Lost and Found aka Sweet Lie

Ji Ho has a big crush on Min Woo ever since their high school days, but she was a nobody and he was the most sought after boy in school. So her feelings remain known only to her and her bestfriend. Now 10 years later a clumsy TV writer, she still can't get over what she called her first love; she stil has his high school picture in her wallet. After a night of binge-drinking, she wakes up to face the worst day of her life; she got fired, her shoulder bag was snatched, and she was run over by a car when she try to run after the thief. But the chain of unfortunate events turned out to be God-sent present. The man who hit her with the car turns out to be none other than Min Woo! the very man she’s been in love with all these years.

With fast thinking, after she wakes up in the hospital Min Woo has taken her into, she pretends that she doesn’t remember anything and Min-woo is left with no choice but to bring her back home with him.

Ji Ho lives with her brother, the only family she has left but they also have a caring neighbour; her childhood friend Dong-sik. He was worried as Ji-ho doesn’t come home for two days. He goes out on search and miraculously finds her and brings her back home. Learning that Ji-ho is suffering from amnesia after the accident, Dong-sik is determined to help her get her memories back. And then, he got a called that someone found Ji Ho's snatched bag, so he go to get it. When he tries to check if it's really hers or something missing, he saw the picture of Min Woo in her wallet. He somehow connect two-and-two together. So when he saw, Ji Ho with Min Woo again, he declares that Ji Ho is his girlfriend; they have been dating for the past 2 years. Ji Ho although knows this was not true, can't dispute his claim since she was supposed not to remember anything. Min Woo starting to like Ji Ho asked Dong Shik to let her go, since he was the one who could make her happy; Dong Shik was her past, he is her future.

As it turned out, Dong Shik is not really pretending to be Ji Ho boyfriend to annoyed her, and foiled her plans. He really cares for her, ever since they were kids. The day he was supposed to leave to UK to see his father, he sent her his past unsend love letters to her along with other paraphenelias of her growing up. Ji Ho was touched by all this and try to catch him at the airport but he was gone...

Dong Shik told Ji Ho's brother that he didn't fall in love with her because he was always with her, he stays with her because he loves her.

She said she can't think of a moment when she was in love with him (as he always teased and played pranks on her), he said there was not a moment he was not in love with her...

I always thought that it would have been nice to fall in love with your bestfriend, skipped the flirting ritual, the getting to know stages; the part where you try to show only your good sides and hides the unfavorable. Maybe there will be no hidden mysteries that would keep you intrigued but isn't that better rather than being spring up with nasty surprises? Where's my Gilbert Blythe??????????

Life, Love and Regrets

My niece just returned my university's-day textbooks that she borrowed years ago, guess she was just spring cleaning her room... argh! I've been procratinating to do mine. Anyway, just as I was flipping thru' the books, (checking if there's any old forgotten love notes i left in there... haha as if!) I found this slip of paper that had several poems that I copied from somewhere.... it brings back memories

FORGET HIM!

Forget his name, forget his face

Forget his kiss and warm embrace

Forget the love you once knew

Remember he has get someone new

Forget him when you hear his song

Forget you cry all night long

Forget how close you once were

For now he got her

Forget his smile, forget his grin

Forget the dimple on his chin

Forget the way he held you tight

Remember he was hers tonight

Forget the time that goes by fast

Forget the love that now had past

Forget he said, "I'll leave you never"

Remember he said, "Goodbye Forever"

WHEN YOU ARE OLD AND GREY

Since I still appreciate you dear

Let's find love while we may

Cause I know I'll hate you dear

When you are old and grey

So say you love me here and now

I'll make the most of that

Say you love me and trust me

For I know you'll disgust me

When you're old and getting fat

Your teeth will start to go dear

Your waist will start to spread

In twenty years or so dear

I'll wish that you were dead

I'll never love you then at all

The way I do today

So please remember

When I leave in December

I told you so in May

COAT

Sometimes I have wanted to throw you off like a heavy coat

Sometimes I have said you would not let me breathe and move

But now that I am free to choose light clothes or none at all

I feel the cold, and all the time I think how warm it used to be...

TRUE OR BLUE

I do not have a clue

On what I should do

Should I be blue

Or should I be true

If blue I choose

Will I be bright

Who will I lose?

Who will I bite?

If truth overcomes me

Am I on my own?

Will other support me?

Or will friendship be torn?

SOMETHING TURNS TO NOTHING

Something turns to nothing

And nothing makes you cry

There was something in that something

It's gone and you wonder why...

Life can't be lived on one thing

For that something could be that something

So wipe those tears of nothing

For tomorrow there will be that something.

Haha...try to make sense of the last poem. All I can deduct that you'll lose something one of these days - its part of life- but don't lose hope, for tomorrow is a new day with more opportunity and promises ^_^

Life's a Climb but the view is great...

Watched Hannah Montana the movie last night, DVD of course, hehe... my niece so wanna watch this movie, so I just bought her the dvd instead of bringing her to the cineplex. Movies like this are not worth spending extra bucks on movie tickets and popcorn methinks :)

Anyway, I'm not a fan of Miley Cyrus or Hannah Montana (I like the bestfriend character of Lily better) but I like this song at the end of the movie. Life is a pain in the ass, a struggle, but in the end somehow it was all worth it... Hmm...doesn't it contrast with 'Life's a journey, not the destination that matters'???

The Climb lyrics
(Songwriters: Alexander, J; Mabe, J)

I can almost see it
That dream I am dreaming
But there's a voice inside my head saying
"You'll never reach it"

Every step I'm taking
Every move I make feels
Lost with no direction
My faith is shaking

But I gotta keep trying
Gotta keep my head held high

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb

The struggles I'm facing
The chances I'm taking
Sometimes might knock me down
But no, I'm not breaking

I may not know it
But these are the moments that
I'm gonna remember most, yeah
Just gotta keep going

And I, I got to be strong
Just keep pushing on

'Cause there's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Sometimes I'm gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

There's always gonna be another mountain
I'm always gonna wanna make it move
Always gonna be an uphill battle
Somebody's gonna have to lose

Ain't about how fast I get there
Ain't about what's waiting on the other side
It's the climb, yeah!

Keep on moving, keep climbing
Keep the faith, baby
It's all about, it's all about the climb
Keep the faith, keep your faith, whoa

Frozen Flowers, My Wife Got Married, Naked Kitchen

Watched 3 Korean movies yesterday (thanks to fast forward button), which mostly convey the issue of loyalty and infidelity, trust and betrayal, love and jealousy...

The Naked Kitchen

She grew up alongside him, who always cared for and protected her. She married him. She never knew another man apart from him. Years after marriage, she met this guy and he kissed her. She said he tasted strange, it makes her wonder... It doesn't make matter easier when the guy is none other than the guy her husband asked to move in with them to help him with his new restaurant business. So, does she truly love her husband? or does she feel only indebted and grateful? IDK, I don't understand the ending....

My Wife Got Married

Haha... If man can be in love with 2 persons at the same time and can have a life together with those 2 persons also at the same time, why can't a woman? That's what she questioned and tried. If this is real, what a wonderful, rare, special woman she must have been for two men to go along with her ways. Then, trouble abounds when she's pregnant, who is the biological father? She wouldn't go along with DNA testing when her daughter is born, for to do that will alienate one of the guys. But really, will the ego of men can sustain all this?

Frozen Flower

I can't remember my first notice of Jo Jin Moo, is it 200 Pounds of Beauty or is it Fashion 70's? He's not such a great actor per se, but there's just something about him....hmmmm, maybe potential to be the next Jang Dong Gun? Then, there's Jo In Sung, i'm kinda like him after Memories of Bali, such a pathetic poor soul he potrayed there. Anyway, was excited when i saw the poster of this movie, can't wait for the dvd to be available or maybe for it to be at mysoju...

Sigh! That's why you shouldn't put your expectation to high, cause when reality landed the distance was great and you hurt your bottom tremendously (haha... too much Anne Shirley). When I saw the picture I thought at first, like usual the girl came in between the two leading man. It's a love triangle alright but it's In Sung's character that was pulled in both direction. Oh yeah! viewers should bear in mind that the story is purely fictional.

The Goryeo's King (Joo Jin Mo) was under pressure by the China's Yuan Dynasty to produce an heir, or else the Yuan Dynasty will appoint a crown prince of their own for Goryeo. The Goryeo King do have a lovely queen and several concubines but none of them are producing as he never touched them; he swings in another direction. The love of his life ever since he was just a young prince is none other than his chief bodyguard Hong Lim (Jo In Sung).

Alas, what else is there for him to do, he cannot perform with a woman and no one he can trust more than Hong Lim, so he the king orders Hong Lim to sleep with his wife - the queen (Song Ji Hyo). This idea is based on his assumption that all his political problems will go away once there is a royal son.

Hong Lim who never knew any bed partner except for his king, founds himself totally enslaved by the Queen's charms. Oh yeah, they were both feeling dreadful and hesitant at first, but after the 2nd or is it the 3rd bedding ritual, the attraction was more than they could resist.

Love triangle established, the plot sprints ahead with a portrayal of the uncontrollable anger and jealousy of the king, leaving heads rolling in the process. I think Hong Lim was only being dutiful and loyal to his King from the start as opposed to having any real romantic feeling. Hong is a mere subordinate, while the king has all the power, including the right to order his death. The queen, for her part, discovers the liberating exhilaration when she falls in love with Hong Lim after years of neglect and inattention. She suffers a deep sense of guilt initially but she finds herself indulging in the dangerous liaisons with Hong Lim.

I do like the storyline in a sense, but the movie would have been better where there is more 'feeling' potrayed rather than 'action'; I want more emotional-thoughtful state of the parties involved! JJM showed better acting than Jo In Sung with his popped vein and all; JIS is like a beautiful robot who showed no feelings. How much does Song Ji Hyo get paid for this movie I wonder, will this brought forward more movie offers or repulsed the audience of her acting, *shrug* doesn't matter, never really like her anyway before (not that I dislike her, just 'not' like). So the movie was first Brokeback Mountain and turned into star-crossed lover alike Romeo and Juliet, doomed to end tragically.....

In Life and Death

It's been 3 mths since I last blogged about korean drama that I had watched! Wow! Does that mean that in these 3 mths I had not watched from start to finish a single drama???? Well, I can blame it on the long winded East of Eden...been checking the cd-shops for East of Eden Vol.3 but so far in vain. Last week then I found Kingdom of The Winds Vol.1 and bought it without hesitation! Hah...let the other movies, dramas, novels collecting dust... 2 episodes remain for me to watch. Hmmm...gonna drop by the nearest cd shop later to check if Vol.2 is already on sale ^_^

Love the soundtrack! haha... I like korean sad love song, eventhough the lyrics are simple but the sad melody just touch ur heart



In life and death
by Wheesung

Sarang Haesun Andwel Saram Erago
Saying that you should not love that person

Eje Guman Usu Dolasurago
Saying that you should turn away right now

Meeryun Jocha Nae Dng Ul Dduminun Gabwa
Even lingering emotions push me to leave

Jiwu Nedo Jiwujijiga Anna
Even if I try, I can't wash you away

Miwu Hedo Miwujijiha Anna
Even if I try, I can't hate you

Guriumman Duhae Ganungul
I just miss you more and more...

Nurul Saranghamyunsu
When I'm in love with you

Nan Nul Wihe Apado
I can fall ill for you

Sumdo Mot Shil Mankum Himi Gyupjiman
I can't even breathe because it's so hard but

Chunbun Manbun Teunado Ddodashi Nul Saranghae
Even if I was to resurrect thousands of times, I will love you again

Guju Nu Upsin Andwe Nan Andwe Oh Nae Sarang
I can't be without you, I can't be, oh my love

Nul Muli Itda Haedo Nun Euarowu Ma
Even if you are far away, don't be lonely

Salado Jugudo Nae Maumun
In life and death,

Hangsang Ne Gyutte Nama Itsul Tenikan
My heart will always by your side

Doa Ku

Tuhanku
Seandainya telah engkau catatkan
Dia menjadi milik ku
Tercipta buat ku
Dekatkan lah dirinya dengan diri ku.

Tuhanku
Jika dia ditakdirkan bukan milik ku
Tidak tercipta buat ku
Bawalah dia jauh dari pandangan ku
Lapuk dari ingatan ku
Peliharalah diri ku daripada rasa kecewa
Berilah aku kekuatan
Meski pun tanpa diri nya
Engkau gantikanlah yang telah hilang
Tumbuhkanlah yang telah patah
Walaupun tiada yang sama dengan diri nya
Ku pohon dan ku rayu pada Mu yang satu
Engkau hapuskanlah perasaan ini
Seandainya dia tidak mencintai ku.

Tetapi Tuhan ku
Seandainya dia ditakdirkan untuk ku
Ku pohon agar Engkau sentiasa memperkuatkan cinta nya
Sebagaimana kuatnya aku mencintainya.

Amin.

In response to my friend's latest post ^_^ This is a poem I copied from my fren back in high school which she got from a magazine. I like it. It was simple and straightforward, if he/she was not meant for you; move on - lots of fish in the sea.

But I wonder...what if; he loves her and she loves him but circumstances/events are not in favour of them being together? Should they hold on tight and fight? Or just let go........?

He's Just Not That Into You

Bought the dvd somewhere around last week but hasn't got the inclination yet to watch it until today. This multiple-couple-love-life story is not my kind of thing, it's just not too deep, for they had to divide around 1.5 hrs to tell 5 different stories.

Well, the movie started with the narration of how the female of the species lies to each other and themselves to avoid stating and seeing the painful truth since the moment they are born. Owh...if you haven't seen this movie but planning to, don't proceed any further - cause spoiler ahead!!!!

First Story: Anna (Scarlett Johansson) bumped into Ben (Bradley Cooper) at the supermarket and sparks fly, the problem is he's already married. At first I like him, cause no matter how much he lust after the beautiful sexy Anna, he summons all his will power to resist her. But a man's will power is not that strong to resist a sexy girl who's also into him. Get this, he said he was never ready to marry Janine (Jennifer Connely) in the first place, and was forced between marrying her, or breaking up with her. Hulllloooooo! You can't dance and you blame it on the uneven floor? If you think she is not the person you wanna commit your lifetime to, then break up, move on, are your backbone so weak that you allowed yourself to be forced? So whose fault was that?

I also don't get Janine who can forgive her husband for cheating on her, but she can't stand it when she found out the lies about the cigarettes? Well, maybe the lying was the last straw that drove her to ask for divorce.

And this Anna-b^*%# she knows he's married and yet she's willing to break another's heart just so she can have her happy ending. She said “What if you meet the love of your life? Are you suppose to let that pass you by?” If he's already married or committed to another person, YES!!!! Serve you right to be hiding in the Ben's office's closet when Janine drops by to 'surprise' her husband in her attempt to salvage her marriage.

Second Story: While in her secret affair with Ben, Anna is also 'dangling' Conor on the other hand, her spare part whenever her love life is brining her down. So when Conor wants to get really serious, then she tells him she's not into him as he was with her so they break-up, but both are happy just to remain friends.

Third Story: Meanwhile, Anna's friend Mary (Drew Barrymore) is a newspaper editor who also helps Conor promote his real-estate business. She goes on many dates but all ending unsuccessfully. After Anna and Conor end their relationship, Mary runs into Conor having coffee and introduces herself to him as he had only ever spoken to her over the phone and never seen her in person. They both hit it off, and begin dating.

Fourth Story: Another girl that Conor (Kevin Connolly) dated before but wasn't interested in because he was still hanged up on Anna, was Gigi (Ginnifer Goodwin). He said he like her and promised to call her but never did so Gigi tracks him down to his favourite bar. There she met Alex (Justin Long) the owner of the bar and Conor's bestfriend. She begins getting dating advice from the romantic and promiscuous Alex. Alex tells Gigi that Conor simply wasn't interested in her since he hasn't called, otherwise he would have definitely made a move. He also tells her that she should stop thinking that she is an exception to this rule, and to stop obsessing over every "sign" that she might pick up on during a date. Gigi proceeds to go on several unsuccessful dates, often calling Alex during dates for advice. Gigi starts believing that Alex is interested in her because he is so willing to take a call from her (even when he's busy at work, or is with a girl). So when Alex invited her to his house party and she ended up being a co-host she becomes more sure. Alex was surprised when she jumped his bone then and there....and very frustrated, she was not listening to his dating advice at all. He wasn't interested in her romantically, and if he was he would've pursued her. So Gigi stops contacting him from that night then he realised he got it bad for her. Men are just dumb, they just don't know what they want until its gone. So he went to apologize to her and tell her that she is his exception (Schweeet)

Fifth Story: Beth (Jennifer Aniston), is living with her boyfriend Neil (Ben Affleck),with whom she has been with for seven years. Although Beth wants to get married, Neil does not believe in signing a piece of paper to say you love someone. When her younger sisiter are getting married and listening to Gigi's theory about relationshiop, Beth becomes upset and starts thinking about her relationship with Neil. She arrives home and asks Neil if he'll ever marry her; when he doesn't respond, Beth breaks up with him. Neil moves out to live in his boat while Beth goes home to see her family and to be a bridesmaid at her younger sister's wedding. During the reception, Beth's father has a heart attack. So during her time of need -when all her sisters husband do are watch football, make a mess, and are not concerned at all about their father in-law - Nick showed up and be there for her. Beth realised then being married doesn't guarantee anything. Its the commitment that the person you are with that matters, not the marriage certificate. So Beth went to him and tell him she wants him back in hislife marriage or no-marriage. But Neil ended up kneeling down asking her to marry him anyway, telling her that for him to be happy then Beth needs to be happy (Schweeter!)

I know its already obvious but I wanna state it anyway, I like story 4 & 5. Hah! I know it goes against my determination that to be happy, then don't let someone else be a factor to that... but now that I reflect on it, is that really possible? Wouldn't that make you selfish and coldhearted?