@21 and 22, just a quick shout out to mzpakipot. You're watching City Hall? :) I might start soon. I'm currently on Brilliant Legacy (you probably guessed why). BL is pure candy fluff but the actors are charming. The stepmom Kim Mi-sook is wonderfully pragmatic and heartless. Not getting Lee Seung-gi's character however - needs major rehabilitation for behavioral issues.

@samsooki Thank you. I loved her first film... In Between Days..

@Samsooki:

i edit my own ringtones as well. just use free audio editing software like audacity and save them as 128k or lower so won't take up much space. but your phone must be able to connect to the computer with the phone software to transfer in the files. but maybe in america, things work differently...

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i didn't post about this last time, cause this is about kpop and not others but talking bout interesting things to do...i think it differs in degrees. cause what is interesting to me maybe different. but...

i didn't really do anything interesting this week, other than driving to a new destination for the first time alone. and i didn't get lost! :) but that's not really interesting.

but the really interesting one could be i broke my own "no concerts" rule and went for wang lee-hom's Music Man concert on 2nd may...reason? academic research. maybe that's not interesting but weird. hehehe.

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and i'm strangely drawn to girls generation and super junior. finding suju's "it's you" interesting. SM, you!

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@23, Sonam:

Did she write Lovers in Prague? cause though that is not really great (the love triangle was like ?!), i like it. very much. maybe just because i love Jeon Do-yeon in that drama.

@cecee
I too have started Dae Jang Geum and it is really good. I've been meaning to watch it for awhile but never got around to until recently. I'm actually curious to see how the kdrama version of Kekkon Dekinai Otoko turns out b/c now I know who the main lead is since he's in DJG (and he is pretty attractive---though I can't comment much on his acting yet)

I started watching Air City while I was waiting for Dramafever to upload new eps of DJG. And I can't believe I never saw anything with Lee Jung-jae until now. Air City itself isn't that exciting, but Lee Jung-jae, beautiful men (the guy who plays Min-wook is pretty cute), and the chemistry b/t LJJ and CJW is keeping me entertained enough to continue. Now I'm really interested in checking out Feelings (especially after your post this week) Oh and speaking of Lee Jung-jae....does anybody know if subtitles for Sandglass are available? I've always wanted to see it, but never found subs...

@25 samsooki Last week you awakened my curiosity for "temptation of wife" and I've been on a hunt since to find a way to watch it. Since it's a very long series with lots of episodes, no regular subbing teams seem interested in doing it, and that probably explains why so few people are addicted to it, at least the non-Korean speaking folks. I found it with English subs last sunday, and since that fateful day, I have no life whatsoever(not that I used to have one before with all the drama-watching lol). I mean I agree, this thing is like a drug. The first time you try it and you become a junkie. It's insane the amount of hatred , betrayal, madness and malice you can find in this, the first 30 episodes are pure torture: how can she put up with all this, and how can a scriptwriter with a sane mind imagine all of this? But still, you get through so much emotions: surprise, anger, sadness, exasperation, joy... It's clearly worth the ride, it acts like a catharsis. I spent 29 episodes shouting at my screen: Eun Jae, grow some bone!Fight back! And I was actually relieved when she finally "drowned" in the sea , because I couldn't wait to see the revenge part lol. I love the aunt and the sister-in-law who manage to remain human decent beings and loathe the weak husband, the heartless mother and of course Ae-Ri.
Samsooki, we should shout to the world how deliciously insane this series is^^
@ dramabeans: thanks for advising us "story of a man", I really enjoy it, it's a pity for the ratings^^
I'll add my own personal recommendation: the daily kbs drama "the road home" is a nice watch^^

Yay Friday!

My performance for my classical Indian dance class is on the 22nd. We just finished choreographing/learning the first dance, and we finished the second dance yesterday, so now we just need to practice practice practice. I'm looking forward to finally seeing my costume, too. I know the general design, and I know it's supposed to be purple (my favourite colour :3), but I don't know how it's going to look on me. Also, I'm still a little uncoordinated on a couple sections of the dance (especially if it involves leaping or suddenly switching to a completely different movement), so I need to work on that.

I'm really liking Strike Love. I'm not generally a fan of baseball (so..boring.. *twitch*), but since this seems to be mostly about the people, I'm finding it pretty interesting. Plus, the main guy is adorably scruffy, like a mutt. I want to ruffle his kachi hair and root for him to become a baseball legend. Also, Ma Dong-tak is a JERK.

Also, sometimes I really wish I was awesome enough to do stuff like this:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3J52soNoNoI
Cheers to the guys at Korean Air!

My friends and I HAVE been working on learning Gee, though.. We finished tweaking it the other day, then added another friend (for a total of 5 instead of 4), so we had to change it up a little again to accommodate the extra person. It looks really good, though. We're going to learn Michael Jackson's Thriller dance next. Then..I don't know. Whatever we feel like learning, I guess. :P

Time to go finish writing my papers!

@ 29 Taohua - Subs ARE available for Sandglass! The raws are on soompi, and the subs are on D-addicts. ^^

(Ignore this post.. I thought it wouldn't let me edit my other one because it was waiting to be moderated, but I guess it went through after all.)

So..um..who likes breakfast cereal? My favourite is Life. ^^;

Happy Friday everyone, at least after 5pm.

@Sere and A.,
FYI, I wasn't able to watch anything this week (except for an episode of Story of a Man) and won't be able to get to that delicious Japanese yummy goodness that is Atashinchi no Danshi until late tonight, so I should have a commentary on Ep 4 until sometime tomorrow. Subs for Ep 5 are not out yet so Ep 4 is all I have.

Happy Spring!

Hey JB! I really enjoy your blog and have wondered at times how you manage to keep it going. For me it's like a drug and I've been attempting to wean myself off of it. Not too successfully as you can see. What with watching dramas and reading this blog my time is frittered away. So here's my plan of action:
1. Limit drama viewing to evenings between 8.00 and 11pm[NOT until the wee hrs of the next day]
2.Watch one drama at a time.
3. View this blog only on Fri mornings while doing the laundry!
4. Catch up in a weeks worth of articles and not read ALL the comments!
Wish me luck, it's going to be tough!
Dryer just buzzed so gotta go.
Happy Blogging!

@30, Mumuchan -

"since that fateful day, I have no life whatsoever(not that I used to have one before with all the drama-watching lol). I mean I agree, this thing is like a drug. The first time you try it and you become a junkie."

LOL. For me, I randomly came across it as I was going to bed, on TV, and at first I was like, "pfffff, no way. soooooo unrealistic."

But then the next night, I said to myself, "ok, I JUST want to see what happened, then I'll stop watching this. I'll stop for good."

After that, I found myself watching late into the nights, with the sound low and shielding the TV from my sleeping wife so as to not wake her. And for a few days, that was enough Temptation of Wife to keep me going.

Then, when daily fixes proved not enough, I had to sneak out of bed and find the videos online, so that I could watch more. Then, I really couldn't stop, and I stayed up all night, because I was soooo close (only about 20 episodes to finish) and there was no way in hell I could sleep anyway, with Eunjae in danger, and Gyobin and Gyobin's mom and Aeri all needing to get their asses handed to them and slapped around. I had to support Eun Jae with all my strength.

"It’s clearly worth the ride, it acts like a catharsis. I spent 29 episodes shouting at my screen: Eun Jae, grow some bone!Fight back! And I was actually relieved when she finally “drowned” in the sea , because I couldn’t wait to see the revenge part lol. I love the aunt and the sister-in-law who manage to remain human decent beings and loathe the weak husband, the heartless mother and of course Ae-Ri."

When you get to the end of the drama series, you may or may not feel differently about various characters. As for me, I feel like I've lived through Eun Jae's life, and so, I am now stronger and wiser now because of it. I won't let anyone like Gyobin ruin my life. To quote Aeri's favorite line, "Anyone does that to me, I will NEVER let them go..."

*****

"Samsooki, we should shout to the world how deliciously insane this series is^^"

No kidding. But JB is apparently immune or has the willpower to say "no, I will not go there" I can't imagine the amount of willpower it would take for a person to watch Temptation of Wife, and then NOT go nuts about it....

I just put songs on my phone and use them as ringtones....

Currently watching Shining Inheritance (which I like if a little unremarkable) and Atashinchi no Danshi (good but really silly) nowif only they'd sub these two as fast other dramas.

And Im not a huge fan of Kim Sun ah so up till now I haven't watched City Hall but if it is as good as some people claim it to be I think I'll give it a try.

@25 Samsooki

Treeless Mountain reminds me of the 2004 Japanese movie, Nobody Knows. It was based on a true story, how sad is that? :(

@37, Snikki -

I'm going to assume that you've not seen Treeless Mountain and that you are only guessing at the ending? I've not seen this movie yet, and so I will believe that the ending could be a happy one or a sad one. Right? You don't know how Treeless Mountain ends, right?

@Samsooki (comment 35)
It almost sounds like your describing a porn addiction. kekeke
I'll have to check this one out. Thanks...

guys, don't ask me *how* or *why*, but I actually forgot it was Friday! *headdesk*

@JB. Re: Story of a man and Return of Iljimae
I SO want to watch both. I'm waiting for my drama-partner who's a busy bee with exams and family so it'll take a while before I actually get to these dramas, but man, I cannot wait. Plus, I read this blog and I'm all flaily and I want to watch even more.

Good luck with the ringtones. I'm so lucky my mobile is a piece of vintage technology (LOL) so I can't actually add ringtones of my own, thus I go with the totally horrifying ones that are already installed.

@Samsooki
I don't remember if I told you or not, but I started Super Rookie. Hee! I didn't know Eric was that good! you know, I'm like 7 eps in and I still don't know who I'm supposed to ship? Kang Ho/Mi-ok or Bong-sam/Mi-ok? On one hand, Kang Ho is sweet and Bong-sam is behaving like an ass, on the other, I can understand Bong-sam's inner turmoil. I'm SO torn. *facepalm* I'm inclined to think I should go with Kang Ho?

Re: treeless mountain. Whoa, that looks amazing!

@33 Nom Kitteh and A.
I've watched ALL 4 eps, aren't I good? You know, when I started watching the first ep and Shinzo showed up on screen in all his Prince Charming glorious costume, I thought, hmm, ok, so this is going to be one of *those* doramas and was a bit fidgety. It started cracktastic, but it's surprisingly touching. More so than I expected.

Guys, let me know when you're ready to comment. I'll keep watching

Hello Everybody!!!! Friday's back! NO work for me...yey!!!

@ SAMSOOKI
The way you are saying, Treeless Mountain seems like a real tearjerker(aawww, am not into crying sessions these days).... but a very good movie....mmmmm..... ill put it in my list. Thanks!
My list of movie/dramas to watch keeps on getting longer! haha!Thanks to everybody here!
And my list of movies/dramas to buy is longer now....urg! Most of them are available only for Region 3!!! urg! oh well....

Good Friday everyone......Yay Java Beans !!!!!!! Just seriously do what you need to do. My college age daughter reads your blog faithfully also. Your recaps for Slingshot are vital on the Soompi thread......the subbing takes a while because I am sure it is difficult.

Cinderella Man I had only watched up until episode 5 and then had quit. When I watched the newest one last night in the raw I realized it had improved a bunch and caught up till episode 7 subbed...So I will watch it now. Pretty darn good

OK my complaint today is Queen of Housewives and I am in the minority on the other boards. In fact I wrote my last comment the other day. What kind of message does this send about women> It was funny for the most part until they went to extennd it. All of a sudden you have the brain vein anyurism and the husband loves her again....Yeah right JA and OH are so not in love with each other as well as TB and SH. JA terrorizes OH and is very materialistic as well as plain old mean. OH comes off as a handsome idiot and a whimp. All the women grovel to the men and the VP wives. What the heck? Of course the story will end that all the couples will stay together in matrimony hell for the sake of the kids and as well as the "family." Total crap....In the real endingf OH would take SH and run away together and lead a "quiet" non fish wife life. JH and BS would live in a climb the latter marriage and pretend it is ok. JA SHOULD go sit on the park bench and reflect then go make some bags and learn how to stand on her own two feet...then maybe TB will swoop in and make her behave and love her (if she was lucky...yummy TB). None of the women in this drama have redeeming characters. If this was a US drama it would end close to the way I wrote the ending...but because it is K drama it will end with all them together in a park and all of them pregnant with their husbands,babies,,,,Gag In the other posts they say that JA groveled and sacrificed 7 years for her husband....OK I have been married 31 years and 7 years to me is a drop in the bucket. I will read the ending before I watch it this time....If it ends the way most people think it will then I won't bother. That is why Slingshot and dramas like this now are better in my opinion. OK I am done ranting..Thanks for reading this

@Samsooki

No, I haven't seen the movie. But when I read the synopsis of Treeless Mountain, it reminded me of Nobody Knows – mom abandoning the kids, never to see her again.

Nobody Knows was a really sad movie, and what's worse is, the real life story was more ghastly than the film.

@39, blkrose -

For me, I think it has to do with the 'new' -ness of the genre. I've never seen anything like it, and so I caught the full force of the addiction, and given my obsessive personality ANYWAY, and my current love of all things k-drama, I had no defense. Plus, I got into the series about half-way in, so I missed most of the awful things that happened to Eunjae, and so when I started watching it was Eunjae fighting back and Aeri being evil and Gyobin being evil and Gyobin's mom being evil, and Eunjae kicking ass and Aeri fighting back and Gyobin being a tool and Eunjae and Aeri going back and forth and revenge revenge revenge... aaaaaaaaahhhhh too much revenge...... *wipe drool*

So if you haven't guessed, Temptation of Wife is a revenge drama. Every single episode, nuclear bombs are thrown around, and every episode, just awful things happen and you just want to step in there and start slapping everybody.

Maybe if you are an old hand at revenge dramas, then Temptation of Wife will just be another drama, but for me, it was just... unbelievable. LOL.

@40 Sere -

I LOVE Super Rookie! Han Ga In is a little wooden, but that's okay. This is an Eric Mun drama, and he and Oh Ji Ho do a great job. And I LOVED the last half of the last episode. We cheered! LOL. Please keep me up to date on it. If I don't remember something, I'll just pop in the DVD and see where you are. In the beginning, I was all for Eric Mun, but then I sort of went towards Oh Ji Ho, but then later, I was sort of like, "they both should get her." LOL.

@41, MEIKO**** ^-^

Maybe Treeless Mountain will have a happy ending!

My hope is that it will have a happy ending.

I haven't been on Db for the longest time! My laptop AC adapter broke so I had to do without internet for about two weeks. Glad to be back to read reviews etc. The next drama on my list after I finish Queen of Housewives is Story of a Man. Can't wait!

@Samsooki
"In the beginning, I was all for Eric Mun, but then I sort of went towards Oh Ji Ho, but then later, I was sort of like, “they both should get her.” LOL."

Heh, I kind of figured the drama was headed in that direction. I've been a little suspicious of Bong-sam at first, but then I thought, why does he hate Kang ho so much? And in ep 7 the truth was revealed! I was like, "OMG poor guy! *pets him* " You know? Plus, he might have dumped Mi-ok and he's been quite the jerk with her, but it's clear he still has feelings for her. I don't know. I really don't know! LOL

@everybody

Guys, I want to buy an mp3 player (apparently, I'm the only person who still doesn't have one) and I'm trying to decide which one to get. Question: do you guys watch subbed dramas/movies on your players? And if so, which one do you own? Despite my deep hatred for iTunes I was thinking of going with an iPod (classic? iTouch? I really like the pricey iTouch which has a great screen) or a Creative, but if you have suggestions, please do share. I'd ask my friends who all have players, but they don't watch subbed stuff and I don't know who else to ask.

yay friday!!!

@Sere: I have an iPod classic and I watched subbed dramas on it. If the videos are good quality then it's great even though you'd think the screen would be too small. I would get an iPod touch if I could though...but it's a litle pricey for me :)

@46, Sere -

Hehe, you petting Oh Ji Ho.... I am suspicious whether you are petting him because of Bong Sam's rough childhood or because he is built like a 6'1" chiseled statue....

As for an mp3 player, I recently got the 120GB iPod classic. I have about 3,000 songs on it, and I have filled about 10%. No, I've not watched any dramas / movies, although a colleague at work put the movie, Ironman on his 120GB iPod classic. I am not much of an iTunes person, but iTunes is by far the easiest way to collect and sort and add/subtract mp3s from your library. My wife has the 16B iPhone, and she likes it but I don't like it at all (I am a blackberry guy). Neither of us watch any movies or dramas or videos on our iPod / iPhone, even though we could I guess, but why do it?

@Linz
Thanks! That's helpful. I was really worried about the smaller screen.

@Samsooki
"even though we could I guess, but why do it?"
I totally understand. Thing is, I spend way too much time at hospitals, waiting and waiting and waiting and yes, music would be great and an improvement from, you know, nothing to do beside reading, but if I could watch stuff on my player every now and then, I'd be happier. So I was thinking, I'll get a player, why not get one that lets me watch stuff? ;)

"I am suspicious whether you are petting him because of Bong Sam’s rough childhood or because he is built like a 6′1″ chiseled statue"
LOL I swear it's for his childhood