August 3, 2021

Sadly, due to the fires in Turkey, Jung Il woo decided to cancel his Fan meeting.  This is the message from the Turkish Official Fan Club.

This was the description in English:

“Hello, we  are sorry to share this announcement  with you. we pray that the forest fires will end as soon as possible and Turkey will not suffer any damage.

We sincerely apologize to the fans who supported us during this process and awaited our event.

Ticket sales are now closed. For ticket refund processes and all your questions, please contact white_organisation.  You will be answered and taken care of with care and attention.”

It is so sad.  I pray all the terrible fires contained in Turkey soon.   Just saw some footage and maps and the fires there have spread towards the west too!   I pray they can contain it soon!  Something miraculous id that Istanbul, their capital is on the North.

I also pray for the fires in the US, Canada and Greece and the places we haven’t heard about.  Last year it was the Amazon in Brasil and Australia.  What does it take for us to act?

How do we act?  Because praying won’t be enough. How do we pressure the rich companies in this world, to the people in power, to change to more environmental friendly technology, products…   it starts with us, with our choices. Many of us still have the choice, of what we buy, how often we buy it.  What we eat, from where…  What transportation to use and how often…  every bit counts, for you and for me, for Jung Il woo, for all.

Ilwoo Ssi…  Of course you had to cancel, being the kind person your are.  Not wanting to add more pressure.  Other opportunities will be come… they are around the corner. You already know this!  It is time to re-group. And to nurture yourself.

Here are some videos… the last one is of the air quality in my home state.  One would never think one could be affected… but another consequence of fire is smoke and too much or it becomes air pollution, and air has no boundaries, it goes every where… and the smoke from California and Oregon and maybe even Canada came all the way into my home.  It definitely hit home for me!

Silent sigh.

July 29, 2021

I decided to place this in a post to make it easier for you to enjoy.  This post came as a consequence of two people related to Jung Il woo that are having birthdays today.  One his mom, another his fan.  Today I’ve thought of how amazing Jung Il woo’s mom is, not just helping raise this man into the wonderful human being that he is, but also for being so patient and kind as she encounters us, his fans!  This is something I witnessed in person and I will never forget!  Happy Birthday and may God bless you Mrs. Sim Yeon-Ok!

So as you delight in these beautiful images, think of all the work it must have taken to raise this person… I’ve always wondered how one gets chosen to be a mom… is it vibrational energy…? Is it total randomness?  Fate?  What ever it is… I will take a version that is more than fate or randomness… I believe that behind all that we see and experience is an intelligent energy, that places everything where it is meant to be.  Then think of all the situations in one’s life that helps you become who you are…

So now onto the factual information:  This is from 2015!  A Behind the Scenes look at the Photo Shoot for his 2016 Calendar. He told the story and created anticipation for his coming calendar through a section in Naver called StarCast.  Sadly, it doesn’t exist anymore!  Good thing I copied them all! ^ ^ Many of them are in the WOO Delight section in the main menu.

Here we go…

Life is short and time flies… Ah, it’s so sad. There is no time!
“Will you tell me the way…? The way to get to your mind~?” How come days pass so fast like this…?

Time, will you stop for a while? You go so fast~♪
The time flies so fans as if running away strangely if I’m with you like the lyric in the song… But! What can I do? 2015 seems to pass so fast too. Why? Since the Season Greeting that you would fall into Jung il woo every day for 365 days, 12 months, and for the year is prepared!

Hello~?! My name is… Jung il woo.

We’re at the shooting set scene of Jung il woo’s 2015 Season Greeting.
Does he look like a child that has put on name tag? Jung il woo looks vacantly~

The A cut is perfect, the cuts that we will release today are behind cuts. Jung il woo looking vacant, dark, and like a child will be all released~
We selected unprecedented pictures that show various expressions of Jung il woo! So called, ‘pictures of Jung il woo that you may want to save, share, that won’t make you get bored even when you see them in different angles, and that you may wish to see again’

We exclusively release the scene of Jung il woo’s Season Greeting that was shot in top secret since November to only STARCAST! Please look forward to the 2015 Season Greeting which will contain plentiful new images of Jung il woo~

Shooting test-cut lightly

Although white T-shirt and blue jeans don’t tell everything, isn’t the guy who fits well with them perfect? That guy is fashionista Jung il woo that makes your heart thump!

This is an actor that expresses with eyes. Goodbye, the image of innocent guy that smiles like a fool. We shivered at his real guy’s charisma!

He’s a real man~ He was so handsome! We thought he was going to steal female staff’s heart before stealing fans’ hearts…! But he had vanished while he went changing his clothes~ We found him for a long time. What was he doing at the dark place?

Jung il woo looked relaxed going beyond the boundaries of being serious and going off the wall freely. He completed great style with the luminous stick like the light saber in Star Wars.

Can you imagine how those humorous expression and luminous stick would be expressed in the Season Greeting photos?
We won’t tell you them now~

Oh! This is great~! I really like it! HaHaHa~ So great!

Curious Jung Il woo! King of being curious, Jung Il woo showed passion of shooting photos again and again after monitoring pictures that were taken and discussing it with the photographer. As you may know by seeing every photo of the Season Greeting photos, the shooting was progressed excitingly since Jung Il woo cared about everything!

Wait a moment! Who is that lady with that beautiful back line checking pictures together by sticking out her head under Jung il woo’s luminous stick?!

Excuse me… is this the place where obba Jung il woo gets photographed? Obba~

A dinosaur appeared at the studio shaking its bottoms! She was Jung il woo’s pet, Jung Ah Woo who visited the scene of Jung il woo’s shooting set with her unique heavy walks. She looks like a dinosaur … but she was a Shar-pei dog called, Ah Woo, the youngest of Jung il woo’s family that gets loved from everywhere and who has charm that seems like to burst as much as her clothes.

Ah Woo, did you come? How was I today?

Jung  Il woo gently looked down at Ah Woo with that expression of looking at someone and with great pose.

You’re strange. Are you the guy that I know? You make me focus on you~♥

Thanks to Ah Woo that watched him quietly at the scene strangely since she’s a bad girl that messes the whole house, Jung il woo was able to get immersed in the shooting.

What is this?
We’re happy and thankful that there are 365 days in 12 months and in a year. Are you ready to get your hearts stolen by Jung Il woo for 365 days? This is an image of Jung Il woo preparing to make different concepts for every month.

We emphasize two and three times that these pictures are just test-cuts and B cuts~ The actual Season Greeting that would be produced plentifully with best cuts… We will save our words!

Since the piece contains Jung Il woo’s soul as much as it would hurt our mouths if we express about it~

Jung il woo and Ah Woo finally reunited. The dinosaur clothes were prepared several days before in order to bring her to the studio! He should take a commemorative picture with his sibling since she came to this place, right?

“Isn’t Ah Woo so pretty?”

Ah Woo~ don’t be nervous and be confident!
Please look forward to the 2015 Season Greeting since there is the month which Jung il woo would show up with Ah Woo more specially! Woo siblings competed inwardly to be photographed well compared to Ah Woo~!

Did you see the real guy’s images of being strange, vivid, and full of smiles through the slightly released scene?

“Everyone…, You guys must brace yourselves since Jung Il woo would get every women’s minds in next year too!”

Oh! Were you curious of one thing while reading this STARCAST posting? No, way~ he’s Jung Il woo?! He only filmed at the studio? No, you’ve guessed right. It is true that photos are taken well when those are shot here and there. We slightly release the exclusive making scene!!!

(Added extra to the Starcast: My stills from the video.)

How was the making video? Did you enjoy it?
Everything such as package calendar <Jung il woo’s 2015 Season Greeting> that is pre-sold starting from today (December, 12th, Friday), postcard that contains Jung il woo’s handwritten message, and poster are prepared. Then today’s STARCAST will end with the ‘diabolic making video’ that will make you smile like a mom and that will make you want to do save screens. Let’s meet again. Goodbye=3
Writing/Picture/Video= Jung il woo & official homepage (jungilwoo.com)

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That translation… Diabolic?  What?!  No way… more like angelic!  It did make me smile like a mom though!  ^ ^ I wonder if his mom smiled seeing this?

In  a Dispatch article from July 5th, 2021, Jung Il woo expressed his ending comments about participating in the drama Bossam Steal the Fate.

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“A work that was both a challenge and an adventure”… Jung Il-woo, ‘Bossam’ Ending Comments

Source: Dispatch

Actor Jung Il-woo said goodbye to MBN’s Saturday drama ‘Bossam – Stealing Destiny’ (played by Kim Ji-soo and Park Chul, directed by Kwon Seok-jang, hereinafter ‘Bossam’).

On the 5th, ‘Bossam’ shared his thoughts on Jung Il-woo’s drama ending. Jung Il-woo expressed his heartfelt regret to leave ‘Bossam’ and his sincere affection for his work.

First, “For me, ‘Bossam’ was a challenge and an adventure. It is a work that gave me the opportunity to learn and feel a lot, and to grow both as an actor and as a person.”

Jung Il-woo takes on the role of ‘Bau’, a subsistence boss. A person who lives as a bossamman while hiding the identity of a yangban. He’s a life at the bottom of nothing he hasn’t done to survive.

He gained rave reviews as a historical drama veteran. Through the bow, the charm of a rough man and the heartbreaking story hidden in it were perfectly expressed. He captivated viewers with his desperate romance.

Jung Il-woo said about his breathing with Kwon Yu-ri (as Ongju Soo-kyung), “As we became more comfortable with each other, ‘steamed acting’ came out.

He handed the ball to coach Kwon Seok-jang. “The first credit is the director. The director’s detailed direction was able to maximize the emotional line,” he said.

Jung Il-woo said, “Thank you for the love of many people.

Finally, “The result of my best efforts received a good evaluation, so it was able to become another valuable work for me. Thank you again,” he added.

Jung Il-woo has been challenging all genres, such as ‘The Moon Embracing the Sun’, ‘The Night Watchman’s Journal’, ‘Haechi’, and the play ‘Elephant Song’. He showed an enterprising acting transformation. Looking forward to his next.

Meanwhile, ‘Bossam’ wrote a new history by recording the highest viewership rating since the opening of MBN. It ended on the 4th, breaking its own highest ratings of 9.8% and the highest of 11.2% nationwide.

[Dispatch = Reporter Song Su-min]

This episode aired on July 4, 2021.  Spoiler alert!

This day was Independence Day for us Americans… well Bossam is not something I wanted to be independent from!  But it had to end sometime…

Favorite part…?  It’s pretty obvious for this last episode.  what could beat that light by the ocean and Jung Il woo?  I don’t think anything in this human world could.  My best dreams with him are always by the ocean… the water… the sun… him…!   This ending was so sweet… so cinderella like that it did not disappoint even without a kiss.

Sigh…

The rest of the MBN videos from this episode can be found HERE.

MBN Stills

I’m starting with the best…

And again to maintain the order…

And they lived happily ever after!

The End.

Wait… I still have my captures!   I made 117 captures… yeah you could say I was saying goodbye.

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To Jung Il Woo…

Dearest Ilwoo Ssi, I have delayed as much as I could posting episode 20, the last episode of Bossam Steal the Fate. I loved it so much! I don’t want it to end!  Bossam is now one of my favorite dramas of yours.  Bawoo sits in the hall of my favorite 3 characters of yours!

Hello,

I decided to share some information I found was useful while experiencing buying a ticket with Biletino. For practice, I “bought” actually 2 tickets for other events, one free one and one for like 10$.     EN ESPAÑOL AQUI

If you are on a desktop, you can change the language of the site to English!  And you can change the language of the site to any other language by coying the URL and placing it in Google Translate as you would any word or phrase. This is Spanish for example:

T0 buy a ticket these are the steps:

Sign in to your account. You can use Google to do it.  All you need to create an account is an email and a password.

Look for Ilwoo’s event and click on it…

Then click the tab that says “Show Tickets,” (You can see the price is $28.)

After this you will have the ability to pick a ticket to pay in three currencies.

These will be open and the next step looks like this.  Yes, I was actually a step away of getting a ticket on July 2nd!   But I got stuck on the Turkish phone bit… which was what I posted on Instagram that day.

I received timely advice to ignore that step of the Turkish phone and keep going and it worked! (Thank you!!!)  But then I got stuck again as my bank card needed further verification. The ticketing service is based in Turkey so to my bank it looked like fraud.   So after practicing a few times, here are my recommendations:

1) Make sure you are logged in to your account ahead of time on the day of the sale of the tickets.

2) What ever card you use, check that their customer service is 24 hours.  My Debit card for example, only has 8:00AM-8:00PM service,  So if tickets were togo on sale say at 10:00 AM, it would be like 5:00AM my time… which means that my bank’s customer service number is not in service yet… therefore I can’t buy a ticket as I can’t verify that it is me making that purchase.

3) Calling the number in the back of your card a few days ahead and say you will be purchasing a ticket in Turkey for $28 in the hopes of not having to verify your card in the middle of your ticket purchase.  (They wrote a note on my card… though she said it is not guaranteed.)

4) Since they have not disclosed the time of sale of tickets (as far as I know), start at 12:01AM Turkish time and check every 1/2 hour.   Come on!  How deep is your love for Ilwoo?  You know it’s worth it!  ^ ^

5) If you have a good friend who lives in Europe ask them to buy you a ticket for you … less hour difference!

Everyone good luck on the 12th!  Well really… all the best!  Luck has nothing to do with it.  It’s being prepared as much as possible.  I will pray that many of the fans that get these tickets are fans that have never seen him before in a Fan Meeting or those fans for whom traveling all the way to Asia is too difficult.

This episode aired on July 3, 2021. Spoiler Alert!

My favorite scene:

The way they react when they realize each other’s presence…  sparks flew!  Sirens went off! ^ ^  And then she was so bold in telling her dad the King!  Even in modern times this is bold…!

You can find the rest of the videos HERE.

MBN Official Stills:

My Captures:

This episode aired on June 27, 2021

Favorite part…  beautiful… simple… how love truly is!

The rest of the videos are HERE.

MBN Official Photos.  Sadly not on of their wedding!  Seriously?

My Captures:

This episode aired on June 26, 2021. Spoiler Alert.

My favorite scene, thought I will say, I still don’t warm up to this Bawoo Mamma.  She is like a chameleon changing towards people according to the circumstance … totally unreliable, and only interested in her own wellbeing ultimately.

The rest of the MBN videos are HERE.

Here are the MBN Official stills:

No Bawoo!

My Captures:

Yes… he looks so good in that blue hanbok… We’ve had such hot days lately here… we are breaking hot temperature records for June… sure makes me want to take a swim in that ocean blue!

This episode aired on June 20, 2021

My favorite part. In bed with Chadol… such a sweet part!

HERE are the rest of the videos.

MBN Official Stills.

My Captures.

This episode aired June 19, 2021. Spoiler alert!

My favorite part…

You can see the rest of the videos of this episode HERE.

Official Stills from MBN:

These are from their IG account:

And these from their website… sadly no Ilwoo ones.

My Captures: