Some translations I've done over the years. Starts off as translations for the Korean-American band the Royal Pirates, transitions into other interests! :)
We’ve released RP’s Q&A for this month! ♫ This is a great project in which your questions can be answered by RP! The answers to questions from the first half of July have arrived☆
In this corner, anyone can ask a question as long as you are an FC member! If you haven’t asked your question yet, please check out the Royal Pirates Japan Official Fanclub Site ♥ http://fc.royal-pirates.jp/
Then, let’s start revealing the answers!
Q. Suu - What part of yourself do you think is nice? A. EXSY - I think my best point is my smile ^^
Q. mameringo - Can you recommend a good tourist attraction in Korea or the US, or your favorite place? A. EXSY - My recommendation for a tourist attraction in America is Magic Mountain. As for Korea, it’s Jeju Island.
Q. moonarch - What was your first part-time job? And, did you have a part-time job that left an impression on you? -Yayoi A. EXSY - My first part-time job was at a sushi restaurant. The job that left an impression on me was one at a bar, because every time after work I could have a drink.
Q. akitora - What happens when you drink too much? Which drink is your favorite? A. EXSY - When I get drunk my tension rises. My favorite drink is whiskey.
Q. satomami - Is there an event that has left an impression on you, such as from Halloween or Christmas? (In America or Korea, whichever) Why? A. EXSY - There hasn’t been any event that left an impression on me yet, but this year for Halloween I want to become a Dragon Ball. [T/N: A saiyan?]
Q. natsurobin - What has made you happy recently? A. EXSY - What recently made me happy was starting to study Japanese again.
Q. omorp - Is there any place in Japan you want to go? A. EXSY - I want to go to Tokyo DisneySea
Q. mohakumi - Among the three of you, who is the most spontaneous? A. Moon - Sooyoon A. James - Depending on the situation, I think it’s Sooyoon.
Q. mariko - What is your No.1 wish right now!? A. Moon - Google Play Giftcard A. James - What I want the most… I want to eat Shabu Shabu… ;_;
We look forward to having lots of questions in August♪
[16.07.29 - Staff Diary] Royal Pirates: Time.Machine <RP Moments P4>
Hello, its Team RP. Another week has quickly passed us by and it’s time for our fourth installment of RP’s Time Machine! Unlike today’s gloomy weather, we’ll return to last year’s bright and sunny picnic! Do you all remember it? We plan on taking you back to the shining moment between fans and RP. Shall be be off to Ttukseom Hangang Park now? Instead of pictures, this time we’ve prepared a short video! Let’s all go back to last year’s picnic together. Go Go Go!! [*The vid is unlisted, so head to the fancafe if you want to check it out :)] We hope all the fans have a great Friday, and we’ll see you in Jeonju next Saturday :)
To re-live this experience, check out the tag for the RP Song For You Picnic for more pics and this video coverage by ICONtv, English subbed!
This is Lefty (I haven’t even watched the movie yet k k) I’ve been working on songs since this morning so I’m very tired… So rather than studying from the book, I chatted in Japanese with the teacher about the current state of Korea. There’s nothing we don’t practice here. Since I have my board with me, I play with it when I get bored. Lately it’s been hot and rainy in Korea, so at night I can’t sleep well… How is it in Japan? If it’s the same in Japan, everyone please be careful not to catch a cold! Don’t use the AC too much. Pyon!!
Even though I have an allergy to cats, the president’s cat was too cute so I wanted to take a picture with it! So I took one!!
The cat’s expression seems like it hates me, but that’s its normal expression. It was actually very nice! It’s name is Tutu. I really want a cat so it’s just too bad that I have allergies …
I’m studying today too! And, I answered questions! Thanks for asking^^
There were a lot of interesting clothes and accessories at IMX. There was also Moon’s favorite Darth Vader, so today I turned into Soo-Vader for a little while. k k The picture’s on facebook!
[16.07.15 - Staff Diary] Royal Pirates: Time.Machine <RP Moments P2>
Hello. It’s Team RP.
In this hot weather, we hope all the fans take care to watch their health so that they wont be affected by the heat. Take care not to catch a cold because of your air conditioning!
Today we’ll continue with our previous story with the 1st EP [Drawing the Line], and move to the outdoors shoot! This time with our Time Machine we will not hesitate to bring you these gems of BTS pics :) Go Go Go!!
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This week as well, bright and suave, We’ve brought you the RP eye-candy TIME!
Thanks to all the prayers and support from the fans, James’ surgery has finished successfully. He’s currently in recovery. He said that he gained a lot of strength from all of your positive energy and support. Please continue to support him and wish for his speedy recovery! :) We are preparing for the new album as well, so continue to support and anticipate that as well.
It’s been a long week for everyone. Have a great weekend!
*A trial from me! Using these (*verb endings: potential, conditional, negative conditional), please write a letter to Sooyoon! Then, have a flowery ๐ธ Friday :^)
Actor Shim Hyungtak, who has been cast as promotional model for YD Online’s newly developed action RPG game “Heavenly Host: The Infinite Battle” has recently revealed he held a meet-up for the game.
[16.07.07 - Staff Diary] Royal Pirates: Time.Machine <RP Moments P1>
Hello, it’s Team RP.
Did you enjoy your lunch? We’ve come back to you after such a long time with a Staff Diary! (You’ve waited a long time *-_-*) We plan for this Staff Diary to be the start of a <Time Machine> series.
This time machine can let us go to any time and any place we want. Please try guessing where and when we’ll end up next week! All the fans can come together and share this “Moment with RP.”
Today we’ve gone back to when we shot for the 1st EP <Drawing the Line> album jacket. Here are some behind the scenes pictures we’ve never released until now!
VID: It felt like a part of me died when I was hearing these things from different doctors like “You’re never going to be able to play guitar again”,”You’re never going to do certain…” like, “you can’t even work out with your full strength as before.” That was really frustrating… because if you know me, I love MMA, I love ๊ฒฉํฌ๊ธฐ, and I love guitar. I love playing guitar, I love music. Just the fact that it’s been taken away from me- I just felt like I got robbed.
POST: When I was young I realized I wanted to play the bass. After much thought I left my stable job and came to Korea to accomplish that dream. I have loved music so much and gotten this far with it- practiced every day, and a year ago an unthinkable accident occurred. To this day that restaurant in Itaewon still will not give me compensation for damages and that just makes no sense to me. Did I do something wrong? I went in to eat. Now I can’t even do the things I love, and all the hobbies I always enjoyed like MMA and basketball- I had to give it all up.
One year ago, I believed everything would be okay one year later if I kept thinking it would be, and I did my best to recover. But I’m still fighting. Surgery after surgery. Every day there’s a different pain that makes me hurt. Are you all getting by? I’m going to fight until the end.
“While we were preparing for the album and in the songwriting process James got hurt. At that time we wondered, “Well what do we do now?” We felt that starting activities would be extremely difficult and we became frustrated. Thankfully James pulled through. Even though he’s had to switch from playing bass to the synthesizer, I’m glad we’re still able to promote together.” (Moon Kim)
There are still things they want to say, still much more music they want to make- The band Royal Pirates thinks about the things they need when fantasizing about music.
