WATCH HIM: AJA AJA SHOPPING! YesAsia (non-US) YesAsia (USA) Winter Sonata, Hotelier & more! Get BYJ News at Xiaoyi's Blog BYJ's Official Site Mahalo and Aloha to everyone, me ke Aloha! ~Shelly
Welcome to BYJ's Ohana, an unofficial Bae Yong Joon fan club in the USA.   We've been together since 2005 but are now closing. Our last meeting: May  27, 6:00 PM, Empress Restaurant, Chinese Cultural Plaza on Beretania.  To get on the phone tree, email Shelly. There has never been a fee to join BYJ’s ‘Ohana – but that never stopped me from asking members to open their wallets, and I’m not stopping now. Our family members in Asia desperately need our help right now, as do children all over the world. PLEASE support BYJ’s ‘Ohana and our global family by making a donation – any donation – to WorldVision. Disclaimer:  BYJ's Ohana is an unofficial and independent club, and is not in any way officially affiliated with Bae Yong Joon, BOF, IMX, IMX America, broasia.com nor any other related companies.  While the webmaster is more than happy to communicate with family and others, she is not able to deliver any messages to any of the above entities.  If she knew how, she'd be doing it herself. Site design by Hokupa'a Consulting.
“For the ‘family’ who don’t know the details of the entire process, who don’t know everything I’ve experienced, but still give me their full support, I am truly grateful with all my heart. Besides they absolutely trust me in whatever I do. Towards a group of people like that, to simply use the term ‘fans’ cannot fully express all that my heart feels towards them…” ~ Bae Yong Joon (translated) Benton Sen puts it well, too: "Ancient Hawaiian children grew up in a world where people not related by blood were considered part of the 'Ohana, or extended family.  To Hawaiians, it didn't matter if you weren't a blood relative, only that you were loved.  'Ohana, often defined as Aloha, is extended to all people, without restraint or motive...I think of 'Ohana as an embrace that wraps itself around the spirit of Aloha.  It is a sense of place, a sense of belonging and a private homecoming that returns us to ourselves.  Extending outward, it begins with a single action, a gesture of love."