Myung Wol the Spy

스파이 명월 [间谍明月], an elite North Korean spy, Han Myung Wol (Han Ye Seul [한예슬]), and her partner, Choi Ryu (Lee Jin Wook [이진욱]), infiltrates South Korea on a mission to disrupt the Hallyu Wave by kidnapping one of their top stars, Kang Woo (Eric Mun Jung Hyuk [문정혁 ]).Despite her proficiency at her job, Myung Wol's one weakness is her uncontrollable curiosity. Hijinks ensue when she falls in love with Kang Woo instead.Ashes: This will be the last kdrama I will be posting. I decided to start a new blog here. Do drop by! =)

Noticed Eric Mun from Que Sera, Sera in 2007. I pretty much like his character here & glad it's a happy ending although this is not my favourite kdrama of 2011. ;)

My Rating : 7.5/10

Episodes: 18
Broadcast network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 11 Jul 2011 to 06 Sep 2011
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Source: Myung Wol the Spy@Dramawiki

Miss Ripley

리플리 [雷普利小姐], two very different men fall in love with Jang Mi Ri (Lee Da Hae [이다해]), a woman whose life is a complicated web of lies, propelled by her greedy desires that stem from an unfortunate childhood.Jang Myung Hoon (Kim Seung Woo [김승우])is an ambitious hotelier who maintains perfect control of himself and his life, while Yutaka Song Yoo Hyun (Micky Park Yoo Chun [박유천]) is the warm and gentle heir of a Korean-Japanese hotel conglomerate. Their love for Mi Ri and her tragic ambition eventually leads them down the path of destruction.

Ashes: I checked from various kdrama website & seems that Miss Ripley is based on the real life case of Shin Jung Ah, a university professor and art curator at Dongguk University who was discovered to have forged her creditials in order to get hired, with the help of her boyfriend (then presidential secretary) Byun Yang Kyoon, and embezzled funds from the art gallery's corporate sponsorship.

Such is life. It's pretty sad that sometime we have to tell lies to get through with life but of course not to the extend of going against the law. This kdrama have a nice storyplot & Lee Da Hae [이다해] did a good job in this character.

Nice song 너를 위한 빈자리 (A Place Left For You) by Micky Park Yoo Chun



My Rating : 7.5/10

Episodes: 16
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 20 May 2011 to 19 Jul 2011
Air time: Monday & Tuesday 21:55
Source: Miss Ripley@dramawiki

You've Fallen for Me @ Heartstrings

넌 내게 반했어 [為我著迷] , Lee Shin (Jung Yonh Hwa [정용화])is a university student majoring in modern music. He is also the vocalist and guitarist of the band "The Stupid." Shin is known for his good looks and strong passion for music, but in reality he is cold, lacks interest in anything unrelated to music and has neither dreams nor plans for the future. He initially likes Jung Yoon Soo, a dance professor at university, but this all changes when he meets Lee Kyu Won (Park Shin Hye [박신혜].Lee Kyu Won is a bright and outgoing student who was born into a prestigious family and is majoring in traditional Korean instruments, especially the gayageum. Kyu Won's grandfather, Lee Dong Gun, is one of the top 3 traditional musicians of his age and his biggest wish is to see his granddaughter become a traditional music prodigy. Trying to live up to her grandfather's expectations, Kyu Won immerses herself in training and becomes a university student who knows nothing outside of her studies. As her friends are fans of "The Stupid", she was forced to go to the band's concert with them. There she saw Lee Shin performing live, and is immediately captivated by him.
Nice song Star(별) by C.N.Blue Kang Min Hyuk 강민혁



And not forgetting Because I Miss you (그리워서) by Jung Yong Hwa 정용화



Ashes: It's pretty cute that every episode there's a title for it.

Title for Each Episode
Episode 1: An Unexpected Meeting With You
Episode 2: That is My World
Episode 3: Champion
Episode 4: Towards Tomorrow
Episode 5: Confession
Episode 6: With The Thought That It Must Be Forgotten
Episode 7: Like This… Will Be Forgotten
Episode 8: My Love, Cry Baby
Episode 9: High Speed Romance
Episode 10: Little By Little, Slowly Stepping Towards You
Episode 11: That Place, That Time
Episode 12: Don’t Cry
Episode 13: Fly High
Episode 14: Smile, You
Episode 15: Let Your Dreams Soar

Definitely enjoy this kdrama because of Jung Yong Hwa although it's not my fav for the year 2011. ;)

My Rating : 8/10

Episodes: 15 + 1 Special
Broadcast network: MBC
Broadcast period: 29 June 2011 to 18 Aug 2011
Air time: Wednesday & Thursday 21:55
Source: Romance Town@Hancinema

You Are My Destiny

너는 내 운명 [你是我的命运], Jang Sae Byuk (SNSD's Im Yoon Ah [임윤아])is a a girl who tries to find a new meaning in life after she receives an eye cornea transplant from the doctor that took care of her after her accident.

The doctor, Kim Na Young, died in a car accident on her way back from Africa. Sae Byuk becomes close with the Na Young's family after finding them. The family slowly accepts her as part of the family.

Kang Ho Se and Kim Tae Poong, Na Young's twin brother, have disliked each other since they were young kids. This is mostly Tae Poong hates Ho Se because Ho Se's family was rich and because Tae Poong's father was Ho Se's father's driver and his mother was the maid.

Ashes: This Kdrama have been lying in my cupboard for as long as 'dino' years. Keke... Took me quite awhile to complete as the total episode for this was 178. A nice story plot for this kdrama but 178 episode is a bit too draggy though. ;)

My Rating : 7.5/10

Episodes: 178
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 05 May 2008 to 09 Jan 2009
Air time: Mondays to Fridays 20:25
Source: You Are My Destiny@Dramawiki

Three Brothers

수상한 삼형제 [可疑的三兄弟], Kim Sun Kyung is a retired police officer and father of three sons, Gun Kang, Hyun Chal and Yi Sang.

His eldest son Gun Kang made many wrong decisions in life, ending up being divorced and going bankrupt. Gun Kang gets remarried to Chung Nan. His second son Hyun Chal is the envy of the town and pride of his father. He runs a number of businesses which are quite successful. His wife Woo Mi often sacrificed her happiness for the benefit of the Kim family.As for the last son Yi Sang [Lee Joon Hyuk 이준혁], he follows in his father’s footsteps by becoming a police officer. Oftentimes the father and the son clash each other. As Yi Sang married Eo Young, the daughter of his father's deadly foe, an ex-convict Sun Kyung traced and eventually arrested a long time ago.

"Three brothers" revolves around their relations full of conflicts and love.

Ashes: A nice family kdrama to catch which I 'followed' through over at Channel U. ;)

My Rating : 8/10

Episodes: 70
Broadcast Network: KBS2
Broadcast period: 17 Oct 2009 to 13 June 2010
Air time: Saturdays & Sundays 19:55
Source: Three Brothers@DramaWiki
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A Good Day For The Wind To Blow

Happiness in the Wind (바람 불어 좋은날) 风吹好日子],Oh-bok (Kim So Eun [김소은]) is a positive girl who dreams to be Korea's best illustrator. Her mother named her 'Oh-bok', which means 'Five Blessings', wishing her child to have a blessed life. However, Oh-bok's life has been full of hardship. Oh-bok's mother died in cancer when she was only ten years old, and now, her father sells the house property as collateral and disappeared. Now, only thing she has are some of her handmade accessories and the laptop which her mother left for her, and has nowhere to stay.
Oh-bok decides to come to Seoul to find her father. She goes to an interview but failed to get a job, because she is too young and doesn't have enough education background. To make things worse, the studio, that she supposed to move in, gets sold. Disappointed Oh-bok walks across the bridge and sees Min-guk (Lee Hyun Jin [이현진]), surrounded by the crowd of reporters, trying to jump off the bridge...

Ashes: A total of 173 episodes which I followed @ KBS World just because of Lee Hyun Jin [이현진]. Hehe... But... Kim So Eun & Jin I Han made a good couple together though. Nice & sweet kdrama to catch. ;)

My Rating : 8/10

Episodes: 173
Broadcast network: KBS1
Broadcast period: 01 Feb 2010 to 01 Oct 2010
Air time: Monday to Friday 20:25
Source: 바람 불어 좋은날@Hancinema

General Hospital 2

General Hospital 2 (종합병원 2), Jung Ha-yoon ( Kim Jeong-eun) passed the bar examination so that she could become a lawyer who helps patients in malpractice cases decides to join a residency after she completes her internship.

Choi Jin-sang (Cha Tae-hyeon) who is dedicated to saving lives even though he graduated at the bottom of his class in medical school. This drama revolves around the lives of these two people who are 3rd year interns at the same hospital as they mature in their careers.

My Rating : 7/10

Source: 종합병원 2@HanCinema

Woman in the Sun

Woman in the Sun (태양의 여자), Do-Young (Kim Ji Soo[김지수]), 33-year-old top anchor woman in Korea, apparently seems to be the perfect role model for every girl in passion. She has got it all, from educational background, prosperous family, beautiful feature, natural-born talent and even adorable personality. Do-Young shines anywhere and everywhere, but deep down in her heart, she suffers from extreme loneliness and cold.

Originally, Do-young was abandoned in front of a orphanage when she was a very little girl. By chance, she was adopted to a rich professor family without any kid and lead her princess life. Several years later, when the step parents got their unexpected biological daughter, Do-young felt threatened that she might lose her parents' love and affection. So, 13- year- old Do-young abandoned her 5-year-old little sister in front of the Seoul Central Train Station and took her parental love back.

20 years later, Do-young met a charming personal shopper, Sawol (Lee Ha Na [이하나]), in VIP corner of a luxurious department store. By her merry and cheerful characteristics, Sawol chooses fashion item for Do-young and they starts to feel friendly each other. By the malicious purpose of Do-young’s orphanage friend, Do-Young's terrible deed is disclosed and Sawol turns out to be the very sister that Do-young has abandoned. depicts two sisters and their love, desire, revenge, and forgiveness.

My Rating : 7/10

Source: 태양의 여자@HanCinema

Single Dad in Love

싱글파파는 열애중, a love story of a single dad, Kang Poong Ho [Oh Ji Ho (오지호)], who raises his 7 year old son alone after being abandoned by his first love, Yoon So Yi.

By day he works as a pest exterminator and by night he is a martial artist. Jeon Ha Ri [Heo Yi Jae (허이재)], is a medical student from a wealthy family who falls for Poong Ho. She secretly teaches Poong Ho's son, San, how to play the piano. Poong Ho's first love is also his son's mother who is a cold and proud woman who left her family to study abroad as a pianist. She was sponsored by Jeon Ki Suk who happens to be her fiancée and Ha Ri's father.

I am rather bizarre with the ending though... Did Poong Ho die in the end???

My Rating : 7.5/10

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God of Study

Master of Study (공부의 신), Kang Suk Ho is an ordinary lawyer who decides to take up a job at the nearby high school. After seeing the conditions of the school and the poor grades all the students have, Suk Ho decides to create a special class promising admission to the most prestigious college in Korea, "Chun-Ha-Dae University." Five of the most laziest students - Hwang Baek Hyun, Gil Pul Ip, Na Hyun Jung, Hong Chan Doo, and Oh Bong Goo join the class to in order to prove that they can do it with hard work and dedication.

I nearly give up on this drama coz it gets pretty boring with some of the episode but I still manage to complete this drama though. ;)

My Rating : 6.5/10

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Family's Honor

Family's Honor (가문의영광), Ha Dan Ah (Yoon Jung Hee) is very dignified and beautiful yet she also had a sad life. Dan Ah was married in her 20's, but her husband died in a car accident during their honeymoon.

She will be pursued by two men, a man from a rich family, Lee Kang Suk (Park Shi Hoo [박시후]) and a man who is younger than her, Jung Hyun Kyu (Lee Hyun Jin [이현진]).

This drama chronicles how the Ha Family upholds their aristocratic reputation. A heartwarming kdrama to catch.

Simply love this ost song from the drama. Enjoy!



My Rating : 7.5/10

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Temptation of Wife

Cruel Temptation (아내의 유혹) was aired in Nov 3rd 2008 and end on May 1st 2009. It is one of the most highly watched dramas averaging around 30% each day.

Goo Eun Jae (Jang Seo Hee [장서희]) got drunk and Jung Gyo Bin (Byun Woo-Min [변우민]) took this opportunity to take advantage of her. Eun Jae and Gyo Bin got married but their marriage is not a very blissful marriage.Eun Jae's best friend, Shin Ae Ri, (Kim Seo Hyung [김서형]) openly flirts with Gyo Bin in front of Eun Jae. Gyo Bin decided that he did not want to remain married to Eun Jae and tried to kill her. Eun Jae was presumed to have drown and died. Gyo Bin thought he was successful in killing Eun Jae and moved on with Ae Ri. Months later, Eun Jae is back for revenge but she presumes the identity of another woman, Min So Hee, who had killed herself. When seeking revenge, Eun jae falls in love with Min Gun Woo (Lee Jae Hwang [이재황]).

Ashes: Nice Kdrama to catch, Jung Gyo Bin is really a 'CMI' guy. Keke...

My Rating : 7.5/10

Source & credit: Hancinema & Dramawiki

Beethoven Virus

베토벤 바이러스 [Beethoven Virus],
Kang GunWoo / Maestro Kang (Kim Myung-min [김명민])is a world renowned orchestra maestro who is a perfectionist in his work. He is not an easy person to work with and is fear by all his players.

By chance, he comes across Du Ru-Mi (Lee Ji-ah [이지아]), a violinist, and a young cop Kang Gun-woo (Jang Geun-suk [장근석]) who has the same name as his and discovers that even without formal training, the young Kang is a music genius. Even though he cannot read music, he has a natural talent for playing the trumpet and for music itself. Through this, they find love and the room to forgive each other as they eventually earn each other's respect.

I should have finished 'Beethoven Virus' earlier but because of 'You're Beautiful', I was off-tracked from this drama. Keke... Not that this drama is not nice, in fact the storyline was pretty good just that certain episodes were a bit (I mean a little bit) boring.

'Beethoven Virus' changed my views on orchestra performance as previously I find such classical music pretty boring. Keke...

My Rating : 7.5/10

Source & credit: As tagged, Hancinema & Wikipedia

Worlds Within

The World That They Live In (그들이 사는 세상) is about the people who make these addicting dramas, and offers an intriguing perspective on the personal and professional lives of those in the drama production industry.
Ji Oh (Hyun Bin [현빈]) is a successful producer/director (PD) who created a series of critically acclaimed hits, and Joon Young (Song Hye Kyo [송혜교]) is a rising star PD attracting attention after winning an award at an international festival.
They have some history together and both just got out of bad relationships. They get back together but their romance turns out to be pretty complicated and full of drama, just like the dramas they produce.

I must say this is a pretty boring drama. The only thing that kept me continuing watching is because Hyun Bin is one handsome guy & Song Hye Kyo, as usual, a pretty babe. And, not forgetting to mention that they came all the way to SG to flim certain parts of the drama. ;)

My Rating : 6.5/10

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Here Comes Ajumma

This 2006 drama, 'Here Comes Ajumma (아줌마가 간다)' revolves around Na Oh-Nim Yang Jung Ah (양정아), a woman who has changed her life tremendously due to her husband, Kim Jae Kwang's affair with his first love, Hong Yu Ran. Jae Kwang trick Oh Nim to agree with a divorce in order to be with Yu Ran.

Oh-Nim works at a small restaurant in the street market. She is described as shallow and ignorant by her husband and the only thing she can do well is cooking. She changes her life from a poor and mistreated wife to a sophisticated and elegant woman. Shim Wu Chan (Lee Pil Mo (이필모)), a PD for the cooking competition fell in love with Oh-Nim

My Rating : 7/10

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Gourmet

Gourmet (식객) was the last Kdrama for Kim Rae Won 김래원 who enlisted into the army on the 13th August 2009. This whole drama features all the yummlicious Korean cuisines which makes my saliva drool just by looking at them. ;)
Sung Chan (Kim Rae Won) is a talented cook. He peddles food from his truck all over the country to discover the best and precious traditional Korean cuisines. Jin Soo (Nam Sang Mi), a contracted journalist in a news agency, dreams to become the best columnist on food has a bright and vivid personality. She came across Sung Chan in various occasions and then falls in love with him.

My Rating : 8/10

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Autumn Shower

Autumn Shower (가을 소나기), a 2005 Kdrama by Oh Ji Ho. A story about a man, Choi Yoon-jae (Oh Ji Ho) who ends up getting into a car accident causing the passenger, who is his wife, Gyoo-eun (Kim So Yun) to end up in the hospital who now suffers from a coma. Park Yeon-seo (Jung Ryu Won) is Gyoo-euns best friend, who secretly is in love with Yoon-jae. While Gyoo-eun is in a coma, her husband and best friend starts an affair. I don't recommend this Kdrama as this has an unattractive plot.

My Rating : 5/10

Source: AsianDB.com
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Lotus Flower Fairy

Took me quite a long time to complete 왕꽃 선녀님 as when it comes to disc 8 of the dvd, the disc wasn't able to play & I had to go back to the shop to change it. This kdeama talks about what 'fate' is, and twists and turns of life and the beauty of love and sacrifice through those who strive to overcome that 'fate.'

Yoon Cho Won (Lee Da Hae [이다해]), brought up in a not so well off but lovely family, meek and amiable, is engaged after a quite short period of dating to Jung Soo, the son of Hang Ja Joo who has just returned to Korea after studying abroad, thanks to the two families' intimate relationship, Slowly shamanic spirit approaches Cho Won, who, as a beautiful and talented graduate student, is awaiting a rosy future of marriage life with a smart bridegroom from a rich family.

One day, she goes to a nightclub with her friends, and faints when she recognizes ghosts on big speakers while dancing. Her friends assure her that she must have mistaken something else for ghosts, but from then on, she loses her appetite and gets increasingly exhausted, symptoms that even doctors don't know the reason for. Cho Won, who has dismissed the symptoms as those caused by a mere headache or fatigue, happens to visit a shaman named Yong Hwa Boo her friends introduced out of curiosity for she has to write a paper on shamans. Cho Won's family learn that her aggravating symptoms are due to her shamanic spirit, and they are frightened. Then, does it mean that Cho Won, a founding, is destined to be a shaman?

Without informing Cho Won of this, her family have a discussion over this issue and at last her grandfather, Baek Kwang, decides to oust her from the family. Because of the love that they gave her while raising her, her father, Moon Hak, and her mother, Shi Ae, oppose the decision, but because of the firm stance of Baek Kwang, a former legal professional who doesn't want his family image tarnished, the couple unavoidably accepts his decision, breaking into tears. Cho Won's parents rent a room for Cho Won with the money they have saved.

Thanks to Baek Kwang's strict order that Cho Won leave home as soon as possible, the family of her fiance Jung Soo notifies her of its decision to break off the match. She loses her family that she loved so much, her aunt and grandmother, the perfect man, Jung Soo, and even her health. She is on the verge of giving up her life as she has lost everything overnight.

My Rating : 7/10

Source: MBC Global Media

Exhibition of Fireworks

불꽃놀이, Shin Na Ra (Han Chae Young, 한채영) a woman who is almost thirty welcomes her boyfriend of seven years back from his business trip. During their dinner, he tells her that he not only had an affair but fell in love with another woman. Thus their relationship ended.

To make herself feel better, Na Ra drinks a large amount of alcohol and unknowingly dropped the ring her ex-boyfriend gave her into a cup. A stranger, In-Jae (Kang Ji Hwan, 강지환), drinks the shot without seeing the ring and both of them end up in the hospital.
To support herself, Na Ra pretends to be her ex-boyfriend's 20 years old sister in order to work as a cosmetic clerk at Mi-Rae (the woman her ex-boyfriend fell in love with)’s shop but fate has brought In-Jae to the shop too. Thus began their surprising journey of love, where In-Jae is in love with Mi-Rae too.

My Rating : 7.5/10

Source: Dramawiki
Photo credit: MBC

Smile Again

스마일 어게인 is about Ban Ha Jin (Lee Dong Gun), an orphan and high school drop out, is calculating and ambitious. Even though he dropped out of high school and lives with Choi Yoo Kang (Yoon Se Ah) due to extenuating circumstances, he used to be the high school president and hoped to go to college.

Through coincidence, he meets Yoon Jae Myung (Lee Jin Wook), the popular former baseball player from high school, at a bar in Switzerland. Ha Jin manipulates a series of events to become Jae Myung's best friend. Also coincidentally, he meets Oh Dan Hui (Kim Hee Sun), the girl he loved and hurt in high school. Oh Dan Hui used to play baseball on the boy's team but now plays softball in college.
Her baseball hero is Yoon Jae Myung. All three meet again in Switzerland and again back in Korea. Ha Jin starts working in Jae Myung's father's company and does everything to make the rich chairman like him. Jae Myung starts working as the softball coach of his father's company's team but then gets transferred. He falls in love with Dan Hui who's headstrong and optimistic personality attracts him. He asks Ha Jin for advice, but Ha Jin cannot bear to watch Jae Myung take his true love.

My Rating : 7/10

Source: Dramawiki
Photo credit: Sbs