happy friday everyone!
it's 5:05pm here in the middle east.

Happy Friday!!! Totally loving Woman Who Still Wants to Marry. Thanks Javabeans and Girlfriday for your recaps!

OMG OMG OMG!!!any filipinos right now??is it true that UKiss will be here in the philippines??is it?? OMFG i'm soooooooooo excited .. it's the band i'm addicted to right now!!! yay !!
i was watching tv earlier and then they appear and they endorse their selfs .. i want to watch them!!!

oh and BTW happy friday .. at last it's friday :)
it's 10:20 pm here .. xD

OMG .. i'm already sleepy i'll just wait for reply's tommorrow (if there are)
i'm soo excited i really really love Ukiss .. i also love their dance steps especially in man man ha ni!!
wish they'll be in my dreams tonight!! :) xD

@1 BBFan
i think it's ok .. why not? strarting relationships with connections already are quiet interesting .. :) xD

YAY!!! OT DAY!!

@4, 5, 7 (ghian)
HI!!! Sorry kung hindi ako naka-reply last OT (#126)...Busy me, 'e...ikaw ba naman putaktihin ng sandamukal na exam bawat araw... XP

(Translation: HI!!! Sorry if I haven't replied to the last OT (#126)...I was so BUSY...if you had been bombarded by daily exams... XP)

Oh, pahingi nga pala e-mail add mo...dun ko i-send 'yung Tagalog lyrics ko ng "Lovely Day"...

(Translation: Oh, and I want to request your e-mail address...I'll send the Tagalog lyrics of "Lovely Day" there.)

I just wanna say that I really, really, really like PASTA!

It's the first drama that I really, really, really like after Beethoven Virus (2008).
I like Wish Upon A Star too...but I like PASTA more! :)

Have a great weekend, everyone!!!

wow! i'm early for open thread, lol..

it's been a hectic week, but got lots more to come since finals are coming up..haay..

T.T wish upon a star ended already, and i don't know what to look forward to on mondays and tuesdays anymore, (although i watch then on viikii tuesdays and wednesday, LOL)..it's just sad, i'm surely gona miss the kids and KANG HA!!!

(OT) anyways, i'm watching unsubbed episodes of danbi on youtube when nichkhun of 2pm and doojoon of beast visited philippines. i am proud to be a filipino, and i love my home. i can proudly say that we are nice, warm, hardworking, hospitable, and lovable people but nothing is perfect so we also have flaws, things that i am not proud of (corruption and how poverty pushes people do bad things.) i hope, for those who saw the danbi episodes, that it didn't taint your views of the philippines and it's people.

x's: i can't wait for oh my lady because of siwon =D

xx's: have a wonderful weekend everyone!

@ghian:
yes they are, they will be doing mall tour like 4minute, 26 sm megamall, 27 sm clark, 28 sm north annex..

here's a legit site: http://manilaconcertscene.tumblr.com/

hi to all FILIPINOs out there *waves* =D

Gosh, I am super pumped for Cinderella Unni, Personal Taste and more! I've never been so hooked on a season's dramas so much... Winter 2010 delivered in both jdramas and kdramas have been awesome so far. Hopefully the spring season will be just as good ^^. Still, Marry Me, Wishing Upon a Star, Pasta and the slew of weekend dramas were actually (zomg) enjoyable... And I'm actually watching - not skimming- Magererannai Onna (sp?)! And though I only enjoyed Ady An's acting in one single episode (episode 18) I actually finished AC... Wowsie. Little kid and second lead male made it worthwhile.

Did anyone else have a problem with Pasta's ending? I didn't exactly dislike it.... It just left an empty feeling in my stomach - which is where my dramas go after I eat them up.

Happy Friday everyone! Tomorrow is the first day of spring and I couldn't be more elated! (being on the east coast I'm ready for some sun) I bought a lovely tecolote ranunculus the other day. Free water ice from Ritas on Saturday too if you're on the east coast and know what I'm blabbering about. Enjoy some sun if you got it this weekend!~

Happy Friday everyone!!

In norcal for the weekend again. First couple weeks at the new job have been alternately busy and slow - still tryin to get a hang of it all.

Was on a jdorama kick for awhile and watched some older ones (actually i should say i was a matsuda shota kick and watched jotei and love shuffle for him). Really enjoyed both in different ways. My twin highly suggested SMM so I started that the other night and after the first ep I'm already hooked!!! I love the puma noona storylines haha! So... thanks twin!!! :)

Ok, off to run errands. Not even 8am and so many posts already!!!

YAY friday is here and its warm outside!! just got out of microbio lab and can't wait to go back home and catch up on dramas
hope everyone has a good weekend too :D

just got back from korea. dang~ of all things, i miss kimcheee!!!

Happy Friday also. With the loss of an hour of sleep because of the time change here in US, I am planning to sleep all day Saturday. Otherwise, I too love the drama "Woman Who Still Wants to Marry. I just wish there was an extension to the drama. But that's okay,it was a good drama.

I got to read the whole review with JavaBeans and PurpleZ.

Have a great weekend.

Hey JB, happy weekend! I noticed that after both Pasta and Woman Who Still Wants to Marry finished airing, there was/is a one-week break inbetween, before their respective follow-up drama aired. I was a little surprised to see this happen. It's probably happened in the past, but I didn't notice. I was wondering though, what do the broadcasting companies air in this empty time slot, coz there doesn't seem be be a "special episode" extention of the drama that I know of. Do you have any clue? Is this unusual?

@1 and 3:

me too, seriously, i'm hooked on The Woman Who Still Wants to Marry, coz of the recaps-- i haven't even watched one minute of it yet.

which brings me to: WHERE CAN I DOWNLOAD TWWSWTM with eng subs please??? :D

@ 12 and everyone else!

HAPPY FRIDAY!!

filos, reprezent. :D heheheh

@ twin..

i KNEW you'd like it.. puma noona.. i will make you one even if i die trying! lol. have fun in norcal.. with you know who. ;)

@ 1 BBFan

yes, go for it. dating someone younger should NOT be considered a bad thing, whether he's your bro's friend or not. *hint hint to twin* :D

i am thoroughly enjoying You're Beautiful. I'm on ep 4 and i'm so HOOKED!!! i can't believe i waited so long to get on this beautiful bandwagon. i think imma make Lee Hongki my new ICOMYM obsession along side w/ Kim Bum.

two more weeks until my 3 highly anticipated dramas start.. Cinderella's Sister, Oh My Lady, and Personal Taste. and i love all the gratuitious topless stills of all the men.. it's like, you get an idol w/ chocolate abs and then FLASH 'EM all over. THANK YOU THANK YOU THANK YOU!!!

@ Amg1

it started w/ a kiss was pretty good. yeah, i'm admitting it!! my recent TWdrama that i completely LOVED was Black and White, but it's not anywhere near similar to Smiling Pasta.. it's a suspenseful police/crime drama.. or try Autumn's Concerto aka Next Stop, Happiness. that was cracktastic too!

happy OT/friday to all!

i did a marathon watch on WUAS and after watching the ending last tuesday, i find myself at a loss - not knowing what to watch next.

{JB, your recaps truly helped me understand the characters even better as my Korean is so-so - thank you!}

if you guys have any recommendation, preferably something that's almost finished to prevent me from obsessing about it each week, it would be much appreciated - thank you! hehehe.

special "hello" to all the filipinos all over the world!

Gosh, it seems a lot of the kpop groups are visiting the Philippines. I had the chance to watch SHINee when they were in Manila. Too cute!

**Waves** to all Pinoys.

I do wish ABS would hurry up and show You're Beautiful, perhaps they are waiting for the school year to start around June.

I love Full House, Smiling Pasta and yes they were based on the same story although I kinda think Coffee Prince and YAB have a lot of similaries as well.

I am currently watching Down with Love a Taiwanese drama that stars Ella Chen and Jerry Yan too funny.

Bloody Monday 2 and of course finished Wish Upon a Star. I am so looking forward to the new Hong Sister series and You're My Pet that stars the love of my Kdrama life Jang Geun Suk. Will be watching LMH's Personal Taste and Cinderella's Sister coz they look promising.

JB thanks for all the updates. What'll I do without you?

Has anyone here watching Tamna the Island, lately? I watched nonstop again yesterday, and now I'm missing our Park Gyu and Beojin.

And I get a link from viikii, just little bit of the uncut version. And I truly, really hate MBC, because so much scenes are great (mostly between PG and BJ).

Have a nice weekend..

It's been a busy week for me too... at least I'm done with my test and can concentrate on work and my hobbies. Right now I'm hooked on Fringe, anyone else who's following this show? I was skeptical at first and it started out slow, but now I'm won over :P Though, I gotta say that without Peter Bishop (Joshua Jackson is hawt!!! <3) and his father the show would ne nowhere as captivating.

Chuno is ending next week after that I'll be out of dramas to watch, just in time for all those new dramas~ Gonna camp for Cinderella Sister, Personal Taste and maybe Oh, My Lady.

Have a good weekend everyone! I'm gonna get LOTS of sleep~

Hey JB- After a dreary workday and still another day to go before the 'weekend', your site is where I go to just relax and energise my self.Everyone wants to make a difference in other ppl's lives, you manage to do so in so many people's lives with your cheery blog.On some days, something as trivial discussing dramas can bring a smile to my face.:-)

Well I still have to watch 'The woman who still wants to marry' and 'Wish upon a star'.:-) They both seem to sound so breezy and fun to watch based on all the recaps I've read.:-)

On another note,I'm on a Japanese drama spree.It started with Perfect Girl Evolution and I don't know where or when its gonna end.:-( And I've got Kame fever real bad.:-(
Damn you dramas,it's gonna take me years to catch up.Is it just me or does Kame look like a thinner version of T.O.P minus the guy liner.

@samsooki-

you are right. there's no fun if we all think the same, pat each other on the back, always walk with the right foot first. differing opinions open the mind and stretches it. thank you for writing the way you do samsooki, you make me say,"i did not know that, now im glad i did".
oh, to that guy...when you want to be negative,state your case...if u think something or someone is BS, pray tell why.

@21 samsooki ~ you were too kind to that idiot. BTW, s/he was nicely reprimanded by langdon813 and ockoala, :) Anyhow, in no way should YOU be embarrassed by the actions of a [very strange] stranger?! It's refreshing that we don't see much of that sort of childish stupidity in the comments on this blog...that is probably why the post was so jarring. Whoever it was needs to take his/her meds and spend more time on schoolwork! :lol:

OMGOMGOMG....excuse me for a second.....OMGOMGOMG

Ha Ji-won has been confirmed as the lead actress in IRIS 2 (to be called Athena).

I just died again. My I lub you Jung Woo-sung + My Jo Gookie Cha Seung-won + the noona/owner of OPW Ha Ji-won in one drama!

The drama-verse has collective combusted with an heretofore unknown level of hotness. I will spend the rest of my day sitting in a daze. Will IRIS 2 be belleza's version of What Happened in [insert exotic locale]? Answer: Hell Yes!!

So. Excited.

I am really missing seeing Jang Geun Suk in a drama lately. He is my totally age inappropriate crush (7 years younger!). But I wish the kid had a good nickname. I always think of him as "Jang Geun Suk, Jang Geun Suk" in my head, but I would much rather call him by a nice and cute pet name, which would suit him better. "The Adorable One?" "The One with the Strange Fashion Sense?"

Anyway, he and Lee Min Ki are my faves. I used to send pictures of Lee Min Ki to my sisters on a daily basis, even though they don't watch kdramas, because I had to spread the joy... Really, how can someone not feel happy looking at JGS and LMK?!! I like how both JGS and Min Ki are so talented and hard-working when it comes to acting, but do not take themselves too seriously and come across as just really nice, goofy guys. Love love love them, and hope they are both back on tv soon.

Anyway, I am very that WUAS is over because I will miss the dreamboat that is sexy lawyer Kang-ha (did I mention he was sexy?). Although the last ep was certainly flawed, I love the fact that Pal-gang did the proposing and was really touched by KH's love declaration. I am going to miss those two! They were both great characters who grew a lot in realistic ways. Thank you very much for those awesome recaps, JB! Ah, what to watch next?

Happy Friday! Since I don't have to work today, it all looks good to me. Plus, the sun is shinning in southern CA with a high in the upper 70's. Life is good.

Question -- Where can I watch the last two episodes of PASTA with English subs? Because the last two episodes aired so long ago, and subbing seems to have just stopped, I'm a bit worried that I'll never know EXACTLY what is being said since I'm not fluent in Korean.

Thanks in advance for any help.

@ Amg1

Before I off and collapse in a happy heap, I wanted to answer your query on TW-dramas. I'm no expert, I'm TW-American but I generally prefer k-dramas overall quality, but there are some gems in the TW-ouevre.

1. It Started with a Kiss - Joe Cheng and Ariel Lin - unparallel chemistry and acting from both leads - endearing and funny story. One of my faves.

2. Fated to Love You - Ethan Ruan and Chen Qiao-en - started of strong but ended weak (in my opinion ) - the highest rated TW-drama in many years, it was a phenomenon in TW when it aired.

3. Prince Turns Into Frog - Ming Dao and Chen Qiao-en - very lightweight and breezy, the drama goes from okay to very good due to the chemistry between the leads, a Cinderalla story with lots of heart, esp. when Ming Dao becomes a butt poor refugee from China.

4. Black & White - my fave drama from TW last year, one of my top dramas of 2009 in any genre - it came out before IRIS, and I loved it way more than the eps of IRIS I saw. Fast, slick, amazing direction and cinematography (the entire drama was completed beforehand) for a TW drama, with Vic Chou and Mark Chao as the OTP. I love the soundtrack, too.

There are many more dramas that I'm sure other more knowledgeable OT-ers can recommend. I would have recommended Autumn's Concerto except it fell apart big time in the second half (also in my opinion), but I heard everyone loves loves My Queen (noona love for Ethan Ruan).

@31 ockoala..

what? WHAT? WHAT?? are the gods above actually listening to us?? really? REALLY???? HJW CONFIRMED for IRIS 2???

belleza's really gonna have multiple babies now. i think i am gonna have multiple babies too.

CAN'T.WAIT.

btw, thanks for sharing the news!

*waves to Pinoys/Pinays on DB,too!!!'
I've just finished re-watching TWWSWTM & started re-watching WUAS!!! 2010 is such a banner year for beautiful KDramas...& am having the best "drama-viewing-time" of my life!!! Too MANY wonderful DRAMAS...too LITTLE TIME!!!
My biggest setback this year though, is not being able to finish watching Assorted Gems & Creating Destiny!!! Please suggest a website w/c has complete Eng.-subbed episodes??
Have also settled to watching RAW...the last episodesof TWWSWTM...but can't do so w/ Pasta & Chuno because,it's so hard to comprehend w/o English subs nor DB recaps!!! Been waiting for 3 weeks for English subs from Dramasub or Dramacrazy...but to no avail!!!

It's my last Friday in the US for awhile! Going to study abroad. : ) Will be reading you from Japan at the end of next week : )

@32 Sobia -- Just must say that 7 years younger is not totally age inappropriate. My husband is nearly 7 years younger, and we've been married 21 years and have three children. I cannot imagine my life any other way than it is now. Really wonderful. Of course, this has less to do with the 7 years age difference than the man himself. :-)

@ samsooki and lb_tmi

Link: http://popseoul.com/2010/03/19/ha-ji-won-iris-2-heroine/

If popseoul and allkpop are yanking my chain....well, if it turns out to be a false alarm, at least I was made momentarily so happy I curled into a ball under my desk and cried.

And I know I threw out HJW was my first choice as lead as well - and I believe the collective vote that week was in fact HJW by a landslide, with KSA a second.

@Ockoala

For real?!?! I think I've died and gone to heaven. IRIS 2 already beat the pants out of IRIS in terms of casting. I hope the storytelling follows suit. Will be smiling the entire day.

hey guys! looking forward to the new spate of dramas coming up.. strangely i'm not as excited as i thought i would be over personal taste. :/ on the other hand i am GUNNING for oh my lady, siwon obsession aside it had me from the first trailer. *faint* also cute little girlsss after the joy that was kang ha-parang, how awesome would it be to get that kind of thing again with siwon bonding with the adorable little girls? <3 joyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyyy. i almost wish i could go back to never watching anything as it aired, waiting between eps becomes ridonkulously painful.

have a good weekend!

@31 ockoala SERIOUSLY?! Now this is really good news! :lol: This had better be accurate... <_<

@ nycgrl, Jill4675, samsooki, lb_tmi

If someone can find the original casting news release in korean, we can verify the news for sure. All I know is that I woke up and it was all over the blogosphere, I think it's in fact true, but may not be etched in stone, i.e. she may still pull out if there is a conflict with her filming schedule for a new film.

I just got the IRIS banner - with LBH, KTH, and JJH, and I'm already imagining a banner with JWS, CSW and HJW and drooling (me).

Can I say, now that HJW is on board, JGS should be cast as the newbie NIS agent in love with HJW and trying to become THE man like JWS. I'm going crazy with the fantasy casting today. :-)

For those who haven't watching Pasta's ending you might not want to read my comment. I tried to keep it vague, but it might still spoil it for some people. If anyone has a problem with it, just write something and I'll come back and delete it.

@13 Meh
I was a bit surprised at the Pasta ending, but I liked it after thinking more about it. I especially LOVE the conversation the chef had in his office. The particular line where he talks about how he would feel if she left. As for her decision once you think about her mom and what that place means to her it seems to sort of make sense, although I came up with that one on my own.

I am going to finish WUAS tonight. I love it when it is Friday and I have something really good to watch. I am following Rich Man which despite the poor public reviews I am enjoying it. I also started on OBGYN. Looks pretty interesting so far.

On Japanese Dramas I am following Code Blue 2, and Perfect Girl. I watch the first one for Yamapi, and I actually really like the second one's take on the manga. BTW, I watched Rondo which was a Japan and Korea combined effort. It had romance, suspense, action and most importantly good looking leads. (ah, I am so shallow) Highly recommended.

For Taiwanese dramas I am following both Down with Love and PS. Man. Both are great and really funny. I am so excited that for once there are actually TWO Taiwanese shows I like.

Ok posting on my bb when my eyes are currently slowly dilating so cannot type much.. but will respond to the HJW in IRIS2 news..

Multiple babies here too...

@ twin

Puma noona or snag bro's friend?!? I know you're for either (well... One more than another lol)
But right now puma noona is appealing.. If I can puma noona kim bum that is :) :) :)

thanks Javabean for all your recap. I love to get in your website
to get away from work. My boss is stressing me out.
it is friday everyone. have a wonderful Friday!

gah. all the sites are quoting Popseoul's article regaring IRIS 2. and that article isn't even quoting a source. hate to be the downer, but WHERE are they getting this news from if no source is credited??

@ twin

w/ my concurrent watching of SMM, i'm leaning more towards puma noona.. but then, you bring up norcal, and i'm all for snagging bro's friend... i'm so divided. can you do both? lol.