Silence (Cdrama)

Late review again, I thought I posted this already. This review hibernated first in my USB.

For people who have somebody to love, why should their lives be short while others who don't have anybody have longer lives. A pity it is for this story I'm about to share. fate did cheat on our main protagonists. (I'm getting goosebumps right now!) But as others would say, that's life!

It was this drama that made me fall in love again with Vic Zhou aka Zaizai. he still portrayed a quiet and somewhat cold character just like his famous role as Hua Ze Lei in Meteor Garden. His character here named as Qi Wei Yi, transforms to warmth from coldness when he meets Zhao Shen Shen (park). The thing is, they already have a history together when they were still children. They already experienced love for eachother even for only a week their long separation. They met at a hospital after Shen Shen became mute because of an accident, while Wei Yi was confined there because of a broken leg.

They actually made a promise to meet again on Christmas 2006 but fate made them meet earlier than that and it was really a funny meeting at first. The first few episodes were really hilarious because Shen Shen had some arguments w/ Qi Wei Yi without knowing that they knew eachother before.

It took until the middle of the whole season before both knew their identity. But the nice thing about this was even though they did not know their true identity (for being friends before), fate really drew them to each other. They really felt something...like a connection perhaps. The wonders of first love. Right. ^_^

But what hurts with this relationship is that both of them were loved by someone else for many years already. How could several years equal up with a 1 week first love? It's not worth it, for those who don't believe with the magic of true love. Even though it took such a long time before they saw eachother again, they were really meant to be together.

But fate was also harsh in a way. Just when Qi Wei Yi realized that Shen Shen was the girl he loved back then, he then discovers that he has liver cancer. He wanted to hold back his feelings so that it won't cause tears for her. But the more he tried to do that, the more he wanted to oppose it as well. Sigh. But at least for the last 3 months that Qi Wei Yi had to live, he experienced life...a truly better life than the one he had before. It was a life full of love and purpose. It wasn't a waste. In the end he left Shen Shen, but it was not all in vain. It was him that made Shen Shen talk again. But to put it in a humorous way (sorry to break the mood) the words she uttered for the while season was "Qi Wei Yi", "I Like You" and "I Love You". LOL. Add up the "Ah" word too. Hihi! But that'sthe point, she was able to speak again because of Wei Yi.

I really loved it over all. The first thing that caught me was Vic Zhou's hotness in this series! he was still the quiet type but he showed a fun and loving side too. So gone are the days when he was serious all throughout (remember Meteor Garden)...he really showed different sides here. I truly fell in love with him again! I also love seeing him wear business suits. It looks so good on him! I also admire Park Eun Hye! I'm not jealous of her...yey! She's so pretty! Would you believe she is 3 years older than Vic Zhou? (That sounds familiar...hmmm. ^_^) Or that she was born on 1978? She looks so young! I evenm thought she was younger than me! Actually they both remind me of Sandara Park and Hero Angeles. LOLzzz!!! Enough, enough! But truly I hate sad stories, especially sad love stories. But this story is an excemption. The plot may have been used several times already, but the series had a very fresh take on it. I just blame it for making me cry so much! I started to cry when Qi Wei Yi's father finally realized that his son is dying soon. Then my tears flowed like a river when Shen Shen met Qi Wei Yi again in Qingdao, after the swimming pool competition. When she started to talk, I cried so hard! Sigh! The more I cried when Qi Wei Yi fell into the pool because of his weakening body. Huhuhu! Hate this series for making me cry, but I love it! Hehe!

Terms of Endearment (Kdrama)

Another late review of mine. It was sleeping for so long in my USB. I thought I posted this already!

I'm trying to recall this encore drama that I got to watch every Sunday morning in KBS World. It starred Han Ga-in (Witch Yoo Hee) and Song Il-guk (Jumong). It had many familiar faces that I've seen in other dramas too.

Main story evolves around Han Ga-in's character. She elopes, gets pregnant and gets dumped before marriage. I forgot what happened to the baby. I think she suffered a miscarriage. But anywho that's how her miserable life started. She losther former true love. She even had to stay away from her parents. Her only confidante was her sister. Her sister seemed to have a better life at first, but it changed when she had a divorce.

Basically it shows the most common problems of women today. But it showed thattheir life can still be improved after such hardships.

The flow of the story was mostly drama. It was your usual family drama.

My fave part was when Song Il-guk came into the picture. He's the best guy anybody would want. He healed the emotional wounds of Han Ga-in. Eventhough they had problems when Ga-in's past was revealed, it still had a happy ending.

There was not really striking about this like other Kdramas but the realism it implied made it a good watch for women all over.

All About Eve (Kdrama)

One of my reviews that I did before...and has been living (and forgotten) in my USB for such a long time already!

This is one of the few dramas I have watched in its Philippine-dubbed form. I really paid attention to this every night at our local channel even though they just showed bits of it each day. Gah. Blame it on commercials.

Anyway, it did resemble the usual formula I got to see from our local dramas. The fighting of 2 women over their career and love is a usual scene already. What made this different maybe was the world they were in. It is the media world rarely seen in dramas. I just can't belive I got hooked.

The scene I'll never forget was the ending. It was tragic in a way for the female antagonist but it seemed the right ending for her so that she could start a clean new life. Sigh.

I haven't tried watching the Philippine version because the teasers did not make me happy about it. I don't know if they have done justice to the story. I bet they added more elements that we viewers in the Philippines are tired of already. Sigh. I hope not!