Sungkyunkwan Scandal (Kdrama)

I was screwed. I knew it. It was inevitable. I had to hide from Changmin everytime I saw Micky Yoochun aka Lee Seon Jun in this drama.. I already had enough beating from Minnie for being unfaithful to him because of Yoochun before, and this drama made it worse. Uh-oh. *hides from Changmin*

The role Yoochun had was really perfect for him. I don't understand why a review came up that critics saw Yoochn's acting as dry for the first episodes. I found it logical for his role to be dry...DUH! He was Lee Seon Jun, who was the prime minister's only son who was brought up with a prim and proper demeanor just like a prince. You are lucky to see him smile for a few times in some scenes (well it's a different story in the eps nearing the end). I personally believe his acting was good, niot just because I'm a Cassiopeia, but because he really was good. He really had potential even before he debuted in a drama (taking reference from their Banjun Dramas and Vacation).

Park Min Young who played the role of Kim Yunhui that posed as Kim Yunsik (her brother/ resembles Park Shin Hye so much. She also played a role of a girl who pretended to be a boy in another hit drama 'He's Beautiful" She looks so much like a girl though and kind of makes it unrealistic how she could have passed as a cute guy. It was just forced to the viewers that she did look like a guy from the perception of the characters. But she is a loveable character, that's why i can forgive her.

Geol-oh and Yongha completes the Jalguem Quartet (aka F4 of the Joseon period). Geol-oh is the guy who looks so handsome when he dons the rugged look (hehe, I don't like him having a clean cut style) and Yongha (aka Yeorim, or ladies' man) is the most colorful character in this drama (yes, literally). Both characters are loveable as well. Thsi drama is truly eye candy for the ladies. Hehe.

Other characters worthy of recognition is the Prime Minister who is Lee Seon Jun's father. I actually thought he would be this normal nagging father to his only son. But he was the opposite. Of course there were clashes between them, but you could still see he loves his son very much. He does not tie him up to abide to his own ideas.

The King in this drama is also a very kind-hearted man. He has real concern for his people. You don't see him get angry at people until the end only. That was really scary...to see him so angry.

There's also the gisaeng, Choseon who is the most beautiful of all. Kim Yunsik captured her heart because of his/her pure heart. It must have been a shock for her to know that Yunsik was actually a girl. Poor her, she was willing to up the glamorous life of a gisaeng just for Yunsik. In the end, she still had kindness for her.

Ha Insu, the student council president of Sungkyunkwan had only eyes for Choseon. He looks so handsome, he was just a big-headed guy at first and always had that frowning and angry look on him and with the way he spoke. But in the end because of Choseon, he also had a change of heart.

What i also liked about this drama is that it had a different flavor in it. It was a period drama unlike the usual ones. It focused on the youth and had political, romance and comedy in between. Other period dramas are such heavy dramas, right?

The soundtrack too was so beautiful because of course of JYJ (but it would have been better with DBSK...sigh). I also loved the background music. It gives you a Joseon period feel. I truly recommend it to your OST collection!

Sunao ni Narenakute (Jdrama)

I really thought at first it solely revolved around Twitter, on how it works and all. It turned out to be just a bridge for 5 different people who have their own different stories to tell. It shows how Twitter can connect lives, and not just how it relays information to people.

Linda, Doctor, Nakaji, Haru and Peach are the five users who became friends after their first gathering. This is not your typical high-school get together. These are adults who are mature and working on their own. You can expect some complications from these type of characters.

It all started with a lie. Everybody has their own lie to tell. The story also revolves around the feeling of not being able to express true feelings, thus the title "Hard to Say I Love You".

It mainly revolves around the love story between Haru and Nakaji, with the other characters being entangled with them into an love triangle, or should I say love pentagon? LOL

Haru and Nakaji seems to be the reincarnation of the love that Haru's mother and Nakaji's father weren't able to push-through, just because they weren't honest with theirselves.


Personally I watched this Jdrama because of Kim Jaejoong. I don't know who the heck the other characters are. It was nice to see Jaejoong have a big role, eve though it is not a lead role in a Japanese drama.

His character Park Seonsu will make you feel pity for him. He lied he was a doctor. but actually he is only a medical equipment salesman. He strives to become a good employee but gets unlucky most of the time. His character seemed tailor-made for him too since his character comes from Korea, who migrated to Japan with his sister.

I hated Haru for not liking Seonsu aka Doctor wholeheartedly. I kept telling myself, "He's Jaejoong! Nobody can say no to Youngwoong Jaejoong! Just look at him, how could you not love someone like him?" But of course he was not Jaejoong in the drama, he was Seonsu, the unfortunate one. LOL

It's more mature than what you think. Not your typical teeny-bopper drama. It discusses a wide variety of issues other than Twitter. I personally think it was a well-made drama. I'm happy that Jaejoong was a part of this cast.

Current and Upcoming

I'm still trying to finish Sunao ni Narenakute with Jaejoong! Still on ep. 9! Wish I could finish it soon! Still have lots of dramas I want to watch!

Next on my list would be SunKyunKwan and Scandal with Yoochun! If I'm not mistaken, it will be shown next week via my fave channel KBS WORLD!!!! Wohoo!!!

Thanks to my friend Pamie, I already have videos of My Girlfriend is a Gumiho/Nine-tailed Fox with Lee Seunggi! But I haven't started watching it yet since I want to finish Sunao first.

Thank goodness Paradise Meadow with Changmin is still set to be broadcasted next year! I still have time to finish some other dramas...but not all!

OMG I forgot about Matsujun's drama! i even can't remember the name!!!! Will watch that too!

Heading to the Ground with Yunho is also waiting for me! Also Hong Gil Dong too! Waaaaahhhh!!!

Good luck to me. FIGHTING!!!

My Girl (Jdrama)

It was still broadcasting in Japan when I started to have interest with this Jdrama. I started downloading it, but didn't start watching it until last month. Poor me. I should have seen how lovely this drama is early on!

This is the first time I watched a Jdrama of another Arashi member. Yes, someone aside from Matsujun. Well Aiba was actually my 2nd most fave member of Arashi...so it wasn't hard not to try it.

I was interested in the plot of a young man who suddenly realizes that he has a daughter with his former love only after she passes away.

Masaki Aiba portrayed Kazama Masamune, 24 years-old and who is just starting to realize his dreams as a photographer. He doesn't move forward on pursuing his dream until he met his daughter Koharu. Life suddenly made a goal for him. He had to realign his duties as a man and a father.

Koharu isn't your ordinary 5 year-old girl. She is so mature that she understands the complex feelings of adults, especially her father. She doesn't and never wanted to get in the way of his father's usual life. It was so easy to love her character. Is there a child out there like her nowadays? If there is, her parents are so lucky! Or it must mirror how her mother raised her. Her mother didn't even bother to tell her father that they had a child so as to not to get in the way of his life. Awwwww...

I cried so many times in this drama. It is sooo touching. I can also relate to it even though I don't have a child. I can relate with the dreams of Masamune. I also want to realize what I want to do in my life in the future. I want to reach my dreams. I want to do something I love and that could benefit others as well. How am I supposed to do that? *cries*

I love every aspect of this drama. It is certainly a fave of mine and made me like Aiba so much that I made him my number 1 fave in Arashi...for now. I don't what will happen after I see Matsujun's new Jdrama. Hihi!

The theme song by Arashi for this drama now makes me shed a tear every time I hear it. Now I know the significance of this song to the drama. *cries*

Why can't dramas in my country be like this? Short but sweet and clear. Our dramas here are so long and keep branching out stories that makes our mind puzzled. Oh well, I won't dwell on that anymore. I have to finish Sunao ni Narenakute now. Haha! I watched it first than My Girl but I had to stop because of this. Hihi!

The Birth of the Rich / Becoming a Billionaire (Kdrama)

I thought it was another of those cliche stories about a rich girl clashing with a poor guy. I was wrong. The plot was waaaaaaayyyyy better than that.

Given that kind of reaction, you would assume that I loved this drama. I did. SO MUCH!

I actually checked out this drama because of Ji Hyun Woo, the actor that I loved from another KBS drama THE TAMING OF THE HEIR/THE INVICIBLE LEE PYUNG KANG. And I loved him again in this drama. So this time he's a poor guy but with a rich background unlike in his previous drama wherein he's a rich guy. BUt the thing that didn't change was his haughtiness. Oh well, it suits him anyway.

So it basically revolves around Ji Hyun Woo's character Choi Seokbong to search for his billionaire father. Yes, his father is a billionaire. He just didn't know who he was yet. Thanks for a very strange one-night stand encounter of his mother with this billionaire. The only proof he had with him was the one-of-a-kind necklace his father gave his mother before they parted ways. They were supposed to contact eachother, but some circumstances prevented them to do so. That's life in a drama.

Along the way of finding his father, he clashes with corporate heiress Lee Shinmi. The most unlikely rich woman you'll ever meet. She's got the smarts and all, but she's the thriftiest rich woman you'll ever meet. She and Choi Seokbong makes their life miserable for each other. But in the end they end up for each other. That's another typical plot in this story. But that's okay. They made me giggle anyway. Loved them as a couple!

Other colorful characters in this drama who I learned to love also were Bu Taehui and Chu Wunseok. Bu Taehui is a typical rich spoiled brat girl. She has nothing on her head than money. She is actually an airhead. LOL. She actually acknowledges that. But her character develops on the latter part of the story. She is actually a woman with a lot of heart too. It isn't that obvious at first. Hihi. Chu Wunseok is the apple of Taehui's eye. He is the perfect bachelor with looks and all. But he is your typical guy who would do anything just to achieve greatness in the corporate world. In the end he learns a lesson. He learns to love truthfully. That made me like him in the end too.

The twist and turns in this story made me hang on my seat. That's why I love Kdramas so much. They turn a typical story to something more interesting than that. I hope dramas in my country develops into something like this (or better) in the future. I'm starting to see some good ones nowadays. I'm hoping for the best for our local industry.

What made me happy also about this drama is that I was able to go to one location where they shot a fun scene between the four main characters. LOTTE WORLD! My first visit was not good at all with the rain and scnow. My second visit there was better. I go to see where they shot the scenes I saw in the drama. I was also amused to see a video showing those scenes being played repeatedly on all waiting areas for all the rides. NICE!

I also love the songs! They have all kinds of songs for this drama and there's also some trot songs. I recommend the soundtrack of this drama! (^_^)

I'm rambling again. One thig is for sure. I love this drama! Thanks again to KBS!

Master of Study (Kdrama)

It ended its run on KBSWorld last Apr. 6 and I was fortunate to see it. I actually started watching this drama from ep. 6 but I quickly understood the pace of the story.

When I first heard of it and saw a preview of it I was interested already, I wasn't just able to watchit from start because I thought it didn't start yet on cable. LOL

So it is about 5 students who are at the bottom of the class who were were taught separately through a special class that would help them make it to Cheonha, Korea's no. 1 university. They were trained hard, given special techniques for study and undergone numerous study camps to hone their skills.

In the end 2 of them got to Cheonha to the amazement of its teachers. The other three pursued their own dream, bringing along with them everything they learned from the special class.

This is a must-watch for students and teachers. Wish I was still a students when they made this drama. But I still appreciated it. The tips may help me in the future just in case I decide to study again. teachers would want to imitate the teachers in this drama too. They are creative in their way of teaching and have genuine love for their students. It really shows that a great bond exists between the teachers and its students.


I actually adored all the characters especially Yu Seungho as Hwang Baekhyeon. He has truly gone a long way from his acting debut as a spoiled brat kid in the movie THE WAY HOME. That movie brought me to tears. It was a story about a city boy who is forced to stay with his grandma in the province. Coincidentally in this kdrama, he also lives with his grandma, but not as a spoiled brat teen. Gosh, his moments with his grandma made me cry again. Huhu! I miss my mama too.

This series just shows us that everybody has skills to reach their goal, you just need to hone it. Nobody is really born dumb, we only have different strengths and need different ways to hone the skill.

I also love the OST especially the song by T-Max and Luna fr f(x). Loved the whole OST!

I'm gonna miss those kids...Baekhyeon, Pulip, Changdu, Hyeonjeong and Bonggu.

I think I need to rethink this path I'm heading on. (^_^)

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!