100 Days with Mr. Arrogant - Kim Jae Won & Ha Ji Won

Kim Jae Won - Lee Heong Jun

Ha Ji Won - Kang Ha Yeong

Kang Ha Yeong was so depressed after being dumped by her boyfriend just a day before their 100th Day Anniversary. In frustration, she accidentally met a college guy when he hit her with a soda can which she kicked and damaged his car.

Because Ha Yeong was poor, she wasn't able to pay for the damaged car and so, Lee Heong Jun let her sign a contract to be his slave for 100 Days. Desperate, Ha Yeoung signed it and she was forced to clean his house, do his laundry and run errands for him.

But during the 100 Days that they've been together, the two of them gradually realized that they were falling for each other...Although Heong Jun wasn't able to express it right away and still waited for Ha Yeong to reach college before he finally confessed.

Being with a person for more than three months could already create miracle even if that person was the most annoying person in the world.

Love can indeed change people and love can make a person change someone. This funny crazy movie can really make you fall in love and can even give you hope that somehow, someone would always come to your life, whether accidentally or really meant to be.

Snow Queen - Hyun Bin and Sung Yu Ri

Hyun Bin - Han Tae Woong/Han Deuk Gu

Sung Yu Ri - Kim Bo Ra

Im Ju Hwan - Seo Geon Woo

Yoo In Young - Lee Seung ri

Han Tae Woong was poor but a math genius who got into a prestigious science high school through a scholarship. There, he met his rival, Kim Jung Gyu who was popular in Seoul for being excellent in mathematics.

Jung Gyu and Tae Woong didn't start good when they first met each other. Because Jung Gyu refused defeat, he competed with Tae Woong even though Tae Woong was unwilling to.

But both of them became best friends in the end and together, they showed the school the real work of geniuses. At the same time, Tae Woong met a mysterious girl whom he never knew the name. They met twice and spent happy moments together on thos meetings.

But things became unfortunate for Tae Woong when his best friend Jung Gyu died after being frustrated because Tae Woong won the gold medal for the International Math Competition and not him. Depressed because he disappointed his father, Jung Gyu died on a road accident.

Because of this, Tae Woong blamed himself for the death of Jung Gyu ang decided to live a miserable life. He ran away from home and became a boxing sparring partner, in fulfillment of his best friend's wish to become a boxer. He dropped out of school, and eight years after, lived under the name of Han Deuk Gu.

One day, he once again met the girl whom he wasn't able to meet eight years ago because of Jung Gyu's death. That girl was Kim Bo Ra, the mysterious kid he met when he was in high school.

For fifteen years, Bo Ra has lived under the illness called Myasthenia Gravis. Because of this, she has become stubborn and will do anything to get attention. Her meeting with Deuk Gu was one attention-seeking meeting since at the hospital, she was threatening the physicians and staff that she will kill herself. But Tae Woong managed to stop her.

That wasn't their last meeting though. Deuk Gu and Bo Ra met again until they weren't able to avoid each other. Deuk Gu became Bo Ra's chauffeur and Bo Ra's father started liking her. Soon Bo Ra was able to find out that Deuk Gu was the "oppa" she met and liked eight years ago. And soon too, Deuk Gu found out that his best friend, Kim Jung Gyu was Bo Ra's older brother.

Because of this, even though they have feelings for each other, Deuk Gu decided to leave Bo Ra and her family however, Bo Ra kept on following him, telling him that she would never blame him for her brother's death.

They continued their relationship but there were obstacles coming now. Plus, Kim Bo Ra has developed Thymoma (cancer in the thymus cells) which metastasized and made her heart go weak.

Will their love for each other prevail? Will they still be able to go to Lapland together where the Snow Queen lives? And will Kim Bo Ra still live longer to fulfill Han Tae Woong's wish of having a family with her?

The Snow Queen is based on the Book of Hans Christian Andersen that tells a story about a woman with a heart as cold as snow. The Snow Queen is alone and lonely, but one person was able to make her happy and was warm enough to melt her heart.

Kim Bo Ra lived miserably under the shadows of her strict father and the memories of her dead brother. On the other hand, Han Tae Woong lived miserably under the shadow and memories of his dead best friend.

This series tells us how people, though have lived hardly for so many years would still be able to survive and soon be happy for some reason. This exceptional drama can touch the hearts of any viewers because this is not just a typical tragic drama where we can already predict what will happen in the end.

In this drama, things will really surprise us, especially because we usually think that people like Tae Woong and Bo Ra deserved a very happy ending. Too bad they didn't, but as what Tae Woong always says, "Live...Living is better."

Special recognition to the amazing actors. Hyun Bin really has set power in his character, making it more realistic, and making the viewers cry. Sung Yu Ri fit her character so much as being stubborn yet childish.

Five stars for my new favorite series! =]

He Was Cool - Song Seung Hoon & Jeong Da Bin

Song Seung Hoon - Ji Eun Seong

Jeong Da Bin - Han Ye Won


A highly hilarious movie! Song Seung Hoon played a bullying hunk who has a bad past. Together with the late Jeong Da Bin, they made the big screen shake with laughter!

Ji Eun Seong was everybody's hunk. He was also a senior bully who wasn't scared of anything thrown in front of him.

Han Ye Won was a bubbly high school girl on the same school with Eun Seong and because of a very unavoidable circumstance, they hooked up together and Eun Seong asked her to be his girlfriend.

Not knowing how to love and having no one to love him, Eun Seong kept on bugging Ye Won even though she didn't want to go out with him. She despised Eun Seong so much.

But as she got to know more about him and his lonely past, Ye Won was determined to stay by Eun Seong's side, to make him happy and to make him feel the love he didn't get since his father died and his mom left him.

As what my friend said when she lent me this movie, "Indeed, love has it's own way of creating miracles!" Yes, it's true! Because it would take a miracle to make someone who was hardened by his past to be melted just by an ordinary girl.

It is stereotyped that ordinary students can never go out with popular ones but this movie proved the speculation wrong. If love can find a way, it will indeed find a way for two hearts t meet on the first snowfall.

Five stars for this hilarious movie! =]

My Little Bride - Kim Rae Won & Moon Geun Young

Kim Rae Won - Park Sang Min

Moon Geun Young - Suh Bo Eun

Sang Min and Bo Eun's grandfathers were bestfriends since before their parents were born. As a pact to their friendship, both have agreed to have their children married to each other. However, they both ended up having sons and so the marriage was passed to the third generation.

Sang Min and Bo Eun were agreed to be married by both families but there was a catch: Bo Eun was just a 15-year old high school student while Sang Min was a graduating college student majoring in Arts Education.

But because of her grandpa's deteriorating condition, Bo0 Eun was forced to marry her "oppa" and they lived on the same house together.

Not in love with each other, both of them acted as if they were just siblings and were often fighting with each other. Bo Eun even dated the popular baseball player in her school and Sang Min continued being a playboy.

But the times they have spent together didn't go to waste as Sang Min started to feel bad when he found out about Bo Eun's boyfriend. Bo Eun on the other hand, didn't just feel guilty towards her oppa, but she also felt that she needed to straighten her mistakes especially after seeing that Sang Min has done a lot of things for her.

In the end, Bo Eun managed to tell the whole school as well as the whole world that after living with him trhough fixed marriage, she has finally fallen in love with Sang Min.

Indeed, strange things like this could work out well. Thinking about the age, it's really impossible to hook a kid to an adult but My Little Bride thought otherwise.

Even by growing up together, age could still be one barrier to make love blossom but if the love can find a way, it can really find a way and it will really make two people with a huge age gap to fall in love with each other.

Five stars for this cute and funny movie! =]

Tree of Heaven - Lee Wan & Park Shin Hye

Lee Wan - Han Yun Suh

Park Shin Hye - Hirose Hana

Asami Reina - Maya

Uchida Asahi - Fujiwara Ryu

Park Shin Hye and Lee Wan acted together again as step-siblings.

This story is so similar to SBS's Stairway to Heaven which was shown in 2003. Both Lee Wan and Park Shin Hye acted as the younger Han Tae Hwa and Han Jeong Seo in STH, where they were step-siblings.

But this time, twists are different and the step-siblings have really fallen in love with each other.

Hirose Hana is a Korean-Japanese who lived in a small town in Japan with his mom, aunt and cousin, Maya. Hana's father died when she was eight and her mom was left to manage their small in.

When Hana was 18, her mom re-married another Korean man and she brought him to Japan together with his son, Han Yun Suh who became autistic since his mom died. Yun Suh loved to walk bare-footed in the snow, waiting for his mom to return.

Even though Yun Suh doesn't speak, Hana still tried hard to take care of him, even trying to learn Korean for him. She did her job as a dongsaeng (little sister) to her oppa (older borther).

But when Yun Suh's dad and Hana's mom went out for a vacation, Hana's aunt and cousin have suddenly changed their attitude. With the absence of their parents, the aunt and cousin abused the step-sibs by not giving them food for breakfast, and letting Hana work all over the inn.

Because of this, Hana and Yun Suh found refuge in each other. Yun Suh slowly became cheerful whenever he's with Hana and soon, he fell in love with her.

Hana knew this would happen as she was also slowly falling for her step brother but because she knew it was illegal, she tried to hide her feelings and went out with Fujiwara Ryu, a senior in their school who also happened to like her.

But Yun Suh was determined to make Hana love him too, although it made his step sister very uncomfortable. Finally, because of Hana's resistance, Yun Suh left her on the day of her graduation.

Two Years later, Hana and her best friend Mika have mastered Korean and used the language as their conversational language as they worked in Ryu's hotel as chamber maids. Ryu wanted to give Hana a better job inside the hotel but she refused, wanting to work the way she worked in their inn before.

Hana and Yun Suh's path crossed once again when he started to take care of her. Though Hana didn't know, she had been doubting that her oppa was just around, watching out for her. Indeed he was. Yun Suh became the gang leader of a secret society in Tokyo, having almost murdered the leader of the gang's enemy.

Because of this, he became rich and so he was able to take care of Hana without problems. However, being with Hana also meant putting her life in danger. So he tried to be with her only as a brother, but Hana this time wanted to love him as a person especially after finding out that their parents have died in a car crash 2 years ago.

Meanwhile Maya, Hana's cousin became a hostess on a nightclub and the mistress of Yun Suh's gang father. Seeing Yun Suh, she fell in love with him, and was determined to take him away from Hana.

But Hana won't stop. She let her oppa go two years ago and this time, she wanted to hold him beside her, never letting him go...

But...will their love still be the same as two years ago now that they are leading different lives and some people are already blocking their path?

This mini-series portrays the other outcome of Stairway to Heaven had Han Tae Hwa and Han Jeong Seo pursued their love as step-siblings.

Like STH, this also has a sad ending which will really make you cry buckets of tears.

Tree of Heaven tells about the undying love of two persons regardless of status and regardless of the law. They may be siblings by law but for them, being legally related won't stop them from showing their love for each other.

Although this series is really sad, it still made me realize how much a person is willing to give up just for the one he loves, even if it meant losing his happiness.

Special salute to the actors Park Shin Hye and Lee Wan for portraying such awesome roles! I never thought they could act this great! They even made the characters seem real.

Five stars for this series! =]

Spring Waltz - Seo Do Young & Han Hyo Joo

Seo Do Young - Lee Su Ho/Yoon Jae Ha

Han Hyo Joo - Suh Eun Young/Park Eun Young

Daniel Henney - Phillip

Lee Seo Yeon - Song In Na

Sometimes, you would never know your future. You may be happy today but
unhappy tomorrow.

Lee Su Ho spent his childhood days with his dad teaching him how to become a liar and a thief. He has deceived a lot of people already by acting innocent.

When his father left him in his hometown, he befriended a lonely girl named Suh Eun Young. Eun Young was sick and has no many friends since she has to stay home all the time.

Su Ho found a new life as he spent his days with Eun Young. He promised to
do everything just to see her happy and for her to become well.

But Su Ho's father came back and caused trouble leading to Eun Young's mom's death and forcing the kids to go to Seoul to look for him.

However, Eun Young's illness worsened when they got into Seoul and so she needed to undergo an operation. Su Ho did everything to find money for her operation, he even tried to steal money from people.

Su Ho didn't know that his life would change in an instant when a patient saw him and mistook him as her dead son who looked exactly like him. Because of that, in exchange for Eun Young's operation bill, he went to Canada with his new parents and has changed his identity to Yoon Jae Ha.

Fifteen years later, Yoon Jae Ha became a famous pianist and due to some coincidental circumstances, he and Eun Young met without knowing each other.

Truth was bound to be exposed however, there are other people already who tried to destroy the happy relationship between Eun Young and Jae Ha, including Song In Na.

In Na is the real Jae Ha's childhood love. Upon knowing Jae Ha's true identity, she did her best to take him away from his dongsaeng, Eun Young.

Will she succeed? And will the lost love between Eun Young and Su Ho 15 years ago be relived?

True love really can wait even if it means waiting for more than a decade. Just like hide and seek, when you love a person, no matter how hard he hides, you will still be able to find him and he will still return in your arms.

Love can do the most silly things. Love can even kill a person or it can make someone give up what he was and start anew. But no matter how much a person has changed, when love blooms, everything will go back the way it was.

Finally, no matter how much a person got hurt by the one she loves, that strong love she feels will also make her be able to forgive.

Five stars for this series! =]

Stairway to Heaven - Kwon Sang Woo and Choi Ji Woo

Kwon Sang Woo as Cha Song Joo

Choi Ji Woo as Han Jeong Seo

Kim Tae Hee as Han Yoo Ri

Shin Hyun Joon as Han Tae Hwa

Han Jeong Seo and Cha Song Joo grew up together. They have always been there for each other and they have grown to like each other. Jeong Seo was there when Song Joo's dad died and Song Joo was there when Jeong Seo's mom died.

They have spent all their times together however, things have changed when Jeong Seo's dad re-married the actress Tae Mi Ra. She brought her two kids at home and with Han Yoo Ri around, Jeong Seo's life started becoming miserable.

She was forced to stay home as Song Joo went overseas to study. During those times as Jeong Seo waited for Song Joo to come home, her step brother, Han Tae Hwa fell in love with her and was determined to win her heart. He spent the rest of his days with Jeong Seo hoping that she wpuld like him as well.

Three years later, Song Joo returned from the US and was bound to meet Jeong Seo. But this time, she already has her stepsister Yoo Ri as a rival for Song Joo's heart. Due to greed and fear, Yoo Ri ran over Jeong Seo using her dad's car. Jeong Seo then was hidden by Tae Hwa and they made her family believe that she died during the accident.

As Jeong Seo woke up, she never had a single memory of her past, not even Song Joo. As Jeong Seo started her new life being on Tae Hwa's side, fate brought her back to her true love and also brought back her memories. But then, this wasn't their happy ending yet as Tae Mi Ra and Han Yoo Ri tried to separate Jeong Seo and Song Jeo, even if it meant their lives.

Will Jeong Seo and Song Joo be able to fight for their love as Jeong Seo finds out that she has eye cancer?

This is another tragic Korean series that will really make tears flood your face. From the beginning till the end, the characters will really make you smile, cry and even groan.

It is rare to have someone love you until death or is even willing to give heaven to you. Stairway to Heaven has its reason to make viewers happy even though it has a sad ending.

Al throughout the end, they never showed anything but the willingness to wait and fight for the one they truly love even if it meant giving up the life they used to have.

Five stars for this series! =]

Over the Rainbow - Ji Hyun Woo and Seo Ji Hye

Ji Hyun Woo - Kwon Hyeok Joo

Seo Ji Hye - Ma Sang Mi

Hwan Hee - Rex

Kim Ok Bin - Jeong Hee Soo

Hyeok Joo and Rex were in the same high school together. Hyeok Joo was poor and so he relies on school support to continue studying.

At the age of 13, Rex has shown extraordinary talents in singing and dancing and so he was taken by Korea's number 1 music company, Pride to debut as a singer.

Meanwhile, after getting into trouble, Hyeok Joo was forced to join an interschool dance contest and that's when he stumbled upon a pretty dancer, Hee Soo who ran away from her home in Switzerland to be able to live up her dream of being a singer.

Hyeok Joo and Hee Soo eventually ended up together and they lived a happy life as a couple until they became Rex's back up dancers and Hee Soo ended up falling for Rex, falling for fame and leaving Hyeok Joo behind because of her greed in becoming a famous singer.

Hyeok Joo and his fellow dancers set up into the country and created a group named Gangster to promote their talents and that's when they met a bubbly girl who was a huge fan of Rex. Sang Mi has been rooting over Rex since he debuted and being on an accident, she finally found out Rex's true identity. She became the Gangster's coordinator and soon fell for Hyeok Joo...

Things twisted up and Pride suddenly took Gangster in for a debut. Hee Soo's career flunked when she went out of tune while singing live and Rex's popularity went down after a huge scandal. The four of them started new lives. Hyeok Joo being the lead singer in Gangster, Rex signing a contract from another recording studio, Hee Soo gave up being a singer and ended up being a DJ and Sang Mi was torn between her loyalty for Rex and her love for Hyeok Joo...

This story shows the different faces of the different people in showbusiness. Watching it, you'll realize that not all famous people are indeed living a happy and carefree life. They also have hardships of their own that only them can know because they should show a different side when in front of the fans.

This can also show us how strong love could be that even two people from two different worlds could fall in love when they meet, even if they despise each other a lot!

Five stars for this series! =]

My Name is Kim Sam Soon - Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah

Hyun Bin - Hyun Jin Hun

Kim Sun Ah - Kim Sam Soon

Jeong Ryeo Won - Yoo Hee Jin

Daniel Henney - Henry Kim

Kim Sam Soon could be the one of the class of girls whom you'll say ugly. In this contemporaty world, having a little bit of fat could be considered ugly. And that's Kim Sam Soon.

After she was dumped by her boyfriend for three years on Christmas Eve, Sam Soon gained more pounds because her habit of eating could also come with depression. Plus, she was fired from her work as a Pastry Chef.

Wanting to pursue her dream of being the best pastry chef and wanting to do something to make her forget about her boyfriend Min Hyun Woo, Sam Soon ran onto a business manager who knew nothing but to yell and be stubborn. His name's Hyun Jin Hun. He was the heir of the Seoul hotel at the same time, managing a small restaurant which was just left by the pastry chef. Having no choice and having stumbled upon Sam Soon, Jin Hun hired her to be the pastry chef for the restaurant and at the same time, be his girlfriend.

They were already having a good time pretending to Jin Hun's mom that they do have a relationship and Sam Soon started to fall for Jin Hun when Yoo Hee Jin, Jin Hun's ex-girlfriend came back from the United States after receiving treatment for her cancer, and wnt back with Jin Hun.

However, Jin Hun may still have love left for Hee Jin but he was becoming more confused as he sees Sam Soon with another guy and feeling jealous about it. Soon, he finally came to realize that he indeed was falling for the fat pastry chef.

And so he broke up with Hee Jin and tried to pursue his relationship with her amidst his mom's disagreement. And despite all the hardships they went through, they still went out and fought for their love.

This is the only Korean series I've seen in where I was deeply amazed by the chemistry and sweetness of the characters. Even if it's on-screen, they do look like a real couple for having portrayed such wonderful roles! My Name is Kim Sam Soon was the only series in where they give meaning to being a true woman and true love. Love doesn't only require physical appearance rather it requires all aspects in life, especially trust and faith.

5 stars for this hilarious series! =]

Glass Slippers - Kim Hyun Joo & Kim Ji Ho

Kim Hyun Joo - Kim Yun Hee/Lee Sun Woo

Kim Ji Ho - Kim Tae Hee

Han Jae Suk - Jang Jae Hyuk

So Ji Sub - Park Chul Woong

Kim Min Sun - Woo Seung Hee

Can life possibly be so complicated since the day a person is born?

Can someone love two sisters without even knowing their relationship?

Can someone die for the person he loves?

Can someone kill for the things she wants?

Glass Shoes brings you the answers for all of those questions. This is a story of two sisters being separated for fifteen years after their father died.

Kim Yun Hee lost her memory after beiung hit by a truck and lived by the name of the person on the ring she wears around her neck. Not remembering anything, she grew up as Lee Sun Woo, who happened to be her dead mother.

As Tae Hee grew up with her grandfather, she tried to find her lost sister even after 15 years that has passed. Things became very complicated though when Sun Woo worked at the company owned by her family. Tae Hee's boyfriend fell in love with her, without knowing that she was the real sister.

Everything became harder when the girl Yun Hee grew up with, Woo Seung Hee pretended to be the real lost sister, stealing Yun Hee's ring.

But fate will always gives way. People leave the world, but people also were able to come and find their past. Yun Hee and Tae Hee were soon reunited again and were able to overcome the obstacles in their lives as they tried to start over as sisters.

This drama has both sad and happy endings. As we know, mmost dramas end tragically or happily but in Glass Slippers, you'll see how things could end up either way.

5 stars for this awesome 40-episode series! =]

Yuletide Bliss

weee! Christmas time is fast approaching! it has only been a while when November said goodbye and now, i't already Christmas Eve! Time for the family get-together and of course, wonderful dinner that all of you could share!

Time for presents and all those stuff that you wanna have!

But wait a minute. Is Christmas today really the same as the Christmas in the past few years? I think not. What with all the crisis and the shortage of money.

But then, this crisis still won't stop me from being excited for the Yuletide season. Because I've came to realize that money isn't really the reason for happiness. Cliche, right? But having so many friends and loved ones made me feel very special especially in this season.

At least I still get to receive the presents that were really meant to be given on the holidays! At least I will still be able to taste Fiesta Ham and good food for our Noche Buena and at least Christmas time is still as blissful for me as it was in the past few years!

MERRY CHRISTMAS, CHIGU! JUST SMILE AND HAVE FUN! =]

Whispering Corridors: Voice - Kim Ok Bin and Seo Ji Hye

Kim Ok Bin - Park Yeon Eong

Seo Ji Hye - Kang Sun Min

Is it possible to have a ghost with a Double Identity Disorder?

Well this fourth installment of Korea's Whispering Corridors will show you one.

Voice is a story about a student named Park Yeon Eong who was killed while practicing for her song piece. Having a lot of questions in mind on how she died, her spirit stayed inside the school and luckily, her bestfriend, Kang Sun Min canhear her voice although she can't see her.

Following Yeon Eong's voice, Sun Min stayed in the school every night and found another tragic sight. Their Music Teacher, hanging on the ceiling of the music room. Thinking that the teacher has something to do with her bestfriend's death, Sun Min tried her best to uncover the truth that lied beneath the death and her bestfriend.

But bizarre things started to happen as Sun Min befriended the school's so called freak. Yeon Eong started to realize who she really was and what really caused her death as well as the others.

She started losing her voice as Sun Min tried to forget her, paying attention to Cho Ah, the freak girl. She later on realized that she has caused the death of her music teacher through her second personality as a revenge for the death of her teacher's favorite student before who happened to have the same voice as Yeon Eong.

Jin Hyu killed Yeon Eong because of jealousy and Yeon Eong killed the teacher in revenge. The weird thing was Yeong Eong did all of it all along without even knowing it.

This movie was just like one of those unexpected Korean horror movies. You never jnew what really happened or what will happen unless you sit it out all throughout the showing.

This series shows the love of a friend towards another that not even death can separate. Jealousy over another person can indeed be fatal and if revenge shall be paid, it could be deadly.

This movie has a good story plot although the screenplay was quite disappointing because it wasn't even scary at all.

Three stars for this movie! =)

Sassy Girl Choon Hyang - Jae Hee and Han Chae Young

Jae Hee - Lee Mong Ryong

Han Chae Young - Sung Choon Hyang

Who would have thought that two high school students will get married at an early age and just 10 days after they met each other?

Sassy Girl Choon Hyang is a series that will really make you fall in love and laugh and cry at almost anytime! This series also tests how much a person can live and go on just for love.

Sung Choon Hyang was an ordinary girl who lives in a village. Due to poverty, she worked a lot just to earn money. But this girl was also very intelligent and she was considered the prettiest in her school. Because of her educational ability, she has greater chance to have a scholarship on a prestigious University in Seoul.

Lee Mong Ryong was a son of a very respected Police Chief Officer. He was a bully and he loved to pick fights with his classmates in school. When his father was assigned to Namwon Police Station, that's when he met his fate, Sung Choon Hyang.

Choon Hyang and Mong Ryong's friendship started because of an accident and some cellphone dilemmas. Yet, they were good friends and Mong Ryong started to like Choon Hyang. But one night while Choon Hyang was sick and because of Mong Ryong stupidity, their lives changed.

They were both accused of sleeping together that night when Choon Hyang was sick. Well they did sleep together but nothing really happened. Mong Ryong wasn't able to go home because he accidentally drank all of the plum wine that Choon Hyang's mom made and so he slept at her room.

However, their parents found a way to solve the problem and the scandal. They decided to have them married.

And both agreed, having a contract between the marriage that they were having. And then both started living together. Mong Ryong, after being rejected by someone he liked for a long time, started liking Choon Hyang more. And Choon Hyang, seeing the bubbliness in Mong Ryong, started feeling the same.

But Mong Ryong's former love started going back to him therefore destroying his relationship with Choon Hyang causing them to break up and go on seprate ways.

Until a CEO of a very popular Talent Center fell in love with Choon Hyang. With the best he could and the money he had, he started helping Choon Hyang financially since she wasn't able to go to college because she couldn't afford it.

Mong Ryong on the other hand, continued looking for Choon Hyang and winning her again. Although her former love Han Chae Rin held on him tight, he still went to Choon Hyang whom he lved so much.

But Choon Hyang was already determined to break up with him, thinking that he wasn't over Chae Rin yet. She used Byun Hak Do to make Mong Ryong jealous and to push him away.

But Mong Ryong stayed on Choon Hyang's side as Hak Do's love for Choon Hyang became an obsession. He and Chae Rin found ways to break the happy couple up though they failed.

Mong Ryong and Choon Hyang started over as a couple but before their proper wedding ceremony, Hak Do framed Mong Ryong up on a crime which put him to jail and made his father resign from work.

Choon Hyang was forced to break up with Mong Ryong so that Hak Do will stop destroying the man she loved. She was forced to cancel their wedding and to let Mong Ryong believe that she didn't love him anymore.

And for the second time, they seprated ways which lasted for years.

But fate, truth and justice had it for the couple. They met up again this time, working together to stop Byun Hak Do from destroying Mong Ryong. And they succeeded.

So finally, they had their wedding wothout any obstacles in their lives.

A very long and complicated story yet this is the only series where I've seen a guy so determined to win back the girl he loved so much even after all that she's done.

A lot of sacrifice has been done for the sake of saving a loved one. This is indeed one of the hardest decision in life. Leaving your loved one just tospare him from danger.

But as they say, "Love will find a way" and love will indeed take you back to the one you love.

Angel in Heaven

I went to check my blog last Wednesday morning and received a shocking news in my cbox.

Andie posted that Joie died at around 7 pm last Tuesday. I didn't really know how to react as I was so shocked with the news. Then I told myself, "Ok, finally she took a rest."

I went to work, texting our other friends about the news. That's when I finally absorbed everything that happened and I started to cry.

I didn't cry because of the fact that she's gone, I cried because of the fact that I wasn't able to say a proper goodbye before she went away. Cried because of the fact that I'm gonna miss her bubbliness while we were talking. Cried because I lost my Korean-watching friend!

I really can't forget the times we spent talking about cute Korean guys on the series that we were watching and I love the way she bragged about who those cute guys are.

I can't forget the times she talks about Lee dong Wook and how handsome he is that she can't even believe he's real! Hahaha!

But after crying, I finally came to accept the fact that she's gone. That she has finally become an angel again after she was sent her eon earth to put smiles on people. I'm happy that she finally will be able to rest and find peace.

Somehow, Joie's loss brought about happiness because I'd rather see her that way that see her suffer because of her illness.

I love you Joie and you'll always be with us, I know. I know our Friendship won't be taken for granted even in the after life.

Full House - Jung Ji Hoon (Bi) and Song Hye Kyo

Bi - Lee Young Jae

Song Hye Kyo - Han Ji Eun

A house built out of love. A daughter left at an early age. A stubborn actor stumbling upon the house and the daughter.

Full house is a story of winning a lottery after being robbed. Or is it really winning a lottery or wncountering another different bad luck?

Song Hye Kyo plays the very bubbly Han Ji Eun who wanted to be a famous writer. Her parents passed away when she was young and she was forced to live alone inside the only inheritance she got from her father. The Full House.

But everything was taken away when she was conned by her bestfriends. They sent her to HongKong then sold her house to a famous actor.

Unfortunately, that famous actor was also in HongKong at that time and through all the odds, Ji Eun finally borrowed money from him so she could go back to Korea.

Bi played a very different role here. He's the famouse, controversial and stubborn actor named Lee Young Jae. Upon coincidence and fate, he met Ji Eun in HongKong and was forced to lend her some money.


When they all went back to Korea, Ji Eun found out about what her friends did and worse, she found out that the one who bought the hosue was Lee Young Jae!

Twists and turns happened until both of them agreed to marry each other under contract given that after 6 months, they will divorce and Ji Eun will get her house back. Thinking of getting her house back, Ji Eun agreed to the contract.

But things have gotten out of track when Ji Eun started liking Young Jae and slowly, Young Jae fell for Ji Eun. Hindrances came and they were forced to break up with all the love in their hearts. Young Jae tried to move on by becoming a monk but he quickly changed his mind as he thought about Ji Eun more.

And finally, Young Jae was able to confess how he felt for Ji Eun and asked her to marry him again, this time, not out of contract but out of love. True Love.

There are a lot of unbelievable coincidences in thise series as well as the fact that Ji Eunand Young Jae are both very funny couple! They fight a lot yet they find ways to show how much they like each other.

Full house is a story of high hopes and positive thinking. It'a all about finding ways to smile even with the smallest reason and being happy even in little ways. Love blooms not because it has to. Love blooms because it is your choice.

Five stars for this very funny series! :D

Memories of a Good Friend

People know her as Joie, some consider her an alien, but people who are close to her consider her a sister. A funny, very entertaining sister. Yes, that's Joelle Maxine Lindley.

I met her sometime this year when I started becoming active in the W.I.T.C.H forum. Meeting her for the first time seemed like meeting her again after not seeing her for a long time. Yes, Joie indeed felt like a friend whom I've known for long.

She's a very jolly person and although there's a language barrier between us, she doesn't make herself feel left out because she knows how to meddle with every kind of people.

Joie is someone whom you'll love just talking to her and laughing with her. She could be everybody's friend and she never chooses standards.

But then I've discovered from one friend that she was terribly sick. Her leukemia has gotten worse and now, she's spending her remaining life in the hospital.

It was indeed a shocking news knowing just weeks ago that she was doing very fine and she's gonna be active again next month. We had high hopes about her return but everything was crushed when Denise broke the news.

So sad, it has been a while since I've posted about my feelings and I did this because I just wanted to fill out my emotions. Although we haven't met personally yet, she has already grown into me and I can already consider her as one of my bestfriends.

But this happening can't be stopped when you just say stop. I think fate has had it. she has been in a lot of troubles before but she remained strong. Maybe this is the time when she truly has to let go and take a rest after all her sufferings.

I really feel bad for her fiancee and most of all for her daughter.

I'll miss you, Joie! Hope you'll stay with us since you'll be stuck in our hearts!

...ing - Kim Rae Won and Im Soo Jung

Kim Rae Won - Lee Yeon Jae

Im Soo Jung - Kang Min Ah


She never thought she would find someone to love.

He never thought he would feel real love for her.

Gang Min Ah was transferred to a new school and also to a new apartment with her mom. She was somehow happy and was enjoying her single life. However, Min Ah found it hard to have friends because she was sick and spent most of her life in the hospital. She also happened to have a deformed hand.

As unexpected as it could be, Lee Yeong Jae, a neighbor from downstairs started befriending Min Ah. He took a lot of photos of her and even took her out for a walk.

Until such time that both fell in love with each other. But unfortunately, Min Ah started to fall ill again and this time, her life became shorter. Yeong Jae then realized that he can't lose her, that he already loved her although he only started the friendship because Min Ah's mom paid him.

Min Ah's death wasn't at all that sad since throughout the days that she was alive, she found love and trust in an ordinary annoying neighbor who only wanted to see her smile.

This film was very short and I was even surprised when it ended in a snap but then within those short minutes of the film, I've already seen a lot of love blossoming between the two main charatcers.

It is indeed hard to trust someone but that someone can make ways for you to trust him. It would be either they will hold your lighter a hostage and sacrifice his turtle for you, you will still soon realize that this someone must have loved you so much to try and make you trust him.

Five stars for this movie! =)

The Man in the Vineyard - Oh Man Seuk and Yoon Eun Hye

Oh Man Seuk - Jang Taek Gi

Yoon Eun Hye - Lee Ji Hyun

Can a city girl fall in love witha farmer? Can someone who dreamed of becoming rich choose to live a simple life?

Well The Man in the vineyard will definitely answer your question. Impossible indeed but this could happen in real life.

Lee Ji Hyun was a fashion designer working on a very popular clothing line. She dreamed to have clothes branded by her name yet she didn't have the money to do so.

Being very optimistic about getting rich, she did her best to make beutiful designs to impress her boss. Unluckily, her boss was the one who took everything away from her as she stole Ji Hyun's newly designed clothes and admitted it as her own.

Having no work, Ji Hyun still didn't stop dreaming about becoming a famous designer until her grandfather came to Seoul and asked her to work in his vineyard for a year before letting her inherit the land.

Knowing what life she may have in the countryside, Ji Hyun refused her grandfather's offer but thinking about the future use of the Vineyard, she was forced to leave her city life and live in the countryside as a farmer. There, she met another farmer whom she already met in Seoul because of some embarrassing circumstances.

Jang Taek Gi was a very kindhearted but hot-headed farmer. He worked at Ji Hyun's grandpa's Vineyard since he was 7 years old. He was assigned to teach Ji Hyun farming but unfortunately, they never got along well ever since they met.

Taek Gi always made sure that Ji Hyun will have a hard time working in the Vineyard. Being a city girl, she was always reluctant in doing hardwork. But since her mom wanted her to inherit the Vineyard, she saccrificed everything just to impress her grandfather.

Together with Taek Gi, Ji Hyun learned how to grow good grapes, learned how to drive a tractor, learned how to flirt with a hot doctor who happened to be his college friend, learned how to spray insecticides, learned how to take a shower outside the house, and also learned how to LOVE.

As Ji Hyun spent her life in the vineyard as a farmer, she didn't realize that she was already falling for the simple farmer whom she despised so much at first sight. Although Ji Hyun already had a boyfriend, she still can't help noticing Taek Gi especially the things he has done to her.

Taek Gi was never Ji Hyun's type. Aside from only being a farmer, Taek Gi wasn't really good looking unlike her boyfriend who's got the looks and money at the same time.

But as unbelievable as it could be, Ji Hyun and Taek Gi slowly fell for each other despite all their arguments and grudge with each other. They both learned how to help each other and even how to show care for each other.

Indeed, Ji Hyun finally realized that it isn't money that she needed. It is someone to spend her life with, someone who loves her not because she's a city girl but because she's herself, she's Lee Ji Hyun, the girl who worked hard and cried simply seeing the result of her hardwork.

On the other hand, Taek Gi realized that a nice girl wasn't what he needed, but someone who will understand him despite his hot temper and one who will try her best to learn even the hardest things in life.

Love indeed moves in mysterious ways and you've got to experience it first before finally telling yourself that you are in love. Sometimes fate may bring the future to you and sometimes your own choice may also lead you to happiness. Had not Ji Hyun followed her heart, she might not be happy with the doctor whom she thought she liked.

Realizing that love is just right under your nose is sometimes unbelievable because we tend to think of the future first rather than the present when you could be happiest.

Five stars for this series! :D

Wishing Stairs - Park Han Byul and Song Ji Hyo

Park Han Byul - Kim Soo Hee

Song Ji Hyo - Park Jin Sung

This is the third installment of Korea's Whispering Corridors series which is so far the best out of the four installments.

A story of two bestfriends torn apart by greed and a single wish.

Kim Soo Hee and Park Jin Sung were bestfriends majoring in ballet. They were so close that even teachers find it hard to separate them.

Soo Hee was their ballet teacher's favorite and whatever mistake she made, the teacher never scolds her instead blames everything on Jin Sung.

Because of this, Jin Sung started to envy her bestfriend even though Soo Hee did everything for her.

Soo Hee loved Jin Sung so much that she never wanted to be away from her. She usually dreamed of them together going to Europe to perform onstage. But Jin Sung took everything for granted, wanting to be on her bestfriend's place.

When there was a competition for a representative to be sent to Russia, Jin Sung found herself competing against Soo Hee. But knowing that she can't beat Soo Hee, she became desperate. Until she found out the solution.

Han Ju, a girl obssessed with Soo Hee told Jin Sung that the staircase leading to her doemitory grants wishes if she finds the 29th step. According to legends, the fox grants the wishes of whoever has found the 29th step in the usual 28-step staircase.

Thinking that it's true and because she was so desperate, Jin Sung tried what Han Ju told her. Putting all her faith and heart to it, she started counting the steps of the stairs until she really found the 29th.

But she didn't know that a simple wish could lead to a big problem. Jin Sung only wished to win the competition against Soo Hee but the stairs seemed to have more in mind than that simple wish.

Becuase of too much greed, Jin Sung even managed to put some shards of glass inside Soo Hee's toe shoes, distracting her toes. But nonetheless, Soo Hee still managed to dance gracefully in front of the judges. This maddened Jin Sung more, that she pushed her bestfriend down the stairs injuring both her legs.

Because of depression about what her bestfriend did to her, Soo Hee jumped off from the hospital building killing herself. This became a huge shock to Jin Sung but she ignored it knowing that she didn't have any competition anymore to represent Russia.

But weird things started to happen after Soo Hee's death. Jin Sung has been haunted by nightmares of her bestfriend and worse was Han Ju started acting very weird after wishing from the stairs to return Soo Hee to her.

She was then possessed by Soo Hee's spirit scaring the hell out of Jin Sung. After killing her rival in arts, Han Ju started following Jin Sung as if she was Soo Hee.

In the end, Han Ju killed herself on a fire, thinking that Soo Hee has never liked her and believing that Jin Sung also never liked Soo Hee as much.

But the story didn't end here. Jin Sung was still haunted by Soo Hee and so she decided to go back and wish from the stairs to return everything back to normal.

But as unbelievable as it could be, instead of the 29th step, Jin Sung saw Soo Hee waiting for her up the stairs. Telling her how much she wanted to be with her and that she never wanted to leave her alone. She hugged Jin Sung, saying that she cannot wait for her bestfriend anymore, thus killing her the way she was killed on the stairs.

Scary huh! After watching this movie, I even told myself that I will never have a bestfriend anymore. Well this movie will really show how much one can do because of greed.

Friendship can sometimes be taken for granted especially when dreams are in line. Because of selfishness, terrible things could be done and friendship could be ruined.

But still, friendship can find a way to put things back into place. In this movie's case, killing Park Jin Sung so she can be with Kim Soo Hee once again.

Never take friendship for granted. It is only once when one can find a true friend and sometimes letting that friend go could either be hard or couldhave consequences.

Five stars for this movie! =)

Whispering Corridors - Kim Gyu Ri and Choi Sae Yeon

Kim Gyu Ri - Lim Ji Oh

Choi Sae Yeon - Youn Jae Yi

Jookran High School looked so typical fromthe outside, but inside, terrible happenings could be known. Apart from terrifying teachers who would really hurt their students, some dark secrets lie within the school which will be unveiled bythe comeback of the school's alumni, Hur Eun Young as a new teacher to the school.

Lim Ji Oh was a high school student in Jookran with high dreams. She isn't popular yet she isn't bad in school either.

Youn Jae Yi was a quiet and very dependent girl. She and Ji Oh became friends when they were assigned as the school's maintainance for the week.

Things could have gone well when the school was shocked by the death of a faculty member. Fearing that her best friend who died 9 years ago might be behind this, Eun Young found ways to solve the puzzle running in the school.

Still bizarre killing happened in the school without any trace of possible evidences until such time that Ji Oh found something she wasn't supposed to find in the place where Eun Young's bestfriend died. The puzzle was solved and Ji Oh found out that Jae Yi wasn't whom she supposed to be.

Jae Yi has been killing the teachers in school because they love to pick on Ji Oh all the time. Being the only one to accept her, Jae Yi promised not to let anyone hurt Ji Oh. But Ji Oh never asked for this to happen and so she convinced Jae Yi to finally stop the horrors happening in the school so everyone will be at peace.

This is a Korean Horror that will somehow leave you hanging. Well I admit that I didn't find this movie amusing. This isn't somehow the type of horror I was expecting as I started watching. I realized as I've watched through the end that the story has a very poor plot although the characters have been so good. I was kinda disappointed in this movie because apart from "no" ghost appearances, the ending seemed a bit peculiar.

One star for this movie =/

Goong: Princess Hours - Joo Ji Hoon and Yoon Eun Hye

Joo Ji Hoon - Lee Shin

Yoon Eun Hye - Shin Chae Gyung

Kim Jeong Hoon - Lee Yul

Song Ji Hyo - Min Hyo Rin

Monarchy in modern Korea? Is it really possible? Well think of it, tradition and modernity going together. Do you guys think it's a bit slightly off key?

Well not for this most popular series in South Korea. This series dared to change the people's perspective of a Korean Monarchy.

Goong means Palace in Korean. Yes, it is indeed very significant since most of the plot in this series happened inside the palace where love and tragedy bloomed.

Lee Shin Goon was the current Crown Prince of the South Korean monarchy. Upon discovering the illness of the king, the royal family quickly fulfilled his request to have his grandson married to someone to be the Crown Princess. Shin's grandfather has made a promise with his bestfriend who was a commoner to have his grandson and the commoner's granddaughter married. Fulfilling the promise, the royal family made ways to convince the girl about the marriage.

Shin Chae Gyung was one of the commoners in South Korea who goes to an exclusive high school, majoring in arts. She goes to the same school with the Crown Prince, but unlike him, no guys or even girls flocked around her when she arrived in school except for her three bestfriends. Her common life would change though when she found out that she was the one destined to be married to be the Crown Princess.

Min Hyo Rin was the school's outstanding ballerina. She and Shin were dating when Shin found out about the political marriage. Shin begged her to marry him just to escape from that said political marriage yet Hyo Rin rejected him, fearing that she might have to give up her career as she tried to be the Crown Princess. But her decision was so wrong.

Lee Yul Goon was the original Crown Prince but because of the tragic death of his father, he and his mom were forced out of the Palace. Because of anger, Yul's mom brought him to London where he grew up. Upon hearing the Crown Prince's marriage, Yul and his mom went back to Korea for revenge in getting Yul's postion back. There, he met the Crown Princess and fell in love with her.

Complicated story? Well quite, yes. As Chae Gyung and Shin spent their married life inside the palace where Chae Gyung received training as a Crown Princess at the same time going to school, obstacles came between their relationship and the royal family as well.

Hyo Rin realized that she should have agreed to Shin's proposal. Being under the brainwashing of Yul's mom, she did her best to get Shin back from Chae Gyung, even though it meant ruining her dancing career and even her reputation.

As for Yul, his desire to become King again grew when he started falling in love with Chae Gyung. Knowing that he was the one who was orignally agreed to be married with her, he did his best to take back what was "originally" his even though his mom hated the Crown Princess so much.

These desires to get back what was lost lead to a tragedy and a great controversy ever to happen to the Korean Monarchy. But as what a story should be, everything was solved in such wonderful ways.

Hyo Rin finally realized that she cannot get back Shin's heart since Chae Gyung already had it and even though Yul still wanted Chae Gyung, he gave up his desire to be the Crown Prince just to spare his cousin from injustice.

In the end, Yul didn't become the Crown Prince anymore and Shin gave up the position also, putting his older sister to the throne as the new Queen of Korea.

What happened to Shin and Chae Gyung then? They went to another country and started a new life there. Marrying again this time not for political reasons but for love reasons.

Having a monarchy in modern Korea isn't easy. In this series, it is shown that tradition and modernity hardly coincide since the elderly have different perspectives that the younger ones. But this could make us realize that even though old traditions must be relieved in a monarchy, things could also change like the forcibly political marriage and keeping the family of non-Crown position away from the palace.

And of course, who could forget love. Well this story shows us how love can develop even between two strangers who grew up in two entirely different worlds and also how love can sometimes hinder happiness but bring back what you deserve!

Five stars for the longest Korean series ever! :D