잘가요 내사랑 (Jal Gayo Nae Sarang)

Ahhh~!! My new favourite! It's from 8eight's "The Golden Age" album. Ever since I listened to their "Without A Heart" (or "Empty Heart"), I have started to like this Korean group. They remind me of the old Black Eyed Peas (how could they have disbanded?! T.T) The song is called 잘가요 내사랑 (Jal Gayo Nae Sarang or Chal Gayo Nae Sarang), meaning "goodbye my love". A college friend sent it to me via messenger. I saw her MSN message with this song title in Korean and I thought it was "Without A Heart". And then, eventually she sent me the song. I saw the MV. Gosh~ That's the first music video ever to make me cried!! It starred Kim So Eun from Boys Before Flowers (she is so pretty! Kim Bum x So Eun foreva!! SoEul!!), Jung Gyu Woon and Jung Jin Woon from Korean boy band 2AM. A beautiful song and a sad MV.

The song is in my playlist and you can watch the video here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ok2M0pFzAP8

The lyric is here (from http://qeagrumpygirl.wordpress.com/2009/06/13/8eight-goodbye-my-love-mp3-download-romanization-translation-lyric/):

annyoung jal jinaeni
hello, how are are you?

gwiyubdun ni ulgooleun yaejun gwa gateunji
is your face still cute like before..

jogeum neujen anbu neujeun ibyuleul dama sseunda
pouring out my late regards and my late farewells, i write..

ddeun geum ubsshi wae pyunjinyago mootji aneulji
i wonder if you’ll simply ask me why it’s a letter

maesaeji mini hompi heunhandae goodji
when messages on mini homepages are more common

peneul deuneun gun hokshina nae mam da mot junhwalggabwa
firmly, i pick up my pen.. just in case i can’t convey my heart

daleun bangbubeulon yukshina andwelguh gatta
i feel like i can’t do this any other way

himgyubduhla mani saranghetdun tuhla
it was really hard. when i loved you,

mwuh hana hana nae ddeutdaelo dwaeneun gae ubduhla
nothing happened the way i wanted it to

geuman nul gwaelob hyuhla seuseulo dajimhago
i keep promising myself to stop bothering you

jookeun deut gidalyuhdo niga oneun gun aniduhla
even though i wait until death, you won’t come

jalgayo nae sarang ijen bonaejoolggaeyo
goodbye, my love. i’ll let you go now.

giuk choouk modoo ijeulggaeyo
the remembrances and the memories, i’ll forget them all

jioogo jiwuhsuh sarang hanjumdo biwuh nelggaeyo
i’ll erase and erase and empty out every drop of love

nae mamaesuh
from my heart

hanbun dan hanbunman nul dashi bogae dwaemyun ulmana joeulgga
one time, just one more time, if i am to see you again, how nice would that be..

ilun duhdin milyun noonmooldo modoo jioolyunda
this lingering attachment, these tears, i’ll erase everything

momi muluhjimyun maeumdo muluhjindan mal
the saying that as the bodies grow farther apart,the heart grows further apart as well

hanado naegen soyoung ubduhla da guhjitmal
is of no use to me, it’s all lies

haru haru galsoolok chochweh haejineun naega ansseuluh
everyday, i become more and more worn out.. i’m sorry for causing you trouble

dolagal soon ubsseulgga maeileul mooluh seuseulo
everyday, i ask myself, “can’t we go back”

aetaneun nae mameul jwiuh jjanae solichyuhbwatja,naegen deulijiga anneunda
even if i wring out my distressed heart and cry out, you can’t hear now,

chooukeh ggeutaesuhya ibyuleul ggaedaleun hoo aeyaat
the end of our memories, after i’ve realized our separation,

nae mamaesuh nul bonenda annyoung
i’ll let you go from my heart.. goodbye

jalgayo nae sarang ijen bonaejoolggaeyo
goodbye, my love. i’ll let you go now.

giuk choouk modoo ijeulggaeyo
the remembrances and the memories, i’ll forget them all

jioogo jiwuhsuh sarang hanjumdo biwuh nelggaeyo
i’ll erase and erase and empty out every drop of love

nae mamaesuh
from my heart

duh shigani jinamyun nuhleul ijeul jool alatneundae
i thought i would forget you as time goes by

dashi ddo dashi nun nae mamsokae chajawa
but you keep finding your way into my heart again and again

andwaeyo nae sarang bonelsooga ubneyo
i can’t.. i can’t let go of my love

geudel geudel ijuhya haneundae
i have to forget you, you

jioogo jiwuhdo naegen ddo geudae bboonin gabayo
no matter how much i try to erasei guess you’re the only one for me

mian haeyo
i’m sorry

credit back to crazykootie@soompi for the lyric

Celebrating the end of finals~!!

After coming out from the exam hall, me and three of my friends went straight to Sunway Pyramid to celebrate! Haha. Well, actually the only person I know is Carmen, the others are her friends and I can't even remember their name *shhhh~* It's a tradition to go out after exam so I won't mind who I will be going with. Even if I have to go alone, I don't mind at all, as long as I get to go!

So, we hung around the mall for an hour or so and then we decided to have dinner at the Korean restaurant, Che Ga. When we were there, we had wasted more than 15 minutes trying to decide on what to eat! Haha. Everything on the menu looks good. Especially those barbeque meat and seafood sets. Yummy~ And they are darn expensive, too. The set that we ordered cost RM128 alone!! But the dishes were really nice! Especially the barbeque chicken and pancake! They are my favourite.

The girl in the picture (Sorry, I really can't remember her name XP) and I ordered ice-blended mocha with red beans (NOT the coffee-mocha. It's green tea). Carmen ordered ice-blended mocha+watermelon (See the glass at the farthest right?). These drinks are just weird. That's why we ordered them XD *teehee*



Ahh~ dahk galbi (Korean marinated barbeque chicken)~ (or is it what it's called?) with lettuce...Mmmm~

I like it so much! Although this was not the first time eating Korean barbeque (gogi gui), I was still so overwhelmed by the taste.



The rest of the RM128-set. Haha. We didn't really finish the banchan. There was a small plate of kimchi. I had a small bite and...God, I still can't get use to the taste. It wasn't spicy but it just tasted funny. The black pot is sam gae tang (chicken and ginseng soup) but, again, it tasted funny. It tasted like plain water with salt. It's not how we expected it to taste like.

And the winner is...Pajeon~! Gosh, this Korean pancake tasted even better than oh jian (Chinese pancake with oysters) There were bits of meat and prawns with veggie in it. It tasted even better with the dipping sauce that came with it. I love it! And now I missed it. T.T



This...Seriously, I don't know what it is called. I just called it Korean hot pot udon. I bet you can't see the udon. That's because the udon was deep at the bottom, being buried by the ingredients. Lolx~ Look at them. The amount of the ingredients is just crazy! There were veggies, mushrooms, beans, tofu and my favourite crab sticks (or krab or imitation crab meat. Call it whatever you like) It was part of the set, too.

The set was meant for 2-3 persons. There were four of us and we couldn't even finish it XD

I really want to have Korean cuisine again! The barbeque and pancake, especially. I'm really in love with it. Or maybe it's just my habit of falling in love with foreign countries' cuisine. Lol~

We had been in the restaurant for 2 hours! People that came at the same time as us had already left well earlier than us. We were just talking about a subject the whole time --- Carmen's dream guy. I have to admit that he looks kind of cute but...OMG~ I would never go to the extent of falling so deeply in love with him to the point of stalking him~! *ahem* She knows he's full name, which state he's from, what year and course he's in and she has his pictures in her phone. And she hasn't even talk to him yet!

Gosh~ She met him on the first day of the orientation and she is attracted to him since then. It seems like he is really popular in his course and on the campus. And on the internet, too! So I'm not gonna say his name out loud. The whole 2-hour conversation was about how-Carmen-should-bump-into-him-"accidentally" plans. It was crazy. Insane! XD And we suspected him to be either pure Korean or half (it was because of his name, not his looks. He doesn't looked like a Korean). And then all of a sudden, the topic changed to Korean. We started speaking in Korean. Lol~ It was fun. I know only a few simple phrases and sentences. One of the girls (the one in the first picture) actually understands the language. She can't write and can only read limited amount of words, but she can understand Korean drama without the help of dubbing and subtitles! She is a Malaysian but she moved to Brunei. She came back here for only one semester. Won't be seeing her next semester. =(

Love Alive

There is another song that I have fell in love with recently. It's Love Alive by Minji. It is a song from the Japanese movie "252 -生存者あり". It's also in my playlist XD *pointing at the playlist excitedly*

Obviously, the singer is not a Japanese. She's a Korean. By listening to her way of singing and looking at her name, you could tell that straight away. She doesn't have the japanese-style of siniging. They usually sing in Jay Chow style --- "eat the words" XD Japanese tend to skip some syllables when they're singing or talking due to their pace of speaking (It's damn fast DX)
Minji, however, sings the lyrics with clear syllables, word by word. It's not like I don't like it, though.

This is the link for her live performance: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jNCuZaU9YDE

Noctis and Stella: Their Last Kiss

I was looking for a subbed version of the new clip of FFVersusXII which is the clip that shows the first meeting of the mega couple *squeals* (I have to say, Nokuto-kun is SO HOT in the video. This is the first time I called a guy hot, mind you XP) And then, after watching hundreds of useless fanmade videos of the couple *grrrr~*, I found one particular video from YouTube that I really like. Both the clip and the music. The song is called Last Kiss by Bonnie Pink. It is Gantz ending theme, FYI.

I have instantly fell in love with the song X3

This is the video I'm talking about. I've got the song in my playlist, too. *pointing down at the blog*

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YAhtG6n3K2M&feature=related

Here are the lyrics:

akaku moeru kokoro kotoba ubaware SANSETTO
tatazunda jikan to omoi no fukasa wa IKOORU
tatta hitokoto de tabidatsu nokare no inai asu wa
It's bitter like beer for kids

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shitaanata o zutto wasurenai yo
tatoe hanarebanare demo
saigo no KISU o oboete iru yo oboete iru yo

hajimari wa dare demo junshinmuku na BEIBII
nigai mika jitte mo kujikecha dame yo walk straight
satta koto dakedo ame no naka zukizuki itamu yo
I'm lonely as floating ice

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita ano meku mori o wasurenai yo
tatoe hanareba nare demo anata no KISU o oboeteru yo

doushite mo wakari aenunara mitodokeru yo kawa no you ni
dare wo nani o semete mo ii aishita koto dake wa kegasanai de

yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita anata o zutto wasurenai yo
itsuka aeru to shinjite saigo no KISU o kamishimeru yo
yaseta yubi ni KISU o shita naita anata o omoidasu yo
kore de owari da to shite mo saigo no KISU wa wasurenai yo
wasurenai yo
wasurenai yo
kare no KISU o wasurenai yo

Drawing Day 2009

I was "wandering" around deviantART last night (late at night. Again XD) and came across a certain journal entry that almost made me gone crazy. I did not even know there is such an event as the Drawing Day! I found out about it around 3 hours before midnight. I literally tossed away everything on hand (including that 4 cm thick Stat textbook XD), grabbed my most trusted mechanical pencil and eraser, and start sketching on a piece of A4 paper. It was such a short notice. So, I decided to draw something simple and easy but impactive.

I called it "Red Tears". Her eyes and tear are red. But it can't be seen here as my lousy scanner did some colour adjustments to it OTL >.<

Her eyes have a less obvious red than they originally are and the drop of tear on her cheek became...black~ Damn it! Baka scanner~

It is simple so it only took me 2 hours to finish it (including inking and shading).

I don't know about other people, but she sort of reminds me of Hiou Shizuka from VK. Maybe it's because of her hair and kimono (and that sad look on her face)? Hehe... I didn't intend to make the girl look like her but she just accidentally turned out this way. *shrugs*

Latest work

I'm too lazy to update the photobucket slideshow XP

So, instead of going through so much trouble in posting the photos=> update the slideshow=> copy the code=> repost the slideshow, I'll just post my latest work of art here. If you're interested to view my other works, you could always visit my page at deviantART and MangaBullet.

chuiqi99 (deviantART): http://chuiqi99.deviantart.com/

chuiqi99 (MangaBullet): http://www.mangabullet.com/chuiqi99/profile

This is the sketch I promised to give to my friend, but it's still not done. Still pondering whether to draw a garden background or a colour-splash one or one with shadings XDD

Ahhh~ I call this sketch The Black Couple XD

When I was drawing this, I kind of imagine the couple to be the top assassins in an underground organisation.

*Ahem* I tend to do that for every sketch...teehee~

Boys Before Flowers!!! My current favourite Korean drama XDD

I absolutely love the boys in the series. Much better than the taiwanese and japanese versions. My personal favourite would be Yoon Ji-Hoo (the one on the farthest right), in both real-life drama and the drawing because a) he's the cutest and most handsome in the group b) he's the easiest to draw and c) he's the only one that turned out looking good in the drawing T.T

Heaven with a Price

I have finally decided to use Copic markers as my primary art medium. Watercolour just isn't right for me. I am bad at controlling the colour and water capacity, which would pretty much ruin my work X(

I have found the heaven of manga art supplies at The Gardens! Yes. I'm talking about Art Friend. It has manga manuscripts and Copic markers!! You have no idea how I felt when I saw the whole rack of Copic markers. I felt like crying. Tears of happiness XD

However, nothing is without a price. This heaven of mine requires a price. A VERY HIGH price in fact. One Copic Marker cost about RM30. And I needed, like, 100 of them!! A 72-set cost about RM1150; 36-set is around RM610; even the smallest set, 12-set needs RM107!!! I'm going to go broke before I even get half of the number I need.

Conclusion: I'm going to have to start SAVING! No new clothes and accessories for at least half a year. T.T I have to save up money from my daily allowance, which is RM27 - RM30. I need to save up to two-third of it. It's not like I can spend more than RM10 at that lousy cafeteria in Monash *bleh*. So, it's going to be at least 4 months before I can lay my hands on my 72-set treasure. *crossing fingers*

The list of tools/supplies I need to buy:

1. Copic Sketch 72B set (The Ultimate Goal)
2. Manga manuscript/ Illustration pad/ A4 White cardstock
3. 0.3 mm mechanical pencil (Optional)
4. 003 Copic Multiliners
5. 005 Staedler Pigment Liners
6. White gel pen and ink
7. White acrylic paint
8. Copic colourless blender

= almost RM2000 *faints*

(And I'm doing this a week before my finals XP I'm SO dead~)