SHINee is the first Korean idols to release their own travel guide. And here you can read the translation of the diaries of Onew, Key, and Taemin, and more!
Taemin's diary [Part 1 & 2]
I’m somehow not scared of high places. I don’t really have the fear.
I was so reckless back then. In my neighborhood, there were no trees that I’ve never climbed. Those trees were my playground.
I’m a bit embarrassed to admit this, but I used to ring people’s doorbell and escape from house to house several times, climb the pipe, and play hide-and-seek in the apartment basement.
Even though apartment’s ground and top building are separated, the basement are all connected! Isn’t that amazing? Haha. It was really amazing in my eyes when I was a child. The security ahjusshi always tried to chase us after we finished playing hide-and-seek! However, we didn’t feel intimidated(scared) at all, my friends and I were known as mischievous boys around our neighborhood.
“Security ahjusshi, “even though it’s late (to chase) I’m sorry! “
Really, come to think of it, during sport’s day running race, I also have ever won 1st place when i injured my arms. I didn’t care about my injured arm, i just ran as fast as i could.
Really mischievous.
It’s amazing yet funny. Even I’m already becoming 20, i actually still have those kinds of my mischievous feelings on my adult life.
When people called me “Taemin-ah!” with startled expression, I was crossing a single road bridge. I just realized that i can’t swim while plunging my self to the sea.
Oh! I like large/spacious/wide places, pilot was my dream during my childhood. By becoming a pilot, I can fly to the top of the earth, that’s my dream.
But in fact, I couldn’t swim, so the biggest incident of this trip was plunging myself to the sea.
“that’s right! I just learned swimming on the ocean in Barcelona!”
Hihi, I’ve never learned how to swim since the beginning, but weirdly, I didn’t feel scared at all while jumping to the sea.
Ah, my other personality is that I’m not really possessive(?)
It’s hard to remember the things I lost, and I also don’t really pay attention to it. I just immediately buy it again when it comes to the things I need, if not, I don’t have to buy it again. So I don’t blame anyone when I lose something. I also don't feel sad for so long about it.
But the only lost thing I still feel sad about is ipod. Ipod that I’ve bought several years ago was now lost, it’s now the only thing that’s on my “to find” list. The ipod that has more than 1000 songs is now lost. I still feel regretful.
I feel regretful because of the content in the ipod which are songs i only listen, Rather than because of the ipod itself.
Really, precious things can’t be seen, isn’t that really like that?
In my only thought, Sites Beach is the right place to relax. Compared to Barcelona(the city), it’s more quiet and relaxed, spending the day on that ocean in the shining sunlight. It’s a very hesitate moment when we took off our shoes and getting in to the water. It felt like we took a time machine and wanting to go back to our childhood years and we didn’t care of our clothes getting wet after diving into the water and playing around.
After getting out from the water, we made castle in the sand-field, and wrote our name. That’s the dazzling time we can’t grab by our hands, it’s just the time we’re tended to remember for a long time.
But, if i tend to admit in honesty, there’s the thing that I also feel scared of.
It can be grabbed, but can’t be seen, it is a really really new challenge, indeed!
And the other one is, bees. It’s the 2nd thing I feel scared of the most in the world!
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The first thing that can make my heart flutters badly because of going to Barcelona is obviously 'soccer'. That well-known Barcelona FC's base is in Barcelona! I don't know when it started exactly during my childhood, but I already liked soccer!
During elementary school days, to me, lunch time was not the time to have lunch. I used that time to play soccer with my friends, ran around here and there at the school’s confined soccer field. The time to play soccer was really the most awaited time for me everyday at school!
Instead, we had our lunch when the break time was about to end. I could eat it within 10 minutes, but it was only at the time when I was really hungry.
“If you want to be called a man, you have to be aware of this! hahaha”
Since I started my activities as a trainee, those times (playing soccer) naturally decreased. I didn't feel bad actually when my times to practice singing & dancing were equally the same as the time I used to have for soccer, honestly, I just giggled and laughed by thinking about it.
What are those friends doing right now? I miss them!
When we walk around Barcelona's most well-known Ramblas, it's so full of soccer-related items. There are also cute kids wearing the team's jersey carved with the player's names and couples strolling around wearing hats of the team's logo.
At Sports Bar (Watching FC Barcelona's Match)
In front of Irish Sports Bar.
It's already crowded of people, and there's one empty table that stands out. (T/N: means that they're going to take the table?)
Of course people who supported Barcelona there was dominant. I obviously would be the same as them, supporting Barcelona hard!
For your information, this match had to end by draw even it was continued with extra time. Too bad. If only Barcelona won, that moment could be spread out along Ramblas Street.. Like during World Cup when people gathered in our country's city hall.
Ah, because of soccer t-shirt, there was a cool episode. (t/n: referred to 'story' i think)
I bought the player uniform and got excited. Manager hyung and I wore the jersey almost everyday when we went out.
The incident happened when we spent the day at night in Barcelona. It was when we were eating dinner together with the staffs at a small bar. There were 3 Spanish guys wandered to Manager hyung's surrounding. I think they said that the t-shirt that manager hyung wore was cool when they took a glimpse at it. The manager got happy and suspiciously, those 3 guys exchanged few words then turned away.
Suddenly, Onew hyung said "Hyung, it's a bit weird, which thing that's gone?" Manager hyung checked his pocket and shouted "Huh? Heok! My cellphone isn't here!". Manager hyung then turned away to the guys, their expression didn't seem to be their real attitude. "What are you doing to me?!" said the manager. Those guys were just like "Oh~ you're great" and returned the cellphone.
Such great guys. We even have to be careful during the trip. Even though Barcelona have more nice people, of course! There are many of vague people around me and your boundary, so by knowing and being careful is the wisest thing!
So in conclusion, you have to be with native/local citizen as your guide when you visit Barcelona. There's no way that the tourist's sightseeing place is not pickpocket's target.
Key's diary [Part 1 & 2]
Unsure of whatever reasons, I dislike new things. As compared to factory-manufactured products that are new, I prefer old ones. Old objects has its own special qualities. It encompasses all the memories it has lasted through time. Its unique characteristics and the stories it tells, mesmerizes me. Objects that are lifeless, feels as though they are empty, nothing.
That is why human's existence is so precious Because humans have their own way of expressing ideas, No matter who you are, you have your own individualistic characteristics. But among these things, I particularly love things that are personal. Those that are able to shout out that it is "Me" or "Key". These is related to what I present (wear etc)
One of my childhood dream was to become an artist. And to become a singer, was a goal that I must achieve. I use a visualistic approach for my mind, body and soul, for everyday life and everyday activities, just like breathing.
No, I do it subconsciously, because it has become a habit for me. Whenever I am free now, I will sketch on paper. So when I saw graffiti for the first time,
I took a long time to admire it.
Things that are not framed have a "real" sense to it's appearances and expressions because I am able to have an miraculous connection with the artist. Are they same as us, humans? They have deep thoughts that gush out from them. Their art is a result of "spraying" out their inner urges to express visually.
People in Barcelona are not stingy in expressing themselves. There are a lot of people gathering in front of their Art galleries. People of all types visit the beach to sun tan. And there are some who dance spontaneously when the music is played. This city is just like a playground for them. What captured. my attention the most was the unnoticeable.
Shops that sell things that are uniquely designed.These indie shops are not easily found on the roads. Before entering, you are unable to predict what it inside the shop. The handicrafts inside exudes a sense of individuality. The objects and the owners have amazing stark resemblance (personality wise). The owner feels like the ruler of the world inside.
They are similar to objects that are special. Some products are handmade, while some are purchased. elsewhere by handpicking them individually. Hence you can only find these one-of-a-kind handicrafts there
These works proudly exhibit their uniqueness. Accessories that cost 1 Euro, Spectacle frames, masks
and even bags that are made out of coffeee bean bags. I can't help to stop and look after taking a few steps, There are so many things that captures my attention!
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Picasso, Dali, and Miro. By hearing those names, the things people ought to know about them were that they and those artists were born in Barcelona, did their routine activities in Barcelona, spent most of their life in Barcelona. Another common thing is that both of the artists who were living in early 20th century and the recent artists group is that they both are people who are holding an innovative & uniquely pretty style.
If you try to wander, Barcelona seems to be a very good city for artists. Mild climate and atmosphere of freedom, until cheap price from Europe. The whole Barcelona is the place where we can find the trace of artists’s brushes for this city. Gaudi’s structure, which has something picturesque rolling among the buildings, still becomes a place where people are living.
Even today, streetlights, which have been made by young men for years ago, still shines the city. Though it wasn’t a piece of art by artists that have passed away, an art soul that’s alive everyday is the thing that makes it becomes a nice city.
Will graffiti that also covers the whole city become like that someday? On the other hand, it’s a pity that famous graffiti art like London’s Bansky isn’t there.
For them, they have their common point, which is arents’s influence.
Picasso’s dad was an art teacher, when Picasso was 13 years old, he saw his son’s painting and felt that the confidence of his painting skill already exceeded, he then stopped painting. Since then, his dad sent Picasso to Barcelona, which is far from his hometown, Andalusia, southern part of Spain.
Another thing, Miro, who was born in Barcelona had a dad who’s a manufacturer of Jewelry and clock, he also had a grandfather who was a furniture dealer, this explained that his dexterity and his distinctive idea didn’t get the influence from Miro’s dad & grandfather.
The last one, Dali who was born in southern area of Cataluna’s small village Figueres, had a dad who had a profound knowledge about art, so he learned art very often since young, and started painting since he was ten.
Although I wondered how thankful those artists who were well known by just recognizing their names in modern art felt for their parents, I always feel thankful for my parents who raised me up until making me become who I am right now. It’s because of my parents; I’ve been able to experience a lot of things since young.
I can’t remember if I had ever been staying still at home on weekends when I was young. Sometimes that was annoying enough for our family to leave for traveling anywhere every weekend. To the mountain & beach, town & village, hot weather & cold weather places, rainy & snowy places, and sunny places.
I always thought of different things when I saw different world.
I always remembered the childhood time when I was having an English conversation class.
A lot of friends gathered to study together, but it still took about an hour for me to get to the class, yet fortunately, that class could still be continued. I wholly didn’t feel annoyed with that, thanks to my mom who brought me over.
I said that I ought to be annoyed. Come to think of it, I’ve seen variety of worlds since young, but I’m not sure how much they affect me right now, and it seems that I also can’t figure out how much they will affect the more grown-up me in the future.
It’s also not about how well-off my family’s wealth is, but
Thank you so much for my mom who has given different kinds of experiences to me!
And, another shocking truth is, my grandmother gave a private English lesson for my mom when she was young.
Hahaha, my grandmother was such a modern woman! As expected, blood is thicker than water.
Onew's diary [Part 1 & 2]
Similar Yet Different, Slowly, Relax
Due to overseas promotions and schedules in recent few years, the amount of flights taken abroad has increased.
Wonder if people who loves traveling will let out a “Wah, so jealous” upon seeing my passport full of stamps.
To be honest, oversea performances and schedules isn’t as relaxing as it seems (T/N: I think he means sth like it’s hard to enjoy the scenery/unseen places etc cos their schedules are always so packed?).
Besides, in countries where people already know us, we are unable to casually walk beyond the hotel area so the chances of experiencing local cultures in different countries is very limited indeed.
Sometimes when people ask me what dishes I enjoyed the most abroad, my answer is “Room Service” and once someone even fell backwards upon hearing my answer.(T/N: Guess the person was “shocked”? LOL)
Perhaps the reason why I enjoyed this trip must be this reason; the ability to relax and enjoy the Spanish culture.
No matter which restaurant, I can still see many Spanish dishes I have never seen before.
Following “Spain Time”, always eating breakfast and dinner really late, entertainment past midnight, going to the market to buy fruits to make sandwiches etc, all these made a big impression on me.
Out of all these things, I happened to meet K’s friend, Jordy and his family. It’s a wonderful experience I will never forget for a very long time
Natalia and Jordy couple, who gave birth to 2 kids: 4 year old Geel and 2 year old Naury
Whenever they have spare time, they will stroll around the park in front of their house.
Strolling across the park in loose casual clothes, with fruits + sandwiches, the walk transforms into a picnic.
The kids play crazily bare-footed on the green grass. The area becomes bigger so worries also becomes bigger I guess. But weirdly dad & mom looked more relaxed and easy-going than in their crowded little home.
The time we spent together,
The brunch and mini-picnic we prepared together.
As though a Barcelona resident singing songs and playing peek-a-boo with Jordy and the kids
Enjoying daily-life casually at the park
Ah, how long has it been this relaxing
That picnic, 5 guys, happily running in the park
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Barcelona is such an interesting city.
It's dynamic, exciting, and full of variety. So there is no time to get tired with it.
I think it'll be fun to bring the person that I like or someone I marry to do a honeymoon trip to Barcelona much later [in life]. I also think I'd like to bring my family to find this place a few years later.
That seems fun, I keep thinking of seeing people sitting in the small cafe located next to a gentle church for an hour rather than while visiting small store or places in the alley.
As the time keeps flowing, Barcelona pops out in my mind. "Ah, I spent such a happy time listening to the church's bell sound in this city." That's what I will seem to remember.
It makes my heart needlessly flutter when this city hasn't woken up [t/n: when it's really early and people aren't around] and been quiet, the bell sounds seeping along the roadside. Its' sound can make all the worries and troubles vanish.
In that kind of place, it will be better if we have someone that we can talk to while cooling down coffee that we want to drink, it's even better if the person that we're close to are the kind of people that can understand our heart, even it's just a bit.
I don't mind if it's not like that though. The angle of sunset that we see from the bottom [t/n: we're faraway below the sun], the amount of light, rumbling sounds,
a good scent feeling of what foreign atmosphere gives..
I think I can be happy if I'm there with someone at those moments.. or I don't mind if it's just alone.
The first reason why I want to look back to Barcelona's dim situation, my only enjoyable leisure place, is the time I have in "Siesta".
It's like the whole city has been borrowed (?), the time when I stepped on the old ground/road slowly, the time when I experienced of taking a sip of coffee while listening to the church's bell. The times when I let our mouths/words close, and let our hearts open.
It's too bad to gradually record that time. It will seem easier to feel comforting if we put it into words rather than by taking pictures like Key does. Somehow, I'm closer to an analog person rather than digital person.
"I wrote that." The expression seems so bombastic to explain a moment and leave it in the memo.
"I recorded that." The expression is moderate.
I carry a little note while going for work, and I always pour my thoughts from my mind to it when I have time. These days, I benefit from my phone's memo apps. However, compared to taking photos, I seem to leave many notes on my phone.
Since young until now, I wrote diary, but I don't even want to see the diary I wrote when I was young back then, even though I'm curious, I don't even want to open it because I will get embarrassed.
Would I be embarrassed right now to discover the things [his life] I know by my myself only?
Still, I just want to save it.
Instead, during elementary days, my friends sometimes read my written letter, then most of my friends said "yellow clothes really fit you" while seeing my writing and laughing for awhile. Did I wear yellow clothes often?
I obscurely like the feeling of walking around old buildings in Barcelona.
When I feel sentimental and walk in this place, I'd think of taller and magnificent buildings would be like this over modern buildings, "Man, I was born earlier than your grandfather's grandfather."
That feeling is so fun.
I like talking to my heart, don't I? It feels like I'm walking in a movie, it also feels like I'm walking in a fairytale.
It may be that people who come here and be in this place are having their moments like they're taking a time machine and going to different times.
Time flows when I think of ideas. That kind of time is oddly attractive to me.
Onew's diary [Part 1 & 2]
Similar Yet Different, Slowly, Relax
Due to overseas promotions and schedules in recent few years, the amount of flights taken abroad has increased.
Wonder if people who loves traveling will let out a “Wah, so jealous” upon seeing my passport full of stamps.
To be honest, oversea performances and schedules isn’t as relaxing as it seems (T/N: I think he means sth like it’s hard to enjoy the scenery/unseen places etc cos their schedules are always so packed?).
Besides, in countries where people already know us, we are unable to casually walk beyond the hotel area so the chances of experiencing local cultures in different countries is very limited indeed.
Sometimes when people ask me what dishes I enjoyed the most abroad, my answer is “Room Service” and once someone even fell backwards upon hearing my answer.(T/N: Guess the person was “shocked”? LOL)
Perhaps the reason why I enjoyed this trip must be this reason; the ability to relax and enjoy the Spanish culture.
No matter which restaurant, I can still see many Spanish dishes I have never seen before.
Following “Spain Time”, always eating breakfast and dinner really late, entertainment past midnight, going to the market to buy fruits to make sandwiches etc, all these made a big impression on me.
Out of all these things, I happened to meet K’s friend, Jordy and his family. It’s a wonderful experience I will never forget for a very long time
Natalia and Jordy couple, who gave birth to 2 kids: 4 year old Geel and 2 year old Naury
Whenever they have spare time, they will stroll around the park in front of their house.
Strolling across the park in loose casual clothes, with fruits + sandwiches, the walk transforms into a picnic.
The kids play crazily bare-footed on the green grass. The area becomes bigger so worries also becomes bigger I guess. But weirdly dad & mom looked more relaxed and easy-going than in their crowded little home.
The time we spent together,
The brunch and mini-picnic we prepared together.
As though a Barcelona resident singing songs and playing peek-a-boo with Jordy and the kids
Enjoying daily-life casually at the park
Ah, how long has it been this relaxing
That picnic, 5 guys, happily running in the park
--
Barcelona is such an interesting city.
It's dynamic, exciting, and full of variety. So there is no time to get tired with it.
I think it'll be fun to bring the person that I like or someone I marry to do a honeymoon trip to Barcelona much later [in life]. I also think I'd like to bring my family to find this place a few years later.
That seems fun, I keep thinking of seeing people sitting in the small cafe located next to a gentle church for an hour rather than while visiting small store or places in the alley.
As the time keeps flowing, Barcelona pops out in my mind. "Ah, I spent such a happy time listening to the church's bell sound in this city." That's what I will seem to remember.
It makes my heart needlessly flutter when this city hasn't woken up [t/n: when it's really early and people aren't around] and been quiet, the bell sounds seeping along the roadside. Its' sound can make all the worries and troubles vanish.
In that kind of place, it will be better if we have someone that we can talk to while cooling down coffee that we want to drink, it's even better if the person that we're close to are the kind of people that can understand our heart, even it's just a bit.
I don't mind if it's not like that though. The angle of sunset that we see from the bottom [t/n: we're faraway below the sun], the amount of light, rumbling sounds,
a good scent feeling of what foreign atmosphere gives..
I think I can be happy if I'm there with someone at those moments.. or I don't mind if it's just alone.
The first reason why I want to look back to Barcelona's dim situation, my only enjoyable leisure place, is the time I have in "Siesta".
It's like the whole city has been borrowed (?), the time when I stepped on the old ground/road slowly, the time when I experienced of taking a sip of coffee while listening to the church's bell. The times when I let our mouths/words close, and let our hearts open.
It's too bad to gradually record that time. It will seem easier to feel comforting if we put it into words rather than by taking pictures like Key does. Somehow, I'm closer to an analog person rather than digital person.
"I wrote that." The expression seems so bombastic to explain a moment and leave it in the memo.
"I recorded that." The expression is moderate.
I carry a little note while going for work, and I always pour my thoughts from my mind to it when I have time. These days, I benefit from my phone's memo apps. However, compared to taking photos, I seem to leave many notes on my phone.
Since young until now, I wrote diary, but I don't even want to see the diary I wrote when I was young back then, even though I'm curious, I don't even want to open it because I will get embarrassed.
Would I be embarrassed right now to discover the things [his life] I know by my myself only?
Still, I just want to save it.
Instead, during elementary days, my friends sometimes read my written letter, then most of my friends said "yellow clothes really fit you" while seeing my writing and laughing for awhile. Did I wear yellow clothes often?
I obscurely like the feeling of walking around old buildings in Barcelona.
When I feel sentimental and walk in this place, I'd think of taller and magnificent buildings would be like this over modern buildings, "Man, I was born earlier than your grandfather's grandfather."
That feeling is so fun.
I like talking to my heart, don't I? It feels like I'm walking in a movie, it also feels like I'm walking in a fairytale.
It may be that people who come here and be in this place are having their moments like they're taking a time machine and going to different times.
Time flows when I think of ideas. That kind of time is oddly attractive to me.
It's dynamic, exciting, and full of variety. So there is no time to get tired with it.
I think it'll be fun to bring the person that I like or someone I marry to do a honeymoon trip to Barcelona much later [in life]. I also think I'd like to bring my family to find this place a few years later.
That seems fun, I keep thinking of seeing people sitting in the small cafe located next to a gentle church for an hour rather than while visiting small store or places in the alley.
As the time keeps flowing, Barcelona pops out in my mind. "Ah, I spent such a happy time listening to the church's bell sound in this city." That's what I will seem to remember.
It makes my heart needlessly flutter when this city hasn't woken up [t/n: when it's really early and people aren't around] and been quiet, the bell sounds seeping along the roadside. Its' sound can make all the worries and troubles vanish.
In that kind of place, it will be better if we have someone that we can talk to while cooling down coffee that we want to drink, it's even better if the person that we're close to are the kind of people that can understand our heart, even it's just a bit.
I don't mind if it's not like that though. The angle of sunset that we see from the bottom [t/n: we're faraway below the sun], the amount of light, rumbling sounds,
a good scent feeling of what foreign atmosphere gives..
I think I can be happy if I'm there with someone at those moments.. or I don't mind if it's just alone.
The first reason why I want to look back to Barcelona's dim situation, my only enjoyable leisure place, is the time I have in "Siesta".
It's like the whole city has been borrowed (?), the time when I stepped on the old ground/road slowly, the time when I experienced of taking a sip of coffee while listening to the church's bell. The times when I let our mouths/words close, and let our hearts open.
It's too bad to gradually record that time. It will seem easier to feel comforting if we put it into words rather than by taking pictures like Key does. Somehow, I'm closer to an analog person rather than digital person.
"I wrote that." The expression seems so bombastic to explain a moment and leave it in the memo.
"I recorded that." The expression is moderate.
I carry a little note while going for work, and I always pour my thoughts from my mind to it when I have time. These days, I benefit from my phone's memo apps. However, compared to taking photos, I seem to leave many notes on my phone.
Since young until now, I wrote diary, but I don't even want to see the diary I wrote when I was young back then, even though I'm curious, I don't even want to open it because I will get embarrassed.
Would I be embarrassed right now to discover the things [his life] I know by my myself only?
Still, I just want to save it.
Instead, during elementary days, my friends sometimes read my written letter, then most of my friends said "yellow clothes really fit you" while seeing my writing and laughing for awhile. Did I wear yellow clothes often?
I obscurely like the feeling of walking around old buildings in Barcelona.
When I feel sentimental and walk in this place, I'd think of taller and magnificent buildings would be like this over modern buildings, "Man, I was born earlier than your grandfather's grandfather."
That feeling is so fun.
I like talking to my heart, don't I? It feels like I'm walking in a movie, it also feels like I'm walking in a fairytale.
It may be that people who come here and be in this place are having their moments like they're taking a time machine and going to different times.
Time flows when I think of ideas. That kind of time is oddly attractive to me.
Taemin's Story
Key: David Guetta! I really like this person! When is this? Whoa it's the night before our leaving day! I certainly will go, don't stop me, I certainly say I'll go!
So, our last day, was the day when David Guetta, which is called as legend of DJ's performance at the club. Key-hyung and I were very excited. But, we were detained at the entrance gate.
Girl in the front: Shorts are not allowed!
Then, Key-hyung took away Manager-hyung's clothes and put it on on him.
Key: Is it allowed this time?
Girl in the front: No, these shoes aren't allowed!
He then put on Manager-hyung's shoes.
Key: Here's the entrance fee!
Girl in the front: No, this t-shirt isn't allowed!
Key: What did you say?
Key hyung was about to cry, honestly we just laughed and giggled at (that expression) him.
At the end, we just laid on the beach sand and gazed at the night sky.
Key hyung didn't say anything.
Ah, don't be sad! Hyung! Next time, we'll certainly can see David Guetta!
That time, we'll certainly see him!
So, our last day, was the day when David Guetta, which is called as legend of DJ's performance at the club. Key-hyung and I were very excited. But, we were detained at the entrance gate.
Girl in the front: Shorts are not allowed!
Then, Key-hyung took away Manager-hyung's clothes and put it on on him.
Key: Is it allowed this time?
Girl in the front: No, these shoes aren't allowed!
He then put on Manager-hyung's shoes.
Key: Here's the entrance fee!
Girl in the front: No, this t-shirt isn't allowed!
Key: What did you say?
Key hyung was about to cry, honestly we just laughed and giggled at (that expression) him.
At the end, we just laid on the beach sand and gazed at the night sky.
Key hyung didn't say anything.
Ah, don't be sad! Hyung! Next time, we'll certainly can see David Guetta!
That time, we'll certainly see him!
Onew learns how to cook Spanish dish
Onew: Jordi! Among Spanish foods, which one is the most popular?
Jordi: There are a lots kind of it, every location is different and variety, but among of it, if I have to choose which one is the most well-known food, I don’t think it would be Paella, most of Spanish people spent their weekend with their family having paella for their main menu. It’s easy to make, and can serve for quite lot of portion so it’s good to eat.
Onew: Paella? Right! I really wanted to it that! Where is the place that has the most delicious one?
Jordi: There are a lot of popular Paella restaurants, um, but it’s ridiculously expensive and glossy restaurants are so many here… so I prefer to make it at my house?
Onew: Really? I’m fine with it but, is that okay?
Jordi: Yes! You want to learn making it once? It’s very simple! It’s a lot cheaper to make it at home.
Ex!ci!ted! Fyi, Jordi’s job is a chef at a hotel restaurant. I can learn about Spain’s traditional food personally with the chef. Before Jordi’s heart changed we went home from picnic we did earlier. Jordi’s family live in a very common Barcelona apartment in 5th level that has elevator, which its door has to be opened by hands. The building looks ordinary, but their whole house is never ordinary. Jordi and Natallia’s simple room, Compared to a new bought buildings, it’s like a house which can stand out a new reformed sense even with just piece of personal paintings and small furniture. Jordi and Natallia met each other and fell in love at their friend’s birthday party, they gave birth to Gaelli and living together until now.
In Spain, the marriage is not the same as us which is only about doing marriage and give birth to our children, there are a lot of cases that people form a family and then register a marriage. Marriage is not about the procedure that’s important, the important thing is about how much the couple love each other, that’s how the European youth’s idea can be peeked at as well as form a new impressive culture.
Natallia, who came from Argentina, is a tango dancer and a theater actress. Like I’ve said above, Jordi is a chef with his certain experience and knowledge. Pictures of Natallia acted in theater, their children’s clothes scattered naturally here and there, frying pan that really suits Jordi when he holds it, etc. It seemed that this place was certified as a house of happy family.
Cooking start! Made a salad, and then sprayed the dressing. I don’t do cutting that often, even though I can’t hide the lame dust, I don’t get tired of it even just for once because of the amazing materials. Truthfully, I didn’t get much time to cook, but the only cooking that I have confidence at is ‘ddokbokki’.
Making ddokbokki is easier than what I thought before! Really, it’s even more delicious if I also make it with rice cake. The condiment is equally permeated, hahaha.
Finally, cooking Paella start!
By Jordi’s relaxed virtue, we slowly did the cuttings, sharing stories about Korean and Spanish foods and their different ingredients, then I listened to Jordi telling something about Spanish foods. Pouring the own cultivated tomato & made sauce together into the pan, cutting onion, black pepper, paprika, etc into small pieces, frying them with olive oil. Shortly after that, a delicious smell fills the whole house. For seafood paella, you have to put in the prawn and fry it together with the vegetables, add an increasingly delicious sauce for completion. Olive oil and mixed vegetables, different kinds of seafoods were exposed onto the sauce, then soon the appetizing paella is finished. Put the pan filled with seafood on the stove, and once it’s boiled, put the sauce and rice.
Ah! Spain also has rice. The shape is similar to Korean rice; it’s different from the rice we eat when we fly off to South East Asia. Spain is the country which Korean can’t help but like… even the rice is also similar..
Pour the cooked meal broth to the seafood and mussels, wait until the squid-alike seafood to ripen then done!
It looks delicious! Shall we make this again when I go back to Korea?
Then, did the grandmother ask her grandmother to teach her?
Somehow it seems that Spanish people really hereditary learned cooking for a long time. Aside from generation factor, it’s because of a valuable thing that a person told to the other.
Taemin: Whoa, did hyung really make it?
Jordi: There are a lots kind of it, every location is different and variety, but among of it, if I have to choose which one is the most well-known food, I don’t think it would be Paella, most of Spanish people spent their weekend with their family having paella for their main menu. It’s easy to make, and can serve for quite lot of portion so it’s good to eat.
Onew: Paella? Right! I really wanted to it that! Where is the place that has the most delicious one?
Jordi: There are a lot of popular Paella restaurants, um, but it’s ridiculously expensive and glossy restaurants are so many here… so I prefer to make it at my house?
Onew: Really? I’m fine with it but, is that okay?
Jordi: Yes! You want to learn making it once? It’s very simple! It’s a lot cheaper to make it at home.
Ex!ci!ted! Fyi, Jordi’s job is a chef at a hotel restaurant. I can learn about Spain’s traditional food personally with the chef. Before Jordi’s heart changed we went home from picnic we did earlier. Jordi’s family live in a very common Barcelona apartment in 5th level that has elevator, which its door has to be opened by hands. The building looks ordinary, but their whole house is never ordinary. Jordi and Natallia’s simple room, Compared to a new bought buildings, it’s like a house which can stand out a new reformed sense even with just piece of personal paintings and small furniture. Jordi and Natallia met each other and fell in love at their friend’s birthday party, they gave birth to Gaelli and living together until now.
In Spain, the marriage is not the same as us which is only about doing marriage and give birth to our children, there are a lot of cases that people form a family and then register a marriage. Marriage is not about the procedure that’s important, the important thing is about how much the couple love each other, that’s how the European youth’s idea can be peeked at as well as form a new impressive culture.
Natallia, who came from Argentina, is a tango dancer and a theater actress. Like I’ve said above, Jordi is a chef with his certain experience and knowledge. Pictures of Natallia acted in theater, their children’s clothes scattered naturally here and there, frying pan that really suits Jordi when he holds it, etc. It seemed that this place was certified as a house of happy family.
Cooking start! Made a salad, and then sprayed the dressing. I don’t do cutting that often, even though I can’t hide the lame dust, I don’t get tired of it even just for once because of the amazing materials. Truthfully, I didn’t get much time to cook, but the only cooking that I have confidence at is ‘ddokbokki’.
Making ddokbokki is easier than what I thought before! Really, it’s even more delicious if I also make it with rice cake. The condiment is equally permeated, hahaha.
Finally, cooking Paella start!
By Jordi’s relaxed virtue, we slowly did the cuttings, sharing stories about Korean and Spanish foods and their different ingredients, then I listened to Jordi telling something about Spanish foods. Pouring the own cultivated tomato & made sauce together into the pan, cutting onion, black pepper, paprika, etc into small pieces, frying them with olive oil. Shortly after that, a delicious smell fills the whole house. For seafood paella, you have to put in the prawn and fry it together with the vegetables, add an increasingly delicious sauce for completion. Olive oil and mixed vegetables, different kinds of seafoods were exposed onto the sauce, then soon the appetizing paella is finished. Put the pan filled with seafood on the stove, and once it’s boiled, put the sauce and rice.
Ah! Spain also has rice. The shape is similar to Korean rice; it’s different from the rice we eat when we fly off to South East Asia. Spain is the country which Korean can’t help but like… even the rice is also similar..
Pour the cooked meal broth to the seafood and mussels, wait until the squid-alike seafood to ripen then done!
It looks delicious! Shall we make this again when I go back to Korea?
Then, did the grandmother ask her grandmother to teach her?
Somehow it seems that Spanish people really hereditary learned cooking for a long time. Aside from generation factor, it’s because of a valuable thing that a person told to the other.
Taemin: Whoa, did hyung really make it?
Key: Looks delicious, looks delicious. I want to eat it!
Onew: Euk, did you chew the rice? It’s like raw rice, and it’s not really cooked yet
Taemin: No, hyung! I found out that this kind of rice is good.
Taemin: It seems that the rice from Thailand or Vietnam, the rice is not really cooked! Somehow this kind of rice is delicious, hahaha.
Key: Then it has a strange taste
Key: It’s similar to the food that our country has, what makes it different is that we’re eating it by using spoon. Hahaha.
Credit to: SFI, joAnnwashere
