Happy OT Friday! And since I think I know how this day is gonna go, let me just state officially:

LEE MIN-KI = MINE, MINE, MINE ALL MINE!!!

I'm also staking a claim to Jang Hyuk.

That's it. I'm not too greedy. :-D

Just a quick question to you k-drama experts.

In How To Meet A Perfect Neighbor, the OTP was switched halfway through the show.

How did this happen? Did they look at fan reactions? Didn't the actors get upset? Does this happen often?

I'm curious because I just finished it and I don't see how it would have worked any other way, I don't see how the heroine would have ended up with anyone but who she ended up with (although the ending made me think that they were making it up to the main actor).

Trying to be as vague as possible for those who haven't seen it.

Hey, happy friday everyone. I'm getting ready for my makeup class today. Happy early Martin Luther King Day to people who celebrate this holiday!

Gong Yoo MINE!!!!

Gotta hit SUBMIT, before somebody beats me to it!

I'll be back for more....muahahaha

YAY! It's friday which means weekend!!!!! More holiday and monday is near.
I'm very excited for GOS. At first i really love Pasta but now i'm actually okay towards Pasta but i feel the fangirl in me for GOS, it's like the BOF time. The difference is that BOF is not a good drama but GOS is better so far, at least it pulled my heartstrings because the family problems and friendships conflicts is just so touching.

And i'm liking the vague romance "square" love between the four young leads, it's very interesting to watch.

Just wanted to ask, javabeans, will you continue the recaps for GOS or no?

TGIF! Just back from a nice back massage.

Saw the last episode of IRIS on KBS world yesterday and I was like 'WHAT????

Can't wait for the rest of IRIS recaps though :)

i seldom participate on OT but for this week's - i must!!!!

i hereby stake my claim on Lee Ki-woo = MINE!!!

thank you..

Hi Guys! My name is Tina and I'm from the Philippines. and i just want to say.... I really love this site.

More Power to you guys and i really hope i find some good friends here and learn more about anything and everything about k-dramas and other stuff...

:D

Tsk! You guys staking claims. Can't we all share?

Awww a bunch of my favorites have already been claimed! Fine, then I claim Kim RaeWon. <3

Also, I recently joined the WITHs2 subbing team after entertaining the idea for a while, and can I say.. fansubbing is REALLY hard work! It took me three days (two hours each day) to translate one episode. Not to mention the hour or so that it took me to go over the translation in editing mode. I have a newfound respect for fansubbers now and I'm really glad I can help out. :)

Did y'all hear? Kim MyungMin is headlining another drama called Giant. I think I read that it'll be an SBS one and it'll go for 50 episodes. Not quite sure about the premise yet, but wow, Kim MyungMin is such a workaholic. Gotta love him for that. :D

Oh and I am SOOOOOO excited to see Chun JungMyung again in Cinderella's Sister. I recently watched What's Up Fox for the first time and I fell in love with him. I'm glad I watched it recently so that I was spared from having to wait for him to get back from his military service, as selfish as that may sound. :P

Anywho, have a great day y'all!

hi javabeans,

its been a while since i started reading your blogs and recaps and it helped me alot to decide which kdrama to watch or to drop.

also, i have fun reading all the claims that you guys are making regarding the eye candies of kdrama land. even I would like to claim some of them (like goo yong, go soo, jung kyung ho and many others!), but i think its better to share, right? anyways as long as they do a great job in their own respective projects, it will always be fun to watch them!

to JB keep up the good work! hope you continue to recap God of Study and Chuno! im eyeing for these kdramas as of the moment!

thank you!!

til next time!!!

OT is here!

Happy Owning, everyone. ^_^ Seems like this OT is meant for owning, huh.

@samsooki

True to your word, you really did claim that Choi Bool-am! LOL.
I guess he's yours now! All yours! :)

@1 langdon813- Oh no what have you started here hehe:-) Remember peeps, Sharing IS caring.:-D.OT is like my happy pill these days- the posts never fail to make me smile.:-) Can I claim JGS as mine?:-D I think I will start somewhere near the bottom and work my way to the top:-D.And I don't think I want to risk a black eye from trying to claim Gong yoo or Go soo.;-)

edit

@11 mems - Guess I am too late in claiming JGS :-(

Can i have park shi hoo? i loved him in Family Honour.

and man, after 10 years of dreaming about it, my friends and i have finally booked our flights for a summer holiday in New York and Florida!!!!!!

so... what is there to do in NYC? Suggestions please, thank you!

Okay, good I'm here early. Now it's time to stake all my claims to the "children" who really aren't "children" to me since they actually all end up older than me. So here we go: I call Kim Bum, Jung Ilwoo... oh shoot, I'm forgetting people. No... too early in the morning... why does this have to happen to me?! I'll take Jung Yonghwa anyway, but he's not exactly in the same "mine" staking category as the others - I admire him more for his music skills anyway. Speaking of which, C.N.Blue's mini-album came out!!

Oh, I think I claimed Won Bin, although that's a little bit more questionable, since he is, er, difficult to "pin down."

And I am willing to share/fight for Jang Geunseok. I've had my eye on this child since Hwang Jini!!! LOL.

You know, lately I've been watching Kimchi Cheese Smile, and I have taken a liking to Lee Hyunjin... I like him so far, so I'll tentatively put a "mine" on him. LOL.

OH. And I claim Park Haejin. LOL.

I actually had a dream that Im Joohwan was in some fusion sageuk drama as was Seo Woo, and I was watching it with a greedy obsession (like me when I was watching Tamra the Island), except Im Joohwan's character wasn't Park Kyu at all, even though he was wearing the same clothes! I'm thinking I dreamt this because I was missing too much of Park Kyu and Beojin.

PERFECT GIRL EVOLUTION TODAY. TODAY!! *dies*

This claiming business is getting really out of hand! ROFL! When that is said, I'm starting to have a crush on Jang Hyuk - he is so damn sexy in Chuno! Too bad I have a feeling he will not make it out of the drama alive. :-(

I'm hoping Javabeans continues her recaps of Chuno - there is no such thing as a too pretty drama!!!

waaah i love gong yoo XD

well i shall claim kim kang woo heheheee
since he did really great in story of a man
also lee jun ki and pak hae jin heheheeheee

ooh cannot forget lee chun hee too
am i too greedy now?? e.e

I'm claiming Chun Jung Myung too. Saw him first in fashion 70's and then in What's up fox and he's wow!

I'm claiming Joo Ji Mo and Lee Seon Gyun too..mine!!

Damn. I just remembered Lee Chunhee, only to find that someone is ONE STEP AHEAD.

In addition to my previous claims, I'd like to add Lee Jinwook. Oh, and Yoon Sanghyun please. Haha.

I'm hope that javabeans could continue to recap pasta. Each episode never fails to brighten my day.

I've forgotten to claim Lee Jung Jae..oh no! he's mine too! hahs

@4 Snikki

UWAHH! NO FAIR! See, this is what happens when I get coffee and distracted before checking the internet-- claim jumping. *pouts* Ah well, at least I can still claim Gong Yoo in that I get to be the other woman... which actually sounds pretty good. Heck, it's Gong Yoo, I'd be thrilled to be the CLEANING woman. *dreamy sigh*

edit: Ooh, nobody's claimed Lee Min-ho yet. DIBS. He's a little young, but he does have promise, gotta foster that potential, and all..... XD

HAPPY FRIDAY, ALL!!

@ samsooki,

jus us 3 gals there for 5 days in early jul (over the 4th of jul weekend actually. abit scared of the crowds but my frens couldn't get off work any earlier). we wanna do the usual sights like top of the rock observatory/empire state buildling (which is better?) and the statue of liberty/ellis island. perhaps go to the Met as well, tho my frens aren't reali art ppl. we're thinking of taking one of them bus tours - those that u can hop on/off at the stops u want - to get all the sights done.

and of course shopping, prob at the dept stores and outlet malls.

oh, and my fren wants to go to koreatown for food - to make up for us not going to seoul this year. kekeke.

Oops, I forgot it was Friday again. (I actually got some sleep last night, so I'm still in a body/mind-doesn't-know-what-to-do-with-this daze) ;)

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@ #327, nycgrl

White burgundy! My favorite is Meursault – the most well-balanced, imo. (I don’t like over-acidic whites, especially when they don’t have the body to hold it up.)
Forget over-oaked, no-bodied CA chardonnay….go with the folks that truly know how to make chardonnay – the French! :D

And how can anyone drink white wine with a steak?! o_O
Samsooki, an awesome Bordeaux is TEH AWESOMESAUCE when it comes to having steak. ;)

@ 328, reluctantbutaddicted

Cakebread is a Napa Valley winery. I’ll say no more…
(actually, their whites aren’t too bad…)

Happy Friday and happy OT!!

LOL @ all the claiming going on... since a bunch of my faves have already been claimed, imma claim my remaining I LUB U's. the following are MINE!

Bae Soo Bin
T.O.P.

If anyone is willing to timeshare the following, i'd be very happy too:

Gong Yoo
Chun Jung Myung
The Voice

(i'll be back with more later... my brain is still half-asleep)

LOL who started the claiming trend here? Lemme join this greed-fest and claim:
Kim Jaejoong (still waiting for eng-subbed DVD of Heaven's Postman....)
Shim Chang Min (can't wait for Paradise Meadow!!)
Jang Geun Suk
Lee Hongki

And please let me rant here because I've held it in long enough:

In Chuno-related articles, please stop commenting on LDH's past with East of Eden. It's over and done with so bringing it up all the time is mean spirited because what does that have to do with her performance in Chuno? Also, what does her appearance have to do with anything? I hate it when people talk about how she's too pretty when dressed as a man in Chuno or how she looks too modern to be in Chuno (they subsequently said she should just "quit" the show. Argh!) First of all, it's not like LDH is the one in charge of her appearance on the show. If you want to blame anyone, blame the stylist unnie. Maybe the whole point is that she isn't supposed to look like a man so therefore she was found out and almost raped. Mmmkay? Secondly, how is LDH's look "too modern"? She has a very classically beautiful Asian/Korean face...very demure and elegant. I would say Lee Hyori has a very modern look but not LDH!

Okay, I'm calm now and will not rant again on this topic. Just had to get this off my chest.

Hhhm, not participating in this free-for-all-land-grab going on here. But I need to call MINE for my hubby, since he did such a swishy and sweet gesture last night, plus its kinda sad I never call him. So, hubby, MINE.

Oh, and my "I lub you" and my loverboy - ALL MINE. ;-)

@ langdon-unni

Go get some wines, lady, cuz cheeses are a-coming!

@ hjkomo and reluctantbutaddicted

"Cakebread is a Napa Valley winery. I’ll say no more…
(actually, their whites aren’t too bad…)"

See, even you admit their whites aren't too bad - I like the SB better than the Char, but both work in pretty much any setting. Regardless, I agree, its a bit one-size-fits-all, but in a pinch, I'd grab the Cakebreak and I'm off.

I like my steaks with a nice bottle of Malbec as well. Though I've been known to eat two main courses and go with a French Burgundy.

Oh, and last night we had a Sauvignon Blanc, because we didn't have any red meat, so it worked.

Oh, and @ hjkomo-sis - I re-watched the last segment again (love, love that sequence from the temple down to the river), and it's So. So. Good. Fans myself, it's going to be so on like donkey kong from next episode onward.

@ samsooki and evie

I'm going to be in NYC during the 4th of July weekend, too! Samsooki, I'm checking out your fave steak place to give it my discerning eye. :-P If you see a woman with 2 howling babies trying to cut a steak, that's me!

uhm, i just scanned through the claiming and i think no one has claimed the following... so i would like to stake my claim:

HYUN BIN
LEE DONG GUN
LEE SEO JIN
JO HYUN JAE

this is my 1st claiming thinggy , so i hope i dont offend anyone. thank you. happy friday!

@ Samsooki
"red wine = not as good as white wine;
cakebread sauvignon blanc = best tasting white wine ever."

Ye has much to learn...aigoo...
(I think I got a defective doppelganger :( )

@ ockoala

yeah, Cakebread's sauvignon blanc is better than it's chardonnay.
It's what I call inoffensive...drinkable, but nothing worth storing in memory.

The interesting thing about Cakebread is that they grow their chardonnay on the valley floor, where most wineries grow their more profitable cabernet sauvignon.

I'm not gonna bother with this staking frenzy...y'all know who's mine already. ;)

Cool!
claiming session is on again... looks like this friday (saturday) will be as entertaining as the "grab - claim-MINE" session earlier this week :D

BTW... i just heard the T-MAX song from god of study,,, how is it that its too similar to "as ever" by ANJELL/Lee hong ki in YAB.... (am pretty sure am over my YAB wihdrawl stages....)

Have a grt weekend ppl...

I'm suffering from a severe headache due to WISFC (T_T) Sometimes just feel like kicking someone's ass during the show (>"<)

@ samsooki

oooh, thanks for the suggestions. will keep them in mind when we start planning our trip. *excited* =)

This madness has gone on long enough. To those of who claiming Jang Geun Suk, don't make me come over and cut you 'cause I am willing to and will. JGS is totally mine -- I have even been trying to cast him in every moving picture project and for every cast everywhere. So, yeah, you've been warned.

I do think that we should try to restrict our claims to two men at any given time. Or, if we claim more, have some on a rotation-basis.

Watched first ep of CHUNO:
1. ...
2. Absolutely gorgeous cinematography
3. Thumbs up for Jang Hyuk's abs (and all the other male six packs)
4. High testosterone-filled ride
5. Found the lack of back stories -- a real back story, like in Iljame, etc., -- on the characters rather distancing. Maybe there will be more of that in the later episodes. Maybe I should not expect historical fiction to set up childhood stories? But I need something to engage with the time period because I don't have the necessary info to understand the significance of the various roles.
6. Excellent fight scenes
7. LDH is gorgeous, and LDH and JH are great actors and look good together.
8. Not sure why, but something about it felt missing...I am not sure what.
9. Seems to take itself a tad bit too seriously. But that could be just my misplaced gut reaction to how well produced it is
10. Motto of the show: If you have the abs, flaunt them.
11. Something to watch after it has aired.

before anyone gets into the kpop world from dramaland.. i'm staking my claim:

2PM is mine.. all 7 of them!!! :)
Ji Sung
Lee Byung Hun

i'm willing to timeshare

Go Soo
TOP
Kim Rae Won

@ 40 momosan

Aw, I wish I had time to go down to Maryland, eat and hang out with you! But I'm going to have to stay in NYC the whole time, and miss out on my Boston and DC friends. :-( I wish I had more flexibility and time, sigh, two kids equals 20x the travel logistics nightmare.

@ mookie

I'm slighty cranky because I didn't get home from dinner until late, and then went to sleep earlier than usual because I had TWO parent/teacher conferences this morning (warning to samsooki: apparently, 2-3 year olds can be evaluated, geez they start the process so early these days), so I didn't get to finish LoCH 2008 like I intended!

Arrrgh, I'm dying for the added final confrontation between the sworn brothers GJ/YK (yeah, I know its not in the novel, but so is 1/3 of the story, so keep giving me teh awesomesauce, PD!) and then more goodness until I collapse into a satisfied heap on the ground.

The most random and funniest inside joke/throwaway line in the entire drama (also, not in the novel, but what the heck, so funny): In the Iron Spear Temple, Ouyang Feng is about to kill YK b/c he's done using him, and Huang Rong steps in front and threatens to kill herself (and her knowledge of the Nine Yin Manual which OYF wants) if he hurts YK. And OYF says with a snicker, "why, is it because you want to canoodle with him yourself?' and the look on both YK/HR's face is priceless! Like a mixture of disgust and curiosity and shock - omo, almost like they think "hey, why didn't I think of that before.....NO, NO, NO, reminder: we hate each other, we love stupid people." When you watch too much LC, you actually catch the inside jokes.

@ 46 ockoala

have fun in NY!!!

Happy Friday everyone. Can we please share? The guys I would love to claim as mine have all been claimed except Lee Seung Gi though I like him more as a singer/entertainer (1n2d) than a drama actor.

Anyone watching Lee Pyung Kang? I know it did badly in ratings and my husband says it's his least favorite drama among the ones I'm watching right now. So it lacks the makjang of Angel's Temptation, the intensity and action of Iris, and of course who could rival You're Beautiful, but I find LPK having some funny moments and for some odd reason, I keep wanting to watch more. Maybe it's because of all the 6 dramas I'm watching, this one is more light-hearted.

Ok, have to get to work. Everyone have a great weekend. I'll be watching the NFL Playoff.

Oh by the way, if you guys would share, can I partially have Jang Geun Suk?

@ lb_tmi

twin!! you know you gotta share 2PM with me. (well Channie is all mine, but willing to timeshare the rest. you know the deal haha) ;)

edit:
hell if we're delving into kpop, then I claim all of Big Bang as well LOL!