My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho

For those of you who don't know what a Gumiho is, it's a nine tailed fox who supposedly eats peoples livers. There are many different versions for this story in Korean myths and legends, so if I happen to find any type of information, I will let you know. :)

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SUMMARY:
Cha Dae Woong(Lee Seung Gi) is a cowardly and extremely immature man who accidentally set free a nine-tail fox (Shin Min Ah) who was imprisoned for 500 years. The fox began to take the form of a beautiful woman who follows the man who set her free around, causing misunderstandings that she is his girlfriend. Although the man enjoys the attention and envy that people around him is giving, he is also always in extreme fear that the Gumiho may want to feed on his liver to become human. But when both of them falls for each other as time goes by, the Gumiho’s enemies appears causing an unexpected twist in their lives.

Main Cast
Lee Seung Ki as Cha Dae Woong (also in Brilliant Legacy or Shinning Inheritance)Shin Min Ah as Gu Mi Ho
Sung Dong Il as Jung Doo Hong
Hyo Min  as Jung Seon Nyun (T-ara member)

   I greatly enjoy watching this drama, and I was even more excited to find out that an amazingly hot guy is in it. xD Plus a singer from the group T-ara is also part of the main cast, and not just a side character.

Another surprise that got to me was seeing familiar faces that I have seen in previous dramas. :) It's always nice to have that "OMG I KNOW THAT PERSON" thought. SInce I rarely get to see the celebrities over here, I go skippy-happy whenever I do see one. It's not a bad thing, I'm just excited. :P

SungKyunKwan Scandel

     Nation’s highest educational institute and the oldest university in East Asia that has distinguished history of 500 years; it is Sung-kyun-kwan University. But if you are thinking of Sungkyunkwan as a boring study place, you underestimated it. It is the place full of vitality, where youthfulness is flowering, and the school where you learn to be harmonized! And there is a young Confucian scholar Kim Yoon-hui, who gets into this forbidden place for women, hiding her gender. Yoon-hui’s father, Kim Seung-hyun was a scholar at Sungkyunkwan and also a good friend of the Crown prince. King Yeongjo calls him before the day of his death and asks him to hand down his secret book Kum-deung-ji-sa across the generations. However, Kim Seung-hyun gets killed by the opposing faction and the book has disappeared. Yoon-hui was only 7-year-old when her father got murdered. Yoon-hui has a talent for writing, which had inherited from her father. She starts to stay at Sungkyunkwan and meets three good friends: Seon-joon, Jae-shin, Yong-ha. And Yoon-hui slowly gets fascinated by King Jeongjo’s vision and becomes to understand what her father truly dreamt of.

Can you guess my first reason for watching this? ---> Micky is in it. xD Hey, I'm just a fan supporting my fellow devotee. 
And for a drama that takes place not in the 21st century, it is actually very entertaining. There are only 20 episodes total, and it has its comedic moments too.
I guess the only thing that frustrated me was the main girls character. Because I thought she was suppose to be seen as someone who cares for getting an education when in reality she is the type of person who wants to get things done and pass by things without catching any attention. Therefore leading to her not realizing the potential that she is not taking.
And it especially irritated me how Micky's character towards the end was being kind of a jerk. Why do Kdramas insist on the girl falling for the jerk? And the good guy always looses the girl.


This is something I have learned from watching many Korean dramas:


1.  If there is someone who is going to die or has already died, the reason for death is always cancer or some illness that has no treatment.


2.  The main girl always falls for the main jerk, and the main good guy is always left behind.


3.  At a restaurant, most of the time they are eating meat.


4.  If they're not drinking at a bar, they are most likely at a coffee shop drinking coffee.


5.  The character in agony goes to a alcohol bar (or any type of place that sells alcoholic drinks) by him or herself to 'ponder' about what just happened. 

6.  When people get drunk, they almost always pour out their emotions to whoever is near, hick-up uncontrollably, and saved by the person they are attached to.

7.  When you are drunk, you are allowed to receive a piggyback ride from the person that cares about you.

8.  In frustration, a character will almost always end their sentences with something that roughly sounds like "aisssh".

9. If a character misunderstands something, they will never be told until the very end. And then they will feel guilty for not knowing.

The list can go on, but this is all I have for now. :) Meanwhile, enjoy these lovely pictures from the drama.

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Style

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Title: 스타일 / Style
Chinese Title : 风格
Genre: Romance
Episodes: 16
Broadcast Network: SBS
Broadcast period: 2009-Aug-01 to 2009-Sep-20
Air time: Saturday & Sunday 21:45

Summary:

Lee Seo Jung has recently joined a fashion magazine company called Style. Her boss, Editor Park, is loathed by her employees because of her bad temper. As Seo Jung is trying to climb the ranks of this company, she realizes that the fashion world is not a pretty place. Romance, backstabbing, competition, and lies all come along with the territory. However, she meets Seo Woo Jin who helps her during this tough time.

Although I am still not done watching it right now (as of 10 November 2010), I have to say that it is entertaining to watch. And mostly because I am not the type to be interested in these type of things, it is interesting to see how the drama builds up between these characters. :)

Cast
Ryu Shi Won as Seo Woo Jin
Lee Ji Ah as Lee Seo Jung
Kim Hye Soo as Park Ki Ja
Lee Yong Woo as Kim Min Joon


Extended Cast
Nah Young Hee as Son Myung Hee
Chae Gook Hee as Kim Ji Won
Shin Jung Geun as So Byung Suk
Han Chae Ah as Cha Ji Sun
Kim Ga Eun as Wang Mi Hye
Park Ji Il as Lee Suk Chang
Kim Shi Hyang as Hwang Bo Kap Joo
Kim Gyu Jin as Nam Bong Woo
Hong Ji Min as Oh Yoo Na
Han Seung Hoon as Kwak Jae Suk
Hwang Hyo Eun as Lee In Ja
Kim Hak Jin as Shim Gyun
Kim In Tae as (Myung Hee & Woo Jin’s father)
Park Soon Chun as (Seo Jung’s mother)
Kim Yong Rim as Lee Bang Ja


Cameos
Jessica Gomes as herself (ep1)
Kang Ji Hwan as himself (ep6)
Cha Ye Ryun as herself (ep6)
Bada as herself (ep6)
Lee Hong Ki as himself (ep6)
Lee Jae Jin as himself (ep6)
Choi Min Hwan as himself (ep6)
Sandara Park as herself (ep6)
2NE1 as themselves (ep6)
2PM as themselves (ep6)
Park Sol Mi as Choi Ae Young (ep7)
Seo In Young as designer (ep11 & 12)
Byun Jung Soo


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Super Junior Full House

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Super Junior Full House is a reality television series broadcast from May 27, 2006 to August 26, 2006. The show was a 25-minute comedy that aired every Saturday during the airtimes of SBS Realtime, after the airing of Love Letter. The show presents comedic experiences between the Korean boy band Super Junior and two female international students, which they had to do a homestay with Super Junior for three months. Two female international students - Anya and Eva - arrive in Seoul, South Korea to do a home stay with Super Junior. While living with Super Junior, the two foreign students experience comedic adventures with the group and develop deep friendships.

There are some actual members of the group who aren't in this variety show, but they done't seem very important to begin with..

The Birth Of The Rich

Genre: Drama, Romance, Comedy

Available Here for watching.

Please enjoy. ^^b

A lovely story of the higher class and those below them. Within the circle of a spoiled brat,

who only cares about having everything fabulous, including a man who's main ambition

is to increase his company's value even if it means blackmailing and stabbing, a daughter

of one of the richest card companies who is so cheap with money, and a man (Seok Bong) who believes he is the son of a chaebol (someone of great wealth and social status. usually a family that has kept the business within their family and use their family name), but finds out he has a life threatening disease but does not have the means to pay for treatment. A lot of things can happen.

I really like this drama, and it kind of revolves more around the small percentage of the high class in South Korea. Plus, it's very funny. I learned a few phrases from this drama.

Please enjoy. ^^

Coffee Prince

Alternative Name: The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince/커피프린스 1호점

Release: July 2, 2007

Genre: Comedy, Romance

Actors: Yoon Eun Hye, Gong Yoo, Lee Sun Gyun, Chae Jung Ahn, Kim Chang Wan, Kim Dong Wook, Kim Jae Wook, Lee Eon, Kim Young Oak, Kim Ja Wook, Choi Il Hwa, Park Won Sook, Han Ye In, Lee Han Wie

We see some same actors from other dramas such as: Pasta, Princess Hours (aka Goong), One Fine Day,  and White Tower.                             
Episodes: 17                               
Summary: Go Eun Chan is head of her family ever since her father died, and is in charge of her mother and younger sister. At times of economic difficulty, it's hard to find a steady job. When Choi Han Kyul shows up as the heir to a huge food company managed by his grandmother, but she wants him to settle down. To try to make Choi Han Kyul settle down, she makes him go on several blind dates, when he bumps into Go Eun Chan. After Choi confuses Go Eun Chan as being a girl, and needing money desperately, Go Eun Chan accepts Choi's offer as acting as his girlfriend. Both of them then start working at a Coffee Shop where Choi Han Kyul's grandmother put him in charge of. As time passes, the two create a bond that can't be broken.

I really liked this drama, although it didn't catch my attetion at the first episode since I was watching another drama which I will mention later ^^, but it's very sweet and funny. And if you find watching a townboy girl trying to mask herself as a guy interesting, then what is better to watch than Coffee Prince? :D

Coffee Prince Drama OST

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Saigou no Yakusoku／さいごうのやくそく

Name: Saigou no Yakusoku
Cast: Matsumoto Jun,Sakurai Sho, Ohno Satoshi, Aiba Masaki, Ninomiya Kazunari, Kitamura Yukiya, Kuroki Meisa, Kosakai Kazuki, Tsugawa Masahiko, Otsuka Nene, Fujiki Naohito
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Summary: Saigo no Yakusoku" is described as a human suspense story involving the hijack of a major building. The members of Arashi play five young men who happen to be inside, and the story depicts their attempt to escape and their interactions with the other people caught up in the incident.


If you are an Arashi fan, you so need to watch.
It's really a good movie, and I personally did not conclude the ending. I was so shocked, I was like O.O
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Beginnings Of Summer

   Sorry that I haven't posted anything in a while. School gets in the way....especially when you add homework due in every class + procrastination = one hell of a mess. xD I brought it up on myself anyways so I'm just dealing with it. I have no complaints. Well maybe if I actually did my homework on-time....that would make things work out better. Anyways, yes I do have some free time even through all this chaos. Actually, one of my close friends told me there's a drama for one of my fave mangas (that just happens to be one of his favorites too), so I'm watching that now. Marmalade Boy? Heard of it? ( aka 橘子醬男孩 / Ju Zi Jiang Nan Hai ) 
   Released in 2002 with a taiwanese cast and a total of 30 episodes (i know! wow!!), it's mostly about family issues and how it brings these two together. ^^ I don't know if I'm actually enjoying the drama because I've already read the manga like 4 times already. I guess it's just fun to watch and see how the producers put the story together compared to the book. And you know, their names are translated so that's a little twist right there. A lame one but a twist nonetheless.
To watch Marmalade Boy click here .

   Besides watching Marmalade Boy, I've started watching this new drama called Personal Taste. Other websites have it under 'Personal Preference', but it's the same thing anyway. I've tried to get my friend to watch it, but I guess he just doesn't like pretty boys in general.... T.T   The drama is really good too! TT_TT It even has the main actor from another kdrama called Boys Before Flowers. 
   Personally I prefer the japanese drama, simply because it's a lot closer to the story from the manga and I don't like how the korean version because makes it seem like these jerks that run the school really are cruel with nothing else to do except bully people. I don't know, to me they just make the situation a little bit too extreme for me.
  [ For Hana Yori Dango watch here: 1st Season, 2nd Season, Final Movie. For korean version 'Boys Over Flowers' watch here. ]
   But back to what I was originally talking about!!!! Personal Taste released in 2010; broadcasted on MBC as we SPEAK, it's about a guy, Jeon Ji Hon, who pretends to be gay in order to stay at the SangGaelJae. Meanwhile, the owner has a habbit for sloppiness, and not being the most flashy girl.
   I guess you just have to see the drama to know the other details of the story. Basically the first episode starts out like this= girl has a girl roommate. girl finds out her roommate is about to marry her boyfriend who's also ends up breaking up with her. girl finds out her best friend took a BUNCH of money from her to invest in what he thought was a good deal, but ends up being swindled by gangsters, and runs away. What is this girl to do with a broken heart and an empty bank account? To watch Personal Taste, click here.
And if you want more pictures from this drama, go here. ^_^

In The Process of Making My Decision A Fact!

As of now, I'm not sure what I'm going to watch next

since the time before spring break [in college] tends to

be very busy, and I really need to get my math grade up.

Otherwise, I'll be forced to leave the class....not good!

And, from this thursday [mokuyoubi] I will start taking

Japanese classes in Chicago city. So much for that extra time. :P

But oh well, it's worth it.

I was thinking about watching something like:

Kami no Shizuku with one of my so-so favorite actors,

but I'm still not sure. I'm on the last episode of Pasta so 

I don't know if i want to watch another one about food.

But who knows right? Oh, and btw. For all the girls out 

there who like Pasta, you'll definitely like episode 13. :P

The guys take their shirts off!

In other news, I had watched Nobuta wo Produce. 

 It's actually really exciting,

since I found myself in a similar position. [Just found out

that one of my friends likes me.]

 It's such a sweet

story, and I fell into a crush with one of the actors again. ;)

My story? Right now I'm going out with someone, but 

recently got really pissed and many things that he did. I told

him about it too, but he doesn't seem to understand my

viewpoint of it. But let me take you waaayyyy back!

Before I even asked him out the first time, I was hesitant 

about it because I was kinda crushing on someone else at

the same time [though I got the vibe that this person just

wanted me as a friend], so that's how I made my decision

to go out with the one I am currently with. But now, that

situation has changed. This is the second time that I am going

out with this person. I don't know why I asked him out again,

because since the beginning I just wanted to be friends.

But anyways, so the person I had mentioned earlier just

happens to be my friend now who I just found out likes me?

Maybe I heard wrong....but it would have been nice if he

told me that LONG before all this crap happened.

But don't get me wrong. :P

He asked me if he was just a nice guy like in the video,

and I told him that there is potential for him to jump to

the other latter. 

Want to know what video he was talking about?

Here it is! Blam! [lol, i know. I'm a nerd]

For parts 2 and 3, click on the links below:

Part 2

Part 3

These guys are really talented, so please give them

a try. :)

Paasta

God , I am so lucky to stumble on this drama!

Well, let me say: at first, i thought it would be plain and

ordinary, but it got my attention right away. And to see

the lovely Alex Chu in it, *sigh, i almost fainted. (exaggeration)

Title: Pasta/파스타

Genre: Romance, Comedy, Culinary

Release: 4 January 2010 (It finishes airing until 9 March 2010,

so it's still on Tv as of now. o^^o)

Cast: Gong Hyo Jin as Seo Yoo Kyung, 

Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Hyun Wook,

Lee Ha Nui as Oh Sae Young, Alex as Kim San

Summary: Basically, Seo Yoo Kyung wants to become an

elite chef at La Sfera restaurant, but her dreams get harder

to get to once Choi Hyun Wook becomes the new top chef.

His skills at the culinary arts are incredible and to die for,

but his leader skills are a bit scary. As a chef who studied in

Italy, will his skills be known in Korea? And what about

poor Seo Yoo Kyung :(? Hu? ever think about that?

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Anyways,

I'm really lucky to tell you guys about this one so early. I

really hope you enjoy it as much as I do.

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Explorers of The Human Body

Alternate Title: 인체탐험대/人體探險隊

Release: 2008 November

Genre: Educational, Comedy, Variety

Episodes: 13 total

Episode 1: Tongue & Eyes

Episode 2: Stomach

Episode 3: Strength Part I

Episode 4: Strength Part II

Episode 5: Laughter

Episode 6: Balance

Episode 7: Flexibility

Episode 8: Tears

Episode 9: Reflexes Part I <3

Episode 10: Reflexes Part II <3

Episode 11: Archery

Episode 12: Breathing Underwater

Episode 13: Dogs' Sense of Smell

Summary: A variety show about (literaly) exploring the human body, using Super Junior members perform experiments with their own bodies. 

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I guess this is what I'll be watching for now...

If I find an interesting drama, I will tell you.

Or if you think one is interesting, you can tell me.