It’s been sometime since I posted about K-drama and lately I had my eyes mostly on it, so I wanted to share it with you all. Summer is finally
arrived and when I think of summer, it’s associated to refreshing yet lovey
dovey dramas. Last year, I spent my first half of summer by watching
“What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim?” and this year I watched “Her Private
Life” at the start of summer (I mentioned it on my May Life Rewind vlog,
because it was that G.O.O.D!). Last two years, I watched KBS2 drama “Fight
for My Way”. Can you find the connection of those dramas?
Yes, the dramas were romantic-comedy drama and it aired around summer days. Lately, I’m falling into Park Seojun (again) and he shows up
often on my Instagram feed because he is promoting his new movie, “The
Divine Fury”. Thanks to this promotion, he came to a VLive show, “Actor
and Chatter”. Summerizing from his interview on the VLive, “I don’t
believe in tarot, but when I was in my 20s, I went once, and the only thing
that I remember is, I was born as a winter tree (or plant), so I need
energy from summer heat to keep on living. And that’s why my projects
succeed during summer time, I think”. He confirmed it himself, that his
summer projects were mostly succeed and he got “daebak-nam” or
“successful man” nickname. I recommend you to watch the VLive (now they
don’t have the subtitle yet, so you need to wait till the subs is out),
because it is really funny and interesting! Park Seojun also really good
with the flow and he is really friendly!
Since, we are on the topic and Park Seojun is getting more interest lately,
I’m going to include two dramas and one movie that Park Seojun starred for
you to watch (or re-watch, maybe).
Definitely I shouldn’t forget this drama from the list of drama Park Seojun
starred. The drama was aired on 2017 and I include this drama on my Top 10
K-dramas in 2017 video (watch it here) because it was that good! The story
is about for young adults searching for the real meaning of life, love,
dream, and friendship. For my age, it was a totally relatable drama that I
recommend you to watch. It’s definitely something that 20s will be
experiencing, confused and feel lost. This drama is a total lovey-dovey and comedy filled drama with bunch of moral lessons.
Here’s some of the highlights of the drama:
(may contain spoiler!)
1. Cute Acts
The infamous Dongman vs Aera cute acts is totally a mind-blowing scene ever
and it makes you jiggle all day long if you remember that scene. Park
Seojun himself has to recreate the scene everytime he appeared on a variety
shows and even at the award ceremony.
2. Variety Cameos
From Julien Kang, Choi Woosik, Kwak Dongyeon, and many more appeared in
this drama. Choi Woosik is known as Park Seojun best friend and he is
almost appeared in most of Park Seojun’s project and vice versa (recently,
Park Seojun appeared in Choi Woosik’s movie, Parasite. And it is a must
watch movie!)
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| Choi Wooshik (cr: Google Images) |
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| Julien Kang (cr: Google Images) |
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| Kwak Dongyeon (cr: Google Images) |
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| Hwang Bora (cr: Google Images) |
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| In Gyojin & Jin Jihee (cr: Soompi) |
3. Shirtless Seojun
Well, you cannot miss this from the drama. Summer is where you can see all
those superb abs of your favorite actor. In this drama, PSJ is an ex-martial
arts sportsman, but he had to give up on it because of something. Then, he
finally found his way to revive his old dream and became a boxer. Usually,
boxer didn’t wear shirt when they match, so you gotta see PSJ’s abs here.
4. Golden Life Quotes
There are few famous quotes that totally inspiring and maybe you could use
it for your motto or Instagram captions.
Here it is:
Here it is:
"It isn’t cool to act tough when you want to cry. It’s cool to cry when you want to."
- Go Dong Man
"It’s not “Youth is for being in pain,” its “Youth is for making trouble."
- Choi Ae Ra
"We woke up earlier than anyone and we slept later, but we never had enough time. We lived harder than anyone, but our resumés don’t show a thing. They seem to be everything of our history. It makes me mad and upset."- Choi Ae Ra
" You must think the world is full of women dying to ride on your white horse, but Cinderella stories aren’t popular anymore. The real world is filled with moronic women who work hard and succeed on their own. So take your glass slippers, and feed them to the dogs."- Choi Ae Ra
"Even if we can’t win, let’s play anyway. Living our way is winning. Who cares what others say?"- Go Dong Man
"If grow up means your dream fade, I'll give up on growing up"
- Go Dong Man
"Instead of money, you should think about your dreams and heart. And give your best shot at life."- Hwang Jang Ho
"It’s better to live as if you don’t have a dream. If you do have a dream, you feel sorry for yourself. Must everyone have a dream, anyway? Even if I don’t have a dream, the world goes ’round just fine."- Go Dong Man
"Just go with the thing that makes your heart beat faster."- Go Dong Man
(This one is my favorite)
BONUS!
I visited the drama shooting location in Busan and it was totally a
delighting experience. I always like to visit my favorite drama
shooting location and whenever I go there, the drama scenes showed up
vividly on my mind and I can’t stop smiling.
If you happened to visit Busan, on your trip to South Korea, definitely put this on your itinerary. Recommend you to visit this place in the evening, so you could see both day and night scenes from the Namil Bar rooftop. You also have to take a picture in front of their house & stairs. I didn’t get the chance to do that so, I’m going to go back there again just to take picture on that stairs and immersing the late-night talk on the “expensive” rooftop bar at Namil Bar.
Despites various review on the internet, I still really liked this drama and would spent my time watching it again. This drama is the best when you feel low and need some a pick-me-up. So, you better watch it!!
The most hilarious and well-made drama in 2018! My summer was hot enough
last year and this drama cool me off. Watched the first two episodes in
Indonesia on-time (on its premiere time) and the first two episodes gets me
so hype. Park Seojun acted as a badass CEO and selfish person but he is
very attractive. He has that “aura” that make you flutters. This drama best
watch when you need a little fantasy in your dull daily life. While, I was
writing this, the drama rewinds through my mind and it keeps me smiling.
The drama is adapted from a webtoon and novel with the same title. Most
Korean prefer the webtoon one, but I haven’t got the time to read the
webtoon (TMI: at that time I haven’t change my appstore location yet). They
print out the webtoon into comics too, but still I haven’t got the chance
to read it. Even though the drama looks alike with other dramas, but since
it’s an webtoon based drama, they have a refreshing storyline and relatable
to nowadays.
SPOILER: The ending of the drama was kinda disappointing, because it ended too fast :(
Many prefer the ending at the original webtoon.
SPOILER: The ending of the drama was kinda disappointing, because it ended too fast :(
Many prefer the ending at the original webtoon.
The key points why you should watch the drama:
1. Grade A++ Casts
Park Minyoung is a goddess! (despite the rumors or fact that she had plastic surgery, I still like her). Her acting improved so much and she is a pro now. The Korean netizen said she really looks like came out from the webtoon. She nailed the Secretary Kim character very well.
Her counterpart, Park Seojun is suitable with every character, even being a
cool and handsome jerk Vice-president. He thinks he is perfect and I
couldn’t agree more. Really grateful that he chooses to be in this drama,
because I don’t know who can portray this character as good as him.
Kang Kiyoung who acts as Seojun’s best friend, was hilarious and he could
portray any type of character well. Usually, he acts as a looser or
third-rate characters, but in this drama he finally got to be lead-actor’s
friend and played as a CEO! Even he got to get kiss scene (it was a big
deal for him!). The chemistry between him and Park Seojun makes them best
friend in real life too. Thanks to this drama, Kang Kiyoung gets to film CF
with Park Seojun and he appeared in SBS variety show “Village Survival”. It
was a big deal to be contracted as a CF star and regular member of variety
shows for actors/actress. This role made his popularity soar high.
UPDATE: he just got married recently.
UPDATE: he just got married recently.
The parents’ role also played by a top class actors and actresses, but Park
Seojun’s parents are quite a mismatch. Their younger version and the older
version is not something look-a-like, but actually they are a top class one
in this industry. The parent roles were played by Kim Byung Ok (Jeong
Somi’s dad in Because This is My First Life), Kim Hye Ok (mom of Shin
Hyesun in My Golden Life, Jo Deokhyeon (he played in several dramas like
Pinocchio, I Can Hear Your Voice, and many more).
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| Kim Byung Ok, Kim Hye Ok |
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| Jo Deokhyeon |
2. Awesome Chemistry
The chemistry between the casts are beyond comparable. Park Seojun and Park
Minyoung, Park Seojun and Kang Kiyoung, Pyo Yejin and Hwang Chansung, and
other casts inside the drama. The director of this drama is the same with “Because this is My First Life”, so Jung Somi and Lee Minki
made a cameo as younger version of Park Minyoung’s parents. Not only the
chemistry between casts, but the chemistry between director and casts are
also great. And that’s what makes the drama comes together evenly and fun
to watch.
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| Jung Somi and Lee Minki as cameo |
3. Animations
Since it’s adopted from a webtoon, there are some special effects like
heart animations, evil thought animations, etc to enhance the storyline.
Those animated effects really make it fun to watch the drama. Especially
when Park Seojun do some cute acts and Kang Kiyoung’s fantasy.
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| Evil is starting to put fire in Lee Youngjoon's mind (he couldn't sleep because of that devilish thought) |
4. Smart Puns
They incorporate some puns into their lines, making it more relatable to
the nowadays society. They made famous another doll, which called “Hard
Working Cow”. Cow in Korean is “so” and in Korean you say “sugo-haeseo” if
that person did well (informal form). The sound of “sugo-haeseo” and “so”
sounds the same, so they created a cow-formed doll as a present for Kim
Miso’s hard work from Lee Youngjoon. The cow doll became a hit and I went
to arcade games to get that doll. There are few puns that maybe you could
find if you could understand the Korean society culture, because sometimes
the subtitles couldn’t really tell what’s it meant and make it doesn’t make
sense and not funny.
Despites nothing new to the storyline and some said that Lee Taehwan’s
character is not necessarily important, but this drama is really worth to
watch if you need some laughter and entertainment. This drama will make you
in a fantasyland and it’s not a good thing, but trust me it worth your
time and will heal your stress.
WARNING:It can be so addicting and you might spend
your day just to binge watch all of the episode. Cause 16 hours is not
enough to see Park Seojun’s hotness and those crazy rollercoaster love
story.
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| BONUS FOR YA! |
In most of projects Park Seojun participated, he always made bromance
relationship. Look, in “Hwarang” he created it with Park Hyungsik and BTS’s
V. In Fight for My Way, he created that bromance with his coach and life
mentor, Kim Sung Oh. In “What’s Wrong with Secretary Kim”, his bromance
partner is Kang Kiyoung. So, he is really good befriends with co-stars of
his project. Not to mention, his long-life bromance partner is Choi Woosik.
They met first time on a drama (Family, KBS, 2012) on the beginning of
their careers. So, this movie is supposed to be on the list, because the
bromance of this drama is super strong that I can’t stop smiling while
watching the movie as well as their interviews and promotions activities.
Park Seojun’s co-star in this movie is Kang Haneul (he call him Kang Sky!
SO CUTEE!). Their teamwork is magical, if I could say. Both in front or
behind the scenes they are the same.
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| When Seojun missed out from the promotion activities schedule. (cr: The Strait News) |
This movie is about two police university students whose really different
in personalities. Park Seojun is the brave and strong yet reckless type and Kang Haneul
is a scaredy-cat but smart type. They became best friends and one day they
went out to the club to find themselves a girlfriend. But, then they
actually came across an illegal organ selling organization. They try to fix
this problem by themselves with limited time and the action scenes were waiting on the second
half of the movie. Even though this is an action movie, they keep it light
and comical, so it is easy to watch.
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Reasons why I recommend you to watch this movie:
1. Kang Haneul first action movie.
Not really related to Park Seojun, but it summarized it all. This is Kang Haneul’s first action movie, so he
prepared a lot for the shooting. He worked out (but still not strong enough
to beat Park Seojun’s thigh wrestle) and trained a lot for this movie, he
said. It was a challenging role for him and for his fans, it was an
eye-candy. TMI: I even dreamt about him after watching this movie, while he
enlisted to army. LOL. I became a fan of him, after his appearance in Happy
Together, before he appeared in this movie.
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2. Double Eye-candy
Did I ever say that I really like guys with nice-cut hairstyle? Not too
short and not too long, but still cut nicely. And I really like guys in
uniform. Either it’s policeman, pilot, hotelier, and so on. They are both a
policeman-to-be, so they have to wear that policeman uniform (TMI: I couldn’t
resist Jung Haein on “While You’re Sleeping” because he showed up with a
policeman uniform!).
They had to cut their hair short to enter the school and it was not really nice, especially Kang Haneul’s. But at the end of the movie, oh-la-la their nice-cut hairstyle is L.O.V.E! Hot guys alert!
They had to cut their hair short to enter the school and it was not really nice, especially Kang Haneul’s. But at the end of the movie, oh-la-la their nice-cut hairstyle is L.O.V.E! Hot guys alert!
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3. Life Moral Lessons
Because the story is about youngsters, so it is relatable for my ages. This
movie thought more than fighting bad guys, but braveness, friendship, love,
and most of all peace. Kang Haneul is an icon for peace (he got a nickname
of “Pacific Ocean Heart Guy”). He really likes everything to be peaceful. I
couldn’t think more who can nail that character alongside with Park Seojun
other than him (I don’t think Park Bogum is good enough to fill in this
role, even though he is as kind as Kang Haneul). Everything has it
consequences and not all of our choice will be happened as we expected. I
feel so blessed and touched after watching this movie. It was like a remedy
in my hardship days (it was during my last year of uni and I’m on my
thesis).
This 109 mins long movie will help you get through your days and recharge
you from stress. So grab your popcorn or anything yummy and watch this
movie! I took my friend (who is new to K-world) and she also enjoyed it.
There was some pun intended lines, but it’s still easy to understand. Oh
btw, you can see those guys in all black outfit chasing bad guys, so what
are you waiting for?
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| How come you can't laugh watching him? |
Well, I hope you guys watch the recommendations I made and tell me your
thoughts on the comments down below. I really love talking about Korean
dramas and movies nowadays, because it’s part of my life and it what’s make
me alive. Park Seojun’s 8thyear debut anniversary is coming up
too, so I made this special edition post as a celebration gift for him. I
don’t have enough money and power to support the food truck or anything, so
I’m rooting for him within my abilities.
Happy 8thyear debut
anniversary, Park Seojun!
THANK YOU FOR SHINING TILL THIS DAY.
LOVE YOU
8000!
See you on my next posts and on my YT Channel, guys!
GO WATCH THE DRAMAS AND MOVIE NOW!
BONUS!
I'm sharing unseen photos of my meetings with Park Seojun (from afar of
course). I went to two of his fan signing last year and it was a blast. He
is really handsome in real life and his voice tone (will upload this later on) will make you fall in
love deeper with him. He is really sweet too! Too bad I couldn't get in
touch with him, but for sure, I'll make it happen someday. AMEN!
XOXO,
Jennifer
