Tuesday, May 29, 2012

Korean Drama7: Playful Kiss

There are several versons of Playful Kiss- Taiwanese one, Japanese one and Korean one. I have watched Taiwanese and Korean versions and I like both of them.
Korean Version
















Taiwanese version



They both depicted fully the love and interesting story between the male and female characters and today, I am going to introduce Playful Kiss, the Korean version to you.
A high school girl named Oh Ha Ni who is in the bottom of her class has had a crush on popular and genius male student named Baek Seung Jo.  Ever since she saw him on the first day of high school, she had regarded him as her prince charming. Ha Ni decides to confess through a letter, but is rejected by Seung Jo, who tells her that he hates stupid girls.
Fate intervenes when a mild earthquake ruins Ha Ni's family's new house. While the house gets rebuilt, Ha Ni and her father stay at the home of her dad's childhood friend, who happens to be Seung Jo's father. Seung Jo's mother likes Oh Ha Ni very much and always considers her to be her real daughter. Living together for several years from their senior high life and university life, Seung Jo gradually falls in love with Ha Ni by her purity and innocence. Yet, Seung Jo did not confess his love to Ha Ni and because of that, they meet a lot of difficulties and obstacles in between.
At first, I do not like Ha Ni, who is labeled as a super stupid girl. Smart people and super dumb people are always paralleled but they bumped into each other which can not be happened in the real world. Yet, in the end, they are finally together and overturn what I thought.

Wednesday, May 16, 2012

Korean Drama6:Personal Preference

Personal Preference is also one of my favorite Korean Drama. The reason why I started to watch this drama is because of my teacher's recommendation. Also, I was attracted because of this handsome actor whose name is Lee Min Ho. Yet, the more I watched this drama, the more I felt I was not only obsessed to this handsome guy but also this whole story.
Jeon Jinho, a budding architect, is mistaken as gay by Park Gae In. In order to be roommate with Park, Jeon did not tell the true that, in fact, he was a straight guy. The reason why Jeon wanted to live with Park is because she was the owner of a mysterious house that has never been opened to outsiders. Jeon was known as a picky man who always wore a poker face. He always made fun of Park who did not know how to make herself up. At first, Park and Jeon did not get along well and they framed each other, but as time flies, they fell in love with each other while Jeon found out Park was so kind and so pure; Park found out Jeon was not that evil. Although he pretended to be gay, his feelings were exposed due to his jealous which is at first oblivious to Gae In. There were also some awkward moments which a girl wouldn't normally do or say in front of a guy.  Yet,Park was always positive and caring that Jinho felt the need to protect her from being hurt again. In the middle of the story, Park found out Jeon was not gay, she was happy but at the same time was angry that Jeon never told her the truth. Park believed love could not be built within in tons of lies, and that's why in the end, when she found out the reason why Jeon Jinho wanted to be her roommate was .in fact, having another intention, she bursted into anger and disappointment. In the end of the story, Jeon showed his sincerity toward Park and she realized how much she loved him. In the end, Jeon was forgiven and they lived together happily.

Tuesday, May 1, 2012

Korean Drama5:My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox


My Girlfriend is a Nine-Tailed Fox is one of my favorite Korean Drama that I have watched in last summer  vacation.   The story is generally about a love story between a man and a nine-tailed fox and how he helps her to get rid of her tails and become a human.
Cha Dae-woong, the male character,  accidentally releases a troublesome Gumiho, a legendary fox with nine tails, sealed inside a painting by Grandma Samshin. The fox is, in fact, a kind and nice one who's trying to be a human being, but Dae-woong, at first, was afraid of her because rumor has that nine-tailed fox liked to eat the livers of humans. Yet, everytime when Dae-woong was in great peril, and even was going to lose his life, the fox always went and saved him by giving him "fox marble" which is the symbolic of fox's energy. Gradually, Cha Dae realized Gumiho was not evil creature, he fell in love with her and would like to help her out to change her into a human being.  He  stays with her and he tries to keep her happy, while hiding her true identity as a gumiho from all others by having her pose as his human girlfriend Mi ho.
As the story unfolds, Mi ho  pursues her goal of becoming human. Park Dong Joo who was  the half-human, half-monster informing her that to do so, she must drink human blood and allow a human to keep her fox marble inside their body for a full 100 days. Yet, Dong Joo did not mention that at the end of the 100 days the human will die. Loving each other deeply, yet, they do not know the consequence of fullfilling Mi ho's dream of becoming a human being.
I do not know if the ending is counted as happy one or sad one because Mi ho did not successfully become a "real" human being but there was still one tail left. But, finally, Cha Dae-woong could finally be together with Mi ho. I just wonder since Mi ho was still a "one -tail" fox, can they have baby after they get married? Then, will they be able to live together forever since Mi ho always remains to be young and Cha-Dae-woong, just like our human being will die in the end. Those are my questions that bumped into my mind when I finish watching this drama. lol