I love Kara but I don’t follow them as much as I do with Wonder Girls. Kara girls have entertaining personalities so I watch them quite a bit. When I found out they have an english subbed DVD coming out I had a huge dillema. I’ve told myself to not buy Kpop items unnecessarily anymore but I just couldn’t resist DVDs with english subbed. I checked the content of the DVD, most of them I have not watched (since I only recently got into them). It also comes with a photobook which makes it more tempting since Kara girls are really pretty!

I took my time thinking about it. It costs US$59.99 with 6 posters and $49.99 without posters in YesAsia. The posters are pretty but I don’t think I have the space to stick all of them. So I decided I don’t need the posters. Converted US$49.99 to AUD, it came out over $60 so I waited a bit more hoping AUD gets stronger.

Maybe it’s a sign or just pure coincedence, I saw a random ad on LiveJournal about an Australian online Asian DVD shop that I never heard before. So I clicked on it. Turned out it’s an online shop for a well-known offline store in Melbourne called Sunstar. I browsed through their collection and sure enough they had the Kara DVD box I was after. The price was $56 including shipping AUD! (they offer free shipping for or der above $35).

I was delighted and excited that I had to buy it XD

I bought it yesterday afternoon and guess what, this morning it’s arrived. Wow.

The shop is called Media-Asia. Their prices are reasonable so if you live in Australia and love Asian entertainment, this site may be your one stop solution if you prefer to shop locally. Their prices are not always cheaper than YesAsia, but quite reasonable considering you don’t have to wait 2 weeks like when you order from YesAsia.

Halloween is coming and I need a costume! I don’t want to spend too much money on something I would wear once only, so I decided to get some dance costume which I can wear to my belly dancing classes.

So this halloween, I will hopefully dress as a hobo witch, if my costume comes on time and the size and colours are as expected.

I bought this gypsy set, the seller is able to customise the size. It’s coming from India. I’m not too confident buying clothes online but the seller have positive feedbacks so I thought I’ll give it a go. I’ll let you know the quality once I recieve it.

I also bought this orange hip scarf from this seller to colour up the costume and to match my witch hat.

The hip scarf is rather expensive for my liking but it’s different than what everyone in belly dancing class wears (which look like this) so I’m hoping it’s going to be worth it >__<

If none of these come on time for halloween, I’ll just wrap myself in a bedsheet and go as a ghost xD

The pre sale for Wonder Girls debut US album is up and they’re running a special promotion for the first 1,000 pre-order. The first 1,000 pre-order will get autographed CD and a laptop case. Although a friend has kindly pre-ordered me one at the concert, I still got one myself just in case and to show my support. I can always  give the CD away as present. I mean, it’s autographed! Or so I hope.

The website for pre sale is http://www.wondercdpresale.com/

The site looks dodgy but Wonder Girls and JYP had confirmed it. It seems like it’s run by the same people who runs Jonas Brothers Merchandise Official because when you pay by paypal, it says you’re paying for Jonas Brothers Merchandise.

I’m not sure when it’s officially released. They haven’t even finalised the cover art yet.

I can hardly wait for Wonder Girls US debut album. Especially an autographed one!!

If you don’t know the korean band “Dong Bang Shin Ki” (which you should totally check out), this DVD set is probably meaningless to you but if you’re an avid fans like me, this is a MUST HAVE and MUST BUY NOW for the following reason:
1. Season 1 and 2 have been more than entertaining. The boys know how to make you laugh and cry. Season 2 especially with 5 DVDs. This one comes with 6 DVDs with running times of almost 15 hours. It contains music performances, couple talk, variety shows where they transform into comedians to make you laugh, behind the scene stuffs, and many more.
2. It comes with english subtitle. None of their other DVDs come with english subtitle. So you can watch it on your big TV screen and understand what they’re talking about!
3. It’s highly in demand so I won’t be surprised it’ll get out of stock as soon as it’s released. So make sure you pre-order now.
4. First press edition comes with photobook and a poster. If these things matter to you, all the more you need to pre-order NOW.

It’s available on YesAsia (includes shipping: US$59.99 with folded poster, US$69.99 with tubed poster) and DVDHeaven (doesn’t include shipping: US$44.70 without poster, US$58.80 with poster). Get wherever works out cheaper for you.

For shipping to Australia, YesAsia is still few dollars cheaper for both versions so I went with them.

The release date is August 17, 2009 and its estimated arrrival date is end of August. Still a long way to wait…

I’ve recently bought this adorable mushroom chair from strapya-world. They come in four different colours: red, brown, blue, and pink.

I’ve always wanted to buy it but it has always been out of stock until recently. I actually wanted the brown one because it fits with my furniture better but just before I was about to buy it, it went out of stock (again!).

By the time I wrote this all colours are out of stock *sigh*.

Now all I have to do is wait for the day when the package comes hee hee!