love shuffle.

Usami Kei is a salaryman who has risen in status due to his engagement with Mei, the wealthy daughter of his company's president. Shortly after she breaks off the engagement, a power failure leaves him stuck in the elevator of his apartment building. Trapped with him are three others living on the same floor - Airu, a trilingual interpreter, Ojiro, a model photographer, and Masato, a psychiatrist. While waiting, their conversation hits upon their love lives and the question of whether there is truly only one fated partner for everyone. As a result, they decide to try "shuffling" their relationships with each other.

Literally, finished it in three days. It's a good one to watch if you're looking for a short and fast drama. There are only 10 episodes and they're all around 40mins. I'm glad they weren't afraid to keep it short, because dragging the plot would only make it worse as a whole like what some dramas do. It's a really interesting one to watch and less predictable. A lot of cute and funny moments too =]

yay panda!

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my girlfriend is a gumiho.

I just finished watching another asian drama lololololololol.

I decided to watch My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. It was a title that I was interested in watching before I found Shining Inheritance and I realized later on that Lee Seung Gi also played the male lead role, sooo I decided to watch it because I really liked him in Shining Inheritance.

One day after Cha Dae Woong ran away from his grandfather, he accidently freed a nine-tailed fox who was closed in a painting for about 500 years. He didn't realize what he has done, until the Gumiho (nine-tailed fox),who took the form of a beautiful woman, appeared in front of him. Dae Woong was really frightened that he ran away from her and fell on the riverbank.Since he was severely injured, Gumiho came to save him and gave him her most precious bead to share with him the mystic fox' strength, as she owes him her freedom. Gumiho then asked him if he can help her become human and how to act like one. In return, she allowed him to use her bead for him to shoot for his dream action movie despite his body's severe condition. As time goes by, their mutual relationship grew deeper as they start to fall for each other.

A really good drama with a really good cast overall! I love the main leads. They make such a cute couple and there are so many cute moments they have together that really establish such a close bond. Especially the "hoi-hoi"! I caught myself watching with the biggest smile on my face and laugh out loud so many times throughout the drama even though the whole drama isn't completely comedic. I love how Lee Seung Gi gets away with showing off his singing talent in all the dramas he's in so far even though singing has nothing to do with the storyline. It's also refreshing to see a beautiful female lead that doesn't scream "plastic surgery" when you look at her face. I don't know if Shin Min Ah had surgery or not since I know that plastic surgery is very common in Korea, but her look seems so natural that I highly doubt she had anything done. She plays this character so well! I love the vocabulary they give her as a fox. For example, how she describes soda as "bubbly water" and liking the colour brown because it is "the colour of a cow"! On the other hand, when I look at Park Soo Jin, I can't help but wonder what her face used to look like! Her character is so annoying that it makes me wonder why Daewoong would even like her so much to begin with. She does actually remind me of certain people I know unfortunately. Le sigh. When I first saw her in this drama, it took me a while to realize that she was in Boys Before Flowers, but not a huge character. She does play the "bad female" really well though.

So far, this drama and Shining Inheritance are the best Korean dramas I've seen, since the ones I've seen in the past tend to have unfinished or unexplained situations from what I remember. I highly recommend it.



Hoi hoi couple!

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You're Beautiful.

I've heard about this drama a couple of times so I decided to finally start watching it.
No, I'm not done Autumn's Concerto yet because the episodes are currently airing. (Episode 16 comes out tomorrow yayyyy :D) And because I'm so hooked on that drama, I need another drama to distract me so I don't get so impatient waiting for the next episode as ridiculous as it sounds. Ahah.

Tae Kyung and On Yu are in search of a new member for their idol group, A.N.JELL. However, Mi Nam suffers an injury at the last moment. So Mi Nyu, his twin sister, is asked to step in for her brother. The rest of the drama follows the behind-the-scenes life of an idol group.

It's like another Hana Kimi in a way!
I've watched the first episode so far and I really like it =]
First thoughts?

• All the male leads are cute >.>
  
• Go Mi Nam pulled out a fujifilm instax camera out of her suitcase! D: jealoussssss!!!
  

Yeah... those were pretty random and had nothing to do with the story XD lulz.

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... k what now? ;___;

Um yeah so I already finished episode 11 of Autumn's Concerto this morning XD Now I reallyyyy can't wait til episode 12 comes out! I think the episodes come out on youtube weekly and for sure the series will end 2010. I still don't know how many episodes there are in total. I'm guessing like 20 because that usually the amount for most dramas, especially dramatic ones like this.

My comments on it so far?

• I think all the main characters are good looking. Ahah. I think Yi Qian (the rival) is so pretty, but I know I will probably hate her later in the drama even though she starts as a nice person.
• I think the plot is amazing and the way everything ties together works very well. Everything is pretty connected and there's nothing that seems insignificant to the story.
  
• Xiao Le is the best!!! XD I swear that kid is soooo cute and he's like the best child actor I've ever seen. He has so many lines too for a kid. I swear he's like 4 years old even though he's supposed to be 5 or 6 years old in the drama.
  
  
  

This will definitely go on my list of top favourite asian dramas! I can't wait to finish it. In the meantime I need another asian drama to watch and distract me from my impatience for episode 12! I'm not really in the mood to watch comedies because I watched one before Autumn's Concerto, but of course all the episodes were not available online so I had to stop >_>. Any recommendations? =]

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Autumn's Concerto

I just started watching this drama today and I really like it so far. I just randomly looked at it on Mysoju and thought the synopsis was interesting.

Ren Guang Xi, a cocky law student, seems to lead the perfect life. He's the sole successor to a huge and famous business and a talented ice hockey player. But in reality, his lonely life lacks joy, laughter and motivation. That is until he meets Liang Mu Cheng, the new bento seller at his school canteen. Although orphaned at a young age, Mu Cheng does not let her past affect her and lives life with great passion and determination. A harmless bet brings the two together and Guang Xi slowly changes as Mu Cheng teaches him how to give and love. Tragedy strikes when Guang Xi suddenly has to go through a major brain surgery which causes him to lose his memory. His mother begs Mu Cheng to leave him and the latter has no choice but to do so. Little does she know that she already has Guang Xi's child.

Six years pass. Mu Cheng lives a quiet life with her young son in the countryside while Guang Xi is now a successful lawyer and is engaged to He Yi Qian, the kind and beautiful doctor who took care of him after his surgery. A strangely familiar piano piece stirs Guang Xi's heart as he struggles to recall his past romance with Mu Cheng. How will the couple make up for six years of lost time? Happiness, which stop do I alight at?

I got really into it after the first episode. But at the time I didn't realize that the drama came out recently like in October, so there's only 11 episodes available and the total number of episodes is TBA. x_X This really sucks because I really like the drama so far and it's gonna suck when I won't be able to finish it whenever I do get to episode 11! I'm pretty impatient with these sort of things. Ahah.

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Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 21 - 25

• On the soccer field
  "Stop already and come over here! Keep it up and you're going to collapse!"
  "Who knows, he may be trying to collapse."
  Lawl =]
• They're still overdoing the flashbacks x_X For example, I don't think the flashbacks of Jun Pyo's sister and Jan Di telling his mom what he likes and stuff was necessary when his mom was at the fish cakes stand... because it JUST happened a few seconds ago. I don't think we would forget it that easily and it's pretty obvious what she was thinking about.
  
• Oh I didn't think they would include all the stuff with the new girl at the hospital when Jun Pyo loses his memory just because they spent a lot of time on Jae Kyung.
• Wow I already think Yu Mi is annoying and she hasn't done anything yet.
• Yeah, she's a bitch =] She reminds me of someone too.
• I like the cookies better than the egg rolls
  
  
  
  
• Whoa. The whole scene with Jan Di falling into the pool was pretty intense o_o. Though I think if she was in there for that long in real life she would've drowned already >.<
• Jan Di's longer hair 4 years later look weird xP I love how her hair changes but then Ji Hoo's is still the same ahah.
• Realistically... I think Jun Pyo would visit Korea a few times in 4 years T_T because 1. he has money 2. I'm pretty sure school does not go for 4 years straight
  
• Mmmm... I'm also iffy about the ending. I think there could've been a better way to end it. And also I'm not sure exactly what it is, but I feel that there are some things they didn't have closure with xP
• K I remember some now lol.
  
  • They didn't really say anything about Yu Mi after. She just kinda ran away and that was it.
    
  • We don't really hear from Seo Hyung again after she leaves or Oh Min Ji unlike HYD where they do kinda come back.
    
  • We don't really see how Jun Pyo's mom feels about Jan Di in the end or any change in how she treats her because the last time they saw each other was at the hospital I believe.
    

Overall, I think I like the original better. I like most of the actors better in the Japanese version.. except Jae Kyung of course =]. The two leads in both dramas didn't really feel like the same characters to me, which is not a bad thing of course. But I do like the leads in Hana Yori Dango a lot better than Boy Before Flowers.

Tsukasa looks sooo much better than Jun Pyo =] (Don't kill me Rheena D: )
I think Tsukasa was more unpredictable than Jun Pyo. Though I think he seemed more violent too? I also found him funnier with all his speaking mistakes. Jun Pyo's screams were annoying as hell! It wasn't like AHHH or UGHH ... it was AAAIIIEEESSSHHHH!!! (in a high tone)

I think Jan Di and Makino were both very cute =] I felt Makino's character was more fiesty and more of a "weed" than Jan Di.

I felt that in the Korean version they spent a lot of time with Jan Di and Jun Pyo apart and too much of Jan Di and Ji Hoo, and Jun Pyo and Jae Kyung. I also didn't really like how Jan Di and Jun Pyo were able to willingly kiss Ji Hoo and Jae Kyung, where as in the Japanese version it was more unexpected for them so they really had no choice.

I think the fact that I watched Hana Yori Dango before Boys Before Flowers also greatly affected my opinion just because I already knew what would be happening. Though I do give credit to the Koreans for not completely following the original drama and adding other elements which were awesome.


K... so what do I watch now??? D:

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Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 10 -20

More thoughts yayyyy. This time you can tell I was clearly watching and writing little thoughts at the same time =]

• I like how they incorporated the drama with the model guy and connected him to the beginning of the drama unlike the japanese version where he was just like a random character out of nowhere. But then again, Hana Yori Dango was split into two seasons. I also think the model guy is cuter than F4 >.>
• For the necklace they used a star and a moon rather than the planet saturn in HYD. Right now I personally like the saturn necklace better because there was more of a reason why he gave her a saturn necklace. The star and moon thing seems more cliche and common to me although it is a very cute necklace =] I guess the worst it could be is a heart shape necklace. Super cliche.
  
  
  
  
  
• The cat plushies that Jan Di's family were making at the beginning of episode 13 are so cute x] They kinda look like pillows too. It makes me want to make pillows!
  
• K Jun Pyo's screams are reallyyyy starting to get annoying. They sound so weird. He honestly sounds like some kind of animal x_X
• I really like Jan Di's jacket/dress/sweater thing that she wore in episode 14.
• OMG Ji Hoo looks SO much better with the haircut -_-
• The child So Yi Jung really does look like a younger version of him. Awww.
  
• I really like the actress that plays Jae (aka. Jun Pyo's fiancee). I like her better in that role than the actress in the original version. I don't know whyyyy lol.
  
  
  
  
  
  
• I think they are starting to overdo the flashbacks just a bit. I've seen the same ones with Jun Pyo and Jan Di a billion times already xP
• Awwww it's so cute when Jun Pyo is sleeping with the cat plushie Jan Di gave him =]
• I really wonder how on earth they are getting pictures of Jan Di like everywhere x_X and pretty good and close pictures too.
• I want a bike with a basket on it =(
• The rooftop house they move in looks like one that I've seen in another drama before... I think maybe Exhibition of Fireworks (not the greatest one) ... unless they all usually look like that? D:
• All the pottery is starting to influence me in making my polymer clay charms that I did last year in Gr 12 art again. I want to make a puzzle piece charm x]
• Asian dramas always make me so hungry T_T Especially this one! D:
• Wow Ji Hoo is such a jerk to his grandfather who is trying so hard T_T
  
• I really like all the drama they incorporated with Jae Kyung in comparison to the original. It's a lot longer but I guess that's because they're skipping out on another character that was in the last few episodes of the original. So in this version, they really do focus a lot on her.
  

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Thoughts on Boys Before Flowers Ep 1 - 9

Yeahhh... I'm on episode 10 now ahah. I was too busy too write my thoughts on the beginning and stuff because of exams AND also because I was already hooked on the drama. Well, I'm pretty sure I won't be able to remember everything but I'll write what I can remember from the start now.

• I really like how they didn't completely follow the original japanese version of Hana Yori Dango. They added new things and also altered stuff. So, it's almost watching a completely different drama for me.
• Again in another asian drama, they have awesome uniforms! D:
  
  
  
  
  
• Jan Di's family seems to be more wealthier
• OMG Jan Di's father... I have seen him in so many freakin dramas! And he's always playing the father! XD He's such a good actor too. No wonder he got this role! So far I've seen him in Delightful Girl Choon Hyang, Witch Yoo Hee, Absolute Boyfriend, and now Boys Before Flowers.
  
• I think F4 all together aren't as cute as the F4 in Hana Yori Dango.
  
• Ji Hoo who is the equivalent of Rui is not attractive to me at all even though he has the same hair colour as the original. His character is also a lot different in this drama. I just find him a complete back stabbing jerk.
  
• They also changed some of the relationship levels here I guess. Like... Seo Hyun and Ji Hoo kissed? what? In the original, Shizuka (Seo Hyun) doesn't really do anything like that with Rui at the beginning, and seems to be more stronger.
  
• I really like the actress who plays Seo Hyun. I've seen her in Delightfu Girl Choon Hyang and Exhibition of Fireworks (which I did not like btw). I think she is beautiful, especially in this drama since she is a model.
  
  
• In the scene when Jan Di and Jun Pyo are stuck together overnight, I thought it was cute how they were wearing similar outfits to the original. Jun Pyo was wearing the same hat and Jan Di was wearing a scarf with small pom poms on it. However, it made me sad that she didn't exactly take it off to warm him like in the original. Also, I think this scene in the original was better though, just because they were stuck in an elevator which is more closed than a skytrain?
• In the whole scamming incident with Jan Di's friend Oh Min Ji.. I think the solution and investigation and what not was WAY too easy because it has the guy's face in the picture and he is freakin posing >.<>

That's all I can remember for now ahah. I guess I'll update again in another 5 episodes... maybe.

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Boys Before Flowers

I started watching Boys Before Flowers after I kept hearing Bubzbeauty talk about it a lot in her videos and website and stuff ahah. It's pretty much the Korean version of my all time fav drama Hana Yori Dango =] So I am quite excited about it ahah.
I have decided to write here about what I think about it as I go along. I will update after very episode or every couple episodes.

Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry-cleaning shop that is located near the luxurious and well-known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four most richest and spoiled boys when she delivers laundry to the school one day. The boys are known as the F4 and cause trouble to those who speak out against them.

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Brown Sugar Macchiato

I am currently watching this drama right now and so far I love it =]
I really just wanted to look for a lighter drama to watch rather than a whole dramatic one that is predictable. And this one is the perfect. It's a lot different because it revolves around a lot of characters instead of just two. There are six guys and nine girls. But for the girls they don't really emphasize all nine of them. Well, so far at least. I'm over half way through the drama.

One day, six boys with different personalities and backgrounds are notified they shared the same father. And on top of that they are entitled to a large inheritance. There is only one catch. They must attend the same school and live in the same house for one year to become loving brothers.

But, the boys not only hate each other, they have to deal with nine mean girls from their class. Will the brothers band together and successfully pass the inheritance test? Or, will falling in love with their classmates pull them farther apart?

Because there are so many of them, I do tend to have some favourites ahah. Oh, and I just found out that most of their names in the drama are their actual names in real life. You probably won't know who I'm talking about until you watch the drama yourself. So, for the guys I like Wang Zi and Ah Wei. And for the girls I like Ya Tou and Gui Gui.

Oh and another thing I love about this drama is their school uniform! I think they're sooo awesome and cute! My high school uniform looks so plain compared to it.

Sadly, these are the only pics of me I could find in "uniform"! But now you can totally see how much I accessorized myself through high school and why. ahah. I couldn't find a pic of me wearing my kilt D:

I kinda wanna try and look for something similar to their uniforms to wear out, which is pretty much finding a red vest and some nice golf shirt with plaid designs on it.

Another random thing...
I also really like how Ya Tou has her hair when she's in her maid outfit. Sometimes she has it in a ponytail with a big black bow that looks like cat ears in a way. I think its a really cute way of wearing a ponytail and it would be pretty useful for me since my hair is usually up when I go to school because I usually start with my dance classes. If I can find a pic of her with her hair like this I'll put it up =]

So far this drama is one of my "light" favourites =] I really do recommend it if you're looking for a comedic drama that's not full of suspense D:

Until next time.
Toodlez~

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