say hi to SSMA MAI CULTURE: bokko dancing

bokko in korean means retro

hence, its retro dancing, but its quite powerful

very popular among night clubs in south korea during the 90's

it was all about bokko dancing and tech-no dancing and the movement

is quite architectural ...

dress code is always something like...an armani suit / semi- casual.

usually danced by men because of the hardcore movements, and the dance is

synchronized to techno trance music.

enjoy!






As you can see, tektonik copied alot of the moves from bokko dancing...and it was done in korea in the 90's....


nowdays korean people only dance to house music or hiphop / b-boying .

i think what we had (bokko) was considered quite tacky but i think we should keep it and revive it (seriously)

cos the french are doing it and making money out of it.

say hi to SSAM MAI CULTURE from abroad ; ah beng dance

SSAM MAI in korean means.... something cheap/tacky but somehow
you are so drawn into it.

like, bad bleached hair on asian skinny boy
like, trance music
like, korean bokko dance

i think its quite interesting, i found a singaporean version of ssam mai culture

i grew up mostly in singapore (10 years....) and i always saw ah bengs

but i never saw this music video (i know this chants thou) quite interesting!

say hi to i-D july issue

interview ...

i love i-D!

a math question.

there was a war.

there was a girl aged around 5 among many who went through war.

the girl saw death

the girl grew up

the girl who grew up gave birth

the baby grew and gave birth to another girl

that girl grew

and gave birth to another girl

and the girl's grandmother saw death when she was five

Q: how many genenrations will the trauma continue?

say hi to pina bausch

hmm it is quite easy (maybe not that easy) for a man to age

well, but it seems as if it is quite difficult for a woman

to age well. even yoko aged horribly. but pina aged well.


this particualr scene from cafe muller really touched me

because only recently i realised i was in love like that

by the standards from family, society, status

a woman like you should do this, a woman like you deserve this,

you cant marry this, you cant marry that, you cant date this, you cant date that

quote my father dont date someone smart date someone abit dumber than you but

who will do everything for you,

and they have, and i have been acting unintentionaly in a way that ive been set up

to do so, and recently i have realised that and ive given up doing that...

like repetition i already knew what road i would walk and who i would marry eventually.

for a year i struggled with what i believed in so far and finally my vice took it over

and i was alone and i was afraid but in seoul i have met someone quite special

and he broke all my rules and i broke all his rules and

we truely no longer care about these things and it has never really touched the core of

my soul.

time will take for us to be complete but it is quite easy.

and we will age and we will not be afraid of aging....

to really not be lost in what people say, to not walk the way ive walked

to not inherit anything, money will become a issue someday but so far i think

my luck will follow.

say hi to funniest movie ive seen recently

The Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie


i think the highlight of the movie is when the blonde girl's sister asks
if hitler was an animal lover.

say hi to amy daulhouse vol.2

say hi to numero korea

say hi to hyo jin jun's amazing styling and ability as a fashion editor

numero korea is really great. their contents and everything is quite good

i like how they interviewed that korean artist in a non-tacky way and also

the questions arent always the same "how do u feel as a korean?" ...

the order is mixed up cos i just upload everything...

hyo jin jun is amazing! <3

penetrating time

sometimes i wonder

what am i trying to prove to you?

or to this world or to myself?

i already know

what kind of path i will walk

what kind of big and little pain and satisfaction i will encounter.

at times i feel like a bear flipping tricks.

it is only inconvinient, not fear.

i will penetrate time

say hi to byul

say hi to byul. he is a visual artist???????????????? in korea.
he is a really really really nice man.

i didnt know his music was so sweet but totally him because he is so sweet.




i really liked this film called "take care of my cat" and i didnt know
byul did the soundtracks for that film.


www.byul.org

어쩔셈이냐

당신이 처방해준 약을 A 는 먹었다

그 약을 먹고나니 아픔 넘버 원이 가셨다

일시적이였다

그이후로 그 약을 복용하지 않으면 통증A가 생긴다

하지만 그 약을 복용하면 잠들지 못한다

잠들지 못하느밤 A는 괴로움에 구른다

구르다 보면 해가 뜬다

해가 뜨면 A는 병원에 간다

병원에 가면 처방을 해준다

이번에는 수면제를 준다

하지만 그것은 수면제라기 보다 트렝퀼라이저 였다

처방이 너무 강했다

A는 어린이였다.

어린이에겐 너무 강한 약이였다

A는 학교에서 잤다

일상생활이 힘들어졌다

성격도 거칠고 예민해졌다

학우들과 싸웠다

선생들과도 싸웠다

A의 부모는 이해할수없었다

정신병이라고 간주했다

하지만 A 는 미치지 않았다

세상과 싸웠다

그 A는 외로워졌다

그 A의 유일한 친구는 졸로프트와 트렝퀼라이져

미국 어딘가의 파마수티컬 컴퍼니의 사장은 A의 돈으로

모로코에서 텍스프리 쇼핑을 즐기고있겠지

어느날

A에게

졸로프트와 트렝퀼 라이져의 양을 점점 줄이기 시작했다

A 는 데굴데굴 굴렀다.

A에게는 통증A, 통증 B 에 더해 통증 C 가 생겨났다.

하지만 A는 성장을 했다

A는 직장에 다녔다

그리고 A는 때맞은때에 적절한 상대와 결혼을 했다

몇년후 A에게 자녀가 생겼다

A의 자녀는 정상적이고 도덕적인 아이로 성장할수있을까

sya hi to secret way to buy high end shit in a sensible way

im not shopaholic and has never been
but ive been wearing cdg since 15 and im not broke ...how?

sometimes i just buy them, but really
i think of it as an investment... and iam not
addicted to fashion or crazy about desinger lables
but i respect good design and good visuals.

1. Use sale time period / press sales!

Usually its around june/july in japan i think, in korea its like may ish ...
bla bla or like... september for summer shit...and like i think jan/feb?? for winter

go to small concept stores or select stores? in ur local area (paris, colette,
seoul, daily projects, tokyo via bus stop loveless etcetc)

i think like... some stores they ask for ur mailing info and usually if u do that

i think they send u private sale info or press sale info and new items info.


2. Ask your friends who are magazine editors (they know best)

3. have good friends around you who wear bless to galliano everyday and we all get bored and kinda give each other clothes... or we buy each other nice things.

4. use comme des garcons guriella (?) store website! very useful...
also check out corso como outlet in milano...

5. BEFORE YOU BUY A PRICY ITEM THINK 3 TIMES

- is it good quality for the price? (check out stitching, material ... etc)

- will i wear it often / use it often

- dont buy things which are too "NOW" or trendy cos you'll get sick of it

6. CHECK for scratches on the item when shopping for accersory like...shoes...bags..
leather goods...

usually if u tell the person in the store "oh its dirty" or "it has this scratch can i get a new one?"

if they dont have a new one they give u discount ... or ask boldly for it if ur

buying something like pierre hardy shoes...


if they give u a display piece say "i dont want a display piece could i get a new one?"

if they dont have it then ask for discount cos you dont want a display piece...

cos its scratched and lots of other ppl tried them on before.. u dont need to pay

full price for that.

7. embarrasing but i do this sometimes when i think its necessory...

convince them to give u a discount because
no one will buy a crazy black fur ball looking alaia coat or stupid looking margiela camel toe shoes except for me.



<3

say hi to sex and the city movie premier!

yeess im queen of late

however check out what i bought for myself :

rick owens clutch and jumpsuit from isabel marant (i wanted balmain one but they didnt have it) and margiela heels.


i was late 1 hr.... uhh i think about 45 min

but how! how! how! they told me to come around 8, so ofcourse

its hosted by vogue so i came at 8:45

i wasnt trying to be late but that day i arrived from paris i was tired!







anyway, i was late so, me and xin in three piece suit and junghee and ji eun

came back and took some pictures at daily projects theyre having a exhibition

with desingers who designed to help abused dogs.



please make donation !!!!!!!!!!!


and then we went to 8sunseng fucking amazing chinese restaurant
and then i ate and ate and ate and i suffered (for like a month i cant eat
fried food or high fat food like pork,shrimp,cheese,milk....etc)
and couldnt sleep till
7am and i went to work at 9am...

say hi to happy birthday in paris

i was in paris shooting 10 magazine
and it happend to be my birthday :'(

i thought ok, this year no cake again, but danny

came from london for my birthday and we met with bianca and had

a great time... thank you bianca for the lovely tasteful white-pink-green rose, and danny for agent provacetuer (cant spell) shit,

and also i bought myself a bunch of presents...(and im not embarrased)

on the day i got so much stuff from dear friends i was so happy :D

this year went again without a cake (we bought one but never ate it cos i fell asleep), without a cake for like...the 4th year now i think???

i was working on my birthday since like...15....so it was quite miserable

usually i finished late so i remember i couldnt make it to birthday dinner or

someshit like that and also my family travels sooooooooooo much so its harder.


but its okay.