Shining Inheritance Van

While I was driving to work this morning, along the intersection of one of the most busy streets here in my place...I saw a van passing by the opposite side that was FULLY decorated with an image of SHINING INHERITANCE (yeah, the main pic GMA 7 shows every night with the faces of Lee Seunggi and Han Yoo Joo...LOL). It was sooo cool!!!! So it was a GMA 7 van...but what the heck was that van doing in our area? Was it being used by a news crew (and some kind of situation was brewing up somewhere where I live?)...or was it just roaming around to promote the drama? LOL. I was just amused...but I hated the fact that I wasn't able to take a pic of it. Grrrrrr!!! I might get hit, you know. LOL. It would be nice if I own that. Haha! But of course I would rather have one decorated with DBSK images or the "2 days and 1 Night" cast photos (Of course with Lee Seunggi!!!!).

Brilliant Legacy/Shining Inheritance (Kdrama)

Sun Woo Hwan...I can't control it anymore!!!!! SARANGHAEYO!!!!!!!

My love for Lee Seunggi grew stronger because of this Kdrama. Yes, I checked this out because of him...but my love is stronger than ever! *hides from Changmin*

It was hard for me at first to see Seunggi playing a bratty guy. I was so used to his smiles at "2 Days and 1 Night", and to think he was the "helpless" one in that show. Seeing him throw money at people and throwing punches was something new to my eyes. I gotta say he really acted well! I dunno if my eyes are just biased. But this is way better than his first drama appearance (Chil Princesses) which I only had a glimpse of him and never watched it again (I got annoyed with the girl).

Glad I liked Han Yoo Joo too...if not I might have destroyed my TV monitor. Thank goodness to great leading ladies like her. I won't have a problem watching her with Jaejoong in "Heaven's Postman" (but when will I get to see this?).

About the story...inheritance with this kind of twist is something new to me too. No wonder I got hooked with it. It's cliche to fight over inheritance between families, but not with strangers. So this really took us to a new route about that topic.

But the "bad-guy-turn-good" is cliche already, as well as the love rectangle that involved the characters in this drama. I've seen that kind of love plot in other dramas like Princess Hours, My Girl, Full House etc. That's the only low point I've seen.

Kudos to Baek Sung Hee for having that evil wicked face. She's so cool for being that wicked stepmother. Haha!

I'm up to no good already. Rambling here and there. LOL.

The OST was the best too! Loved all songs and BGMs.

My Girl (Kdrama)

It's been a while since I finished watching this. I knew it, I'm gonna forget every detail of it. Drats. Now I'm gonna just react on what I could remember.

There is one review that I won't ever forget about this. One viewer said that he/she did not like this drama because all that Yoo Joorin did in this Kdrama was lie. It's true, she did lie most of the time...except in the end when she confessed her love to Seo (what was his name again? Played by Lee Dongwook).

I did enjoy this drama. It had its own funny and dramatic moments. I think the plot was unusual, so that was a very big plus for it. To pretend as cousins and end up as lovers was really a tiring but romantic way to end up together. Haha!



Although Lee Dongwook does look stunning, my heart went for Lee Jun Ki who played as Seo Jungwoo. Aside from his looks, his character was so loveable. He may had many girls in his past, but his heart was really captured by Yoo Joorin. I would have wanted them to end up together, but the plot says NO. LOL. I really love playboys being good boys because of one girl. Awwwwwww!!!!

Hot Shot (Cdrama)

I was just able to watch til episode 8. Drats. I lost passion to watch it online. Blast my dvd.

But I loved this series. It gave life to my fantasy of having a series mainly about basketball. I wanted a live-action version of SLAM DUNK, but this one was certainly close to that.

I truly loved Show Luo as the haughty Da Ying. He truly fits the role. He's like Sakuragi. He's full of air but has no solid skill on basketball. But he truly has innate talent. And it increased episode after episode.

Jerry Yan may be old already, but he still can pull of his character as a university student/basketball star Dong Fang Xiang. He's definitely the Rukawa in this series.

Wu chun's role as a stalker wasn't really that impressive. I dunno about the second half of the season, but he just pops up out of nowhere with his brother for every episode in the first half of the season. So he was still a mystery...but obviously his motive will surely be revealed by the end. LOL.

So from what I've seen. The games were exciting. It was as if I was watching the UAAP. Da Ying also gave me that same shameful feeling I had for sakuragi. That shameful feeling that makes you wanna close your eyes for something embarassing might happen to him. Haha!

But seriously... I like W for Da Ying...nobody else....if it would be another gal than me. Haha!

Gokusen 3 (Jdorama)

I strongly disagree on putting up this sequel. It just repeated the previous encounters from Season 1 and 2. Season 1 could support the whole GOKUSEN series for future generations. I must say they were just used to promote JE talents. Of course you can't blame that on the first one cause it is the first. But as you look closely on season 2 and 3, both had JE talents as their leads. With a repetitive plot and new actors., it is obvious what they wanted to do.



Anywho, I still enjoyed this though. I grew fond of Kamiya-kun (who didn't really have a big role except for one special episode focused on him). Kazama Ren who's the tallest out of all of them was cool for me too.


Yankumi looked as if she never aged. She'll always be an inspiration for me because her passion for her students never changed. But please, no more sequels. Enough is enough.

Boys Over Flowers (Kdrama)

I am so late for this review. It's been a while since I watched it on KBS World. But thanks to ABS-CBN I got to see parts I haven't seen on KBS.

I won't get on the details anymore. I'll just go straight to the point. I really did not like the cast at first. I thought of them as no match for the Hanadan version. But after watching them, I got to love them. I even loved Yoon Ji Hoo played by Kim Hyun Joong. But he still won't beat my love for Domyouji Tsukasa played by Matsujun. Hehe!

This Korean version had the edge on how they presented the story, as per my supervisor, and I agree with that. The whole story became more dramatic and had their funny moments on the side. To compress season 1 and 2 of hanadan work for BOF.

But the only thing I hated from this was the ending. Every good story should have a good ending. This ended like BLAH. As in BLAH. You would say..."that was it??????" Hanadan ended with grandeur. It ended with a movie and you were sure what happened to the couple in the end. So that was my only complain though. But Hanadan will always be the best for me but Meteor Garden was certainly my first love.

Smile - Episode 11 (finale)

thanks to smile_jdrama@LJ

If you are going to set-up a multicultural restaurant, why wouldn't you include Filipino food, if you're half-Filipino to begin with? Gah. Or maybe the chairs we're blocking the menu. Just let me whine.

No tears shed for this episode!!! Wohoo! Even though there were very sad moments before the ending. I never cried since I knew something good SHOULD happen in the end because if not...I'm gonna bash the writer. Joke!!!! Thanks for making me SMILW in the end!

After 6 years, all they needed was one testimony from Seiji's kin...father perhaps? I think so. What the heck was it? At least it made the reversal. Wooooh!

Now I'm eager for the subbed video! I'll be waiting from Stormy Team!

Aaaaahhhhh!!! Vito with really really SHORT hair!!!! WOOT!

I'll make a better review after I see the subbed version.

But a friend of mine who haven't watched the show yet and to whom I hasd the chance to share this dorama wondered why on earth didn't Vito try to learn more about his roots...as in Filipino roots? I would have wanted that too. But the basic story here wasn't about being Filipino, but about how you live with discrimination. So it should apply not only to us Filipinos but other nationalities as well. So this is not a story about Filipinos, it is a story about everybody in the world. Now I can contest that to my friend.