Jo Hyun Jae

Many thanks to my good friend M of Japan (almost like old times, eh?)

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2011.12.28

The weather is so cold

How are you faring in the last days of this year?

Not many days left this year.  Thanks to you all, I’ve had a good year.

I am very grateful.

May your 2011 have a happy ending!  Hope 2012 will be happier and more successful!

I’ll appear before you in a better image.

Stay healthy and be happy!!^^

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날씨가 많이 춥네요

연말 잘 보내고 계신가요?
올 한해도 며칠 안남았네요. 올해도 저를 아껴주시는 여러분 덕분에 잘 보냈습니다.

진심으로 감사드립니다.
여러분 모두 2011년 잘 마무리 하시고, 2012년은 더 행복하고 좋은 일만 가득한 한해가 되시기 바랍니다.
저도 노력해서 더 좋은 모습으로 찾아뵙겠습니다.
건강하시고 행복하세요!! ^^

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Formerly called “Tempest of Youth” on this blog.

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On Weibo - 2011.12.24

Hello, everybody!  The weather is getting colder and colder.  I am working hard shooting a drama.   Please be careful and don’t catch cold.  Merry Christmas!

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From WEIBO:

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JHJ fans, feel free to vent here ….

 A photo from JHJ’s first Chinese drama “Rouge Overlord” to quench your thirst somewhat ….

2011.12.07

Several JHJ fans have e-mailed me to ask what his second Chinese drama is about, so this is a brief synopsis of the plot:

The story of “Tempest of Youth” (my translation) – 25 episodes –  is centred on a girl from a single-parent (mother) family, all about the people she meets at university and the trials and tribulations they go through together on campus.  In the end they triumph through the passion and vitality of youth and manage to overcome all obstacles.  This is a coming-of-age story: she grows up and wins both academic success and love.

Comments: I don’t know any of the Chinese actors and I don’t see where JHJ comes in at all, unless he plays one of the university students.  The drama has already had its start-of-shooting ceremony, with no JHJ in sight.  SNH’s message a couple of days ago acknowledges things have not been finalized and the script has not yet been translated into Korean.  If they haven’t learnt a lesson from that non-event in Hong Kong and Macau in 2010, they are even more hopeless than I give them credit for! 

 P.S.  I’ve just read a little bit more – JHJ plays a university student who is nicknamed Sherlock Holmes (so that gives you some idea).  But he is only one of 3 male students surrounding the female lead (and he is at least 10 years older than everybody else.) 

Previously unreleased photos of JHJ in RO

In my end is my beginning.

                                  T.S. Eliot in “Four Quartets” Part V

In the case of wulijohyunjae, it is “In my beginning is my end.”  All good things must come to an end.  I didn’t need a reason to start this blog, and I don’t need to give a reason to end it.  Suffice to say, JHJ and I are 缘盡 (cannot translate, let’s just say JHJ and I have come to the end of the road.)

I am retaining my e-mail address for this blog - jhjfans@gmail.com.  Even if I’m no longer operating the blog, I’ll still be around. We are still under the same sky.  And if JHJ gets married, I promise I’ll report it first thing here.

A parting present:

Just heard on the grapevine that JHJ has returned to China (on Dec.1) to star in another Chinese drama – a contemporary romantic comedy set on a university campus (he plays a university student), to be shot around Shanghai.

Watch out for news on www.weibo.com.

This blog will remain open at least until July 1, 2012.  I may return to haunt it from time to time ^^

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