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,

Life was Easier in 70s or 80s, don’t you think so??

Why?

Because life was simpler back then when there weren’t too much of technology.

I came to this conclusion after yesterday, a whole day, fought with the thing called technology. My DVD-ROM was broken down. I cannot play any movies from it, no it’s worse, I cannot process any cd from it! and for me it’s like a death statement. Well, actually I have a usual dvd player, but the remote control is also broken down so It’s kinda hard to use it. As it is not enough, I also found problem in my USB: It can’t be plugged in properly. I didn’t know what was wrong, everytime I plug it in, my windows explorer always ask to be debug. I have already scanned it, off course, but it didn’t give any impacts.

Yeaah peeps, those things called technology is so tiresome, yet I need them so bad.

Speaking of technology, there is a nice quote of it. It’s from Jesse in movie ‘Before Sunrise’. Cekidot!

“You know what drives me crazy? It's all these people talking about how great technology is, and how it saves all this time. But, what good is saved time, if nobody uses it? If it just turns into more busy work. You never hear somebody say, "With the time I've saved by using my word processor, I'm gonna go to a Zen monastery and hang out". I mean, you never hear that.”

Agak ga nyambung sih, but well, kurang lebih mewakili kesusahan saya sekarang ini. TT_TT

I’m gonna try to fix them all again today, though it’s probably a useless action.

xoxo,

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,

Day 6: Ten Facts About My Hometown

1. Traffic Jam. That's the first thing that pop out of your head when you hear the name of Jakarta. It's probably the worst in asia. they used to compare it with the traffic jam in Bangkok, but at least they already have BTS (Bangkok Traffic System) in Bangkok. That's why I assume that the traffic jam in Jakarta is the worst!!

2. Flood. It used to be flood season once in 5 years, and then once in 3 years. Now?? almost every time the rain lasts for more than 1 hour!! where's your responsibility Mr. Governor?!!! *sigh*

3. You can easily find mini mart in every inch of this city. Really really reaaallyy easy! Even you'll easily find two different mini mart's franchise opposite each other. And they're keep building another ones, especially in the suburban. Wtf??

4. Besides mini mart, they're also keep building the Giant Mart a.k.a Shopping Mall, Shopping Arcade, Shopping Centre, Shopping Town, etc. you name it..

5. Talk about big city, there comes big and high criminal rates.

6. Lots of conflict lands here. In the end, normally, the victims are the poor.

7. Jakarta is culinary heaven. Gotta admit that..

8. There are so many music festivals, concerts, or music showcase. From Jazz to Rock fest, all here. You'll be pleased to live here if you're a music buff.

9. We still have our landmark, The National Monument! It keeps standing tall no matter what..

10. You can clearly see how high the gap between the poor and the rich in this city. Just look at behind those glamorous office towers or apartments, you'll find dirty alleys and settlement of the poor. So ironic..

xoxo,

Day 5: 10 (+5) Favorite Songs

I pick most of my favorite songs for their beautiful lyrics. I'm soooo into lagu-lagu yang berlirik bagus. Here they are..

1. Elliott Yamin - Moody's Mood For Love

"Pretty baby you are the soul, snaps my control"

2. Yesung - It Has To Be You

"니가 아니면 안돼, 너 없인 난 안돼, 나 이렇게 하루 한달을 또 일년을" (It can’t be if it’s not you, i can’t be without you, it’s okay if i’m hurt for a day and a year like this)

3. Feist - Inside and Out

"No man on earth can stand between my loving arms, And no matter how you hurt me, I will love you till I die"

4. Kings Of Convenience - Mrs. Cold

"Hey baby, What is love? It was just a game We both played and we can’t get enough of"

5. Coldplay - Yellow

"Look at the stars, Look how they shine for you, And everything you do, Yeah, they were all yellow"

6. Jason Mraz

"I won't worry my life away!" ---> a never fails motivation giver.

7. Super Junior - No Other

"같은 길을 걸어왔어 우린 서로 닮아가고 있잖아 놀라울 뿐이야 고마울 뿐이야 사랑할 뿐이야" (We came on the same road, we are just like each other, how surprising, how thankful, it’s just love)

8. The Beatles - Till There Was You

"There were birds in the sky but i never heard them singing, no i never heard them at all 'till there was you..."

9. Sore - Karolina

"I'll lead you to my life, through the finest hour of my life" --> oke, take buat wedding song!

10. Regina Spektor - Us

"We're living in a den of thieves, Rummaging for answers in the pages. We're living in a den of thieves, And it's contagious"

And frankly, 10 is not enough.. I'd love to add some more! hihihi! cuma nambah 5 koook!

11. Tompi - Selalu Untukmu

"Tahukah kau diriku tak sanggup hidup bila kau jauh dariku"

12. The Trees and The Wild - Honeymoon on Ice

"i can feel you in my sleep, the fear of eve is in my grief, the smile of light is flashing both my eyes"

13. Ellen Page and Micheal Cera - Anyone Else But You

"You're a part time lover and a full time friend"

14. James Morrison - You Give Me Something

"For every piece of me that wants you, Another piece backs away"

15. CN Blue - Love Light

"밤 하늘 별빛보다 아름다워요, 나 만의 사랑 빛"

(you’re more beautiful than the stars above in the night sky, my own love light)

xoxo,