Leave me alone...I just feel like it ( T______T )

Pre-order this album or wait for the repackage version?

Lee Eon(1981-2008)

I still cannot understand why Na has to answer her cell whenever that-man calls her. I've witnessed two occasions when the calls he made to her are of no importance at all. I'm angry at Na but I can't scold her. It's her phone and it's her life. Live and let live.

I decided to limit my first blog to invited readers only because I feel that I need my privacy back.

I've started working again. In a school. I could not decide between a relief and contract post. I settled for the former. It's longterm, so I'll be attached to XXPS at least till the year end. I'm glad that it is a single session school, so I can reach home early to receive my son when the school bus sends him home.

Hong Gil Dong (2008)

As usual, I spent my Sunday evening by the beach with my family and MIL. We sat on the picnic mat, drank teh gayung and shared a packet of fried noodle. Auuww... we miss Redang soo much.

Will be reporting myself to a school near my area tomorrow. They are expecting me at noon. Hello Work! I can kiss my tai-tai-like life goodbye.


Just finished watching another Korean drama called Hong Gil Dong (HGD). HGD is like the Korean version of Robin Hood with a tinge of historical events during the Joseon Dynasty. I mentioned earlier that I'm not so much into K-Drama because of their predictable storylines. But when I do watch, it has to be the nicer of the nicest drama available online. Oh boy, I laughed hard in the earlier parts and cried terribly at the peak of its storyline. Thanks to VeohTV, Mysoju, Crunchyroll and to those who worked so hard to sub the shows. 고마워요

Alert: SPOILERS!
What does this drama mean to me?
If KAng Ji Hwan (HGD) says that it is like bibimbap (Korean veggie mix on rice), then this drama, to me, is like Rojak. It has a mix of everything nice in it like good storyline and good acting.

The ending sucks?
I am very satisfied with the writers' decision to end this 24-episode drama with an appropriate vague finishing. One of the final scenes showed the remaining survivors of the Hwal Bin Dang(Robin Hood-like bandits and loyal HGD supporters) members with HGD at their last line of defense getting ready against the attack from the new King's army; hundreds of fire-arrows flew into the night-sky and rained on the Hwal Bin Dang.


Most Unforgettable Scenes

The next scene showed the badly burnt Hwal Bin Dang sanctuary which symbolized its defeat and the end of Hwal Bin Dang. I'm so glad there were no dead bodies shown or the heartbreaking scene would have me cried buckets.


The owners of these beautiful plants may have "died" but their legend lives on.

The very final scene was HGD standing on a rooftop of a building in which invited speculations if he could had somehow escaped the confrontation?

I believe HGD "never died" because HGD is just a fictitious character who will fight the system for the good of the people. Because of the deep impressions of his idealisms and actions that he left us with, decades and centuries later, others like HGD will continue to exist everywhere and will continue to battle inequalities, having and wanting to change the world for the better in whatever ways appropriate.

I enjoyed watching this drama so much and I'm going to give it a rating.

Hong Gil Dong(2008) Rating :

(5.5/6 Shinhwa members)