the front passenger seat.

It was nearly 5pm by the time Kevin and Kiseop got to the supermarket. The supermarket was 'flooded' with people going in and out of the building. People of all ages were there; young children, teenagers, adults and old people.

'We should hurry up before we get noticed.' Kiseop instructed but it was already too late. Girls had already taken their cameras out and started to crowd around Kiseop and Kevin.

'We really need to hurry up!' Kevin yelled out to Kiseop, trying to be louder than the girls who screamed, 'OPPA! OPPA!' As they started to run into the supermarket Kiseop started sharing a plan.

'You get the kimchi and eggs and I'll look for Dongho's Pocky. Meet at counter 5 in 15 minutes, okay?' Kevin nodded in agreement and headed straight to where the kimchi was.

Kevin stood in front of the kimchi and scratched his head.


How much should I get?, he thought. Is a kilo of kimchi too much? But then again Eli, AJ and Hoon eat a lot everyday. Kevin sighed and rubbed the back of his neck. I'll just get 3 kilos of kimchi. It'll last us a while.

It seemed impossible to move around the supermarket. A large majority of the people had trolleys, and were making it impossible for Kevin could get to where the eggs were.

'I'll just push my way through,' he decided and started to squeeze and push his way through the crowd. At last, after 5 minutes of getting around people, Kevin finally got the eggs and headed for counter 5.

'What took you so long, Kevin?' Kiseop groaned when Kevin stood next to him. 'Don't worry. Let's just pay and get out before the fans get too rowdy.' It took at least 15 minutes to pay for their groceries and speed-walk to the van. Kiseop started the engine while Kevin put the shopping bags in one of the back seats.

'LET'S ROLL!' Kevin cheered, feeling relieved that he didn't have to squeeze his way through the supermarket again; well at least not in a while.

Feeling exhausted, Kiseop and Kevin stepped out of the van, got the groceries from the back seat and walked towards the front door of their dorm. Instantly, the door opened without a knock. It was Dongho that opened the door.

'Hyung, why are you late? Everyone's hungry, you know?' Dongho complained. Kiseop just reached into one of the plastic bags, pulled out a box of Pocky and threw it in the air for Dongho to catch as he entered the house. Kevin followed Kiseop into the house, sneezing multiple times before a chesty cough. Eli walked up to Kevin and put his hand on Kevin's back as he removed his shoes.

'Are you okay, Kevin?' Eli said with a worried tone. All Kevin did was nod and shuffled his way to the kitchen. 'Poor thing, he must be really tired if he can't even lift his own feet.' Eli said sympathetically.

After a late dinner Kevin waddled to his room. He wasn't really sure why but his energy was really drained.

I'm so tired I can't even close the door without using my bodyweight to close it, Kevin said in his head after he ended up slamming the door shut with his back.

Once Kevin lay down on his bed, Eli entered the room. He closed the door behind him and sat on the floor next to Kevin's bed.

'Why are you so tired?' Eli mumbled, following a snore that obviously came from Kevin. Eli stroked Kevin's head gently, making Kevin adjust his head so that he was facing the ceiling, and pushed a bit of Kevin's fringe away from his face. 'I wonder whether he knows,' Eli thought aloud. He looked at Kevin once more. The moonlight that was coming through the window shined on the right-half of Kevin's face. Eli stood up and pondered for a bit. He shrugged and bent down to kiss Kevin on the forehead. As he got up, Eli softly said, 'Goodnight Kevin' and went to bed.

Sunday 8 July 2012

Why K-POP Idols Are So Skinny

Ok, so the big question is HOW K-POP IDOLS STAY THIN?! I mean, when you look at the girls' flat stomachs, thin legs and almost perfect body structure, most of the time you would just look at yourself and go "I need to lose weight." Admit it, you've done it before or you still do it. It's only natural, I guess, to feel that way. You feel the need to have the 'perfect body' and you can't seem to accept the fact that you're 'fatter' than them.

After reading an article about the fixed daily calorie intake that SNSD had or still has, I was really shocked. Their dietitian or whatever said that SNSD's daily calorie intake was 1500 kcal. That's MY daily calorie intake. And I'm younger than Seohyun (who's 19). From their heights, you can sort of calculate the girls' average weight and to my surprise, their average weight was 47.4kg. It's just crazy. I WEIGH HEAVIER THAN THAT. HOW DO YOU THINK I FEEL SM? But that's just my opinion anyway. Back on topic, I think most girls are put on a strict diet and are to 'work out' or burn off excess fat not only to be fit for performing, but for the media too. If there was a girl with the slightest curves, I think the media will 'feed' from that juicy info :P Sure, their fans might love it but what's with the trend of being extremely skinny? I don't know. I'm not saying all of them are super-thin. I'm just saying that maybe their companies should put a little meat on those limbs of the idols. I know I'm being super judgmental but I just can't help it with this topic at hand.

Wouldn't you just love to have their body? 
Now for the guys. Oh how we love the fact all our male K-POP biases are thinner than us. I don't know how the guys are so skinny. Maybe it's more oestrogen in their bodies? O_o (maybe that's the reason why they act so feminine too XD...jokes) Okay, if you look at Taemin, strangely skinny limbs. And he has no muscles or abs. So that makes him look seriously feminine. Plus, I hate to say it, but my bias Kevin was too skinny at some stage. Now he's buff. >:D But both Taemin and Kevin could disguise as girls and wouldn't have their real genders discovered if they didn't tell anyone. I bet no one will know. NO ONE. Oh, and just a random fact, Teen Top is the lightest K-POP male group, having the average weight of 55.1kg.
Look at that slender body XD
Before...
Then BAM! BUFF >:D (Kevin's the guy in the middle)
So that's all I have to say about why K-POP idols are so skinny. They are pretty much put on a super-strict diet and are pushed to keep fit, especially since they have to sing and dance at the same time, and trust me, it's really hard. Hope you liked this post. Sorry for ranting on about random stuff and going off topic.

Saturday 7 July 2012

Happy Birthday, my friend :)

TODAY'S MY FRIEND'S BIRTHDAY! And I decided to draw her K-POP bias, who is EXO-M's Luhan :3 It took me FOREVER, like literally, to draw him since his eyes are unnaturally round. Well, to me anyway. At first, I tried doing a real-life portrait of him but that didn't turn out well, so I tried drawing from another picture. That didn't work too well either. The third time it looked fine...until I decided to colour it. WHAT THE HECK WAS I DOING? Most of the time when I draw portraits I don't normally colour them because I'm really worried I might ruin but for some reason, I decided to colour this. I WAS A REALLY BIG IDIOT FOR DOING THAT. I ended up scrapping that. Then I drew a manga version but it took, like, 3 more tries to get the final picture.
Yes, my friend's name is Claudia. Nothing wrong with that.