Andy, "I had thoughts of quitting Shinhwa."

Shinhwa member Andy confessed that he had considerations to quit the entertainment circle.

Andy's confession came out on SBS Good Sunday X-Man when they were unfolding an investigation.
He said, "There was a time when I had thoughts of quitting the entertainment industry."

Andy said, "During Shinhwa's 4th album activities, I alone had a year of free time with no activities." He opened his heart and spoke frankly that the one year when he left Shinhwa was a toilsome period for him, as the other 5 members of Shinhwa continue to do activities.

He also said, "It was difficult to contact the members then because they were naturally busy.. and when my agony ended, I decided to be totally devoted to Shinhwa."
He related the tearful experience then, "I considered for the last time and after seeing the members crying while I was there at the Shinhwa's fanmeeting, I decided not to leave."

At the end, Shinhwa continued to be a popular group which is enjoying longevity, and this could not have been possible if the members did not have the faith of unity.

Similarly, "Long-Legged Beauty" Singer Kim Hyun Jung also confessed that she had thoughts of quitting the entertainment industry too.

Source: Ocean's Six
Translation: ||sOpHiA*@s-shinhwasarang

Happy Birthday Dongwan!!!

We had a belated birthday party for Dongwan last Friday evening all thanks to Flor. We celebrated it at Buddy's along Kalayaan in Makati City where food is delicious and the prices are affordable.

We have molo soup, pork barbeque and pansit habhab.

And what's a birthday without a cake

Happy birthday Kim Dongwan. Thank you for being the silent force that keeps Shinhwa together. May you have more success and good health always.

ERIC 2006 U.G.I.Z Winter Series

Filial Boy JunJin, wants to be like his father.

JunJin is a filial boy after all. Halfway through the interview, upon bringing up the topic of his father, JunJin's eyes would open widely and start talking enthusiatically about all the things that his father and him would like to do together.

JunJin's planning to hold a combined concert next year. In fact, after the release of his solo album, this is the plan that JunJin would like to attempt first. JunJin said, "The concert I want to organise is not to exhibit the JunJin liked by teenagers and youngsters, but rather, a concert which has the atmosphere that families and "father-and-son" can feel and enjoy together." His concept was to have his father blow the saxophone, his mother play the piano and with him singing along. He also wants to dance "Tap Dance" with his father. His father Charlie Park even went to the extent of researching the "Popping" step with him, showing his zeal and enthusiasm. There are many areas which JunJin would like to attempt to challenge. Hence, JunJin came up with a Concert Menu with his father at home.

20 years later, JunJin want to be like his father. His father is someone who is engrossed in family matters, and even the house that they are staying in was built by himself. The pipes that connect to the stove, and even the walls constructed required the help of JunJin's nine friends. JunJin's father even renovated his own toilet. He was skillful in construction, and he's the kind of man who believes that "construction of the house cannot be totally dependent on just spending money". When JunJin's car often breaks down, it was his father who spent 2 days repairing it on his own.

"Daddy-fication" has begun for JunJin. JunJin laughed and said, "In the past, I felt that tidying up, repairing and constructing are very troublesome work. But gradually I realised that they could be pretty interesting." After which he said, "If I marry, I promised I will live together with my parents like a big family, in the house that my father built with his own hands."

Credits: o-six for original article + shinhwachina + ||sOpHiA*@s-shinhwasarang

JunJin, "The real side of JunJin nowadays."

Shinhwa Member JunJin has debuted as a singer and released his solo single "Love Won't Come". Although there were already solo singers who debuted from groups, such as Lee HyoRi, Son HoYoung, Park Jung Ah, Shin HyeSung and Lee MinWoo from Shinhwa, JunJin's solo transformation still embodies an entirely different significance. This is because of his transformation from a rapper in the group to becoming a singer.

#1. After watching Se7en and Rain, he was agitated.

JunJin's determination to do his solo activities originated 3 years ago. The reason was simple. After watching other artistes appearing as solo singers, he also developed the thinking of "I want to do this too." This feeling intensified after he saw other junior singers. "When I see Se7en or Rain, I would have the mentality to compare. I would sometimes think 'If I was also like that at that age...' But after thinking again, I felt that this mentality was wrong. I can still be successful now, and I can still develop my progress. Even if it's a little, but if I could learn when I am still young, I will be able to enhance my abilities in future." Although he had always wanted to learn singing, in fact, he has only started for a few months. Even when he just started learning, JunJin went into the recording studio like a "shivering" rapper.
"Until one year ago, I was still very nervous. But I still sang a ballad verse while Shinhwa was doing "Once in a lifetime" activities this year. During the Asia Tour, I also performed a full song. Gradually, I felt that the effect was quite good."

#2. Would like to display my usual self

The response obtained from the public was better than expectations. Recently during his solo performances on stage, even male students were cheering very loudly for him. Hence, JunJin felt like he was filming "Dream Team" again. JunJin was thankful that he was able to bring such a surprise to the audience.

But there is still a question. If JunJin wanted to become a singer, wouldn't it be easier to become the "Justin Timberlake" or "Usher" of Korea? His song title which used a polite form of speech also gave the impression that it was too formal and unfamiliar.

"When it comes to my portrayed image, wouldn't it be more suitable if I used "Love Won't Come!" or "Why didn't the love come!" instead? (laughs) Everyone else says this, but I am actually not like that."

**note: "Sarangie Oji Anayo" is the polite form of saying "Love Won't Come" in Korean.
"Love Won't Come!" and "Why didn't the love come!" is a more aggressive way of saying it, which kind of suited JunJin's portrayed image all these while. Hence, people were curious when he didn't do so.

JunJin's co-workers often says, "The Shinhwa member who is most different on and off the camera is JunJin." About the release of his single, JunJin felt that it was a "God-given opportunity." In order to inject more of his true self into this album, he works his hardest.

"I didn't set a standard, and I didn't undergo vocal training. I kept asking WheeSung and Fany to coach me alone, because I wanted to find a voice that truly belong to myself."

All his practice of singing different genres of music such as rock and R&B has became "JunJin's Repertory". JunJin, who treat this as his "capital", is currently planning the blueprint of his official 1st album.

#3 A thorough professional

JunJin who usually don't apply make-up and skin lotion has became a true professional due to his solo activities. Because he had to go on TV shows, he went to search for TV programmes that he participated 2~3 years ago and re-watched them so as to familiarise himself with that "feeling". His health had been affected due to his busy schedule, but he still felt that it was interesting to go on TV shows.

"Today my work only ended at 5:30am this morning. Although I know that I can sleep immediately when my manager drives me home, but I would insist on going online the Internet for 2~3 hours everyday when I am alone." When he sees negative replies, he tries to look for useful solutions because he wants to find a way to alleviate the tremendous stress that he's facing. "There was once when (Kang) Ho-Dong Hyung also faced this. He said 'Why look at those negative replies, get yourself affected, and spoil your plans in the end?' I felt that this sentence was quite true, so after that I only watch stuff that would really help me, and I improved."

However, he gradually realised that it was necessary to also "hide" his sadness towards some things. Although I thought "I don't want to live like that", but because of the environment he is in, JunJin also needed "packaging". Even so, he said, "I still want to find my own style of music different from Rain, Se7en and Min-Woo Hyung." "I really did not know how to sing in the past." "There was much improvement in my acting" JunJin who spilled out these thoughts was still truthful and straightforward like he has always been.


Coming year 2007, JunJin will be planning his own career, such as TV dramas, his official 1st album, and even his solo concert. To JunJin who has debuted for 9 years, his clear awareness of himself, his honesty like a normal person, and his thorough professionalism, all these will become his endless driving force.

Credits: o-six for original article + bestshinhwa + ||sOpHiA* @ s-shinhwasarang

MKMF 2006 Final Result

Shinhwa got two awards last Saturday night with member Minwoo accepting the award in behalf of the group.

Overseas Viewer Award
Yepp Netizen Popularity Award

Way to go!!!

Shinhwa's Fanmeeting in Japan News

Their first album in japanese have exceeded a hundred thousand copies, the highly popular boyband Shinhwa has successfully held their first fanmeeting in tokyo by the official fanclub shinhwafan.jp

To thank the japanese fans for their support, 12000 fans turned up for this event. Leader Eric expressed that "I did'nt expect that there would be this many fans in japan, it feels so good to see them."

Main Vocal Shin Hyesung spoke to them in japanese "Today's first Japan fan meeting is one to be fondly remembered, hope that anytime, anywhere, this will leave you many beautiful memories."

Starting with the songs "Sun In Our Hearts", "Your Man" and "Brand New", there was also a Q&A session, and the members picking their presents from ballots. Solo performances, games, and drawing of portraits and many other activities. in the games part there was also an embarrassing game of asking the members to kiss one another, making their faces red. also, fans had also prepared birthday cakes for dongwan and hyesung, as well as other surprises.

The happy members told the japanese fans "please care more about as in the future, anytime, we'll show you our hardworking side. Please dont forget that no matter its in Seoul or Tokyo, your love is my greatest motivation." hyesung smiled and said "Hope to meet you guys more next year, although there isnt much time left this year, but please support us."

credits:ocean6
米饭小团子@bestshinhwa
xpris@shinhwasarang

Fans Donate Money to Help Deaf Children as a Birthday Gift for SH!

Nov. 27, 2006 is the 28th birthday of Shin HyeSung -- the lead vocalist of Korean POP group “Shinhwa”. Shin HyeSung’s Chinese Fan website (Only星) celebrates his birthday with a very meaningful gift --- to participate in a donation activity named “Let them hear sounds of the world”. The donation money collected from this event is donated to Chinese Lions’ club in Beijing on the behalf of Shin HyeSung. This money will be used to help deaf children to hear sounds of the world. The purpose of this event is to help people in need as well as to give the certificate from this donation as a special birthday gift for Shin HyeSung.

The Chinese Lions’ Club in Beijing has received ten thousand Chinese Yuan from “Only星” on the behalf of Shin HyeSung. In return, three honor certificates are presented to show the appreciation from the deaf children.

Shin HyeSung was born in Nov. 27, 1979 in Korea. He has a heavenly voice that charms all of fans. As the lead vocalist of Shinhwa or as a solo singer, Shin HyeSung performs powerful POP dance songs or sweet ballads with the same perfection. Chinese Shinhwa fans wish deaf children can recover their hearings and can enjoy the music that expresses all the emotions and feelings together with them and with HyeSung. Chinese Shinhwa fans said, they wish to help deaf children in need to hear the world as well as to let Shin HyeSung’s name known in China.

According the statistics, there are roughly 20 million people in China have hearing disability. Among those, 0.8 million is children under 7 years old and increasing 30 thousands more each year. After starting this special donation event for the deaf children, it was widely supported by Chinese Shinhwa Fans. In only 24 days, 11270 Chinese Yuan (around 1.3 Million Koran Won) were collected from 107 fans who are from China, United States and Russian. These money will be donated to the “知乐” (Hear the Music) mission launched by Chinese Lions’ Club in Beijing which helps deaf children in need. Honor certificates with the name of “Shin HyeSung” will be handed to Shin HyeSung as a very meaningful and special gift.

On July 8, 2006, Shinhwa arrived in Shanghai to began their Asian tour. This tour includes concerts in China, Thailand, Singapore and Japan. Shanghai is the first stop of the tour, which brought so much excitement to Chinese Shinhwa Fans. Chinese Shinhwa Fans also created a beautiful “Orange Storm” which attracted a lot of attentions. With the awesome success of the Shanghai concert, China can be the next market for Shinhwa

“On the behalf of HyeSung, we help our people in need. We wish everyone in the world can live happily and well!” Chinese Shinhwa fans also have few words for Shin HyeSung and for Shinhwa--- We are forever with you! Love☆Sung

Source: Sina Ent.
Credit: ocicat@only4steve + dreamhyesung@shinhwasarang

Kim Dongwan, Park Eun Hye, Han Eun Jung and Jo Dong Hyuk will co-star together in SBS 2007 Drama "I'll Not Love" which will air after Snowflowers ends. Kim Dongwan will be playing a producer who abandons his wife, Sang Hee (Han Eun Jung) to attain success. Jo Dong Hyuk will be an owner of a film company and a new film director who will be his rival in work and love for Sang Hee. Park Eun Hye will be playing the third in five siblings who has lost their dad at a young age who went through hardships and to become a successful architect.

credit koreanwind+yeohweping of soompi

HyeSung during Japanese Fanmeeting! (+JunJin)

Hello ^^
I returned from the fanmeeting.

Not long ago we saw HyeSung's appearance during Kang Ho Dong's wedding and he seems to be in bad shape and we were only worried.
But I saw him today and I felt relieved.

HyeSung has straight hair today.
During the 1st fanmeeting (at 1pm), he wore a silver connected pair of glasses.
During the 2nd fanmeeting (at 5pm), he wore a black pair of glasses.

During both the 1st and 2nd fanmeeting, HyeSung was in a really good mood and so he only did happy things.
But he was only really relaxed during the 2nd fanmeeting. I knew he was in a good mood.

색이 희어 매우 예뻤습니다. -> I do not know the meaning of 희어 :/ can't translate.

And for his solo performance,
he sang [Hirai Ken]'s "Hitomi Wo ToJiTe"

Every time I was touched, tears would flow out of my eyes.

And during the 2nd fanmeeting, HyeSung did the initial rap for JunJin's dance track performance. (He did not sing the rap lol)

HyeSung rapped. After the fanmeeting, I told my friend about it and she was very surprised.
He was really like a rapper and he danced with charm. (very cool)

I am excited and I didn't want to come back. And I am sorry I could not write a vivid article on what happened.
I am really happy to hear the song "Hitomi Wo ToJiTe"
**

Original Article: Rika (only4steve)
Translation: ||sOpHiA* @ s-shinhwasarang

"Daddy Eric" In Training

A photo of Eric and his niece taken at "Love Fashion" last November 19th in L.A.


credit:cyworld+shinhwasarang.net

Shinhwa's Special Meeting with the Japanese fans

Shinhwa prepared a special fanmeeting for the Japanese fans whom they have not met for a long time.

Shinhwa's company GOOD stated that on the 23rd Nov, 1pm and 5pm in Tokyo, Shinhwa will be celebrating the establishment of Shinhwa's Official Fanclub "The Legend" and will be holding their 1st Japanese fanmeeting.

Shinhwa's Official Japanese Website (www.shinhwafan.jp) was created this April, and the fans had been requesting for a fanmeeting cum celebration since June. After Shinhwa's concert in September, about 15,000 fans will be attending this fanmeeting, and this continues to prove Shinhwa's popularity in Japan.

Shinhwa will be meeting their Japanese fans through "The Legend" and to repay the love from the Japanese fans, they not only prepared their solo performances but they also prepared special gifts. Firstly JunJin, who had gathered much support since releasing his solo album on the 16th, will be performing his dance track "Come back" and title song "Love Won't Come". Lee MinWoo will be presenting 2 songs from his 2nd album "ShinGiRu" and "Last, First Kiss". Kim Dong Wan will be performing "Only want to meet you" originally sang by Japan's Popular Group "Exile", and Shin HyeSung will be performing a song by Japanese singer Hirai Ken, named "Close your Eyes".

Eric and Andy will revealing a Music Video they have filmed for the song "Jump" which Shinhwa had performed in their concerts in Korea. Shinhwa will also be performing "Your Man" from the 8th album, Japanese Single "Sun In Our Hearts" and "How Do I Say".

Regarding the fanmeeting in Japan, Shinhwa said, "We made a lot of preparations in order to present a meaningful fanmeeting to the fans. We feel that we have Shinhwa Changjo in Korea, and having "The Legend" as Shinhwa's pillar of support and family in Japan, we hope that everyone will continue to give us a lot of support and we will show our hard work to repay all of you."

Credits: o-six + bestshinhwa + s-shinhwasarang.net

Dongwan & Hyesung at Kimpo Airport

The pictures were taken yesterday on their way to Japan for their fan meeting.



Credits: Oceans-6 & Hikki @ Shinhwa Sarang

Eric considering next project during his vacation in US

After "Invincible Parachuting Agent" finished airing on 2nd Nov, Eric went to US to take a vacation.

Of course, this was just announced.

Eric's colleague said on 21st Nov "After the show ended, Eric went to the US on 6th Nov for a break."

"He will be in Japan on the 22nd, and there will be a fanmeeting with the rest of Shinhwa on the 23rd."

According to that colleague, while vacationing in America, Eric seriously considered his next project. After agreeing that he will appear in another tv serial next year, He has received many tv proposals.

Browsing through, Eric is considering to appear in a high-budget, movie-like tv serial. Also, that colleague said "There's 2-3 projects where he's keen on. But if there's an even many project, there might be a slight change." "The project will be finalised latest by Dec."

Credits:
Source from Ocean6
Chinese translation by 心里有鬼@bestshinhwa
English translation by Hikki @ Shinhwa Sarang

JunJin, "I wanted to be famous in order to find my birth mother."

JunJin, "I wanted to be famous in order to find my birth mother."

He has 3 mothers... "Hurt" from an unfortunate childhood
Shinhwa member who debuted as a solo singer "will work his hardest"

When "Billie Jean" was played, he came out with Michael Jackson's moonwalk. JunJin (Park Choong Jae, 26) who does this dance everyday could mimick Jackson's body movements almost perfectly. While he was looking at the "Step by Step" MV, he said, "Whenever I see this I get goosebumps.."

[The reporter] Met up with JunJin at a Bar filled with hundreds of LP records and old pop dvds in Seoul, AbGuJung, on one Autumn night. The songs [the reporter] requested wrote a story for "Dancing Machine" JunJin about a dancer's dream.

"When I was in Primary School, instead of wanting to be a singer or star, I had a dream of becoming a dance choreographer. At that time, I danced the same Brake dance just like Jackson. The 'line' is the life of a dance, and whenever I hear music while at a hotel with my family, I would get up and dance immediately upon getting permission from my father (Singer Charlie Park)."

After JunJin attained some popularity back in his high school days and through H.O.T. member KangTa's recommendation, he managed to enter SM Company and became a trainee. JunJin who had been involved in Shinhwa activities for the past 9 years since 1998, has finally debuted as a solo singer, and recently released his first single. "When I see the various idols, it seems like I had returned to the those times. When I see good songs, all the sadness and memories would surface." Unknowingly, JunJin's eyes filled up with tears.

◇My adoptive mother searched for my birth mother for me
JunJin has 3 mothers. His birth mother divorced his father after giving birth to him, and JunJin was brought up by his grandmother. His father met a 2nd mother when he was in Primary 4, but the family broke up once more. The hurt that scarred him then has not fully healed even up till today. Since Secondary 2, he managed to live happily with his current mother.

"I don't remember how many years before it was when I met up with my birth mother. One day my current mother came to me saying 'Let me give you an unforgettable present.' and then I realised it was the arrangement for me to meet up with my birth mother. She's still on this world."

4 years ago at the neighbourhood coffee shop in Seoul SaTang Area. Every time the entrance door was opened, JunJin would stare anxiously at it. That moment, a very tall and beautiful middle-age woman walked in. "The first time I saw her, I knew she was my mother. In my heart I kept saying 'She's here. She's here.'. She was totally unaware that her son had became a singer.. My mother asked me 'You are Choong Jae, right?' "

JunJin sat there for an hour with his mother and could not stop tearing. Although I wanted to ask "Why did you just leave that day?", but I could not stop crying. Even since then he never met up with his birth mother anymore. Later, he heard that his birth mother had remarry and had a son, and she did not want to inflict the same hurt onto his brother.

"No matter when I was a trainee at SM, or during Shinhwa activities, I didn't feel tired no matter how difficult it was. It was because all along I only had one thing in my mind and that is I could find my birth mother once I become a singer and get famous."

◇Depended on God during his teenhood
During his troubled adolescent stage, JunJin went through his primary and secondary school times with his 2nd mother relying on the strength of God. Whenever he said, "Mom, give me rice", he had to put up with her distasteful attitude and expression. This kind of life brought him a lot of unrest and he felt very lost. The Christian society in existence of God reached out a helping hand to JunJin.

"The people at the church cared a lot for me. When I was hungry, they gave me food. When I disliked going home, they prepared a place for me to sleep. All along until I was secondary 2, I could only go to a small shop to eat cuttlefish rice everyday. I felt embarrassed doing this, and I would flip the newspaper seriously while eating. When I could not study anymore, I dyed my hair using acidified water dye before going out. Upon returning to the church, my pastor made me dye my hair back to black, and he told me 'Fair skin matches black hair, it's beautiful ya~'. When I heard this, my tears started falling."

JunJin often prays. "Let me find my birth mother." Till now he still learns the guitar in the church chorale team. Everyday, he prays in his heart tens of times for both his birth mother and for his current mother.

◇Not a juvenile delinquent but a teen who thinks quite deeply
The public has a misconception of JunJin, like 'Juvenile delinquent' 'Playboy' 'Troublemaker'. But from the mouth of the Shinhwa members, their remarks were "Deep thoughts, sentimental, happy-go-lucky character and a person with great ambitions." Although he's a famous alcoholic in the entertainment circle, he still transformed into a ballad singer for his current 1st single album. He rejected all temptations around him and worked hard in his job. He always says, "I will work hard."

After the broadcast, JunJin accepted an interview and he said, "Lee Seung-Chul Hyung heard me singing my hit song 'Love Won't Come' when he was outside the recording studio. He praised me by saying, 'Isn't it AR now? (All Recorded) Jin-ah, I always knew you were capable of displaying your own singing abilities.' Everytime I hear praises for my efforts from around me, I would feel new courage surging through."

Recently, whenever he goes home he would watch his performance for tens of times. Every time he rewatches he would find flaws in himself.

"This is the period of my life when I feel most comfortable. I feel at ease going home."

He finally attained an inner peace of mind. 오빠 축하해.

Credits: o-six for original article + bestshinhwa for chinese translation + s-shinhwasarang.net

[Trans] It's the best to receive recognition for hard work.

17th Nov 2pm at KBS Hall. Singers preparing for the recording of MusicBank are rehearsing. JunJin, who is standing with the audience, was anxious about his first performance after debuting as a solo singer. He kept shifting positions while looking at singers such as Kim Tae Woo (G.O.D) and Sung Shi Kyung doing their rehearsals. After SS501 started performing their dance track, JunJin shockingly stood up and shouted to his manager, "Ah~ I want to go on stage soon. How many singers are there left before it's my turn?"

▶"I only released my solo album after these 2 years of practising, because I really want to sing."
Nowadays, JunJin is especially cheerful. "The feeling I am experiencing now is like when Shinhwa was making our first debut. Although it's tiring, I can't help but desire to stand on stage whenever I see it."

On the 16th, JunJin released his first solo single. The single consist of a ballad track "Love Won't Come" and middle-tempo "Even after 1000 times" and vintage dance track "Comeback". JunJin infused a different kind of feeling into this album. He brings his CD along with him wherever he goes, and when he meets fellow singers, he would write messages on the cd, give it to them as a present, and request politely for them to listen to it.

JunJin had a few opportunities to debut as a solo singer. "If I were to debut in the form of dance or rap, I could have released a solo album 3~4 years ago. But I was very ambitious to display something which I have not done so in Shinhwa. Because I wanted to sing, these 2 years I had been practising conscientiously.
▶"Messages like 'I witnessed your efforts' make me happiest"

Everyday he goes to the practise room to sing, and he would record the singing and listen to it day and night to find out which parts require improvement. In this way, JunJin spent 2 years practising singing. Solo single hit song "Love Won't Come" affirm his hard work and dilligence. The charm displayed by his "nose voice" was better than expected. Singer Lee Seung-Chul who listened to JunJin's live performance was very surprised and he asked, "It's not rap?"

"I think it's still early to talk about my singing skills. But to compare my recording with my practice, to compare yesterday's performance with my recording, and to compare today's performance with yesterday's performance, I sense myself maturing gradually and I am very satisfied. Compared to this single, I believe I can do even better for the next album."

JunJin is a singer who believes that hard work is more meaningful than anything else.
"Unlike the past when only the Shinhwa fans leave messages of encouragement, this time the anti-fans also split into 2 groups. Even those people who are not Shinhwa fans left behind messages such as 'I witnessed your efforts', so I am very happy."
▶During Shinhwa's 5th-7th album activities, he suffered from a psychological disorder of being scared to mingle with people due to the hurtful messages left by the anti-fans

On the outside JunJin seems cheerful and strong, but he's actually very easily hurt. His manager who had spent all these years with him said, "The album cover which featured JunJin lowering his head and sinking into his thoughts is most similar to JunJin that I usually know."

"When Shinhwa just started, the entertainment circle is very similar to now, and there were many hysterical anti-fans. I am a person who trust people easily and I am never one to pretend or act, and I even wondered "Can't an artiste have a girlfriend?" and "Can't an artiste drink [wine/beer]?" After all the news were published in the press, what were considered as daily normal activities to others suddenly made it seems like I am the only one who was leading an undisciplined life."

JunJin who has experienced many different issues had a period of time in his life when he was afraid of facing people. "During Shinhwa's 5th to 7th album, it feels hateful to even see a camera, needless to mention meeting people. It was to the extent where I just disliked everything. It was unbelievable. Even the more mature fellow singers in the waiting room who saw me, asked others, "Why is his eye expression so uneasy?"

JunJin was able to overcome all these because of his father Charlie Park and his family members.
It was because he thought, "I must do well" "I must not disappoint people"
▶"Even though it's tiring, because it's my dream, I still feel happy"

JunJin recovered his confidence through Shinhwa's 8th album activities and the Asia Tour, and he found the feeling to be back on stage again. "During the tour, I specially stood on a solo stage because I wanted to get use to not having the Shinhwa members by my side. Doing this in front of a large audience has helped me a lot."

JunJin who always "tried his best to dance and sing on stage", while walking towards the stage, will joked with other singers, "Wait for your death", showing his good mood nowadays.

"From Shinhwa's 1st album till 8th album, I always wanted to work as a "singer" instead of a rapper or dancer.. Now this dream has came true. Because I tried too hard to dance, now my joints are hurting as if they had been poked by needles." He joked, "But this is what I wanted to do really, and my dream has finally came true, no?" With the sunny smile on his face, he completed this interview.

Credits: o-six for original article + bestshinhwa for chinese translations + ||sOpHiA*@s-shinhwasarang

21/11 Dongwan's Diary Entry

author: It's Oppa! (2006-11-21 21:54:44)
Title: [DongWan] Woaah!

Occasionally I am..
scared of you guys! keke~

Thank you

*

He's referring to the Naver Search event organised by the fans.
His name was on the 1st place on the search engine today!
Now it's the fourth though.
I think he got a nice surprise ^^
He's scared of how powerful the fans are. haha.

Credits: ||sOpHiA* @ s-shinhwasarang.net

GoodEmg - Happy Birthday, Kim Dongwan

Hello
This is GoodEmg

21st Nov is Kim Dongwan's 28th Birthday. Congrats~!

Hopefully with this happy occasion, Dongwan will receive lots of good wishes from his fans.
Singing, acting, Dongwan's an excellent all-rounded performer.
Hope that his future activites will get more love & supports from fans.
Hope that his fans will support and like Dongwan, who will have an all-new image with his new drama next year.

Also, Dongwan & Hyesung (also born in Nov) will upload their congratory videos, so hope their fans will understand.

Again, sincere wishes to Dongwan, Happy Birthday!!!

Thank You

Credits: GoodEmg
Chinese Translation: jojoyu7@shinhwachina
English Translation: Hikki @ Shinhwa Sarang

JunJin, "I received a lot of help from Shin HyeSung."

JunJin who debuted as a solo singer expressed his heartfelt thanks towards Shin Hye Sung.

On the 15th while recording for MBC "Come to Play", JunJin was asked, "During the preparation of your solo album, which member in Shinhwa gave you help?" JunJin replied, "Shin HyeSung".

JunJin said, "Shin HyeSung often visited the recording studio, and he would not be stingy in giving me advice on parts of the songs which are not up to standard," displaying their strong friendship.

Other than this, JunJin also revealed an episode at the airport during Shinhwa's activities and blurted out a secret talk about Eric, hence creating a very warm atmosphere in the recording studio. In order to become the "Talk Home-Run King", he disclosed these Shinhwa episodes.

The story is as follows. When Shinhwa was having their nationwide tour, there was once when the members were driven to the airport in a rush due to their packed schedule. They arrived in a hurry and scampered at full speed towards the plane because they were late. While they were rushing there, the management in charge of boarding (the plane) started to call out their names.

When their real names such as Jung PilGyo (HyeSung) and Moon Jung Hyuk (Eric) were announced one by one, the members started laughing already. Lastly JunJin's real name was called out, and the members could not jump anymore and started laughing even harder (like mad) because a "Mr. Park Chung Ja" was announced. (the person pronounced park choong jae wrongly)

You will know whether JunJin was crowned the "Talk Home-Run King" on the coming 24th, 10:40pm.

Credits: o-six for original article + ||sOpHiA*@s-shinhwasarang

JunJin's girlfriend is "Crystal"?

JunJin mentioned a Crystal in the "Thanks to" segment in his single, and the truth finally came to light.

On the 20th, JunJin accepted an interview from MyDaily, saying, "Crystal is actually "Cri" and "Stal", the names of 2 cats I just started taking care of."

On the 16th he mentioned a Crystal in his "Thanks to" message and people thought that JunJin has a girlfriend named Crystal after seeing the ring he wore. Some fans thought that Crystal was his foreign girlfriend, others thought that Crystal was the pretty member in 2-member group "As One".

GoodEnter said that everyday there are fans calling up the company to ask who Crystal is and whether Jin's girlfriend is Crystal. The problem arose because the company in-charge of designing Jin's album accidentally removed the spaces between the 2 names. As for the ring, JunJin explained that, "I wore the ring only because I wanted to be able to put more emotions into singing."

The cats that JunJin have are persian cats that are about 2 months old. His handphone wallpaper is a picture of the cats, and he even saved pictures of them in his handphone. Everytime he sees someone, he would show the pictures to them, revealing his love for the 2 cats.

JunJin said, "The cats are only the size of a palm. It's really wonderful to play with them in the room and watching them scratch the walls."
"Fans who know that I have cats would send me pet supplies and clothings as presents, I really want to thank them."

Credits: o-six for original article + ||sOpHiA*@s-shinhwasarang