For Sale: A Hyun Bin Photobook, Army Edition

Or should I say Kim Tae Pyung's? Looks like the army wants a piece of Binnie pie as well. 

The thing that is controversial about this is not the fact that the Military is producing promotional books (Korea's practically The Land of Photobooks), but the fact that they are SELLING what used to be given out FOR FREE. 

Hyun Bin Completes Rigorous Military Training

...and he says he misses his parents the most. Aww. 

Recently his military life has been documented and it has already been unveiled to the public. May 1st's broadcast of KBS's documentary program "3 Days Documentary" featured Hyun Bin as a ROK Marine Corps 1137 in his 5th week of going through hellish training scenarios for new recruits. 

Binnie At The Airport & BIFF

Photos galore! Hyun Bin leaves to Berlin for its 61st international film festival on the 15th with Come Rain, Come Shine co-star Im Soo-jung.

This is kinda irrelevant, but was reported as a news anyway: Believe it or not, this whole outfit costs approx. 10 million won. How they found the brand of each and every item he wore is beyond me; check it out (USD conversion in approximates):

Binnie & Tang Wei for Vogue

Oooh I love it when the mags pair up their models just like they do in movies. This pairing would not have been possible if it weren't for the film they did together, Late Autumn. 

Binnie The Barista? The Perfect Advertising Hero~

As promised, here's my cute Binnie post ("cute" refers to Binnie, not my post). It only took one look to convince me to translate this article, and it's none other than the photo below:

Isn't it...bwahaha! He looks so feminine. It's amazing how a different hairstyle changes one from chadonam (brash urban male) to kkotminam (pretty flower boy). He's so purty~

What? You Think I Was Kidding When I Said It Was Italian?

If your tracksuit costs less than 1000 USD, it's a fake. And it's not The Tracksuit. It's Blue Spangle, ahem. And lemme introduce to you the rest of the churinings:

Meet the Blue Spangle, Leopard, Black Flower and Gold Stud. At 1.2 million won each, that makes each one of them costs approx 1000 USD with the exception of Gold Stud staying true to it's name, being the most pricey at 1 250 USD (1.38 million won).

Secret Garden: A CNY Present

Continuing my tradition since last Christmas, I'll be posting another SG parody vid using Chinese New Years as an excuse (let's be honest: I'm still not quite over Joo Won or SG yet).


Linky to the video will be after this, first up here are pics of SJ's Eunhyuk doing yet another parody from our beloved show. As any Gardener would know, it's the two signature scenes from the drama, The Sit-ups and the (infamous) Bed Scene #1:

BTS Photoshoot of Hyun Bin for K2

Hyun Bin has a new 'do! He's sporting a windswept look in his latest endorsement for outdoor brand K2, which previously has only used foreign models for its advertisements. 

But what's really telling about his status as the "CF King" is the fact that he got this endorsement only weeks before his military enlistment. Imagine if he weren't Binnie, the contract will be a no go and K2 will probably say: "Oh gee. You are joining the military in 2 months time? See you in two years then." But since he is The Binnie, you betcha they'll take what they can get. 

Long Live SG: Two And A Half Updates

Well, can't really say all these is SG related but it is related to the SG family, so read up, folks!

Props From Philips Event

Something extra on Hyun Bin's event I posted earlier, it's a short post but this is too kuupta not to share:

Which is your favorite Binnie look of them all? (for me it's no contest, it's Binnie in heart-armor churining).

Hyun Bin Gets A Diamond-Studded Razor From Philips (and a SG event)

At first I thought the "diamond" in the headline meant some latest shaver gimmick that involves the use of industrial diamonds in razor blades (I would know 'cause my dad has one) but then common sense tells me no ordinary shaver would cost 30 million won (*approx 27 000 USD).

Binnie's Transformation For Come Rain, Come Shine

The following post is about my Binnie love. Stay clear if you think you might puke (just kidding). 


Hyun Bin: From chadonam (brash urban male) to kkotminam (pretty flower boy)

If you ask me, my sole purpose of watching Come Rain, Come Shine is to see how Binnie's hair moves when the wind sways, but as a blogger one cannot sound too shallow or one will lose credit (sheesh as if I haven't already). But seriously though, being the only South Korean film to be nominated for BIFF's prestigious Golden Bear award has got to mean something, no?

SG Gets A Special (again?)

(Updated!)

We're Lying There Just Like A Line - Yozoh (feat. Lee Sang Soon)

A certain friend at Baidu said it best: "Long live SG!" Not to be confused with the previous one that came out on Saturday, this special will be coming out in time for the Lunar New Year. A quick check at the Chinese calendar (yes, us Chinese have a special calendar of our own) shows that it will be on the 2nd day of CNY. No time details have been announced yet. Schedule is as follows:

What will our Binnie look like 20 years later?

He'll age gracefully, that's what. This is too cute not to share: it seems like Binnie's fans are having fun at the expense of two actors. Which veteran in the k-entertainment industry do you think they posted up? C'mon, use your imagination...

SG's Bed Scene: Behind-The-Scenes

[To mamajoni who wanted to know more about the bed scene, sorry to put a wet blanket to the steamy bed scene, but as a certain show said it best: You Asked For It -haha!]

You know, I've been thinking about SG's finale...and if I were to change one part it would be Sohn Ye Jin's cameo. This is pretty shocking for me too, as she's one of my fav kstars in the industry -and happy to see her doing fine, in fact hotter and wittier than she ever was in Personal Taste), but I was (irrationally) mad at her for taking away what could be Joo Won's sister and Action School's director's romantic development. Wouldn't it be better if, say, she wanted Ra Im to be her stuntwoman or her co-star instead? 


Instead, Jong Soo is now reduced to a flubbering idiot and sister is nowhere in sight. *Sigh* Don't mind me, just one of my many rants. Anyway, back to the bed/ implied sex scene:

A Joint Binnie and Song Hye Kyo News

[To Anonymous: Apparently Binnie did mention SHK on Taxi, so you can be rest assured (or not?). He frankly admitted on the show that "he is dating someone". ] You know I love my mash-ups, it saves space and (your) effort too! Tell me, who doesn't love a 2-in-1 news? 


Song Hye Kyo releases photo book

Song Hye Kyo return to her fans with breathtaking photos. With the world as her backdrop (featuring her world travels/work), her photobook Moment, Song Hye Kyo will be released on the 28th. 

Late Autumn Trailer Unveiled

At first, from the highly stylized posters I thought it would be more of a jun ai movie, with beautiful scenery and subtle romance. But nooooo this looks so romantic!!! Best yet, because it's in English, we don't need NO subtitles (much), bwahahah! 

Nevertheless I think I'll give it some time before I watch this, I don't want to be making comparisons; the Tracksuit Pose doesn't help matters -_-" And, am I sensing a chadonam attitude? 

Hyun Bin Goes On A Talk Show

After Secret Garden ended, for the first time Binnie goes on tvN's variety show, Taxi. Taxi is sort of like a talk show, and by sort of I mean they do chat like in a talk show, but instead of the studio it's done LIVE in a taxi where the host drives and the guests are passengers. Hmm...didn't they say that while driving we should focus on nothing but that? How is anyone suppose to to do that while Binnie is right beside them? 

SG Steamy Parody

Oooh, this post have been (deliciously) upped. Dear dc genius, please tell me who you are, 'cause I wanna make banners for you. Your fan foreva, hellochloe.

The following post is restricted to LOEL Department Store Staff. Err, perhaps that is a wee bit restrictive, so let it be for the eyes of die-hard Gardeners only:

Love Knows No Strangers: In Preparation For Late Autumn

Gardeners, does Binnie's pose seems familiar to you?

Eh, I just (belatedly) realize something. Since this is a kmovie, does that mean that Tang Wei's lines will be subbed? Oh wait, that wouldn't be necessary since their real-life nationalities is retain for the movie. Movies of this genre and style is usually a "I won't talk much" movie, where it's mostly emotive and they'll speak English only when necessary (alas, we won't get to hear Binnie's lovely voice). This formula did work well for Japan's Waiting In The Dark, where circumstances prevent them from having the need to speak to each other (she's blind and he's a fugitive seeking shelter in her house. Without her knowing).