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sometimes life's like that.. it's difficult to walk away from all the potential fame and fortune as an idol group member, particularly when her decision could be seen as coming back to haunt her at the present. yet sometimes it was a blessing in disguise to think it through (life, priorities,...) away from the harsh spotlight on a trainee (especially if they are on the big companies like SM, JYP, DSP,... it is easy to either be numbed by fame, or allow pent-up anger to rise up in the end and causing rifts amongst members)

Eunjeong looks unrecognizable at first glance. needed to look at the face (the image of a short haired Eunjeong looking snappy and modern is stuck in my head). Qri looks more plain and it helped that a few episodes on Queen Seonduk was a good intro to T-ara's sageuk appearances

referring to recent furores like KARA and TVXQ, lots of speculation regarding contracts (like salaries, payouts and bonuses) drove wedges between members of these two groups and fans of different factions for the same idol group. if Eunjeong did indeed have the blessings of her big boss to reveal an outline of T-ara's income distribution (assuming special clauses and exact figures are understandably kept confidential) then I think Core Contents have made a good move in the right direction to address some issues regarding idol finances, particularly when finances are a sensitive issue that if mishandled and/or leaked to fans/netizens will cause a lot of damage to CCM and T-ara's reputations. Better put some facts right rather than have a few disgruntled netizen fans scour their way through confidential data to play whistleblower

haha Jiyeon was right. time for a "Smile, Eunjeong" show alr and they should look smouldering hot

with so many songs in her ipod and showing knowledge off, Soyeon can one day come out with a trot album like Daesung (Big Bang). would be even better if she gets the real oldest members of the group (obviously Boram and Qri aren't born in 1978) to form T-ara T-rot (like Super Junior Trot)

Eunjeong looks like she got the gold hair of sunny (SNSD) or gyuri (KARA) (both dyed, btw) combined with the inner spunk of G.NA. win win situation...

after watching enough World Cup over the past month to take my eyes of T-ara for a short while, here's my take on the leadership change. 1) Previously, the captain/leader is also the star player. In T-ara context it means Eunjeong leading by example. So far she has done a good job as the leader 2) Now leader is the most senior member on the team. Boram, while being the folding screen to the younger trio on stage (Eunjeong, Hyomin and Jiyeon who have been having a lot of solo activities lined up), and would be more than willing to let them shine brighter, is more like the welfare/admin head and dealing with T-ara's off-stage issues. Being the big sister is not just being prominent on stage (and granted, she's the shy type) but also taking care of the others off the stage.

Giant is a new drama in the pipeline on SBS (2155h in Seoul, after showing our dear Eunjeong's Coffee House which starts at 2045h). started showing in Korea alr from May 10, and will be in for the long haul since it's a 50 episode epic. dramas on that 2155h time slot include Secret Agent (KBS coming up with a romantic comedy version of IRIS) and Dong Yi (MBC knack for epic historical drama again, follow up to Seonduk) It's about the trials and tribulations of a few youngsters during the 70s and the 80s while Korea is experiencing rapid economic growth yet was still under an authoritarian government (before the Gwangju incident that opened up democracy during the later 80s).. Hwang Jang Eum is starring in it [since it's an SBS show, viewers outside Korea will have to find another way to watch the show alr] It'd be good...would like Soyeon and Qri to remix/remaster/reprise the Bunny Girls songs in full and then introduce trot (or retro pop) to a younger generation. After wowing us with all the dance-pop of IGCBOY, I'm Really Hurt etc it'd be interesting to see how they go retro

finally they've defined a role for Qri already: clothes hanger. looks good in whatever outfit she's in

LOL!!! at least this pic made me laugh and cheer after having to watch Ji-sung Hyung's rivals Chelski hijack Man Utd's title last week. whatever star power here is eclipsed by PJS go Korea!

is there a sustained netizen attack on T-ara? first the 'results swap' controversy with KARA on MuBank, then Qri's old work history got dug out for criticism and now this? at least they have denied this one. there's conclusive proof that she wasn't swearing, although it helps that Eunjeong left it to the staff to reply to the press, or there might be more misquotes

is YoonA HyoMin and SoHee part of JoKwon's G7? (the others being GaIn and 3 more, one each from KARA, SeCrEt and AfterSchool)... perhaps a parody version of Invincible Youth is on the cards, just like what he did to GaIn's (Dirty) Brown Eyed Girls...so here it goes SNSD: YoonA replacing Sunny+YuRi T-ARA: Hyomin still the same WG: SoHee (new addition) BEG: GaIn (his WGM 'wife') replacing Narsha KARA: Seungyeon or Gyuri to replace Hara SeCrEt: Blank SunHwa (although a member from F(X) might make a better replacement) AfterSchool: new addition (the rest of 4Minute are considerably lower profile than HyunA)

haha naughty naughty Jiyeon! Looks like 'borrowing' clothes from Soyeon and Hyomin is just the tip of the iceberg...she prolly can have a new title 'shikshin' if she eats some (extra) food off the plates of Eunjeong, Qri and Boram

haha what a 'birthday present' from T-ara...would be doubly looking forward to this day as I like soccer related tie-ups and it's my bday on the day it's released...all hail 6 red devils called T-ara!

I'll quote from a line by Pulip on Episode 10 of Master of Study (the episode where Hyeonjeong went pole dancing): "You'll always be my friend...always" [even after she 'betrayed' Jiyeon] It's good that they are still keeping in touch despite their busy schedules shows that they're in it together.. rock on girls btw...I nearly thought the one in a hoodie at the back was the teacher (Ms Han) at Master of Study until I saw the captions...lol