[Oppa of the Month] Lee Min Ho

I get it!

I finally get it!

I finally get what the hype is all about.

I finally get what Lee Min Ho is all about.

I confess I was never a fan of Lee Min Ho. I hardly watched any of his dramas except maybe The Heirs, even then, it’s because of Kim Woo Bin. I have dedicated lots of Kim Woo Bin airtime hear. But, after watching the Legend of the Blue Sea, I finally got it. I understood why Lee Min Ho is so so love by so many of you.

He is such a grounded person, hardly any airs about him despite being the mega celebrity he is. He is such a boy next door and funny one at that. I began to fall in love, and I began my journey of sleuthing in the deep abyss of this black hole called the internet. I could only find all the good things about him…well, after so many years people are still curious about his nose.

Lee Min Ho oppa,

This is the beginning of this love story with you and definitely won’t be the last.

Let’s take some time to just admire how beautiful this man is.

Just looking at this simple picture makes me so happy. Not the usual celebrity shit. He’s just a dude and wants his fun. #respect

Just take sometime to just admire how long his legs. Pictures are all from @actorleeminho

After scouring endless youtube videos and all the behind the scenes of his dramas, I came to realise he builds such good rapport with his co-lead and the whole acting thing feels so natural and easy. I love him more.

One of my favourite youtube videos of him would be his interview on Guerilla Date. I wonder how he pulls himself together after being closed in by so many fans. But, he not only handled himself well, he feels like your neighbourhood oppa that you have known for years. The sense of warm and goof that he exudes.

Oppa,

You truly deserve the success!

Hats off to you.

Have fun gais!

Will come back for you oppa!

The End of the Birth of A Beauty

The Birth of Beauty ended with a happy ending. And, that means I have to reluctantly let go of one of my favourite couples. I have to say that the Doctor-Ahjumma combo is definitely lethal. Their chemistry is so so good that I think they are hard to top, the other couple that I think can match this chemistry is Healer-Chae Young Sin’s pairing. So, in honour of this, I decided to bless your eyes with the beautiful pictures of Han Ye Seul.

Han Ye Seul is just so beautiful, and having her onboard this drama is a no-brainer. She’s not just your ordinary beauty, she’s your girl-next-door pretty and so radiant, her beauty shines through. Unlike her role as Sara in Birth of a Beauty, she doesn’t even need to try to be pretty, she’s just so pretty that it’s beyond possible to imagine such a beautiful mortal walking amongst us.

If you think Han Ye Seul is pretty only in glamour magazine spread, see her appearance on Running Man epi 219. She looks as pretty as she was on magazine spread and drama.

My favourite shot.

I hope to see more of her on small screen this year.

Till then, Han Ye Suel ssi, I will miss you.

He models. He acts. He raps. Who is he?

He models. He acts. He raps. Who is he?

So Ji Sub!!!!

His most memorable role was Rough Cut, and Rough Cut was the epiphanic movie for him where he found his calling in acting. God, bless the director of Rough Cut, without which he won’t have So Ji Sub, the actor today.

He was so impressive in Rough Cut where he played a gangster named Gang Pae, coincidentally (or not) in Korean, his name meant Gangster. He played this role so convincingly well, the roles that came after are all in this genre. Remember The Company Man where he played a sophisticated killer. He is quite to pick up variety of other roles to break away from his tested and proven roles, he surprised us by playing doctor in Cain and Abel. A doctor that was betrayed by his brother and ended up losing his memory and was dramatically saved by a group of North Korean defectors in a desert of Mongolia. This is by far one of my favourite So Ji Sub drama. He is so good at saddling the different roles in this drama, the cheerful and pure doctor, the amnesiac refugee, the recovered-his-memory-but-pretend-to-get-a-revenge doctor. These different roles were convincingly and artfully played.

Just as this is not enough to seal his status as A list K actor, he moved on to play a war hero, he played General Lee Jang Woo in Road No 1 whose battalion singlehandedly defended Korea from the North and China’s invasion. This is another drama that saw him play a different genre within one drama. This is one very heart wrenching drama, the scene where he was forever separated from the love of his life. The emotions were so raw that I could not forget that vivid scene for awhile after watching it. I don’t think anyone can play General Lee Jang Woo like So Ji Sub did.

The other signature drama of So Ji Sub is Phantom. He played the stoic and broody investigator, Park Ki Young and Kim Woo Hyun. This is the first drama that he’s all suited up and looks absolutely suave. No dirty scenes but I guess he just couldn’t stay away from dying scenes. Even death followed him here.

I told myself that I won’t watch anymore of So Ji Sub dramas if he’s going to be cast in this genre again, it is just too painful to watch. Just then, it was announced he’s going to play Joo Joong Won, the obnoxious, senseless and petty Kingdom mall owner. It was his first comedic role. You can’t imagine the happiness and euphoria i felt at this news. Finally, my favourite Oppa can move away from the genre that he was so good at and thread the unchartered water. BUT….at the back of my mind, I was wondering if he can do comedy, and how would it turned out? I guess these worries were uncalled for, because his first comedic role was a riot. He was so hilarious in The Master’s Sun.

Since The Master’s Sun, he has released another album in commemoration of his years in the industry, hence the title of his album was 18 Years. It’s an amazing album, though it’s just a mini album, the 3 songs are carefully written, choreographed and rapped.

So Ji Sub is the first korean actor to have a road named after him, the entire 51KM. He was also made the ambassador of Gangwon-do where a So Ji Sub Gallery was set up as a remembrance of the work that he has done for the province. Not only that, there’s a train named after him as well. If this is not mind blowing I don’t know what is.

So Ji Sub is no ordinary K-celeb, he has tonnes of accolades up his sleeve but he never really shout about it. The most badass thing he did was wearing his dream on his muscled arm, yes, no kidding.

[First Impression] The Birth of A Beauty

Ohhhhhh my! Another Joo Sang Wook drama. I am recently overdosed on Joo Sang Wook, having watched Cunning Single Lady, Good Doctor and now The Birth of Beauty.

Poor of Prof Kim, after working with Park Si On, i think it’s really difficulty to go back to where he was. Looks like he’s giving up medicine and play hocus pocus doctor instead to this attractive lady that he so endearingly called Ahjumma. So, this how defeats feel like when he challenged Park Si On to surpass him.

The Birth of A Beauty starts on a quite a sad note with Sa Geum Ran played by Ha Jae Suk, an overweight wife to a successful husband, Lee Kang Joon whom she has been supporting while he studied and worked on his venture in the United States. For 7 years, Sa Geum Ran tirelessly took care of Kang Joon’s family especially his demented grandmother, putting up with their quirks and tempers only to be chided and jilted by Kang Joon. Very quickly, we saw what a jerk Kang Joon is. It is at this point that Sa Geum Ran found out that Kang Joon is having an affair with another woman whom she herself had confronted and begged to leave her husband alone, of course, no vixen will say yes to this, right? Not when you know the woman before you will never win the affection of the man you claimed to love and whom you believed loves you back in return, not a difficult maths to make.

Anyhow, fast forward, we learned that Sa Geum Ran decided to leave her matrimonial home in one stormy rainy night with feeling of betrayal, met with an accident and plunged head first into the ravine. Her body was never recovered and she was pronounced dead, she managed to get herself out of the treacherous water, walked herself to the house of the plastic surgeon whom appeared on the reality show she was in. And, yes, that’s when the best part comes in. So, she had a head to toe surgery and she is determined to make herself beautiful to come back and seek revenge from her husband. She came back with a new identity, Sara. The following part is rather illogical and segmented for me. So she woke up, recovered but suffers side effects of delirium. She thought she was someone famous returning from the United States. We couldn’t establish at this point whether it’s pure delirium or it’s a fact that she is someone famous and noteworthy. My turtle brain hasn’t come to reconcile this part yet.

From this to

this.

So, moving along, we saw Han Tae Hee played by Joo Sang Wook coming into the picture. He was mistaken to be a stalker hiding in the changing room and subsequently kidnapping Sara. If you are no stalker why would you hide in the changing room, you tell me? As she was trying to break free from the kidnapping, he chased her up and reminded her that she was indeed Sa Geum Ran and told her the entire story, and that’s how we learned what happened in between the accident and her supposed “death”.

These two are just so hilarious together. Tae Hee wanted to take a revenge on Chae Yeon, the woman whom Sara believes had stolen Kang Joon from her. Both of them started plotting their revenge. In order to get the attention of the tiger (Kang Joon), they moved into the tiger’s den. This is the very word of Tae Hee. So, she started appearing at these places where she knew Kang Joon will be there. True enough, she managed to get the attention of Kang Joon. We also see how Kang Joon was quite smitten with her and may harbour some desire to be with her. But, wait, I thought Kang Joon and Chae Yeon are supposed to be married in 3 weeks?

The jerk.

Guess we have to find out this weekend how this spins.

First Impression, I think this drama is worth following, at least for now. We’ll see when they hit the mid point if they will plateau like all other dramas. Another question I have is who is Chae Yeon to Tae Hee? Were they former lovers?

[Newcomer Alert] Lee Tae Hwan

This kid is barely 20 years old and man, look at him, he could easily passed as someone in the mid 20s. Kids these days I wonder what they eat…..*hmmmmmm*.

If the name Lee Tae Hwan rings a bell, you may have seen him or heard him; he is one fifth of the idol group 5urprise. While his other member, Seo Kang Joon was the most famous of the group, Lee Tae Hwan is fast in catching up.

He is currently playing the second lead in the new Monday drama, Pride and Prejudice. His character, Kang Soo was not very clearly defined in the drama besides him and the law stalwart, Prosecutor Koo share the same house and office. While Prosecutor Koo played by Choi Jin Hyuk is more charismatic, flamboyant and quite a debonair, I can’t quite feel Kang Soo, his character is quite an enigma. We do know though that he will be taking his bar exam to qualify as prosecutor. His character here seems rather reserved, stoic and at some point appears like he is trying very hard to hold things together. I wonder what would happened if he just let it all go, will Kang Soo collapse? What is it that he’s trying to hide or is this perhaps his real self? So much mystery about this guy. But, it is still early to pin point since we are only in Episode 3.

If you haven’t heard of the group 5urprise, you may have seen him in High School King where he played the loud mouth in High School King Oh Tae-Seok. To be honest, I didn’t recognise him from there. He looks totally different there, slightly bigger, perhaps he has since trimmed down for his current role. It must have been the muscles of Lee Soo Hyuk that had distracted me from paying attention to these kids. Someone has to take the blame, right?

So, anyhow, go check him out. I think he’s quite a looker.