Who is Hae Lim?

Well she the newest Wonder Girls member. I could say she replaced Sun Mi, but that wouldn’t be fair (to Sun Mi or to Hae Lim), so I’m going to say she’s the new addition.

Have any of you visited the Wonder Girls website?

I did and I was surprised that there wasn’t any kind information about her on it: no profile, no biography, and no pictures.

She wasn’t received “warmly” by the fans and everyone keeps saying she doesn’t fit in with the rest of the Wonder Girls. Of course she doesn’t fit in with the rest of the girls; she’s new to them and to the fans.

The Wonder Girls have been around for 3 years. In this time, they earned their fans, they created their own style and have gotten used to being in the spotlight. They (Sun Ye, Ye Eun, So Hee, Yo Bin and Sun Mi) also became friends.

Hae Lim is a stranger to the stage, a stranger to the Wonder Girls and a stranger to the fans. So, don’t be unfair to her. She’s a newbie, a Wonder Girls newbie. Give her time to earn her fans, to find her style and to get used with all this attention that she’s getting. Also, give her time to become friends with the other Wonder Girls.

She isn’t here to replace Sun Mi.

I am actually looking forward to the new Wonder Girls album. I just want to hear her sing and I also want new Wonder Girls songs. Then I’ll know for sure if I like her or not. Until then, I hope JYPE will make her a proper profile and we will get to see more pictures of her and the Wonder Girls.

P.S.: I just realised that, while I wrote this post I actually got used to Hae Lim as a Wonder Girl. And I’m the same person who, a few weeks ago, said she can’t imagine the Wonder Girls without any of the original members.

If you bought the TV Guide (TV Satelit) I’m sure you’ve noticed the beautiful picture of Mi Shil (from The Great Queen Seon Deok) on the front page.

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There’s also a 2 page article about the Korean drama inside the magazine, and there’s only good stuff written about it. In the article, they also mention something about the drama having its own Facebook page. So, if you’re on Facebook and you are a fan you should visit it (and even join).

Also, on TVR2 (not TVR1), there’s a new Korean drama: “Cronicile frumoasei luptatoare” (English name: “Damo”; Korean name “다모/조선 여형사 다모”). The first episode was aired this Sunday, but if you’ve missed you can watch it on Youtube (the subs are in Spanish).

And all I can say is that the Korean wave is definitely hitting us. Now, if they could only broadcast the music programs that would be awesome. In fact, I’ll go even with normal dramas like: “Coffee Prince”, “Boys over flowers”, “God of study”, etc.

Okay, the last one is still in production/filming but one can only hope right.

Korean entertainment has been taken by surprise by the official announcement that Sun Mi is leaving the Wonder Girls.

As all the fans out there, I was shocked when I read the news (on Saturday). It really came out of nowhere and what really “hit” was how quickly she was replaced (by a 17 year old Lim).

I just can’t imagine the Wonder Girls without any of the original members: Sun Ye, Ye Eun, Yu Bin, So Hee and Sun Mi. JYP really found the “perfect formula” for a girl group. All of the 5 members had their own personalities and unique traits, they had really great chemistry on stage and off (not to mention talent) and the Wonder Girls are the only Korean Idol group that has managed to keep it’s style unchanged for more than 3 years. And that says something in an industry where image and keeping up with the latest fashions counts as much as talent.

It’s funny how things turn out, since last year in June, So Hee and Sun Mi were bashed for giving up school so they could concentrate more on their activities in the U.S. and now, half an year later, Sun Mi is leaving the Wonder Girls so she can focus more on school and the fans are shocked and refuse to “let her go”. I guess you can’t please everyone.

I am wondering if her leave will affect the Wonder Girls English album that is supposed to be out this February? Either way, she will be greatly missed and I’m sure that everyone will agree that she’ll be a Wonder Girl no matter how long she’ll be away from the stage.

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Wish you luck with your studies Mimi!

I’m not into politics nor do I enjoy talking about it. But it’s not something I can actually ignore, knowing that our life is ruled by people that don’t even care about us.

In a few weeks Romania will have a new president.

I’m pretty much sure we’re going down the drain cause we don’t have an “Obama” to vote for, not even someone close. After the fall of the Communist regime in 1989, Romania has been going downhill. We’re not progressing. We’re just going around in circles and after each circle things just keep getting worse.

The worst part is you can’t even trust the media to inform you about what’s happening. If you want to be lied in your face, just open the TV or read a newspaper. What’s worse, the media that is supposed to inform people about what’s going on, is making things up. Why? Because people that are into politics (and which have certain interests) have their own TV stations and newspapers. So it’s easy to see why you shouldn’t depend on the media.

• I hate the situation that we’re in now
• I hate the fact that there are a lot of miss informed people out there
• I hate the bribed people that come in and vote and after a year they start complaining that things aren’t going well (trust me there are a lot of them, including pensioners)
• I hate the stupidity in the country
• I hate wanting to vote and not having for who to vote for
• I hate the media for not doing what it’s supposed to do
• I hate the fact that there’s no one out there that could stop this vicious circle we’re been in the past 20 years.

Now, I’m wondering for what did those people died 20 years ago? Did they died for freedom? Or was it all just to get rid of Ceausescu just so others like him could take over?

In today’s newspaper, you can find a really small article (really small) about Top Gear coming to Romania on 22 September.

I’m a big fan of this TV show and I’m now even into cars. The article says:

The famous TV show from BBC, “Top Gear”, will be filming in the underground car park of the Palace of Parliament… on 22 September. The Top Gear stars will be filming for 3 hours and will be making demonstrations with 3 spectacular cars: Ferrari, Lamborghini and Aston Martin.

But that’s not all, after a little googleing, I found out that they will be filming in different locations in Romania. Now that’s awesome. I would like and autograph now! But I don’t even know when they will be coming in the country and on what airport. Must do my research first.

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I think I’ll get a few days off… and maybe convince Johnny to take a few days off too.