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Day 01 - Your Favourite Kdrama
Saturday, July 14, 2012 @ 2:00 AM
Hello!
It's really hard to choose the best among the best, can I select the top 3 of my list? Because all of them are my favourites!
1. Rooftop Prince
2. You're Beautiful
3. My Girlfriend is a Gumiho
30 Days Kdrama Challenge!
@ 1:50 AM
30 Day Kdrama Challenge
Day 01: Your Favorite Kdrama
Day 02: Your Favorite Male Lead Character
Day 03: Your Favorite Female Lead Character
Day 04: Your Favorite Male Third Wheel Character
Day 05: Your Favorite Female Third Wheel Character
Day 06: Your Favorite Song from a Kdrama OST
Day 07: Your Favorite Line/s by a Male Lead Character
Day 08: Your Favorite Line/s by a Female Lead Character
Day 09: Your Favorite Line/s by a Male Third Wheel
Day 10: Your Favorite Line/s by a Female Third Wheel
Day 11; Your Favorite Dialogue
Day 12: Your Favorite Story
Day 13: Your Favorite “I Love You”
Day 14: Your Favorite Kiss
Day 15: Your Favorite Ending
Day 16: A Kdrama you started but can’t finish
Day 17: A Kdrama you’ve watched more than once
Day 18: The Worst Kdrama that you’ve watched until the end
Day 19: Your Best Actor
Day 20: Your Best Actress
Day 21: Your Worst Actor
Day 22: Your Worst Actress
Day 23: Your Best Couple
Day 24: Your Worst Couple
Day 25: Your First Kdrama
Day 26: Your Recently Finished Kdrama
Day 27: A Kdrama loved by many but you don’t seem to like
Day 28: A Kdrama not loved by many but you seem to like
Day 29: A Kdrama which made you so happy
Day 30: A Kdrama which made you so sad
Day 02: Your Favorite Male Lead Character
Day 03: Your Favorite Female Lead Character
Day 04: Your Favorite Male Third Wheel Character
Day 05: Your Favorite Female Third Wheel Character
Day 06: Your Favorite Song from a Kdrama OST
Day 07: Your Favorite Line/s by a Male Lead Character
Day 08: Your Favorite Line/s by a Female Lead Character
Day 09: Your Favorite Line/s by a Male Third Wheel
Day 10: Your Favorite Line/s by a Female Third Wheel
Day 11; Your Favorite Dialogue
Day 12: Your Favorite Story
Day 13: Your Favorite “I Love You”
Day 14: Your Favorite Kiss
Day 15: Your Favorite Ending
Day 16: A Kdrama you started but can’t finish
Day 17: A Kdrama you’ve watched more than once
Day 18: The Worst Kdrama that you’ve watched until the end
Day 19: Your Best Actor
Day 20: Your Best Actress
Day 21: Your Worst Actor
Day 22: Your Worst Actress
Day 23: Your Best Couple
Day 24: Your Worst Couple
Day 25: Your First Kdrama
Day 26: Your Recently Finished Kdrama
Day 27: A Kdrama loved by many but you don’t seem to like
Day 28: A Kdrama not loved by many but you seem to like
Day 29: A Kdrama which made you so happy
Day 30: A Kdrama which made you so sad
Not everything can be resized
@ 1:47 AM
Don't Make Me Laugh
@ 12:56 AM
Hello readers :)
So if you didn't know, my life has been revolving around my TV, laptop and korean drama series, especially my favourite kdrama, Rooftop Prince. I've been rewatching it a couple of times and to think about it, I haven't done that for ages!-the rewatching thing. The last kdrama which I have done so was You're Beautiful.
And whenever I have highly recommended kdrama, the first person whom I would promote it to is Nania. haha
So anyway, in this post I just want to share one of my favourite funny scene in Rooftop Prince (apart from the scene where they got changed in the elevator), this is a scene where all of them were having dinner together and the Crown Prince asked Chi San if his stomach is okay after having surgery.
LOL
What youth wants: MONEY
Sunday, June 3, 2012 @ 6:47 PM
Hello readers :D
I spent
almost a week trying to figure out my needs as a youth. I’ve never thought of
it until I came across a question which gave me a food for thought. I realized
that throughout my life as a teenager, I do have unlimited desires. Mind you, I
even have 3 B5-sized pages of my wish
list and truthfully, only about 30% of the wishes have been struck through by me,
indicating that it has been fulfilled as the time passes. 70% is still to come,
and I predict that it will all going to be crossed through when I am no longer
a youth.
You may
think that the reason why I am unable to fulfill my own desires is because I
asked too much.
WRONG!
I don’t think
it is sinful for me to have wishes, dreams and desires at this age.
So after doing
some thinking, I have finally figured out what my primary need is, which is MONEY, the mother
of all my other needs.
Unless you’re
born with a silver spoon in your mouth, money is the primary need for youths.
It is the most common thing that every youth wants. Why do we need money? Why
do I need money?
First and
foremost, youths need money for ENTERTAINMENT.
As a
teenager, the place where I can get entertainment for free would be at home. I would
switch on the television and enjoy watching Korean drama series and all. I
would also switch on my laptop and download other series and sometimes would
watch my favorite series online. THAT is where I can get free entertainment,
but sometimes being a couch potato and getting free entertainment constantly
would be boring. I prefer hanging out with my friends and do shopping, eating,
having karaoke together and do other stuffs together. That sounds more fun, don’t
you think?
This is
just me, not to say the others. Just see how much youths react to live concerts
and fan meetings from celebrities abroad eg. Justin Bieber, Westlife, Tokio
Hotel, Ne-Yo, Adam Lambert, Jason Derulo, Greyson Chance, Avenged Sevenfold and
not forgetting Korean pop artists such as Wondergirls, Beast, U-KISS and Super
Junior. If we have a more titanic space than what we already have for the live
concerts I bet it would be fully filled as well. My point here is that youths would not mind spending money for these live events. To be honest, I am a spend-thrift so if I were given enough money for me to go to this kind of event, I would go! Now, can you see how inseparable is youth and entertainment?
Malaysia has emerged as the top 10 media consuming nation out of 52 countries surveyed by the Nielsen Company to unearth entertainment technology ownership and usage habits of global citizens. Nielsen Malaysia’s Consumer Group managing director, Paul Richmond said Malaysians were real entertainment and technology junkies as they consume copious amount of home entertainment, music, video games and digital media. According to the Nielsen report, 89 per cent of Malaysian own at least a TV set while 87 percent had at least one personal computer. -The Sabah Times, January 2009.
Another research was conducted by American Savings Education Council in 1999 and it was reported that 82% of teenagers spend their own money on entertainment. In 2010, AGP Institute of São Paulo conducted a survey and results showed that68% of youths go out every week for entertainment. The research also found that the major factors that prevent the residents of Sao Paulo from going out are money.
Secondly, youths need money for FASHION AND CLOTHING
Yes, all
girls would love that! I shall agree to the statement that young people are
fashion victims. Even though I am not a fashion freak but I’d love to have nice
outfits to wear. I even dreamt of having a small closet room where it is filled
with my clothing stuffs, sandals, high heels (as if I have one hahah), handbags, and other accessories
just like what you would always see in Korean drama series. Heh.
For guys,
they may need money for TECHNOLOGY: ELECTRONIC STUFFS AND GADGETS.
Not only
the guys, the greedy part of me want those new gadgets too! iPhone, Blackberry, DSLR
camera, Nokia Lumia, Sony Xperia, Samsung Galaxy, iPad, iMac, Macbook and other
notebook computers, those stuffs are to die for!
And I shall
repeat it again, to have those stuffs in your possession you HAVE to HAVE
MONEY.
Thirdly,
youth needs money for EDUCATIONAL NEEDS.
Like I
said, unless you have a wealthy background, I personally think that most of the
youths would apply for academic loans or scholarships in order to pay for their
studies. As for me, I honestly think that my parent’s monthly income would not
be enough to support my whole education added with my siblings’ educations if I
was not given allowances every semester during my foundation and now, while
waiting to further my Degrees, I am applying for available loans and
scholarships.
Where do
youths usually get their money?
A research
done by the Teenage Research Unlimited report that 53% youth get their money
from their parents as a needed basis. 46% of them get money through odd jobs,
46% from gifts, 32% from part time jobs, 26% from regular allowances and 13%
from full-time jobs.
What youths
do to get money:
Sometimes
when you have uncontrollable desires you would decide to work; that is the
solution of every financial problems. An article review done by Lynne Bryla
states that people work because they feel that jobs can provide financial
independence. You don’t want to give your parents any more burdens and trouble
so you work to earn your own income.
So that’s
it. This is only my view, I don’t know about the others. However, I am aware that
money isn’t everything for youth. We (the youths) realized our responsibilities towards the country
as we are the future generations who will run our own country one day. I find
it funny and weird by just looking at how eager and concerned our youths have
been with our politic and economy. Truth be told, youths nowadays are aware of
the political and economic development going around in this country. Thus, the
government should establish a proper, better and stabilized economy as well as conduct a paradigm shift (berhijrah ke arah kebaikan) in our political system so that Malaysia
can be a better place for the youths.
And to make those dreams a
reality, join Sarawak Bloggers and ouryouth.my now because "Sarawak Bloggers and ouryouth.my are catalyst of the future of Sarawak
and Malaysia."
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[REVIEW + SPOILER] Rooftop Prince - 300 years of love.
Saturday, May 26, 2012 @ 4:36 AM
Hello readers :)
WARNING: If you have not finished watching Rooftop Prince and King 2 Hearts and would hit me for giving out spoilers, do not continue reading the passage. Thank you.
WARNING: If you have not finished watching Rooftop Prince and King 2 Hearts and would hit me for giving out spoilers, do not continue reading the passage. Thank you.
NOTE: Before you proceed with the Rooftop Prince's review the paragraph below is just merely a brief frustrating review on King 2 Hearts.)
Just a few hours ago I was very disappointed with King 2 Hearts and stopped watching halfway through it, because I just realized that although I watched the drama because of Lee Seunggi in the first place, it turned out that I actually like the second male lead as well, Eun Shi Kyung, who fall in love with Princess Lee Jae Shin. I watched it up until Episode 19 and wish to stop after Shi Kyung died, because there is no point of watching the ending. We all know that King Lee Jae Ha and Kim Hang Ah would get married and live happily ever after, and that bastard Club M's John Mayer/ Kim Bong Gu would be gone for good, either by death or something else.
Anyway, since I was really disappointed that my soldier, the love of my drama died (I still love Seunggi though, it's just that Shi Kyung's death just ruined my mood to watch the ending) I decided to watch the final episode of Rooftop Prince, hoping for a good and fantastic ending, and it incredibly is!
I wish I'm not a spoiler bitch but I just can't help it. I feel like writing a review about Rooftop Prince. It's been a while since I last wrote a review on kdrama series which I had given me the best impressions. If you see me writing a review, it means that I have actually listed the drama as my all-time favourite. So Rooftop Prince is one of them!
I could say, the ending was daebak, seriously. It was unimaginable, unexpected but happy. Unexpected because it was fantastic, full of fantasy! I really salute the writer of the drama because he has such a creative mind! The ending actually gives me a great impression in the drama and leaves a huge impact in my passion for korean drama series.
Honestly when I first watched the ending, I could not understand it. But after reading self-verified comments from fans I began to understand and find the drama incredibly wonderful!
I always wonder what happened to Park Ha and Crown Prince Lee Gak if he returns to Joseon and Park Ha remains at the present Seoul. It turns out that this whole drama is all about reincarnation. The riddle itself has given us the clue - the thing that lives when it's dead, and it's dead when it's alive, which is the rebirth symbol. Well I'm a muslim so I don't believe in reincarnation but given a little knowledge (after watching The Myth), I do know a bit about it so this makes me able to understand the drama.
What the writer wanted to show us is how Park Ha/Bu Yong and Tae Yong/Lee Gak were destined. Bu Yong died after eating poisonous dried persimmons. She confessed her love to Prince Lee Gak through a letter which was read by Lee Gak after her death. She wrote that she actually had loved Lee Gak all along and even after hundreds of years, she would still love him. Lee Gak realized that he loves Bu Yong and waited 300 years to be reincarnated and be together with Bu Yong (Park Ha). When he passed away, his reincarnation, Tae Yong, carries Lee Gak's soul in him, making him met Park Ha, the reincarnation of Bu Yong. So the two people (Bu Yong & Park Ha + Lee Gak & Tae Yong) are actually the same, they carry the same soul in them, one same soul, the soul from Joseon and was still living even after rebirth.
Of course, Lee Gak traveled to 300 years in time to discover the mystery of Crown Princess's murder but after living for a certain period of time in present Seoul, he discovered that the one who died floating at the pond was not actually the Crown Princess, but Bu Yong. When he return to Joseon, he punished those who were involved in an attempt to murder the Crown Prince which had caused the death of Bu Yong. Later, he found a love letter which was written by Bu Yong before her death (the one I talked about just now). In the letter she confessed her love to Lee Gak, making him realize that he had loved Bu Yong and the two of them would also love each other after 300 years.
This is proven by the first picture of Park Ha at New York City drawn by Tae Yong - means the love of the two actually exist in the 21st century, but the love was developed by Lee Gak and so when Tae Yong woke up, he has the memories of Lee Gak and could feel his love for Park Ha (explains the second postcard drawing by Tae Yong). This explains why Tae Yong was so straightforward with Park Ha when they had just spoken.
Tae Yong (Lee Gak)
Park Ha (Bu Yong)
In this drama, Park Ha did not suffer long because Lee Gak's soul was directed into Tae Yong's body. This explains why Tae Yong was temporarily dead/in a coma while Lee Gak was in present days and I'm sure that Tae Yong was dead because of Lee Gak's presence at the 21st century and woke up again after Lee Gak had returned to Joseon. It is sad though that Lee Gak has to live alone in Joseon (with memories of him and Park Ha) until he died in order to be reborn and be with reincarnated Bu Yong (Park Ha), while Bu Yong has to die in order to be born again (as Park Ha) and love Lee Gak (Tae Yong). These are actually the sacrifices that the two had made because of their love for each other. Their love remains after 300 years and they were finally together after 300 years.
THE WRITER HAD JUST WRITTEN AN AMAZING ROMANTIC STORY!!
THIS IS ONE OF THE BEST KOREAN DRAMA SERIES I HAVE EVER WATCHED!! KUDOS TO THE WRITER AND DIRECTOR, YOOCHUN, HAN JI MIN AND OTHER ACTORS, CREW MEMBERS, YOU GUYS DID A SPLENDID JOB! (Y)
