Another Random Thought of a Procrastinator : January 2017

Monday, 30 January 2017

Happy Lunar New Year! Happy The Year of The Rooster!

January 28, 2017 is the first day of Lunar New Year for Chinese, Koreans and Vietnamese. This is the first day of the Year of the Rooster. But why this year (2017) is the year of the Rooster?

One of my Chinese friends told me each year in the Lunar calendar is named after an animal from the Chinese zodiac. There are 12 different animals in the Chinese zodiac which rotate in a 12-year cycle. Each year a specific zodiac animal is assigned for a specific year. Last year (2016) was the year of the Monkey and next year (2018) will be the year of the Dog.

Yesterday, January 29, I received lucky money in red envelopes!! Yeah, on the second day of the Lunar New Year !

Lucky money, red envelope, Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year,

According to my friend, each specific zodiac animal represents special characteristics. Main male character of Love in the Moonlight (KBS, 2016) Park Bo Gum [박보검] was born in June 1993.

Love in the Moonlight,Park Bo Gum, 박보검, KBS,

Photo from Park Bo Gum's Twitter account

As a Rooster, he is honest, ambitious and realistic. He is also a good worker and a deep thinker. Do your Rooster friends have similar characters?

To my Cantonese Chinese friends

[恭喜發財] Gung Hay Fat Choy

To my Mandarin Chinese friends

[恭喜發財] Gong Xi Fa Cai

Lunar New Year, Chinese New Year, the year of the Rooster, Google doodle,

To my Korean friends

[새해 복 많이 받으세요]

Saehae Bog Manhi Dadeu Seyo

Lunar New Year, Korean New Year, the year of the Rooster, Google doodle,

To my Vietnamese friends

Chuc Mung Nam Moi

Best wishes for the Year of the Rooster, everyone!!

Related website:

Park Bo Gum on Twitter

https://twitter.com/BOGUMMY

Battleship Island (2017) 군함도 trailer 1

A new historical action Korean movie "Battleship Island 군함도 [goon ham do]" is coming soon in Summer of 2017 in Korea. This is a must-see movie of Song Joong Ki from Korean drama Descendants of the Sun (KBS, 2016) 태양의 후예 [taeyang ui huye].

Korean movie, Battleship Island (2017), 군함도, trailer, CJ Entertainment, Ryoo Seung Wan,

Battleship Island is an English name for Gunkanjima [軍艦島], aka Hashima Island [端島]. It is an uninhabited island in Nagasaki, Japan. But since 1887, it had been established as undersea coal mines for decades.

This island is a symbol of Japan's industrialization before and after World War II. It also reminds us of its dark history before and during World War II.

During the Japanese Occupation Era (1910 - 1945), approximately thousands of Korean and Chinese civilians were forced to work in coal mines of Battleship Island. According to Wikipedia, workers had to dig up coals in the undersea coal mines with temperatures of 30°C and 95% humidity.

When 400 Korean workers try to escape ...

Based on this escape, on January 25, the first trailer of Battleship Island was released. I was surprised that the narration of this trailer is in Japanese. The film director Ryoo Seung Wan 류승완 may try to show how Koreans were under Japanese rule in the movie.

English translation of this trailer is provided by some of my friends and Google translate. Love you guys as always ♥ ♥ ♥

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