Learning Japanese: Hiragana/ひらがな

From the first month of the year, I oath to learn Japanese language AGAIN. lol Attempt no. infinity~Damn!

But this time I'm gonna be serious. Coz these books I've bought are really expensive. Well aside from that, it's really hard to start all over again and again. It's like repeating the basics the entire time and no progress at all. Time is surely wasted with this type of negative habit. So I'm gonna put a stop on this laziness and just get on with it step by step. Therefore, I decided to post here the progress I've made every single lessons. Just so I could track whether I've learned it well or I've missed out something. In my case right now, I'm already in advance lessons. Meaning the topic that I'll post here were the lessons I've learned beforehand.

Also let me clear some things in here, I'm not trying to teach alright. So stop thinking that coz I'm no pro on this. I'm just gonna use this blog to basically become my tracker, my motivation to study more so I could post in here. Oh yes more blog entries! It's like killing 2 birds with one stone! Yep that's it.

Also blog entries like this would just share about how I study. How I study japanese. The easiest way for me to familiarize with things. So without further ado, let me start with it.

But wait! I'll post first from the very basic. I'm not gonna jump to kanji level coz that one is the beast. So let's take baby steps first and deal with one of the Kana characters which is Hiragana. 

Although before we start right of the Hiragana characters, let's have basic understanding of what the Japanese Language  first is. This one's really helpful and it's a video from youtube.

Kang Gary

Recently I have been watching Running man clips on my facebook timeline. Some are a few clips from the past wherein the original members are still present like Song Joong Ki and Kang Gary. Well Running man is very much well known to those who are into korean stuff. It's been on air since 2010 so it's considered one of the longest running variety program in South Korea. I assume that almost popular idols, actors/actresses have guested to this, so I'm sure you guys know this show.

Anyway, since I've been watching some clips it wasn't really hard to pinpoint some lovebirds. lol Yup, Monday couple! Why do I always come so late in a fandom? I wonder why honestly. I'll probably create a blog post regarding my unfortunate events when it comes to discovering fandoms. 

As I was saying, due to this Monday couple I was able to listen to Leessang's songs such as "Girl Who Can't Break up, Boy Who Can't Leave", "Turned off the TV", "Our Meeting", You're the Answer to a Guy Like Me". They are so good that I've actually made all these as part of my music playlist for a whole week and just listen to it non-stop! 

TOP 5 Popular Posts in the Blog as of May 2019

Since I am back at writing again here, let me first list down the most popular posts in the past 9 years of this blog. Although the page and posts views does not fully covered the 9 years because I have deactivated this blog almost like the entire time I didn't have the urge to write. And it actually is shown in the blog archive, around 2017 to 2018 this blog is already deactivated. So basically we're like looking at the page views covering from 2011-2016 and the 2019. So that's around like 7 years only. Still, let me do a recap before we boost again our blog entries in upcoming days.

With this blog site having a 460,000+ views, what exactly are the most popular ones that made it to the top 5 most viewed blog entry? Well, you probably had seen this on the side bar of this blog but what exactly their differences in their statistics? You may continue to read for you to find out!

For my readers that has been with me all this time then you all probably know how many fandom I was involved with. I even created several FB pages of this several artists to which had grown in thousands of followers. It actually bloom after some time which is very helpful now to advertise my blog entries. Although it is a bit complicated when another subject has landed on my mind to write about, but basically my posts are all be updated in the blog's general page: Keismagic FB Page.

TOP 1: Kim Soo Hyun X Bae Suzy Couple (Soo-Zy)
Still undefeated at number 1, the couple Sam Dong and Hye Mi from Dream High 1. Kim Soo Hyun and Bae Suzy a.k.a HyunZy or Soo-Zy is still reigning the blog. With their huge popularity around the world, it's not surprising to see these people on the top spot. Korean wave is really strong!

Stats

This post has gained 21,064 views and 11 comments to date. With this stats, you'll find a huge gap from the second most viewed post. 

The International Invasion of Yamapi (Yamashita Tomohisa)

Did you guys know about the great news? Our one and only Yamashita Tomohisa landed finally on the 21st century and finally launching instagram account. What amazes me about this news is that he launched his instagram last May 16 and in May 19, he already gained 2M Followers! By the time I'm writing this, he already has 2.5m. Just wow! 

I prefer to think that Johnny's tactics in making the international fans long for Yamapi is effective. But it only proves how prestige Yamashita Tomohisa is. Seriously when you hear or search for his name he's like one of, if not, the biggest star you'll come across the Jdorama scene. 

As for me I have known Yamapi first when I've encountered NEWS group in the so called Music Station. By then, I've known his name and partly his entertainment career. And of course being friends with other bachelors/singers/actors like Ikuta Toma, Nishikido Ryo, Matsumoto Jun and more helped to popularize his name even more. It's a good thing these boys share the same entertainment agency as well. 

Also due to his huge popularity, there's this hearsay that Yamapi is the next Takuya Kimura. And did you know that Yamapi is now the second person on instagram to gain 1M follower with a record of 7 hours and 40 minutes! Second to joint account of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle.

BIGBANG Scandals

Bigbang who debuted year 2006, is probably considered as one of the most influential kpop idol group as they helped spread the kpop wave around the globe. And all throughout their career, several scandals also surrounded the members or the group in general. Let me list down here a few:

Plagiarism claims was never new to any musician. In 2007, the group released their first hit single Lies which later been accused to plagiarize Free TEMPO's Sky High. This scandal then was shut down as YG reached out to Free TEMPO and denying there was plagiarism involved. 

Same thing happened to G-Dragon's heartbreaker and Flor-Rida's Right Round in 2009. 

These are few of plagiarism accusations surrounding the group. Now let us go to each member's extreme scandals. I'll just list here their huge scandals/controversies that changed the outlook of people to them negatively.

BTS: Kim Seok-jin, World's Most Handsome?

Well it's here. I honestly didn't expected this group to come into my life. Okay let's not go down deep yet, but kidding aside this group can no longer be avoided. Like seriously, they are everywhere! Record breaker in youtube, FB newsfeed bombarded with BTS-maniac friends' posts, youtube recommendations, Western celebrities posting about them, etc.

So now I'm writing this blog entry to feed my addiction, I mean to introduce them to you if you happen to do not know anything at all. But in all honesty I'm just a newbie so I'll just write anything I've known as of this moment and I'll just add from my usual researched information about them. 

I will post an entry for each member and probably on for BTS as a whole. Because we all know that one post isn't enough to describe this popular group.

I will start first on the oldest member, Kim Seok-jin aka Jin.

Birth Place: Gwacheon, Geyonggi Province, South Korea

Birthday: December 4, 1992

Family: Parents and Older Brother

Height: 179cm

Weight: 63kg

Blood Type: O

Considering his birth month, I am a bit older than him. When I first saw BTS it was actually Jin that instantly caught my attention. The reason behind it is the total fact that this man is so ridiculously handsome. Just look at these few photos:

Original AKB48 Kami 7 Marriages

We all know that I've been a huge fan of AKB48 before. And I think it's only proper for me to actually celebrate a very important event of their lives. That's non other than their "marriage".
Yep, that thing is inevitable like Thanos.

Anyway, in commemoration of all the broken hearts I mean the marriage of our favorite idols from the past, let me list down here their marriage announcement dates.

1. Maeda Atsuko (Announcement: July 31, 2018)

Who would ever know that the first ever member of Kami 7 that announced graduation would be the first one to get married as well? Just proved she's first at anything not just the general elections. lol
Kidding aside, according to the news, Maeda and her lucky husband registered their marriage July 30, 2018. Their corresponding agencies delivered the news to every Japanese media the following day. By August 1, 2018 the husband actually posted on his instagram which basically to confirm and send thank you greetings.

If in case you are curious, Maeda was 27 years old and her husband was 31 years old by the time they tied the knot.

Well at least our Maeda is now happy and with a baby boy now. Huwa! Time surely flies by so fast! I can't believe we're all getting old.