Flower Boy Next Door

    So I had just started watching this like....maybe 3 days ago? It was a drama that an acquaintance recommended. I was a little skeptical because it has the same leading actress from 'You're Beautiful', and 'Heartstrings'. I was disappointed at the ending of You're Beautiful and I still haven't watched any other episode other than the 1st episode of Heartstrings just because I was disappointed that they made CNBlue guy a total jerk.
    But after giving it a try (Flower Boy Next Door that is), I actually liked it. As usual I fell in love with the side man. In this case he is called Oh Jin Rak/Oh Jae Won (the two names will make sense once you see the drama). So let's get to the details:
Title:  이웃집 꽃미남/ Flower Boy Next Door
Genre: Romantic Comedy
Episodes: 16 total
Release Date: 7 January 2013
Cast: Park Shin Hye as Go Dok Mi, Yoon Shi Yoon as Enrique Geum, Kim Ji Hoon as Oh Jin Rak / Oh Jae Won, Park Soo Jin as Cha Do Hwi, Next Door Boys: Go Kyung Pyo as Yoo Dong Hoon, Mizuta Kouki (미즈타 코우키) as Watanabe Ryu, Kim Jung San as Han Tae Joon

    Summary: Go Dok Mi is a shy girl who rarely leaves her apartment 402, but she isn't shy in peeping across the street to look into another apartment's window, where her crush lives in. Meanwhile Oh Jin Rak and his roommate Yoo Dong Hoon live next door in apartment 401. Oh Jin Rak works as a web cartoonist, and has had a thing for Go Dok Mi for 3 years but never actually said anything. Meanwhile a new guy shows up in the scene called Enrique Geum who just came from Spain and is a famous game designer. He has that happy-careless attitude, so it's hard to tell when he's serious.
    Ok this is getting too detailed. Basically its a bunch of crushes back and forth, but at the end of the day the shy girl is the main character since there's two guys that try to get her to be more sociable and more comfortable around other people.

    So there it is. I honestly do recommend this drama. It's sweet. There aren't any characters that aren't extremely annoying, and you can take your pick on the guy you think is hot.
    I do have to say that it does follow the typical korean drama storyline where the girl falls for the guy that's just a bit annoying. For some reason I always end up wanting to have the main girl fall for the nice guy, but it never happens. :/ But at least the main guy isn't a total asshole like usual. Most times they end up being jerks! But not this time. He has that kiddy personality that just brightens anyones day.
    Watch it here: WATCH  This is from dramafever. You don't need to make an account. I just make one because it keeps track of what episodes I have seen , and I can also make a queue.

  Happy drama watching. v^^o

Heartstrings

  How long has it been?!! Honestly, I can't remember when I switched to doing another hobby other than watching a bunch of awesome dramas! (Explaination: Sometimes I get bored of doing a hobby of mine, like drawing, or just dont have any ideas so I move to another hobby like making bracelets or watching drama. Its like a circle, and that circle has dots that represents a hobby. Now I've arrived at the drama dot, so it's time to watch some.) Probably by now there have been many dramas, and almost all episodes are available right?!
I don't like waiting weeks just so an episode can get subtitles, so I just dont watch them until I know there are plenty of episodes to watch at my disposal. So let's start!

  I have kept my eye at local shows like Doctor Who on the BBC channel, and I am still watching shows like Breaking Amish and Once Upon A Time. I've found out that Netflix is slowly adding more foreign movies and TV shows, but not fast enough. So that's why we watch them online no? :D I have to admit, I'm rewatching You're Beautiful, which I've already written about in this previous post. I guess because I like having something on my TV that isn't in English and I can watch hot guys. Haha. But because of this, I found that the guys(Jung Yong Hwa, and Lee Hong Ki) I like have been in other dramas: Muscle Girl, Noriko Goes to Seoul, and the one I am watching now You've Fallen For Me (also known as Heartstrings). I was kind of upset that the girl ended up with the jerk again (it's one of those things that will always happen regardless in korean dramas), so that's why I've chosen to watch Heartstrings. This time Jung Yong Hwa gets to be the main lead in the couple, and it's funny that they also have the same actress as the main female lead role for the couple.

 Title: 넌 내게 반했어, Heartstrings
Genre: Romance, Music
Episodes: 15
Release Date: 2011 June 29
Broadcast Network: MBC
Summary:
  Lee Shin (played by the hot Jung Yong Hwa) is a music major and is also the lead singer to the band 'Stupid'. Everyone likes him for his looks and his passion for music, but in reality he's a bit of a jerk. In the first episode it's introduced to us that he likes Jung Yong Soo (a dance professor at the university; played by So Yi Hyun), but she has feelings for another guy (Kim Suk Hyun played by Song Chang Ui).

  But apparently there's something between them that used to be but not anymore. Aaaah. Love triangles...or hectagon? Anyways, there's the feeling that Lee Shin and Lee Kyu Won (played by Park SHin Hye) are bound to be a couple.
  The drama is also heavily about music. Lee Shin is part of a more 'modern/western' band, and Lee Kyu Won is part of a traditional music group.

You can see the official site: here

Watch: here , or here . 

Nonetheless, it's always nice to follow the actors you like. I keep saying that US is so behind because they haven't realized they could make so much money if they featured famous celebrities in variety shows or put them in dramas. People would watch shows just because they are there. Even if the story sucks or isn't to their liking at first, they won't resist watching it since you would want to know what happens to your celebrity crush right?!

Or!!!!! Someone could make those dating games but like a fanbased one of You're Beautiful or other dramas. Think about it. Which color do you like?

You're Beautiful

Now that college is keeping me busy (here and there) with homework, I've found awesome ways to avoid it. xD Gosh, I'm so lazy....and a procrastinator. >< But, who cares? As long as the work is done, and turned in, and I get A or B....I'm good. So besides reading Hot Gimmick, and finally finishing up with the drama Kiina, I decided to watch You're Beautiful. The guys seemed hot....and I saw many people liking it, so why not?

Also known as: 미남이시네요/You’re Handsome, A.N.JELL
Genre: Comedy, Romance, Family
Release: 7 October 2009
Episodes: 16
Cast of A.N.JELL:
Jang Geun Suk as Hwang Tae Kyung
Park Shin Hye as Go Mi Nam / Go Mi Nyu
Lee Hong Ki as Kang On Yu / Jeremy
Jung Yong Hwa as Kang Shin Woo (my fave ^^)
Summary: Go Mi Nyu is a sweet nun-to-be and dreams of nothing other than to be a full-fledged nun. But when Ma Hoon Yi pops up in her life, everything changes (ironic right?). He tells her there is bad news with her twin brother Go Mi Nam and he needs her help until his problem is fixed. How can she help? Join a famous music group and pretend to be her brother until he gets back. The problem? This is a boys' group. How can she keep her secret to the rest of the band members, and will she be able to fulfill her brothers' dreams?


  At first, I didn't want to see this drama because I figured: korean drama = someone getting cancer or girl liking the jerk guy leaving the nicer guy to the curb. Ok, so it is pretty much predictable after episode....7?, but it's interesting to watch. It's entertaining! I love kpop, so watching a drama about a 'kpop' group with a gender-mix is a dream come true. Although there are things that I don't agree with, but nonetheless I still watched it. What the heck? I wanted to know the ending. I mean, it would suck to watch 10 episodes and all of a sudden quit watching it!
  Oh yea! The main girl in the drama...a lot of times she can be very innocent which makes me go "CMON! CAN'T YOU SEE HE LIKES YOU!?!?!?!?!?!", .... but that's part of the fun of watching a drama, right? xD
Watch Here: here
Original Soundtrack (OST): here or here
Official Website: here