Wednesday, December 22, 2010

[RR] Jay Park vs. JYP

Recently, many articles regarding JYP's appearance on Win Win and his conversation Jay Park have resurfaced the internet, yet again. -_-

WHY?! Because of the same people that got Jay to leave 2PM in the first place.

What is this all about?
Apparently, fans netizens are, once again, putting some crap load of blame on JYP again.
WHY?! Nobody freakin' knows!

And, not only that, but now Sidus HQ (Jay's current company) has put in their own opinion on the issue.

So when exactly did JYP appear on this show that it is creating such a ruckus now?
Apparently it was yesterday -_- (or today since I live in the US)

Ironically, he also talked about AJ (Kikwang of B2ST) not making a debut under JYP. Personally, I think JYP is proud of all his artists regardless where they are now. That includes Rain, former G.O.D. members, Hyuna (WG/4Minute), & Doojoon (B2ST). And most of all, i think he's even proud of Jay, whether its based on Jay's talent and undieing determination or just his own pride of having raised him.

Recently, I've been wondering how that JYP Christmas album would've turned out had Jay still been a part of JYPE. Would he have been one of the original members?

[I think he would've fit perfectly behind Sunye and Min, don't you?]

People tend to forget that it's because of JYP that Jay is where he is right now, even though it's also because of JYP that he's not a 2PM member anymore.
And it's these same (curse word adjective) netizens that are the reason that Jay left in the first place.
Some people really need to learn to let it go!

You can read the articles on allkpop

Monday, December 20, 2010

[DR] Secret Garden ~ Episodes 7-10

Finally getting a chance to catch up on SG. :)

So obviously, by this point, Joo won's Claustrophobia is pretty evident.

So they're back from Jeju and Joo won's Mom is a (fill in the blank). But on the bright side, Joo won is finally happy that they switced bodies so he could take his mom's harsh words. Aww...he's protecting Ra Im, but she tells him that his words have been harsher. However, he keeps saying that she never "thinks" about him...I'm assuming he's talking about his status/position.

The magical veil is actually kind of confusing to me. I mean, it's good that we get to see how they would look in their own bodies every once in a while, but I think it would be better to go back to the last scene and show how different they would've reacted.
I feel like Joo won's secretary is the biggest victim here. He has to endure Joowon's threats and then face a nice Ra Im.
And Byuntae Joo won's house code is his ideal body (36-24-34). And so sweet of Ra Im (in Joowon's body) to cook for Oska (this is her advantage in the body swap).
That Tae Ssun guy sure is a mystery (a cute mystery) that will later be solved by Seul after a scary Plaigerism scandal for poor Wooyoung (in which Seul has to suffer accusations as well).
*Which brings me to wonder, if Jaebeom (2PM) had played this role, how would it have turned out?

Now that Joo won and Ra Im have to adjust to living each other's life, they have to start going to work and interacing with "obstacles". Personally, I think Joo won (in Ra Im's body) acts funny around the other action school members but it was pretty low of him to use the swap to get rid of his "competition", in other words Ra Im's Director. The poor guy gets so confused when he recieves the nice text messages from Ra Im, since they still use their own phones, and of course when they switch back and Ra Im's clueless about his feelings. :(
It was pretty hilarious when Ra Im changed Joo won's signature, which becomes a big problem for Director Park (on whom Ra Im can "step on" as much as she wants as Joo won had given her permission) because he had just perfected Joo won's signature. What's more is that she made it really girly with a heart.

What's more hilarious is the situation that Ra Im puts Joowon's body in:

And the slight room swap mishap:
And I love how all four main characters in some way use some form of jealousy whether they're the ones doing it or being affcted by it.

And Joowon's sweet talk about wanting to have put more money into his taxes if he had known that it was raising Ra Im was his moment of sincerety. :)

Ahh, and then Joowon goes to meet his mother (in Ra Im's body), where he/she is offered money to leave "Joowon", which he accepts and spends all in the same day, but only after giving his mother a good taste of what is not Ra Im's character (in other words, acting classy instead of apoligizing like she would've).

Then he goes to meet his "doctor" (Lee) and asks her if she's been offered money before to which leads me to think that they must've had some sort of relationship. O_O And she also tells "Ra Im" that she should leave Joowon because he is incapable of protecting her...right to his face/soul.

On the other hand, Ra I'm (in Joowon's body) gets into a fight for which she/he gets arrested and then is told by Joo won (in Ra Im's body) that he isn't going to get "himself" out. Ironically as He walks out (into the rain), they happen to switch their bodies back! lol. Now he's locked himself in. And as punishment for earlier, Ra m also decides that Joowon shouldn't be let out...so she leaves.
After being bailed he goes o Ra Im's house expecting a reflection on her actions which ends with:
Since they haven't switched their phones back yet, Ra Im sees the pictures of her Joowon took from her locker. And Joo won sees the Oaska socks that Ra Im wore...on his feet. X] And finds out that she changed his house code to Woo Young's birthdate.
Then Oska's whole plaigerism thing happens and he goes to blame Seul but (only the viewers know this) it turns out that one of her workers accidently leaked his song.
And it turns out that Joowon's younger sister takes a liking to Ra Im's director and also spills the beans on her mother's plans and Joo won's previous actions.
Then, Ra Im goes to see Oska's performance, ends up on  date with him and tries to cheer him up:
The most memorable part was when Ra Im makes her Little Mermaid comment saying that unlike the girl, she's not in love with "him" TT_TT ... Joo Won is left speechless.

Episode 10 tries to show Ra Im and Joowon trying to put everything back in place. In other words, Ra Im goes back to being overly formal and practicing her butt off and Joowon goes back to being a rich jerk and thinking of Ra Im all day long. ;)

And does this kid keep getting hotter by the episode or what:
Joo won and Woo young act like little kids stealing each others toys but of course they must have benefits. Joowon, being his stubborn self keeps showing up at the action school...and:


[BTW, she looks so cute in that outfit ^^]
And then he tries be one of her kind (x]): 
The funniest part of his tactics was when he was supposed to be shot down. He looked at everyone else lying down and then walks over to someone and lies down on top of the poor guy. -_-

After shooting, they all go out for a meal and drinks. And since Joowon is sitting in front of his rival, they decide to have a friendly competition of who can get drunk faster. and somehow end up at Ra Im's house. Where, in the morning, Wooyoung shows up to take her away, on another date:

I just might want to throw away my earlier assumption of Woo young not having any feelings whatsoever for Ra Im because he seems to be "fond" of her...but it's still a bit soon to tell.
Half way through the drama, only 10 episodes left! :(

Prepare to see Joowon be a son of jerk(face) in the next episode.

***Credits to dramabeans for the pictures


Sunday, December 19, 2010

[DR] Secret Garden ~ Episodes 1-6


It's been a while since I've seen the first couple of episodes so I'll make this short.
Secret Garden had been a drama that I had anticipated since they first revealed the cast.

The beginning was very satisfying because it wasn't dragged and boring, but in fact, fast-paced and it got straight to the point.

It pretty much follows the basic plotline with a unique twist.
Boy meets girl, develops an "interest" in the girl, doesn't admit to liking the girl, and eventually faces 1 or 2 other "oponents". Btw, is it just me or would a Korean drama not run unless the boy is rich and the girl is...not rich? Oh and btw, the twisted part is the boy & girl switching bodies. ;)

I'm kind of unsatisfied with Philip Lee's role. I was impressed with his character in Legend, it kind of makes me sad that they gave him such a character in SG. :( I'm not saying he's unlikable, just that his character doesn't give justice to his acting.

And I'm also unsatisfied that the second guy, "Oska", has no interest in Ra Im (well not in "that" way). :(
But that's okay cause she has Hyunbin and he has Seul.

And I've realized that the funniest  part of this show, besides Hyunbin acting like a girl, was definitely Seul's english. :D And I love how Joo won is always trying to explain to everyone how expensive his tracksuit is.

[RR] Korean Drummers

This just clicked in my mind after the previous post.
The drums have always been my favorite instrument and I always pay close attention to drummers.
Sadly, there aren't very many popular "real" boybands. There is however, my favorites, FT Island & CN Blue.
For FT Island my favorite members have always been Wonbin and Hongki but for CN Blue, I'm completely in love with Min Hyuk...and then I watched Actress Butler and fell in love with the Minwoo guy so I  did a bit of research on him. Surprisingly I found out that he was the former Trax drummer and 2nd guy who looked so irresistably adorable in My Girlfriend is a Gumiho. :)
And Coincidently all of the drummers' names are Choi Minhwan, Kang Minhyuk & Noh Minwoo & they're all equally attractive. ^_^

[DR] Actress Butler Episode 1

First of all, Actress Butler is not a drama, but in fact a variety show (but I'll be putting it up as a drama review).

I recently got Korean channels on my t.v. (around October/November) and have been trying out new shows ever since. Because I live in the States, the shows air much later than they do in Korea so the first episode just aired recently and I watched it just last night. And I also hadn't seen the Chuseok special so I was unaware of how the show ran. And it kind of reminds me of Mei-chan's Butler (Japanese drama) but instead it has idols.

At first, my main attractions to the show were Son Dambi, Lee Hongki & Se7en (I'd seen previews of it before)...but after watching the first episode, a few other "butlers" caught my attention. It was pretty hard to catch onto a lot of the funny parts because I don't think mbc subs variety shows (TT_TT).

Personally, I was sad that nobody chose Hongki because he would have been my first choice, even though the guy below caught my attention with his piano skills. His name No Minwoo.
Btw, I think Son Dambi looked really classy on the show. ;)

Se7en and Ha Suk Jin would've been my next eye-catchers esp. after seeing how cute Sukjin acted with Jo Yuh Jeong.
And can't forget how adorable Hongki looked in his "maid" outfit.
(Episode 2)
Can't wait to see Dambi's part in the next episode. ;) Which I am about to go watch right now.
Overall, I'm looking forward to episode 2, but that's probably because of my bias over Dambi. -_-



Thursday, December 16, 2010

Hello ~

This is my first time blogging. I'm totally new to it. My blogs will most likely alway have to do with something Korean related, be it dramas, songs, mvs, fanfics, etc.

For the most part, I will be posting up my fanfics on here and possibly movie/drama (recent ones I've seen) reviews.

I'll probably also go on ranting about new music videos once in a while. :)

Those listed above will be labeled as follows:
Fanfiction: [FF] - The main character will always be Sunye [Wonder Girls] unless otherwise stated.
Movie Review: [MR] I've seen a lot of Korean movies, ask me for recommendations.
Drama Review/Rant: [DR] Usually, this will be for like the first episode or just me going off on something about some drama.
Music Video Review: [MV-RANT] KPOP Music Video Nonsense: I like a lot groups, solo artists too. ^^
Song Review: [R] Don't do this much...
What the F**?: [WTF?] What's going on?! Usually my opinion on some random news.
News: [News] I'll probably post up some random news [probably KPOP related] I find interesting.
Random Rant: [RR] Other opinionated stuff that doesn't fall into other categories.

*Special Categories - aka, my biases
Wonder Girls: [WG] Anything that has to do specifically with Wonder Girls.
Big Bang: [BB] Anything that has to do specifically with Big Bang.
WonderBang: [WB] Cause this is just how I roll.

***Important NOTE:

When I write reviews, rants, or fanfiction, I NEVER mean to cause harm/humiliation and I defintely don't mean to offend any of the artists/celebrities or their music (or other work such as dramas or movies). My only purpose is to serve as a guide and give my opinion on certain subject matters...but mostly to entertain. :)