Personal Taste

Park Gae In (Son Ye Jin) just got dumped by her boyfriend, HAN Chang Ryul (Kim Ji Suk) who's getting married to her backstabbing-mean-bitch-bestfriend/housemate Kim In Hee (Wang Ji Hye). As if she wasn't hurt enough, her other bestfriend not only try to take advantage of her when she was drunk but also mortgage her father's house for a loan (I don't really understand how they can legally do this when it's not their own property... is it really possible in ROK?)

With limited financial resources- her furniture design was not selling- she had to rent out one of the rooms in the house. And Jeon Jin Ho (Lee Min Ho) came knocking. Jin Ho was in a competitonal bid to design a big construction project and he learned that the project's owner would prefer Park Shul Han to be the designer but since he rejected halfway through the project...it's now open to bid. Park Chul Han is the mostly absent father of Gae In and it was told that the house she currently live in was an unfinished 'prototype' of the design of the art gallery. The house was 'forbidden' to outsiders (huh? I see people coming and going through the front door and some were not even invited in) so Jin Ho option to study the design of the house was by being a boarder. Gae In would not even entertain the idea of having a male housemate (she's very conservative) but because from her previous encounters with Jin Ho she assumed he was gay.... and that wrong assumption leads to several comical situation.

I do understand how Gae In could fall for the perfect but albeit cold Jin Ho, but why does he fall for her? yea...yeah I know... I always questioning why the hero fall for the heroine while it's easy to comprehend why the heroine fall for the hero (hell yeah, if I'm the observer could "fall" for him, then it's really logical that the heroine fall for him right? So is it because even though she was hurt before but she still hadn't install various protective software around her heart; she still so trusting, understanding and forgiving (Pbabo!).

Then there is other female characters; I don't understand how they chased after and cling to a guy whom they know are not into them. Their love alone is strong, big enough for the two of them? Puhleeez... I wish that Jin Ho would show more disgust to the calculative and manipulative In Hee rather than just giving her the cold shoulder... So as not breed more ambitious and materialistic bitches out there ^^

Do I like this drama? yeah...but I don't see the chemistry between the two leads (there's more chemistry for their two bestfriend, too bad Young Sun is already married). though the kissing scene was sizzling. Is it because it's Son Ye Jin that the kiss was not as chaste as usually were in kdramas? do I nomu-nomu like it and will rewatch anytime soon? Nah... for me a really good drama was when I would want to rewatch it someday and got me addicted to watch another drama ASAP.

p/s: I do like the feeling of the house; the privacy it gave but not really the open design...

I am Sam (3)

This is one of the kdrama boxsets that I bought on my last shopping trip to KL. Hmmm...was that on June, July last year? :) I just had the oppurtunity to watch it last week after I really really told myself not to buy any new boxset. Gosh! I saw yesterday that East of Eden boxset are available now in stores here, haha if I had enough money then I would have bought it then and there and after my visit to the bank I told myself not to go to any cds shop, cause I don't have time to watch it now...my flight is tomorrow!

Sinopsis of the drama - its about this timid and 'weird' teacher, Jang Ee San (Yang Dong Geun) (I'm not sure how to describe his character in a nutshell, it's like a 'nerdish' but inappropriate for a teacher) chance encounter with a spoiled mobster's daughter in the street. Since she seems lost and desperate he asks her if she needs any help. He let her stay in his small apartment for the night since she says she can't go home because her father was abusive and come morning before he went to teach, left her his phone number if she got into any trouble. She did come into trouble and end up in police station, he come to bail her out. Then she said something unbecoming for a girl (huh! its alright for a male to curse is it?) and get a slap from him.

Yoo Eun Byul (Park Min Young) being the spoiled daughter of a highly dangerous mob leader, though her father was so temperamental and scary to others, he never raised a hand to Eun Byul. So she was rather shocked to get this treatment, it was a whole new experience! When she did come home, she get a tongue lashing from her father which stop when she said she wants to study again, but not a private tutor at home. She wants to study in the school where Ee San was teaching.

The father then brought Ee San to his mansion and informed him of Eun Byul's decision. At first, Ee San decline no matter how much money was offered, he don't want to associate himself with the mob but then his life was threatened, so he had to accept to teach Eun Byul. What I don't understand is why he forced Ee San to live in the same house as Eun Byul? It's not as if after school hours he gave her another private lesson...

Eun Byul ends up in Ee San class then with her father's influence. It turns out his class was the 'most problematic' class in the school. Being the new student she was harassed but she stood up on her own. Her alterations with the school badboy, Chae Moo Shin (TOP from Big Bang), just when she entered the school's ground was also of not help.

Then there is some kind pulling thing between Eun Byul and Shin So Yi (Son Tae Young), the art teacher. His romantic relationship between him and So Yi was just started, then Eun Byul came into the picture and he had to rearrange their date to fit Eun Byul's schedule and he can't tell the truth to So Yi.

So Yi always confiding in Sun Ho about her problems with Ee San…

and her worries over the closeness of Ee San and Eun Byul came into fruitition. They have taken a liking to each other as time passes.

I was laughing my side off when So Yi came to visit Ee San at their house and that time Eun Byul's father and Mr. Kim (his right-hand man) was also checking up on him. So to cover up, he introduce the father as his father and Mr.Kim as his younger brother. He really took the oppurtunity to bully back Mr.Kim who can't do anything since he's pretending to be the younger brother.

All of the class members were really adorable. The class's monitor who sprouts out latins with almost every line he speaks, the 2nd place nerd, the Bin's trio, Sa Kang, Moo Shin, etc!

I also like Eun Byul's classmate So Kang, she was aloof at first but slowly opens up to Eun Byul cheery attitude and I think she likes Moo Shin who at first like Eun Byul. What I like about her character is that she doesnt try to force her affection on Moo Shin but let their relationship evolves on their own.

It’s a pretty light-hearted and funny drama to watch. He was such a incompetent teacher before Eun Byul came into the picture, but afterwards he started getting close and personal with each of his students and started to understand the meaning of a real teacher (not just standing infront of the class, dribbling with facts). Yang Dong Geun is really perfect as this kind of 'quirky' teacher. Now I'm interested to watch his other drama such as Dr. Gang, i was curious if the "quirkiness" is truly him or he is just get into the character. Yeah, it was a put off before cause he's not that good looking ^_^


Park Min Young (Eun Byul) is so cute and adorable, her acting was not over, the sweetness not nauseating, also looking forward to her newest drama with that skinny actress (cant remember her name).

Lee Min Ho!!! Even before BBF I still believe I would find him cute ^_^

The 3 men for Eun Byul. Park Jae Jung is the hottest... though I hate his weak character in YAMD

Cast
Yang Dong Geun as Jang Yi San
Park Min Young as Yoo Eun Byul
T.O.P as Chae Moo Shin
Son Tae Young as Shin So Yi (the art teacher- Kwon Sang Woon's wife!)

Extended Cast

Ryan as Ji Seon Hoo (the doctor, in Hello! Miss)
Park Jae Jung as Kim Woo Jin ;Mr. Yoo's right hand man (Hosae in You Are My Destiny)
Park Chae Kyung as Min Sa Kang (the female fren)
Lee Min Ho as Heo Mo Se ( Boys Before Flower...need I say more? He's so adorable)
Park Chul Ho as Kim In Seol (the monitor, the brother who get stabbed in The Devil)
Yoo Tae Woong as Go Dong Sool
Kim Hong Sik as Park Nam Kyu
Choi Joo Bong as Heo Duk Bae (principal / Mo Se's father)