Prime Minister and I/Prime Minister is Dating

                                       

This drama ended? What? I felt that the ending was a little abrupt. Maybe it was because I was starting to get tired of the drama's slow progress or maybe I just felt that the ending could have been a little better.  I started off this drama excited and happy. The beginning was amazing because it was touching, funny, and it reminded me of The Sound of Music. Yoona is gorgeous as always. I am actually quite enjoying the performance of the Prime Minister. He's so amusing in many scenes. It's also nice to see Yoon Si Yoon in the drama too even though he's the second lead. 

But if you aren't into contract marriage dramas, then heads up, this is a contract marriage drama. So you'll probably already guess that the two in the contract marriage are going to end up falling in love and actually staying in the marriage for real. It is the typical story line for contract marriages. 

Synopsis:

              Kwon Yul is a prime minister candidate and is pretty popular among women and so he is basically treated as a celebrity figure in a way. He's a strong candidate and struggles with learning to raise his three children (Two sons, 1 daughter) alone while being strict with them, disciplining them, and teaching them how to be role models and to avoid revealing information to reporters. Na Da Jeong, on the other hand, is a young and lively reporter for a magazine that only features scandals and all that. Basically, she's a paparazzi/reporter. So when they hear that Kwon Yul is a big topic, Na Da Jeong is sent to find out some of his secrets/scandals...like is he dating his secretary? What's up with his love life?

        However, time and time again, they meet and there are some misunderstandings. Man Se, one of the prime minister's kids (youngest son), really likes Da Jeong and ends up looking up to Da Jeong as a mother figure. Da Jeong's father wanted her to get married and was ill, so she asked for a contract marriage lasting only 6 months to help fulfill her father's wishes. The prime minister refused until he found out information on her situation and realized the truth in her words. So they got married (by contract). They begin to learn from one another. The prime minister begins to relax and the children open up to Da Jeong and the prime minister. They all begin to look at her as a mother figure and got along quite well. Da Jeong was the first to acknowledge her growing feelings for her husband-by-contract. The prime minister also began to feel something but was constantly brought down with guilt that he was somehow disappointing his past wife. 

        Ryu Jin is Kwon Yul's rival and he is there to constantly rub it in the prime minister's face. His sister happened to be Kwon Yul's past wife and he always blamed Kwon Yul for the death of his sister. He's not the only one with a grudge. Kang In Ho, a top elite officer that follows the Prime Minister as a security guard, also feels resentment on behalf of his brother who is in a coma. It just so happened the death of his past wife and the brother of Kang In Ho were in the same car when the accident happened. Kang In Ho begins to fall in love with Da Jeong, cautiously, as he found out about her ties with the Prime Minister and began to question where she had her proprieties set. After realizing the truth, he continues to like her causing misunderstandings and awkward moments. Meanwhile, the secretary/assistant of the Prime Minister, Seo Hye Joo, was also trying to distract herself from her crush that she had on the Prime Minister for all these years. Then shocking events occur when they realize that the wife is not dead and when the couple begins to question if they could really be together. It has a good story line but I wonder why I feel that the ending was so abrupt. Maybe it's just me...

Good Doctor

                                     

I'm sorry that I was not able to post this right after watching this drama. I have a lot going on lately and could not dedicate myself to writing these posts as often as I could before. Hopefully, you guys have kept an eye on my tumblr blog to see what's up. As it has been a while since I watched it, I remember feeling that this was a very cute drama and that the relationship between the two characters was nice to see. I felt that it was touching with all these different stories within this as well as a growing romance between one who could not express himself that well and one who accepts all that. 

Synopsis: 

       Park Si On has a savant syndrome which causes him to have child-like mannerisms and difficulty expressing himself. However, he was a medical genius and ended up working at a hospital in hopes of being pediatric surgeon. As a child, he adored his medical kit and his brother. His older brother always protected him from the neighborhood bullies and the two shared a strong connection. Then a traumatic incident occurred which resulted in the death of his older brother. Si On continued on in hopes of saving more kids so that they would have the future his brother was not able to have. However, his brilliant mind in medicine was not accepted by many doctors and it caused conflict between Kim Do Han and him. Kim Do Han is one of the best pediatric surgeons in Korea and had to work alongside with Park Si On unwillingly. 

       With different approaches and ways, Kim Do Han and Park Si On begin to develop a liking toward Cha Yoon Seo who works with them. Things get complicated and the relationship between Si On and Kim Do Han gradually became better. I really liked the character development through the drama though I wanted to punch some characters in the face while watching this. 

        The side stories in this drama were also very touching and enlightening. This was a cute drama and I thought Joo Won did a great job acting his role. I also developed a liking for many of the characters who worked there and I was glad to see that Kim Do Han began acting like a big brother for Park Si On.  I also liked how Park Si On's relationship grew with an understanding of his mannerisms and that they managed to get along. 

I Need Romance 2

This drama is very similar to I Need Romance only with different cast members and a new story line and new scenarios. Again, we have two possible men for our female lead to choose from. Again, the drama follows three women who are best friends and the different situations in their love lives and so forth. Just like in the first I Need Romance, I actually preferred the second male lead a lot better and I thought he was much more supportive, caring, and understanding of her needs than the first male lead.
      Personally (do not hate me for this, just a personal opinion), I did not like this drama that much. Compared to the first season and the current season (I Need Romance 3), I did not like this drama. I did not like how slowly the relationship was building and how they picked fights with one another constantly. It was wearing me out and I constantly wanted to stop watching.

Synopsis:
        Yeol Mae and her best friends are all in their thirties. They are all successful women with different careers and who enjoy their independent lifestyles along with taking care of their love lives. Yeol Mae's life would be consummate if her love life wasn't so complicated. She had been in a relationship with her boyfriend Seok Hyun for along time. They met when they were very, very young and grew up together. They had eventually started dating but ended up breaking up five times.  Their relationship was not getting any better and was heading for the worse. It was also a very confusing relationship as they ended up being just friends and neighbors who live together.
        They continue on having a very close relationship but deny that there are any emotional attachments. Then comes along Ji Hoon, her new love interest, who owns a coffee shop. Yeol  Mae and Ji  Hoon fall in love with one another which instigates the jealousy from Seok Hyun. He realizes he is still in love with her and is not ready to give up on their relationship.

My Love from Another Star-별에서 온 그대

This definitely made my favorite dramas of 2014 list. It was hilarious and thrilling throughout the whole drama.  I could not help myself but fall in love with the female lead and her confident image and I couldn't help myself from fangirling over Kim Soo Hyun who played the role of Do Min Joon. I felt that the supernatural romance was extremely fun and very realistically made in this drama. Apparently, some people have said that the ending was bad and all that. However, I think otherwise and I will explain this at the end of my synopsis. 

Synopsis: 

      Do  Min Joon is an alien from another star.  He came to Earth around 400 years ago during the Joseon Dynasty. He's handsome and learned a lot about humans and their culture. During that time that he was there, he befriended a girl who began to like him. Tragically, the girl died and Do Min Joon was not able to board the UFO and return home. It caused him to stay on Earth for another 400 years. He learned that it was not wise to reveal his identity and became very cynical towards humans. They all ran away upon finding out about his powers, which include stopping time, levitating objects, teleporting, and much more.

        In modern day Korea, Do Min Joon did have one friend known as Lawyer Jang. Lawyer Jang knows of his identity and takes care of him like a father would. Their friendship dates a long way back and the beginning of their friendship was extremely touching. He knew that he was to leave Earth and go back to his star soon and hoped that he could continue on without making any ties to objects or humans. 

         Cheon Song Yi is Korea's top actress. She's confident, pompous, and hilarious. Despite all that, she still cares for the people she loves. Her friend Se Mi is always her supporting actress, even in love. A rich family's third son, Hui Kyeong, fell in love with her when she was still a childhood actress. He constantly expresses himself in hopes that one day she'll see it and love him more than just as a friend. Se Mi, on the other hand, had a growing crush on Hui Kyeong for all the years and began to feel resentful and bitter toward Cheon Song Yi. Cheon Song Yi meets Do Min Joon at the college she's enrolled in.  He's a professor and also her next door neighbor. After meeting each other for a few times, they became very close to one another whether they liked it or  not.   

          Then the unthinkable happens. In an event that Cheon Song Yi went to, a rival actress named Han Yoo Ra fell over the edge of the boat and died. Almost instantly, the blame was placed on Cheon Song Yi as their relationship was not good. Because of this, her fame instantly went down and Se Mi's immediately shot up. From the start of the drama, you will find that Hui Kyeong's brother, Jae Kyeong, is a heinous psychopathic murderer and he begins plotting to kill  Cheon Song Yi in fear that she will blab out his past relationship with Han Yoo Ra. This was when Cheon Song Yi and Do Min Joon begin to get tied up with one another. She constantly went to his house whenever she was lonely and for protection. He also made it his duty to make sure that she was okay despite not wanting any ties. Slowly the two begin to fall in love but they face the adversities caused by Jae Kyeong, his unwillingness to have any ties left on Earth, and also masking the fact that he's an alien. 

           This was an amazing drama and I would highly recommend this. 

SPOILER ALERT FOR THOSE WHO DID NOT WATCH THIS YET.

ENDING SPOILER. 

Okay, so I honestly enjoyed the ending. One, he comes back to Earth through a wormhole. I searched this up online and a wormhole is: 

 A wormhole, also known as an Einstein–Rosen bridge, is a hypothetical topological feature of spacetime that would fundamentally be a "shortcut" through spacetime

 How awesome is that? One, he comes back and stops time. And every time he comes back, the time he manages to stop gets longer. When he disappears from Earth, he is back on his planet and the time starts again. At the end of the drama, Cheon Song Yi mentioned that he could now stop time for up to an year and that it'll get longer as they continue on. You guys do realize that she could get pregnant and have a kid with this frozen time concept? 

Besides, would it make sense that he just miraculously turned into a human when he's an alien? And they made it clear that she can't go to his planet and he can't stay unless he wants to die. So by doing this, the drama is consistent with the ending and I enjoy that a lot. 

Baby and I (Movie)

I watched the Korean movie with Jang Geun Suk called Baby and I. This was based on the manga Baby and Me. However, there are some differences. I did feel extremely bad for the main character because he was forced to take care of this baby that wasn't even his to begin with. It wasn't the best movie that I watched mainly because I still couldn't understand how something like this could happen. Other than that, it was comedic and light-hearted. 

Synopsis: 

       Han Joon Su is a high school student who is also a troublemaker. He always fights with his parents and does not obey them. He doesn't have a good relationship with his parents and his parents are sick of his behavior. One day, he found that his parents ran away from home because they couldn't stand him anymore. Despite the fact that his parents abandoned him to fend for himself, he continues to live on without shame or guilt. He feels more free and happy because of it all. That freedom only lasted so long. 

       One day he planned a party with his friends at his empty house and went shopping. After finding something and returning to his cart, he found a baby in the cart with a letter. Not knowing where the child came from, he was baffled. After reading the letter that said it would be better if the baby was raised by Joon Su, he is bewildered by it all and immediately tries to find the person who left the baby in his carriage. Unable to find out much, he is told to be the child's father for the time being till they find the real parent. The child's name, as written in the letter, is Han Woo Ram. Unwillingly, he began to act as the baby's father and he brings the child to school and his part-time job. This caused rumors to go around and also resulting in him getting suspended from school. Not only did the baby cause all these problems for him, he also had no money to take care of the child and himself. He ended up stealing powdered formula for the baby but the baby didn't like that. So he ended up begging women for milk. 

       During the time, he received help from an odd female student who fancied him. She knew her way with babies as she had a lot of younger siblings. Then just in time, his parents came back home and took over in taking care of the baby. They later find out that the baby's real father ju

st happened to be one of Joon Su's friends. That friend felt sorry and was going to take the baby to sign the child up for adoption. However, having already formed a connection with the baby, he refused to send Woo Ram away. In the end, he ends up working out a way to raise the child along with his friend.  

Marry Him if you Dare

This drama was actually very cute and I enjoyed watching it. Naturally, I did notice some flaws and I also wished for stronger moments. However, I felt that this drama was actually really good. It still kind of scared me how similar the two male leads looked so much alike. When I first started it, I thought that Yonghwa was playing the younger version of the role. One big problem I had with this drama that kind of ruined this for me was that I felt the ending was to open. I didn't have any closure. I don't know who ended up with whom and I have to just assume that she ended up with the guy she was meant to end up with. It kind of left me dangling there and that frustrated me so much. I mean, it's the last episode...not some big turning point in the drama. There was no need for such an open ending/cliffhanger.

Synopsis: 

      Na Mi Rae is a 32 year old woman. She's very cheerful and optimistic about life even though she's not completely happy with her own. She works as a call center operator and constantly having to deal with irrational and rude callers. One day, she comes face to face with an older and more mature version of herself. It is herself. This older Mi Rae came from the future ignoring all the risks and trying to use her knowledge to change the course of her life starting with the decisions that she made at age 32. The older Mi Rae wants to stop the younger Mi Rae from falling in love and with and marrying Kim Shin due to unfortunate events that later happened in the future. Kim Shin is the lead anchor of a network television news station. Instead, older Mi Rae wants the younger Mi Rae to date and marry Park Se Joo. Park Se Joo is the network CEO's grandson who is working as a cameramen at the station and no one knows of his true identity. 

      Na Mi Rae thinks that it is all just fake and that the woman is crazy. However, Mi Rae allowed the older version of herself to stay at her home and listened to the warnings though she didn't always heed to them. Mi Rae that she is not happy with the life she has and quits her job. She ends up trying to work as a television writer which forced her to be more involved with Kim Shin and Park Se Joo to the older Mi Rae's dismay. Park Se Joo begins to fall for Mi Rae and everything was going according to plan. However, unfortunately for the older Mi Rae, the younger Mi Rae was falling in love with Kim Shin and Kim Shin was also falling in love with her. Not to mention, a female reporter is also beginning to fall for Park Se Joo. So Na Mi Rae might not even get to have a chance with Park Se Joo when she wants to switch over. Will Na Mi Rae be able to change her destiny and how are the people around her going to play a part? And who is she going to end up with?

Reply 1994

                                      

 I had high expectations for this drama because I adored Reply 1997. Thankfully, this drama did not disappoint me and it actually made it harder for me to figure out what happens to each person and who they end up with. It was really well-written and frustrating to watch at the same time.

I did think that they were going to use the basketball fangirling concept that they had at the beginning throughout the entire drama. I was worried that it would be too similar to 1997. However, they didn't continue it entirely with that and I felt that it had a more mature air to it since they are talking about their college life and falling in love and dealing with problems. This was a really satisfying drama to watch. I think it fascinates me how one day I'll probably be doing the same thing as they are. I'll look back to our old days with my friends and think about all the stupid moments and life changing moments we experienced as we grew up. 

Synopsis:

         This drama takes place in 1994 and focuses on six university students as they transition to adulthood. Six university students from various provincial areas live together at a boarding house in Seoul. The boarding house is run by a couple with a daughter named Sung Na Jeong. Just like Reply 1997, the story transitions from 2013 to 1994 and leaves us guessing just who her husband is. To make matters worse, there are a lot more possible options in this drama (before it dwindled down to two very good options). 

       Now in 2013, Sung Na Jeong is a mature woman living in modern-day Seoul with her husband and son. She thinks back to her wedding (that does not show any information of who the husband is) and as her friends come over to her house, they think back on the days when they lived together at the boarding house. 

       Her parents had moved from Gyeongsang Province to Seoul to start the Shin Chon Boarding House. She was 20 years old and crazy about the college basketball star Lee Sang Min. There were many boys living in the boarding house and her future husband is among them. All of them have nicknames that are used throughout the drama, leaving us guessing just who is going to be her future husband. Trash is a third-year medical student and was like her older brother. When she was younger, Trash, her brother, and her were best friends. When her brother died, Trash became her older brother and she had dreams to marry him when she grew up. He's called Trash because he's very dirty and unorganized. Sam Cheon Po is a computer engineering major. He is awkward and uptight and feels like he doesn't fit in. Haitai is another computer engineering major who likes to play a lot. He likes video games, girls, going to dance clubs, and so forth. Binggrae is a first-year medical student and he had the viewers questioning his sexuality as he showed a great amount of interest in Trash. Chil Bong is Binggrae's cousin and he is a pitcher on the Yonsei University Baseball Team. He later on become quite famous and had a successful baseball career. There was one girl at the boarding house who was rather broody and tended to curse a lot. She was called Jo Yoon Jin and was obsessed with the popular Seo Taiji and Boys.

          As they get to know one another and begin to become best friends, they begin to fall in love. Some people dated others outside the boarding house while some others did. Na Jeong soon found herself stuck in a love triangle where she liked Trash and Chilbong liked her.  Throughout the drama, it leaves us questioning her options and then who she picks. It's a story of growing up, maturing, falling in love, and looking back on friendships that lasted all these years.