My Girl

 

 

Cast:

Lee Dong Wook  - Julian Seol Gong-chan

Lee Da Hae  -  Jasmine Joo Yoo-rin 

Lee Joon Ki  -  Nico Seo Jung-woong

Park Si Yeon  -  Anika Kim Seo-hyun, tennis player

Jo Kye Hyung  -  Ahn Jin-kyu
Hwang Bo Ra  - Ahn Jin-shim
Lee Eon Jeong  - Yoon Jin-kyung
Byun Hee Bong  - Chairman Seol Woong, Gong-chan's grandfather
Kim Yong Rim  - Jang Hyung-ja, Jung-woong's mom
Choi Ran  - Gong-chan's maternal aunt
Ahn Suk Hwan  - Chairman's assistant

 

 

 

Official Site: www.sbs.co.kr/mygirl

 

Other Titles: Chum boo tuh, Yun Woo

 

Summary:

Joo Yoorin (Lee Da Hae) is a tour guide in a small company in charge of running mini tours in the Jeju Island of South Korea. Her father is a gambling addict, but despite all the debts that he runs up, Yoorin always finds a way to help repay them. She leads a below-average life but is happy as long as she has her dad around her. Because of her father's gambling ways, she has had to move from country to country whenever her father runs from one place to another to avoid their debtors. This has in turn brought her the ability to converse fluently in Chinese and Japanese, which are of great help as a tour guide whenever she has to entertain tourists from China and Japan.

Seol Gongchan (Lee Dong Wook) is the only heir of the owner of L'Avenuel Hotel, which is one of the top hotels in Korea. His grandfather, Seol Woong, charges him with the duty of finding his granddaughter, who is also Gongchan's cousin. Seol Woong had disowned his own daughter, Gongchan's aunt, when she decided to marry a man not of his choice. However, when Seol Woong had a change of heart and wished to accept his daughter back, an earthquake struck where his daughter lived, and since then, he has lost all contact with his kin and perhaps the chance to make amends for his own stubbornness, to take care of his granddaughter and hopefully make things right.

Kim Seohyun (Park Si Yeon) is the girlfriend of Seol Gongchan. A rising star in the tennis world, she returns to Korea to look for Gongchan as she cannot forget him.

Seo Jung Woong (Lee Jun Ki) is the son of one of the main shareholders of L'Avenuel Hotel and also the best friend of Seol Gongchan. Unlike Gongchan who is responsible and hardworking, Jung Woong is a flirt who is known to have many girlfriends.

The story starts with Yoorin rushing to the airport. She is helping her friend delay a flight so that the tourists of her friend will not miss their flight. Out of ideas, she plays a damsel in distress, who is apparently mourning her impending death and her dying wish to see her boyfriend who is apparently on the flight. And so after much crying and the entire airport empathizing with her, she gets to get on board the plane to look for her boyfriend who never really existed. As she walks, she realizes she cannot find anyone and pretends to faint. Alas, she faints beside the seat of our male lead, Seol Gongchan, who knows a liar when he sees one. Although their first encounter is weird, it doesn't leave much of an impression in each other's mind.

Later, however, when Gongchan has to entertain a bunch of Chinese visitors and realizes he has no translator, he engages the services of Yoorin coincidentally and through Yoorin, his potential Chinese investors have a great time at the L'Avenuel Hotel branch in Jeju, and Yoorin has much credit to claim for it.

After a series of comical events including Yoorin staying at his hotel lodge without paying, and Yoorin selling his hotel fruityard's oranges to make a small profit (to clear her father's debts again), Gongchan's impression of Yoorin is one of a cheat and he would want to do anything to distance himself from her.

But then word from mainland Korea is that his grandfather is dying and at his bedside, Seol Woong, through his respirator, can only meekly repeat that he must not and cannot die until he sees his granddaughter again.

Driven by desperation and his love for his grandfather, Gongchan will do anything to ease his burden. When pointed out by his secretary that Yoorin bears a resemblance to his aunt, Gongchan hatches a plan to pass off Yoorin as his grandfather's long-lost granddaughter whilst he carries on searching for the real one.

Yoorin, who is desperate for money to repay her father's debt, is unwilling to do the job as it involves lying to a dying man, something that she staunchly refuses to do. But when Seol Gongchan desperately begs her and she realizes she is somewhat indebted to him for not bringing her to the police after her little business in his hotel, she caves in and pretends to the long-lost granddaughter.

And so things seem to be going well, with the search for Gongchan's long-lost cousin making progress and perhaps more importantly, the improvement of Gongchan's grandfather's conditions thanks to Yoorin. As Yoorin spends more time with Gongchan's family, she gets showered with the love she never received as a child and finds herself drawn to Gongchan. She finds herself changing from the liar that she once was to a person who tries to tell the truth when she can. But she knows all too well that her one-sided love will never materialize as the difference in social status between Gongchan and herself is too big.

But unknown to her, Gongchan is also slowly being drawn to her...

 

Credits: spcnet reviews

 

 

 

 

What I Think:

Let us start with the cast:

Lee Dong Wook – When I showed his picture to my friend, she’s like “Does Korea have a Cutie Oppa Factory or what?” This is the first time that I have seen him act and I must say that he is quite a good actor. In the sappy scenes where he needs to really let it all out, he did well, he can act and he can cry too. I love the way he smiles and does stupid things to pursue Lee Dae Hee. They got great chemistry. His fashion too, oh I must say, in the series “Memories in Bali” I absolutely didn’t like the all-black get up of So Ji Sup. But Lee Dong Wook he can strut his fashion stuff quite well. He is so handsome! Aish!

 

Lee Dae Hee – I absolutely love Lee Dae Hee now! I loved her in here a lot better than in “Green Rose” I swear after that series I was not sure if I can stand another LDH series… I absolutely love her now! She is actually a good comedic actress and she looks so beautiful! She’s like Song Hye Kyo but taller, like Kim Sam Soon but prettier, like Chunyang but a lot more fragile. She is so funny and her hair looks so perky, and then she is really good with drama and the sappy stuff. She can churn up great chemistry with Lee Dong Wook and and an even greater chemistry with Lee Jung Ki. Plus her clothes are not a bore. J

 

Lee Jung Ki – Believe me this drama opened up my eyes to a lot of things, and realizing that Lee Jung Ki is a good actor is one of those! When I saw him in Showbiz Extra, I was like “Holy clouds he looks like a girl! What the smokes are these women groveling at now!  Puhhleezee not him!” But after watching this series, I was beginning to go nuts over him too. He’s a good actor but there were lesser scenes that he can show these skills though. He looks good in a weird way to me, I absolutely love all his smash ball scenes with Lee Dong Wook coz his hair gets all messed up, ha, he looks so much better that way. There were lots of times in this series did I feel that Jung Woong (LJK) was more deserving of Yoorin (LDH) than Gongchan (LDW).

 

Park Shi Yeon – This is the also the first drama that I have seen her act. You know what it was not only until episode 7 that I realized that she is The Park Shi Yeon: Eric Moon of Shinhwa’s girlfriend! Ha I know episode 7! She also has lesser scenes to like really shine and show her acting skills in this series. I did not find her pretty at all too, isn’t she suppose to be a former Ms. Korea or something? I think she has this ultra-emphasized high cheek bones and a mouth that pouts she reminds me of a mouse. But anyhow, she did okay in her role as Lee Dong Wook’s jealous and clingy girlfriend, I got annoyed with her character coz she can’t let go of Gongchan up until the end.

 

 

Scenes to watch out for:

** All the smash ball scenes of Lee Jung Ki and Lee Dong Wook! Two of the hottest stars in kpop together in one hot, sweaty, and sporty scene! I absolutely loved these scenes! It is in this scenes where I realized that well Lee Jung Ki, with his hair all messy, can look really, really  hot. ^_^  they are both good in smash ball too.

 

** Jung Woong gave Yoorin a snowman for her birthday and he said “This snowman is yours and this one too… (He held her hand and pressed it to his heart!)” I know he’s corny but what the heck! God! I was so so so  looking forward to this scene and then it was that short..aish!

 

** Lee Jung Ki telling Yoorin “It is going to hurt if you will love him.”

 

** The stupid things Yoorin’s dad does! I swear I really want to strangle him myself already!

 

** Gongchan giving Yoorin a snow globe for her birthday.

 

** Scenes where Jung Woong and Yoorin are going out, eating, getting twin stuff toys.

 

** The night lights scene where Yoorin told Gongchan to count 1- 5 and then after counting 5, open your eyes and you’ll see the face of the person you will fall for. He did, the lights went on and he saw Yoorin. ^_^

 

** Movie watching of Gongchan, Yoorin and Jung Woong then she fell asleep, when her head fell down, both guys went on to hold her head but Jung Woong held her first and made her head rest on his shoulders. I love the camera capture there!

 

** Gongchan and Yoorin accidentally kissing.

 

** Yoorin realizing that Jung Woong really likes her and saying “Oh my I think he also fell in the wraths of my attractiveness!” Hilarious!

 

** Jung Woong proposing to Yoorin.

 

** Yoorin’s “Obvious Song” I absolutely like this song, Lee Dae He looks so adorable here! If Song Hye Kyo is to 3 Bear Song, Lee Dae Hee is to Obvious Song. ^_^ It’s episode 13 if you wanna check it.

 

** Gongchan kissing Yoorin and telling her he loves her.

 

 

 

 

Other Stuff:

 

** The ending interviews: where Lee Dae Hee said “If it is only me, I would go to Jung Woong oppa... Hehehe” Funny coz I have a feeling that she is closer to Lee Jung Ki than Lee Dong Wook coz I have also seen their videos in youtube and they have NGs and  funny moments all over the place. 

 

** My Girl OST Lyrics:

Do Isang - OST My Girl Lyrics

Do isang gude narul saranghaji anhado
narul chajuryogo haji anhado
nanun gude senggag soge sanungol
mworago marhanunji jonhyo al su obsodo
otton mallo nege sangchworul jwodo
modu badajul su idanun goshi

Gude maumi orobutho boryodo
naui maumul umjiginun han saram
michil godmankhum narul aphuge hedo
naui maumul nadge hanun han saram

Gudega ne mam algo inunjinun mollado
jigumkaji nanun gurewassogo
guron nega aphuron do duryobjyo

Gude maumi orobutho boryodo
naui maumul umjiginun han saram
michil godmankhum narul aphuge hedo
naui maumul nadge hanun han saram

Molli tonaboryodo moth bonchog dorasodo
ne maumul umjiginun han saram

Gude maumi orobutho boryodo
naui maumul umjiginun han saram
michilgodmankhum narul aphuge hedo
naui maumul nadge hanun han saram

 

Guredo.. Sarangida OST My Girl Lyrics

Nan sarangi boyodo mothbonunche jinajyo
nan sarangingol arado darun irumul buthigo
nan sarangi dullyodo mothdurunche jinajyo
ne urumul dophuryo khun soriro udnunde
sarangi ne sarangi gurohgedo nappungayo
saranghamyon dadul hengboghande naman uneyo
negeman we negeman irohgedo aphungojyo
mwodun boriltende i sarangman horagdoendamyon

Nan sarangi aphado mongdun chero sarayo
nunmullo sshisogado na ajijil anhnunde
sarangi ne sarangi gurohgedo nappungayo
saranghamyon dadul hengboghande naman uneyo
negeman we negeman irohgedo aphungojyo
mwodun boriltende i sarangman horagdoendamyon
sojunghan gosun modudul tonanun god gathaso
ilhgi shirhoso ne mam sumgyowajiman

Gude balgun biche naui nuni moroboryodo
sarange chehan mame aphummani dohegado
jugulmankhum aphun i sarange nega sanikka

 

MY GIRL OST TRACK LIST:

01. Chum Boo Tuh - Yun Woo
02. Never Say Goodbye - Mario & Nesty (THE MAIN THEME)
03. Suh Reun Bun Jjeum - KYO
04. Alone - Lim Jae Wan
05. Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh - Jo Kwan Woo
06. Neul - Tree Bicycle (THE SAD THEME SONG)
07. My Girl - Park Yong Suk
08. Sarang Eun Him Deun Ga Bwa - Lee Ji Soo
09. Alone (Female Ver.) - Kara
10. Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh (Female Ver.) - Park Hee Kyung
11. Happy Happy - Song Bo Ram
12. Sarang Ee Shim Shim Hae Suh - K2

 

Left Click let the song play first on wma player, then save media as.

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http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374590.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374591.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374592.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374593.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374594.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374595.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374596.mp3
http://211.176.63.196:8080/2/HIGH_MP3/374/374597.mp3

 

** Video Clips:

Good Morning Show 2-3-06 (LQ)
Arirangtv-Star Focus
Venus CF- Making film
http://kr.img.dc.yahoo.com/b10/data/dci_movie/day.wmv
first 20 minutes of the first episode of lotus flower fairy on youtube
Battle between Lee Da Hae and Son Ye Jin
My Girl MV - Made by Blue moon
MBC Drama Awards clip of LDH in Heaven's Fate
Kim Bum Soo - Memory MV ft. Hyunbin & Lee Da Hae
Making of Memory MV
Lee Da Hae at the 41 Baeksang Award
Lee Da hae from Australia on MBC
M.net's coverage
KM's coverage

 

Credits: sbs.co.kr, jkdrama,  yesasia, popcornfor2

 

Rating: 10 Korean kimchis out of 10

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

This is Lee Dae Hee's bestfriend who looks so much like baby shinbi in wonderful life!! swear! :) She has a new sitcom with super Junior's lee kee chul!

 

 

he kissed her!!

 

GUYS, YOU CAN DOWNLOAD THESE PICTURES IN YELLOWSHINSEI.MULTIPLY.COM GALLERY.

Initial D: The Movie

 

Cast:

Jay Chou Jie Lun – Takumi Fujiwara, Bunta Fujiwara's son, rides the AE86 car

Edison Chen – Ryousuke Takahashi, rides the FC, a rider and organizer of races in Mt. Akira

Shawn Yue – Takeshi Nakazato, rides the GTR, member of the Night Kids Team from Myogi

Anne Suzuki – Natsuki Mogi, the girl Takumi likes

Chapman To - Itsuki Tachibana, best friend of Takumi

Anthony Wong Chau-Sang - Bunta Fujiwara

Jordan Chan - Kyouichi Sudou

 

 

 

Official Site: www.initialdthemovie.com

Summary:

After winning his first competition, Takumi focuses his attention on drift racing, a sport he has unknowingly perfected while delivering tofu in his father's Toyota AE86

 

Jay Chou is Takumi Fujiwara, a high school student in Japan whose days are spent working at a gas station and mumbling in a dopey manner. He also quietly lusts after supreme jailbait classmate Natsuki (Anne Suzuki), and hangs with blowhard pal Itsuki (Chapman To, playing 15 years younger than his actual age). Takumi doesn't look like a special guy, but he does have a hidden talent: street racing, and not just any street racing. Takumi uses an old Toyota Trueno AE86 and clocks insane times on the Mt. Akina downhill, all by applying the technique of "drifting," i.e. skidding around corners without losing much speed in the process (NOTE: This is a layman's explanation. We apologize in advance to drifting masters everywhere.). However, Takumi does not own the mountain with his racing prowess; instead, he uses his insane drifting skills to get home as soon as possible after delivering tofu for his dad Bunta (Anthony Wong). If Takumi smokes anyone on the way home, it's just a coincidence.
     That exact coincidence leads to the eventual outing of Mt. Akina's hidden racing god. Takeshi Nakazato (Shawn Yu), leader of the Night Kids racing team, shows up at Takumi's workplace looking to take on the "Akina Racing God," but unfortunately Itsuki claims the title, and subsequently gets embarrassed on Mt. Akina's slopes. But after Nakazato gets creamed by a returning-from-delivery Takumi, he re-ups his challenge at the gas station...except nobody seems to know who beat Nakazato. Takumi's too busy acting morose and fantasizing about a potential beach date with Natsuki to take up the challenge. But Yuuichi (Kenny Bee), Itsuki's dad and Takumi's boss at the gas station, knows that it was Takumi behind the wheel, and pressures Bunta into getting his son to race. Bunta offers to lend Takumi the car for his date, as long as Takumi beats Nakazato in his first "official" street race. Presto, an illegal racing god is born, which leads to new challengers, including Ryosuke Takahashi (Edison Chen), the leader of the Red Suns racing team, and Kyoichi Sudo (Jordan Chan), an actual racing professional who takes on Takumi to avenge a buddy. Meanwhile, Takumi ponders his future in a quiet, morose manner, and the audience waits for the next CG-assisted car race.

 

Credits: http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/initial_d.htm

 

 

What I Think:

Wow! I have long wanted to see this movie because I am a really big fan of the anime series until Animax started to put some lousy tagalong dubbing! (But I still love Matteo Guidicelli)  

 

All the songs used in this series is really good! I bet the OST is awesome! I know Jay Chou and Edison Chen sang a few songs here coz I heard their songs played in the movie. The intro song played at the beginning while Takumi was delivering tofu is awesome!! "Nobody interfere with my delivery.." Ahhhhh!!! It has got to be my last song syndrome! Another nice song was the song played at the gas station while Takumi was staring into blank space. Every instrumental song played in the background is perfect for every scene and these background songs drive me nuts! The Initial D OST is awesome!! I want it!

 

Jay, Edison, Shaun now tell me who is hotter?! They are the hottest racing men! Okay let us check them one by one. First Jay, I believe this is Jay first major acting role. Jay is a good singer (He's one of my faves.) and for his first out take in acting, he did good actually. There was one scene where he found out about Natsuki's stuff; he cannot cry, he was almost forcing himself to kinda cry, rubbing his eyes and all. But with Jay he's got really nice expressive eyes, and he did fairly well for his first shot at acting. Jay!! I love your songs here!! J He was really cheeky and chummy with his girl Natsuki too, wasn't afraid to hold her hand in public and stuff. Ohh those nice dimples! Those darn nice dimples!!  

 

Edison Chen next, this guy is a pro! If he did sang those English background songs well he is the man! I loved his songs! And his acting is awesome! He was always the cool and in-control Ryousuke and he can be Takumi's friend too. And have I told you he has got the must beautiful (colored?) eyes? I just like his eyes a lot.

 

Shun Yue is next. My god! He looks really different here! The last time I saw him act was in "Tomorrow: The White Book of Love." In Initial D he has shorter hair, has a beard and wears slicker, hipper, sporty clothes!  At first, he came on like the antagonist to Takumi but then it is just a race after all, and he turned out okay. He doesn't looks sullen like in "Tomorrow."

I really need to get the OST! IT is driving me crazy! The opening and the closing credits song in this movie is really awesome!! The closing song is sung by Jay Chou while the opening which is an all-English song I bet must be sung by Edison.

 

 

Really nice scenes:

** I like the fact that Bunta was supportive of his son's wanting to race. He did not stop him from pursuing his dreams. He even helped him fix his car when it cloncked out.

** Takumi and Natsuki's beach date. Now that was a lot of fun, they took lots of pictures together; they turned my insides into mush! Then the major mushy part was when Natsuki started holding Takumi's hand and Takumi half grinned and intertwined his hand on hers!!! O Draconian Devil!! ! Jay Chou is God's gift to womankind!! The background song was really nice here too.

** Takumi's AE86 wining against Nakazato's GTR.

** Natsuki visiting Takumi at home and him walking her home, just holding her hands. Jay Chou and Anne Suzuki look cute together!

** All the scenes where Japan's countryside is shown. Mt. Akira sure is great!

** Bunta fixing up the beaten down AE86 car because he does not want to see his son sad and not being able to race.

** Natsuki seeing another man who sounds older than her, what the heck is she anyway a whore or something?

** Takumi racing with Kyouichi, the rider of an E3 car for the Emperor Team.

** People saying that the AE86 is the racing god of Mt. Akira.

** Takumi finding out that Natsuki was seeing another older man. I love the background song here sung by Jay Chou!

 

 

Other Stuff:

** Initial D is based on the comic by Shuichi Shigeno first published in Japan by Kodansha.

** Klamp Kodansha also published Chobits, another highly-rated anime series in Animax.  

• Initial D clocks in at 1 hour and 48 minutes, though a longer cut is rumored.
• Tsui Hark was originally set to direct Initial D, but there were "creative differences." After he left, Andrew Lau and Alan Mak signed on instead.
• For a long period of time, Edison Chen was slated to play Takumi Fujiwara, and Andy Lau was even rumored to be up for the role of Bunta.
• A number of Toyota Trueno AE86 cars were used during production, at least one of which was personally wrecked by Jay Chou.
• In four days, Initial D matched the total gross of 2005's top-selling Hong Kong film. That film: Himalaya Singh.

 

25th Hong Kong Film Awards
• Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang)
• Winner - Best New Artist (Jay Chou)
• Winner - Best Sound Design (Kinson Tsang King-Cheung)
• Winner - Best Visual Effects (Victor Wong, Eddy Wong, Bryan Cheung)
• Nomination - Best Picture
• Nomination - Best Director (Andrew Lau Wai-Keung, Alan Mak Siu-Fai)
• Nomination - Best Editing (Wong Hoi)
• Nomination - Best Original Score (Chan Kwong-Wing)
• Nomination - Best Original Song ("Drifting", performed by Jay Chou)
42nd Golden Horse Awards
• Winner - Best Supporting Actor (Anthony Wong Chau-Sang)
• Winner - Best New Performer (Jay Chou)
• Nomination - Best Adapted Screenplay (Felix Chong Man-Keung)
• Nomination - Best Original Song ("Drifting", performed by Jay Chou)
• Nomination - Best Visual Effects (Victor Wong, Eddy Wong, Bryan Cheung)
• Nomination - Best Sound Effects (Kinson Tsang King-Cheung)
12th Hong Kong Film Critics Society Awards
• Recommended Film

 

credits: http://www.lovehkfilm.com/reviews_2/initial_d.htm

 

Rating:

9 Taiwanese Taicha out of 10

 

 

Pictures:

I'm telling you this is one rockin picture! Edison, Jay, Shawn...ahhhh...can I have them all?

 

 

Edison "Aiya hottie" Chen:

 

 

With shawn staring like that..makes me hyperventilate...

 

 

 

 

Jay Jay Jay...

 

 

 

picture credits: official site initialdmovie.com

 

 

 

 

 

HALF ASIAN, HALF SOMETHING ELSE…

 

You filthy mud bloods! I mean move over Draco Malfoy!

YOU GORGEOUS MUD BLOODS! Hehe J

Read through the list until the end and you will find some bits quits surprising! It just amazes me how beautiful and gorgeous these people are. They got the best of both worlds. Do post up more artists that are half Asians that I did not include here.

 

 

Sean Paul

Filipino-Chinese + Jamaican

 

 

 

Enrique Iglesias

Filipino + Spanish

When I took Spanish lessons, the first thing my professor told me was that Enrique’s mom is Filipino.

 

 

 

Dean Cain

Chinese + American

Ha! Superman is half asian too!

 

 

 

Namie Amuro

Japanese + Italian

 

 

 

Perry Thomas Borja

Japanese + Russian

He is an artist of YG Entertainment but now he is producing music for other YG artists I’ve a funny feeling he is also half Filipino coz of his family name..

 

 

 

Guy Sebastian

Filipino + Australian

I like his song “Angels brought me here”

 

 

 

Kelis

Chinese + American

I have noticed she got quite chinky eyes, and looks Asian.

 

 

 

Bruce Lee

Chinese + German

Now who would have thought about him! Ha! I have always been his fan, but I never knew he’s half German.

 

 

Maggie Denise Quigley

Vietnamese + American

Maggie Q, I thinks she looks so pretty, I thought she’s Chinese. Isnt she in Mission Impossible 3 movie with Tom Cruise, one hot Bond girl.

 

 

 

Keanu Reeves

Chinese + Hawaiian

Yeah everyone knows this one bit.

 

 

 

Tiger Woods

Thai + American

Everything about him is thai. His mom is thai and he is my fave golf hero!

 

 

 

Tata Young

Thai + American

Wow these Thai-Americans are hot huh?

 

 

 

Greg Uttsada Panichkul

Thai + American

VJ Utt!! I told you Thai-Americans are hot; they got 3 in a row here already! Utt has an American mom and a Thai dad. 

 

 

Kristen Kreuk

Chinese + Dutch +American

Well well well Lana Lang is part Asian! That explains her pretty doe eyes. No girl who caught the hearts of Clark Kent and Lex Luthor sure is one hot part-Asian!  

 

 

 

Edison Chen

Chinese + Portuguese

He looks so gorgeous I love Edison Chen!! Aiya!

 

 

 

Michelle Saram

Singaporean + Indian

I don’t know if she should be here, but she’s too pretty to pass up in this list.

 

 

 

Amerie

Korean + American

Okay, I only figured she’s Korean when I saw her Korean tattoo on her back in one of her mvs. She got pretty chinky eyes too.

 

 

 

Michelle Reis

Chinese + Portuguese

 

 

 

Denise Lorraine Keller

Chinese + German

VJ Denise too is half Chinese! I have seen her featured in Channel News Asia, and I think she can speak lots of languages too, French, German I think.

 

 

 

Sarah Meier

Filipino + German

Her family name is a given. 

 

 

 

Jennifer Young Wisner

Korean + American

She used to be the segment host of Showbiz Extra’s (Arirangtv) Gossip SOS. She has a Korean mom and an American father. 

 

 

 

Donita Rose Cavett

Filipino + American

VJ Donita is the most celebrated pinoy vj. She has a Filipina mom and an American dad. These MTV Vjs are all half Asians, half something else huh?

 

 

 

Camilla Kim

Korean + Italian

She is the singer daughter of Patti Kim.

Isak
Korean + German

She is the other half of the now defunct singing duo from SM Ent, Isak and Jiyeon. Jiyeon now is with another group, Isak is another frozen SM delight I guess and is back in school.

 

T (Tasha, Yoon Mi Rae)
Korean + American

Korean singer.


Lee Yoo Jin
Korean + Spanish

Model, Actress, MC.

In Soon Ee
Korean + American

Singer, has collaborations with Cho PD.

 

Sonya

Korean + American
Singer 

 
Deanna Kim

Korean + Russian
Commercial model, singer

 

Picture credits: hanafos, news.hot.co.kr, mpiod.com, betanews.net, yahoo, yahoo korea, solid07, mtvasia

The Wedding

Cast:

Jang Nara - Lee Se-na

Ryu Shi Won - Daren Han Seung-woo

Myung Se Bin  - Shin Yoon-su

Lee Hyun Woo - Eugene Suh Jin-hui

Choi Woo Jae - Jung-min

Toe Mo - Louie

Gong Hyun Joo - Oh Su-ji

Kim Min Ju - Cha Eun-hee

Kang Suk Woo - Lee Jung-il

Nah Young Hee - Sung Hae-lim

Jung Young Sook - Jung Sook-hee

Lee Sae Min - Se-na's brother, studying abroad

Han Seung Joo - Seung-woo's brother

 

 

Official Site: http://www.kbs.co.kr/drama/wedding2005/

 

 

Summary:

Unlike many K-drama series, Wedding begins with two young lovers tying the knot. However almost from the word go, things do not go smoothly for the newlyweds. Se-na (Jang Nara) is a music graduate from a rich family and works as a manager at a theater. She was introduced to diplomat Seung-woo (Ryu Shi Won) and the two decide to marry because they are considered a good match.

As time goes by, however, they clash on virtually every issue because of their different backgrounds and life values. Seung-woo begins falling for his childhood sweetheart, Yun-soo (Myung Se Bin), who is far less reckless than Se-na. But as her husband drifts away from her, Se-na grows more attracted to him and begins to take steps towards reconciling their differences.

Lee Se-na is the only daughter from a wealthy background. Because of her pampered upbringing, she believes that she can get anything she wants if she sets her heart to it. She meets Han Seung-Woo, a self-made diplomat, who is not-so-secretly in love with his childhood friend Yoon-su, currently in Japan with her fiance, Seung-Woo's colleague Jin-Hui. Se-na instantly falls in love with Seung-Woo, who asks her what she thinks the meaning of marriage is. In their subsequent marriage, their values are questioned as Se-na's complete trust in Seung-Woo shatters with the realization of Yoon-su's and Seung-Woo's relationship, and Seung-Woo's happiness in marriage shatters with Se-na's deepening mistrust and her own relationship with Jin-Hui.

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

What I Think:

It is quite a surprise for me that I actually liked this series because I have never been very found of Jjang Nara (but I like some of her songs) and with Ryu Shi Won, I think he’s okay.

 

There have been many scenes that I really like. One was when Se-Na, and Daren Han Seung-woo met up with their parents for their wedding. I felt that there were so many issues between them that they have not settled. And that Daren and his mom have so much pride! They are killing me! Then the scene after that, where Daren’s mom gave her heirloom ring to Yoon-su! Oh Lord, she is crazy! Come on, rings like, she’s suppose to give that to her daughter-in-law and she knows Se-Na likes that ring so much.That was so awkward!

 

I cried a bucket of tears in some scenes, mostly in the scenes where Se-Na thinks that she is already resigning to the fact that she and Daren are so much a world away, so very different, and her realizing that Daren is still in love with his childhood sweetheart.

 

 

 

 

Other Stuff:

** Tomo of Showbiz Extra (Arirangtv) is actually in this series! I swear to god I have no idea he is in this! I kinda like Tomo coz he can look totally handsome in one take and looks weirdo in another. Whatever I find it amusing that he is actually and actor! Aish!

 

** Lee Hyun Woo is actually a singer. Yeah he is. He was also in the series “Attic Cat” who cannot like him there huh?! J

** Myung Se Bin, woah! I find her really beautiful! Was she in a series with Kwon Sang Woo? She is also a good fashionista.

 

** The script writer of this series is Oh Soo Yun, who wrote the drama “Autumn in my Heart”. Jang Na Ra’s last drama was “I’m gonna fall in love “aired by MBC in 2004.

Credits: dramawiki, soompi forums

 

Rating: 8 Korean kimchis out of 10

Kpop Acronyms

 

I just want to have fun so I just want to post about the acronyms in the world of kpop. Some have weird, cool, serious and just plain whacked meanings. J  If you want me to add your fave kpop artists with acronyms just post them up and their description...

 

 

GOD – Groove Over Dose

They are a five-member rap/ r & b group composed of Son Ho-young, Jun Hyung, Danny Ahn, Tae Woo, and Kye Sang. But now after Kye Sang went to military service, the group continues to sing with just four members. I like Ho Young and Jun Hyung best; my fave songs are “To My Mother” and “Opposites Attract” Just last year, I have totally lost it over Ho Young and their MV for Opposites Attract!

 

 

 

1TYM- (pronounced one time) 1 Time for Your Mind

Along with GOD, FTTS and Shinhwa, 1tym is one of the better groups that I really liked; because of them I got into K-hip hop so much. Members are: Teddy Park, Danny Im Tae Bin, Baek Kyung, and Jinhwan. Teddy and Danny speak perfect English because they were raised in the US. (I like Teddy best, he looks good, he is down and cool, he raps, he plays the piano! Ah I like him!) Taebin just released his first solo album, getting great reviews and sales too. 1tym will be releasing their new album late this year.

 

 

UN- United N-generation

They are a kpop duo composed of Jung hoon and Sung hoon. I only got to liking them summer of last year (2004) when they sang “Honeymoon” which is a very upbeat summery song, and I also love their latest sad ballad “To Her” I noticed this duo because one of the members who plays the piano too, looks so much like the k-actor heart throb, Won Bin. UN has just broke up at the start of the year.

 

TVXQ- Tong Vang Xing Gi

They are also known by their Korean name, Dong Bang Shin Gi, which means “gods rising from the east”, Members are: Micky, Hero, Xiah, U-know, and Max. They are the newest milking cows I mean kpop group from SM entertainment. And so I dig k-poppers who speak perfect English eh, my fave is Micky Park who was raised in the US. I like a few number of songs that this group sang like their first single, Hug, My Little Princess, Through the Forest and Midoyoh/Trust and liked their “Hotmail” summer song sand with the rest of the SM Town crew.

 

 

 

 

NRG- New Radiancy Group

I like a few NRG songs, actually I just like David Moon Sung Hoon in the group, but he is enough for me to actually go out and support the whole group. They used to be a five-member group until the death of Antonio in 2001 due to pneumonia. Two of the members left the group, (I really don’t know the reason) a new member was brought in to replace the 2 who left. But all four of them came together again after Antonio’s death. Man, all the drama in this group is confusing me!  Some cool songs are “Rolly Park” and the world cup song “Hurray for Koreans” Now, David Moon has left for military service.

 

 

 

 

SS501

I don’t know much bout this group, I haven’t read much about them and I haven’t figured out what smokes is the name of my fave member either. They are the rival boy band of TVXQ and JYP Entertainment manages them. Their songs like “Warning” and “Never Again” are quite okay too.

 

 

 

 

HOT- High-five Of Teenagers

They are now a disbanded kpop group from SM entertainment composed of Kang Ta, Moon Hee Jun, Jang Woo Hyuk, Tony Ahn, and Lee Jae Won. They wore horrendous clothes, sang weird songs (I never got around to liking any) and sport horrifying hairstyles. Hee Jun just ended his contract with SM and started his own company, Kangta is still with SM and stars in his own drama “Loveholic” the last three are of course a group called JTL. Oh and I like Tony Ahn’s song “Blue Skies” from his solo album.

 

 

 

 

 

S.E.S. – Sea Eugene Shoo

SES is actually an acronym of all three member’s names. They are now disbanded, all 3 have released their own solo albums but only Shoo has stayed behind in SM entertainment. Eugene is my favorite SES member, I like her song “The Best” and has gone on to act in successful series like “Loving You”  “Save the Last Dance for Me and “Wonderful Life” I don’t like any of Bada’s songs and Shoo oh, she concentrated in her career in Japan

 

 

 

 

 

Fin K.L.- (pronounced feen kul) Fine Killing Liberty 

Now let’s move over to SES’s rival which is again a disbanded group already. I have absolutely no idea what their group name means so don’t ask. The members are: Lee Hyori, Ock Joo Hyun, Sung Yuri and Lee Jin. Hyori and Ock Joo Hyun went on singing and the other two got into modeling. I like Hyori’s “10 Minutes” and ‘Remember Me” and I also like Ock Joo Hyun’s solo song “ Catch” Ock Joo Hyun also went on to sing in musical plays getting rave reviews and is rumored to be dating k-drama hottie, Lee Jung Jin. They have a new digital song released, it is great to see them together again even if that’s just 1 song.

 

 

 

 

 

 

M.I.L.K.- Made In Lovely Kin

They are another frozen delight from SM entertainment. They were produced by Moon Hee Jun. I don’t know all the members except for the two girls, Yumi who was featured in Shinhwa's Wedding March mv and Bomi was in Fly to the Sky's Day by Day and Shinhwa's All Your Dreams and Yo! mvs. I have not heard any of their songs cause I have only seen them in SM Town mvs.

 

 

 

 

Swi-T- (pronounced Sweety) Song Will Tell

Speaking of hibernation, here is another group that’s been hiding in YG before debuting in the world of kpop. I don’t kno much about this group, all I know is they were featured in 1tym’s Ready or not.

 

 

 

 

JTL- Jang Woo Hyuk Tony Ahn Lee Jae Won

Just like SES, the group’s name was taken from the member’s names. They were the three-fifths of HOT, when HOT disbanded, they got together. Now all three has released their own solo albums and their songs are way a lot better than any of the HOT songs.

 

 

 

 

 

B.M.K.- Big Mama King

I used to confuse BMK with Big Mama. I don’t know much about BMK I need to research more on this.

 

 

Baby VOX- Baby Voices of Expression

Here is another group that has lots of member line up changes, they make me dizzy. They are the rival girl group of Jewelry. (I like Jewelry more...hehhe. ) I like some of their songs but when I start thinking about the songs, I cannot seem to remember any song.

 

 

 

 

Click-B – Click Boys
Next to that new 12-membered band of SM, Click-B is one of the biggest groups to hit kpop fandom simply because they are composed of 7 members, Oh Jung Hyuk, Kim Sang Hyuk, Kim Tae Hyung, Yoo Ho Suk, Woo Yun Suk, Ha Hyun Gon, and No Min Hyuk. Click-B became a three-membered band and started collaborating with J-walk forming the band JNC.

 

 

 

 

 

T.T.MA- Taste The Maximum

I have been a die hard fan of Pops In Seoul which is an English music show hosted by TTMa’s lead singer, Vj Soy. I was surprised to know that VJ Soy used to sing in a girl group called TTMa. I have heard two of their songs before and they were okay really.

 

 

 

 

Cleo- Come Listen Everyone

I have heard some songs of this group before but I cant remember which, so I guess their songs are good enough just for downloading.