Red California HOV Access Sticker

I received new carpool stickers for my car this week. I was a nit worried since the current stickers (white for EV's) expire at the end of this year, and only cars from 2017 are allowed to renew. I took delivery of my Tesla Model S on 12/17/2016 so I thought I missed by two weeks. Fortunately, DMV was looking at when the original stickers were issued and I didn't get mine until end of January 2017. For awhile i thought I had to sell my car and buy a new EV to get updated stickers.

The new stickers are bright red and there are now four of them instead of three. They want us to stick one on the front bumper of the car. Newer Teslas don't really have a front bumper so I need to figure out where to stick it. Also, I bought a white cars so the ugly white carpool stickers would blend in (they do a bit); the red ones stick out badly on my white car. :(

EXID Performance Compilation

OK, one more. MBC put together performance compilations for several K-pop groups. Here is the one for EXID since their debut to about a month ago (before "I Love You"). Thie video is a 80 minutes long, all in glorious 1080p. I downloaded it and the file was 2.4GB.



Originally EXID had six members but split into two groups after their first release. Solji and Hyelin later joined Hani, LE, and Jeonghwa to form the five member today; the other three girls added one and formed BESTie. I think they disbanded last year? The video also contain special stages and performances on King of Masked Singer. They only showed Solji, Hani, and Hyelin but all five have performed on the show which is pretty crazy for a K-pop girl group since usually not all members are good singers and you have to sing live on KOMS.

내 남자친구에게 (To My Boyfriend)

Ha, I just "found" this performance. I didn't know they did this special stage. The song is 내 남자친구에게 or To My Boyfriend by Fin.K.L from 1998. Along with S.E.S, Fin.K.L was probably one of the most famous girl groups in K-pop, ever.

Here is the special stage with Seolhyun (AOA), Tzuyu (TWICE), and Hani (EXID):



This is one of the original performances by Fin.K.L 20 years ago:



I think Lee Hyori is the 3rd girl to sing in the old video.

Here is another special by the same three girls in the first video, singing some Wonder Girls songs:



BTW, Tzuyu (first girl to sing in the last video) is not Korean. She is actually from Taiwan.

알러뷰 (I LOVE YOU) - EXID

New single from EXID with all 5 members after two long years...



[MV] 알러뷰 (I LOVE YOU) - EXID

Solji was out for almost two years with hyperthyroidism. She ended up having surgery done to fix the problem and came back to win 5x as King of Masked Singer (post below). EXID's single releases have been pretty good but their B-sides are better IMHO.

고백 - King of Masked Singer Episode 174

고백 - Solji from EXID
King of Masked Singer Episode 174

This was the final song for Solji on her comeback on King of Masked Singer after taking 2 years off to recover from hyperthyroidism. I've liked EXID since their debut in 2012 with six members (including members of BESTie). Solji was initially their vocal trainer but after the group split, she was added to EXID along with Hyelin. I'll link to the rest of her KOMS performances in another post.