Good afternoon jellybeans :3 For this week's poll the bubbly and beautiful Park Shin-Hye got two out of four votes :) For a while there I was a little nervous it was going to be a three-way tie between T.O.P, Shin Min-A and Park Shin-Hye. I wonder how that post would have turned out @.@ 

Park Shin-Hye is one of those actresses that snuck up on me. I am a big fan of You Are Beautiful, but I watched that when I was only just beginning to discover how amazing kdrama land was and I didn't bother to learn anything more about her.

I started the first few minutes of Heartstrings a while back, but for whatever reason I never got around to watching anymore of it. I'm not sure how I feel about Park Shin-Hye being paired with Jung Yong-Hwa because of his character in You Are Beautiful XP

Speaking of dramas with Park Shin-Hye, I have five episodes left of Flower Boy Next Door :) I wasn't expecting much from this show, but I found it has surprising depth and lots of lovable characters. The OST is beautiful, and along with Talkin' Bout Love by J-Rabbit, Pitch Black by Park Shin-Hye is my favorite song <3

I am also really looking forward to seeing her and Lee Min-Ho in The Heirs soon! Park Shin-Hye has definitely grown on me this year ^.~ Hope you enjoyed this Feature Friday! Comments are always welcome :)

So-Ra <3

Hello everyone! This post is long overdue, but I thought I'd write it anyway :P

Goong was a very cutesy and childish drama (in a good way) but there were definitely some moments where things got a little more serious. The relationship between the main couple reminded me a bit of Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin from It Started With A Kiss, for those of you who watch Taiwanese television XD

There came a time in this show towards the end where the crying got a little much, but I'm one of those people who have to finish any drama I start, with a few rare exceptions :P Goong is also 24 episodes long, so I'm not surprised that there were a few episodes that seemed more dull. 

I watched this drama on Viki with timed comments, so I am aware that a lot of fans wanted Chae-Kyung to end up with Yul. I can understand where they are coming from, but I found his character too nice and it was as if he hardly had a spine of his own. The fact that he loved Chae-Kyung so much just made me sad, and in the end I really couldn't hate him for it.

Goong is a 2005 drama and I'm sure a few of you know what that means: Horrible Fashion. What were they thinking back then?! I'm pretty sure I cringed when I saw Chae-Kyung's dress for the interview in episode 21. 

I managed to ignore it most of the time though, because if you let your taste in fashion control what you watch then most likely you'll be missing a lot of good movies and shows ^_~

Overall I liked this show, although it's not one of the best that I've seen. It was cute and fun and I always looked forward to interactions between Chae-Kyung and Shin <3 For Yoon Eun-Hye's (click here for her Feature Friday) first acting role she did amazingly well, despite all the munwha fans who didn't think she would would be able to portray Chae-Kyung well. Joo Ji-Hoon is a great actor as well and he made me feel the emotions of his character as if they were my own.

If you have seen this show and want to share you opinion, please do! You can also check out my Google+ profile here for random updates. I'm new at reviewing dramas, but I suppose one has to start somewhere, and somewhere is usually the bottom ^_~ 

~So-Ra <3

Hello bubbles! For today's post I have decided to find a few new Korean TV shows that we can all look forward to. Most of these will be airing in a few months and I am way to excited to watch them (as soon as they have subtitiles XD)

1. Who Are You (후아유)

Director: Jo Hyun-Tak

Screenwriter: Moon Ji-Young
Network: tvN
Release Date: July 29, 2013
Genre: Supernatural, romance, melodrama, fantasy, mystery, action
Episodes: 16
General Plot: A love triangle between Yang Si-On, a women who can see spirits, Cha Gun-Woo, a man who believes in solid evidence and Si-On's dead boyfriend Lee Hyung-Joon.
Main Cast: TaecYeon - Cha Gun-Woo
So E-Hyun - Yang Si-On
Kim Jae-Wook - Lee Hyun-Joon

Trailer

2. Hwatu (화투)

Director: Han Hee

Screenwriter: Jang Young-Cheol, Jung Kyung-Soon

Network: MBC

Release Date: October 2013

Genre: Costume & Period

Episodes: 60

General Plot: In this MBC sageuk, a women born in Goryeo is forced to marry the Yuan Emperor and thus becomes an influential power in the Yuan court.

Main Cast: Ha Ji-Won - Empress Ki

3. Beautiful Man (예쁜 남자)

Director: Unknown

Screenwriter: Chon Kye-Young

Network: TBA

Release Date: 2nd half of 2013

Genre: Unknown

Episodes: Unknown

General Plot: Dokgo Ma-Te is the most beautiful man in the world and wants to use his looks to become rich. He goes on a mission to seduce 10 successful women and find his true love. However, Kim Bo-Tong, a girl from a poor family develops a huge crush on Dokgo Ma-Te.

Main Cast: Jang Geun-Suk - Dokgo Ma-Te


4. The Master's Sun (주군의 태양)

Director: Jin Hyeok

Screenwriter: Hong Jung-Eun, Hong Mi-Ran

Network: SBS

Release Date: July 31st, 2013

Genre: Horror, fantasy, romance, comedy

Episodes: 20

General Plot: Tae Gong-Sil (Sun) is a sensitive assistant who has insomnia because she can see ghosts. Joo Joong-Won (Master), a man who centers his world around money, learns to trust Gong-Sil, eventually falling in love with her.

Main Cast: Gong Hyo-Jin - Tae Gong-Sil

So Ji-Sub - Joo Joong-Won

Seo In-Guk - Kang Woo

Trailer

5. The Heirs (왕관을 쓰려는자, 그무게를 견뎌라-상속자들)

Director: Kang Shin-Hyo

Screenwriter: Kim Eun-Sook

Network: SBS

Release Date: October 9th, 2013

Genre: Romance, comedy

Episodes: 20

General Plot: Set in a prestigious high school, this drama revolves around the friendships and love lives of super-rich students. 

Main Cast: Lee Hin-Ho - Kim Tan

Park Shin-Hye - Cha Eun-Sang

Choi Jin-Hyuk - Kim Won

Hope you enjoy!! I'm really excited to see Jang Geun-Suk in another drama :) If you see any information in this post that is incorrect, please tell me so I can fix it! Also, there are some things that I could not find out, so I marked them as unknown until the information is released. Have a great week everybody!! Make sure to vote in the poll on the right side of this blog :) Thanks for reading!

~So-Ra <3

Hi buttercups! This week's Feature Friday is about the lovely and talented Yoon Eun Hye :) It's about time I did a post on an actress! It's so hard to stop fan-girling over those sexy Korean guys XD Okay, let's get started.

Yoon Eun Hye debuted in 1999 as a singer in the girl band Baby V.O.X and stayed with them until 2005. She was known as the chubby one, which may be surprising to some, given what she looks like now ^_~

Baby V.O.X

She also directed a short film as a graduate student at Chungang University called The Knitting. It was shown in the 2012 Busan International Film Festival Short Film Competition. 

The Knitting

Yoon Eun Hye is in eight dramas including Lie To Me, Coffee Prince, Princess Hours (Goong) and My Fair Lady. She is also in the movies Little Black Dress, The Legend of 7 Cutter (Escaping From Charisma) and Emergency 19.

Lie To Me

Coffee Prince

Little Black Dress

Her acting is definitely unique and she has a way of making the role her own. I recently finished watching her in the drama Goong (Princess Hours) and I realized how young she was then XD As her first drama I was surprised at how well she made her character natural and relate-able. Before the drama came out in 2005, there was a lot of doubt from the fans of the munhwa the drama was based off of. However, Goong soon became popular and Yoon Eun-Hye had made a successful breakthrough into the acting world :)

I am looking forward to watching the rest of her dramas in the future!!

~So-Ra <3

Hello :) If you read my blog often, you are most definitely wondering what happened to that post I promised at the end of my Feature Friday last week. Well, let me explain.

So far my summer has been quite lazy and free, but this week everything seemed to appear out of nowhere and suddenly I am too busy to post as often as I'd like. I am still working on a few posts and I might start pre-writing things when I have free time so that I have something to upload for you guys. I am actually in the process of moving out of my room so things are a bit hectic at the moment. Dance classes started up again this week and I went camping on Tuesday with some friends. On top of that I wasn't home most of Wednesday so finding time to write here has been harder than I thought :P I'm not sure next week will be any better because I am going to a summer dance workshop for three hours a day and babysitting my 10 year-old sister.

I might try to persuade my friend and fellow kdrama addict to write a blog post, but don't count on it XD I'll definitely try and keep up with the Feature Friday's though ^.^

P.S. I finished Goong a few days ago!! Anyone else who adores that show? :)

~So-Ra <3

Hey there! This week I am featuring the extremely adorable and sexy Jae-Joong (formerly known as Hero). Yes, I am painfully aware that I have only featured ONE female in the history of these Feature Fridays. However, I find it so much harder to fan-girl over other girls because, let's face it, these posts are just an excuse for me to look at pictures of beautiful Korean guys XD I actually attempted to write about Yoon Eun-Hye last week, but I only got a few sentences into it. Maybe my creative juices just weren't flowing properly that day.

Okay, back on topic :) Kim Jae-Joong is a relatively new obsession of mine, even though I watched his movie Heaven's Postman/Postman to Heaven ages ago. 

Jae-Joong was in the band DBSK (TVXQ) with Changmin, Yunho, Yoochun and Junsu. He is now a part of the band JYJ along with Yoochun and Junsu.

JYJ
Yoonchun, Jaejoong and Junsu

Maybe it's just because I watched the music video Mine, but he kind of reminds me of a vampire XD Does anyone else see this?

Kim Jae-Joong has been in three movies (Codename: Jackal, Postman to Heaven and Dating on Earth) and five Drama series (Dr. Jin, Protect The Boss, Hard To Say I Love You, Vacation and Banjun Drama). I started watching Dating on Earth, but for whatever reason I never got around to finishing it. I am definitely considering re-watching it solely because of Jae-Joong ^_~

Here are some pictures and gifs of Kim Jae-Joong! <3

This makes me laugh every time XD

Adorable ^.^

Yummy :3

Hope you guys enjoy! If you have any Feature Friday requests I would love to hear them :)

I will be posting again in a couple of days so stay tuned for that. Thanks for reading everyone!!

~So-Ra <3

Coffee Shop By: B.A.P

(TS Entertainment)

I just recently found this band and it was love at first song <3 One Shot is my favorite so far, but the softer style displayed in Coffee Shop is delightfully relaxing. It really sounds like something one would hear in a cafe :) B.A.P's style in this new song is very different from their former more rugged and bad boy-ish vibe. The singing is very soothing and has a sweet and catchy tune that feels like honey in my ears ^.^ 

Check out B.A.P's other songs and maybe you'll find a new favorite band ^_~

~So-Ra <3

Happy Friday everyone! This week I am going to be featuring the adorable Jang Geun Suk <3 Some spell his name Jang Keun Suk or Jang Keun Seok, so don't get confused if my spelling is a little different than yours ^_~ I have quite a lot of favorites, whether they be actors, singers or both, but Jang Geun Suk is definitely on my list. His smile always seems so friendly and genuine and he comes off as a very happy and fun person :) Even so, he can act as the stuck up moody type if the role calls for it.

Another thing I adore about Sukkie is his uncanny ability to pull off so many diverse looks :P 

From short hair

To long curls

And everything in between :)

I could literally spend hours looking at pictures of this guy XD He has such an incredibly wide variety of facial expressions and styles!

Okay, but seriously, this is becoming a Sukkie fansite XD 

I apologize for the intense lack of words in the post, but I spent the majority of my day babysitting my younger sister and I didn't have much time to really dig into all of his dramas and shows :P If you have any suggestions or requests for future posts make sure to comment :) Have a fabulous weekend everyone!!

~So-Ra <3