and uh if you don't celebrate it... still have a great day!! :D
Not here in Singapore!
XD I'm refering to the kdrama of that title (크리스마스에 눈이 올까요?). It's a melodrama, and I really dislike melodramas (haven't even watched the Mother of all k melodramas: Winter Sonata). Still, the story is not too far-fetched and the actors and actresses are really good (in their acting and their looks). It's not all crying and heartaches, but also filled with bits of details that can warm up your heart or make you laugh. One feature of this drama is the presence of many scenes that has no dialogue, just bg music and meaningful acting. I love those the most as it leaves room for interpretation.
Also, unlike most k melodramas, where at least one source of conflict comes from a character being a member of a chaebol (business conglomerate) family, this one doesn't seem to fall prey to this plot device. The only rich person is the female supporting lead Lee Woo Jung. But other than being slightly bad tempered and self-centered, I quite like her character. Her family doesn't seem to feature much up till now.
Basiclly, the story is as follows:
Female lead Han Ji Wan was from a small village town in Korea. One day, a family moves into the town and the male lead Cha Kang Jin is transfered into her school as a senior. Things happened and one day she indirectly caused him to drop his pendant into the river. The pendant was given to him by his father (whose identity we still don't know) and meant a lot to him. A few months later, she was confronted about her feelings for him, but she could not confess as she felt guilty for having caused him to lose the pendant. Seeing how sad she was, her brother decided to help her search for it in the river. As a result, he drowned. Later, Ji Wan found the pendant swept ashore from the river. She took the pendant with her and left home, feeling ashamed to face her parents.
Years later, they meet again by chance in Seoul. At first they were cold to each other, pretending not to know each other. But after Kang Jin confirmed that the Han Ji Wan he saw was indeed the one back from his hometown, he tried to continue their relationship. Kang Jin, being the more proactive one, gradually grew close to Ji Wan.
Things were going on fine and Ji Wan seemed to have forgotten about the sad past, and agreed to go on a date with Kang Jin. Kang Jin got called back to office during the date but left his hp behind. As Ji Wan waited for his return, she picked up a call on his hp, and it turned out to be her father, whom she has not contacted since she left home. That brought back memories of the past. Later, Kang Jin passed her some books, which turned out to be notes her brother had lent Kang Jin when he was still alive. He also asked her for the reason she left home without a word back then.
But Ji Wan didn't answer. Instead, she got Kang Jin to run an errand for her and went off by her own. Later, she was brought to the police station as she got too drunk. Her ex-fiance, Park Tae Jun, went to fetch her from the station and asked her why she got herself so drunk. Ji Wan blurted out that she had cleanly forgotten how her brother died, how he died while trying to find Kang Jin's pendant for her. This ws all overheard by Kang Jin, who had also rushed to the police station.
Superb acting, more realistic plot, good-looking cast. Go watch!
No, wait. I'll take that back. Wait till the next ep to see if this drama turns into a full fledged cliche melodrama!
Btw, I was having Christmas eve dinner at a hotel restaurant just now. There were people caroling at the lobby and they sang pretty well.....but as we ended dinner, I heard a familiar tune.
NOBODY.
OMG...like I haven't heard enough of it, on blogs, in shopping malls, on tv, EVERYWHERE, I had to hear it on Christmas eve even.
Hi!!!
ok, first things first
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sooo uhh nothing really interesting lately, AnS was a bit boring... yes, yes, I knooooow about Riidaa's cute faces but the ah idea behind all that wasn't exactly... amusing, at least for me D:
hmm as for today's show with Nino... haven't seen it I wasn't feeling exactly good so I decided to go to sleep instead of well, not sleeping in order to catch it and to be honest I already dled it but I'm not too interested in watching it
dunno I'm just not excited about it, sorry
ehh...
oh, THE MOM was asking me today if I have the Bambino! boxset oO I told her that no cuz it's too expensive... so after checking I told her it's 177 plus shipping and she was "oh, can you buy it for me?" oO huh?? she hasn't seen more than 2 eps and suddenly she wants the boxset just like, out of the blue?? did I miss something??
then I told her "ok, but it's 177 dlls" which obviously is quite expensive, even more for us
and she was like "THAT MUCH??!! OO"
...yeah mom, there's no way it's 177 pesos which is around 16 bucks *facepalm* you can't buy any boxset here for that price, even less an imported one... at least not that I know of
so I told her that if she wants to watch I have the files... but she didn't look that convinced -_- who gets her??!! DX
*sigh*
what else??
now I'm hooked on the BBC's radio shows...
remember about the uh Dr. Who fan one?? well, I was curious about what else was there and I found this one about celebrities interviewing other celebrities in a chain format *hence the name, duh*; you know 1st interviews 2nd who then interviews 3rd and so on... so because I wanted to listen to Catherine Tate interviewing David Tennant I had to dl the whole pack, just for one file XD;; but I found some other interesting ones there
I sure aaaall are interesting, except I'm not exactly super familiar with British celebrities, so to listen to most of them I'll have to do some research; you know, to have a little background about that person
what else?? there's a Red dwarf one :D we had a few eps shown here... pity it wasn't the whole thing ._.
oh, there's another one that I tried to listen to but since it's already season 3 I was kinda lost about what was going on...I was interested cuz the title is hilarious "Desperate Fishwives" which would be perfect for a series about Ohmiya hee hee
there's another series where the eps are written by the listeners, you listen to an ep, get some ideas about how it should continue, write it, send it and if it get chosen it gets recorded and so far is getting quite good *at least till the ep I'm on right now*
one of the ah webcomic guys that I usually read is doing something similar but with another artist, he draws a panel and the other continues the story, seems to be quite fun
I was thinking if I should try something like this but I don't know...
oh oh, I just uh found out about this stuff and thought it would be adooooorable if the guys did something like this
uhh what would Riidaa ask for??
this one is my fave... and *cough* I can see Aiba-chan doing the same thing at the end XDDD
ok, in case you don't wanna watch, he's just telling bedtime stories
yeeeees perhaps is another excuse to post vids but you can't deny he has a lovely accent!!! <3<3
but is soooo cute!!! and it doesn't have to be that long, around 5 mins is perfect!!!
c'mon who wouldn't want that?? and I already made a strip about that, remember?? with Shosus reading the prince Domyojun story?? :D
oh yeah, I still have to make the last MG strip... hmm probably after X'mas since there's not a lot of ppl around lately
Jan-Ken-Pon meery x'mas!!
[ZerochaphiL] me too XDD
Agent K. thanks!!
fitrin hmm true :D
marliefox to be honest, I think everyone should try at least once "the Ohno way" maybe we'll be happier that way :D
Choshi right?? sadly it's not always possible...
eyl thanks!!!
VampyrRep ahh cuz you've been away or cuz I haven't done much lately?? XD;;;
See ya!!!
Took them when I was in Seoul.
Such a beautiful school.
Tons of eateries all around the neighbourhood.
A lot of PC-bangs, DVD-bangs and KTV-bangs too.
And more than 4 pharmacies!
lol.
A tunnel leads us to the traffic light in front of the school.
That's the hospital wing of the medical school.
That is the university entrance. In case you're wondering, it was around...1pm that Thursday.
The long uphill road leading from the entrance to the different colleges.
Admin building, about 150-200m from the entrance, at the end of the loooong uphill road.
As I was walking quite briskly & had like 4 layers of clothes + outer coat on, I was panting by the time I reached here.
Business school, about 50m behind the admin building, also uphill.
Business school circled on the top right, entrance on bottom left. All uphill.
Yes, can you see the road?
Took them when I was in Seoul.
Such a beautiful school.
Tons of eateries all around the neighbourhood.
A lot of PC-bangs, DVD-bangs and KTV-bangs too.
And more than 4 pharmacies!
lol.
A tunnel leads us to the traffic light in front of the school.
That's the hospital wing of the medical school.
That is the university entrance. In case you're wondering, it was around...1pm that Thursday.
The long uphill road leading from the entrance to the different colleges.
Admin building, about 150-200m from the entrance, at the end of the loooong uphill road.
Business school, about 50m behind the admin building, also uphill.
Business school circled on the top right, entrance on bottom left. All uphill.
Yes, can you see the road?
PHEW! Finally finished up translations for WISFC ep5. O.O And now I can catch up on all the online going ons! The above was taken at the Seoul Incheon airport on Sunday. Not because of the face on it but because of the English. Just for laughs!
And yes, I'm back already. I'm so glad to be back, really. My skin was sprouting rough, sore patches all around, but after I returned to Singapore's air, with aa night's sleep, the patches started to get better without me applying any medicine! I love the humid air!
I already knew that a parcel arrived for me when I was in Japan, but still, I couldn't help but feel giggly when I saw the box sitting on my desk!
It's from Korea!
And in it, a soft toy.
It's the Pig Rabbit!
With the Japanese tradition of giving in return, I sent out some letters to my dear fellow fangirls. If you spot one such envelop in your mailbox, pm me ne!
sometimes I hate nature... ;_;
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We went to do more sightseeing yesterday, with a new tour guide. She's much better I feel, in terms of smiling, friendliness, English, knowledge of good places to go and initiative. Aniwaes, we went to Lotte World, which I absolutely loved but didn't get to ride anything except for the pharoah 3D virtual show. =( It's a place to go with friends, not family. Not a family who's afraid of the smallest things. Aniwaes, I also saw the hot air balloon ride featured in Creating Destiny. XP I think it's really destiny coz on the previous tour, I walked past this shop in Insadong that was used as Yeo Jun siter's pastry shop in the show.
After Lotte World, we went to this precius stone workshop where gm bought some jewelry. Then it was to 63 Building to view the nightscape!
Pretty ne? Looks like Christmas lightings.
Not when you look properly what it's made of. Or when you're in the middle of it.
We wentto the Wax Museum next!
I'd be happier if it was Yong Ha's role instead of Yon-sama's. I didn't even watch Winter Sonata lah! But, just for fun!
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Today is our last day in Seoul. And being very very afraid of the weather outside My face is starting to peel and turn into a pimples hotspot), we decided to stay indoors and shop at COEX mall. Surprisingly, I bought very little even at Seoul! Just bought two tops and some hair accessories. I tried to speak in Korean, and I think Agnes sunsaengnim would have been proud. We ended the day at the convenience store, and I wanted to buy some drinks. There, I experienced the power of celeb endorsements. I totally have no interest in the drinks offered by the store, and decided to jsut grab some orange juice and random sodas. And then, I saw it. HJL on a bottle! It was a soda, and so I decided to buy it. When the product itself makes little difference, celeb advertising comes to play. Aniwaes, it was a good choice because the soda tasted quite good. Even my non-fangirl gm says so.
The purchase I was most happy with was the YB Novel part 2 and the Comic part 2. They were both released 18th Dec, just a day ago! Lucky me!! If they had released it tomorrow, I wouldn't have been able to get it at such a cheap price. I haven't really read them (no time) but I browsed through it and realised that the Comic comprises 3 parts, and the third book will be out in Jan. T.T Below are some photos I took of the BTS pictures attached at the back of the Novel part 2.
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I guess I'm one of the minority who loved his hairstyle at the start of the drama.
It's the YB International Fan Project Message Book JGS is holding yo!
This was after the first forced kiss scene ne?
JGS at top, Park Shin Hye bottom.
Hong Gi top, Yong Hwa bottom.
I'm so gonna scan the chibi images into HQ and print them out!
Another thing...I was rewatching YB when I realised this tidbit about the star talk scene. Read the following dialogue:
고미남: 그 별은 아주 많은 사람이 좋아해주는 별입니다. 그 많은 사람 중에 저도 끼어서 그 별을 좋아해도 죄가 되지 않겠죠?
Go Mi Nam: That star is a star that many people likes. It won't be a transgression even if I join those people in liking the star, right?
황태경: 넌 그런 것도 허락 받고 좋아하냐? 별한테 물어봐. 넌 지금 보일 거 아니야.
Hwang Tae Kyung: You want to get consent even for such a thing? Ask the star. Aren't you looking at it now?
Doesn't this echo the later episode where Tae Kyung said he consents to Mi Nam liking him?
황태경:고미남, 앞으로 네가 날 좋아하는 걸 허락해준다.
Hwang Tae Kyung: Go Mi Nam, in the future, to your liking me, I give my consent.
I know how that scene of him giving consent, by itself, is a classic scene. Maybe it's just me, but seems like there weren't much discussion of the link between the above two scenes. It's like TK remembered their time together and gave MN the answer she needed.
Also, this link made the part where MN thanked TK for accepting her as a fan more logical. Actually I had a bit of an issue as to why MN thought that TK was giving her consent to become his fan. How could anyone be so dumb with regards to a confession? But with this link, I could see why. MN had heard TK's words as an answer to her previous question at her father's hometown. And when she asked that question, she had framed it as her joining TK's fans in liking him, as a fan.
I'm like super duper tired, so this is gonna be short.
I went to Yonsei University today to have a look at my potential exchange school, and gosh the place is so beautiful! The campus looks like a Hogswarts castle with English-style buildings and rich greenary, complete with a maze-like garden. The only complaint I have is that the campus is situated on slopes and the Biz school is right at the top, so by the time I reached the building, I was panting hard.
The weather was really cold today. I wore like, four layers! The worst part were my hands...I bought gloves, but it wasn't enough. Sometimes I had to take my hands out from the gloves and within that few seconds, I can feel the chill already!
Samantha had told me that the Uni was at Sincheon station. So I took a train there, but when I looked at the neighbourhood map at the station, I couldn't find the Uni. It turned out that the station was Shinchon station instead! Fortunately, it was on the same line so I just continued taking the train along the line.
After Yonsei, I went to Myeongdong. It took me two transfers (once at City Hall station and once at Seoul station). I'm glad that it was relatively easy to understand the train lines and figure out where and how to transfer. This is one thing I prefer over Tokyo. The subway lines at Tokyo are too complicated, and as there are more than 1 operator, sometimes the transfer requires you to get out of the station and walk quite a bit to the station for the other operator. Here in Seoul, you just walk inside the station itself. However, it's quite strange that for some stations where the tracks for both directions are next to each other instead of separated by the platform, passengers have to pass through the ticket gantry on the correct side or they'll be unable to get onto the train towards the correct direction. Or maybe I just didn't look carefully for a passageway across. Also, the train map at the ticketing machines was so small! There was only one, and attached to a stan by the side of the machines. So, you have to crowd around that tiny map and squint to see the transfer stations etc.
I bought quite a lot of things at Myeongdong, and went into this idol shop. There were Japanese tourists inside and I heard the shopkeeper talking to them in Japanese. XD Demo, I couldn't find anything YB-related. Not even JGS-related! Not popular enough?
I had a few interesting encounters today:
1) I was buying train tickets at Samseung station to the Uni when this man at the machine next to mine asked me how to buy tickets to this particular station. In Korean. I guess it was because I was using the Korean interface for the machine that he mistook me as local. So, I just told him I can't speak Korean (in Korean, ironically) and decided to purchase tickets using the English interface in the future.
2) I was walking around Yonsei Uni when this student asked for directions. Again, I said I couldn't speak Korean.
3) The third incident happened at Myeongdong where I was browsing in this shop and the shopkeeper was really 'friendly'. He kept recommending me clothes that he feels match my style. I understood him, but I got tongue-tied for a response. So, when I made payment, he asked if I was a Korean. I said no, and he asked where I was from. Gosh, this is like the basics in Korean class, yet I got tongue-tied and just managed a weak "Singapore". Haha, he then smoothed my ego saying that I understood Korean good enough when I told him I could only understoof a bit of Korean. XD Nice shopkeeper! And when I paid him using the old 10k won notes, he was so amazed. O.O he was like "These are old money!" Are those very rare right now?
4) This totally dampened my mood. The last shop I visited was this shop selling Korean souvenirs and idol stuff. I grabbed two copies of this Korean magazines featuring SS501, and the shopkeeper immediately came with a basket and said, "You can put them in here." In Mandarin. I haven't even spoke a word! Does my appearance betray my ethnicity? And she had to follow me really closely throughout my stay in the shop! Argh!
Overall, Myeongdong is definitely worthed the hype. It's at least 3 times as huge an area as HK's Mongkok, and the human traffic flow at least 3 times as well. As most shops are selling winter goods, I didn't buy too much. But, imagine it being summer. With that large an area, it must be shopping paradise!
Off-topic, but I just finished watching Liar Game Season 2 ep 5. Hate the cliffhanger a the end! I have a feeling that that bespectacled guy betrayed Akiyama and Kanzaki. T.T
Hi!!
soo BA was good, but the thing I hate it's that it started too early for me, hence I was quite tired when the guys finally performed DX
theeeen congrats to Shosus Saint Man of the year!! :D
whose turn will be next year??
uhh today's VSA was ok, hmmm I like how Squishy and uh Meisa look together...
ahh soo I was thinking about finally watching MG... when tartaruga139 talked about an LJ comm and I saw the confidentials posted there... now I have more DW to watch!!! :D *thanks btw*
HOORAY!!!
but don't worry, I felt too guilty and finally re-watched MG on high speed just to have an idea of what was going on ^^;; sorry Masakimune-kun
have both!! :D
but... Masakimune-kun, I don't think your problem can be solved the same way... ^^;;
*as usual locked in 2 days*
btw I have a few ideas for... something, but I need a liiittle help from someone who knows DW better than me... anyone?? plz??
ChristinaThorne85 LOL I'm not wearing a vegetable, I'm just quoting DW XDD
sitiko don't worry, I won't :D
See ya!!!
