Boys Over Flowers

Well, I haven't been blogging for awhile.
I was busy going out for K session (with Yi Theng, Jian Hong, Kenny), tea session (same gang + Mr.Mushroom & some 2 juniors), and 0903 Pool Party.
Not to forget, translating a few episodes of anime as I was too busy doing other things XD

But, the main reason is --> chang chang chang
Addicted to DRAMA as usual.
And this time, the drama makes me crazy as I watched it at the moment I opened my eyes and I stopped watching at the moment I closed my eyes.

(To someone who may concern [Yeah, YOU]: I'll try to make as little grammar mistake as possible. And, I choose SIMPLE PAST TENSE for my descriptions of incidents and SIMPLE PRESENT TENSE for general descriptions of profiles)


Boys Over Flowers (花样男子):


Synopsis:
The series revolves around a girl named, Geum Jan-di. She receives a scholarship to enter a prestigious high school, Shinwa High, after rescuing one of the students from a suicide attempt while on a laundry delivery. Once there, she sees that a group of rich and handsome boys called "F4" (short for "Flower 4") are the most popular of the students, and the whole school seems to worship them. However, the F4 bullies everyone around, and whoever does not do as they wish will receive a "red card" and are punished by the F4. Jan-di, at first, hates all of them and stands up for her fellow classmates and takes the ridicule in. Eventually, she begins to have feelings for one of them, Ji-hoo, but she also discovers that the leader of the group, Jun-pyo, is falling for her as well. This is about a love triangle among Jun Pyo, Jan-di and Ji-Hoo, and how it gets solved.
(source from: http://boysoverflowers-sg.blogspot.com/2009/02/sypnosis.html)

Characters:

Geum Jan Di 金丝草 (starring Gu Hye Seon 具惠善)

She's the daughter of a dry cleaning shop owner. Shin Hwa Group Director made her enter Shin Hwa High, a place where her nightmares and love story begin, by coincidence. She joined the swimming team (but in the end, due to an incident where she saved Jun Pyo, she hurt her left shoulder and couldn't swim anymore). She first met Ji Hoo, one of the F4 members, playing violin on her way finding the swimming pool. Being the only poor student in Shin Hwa High, she was bullied by the rich students and red-tagged by F4. However, she's able to endure all the bullies and stood up for herself. She even fought back against the leader of F4, Jun Pyo. She was first in love with Ji Hoo. Then, Jun Pyo found bullying her was a joy and started to bug her and at last, fell in love with her.

Gu Jun Pyo 具俊表 (starring Lee Min Ho 李民浩)

The leader of F4 and the heir of Shin Hwa Group. Shin Hwa High belongs to his family. He and his fellow friends were the special ones as they didn't need to wear school uniform like other students. He was borned with curly hairs. He's afraid of bugs. He's afraid of water as he's kidnapped once and the car fell into the water and he's trapped inside. He's attracted to Jan Di, the girl that comes from a normal family backgrounds, as she was brave enough to fought back and her warmth despite of being bullied.

Yun Ji Hoo 尹智厚 (starring Kin Hyun Joong 金贤重)

The grandson of the ex-president. His parents died in a road accident when he was 5 and he was left alone since then. He became anti-social. He loves music a lot and enjoys sleeping. His first love was Seo Hyeon, the girl that helped him out of his fear.

Soo Yi Jeong 苏伊正 (starring Kim Bum 金范)

The son of Master of Arts. He's the heir of his family musuem, the largest private musuem in Korea, after his brother left as he thinks that he has no talent in making porcelains and became the owner of a Latte Shop. He was hurt by his first love and became a play boy where he's actually a boy with pure-heart.

Song Woo Bin 宋宇彬 (starring Kim Jun 金俊)

The heir to Ilsim Construction, the famous criminal organization in Korea. The organization owns a large network of connections. Whenever F4 was in trouble, he called his network to solve the problem quickly. He's good in fighting.

Chu Ga Eul 秋佳乙 (starring Kim So Eun 金素恩)

Jan Di's colleague in the porridege shop and they're friends since kindergarten.


Love Stories:

Jun Pyo ♥ Jan Di

I think their love started when Jun Pyo asked Jan Di for a date. JD forgot and was late for the date. JP waited under the snow for several hours. At that point, JD liked Ji Hoo. JP brought her to a trip to his family's island. He showed her his LOVE-shaped grass, viewing from the top of the helicopter. JP's mum disliked her and tried to stop them from going out together. In Macau, after the news of the death of JP's dad, JP worked very hard and ignored the poor JD that flew to Macau to see him. He lost his memory about JD when he saved Ji Hoo. JD fell into the pool and JP regained his memory and jumped into the water to save her. 4 years later, he's back from America and proposed to JD.

Thoughts: As expected, they became couples after a lot of somehow expected incidents. I personally don't really like Jun Pyo being a bit too harsh even when he's supposed to be gentle.

Ji Hoo ♥ Jan Di

When Jan Di first met Ji Hoo, she's attracted by his look while he's playing violin. JH then saved her several times from being bullied by Jun Pyo and other students. JD advised him to go after Seo Hyeon who was going to Paris to become top model and lawyer. When JH came back from Paris, he realised that he's fallen in love with JD. He's always there when JD was in trouble, tired, sick, sad and crying. He's the 'fire alarm' of JD. He let go of JD as he knew that JD loves JP and JP is his best friend.Thoughts: As expected again, the second leading actor forever won't get the leading actress' love. What he could do was to protect her from being hurt. Yet, I'm really touched with what he did and his smile towards Jan Di although he knew that he could only be her 'fire-fighter' but not the main 'hero'. He's always there when Jan Di needed someone to be with her. I really like Jan Di's dialogue when she danced with Ji Hoo in the graduation prom.

Yi Jeong ♥ Ga Eul

Yi Jeong and Ga Eul first met each other when YJ wanted GE to advise Jan Di that Jun Pyo might be playing around with her feelings and they wouldn't end up to be together as his marriage was to be arranged by his parents. GE scolded him. Then, YJ brought her along when JP brought JD for a trip to accompany JD. GE was hurt when her so called boyfriend dumped her due to her normal look. YJ met her and made her happy by brought her to a make over and stunned her ex-boyfriend. They went out once as fake couples where JD brought JP along to stop them as she thought YJ was a play boy and wanted to play around with GE's feelings (at last, YJ & GE motive worked out). GE realised her love towards YJ and started to learn making porcelains to understand YJ more. Her teacher appeared to be YJ's first love but was admitted to YJ's brother in the result of being rejected by YJ during her confession. At last, YJ needed to go to Sweden and wanted GE to wait for him to be her SOULMATE.

Thoughts: Compared to the 2 love stories above, I love this a lot. This is a pure love between a guy that was hurt by his first love and a girl that has a pure, simple heart. Ga Eul successfully cured Yi Jeong's 'wound' with her heart. She ran through a lot of tall buildings to find out what YJ's first love wanted to show him. At last, she got it and that scene was really touching. As GE has a simple heart, what she wanted to do was to make him happy although she knew that he might not return her love. I dunno how to describe the feeling but I love their love a lot and was really touched by them.
P/S: the picture was taken during an advertisement.


Others:
Seo Hyeon, Ji Hoo's first love. She appears to be very pretty. She's the main actress in a famous Korean drama, My Sassy Girl. Like her appearance in this drama a lot.


Goo Jun Hee, Jun Pyo's sister. I like her a lot, too. She helped Jun Pyo and Jan Di when they needed help. She looks elegant.

Ha Jae Kyung, was arranged to marry Jun Pyo. She liked Jun Pyo but she knew that Jun Pyo loves Jan Di. When the wedding ceremony was performed, she at last rejected to marry Jun Pyo. She's a cool girl in this drama.


Despite I haven't watched Taiwanese verse of Meteor Garden and the Japanese verse, I don't plan to watch them as I'm totally in love with the Korean verse of Meteor Garden which is BOYS OVER FLOWERS. Well, maybe I'm afraid they'll spoil the image of Meteor Garden in my mind.
This is a very TOUCHING drama.
To ALL GIRLS: If you need to shed tears but couldn't, please watch this drama.

Kim Bum and Kim Hyun Joong are SUPER handsome @.@

Jun Pyo lying down