Showing posts with label Kim Jae Won. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Kim Jae Won. Show all posts

Sep 6, 2008

My 19 Year Old Sister-in-Law (3)

Its been awhile since I post about my kdrama, partly because I was finishing off the Stephenie Meyer's New Moon and Eclipse and the other because I only got Vol.1 for Yi San...sigh! when will Vol.2 be available??????? When I watched the whole drama then I'll post something about it.....
After falling in love with Yoon Kye Sang in 'Who Are You', I simply wanna watch his other works, and since my niece had this drama ^-^ I'll just have to borrow from her. (Currently in the process of watching Crazy For You - looks promising!)

First of all this drama shouldnt be titled as such, since it told the story when she was 19 and 24 years old. It's about a 19 year old girl, Yoo Min who after the death of her mother when she was 4, was left/abandoned in a train by the two aunts who works at her mother's restaurant. She was later adopted by the couple who found her and later when her adopted father lost at sea and the adopted mother left for parts unknown, she alone take cares of her sick adopted brother, Kang Pyo. She didn't remember much of her childhood, she thought she was abandoned by her parents, so she wants to ask them, even if they are so poor, did they even try to take care of her? She took care of the sick Kang Pyo who don't have any blood relation to her- no matter how hard and trying it is- why couldnt they?

Because of her brother illness, she frequented the hospital Min Jae works at and had a crush on him for years and accidently when she was 19 she meets Seung Jae- the younger brother of Min Jae-who at the time was running away from home. To deter his mother effort to marry him to some socialite, Min Jae gets in an engagement contract with Yoo Min and they all end up living at Min Jae's house. The contract expire when his first love return back to him.

Unexpectedly, Seung Jae and Yoo Min are going to the same high school and those close encounters make him fall in love with her. But he hide it all inside, because he love his brother so much, who also began to develop tender feelings for Yoo Min

I was guessing it was 50-50 at first, which brother she end up with, but then there are more interaction between Seung Jae and Yoo Min rather than with Min Jae so its sorta tipped towards Seung Jae at the end. But the past started unraveling, so maybe she wont choose either brother.... See its their mother who left her on the train!
On the other hand, Yoo Min's father who got amnesia from a car accident when she was four is looking for her again after being told the truth by his father of his marriage and the daughter he never knew he had. He met Su Ji, Yoo Min's childhood friend (one of the aunts' daughter) who remembered him. She knew what her mother had done, so she covered it up by telling Yoo Min's father that her daughter was dead in an accident when she was 9 years old. Funnily enough he bought it, without needing further proof. Even if they dont have grave or they scattered the ashes away at sea or higher ground, don't they have death certifcates or something??? He later sort of treated Su Ji as his surrogate daughter. Not only Su Ji would lose so much if the trut was revealed, she was also in love with Seung Jae who regards her as a sister only...

Cast:

Jung Da Bin as Yoo Min
(DOB: 1980-Mar-04, Died: 2007-Feb-10)
According to police's primary investigation, Jeong death was suicide due to depression.
I didnt like her in this drama - too over, too fake. Then I found that she was no longer among the living. Feeling sad suddenly... Life, you'll never know when its your turn...

Kim Jae Won as Kang Min Jae (DOB: 1981-Feb-18)

Kim Min Hee as Choi Su Ji (DOB: 1982-Mar-01)
Yoon Kye Sang as Kang Seung Jae (DOB: 1978-Dec-20)
Hee...he was older than Kim Jae Won but he played the younger siblings. I thinks its in his smile so young and carefree...but it contrast with his sad eyes... Heehe...by the many pics I posted here, you can guess that he ranks among the top of my Kactors now, maybe even my no.2 ^_^

Jul 9, 2008

My Love Patzzi (3.5)

The boxset cover describe this drama as reverse cinderella story. I guess because the 'cinderella' is Yang Song Yi (Jang Na Ra) who had bad manners and temper but a true heart - what you heard from her mouth is what inside her heart. While the wicked 'step-sister' Eun Hee Won (Hong Eun Hee) is beautiful, always kind and helpful to others but inside she's malicious and greedy. They were classmates since kindergarden, and since then Hee Won always tricked and humiliated her "best friend" Song Yi who retaliated with her true temper. Everyone mistook Song Yi as the evil one while Hee Won as an angel. What I don't get it is why, why, why did Song Yi continue to trust and being friend with Hee Won? If it was me, being roomate with the deceitful friend is unbearable!
Anyway, Song Yi just got fired from her kindergarden job, Hee Won being the 'angel' she was introduced Song Yi to work at the amusement park she work at. There they met one of their childhood friends - Song Yi first-crush Kim Hyun Sung, (Kim Rae Won) - who Hee Won has "stole" when they were kids. Still with her habits of making Song Yi miserable, Hee Won tries to humiliate Song Yi which in turn make Hyun Sung sympathize with Song Yi and befriended her. Hee Won's envy get worse when the son of the president,Kang Seung Joon (Kim Jae Won) of the park fall for Song Yi when she save his life in an accident. Another thing I don't understand, why is she so envious of Song Yi who has less than hers and dislike by everybody?

Hyun Sang realised that his sympathy and friendship towards Song Yi has developed into something deeper, but since its Seung Joon she's in love with, he decided not to fight for her. Why fight a lose battle kan? Its satisfactory to see that Hee Won's sweet talks cannot fool Seung Joon no matter how hard she try to win him, he said something along the line of it's not a sin to be greedy, but being greedy to the extend of harming someone's else, in the end you might end up harming yourself. Haha...maybe being rich he's already seen his many shares of 'pengampu'. I really like the part when she sweetly advise Seung Joon for fear he will be hurt in the end, and he smirks and said aren't you Song Yi's friend, while him, she only knows briefly. If she was afraid of someone getting hurt, her concerns first must be towards her friend, not a stranger....Wakaka...high five Seung Joon!

Never like Kim Rae Won before, but here with his sad eyes looking on at the happy couples...so kesian (Haha...me, always the fighter for the underdogs). But seriously, why did Song Yi falls for Seung Joon? She said its stupid if a rich, handsome, kind guy said he loves you, and you dont love him back. Is that 'love'? But then, when she was at the end, supposed to choose between leaving with Seung Joon or staying with Hyun Sang, she choose to stay because she's happiest when she was with him. This drama makes me confuse lah...she chose her bestfriend over the love of her life? So she's not in love with Hyun Sang?

Then, there is this trend in Korean Drama where the 'bad guy' is the jilted woman (eg. Forbidden Love, Queen of The Game, Jewel In The Palace, Phoenix) .While the jilted man like Hyun Sang here are fine with just being her friend and even help Song Yi to be with Seung Joon. What? Females are greedy, deceitful and selfish while the male of the species are more giving, selfless, and truthful? Hmph!!!!..makes you wonder if the production teams consists majority of males...