Girl group KARA celebrates their 6th year anniversary in 2013. Two 20 year old girls at the time of debut have now transformed into women whilst the youngest 15 year old member then has grown into an adult. We have always seen the five girls performing together as one group on stage, now let us take a look at the girls’ individual activities.
I shall once again challenge to find out how KARA spends their time overseas, individually as well as their days off. Before this summer’s comeback, let’s peek into the everyday lives of the five girls. We will get to hear stories like who meets a certain character, who goes on a holiday and who spends a simple day with their friends etc. The story of KARA as they look back at winter, welcome spring and wait for summer shall be revealed.
The first two people we will look at is Gyuri and Jiyoung. Both of them experienced a ‘heart throbbing’ winter. One of them had the chance of transforming into another person while the other embarks on a new chapter of her life. The stories of Gyuri starring in “Nail Salon Paris” and Jiyoung who turns into a 20 year old university student begin now. /editor
STAR COLUMN: KARA
◆ Gyuri said “Meeting Yeojoo”
Hello. I’m KARA’s Gyuri. This is my greeting for NAVER Star Column. Not too long ago, winter was cold due to a lie and now I can finally feel the heat of the early summer. Winter was colder than before, as I spent it not as Gyuri but as a whole new person.
In January, I met a girl called Ho Yeojoo. She is a character from “Nail Salon Paris” which was broadcasted on 3 May. As it was my first acting as the lead role, I was extremely pressurized and worried a lot. I was able to finish shooting the drama without any problems all thanks to the staff and colleagues who were supervising me from the start.
It was exhausting but I’ve always received encouragement from the staff and fellow actors. On the first day of the photo shoot, I was reading the script with the director and photographer over a drink and the director said to me, “Don’t worry, everything looks good.”. Although I do become more confident whenever people reassure me, be it whether I’m alone or around other people, I get embarrassed too.
The director say that I always bring out the very cute personality in “Nail Salon Paris“‘s Yeojoo. There are many happy memories from the filming process as I have met such a nice director and a great team of staff.
Ah ah, there are of course some tough times. ^^
The filming was done in winter and the drama was set to broadcast in spring and summer. Even though i started filming since January, this winter strangely did not feel very long. It has to be bright enough outdoors before we can film or when it snows we have to stop filming. Basically, we experienced many problems due to the weather. The duration of the filming was lengthened due to the weather and my Japan schedule. I felt so sorry towards everyone.
Filming was really enjoyable. It’s been a long time since I have formally filmed a drama but I learned a lot as I watched the other actors and carefully ponder over the things that the director told me.
I am really thankful for Jihoo for being so nice and gentle to me. I honestly did not expect to get along well with MBLAQ’s Cheondoong, we have met a lot at music programs but never interacted. He is such a cheerful kid with so many friends while I’m more to the shy side so I was worried at first. Haha.
Perhaps I was able to become close to the actors because I cross-dressed as a man. It was a little awkward when I filmed as a woman. ^^ It did not matter whether I was a man in the first half or a woman in the second half of the filming, all of us, three guys and a girl, became good friends.
Yeah… The last day of filming was unforgettable. I cried a lot.
On the last day of filming, while we were filming the last scene, there suddenly was a power failure. Nobody thought,”Ah ah! We’re in trouble.”. It became a situation where everyone was communicating with just their facial expressions. Truth be told, the last day of filming was actually postponed because of me. I felt so sorry for that and was hoping that filming would end on a happy note.
I started to panic, “What if we have to postpone again?”. While I was worrying about this, the staff brought in a cake and everyone present started to sing. They then told me “good work!” while applauding. I later learned that it was a surprise planned by the staff.
I was very touched. I was crying so much at that point of time. I told my parents about this the next day and cried again. Now even as I think back, I still feel like crying.
With that, the last day of “Nail Salon Paris” ended on a happy note. It also marked the end of winter.
I shall once again challenge to find out how KARA spends their time overseas, individually as well as their days off. Before this summer’s comeback, let’s peek into the everyday lives of the five girls. We will get to hear stories like who meets a certain character, who goes on a holiday and who spends a simple day with their friends etc. The story of KARA as they look back at winter, welcome spring and wait for summer shall be revealed.
The first two people we will look at is Gyuri and Jiyoung. Both of them experienced a ‘heart throbbing’ winter. One of them had the chance of transforming into another person while the other embarks on a new chapter of her life. The stories of Gyuri starring in “Nail Salon Paris” and Jiyoung who turns into a 20 year old university student begin now. /editor
STAR COLUMN: KARA

◆ Gyuri said “Meeting Yeojoo”
Hello. I’m KARA’s Gyuri. This is my greeting for NAVER Star Column. Not too long ago, winter was cold due to a lie and now I can finally feel the heat of the early summer. Winter was colder than before, as I spent it not as Gyuri but as a whole new person.

In January, I met a girl called Ho Yeojoo. She is a character from “Nail Salon Paris” which was broadcasted on 3 May. As it was my first acting as the lead role, I was extremely pressurized and worried a lot. I was able to finish shooting the drama without any problems all thanks to the staff and colleagues who were supervising me from the start.

It was exhausting but I’ve always received encouragement from the staff and fellow actors. On the first day of the photo shoot, I was reading the script with the director and photographer over a drink and the director said to me, “Don’t worry, everything looks good.”. Although I do become more confident whenever people reassure me, be it whether I’m alone or around other people, I get embarrassed too.
The director say that I always bring out the very cute personality in “Nail Salon Paris“‘s Yeojoo. There are many happy memories from the filming process as I have met such a nice director and a great team of staff.
Ah ah, there are of course some tough times. ^^
The filming was done in winter and the drama was set to broadcast in spring and summer. Even though i started filming since January, this winter strangely did not feel very long. It has to be bright enough outdoors before we can film or when it snows we have to stop filming. Basically, we experienced many problems due to the weather. The duration of the filming was lengthened due to the weather and my Japan schedule. I felt so sorry towards everyone.
Filming was really enjoyable. It’s been a long time since I have formally filmed a drama but I learned a lot as I watched the other actors and carefully ponder over the things that the director told me.

I am really thankful for Jihoo for being so nice and gentle to me. I honestly did not expect to get along well with MBLAQ’s Cheondoong, we have met a lot at music programs but never interacted. He is such a cheerful kid with so many friends while I’m more to the shy side so I was worried at first. Haha.
Perhaps I was able to become close to the actors because I cross-dressed as a man. It was a little awkward when I filmed as a woman. ^^ It did not matter whether I was a man in the first half or a woman in the second half of the filming, all of us, three guys and a girl, became good friends.
Yeah… The last day of filming was unforgettable. I cried a lot.

On the last day of filming, while we were filming the last scene, there suddenly was a power failure. Nobody thought,”Ah ah! We’re in trouble.”. It became a situation where everyone was communicating with just their facial expressions. Truth be told, the last day of filming was actually postponed because of me. I felt so sorry for that and was hoping that filming would end on a happy note.
I started to panic, “What if we have to postpone again?”. While I was worrying about this, the staff brought in a cake and everyone present started to sing. They then told me “good work!” while applauding. I later learned that it was a surprise planned by the staff.
I was very touched. I was crying so much at that point of time. I told my parents about this the next day and cried again. Now even as I think back, I still feel like crying.
With that, the last day of “Nail Salon Paris” ended on a happy note. It also marked the end of winter.

