No More Autumn This Year!

I was shocked when I saw this news. Chun left Fahrenheit. The other members will continue their activities as three. Oh, GOD! I hope it wasn't real, it was another rumor, but of course it was! Clearly, 22nd of June, HIM stated that Chun has officialy left Fahrenheit. Bad dream came true!

I knew someday this thing will be happened. I knew, and I understand. One day, the most solid group would be broken. I can understand his decision, since he is already 31, and will become 32 this October, but still, I can't stop my feeling. I love this group, Fahrenheit. They have been be a part of my life for this 4 years. The one that I always proud of, suddenly left me, it feels like he abandoned the fans. The other members were clearly sad. We read their feelings through their weibo posts.

That's why the other fans were mad and disappointed. They keep fighting till now. My friends from another country also felt the same way. But, we chose to be smart. There's no need to fight. It would make things worse. I hate to say this, but as a fans I have to support him no matter what happened. It was his decision, and I have to believe that decision is the best for him. He will be happy with this decision, he will leave Fahrenheit to be a good man and protect his family.

That makes this year, there will be no Autumn. My Autumn has gone, and I don't know what to do about. Spring, Summer and Winter have to fight without the wise Autumn. See you, Chun! I hope I can meet you one day. I believe in you! :)

They Should Get More

Have you ever imagined to be a big star? What comes in your mind when you imagine about that? Popular? Talented? Successful? Rich? Yep, most of American stars are rich, but Korean stars are not, especially K-Pop stars. I think K-Pop stars don't get their salaries fairly, they deserve to get more salaries, and these reasons show why: they lost their privacy, the companies pay them very low, and they do a lot of works.

First, they lost their ordinary live. They have to live in a dorm, together with other members of their group (imagine, 13 members sleep in one room). They only visit their family twice in a year. They can not go outside the dorm without any permission from their manager. They are allowed to have their own car, but they can not use it, because the fans will easily spot them. They even have to leave the school, because their schedule is so tight. Also, some companies do not allow their artists to have a boyfriend or girlfriend, because it might cause the artists lose their popularity). And of course, paparazzi is ready to take your pictures, or reveal your dark past.

SHINee's Dorm- Five members share one room

The second reason is the companies pay their artists very low. JYP Entertainment (Jay Young- Park Entertainment) takes 50 % of the artists' income. The artists get 50%, and this 50% has to be share among the members. The more members in the group, the less money you get. For example, if you are a member of a group that consists of 5 members, you will get 50% divided by 5 =10%. Imagine if there is a group consists of 10 members, each of them will only get 5%. SM Entertainment (Soo Man Entertainment)- the biggest entertainment company in Korea- takes more. Many people said SM pays the artists really low. You can read TVXQ's contract:

Below is what the court has presented as the content of the members’ contracts. The contract has been modified 5 times since their debut, so this is the overall review.

    1. TVXQ has received $0 from their album sales till July 2008, and a very small amount after.

    Before the fifth modification that the company made with their contract, it stated that the profit from albums and singles with sales less than 500,000 copies would go 100% to SM Entertainment, which left the members with nothing. There has been no Korean album that have exceeded 500,000 album sales between the time of TVXQ’s debut and their 4th album Mirotic, which was the first album in Korea to sell over 500,000 albums for a long time.

    On July 1 2008, the company changed the contract so each member would get 1% from album sales that exceeded 200,000 copies. For albums that are below that number, they are paid 0.6% to nothing. Through these terms, TVXQ has not earned a single cent since February 2009.

    2. TVXQ has received $0 from sales of concert DVD’s and albums with recordings from concerts.

    The contract stated that the members are not entitled to get any profit from concert DVD’s and “live” albums.

    3. TVXQ received $0 from their appearances in TV programs.

    In the contract, the members do not have a right to receive the shares made from appearances on television programs if they are featured in only one episode or if their appearance is temporary. SM has kept all the profit from TV shows where TVXQ were guests.

    4. For other ways of getting profit, SM subtracts the total amount with all the expenses that the company has paid for them, including clothing, salary of company staff, stage preparation, rent, food expenses, and etc., which only leaves a fraction for the members of TVXQ.

Source: allkpop.com

TVXQ- three members (Xiah, Micky, and Hero) left SM Entertainment because of the contract problem

The next reason is, they do a lot of work. Usually, K-Pop stars have a tight schedule. Super Junior,for example, is booked until March 2012 for concerts, variety shows, live performances, radio guest activities, and so on. Besides that, if they have no schedule, they have to practice their choreography and their performances. usually a K-Pop star spends 10 hours to practice everyday. This schedule is going tighter and tighter if the star release a new album, he has to promote his album in at least, 5 different TV stations per week. Let me show you SHINee's schedule from December 2010 to January 2011. They had a really tight schedule, even in the Christmas and New Year's holidays.

 SHINee's Schedule

04 Dec 2010 (Sat) [Live] PM 03:50 MBC-TV Music Core! – MC Onew*Minho

05 Dec 2010 (Sun) [Performance] PM 00:00 The First Story of Oh Joonsung ‘Drama Concert’ – Guest (Seoul, Peace Center, Kyung Hee University)

 11 Dec 2010 (Sat) [Live] PM 03:50 MBC-TV Music Core! – MC Onew*Minho

26 Dec 2010 (Sun) [Overseas] PM 05:00 SHINee – The 1st Concert in Japan (Tokyo, Japan Yoyogi National Stadium 1st Gymnasium)

29th December 2010 SBS Gayo Daejun 2010

31st December 2010 – 1st January 2011 MBC Gayo Daejun 2010

 1 Jan 2011 (Sat) [Concerts] PM 00:00 SHINee – The 1st Concert in Seoul – 1 (Seoul, KBS Gymnastics Gymnasium)

2 Jan 2011 (Sun) [Concerts] PM 00:00 SHINee – The 1st Concert in Seoul – 2 (Seoul, KBS Gymnastics Gymnasium)

SHINee has to practice their choreography everyday, in order to make a great live performance.

Those three reasons really show that K-Pop stars deserve to get more salaries. They lost their privacy, the companies pay them very low, and they do a lot of works. See? The company should be wise and treat their artists better, because they give big contributions to the company. They should be treated as humans, not as robots which can earn money 24/7. That is my opinion. How about you?

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A Message From Someone That You Don't Know

*Heya, this is actually a poem for Aaron's birthday last November, but I forgot to post it here.
Here it is...*

I Have No Idea

Hmm, I want to make a short story (or maybe a fan-fiction), but now I have no idea. I want to make a dramatic and romantic yet funny story (it's hard, isn't it?) huhuhu.... I need some references. Hmm, maybe I will watch some Kdrama later, 哈哈哈。。。

Anyway, I always have a special plot for the characters. (evil laugh) It's my style, to make my lead character has some painful experiences. Am I mean? Oh, I just want to make my stories more interesting. In my last story-which I've erased- the male character (played by Aaron Yan) had a weird disease called aplastic anemia (>.<"). 对不起哦，亚纶。。。(I'm sorry, Aaron)

Aaron Yan

My next project maybe will have Onew as its main character. I need to find a suitable female lead actress.(^^)

Onew

So, let me thinking about it. Hahaha, I feel I am like the director of a movie... hehe...

Announcement

*not really important because I am the only reader of this blog for now*
From today, this blog will include some of my writing assignments. All of my assignments will be labeled "Writing Assignments", to separate my assignments from the other entries.

I don't want to make a new blog, I love this blog. As my lecturer's request, I have already erased some Indonesian and Chinese parts of my entries (I regret it though, LOL). Oh, I also erased my Indonesian short stories. (>.<)


That's the announcement. See ya... ^_^

Welcome, Mickey

Hi, long time no see, blogger... Haha... My family is getting bigger, because we have new member here. It's a cute brown dog. It's a male dog. His name is Mickey...
Here he is.

好可爱， 对不对？？

He just soo cute, and a little naughty >.<

Hello Lyrics

이럴 때를 보면 나

i-reol ddae-reul bo-myeon na

At times like this I can’t help

어리기는 한가봐

Eo-ri-gi-neun han-ga-bwa

but think that I really am young

눈 앞에 두고도

Nun ap-e du-go-do

Even with her in front of me

어찌 할 줄 몰라

Eo-jji hal jul mol-la

I still can’t do a thing.

어떻게들 사랑을

Eo-ddeoh-ge-deul sa-rang-eul

How does someone

시작하고 있는지

Sa-jak-ha-go itt-neun-ji

start a new love?

사랑하는 사람들

Sa-rang-ha-neun sa-ram-deul

People who are in love

말해줘요

Mal-hae-jweo-yo

Please tell me.

언젠가 그녀 손을

Eon-jen-ga geu-nyeo son-eul

When will I be able to

잡아 볼 날 올까요

Jab-a bol nal ol-gga-yo

hold her hand?

감은 두 눈 위에

Gam-eun du nun wi-e

Will a day where I kiss

Kiss하는 날도 와줄까요

Kiss ha-neun nal-do wa-jul-gga-yo

her closed eyes ever happen?

Hello Hello

나름대로 용길 냈어요

Na-reum-dae-ro yong-gil naess-eo-yo

Hello Hello

잠시얘기 할래요

Jam-shi-yae-gi hal-rae-yo

I’ve gathered up my courage

Hello Hello

내가 좀 서툴진 몰라도

Nae-ga jom seo-tul-jin mol-la-do

Can you talk a little while?

Who knows

어쩜 우린 잘 될지도 몰라
Eo-jjeom u-rin jal doel-ji-do mol-la
Maybe we’ll end up together.

내가 다가서야 하는지

Nae-ga da-ga-seo-ya ha-neun-ji

Do I approach her first?

좀 더 기다려야 하는지

Jom-deo gi-da-ryeo-ya ha-neun-ji

Should I give it more time?

모두 다른 말을 하는 게

Mo-du da-reun mal-eul ha-neun ge

Everyone says something different

더 어려워

Deo eo-ryeo-weo

It’s so difficult

(믿을 수 없겠죠)

(mid-eul su eobs-gett-jyo)

(You may not believe me)

보기보다 눈이 높아요

Bo-gi-bo-da nun-i nop-a-yo

But I’m really quite picky

이런 일 난 흔치 않아요

I-reon il nan heun-chi anh-a-yo

I don’t do things like this

내 말 믿어줘요 yeah

Nae mal mid-eo-jweo-yo yeah

Please believe me yeah

아무렇지 않게

a-mu-reoh-ji anh-ge

When will I be able to hold her

그녈 안을 날 올까요

Geu-nyeol an-eul nal ol-gga-yo

like it’s normal?

생각한 대로

Saeng-gak-han dae-ro

I believe that everything

모두 이뤄진단 말 믿어요

Mo-du i-rweo-jin-dan mal mid-eo-yo

will end up just like I believe

Hello Hello

나름대로 용길 냈어요

Na-reum-dae-ro yong-gil naess-eo-yo

I’ve gathered up my courage

Hello Hello

잠시얘기 할래요

Jam-shi-yae-gi hal-lae-yo

Can you talk a little while?

Hello Hello

내가 좀 서툴진 몰라도

Nae-ga jom seo-tul-jin mol-la-do

I may stumble in my words

Who knows 어쩜 우린
Who knows eo-jjeom u-rin
Who knows, maybe we will

oh yeah

처음은 아니죠

Cheo-eum-eun a-ni-jyo

Honestly speaking

사실 말하자면

Sa-shil mal-ha-ja-myeon

This is not my first time

사랑도 이별도 해봤죠

Sa-rang-do i-byeol-do hae-bwatt-jyo

I’ve loved and lost

하지만 어려워요

Ha-ji-man eo-ryeo-weo-yo

But it’s difficult

이 말을 믿어줘요

I mal-eul mid-eo-jweo-yo

So please believe me when I say

그대는 달라요

Geu-dae-neun dal-la-yo

You are special

Hello Hello

이번엔 나를 다 걸게요

I-beon-en na-reul da geol-ge-yo

This time I’ll risk it all

Hello Hello

Ooh yeah~ Baby Baby Baby girl

Hello Hello

지금은 어떨지 몰라도

Ji-geum-eun eo-ddeol-ji mol-la-do

Though we don’t know where we are now

Who knows 어쩜 우린
Who knows eo-jjeom u-rin
Who knows, maybe we

Hello Hello 

(Hello 내 곁을 맴돈

(Hello nae gyeot-eun maem-don

(Hello, the time I’ve spent

그 시간들을 계속

Geu shi-gan-deul-eul gye-sok

circling in your life 

Uh~~yeah

그 어떤 기쁨과도

Geu eo-ddeon gi-bbeum-gwa-do

It can’t compare

비교 못해)

Bi-gyo mot-hae)

with any other happiness)

(No More 그댈 이젠표현 할 수 없고

(No More geu-dael i-jen Pyo-hyeon hal su eobs-go

(I can’t express it any more

Hello Hello 내게 기회를 줘요
Hello hello nae-ge gi-hoe-reul jweo-yo
Hello Hello, give me a chance

내 손을 잡는다면

Nae son-eul jab-neun-da-myeon

If you hold my hand I’ll

Never let you go)

Never let you go)

Hello Hello
그래 지금은 어떨지 몰라도
Geu-rae ji-geum-eun eo-ddeol-ji mol-la-do
We don’t know where we are now

(이런게 사랑이면 절대 안놓쳐)

(i-reon-ge sa-rang-i-myeon jeol-dae annoh-chyeo)

(If this is love I’ll never let it go)

Who knows 우리 둘이
Who knows u-ri dul-i
Who knows, the two of us

운명일지 몰라

Un-myeong-il-ji mol-la

Might be fated

Hello Hello