The Pedonoona Chronicles - Part 2 ~ NCT 127 & NCT U

Forget the train, someone stop this truck (Firetruck)...I need to get off!

I will admit that I did not know who these guys were before Firetruck came out and probably would not have known if HAS Shanea didn't yell at me to come look how cute they were.

*PEDO-NOONA ALERT*

TEN

NCT U
Stage Name: Ten/텐
Real Name: Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul/เตนท์ ชิตพล นามสกุล ลี้ชัยพรกุล
Nicknames: TNT, Cute Devil
Birthday: February 27, 1996
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Blood Type: A
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Position in Group: Main Dancer, Rapper, Vocalist
Languages: Thai, English, Korean

TAEYONG

NCT U & NCT 127
Stage Name: Taeyong/태용
Real Name: Lee Taeyong/이태용
Nicknames: TY Track
Birthday: July 1, 1995
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Blood Type: O
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Position in Group: Lead Rapper, Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Visual/Face of the Group
Languages: Korean

TAEIL

NCT U & NCT 127
Stage Name: Taeil/태일
Real Name: Moon Taeil/문태일
Nicknames: N/A
Birthday: June 14, 1994
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Blood Type: O
Height: 173 cm
Weight: N/A
Position in Group: Main Vocalist
Languages: Korean

WINWIN

NCT 127
Stage Name: WinWin/윈윈
Real Name: Dong Si Cheng/董寺丞
Nicknames: N/A
Birthday: October 28, 1997
Birthplace: Zhejiang, China
Blood Type: B
Height: N/A
Weight: N/A
Position in Group: Lead Dancer, Vocalist, Visual
Languages: Chinese, Korean

JAEHYUN

NCT U & NCT 127
Stage Name: Ten/텐
Real Name: Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul/เตนท์ ชิตพล นามสกุล ลี้ชัยพรกุล
Nicknames: TNT, Cute Devil
Birthday: February 27, 1996
Birthplace: Bangkok, Thailand
Blood Type: A
Height: 177 cm
Weight: 59 kg
Position in Group: Main Dancer, Rapper, Vocalist
Languages: Thai, English, Korean

YUTA

NCT 127
Stage Name: Yuta/유타
Real Name: Nakamoto Yuta/中本悠太
Nicknames: Healing Smile, Takoyaki Prince
Birthday: October 26, 1995
Birthplace: Osaka, Japan
Blood Type: A
Height: 179 cm
Weight: N/A
Position in Group: Lead Dancer, Rapper, Vocalist
Languages: Japanese, Korean

MARK

NCT  U & NCT 127
Stage Name: Mark/마크
Real Name: Lee Minhyung/이민형/Mark Lee
Nicknames: N/A
Birthday: August 2, 1999
Birthplace: Vancouver, Canada
Blood Type: A
Height: 172 cm
Weight: 50 kg
Position in Group: Main Rapper, Vocalist, Maknae
Languages: English, Korean

HAECHAN

NCT 127
Stage Name: Haechan/해찬
Real Name: Kim Donghyuck/김동혁
Nicknames: N/A
Birthday: June 6, 2000
Birthplace: Jeju, South Korea
Blood Type: AB
Height: 170 cm
Weight: N/A
Position in Group: Lead Dancer, Lead Vocalist, Maknae

DOYOUNG

NCT U
Stage Name: Doyoung/도영
Real Name: Kim Dongyoung/김동영
Nicknames: N/A
Birthday: February 1, 1996
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea
Blood Type: B
Height: 179 cm
Weight: 51 kg
Position in Group: Main Vocalist
Languages: Korean

Do you see these cuties? No, look again...DO YOU SEE THEM?

Unlike HAS Shanea and half of the other Kpop fanatics, I did not try to stay off the NCT train (or again...truck). They instantly became my favorite over everything. Except G-Dragon...no one can top him!

In case you have been hiding under a rock, below is 2 of the best songs/videos at this moment. The first is from NCT 127 and the other is NCT U.

"FIRETRUCK"

"THE 7TH SENSE"

Let me break these 2 vids down for a minute. Starting with "Firetruck". Does anyone else think Taeyong looks a little like Kai? Or reminds you of him at least? That was the first thing I thought of when I seen him. He takes over the video and has that "Look at my sexy self" throughout the video and any of the performances that you see of this song. Do not get me wrong...I LOVE it, both from him and Kai. It was just what drew me into the video first. Then who pops on the screen is nothing but NCT's own Super Saiyan Taeil. That boy knows he is cute WOO! Then comes my favorite WinWin who flips straight into my heart! Speaking of WinWin, did you guys see the BEAUTIFUL dance pose he pulled off at 2:46? I could watch him do that over and over again...and I have!! I have found that there is no bad video of this song. All of the performances are ON POINT and some just keep getting better and better. 

I posted the performance video of "The 7th Sense" because I think it is the best one of this song. You get to really see all of the dance talent without having to be distracted by the effects of the video. I have 2 questions though...1) What is with Taeyong's hat (And how did they keep it on his head through the whole video?) He looks like an adorable little Gnome. 2) Who let the fetus Haechan dance like that?? Yes I said fetus (HAS Shanea's name for the babies) because he is only 16. 16 PEOPLE!!! He is the age of my oldest son!! I would not let me son dance like that on a video but I will watch Haechan all day. Does that make me a pervert? LOL

I am really looking forward to more comebacks from these guys. What do you guys think? Did you try to stay off the NCT train (truck) or were you anticipating them? Which song is your favorite and why. Let us know!!

THANK YOU FOR READING!

~The Korean Drama Queen~

Let's Talk: Olympics (PART 1)

Ahhhh the Olympics. All sports-lovers favorite time. The olympics are pretty big in my house. Both Winter and Summer. Summer being my absolute favorite though. So here's the run-down on some of my favorite moments so far this year. 

South Korea vs Fiji (Soccer)

As many of you probably know by now, Soccer is a HUGE thing in South Korea. Americans have American Football and Koreans have soccer. 

Because it's such a huge thing... They have some of the best players I've seen in recent years.

Of course we can all agree that Park Ji Sung will still always be on of the best Korean players of all time. 

Even though they have many good players on the South Korean team, Fiji gave them a run for their money... The first half, anyways.

Mainly because of Simione Tamanisau (who is a tremendous goalkeeper, even if his team didn't do well.) He was making sure that even if Fiji couldn't land a goal, South Korea wouldn't be able to either. And for the most part that mindset and determination worked... 

By half time the game was South Korea - 1 and Fiji - 0. 

Ryu Seung Woo managed to get the first and only goal in the first half. 

(BONUS: He's cute)

Here's where it got really interesting.. 

So the second half started and here we are thinking that it was probably going to go the same way the first half went. WRONG. 

South Korea ended up scoring 3 goals in less than 2 minutes. Mighty impressive. 

, Kwon Chang Hoon was the first and second one to score the goal for the 3-goal phenomenon.

Ryu Seung Woo came in again to score the 3rd goal of the second half.. Making that 3 goals in under 3 minutes. Yall, I've never screamed so much in my life. The excitement was up. 

The score was now 4-0. 

Son Heung Min came in and scored a goal... Making it 5-0. 

Then my man started upping his game. 

If yall don't know who my man is, my man is FC Porto's Suk Hyun Jun. 

He came in to score the 6th and 8th goal for South Korea. Aside from this man's amazing soccer skills, there's something about him that just sticks out and makes me proud to be a fan. 

This is that at every given chance, he takes the time to thank God for everything. 

When they were about to put him in the game, he was praying on the side lines before he even joined the game.. 

During the game, after every goal he always got on his knees to thank God. 

Is that not amazing?? I think he's great. 

@Suk_HyunJun on Instagram. Follow him. He deserves it. :)

Also Ryu Seung Woo AGAIN scored the 7th goal for South Korea.. 

and like I said earlier... 

Suk Hyun Jun scored the 8th and final goal right before the whistle blew. 

대한밈국!! *Inserts rhythmic clapping here*

South Korea vs Russia (Handball)

Well even if I can't tell you much about Handball, I can tell you that I think this is now one of my favorite sports. How can a sport be so cool? It's like the extreme version of soccer. It's like soccer and basketball combined.. 

This game was very close. The finishing score was 25-30. Russia won. 

There was a time in this game where I really thought Korea had it.. They were 7 points up and still looking strong.. But right towards the end, Russia came and STOMPED em. 

The whole Korean team was strong as a whole, but Jung Yu Ra and Kim Ona scored 6 points each. 

Artistic Gymnastics (Men)

This area really irritates me, yall..

As you can see, I don't have great pictures of these guys.. And the only one I even have good individual pictures of is Park Min Soo.. 

Here's why this area irritates me. I LOVE gymnastics. When it comes to Handball, Soccer, etc.. I only go for Team Korea. However, with gymnastics and swimming I go for Team USA and Team Korea. 

So here's what irritates me. None of the South Korean men's gymnasts get nearly enough publicity or credit as they deserve. This olympics, I really got to sit and watch them as they took on the challenges of artistic gymnastics.. And I have come to the conclusion that even if gymnastics is not a huge thing in Korea, these guys deserve more credit. Because they are really good at what they do. 

Kudos to Hak Seon Yang for winning Gold on vault in 2012 London Olympics. You rock, dude. 

In case you didn't know.. The team this year consisted of 

Sin Donghyun, Lee Sangwook, Yoo Won Chul, Kim Hansol, and Park Min Soo.

They're all really good at what they do.. Especially Kim Han Sol... This guy, yall. He broke my heart. Here's why...

Do yall see his face??? Its absolutely heart breaking. He did really well, but he didn't do as well as he would have liked.. So his face was excruciatingly painful to watch. Even though he nailed it in practice, he got shook up when the finals came around.  

But that's okay! Because there's always years to come. 

To all olympic athletes or aspiring olympic athletes, 화이팅!

(More olympics stories to come in following days)

Sorry for the absences :(

Hello to all of our HAS lovelies!

First and foremost I want to apologize on the behalf of myself and the rest of the HAS crew as we have not kept up with this blog at all. Life sometimes just gets in the way of everything else.

HAS Shanea has been very sick for awhile now and has not been able to get on to do any blogs even though she has really good intentions to write some. Please keep her in your prayers so that she can get back to what she loves. HAS Glo has been super busy with work, HAS Vince is going back to school and me....The Korean Drama Queen....went back to school, trying to get a job and I have 4 kids to take care of. WHEW I am tired just thinking about it all!!

I am going to start working on some blogs here in the near future and I hope that this time I can keep up with them. My blogs may be random, they may be about old/new dramas, comebacks, news, fashion, sports...you just never know with me but I really want to get some things out there for our faithful readers.

From all of us at HAS, we love you and we thank you for all of your support!! 

FIGHTING!!

~The Korean Drama Queen~