Thank You: Review
July 29, 2007, 11:51 pm
Filed under: Thank You, Updates

thank u

The synopsis ( credit : dramaWiki )
Min Ki Seo and Lee Young Shim will be a couple who hated the sight of each other at first but later developed affections along the way during their daily fights and disagreements. Min Ki Seo was orginally a doctor who always looked down on people and is very naughty as well until he met Lee Young Shim and her child who has aids. Lee Young Shim is a very cheerful and positive person despite the difficult life she has to face. Through her, Min Ki Seo slowly becomes a warm, gentle person because of love.

The casts :
* Jang Hyuk as Min Ki Seo
* Gong Hyo Jin as Lee Young Shin
* Shin Sung Rok as Choi Suk Hyun
* Kim Sung Eun as Suh Eun Hee
* Seo Shin Ae as Lee Bom / Sam Weol Ee (Young Shin’s daughter)
* Shin Goo as Mr. Lee / Lee Byung Gook (Young Shin’s grandfather)
* Ryu Seung Soo as Oh Jong Soo
* Yoo Min Ho as Lee Young Woo
* Kil Young Woo as Min Jun Ho
* Hong Yeo Jin as Kang Hye Jung
* Choi Kang Hee as Cha Ji Min
* Yang Hyun Woo as Choi Young Joo
* Jo Min Ryung as Bak So Ran

My Thoughts:(4 stars)

I told myself, when actor Jang Hyuk comes back from his army service, I will surely watch his next drama. Behold, he is doing a drama alright! But a genre or theme that I have avoided to watch so far. Yes, its one of those dramas with incurable diseases and the main characters dies in the end, or so I thought. I contemplated for a while, “should I watch or not to watch?”

Characters:
I gave in, and watched it, man was I ever wrong on my pre-assumed cliched drama thought. I loved how the story is not rushed and takes its time to reveal the intertwined strings that connect the characters. The actress Gong Hyo Jin as I have also seen her in other dramas such as “Let’s go to school Sang-doo and my favorite, “Hello Teacher Biscuit”, did a wonderful portrayal of Young shin, an unwed mother who is struggling to make ends meet and to take care of a father that has dementia and a daughter who is infected of the HIV virus. She is strong, holding the family together, working odd jobs and it really touched my heart that she’s not the type of girl who comes after the guy to take the responsibility for her because of their child, and instead tries to stand firm and raised their child all by herself. My only complaint is that, whenever Choi Suk Hyun’s mother comes after her and say hurtful things to her, she just stands there and quietly takes it all in. That might be her nature, but as human beings there are times that your bucket of patience could overflow and you just had to fight back! I was mad at that! grrrrr. Jang Hyuk as always is superb in playing as a jerk, arrogant doctor who can’t come to terms with his girlfriend’s death and mistake. Shin Sung Rok, this is my first time seeing him acting, and I am impressed, specially on times, that he longs to be a Dad to Lee Bom. All the characters are sooo lovable that it pains you when they have misconception of each other.


Story:

Each and every episode left me breathless and full of tears. I have shed tears not because of pity for Young shin’s family’s painful human strife but for the courage, love and strong bonds that keep them together. This series did not give emphasis on Lee Bom’s struggles with the pains of the disease but showed gracefully the human change, brought upon the understanding of the disease. I admire Young Shin’s courage in dealing with her daughter and her illness. Living each day, trying to be strong, putting up a fake smile just for her daughter’s sake. The agony of trying to pass on each day as if its just normal, but deep within there’s a dread that one day they might get shunned, if Lee Bom’s illness be revealed. The sentence that struck me most is:

If I have become your miracle, then its
because you first awakened my life’s miracles.
To you, I say…
THANK YOU

This drama, gave a whole lot of meaning to the word thank you, for this word implies the life changing appreciation in life and people.



I’m Back!!!
July 29, 2007, 7:04 pm
Filed under: Updates

Hi! guys! I am back!! Sorry, for I was away for a while, as you can see there has been a lacking of updates or any postings in this site. I will surely be posting a whole lot to get back on track.

Yes, I am at least revitalized from the trips that I have taken and a family party that I have attended to. Somehow a person needs to lean back a bit from the busy life they lead and need not be dragged into the fast-pace daily routine but instead take a breather and enjoy your journey till you get to where you want to be. It’s how you get there, that is most important.

I’m sure you guys have come visit here and have noticed the lack of updates or any postings. I will be posting a lot from which there has been a lot of dramas that I have been watching and still yet to write episode or drama reviews/summaries for it. Stay tuned!



My Lucky Star ep.02
July 4, 2007, 5:05 am
Filed under: My Lucky Stars, TW-DRAMA, Updates

carrying Ah Xing
In this episode, Ah Xing walked directly to the path of an oncoming car. Tian Qi pulled her in time, and thought that she wanted to kill herself, but she said she was only hungry since she hasn’t had anything since morning. They went to a bar to eat. Ah Xing is wallowing in alcohol, and Tian Qi out of curiosity asked how did she forgive Shi San. Ah Xing answered that she grew up having no parents and she knows how that feels. If she forced Shi San to come back to her then what would happen to the child. She adds that, now they are a family and she has become the outsider, its only right that she leaves. Tian Qi questions himself, has he also become an outsider to Ya Rou’s World, and asked can love be split or divided into parts, just like loving someone but chooses to be with someone else. She said No because the word ‘heart’ is in the word ‘love’. You couldn’t split your heart or you would die. He smiled bitterly and comments that Ah Xing is very different from Ya Rou, and that in fact he was dumped today because the person that he cares about is now somebody else’s fiance. He admits that he could not be as kind as her, and will have difficulty in giving his blessings and keeping the tears to himself. He looks at Ah Xhing who had already fallen asleep. He carried her on his back and walked to find a place to sleep. While carrying her, he finds it odd that he was able to reveal his innermost thoughts to a stranger like her, and thinks that perhaps because they are in the same plight. He comments loudy, that she is amazing because she could give her blessing to someone that betrayed her. She answered that if she chose to be with Shi san, there’ll only be one possibility for her, which is pain, and by leaving him, her life would have ten thousand possibilities. Tian Qi, realized that what she said rings true. Meanwhile in the Zhong household, Ya Rou, Tian Jun and his father are discussing about Tian Qi’s reckless act. Tian Jun receives a call. He meets up with the caller who turns out to be a reporter and blackmails him for the real reason of the called-off wedding. The reporter hands him an envelope of pictures and discovered that Tian Qi was Ya Rou’s ex-boyfriend.

bar

Tian Qi carried the drunken Ah Xing to a motel and realized it was a lovers’ motel. He wanted to leave but the desk clerk persuade him to stay. The handcuffs fell out of his pocket while paying. The clerk thought that he was a rapist that drugs and cuffs girls,then calls the police. Tian Qi finds their room and dropped her on the bed. He looks around and sees photos of sexy girls when suddenly Ah Xing’s legs hits him. He mutters to himself that even if he’s a gentleman he can’t help to notice. He gets up and covered Ah Xhing with a blanket then proceeded to the bathroom. He washes his face and thinks of all the string of events that day. He thinks why can’t he be like Ah Xing, that can give blessing magnanimously. Ah Xing’s words still echoes in his head. Tian Qi being moved by Ah Xing’s words, realizes that instead of three people getting hurt he should let go graciously and let Ya Rou and his brother be happy. He went back to the bedroom and looked at Ah Xing admiringly, he quietly thanked her for being with him in the toughest day of his life and uttered his good-bye. Ah Xing moved, Tian Qi sees the Queen Mary peering through her shirt. He realized that he almost forgot to get it back, and is now planning to give the jewel as part of his blessings. He moved to get it but its such an awkward place that he is having second thoughts. He decided to give it another go, when she flung herself in his direction and wraps herself around him. He overhears moaning sounds from the other room and looks like he’s about to give in when Ah Xing(he he he). He peeled her off him and makes another go for it, when the police comes barging in to arrest him. He laments that his luck was so bad that he was cuffed 3 times in one day. The Police took them away.

tian Junreporterpictureep2.1diamondchesttandaycuffed

Back at the Zhong household, Ya Ruo wondered who that woman was who got Tian Qi to steal the necklace for her. Tian Juan said Tian Qi would not do things for no reason and that someone had to have done something bad to him first. Ya rou is shocked to hear this. The cops called and told them about Tian Qi. Ya Rou asked if she could go with him, and reasons that after all it was her fault that Queen Mary got stolen. Tian Jun comments all that she always mentions is Queen Mary, should’nt she be worried about Tian Qi. At the police station, Ah xing woke up and explains that she got drunk and that their relationship is of that a boyfriend and girlfriend. The police asked what about the handcuffs. She made up an alibi that in actuality Tian Qi likes to be cuffed to the bed and be whipped and to have hot oil dripped on him. Tian Jun and Ya Rou hears all this. Tian Jun asked Tian Qi and Ya Rou to wait outside. Ah Xing wonders if he had taken advantage of her while he was taking the necklace. She turned around to directly bumped to Tian Qi. Ah Xing yelped in pain, she tells him, that her nose is the most perfect part of her body, he will have to pay for a plastic surgery if its broken. Tian Qi, teases that he knows that she is lying because her eyes are rolling around. She retorted that it might be bleeding, Tian Qi smilingly asks if he could see it. Meanwhile Ya Rou is jealous to have seen this sweet display and unabashedly came forward and tells Tian Qi that she wants to talk. Ah Xing left them, and comments to herself that Ya Rou is very beautiful and that no wonder that she cheats without feeling guilty. She feels sorry for Tian Qi that he still have to face her, but chided herself that she has nothing to do with his situation and decided to go home. She remembers that she still have the necklace, and went to give it back. Ya Rou confronted Tian Qi about ruining her engagement and giving her embarassment. Tian Qi admitted the fact that, that was what he wanted to do at that time but thought about it and now he was sorry. He reasons that he thinks they used to be in love but before he could continue, Ya Rou blurted, “Love?” and advised him not to use the word so casually, and that because she dumped him, he started to associated with a tramp from who knows where and she told him that she was glad she picked Tian Juan over him because unlike himm Tian Jun is not willing to be reduced to be with a tramp. Tian Qi defends that even though Ah Xing is not as elegant as her,at least she gives her whole heart to him. He also adds that she is the kindest girl he has ever met and she can’t be compared to Ah Xing. Ya Rou is adamant upon hearing this, Tian Qi assures her that he will give her back Queen Mary and wishes for his brother and her to be together forever, and that now he realizes that love can’t be divided into parts because the center of love is the heart. Tian Qi walked up to her and tells her that he should have know that her heart died a long time ago, because there is no love in it at all. Ya Rou slapped him. Upon seeing this Ah Xing is infuriated that she can still slap him after all the cheating that she had done. Ah Xing gives the bag to Tian Qi to return to Ya Rou. He tells her that he hopes that she could love his brother wholeheartedly and he can give her everything that she wants. He hands her the bag and left. Ya Rou muttered “Losing the one I love, Queen Mary, is this your curse for me?” Meanwhile, Tian Juan overheard everything.

Ah Xing performed a magic trick to give him the jewel, and cheerfully went on the bus. He was shocked that she was leaving and asked where is she going. Ah Xing yelled to him that he doesn’t have to be moved, and she felt that she wanted to do something righteous for she feels bad for him for that woman. She advised him that he can take it as a her thanks for spending the day with her and bid him farewell. He looked on the moving bus, he opens his palm to be suprised that he has the Queen Mary. He realizes something and made a mad dash somewhere.
Inside the bus, Ah Xing is staring at her plastic star when she dropped her star for the bus has stopped abruptly. She went looking for it, when a figure is looming above her. She looked to be suprise! Its Tian Qi!
letmeseeYa Roubustogethertomorrow TownUncleconfrontation

———————————————————————————-
(this excerpt is credited to L_COCO)

They got to Tomorrow Village and Tian Qi realized that the village produced durian and he hated durian. They were kidnapped by the villagers. Shi San told them that he worked for the lotto and could control the outcome. They gave him $20,000 each. The village elder’ son also gave him $60,000 because Shi San said that Ah Xing needed the money for surgery. They all wanted their money back. Ah Xing made up a story about her having cancer. Everyone felt sorry for her. Tian Qi stole the motorbike and tried to flee with Ah Xing. The bike had no brakes and they rammed into the village’s annual harvest of durian. The elder said now they owed them $1.5M. Tian Qi called his manager and asked him for money. His manager told him that he already used the money to pay off the French racer that Tian Qi beat up. He also cancelled his contract with Tian Qi. He told him his family was looking for him and they cancelled all his credit cards and froze his bank accts. Tian Qi tried to tell the villagers that he was a F1 racer, the only F1 racer in Asia but no one believed him. “Don’t you read racing magazines?” The elder forced them to sign a contract to repay the money. The signing was conducted like a wedding ceremony. “Do you, Zhong Tian Qi, agree to pay off your debt?” “I do.”

Tian Qi was really mad at Ah Xing now. Everything she said was a lie. He started to wonder if she was really an orphan. Maybe that was also a lie. They came to Ah Xing’s uncle house. Ah Xing uncle cheated on the Mahjong table with Fat Ge and was caught. Ah Xing lied that she was the designer for E. Shine and could get Fat Ge a diamond necklace at 80% off and would deliver the necklace the next morning. Tian Qi was furious at Ah Xing. Ah Xing was upset that her uncle broke the lamp that her late mother gave her.

Impression

I am really really loving this series. I love the acting, the actors, the chemistry and pacing of this series. So far, we see that Tian Qi is having a hard time understanding the virtue of letting go, but with the help of Ah Xing he was able to see it little by little. I like the fact that Ah Xing is starting to have an influence on Tian Qi’s way of thinking, must be a sign that she’s slowly inching her way to his heart. He he he!!! Ya Rou on the other hand, is evidently jealous and very much have feelings for Tian Qi but she’s ambitious and would rather choose social status than what her heart yearns for. I can’t wait till how Tian Qi will progressively get to know the real Ah Xing until he falls for her!!! My favorite scenes:

1. The hotel scene: har har har. Its funny how the necklace is peering through her chest and he wants to take it. Mistaken Identities and fetish alibi. he hehe
2. The cute scene outside the police station where they’r like flirting with one another har har har and its right infront of Ya Rou.
3. The scene to where Tian Qi realizes that it was the diamond in his hand and he ran after the bus on the next stop and blurts to Ah Xing that he is going with her to experience the other 10 thousand possibilities.
4. The scene where he accuses her of perhaps that whatever that she had told him was a lie, but then finds out for himself that its all true.