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Secret Garden

Saturday, January 29, 2011 || 5:17 PM

BOO!

Do not continue reading if you have not watch Secret Garden and wish to watch it soon. I warn you!

The title told you all. So, I shall start with some pictures for a short recap of Secret Garden, a brief one will do.

Kim Joo Won, the man whom every woman dream of. The one standing beside him, his secretary, who is JONGHYUN look-alike to me.

He and his amazing fashion. Do you know how much does his tracksuit cost? It is over 3k malaysia ringgit. But it is worth cause it suits him alright.

Gil Ra-im, the stuntwoman.

Both Joo Won and Ra-im switched their souls and body with each other during the sixth episode. Somehow, i don't really like that idea, but still, they have funny actions and also weird one. Anyway, they were back to normal after episode eight and finally, i came to know the real reason behind the soul exchanging. Yea. It wouldn't be that awesome if this idea did not exist.

& there is this cute guy. Too bad, he is a gay.

Upon the 17th episode, many horrible things happened which made me tear the most.

Joo Won wrote a letter to Ra-im:
"I hope you’ll see the things I see. You’ll stand at the window where I stand, and lie down in the bed where I lie down, and read the books I read." It’s like a goodbye and a welcome all at once, as he prepares her to live out his life, pending another body-switch.

"If we could be together even in that way… then that’s enough — let’s think of it as being together. That’s enough for us to consider ourselves as happy as other lovers.
Don’t love some other man — live alone while thinking of me. And don’t be too friendly with Choi Woo-young. That’s incest. This may be the most selfish decision of my life, but since it’s the decision of a leader in society, respect it. You were always really cool — be cool in the future, too. I’m going to miss you a lot. I love you."

It ripped out my heart on that moment. I suppose lovers nowadays wouldn't have this courage to do what he did, though it is impossible too.

The final came and they were granted with 3 children.

There is no doubt for receiving so many awards in sbs. Secret Garden is way better than i imagined. It is truly wonderful and interesting as it shows different kind of love story, romance and what the audiences want- a happy ending.

I love this drama for once, it attracts me from the very first episode till i wouldn't want to leave the screen. It touches me in many scenes too and honestly, it is a worth-watching drama ever!

ps// Take good care of yourself in the military camp, hyunbin oppa :)

Labels: K-Drama

CNY is around the corner!

|| 3:32 PM

Remember i said someone inspired me? I read her blog again this morning. I learnt swimming in kota permai when i was seven and apparently, both of us were under the same instructor. She was my first friend in the pool and i some sort of recognises her when i first came across her facebook last year, which brings me forward to her blog. Well, that was just a part of the story.

I just came back from sabs with yen. We offered to help out for a charity job on the 15th of February. Hopefully it turns out to be a fun day again, just like every events i joined back then.

Now, it is time for me to search for something else to do. I finished the drama Secret Garden yesterday and now, addiction GONE! Kim Joo Won ah. . . Gil Ra-im ah. . . I wish the extra two special episodes will be released as soon as possible. I can only depends on Dream High and My Princess to fill my time. Besides, hyunbin is going for military service soon. I will have to wait two years for his discharge. So, when's yunho's and junhyung's turn? I suppose it would be the turning point of their 30s.

Anyway, everywhere is full of chinese new year deco now. Chinese new year is coming a bit early this year, so i shall wish everyone an early Happy Chinese New Year along with this. Sincerely to my dear families, friends, best friends, browserians and Oppas! :)

Labels: Life

Saengilchukahamnida Jaejoong Oppa

Wednesday, January 26, 2011 || 10:34 AM

If we meet an obstacle, all we have to do is cross it because that obstacle will eventually turn into a bridge.

- Song Sam-Dong (Dream High)

Joo-won: Who raised you?
Ra-im: I grew up on my own.
Joo-won: On what money?
Ra-im: What the government gave me.
Joo-won: So all my taxes went to you.
Ra-im: Does it seem like a waste?
Joo-won: I should’ve paid more, if I knew I was raising you.
Ra-im: When I look at you like this, you’re not totally a jerk.

- Secret Garden

Stubbornness is the excuse used by the loser. Stubbornness is really very tiring. It looks ugly too. So, let us both not be so subborn anymore.

- Go Hye-Mi (Dream High)

No matter how common a woman is, she can be a queen. Likewise, no matter how noble she is, she can be a maid. Depends on how she is treated by a man whom she loved.

- Yoon-seul (Secret Garden)

I’ll be your little mermaid. I’ll be right next to you as if I’m not there and disappear like a foam.

- Kim Joo-Won (Secret Garden)

For another time i'm saying this, you’re right. Everything you’re saying is right. But where on earth will a woman happily and beautifully cultivate a love that will ends up turning into bubbles? There's nowhere in the world a woman who will start a love and give up the ending. That’s why we’ll never work. There is no answer for us.

- Gil Ra-im (Secret Garden)

Joo-won: What is troubling you so much in your dream?
Ra-Im: Because there is you... in my dreams.
Joo-won: Are you still unhappy with me in your dream?
Ra-Im: Even so... do appear. Tomorrow and the day after tomorrow.

- Secret Garden

ps// I wish they celebrate his birthday together or throw him a surprise party! God bless.

Labels: koreandramasquotes

Never fall any deeper

Tuesday, January 25, 2011 || 4:58 PM

I'm enjoying my honeymoon months, just like what i've wished after being so busy with studies for the past two months.

Tell you something. I'm still not rotting at home now. I'm totally obsessed with Secret Garden since the very first episode! Kim Joo Won is so gorgeous! I have never notice this good actor before this, what, Hyunbin? I didn't know this guy. I dream to own his house, seriously, i would need to spend one whole day or two just to walk around.

Being a high school leaver for nearly one month, still, i miss everything, waking up freaking early at 6am, sitting and waiting right in front of the office, chatting in class, having our meal at the canteen where we usually stood, CHINESE LESSON, walking across the bridge and the daily packed schedules filled with tuitions and loads of homework. I miss my class, my tuition centre, my seat and of course, the unreplaceable people whom cherished, enlighten and coloured my school life!

Labels: Life

Thoughts

Monday, January 24, 2011 || 7:25 PM

It is not easy to be world-recognized.

I expect leader to suffer more than the other members as he needs to bring the group. He gets grounded the most, he keeps everything to himself, he suffered, he cried, he stood up and all this made HIM now.

He's always happy to be with his dear members back then although life was tough, but now, with only the two of them, how's his life? I wanted to know how he felt the moment when the issues surfaced. What is his reaction and how is he going to solve the problems now? These thoughts have been playing in my mind.

Yunjae couple shouldn't end this way.
TVXQ should remain as five, for the loss of one finger would makes an imperfect hand.

Anyway, they have grown a lot ever since the lawsuit broke down. Another five years or ten? I'm still waiting and keeping the faith =)

Labels: lil crab craps

CUBE FAMILY PARTY

Sunday, January 16, 2011 || 9:43 AM

Beast left Malaysia around 3am yesterday as their plane delayed.

Thursday, 13-1-2011
Jia Yee and I attended the DIGI LIVE KPOP PARTY 2011 in Stadium Negara. It was pouring when we were queuing outside the stadium. We shared an umbrella, chat on the phone with yen chee and talked about kpop. We waited for about 2 hours out there before they let all of us in.

The stadium was filled with fans coming for G.NA, 4minute and BEAST. We sat on the topmost seat at the silver zone and settled everything down for the concert. Phone checked, camera checked, Digi 'pon-pon' checked. It was great when everyone sang along with the songs of the mv, with the sound of the 'pon-pon' coming from every corner of the stadium.

The concert started around 8.30pm. Royce from MY-FM was the emcee of the night.

G.NA was the first one to perform, with my favourite song of all "I'll Back Off So You Can Live Better". Junhyung popped up during the rapping part, wearing a black sunglasses. Gosh! The SCREAMS from the fans, including me! Everyone gone wild, seriously, but oh, i can't describe him more. Junhyung's HAWT! After the first song, they did a bit of interview with G.NA. Her English is perfectly fine and i guess she spoke with an American slang. She doesn't need any translator unlike the other two groups. Her complexion was so nice under all the lighting effects and she's really beautiful. She explained that she was a bit ill and she's preparing for her album now. The next song she brought up was Take A Bow by Rihanna. She told us beforehand that she may make some mistakes along with this song. She also asked for forgiveness after singing that song. She ended her performance perfectly with Supa Solo.

The next group was 4MINUTE. They performed HUH, I My Me Mine, Muzik, Highlight? and Hot Issue. I heard most of them were there for Hyuna. Everytime it reached Hyuna's part or when she was dancing, the screams became louder. Well, she's only 18 this year and she has a really beautiful legs. I like the way she swayed with the music, so hawt! Before singing Hot Issue, the girls told us to sing 'Hot Issue, HOT!' with them and so, everyone did it. This is their first time coming to our country. During the talk, they said 'Malaysia Bagus' and oh, they love our nasi lemak so much.

Lastly, it's our BEAST boys turn. Clear enough, the screams were increasingly loud. We have been waiting so long to see the boys! I heard their names from everywhere and was secretly calling for Junhyung! He took off his glasses this time. They performed a series of 5 songs, Special, Shock, Soom, Oasis and Beautiful! During one of the talk, they said they miss malaysia and the fans here since they have been here for the second time. The weather is still very hot compared to that in korea. Doojoon told us that his princess, Kikwang who wasn't able to come with them due to filming, misses us too. "But don't miss him" Dongwoon threw in a sentence immediately after Doojoon which made us laughed so much. 5 of them were really enjoying on the stage, same like the fans down there. But Junhyung seems to be a little sick these days, not as lively as before. Yoseob is still the most adorable one. He sat in front of the camera and sang Oasis directly to it. The boys moved a lot on the stage, from one end to the other end. Doojoon and Junhyung were also playing by hitting each other when they were singing Beautiful. Hyunseung who took over Kikwang's part in Beautiful sang slightly off the tune. He then smiled shyly to get over it. Beast came back on stage for the encore with Very Important You. Doojoon took off his jacket and the 5 of them moved around on the stage. I got so high and stood up with Jia Yee and the rest of the fans. We sang along, screamed a lot and pointed to the boys during the part "i love you you you you you you you beautiful my, you you you..." ahhh! Honestly, i have not been enjoying THESE much in a concert before. The boys really took over the whole atmosphere, the stage and the heart, soul and mind of the fans.

The concert ended shortly after all the artists came up again to the stage and bid us goodbye. Yoseob who was already walking towards the backstage, turned back, came to the center of the stage and gave a 90 degree bow. Everyone was still in the high mood and started to leave the stadium. It was way too short, only lasted for about 1 hour. I expected more, at least two since there's 2 groups and 1 artist. I wanted to hear Bad Girl and Mystery from Beast. But still, i love that night, the memories they gave us and the HAWT BOYS.

After coming out from the stadium, we followed the crowds to where we saw a few buses. We were sure that they will go up those buses as the security guards began to blocked our way. I saw someone in the bus, but wasn't sure who was that. G.NA walked out from the dark, followed by 4MINUTE a few minutes later. We were eager to see Beast, like a pack of hungry wolves but the door of the bus started to shut after the girls went in. WHAT?!! The boys were already inside the bus?! Most of the curtains were closed tight. Some of them said they saw yoseob at the window, but i saw nothing. I only managed to wave to a girl, someone who looks like Hyuna i guess. The bus left, the guards started to move away and we walked back to where we first came in. I bought a B2ST t-shirt and a pencil case before we left.

The next thing i did at home was stalking their twitter with Jia Yee. The result was:
- Yoseob uploaded a photo of himself in the hotel. Most probably they were staying in Hilton Hotel.
- 4minute went to Esquire Kitchen, Sungai Wang for lunch
- G.NA, 4MINUTE and BEAST had a sushi meal, somewhere in Malaysia
- Plane delayed and they arrived in Korea around 11am

I'll make it all the way to see them for the next time they come again. Hopefully they bring more groups along! :)

Labels: BIAS forever, Precious moment and memories

Lovely thoughts shattered

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 || 1:50 PM

I've been planning to be a teacher in kindergarten after having spm. There's this newly open kindergarten around my area, and so, i asked if they need extra teachers to help out. When teacher jess called up, the first thought that striked up was Great! Now i can fulfil my dream!
until i finally started my first day of teaching.

FIRST day.
I can't really remember their names well. There is 11 of them in my class, with one 3 years old and the rest at the age of 4. Basically, i don't really know what to start with. I was told to be an assistant teacher before, which in turn, i was asked to teach the whole class. It was TERRIBLE! I can't handle all of them at once. When i started to teach this kid, the one at the corner started to run and scream and play with the others. Urgh! My first day was indeed a nightmare! All they did for the day was colouring and one good thing is they are only quiet during the short break.

SECOND day.
It was unbearable as well. I taught them the way to write one (1). Misaki is quick, shu jein can write slowly, sarrah is well behaved while the rest were having their own sweet time scribbling or drawing or even day dreaming. The 3 year-old can't even hold the pencil firmly. As for mandarin lesson, i taught them numbers, from 1 to 10 and guess what, half of them already knew it. Class ended around 12pm. I stayed back and played with the kids who stayed for day care. Honestly, i felt better playing with them than being a teacher in the classroom, at least they are more discipline when there's toys around. The indian boy offered to cook me chicken rice and shu jein joined in. Both of them cooked, laughed and till then, they make me realize the adorable side of children. It's pi el aey wai, PLAY. I made the plasticine into a snake-like shape and gave the boys. After that, i curled the snake into a shit-like thing. Shu jein asked, "what's that" , "oh it's the snake sleeping" , "teacher how do u wake the snake up?" , "well look here. Just pull the tail and the head and the snake is no longer sleeping anymore." Kids' world is wonderful

THIRD day.
I almost forgot they have PE this morning. Everyone was in green & orange shirt. We did a bit of warm up before heading to the basketball court. Suddenly, a girl held my shirt tightly and assisted me to look at the ground. Oh, the worm is moving. Okay, they are afraid of it. I better do my job and sweep the worm away with my shoe. The worm curled into a circle. "Teacher, what is the worm doing now?" They grew more curious and squated down. "Oh, the worm is sleeping now. Don't wake it up." "Teacher, can i step on it?" "No, of course. You'll kill it." An indian girl stepped on the worm. "Look teacher, why is the worm broken into half?" "lmao" As usual, the kids rushed to the slides and swings. Half an hour later, we went back into the classroom and there was the boring lesson again.

Handling kids is not as easy as i thought before >.<

Labels: Life

Dream High in a brand new year 2011

Wednesday, January 5, 2011 || 10:21 PM

I've been slacking at home ever since coming back from Korea. I finished two hong kong series, 情越双白线 & 美丽高解像, with both having the same main actress, Kate Tsui.

& THE MAN FROM NOWHERE. It was before spm that i wanted to watch this so much and I watched it last week just because WON BIN's the main actor :)

Currently watching DREAM HIGH on pps.

Only two episodes were released to date. I can't wait to watch the third episode. Hopefully i'll fall for this drama and not getting bored over it. I can see it's getting more and more interesting after the first two episodes. IU has to turn beautiful later on i guess and is suzy gonna be with taecyeon or kim soohyun? Gah. Suzy and Taecyeon will be a perfect match for me, but she chose Soohyun over Taecyeon in real life, there's nothing i can do.

I'm not ready for college life now, neither am i having my mind set for any courses. Law would be my first choice and pharmacy comes second. Oh well, i'll set my mind after celebrating chinese new year then. Things which have to be done at this moment is completing my Grade 8 Piano. I stopped for 3 months (no more piano --- excited) and now, (who says so) it's like a nightmare in return.

ps // somehow i wish i act like suzy in dream high, i don't mean her attitude, but her bravery & confident act.

Labels: K-Drama, Life

TWO O ONE O

|| 4:40 PM

It was quite a tough year as we were having spm. With lots of school and states trials, form 5 was a year filled with examinations. Apparently, that was just a heavy part of school life. Despite the stress we suffered, we enjoyed loads of activities and had lots of fun in school throughout the senior year. 5 Browser was one of the best class in my life! From our haunted house during canteen day till our hi-tea session and class trip, everyone cooperate well and worked hard together. I miss those days back then!

Janet bought me this & i still keep the small note in my drawer :)

The best time of the year was none other than Korea Trip right after spm.

The last day wearing school uniform

Last schooling day before spm

31st DECEMBER 2010

A day to be remembered!

Eight of us celebrated new year eve, alison's birthday and COUNTDOWN for 2011 at KY's house. It was a BBQ party and ky's mum prepared lots of food for us. We had bbq, spaghetti, fried rice and desserts for dinner. The guys were great because they did the bbq stuff for us. The game session was the most interesting and exciting part of the day. We played poker cards at first and later, true or dare. Well, i guess that was the first time i chose 'dare' in my life, which in turn, i was dared to give five aegyo poses. I was struggling deep inside but luckily, ky taught me the exact pose to do. And yeap, 2011 arrived and we turn 18 when the clock striked 12. We didn't have a good view to watch the fireworks, oh well, just wished each other HAPPY NEW YEAR. The first thing that i did on the first day of 18th year was going back late. Reached home around 1.30 midnight.

I remembered how reluctantly i feel the first day stepping into smk usj 12, the moment i was placed in 1 Lycos, the time when jing first talked to me. And now that i'm leaving high school, this feeling is somehow more complicated than i had once. I miss my class, my classmates, my friends and my school though i hate exams, i still love school life, everything's under teachers' control, friends' support and everything, just every good memories.

I appreciate this bunch of friends i have in high school, such adorable, amazing, awesome, supportive and BEST best friends. Nothing's gonna change this friendship! Thanks a lot for everything!

Labels: Life