Creating Destiny...

Hey Everyone!

I just finished watching a really sweet, family & romance drama called Creating Destiny. I'm not quite sure why it has such a low rating, but in my opinion, it was really good! It was about Sang Eun and Yeo Joon, who were forced to get together by their respective families. SE grew up in Australia with her father, grandfather, and little sister; Hyo Eun. Whereas, YJ grew up with his older sister Yoon Hee, parents, and grandmother. SE's mother passed away when she was young, and because SE was adopted (which we don't find out about till near the end of the drama), the family moved to Australia. Both of their fathers were very close friends, and wanted to become one big family, so they tried to force SE and YJ together in Korea. At first, SE and YJ argued like crazy! They seemed to almost hate eachother, however, somehow learned to fall in love with eachother, once they opened their hearts to one another. However, both of them were waiting for someone else (also others liked them!) so that made some complications in the plot. On the other hand, YJ's sister, YH, was abandoned when she was pregnant with her little daugher Jin Ju. However, her lover returned, and had to prove himself before he was allowed to marry YH. In the meantime however, another guy (who was with YH for the 6 years, also YJ's best friend) was in love with YH as well, yet his mother forbade him from doing so! Regardless, in the end YH ended up with her ex-lover, and they lived as a happy family. Almost everyone paired up, including YJ and SE (obviously, got married and was pregnant at the end!), YH and her ex-lover, HY and YJ's co-worker, and even the two that liked YJ and SE ended up together somehow! I felt the worst for the guy that liked YH, because he truly loved her, yet never had a chance! I wish he ended up with someone too! I feel sooo bad for him. He was so cute too (LOVED HIS TEETH!). Oh well, can't have it all! Either ways, it was a very touching story about two main families, and their struggles to deal with everyday situations. Some drama, but a lot more family drama/comedy type of situations. I thoroughly enjoyed this drama, and hope everyone watches it!

I give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars!

I'm off,

- B

Re: Korean Food

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So, when I went to go pick up my brother from the airport on Monday, I went to that Korean food vendor again! This time I tried the fish sticks too. It was OKAY. But, I still love the spicy rice sticks and the red bean waffles. Now, I'm uploading the image too! It's awesome! Love it! =D

I'm off,

- B

Stars Falling from the Sky

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So, I finished another drama today! I had to wait 3 days to watch the last 3 episodes, AND the last episode was only on viikii so I had to use my parents' computer! However, it was all worth it! The drama is called Stars Falling from the Sky and it was about Pal Kang and Kang Ha. Mainly, the drama starts off with us seeing PK with her unusual family of 7. Her father is a doctor, and mother is a homemaker (I think), yet they adopted 5 kids (all have names of colours in Korean, like Pal = red). Anyways, basically, PK was in love with KH (a moody and rude lawyer) for 5 years. She finally got a chance to live with him as a maid, yet unfortunately fate caused a lot of troubles for PK. Her parents died in a car accident (because PK's aunt wanted the project that he was going to give to PK's dad for herself). Basically, a lot of jealousy and selfishness caused PK's parents to die. However, before they died, they told PK's grandfather, that he has an heir alive (a cryptic message, that did not say it was PK directly). Anyways, in the meantime, PK was left to raise her 5 siblings all alone. So, she gave up her materialistic ways, and became a 'mother' character. She became a maid at KH's house, and made all three guys (KH, his younger brother, and nephew) fall in love with her. However, there was Jae Young and Joon Ha around. JY was madly in love with KH, and JH loved JY. However, after a lot of events, JH fell for PK as well, and JY blackmailed KH to marry her. In the end though, the youngest sibling fell ill, and JY finally realized that KH was marrying her only to protect his brother (from finding out that they had different mothers, yet JH already knew!). In the end, KH finally gave in to his feelings for PK, and they literally lived happily ever after. The last two episodes was a bit rushed, because there was no resolution with JY's mother (did she kill herself or not?). Otherwise, it was quite a touching story about a girl who had to go through a lot of obstacles to get to her final destination. The character development in the drama was great, because the moody and rude lawyer became softer, and the materialistic girl became motherly and selfless. It was definitely worth watching! Also, a very cute kiss in the last episode!

I give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars!

I'm off,

- B

Cinderella's Sister

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So, I just finished (well last night) another drama called Cinderella's Sister. Wow, what an intense drama that was! It's basically a twist in the classic tale of "Cinderella" with a theme of revenge! I'm not really into this sort drama, but I was sucked into it because of the main character developments. The story is about two girls, one named Eun Jo and the other Hyo Sun. Of course, there was a guy named Ki Hoon that adds to the plot (main for me!). So, EJ's mother enter's HS's family as the new wife. EJ is a very dark character because of her mother's past relationships. She is very dark and pessimistic. She seemed to hate HS because of her cheerful (yet annoying!) personality. However, she lucks out and meets KH, who I suppose you could say, saves her from her darkness. He's only staying with HS's family because he has issues of his own with his family (he's the son of a mistress!). Of course, HS is madly in love with KH, yet he has a serious facination with EJ (since they are similar and can understand eachother), and only sees HS as a little sister. One day, when KH leaves for the army training, he leaves a note for EJ, however he left it with HS, who never gave it to her (some Cinderella she is!). After many years, KH does return, and EJ is very broken after that incident (since she thought that she was abandoned!). Later on, many incidents occur involving KH's family and HS's family businesses, and as a result HS's dad dies. EJ believed that she was the cause (due to a business deal), yet really it was KH (since he was overheard talking to this brother on the phone about betraying HS's dad). KH tried to get forgiveness by vowing to protect the two sisters, and attempting to let go of his feelings for EJ. However, after many obstacles, he finally got to confess to EJ, and she finally did in return (during a majority of the series, she tried to deny her feelings because of her guilt towards HS, and so decided to give up KH). In the end, HS allows the two to be together, and EJ finally admits her feelings. It is quite a cute happy ending. However, there were soooo many instances that I cried! Wow, very intense indeed! I would not recommend this drama to anyone that dislikes dramatic drama's. This was beyond dramatic! I left out quite a bit of the intense relationship between the two sisters and their relationship with their parents. I think I would suggest against this drama, unless you can emotionally handle it!

I give this drama a 4 out of 5 stars.

I'm off,

- B

The WINDY City

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I am officially back from Chicago! Not only that, but tomorrow I will be 'meeting the parents'! I feel really nervous! I hope it goes well. Wish he was a little more understanding about certain things though... oh well. Can't have everything! I just hope they like me. That's all for now.

I'm off,

- B

Exams again...

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If you've wondered why I have not been writing lately, it's because I'm avoiding dramas till my exams are over! However, there a few things coming up that I thought I should mention (although I should be studying, as I've had 1 day to study for tomorrow's exam!). Well, I'm going to Chicago on the last day of exams (June 24th). It should be fun, since we're staying over at a friend's place. I'm sure we'll enjoy our road trip! I'm also meeting my boyfriend's parents when we return. I'm meeting them July 2nd! Not too far from now. =P However, my relatives are coming over July 3rd as well, and he'll be meeting them as well! It looks like fun times in the upcoming weeks... just need to get passed these exams! Okay, off to studying again!

I'm off,

- B

Korean Food

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This week (Monday), I went out with my boyfriend and his friends, and we went to a place where they had those Korean street vendors! It was sooo shocking! They actually sold the spicy rice cakes (ddukboki), fish shaped red-bean cakes (bungeoppang) (ahhh reminds me of Spring Waltz!), and fish cakes (eomuk-guk). Even though I was full, I just had to have some! I tried the rice cakes and red-bean cakes. They were really good and cheap too! The spicy rice cakes were sweet and spicy, which I really liked. The red-bean cakes were really cute and yummy (except I just cannot seem to like the whole bean taste). I am totally looking forward to going back and having a snack again, especially those fish cakes! I was sooo excited. My boyfriend could tell right away just how amused I was by just being there and seeing that culture in front of me. I seriously felt like I was in Korea! I just thought I'd share! =D

I'm off,

- B

Personal Taste

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Wow, I finally finished a great drama, Personal Taste/Preference! This drama was sooo cute! I really liked it. It's definitely worthy to be in my top 5 for sure! Plus, Lee Min Ho is such a cutie (minus his goofy smile hehe). Anyways, this drama was about a guy named Jin Ho and a girl (should have been younger!) named Kae In. It starts off with KI realizing her boyfriend and bestfriend are getting married, the day before their wedding! Can you believe that he broke up with her the day before the wedding? They really should have said something before! Geez! Anyways, JH is facing a chaos in his firm as well, since he lost a deal, to his arch-nemesis (KI's boyfriend). At the wedding, KI realizes that her bestfriend's husband is her ex-boyfriend for the first time (confusion with relaying the message, the night before!). Anyways, JH and KI meet a few times coincidentally before the wedding, (first time was the day of the JH's presentation for the deal he lost, and on the bus he kind of accidentally grabbed her butt! she then out of revenge grabbed his! =O what a funny first encounter!). Anyways, so following that, we realize that there is a new competition to build a new gallery, and JH and KI's ex are a part of. KI's father had a tendency to use bribes, etc. to win, yet his son wanted to play fair again JH. It turned out that KI's father's original design, is the sought after design, and when JH found out, he pretended to be gay to stay at her place (the place which her father built). So, they begin to fall for eachother as they live together, yet of course KI thinks it's impossible since she thinks he's gay. In the mean time, the guy who is running the competition, falls for JH (he's gay obviously). It turns out that KI's ex and bestfriend break up (never really married after that scene at her wedding) and so KI's ex goes after KI and her ex-bestfriend goes after JH. Of course, JH likes KI, so after a lot of struggle with the truth, he finally tells KI the truth, and they have a really sweet kiss (such a cute scene)! However, there was still the truth about why he moved in, in the first place. When KI finally found out, it was the worst possible way, because his co-worker sent the original blueprints from KI's house, and the special judge to see the prints was none other than KI's father! It was really shocking. However, in the end, all the misunderstanding were solved, and finally KI and JH spent the night together! Very sweet way. In the end, they were engaged (he proposed with balloons, totally cute!). Overall, a very good drama! Well done!

I give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars.

I'm off,

- B

By Land and Sky

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It's been a while since I last posted huh? It's been a little hectic lately in my house (nothing to do with my boyfriend). My brother is going to university next year, and is in the process of choosing schools, and my dad is having his own issues as well. It's a long weekend, but I'm pretty bored! My friends are busy, my boyfriend is busy, and my family is busy. I wish I had something to do. I really wanted to spend time with my friends this weekend, but I guess they have other things to do, which is fine. To be honest, I should have made arrangements sooner, but I forgot it's a long weekend, till Friday. Anyways, for the past week or so, I've been watching on and off, the drama By Land and Sky or otherwise known as High as the Sky, Wide as the Earth. It's a very good drama, but very long! It's main focus was on love and family. Key word being "family". It's mainly about three different families, and how they interlink through marriage. We see Mu Young's family who are poor, yet very close. We see Ji Su's family who are middle class, and yet happy and close. Finally we see Eun Ha's family, which are rich, yet estranged! There is a lot character development, especially for Mu Young. He is basically living with adoptive parents, because he was abondoned by his mother when he was young. For most of the first half of the show, he is seen trying to figure out how to get over his birth mother abandoning him. It really teared him up inside. At the same time, he was in love with his best friend, Ji Su, yet felt that he was not good enough for her. JS is a very loveable type, but never really saw MY as more than a friend. She falls for a really rich guy, but then decides to back off before she gets hurt by his family. In the meantime, MY returns from his trip (well he was kind of arrested, and was bailed out by his older brother). MY decides to change his life by studying hard to show his family that he is sorry and wants to change. He meets EH there, who falls in love with him. However, he is madly in love with JS. He finally confesses, and she even falls for him, but his confidence is too low, and pushes her away. In the meantime, EH falls deeper in love, yet he only sees her like a sister. In the end, finally, MY gives in to JS's love for him, and decides to be the man that she deserves. They go through more struggles as her family is not supportive at first (he's got nothing to offer, other than love!). But, they finally get married. Also, MY's birth mother returns to their lives before the marriage, and MY is asked to donate his bone marrow because he has a half-brother who is dying. It took MY a long time to realize that he has it good in life and that he should just forgive and forget the past. He agrees to donate, and of course it's a perfect match (go figures!). That is mainly the tale of JS and MY (main characters of the drama), however there are other developments, such as how close EH's family became finally. MY's older brother (SH) married into the family (Eun Ju). SH and EJ fell in love and got married (first episode). They later got a divorce (which I didn't see because I only watched JS and MY's tale on youtube). After the divorce, EJ found out she is pregnant, and they decided to get back together. EJ finally decided to be a better wife and daughter-in-law, and learned to cook and such. Through this experience, EJ and EH's family became a lot closer. Also, JS's father and MY's aunt got married before the whole JS and MY love development. Therefore, all three families were linked because EH's sister EJ married SH who is MY's brother. EH and EJ's father is close friends with JS's father. Finally, MY's aunt and JS's father got married. Therefore, all three families were linked in one way or another. Also, it turns out that MY's mother and uncle were also raised by an adoptive mother, and there mother returns (who is rich btw) and that helps their family become even closer. All this may seem really hard to grasp, but in all honesty, it was a very good drama. I just wish I had time to watch the whole show, as in every episode to its fullest, however it's just too long (165 episodes, although 30 minutes each). I enjoyed watching the development of JS and MY though. I watched that on youtube at http://www.youtube.com/user/C2yeuhs#p/u/107/kdLQYZpx7Uo. I really liked this pair, because they are just so cute! It's Han Hyuo Jo again! I just love her. Also, MY, the actor that played him, was soooo cute. His smile just kills! I wish he had more dramas. I would definitely watch them. I really liked this pair together. Today, I'll be starting another drama that I've been waiting for to finish called Personal Preference. It's Lee Min Ho (BOF) again! Look forward to that review! It's a lot shorter! Regardles, I won't take away from By Land and Sky, because I really enjoyed it. Please watch it if you have time. It's a great family drama.

I give this drama a 5 out of 5 stars.

I'm off,

- B

Day in the life of B...

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So, today I went out for one of my bestfriend's birthday! My other bestfriend and I (+ another guy friend) got her a wallet from Guess! Oooo nice huh? Well, we chose it because it was ideal. We knew she did not like the long ones, yet liked the short ones, so we got one in between (with a coin purse area!). I think she really liked it! Anyways, today, I showed my two bestfriends, a day in the life of ME! We went to a Japanese *HALAL* restaurant called Hyakka! Awesome time! It's all you can eat and the food is quite good. It's a bit far from home, but I really like it. Then, we went to my favourite grocery store, and did some shopping (and "chopping" ;)... if you know what I mean... hehe... well for the bday gal anyways!). It was a fun little shopping trip, almost as if we were roomies (I wish!). Then, we went to one of my favourite samosa places, and bought some (go figures) samosas, and I bought some sweets for my dad (totally sucking up!). Anyways, it was a fun day, and I think the besties enjoyed it (let's see if they comment!). Also, I found out an interesting piece of news from the b-day girl (shhhhh secret!). I was not shocked, but within reasonable amount. I just hope she is coping well. Anyways, so that was it for our little outting. Although, it is not her birthday yet (on Wednesday), I hope she enjoyed it none-the-less! That's it for now!

I'm off,

- B