Jo Hyun Jae

Do you know that George Michael song “A Different Corner”? There is a line in it that I like very much –”Turn a different corner and we never would have met.”

The Chinese believe that for two people to meet they have to have ” 緣”. This is called “fate” or “destiny” in the English-speaking world. The right man (or woman), the right time, the right place — everything has to be in sync.

How did you meet Jo Hyun-Jae? There are myriads of Korean actors (and actresses) — all good-looking, natural or otherwise. How did you first encounter JHJ? How did you become fixated with him?

Tell us how you first discovered JHJ (and I’ll tell you my story.)

In these lonely months when Hyun-Jae is away, we can only entertain ourselves. So here we would like to ask you all — WHAT DO YOU LIKE ABOUT JO HYUN-JAE? Please write in and tell us. English, Chinese, whatever — we can get your comments translated.

To start the ball rolling, here is yours truly’s contribution. Just a doggerel, all for fun.

How do I love thee? Let me count the ways:
(Apologies to Elizabeth Barrett Browning)
I love the way you look
Even the way you smoke
(But please quit smoking)
I love the smile on your face
The way you handle pressure with grace
I love those big beautiful eyes
Those cute lips that never lie
I love the low-key way you talk
The measured way you walk
Going through life one step at a time
Follow you heart and all will be fine
It’s been fun being your fan
Look forward with hope, yes, you can!

Now it’s your turn.

MV “More than words can say” courtesy of Mizutamari.

There is a poet among us. Angie, who goes by the pseudonym of “Where on earth is the antidote” on JoHyunJaeChina, has dedicated this poem to Jo Hyun-Jae. The original is in Chinese and is printed after the translated version. If you cannot read Chinese, then you have to take my word for it that the Chinese version is far superior to the English.

LOVE YOU, WANDERING FOOTPRINTS

If you are a kind of poison, the look in your eyes is the poison’s fuse

This winter I lost my resistance
This poison’s fuse started an endless quest

I had thought I love only your on-screen glamour
But in time I became enamoured with your out-of-this-world stance

A thousand years ago, did we make a beautiful promise?
Poised on time’s divide, did you momentarily turn around?
Had we really met, there would be indelible memories

From your ethereal smile, from your deep-ebbing sorrow
From your modest fortitude, from the profound love in your eyes
I begin to find traces of our love and remembrance

If…if former destiny is ultimately just a dream
I’d rather be steeped in the tender dream and never awake

Perhaps in this life I will never love like this again
I would still remain satisfied and solitary for loving you from afar

Even if an antidote for my heart cannot be found at the ends of the earth
I am still your eternal wanderer

I will go on silently
With a tranquill heart, at the fringe of your blessed existence

Until one day, the years are gone
Dust and wandering have settled

Turning around in the setting sun, at least in this life
I have left behind footprints of my love for you

(Original Chinese version published in JoHyunJaeChina two days before Valentine’s Day)

千年以前　是否许下美丽的誓言
在时间的渡口　可曾有过刹那的回首
真的见过你　就会有些不灭的记忆

从你云淡风清的微笑　从你深沉逆流的悲伤
从你嘴角的谦卑坚毅　从你眸中的深情如许
我开始寻找　爱过念过的痕迹

如果　如果前缘　最终只是一场梦
我宁愿沉沦在温柔的梦中　不要醒来

也许 这一世　不再会有倾心的相遇
我也会隔着远远的距离　尝遍爱着你的满意与孤寂

就算 到天涯　也寻不着心中的解药
我也依然是你　永远的流浪者

我会不动声色地走下去
用安静的心　守护在你的幸福之外

直到有一天　岁月都已过去　
尘埃和流浪　都已止息

斜阳下回首　至少这一世
我留下过　爱你的足迹

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