So tired.. Different from pastㅜㅠ uhung ㅜㅜ fresh start! >_<ㅋ Morning craving for green tea bing su. ㅎㅎ Nom nom..
Translations by yooniqda_ & Kara5Jewel @ twitter
Soompi Q: Do you have a favorite member of Kara? And would you have a collaboration tomorrow?
Jay: No, we’re not gonna have a collaboration, I mean I would be down to collaborate with them, but I don’t think they would want to collaborate with me. You know, our styles are so different, I can’t pull off the cutesy butt dances and stuff like that — I wish I could, I can’t. My favorite member? Probably say… I don’t know, I really don’t have a favorite member, I mean, they all have their own unique attractiveness, they’re all good girls.
Can't touch this yeap~~ why do I wanna dance nowadays ㅋㅋㅋ
Translations by Kara5Jewel @ twitter
My sis got a manicure in Silimdong and the lady who did her nails (owns the shop) use to work in the rich neighborhood of Apgujang where a lot of celebrities live. She told my sis that idols and talents would frequent the shop and all of them had shitty attitudes and were rude...all but one...and that was Kara's Nicole Jung. Nicole was always respectful and kind and said she was a genuinely friendly and cheerful person.
KARA‘s Nicole made a surprising confession by revealing that she prefers to avoid appearing on variety programs.
Nicole participated as a guest on the July 21st broadcast of KBS‘s ‘Talk Show Do Dream‘, where she revealed, “I have a phobia of variety programs.”
“I still lack fluency in my Korean, so I have this phobia of appearing on variety shows. I also have a phobia of appearing on Japanese programs ever since we began promotions in Japan two years ago.”
She continued, “I worry whether I’ll make a speech error and am also concerned that people may not understand what I’m saying, so I always end up not talking.”
Upon hearing her confession, fellow guest member Koo Ja Cheol, who is a professional South Korean soccer player, consoled the singer saying, “There’s no need to worry over such a thing. There’s a Japanese player in my team and I asked him about KARA. He told me, ‘They speak Japanese pretty well. It’s also cute when they make a mistake.”
Source & Image: XSports News via Nate
Taken from AllKpop
On July 21, Kara‘s Nicole revealed her fear of variety programs on KBS 2TV’s talk show “Do Dream.”
Nicole explained, “I developed a phobia of variety programs in Korea because of my poor Korean. Then we started promoting in Japan two years ago. I started to have a fear of variety of programs in Japan as well because my Japanese was also not that good.”
She continued, “I started to speak less on variety programs because I didn’t want to make mistakes or be in a position where someone couldn’t understand what I said. To this, soccer player Koo Ja Chul said, “I don’t think you need to do that. When I asked a Japanese athlete on the club team, he said, ‘They speak enough Japanese. Still, the mistakes they make occasionally are cute.”
Additionally, Nicole explained that her fear was exacerbated after Netizens lashed out on her in response to a story she had told about herself. In the anecdote, Nicole said she was in her teens and was at a bar.
Meanwhile, fellow member Gyuri was also a guest on the show.
Taken from Soompi
KARA members Nicole and Gyuri recently participated in a shoot for an upcoming episode of KBS2‘s ‘Do Dream‘ and opened up about the hardships of being an idol star.
Gyuri began, “Before my debut, I was getting ready to sign with one agency and I went with my parents to review the contract. But with the contract, they also prepared an estimate for plastic surgery and said that I would not be able to debut if I did not get work done on my face.”
“I was so upset that they were saying this in front of my parents who gave birth to me,” Gyuri continued. “And after I debuted later with KARA, because I look more mature compared to the other members, a lot of people asked why I was in the group and I lost a lot of confidence.”
Fellow member Nicole then shared, “I began learning Japanese about two years ago, and it was so hard to learn another foreign language especially when being taught in Korean, which I was already struggling with. In Japan, I was afraid I would make a mistake while speaking or lose my flow, so I would just not talk all together.”
Check out their full story on the episode airing on July 21st at 10:25PM KST.
Source & Image : SportsSeoul via Nate
Taken from All KPOP
- KARA Gyuri, can't debut if she didn't do plastic surgery! Got hurt!
KARA's Gyuri confessed that she was suggested to get plastic surgery before debut.
Gyuri, who made appearance on KBS's Talk Show Do Dream revealed because she looked older than the other members, when she heard someone said "Why is that person there?" her confidence slowly decreased.
Also before debut, to sign a contract with a company she went with her parents but she was shocked because of the quotation on the contract because the company said that she was unable to debut if she didn't do plastic surgery. She recalled that she was distressed to hear that in front of her parents who gave birth to her.
Besides that, KARA's Nicole revealed her story about her trauma and her diminished phobia of variety.
- Nicole, becomes less talkative because of her phobia to variety!
Nicole who made appearance on KBS' Talk Show Do Dream revealed that she developed a phobia to variety and became less talkative.
2 years ago while starting their Japan activities she also started learning Japanese language but Nicole who attended school in USA and had poor Korean, said learning other foreign language by using Korean language was really tiring.
Because of that by she was afraid that she would make mistakes or is not able to follow the flow so she didn't talked much in Japan.
Since she lived in abroad in Japan for long time, she also experiences difficulties that overlapped with homesickness.
We can know about the idol's struggling against their lonely battle behind their fancy life.
Source : KBS News
Tip-off : mae
Translated by curbow @ Karaholic
Uhahaha laughed out loud at dawn.. I really want to let Kamilia know .. kekeke merong...mermaid princess' white bird scuttle appear"keke uhahahahaha
Human's subconscious is scary >_<
Translated by yooniqda_ @ twitter
Once an angry man insulted the Buddha. The Buddha simply asked the man if people ever visited him in his home. Surprised at the change of topic, the man answered yes.
The Buddha then asked if his visitors ever brought gifts. When the man replied yes again, the Buddha asked what would happen if he refused to accept the gifts? Who would the gifts belong to then? The man said that, of course, they would still belong to those who brought them.
The Buddha then calmly and kindly said, "In the same way, since I do not accept your insults, they remain with you."
Author - Unknown.
Tip off: Thanks to KARAFULL World!
If I say or write other unfortunate things..it will make me carry along hearts filled with that bad moments, instead of happiness I will absorbed in unhappiness and wasting my time with those people. Today there should be someone who spend a misfortune time, yet for me today too I will live my life diligently so I need to rest well!I will return in double to my family and my people who gave their trust and love to me. let's share good things together haha Today too you all have worked hard good night ~^^
Translated by yooniqda_ @ twitter
Q: Can you tell us about the concept for the stage for tomorrow night?
A: We will do all the hits songs in medley and also the “Let it Go” album, we only previewed it during the concert but we will show it for the first time on TV tomorrow.
Q: What is being in KARA like and has it change you over the year?
A: We have been in the music industry for quite some time and we started as very junior and have many seniors but now we are in the senior position and had gone through a lot of obstacles. Finally, we are more stable now.
Q: KARA recently became the 3rd Korean act to sell over 1 million singles in Japan. How do you feel about this accomplishment?
A: About the 1 million copies sold, we are very surprised with the achievement as well as happy at the same time, we will try our very best to upkeep this response in Japan.
Q:What are some of the difficulties of being in a girl band and why?
A:Well if I(Gyuri) must talk about difficulty, then it could just be keeping on diet and slim figure. We have to constantly watch what we eat and always exercise.
Q: What is your favorite fashion style at the moment and what do you feel about being fashion icons?
A: On the stage, we use to wear something tight and short, so during the normal days, we try to wear something loose and comfortable and we would like to be a fashion icon.
Q:Being in the music industry must be hectic and busy, if you are given one week off, what would you do?
A: We would all like to go out of the country and visit the other part of the countries in the world.
Q: Thoughts when first entering the Japanese market and advice for the other girl groups who also want to succeed in Japan.
A: We are lucky because our seniors already took the Japanese stage and we have no difficulty at all as everything went really smooth and my advice to the juniors will be if you want to perform overseas, you have to know what is like in Korea first very well, then it will be okay.
Q: What make KARA diff from other Kpop girl groups out there?
A: (Nicole) In my opinion, I feel that we are much more professional image on stage and during the off stage, we are able to show much more friendly and outgoing, sort of more comfortable image that fans are able to approach us and feel comfortable with it
Q:How does it feel to represent Korea as Kpop ambassador at the international event like MTV World Stage?
A: It is an honor to be able to perform in such a big international event and it is our first time in Malaysia as well as our first time appearing on World Stage. We are hoping to show our best and hope to interact with the fans
A: KARA has been showing a lot of support for your label mate, A-JAX. What is the relationship like between the members of the two groups?
Q: It is another creation of the same company and this a boy group after a long period of time so we watch and look after them with great interest as well as give all our support like appearing in their music video
A: Who are some of your musical inspiration and why?
Q: Yes we have a lot of idols such as the international stars but we also try to maintain our characteristics and uniqueness in our individualistic concept/in themselves.
World Stage Live in Malaysia 2012 is once again set to make a big return this year with a spectacular line-up featuring famous teen pop star Justin Bieber, very hot and sexy Mizz Nina and sensations K-Hallyu Waves Jay Park and KARA. Many thanks to MTV World Stage organizer, Koreanupdates got the chance to have an interview with KARA.
KARA, a name that’s not need an introduction, famous worldwide with their hits single “Mister” and hot butt dance. We are lucky to get a chance to spend our evening with 5 beautiful ladies of Kara members, Kang Jiyoung – Jung Nicole – Park Gyuri – Han Seungyeon and Goo Hara. They all looked fresh and innocent with white-blue outfits and honestly they really have stunning beauty.
During interview, there is a translator to help us communicate with KARA and as known, Nicole is the only one can speak English fluently.
Without further delay, let’s check out our interview session with KARA!
Q: This is your first time to Malaysia. What is your first impression?
Nicole: Malaysia is very nice country. It has beautiful landscape and when I opened a window in the morning I can see a green city.
Q: During your visit at Singapore, you only performed 2 slow songs and your fans not really happy about it because they really anticipated your dance song.
Seungyeon: We are truly sorry about it but due to healthy issue we are unable to perform like always we do and we promise we will perform more songs for our next visit at Singapore.
Q: What do you see yourself in the next 5 years?
Nicole: We would like to master in variety of area that we are in like acting, VJing, DJing and singing. And we hope we can celebrate our 10th anniversary as a KARA.
Q: If you are not singer/idol, what will you be?
Nicole: We will be a normal college student. Laugh. Perhaps, I will be a cooking teacher.
Jiyoung: I wannabe animal trainer.
Gyuri: I will still be a singer.
Sungyeon: Maybe, Japanese or Korean translator.
Hara: College student with a load part time jobs and have many big dreams.
Q: Other than your music style right now, what other genre of music that you wanna try out?
Nicole: We are not planning anything so far. But we love to try other than dance music genre.
Q: You are big name in Japan. What is your strength to popular there?
Nicole: We are really lucky to get a load of love from our fans in Japan. I think it’s because we can speak Japanese fluently, we practiced Japanese a lot.
Q: What do you do when you have a free time?
Nicole: We spend our time in dorm. Sleep, rest and hang out together. Sometimes, we back home and visit our family.
Q: At this MTV World Stage, will you collaborate with Jay Park?
Gyuri: No, there is no collaboration with Jay Park.
Q: How do you feels to perform same stage with famous star Justin Bieber?
Jiyoung: Justin Bieber is a famous star and I always listens to his songs.
Nicole: A new experience!
And our 10 minutes exclusive interview with KARA came to end.
See you soon KARA!
Reported by LadyKizu@KoreanUpdates.com