boys before flowers

You have to watch this drama, super funny :) Highly Recommended

the return of iljimae

This is another version of Iljimae, previous version was broadcast by SBS, this time round is MBC. Though I like Lee Junki's Iljimae, but I will still look forward for this. Hopefully it will be equally nice :)

Title: 돌아온 일지매 / Dolanon Iljimae / The Return of Iljimae
Chinese Title : 一枝梅归来
Also known as: Iljimae Returns
Previously known as 일지매 / Iljimae
Genre: Historical, romance
Episodes: 24
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 2009-Jan-21 to 2009-April-09
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55

Synopsis
The story is about a man fighting against the selfish and corrupt government to save the ordinary peasants.

Cast
Jung Il Woo as Il Ji Mae
Yoon Jin Suh as Dal Yi / Wal Hee
Kim Min Jong as Goo Ja Myeong
Jung Hye Young as Baek Mae

Extended Cast
Lee Kye In as Chi Jeol
Park Geun Hyung as Kim Ja Jeong
Park Chul Min as Wang Hyeong Bo

Production Credits
Original work: Comic by Ko Young WooProduction Company: Group EightDirector: Hwang In Roe & Kim Soo YoungScreenwriter: Kim Kwang Sik & Do Young Myung

Notes
- Both MBC & SBS will air their own version of Iljimae in 2008 & 2009.
- MBC has the copyrights to the original comic book.
- The director of this drama is Hwang In Roe, who directed both Goong and Goong S.
- The title was changed from “Iljimae” to “The Return of Iljimae” to avoid confusion with the SBS version.
- Drama will be filmed in Japan.

my haircut

Back with my new haircut. I am very happy with the result and the service there. I was attended by Tsuji san (Japanese) and her assistant, Alvin (Chinese). She was very detailed and examined my hair thoroughly before started. Initially I wanted to change the colour of my hair, but after she examined my hair, she advised me not to, reason was due to the damage caused by my previous perm and colour. She suggested me to do a colour touch-up and some highlight on it. Although her English is not very fluent but she tried her best to comminicate with me.

My total damage was $300 (Haircut $85, Colour $100, Highlight $190), that was painful but worth it. As a first timer, I was given a 20% discount. No picture to show yet as I didn't take one :)

powerful opponents

Love this drama. This storyline is pretty good, except for the ending. It has an open ending, not a lot of people can accept. It's up to you imagination to think who Young Jin will choose. I myself prefer Soo Ho, so what about you?

Synopsis
Cha Young Jin is the first female to ever work as a bodyguard in the Presidential resident, Chungwadae. Young Jin and Ryu Gwan Pil work as bodyguards assigned to watch over the president’s son, Kang Soo Ho. They are assigned to guard Soo Ho for 15 months.

Cast
Chae Rim as Cha Young Jin
Lee Jin Wook as Kang Soo Ho
Lee Jong Hyuk as Yoo Gwang Pil
Choi Ja Hye as Jung Yoo Min

gourmet

A must watch drama, the food looks delicious, YUMMY :)

Synopsis
Sung Chan is a talented cook. He peddles food from his truck all over the country to discover the best and precious traditional Korean cuisines.

Cast
Kim Rae Won as Sung Chan
Nam Sang Mi as Jin Soo
Kim So Yun as Joo Hee
Kwon Oh Joong as Oh Bong Joo

When It’s At Night

This comedy drama is highly recommended :)

Synopsis
Kim Bum Sang is a arts scholar who is crazy about virgins and is a supervisor of property assets. Heo Cho Hwi is a 29 year old woman who is always mistaken as someone who is crafty because of her natural-born sexiness. The story will be about how these two cross paths and how their chance meeting will cause turmoil for the both of them.

Cast
Kim Sun Ah as Heo Cho Hwi

Lee Dong Gun as Kim Bum Sang

Kim Jung Hwa as Wang Joo Hyun

Lee Joo Hyun as Kang Shi Wan

beethoven virus

It's a great drama. Highly recommeded. Some parts of the drama are quite sad, make me feel like crying... :(

Synopsis
Kang Gun Woo is an orchestra conductor in his 40’s. He is an elite workaholic conductor who has a very bad reputation. He is known as someone who will do absolutely anything in order to create the very best music. However, due to his self-righteous and stubborn personality he thinks that only his thoughts are correct which makes him unable to form good relationships with those around him. He meets Du Ru Mi, a violinist, and a trumpet player who has the same name as him, and together they form a love triangle.

Cast
Kim Myung Min as Kang Gun Woo (Conductor)
Lee Ji Ah as Du Ru Mi (Violin)
Jang Geun Suk as Kang Gun Woo (Trumpet)

haircut this sunday

Last few weeks, my head is whirling on which hair salon should I go. Actpoint (my previous hair salon), Komachi The Hair Cult or Hair Ginza. Finally I have set on Komachi. I book for the creative director, Tsuji San, so the price is quite steep :( Hopefully it will turn out nice.

Should I keep my hair long or cut it short, mmm... maybe I will let the hair stylist to decide for me :)

Still have four more days to go...

Oh, my Kukup trip will be cancel, reason is due to an exorbitant rate during festive season. They are charging us at $200/head (Usual price is $130/head). I think God must have heard my praying :)

kukup trip again during cny

Last Sunday night, my family told me that they are planning to go Kukup during this coming Chinese New Year. KUKUP AGAIN??? I thought we just been there not long ago. All the images and sight of the place, started flashing by like iPod Shuffle in my mind. Housefly, dirty toilet, uncomfortable bed...

If I can choose, I would opt for Genting (this is another place they will go for during festive season) . Sigh... how I wish they can change their mind.