Tuesday, June 28, 2011

Music Video: 2PM "Hands Up"

I love 2PM. I have their 1:59 album although I've seemed to misplace it somehow! This is their new music video.

Sunday, June 26, 2011

Clips from Korea's Got Talent Episode 4 (June 2011)

Why do they only put English subs on random videos? I'm glad that they add some subs, but why only sub a few? W

Mentalist: Wow this guy has some long hair! He shocks everyone with his ability to read minds.How does he do it? Is mind reading an actual talent? Are there some sort of tricks involved?



"Cutie Pies"-kids who are dancing hip-hop, locking and poppin'



Wow these guys are really talented!



A clip of bad auditions:



UPDATE JULY 2011: the first 3 clips made it to the Top 40!

Tuesday, June 21, 2011

Music Video: 8eight "Covering Those Lips"

The video is about a writer who is writing a love story. This is the title track of their mini album "8eight" which was just released.

Sunday, June 19, 2011

Clips from Korea's Got Talent Episode 3 (June 2011)

Watch more clips here http://www.youtube.com/user/koreasgottalent

and here: http://www.chtvn.com/VOD/Program/201111048306


I love Korea's Got Talent!!

"You are so pretty!---"I'm a boy!"



Pole dancing:




cute kid singing "Tomorrow" in English:




bodybuilder in speedo:




drums and beatbox:




funny dancing:



UPDATE JULY 2011: clips 1,3,5 made it to the top 40!

Monday, June 13, 2011

Clips from Korea's Got Talent Episode 2 (June 2011)

Check out more videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/koreasgottalent

Find tons of clips here http://www.chtvn.com/VOD/Program/201111048306

I am loving Korea's Got Talent and I can only see clips on YouTube. I wish I could watch it live!

Cute kids jumping rope



LOL! 14 year old does a sexy dance...



Dancing like Michael Jackson and bad singing....



male soprano? haha

Wednesday, June 8, 2011

Clips from Korea's Got Talent Episode 1 (June 2011)

The winner will receive the equivalent of $100,000 USD.

Semi-finalists will have the opportunity to sign with Sony Music.

(But what if they don't sing? A magician or a dancer wouldn't sign with a music label)

Check out more videos on http://www.youtube.com/user/koreasgottalent

Find tons of clips here: http://www.chtvn.com/VOD/Program/201111048306 <

These girls are funny!



Fire Dancing



Hilarious!



Cute kids!




UPDATE JULY 2011: the first 2 clips made it to the Top 40!

Korea's Got Talent: Sung-bong Choi

It seems like every talent show these days has at least one story that captivates everyone's attention. This time it is Sung-bong Choi on Korea's Got Talent. Sung-bong says he was left in an orphanage at age 3. When he was 5 he ran away because he was being beaten by people at the orphanage. He sold gum or energy drinks on the street for the next 10 years to survive. He got his GED for elementary and middle school. Then he went to high school.

When I was watching I was wondering how he would sound because he said "I'm not a good singer". Then he opened his mouth and it was great! He sang Sarah Brightman's “Nella Fantasia”. He made people cry with his performance.

Video from the Korea's Got Talent YouTube:



UPDATE JULY 2011: He made it to the Top 40 acts!!
UPDATE AUG 2011: He won 2nd place in the competition.

Saturday, June 4, 2011

North Korea is the 2nd Happiest Country on Earth?

Read the article here: http://english.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2011/06/03/2011060300764.html

I'm back in the USA but I still read South Korean news sites from time to time. I found this article today in the Chosun Ilbo.

North Korea's Central TV created a "happiness index" where China was named the happiest country on Earth. There were 100 possible points and China got all of the 100 points.

Top 5
  1. China
  2. North Korea
  3. Cuba
  4. Iran
  5. Venezuela

North Korea came in 2nd with 98 points. South Korea was 152nd on the list with 18 points.

The USA ("American Empire") is the saddest place on Earth with 2 points.

If they created the index then you know they are going to put themselves near the top! I'm surprised they didn't say they were number 1. Are they trying to get on China's good side?

What was the criteria for this happiness index? How do North Koreans compile all this data when they have no access to the outside world?

The story is all over the internet, but no one has listed the criteria for the index. I think it would be interesting to know what factors were used and how many points each country got for the specific criteria.

Who would even take this seriously?

Wednesday, June 1, 2011

Awesome Time Lapse video of Seoul

This video is great. I love time lapse photography. I want to learn how to do it!

The video was made with a Canon 5D Mark II.

(I did not make this video)