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Yeah I am a fan. I would have to be to sit through that film and still have positive stuff to say. For anyone who loved the cartoon it really is worth it for the fight scenes, but be warned there is NO acting, only exposition. There is no time for acting when you have to cover 5 episodes in 15 minutes.
i just kept refreshing the page until i came acrossed the Taec banner. it was well worth it. not because he's dashing (which he can be) but because he's the super dorky dumbo--as in big ears--looking sweetheart in the banner. I LOVE IT!!! (thanks to whoever created it!!!)
Happy 4th of July! (weekend) to everyone..or just happy summer.
First (for me) this is the shortest I have ever seen an Open Thread.
I was checking out MV of Park Hyo Shin, a favorite of mine, and happened upon the videos with he and his friends..Park Hong Ya and Park Si Yeon...my heart ached.
its strange, I wasnt a fan of WInter Sonata..although I did like both the male leads.
I was just getting to know Park Yong Ha..all I can think is that his death has been like a exclamation....what a blow to his family and friends, shock to his fans, what a waste of a life. I know depression is debilitating and I am learning more about the Korean culture. ???
My thoughts are jumbled and thats all for that.
Take care of each other, please dont tell anyone to suck it up, and remember your life does matter. You and your actions affect the people around you no matter what you do....damn..I just feel like screaming!!!
it's friday again! so fast! I've just come back from a vacation earlier this week. Came home, went onto dramabeans first thing and found out abt Park Yong Ha. It makes me upset that more hasn't been done to encourage people with depression to seek help? maybe this issue needs a 30% rating drama in order to get it through people's heads.
@48 diadda
thanks for your mini-review of avatar: the last airbender movie. I want to watch it and it will probably take awhile for my friends and i to coordinate a time and date. In the trailer, the trademark humor of avatar was nonexistent...it seemed really lord of the rings serious. i was wondering if they showed some of the humor in the movie?
i usually forget to come here for open thread but for some reason i suddenly remember....oh well...i'm still one of those who can't believe that Park yong ha ssi is gone from this world! seeing his friends like so ji sub, choi ji woo, bae yoong joon among many others just make my heart breaks more! so sad & my heart goes out to his parents/family i think he's got a sibling or more? may they find comfort & strength from friends & other relatives. May he rest in peace and we'll truly miss you!
hello JB can i ask u pls if u hv any news about my favorite actor Ahn jae wook? Love him so much since A Star in My Heart series & haven't heard any news about him! Thanks & happy 4th of July to you & ev.one here!
Just came back from Avatar the Last Airbender. This is your one and only warning. Unless you enjoy watching hilariously bad movies DO NOT go watch that movie. It really is extraordinarily bad. *sigh* I didn't follow the TV series but I remember liking the first episode and the trailer.
The CGI and everything was great - Hollywood always has that down - but the plot, acting, and dialogue was just painful to watch. At least I'm not a fan of the series. My friend was nearly in tears, she was so angry... lol. I just laughed my way through the entire thing.
@ 3 Ana: What a lovely (and very selfless) thought, I'm gonna remember that one for a rainy day (if you don't mind)
@ 1 lb_tmi: Park Yong Ha will be sorely missed.
Waiting for Page 11 of Coffee House... wondering what Jin-soo will pull next
Waiting for my vacation to start...3 more weeks
Waiting for the bathroom, so I can shower
To any fellow Canadians out there, happy Canada Day eh?
Oh man! Heart still continues to sink thinking of Park Yong Ha. His screen presence, even from photos exuded such warmth. So sad to see another good person leave us. RIP PYH.
Cried for Ghana today, I don't know, I went in with an open mind but ended up totally enthralled with how brilliantly they played. Curse the Uruguayan handball. Curse the penalty shootouts. Cuuuuurse!!
After being stuck on episode 2 of Kyungsook's Father I finally went back and watched the entire 4 episodes and somehow it was much more... riveting and :true wuv: this time. I was a bit taken aback by how 'theatrical' the drama felt on first watch, this time I was able to dive right in.
Some random life-related things:
- I'm so thirsty, but banning myself from any liquid intake as the light switch has fused in the bathroom so won't be able to make any nightly bathroom trips. I'm so freakin' afraid of the dark it's not even funny. Torches and things are even scarier, you kinda see shadows and stuff. This is where I especially miss my cat. When he was here, no unseen creatures could scare me, cus I have a weapon and this weapon haz (glow in the dark eyes and) claws - beaatch!
- why do people knock so quietly? If they want your attention shouldn't they knock a sliight bit louder? Is it a new trend? Colleagues, family, friends... all turning into knock-super-quietly freaks. When I knock, I'm more like... knock that bloody down, knock! Anyway, I just ignore them and continue about my business, waiting until they knock a little louder and not joking when I say they some of them will continue knocking for like half an hour or something. Then I feel I can't take it anymore and pretend I was about to walk out anyway and just 'happened to open the door' and found them stood there etc... Freaks!
@janna
That poster -- hilarity! And so true.
Excellent! Congrats on the return of the cat. Both of them went MIA though, right? Are they both back?
Is it the look where their pupils become slits? That's a PMSy stay-the-eff-away moment right there. He is otherwise affectionate right?
Btw, that Lee Mi-ja song is so totally (near-irritatingly) infectious, was singing it all day today too. Maybe you could join me in this madness?
Couldn't find the original, but here's Yuri singing it and it's quite a cute attempt. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuypeyEDDA
Happy 4 of July Weekend to all my fellow Americans!!!!
I just finish watching
"Sunao Ni Narenakute" and coming from the same writer of Orange Days and A Million Star falling From The Sky, it is a very good drama, I know some people commented that the first few episodes it felt a bit disjointed but half way trough it does gel into a cohesive story that is worth watching.
The story deals with a group of 5 strangers that become friends via a "Twitter" Forum about seeking friends.
The first 4/5 episodes deals with how the relationships develops between them, and the dynamic creates a love triangle that turns into a love square and then a love pentagon, it is not to heavy on the angst other than the relationship with the main couple, played by famous Actor "Eita" and Actress "Ueno Juri", they fall in love but they cannot bring themselves to be honest with each other thus creating problems, as she starts dating the second lead played by Korean Actor "Hero JaeJoong" creating the proverbial triangle, over all out of 10 I will give it an 81/2 rating.
the OST is quite good!!!!!
enjoy!!!! http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/SunaoniNarenakute#
@61 janna -- I am so glad about your cat; even if it is giving you the stink-eye, it is home again! In my neighborhood, when a cat goes missing, it means that a coyote from the park across the highway has killed it, and taken it home to feed the young ones. Every time you posted about your cat, I though, uh-oh, coyotes, but it seemed too negative to say. Don't let it get freaked out by fireworks this weekend.
@ Your Sassy Friend...thanks for the rave on Eclipse, I've read that it was the best film among the first 2 that were released, quite disappointed with New Moon last time so I'm getting hyped up for this one, and I'm Team Edward btw haha :)
Thanks for that link....I did see that one in Viikii earlier. I'll check it out. I enjoy the jdramas because I am more familiar with the language and can understand quite a bit of it. Familiar territory.
Next week is finale for Prosecutor Princess....then Coffee House comes on and also Giant.
I hope you are enjoying the beginning of July......can't believe we are past the half way point of the year.
My sister is visiting her daughter and new grand daughter in Eugene right now. I hope you've had a chance to enjoy your newest little one also. :-)
Hi all... it's been a long time since i went to OT...
it's been a crazy/depressed/bad-mood week for me, added with the news of PYH, i almost broke to tears...
movies... i haven't watched Toy Story yet, the rain has been pouring for the last two weeks and i'm too lazy to go to the theater in those weather...
Happy 4th of July to all americans...
question. did anybody watch P.S Man, starring Blue Lan, Sonia Sui, Bianca Bai and i forgot the other guy's name... i find it quite entertaining, although Xia He Jie character is a total jerk, but damn he's really smooth... i only watch until ep 9, but i heard they extend it to 24 episode. i hope it won't get draggy...
I'm missing episodes 1 and 2 of The woman who still wants to marry (aka Still, marry me). Can anyone help me locate a torrent file? The one on soompi from cute girl no longer works :(
I am watching PS Man. The story line is good I have seen it up to the current releases. It maintains average quality only dragging a little in parts. Blue Lan is the true selling point. Unfortunately they start screwing with his hair I don't know why but it gets distracting. finally starts to go back to normal ep.15
@supah: "why do people knock so quietly?" I'll tell you why, they're so used to fancypants technology of doorbells they forget back in the old days people used their FISTS OF STRENGTH to knock down doors or something. Yeah.
@isabelh: Oh geez I hear about that a lot! But I live in a very house-heavy suburb of Philly so we just at best have roaming wilderness. There are usually opossums. I met one the one day I decided to leave out stinky cat food. I put out the food and was sleeping on my back porch. For about ten movie slow motion seconds we just stared at each other. Then, we both turned and ran like our pants were on fire.
Aside from that there are times when I've seen crows, birds that attack cats, groundhogs, mice. One year there was bats, another year there were vultures. Because no one lets their pets really hunt there is now an abundance of bunnies. The bunnies, oh how they flourish now that I have inside cats. Every morning when I walk to the trainstation I chase a few.
So yes Supah, both cats are back. The second one missing used to be my best buddy. He likes to travel and used to be an outside cat. Well, once he was done traveling around his new home (close by in another suburb of philly) he noticed all the front of the houses kind of looked the same (well they had different plants, dumb cat) and proceeded to peek in all the neighbors back yard screen doors (it's a habit around here. People just leave their inside doors open in the summer.) He came home a day or two after he went missing.
My cat, or should I say a cat that went from being a stray in south philadelphia, living a rich and cultured life, and then somehow being my cat last year... well. He must have had some fun. The family loved him, he falls in love with everyone (people and cats alike) and made me look like an ass by not getting in his cage or looking enamoured at my entrance. Cat..... I have lost hours, perhaps years of my life looking for you. At least grin at your departure. There's a lot of story to tell to this, but I don't want to flood with my comments. Some say cats go off to die, and I've never found that the case. There is a likely chance that your cat, yes yours right now, is an ungrateful bastard cat. I have confirmed this about this cat. He's half sitting on my keyboard and slept on my back all night owww wait why did I bring you backkkkk
@crzycpl
They definitely have that whole series on there, just check the right hand panel.
@janna
Dude, my cat went away to die. I remember that time v. vividly. We read each other pretty well, me and my cat. Le sigh! Anyway, it was about 3yrs ago now so doesn't really y'know 'affect me' or anything like that.
Aw, bunnies!!
Here are the links to the raws of the two first episodes you need of Still, Marry Me. If you do not have an account to this site, you can download one episode today and the other tomorrow. It's much faster than torrents because there might not be any active seeds for these, or later episodes.
Yesterday I spoke with my sister and she mentioned that the local newspaper had published an article about Park Yong Ha's suicide. What is unusual is that she lives in a part of Mexico where Winter Sonata hasn't been shown (nor any other kdrama). To the best of my knowledge, WS was broadcast through Sky and it was seen mostly in Mexico City and Central Mexico a few years ago.
I was shocked and numbed by the news of PYH's passing. Depression is a b****. Clinical depression is an illness that needs to be treated with doctor prescribed drugs. Depression causes despair and a pain that is more than physical and that makes one to want to die.
I just had to comment on the header featuring Gu Hye-sun in a contemplative mood, holding a paintbrush.
It's a gorgeous photograph, and Gu Hye-sun is simply beautiful in it. I love her hairstyle in it, and the photo frames her face in a really lovely way. She is such a pretty young woman.
So I watched the most recent episode of Baker King, or what have you Baker King, Kim Tak Goo. There was like a montage or something, then came the hazing. Oh man food shows and their hazing. Classic.
So you wanna be the best sushi maker/baker/pasta-ist (that's what I call you when you don't ACTUALLY MAKE THE PASTA) /mochi maker/eel slicer/what have you
Step 1: Say you're going to be the best at making ________. Like seriously tell people. It's best if you have a daily stare in the mirror saying "Fighting" or "Ganbatte" whilst fist pumping. Remind people you will be the best. Just saying it makes you ten percent closer to the goal.
Step 2: Find a cranky pants chef. They're are plenty. Be your uppity brazen self. Smooth.
Step 3: You're shot down. Get all like "No way" and then go "Dang yo I'm depressed"
Step 4: Be awed and inspired by someones life changing over some friggin delicious cookie or whatever you're learning to make. One day I hope for someone to aspire to be the "best grits maker in the United States". Let's watch a show where someone changes peoples lives Dr.Phil style with a bowl of grits.
Step 5: Never back down/Never give up. March right back in. Smile.
Step 6: HAZING TIME. Enjoy scrubbing toilets, counting money, Taking out trash, carrying stuff all at the lovely hour of 3am. It's important for your future, stupid. Apparently angrychef wants to make sure you can handle all the business. You're such a newbie baby but apparently he has so much trust. Why isn't he just looking at...
Step 7: Your RIVAL. Yeah, were you not paying attention to his fancy knife skills earlier in the show? Maybe he can stab you later, only by "accident" or something. Look, he was here months before you, and you're not going to just jump over and win in a...
Step 8: Blind taste test time. First two times you cooked something Angrychef likened to raw sewage burning down his throat, but this time? Oh, slow clap.
Step 9: You are kind of cool with everyone now. Angrychef doesn't want to beat you senseless all day long. You will not have to kiss ass, but you will forever get up at 4am buying ingredients, then spend most of the day cooking them, and will never know what your house or family look like. But you make a really good ______ and it's all good. Story over!
Hasta la Vista Maradona!! German young awesome players are no nonsense!
and yeah i love cats too..i even take care of my neighbour's cats..í so adore HeeChul's cats!
don't know what to say, haha
oh iya, i wanna congrats to winner of dramabeans giveaway, totally agree cause some of the story is my favorite story, dramabeans should make something like that again so we can read all k-drama obsession all over the world. btw i say congrats here cause i don't know why the comment box on relate document didn't show, my stupid slow internet.
and i'm still in big lost of Park Yong Ha. it's like yesterday when i read his new project with Yoon Eun Hye. i even decided to buy dvd if it's out. well, i'll never watch him on that drama. all i can say when i read that news, 당신 바보야?! sorry, i just can't except that reality. well, hope that's the best for him. RIP Park Yong Ha.
Btw, this week i want to buy cinderella's sister and personal taste plus thank you dvd. i've read the recaps from dramabeans, not as good as i expect but i'll give them a try.
well, have a nice sunday everyone...
don't know what to say, haha
oh iya, i wanna congrats to winner of dramabeans giveaway, totally agree cause some of the story is my favorite story, dramabeans should make something like that again so we can read all k-drama obsession all over the world. btw i say congrats here cause i don't know why the comment box on relate document didn't show, my stupid slow internet.
and i'm still in big lost of Park Yong Ha. it's like yesterday when i read his new project with Yoon Eun Hye. i even decided to buy dvd if it's out. well, i'll never watch him on that drama. all i can say when i read that news, 당신 바보야?! sorry, i just can't except that reality. well, hope that's the best for him. RIP Park Yong Ha.
Btw, this week i want to buy cinderella's sister and personal taste plus thank you dvd. i've read the recaps from dramabeans, not as good as i expect but i'll give them a try.
well, have a nice sunday everyone...
@janna
Nyehh... don't want to take on any extra responsibility, no matter how small. Seriously, I'm one hot mess right now, haha!
Laughing hard at your Kim Tak Goo review. I fancy it's not really won you over. Are you going to continue watching it?
It's not really had my attention from the get-go. Not really into food-related dramas. Not even seen Gourmet and that had K! R! W! in it (my first kdrama crush, ever) AND the female leads were none other than Kim So-yeon and Nam Sang-mi.
Plus, KTG has Eugene in it, that defo kills any lemming dead for me. Don't hate her, just never really cared for her, much y'know? (OK: you caught me, maybe I hate her then.)
Hi again,
have you read the article in KBites that CNN picks for 20 hottest korean male stars, as i quote from the article,
"The list was revealed through an online bulletin board on 2nd July. CNN wrote, “ These specially chosen South Korean celebs, who we’ve selected purely on the basis of how much drool they elicited from the female members of our staff, no doubt have solid acting, modeling and/or singing skills. But it’s their chocolate abs, sublime faces and lean, mean, sex-machine bodies that get them a place on this list.” "
but the funniest thing is there are no LBH, JWS, CSW, KDW... crazy... i think that the voters from CNN are mostly BBF fans coz KJH is there...
here the link to that artice
I just finish watching
"Houkago" (Division 1 Stage 08 - "After School").
It is a 2004 J-dorama with actress "Horikita Maki", Toda Erika, Nakamura Ruria, and Tokunaga Eri.
It is the story of "Coming Of Age " of 4 high-school friends who are experiencing falling in love and the way they go about dealing with those feelings, and the growth of their relationships, it is a very good drama, out of "10" I give it a "9", enjoy!!!! http://www.dramaidol.com/drama/After-School-Hokago/Houkago-Episode-1/
@bbm
Wahaha, not the most flattering pics there!
Yeah, it isn't very up to date is it? Aside from BBF, seems the office ladies also like Stairway to Heaven, Autumn Tale and Winter Sonata. But then So Ji-sub's on there, and can't go wrong with Won Bin and Song Seung-hun, Jo In-sung... so I'm happy! But no Kim Nam-gil (ditto, 94!), Kim Rae-won or my current k-crush: Park Sang-min.
@ diadda: Ah yes I forgot that one! That's a good addition!
This CNN list... well. Beauty is in the eye of the blahblahblah I'm right, you're wrong.
For the longest time I've seen Bae Yong Joon on lists and I just.don't.get.it. Don't hate me. Maybe you like wine, and I like a fine chilled Nesquik chocolate milk or something.
This analogy isn't working well.
I do agree with #1, aka "he who is married and shall not be named" to me. That is no ordinary man. I also like how this article started off "There are men, and then there are MEN." Then I scrolled to look at the list and went "Yeah!...I uh.. kind of agree...wait he's not that manly. No." Should have been "There are men, and then there are EYECANDY. Here is a list of dudes from recent dramas we've watched."
I thought the same of Bae at first. His photos or even the way he looks into the camera at first it looked weird to me. I couldn't get the attraction. Didn't help that I saw Winter Sonata first. I know this drama his held up as a religious artifact, but I HATE amnesia story lines. So I couldn't sit still through it. It took The Legend to make me see the light. He would turn his head or pose in such a way that I swear he was trying to charm or mesmerize me. It was odd. I didn't have a thing for him yet but I could see the reason behind the hysteria now. Then I saw Hotelier. WOW! I became a Bae-ing fool on that. The drama was ok, but every scene he was in, he stole by shear manly attraction. I don't know your viewing history. but Hotelier converted me to a believer.
And as for that CNN list. It was made by the staff running the CNNAsia website. SO most likely a vote among young female interns would result in something like this.
No Kim Rae Won
No Lee Dong Gun
No Joo Ji Hoon
No Eric
No Gong Yoo
No Jae Hee
No Kim Jae Won
No Chun Jung Mung for heavens sake
This list could go on forever and of course that is the real problem with this list. once you are exposed to Kpop, drama, culture most female realize there is too much too look at
@diadda
Hotelier's been on my to-watch list for yonks, your comment there is just the kind of motivation I need to watch it. Cheers!
Giant 15 spoilers!!!
(@janna: you seen it yet?)
Just calmed myself down, after squeeing, then squeeing some more, jumping on my bed, doing some ebay shopping and then came back.
I don't know where to start but...
- Pres. Hong -- pretty much guessed it. He was awesomesauce.
- Ohemgee, Park So-tae and Park So-tae junior. ::Twue wuv:: (but that had better not be Jun-mo!?)
- JY (hallelujah), FINALLY, FINALLY has stepped up her game. Athough I was still like 'yeah, whatevers, there's far too much JY on this show' - but she was fab. He was in a stroppy mood (he's up to something again that one) and she was the one with the game face. Go GF!
- KM, after all these episodes seeing him soulless (will come back to this topic), I was waiting for a kind of event that would shake him and revive the old KM we knew and loved, the one with the stinkin' 'tude. This episode I would say was the one that seems to have began the revival process. But...
- MJ, she STOLE the bloody show!
- The cliffhanger left me kinda speechless.
Sole problem now, is this like this so early on, it'll probably drag like a mofo later. I think there are some things I'd rather they dragged out now and resolved much later than all this catharsis so early on, we'll not have a lot to look forward to later on, or will we?
Love this writer Jang, hope I can continue to trust him. :)
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51 pabo ceo reom
July 2, 2010 at 1:03 PM
Happy Fourth of July fellow American folks :)
Also, where is this Taecyeon header? I wanna see! haha
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52 immakiddo!
July 2, 2010 at 1:05 PM
@ diadda
Thanks for the info! x)
You must be an awesome Avatar fan! :)
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53 diadda
July 2, 2010 at 1:11 PM
@immakiddo
Yeah I am a fan. I would have to be to sit through that film and still have positive stuff to say. For anyone who loved the cartoon it really is worth it for the fight scenes, but be warned there is NO acting, only exposition. There is no time for acting when you have to cover 5 episodes in 15 minutes.
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54 lb_tmi
July 2, 2010 at 1:27 PM
@ 51 pabo ceo reom
i just kept refreshing the page until i came acrossed the Taec banner. it was well worth it. not because he's dashing (which he can be) but because he's the super dorky dumbo--as in big ears--looking sweetheart in the banner. I LOVE IT!!! (thanks to whoever created it!!!)
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55 pat
July 2, 2010 at 2:30 PM
Thanks for the suggestions,everyone, I will see fireworks and celebrate the 4th this week and call my friends.
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56 MsRetta
July 2, 2010 at 3:59 PM
Happy 4th of July! (weekend) to everyone..or just happy summer.
First (for me) this is the shortest I have ever seen an Open Thread.
I was checking out MV of Park Hyo Shin, a favorite of mine, and happened upon the videos with he and his friends..Park Hong Ya and Park Si Yeon...my heart ached.
its strange, I wasnt a fan of WInter Sonata..although I did like both the male leads.
I was just getting to know Park Yong Ha..all I can think is that his death has been like a exclamation....what a blow to his family and friends, shock to his fans, what a waste of a life. I know depression is debilitating and I am learning more about the Korean culture. ???
My thoughts are jumbled and thats all for that.
Take care of each other, please dont tell anyone to suck it up, and remember your life does matter. You and your actions affect the people around you no matter what you do....damn..I just feel like screaming!!!
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57 ar_arguably romantic
July 2, 2010 at 4:10 PM
it's friday again! so fast! I've just come back from a vacation earlier this week. Came home, went onto dramabeans first thing and found out abt Park Yong Ha. It makes me upset that more hasn't been done to encourage people with depression to seek help? maybe this issue needs a 30% rating drama in order to get it through people's heads.
@48 diadda
thanks for your mini-review of avatar: the last airbender movie. I want to watch it and it will probably take awhile for my friends and i to coordinate a time and date. In the trailer, the trademark humor of avatar was nonexistent...it seemed really lord of the rings serious. i was wondering if they showed some of the humor in the movie?
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58 phjfever
July 2, 2010 at 4:28 PM
i usually forget to come here for open thread but for some reason i suddenly remember....oh well...i'm still one of those who can't believe that Park yong ha ssi is gone from this world! seeing his friends like so ji sub, choi ji woo, bae yoong joon among many others just make my heart breaks more! so sad & my heart goes out to his parents/family i think he's got a sibling or more? may they find comfort & strength from friends & other relatives. May he rest in peace and we'll truly miss you!
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59 ahnjaewook fan
July 2, 2010 at 4:32 PM
hello JB can i ask u pls if u hv any news about my favorite actor Ahn jae wook? Love him so much since A Star in My Heart series & haven't heard any news about him! Thanks & happy 4th of July to you & ev.one here!
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60 Nhu
July 2, 2010 at 4:40 PM
Hey, y'all!
Just came back from Avatar the Last Airbender. This is your one and only warning. Unless you enjoy watching hilariously bad movies DO NOT go watch that movie. It really is extraordinarily bad. *sigh* I didn't follow the TV series but I remember liking the first episode and the trailer.
The CGI and everything was great - Hollywood always has that down - but the plot, acting, and dialogue was just painful to watch. At least I'm not a fan of the series. My friend was nearly in tears, she was so angry... lol. I just laughed my way through the entire thing.
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61 janna
July 2, 2010 at 4:48 PM
It seems that absence does not always make the heart grow fonder.
Such is the case of my missing cat, who went missing June 4th and is now back in my house today giving me the death glare.
I'm a little :(
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62 Kavitha Ravi
July 2, 2010 at 6:46 PM
just watched capital scandal....booed my ass off....now to bed!
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63 naquia
July 2, 2010 at 7:09 PM
such a shocking week..first the tragic death of Yonna and Brazil lost to Holland..
and another reason i love So JiSub..be strong oppa..
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64 diadda
July 2, 2010 at 7:52 PM
@57
There was no time for humor or joy of any kind. There was no time for anything but plot which moved at break neck pace.
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65 cont'd
July 2, 2010 at 8:10 PM
@ 3 Ana: What a lovely (and very selfless) thought, I'm gonna remember that one for a rainy day (if you don't mind)
@ 1 lb_tmi: Park Yong Ha will be sorely missed.
Waiting for Page 11 of Coffee House... wondering what Jin-soo will pull next
Waiting for my vacation to start...3 more weeks
Waiting for the bathroom, so I can shower
To any fellow Canadians out there, happy Canada Day eh?
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66 cont'd
July 2, 2010 at 8:13 PM
@61 janna: Sorry about your cat...
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67 supah
July 2, 2010 at 8:20 PM
Oh man! Heart still continues to sink thinking of Park Yong Ha. His screen presence, even from photos exuded such warmth. So sad to see another good person leave us. RIP PYH.
Cried for Ghana today, I don't know, I went in with an open mind but ended up totally enthralled with how brilliantly they played. Curse the Uruguayan handball. Curse the penalty shootouts. Cuuuuurse!!
After being stuck on episode 2 of Kyungsook's Father I finally went back and watched the entire 4 episodes and somehow it was much more... riveting and :true wuv: this time. I was a bit taken aback by how 'theatrical' the drama felt on first watch, this time I was able to dive right in.
Some random life-related things:
- I'm so thirsty, but banning myself from any liquid intake as the light switch has fused in the bathroom so won't be able to make any nightly bathroom trips. I'm so freakin' afraid of the dark it's not even funny. Torches and things are even scarier, you kinda see shadows and stuff. This is where I especially miss my cat. When he was here, no unseen creatures could scare me, cus I have a weapon and this weapon haz (glow in the dark eyes and) claws - beaatch!
- why do people knock so quietly? If they want your attention shouldn't they knock a sliight bit louder? Is it a new trend? Colleagues, family, friends... all turning into knock-super-quietly freaks. When I knock, I'm more like... knock that bloody down, knock! Anyway, I just ignore them and continue about my business, waiting until they knock a little louder and not joking when I say they some of them will continue knocking for like half an hour or something. Then I feel I can't take it anymore and pretend I was about to walk out anyway and just 'happened to open the door' and found them stood there etc... Freaks!
@janna
That poster -- hilarity! And so true.
Excellent! Congrats on the return of the cat. Both of them went MIA though, right? Are they both back?
Is it the look where their pupils become slits? That's a PMSy stay-the-eff-away moment right there. He is otherwise affectionate right?
Btw, that Lee Mi-ja song is so totally (near-irritatingly) infectious, was singing it all day today too. Maybe you could join me in this madness?
Couldn't find the original, but here's Yuri singing it and it's quite a cute attempt.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bVuypeyEDDA
And on that note:
Here's a pic of the two MJs, the big one and the little one. (The bottom two pics: can I get an aawwww!)
http://wizard2.sbs.co.kr/w3/template/tpl_iframetype.jsp?vVodId=V0000344173&vProgId=1000610&vMenuId=1012588&no=13&log_wiz3=bbsplus5_txt
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68 amg01
July 2, 2010 at 9:47 PM
Happy 4 of July Weekend to all my fellow Americans!!!!
I just finish watching
"Sunao Ni Narenakute" and coming from the same writer of Orange Days and A Million Star falling From The Sky, it is a very good drama, I know some people commented that the first few episodes it felt a bit disjointed but half way trough it does gel into a cohesive story that is worth watching.
The story deals with a group of 5 strangers that become friends via a "Twitter" Forum about seeking friends.
The first 4/5 episodes deals with how the relationships develops between them, and the dynamic creates a love triangle that turns into a love square and then a love pentagon, it is not to heavy on the angst other than the relationship with the main couple, played by famous Actor "Eita" and Actress "Ueno Juri", they fall in love but they cannot bring themselves to be honest with each other thus creating problems, as she starts dating the second lead played by Korean Actor "Hero JaeJoong" creating the proverbial triangle, over all out of 10 I will give it an 81/2 rating.
the OST is quite good!!!!!
enjoy!!!!
http://www.viikii.net/channels/goto/SunaoniNarenakute#
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69 isabelh
July 2, 2010 at 10:07 PM
@61 janna -- I am so glad about your cat; even if it is giving you the stink-eye, it is home again! In my neighborhood, when a cat goes missing, it means that a coyote from the park across the highway has killed it, and taken it home to feed the young ones. Every time you posted about your cat, I though, uh-oh, coyotes, but it seemed too negative to say. Don't let it get freaked out by fireworks this weekend.
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70 koalabear
July 2, 2010 at 11:11 PM
@ Your Sassy Friend...thanks for the rave on Eclipse, I've read that it was the best film among the first 2 that were released, quite disappointed with New Moon last time so I'm getting hyped up for this one, and I'm Team Edward btw haha :)
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71 eiko
July 3, 2010 at 2:12 AM
@ Amg1
Thanks for that link....I did see that one in Viikii earlier. I'll check it out. I enjoy the jdramas because I am more familiar with the language and can understand quite a bit of it. Familiar territory.
Next week is finale for Prosecutor Princess....then Coffee House comes on and also Giant.
I hope you are enjoying the beginning of July......can't believe we are past the half way point of the year.
My sister is visiting her daughter and new grand daughter in Eugene right now. I hope you've had a chance to enjoy your newest little one also. :-)
The very best always.....big hugs!!!
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72 osi
July 3, 2010 at 2:37 AM
Park yong ha
RIP
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73 bbm
July 3, 2010 at 2:46 AM
Hi all... it's been a long time since i went to OT...
it's been a crazy/depressed/bad-mood week for me, added with the news of PYH, i almost broke to tears...
movies... i haven't watched Toy Story yet, the rain has been pouring for the last two weeks and i'm too lazy to go to the theater in those weather...
Happy 4th of July to all americans...
question. did anybody watch P.S Man, starring Blue Lan, Sonia Sui, Bianca Bai and i forgot the other guy's name... i find it quite entertaining, although Xia He Jie character is a total jerk, but damn he's really smooth... i only watch until ep 9, but i heard they extend it to 24 episode. i hope it won't get draggy...
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74 crzycpl
July 3, 2010 at 3:42 AM
HELP!
I'm missing episodes 1 and 2 of The woman who still wants to marry (aka Still, marry me). Can anyone help me locate a torrent file? The one on soompi from cute girl no longer works :(
Thanking you in advance!
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75 diadda
July 3, 2010 at 6:52 AM
@73
I am watching PS Man. The story line is good I have seen it up to the current releases. It maintains average quality only dragging a little in parts. Blue Lan is the true selling point. Unfortunately they start screwing with his hair I don't know why but it gets distracting. finally starts to go back to normal ep.15
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76 janna
July 3, 2010 at 7:07 AM
@supah: "why do people knock so quietly?" I'll tell you why, they're so used to fancypants technology of doorbells they forget back in the old days people used their FISTS OF STRENGTH to knock down doors or something. Yeah.
@isabelh: Oh geez I hear about that a lot! But I live in a very house-heavy suburb of Philly so we just at best have roaming wilderness. There are usually opossums. I met one the one day I decided to leave out stinky cat food. I put out the food and was sleeping on my back porch. For about ten movie slow motion seconds we just stared at each other. Then, we both turned and ran like our pants were on fire.
Aside from that there are times when I've seen crows, birds that attack cats, groundhogs, mice. One year there was bats, another year there were vultures. Because no one lets their pets really hunt there is now an abundance of bunnies. The bunnies, oh how they flourish now that I have inside cats. Every morning when I walk to the trainstation I chase a few.
So yes Supah, both cats are back. The second one missing used to be my best buddy. He likes to travel and used to be an outside cat. Well, once he was done traveling around his new home (close by in another suburb of philly) he noticed all the front of the houses kind of looked the same (well they had different plants, dumb cat) and proceeded to peek in all the neighbors back yard screen doors (it's a habit around here. People just leave their inside doors open in the summer.) He came home a day or two after he went missing.
My cat, or should I say a cat that went from being a stray in south philadelphia, living a rich and cultured life, and then somehow being my cat last year... well. He must have had some fun. The family loved him, he falls in love with everyone (people and cats alike) and made me look like an ass by not getting in his cage or looking enamoured at my entrance. Cat..... I have lost hours, perhaps years of my life looking for you. At least grin at your departure. There's a lot of story to tell to this, but I don't want to flood with my comments. Some say cats go off to die, and I've never found that the case. There is a likely chance that your cat, yes yours right now, is an ungrateful bastard cat. I have confirmed this about this cat. He's half sitting on my keyboard and slept on my back all night owww wait why did I bring you backkkkk
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77 rambutan
July 3, 2010 at 8:04 AM
@ 74 crzycpl - you can get the torrent file at D-Addicts.com.
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78 crzycpl
July 3, 2010 at 8:58 AM
@ 77 rambutan - No, I've tried d-addicts.com. For some strange reason, they don't have ep 1 and 2.
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79 bleu
July 3, 2010 at 9:07 AM
Saturday night in here. I just need to say this...OMG! what kind a defense is that Argentine!!!! @&*!&&@#@$*!!!
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80 supah
July 3, 2010 at 9:16 AM
@crzycpl
If you're happy to d/load individual episodes (via. megaupload), I usually get my fix from this site:
tek1nn (dot) wordpress (dot) com
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81 supah
July 3, 2010 at 9:25 AM
@crzycpl
They definitely have that whole series on there, just check the right hand panel.
@janna
Dude, my cat went away to die. I remember that time v. vividly. We read each other pretty well, me and my cat. Le sigh! Anyway, it was about 3yrs ago now so doesn't really y'know 'affect me' or anything like that.
Aw, bunnies!!
Man, Germany were on FIIRRREEE!
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82 Lisa
July 3, 2010 at 9:38 AM
@ crzycpl
Here are the links to the raws of the two first episodes you need of Still, Marry Me. If you do not have an account to this site, you can download one episode today and the other tomorrow. It's much faster than torrents because there might not be any active seeds for these, or later episodes.
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=7S3ICYE9
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=6PHBK960
Yesterday I spoke with my sister and she mentioned that the local newspaper had published an article about Park Yong Ha's suicide. What is unusual is that she lives in a part of Mexico where Winter Sonata hasn't been shown (nor any other kdrama). To the best of my knowledge, WS was broadcast through Sky and it was seen mostly in Mexico City and Central Mexico a few years ago.
I was shocked and numbed by the news of PYH's passing. Depression is a b****. Clinical depression is an illness that needs to be treated with doctor prescribed drugs. Depression causes despair and a pain that is more than physical and that makes one to want to die.
May you rest in peace, Park Yong Ha.
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83 Dara
July 3, 2010 at 9:47 AM
Dance, dance, dance *like a fool* today. Germany won over Argentina 4-0 yessss!
WC Mania. Lol. ^__^
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84 janna
July 3, 2010 at 12:19 PM
@supah: you should get a new kitty if your living arrangements can have it
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85 Namispop
July 3, 2010 at 12:23 PM
Hi,
I just had to comment on the header featuring Gu Hye-sun in a contemplative mood, holding a paintbrush.
It's a gorgeous photograph, and Gu Hye-sun is simply beautiful in it. I love her hairstyle in it, and the photo frames her face in a really lovely way. She is such a pretty young woman.
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86 crzycpl
July 3, 2010 at 3:40 PM
Thanks supah and Lisa! :)
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87 janna
July 3, 2010 at 5:36 PM
So I watched the most recent episode of Baker King, or what have you Baker King, Kim Tak Goo. There was like a montage or something, then came the hazing. Oh man food shows and their hazing. Classic.
So you wanna be the best sushi maker/baker/pasta-ist (that's what I call you when you don't ACTUALLY MAKE THE PASTA) /mochi maker/eel slicer/what have you
Step 1: Say you're going to be the best at making ________. Like seriously tell people. It's best if you have a daily stare in the mirror saying "Fighting" or "Ganbatte" whilst fist pumping. Remind people you will be the best. Just saying it makes you ten percent closer to the goal.
Step 2: Find a cranky pants chef. They're are plenty. Be your uppity brazen self. Smooth.
Step 3: You're shot down. Get all like "No way" and then go "Dang yo I'm depressed"
Step 4: Be awed and inspired by someones life changing over some friggin delicious cookie or whatever you're learning to make. One day I hope for someone to aspire to be the "best grits maker in the United States". Let's watch a show where someone changes peoples lives Dr.Phil style with a bowl of grits.
Step 5: Never back down/Never give up. March right back in. Smile.
Step 6: HAZING TIME. Enjoy scrubbing toilets, counting money, Taking out trash, carrying stuff all at the lovely hour of 3am. It's important for your future, stupid. Apparently angrychef wants to make sure you can handle all the business. You're such a newbie baby but apparently he has so much trust. Why isn't he just looking at...
Step 7: Your RIVAL. Yeah, were you not paying attention to his fancy knife skills earlier in the show? Maybe he can stab you later, only by "accident" or something. Look, he was here months before you, and you're not going to just jump over and win in a...
Step 8: Blind taste test time. First two times you cooked something Angrychef likened to raw sewage burning down his throat, but this time? Oh, slow clap.
Step 9: You are kind of cool with everyone now. Angrychef doesn't want to beat you senseless all day long. You will not have to kiss ass, but you will forever get up at 4am buying ingredients, then spend most of the day cooking them, and will never know what your house or family look like. But you make a really good ______ and it's all good. Story over!
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88 naquia
July 3, 2010 at 6:33 PM
Hasta la Vista Maradona!! German young awesome players are no nonsense!
and yeah i love cats too..i even take care of my neighbour's cats..í so adore HeeChul's cats!
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89 destriana
July 3, 2010 at 11:59 PM
don't know what to say, haha
oh iya, i wanna congrats to winner of dramabeans giveaway, totally agree cause some of the story is my favorite story, dramabeans should make something like that again so we can read all k-drama obsession all over the world. btw i say congrats here cause i don't know why the comment box on relate document didn't show, my stupid slow internet.
and i'm still in big lost of Park Yong Ha. it's like yesterday when i read his new project with Yoon Eun Hye. i even decided to buy dvd if it's out. well, i'll never watch him on that drama. all i can say when i read that news, 당신 바보야?! sorry, i just can't except that reality. well, hope that's the best for him. RIP Park Yong Ha.
Btw, this week i want to buy cinderella's sister and personal taste plus thank you dvd. i've read the recaps from dramabeans, not as good as i expect but i'll give them a try.
well, have a nice sunday everyone...
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90 destriana
July 4, 2010 at 12:08 AM
don't know what to say, haha
oh iya, i wanna congrats to winner of dramabeans giveaway, totally agree cause some of the story is my favorite story, dramabeans should make something like that again so we can read all k-drama obsession all over the world. btw i say congrats here cause i don't know why the comment box on relate document didn't show, my stupid slow internet.
and i'm still in big lost of Park Yong Ha. it's like yesterday when i read his new project with Yoon Eun Hye. i even decided to buy dvd if it's out. well, i'll never watch him on that drama. all i can say when i read that news, 당신 바보야?! sorry, i just can't except that reality. well, hope that's the best for him. RIP Park Yong Ha.
Btw, this week i want to buy cinderella's sister and personal taste plus thank you dvd. i've read the recaps from dramabeans, not as good as i expect but i'll give them a try.
well, have a nice sunday everyone...
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91 supah
July 4, 2010 at 10:12 AM
@janna
Nyehh... don't want to take on any extra responsibility, no matter how small. Seriously, I'm one hot mess right now, haha!
Laughing hard at your Kim Tak Goo review. I fancy it's not really won you over. Are you going to continue watching it?
It's not really had my attention from the get-go. Not really into food-related dramas. Not even seen Gourmet and that had K! R! W! in it (my first kdrama crush, ever) AND the female leads were none other than Kim So-yeon and Nam Sang-mi.
Plus, KTG has Eugene in it, that defo kills any lemming dead for me. Don't hate her, just never really cared for her, much y'know? (OK: you caught me, maybe I hate her then.)
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92 diadda
July 4, 2010 at 11:22 AM
@janna
Don't forget step 6.5: Love interest that has some major effect on how/if/when you cook gives you secret support/sabotage from behind the scenes.
Your analysis is exceptional though.
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93 bbm
July 4, 2010 at 7:01 PM
Hi again,
have you read the article in KBites that CNN picks for 20 hottest korean male stars, as i quote from the article,
"The list was revealed through an online bulletin board on 2nd July. CNN wrote, “ These specially chosen South Korean celebs, who we’ve selected purely on the basis of how much drool they elicited from the female members of our staff, no doubt have solid acting, modeling and/or singing skills. But it’s their chocolate abs, sublime faces and lean, mean, sex-machine bodies that get them a place on this list.” "
but the funniest thing is there are no LBH, JWS, CSW, KDW... crazy... i think that the voters from CNN are mostly BBF fans coz KJH is there...
here the link to that artice
http://sookyeong.wordpress.com/2010/07/04/cnn-names-the-south-koreas-20-hottest-male-celebs/
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94 Ms Lee Han ;)
July 4, 2010 at 7:45 PM
@ 93 bbm
And Kim Nam Gil isn't there! :( But it's all good, cuz his fans (me included) are practically spamming the site with their rage xD
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95 amg01
July 4, 2010 at 11:51 PM
I just finish watching
"Houkago" (Division 1 Stage 08 - "After School").
It is a 2004 J-dorama with actress "Horikita Maki", Toda Erika, Nakamura Ruria, and Tokunaga Eri.
It is the story of "Coming Of Age " of 4 high-school friends who are experiencing falling in love and the way they go about dealing with those feelings, and the growth of their relationships, it is a very good drama, out of "10" I give it a "9", enjoy!!!!
http://www.dramaidol.com/drama/After-School-Hokago/Houkago-Episode-1/
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96 supah
July 5, 2010 at 4:09 AM
@bbm
Wahaha, not the most flattering pics there!
Yeah, it isn't very up to date is it? Aside from BBF, seems the office ladies also like Stairway to Heaven, Autumn Tale and Winter Sonata. But then So Ji-sub's on there, and can't go wrong with Won Bin and Song Seung-hun, Jo In-sung... so I'm happy! But no Kim Nam-gil (ditto, 94!), Kim Rae-won or my current k-crush: Park Sang-min.
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97 janna
July 5, 2010 at 7:09 AM
@ diadda: Ah yes I forgot that one! That's a good addition!
This CNN list... well. Beauty is in the eye of the blahblahblah I'm right, you're wrong.
For the longest time I've seen Bae Yong Joon on lists and I just.don't.get.it. Don't hate me. Maybe you like wine, and I like a fine chilled Nesquik chocolate milk or something.
This analogy isn't working well.
I do agree with #1, aka "he who is married and shall not be named" to me. That is no ordinary man. I also like how this article started off "There are men, and then there are MEN." Then I scrolled to look at the list and went "Yeah!...I uh.. kind of agree...wait he's not that manly. No." Should have been "There are men, and then there are EYECANDY. Here is a list of dudes from recent dramas we've watched."
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98 diadda
July 5, 2010 at 12:21 PM
@janna
I thought the same of Bae at first. His photos or even the way he looks into the camera at first it looked weird to me. I couldn't get the attraction. Didn't help that I saw Winter Sonata first. I know this drama his held up as a religious artifact, but I HATE amnesia story lines. So I couldn't sit still through it. It took The Legend to make me see the light. He would turn his head or pose in such a way that I swear he was trying to charm or mesmerize me. It was odd. I didn't have a thing for him yet but I could see the reason behind the hysteria now. Then I saw Hotelier. WOW! I became a Bae-ing fool on that. The drama was ok, but every scene he was in, he stole by shear manly attraction. I don't know your viewing history. but Hotelier converted me to a believer.
And as for that CNN list. It was made by the staff running the CNNAsia website. SO most likely a vote among young female interns would result in something like this.
No Kim Rae Won
No Lee Dong Gun
No Joo Ji Hoon
No Eric
No Gong Yoo
No Jae Hee
No Kim Jae Won
No Chun Jung Mung for heavens sake
This list could go on forever and of course that is the real problem with this list. once you are exposed to Kpop, drama, culture most female realize there is too much too look at
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99 supah
July 5, 2010 at 2:31 PM
OMGOMG, Giant 15, OMG! What.an.episode!
(Still trying to digest it.)
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100 supah
July 5, 2010 at 3:36 PM
Haha, poor BYJ!
@diadda
Hotelier's been on my to-watch list for yonks, your comment there is just the kind of motivation I need to watch it. Cheers!
Giant 15 spoilers!!!
(@janna: you seen it yet?)
Just calmed myself down, after squeeing, then squeeing some more, jumping on my bed, doing some ebay shopping and then came back.
I don't know where to start but...
- Pres. Hong -- pretty much guessed it. He was awesomesauce.
- Ohemgee, Park So-tae and Park So-tae junior. ::Twue wuv:: (but that had better not be Jun-mo!?)
- JY (hallelujah), FINALLY, FINALLY has stepped up her game. Athough I was still like 'yeah, whatevers, there's far too much JY on this show' - but she was fab. He was in a stroppy mood (he's up to something again that one) and she was the one with the game face. Go GF!
- KM, after all these episodes seeing him soulless (will come back to this topic), I was waiting for a kind of event that would shake him and revive the old KM we knew and loved, the one with the stinkin' 'tude. This episode I would say was the one that seems to have began the revival process. But...
- MJ, she STOLE the bloody show!
- The cliffhanger left me kinda speechless.
Sole problem now, is this like this so early on, it'll probably drag like a mofo later. I think there are some things I'd rather they dragged out now and resolved much later than all this catharsis so early on, we'll not have a lot to look forward to later on, or will we?
Love this writer Jang, hope I can continue to trust him. :)
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