random ramblings

I’m back to watching k-dramas ;D hehehe It’s been a while since I watched a whole series.. I think I didn’t watch any kdrama for almost a year?? I just didn’t have time anymore since I went back to school. The thing is once I started watching, I can’t stop :p It’s too addictive hehe It’s bad.. so I better not start all, or else kdramas would consume all of my free time

After I was done with finals, I had some free time and finished The 1st Shop of Coffee Prince

I know that Coffee Prince was one of the top kdramas of 2007, and definitely one of the most talked about… and actually I already watched 2 episodes of it last year when I went back to Indonesia during the summer and it was quite interesting.. so I thought I should pick it back up before watching a different one.

Hmmm I thought it was alright. It’s good, fresh storyline, but nothing sensational hehe it’s not enough to keep me glued to the TV / laptop. And for me personally it was quite forgettable afterwards. Probably because I don’t like the actors and actresses. I don’t even remember the characters’ names right now… that means it’s really not memorable for me. I stilll remember some characters’ names from kdramas that I watched 3-4 years ago

So I planned to catch up watching more kdramas this summer.. and I brought my collection with me hehe a big stack of DVDs that I haven’t watched yet. So far I already watched 2 of them now…Since I’ve been out of the loop for a while, I have to depend on reviews now to decide what to watch. In the past there was a time when I actually was watching a drama that was still airing in Korea hahaha and I would be so unpatient waiting for the English subtitles to come out. What would we do without those amazing fansubbers :p ??I remember that was during My Girl and Goong time .. that was early 2005? gosh it’s been that long.

A few weeks ago (in San Jose) I finished Dalja’s Springs –another drama that has great reviews; it’s supposed to be funny and cute. After My Girl, my expectation is quite high.

I actually love ChaeRim the actress in her previous roles – and she’s good in this drama, but I don’t like the guys!!! So Dalja’s Springs also is just so-so in my book. .. is there no more good kdramas out there?? I think after My Girl really raised the bar high for me, and it’s so hard to find one that’s good.. that I can actually recommend to others to watch..

I finally found one this weekend that I would recommend to others .. it’s Queen of The Game This one is actually not on the -highly rated drama- list, but I’ve been wanting to watch it because of the actress – Lee Bo Young. I loved her in her previous dramas!!  In fact I read some reviews that didn’t think too highly of this drama.. but I’m glad I ignore those reviews and watch this anyways.. because I love it love it love it!!!

The story is quite heavy :p it’s about family, business, revenge, and of course love. It’s quite sad too – lots of tearjerking moments – which I love hahaha.. I always love movies that can make me cry So it’s probably not for everyone hehe Oh btw, I just fast forwarded (can’t help it :p)  the parts I am not interested in :p  so maybe that helped too cus I may just skipped the boring subplots.

I absolutely love the couple. They have great chemistry and they’re both gorgeous!!!! Haha while watching this drama everytime Hendrik called me, I always said “oOhh cakeeeep bangettt” and he thought I’m just crazy to behave like that at this age hahahaha but seriously though, this guy Joo Jin Mo is just HOTness !!! but these pictures don’t do him justice — got to watch the drama!