Showing posts with label Hero Festival. Show all posts
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[TRANS] 120115 Jaejoong’s responses to The 5th annual Hero Festival questionaire

1. What exercise do you do?
I have not exercised recently.
2. What is your weight now?
Probably 63 kg.
3. What time do you sleep?
It is different everyday. 
4. What is the name of the book you have recently read?
You should know. Why?
5. Has your English Language improved recently?
I can do more than self-introduction.
6. How many songs have you composed in December?
5 songs.
7. How is your study on acting coming along?
I have yet to study.
8. What kind of role do you want to play?
A vampire.
9. What do you think about Saguk (i.e. Korean historical drama)?
I don’t know much.
10. Tree vs snowy field?
I like both.
11. What is your ringtone now?
Pi-ri-ri-ri-ring
12. Which song are you listening to recently?
Beyonce’s songs
13. What is your charm?
Ah… This is difficult.
14. Boots vs chains?
I love them.
15. What is Twitter’s strength?
Freedom of expression. Passageway to an uproar.
16. How is Hero Festival?
Haven’t seen it yet. By the way, thank you.
17. What is your New Year’s goal?
Let’s live well together.
18. Do you love us?
I love all of you very much.
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Translation by: Shermin of JYJ3
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[Trans][Video] Question 5-8/16 Excerpts from Jaejoong's video interview at Hero Festival



Q5: You make eye contact with fans more often than other members. What is your know-how? 

Know-how... when fans take pictures, they just, how can I say this?  When fans look at us from the audience is very different from when they take pictures of us.  When they are video-taping or taking pictures of me, they look like a reporter that’s set on getting a scoop. 
Also, you know how there’s a red light in your digital camera, if I see the red light while on the stage, I somehow look at the red light even though we have to look [the other way].
Sometimes I’m surprised [that I make contact very often]. When I realized that there are so many pictures of me making eye contact [with the camera/video camera], I thought ‘oh, I guess I look [at the camera] a lot’.  Then without knowing, I became self-conscious about that. So... if there are a lot of cameras,.. from now on... I’ll look more [at the cameras]...

How many questions were there?  How many?  How many did I answer so far? 
Hmmm, six.  How many did I do till now?  I think about six.  How many? 
Ummm, I’ll answer the sixth question. 
(He’s talking with the cameraman to see how many questions he answered so far) 

Mmm, hmmm, yes... uhh...

Q6: I pride myself on being your fan because you’re an artist, a singer-songwriter. It looks like you’re working on composing songs these days.  Which place is the best place for you to write music?  Which style of music is the easiest to write? When you have trouble writing lyrics, what do you usually do?  How many songs are there that you already made?  How many are you working on right now? 

Um, this question’s really long. 
First of all, honestly, uh...yes, I've always thought this.  I’m not partial to creating my own music all the time.  Rather than feeling like I have to write music, I write music when I feel like it.  Because, for example, if I write music because I feel pressured to, then writing music becomes a job rather than something I enjoy doing.  I’m a singer, but I become a composer [if I write music because I feel pressured to]. 
So I want to focus more on singing, and then I’d like to feel that I want to write music and then compose songs for fans... I think that would be better. 
I usually work from home. 
As for lyrics, I don’t know.  I don’t compose nor write lyrics first. I arrange first and then compose.  If I don’t like how it’s arranged, if I don’t like the theme, I throw away that number in the middle of the process.  There are countless number of songs that I threw away this way.  But I still have some songs left. 
I lost a hard disk [hard drive] in Japan while moving to another dorm, so I lost about 30 songs. If I counted [the songs I lost at that time], I’d have quite a lot of songs I wrote. 
I have a lot of songs I wrote for you to listen to in the future. There are some songs that’s completed already.  So please look forward to them.  You say you take pride... in me being a song-writer... so I’ll work hard, work harder in the future. 

Next question. There are many difficult questions. 

Q7: Are you still managing your body?  (meaning watching what you eat, exercising, etc) It looks like you go to gym.  Please teach us some simple indoor exercises you do that fans can do with ease. 

Ah, I’ll show you an exercise that would be really good for you guys.  Please pick something that’s between 0.5 kg and 1kg, like a dumbbell, or a heavy bag’s ok, too.  Grab it with your hands.  Probably you all know this, push it forward and hold for 3 secs, pull and hold for 3 secs. 
If you keep repeating, eh, this...*put his hands on his chest*... when you see pictures, you know... that... you know... valley between your breasts (cleavage)... here... like this. 
The reason why I recommend this to you is... please don’t think anything weird *laugh* ehhh, it’s not like that! 
If you do this... *covers mouth and laughs* it’s not anything weird.  Eh, it’s something you can do easily when you don’t have any exercise equipments at home. 
For example, *picks up Jiji* when you have a cat *does the excerise with Jiji* look how easy it is to do this. You can play with your pet and do exercise.  *repeats the exercise a few times then turns Jiji around to face the camera* Like this if you look from the front *repeats the exercise muttering something* But Jiji... doesn’t like this at all. So I’ll introduce Jiji later. 

I’ll answer the next question.  
Uhhh this is quite racy/risque. 

Q8. What kind of kiss would you want with your lover if your body gets switched with a girl like in the show “Secret Garden”? 

I apologize, I've never watched Secret Garden.  Because of the picture I tweeted before, I got a lot of questions like “do you watch Secret Garden?  How do you like it?”  But it’s hard to answer those questions because I haven’t watched Secret Garden.  But since you've asked what kind of kiss would you want with a lover... 
Umm, what I want is, in Secret Garden,  the foam’s over the upper lip.  But, mine’s... a little intense... chin? It doesn't seem very romantic. But on the chin. 
If there was foam on her chin, I think I’d want to kiss [her] in the chin. And I’d pretend to wipe it but put it on the nose, put it on the forehead *pretends to put the foam on his own chin, nose, and forehead.  Then pretends to kiss the chin, nose and forehead* Ahhhhhhh *laughs* this is soooo embarassing. 

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Jaejoong answered 20 questions for the interview, but the person who recorded it couldn't record all of it since her MP3 didn't have enough space. So, sadly, there's no transcript for Q17-20 

Phrases in ( ) are my own explanations of things that can be translated verbatim. 

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4th Cr: DC Inside TVXQ Gallery

[Trans] Question 13-16/16 Excerpts from Jaejoong's video interview at Hero Festival




Q13: You have a pretty strong self-management. We’re being worried that you’re getting tough diet. After seeing Jaejoong’s legs, many fans want to go on diet for 365 days. Please teach us some tips (to have thin legs LOL~) 


I have some words to the fans who want to go on diet for 365 days after seeing my legs. I really eat a lot! I just go on a diet 2 days before the shooting. Compared to Junsu and Yoochun, I’m not on diet very often.  These legs make problems.  I can feel that the part from the waist down of my body is getting thinner. I know it and I was trying to find out the reason. I will honestly tell you. The reason is that..... I don’t move much. 
So everybody too~ Don’t move (? -"- ??) 
I do exercise a lot, just my upper body. Lower body workout is really tiring. Sometimes when you walk or go shopping? 
So maybe my legs will just stay like this. They are too thin. It’s my legs’ complex. 
I’ll try my best to have iron legs (legs with muscles) because I need to get married someday too. 

Q14: Recently fans are jealous the most with JiJi. What made you raise JiJi? What is the hardest thing while raising him? 

Well… Actually, every time I look at myself in the mirror, I get this feeling: “Ah~ really like a cat”. I mean, rather than personality, appearance, right?  I have thought much about cat. Then for a moment, a thought passed by “Ah~ Should I try to raise a cat?” And I ended up going to a pet shop with manager hyung. 
And Vick… 
Vick is at my parents’ house now. I need to say sorry to Vick but …………………… 
He has become a yellow-dog! Kekeke 
That very famous… that luxury kind of dog… has become a yellow-dog now.  It’s just… compared to dog, he looks more like a cow now. 
When I go see my parents, I‘ll take a picture of him and show you guys. 

Q15: You use twitter as a tool to communicate with fans. What's the most memorable tweet ? Twitter’s advantages and disadvantages? 

Well… First, the most memorable tweet…. 
There are many mentions that have same meaning. Because I took picture with JiJi…. “I want to become JiJi” or “I want to become JiJi’s rice bowl” hahaha~~ Or “I want to become JiJi’s clothes”… 
Many fans tweeted to me like that. 
Ha…. Though…. What? Isn’t it? “I want to become JiJi’s food.” 
Want to become food, want to become clothes… This is… rather… Ah~ But …. It’s not like that… hahaha 
But I really appreciate it, I’m really thankful that you love me that much.
Twitter’s advantages…. Uhm…. Like you said, I can communicate with everybody and we show you my true feelings. It’s really good. 
About the disadvantages… I want to share my thoughts to you but the information I shared get much distorted. Or people write comments for us in the bad way. This is a big disadvantage. 
I have thought a lot before posting those tweets. There are emotional words and rational words too. (It’s hard to choose the word here, he want to say that some of his tweets were posted when he was too emotional and some were not) 
But really, you know that I lack a place where I can express my feelings, right? So twitter is an excellent place. I hope that I can talk a lot on twitter. And please don’t blame Yoochun and Junsu for not tweeting much.  I will try to tweet as much as possible. Haha 

Q16: We make choices at every moment of our lives. When the time comes for you to make an important decision, is there anyone who you prioritize to talk with or you think of as a mentor? 

It’s a really good question. 
Honestly, in this career, you need to make choices at every little moment. It's really tiring. Tiring and… Uhmm… For example, people around us, manager hyung, our representative, our members… do help us a lot.  In fact, I chose that life and have been living like that but I don’t have any mentor. Who to admire, who I want to be like, who I don’t want to be like, I don’t have such thing.  I want to be a person like me. 

......... 
JiJi is my mentor! (Awwww this guy~~) 
Look at him. He’s sleeping behind me now. 
Really... The most comfortable life in the world haha 
There are a lot of things that we can learn from cats. Everybody too... please learn from them. Haha 

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(I'm not native Korean neither native English so my translation might not be exact 100%. Please feel free to correct me^^) 
* Phrases in () is my explanation.

credit: Telzone JYJ Gall 

[Trans] Question 9-12/16 Excerpts from Jaejoong's video interview at Hero Festival

Question 1-4/16Question 5-8/16Question 13-16/16


Q9: Are you JiJi’s stylist?  Don’t just dress yourself well, please make some fashionable style for JiJi too.


I want to dress him well too. But… Ah~~~ Actually, until now all JiJi’s clothes were gifts from fans.  What can I do?  Those clothes are bought by you guys.  So I dress him like that.

But JiJi really hates wearing clothes.  I dressed him once; JiJi’s expression was not good.

I understand it (fans’ heart), JiJi too... but because he’s not an animal that can wear clothes…  I need to think for JiJi too. I’m sorry.

Q10: Jaejoong's self-composed songs are usually medium-tempo song or sad ballad. If you can produce your solo album, what kind of album you want to make?

If I produce my solo album, hmmm… ballad, R&B or everyone’s favorite rock or dance.  I actually want to mix all the genres at once. Hmm Trot too.  So uh… You won’t get tired of each album’s track.  I really want to make an album like that.   I don’t know yet when an album like that will be release.  

Please look forward our activities.

Q11. Indispensable thing when you stand on stage?

Yes, I have.  It’s rather funny.  I can’t stand on stage without my necklace. Without necklace, I feel like some part of my body is taken away, really empty.  I feel anxious. That’s the reason why I always wear necklace.  Really simple right?

Q12: Do you have any question to fans?

The thing I want to ask is really personal/private.
Fans have shown me their double-sidedness. The fan who is in front of me and the one who isn't seem so different, though it's the same person. In front of me, you call me “Oppa~~~” but then, when you’re not in front of me, it become “Jaejoong ah~~”.

So I’m really curious. When you’re with friends, what will you talk about me behind my back?

Among my fans, there are students, workers and high school students too. “Our Jaejoongie is like this; our Jaejoongie is not like that”. I’m really curious about how you guys talk about me. If you shoot a video of that (how fans talk about him), I really want to watch.

In the future, please upload that kind of video on you tube or twitter, I’ll definitely watch it!

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I'm working on Q9-16. Phrases in () is my explanation.

(I'm not native Korean neither native English so my translation might not be exact 100%. Please feel free to correct me^^)

credit: @The_little_pear

[TRANS] Question 1-4/16 Excerpts from Jaejoong's video interview at Hero Festival

Question 5-8/16Question 9-12/16Question 13-16/16


Q1: Three important things in interpersonal relationships: 


Networking is really important. My friends disappeared a lot (meaning recently I've lost a lot of friends). So I spend more time at home these says. So I’m thinking about meeting new people. This is a really good question for this time [in my life]. Networking. It’s important. 
It’s not like you can make new friends that easily just because I try to meet more people. Recently I've met a lot of friends with same interests or friends in the same field. When you meet someone, if you’re a good listener and understand that person well, and that person is looking for a friend who trusts him and listens to him well... That’s why people look for me. It sounded like I was bragging. 
I think that’s the best method. If you really pay attention and listen to what they say and answer/talk with them with sincerity, then it’ll work. 
You’ll be able to become a friend that [people/your friends] will feel truly happy to spend time with. 

Ah~ it’s not much fun when I MC alone like this, right? Hehe
Please hold on a second, I have to pick the [next] question.
Oh, this seems like a good question. 

Q2: What would you be like in 10 yrs? Please send a “video letter” with love to yourself, 10 years older. 

In 10 years, probably, in my option, I’ll look older in terms of outer appearances. Uh… Honestly, as I age, I get younger/I age backwards. Probably everyone experienced acting like a grownup when you were young. And as you grow up, you find your good points or strengths. You also realize your negative points or weaknesses, and as you do, you learn to depend on others. Uh... over time... you become more like a child over time? I feel that now. Maybe it will be even more so. (meaning maybe I’ll be even more like a baby as I age because I’m learning to depend on others). If I’m married with a child, I won’t be like that though... huh~ 

To myself in 10 years (video letter to self, 10 yrs older) 
Ummm. “JaeJoong. Jaejoong, what are you up to? 
Would you be singing...acting... or... living as a regular office worker with a family..?
I don’t know, anyway, I want you to be happy, be really happy so that you are the type of person who can make a lot of people around you happy, too. 
Ha... and fans in front of you...I hope they'll still be all there... so do a good job! Hehehehe

And I’ll answer the next question. 

Q3: You seem like you don’t need a lot of sleep. What do you usually do at night when everyone’s sleeping? 

Not much. Uh, I surf the internet, look at the city nightscape, drink a bit, sometimes read... 
Uh... I talk with friends or my manager when they come visit me, uh... I really don’t do much. 
That’s why I tweet late at night often. 
I’m exactly like you. You stare at the bright monitor, into the wee hours, hiding from your parents, with the door closed and lights out... [I] look at various things, like, maybe racy stuff, too. heh, or pictures of entertainers I like. Or even pictures of me. 
I... uh... this is a real honest answer. I look for comments you guys leave on materials (meaning pics/vids, etc) about me. It’s emabarassing. But other entertainers do this, too. It’s a lie [if other entertainers say] they don’t. 
Oh and, entertainers, behind backs (secretly), at personal gatherings, they talk about that kind of stuff. So please give me good feedback. Ah~ I’m embarrassed. 

Q4: What is your favorite personal belonging you cherish the most? Is there anything you always bring with you when you travel overseas? 

Things I always bring with me... If it’s for 3 nights 4 days, even if I don’t wear them, I have to bring 3 sets of clothes. Because, this is rather funny, a while back, I went abroad for work with the members. One of the members wore the same clothes [at the airport] when he left and came back. So did I. 
But [fans] were picking on me only. 
Ah, not exactly picking on me, but [fans were] saying “Jaejoong, why do you always wear same clothes~” 
I mix and match my clothes. 
Uhhh, I don’t know, in your mind Jaejoong likes and is very interested in clothes and fashion, but I mix and match my clothes very often. 
Recently, I wore 3 clothes for two weeks. 
Are you shocked? 
My laziness-ism (Korean slang, the practice of lazyness as a way of life) is getting worse.
So I don’t change my clothes that often these days. 
I change my under wears very often, though. Heh 

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There were 20 questions, and I found the transcript for 16 questions. I'm doing 1-8, another person is translating 9-16. Phrases in ( ) is my explanation of things that can't be translated verbatim.

credit: 볕좋다 재중아, Yuaerubi, Telzone JYJ Gallery, DC Inside TVXQ Gallery
trans: @Spring_Breezes  

[Trans] Full Interview with Jaejoong's father & mother @ Hero Festival

[trans: Interview with JaeJoong's father Pt 1/2 - excerpt from JJB, JaeJoong's Birthday Book]

Q : There was a long vacation after the concert, did you all get together and spend time together?
JJ's father: Yes, we were all together.

Q : Jaejoong travels overseas often, this must be the first time to meet with his family after the concert. What was it like to see him in such a long time?
JJ's father: After they left [SME] and did a concert, it looked like they were laid the foundation to a certain degree. My family and I were all happy. And then he came to visit us and spent time with his sisters, so it looked like he was leading a very comfortable and stable life.

Q : Oh, so more stable than before~ I’m sure it looked like he was more comfortable because he has more free time now.
JJ's father: He could come home and rest comfortably with his sisters, and there was much less pressure (means less uncomfortable) in terms of family atmosphere now, and he’s not as busy as before, so he had a good rest.

Q : It was so cold on the evening of the concert. Did he talk about the concert at all?
JJ's father: I was so cold. I was really cold. If he wasn't my kid, I don’t think I would have gone [to the concert].  But I went because my own child was doing it, and it was all really worth the trouble.

Q : [your heart] Must have been filled with emotions.
JJ's father: Of course, beyond words.

Q : You know Jaejoong does this thing called twitter a lot. He tweeted that he cried so much… at the after party after the concert.
JJ's father: I don’t know. I didn't go to the after party.

Q : So he didn't really show it [that he cried] at all when he's back home?
JJ's father: Yes, he didn't really show it [that he cried a lot].

Q : Yes, [he only shows] the bright side?
JJ's father: Yeah

Q : It looks like he's lost a lot of weight. Did he lose a lot of weight?
JJ's father: He didn't loose weight, he probably gained weight. Haha

Q : Was there anything interesting/fun while he was back home? Or did he just have a good~ rest?
JJ's father: We played go stop, and he took all his mom's and dad's money. He took all his sisters' money as well.

Q : hahaha, he swept everyone's money away~
JJ's father: Yes

Q : By the way, didn't he eat less because he's on a diet? He seemed like he wasn't eating much because he exercised and stuff.
JJ's father: Even what his mom makes… not only because he's on a diet, but it was just a little less.

Q : Oh…. So [he was] eating less.
JJ's father: He barely eats. After he eats dinner, even if others eat he won't eat too much.

Q : But he drinks alcoholic drinks (^^:) a bit, no?
JJ's father: He didn't drink. He was eager about losing weight. He said he gained too much [weight].

Q : It must have been sad for you (안쓰러우시겠어요) because he didn't eat well..
JJ's father: It’s always like that for parents. When our children come back home, we [parents] want our children to eat a lot of good food, eat what we make for them, and that'll be great.  But it was sok sang ha ji (속상하지, a mixture of sad, upset, worried, etc.) because he won’t eat what we make for him once he finishes his dinner because he’s on a diet.



Here is Part 2/2.

Q : so there’s a new newphew/niece in the family, Jaejoong really adores him/her. ^^ What is he like as an uncle?
JJ's father; He adores her so much. He holds her a lot, and what is it? You know how you put [a baby] in the hoodie, what is it called? He puts her on his shoulders, hugs her a lot, he really adores her.

Q : Sooner than later...You want grandchildren [from JaeJung].. after he gets married...
JJ's father: hahaha

Q : When [people] see a baby, sometimes they think “oh, I want a baby, too”. Does he ever talk about that?
JJ's father; Well, we think about that~ but we don’t talk to JaeJung about it because he doesn’t [seem interested/not ready/not the right time yet, it's not clear what the father is saying] yet. 우리는 그런 마음 있느데~재중이한테 그런 애기는 안해.아직은 저기 한다고 하니깐

Q : Did he take any food with him this time?
JJ's mother: [I] made him kimchee, dong chi mi and cabbage kimchee.

Q : What did he like the most?
JJ's mother: he liked white kimchee (the non-spicy kind) and all… [He] liked cabbage kimchee and scallion kimchee.

Q : His sister said [they] made duk bok kee last year and what not, she shared fun stories~ Are there any this time around?
JJ's mother: Yes. His sister Min Kyung made a lot [of food] for him, but he couldn’t eat them too much either because he had a shooting the next day.

Q : Did he ever talk about any dramas, movies or some other areas/fields?
JJ's mother: Probably... [he said] to wait for good results. That there are going to be good results. So wait for them.  Please cheer for Jaejoong~ Jaejoong won’t go against (meaning disappoint) his fans.

Q : Please say good bye words for his fans.

JJ's father: We couldn’t attend [the birthday party] this year because of the circumstances, so we feel really disappointed. I want fans to be more understanding (verbatim trans, I personally think he means to be patient with JaeJung) in the future.

There were a lot of fans at the concert even though the weather was so cold. Fans troubled themselves and came to both concerts, and I came on both days, too. I even went on the bus (he made a surprise visit to the Jaejoong Bus! ^^)

I really felt that Jaejoong didn’t lose his fans’ heart. Even though here and there [things are happening – he’s referring to the plight Jaejoong is in], there are still a lot of fans who follow him and that’s why JYJ exists now, this came to my mind. Please do more just like that in the future (meaning continue to support him in the future), so fans can help JaeJung can grow more. That is my hope as his father.

JJ's mother: There have been a lot of wandering around, and he's just starting anew. But a lot of fans respond to (meaning love) him and follow him. So [a lot of fans] came to the concert when it was so cold, they came on both days and watched the conert till the very end, and I was very grateful for that.
And JYJ owes it all to you fans that they came this far. Please support, lead and push from behind (meaning back up) JYJ and Jaejoong , Kim Jaejoong , so that [they] will be even more popular and successful.
And dear fans who have prepared the birthday party and who came to the party, please stay healthy and I wish you a happy new year.

* I think a lot is lost in translation…But as a native speaker of Korean, I can tell based on the interview as that his parents love JaeJung deeply and are very grateful of his fans. They sound like such good-hearted people. Now I know why Jaejoong is such a good-natured guy who is affectionate and always considerate of others - he got that from his family. *