Showing posts with label TV Show. Show all posts
Showing posts with label TV Show. Show all posts

Thursday, 13 January 2011

Review: Secret Garden. Mystical and Cute at the Same Time


These two months I’ve been watching lotso Korean drama like crazy. Recently, one drama is totally win over my heart… Secret Garden! I have a few doubts when watched it for the first time. I don’t really like the main actress, Ha Ji Won. Dunno, she doesn’t attract me at all but I gotta admit she’s a great actress. You can say that I only watched it because of the main actor: Hyun Bin!! Yeah, that beautiful Hyun Bin!





He's a bit thinner now, but look at that smile! there's no way it won't melt your heart out.





Ha Ji Won as Gil Ra Im, the cool stunt-woman


This is another rom-com drama by SBS. Hyun Bin plays as Kim Joo Won, a rude, cranky, arrogant but silly department store owner who incidentally falls in love with Gil Ra Im (Ha Ji Won), the infamous stunt-woman who has a dream to be a martial art director. The plot is so-so actually, Ra Im is living in poor and alienated neighborhood so she’s not suit the ultra rich Joo Won, but Joo Won is so eager to have Ra Im as his girl. What makes it interesting is, at first Ra Im didn’t fall for Joo Won at all because of his arrogant nature and his crankiness, in fact she hated him. She was trying her best to avoid Joo Won but Joo Won is so clingy to her. In the other hand, Joo Won himself is busy questioning why he fell in love with Ra Im at the first place. Everyplace he goes, everything he does, he often imagines Ra Im appear at his side. Joo Won felt that if he didn’t see Ra Im, he’s going to lose his sanity so he decided to fall in love with Ra Im. Silly huh? But cute!


The plot doesn’t just focus on Joo Won – Ra Im weird relationship. One day there’s an unlucky accident which made Joo Won – Ra Im, mystically, switch their soul. Things become more complicated while also make so many hilarious events and, off course, romance between Joo Won – Ra Im. They cannot help it and they inevitably should cling to each other.







official poster of Secret Garden showing the two switching their soul














crazy Oska aka Choi Woo Young. played by Yoon Sang Hyun, his character is so silly. he's one of the laugh cracker in this drama.







Kim Joo Won the crazy track suit. there's a hilarious story behind this infamous track suit. by the way, this track suit is a trend in Korea right now!








the famous Cream Kiss scene. Ra Im left cream in her lips after sipping cappucino and there comes Joo Won 'clean' it for her *gyaaaaa*





Well, I won’t tell you about the plot any longer. You should watch it yourself and let me know what do you think about this drama. fyi, it's still currently broadcast in Korea and get quite successful rating ;)




xoxo,

Sunday, 9 January 2011

Day 8: Top 10 TV Show or TV Show Characters of All Time

Heyhooo..


Think I’ll just skip Day 7 Challenge. What’s so interesting in secrets anyway?? Everybody has it already.. *ngelesdotcom :p


Well then, I’m movin on to Day 8: Top 10 TV Show or TV Show Characters of All Time.


To be honest, I’m not so into Hollywood TV Shows. I don’t have TV cable facility and way too lazy to follow their season by season as it is too much for me (insufficient funds also). Normally I just watch 2-3 holly TV shows per year and it usually the popular ones.


Meanwhile, I’m sooo into Korean TV shows or they called it Korean drama. I think they’re way more compact with only 15-30 episodes each and not making it into seasons. So here it is my list:


1. Kim Sam Soon (My Name is Kim Sam Soon). She’s fat! and she didn’t even care. She’s proud of herself and that’s why she got Hyun Bin eventually. Cliché but interesting though..


2. Yuan Xiangqin/Oh Hani (It Started With a Kiss/Playful Kiss). She made me believe that even the dumbest girl in the world could get her prince charming if she’s really really into it. Silly sih..


3. Kurt Hammel (Glee). He’s awesome! The best gay friend you could ever had.


4. Jackie Burkhardt (That 70’s Show). Blair Waldorf in 70s.


5. Seth Cohen (The O.C.) . I always prefer to have a nerdie boyfie.


6. Addison Forbes Montgomery (Grey’s Anatomy). A strong, funny and beautiful woman surrounded by a lot of immature people.


7. Oliver Queen aka The Green Arrow (Smallville). In my eyes, he’s just perfect! Way better than Kent. I wonder why Lois Lane picked a hard way on choosing Kent over him. I just don’t get it!


8. Sue Sylvester (Glee). The only antagonist that i love. her devilishness makes me love her more and more.


9. Gil Ra Im (Secret Garden). Am so admiring her being a stuntwoman. Cool!


10. Seo Eunyoung (Coffee House). A very pretty, smart, sexy, stylish director of a publishing company and own a cozy coffee house. All in her early 30s. envy, anyone?



xoxo,

Monday, 28 June 2010

50 Things You Can Learn From Korean Dramas

Editor in chief's warning: Well, my university always warn its students to not doing plagiarism whatsoever (they put pamflets about not to do plagiarism EVERYWHERE, making sure that all the students read it). So here it is.. This is a re-post from another blog whose also suffering from Chun Jungmyung sickness in http://chunjungmyung.tumblr.com/. It's hilarious! Enjoy..


Not entirely true. But this is so ROTFL!

If you watch alot of dramas (like I do), you’d agree with most of these.




1) Hot, rich, younger men love fat, older vulgar women.

2) If you have a best guy friend, he is in love with you. And secretly you are too.

3) You and your boyfriend will always playfully chase each other on an ice rink, at the beach, or in the leaves. And you’ll laugh for no reason and your boyfriend will hit you “playfully” but the force of his push will have you flying across the room. But it’s okay. Cuz you’re still laughing like a crazy person.

4) Brothers/cousin/uncles-newphews will always love the same girl.

5) You’re allowed to make u-turns wherever you want in Korea. And there is never traffic on the side you want to u-turn to.

6) There is a super quick payment device that allows you to pay a bill quickly enough for a guy to run immediately out of a restaurant after his angry girlfriend storms out.

7) Everyone has cancer.

8) If you’re sick, all you need is an IV to make you feel lots better.

9) There is vomit and urine all over Seoul at nights.

10) Fighting at a pojangmacha with a random stranger is merely part of a normal night’s event.

11) Soju must cost 10 cents. Everyone drinks it everyday all the time, especially the poor people. (I't just the culture i guess..)

12) If you’re rich, you’re a jerk.

13) If you’re poor, you’re an angel.

14) Women sleep and wake up with a full set of makeup on.

15) You’re not studying hard enough unless you get a nosebleed.

16) If you have a nosebleed, you most definitely have cancer. And you have no money to pay for the surgery that will save your life. And your liver is missing. We’re not sure where it went, but it’s making your cancer progress faster.

17) If you work in a sool jeep, you have massively curly hair and wear flashy colors from the early 90’s.

18) You always order orange juice or coffee at a cafe. And you never drink it. EVER.

19) You will always call your boyfriend by his job title. Or simply sunbaenim. Never his name. Never. He doesn’t have one.



20) If you TRULY love each other, you must die together in the end. Frozen outside instead of finding shelter like sane people. Just frozen….



21) You go to America you come back miraculously successful. You go to England you come back amazingly fashionable. You stay in Korea the only thing that changes is your hairstyle.



22) And if you come back with no apparent reason then it’s because you have cancer.



23) Everyone always goes to the same hospital no matter where they are.



24) If you stand out in the rain for more than five minutes, you’ll end up with a fever and vertigo and people will rush you to the hospital to get some magic IV. And instead of taking an ambulance or driving they’ll race you on their back.



25) Even if you’re poor and can’t eat, you never wear the same clothes twice.



26) If you play a poor kid, you always have dirt on your face and your hair is always messy.



27) If you’re saving someone from being hit from a car, you’ll push them out of the way and wait for the car to hit you instead. couldnt be more true, theyre like a deer in headlights



28) Everyone has a long lost sister/brother/twin. Usually one they didn’t know about.



29) If you don’t want to answer your phone, you can just turn it off. The battery needs to be taken out.



30) All korean men can drink hard, smoke long, sing well and play piano. Usually all at the same time. And at the same restaurant that has a piano that they let anyone use.



31) If you’re in a relationship, you must at one point leave and have your lover tearfully come RIGHT before you board the plane (vice versa applies as well. You can be the chaser). 60% of the time you see each other, the other 40% you’re roaming around in circles and pass each other about six times, but miraculously never see them.



32) If you’re getting off a plane, you’re ALWAYS wearing sunglasses. ALWAYS.



33) All guys wear hideous tracksuits zipped up to their neck. Even if all they’re doing is jump roping.



34) Girls will always storm off because they’re mad and the guy will stoically grab them by the arm and swing them back- and by magic, not dislocate their shoulders.



35) Guys always look like they’re 6 feet tall, even if they’re only 5’10. Thank you camera angles.



36) Guys like to wear foundation, eyeliner and sometimes a smudge of lipliner.



37) You always get stuck in an elevator with someone who makes you feel uncomfortable. Even if there are six different elevators, you’ll always be stuck in the same one with that bastard you hate (or just fought with).



38) Unless you’re fabulously rich, your in-laws will always hate you



39) So will your sister-in-law.



40) Your brother-in-law might be pining away for you.

41) There are only 2 ways to kiss. You either press your lips against theirs with your mouth completely shut, and just press away for a very long and uncomfortable time. OR you devour the other person and suck out their soul. In both instances, the world spins.

42) A guy will always get the right size ring, even if you’re never held hands.

43) People stare off into space and ponder a lot. They’ll just stop in the middle of the road and watch a leaf on a tree for a good three minutes, and just ponder.

44) You’ll get pregnant the first time you have sex.

45) You’ll get pregnant if he kisses you on the forehead.

46) Hell- you’ll get pregnant if you hold hands.

47) If you overcome great obstacles to be together, one of you must die. Probably due to cancer.

48) One korean man can kick the butts of 6 gangstas. Especially when they all stand in a circle and attack the guy one by one. Then when each of them get their butts OWNED, they wise up and attack the guy at the same time. Then the guy will get pulverized and bleed out onto the dusty concrete floor of the empty warehouse they’ve found to fight in. There will be a fire in a trashcan somewhere. And the girl will have watched this the entire time, screaming in horror. Instead of calling 119, she’ll just watch and cry. But it’s okay. Cuz the next day the guy will be fine with a few random bandages and a few face scars. But never a black eye.

49) It ain’t a real fight unless the gangstas fight dirty with a stick or switchblade.

50) If you study in the states (preferably Harvard), you are one of the top students and can speak perfect English (as assumed by the reactions of those around you). Why the rest of the world OUTSIDE of the TV can’t understand a single word uttered out of your melodramatic mouth is beyond me.




Note from EIC: Whoever wrote this article, i'm tellin ya', in Indonesia we have a thousand times worse drama than they have in Korea. I simply enjoy K-drama because I just can't stand it watching all those crap on my tv everyday, so I'm glad I got to know K-dramas. Cheers!!!




Random photo: Another haaawwwttt picture of my CJM oppa. Hotness overload!!!!







XOXO,