KissMez Translated Goodies

A moment of disobedience towards your parent

Taeyeon: Whenever there is a new cell phone product, I always ask my parents to buy it for me

Sunny: I didn’t really go through rebellion (in adolescence) so I never fought or rebelled against my parents. But after I debuted, it started happening. I wouldn’t talk to my parents. My parents noticed this, but they wouldn’t say anything and hold back. Then I got a call from my sister who is living in the States. She told me that my parents wanted to punish me, but they held back reasoning that work must be that hard for me to react that way. After hearing that, I felt so sorry.

Wonhee: What about you Hyoyeon?
Hyoyeon: I can’t think of any


Hyoyeon: When I go out on shows, I should talk a lot and adapt well to the environment so that my mom can see me a lot on camera, but my brain doesn’t function that fast. Because of that, I didn’t have a lot of confidence. I had to practice my pronunciation too. At first, people that met me for the first time asked me if I was from overseas.
Wonhee: Is it only on broadcast?
Hyoyeon: Only on camera
(Jessica on the side:  she’s normally like that)”
Hyoyeon: I’m not normally like that!
Normally, I talk really well and have a lot of confidence, but whenever I’m on shows I keep thinking that I have to do well. I don’t want to say something wrong. So my mom was unable to see me on broadcasts. There was even a time when she asked “were you not on that show?” In that one hour broadcast, I didn’t say a single word so I started reading more books and practicing pronunciation even more. It’s a self-development too.
Jaesuk: you’re doing very well today
Seohyun: I’m her roommate, but she really does read a lot of books.
Jaesuk: What kind of books?
Hyoyeon: I asked Seohyun for book recommendation and she suggested a book…. so I’m planning to read it
Seohyun: She keeps asking for recommendation but the books never come back. She does put a lot of effort into it.
Jaesuk: So is the book still on your table?
Hyoyeon: I have to look for it.
Sooyoung: The type of books Hyoyeon has is books such as “how to be a career woman” “rules on how to become a successful woman” and stuff like that.
Hyoyeon: I read those books but starting from the childhood is so different.
Jaesuk: What was so different about the book and your childhood?
Hyoyeon: The book says that if you fall seven times, you get up and attempt again, but when I fell, I gave up and did something else.
Wonhee: You have such a cool personality. Why wait to fall seven times? Fall the first time and try something else.

Jaesuk: What about you Seohyun? Do you have one? It doesn’t seem like you will.
Seohyun: No I do. Being the only child, I was able to receive a lot of love from them while growing up. But now I’m in my 20’s and must start facing society so I felt like I had the need to be independent. Like Yuri said, when I need something, my parents does it for me just so that they can see my face, but I purposely deny it and say that I can do it on my own. I’m regretful of that because my parents think I already grew up (perhaps too fast?)

Jaesuk: What about you Sooyoung?
Sooyoung: I think just the fact that I chose this career is something that I’m sorry about to my parents. I chose this path because I enjoyed it, but it’s not the same for my parents. Whenever people talk about me in a bad way, my mom once told me that she wanted to go up somewhere and yell “my daughter is not that type of person” and asked how she was supposed to let go of this unjustness. If I weren’t a celebrity, she wouldn’t have to experience stuff like this. I’m very sorry for my parents having to go through that because of my choice in career.

Yoona: Whenever there is a bad comment online, our families worry a lot. There was a time when I cried saying it was too hard. My dad always thinks I’ll have a hard time and a lot of stress so when I go home, he tells me to rest comfortably. He doesn’t talk much so that I can just rest. My dad told me to not worry about the family and do what I want to do (career-wise) if it makes even just a little bit of my stress disappear.