Korean series

Here’s just a quick list of Korean series / movies I have been watching these past months.

drama

Secret Garden (08/2012)
Dream high (06/2012)
Dream high 2 (09/2012)
Personal taste
High kick through the roof (Kikwang!)
Boys before flowers
Full house
More charming by the day
Innocent man (11/2012)
Iris I (05/2013)
The time between dog and wolf (11/2012)
Operation proposal (03/2013)
City Hunter (3)
My boss my hero (Japanese drama) (10)
Full House 2 (3)
Coffee prince
The moon embracing the sun
Flower boy next door
Sunkyungkwang Scandal 

movies

200 pounds beauty
100 days with mr arrogant
a moment to remember (08/2012)
a millionaire’s first love
speedy scandal (great movie)
hi dharma
Antique bakery (2012)
The king and the clown (2012)
Gwanghae (awesome movie) (2012)
The Thieves (confusing/boring/subtitles sucked) (2012)
The wolf boy (Song Joon Gi ^^)  (2012)
Two weddings and a funeral (02/2013)
All about my wife (02/2013)
Shotgun love (02/2013)

Beethoven virus

Get carl

tv shows

The beauties taming the idol stars (08/2012)
Variety : Shinhwa Broadcast (46)
We got married season 3 ep 12

Dream high

At first when watching this drama, I was a little sceptical. What could possibly be good about highschoolers wanting to become pop singers?

However,  if you watch Go Hye Mi’s struggle to stay in school, even though she has a good voice; and bad manners. You still take to her. Furthermore, Song Sam Dong really makes a turnaround as it seems like all hope has been lost at the beginning of this series. The only people who seem to have it really together are Jin Guk and Baek Hee, but this also changes..

It shows that sometimes people are not always what they seem, furthermore the depth in which the relationships between the characters develop is also interesting to observe. If I have time I will surely watch this again.

A Difficult Choice I'm Glad I Made

I finally decided to end my relationship.. It's weird not dating anymore because he also was my best friend. Things still hurt from all sorts of directions, but I'm happy I don't take my frustrations on anyone anymore.. Or having to worry about what is going on when he's not really around. At times I really regret it, but I'm glad he can finally get better, because that is what he really deserves..

When Kids Should Get Cell Phones

I think that the best time for a child to get one would be at the time they make it to high school. There is really no reason to send a kid to school with a cellphone that costs a lot, or isn’t even neccesry while the child is having classes. However when they go to high school and have to come home or go out with friends on their own accord.. It might be better to know when and at what time they are coming home

My All-Time Favorite Video Game

One of the reasons I love oldschool

Super Mario Bros 3 with permanent marker on label

Super Mario bros III!! I used to play it at my cousins house.. Back when I was really small, then we played it until I had to go home but the thing I enjoyed the most was when you made it to the final castle and Mario and luigi had to defeat the final boss thank god for the wii. Now I can relive those old times at home. Even use all the tricks and the extra levels from world one ^^

Living in Other Countries

USA Flag 1

Yup. I’ll have to if I want to finish my studies .. I mean I will probably even try living in the UK for a while (everyone else is going to either France or Spain) I know they would want to see the sun, but I’d rather go for scones. It’ll be just for a few months so it should be fine. If I had the funds, I’d rather go to the USA

How things can change.. It’s January 2012 and I just saw this post. I had a midterm on cross cultural communication and that’s when I realized that I’d rather go to South Korea. For the midterm itself I after watching Korean drama (didn’t bother to read all of the book, still passed ^^) and listening to kpop thanks to an anime music video someone made by using b2sts mystery”. I should use more punctuation .

*Update*
It’s April 2013 now and I got to say, I did the crazy things.. and I did end up going to South Korea. Best choice I’ve ever made. Lots of new international friends and contacts that are quite impossible to replace. The food was amazing too ^^ Five months of my life in another country. If you’re curious to see how that ended up going.. Here’s the website to the other blog!

http://koreantime.wordpress.com/

So that’s how. Fast opinions change ^^

How I'd Like to Change the World

broken chinese signs

I'd like to have one universal language, so that people no matter where they come from, can communicate on the same level. It would rid so many people of Xenophobia (fear of talking to strangers) and by investigating each other's cultures through talking, the information you receive might be more accurate.

It will also make you understand why people do certain things in a certain way, and what the meaning behind it is. Furthermore, people should recycle more! Corporations, but also Universities should work together to make the world a place that even my grandkids (if I ever have those) can live in an environment that is not entirely artificial and polluted by things we could have prevented!

Who Knows Me Best

Love

This one is fairly easy, for a question. If I would have to make a wild guess, it would be my boyfriend. He knows when I'm lying, or when I have something that I'd rather not talk about. Sometimes he respects it, while at other times he could not care less. Which kind of keeps it interesting for me too, I suppose ^^

I Wish I Were Fluent In…

Japanese books

Japanese, Korean, possibly even Chinese.

Japanese for the obvious reason that I’d be able to make myself understandable in Japan, might even possibly live there. (Depends on whether the reading part was also incuded.)

Korean because,.. I’d be able to watch all of the drama when it comes out, insted of having to look at poor translations or just waiting for the English subtitles.

Chinese, because.. China is becoming a larger economic force in our small world. It would be good to learn it now so that we can communicate with a lot of people whom we usually would not be talking to

Stuff that has been bothering me lately…

For one, since my IC exam, I have been watching a lot of Korean stuff too. Like, Bi’s (Rain) music video’s (yes even the one of him with an afro) which I thought was absolutely hilarious. Buut~ I am not quite done apparently.

I’ve seen High Kick Through The Roof season 2, just because of Kikwang <3 yesterday I finished watching Beast Almighty. which I thought was pretty fine for a documentary. It really shows another side to the boys that you usually just see dancing around and being happy. Here you see them stumble out of bed as leader DooJoon is trying to keep everyone in check while being in command. The first episode of them being their own managers really warmed my heart.

I’ve caught myself sounding more Asian, apologizing for things that do not need an apology. Not neccesarily a bad thing, as I am sort of Asian myself too, but still. For someone who lives in the Western Society, things get confusing sometimes. This morning I watched some of the Beast documentary. (I know, inverted order ftw.) but it was reasonably entertaining I suppose. You really notice them being more ‘ human’ like Yeo Seop stealing Gi’s microphone during one of the boy’s birthdays. Even though Gi was putting up a decent show at the Karaoke bar, background dancers and all. (I’m straying here, sorry.)

Other stuff that has been bothering me, hmm.. I don’t have that much to complain about. I worked out this morning so I am trying to keep my energy in check, as I am at school right now. Listening to Rain on YouTube but ok, leaving that aside… I am waiting for a class I am supposed to have in 45 minutes, trying to recollect my thoughts I suppose. Thanks for reading