Forecast #1 (part 1)

And so we meet Park Ka In - from just a couple of seconds we can see that she´s a messy, energetic I-wear-sweats-and-like-them kind of girl.

In this next scene we are assaulted with visions of cleanliness and orderliness. This we soon learn is Jeun Jin Ho´s room; I can´t help but think that he must be a subscriber to the idea that Cleanliness is close to Godliness.

As he gets up (we are gifted with a view of a lovely chest), he notices that he´s not alone, but instead he seems to be sharing his bed with a woman. His face as he looks at her betrays no emotion- she´s definitely not on his interest radar.

Coolly he wakes her up (he knows she´s faking sleep) and asks her when she got here. She doesn´t answer but complains about his non-reaction to her “sexiness” to which he retorts “Is taking it all off sexy?”

OOh and here we get the foreshadowing of future sexual identity problems: Hye Mi asks “Perhaps… you like men?” His answer is so cheeky that I wanted to smile so badly!: “Didn´t you know? I like men.”


Then an unexpected reaction- He practically launches himself on top of Hye Mi to shut her up as a voice calls for him. We have thus learned one of Jin Ho´s biggest weaknesses: His mother. As it turns out he is definitely the poster child for momma´s boy. As he´s talking with his mom we get to see Hye Mi banging on the balcony door where he locked her out so that she wouldn´t be seen by his mom who seems to favour her. When his mom asked him if he´s seen Hyemi he stutters out.. " aah, Hyemi..isn´t she in Canada?" LOL such a bad liar and yet the mom bought it... goes to show you how much she trusts him.

After getting dressed and reaching his car he notices that he´s been blocked on all sides and won´t be able to take it out. So he goes to try to grab a cab.

Oh Fateful Meeting!

Yes our two leads have met, and they are not impressed. They have both grabbed the same cab and seem to be quite determined to fight each other for it except they are thwarted as a third person comes and grabs it from them. Then we see a childish sequence in which they both try to get ahead of each other to try and get a cab first.

They fail at the cab mission and so they are both standing in the isle of the same bus. As a passenger gets up to leave Jin Ho grabs the seat before Ka In. I must say that I found extremely funny that he looks so satisfied at having beaten her that he says thank you when she asks him if he´s sitting down.

A shaky, jerky bus + 1 very sleepy person = disaster or at the very least a very uncomfortable situation. (I´ve been there, done that)

Yep, to save his architectural model Jin Ho grabs her butt, but this is made even funnier because earlier in the bus ride he had been looking at her butt. Why was he looking? Because Ka-In had a tremendous and very unappealing panty line. So having noticed that he was looking there and then getting grabbed by him in said body part makes for a very uncomfortable and angry Ka-In especially when he´s not even apologizing for doing such a thing!

After being dished humiliation and a lecture on how her threat to report such a minor incident to the police will put everyone in the bus behind schedule in front of the whole bus, Ka-In gets an idea. Which she carries out with such velocity that Jin Ho is definitely not prepared. Aah such a brilliant execution of a spontaneous decision!

Yep, this has turned into the Butt Groping Episode. I definitely envy Son Ye Jin´s hands, kekekeke.

Jin Ho, due to the surprise, ends up wrecking his model and in the process loses sight of the offender.

- I shall end this recap here for the moment, I´ll upload part 2 soon.

Personal Taste/ Ka-In´s Taste

Personal Taste

This drama has of course received a loooot of attention since over a year ago because of speculations over who was going to play the lead actress, at the time Yoon Eun Hye was the rumored lead.





And then when the final casting was finished and we were told who the two leads were, there was an explosion of commentary on how they fit or didn´t fit the role.





In my own humble opinion I was really looking forward to Lee Min Ho as Jeun Jin Ho because I thought that this role would help break him out of the mold that the character Gu Jun Pyo might establish for him.





As for Son Ye Jin being his leading lady, I was both glad and aprehensive about it. I knew she was a good actress, I´ve enjoyed her in tear jerker movies like A Moment To Remember, and The Classic, as well as the romcom The Art of Seduction, so her talent is quite evident. What I was aprehensive about was that she might end up being criticized for being much older than Lee Min Ho, but thank goodness they are both such great actors it´s not really an issue.



Side Note: I´m glad to see cutie Kim Ji Suk again after watching him in Chuno... and Im Seul Ong of 2AM ballad group fame is making his break through in acting with his role in PT.





Character List and Cast:

Park Ka In - Son Ye Jin


Jeun Jin Ho - Lee Min Ho


Han Chang Ryul - Kim Ji Suk


KIm In Hee - Wang Ji Hye


Na Hye Mi - Choi Eun Seo


Kim Tae Hoon - Im Seul Ong


No Sang Joon - Jung Sung Hwa


Choi Do Bin -Ryu Seung Ryong


Han Yoon Sub -Ahn Suk Hwan

What Lovely Weather We´re Having

Hello, World!

This is a small introduction into the reason and theme for this blog.

What is this blog?
It´s an exercise in the enjoyment of speaking out my opinions of K-dramas and J-dramas that I´ve loved or hated... rarely will you see a topic concerning a drama that I felt so-so about posted up here, because there´s not much to say on a so-so drama.

How did I become obsessed with these dramas?
One day in 2003 a very bored angsty teenager was browsing the internet and low and behold there it was--- Dramas so dramatic that tears were jerked out of their dark and angsty hiding place. See if you can recognize this weepy tear jerker that began it all:

Oh my lordy lord what did Jung-suh do to deserve such tragedy! Why can´t she be with the love of her life Song Joo! No!! Why did she get runover and how dare that interloper Yoori get between destined love! ¡No, why, oh why does Jung-suh have cancer, and wait, don´t commit suicide to save her Tae-hwa, it´ll only be temporary!

Yes for those who are avid watchers of Korean dramas and this rings a bell- the drama that opened my eyes to this whole new world was ...... 2003´s Stairway to Heaven!

Since then I have watched gazillions of dramas, movies, and variety shows just to satisfy the hunger in me (ignoring the fact that my Korean or Japanese skills = fail) that keeps asking for more..MORE...MORE!!!!

I also have to admit that another thing that keeps me coming for more is that the actors are usually so very handsome and I with the best of them can fangirl them endlessly....

Collateral "damage" to the fact that I´ve been overly obsessed with dramas is that the music has also trapped me... ah!! Why are there so many artists out there with good voices and even better looks for me to fangirl over?!

What is my promise for this blog?
I will honestly try to write my own reviews and recap dramas that I watch as soon as I can, I might also write about older dramas as I rewatch them, and of course if anybody knows of a good drama that I´m not writing about or haven´t watched I welcome them to write to me and share their opinions.