Looking Back at EXO's Teasers

Hey!

Other than EXO-M heading back to China, I felt really bored so I decided to re-watch all 23 teasers of EXO. Looking back on it, I still remember before they debuted and I was one of those crazy fangirls just replaying those teasers at least 10 times each and every single one of them everyday. For some reason, even if EXO already debuted, I still never get bored of EXO's teasers. I love every one of them but here are my favourite teasers and my thoughts.

Teaser #1 Kai

• So obviously, this is the first teaser, this is how I got to know EXO
• It's the birth of EXO
• Since Kai was in the first teaser, I had a feeling that he was going to be the "face" of EXO, and he is.
• I the song My Lady. D.O has an amazing voice and I can't wait until the full song comes out.

Teaser #2 Luhan and Kai

• I still can't believe that Luhan was dancing to this. I mean he's got such an angelic face, that it makes it hard to believe that he can dance so masculine
• I really like the choreography of this dance routine
• I thought that Luhan and Kai were completely in synchronization. It must take a lot of work for those two to jump at the same height during the slow motion part.
• I can't wait until this song comes out.
• Good job guys, keep up the hard work!

Teaser #6 Kai

• I loved the effects 
• The colour definitely suits the song Lightsaber
• I don't know if this sounds weird but I loved Kai's outfit, I think it really suits him

Teaser #7 Sehun and Kai

• I love Sehun and Kai together, the two best dancers in EXO-K
• I absolutely love this choreography
• The only problem I have with this is the costume. Sehun looks perfectly fine and everything, it's Kai's costume I don't like. I get their idea of the costumes how it's gold and white, and they're supposed to be "opposite" and everything but, I really don't like Kai's costume. The pants are way too tight, and the shirt just doesn't fit his body that well.
• For some reason, I feel that Sehun kind of looks like Lay here.

Teaser #9 HunHan

• HUNHAN! 
• I love how when Sehun is looking at the iPad, usually it has an Apple (since it's the logo), it's been replaced with EXO

Teaser #12 Unicorn (Lay) and Kai

• The two best dancers, Lay and Kai
• I absolutely love this song (Two Moons), and I'm so happy that it was included in EXO's mini album.
• Key's rapping is so good.
• I'm so sad that they took out "Roll like a buffalo." I heard that apparently it's because since only Kris knows how to speak English, if the other members rapped in English, it would sound really weird
• I found it interesting that at the end of the teaser, Lay lifted up his shirt, but he was wearing another shirt underneath, and then during the Korean showcase, Lay didn't lift his shirt up, it was Kai who did it.

Teaser #13/14 Kai and Sehun

• I really like the plot of the teaser
• Kai and Sehun are truly absolutely amazing dancers

Teaser #17 Kris

 

• Again I love how the costume matches with the song. He's wearing all white, and the song is Angel, so naturally when you think of angels, you think of the colour white.
• It's really cool how in the teaser, Kris flies, and in the music video MAMA, Kris has the ability to fly so everything is like connected
• Kris has huge hands!
• I really like Kris's shoes

Teaser #19 Baekhyun Chen Lay

• What makes me like this teaser so much is that they have Chen and Baekhyun, the two main singers in EXO-M and EXO-K
• If you look closely, Lay actually does that "thumbs up" sign when he tells the two other guys to come. In the MAMA music video, it was revealed that that "thumbs up" sign is the MAMA sign

So, that's it for the teasers. Anyways, I'm really looking forward to a new song by EXO. Don't get me wrong, I love EXO, but MAMA is kind of getting old. I really want EXO to sing Machine because it's my favourite in their mini album. That reminds me, I can't wait until EXO's full album is released, I'm really looking forward to Baby Don't Cry, My Lady, and Time Control. 

That's it for now! Bye!

-Rain 

EXO-M's MINI ALBUM

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So, remember how I told you that my parents kind are kind of liking how I'm starting to listen to Mandarin songs? So when I asked my dad if I could by EXO-M's new mini album, he was like "YES!" The only problem was that I didn't know where to buy it, so I asked my friend where she got her EXO-K album, and she told me that there's this store in Pacific Mall that sells Chinese and Korean cds. I'm not going to lie, I was at first a little scared because Pacific Mall does have a reputation of pirating movies, but my friend told me that they order their cds, and so I decided to place my trust in her and ordered an EXO-M cd.

Well, my EXO-M album has finally arrived! I don't think I got the new photo card, but it's ok. Here are some pictures.

BOOKLET COVER 

INSIDE THE BOOKLET

THE CD

It looks like a soccer ball.

THE PHOTO CARD

CHEN! THE AMAZING TALENTED SINGER IN  EXO

CHEN'S AUTOGRAPH

Anyways, that's the whole album. I have to get back to my studies now. 

Never give up on your dreams and hopes. Bye!

-Rain

Summer is DEFINITELY here!

Hey!

So, I'll just tell you right now that I do live in Canada, and the temperature in Canada has been so hot. The past few days, the temperature is like 25C. Today is 29C, yes, we broke our record. The worst part of it is that I have to wear a uniform to school, and the uniform is a white t-shirt (which isn't that bad), BLACK pants, and BLACK shoes. Yes, BLACK long pants. Not only that, the high school I go to is a pretty old school, so they only have air conditioning in SOME rooms. I have a class in a portable, and OMG, it's so hot, we opened all the windows, and the door, and it was still hot. No one in my class could concentrate, not even the teacher.

OMG! I hope that this weather ends soon, because I can't write my homework, or even study cause it's way too hot. You know, I'm trying not to use the air conditioner because it's bad for the environment, and we're supposed to be trying to conserve energy, but it's hard to resist. This year is definitely going to be a HOT SUMMER. Speaking of hot summers, here is the music video, of Fx's Hot Summer song.

Hope that you all have a fun summer!

Bye!

Happy Birthday Suho!

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To start off, I would just like to say, HAPPY BIRTHDAY SUHO! Suho is the the leader of EXO-K and is the guardian of EXO. Congratulations Suho for having an awesome party because you totally deserve it. I've heard that Suho has been a SM trainee for about seven years. Wow... I'm really glad that he didn't give up because if he did, then we (fans) wouldn't be able to have such a wonderful leader.

From left to right: Chanyeol, Sehun, SUHO, Kai (top), Baekhyun, and D.O (Credit: to the rightful owner)

Here is a link to Suho's birthday party from a fan account. http://kinna-on-a-roll.blogspot.fr/2012/05/suho-birthday.html?m=1

Yes yes, I know that the fan account is really long, but I mean that's good so that us fans know exactly what happened. Here are some of my thoughts:

1. I love how Suho did the aegyo, then all the members pushed Tao to also do the buing buing, but Tao just laughed instead
2. I thought that it was really funny how Kris had to kind of bend down a little bit to hug Suho
3. I absolutely had no idea that Suho would be able to carry Kris
4. "OI! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?" I really wished that I would've been able to hear Suho actually saying this
5. Luhan and Suho hugging

It's too bad that SM didn't allow the fans to record the birthday party but it's okay, at least we have a fan account of it. The rest of the blog is just some funny pictures I found online.

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Cute Suho. Always smiling (Credit: to the rightful owner)


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Suho, always laughing for smiling (Credit: to the rightful owner)


Pre debut Suho. Hasn't changed at all. (Credit: to the rightful owner)


Credit: to the rightful owner

Remember Suho, always keep that angelic smile of yours, and never give up. Happy birthday Kim Joon-myun! 

It's late and I have two unit tests this week. Bye! Never give up on your dreams and hopes.

-Rain

EXO-M Kris's Fashion Influence

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I'm sure that all you EXO fans out there realized that EXO has already landed in Los Angeles, California. So far, I've been looking at the pictures of EXO in the airports, and I've been noticing that many of the EXO members have been wearing clothes that are similar to Kris's fashion. Here is a picture of Kris at Inchon Airport.

Credit: Newsen

As you can see, Kris is wearing a white dress shirt, black pants, and white shoes. Hmm... I seem to like his taste of fashion with two opposite shades of colour. Anyways, remember that Kris is wearing a DRESS SHIRT. Here are some pictures of Chanyeol.

Kris and Chanyeol (Credit: Stated on the picture)

Chanyeol (Credit: Newsen)

As you can see, Chanyeol is also wearing a dress shirt. Now you may be thinking, any guy can just wear a dress shirt, but can any guy wear a dress shirt, with a WHITE t-shirt inside, and DARK blue jeans. Hmm... Sounds kind of similar to Kris right? Remember, Kris wore a white shirt and black pants, and although Chanyeol wore jeans, the colour contrast of white and blue, is similar to white and black. But who knows what's going on, I mean I still remember during the Youku interview, Lay said that Kris in EXO-M is the most fashionable, and Kris even said himself that he sometimes helps the other members choose what to wear. 

Speaking of the Youku interview, Tao mentioned that one of Kris's nicknames is Denim Boy because before Kris debuted, there was this Youtube video of Kris and Tao crossing the streets. Let's go back to that  pre-debut video.

*IMPORTANT* Pay attention to what Kris is wearing. A denim jacket, a black shirt, and black pants. 

Flash forward to the present. Here are some pictures of Lay and D.O at Inchon Airport.

D.O (Credit: Newsen)

Lay (Credit: btnnews)

As you can see, Lay is literally wearing the exact same thing as what Kris wore during the pre-debut video. A denim jacket, black shirt, and black pants. To be honest, I actually thought that Lay was wearing the exact same denim jacket that Kris wore, but then I thought about it, the jacket that Lay is wearing has black buttons while the one that Kris was wearing had white buttons, and plus, if Lay actually wore the same jacket, it would be way too big for him. Now, lets go to D.O. Like Chanyeol, D.O wears something similar to what Kris was wearing. A denim jacket, black pants, and a dark gray t-shirt. So it looks like  our EXO-M leader Kris has definitely influenced some of the other member's fashion style, and maybe in the future, we'll see more members becoming Kris's minion. Kehehe.

Have fun in America boys! Bye!

-Rain

Going to Get a MAJOR Haircut

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So, on June 6, 2012, I will be getting my hair chopped off 12 inches (30 cm)! *gasps* Don't worry, it's hair, it's going to grow back anyways. Right now, my hair is this long.

I have a small head so, the hair is pretty long. (Please credit this picture to adropofrain-sunshine.blogspot.ca)

My mom measured my hair for me, and she told me that if 12 inches is cut off, then my hair would come up to my chin. Since I figure skate, I really don't know how I'm going to put my hair up in a ponytail as I always do, but I guess I can to a side french braid, or just wear a headband. I've never FIGURE skated with my hair in a side french braid, but I've skated with a side french braid before. Here's a picture of my hair in a side braid.

This picture was taken somewhere in December

I know that it's not the best side french braid, but this picture was taken after public skating, so it probably is most likely going to be messy. Nowadays, I don't braid my hair a lot because I've been pretty busy with school work and figure skating, but I do remember when I braided a side french braid for one of my TEACHERS. Yeah, I know sounds pretty weird, but it was my gym teacher, and she's one of those young teachers who has a lot of charisma, is really easy to relate to so...yeah. 

Back to short hair...

As I was saying before, my hair is going to come up to like my chin, so I was thinking of getting a bob cut. Even if it is short, I think I can still manage to put it in a side french braid. The good thing is that since the haircut is on June 6th, there is still enough time for my hair to grow longer so that when my hair gets chopped off, it wouldn't be very short.

Sooyoung with short hair (Credit: to the rightful owner)

See, Sooyoung from Girls Generation doesn't look bad with short hair. I could get a Sooyoung cut, but I probably won't have bangs because bangs don't really fit my face. We'll see what happens. Before I leave, I just want to show you this hair braid tutorial, it's my favourite, and this is how I learned to do a french side braid. 

 

Alright, it's late so I have to go soon. May all your dreams and wishes come true! ;)

-Rain

HAPPY BIRTHDAY IU!

Hey!

So far, this week has been pretty good for me, other than the quizzes. How's your week been going? I hope your week has been going just as good as mine.

Before I start, I just want to mention that someone posted EXO-M's interview on Show Champion with English Subs. Here is the video.

 

(Credit: to the uploader)

First of all, I would like to say Happy Birthday to IU. I think that she is turning 19. I don't know much about IU's personal issues, but I do know her songs! Let me just say that IU has an amazing voice, I really like it, and I think that she is very talented. I find IU's voice very unique. Compared to other K-Pop artists such as Taeyeon and Seohyun from Girls Generation, it's very different. If you've listened to Twinkle by TTS (TaeTiSeo), you've probably noticed that Taeyeon and Seohyun's are very "jazz" like especially when they sing high notes. While for IU, her voice is very sweet and soft, and when she sings, it just sounds so pretty.

I really like her latest songs, Peach and Every End of the Day. Here is the music video for it.

Every End of the Day

Peach

Personally, I prefer Every End of the Day more, but it's mainly because I like more of an upbeat song, while Peach is more of a very soft and pleasant song. Happy Birthday IU!

Anyways, it's late now. May all your dreams and wishes come true! ;)

-Rain

In a Bittersweet Mood Today

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Okay, so I've realized that my picture I posted up last night didn't work. Sorry about that, I think it was because I was using a Macbook. I usually would type on my PC, but since it ran out of batteries and I was too lazy to charge it, I decided to use the Macbook. However, since I'm still not that used to typing with a Macbook, I had trouble typing. Therefore, I do apologize if I made any errors.

Anyways, I have a science quiz and a French quiz tomorrow but I'm confident that I'll do well. EXO-M was on Show Champion and here is the video. Although it doesn't have any English subs, I still hope that you enjoy it.

 I thought that they did really good since they got a lot of practice from all those Chinese interviews when they were in China. I was really glad that they still added some Chinese to it since they are a Chinese/Korean group. Even though Chen and XiuMin didn't have a lot of lines, I still thought that they looked really comfortable since they are back in Korea where they grew up. In the Chinese interviews, Chen and XiuMin don't talk much, and they don't really answer questions much, but in Show Champion, XiuMin was very initiative and so was Chen. Although I heard that they lip synced Mama, but I'm still a cheerleader for them. I also heard that they're going to be on Inkigayo, ahhh I'm so excited. I'm sure that they'll do well, even if they lip sync. 

On the other hand, I really can't wait until the weekend comes, because I might be able to get EXO-M and EXO-K CDs. I hope that I get them because this is literally the first time that I've followed a kpop band from the beginning to the end. I'm hoping that I get a group card because I truly love all the members of EXO. Yes, yes, I do have my biases in each group, but it's changing every single day so as you can see, I love all of them equally. Even though I'm can't wait for the weekend, my mom is leaving to China for about a month and it's going to be really sad. I really don't know what I'm going to do without her because she's the one that cleans up the house every weekend, and she's the one that cleans my dirty clothes every week. I'm not saying that I like my mom more than my dad, I'm just saying that sometimes, a girl just needs her mom. So I guess it's going to be a bittersweet weekend.

Cute LuMin moment. I wish I can be this happy like XiuMin every single day (Credit: to the uploader)

Great, I gotta go back to my studies. May all your dreams and wishes come true! ;)

-Rain 

Sleepy...

Hey y'all!

I know that it's pretty late and most of you are probably thinking that I'm crazy for writing a blog at a time like this. Well, I'm writing it because it's been a pretty long time since I've updated it. This is going to be a short blog since I'm gonna go to bed soon. The fun in games is over, and school is back. I've had a really relaxing weekend but now, school is going to take over for the next four days. I have a science project that's due in one or two weeks and I haven't even started yet, a geography project that's due in three weeks, a quiz this science this Wednesday, a French and Geography quiz tomorrow, and a science UNIT test next Tuesday. So, I'm most likely going to update my blog on a Wednesday after all of the QUIZZES are done.

Credit to the uploader

Anyways, it's time for me to go to sleep. May all your dreams and wished come true!

-Rain

Why does it feel like a Friday today?

It feels like a Friday today, I don't know why. Today at school was pretty relaxing, Science and Geography went by pretty fast. Now that the Geography cpt is over, my life has been pretty relaxing...but not for long. I have a Geography quiz either tomorrow or next Monday, a Science quiz next Wednesday, and a Science UNIT the day after Victoria Day. So happy... Since exams are coming up in about a month, I'm guessing that teachers are starting to rush us students so that they can prepare us well for the exams. I honestly can't wait until school is over, then I'll be in grade 10. I still can't believe how fast grade 9 past by, it still feels like it was just yesterday when I first walked into the hallways of high school. Today in science, my friend and I, we were talking about how fast the school year went by. He was telling me how he has a friend that's in grade 12 and she told him that grade 9 and 10 is pretty easy, it goes by fast in grade 9, even faster in grade 10, then in grade 11, it becomes hard and it's slow because there's like this big jump from grade 10 to 11 therefore, it goes by pretty slow, then in grade 12, the teachers are pretty lenient since it's there last year, they're going to graduate and go to university, so there's like no point in being hard on them. Anyways, I'm still really excited that the Geography cpt is over. Finally!

I've been listening to EXO-M and EXO-K full albums on Youtube lately. I find it better than clicking on the next song when each song is over. Here are EXO-M and EXO-K full albums.

EXO-M

EXO-K

After listening to both of the albums, I personally think that EXO-M is just a little better than EXO-K. I don't have anything against EXO-K, like I said before, I like both groups equally but I honestly feel that EXO-M has better vocals but EXO-K has better dancing skills. I think that when EXO-M sings, you can feel their emotion and kind of get emotionally attached to it, while for EXO-K, you can't really feel anything, it's very flat and it's hard to be engaged to it. EXO-M has this voice that makes you keep pressing the "replay" button, well EXO-K is just listening to their album then listening to something else. I'm sure that EXO-K has the technique and the ability to sing well and everything, but there just isn't enough emotion. This is just my opinion, I'm sure that many people will disagree with me. 

Alright, I have to get back to my homework. Even though today isn't Friday, it sure felt like one!

-Rain

I'm back!

Yes yes I know, it's been almost a week since I've updated my blog. I've been so busy lately that I think I almost forgot about it. Even though the tests are over, I'm still pretty busy with homework and assignments. Since we only have about six weeks left of school, I think many of our teachers are behind in work and everything so they're rushing us. *Sigh* Anyways I'm really excited for this week because Exo-M will be on Happy Camp. So excited! Kehehe. I've seen Super Junior M and Lee Min Ho on Happy Camp and both episodes were absolutely hilarious. It's really interesting how even though Lee Min Ho doesn't speak any Chinese, the people were able to make it really funny and interesting. I'm sure that Exo-M will be even more interesting because they have four members that can speak Chinese and two that can also speak Chinese but not as well. If you've seen my previous blog, I showed you some pictures of of Exo-M on Happy Camp, and judging from the pictures, they look really fun.

I've been really into EXO these days especially EXO-M. It's really weird how you can addicted to these stuff. My mom's been noticing that I've been listening to Chinese music lately and at first she was kind of like "huh?" mainly because I don't usually listen to Chinese music. Not only that, I'm starting to go on EXO blogs like http://onexoplanet.wordpress.com/ and http://exokm.wordpress.com/ which shows a lot of pictures of EXO. Like I said before, I'm a cheerleader for country music, which is why most of time, I listen to Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, and The Band Perry on youtube, and I guess once my mom got used to me listening to country music all the time, she didn't really expect me to listen to Chinese and Korea music all of a sudden. Not only that, at home, my parents speak Chinese to each other but I speak English, I sometimes speak Chinese, but mainly English. So technically, if was a HUGE! surprise, but I actually think that she's kind of relieved. Anyways, my mom is going to China soon to visit her family in about two weeks and yesterday, she was asking me if I wanted anything. So I just told her that I really want those Chinese/Japanese/Korean lead pencils.

Isn't this awesome? For some weird reason, I find it really cute.  In  Canada,  it's hard to find these types since most of the mechanical pencils here are the ones that look like pens, unless if you go to Pacific Mall, but it's really expensive there. (Credit: mkxkawaiix3)

So when my mom started noticing that I've been really into Chinese music, she's been really excited. Today when I got home, I showed a picture of EXO-M to her, and I asked her who are the two Koreans and the four Chinese, and she guessed it right! After that, she asked be if I wanted an EXO-M Cd, and I'm  like YES YES YES. She seemed really excited after that, so I'm going to take that as a Yes, but at the same time, I'm really scared because since China does a lot of "pirating" I hope that she picks the real Cd, but I trust her, she's really smart. HeHeHe...♥

I still remember the first Chinese song. It was Bu De Bu Ai by Wilber Pan. It really is a lovely song and I still listen to it today. 

Credit: to the uploader

I LOVE IT! The first Kpop song I listened to was Gee by Girls Generation, and personally, it's my favourite song by Girls Generation. My second favourite song would probably be The Boys. I was first introduced to the song actually online. There's this Chinese show called Fei Cheng Wu Rao, the English translation is If You are the One. I call it Matchmaker, but some people might beg to differ. Gee is one of the songs they play on the show. One day, I was watching it and I was like I really like this song, and I actually thought it was a Chinese song, but come to find out, it's NOT! Ever since then, I've been really into Kpop.

MV for Gee (Credit: sment)

Nowadays, I'm really into EXO-M and really calm songs like Angel (Into your world) by EXO, No Other by Super Junior and Even If by Sam Concepcion. No Other is by far my absolute favourite song by Super Junior. I LOVE LOVE LOVE IT!! Even If is also a very good song, it reminds of Khuntoria (Nickhun from 2pm and Victoria from fx) because Khuntoria brought me to this song. If you don't know what Khuntoria is, well it's Nickhun from 2pm and Victoria from fx, they were on We Got Married, and a lot of people liked those two. Even If was played when Khuntoria had their first kiss. I will be showing you the lyrics because the music video is really blurry, and Sam sang this when he was really young so his voice is going to sound different now. Ok, I'll stop talking now. Here is Even If by Sam Concepcion.

It's late, and I've got to go back to my homework. 

May all your wishes come true! 

-Rain

Still Studying

I've realized that it has been a pretty long time since I've updated my blog. I've been so busy for the past few days. I still have quizzes and tests coming up this week and I've been so tired and stressed out lately that I'm actually a little bit sick. I started having the symptoms on Sunday, I actually didn't go to school yesterday because I lost my voice and I had a huge headache. I felt better this morning so I went to school today, but I kind of have to since I have a geography test today, and if I didn't go, then my geography teacher would start complaining and whining which I really don't want to get involved. Overall, the geography test was okay, it actually wasn't that hard. I expected it to be super hard since my teacher kept telling us that it's going to be super hard and stuff like that, but I guess she was only telling us that to make us study. Pretty smart eh?

I don't know why, but ever since I heard about kpop, I've always been feeling to grow up quickly. Honestly, I really don't even know why I'm feeling this way. Maybe it's because I haven't been a huge cheerleader for high school for the past few days. I don't want to sound like a nerd but, I've always loved school. Whenever I wasn't at school, I would always feel bored at home because I had nothing to do. Now, when I'm at home, I always feel like there is always something to do. However, it's always either listening to kpop or just re-watching kpop interviews, and the problem is that I do have assignments and homework, it's just that...Ok I have an example. Let's just say that I get home from school on a Friday. I usually would watch kpop first then do my homework. I get home from school at like 3:30pm and when I get home, I usually would have a snack, go to the washroom, and just freshen up. I then go up to my room, and it's about 4:00pm. I turn my computer on and start watching kpop stuff, and tell myself that I will start writing my homework at 4:45pm. However, when it says 4:44pm, I'll just be like, one more and that's it, but what happens is that I will eventually get side-tracked and start watching other kpop stuff and yeah...

It's weird because lots of my friends know me as a beginner kpop person since I just started "researching" information on kpop. They think that I only know EXO and Snsd, but I do know more, except I never really talk about it. Anyways I have to go now. Time to study.

-Rain