My S♥SD: 12/17/13

Tuesday, December 17, 2013

Sooyoung and Siwon become ambassadors for 'UNICEF's santa campaign

Girls' Generation's Sooyoung and Super Junior's Siwon have been appointed as ambassadors for 'UNICEF's santa campaign to help children in need this holiday season!

UNICEF announced on December 17, "Sooyoung, who has been consistently participating in various volunteer work, and Siwon, who has been a 'UNICEF' ambassador for the past two years, fit the image of santas who help children and were appointed as ambassadors for this campaign."

Sooyoung shared, "Although I am busy with my activities, I am joyful to use my talent for a really important cause. Because I am able to return the love I received to children, I participated with a joyful heart. Though all of you might be spending a busy holiday season, I hope that you will become santas who give big hope to the children in need in our neighboring countries right now with a bit of your help."

Siwon said, "After teaming up with UNICEF, every time I promote, I feel a sense of responsibility and duty... Please participate in the santa campaign and send a life-saving gift to the children who are in need of dire help."

Siwon and Sooyoung are known for their hearts of gold and continue to fight for a good cause as ambassadors for 'UNICEF'. The two idols were overseas, but they flew in to film the video for the campaign below!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GN5yqdf8vHQ

Girls' Generation meet with 50,000 fans while promoting their latest album in Japan

Girls' Generation proved their outstanding popularity yet again with their latest Japanese album 'Love & Peace,' which is doing great on the charts! To promote this album, the girls visited Osaka and Yokohama to meet up with a total of 50,000 fans over the weekend.

On the 14th, Girls' Generation held a live event at the Yokohama Arena where they performed songs from their new album as well as previous hit songs for a total of eight performances in front of 30,000 fans.

On the 15th, Girls' Generation went on stage at Universal Studios Japan in Osaka to perform the "shampoo dance" with popular characters like Elmo and Cookie Monster. After finishing the performance, they visited the first Japanese hologram theater, 'SM Town Hologram V-Theater,' which was a collaboration between SM Entertainment and Universal Studios Japan. There, the members watched a hologram performance along with 250 specially invited fans.

On December 22, Girls' Generation will be having a performance 'Marchen Fantasy' for SM Town Week. They will also be attending all three year-end music festivals for KBS, MBC, and SBS so stay tuned for further updates on Girls' Generation's activities and promotions!

Girl's Generation tops Oricon Album Weekly Chart for the 2nd time

Girls' Generation 3rd Japanese album "LOVE and PEACE" reached no.1 on the album daily chart on Oricon. The total sales for the 1st week is 129,255 which helps them to top the album weekly chart.

This is the 2nd time that the girls achieved the no.1 spot. Their 1st Japanese album "GIRLS' GENERATION" which was released on June, 2011 also topped the weekly chart, which makes Girls' Generation the 1st Korean girl group to achieve this record, proving their ongoing popularity in Japan.

Girl's Generation will hold their 3rd Japan Arena Tour in various cities starting from April next year. They are going to have a concert for SMTOWN WEEK on December 22nd.

SMTown reveals preview of 2014 Season's greeting featuring Girls' Generation, TVXQ, SJ, INFINITE & more

SMTown reveals the teaser video of 2014 Season greeting package.

The trailer shows some previews of the 2014 Season greeting of SM artists which include Girls' Generation, TVXQ, Super Junior, SHINee, f(x), EXO and INFINITE.

Watch the video below for more details

Seohyun transforms into 'Elmo'?

Girls' Generation's Seohyun updated her Twitter on 15th December with an adorable photo.

She wrote,"don't catch a cold!!♡ -from elmo hyun- keke:D".

Fans commented after seeing the photos,"Seohyun looks cute here","Take care too unnie not to catch a cold","Elmo Hyun is the best" and etc.

Taeng Monster?

Taeyeon Shares Photos Using New Instagram Account

Original article from March 21st, 2013:

On March 17th, Taeyeon opened an Instagram account and, to the delight of fans, has begun to share photos with her rapidly growing list of followers. Instagram is a photo-sharing service that allows users to quickly take pictures and share them through the internet.

Taeyeon continues to upload new images to her Instagram, ranging from a snapshot of her shoes to a photo of a road in Japan. Taeyeon also posted a message in an image, in which she explained why she chose to begin using Instagram. Her message reads:

Everyone! This is Taeyeon from Japan~

I am always looking for ways to interact with you all, and I want to share happy news with you all the time!

I’ve always used the official homepage and UFOtown but I felt that was missing… something?

(There are lots of small things that I want to share from time to time)

But it’s not like I can spam the official homepage… that’s just not right ㅜ

and UFOtown is just me receiving questions to answer..

I thought… it would be nice if I could ask you questions as well ^^

I know exactly what everyone is worried about right now.

I also don’t want me or anyone close to me to be hurt..

The reason I started Instagram was to be closer with you all!

The time I spend outside of Korea increases

and because of that, the number of international SONEs increases.

I wanted to… share more simple, interesting, trivial things.

I will uploads pictures like everyone else!

It’s very similar to the official page. The only difference is that the main topic is Taeyeon.

But remember that this doesn’t mean I will stop using the official homepage or UFOtown, so

whoever wants to ask me questions, use UFO >_<

Come play often SONE :)

Taeyeon can be found on Instagram under the username taeyeon_ss.

Check out all the photos Taeyeon has uploaded thus far and the captions included with them below.

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13/12/2

13/12/2: 빨리와라 #2014

13/12/3: 여러분을 위한 소원노트 올 한해를 돌아보며 이런저런 이야기들을 적어보았어요 소시의 잼있는 이야기들 많이 담겨있답니다 그 중 베이킹하는 파니와 나 #SoneNote

13/12/3: 핑크마카롱더미

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13/12/5: 야우리 사진좀찍자ㅋㅋㅋㅋ남아있는게 이거밖에없다 생일축하해갓25살애기야 @yulyulk

13/12/5: KBS월화드라마 12월 9일 밤10시 첫방송합니다요 우리 임배우 화이탱 기대된다! #총리와나 #임윤아 #남다정 #YoonA

13/12/10: the best christmas present #ggJapan3Album #LOVEandPEACE

13/12/11: it's finally been revealed @svnnynight Sunny, could you throw me my headphones that are in my room from Korea. It's a bit tasteless with my earphones, so I can't listen to it anymore #Lips hey, i love you #ggjapan3album

13/12/11

13/12/12: Morning. There isn't a lot of time left until the Christmas concert! It's going to be a fun day

13/12/12: Starting 2014 with Ceci. I became the face for January. My first solo photoshoot is going to be revealed, so everyone meet the new year with the new and refreshing Ceci. Thailand. China. Korea they say you can see it through all three, simultaneously. Hoob #ceci #MyFace

13/12/12: #flower

13/12/13: TaengudnightWorld

13/12/15: Fairy tale-like Christmas. Exciting Christmas. It seemed like you liked both, so I put them all in. D-7 I found the photo!

13/12/15: Look for me

13/12/15

13/12/15: Hi Kitty. Your head is a bit big, but your voice was cute #usj

13/12/15: Cookie monstaeng #usj

13/12/16

13/12/17: goodmorning

13/12/17: #NatureRepublic

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13/12/19

13/12/19: Soon #naturerepublic

13/12/19: SantaClaus is coming to town #chubbysanta

13/12/21: Shine bright like a Diamond #탱구네일

13/12/23: I was really happy yesterday. It was the first concert in Korea in a long time. I was able to sing with all my strength from being showered with all of your love. I think this will become the best Christmas present to me. Everyone who came, thank you so much #smweek #tysoneFollowing

Jessica Opens Weibo Account

Original article from June 23rd, 2013:

On June 23rd, Jessica surprised fans by opening a Weibo account under the username of Sy__Jessica. She uploaded a cute selca of herself as her display picture and posted a short message: “Hi Weibo friends, it’s nice to finally be here! Let’s have some fun! [可爱]

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Jessica is now the fourth member to have opened an account on a photo sharing service. All the photos that Jessica has shared will be uploaded below along with the translated versions of her messages.

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13/12/4: Can i have some too?

13/12/12: Christmas is around the corner

Sunny Starts Latest Instagram Account and Opens New Twitter Account

Original article from July 7th, 2013:

On July 7th, Sunny opened an Instagram account under the username svnnynight and shared a cute selca of herself. Along with the photo, Sunny posted a caption which translated to, “Hi?!…it’s me*^^* Hiiiiiiiii first post!!!” To go along with her new Instagram account, Sunny also revealed she joined Twitter under the username Sunnyday515. Her first tweet translated to, “Hello?! Nice to meet you~ I finally joined twitter!!!!! :)”.

Sunny is now the fourth member on Instagram, following Taeyeon, Hyoyeon, and Yuri, and the fifth member overall on social networking sites after Jessica opened a Weibo account. All the photos that Sunny has shared will be uploaded below and will be updated with their captions translated as well.

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13/12/3: He came while I was undoing the ribbon

13/12/5: 오늘은너의날!!!!생일소녀유리랑!!♡ With b-day girl!! 알라뷰뿅뿅뿅~ #happybirthdayyuri

13/12/11: Look at you. Now look at us..

13/12/12: It seemed to be snowing a lot outside~~ you all be careful driving!!..... what might I be doing here?!ㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ I'm not really laughingㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋㅋ #menboong

13/12/15: Early Merry Happy Sunny Christmas~ elmos&cookie monster @usj

13/12/15: #elmosunny!!! Merry! Happy! Sunny!! Christmas~!!!

13/12/17: 다음은너로정했다!!!! On to the next one!

13/12/21: Are you ready?!?! See you at the concert venue tomorrow~ #girlsgeneration #märchenfantasy

13/12/21: After preparing it on the evening a day before, the lunch with fried eggs I made the morning of... it's my precious lunch..... currently watching the broadcast!! Are all of you watching~?? #InfiniteChallenge #sseulchinso (Translator's note: 'Introducing My Lonely Friend' shortened)