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My Lovely Sam Soon

Starring :
Kim Sun Ah as Kim Sam Soon
Hyun Bin as Hyun Jin-hun
DANIEL HENNEY! as Dr Henry Kim
Jung Ryu-won as Yoo Hee Jin

Synopsis :
It’s mainly about this overweight, stubborn, unattractive (in the story) girl, Kim Sam Soon ( her name is told to be a weird name in the story ) dating a ‘attractive’ guy during her studies in Paris ( she went to Paris to study baking in a famous culinary school ) and when they got back to Korea, the guy got bored with her and dumped her. Soon, she becomes dull, miserable and jobless and is in need for more cash. Later, she met up with another guy who has a bad temper and then she became his contract lover in order to get more money to help out for her family. and the story goes on and on and on..

Comments :
another MBC’s drama. It’s voted as the best Korean drama in 2005, so do you think it’s worth a watch? well, to me, it’s even worth to keep! It’s already enough by drooling at Daniel Henney and Hyun Bin, and Jung Ryu-won is REALLY pretty. oh so natural. Whats more when the whole movie is so amusing. Definitely a must-watch drama for Korean drama fans =P

Episodes : 16

Rating :8.5

Couple or Trouble / Couple of Fantasy

Starring :
Han Ye-seul as Cho Anna
Oh Ji-ho as Jang Cheol-su
Park Han-byul as Oh Yu-gyeong
Kim Seong-min as Billy

Synopsis :
About Anna who lost her parents during her younger days and inherited her grandmothers wealth. Soon, she became rather arrogant, fussy and treats everybody else as her slave. Her husband, Billy couldn’t stand her attitude too. She then met a rude man, Cheol-su who is desperate for money and have 3 nephews to look after. Anna and Cheol-su’s first meeting made them into instant enemies and later when Anna has amnesia, Cheol-su bluffed her that she’s his girlfriend and forces her to do all the housework, treating her like a maid.

Comments :
I laughed ALL THE WAY throughout this drama. Good one. Although it’s something that is quite of an unrealistic story, but it’s something that might happen too. Really really funny. From the script writer of Hong’s sisters (Sassy girl,Chun Hyang and My Girl). and guess what? Han Ye-seul’s English is even better than mine, well most of us, so it gives you a really nice feeling when she speaks English in the drama. Usually in other drama’s they are said to speak English fluently but you can see that actually they’re just memorizing the words. So it feels a bit fake. Haha. Something like a Malaysian who don’t know any Korean speaking Korean.

Episodes : 16

Rating : 8.5

Goong (Palace)

Starring :
Yoon Eun-hye as Shin Chae-kyung
Joo Ji-hoon as Lee Shin
Sung Ji-hyo as Min Hyo-rin
Kim Jeong-hoon as Lee Yul

Synopsis :
Chae-kyung’s grandfather made a deal with his best friend, the King that if they’re children are born of the different sex will get married. Unfortunately, they’re all males, and Chae-kyung needs to marry the first child of the King, Shin. She didn’t want to marry him although most girls in her school is already crazy of Prince Shin, but she is forced to marry him as her dad is in debts. Shin’s girlfriend, Hyo-rin declines his propose to further her ballet studies even he said that he will have to marry somebody he doesn’t know if she doesn’t accept. So Chae-kyung and Shin got married without loving each other. Shin’s cousin, Yul came back from England and fell in love with Chae-kyung. Hyo-rin on the other hand realized how much she love Shin and went back to Korea to look for Shin. A mixed up story.

Comments :
Yay! Who don’t like fairytale stories about a girl waiting for the prince charming. Well, this one is some sort of the modern version of it. I love it especially their clothing.. so pretty!! *big applause for the designer* storyline’s great! mixture of comedy and romance. Also another one recommended by me ^^, but some might find boring for it is a little slower than most drama’s, but in my opinion, the other drama Eun-hye acted in (The man of the vineyard) is EVEN SLOWER, and boring too. This is more of a “chic flick” though.

Episodes : 24

Rating : 8

Get Karl! Oh Soo Jung

Starring :
Oh Ji Ho as Go Man Soo / Karl
Uhm Jung Hwa as Oh Soo Jung
Kang Sung Jin as Jung Woo Tak
Park Da An as Yook Dae Soon

Synopsis :
Oh Soo Jung, is the former beauty queen, with a thick skinned attitude . Go Man Soo, a rather fat and dumb guy, was supposed to get married with Oh Soo Jung, but she ran away from the isle after Man Soo told her that he failed in his law exams (which he studied for Soo Jung just to get her) and Man Soo migrated to America to forget about Soo Jung. Now, Go Man Soo lost weight and became a famous golf player known as Karl Go and is also very good looking, Soo Jung is turning old and is known as an old maid. When Man Soo came back to Korea with good looks and money, Soo Jung went chasing after Man Soo. But later on the reasons for every mean thing she did will slowly be revealed.

Comments :
Ever seen the movie “200 pounds of beauty” ? This one is sort of a male version of it but he didn’t go for plastic surgery. I really like how they twist and turn the story to make it quite unpredictable. Another favorite. It’s really addictive too, so don’t just say ” let me watch 1 episode of it and study later “, because after that when you’re studying, you keep want to know what happens next!

Episodes : 16

Rating : 8.5

Full House

Starring :
Song Hye Gyo as Han Ji En
Bi/Rain as Lee Young Jae
Han Eun Jung as Kang Hye Won
Kim Seong Soo as Yoo Min Hyuk

Synopsis :
Han Ji En lost her parents when she’s young, grew up alone with the house her father designed. She works as a part time online writer, which doesn’t make her a good amount of money and horribly messy too. Young Jae on the other hand, is a successful actor and is incredibly neat. Ji En’s two best friends bluffed her away to Shanghai saying that she won a trip and silently sold her house. Ji En met Young Jae in the plane, and is also staying at the same hotel too. Ji En soon found out that her friends tricked her and she is forced to lie to Young Jae about who she is to lend a sum of money to go back to Korea. When she got back to Korea, she is left with nothing, her friends took away all her money left in her bank and the house is now belonging to Young Jae. Ji En refuses to leave the house because it is not her that sold it, and Young Jae offered her to be his maid in order for her to stay in the house. Later on, Young Jae signed an agreement with Ji En saying that if she becomes his wife for 3 years, the house will legally belong to her.

Comments :
Yeah, an old drama, but still likable even until now. The first ever Korean Drama I’ve bought. SUPER DUPER NICE. It makes me laugh, it makes me cry, yeah, so it’s a touching, loving and a comedy too! great fusion of theme. and with Song Hye Gyo’s good looks and wonderful acting, it’s even nicer, one of the most successful drama’s if I’m not mistaken. Just watch it.

Episodes : 16

Rating : 8.8