Dramabeans 5-Year Anniversary Giveaway #3
by javabeans
girlfriday: Week three of the blazin’ birthday giveaway extravaganza extraordinaire!
javabeans: You know what that means: More presents! Man, what a spoiled 5-year-old Dramabeans is.
girlfriday: Right? If DB were a kid, we’d have one needy brat on our hands.
javabeans: Then again, most 5-year-olds receive presents, and DB’s giving ‘em out. Although I don’t know who gave that kid my credit card info.
girlfriday: Is that what’s going on? That explains a lot. This time we’re giving away a brand new iPod nano, but that’s not the best part. It’s chock full o’ goodies! It’s got a Javabeans Playlist on it, which I’m gonna venture to say is worth more than the player itself.
javabeans: We’ve also got a few more premium memberships to give out to Dramafever, in case you want to get friends/siblings/parents addicted to your drama poison of choice. Because as we know, drama addictions are best shared, not cured.
girlfriday: Yeah, rehab’s for quitters, and we’re no quitters!
javabeans: So get crackin’! By which we mean, please post up lots of nice thoughts for our many many guest posters over the years.
girlfriday: They know how much we appreciate them, but as we know from personal experience, sometimes the warmest thanks comes straight from you guys, so please be generous with the love!
And the winners of Giveaway #2 are…
Bethany , winner of a one-year premium subscription to Dramafever,PrincessSerenity81 , winner of a one-year drama membership to Crunchyroll,- and
Bluefyre , winner of one $100 gift certificate to Yesasia.
Congratulations! We’ll be contacting you shortly via email. On to the next one!
Giveaway #3
Question: Actually it’s not a question this time, but a prompt: Thank a guest blogger, any guest blogger. That can mean any of our current contributors (i.e., gummimochi, kaedejun, HeadsNo2) or anybody who’s ever written a guest post on Dramabeans in the past. (*Don’t forget to use a valid email address, and please indicate at the bottom of your comment if you are NOT a resident of US/Canada.)
Prizes:
- 1-year premium membership at DramaFever (US/Canada residents only)
- another 1-year premium membership at DramaFever (US/Canada residents only)
- an iPod nano (maybe with some stuff on it, wink-wink).
DramaFever offers free legally-licensed dramas and movies with high-quality English subtitles. With a premium membership you can watch unlimited, commercial-free, and enjoy extra content as well as unlimited mobile device access and high-definition. Check out recently added titles here.
Winners announced: Sunday, January 22, at 8pm, Pacific Standard Time*
*Or, 10pm in Mexico City, 11pm in NYC, 1am in Buenos Aires, 4am in London, 5am in Paris, noon in Singapore and Manila, 1pm in Seoul and Tokyo, or 3pm in Sydney and Vladivostok. Okay, you get the point. (You can refer to this handy Time and Date converter to find out what this is in your time zone.)
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551 Aly
January 16, 2012 at 8:39 AM
To orangy911: thank you so much for doing the recaps for "Me Too, Flower"!
I adore Lee Ji Ah and was anticipating her return to dramaland after the Seo Taiji scandal. But there were so many complications before it premiered that I really thought it was all doomed. Plus, everyone seemed turned off by it, no one planned on watching it...
I didn't think this drama would get recaps on Dramabeans, but I was pleasantly surprised. And I'm sure your caps convinced lots of people to watch the drama.
So thank you once again! I'm relieved that my girl Lee Ji Ah's comeback wasn't a failure, and I'm rooting that her next drama might be even better.
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552 will work for soju
January 16, 2012 at 8:43 AM
Thank you samsooki for your thoughtful reviews and comments. I miss you on this site.
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553 Joyce
January 16, 2012 at 8:43 AM
I would like to thank the awesome HeadsNo2 for Tree with Deep Roots and thank you to all the guest I love you all.
Between you and me i might have tried to do the Leap technique in my house and you know when your tall it can turn out to be pretty paniful.
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554 ro
January 16, 2012 at 8:46 AM
thank you samsooki! i recently watched city hall for the first time. after i was done, i stumbled on your recaps and found them fun and insightful. thank you so much for your excellent work as they really do help enhance the experience. i'm looking forward to your next recap. cheers.
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555 toothpic
January 16, 2012 at 8:46 AM
thank you gummimochi!!! i really like reading running man recaps! the show is always so funny and i dont get to watch it all the time so your recaps keep me updated :DDD
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556 meenuby
January 16, 2012 at 8:50 AM
Thank you nattacatta for your delightful Tamra the Island recaps. They made me fall in love with drama for a second time.
Thank you thundie for your insightful year-end review. Your warmth and friendliness is sorely missed.
amarah_16 (@) hotmail (dot) com
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557 Michelle
January 16, 2012 at 8:52 AM
I think that all the recappers are pretty damn awesome for their recaps, but I'd like to thank Samsooki in particular. First of all, props to a guy for admitting he's a K-drama addict! Second of all, he recapped Sam Soon, which was a drama that I'd been hoping to watch but didn't have enough time to. His recaps were great, humorous, and gave me an opportunity to read about a drama that had been on my "to watch" list for a while.
Thank you, Samsooki and everyone else who recaps for Dramabeans!
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558 izzyuan
January 16, 2012 at 8:56 AM
HeadsNo2. Without a doubt. I have been scanning drama beans everyday seeing if someone decided to recap padam padam, because Kim Bum is in it, and it has a killer plot that is really original.
And then finally, a savior!! :) HeadsNo2, your halftime report (with pictures!!) was fun, inspiring and just exciting to read all around:) keep it up.
Thanks for keeping me in touch with my favorite bromance;)
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559 sue
January 16, 2012 at 8:58 AM
I love kaedejun's recaps! But big shout out to all the other contributors as well (girlfriday) included. I've been lurking this blog since its wordpress days and DAMN how it has grown. I have to wonder why the Korean press never covered this site. Or did they?
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560 Daysinblue
January 16, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I have decided to de-lurk because this week's prompt reminded me of some posts on this site that rippled the stream of my life and makes me want to say - Thank You!
To Dahee Fanel, for her incisively dismissive wit (Shitty Hunter, anyone?), for sticking resolutely by her unpopular guns and for yearly recaps that make me re-think some of the dramas I have loved (eg. You're Beautiful) and find gems I have overlooked (eg. Friend, Our Legend). Although our tastes don't really converge, and I learned to be wary of her recommendations, thanks so very much for adding to effective deconstruction, not just fan-girling.
To Thunderbolt, whose infectious enthusiasm for 'Jejoongwon' made me to pick up that DVD over 'Road No. 1' and started an interest in medical history that led me halfway round the world to grad school where my advisers have no idea that it all started with a k-drama. Hey, inspiration is democratic, right?
To Sevenses, for the only detailed recap of Beethoven Virus out there. (with so many screenshots of JGS. Yay!)
And since I am unlikely to re-emerge from the woodwork, let me also go off topic and say - thanks for running a brilliant site Javabeans and GirlFriday! (If you even manage to get to this 589th comment..thats amazing.)
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dramabliss
January 16, 2012 at 9:18 AM
I like Dahee Fanel as I do all the guest recappers/reviewers here. But just to set the record straight...
The label "Shitty Hunter" cannot be attributed to her. It came up long before the year-end reviews, and was used, either by Javabeans or Girfriday when City Hunter was still running, either in one of the CH recaps or in the hilarious dialogues about shows that they post now and then. Also it was used again in the year-end survey of favorites for 2011.
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561 Lea
January 16, 2012 at 9:02 AM
I would like to thank all the bloggers first and foremost! You guys rock.
Guest blogging can be a pain but I am glad to see each and every one of them writing something.
Dear kaedejun,
Thank you for your wonderful recaps of What's up! They make me smile!
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Lea
January 16, 2012 at 9:08 AM
Ah. Also I already have a premium Drama Fever account...participating just to give thanks!!!
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fanwho
January 16, 2012 at 10:58 AM
Agreed.
I am grateful to Kaedejun for re-capping What's up. I just love this show (and all musical dramas).
Also HeadsNo2 for TWDR recap. It was so insightful recap.
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562 smileychedder
January 16, 2012 at 9:03 AM
thank you samsooki for your wonderful recap of sam soon! :D i've always wanted to watch it since it's one of the "classics" but i've never really found the time and the recaps were wonderful for that
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563 skelly
January 16, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I would also like to thank Samsooki, not just for the MNIKSS recaps, which were a fantastic way to enjoy the series as if it were new, but for his many insightful comments over the years. One of the many things that makes Dramabeans special is that it is a community of thoughtful, erudite posters who care deeply about kdramas, are willing to share their thoughts, and are kind and welcoming of the efforts of others.
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564 Doey0326
January 16, 2012 at 9:05 AM
I find the recaps Running Man by gummimochi hilarious. Thank you! And to the rest of the bloggers as well.
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565 DramaCracked
January 16, 2012 at 9:11 AM
I just want to thank HeadsNo2, for all of those Tree With Deep Roots recaps, and the Padam Padam ones. They're so witty, and they make me see so much more than if I just watched the episode without any recaps. I'm so grateful that you took the time to recap all of those episodes.Thanks, HeadsNo2! (:
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566 Skylar
January 16, 2012 at 9:13 AM
How can I pick only one person to thank!? All of you are so amazing. :)
Personally I have to thank girlfriday, because of their recaps, I found my favorite drama of the year. Flower Boy Ramyun Shop. If I hadn't seen the recaps, I would have never watched... the name seemed cheesy and so unlike anything I would ever like. She is also recapping Moon Embracing the Sun, which is becoming a favorite. Girlfriday, the way you talk about the drama makes me want to try new things :) Thank you for all the hard work.
Congrats Last Week Winners!
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567 nellie
January 16, 2012 at 9:14 AM
I would love to thank gummimochi for all your running man and high kick recaps! I seriously love watching these shows, so I enjoy reading your recaps.. After watching an episode, I read your recaps so that I could understand some parts that were confusing.. I appreciate all of your hard work.. I am not a great writer, so I am a fan of all the writers here in dramabeans.. Thanks for sharing your talents in writing! =)
*not a resident of US/Canada
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568 thiramek
January 16, 2012 at 9:18 AM
thanks a lot headsno2 for doing the recaps! especially for the recaps of the history of the salaryman. usually when i find recaps that are not done by javabeans or girlfriday, i wont read them. Jb & GF are my bias. *not a good attitude, i know*
usually I ignore other recappers. i found that they cant make me laugh as hard ad JB & GF do.
but that day, i read recaps of history of the salaryman, and I was like laughing out loud histerically. and the recaps was done b you headsno2. since then, i don't have any discrimination towards any of the guest writers. they have their own way of writing, and they actually are FUNNY in their own unique way :D
so thanks headsno2 for changing my way of thinking about other guest writers. LOVE you! :D
* I am not a resident of US/ Canada
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569 amee
January 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM
thanks gummimochi for the awesome running man and high kick recaps! i really love your writing style and appreciate your efforts! :3 keep being awesome!
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570 bloodysnail
January 16, 2012 at 9:20 AM
Thank you so much, kaedejun, for your all your music oriented drama recaps!!! I'm especially thankful to you for doing What's Up ^ ^
It's as much fun reading your recaps as watching the drama itself. I can't resist checking the recaps even if I finished watching the episode > <
LOVE your comments and random remarks throughout the recaps XD
ps. I'm converting into Byeong Gun's fan as well. Is it weird that I adore his nervousness?
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571 elle loves kdrama
January 16, 2012 at 9:22 AM
Thanks HeadsNo2 for great and hilarious recaps! We seem to have similar tastes in dramas, so I've been following your recaps for a while. It always takes everything in me not to read your recap BEFORE watching the actual show (true again this time for "History of a Salaryman")
Thanks again!
[email protected]
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elle loves kdrama
January 16, 2012 at 9:24 AM
I simply have to give a special shout out to kaedejun for hanging in there with "Athena". The recaps ended up being funnier and better than the actual show! HAHA!
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572 bechedor79
January 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM
Thank you, samsooki, for providing a really interesting viewpoint on dramas! I actually think your enthusiasm for MNIKSS contributed to my decision to watch it, early on in my drama-watching. :)
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573 dramaaddict
January 16, 2012 at 9:23 AM
ugh there are far too many guest bloggers that i like.
but i am the most grateful for kaedejun and headsno2.
thank you sooo much kaedejun for recapping heartstrings, athena (even though it sucked), and ESPECIALLY PROSECUTOR PRINCESS (OMG I LOVED YOU for recapping that awesomeness). you have been an amazing recapper and i hope you stick around for many years to come :)
and headsno2, i am sooo grateful that you recapped tree with deep roots for us. Your recaps felt like I was going through this whole journey with you and the history of Korea. thank you very much :)
thank you to all of the guest bloggers :)
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574 renzillag
January 16, 2012 at 9:26 AM
Thank you Samksooki!!!! Without you we wouldn't have gotten Sam Soon recaps!
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575 Noelle
January 16, 2012 at 9:28 AM
Thanks you HeadsNo2! You recap shows that I love and it's awesome to read your recaps. Keep up the good work!
US res.
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576 Yeepski
January 16, 2012 at 9:36 AM
only1tony. I'll spare you all the lame puns I came up with including your name, and just thank you for your movie recaps. So, uh, thanks, you're the only one (heh...) who made me want to get into korean movies.
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577 Purplehearts
January 16, 2012 at 9:41 AM
I would like to thank kaedejun for your wonderful posts. I love your posts and have even bookmarked yor personal blog! good job
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578 pigtookie
January 16, 2012 at 9:46 AM
thank you kaedejun for What's Up recaps! However underrated, that show is fast becoming one of my favorites and I wouldn't have started another 18-episode drama without reading a couple of your recaps. I usually watch via english or chinese recaps, but there are many things that can get lost in translation, so I'm grateful the bloggers on javabeans can help capture the full story. I also appreciate your insightful comments :)
also HeadsNo2: thanks for picking up History of the Salaryman and Tree of Deep Roots. These shows rock, as do your recaps, though with sageuks and all the references from Salaryman, there were many issues you helped to clarify and add to my full experience of the show. And High Kick too? woooh that's a lot, I actually picked up the show because of Dramabeans' recaps, I adored the cast but love them more now with this show.
and gummimochi: Running Man is the one Korean variety show I regularly watch for a while now, and I enjoy your hilarious recaps, especially for the episodes I can't catch yet (I'm a sucker for spoilers).
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579 Nhu
January 16, 2012 at 9:55 AM
Thanks kaedejun for your dedication to all the shows you've recapped here on Dramabeans. And seriously, you've recapped some truly unfortunate ones, as well as some incredible gems. May you continue contributing your insights to this website until the next 5 year anniversary!
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580 Cindy Tu
January 16, 2012 at 9:57 AM
Thanks to gummimochi for recapping Running Man episodes <3 <3 Running Man is one of my favorite variety shows. After every episode, I always come here to read your recaps to remind of myself of how entertaining each episode was loll :D looking forward to more recaps!!
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581 Maister
January 16, 2012 at 9:59 AM
To thank one blogger...Oh gosh...That's a hard desision...
I really have to thank all the bloggers who helped contribute! Without their recaps, input, and opinions I don't think I would be as informed as I am now.
So to all the bloggers on DB, Thank you so much for contributing! I'm now more informed then ever!
~Maister
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582 Midgee
January 16, 2012 at 10:02 AM
Thanks to Nazreal-Gallivanter for starting the Tamra the Island recap and to Nattacatta for finishing it. Thanks much. I do love my Im Joo Hwan.
May the writing Gods be good to all of you and continue giving us our recap fix.
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583 miraclewisher
January 16, 2012 at 10:05 AM
Thank you gummimochi for your running man recaps! I look forward to them all the time! :D
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584 Reina
January 16, 2012 at 10:06 AM
I gotta give a huuuuge thank you to samsooki, who did the throwback recaps of one of my favorite dramas, My Name is Kim Sam Soon, and inspired me to watch it again. MNIKSS never gets old. <3
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585 kneekey
January 16, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Thanks to Samsooki, for his entertaining and wonderful recaps--particularly for City Hall and My Name is Kim Sam Soon!! Both shows have a soft spot in my k-drama obsessed heart, and it was a fun ride reading your recaps as I gushed over each one!!
In all honesty, you were a strong motivator to why I even watched Kim Sam Soon! You always referenced it in your recaps and made me curious as to why you loved it so much.
Also, as a side note, it's nice to hear from a guy's point of view what they think of a drama--sometimes I wonder if female viewers are biased on a show because of the swooning moments, and it's nice to hear that sometimes the male audience is moved as well :)
Again, thanks for all your hard work and I look forward to reading more of your great recaps!!
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586 pbandj
January 16, 2012 at 10:07 AM
Thank you samsooki for recapping City Hall exactly about a year ago now. I can understand most of the Korean language but it's still nice to get a thorough recap after an episode, or following along while watching helps too!
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587 gailt
January 16, 2012 at 10:10 AM
Thank you to samsooki, for making me nostalgic for the goodness that was MNIKSS.
Thank you to all the guest bloggers over the years for taking the time out of your lives to recap.
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588 Kimberly Nguyen
January 16, 2012 at 10:11 AM
I'd like to thank red pill and cassie.opeia for their FABULOUS SKKS recaps.
As well as HeadsNo2 for the Tree recaps since I didn't always have time to finish an episode due to school/college applications.
But really, thanks to all of bloggers on dramabean for their awesomeness~!
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589 Doua
January 16, 2012 at 10:12 AM
Thanks KAEDEJUN!!!! I enjoy ur posts!!! Hope to see u posts again!!!
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590 Anri
January 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM
I would like to thank HeadsNo2 for Tree With Deep Roots! I would not have (okay, PROBABLY would not have) watched Tree if not for the wonderful recaps that reeled me in (and ofc SongJoongKi, but that's another matter). I really enjoyed reading the recaps to get another perspective, and I liked the comments too. Thanks for the introduction to my favourite sageuk drama so far :P
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591 cherkell
January 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Let me 612th the kudos to ALL the Guest Bloggers that have had the chance to wax poetic on DB... and for JB and GF to give them the (wide) opportunity to do so!!
But I must proffer a special shoutout to Sevenses who, as someone earlier mentioned, was the only blogger I could find online that was recapping "Beethoven's Virus." At that time having a teeny-tiny crushlet on JGS, I was over-the-moon reading and drooling over her missives (the gazillion screencaps didn't hurt, either). Granted, several crushes have come and gone since that Golden Drama Year of 2008, but the memories of staying up well past my bedtime just to keep refreshing the site for the latest news will always be a treasured memory. :)
So... fellow JCW Sister-in-Lust, I miss you and I hope you're keeping well and I'll send you a note soon once I return to the States. Kamsahaminda, chingu!!
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592 Philana Chiu
January 16, 2012 at 10:15 AM
Thanks to kaedejun for the recaps!!
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593 Gabriel41
January 16, 2012 at 10:18 AM
A big thank-you to gummimochi *hug*
I'm your fan ^^
*not a resident of US/Canada
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594 Sunshower3
January 16, 2012 at 10:19 AM
Thank u so much kaedejun for your recaps! You encouraged me to watch shows I would not have otherwise. This is because it is hard to keep up with shows if I don't don't fully understand it. Your insights and comments keep me going in addition to the subs!
Thank you so much!! Love the recaps in Romance Town :)
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595 Sylvia
January 16, 2012 at 10:20 AM
I'd like to thank Thunderbolt, Dahee Fanel, Sevenses, Samsooki, hjkomo and kaedejun for their Year-End review posts in years past!
It's wonderful to get a range of perspectives on dramas like that, to see how different viewers feel. Like everyone (I assume), I often like a drama that doesn't do so well in the "official" dramabeans discussion, or find a drama very boring (or worse) that there is mad enthusiasm for here. So somehow, those year-end reviews make me glad because my favorite dramas will inevitably be one of the guest reviewers' faves, too. :-)
(I am not a resident of the US/Canada.)
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596 Sunshower3
January 16, 2012 at 10:21 AM
*not a resident of USA/Canada
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597 Raine
January 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Samsooki,
You rocked my world with your Sam-soon recaps. Really truly, your writing is fine, and entertaining, and informative and full of the sassiness I love. Plus, your a dude in a chick dominated world and you make your sex look GOOD.
Rock on!
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598 come2noona
January 16, 2012 at 10:22 AM
Thank you HeadsNo2! I love your smart and thorough recaps of TWDR, HoS and PP! They absolutely add to my drama watching experience.
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599 MyMyMai
January 16, 2012 at 10:32 AM
Thank you HeadsNo2! I thoroughly enjoyed your Padam Padam update. Keep up the great work!
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600 girlatsea
January 16, 2012 at 10:35 AM
I want to thank to HeadsNo2, kaedejun, gummimochi, and orangy911 for all of their hardwork.
HeadNo2 - For your work with History of a Salaryman, as well as your recaps of Padam Padam and Wild Romance. I'm saving Tree with Deep Roots for a later date but I
kaedejun - Thank you so much for Romance Town and then Heartstrings. May Madness was, well, mad. And I love that, while I couldn't technically watch all of them, I could turn to your recaps. I read the first two episode recap of What's Up and I liked it. So, I'm going to save your recaps for a later date.
gummimochi - Thanks for your hardwork with Hick Kick and thank you so much for the Running Man recaps. I officially addicted to this wonderful show and you're partially to blame for it.
orangy911 - Me Two, Flower. When no one else was recapping it, we had you. It was almost a cult drama. There wasn't much talk of it and the ratings were low but I fell in love with drama by episode 3. So thank you very much for your recaps. Also, I must say, I love your writing and how it flows so easily. You're also pretty hilarious so thanks for you're little added bits and comments.
Thank you all so much for your hardwork! You're bring a lot to the dramabeans family. :)
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