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Yuna interview

Oh I love chatty Yuna!!
It seems she goes to her low-key self when she's around new ppl, but her normal self pops up whenever she feels comfortable. She usually makes funny faces unconsciously when she's at ease and I love it!!:love::love:
 
Oh, who are you thinking of?! If it's Caroline and Mirai, I saw a photo of them recently looking pretty friendly and smiley together. Of course, who knows what one posed photo really means, but the fact that they got together for a photo at all seems positive to me. I can't help wondering whether in their case it's not the "grown-ups" who have been meddling.

no, it was evan and johnny that I was thinking of.
 
"While we were waiting for our doping test, we talked about a lot of things like Mao's trip to Korea for Four Continents and eating Korean food. When I said 아쉽다 (disappointed) during the press conference, Mao thought I said 맛있다 (tasty) and incredulously responded "oishii?" (tasty in Japanese) and we both cracked up." (the words for disappointed and tasty have similar sounds in Korean, so it's understandable that Mao heard wrong)
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KHlVq_d7ky4
hahaha!!!
 
yuna homepage update

yuna has updated her homepage with a cute picture she took with mao after worlds at some party, i think.

http://sports.media.daum.net/nms/general/news/common/view.do?cate=23793&newsid=342362&cp=segye

the article is in korean but basically it says some stuff she wrote on her homepage about the recent world's.

she says she had a hard time training, how she had to run in the hot sun, and she's glad it's over and she can relax now. she says skating is not all about winning and getting first place, and that after the short program she felt like crying and wondered if she should drop out of the competition. but she couldn't because she started thinking about all the people that helped her this season to do well. and also that during the step sequence of her long program, she thought her legs would fall off, it was so hard... she says even if it wa the same color medal as last year she feels like she has improved personally in her skating.

there's more stuff on her own homepage where she talks about the rest of the season in general. she says compared to last year, she has been able to train more consistently, and thanks to it, she felt much more prepared and relaxed for the competitions. (except she was very nervous at cup of china's long program, hehe.) and also that she's disappointed in herself because she hasn't had a single clean short this whole season.

more pictures from the party she took with a whole bunch of skaters!

http://tvzonebbs1.media.daum.net/gr...Id=316882&pageIndex=1&searchKey=&searchValue=

the link to her actual homepage was already posted in the worlds forum, but just thought it was interesting how she listed her fave male skaters, hehehe. she says, "johnny weir, stephane lambiel, then jeff buttle" then she adds "sorry jeff!!" hahaha.

other tags by yuna under photos:
"kimmie is always so pretty. the picture didn't come out well, she is prettier in person"

"mira (leung), who always says a friendly hello when i see her"

:)
 
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As per request, here's a translation for the link that bubbleyum posted / the caption that Yu-Na had for her most recent posted photo. I left out most of the emoticon-like expressions she used because I don't know what their English equivalents would be. Just keep in mind that this whole thing was littered with "LOL" and "T_T" and stuff like that...she sounds like a typical teenager.
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The season's...finally over.

I've wanted the season to end so much...I think I said the same thing last year.
Like last season, this season didn't end that well but it was okay.

Last summer, I actually trained and worked out for like the first time. I don't know how I got through it...every day felt like hell.
Do I really have to live like this? Thoughts like that came to me every day. But it was too late for me to give up because there's so many people who have supported me through everything. I think it's good that something kept me from giving up.

I ran around under the burning sun until I felt like I was going to die...about two months or so, twice a week. I thought it wouldn't be much, but it was so hard...I dreaded Mondays and Thursdays.
One day I thought to myself "If you can't avoid it, enjoy it!" but that basically ended in a day. I couldn't avoid it, but I couldn't enjoy it, either. But now that I think about, getting through all that helped me to become a more patient person and because I was able to get through something difficult I think I'll be able to handle most situations pretty well (although I don't know if that'll actually happen)

After my first competition this season, I thought to myself "So this is what a competition is like..." Last season, each competition felt like such a big thing to me. Then again, I guess it would be expected of my situation. Each competition felt like such a burden. But I didn't feel that at all this season. I just skated like I would in practice, whether it was good or bad.

I didn't get nervous too much this season. If I had to pick, a little bit at China, a lot at Grand Prix Final. The one time when I was so calm it was unnatural was this free skate [at Worlds]. I was so calm it was almost scary. I think that had to do with my good preparation and confidence.

I was really disappointed in myself that I never skated my short cleanly this season. My thoughts were complicated after the short [at Worlds]. Even during the interview my mouth and my brain seemed disconnected. I felt like crying...the pain was there and I wasn't sure if I would hold up for the free. 'After a short like this, the free is even more worrisome...I don't know if I can do it...Maybe I'll just withdraw...no, I want to do it...I want to do well...I want to cry.' The fact that I got through an interview with thoughts like that running through my head surprises even me. Of course, I did feel much better in just a few hours...

During the free...honestly, I thought I would pass out during the step sequence. But I was happy that there were no big mistakes. I thought the scores were a little stingy but whatever, everything's already over with. Complaining isn't gonna help. There's things that I made mistakes on and I guess I was just destined to get the bronze. Because I didn't start to skate just so that I could win all the time.

I suddenly had this thought (wow, I think a lot)
A person can work really hard to show their true skill and the results can be good or bad. But you get your scores based on how you did and that gets you your ranking so I don't think it's really a competition with other people. Is that it? ... anyways, if I think that way I feel a lot more comfortable with everything. How nice would it be to win every time I went out. But that's not an easy thing. The injury hurt me a lot but I didn't want to let go of this Worlds. I wanted to do better than last year. Although the color of the medal is the same, I think there's been growth. My stamina was shaky but otherwise I don't think I dropped off that much from the Grand Prix, so that was a relief. There's a lot of chances...Worlds isn't everything.

Compared to last season, I'm satisfied with not my improved results but with the better content that I put into my programs. I never expected things to improve dramatically in a short time so I'm not disappointed. I finished well like I had hoped.

I'm so thankful for the people who helped and supported me through my injury and I wanted to do well for them. Preparing for this season, throughout the season, I learned a lot. Nice people, people I'm thankful for, confidence, the fact that I can enjoy competition...yeah, it's a lot.

Thank you ^^
 
thanks a lot mizu_iro!
I really like the picture with Yu Na and Patrick (and bryce in the back!) haha! so funny!!
 
She wants to skate to well known music? Can someone introduce her to the Titanic soundtrack? Any piece would look lovely skated by her.
 
I think you guys would like this clip of Yu-Na singing at a karaoke bar...definitely not serious here. She's got a pretty nice voice, too!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I7Sipd6AcMA

That's a different look at her personality. She's absolutely adorable. I heard that this was supposed to be a private vid, and Yu-Na was angry when it got out! LOL

Anyway, I love her singing. She's even more talented that we thought!
 
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