- Good morning, everyone
- Today is Vlogmas day 15
- Can you believe that there are 10 more episodes?
- Uhm, but yeah today is Wednesday which means I'm going to KBS
- I'm almost there
- And I have that broadcast so let's go on inside.
- The snow is all melting off now but here we are
- The building is right here
- Greeted by all of the shows
and then that drama over there
with Kim Rae Won, and it's called
Heukgisa (Black knight) - it's so good
But yeah let's go on inside
Say hi to the kpop connection team~ - Woooooo - What's up
Hello. This is what we look like every- wait what? - Yeah i just took off my pajamas
Yeah we just work with PJs
I was wearing my flannel PJs
But did you know; flannel's really hot - Yes (joan laughs)
(Referring to his sweater) I just wear this to bed everyday
Just in case santa comes; i wanna impress him
and there's always food in this studio.
just ended the show and now i have to return my card.
just ended the show,
and now i'm walking over to the station, i'm meeting with Erin today!
i'm so excited to see her, i feel like it's
been awhile, and Claudine might join us,
because she might have like
free time? So i'm just waiting on
Claudine to respond.
but yeah, the show went so well, it was so fun!!!
At the IFC mall now~ with...... Erin!!!
Hi!
Alright, so, we
walked around a little bit but we thought it would be fun to fill
in today's vlog by doing the CHRISTMAS TAG!!!! -Yay!!
In front of the christmas tree~ -Yay!!
(camera shakes) oh oh i'm so sorry (in korean) - ah it's fine (in korean)
First question: what is your favourite christmas film?
What's yours?
Home alone!
Oh of course!!! (in korean)
You too? - Yes, 나홀로 집에
this is so fun~
We should've said it together
Oh okay okay we'll do that now
Because I was gonna say 나홀로 집에,
but I couldn't think of the English title, so
Number 2; have you ever had a white christmas?
1, 2, 3
No. -Yes.
Obviously no, i'm from California
Okay, so, in Korea it's obivously a yes because it happens all the time
But the four winters that i've spent in Korea, I haven't had white christmas
The past four years wasn't (a white christmas) -oh yeah
Right right
So hopefully this year, maybe. -Yeah
Number three; where do you usually spend your holiday?
1, -You mean Christmas? -Yup
1, 2, 3 - Home
LOL of course
But a lot of Koreans usually go out
Yeah, it's like a couple holiday
Yeah it's a couple holiday. But for me even though
I have a boyfriend I still just stay at home
Because you grew up a little bit in America -Oh yeah yeah
so she knows what it's like to have christmas with the family -yep yep
It's actually the same - Oh really? Okay.
What is your favourite christmas song?
Ah there's so many though?
Okay but
for me
this year, i didn't listen to christmas songs.
instead, i've been listening to like the
comebacks of k-pop
Like Zion T's snow
Uh huh
(I've also been listening to songs like) DPR - MARTINI BLUE
that's not christmassy at all
Right -ughhh -I think I have to go with Mariah Carey
'All I want for christmas'?
Yeah, (it's) the most popular one -I like the one
that goes 'Hark the herald angels sing'
(attempts to sing a part of the song) Glory to the newborn king~
I like PENTATONIX, I think they have a great christmas album/playlist going on
Right right PENTATONIX is one of my favourite -Yeah, thats one of my go-to, but like specific
christmas song,
i can't pick. It changes all the time -I can't pick either
Do you open any presents on Chrismas Eve?
1,2,3 No
Yeah no, of course not
Chrismas day
Or like, when I buy the present I give it to them then and I was like open it!
I'm so bad at like surprises.
jjinja (really)??
Yeah
I'm pretty bad at it so yeah.
But usually on Chrismas Eve, I don"t.
Me too
Can you name all of Santa's reindeer?
1, 2, 3 No!
Rudolph
Only Rudolph
How many reindeers are there? 6?
I don't know !
9 or 12?
Maybe 7 or 6 -I don't know
What holiday traditions are you looking forward too most this year?
This isn't a 1, 2, 3 kinda answer -Yeah
As for me, I think for the first time i'm looking forward to having a Christmas party
at my place -mmhmm
With my Korean family.
So like all my mom's side
My mom, my brother and I, we really wanna show like
what christmas is like in America
Uh huh -So we invited all of our cousins, my grandma and aunts
to come over
so we might cook ham
and like you know, mashed potatoes - WOWWWWW
So we wanna give them like an American christmas
in Korea - that's so special!
Yeah yeah i'm looking forward to that this year - Wow
But for me...
i don't know, maybe
buying a christmas tree? - Oh???
For the first time - First time this time?
First time this time,
because in our family, we,
we try to spend like a holiday.. events
But we never
bought any like Christmas tree
So uh, maybe for the first time this year!
Okay~
that leads us to the next
question! - what is it?
Is your christmas tree real or fake? - AHHHH
mine used to be fake
it's a fake one?
yeah it's fake
so that's the reason why i wanna buy a real one
Do they have real christmas trees in Korea? - they have!
Oh they do???
But it's very expensive - yeah of course
and the size tho
it's not like original like Christmas tree, like the sides..
it's so big. Erin: it's so big.
i knowwww - so uh
awww it smells so good
but i don't have a christmas tree yet
for real? - (nods) i don't have one
You should have one though - I knowww, especially for the christmas party
But I feel like it's too late now
it's too late LOL
because we only have like what,
10 more days until christmas? - i know right
it's okay~
Uh next question,
What is your all time favourite holiday food
or treat?
Favourite food? - mmm for me,
there's one. 1,
2 - No i can't say it
Okay i'll say mine first - Yeah
Mine is pecan pie
pecan pie?
so good
Ah pecan pie is really the best - Yeah
It's delicious right? - I almost forgot about pecan pie
The last time I tried pecan pie was like–
- in America?
Yeah it was like
10 years ago - Woah
When I was living in America
So what about yours?
Mine? - What do y'all eat in Korea?
There's no such thing (as pecan pie) in Korea - no such thing?
Yeah we just go for like
spaghetti? - yeah i mean that's true because
and steak?
in korea, chuseok and seollal is the biggest holiday.
the biggest holiday, Yeah.
in America i would say, it's Thanksgiving and Christmas is very special.
but, yeah
for Koreans, like, they don't really celebrate Christmas.
yeah..
so i can't, i can't like think of anything special to do.
yeah!
but it's okay
maybe some... steak.
yeah, steak sounds good.
okay, next questions, do you like giving gifts or receiving gifts better?
oooohh that's a good question.
okay, 1, 2, 3! (at the same time) Receiving! Giving!
LOLS
i mean, i just, i really like giving people gifts. Reacting to people opening gifts.. and things like that
yeah
and i put a lot of thought into a lot of them so
i like to give it to people in themes, and so
i really enjoy coming up with gift ideas.
yeah, yeah, you're right.
for me, because it's kind of a sad story. because when it's always on my birthday
when my birthday comes,
i always ask like my friends to not bring any presents,
i don't know why
when i was young (speaks in Korean) i thought it was kinda cool.
you know? :D
to sayyy :DD
i though it was cool.
i thought it was a cool thing (LOL)
so i ask, i ask my friends, i tell my friends, like don't bring any presents
it's just going to be me and you having fun.
and then she gets mad later, cuz she didn't get any :D
cuz i was like so upset about it, nobody actually bring any presents.
trying to be cool.
i knoowww, so nowadays i love receiving gifts.
oo right, so cute.
okay, next one,
what is the best Christmas gift you ever received?
ah Christmas gift?
(speaks Korean) like i received a lot of gifts throughout
like you know, all these years. i think last year
my brother got me
a Jo Malone Perfume
and
the big bang album.
so i think that was like, it's kinda like stuck to me.
so i was like, oh, it was a really good gift.
did you got did you received that on Christmas?
yeah i got it on Christmas - oh sorry - ah that's cool.
yeah i got it on Christmas.
well....... for me?
for you? how?
maybe a........
i can't remember because (laughs) i haven't received any gift that special. - for real? - Yeah
ohh
even from my boyfriend, cuz we didn't exchange any gifts
ooh!
oh yeah that's a thing too, like
it's
it's really not a big deal. - it's not a deal yeah
in Korea.
yeah - but it's slowly starting too. now look at this tree..
yeah yeah
but maybe like way back.. earlier times.
like when i was like 6 or 7 years old, i just remembered
that my mom and dad, they hold, they hang a little sock - the stocking?
and they put some money in it - oohhh
oh that's the best gift (LOL)
money - yeah yeah
yeah - okay
i knew, i knew at that time that the money was the best thing, so i was like
what about now? - oh
(Speaks in Korean)
like fantastic, like money. receiving money is like the best thing ever. LOLS
it's true, it's true.
okay next one is,
what would your dream place to visit for the holiday season?
ahhh this is also a good question - i have two places
what, what's yours?
New York And London.
London i really wanna see Christmas and
for both those cities i would love too -yeah
for me, i'll visit definitely,
a
i don't know actually, i don't remember the name, but it's
a city from Germany, it's the whole season from like the Christmas season - ah i know
its, yeah yeah - the city
the city, the whole city turns into like
very Christmas like market and like
i forgot the name
acually i've been there before - ohh
and i don't remember the name.
are a pro present wrapper or do you failed miserably? - ahhhh
okay - you wanna go 1,2,3? - 1,2,3!
*hand gestures ( so so) - PRO - oh really?? - yeah
you're good? - yeah i'm good at wrapping presents.
i'm okay but my mom is better. so i give it all to my mom.
(speaks in Korean)
so she wraps it for you? - she's so good.
like every time i give my friends like a present that was wrapped by her
they're like, i don't want to open it it's so pretty. LOLS
i was like - yeah - open it - yeah - she's really good
but i'm okay, i'm not, i don't failed but i'm not the best.
(Speaks in Korean) - you're good.
i think so, because i'm kinda good at, you know, making something, so i
you're right - yeah i don't know
i just
i feel like i'm at wrapping LOL - you're right
okay um
let's do two more, two more questions - okay - so
the 14th question is,
when did you realized the truth about santa?
aaaahh the truth about Santa?
okay 1,2,3!
i never believed in Santa.
you.. - i never believed in it.
i had so many older cousins,
that like, they were like, it's... i was like... - that's so bad. - alright..
i just accepted it. - really? - yeah
i realized when i was like..
when i started to, step in to elementary school,
so before when i was
like age 5,6,7 i believed in Santa.
ohhh so cute
my mom put a money inside, i thought it was Santa gave me money.
final question is, do you make new years resolutions? and do you stick to them?
what's wrong? - i think i already answered - okay, ready? 1,2,3!
(Both) NOOOOOO
i use to make new years resolutions,
i, every, each year i make resolutions
but now not so much. - ah really?
(Speaks in Korean)
but you're like a huge planner - yeah but
i think starting joan day, especially, now i no longer think pass next week. LOL
but but (speaks Korean) - oh yeah
resolutions for last year was finishing joan day - oh yeah that's true
but i like to set like realistic goal.
so once i know, that will come true then i do it.
but i don't really like set like
a list of things - ahh okay - that i wanna achieve.
but for me i would just write down
1 to 10
write down like 10 resolutions
but then
failed?
i would failed like most of it LOL so sad
one the biggest failed in this year's resolutions
was like
keep, you know, exercising?
because my body is (LOL)
you know what - always keeping me - same here, me too.
i was like, i'm gonna exercise more - yeah yeah
*hand gestures like: nahhh famm - uhuh
that would never happen.
oh actually i did set new years resolutions las year.
yeah everybody does it.
yeahh
but i, i'm never
saw someone who like kinda achieve everything, that they wrote.
oh right, that's true - it's kinda impossible, sometimes like
i think i said no to this, because this year i don't have new years resolutions - aaaaahh - but
yeah up to last year i did.- yeah you have.
i remember, you had. - yeah yeah
(?) can be specific goals i guess.- yeah yeah
right..
that's it for the Christmas tag i hope you guys enjoyed watching.
uhhh sorry about the movement but - it was it, was cool.
it was fun! right? - yeah bring like all those past memories. - (both) yeahh
now we're just gonna, what time is it?
it's 4.30 so
we're gonna go eat dinner at 5
at (speaks korean) it's such cute place.
yeah it's one of my favorite place
we haven't been there at night or i haven't been there at night so i really want to check it out. So
the scenery, the night view, it's amazing - i'm so excited.
yeah
alright, so..
yeah i hope you guys enjoy the Christmas tag and i'll see you guys at dinner.
50th floor
oh
i've never been here during this time
check out this view from above, it's such a pretty view
erin is right there.
so pretty in here, i love it.
can see the most amazing (both) view.
and that's why they have a Michelin star.
cuz their food is good but it's not like ohhh it's good
- like good Good
but my favorite part of the day
is like come and visit it at night times tho
it's like.. amazing - yeah
it's cute, the bread is so good.
(speaks Korean)
you guys have all seen this shot before,
i think this is the fourth time.
but i love this bread - it's the fourth time? - fourth time - really?
i think so i come here often after you introduce it. - *erin nods of approval*
so i got the rose pasta
and hers are not here yet
erin's are finally here - yes!
alright we order a tart as well
and look outside
it's so nice
look at the traffic jam, okay
look at that
it's so pretty outside..
but yeah, we're just gonna eat the tart and then head home.
it's so hard to take photos at night. - oh yeah - it doesn't come out as nice
today's vlog will end here, i hope you guys enjoyed watching.
here's a shoutout today for those of you guys who translate and transcribe this vlog. right here.
thank you guys so much for taking the time out of your day to do that.
and i will see you guys in tomorrow's vlog.
have a joan day, annyeong - joan dayyy