Petition to preserve SS501 fan page circulating online

F.T. Island’s Hongki recently retweeted a post by a fan about a petition to keep SS501’s fan page alive.

Although the SS501 members have gone their separate ways after their contracts expired, the members have promised on a number of occasions that they would regroup to perform at some point in the future. However, the SS501 fanclub, known as SS601, is faced with closure, with the page officially shutting down on February 28th.

As such, some fans have gotten together and created a petition to keep “the cornerstone of SS501 fans” from disappearing. So far, nearly 500 people have signed the petition.

This is really such a sad news for TripleS fandom. SS601 is like a staple site for me. Each of the boys have their own fan sites but at SS601 everything is sort of collated. This has been the source of many TripleS. Click on the link if you have a Daum account.

Save SS601.com Site

Credits to http://www.ss601.com/zeroboard/ + (Partial English Translation) xiaochu @ Quainte501.com

I have to clarify cos allkpop made it sound like the closure of 601 is because of SS501 going solo.

Pardon me for not going to translate word by word..

First of all, you have to know how SS601.com works.

Their admin changes yearly. You have to be of a certain (high) level of membership as well as to be voted by the other members in order to be nominated to be the next admin.

So the 6th administrators had problems finding their successor for this site.
Through a 6 months search and even lowering their requirements, all the members whom they contact rejected their offer for the admin position due to personal matters. They only managed to find ONE.

Since it’s tough for only 1 admin to maintain the website, and 601 has to be maintained as objective as possible, they do not want to be biased towards any one member now that the boys gone solo.

Anyway, this situation has been known for awhile since they started out looking for the 7th admin candidates. They said it before that if they cannot find any, 601 will have to close.

And sadly, this is the case now..They will officially close on 28-Feb.

Additional info you may wanna know :

SS601 clubbox will remain open for Triple S to download files, but please still adhere to the ‘no sharing/reposting’ rules.

Also they will donate their remaining funds of 607,844won to KBS1-Love Request (a charity program) under the name of ‘SS501′s fansite, SS601′.

SS601 will close on 28-Feb, all message boards will be closed for new postings, but it will remain open for reading until 31-Mar.

After 31-Mar, all message boards in SS601 will be shut down.

Youngsaeng’s Father February Interview

“Ever since Young Saeng went to high school, he became more mature and recently he is like a big brother.  Sometimes he will talk back at me.”

KID WHO WENT TO PLAY AT TV STATION

  Heo Young Saeng in actual fact isnt an introvert and quiet child.  Although his relationship with his school mates are good, but due to that he is a single child thus he doesnt talk much at home.

“I am a Christian, thus there are bound to have some influence with regards to Young Saeng’s name.  During his childhood, Young Saeng love singing.  It was around 4 years old, when he was taking his school bus on his home, during the journey while listening to the radio station which was playing Park Nam Jung(slam10: I dont know whether my translation for the name is correct. sorry if it is wrong) song, Young Saeng sang and dance at the same time.  After we got home, I find that he is better than I thought so sometimes we will go to norabang (Karaoke) to practise, of course we did not let his mum knows about it.

As long as he is following his variety show scripwriter father to the TV station during those days, he doesnt feel like going to other places.   He even consolidated the different artistes’ signature which he got into a book eg Shin Seung Hun & Kangta.  Maybe it is due to that, Heo Young Saeng naturally love music and also his similiarities towards Shin Seung Hun.

A FATHER WHO IS LIKE A FRIEND, A SON WHO IS LIKE BROTHER

  Heo Nam Su gave birth to Young Saeng when he was 23 years old. As he who lost his mother at young grew up lonely told himself that he will treat his children well if he has any in the future.  So although he is a father at quite a young age, but he is very proud to say that he is a father who is like a friend.

“Ever since Young Saeng went to high school, he became more mature and recently he is like a big brother.  Sometimes he will talk back at me.  “Dad, please dont be angry, cool down before saying anything…”

Young Saeng had his own crossroads times where he doesn’t want to study during his high school but to no avail.  He was stuck in the middle where his mum wants him to study medial in the university but his dad wants him to do stuff which he likes thus Young Saeng was very confused.

In the end, due to the distance between his school and the training room, Young Saeng chose to live alone.  Because of personal reasons, Heo Nam Su couldnt live with his son.

Heo Young Saeng received very tough training and also at the same time went thru a period of puberty.  People laughed at him saying that “You will never ever succeed”, he proved them wrong.  When SS501 got their 1st award at 2005 M.net KM Music Festival: Best New Male Group Award, he cried loudly.  He knew better than anyone what his son was going thru, all the difficulties, thus he was very heart pain and can only use tears to console each other.

“He called me 1st, hopeful and wanting to get my acknowledgment.  Although our conversation did not last very long, the images and the feeling during that time is still very vivid till now.

ENTANGLEMENT, DO NOT REALLY TALK

  “I am very apologetic towards Young Saeng.  When he was young, we moved house many times, when he was in grade 5, he cant adapt to moving from Incheon to Chuncheon.  One day, there was a huge reaction to his talent performance in school, maybe it was during that time, he decided that his dream was to become a singer.

Even though he did not really object to his son’s dream, but he did hope that his son can go to university, after graduating, go to a good company to work and live his live peacefully and ordinarily.  But he did not stubbornly stop his son, Heo Nam Su keep his hope of wishing his son to give up his dreams in his heart and went to find an old friend who is a music producer.

“Even though that he is stubborn saying he does what he says, but still I totally support and agree thus he start his training in SM entertainment.  But if he continue to stay there, probably, he will debut with Super Junior as their members.  But DSP wants to groom him and debut him as member of SS501 and he did that.” Thus his route is easier than other trainees.  Even though having fame, Young Saeng still feel lonely.

“For a person who cooked ramen to eat, I am not sure whether I will be shocked or surprise.  Our Young Saeng is not a person who get sad easily.  But also hard to tell regarding the sad stuff which he went thru went he was in his teens, plus during that time his heart was very fragile….”

SS501 members are now in different companies.

Fan Account of Hyun Joong at Sushi Restaurant

Kim Hyun Joong came to Binguel? (the direct trans of the name) Sushi restaurant

2011-2-19

My friend works at the sushi restaurant. Today, she got a 8 person reservation. When those people come, she found that one of them looks like jae joong from the way he walks (two of them were friends, they look alike) . So she wondered if Kim Hyun Joong also came? Then, another staff came over and asked “did you see Kim Hyun Joong?” , so she looked closely, it’s hyun joong oppa! !!! my friend knew for the first time today that kim hyun joong is this handsome!! he was smiling, keke, he also wore that black beanie, kekeke. anyway, he came with foreigners, those people looks like dancers from the crew. Hyun joong’s english level is like a primary school student when talking to the foreigners..kekeke.

Hyun Joong is very well mannered, he gave a 20,000 won tip to the waiter for their table, and signed autograph for everyone employee in the restaurant before leaving, wowowo. . .

And, my friend also got his autograph!! so jealous!!!

Ah, oppas ate 45 sets of sushi today, kekeke

Park Jung Min – Feel touched when seeing fans waiting in the rain, telling fans to take care and not to fall sick

South Korea popular boy group ss501′s member Jung Min , held fansign at Xi Meng Ding in the afternoon on 19th, more than 5 hundreds fans waited in the rain to see him, he uses his chinese and said to fans “everyone, please dont fall sick” , making all the fans at the place forgetting about the cold, damp weather, feeling happy and laughing.

Jung Min feels touched upon seeing fans waiting for him in the rain, some fans even came to the venue as early as 15th to queue up, the determinance is very shocking, on spot selling of more than 400 of the repackaged single album was immediately sold out, showing the support for jung min from the fans. Park jung min will also be having a fanmeeting tomorrow.

韩国人气偶像团体SS501成员朴政珉，19日下午在西门町红楼广场出席签名会，现场超过5百粉丝冒雨相挺，学中文有成的他贴心的说出：「大家不要感冒了」，让现场粉丝听了都忘记湿冷的天气、乐的笑开怀。

对於粉丝在雨中痴心等候，朴政珉表示狠感动，而有粉丝为了这场签名会早在15日就来排队，毅力相当惊人，现场所首卖的单曲改版更瞬间售出超过4百张，显见粉丝们对朴政珉的支持。朴政珉**还会出席台大体育馆的售票粉丝见面会，相关详情可上年代售票系统查询。

110218 February 2011 Korean Fancafe Ranking

1. TVXQ 752,632
2. Big Bang 346,423
3. Girl’s Generation 301,914
4. SS501 240,660
5. 2PM 196,801
6. Super Junior 187,619
7. B2ST 177,157
8. Buzz 136,703
9. SHINee 126,158
10. Wonder Girls 101,186
11. FTIsland 100,005
12. 2NE1 97,763
13. MBLAQ 82,107
14. HOT 72,764
15. G.O.D 69,645
16. f(x) 63,788
17. 2AM 59,346
18. SES 59,321
19. KARA 56,245
20. Fly to the sky 49,541

Kim Hyung Jun @ Gimpo Airport on 18.02.2011 (PrettyBoy)

KyuSaeng @ Summer & Love Photobook/DVD Press Conference on 22.01.2011 (ranran-entertainment)

Park Jung Min Leaving Restaurant After Dinner

park jung min ~ m!net countdown /last stage/

Park Jung Min – at Taiwan Fansign Session

Park Jung Min – will go to Taiwan for a long stay in May

陳穎╱台北報導】韓國團體「SS501」成員朴政珉5月要拍台灣偶像劇，屆時將在台灣long stay（長期居留），他昨興奮地說：「希望劇組多安排不同的拍攝地點，順便觀光。」他為新專輯《NOT ALONE》忌口消脂，現已結束苦行，台灣粉絲「進貢」點心，立刻抓起來往嘴裡塞！
Park Jung Min will be coming to taiwan to shoot for taiwan idol drama, and will be having a long stay in taiwan, he said excitedly yesterday “hope that the crew plans on a lot of different shooting sites, so can tour the places as well”. he was on diet for his new album ‘not alone’ , but now the diet is over, he immediatly ate the desserts the taiwanese fans gave him!

他前天抵台，昨受訪表示，他對演戲很有興趣，確定5月來台拍偶像劇，最近猛看羅志祥演的《轉角﹡遇到愛》推敲演技，同時也學中文，現在已可簡單對話，拍完照馬上用中文大喊：「給我看！」他說：「有吻戲也OK。若擔心粉絲的反應，就沒辦法演戲了。」
粉絲貢品掃下肚

He arrived in taiwan the day before yesterday, during the interview, he expressed that he is very interested in acting, and confirmed to come to taiwan for his drama in May, has been watching Luo Zhi Xiang’s drama “love in the corner” lately to study acting skills, at the same time learning chinese, he is able to communicate with simple chinese, after taking photo, he shouted in chinese “let me see!” . he says “i dont mind kissing scenes. if i am worried about fans’ reactions, then i wont be able to act in dramas”.
He ate the food the fans gave to him.

他為拍新專輯封面好看，卯起勁減重12公斤，每天運動、謝絕美食，苦不堪言。現在終於解禁，看到粉絲送的點心，他說：「都是粉絲的愛心，很感動！」隨即大吃解饞。他前晚品嘗了五更腸旺，豎起大拇指用中文說：「好吃！」並表示離台前還要吃羊肉火鍋。

For the good appearance for photoshoot of the album, he worked hard and lost 12Kg, excerxising everyday, and rejecting all the delicious food, it has been hard for him. As now the diet ended, he looked at the food the fans gave and says “very thankful for the love from the fans” and begin eating immediatly. He tried Wu Geng Chang Wang 五更腸旺 , a dish comprises pig intestine, duck/pig blood, sour preserved lettuce, leek and etc, it tasted spicy (thanks to planethyun@blogspot for the trans of the food) , and gave a thumb up and said in chinese “delicious!” , he also expresses that he will go and eat steam boat before leaving taiwan.

朴政珉今天下午2點在西門町紅樓廣場舉辦簽名會，明晚七點則在台大體育館舉辦歌友會，還有約100張門票，欲購票者請洽年代售票系統www.ticket.com.tw。

Park Jung Min’s fansign at Xi Men Ding is at 2pm today, fanmeeting is at 7pm tomorrow, there are still about 100 tickets left, please go to www.ticket.com.tw for more details.

bonus : 朴政珉自認開朗又專情，喜歡幽默的女生。彭欣偉攝
jung min admitted that he is cheerful and very loyal towards love. he likes girls who are humourous.

朴政珉拿起台灣粉絲送的果凍送入口，直呼好吃。
jung min ate the jelly the fans gave and said it’s very nice.

Park Jung Min – Autograph for Taipei Walker

Playful Kiss & SS501 News in Asian Hits (Indonesian Magazine) Vol.14-Feb 2011

Good Boys Go To Heaven, Kim Hyun Joong Became A Hallyu Star

The title is a take from the  signs  in  cute little plates  in the 8o’s that says Good girls go to heaven Bad girls go everywhere .These messages were of course meant to elicit laughter and  comments. Remember the admonitions of mothers, aunts, grandmothers and all the well intentioned nosy neighbors to stay good.

While we laugh and chuckle, there must be something behind the duality or polarity, of being good and being bad in society. Society and thinkers have looked at the world in two hues, the black and the white for quite some time. The grays will take a little while to flourish in the mind. Life seems to be appreciated in pairs of opposites.

The pair of being good and being bad infers character traits that society had prejudged according to its standards. Those who followed society’s rules and standards were considered good .  The good then gets the largesse and the accolade of society. They get good grades, awards, plaques of recognition; maybe even get elected to political office. Oh, society remembers them post mortem, too as heroes. How about those who looked and took   the other way and therefore “bad” in the eyes of society? Well, may be they get the red marks,  they get to have some pretty price tags on their heads and numbers on their chest , a jail term or two.  Sometimes, they make it too, only later.  But just the same they make it to the headlines and society bids them good riddance posthumously.

What is behind the label ? Actually, if you look at being “bad” it can also mean being nonconformist. It means they make their own rules and standards whether it was  a reaction to earlier failures, defense mechanism, or a survival mode. Sometimes, they are said to be the impatient ones-looking for the shortcuts and cutting corners. Maybe they woke up earlier and already have seen something while the majority was still sleeping. Or they are the mavericks of society –those capable of independent thoughts and actions, those with very strong internal locus of control. These are the ones that are not affected by what others say. Instead of listening to others they listen to themselves. Deviants are also the terms used to describe them, though the term indicates they have been measured against a kind of scale.

Measured or not, the “bad” ones are rebelling against the path set for them to follow. Some of them have   seen the way a long time ago through their own means .Now whether seeing the light at the end of the tunnel early on meant success is another thing. Society had set the path to success: go to school enter a good if not well known university, get a job, get married and raise a family. However, to the nonconformist, the order have not only been reversed they created their own order. Inspired insights gave them their maps. But the maps did not guarantee paved and smooth roads.

How did the young Kim Hyun Joong in a highly prescriptive Korean society manage to find his way in his early struggles? Was it passion for music, ambition to claim the stage, burning desire to put away society’s regulations to pursue a dream, or all of the above? If your answer is all of the above, you’ve got it right ! Through his own admissions , he has opened his book of  life to public scrutiny .It was not a story for the faint hearted .Getting lost in the park at  a very young age  attracted to the performance of  bands , forsaking good grades and school to run away to earn a living , subsisting on little food(one time had to steal ,yes that was the word because he did not pay for it ) and barely a roof over the head , with pride never having to ask for an allowance , learning to play the guitar ,piano with his raw talent, getting into  trouble with the police for friends, learning to drink booze and smoke ,at an early age ,etc, etc. What else did he not do? Just imagine other things he did to get those scars on his handsome face. Or where could he have gotten those battle scars on other parts of his body, too?

Was he just in luck or his destiny has been laid out when somebody tried to scout him for a performing group for China? The company had an early complication that he landed in DSP instead. Whether luck , destiny, hard work or its combinations Kim Hyun Joong is now here , brighter than any star in the firmament –dared to defy society  now can only look back and show what he had accomplished .  Looking  at his resume ,what does one say ? It is quite exemplary, as he has a thick resume and more is coming to fill it in. They make you ask the inevitable question: could he have accomplished all these if he was society’s good boy?

But how many people reach their goals using alternative routes, the uncertain avenues? How many arrive there without wasting any time, learning what has to be learned along the way and making it? That is why people who make it against the odds become legends .They become sensations. They become the story that needed to be told.  And retold. Are they presenting a different mold of success if it can be called that way? Is being “bad” now the in thing to do to succeed?

There are many ways to succeed; the unorthodox one may have to be patented, as they are unique. A future or another Kim Hyun Joong cannot repeat the same formula .  It must be reinvented to suit his circumstances. But the Kim Hyun Joong for now understood that there were also repercussions of defying conventions. He admitted that the label being a dropout followed him everywhere. Did he not cynically ask though realistically that society wants diploma? So he compromised and returned to school, and eventually got his diploma. Now, educational institutions have already recognized students come from different situations and have adjusted accordingly.

So what is the moral of the story if ever there is one? Those “bad” boys really go everywhere? Is this the path of the young, the brave and the restless?  Kim Hyun Joong pursued that path and made it to Korean entertainment. But he has also broken through the glass wall as he is now a hallyu star of global entertainment. One time, in an interview, he did some reflecting on what he has done so far. He mused that his contemporaries are only now finding their jobs while he has been working all these time. Hyun Joong was being modest. He loved what he is doing, besides earning hefty sums to enjoy creature comfort and provide for the important people in his life. He has become a philanthropist as well, the “bad “boy gives back to society and pays his dues.

Hyun Joong as the genius in Playful Kiss complained of difficulties memorizing the formulas, we can only say in jest, these were taught in school; he must have been absent then, strumming his guitar somewhere.

Kim Hyun Joong at iWeekly No.693 10 Feb 2011 Issue

Matching Lover?

Kim HyunJoong
Relationship status: Single. In a status which will not inform you even in a relationship or married
Previous lovers: Secondary school first lover, unknown Korean artist
Who is suitable: She who is from Mars

Known by Korean media as a boy who out of the norm and own a mind of mars.

Converse and behave in a leaping way, having a unique type of logic, he has his own little planet, you must adjust your frequency yourself.

Don’t like to be bounded by anything, even when sleeping also don’t like to wear clothes; love to mix with his buddies, might accidentally neglect you; believe in love in first sight, once fall in love in the other party because of one greeting.

Love easy going, girl who has cool character, don’t know how to get along with person who are too prudent.

When having a relationship with him, due to his idol status, he will not announce to the entire world, but he will bring you to fish, eat sashimi, watch movie, and drive around.

Too dull relationship will make him bored, be an alien together with him, once in a while fake broke off with him then go back to him again, alternative method will maintain the freshness of the relationship.

Hyung Jun at Music High singing 알면서 (You already Knew)

Behind the scenes of Hyung Jun shooting Paparazzi MV