Bachelor - Gangam Style!

As if JP wasn't international enough...JP plus 13 are enroute to Seoul (minus Kelly's dog)
Seoul will see 2 Group dates and 1 one on one.

I was expecting Psy at some point..not quite..but close.
The girls have 1 hour to pack..for the international holiday. That sounds like a nightmare...so much packing..so little time. In the airport shots..it looks like the girls brought EVERYTHING.

They settle in to the Hilton. Their suite looked gorgeous!!
Group date 1: K Pop

Who says you don't learn anything on the Bachelor. I didn't know that K Pop meant Korean pop. How is that different than American pop. The girls were going to pop out with 21..the K pop music sensation. Lesson #2..South Koreans have way more colourful and interesting sweatshirts and outfits than we do in C pop or A pop land. I loved the tops!! The tights and bottoms were a little cray.but I loved the colours.
The girls had to do a choreographed dance number and JP was down with poppin' it like it was hot. Nikki was cool to it..and then there was Cat dancing like she was on a hot tin roof. There was a lotta pride, and bootay shakin' and more serious dance face. So Nikki is getting a Negative Nikki rap..but she was pretty funny. I thought she had a pretty good attitude about it..and just got through it. Chelsea seems to just go in whatever direction JP blows..for a science educator..there is not much method to her JP madness. I also thought Cassandra didn't bring a lot of dance moves from her 'former NBA dancer experience"...(low points for artistic merit from the Croatian judge).
For the performance in a mall...JP had a quite a jacket..that was some serious collar going on. I also thought it was odd for the top K pop group with 77 million youtube views that they would be performing in a mall, with only 3 security guards that are wearing suits. I can't see Rhianna or Beyonce performing at the HMV stage in West Ed...maybe the 21 K pop sensation was overblown...like Cat's dance routine.

At the after party...Nikki gets the rose!

One on one date.
Sigh...The Bachelor is not one to miss a cliche. Date card: Are you my Seoul mate?
Well, kinda fitting..because Sharleen has to do some Seoul searching to see if she likes JP...beyond his aesthetic. She wants to see what's shaking in his brain, beyond a catchy Spanish dance tune.
They explore Seoul. I thought her Sharleens nylon and shorts combo was odd, Maybe it's chilly there? Maybe they were sheer lederhosen she brought from Germany?
 They eat some food and have some tea. Sharleen in her charming subtle as a sledgehammer ways tells him he's not bland. Hmm..does she really think so or is she yield to his charms.  He seems to make pretty intense eye contact with her and she doesn't seem like a typical choice for him.so perhaps he does have a few complexities in his character that are not assuaged by Venezuelan food and bumpin' beats.
She seemed like she did let a little bit of her wall come down with him..and not because she belted a couple of operatic notes (i'm unsophisticated in the operatic way..but I thought her warm up routine sounded like she was calling some type of tropical bird).
Kudos to Sharleen for being completely open about her thoughts on kids. And kudos to JP for wanting to get to knowing more.
We know JP digs her 'mondo' and gives her a rosa!


K is for Krazy not for K pop
So as not to be confused with group date number one...there will not be a K pop date, but a Krazy date. No wait...what is a date withJP without music...the first group activity starts with Karaoke!
Well not really.
Not one of them read Korean so they all jump and sweat in this dollhouse like Karaoke place. Then they drink lemonade, do some paddling, eat some Octopus (even Clare kind of ate some, regurgitated, then 'swallowed it back down' - thanks for that explanation Clare..very important for all of us to know that. Isn't 'swallowing it back down' just like saying "I'll respond back "...sigh...poor English drives me a little cray cray. Then after Clare finally had her 5 calorie snack, they had those fish pedicures. Side bar- how safe are those things..i mean hygenically speaking. I don't think those fish get autoclaved after each pedicure. Ewww...not sure how sanitary that is:)
Phew..after all that kraziness..it was back to the hotel for some telling and no kissing. Suddenly JP has a no fly zone over his lip area. Well, he's the Bachelor..and he calls the shots. ALL the ladies want a little kiss from JP...but wouldn't you think the serial kissing on the same night would just seem weird...some serious cross contamination of lip gloss. Poor Lauren asked for a kiss.and was denied..awww..the rejection..that's like landing on your a$$ after trying to do a triple sow cow and having to get up and smile for the crowd (can you tell i'm excited for Sochi?). JP couldn't resist Clare. Now JP is one confusing dude..he is intrigued by Sharleen and by Clare. I don't get it. What I really don't get is Clare's eyebrows. I think she does them like that on purpose. Even her eyebrows are not interesting to me.

Andi gets the rose!

Palatial cocktail party and rose ceremony.
Nikki is rocking the Geobukseon (a Korean warship) with both her negativity and the girl pact of letting girls sans roses only have time with JP. Anyone who has been around the Bachelor mansion block once or twice knows that one is only here for the right reasons..and that is for the Bachelor..therefore one must look out for numero uno. Nikki has JP time..the girls are displeased.
Elise is wearing a weird dress..(are those bedazzled gold spanks shorts under it?). Cassandra looks stunning in yellow....Alison has a lot of features on the back of her dress..and Lauren kind of looks like she has given up.

La rosa ceremonia
Elisa and Lauren ...take a moment and 12 hours to say your good bye  Asia...hello America. It's often a long convoluted journey to search for your Seoul mate. Sing it to me sistahs!

Next stop on the journey to true love..Vietnam!

Until next week...
me encanta este show!!!