Hyun Bin and Yoon Sang-hyun play to type in Secret Garden
by javabeans
Hyun Bin as an urbane city professional and Yoon Sang-hyun as a playboy? Yup, talk about making full use of typecasting.
In Secret Garden, Hyun Bin once again adopts an aloof personality and sharp dressing style as the owner of a department store who possesses a “cold charisma.” He’ll body-swap with the female lead, a stuntwoman who is his polar opposite, and I presume that proves to be a humbling (and enlightening) experience.
On the other hand, Yoon Sang-hyun — who has made his name playing irresponsible playboys (as in Queen of Housewives and My Fair Lady) — shows more of that charm in playing a popular singer. His Oscar character was one of the leading figures in spreading Hallyu fervor overseas and commands an army of female fans — though how he manages THAT with such an unfortunate hairstyle is a mystery to me. Seriously, it’s like he’s shaped his head into a mushroom. Coupled with that floppy cardigan, can we say sexy?
Fantasy-romance drama Secret Garden also stars Ha Ji-won, Kim Sa-rang, and Philip Lee, and begins airing on November 13.
Via TV Report
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1 Selli
October 15, 2010 at 9:31 AM
He'd be the ideal hippie singer for Mary Stayed Out All Night!!! XD Um, yeah, not a fan of the body-swap thingy, and not a fan of Hyun Bin either (I know I keep saying this XD), but I think Ha Ji-won and Kim Sa-rang are awesome, so let's see : )
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Biscuit
October 16, 2010 at 3:15 PM
IA.
I just gotta figure out to stop myself from thinking how weird to look down and see the body parts of the opposite gender as part of your own body.
But I guess in these dramas everything has to be thought of light and breezy and not into the deep details?
I shall watch only for Yoon Sang Hyun! >:o
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2 Momo
October 15, 2010 at 9:34 AM
About Yoon Sang-hyun: No, we can't say sexy...imo...
...but Hyu Bin is a different story...
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deannadsc
October 16, 2010 at 11:06 PM
Can't believe how much I MISSED BINNIE!!! now that's what manly & SEXY is all all about!!
I'll surely await this drama...his last before enlistment!! How come all the good-looking actors get enlisted all at the same time, it seems!!!
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3 RunLolaRun
October 15, 2010 at 9:34 AM
OMG...Hyun Bin looks just like he did back in his Ireland days.. :-D
On the other hand, me no like Yoon Sanghyun's hair. IMO, it makes him look so awkward. 0_o
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4 oh! tht! chick!
October 15, 2010 at 9:37 AM
omg is it me or is Binnie looking younger and much more awesome than he did in KSS? fangirly love is coming off towards binnie once again i say! and YSH was a playboy in my fair lady? i thought he was more of a straight laced butler in it? or maybe my memory fails me and honestly the only reason i even watched that atrocity was cos of YEH ( some for Jung il woo as well :P) hmmm maybe if they could a mid path between his present hair and his hair in MFL it would be jjang!
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5 floralnori
October 15, 2010 at 9:39 AM
Imho, Yoon Sang-hyun should stick with the tousled, just out of bed curls and deeply-unbuttoned, button-down shirts. That's smexy ^_^
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6 Annie
October 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Hyun bin looks like he's lost some weight since I've last seen him. Yoon Sang Hyun on the other hand is totally not rocking the mushroom headstyle. I thought he was suppose to be a playboy, not an ahjusshi.
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Mary
October 15, 2010 at 10:15 AM
Yeah looks like Hyun Bin lost some weight... He is very thin.
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cheekbones
October 15, 2010 at 6:14 PM
Yup, definitely too skinny. :(
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deanaz
October 15, 2010 at 8:15 PM
yupp....hyun bin loosing 3 kg weigh and look so skinny, maybe he to tired or for character in this drama.
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7 bleu
October 15, 2010 at 9:40 AM
Yoon's hair..ehh!
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8 hitsugaya
October 15, 2010 at 9:42 AM
i love Yoon Sang-hyun new hairdo~ his hair looks soft! hahaha
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9 xiaoSxin
October 15, 2010 at 9:43 AM
MEH.. why is YSH hair like that?
Binnie I hope this drama would be awesome!!
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10 ockoala
October 15, 2010 at 9:50 AM
Yoon Sang Hyun - since I take his character as a meta-reference to Yonsama, I guess they are copying Yonsama's most recent hippie ahjusshi slighty fem look. Glad it's not just Yonsama, apparently this look does look shitty on any other guy.
Binnie - okay, my twinnie and everyone else is right, he looks just like Kang Kook in Ireland, and I'm back to fangirling skinny Binnie instead of trying to feed him 20 double-doubles.
As for people asking about YSH playing a playboy, it was in in Queen of Housewives. He did play a poor butler in My Fair Lady.
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mookie
October 15, 2010 at 1:08 PM
Twinnie,
If my get my hands on binnie, I have his whole wardrobe picked out, I want him in suits, D'Urban casual stuff r FINE, and I can mentally bodyswap binnie and Yutaka any moment I fancy the other a bit more. a coat or 2 in any of that hobo A&F overcompensating manliness w/ fake furry stuff...., or u know, naked (ok I'll give him his swimtrunks to keep this post PG)
O now YSH's get up is making perfect sense w/ the Yonsama reference! It's calculated we wont find it sexy, as long as Oscar's fictional fangirls r also referencing Yonsama's.
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11 Bellamafia
October 15, 2010 at 9:51 AM
The pics are very nice, till I saw YSH's hair.. Oh gosh.. I used to have hair like that back in the '90s.. (hey.. at least I'm a girl!)
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12 snow
October 15, 2010 at 10:06 AM
muahahaha, i burst out laughing when i saw yoon sang hyun's hairstyle. it makes him look so much older and a touch haggard.
hyun bin, on the other hand, looks snazzy. i like!
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meve
October 15, 2010 at 10:10 AM
me too. but i looove him!!! so funny haha it's good he's finally getting chances to play opposite A-list stars like yoon eun hye and ha ji won (no else?! whoa!)
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13 wandergirl
October 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM
Almost didn't recognize Hyun Bin. He seems to have lost more weight.
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14 moooooooooooooon
October 15, 2010 at 10:08 AM
hyun bin's reading time magazine.
does he understand english? or is it like gibberish to him.
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fauvish
October 16, 2010 at 2:53 AM
from what I've seen in Snow Queen, Binnie's fluent in Engrish -_-
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15 littletoygun
October 15, 2010 at 10:12 AM
WTF? what is YSH's hair? I think they tried hard to make him weird.
for HB, it isn't necessary to say a word. he's just awesome and I really look forward to see the chemistry with HJW.
I'm a childish girl so I wish it would be a chance for HB to see he can have HJW instead of his current girlfriend which I've never liked their coupling!
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16 djeedjes
October 15, 2010 at 10:28 AM
It's strange, but I guess I have too much dosages of Kpop and Idol boys...because when I saw YSH's new hairstyle, it reminded me of Shinee's Onew! :D
So, this Oscar character...is he a former Idol singer? If yes, the hair and the cardigan are relevant.
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17 dit
October 15, 2010 at 10:45 AM
Hmm, just when I thought Hyun Bin had started picking meaty roles.
Yoon Sanghyun seems to be desperate to getting back in the scene. Taebong was fun, but unless he really brings it this time, his 15 minute is over.
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mookie
October 15, 2010 at 1:14 PM
bodyswap w/ H!J!W! is his meatiest role. he has to play a goddess and pat down her O!P!W! to a tee.
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18 whatever
October 15, 2010 at 10:49 AM
hmm.. let's see if hyun bin can do better in this drama...i find him the best when he was in Kim Sam Soon
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19 birdscout
October 15, 2010 at 10:50 AM
This hairstyle does not enhance Yoon Sang-hyun's looks. He was so much more attractive in Queen of Housewives, imo.
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20 cassie.opeia
October 15, 2010 at 10:51 AM
"though how he manages THAT with such an unfortunate hairstyle is a mystery to me."
I read this line, scrolled down in curiosity, and literally spit out my breakfast and laughed.
Oh Koreans and their misconception that long hair automatically means sexiness. Only Kim JaeWook can pull that sexy off.
Chuckle. :D
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cassie.opeia
October 15, 2010 at 10:55 AM
Excuse me while I go clean off my computer. Sigh~
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Anonymous
October 15, 2010 at 8:24 PM
I think they were trying to copy Jae Wook's style
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21 porninja
October 15, 2010 at 10:59 AM
"Can we say sexy?"
Javabeans, you are hilarious.
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22 Kerstin
October 15, 2010 at 11:09 AM
ooh I think Yoon Sang-hyung looks adorably cute with this hairstyle and the dress....I like it...I guess I'm the only one here...
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23 cille
October 15, 2010 at 11:33 AM
BINNIEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
/me wipes drool falling from the side of her face..
binnie looks A-M-A-Z-I-N-G in a 3pc suit with a pocket watch. i can't wait to see him in a drama again!!!!
as for yoon sang-hyun, he's looked better! i can't say sexy at all from these stills, so i'll just have to wait until secret garden airs to give my verdict. lol
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24 v
October 15, 2010 at 11:43 AM
lol... the first time I saw yoon sang hyun in those pics, i pulled my hair...
now... it looks slightly better but still terrible... hopefully, by the time SG airs, I'll get use to it or it might be an unfortunate distraction
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25 Revy
October 15, 2010 at 12:10 PM
Damn Hyun Bin looks so good in that suit
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26 danni
October 15, 2010 at 12:18 PM
This picture of Yoon Sang-hyun has me cracking up. I have no doubt he can do a playboy (though he came across sort of sleazy instead of smooth in My Fair Lady, imo) but he looks more like a hippie in these photos.
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27 bd
October 15, 2010 at 12:33 PM
What's up w/ stylists these days?
HB's cut/style is OK, but hardly flattering and YSH's is simply awful.
Add to that the ridiculous, overly permed/poofy hairstyles of LSG in MGIAG and KHJ in PK, we are talking a fashion disaster.
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28 kaedejun
October 15, 2010 at 12:36 PM
EWWWW - WHAT HAPPENED TO YOON SANG HYUN!?!?!
i didn't like his curly mop of before - but now it looks AMAZING compared to this one?! i couldn't even recognize him!
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29 sandy80
October 15, 2010 at 12:47 PM
omg that hair or rather that wig !!!
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30 Memei
October 15, 2010 at 12:54 PM
May I just say how hideous Yoon Sang-hyun's hair is? I mean come on baby, you could do better than that. hahaha
i've always loved yoon sang-hyun, maaannn, HE DEFINITELY CAN ACT. As for Hyun bin, i saw and have always loved My lovely sam soon and i think he can act as well (referring to the break-up scene in MLSS). anyways, Ha ji won , love her to death as well but i can't imagine her with anyone but jo insung. awww.. i miss BALI :(
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31 juicyjui
October 15, 2010 at 1:13 PM
YSH looks a lot like an older version of Kim Jae Wook in that last picture.
I
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supah
October 15, 2010 at 4:00 PM
I thought that too, he looks very Kim Jae-wookish in the last picture.
I'm in the minority but I don't mind the cardigan too, makes him look kind of snuggly. Clever. So that's what they meant by playboy. A snuggle magnet. Erm.
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32 Emi
October 15, 2010 at 1:22 PM
Hyun-Bin is lookin hot. I love suits with vests. yum! I agree that he must have lost weight. His face looks slimmer. I also love body-swapping stories, especially when it involves cross-gender swapping (as opposed to mother-daughter body swaps) so I can't wait for this!
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33 belleza
October 15, 2010 at 1:25 PM
Ahh typecasting. You know, it's kind of a shame Jang Hyuk isn't doing this one. Then he'd be a chaebol . . . who never wears a shirt. ;)
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ockoala
October 15, 2010 at 1:30 PM
Don't worry. Hyukie will be a......marine policeman who doesn't wear a shirt. And is perpetually wet. I'd take that.
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mookie
October 15, 2010 at 1:34 PM
I think we should expect higher lvl of fanservice fr Hyukie w/ whenever he's out of water, he'll palipali get his wetpants off. Amen to that.
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belleza
October 15, 2010 at 1:52 PM
"I think we should expect higher lvl of fanservice fr Hyukie "
True, true. Given that the show is called Poseidon, he should come out of water in slow motion. In fact, there should be a love ballad specifically dedicated for the moments he comes out of the water.
Oh yeah, and they should cut to a scene with LDH shedding tears at this site, even if she is actually not part of the story.
Release the Kraken people. Release the Kraken.
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ockoala
October 15, 2010 at 3:14 PM
Yeah, LDH cameo-ing in Runaway was pointless, LHD should only ever cameo in a Jang Hyuk drama.
She can perchance give him a rock. Or just cry a lot. Anything is fine, as long as she promptly collapses and needs saving.
Team MOB FTW. Counting down, 2 months until Lee. Ji. Ah. must die insanity begins.
You two sharpend your keyboard yet?
mookie
October 15, 2010 at 4:35 PM
*LDH TEARS*
bumped off her pretty boulder by my keyboard thrown at screen.
Hyukie just done w/ the love ballad stripping and wiping down wet thighs w/ his vest fr Chuno/towel
in a slowmo split sec, it's then thrown at camera to tease fangirls after a Hyukie wink + smirk combo
*underwater*
mookie's damned keyboard strategically swerving in front of Hyukie's man bits. (my keyboard is a bad bad girl)
H scoops damsel up w/ his right hand, gives LDH air mouth to mouth (the gaseous exchange may not be healthy for LDH's health, w/ that fact clocking in she tears more.)
Keyboard will die a happy, dignified drowned death and deemed useless to Edge out LJA.
Do we still need the Kraken? My keyboard is ample size.
belleza
October 15, 2010 at 4:45 PM
"Anything is fine, as long as she promptly collapses and needs saving."
Yes, because this leads to the director doing a slow-mo close-up of Jang Hyuk's eyes screaming "NOOOOOO!!!!" Asking why this always, always, always works is like asking why prime rib tastes better when he promises to clean the dishes. Or why Rain has chocolate abs, but Jang Hyuk's abs weap tears of blood. The sky is blue; enjoy the view.
"You two sharpend your keyboard yet?"
Just watch -- Lee Ji Ah is going to end up with both Cha Seung Won AND Jung Woo Sung AND probably have Kim Min Jong longing for her behind a computer desk.
mookie
October 15, 2010 at 1:32 PM
u r just trying to get H!J!W! to get her shirt off.... tsktsktsk
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34 Bengal
October 15, 2010 at 2:41 PM
can't wait to watch this... Hyun Bin makes it worth it... and Ha Ji Won is not so bad either
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35 LadyIgraine
October 15, 2010 at 2:44 PM
hyun bin has been aging backwards. this new haircut of his, reverse his actually age :)! anyways, yoon sanghyun as another playboy (though he catapulted his "Taebong) character seems to suit him though. we'll be anticipating this drama when it airs.
btw: i haven't seen daemul yet! video sources are a little behind with their uploads.
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36 lovepark
October 15, 2010 at 2:48 PM
I am not digging the 50-50 part on Yoon Sang Hyun's hair. What happened to my YSH of "The Secret of Keu Keu Island"?? Now that was sexy!
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37 tefa
October 15, 2010 at 3:12 PM
omg!!!
omo-omo
i just.......can't wait to watch this drama....
can't wait to watch hyun bin....*excited*
^.^
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38 tupai
October 15, 2010 at 4:44 PM
bwahahahaha i didn't even recognise yoon sang hyun at first, i was just "who's that sorry-looking ajusshi?" then shrugged and continue scrolling.
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39 HwangPDnim
October 15, 2010 at 5:16 PM
I have to say.. he puts the SEX in sexy.
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40 kit
October 15, 2010 at 5:19 PM
hyun bin +_+
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41 kc
October 15, 2010 at 5:32 PM
binnie way too skinny to malnourished. Im not use to seeing him like this.
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42 aoikarin
October 15, 2010 at 8:28 PM
Yeeeeyyy!! Yoon Sang Hyun! With sorry ajusshi look or not.. I still adore him!
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43 Kgrl
October 15, 2010 at 8:32 PM
Oh, they should totally have switched the roles - I need diversity in my actors. I hope Binnie manages to portray his character in fresh way...I don't know how I feel about this drama though.
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44 Jemema
October 15, 2010 at 10:02 PM
TQ jb,
YSH hair is like the beetle drummer Ringo Starr and also the irony dressing of the other guy was like a typical english gent. man but he is an asian !!.
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45 ar_arguably romantic
October 15, 2010 at 10:24 PM
Yoon Sang-hyun's hair *facepalm* what ever happen to short, neat haircuts?? YSH's hair looks like something out of the 90s. What's with asian actors/male characters getting hairstyles that you hardly ever see a normal asian person get. I mean for female characters, I have actually seen many korean girls who have hairstyles like the female characters in dramas.
I'm not too worried abt Hyun-Bin's typecasted character. I'm sure that after the body switch, he will be a completely different person. Hyun-Bin acting as a guy acting as a girl. good stuff.
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46 hellosunshine
October 15, 2010 at 10:44 PM
Oooohhhh...... love, love YoonSanghyun !!!
He's totally 'it' here....especially the last pic. Like some one aptly said..... he looks like an older JaeWook. Not many guys could carry off this sort of hairstyle ( mushroom or not, heehee).
He looks exactly like what a kpop idol should be like..... so i guess his groomers are going strictly by the books. Luckily YSH has what it takes to take to carry it off.
Anyway, have to see the actual drama to bring in the final verdict.
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Ani
October 15, 2010 at 11:30 PM
Is it so bad that I adore YSH too? Glad to find a kindred spirit here. I like HB too, but after watching the flob that was Family Outing Season 2, I liked him more. It's just that he really sucked in FO2, in a cute "I pity him" way in which I wished people would stop picking on him. I even liked him throughout "Lady Castle/My Fair Lady", right from the beginning, never once jumping ship (which is rare since a lot of times I fall for the second lead.... not always, but often enough). And I totally fell for him in "Queen of Housewives".
Anyways, I look forward to the Body switching, mushroom hair and all.
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jeezvive
October 16, 2010 at 12:10 AM
Me too love love love YSH. I am so used to seeing him with better hairstyles before this, but still I love him however he looks :D
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47 sara
October 16, 2010 at 1:11 AM
oh.i like yoon sang hyun.but i don't like hyun bin at all,i wish jang hyuk was still in this project.and probably the girl will choose hyun bin over yoon sang hyun.any drama with that cold hyun bin as the first lead is not my taste unless the other actor is somebody like yoon sang hun.now i can bear it
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48 ais
October 16, 2010 at 7:09 AM
I'm excited to see HJW and HB together on screen... I bet it's gonna be hot!
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49 Dara
October 16, 2010 at 9:18 AM
Omo omo my Hyun Bin is back....
Yoon Sang-hyun.....O_O
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50 jen
October 16, 2010 at 10:16 AM
HYUN BIN <3
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