Love Rain

People just don't seem to get why Korean dramas are addictive.My sister has always mocked me when I watch Koren dramas. But recently, she herself has caught the Korean drama bug. She was so enamored with this particular drama that she "chased" the drama religiously (*ahem: as in watching the episodes prior to the airing time on tv). Amazingly, she finished watching it before I did. Clears throat. All this was attributable to the lead actor. The charismatic Asian Prince (just found out that this is his new title) Jang Geun Suk. She is so going to kill me for revealing this.





Anyway, I wasn't really keen on this show when I read the synopsis that it is based on the 70s. I thought it was going to be those boring "back in the day" sort of story...yada yada.But it turned out quite entertaining. Thank goodness the 70s only lasted 3 episodes(or was it 4). Nevermind.


Anyway, a little background of the story.

Love Rain 사랑비 (Sarangbi)










Synopsis




The story unfolds with unfulfilled love of 2 conservative people in the 70s. Seo In Ha fell in love with Kim Yoon Hee within 3 seconds of setting eyes on her. He had a crush on her and had been secretly painting portraits of her.




One day, he found Yoon Hee's diary after knocking her stuff over.



He started reading her diary and fell even deeper for her.




One rainy day, both of them were seeking shelter at the porch. In Ha went in search for an umbrella and found a broken one. He sheltered Yoon Hee and got himself wet. That's how their affection blossomed.(*Gosh people those days, fall in love because of an umbrella).







Due to fear of being teased, Seo In Ha (Jang Geun Suk) and Kim Yoon Hee (Yoona -Girls Generation)refrain from revealing their true feelings for each other. They dated for a while but were separated because Yoon Hee had TB and she didn't want In Ha to know, so she ran off to US, while In Ha was forced to served in the army because of suspected support for the opposition.









Separation scene in the 70s


Thirty years later, In Ha's son, Seo Jun(also played by Jang Geun Suk) and Yoon Hee's daughter Ha Na(played by Yoona) bumped into each other in Japan. While rushing at the train station, Ha Na knocked into Seo Jun and dropped her handphone in his pocket (*is that even possible?). They were brought together through Ha Na's quest to retrieve her handphone. They started off on the wrong track but Seo Jun soon finds himself attracted to Ha Na.

*The episodes in Japan are the most entertaining part of the show.



Scene where Ha Na runs into Jun at the Japan train station and accidentally drops her phone in his jacket's pocket.




Fed up after being stood up several times by Jun, Ha Na embarked on a room by room search for her handphone. She manages to locate Jun's room. By luck he forgot to lock the door. Ha Na decided to take revenge by playing a prank on him (writing on the bathroom mirror and hiding stuff under the blanket).









Jun dragged Ha Na along to help him locate the site for Diamond Snow. A scene he saw from her handphone.(This outfit of his is cool too)



Jun slipped and falls into a hole. He reaches out to Ha Na asking her to pull him out. Seeing this as an opportunity the get her handphone back, Ha Na "agrees" but on condition that he hands her the phone first.








*Want to go to place where it snows too. Lets watch Diamond Snow together (craziness taking over)











In short:

It has a typical storyline. Boy being mean to girl. Girl fights back. Boy starts being attracted to girl. They start dating. The twist to Love Rain is Jun's father happens to be Ha Na's mother's first love,and vice versa.

Thirty years down the road, on a rainy day,the old folks met and still have feelings for each other.




Jun's father later proposes to Ha Na's mother. Jun's mother who forcefully married his father went ballistic when she found out that her ex husband is remarrying his first love. She does everything to get in the way.


The youngsters on the other hand didn't know that their parents are together. So they got together. When they found out about their parents (thanks to Jun's drama queen mother), they were torn between carrying on with their relationship or to forgo it for their parents. It was heartache and tears for the youngsters(we're going to be siblings. Being together is incest).






When Jun's mother found out that he is dating her foe's daughter, she went ballistic again. Jun's Mother oppose to their relationship because well she was jealous (duh). Her ex husband is marrying his first love and her son is dating that woman's daughter (double blow). So Jun's Mother becomes a drama queen (drinking, going on drips)to get the attention of both her son and ex husband. When that fails, she vent her anger on Ha Na and her mother.









*Drama queen ahjuma, it's karma. You took away something that does not belong to you thirty years ago. So now you have to face the consequences. What's not yours you can't keep.




Scene from when Seo Jun and Ha Na "eloped"





*Lets get together (yeah yeah yeah)

He's also rocking this outfit. Don't know why all the female leads in Korean dramas have hideous outfits.















Amazingly, the crazy funky hairstyle suits him. Actually everything suits him. Except that 70's hairstyle.




Don't ask me why they make him wear a pink leather trench coat that is way too small.


Jang Geun Suk portraying Seo In Ha in the 70s. The hairstyle is a disaster on him.







The only time the 70s hairstyle looks fine is when it's wet.





I actually find this shirt that he's wearing nice. But can't seem to find a better picture of it. But noona disagrees with me. We'll see. Better make sure you don't buy a similar one for your beau noona.


*Spoilers for the ending.






Characters in the 70s



Top (left to right):

Jang Geun Suk as Seo In Ha
Kim Si Hoo as Lee Dong Wook
Seo In Guk (서인국) as Kim Chang Mo

Bottom (Left to Right):

Im Yoon Ah as Kim Yoon Hee
Son Eun Seo as Baek Hye Jung
Hwang Bo Ra as Na In Sook





Characters in 2012



Jang Geun Suk as Seo Jun



YoonA (Girls Generation) as Ha Na



Kim Si Hoo as Seon Ho




Kim Young Kwang as Han Tae Sung



Park Se Young (박세영) as Lee Mi Ho (Seon Ho's sister)



Yoo Hye Ri as Baek Hye Jung (Seo Joon's mom)



Jeong Jin-yeong as Seo In Ha (Seo Joon's dad)



Lee Mi Sook as Kim Yoon Hee (Ha Na's mom)



Shin Ji Ho as In Sung



Kwon In Ha as Lee Dong Wook (Seon Ho's dad)



Park Ji Il as Kim Chang Mo



Oh Seung Yun as Jo Soo (Seo Jun's assistant)








*Miho, Jo Soo and Jun at work



*When Ha Na stumbles upon Seon Ho



*Ha Na & Seon Ho cooking

Scenes with other actors in it. I am not bias but there aren't many images of scenes with other characters uploaded.


Deeply saddened the show is coming to an end. JKS when are you releasing your next drama?



*If only I know html, then my entry would not be a mess. As always, images are googled.



Behind the Scene

During the filming of Love Rain, the male lead, Jang Geun Suk met with an accident.



He wasn't fanning himself after the accident. Someone just placed that photo next to the wrecked car to show who the actor is.Besides he wasn't the driver. Fortunately it wasn't his Porsche.




Male and female lead cam whoring during break




Memorizing script even when in hot spring

Adam & Eve Parody

St Gorgeous " If Adam was a designer, he'd make a bag out of the snake for Eve."

Quote of the Day

Cough

Had been coughing my lungs out for the past 6 days. It has gotten from mild to severe. It's incontrollable. It is purely dry cough with no phlegm. Every few seconds, I will break into a fit of cough. All the coughing has made my whole body ache badly. Now my diaphragm hurts so badly. Feels like I've been punched. Maybe it's witch craft (the doing of the mother-daughter witches). No matter what medication I take, it will not subside. Damn the witches. Screw you both. Stop coughing already.

Benchmark

Never knew I was that influential, but I have to admit, people tend to copy what I do. IT does get annoying. They hate to admit it, but whatever I do, they will immitate. Case 1: Bangs. I was bored with my hairstyle. Have been having the same hairstyle since college. Everytime I go for a haircut, the stylists will ask me whether I want to perm, dye or straighten my hair, but I always turn them down. Sometime last year, I finally had an itch. I decided to change my hairstyle. So I just opted for bangs and did a little colouring. When I went to work the next day, I overheard them whispering "Why the drastic change?". The next thing you know, more than half the female population in office had bangs (including the bosses). It's like uniform hairstyle. Ok, females choose to hate me, but why you copy my hairstyle and hair colour? Case 2: Bags. I was carrying more stuff to work. The bags were getting heavier and heavier. Everyday I would look like a crazy person carrying multiple bags. And that has caused my body to ache. So I got a lightweight bag. It's not to show off but hey I have the right to carry whatever bag I like. The moment they saw my bag, all the green eyed monsters were unleashed. The girls in the lunch group started showing their jealous attitude. Then one of them told me not to carry my bag. Instaed carry everything loose. Wallet, phone, all in your hands. Then the following days, there's this female colleague in the department, started carrying longchamps in every colour to compete. Totally amazed by my influence. Ok whatever. I'll continue doing what I like. Not so long ago, I got another bag. Well, I have the right to. Besides, my poor Longchamp have been stretched thin (literally speaking). When they saw this bag, all their faces change colour. They start excluding me for lunch. Whatever. Be jealous all you want. That's not going to change a thing. Then last week, bitch opted not to come in for work. But intentionally come to join us for lunch. She brought along an "amulet". Both of them pretended to be all cheery and delighted to join us but the real intention was to show off a LV. The other girls opted to split for lunch. So it was bitch, amulet, bitch bff, 2 fellas and me. While we were heading towards the "restaurant" bitch and gang (amulet & bff) said to one of the fellas " You have no chance by joining us because all of us are attached. Well except for the left over sugar cane (referring to mua)". The fella replied them, "When I join you all I am the youngest". Laughter. I now know how important I am to them. They use me as a benchmark for everything. To them, I'm perfection. Awwwww......They hate me but yet they opt to immitate everything I do. Just face it. I bring life into the boring workplace. They have been in the company longer than I have but no one knows of their existance. They try to start trends but no one cares to notice. Come on, spending more than what you earn to buy "fugly branded mismatched clothing" is not trendy. Beside I can wrap a towel and start a new fad. It will spread faster than the gossip that they spread. Jinjang will remain jinjang. Faking and accent does not help either.

Almost

It seems that everything has been getting in the way of me finalizing it. Every time I attempt to finalise it, something would occur. Confrontation from bigger boss (rather unfriendly one), system down, internet connection down, Lotus Notes crash, push to the brink of insanity from counterparts. The list just goes on. Fast forward, half a month has brisk by. Today, managed to squeeze some time to finalize it. First attempt, internet connection was down. So plug in cable. Lotus notes crash again. Computer hang.Restart computer. Try to enter website. Unable to access. Finally, managed to access. Filled in the blanks, click submit. Unable to submit. Resubmit. Finally went through. Was it a sign to prevent me from finalizing? I don't know. Am I making the right decision? Possibly. Wouldn't know for sure. But what I do know is, start counting down.

Roses are Red

Nice poem from 9gag.

Under The Weather

I seldom fall sick. But this seems to be some sort of routine of late. What I am definite is that it is related to overwork and stress from oppression.