For javabeans, I vote for 9E2O. For girlfriday, I vote for Flowers for My Life. (Because I'm not evil ;)

Happy Chuseok, everyone!

Winter Sonata is bad? :o

My mind went across High School Love on. More as guilty pleasure, though.

ooh, definitely White Christmas, I loved that so much! And its only 8 episodes, you could watch it start to finish in a day. Apart from that I'm not sure.
though if you want to go evil theres always doctor stranger....

*sides with javabeans on the Sassy Girl Chun-hyang rec*

There's no Song Jae Rim but otherwise, it's great.

White Christmas is really good :)

Clever way of sliding recommendations our way, girls! I think I'm going to try Flowers For My Life next because it sounds like something I would love, but am afraid to try it for that very reason? If that makes sense.

And Happy Chuseok to you too!

For girlfriday I propose Delightful Girl Chun Hyang for rom com and I Miss You for melodrama. IMO, I Miss You is not that bad, it's just super melodrama.

For javabeans I propose White Christmas because it's really awesome.

White Christmas is great. Seoul isn't as empty as I expected and I decided to go to Itaewon for the first time this afternoon and it is super crowded right now (as I walk to the subway station to go home)

I recommend the following:

1. White Christmas
2. Conspiracy in the Court
3. Jung Hak Yong (it's about crime solving by the titular character in the Joseon era)

Actually I haven't watched them at all, though been meaning to, so why the recommendation?

Because they's only 8 episodes each :D

Definitely Delightful Girl Choon Hyang :D

I absolutely recommend flowers of my life! One of my all time dramas:))

Kang dong won's 2004 drama MAGIC is good. He is a villain in it but his acting is awesome! The complete drama is on YouTube. And of course all his movies :)

This is so funny, I've seen almost all the dramas you guys mentioned on YOUR recommendations! I'm amazed you're only now forcing each other to watch these because you certainly bugged me enough to do it.
Hmmm, I'm gonna be like everyone else and say White Christmas for GF aaand.... Summer Scent for JB instead of Winter Sonata.

Good but baaaad: Temptation of Wife

Baaaad but good: Super Rookie

Classy more than sassy: Delightful Girl Choon Hyang

Brassy more than classy: All In

Cant remember If it has amnesia: Save The Last Dance For Me

Tasty Old School Food Porn: Gourmet

Kim Myung Min as a gangster with a heart of gold: Bad Family

:D

I Miss You is the worst drama I ever had the misfortune of finishing. That would be too cruel. It wasn't that it was sad. I just got tired of them crying. It felt like they were trying to force me to cry, unnaturally. So instead of being sad, it became comedic for all the wrong reasons.

For Jb: I would've said White Christmas but then it would be unfair because your one is only 8 episodes haha So I recommend Biscuit Teacher Star Candy because it's a cute rom-com.

For GF: Who Are You? (2008) I mean I know it's initially a bit wierd to think about at first but later episodes are good.

Bride of the century!!! Hands down BOC! It wasn't recaped or mentioned here which considering how Dramabeans is the equivalent of the Bible for KDramas was a bit of a surprise for me. Saying that it aired on TV Chosun, however Lee Hong-Ki has a popular fanbase and he actually does a good job as Choi Kang-joo! The story is not tipically predictable and it actually made me count the days to watch the next episode! It was very addictive!

So...Bride of the century! Why? Good script, fairly decent performances and compelling characters which are fun to watch and it keeps you coming back for more!

Whether you will take my advice or not, take 45 seconds and maybe those will motivate you to watch the drama:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eQtbap7xEWo

Have fun! :)

JB hasn't watched winter sonata!!!???

I've always bought my songpyeon from the grocery because that's always what my family's done since they've moved to the US -- and I don't feel bad about it. Maybe if I had loads of time I might actually try to make it from scratch, but store bought is A-ok. I'd much rather spend the holiday relaxing and catching up on dramas :)

My relatives are all for sohn-mat but my mom and I use gloves because I'm like JB's mom...don't find it sanitary, sorry -.-

I'd definitely recommend Flowers for my Life for GF...that was so criminally underrated!! My fave portrayal of Cha Tae-hyun, imo. I'd recommend White Christmas for JB, if not only for the storyline but the cast! Who would've thought they'd be well-known years later...
Btw, I continue to see Kim Sang-kyung as his WC persona in What's with my Family...lol ;P

Ha, I guess I'm still stuck on Jang Hyuk. At first glance, I thought it was a screen-cap of Jang Hyuk & Lee Da-Hae from Iris 2. Nope, actually it's Lee Min-Ho & Park Min-Young from a scene in City Hunter. My, how time flies!

Javabeans: As others have suggested, I strongly recommend White Christmas. It's hard to pass up Kim Woo-Bin, Lee Soo-Hyuk, Sung Joon, Jung Suk-Won, Kwak Jung-Wook, and Hong Jong-Hyeon all in one drama. The high praise and continued word of mouth is fully justified.

Girlfriday: Previously, you alternated the recapping of I Miss You up until Episode 4 and you've mentioned that you are a fan of the cast (Park Yoo-Chun, Yoon Eun-Hye, & Yoo Seung-Ho). It's a 21 episode drama so that leaves you with just 17 episodes left to finish watching. I would really like to read a series review from you on this drama.

My second recommendation would be Bride of the Century. I think it would be a fun watch for both of you ladies. The way the writer dishes out the twists and turns (kdrama clichés/trophes) in BOTC is never boring.

Bride of the century! MUST WATCH!!!

Bride of the century!!! MUST WATCH!

Ummm, dunno. Maybe they haven't heard about it?! It was pretty popular, despite airing on cable....

Wild Chives and Soy bean soup was good, I mean it started good and ended good but the middle was just passable. A nice drama though.

And The Kings daughter. That is a must watch! Yeah, I guess BOC. It was good, not as good as He who came from the stars but then..what drama has been as good as that this year?

Wild Chives was awful! Don't watch that! BOF!

haha..JB has never watched Winter Sonata? Almost a decade ago I tried watching it through a local channel in my country since everyone seem so hype about it..I remember I sat for 5 minutes, 5 wondering minutes, and just couldn't find what was that 'addiction' people were suffering from this drama. so stop and never tried it again..but still, I took a photo with Bae Yong Jun wax statue in HK Madame Tussaud few years ago just for the hype, hehe..

anyway, I don't celebrate Chuseok, but I assume it should be a fun celebration, so of course the drama to pick during it should be the fun ones!

the list:

romcom:
9ends 2 out, sassy girl chun yang
(both are my all time favourites)

mystery:
Sign with Park Shin Yang (you both might haven't watched it, so i think it's really worth to try to force you to watch it,haha..)

melo:
Spring Waltz. it's actually my favourite among the season's quartet. i almost hate the female lead in the summer scent (too self-absorbed in my opinion..), and i don't feel liking the other two. It's the spring one that captured me..it's endearing.

anyway, hv a great holiday to everyone celebrating Chuseok.

As someone who has watched a lot of Kdramas based on your recommendations, I don't think you guys will go wrong with any choices as long as you're choosing for good.

Loved
-Bottom of the 9th With 2 Outs (great friends falling in love theme which no kdrama ever does, though the baseball theme was really weird and should really have just been dropped).
-Delightful Girl Chun-hyang (great modern adaptation of the folktale, though it gets a little too angsty for my tastes around episodes 11-14, but it's by far my favorite Hong Sisters' drama with great relationships and hilarious comedy)
-Flowers For My Life (the leading lady is one of favorite characters in all of Kdrama, and again it takes on subjects that normal Kdramas steer clear of, Cha Tae Hyun is also awesome in this).
-Who Are You (awesome drama mainly for the fantastic acting of Yoon Kye-sang. Go Ara does a good job also, but
Yoon Kye-sang steals the show playing such different characters.)

Started but never really got into:
-Biscuit Teacher Star Candy (I don't know what it was, but the opening scene kind of put me off.)
-Joseon X-Files (Interesting premise, but I dunno why I never finished it. Maybe too much like X-Files?)

Flowers for my Life remains one of my top two or three dramas, so I recomend Flowers for my Life not only for girlfriday but for everyone that hasn't seen it.

My mom made me watch Delightful Girl. I was very resistant. But in the end I was very glad. Aside from the weird angst period near the end it was a stay up late funny as hell show. And I'm an old dramahead. I never stay up late for anything anymore.

I really recommend Flowers For My Life. I am one of the few that REALLY APPRECIATED that drama. It's sad how so many did not watch FFML.

It's different and so heart warming and heart wrenching at the same time. I hope you enjoy it.

Plus, I'm a HUGE fan of Cha Tae-hyun and I really like quirky Kang Hyejung, too.