Tuesday 25 December 2012

Hidden Meanings

Neon jeongmal jaesueobseo
neol mannal iyu eobseo
neo gateun namjan isesange kkallyeosseo

Jae jae jae jaesueobseo
danjeomeul sel su eobseo
chameumyeo saranghagin sigani neomu akkawo

Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you
I Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you

Neowaui gieogeun gidarin gieokbakke eobseo nan
chamgo chamgo chamado kkeuteun eobseosseo
saranghandan hanmadiga deutgo sipeosseo nan
musimhan neoui sarange nan jichyeosseo

Gibuni deoreowo
jajonsim da beorigo jwonneunde
cham seoreowo
naega igeotbakke andwaenna
nan duryeowo
sarangiran du geuljaga ijen nan museowo
nega cham useuwo


Neon jeongmal jaesueobseo
neol mannal iyu eobseo
neo gateun namjan isesange kkallyeosseo

Jae jae jae jaesueobseo
danjeomeul sel su eobseo
chameumyeo saranghagin sigani neomu akkawo

Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you
I Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you

Ne ibeseo naoneun mareun geojitmari ban
sokgo sokgo sogado kkeuteun eobseosseo
eonjenga neodo neo gateun yeojal mannage doel kkeoya
apa bwaya geuttae neon nae mam al kkeoya

Gibuni deoreowo
happy endingui juingongiran geon eobseosseo
naega babocheoreom sunjinhaenna
deo jaldwaesseo
jigeumirado neol arasseuni
tteonagesseo jeongmal jaesueobseo

Neon jeongmal jaesueobseo
neol mannal iyu eobseo
neo gateun namjan isesange kkallyeosseo

Jae jae jae jaesueobseo
danjeomeul sel su eobseo
chameumyeo saranghagin sigani neomu akkawo

Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you
I Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you

Mami siwonhae
sogi huryeonhae
ppyeo sok gipeun got kkaji ne gieok jiwonae

Neomu siwonhae
sogi huryeonhae
ppyeo sok gipeun got kkaji ne gieok jiwonae

Neon jeongmal jaesueobseo
neol mannal iyu eobseo
neo gateun namjan isesange kkallyeosseo

Jae jae jae jaesueobseo
danjeomeul sel su eobseo
chameumyeo saranghagin sigani neomu akkawo

Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you
I Hate you eheheheheh
I’m fine living without you

Credits: 2NE1 'Hate You' lyrics from allfordrama.com + snsdlyrics

Monday 17 December 2012

Changes

So I've had a weekend away. Tomorrow, I'm heading back home, and in those few, short days, so much has changed.

On Friday, when I left, everything was normal. Then we heard that it started coming out, all of a sudden, in big handfuls. I don't know what to expect when I go home now.

I know she's still the same person, she still feels well, she's still the same in herself.

It's just scary.

Wednesday 5 December 2012

Rich Man, Poor Woman

It's been a long time since I have done a review post, probably the longest between review posts ever. There are two reasons for this, one is that I was working away down in London and therefore had at least 2 months of not watching drama at all, and secondly, that this series just didn't grab me enough to make me watch it constantly.

Rich Man, Poor Woman is the story of a young and arrogant IT genius who can't recall names or faces, Hyuga, and an honest and kind job hunter with a good memory, Natsui. On applying for a job at Hyuga's company, Natsui lies about her name to gain Hyuga's attention, and so gets hired temporarily to help the company secure a business deal. She becomes invaluable to the company, and begins to fall for Hyuga despite the competition from his business partners sister. Through ups and downs, their relationship grows as Hyuga becomes a better person with Natsui's help, although he obviously doesn't realise his feelings until the last episode. Then they live happily ever after.

FROM GOOGLE. I just love the kid's face.

I'll be honest, I don't think this series was the best one to come back to Asian drama with. It was predictable and unoriginal, basically the same story as so many other dramas, just with a different premise. That's not to say that it wasn't good, more that its just so familiar now that its hard to get really involved in the story and characters when you've seen different incarnations so many times before. Granted, the whole smart media business was interesting, especially when you know that the products you were seeing would be the latest technology, so at least that was different.

I did like the character of Hyuga, played by Oguri Shun. He's one of the big ones in Japanese drama, with major roles varying from the original Hana Kimi to Hana Yori Dango as poor Rui, obviously with a Gokusen link in there as well. It was interesting to see him playing a completely different character, as even though he is so recognisable, he does have a talent to make you forget his other roles. I think the last series I saw him in was Tokyo Dogs, where he played such a straight and rigid character that really contrasted with the radical, almost child-like mind set of Hyuga. Natsui was a little more stereotypical heroine, with no money yet hopelessly cheerful, and granted, while Ishihara Satomi played the role well, I just wish that the character was a little more interesting, that she had a little more depth, a little more attitude. Unfortunately, in my experience at least, that's rare for adult female characters, especially in Japanese drama.

Would I reccommend this series? Yes. Especially if you're still relatively new to Asian drama.

Would I watch it again? Probably not.

Next up is Faith, and back to Korean drama. It's skipped up the charts like noone's business, back to before My Baby and I, which is kind of annoying because its messing up my list.

OH! It's got Lee Min Ho in, I'm suddenly not so bothered any more :)

Tuesday 4 December 2012

Sleeping

The boy came to stay this weekend, and one morning, while I was in the shower, he found the link to this blog on my laptop and decided to read it .... gulp.

He says he only read one post, Out of Sight, Out of Mind, which wasn't the best one for him to see. So I made him read his Bo section on NaBoWoDraK-Po to make it seem less negative. Did you guys get that, by the way? Na was for nanowrimo, Bo was for boy, Wo was work, Dra was drama and K-Po was obviously k pop.

Friday was a good day. I finished NaNoWriMo! I wrote like 5000 words before half 4, giving me more than enough time to tidy the house and myself before he arrived at quarter to 10. We had a quiet night in, and then on Saturday, we went to the German market, where he brought us matching German market mugs*. Then we went home, and he fell asleep from about 6 pm til the next morning ... granted I fell asleep first, but I woke up after an hour or so, he just kept sleeping. I got so bored after checking all my social networks and playing games that I eventually went downstairs and watched half of Star Trek with my parents. I went back up feeling super guilty for having left him and he didn't even know I had been gone, so I put Fast Five on because he never lets me watch it ... but I fell asleep at the end. On Sunday, we were going to go to the cinema or a walk to do the Tolkien Trail, but ended up watching films in bed all day instead because it was warmer.

Now I think about it, it doesn't seem like we did much.

I don't care. I had a really lovely weekend. 


*What does that mean?! He doesn't want a relationship but he gets us matching souvenirs? I'm starting to think its not so much that he doesn't want a relationship, but than he just doesn't want one with me.