Synopsis

Kang Jae Kyung is the 18-year-old heir-apparent to a 5-star hotel. Born with a silver spoon, he is the typical spoiled boy who creates trouble everywhere he goes. His grandfather then decided that if Jae-Kyung wants to continue being the heir, he would have to transfer to 'Boram high school' in a remote area in Korea and graduate from there. Otherwise, Jae-Kyung can only inherit 0.1% of his inheritance. For the sake of money, he accepted the challenge.

In the village, Jae Kyung met Eun Whan. Like other shows, Jae Kyung and Eun Whan initially could not get along very well, especially with Jae Kyung's spoiled character. Eun Whan herself has an incurable disease. As time goes and many incidents that draw them together, Jae Kyung and Eun Whan falls deeply in love with each other.

Synopsis

"Sassy Girl, Choon-hyang" is the 2005 interpretation of the "Legend of Choon-hyang". The story begins when Lee Mong-ryong is transferred from Seoul to a high school in Namwon, North Jeolla Province. Chun-hyang does her best to help Mong-ryong, her first love and the son of the Namwon Police Station chief, to enter a prestigious university. However, after meeting with Mong-ryong’s first love, Chae-rin, Mong-ryong’s love toward Chun-hyang is shattered, although Chun-hyang’s love remains unwavering.

One day, Byeon Hak-do, CEO of a famous entertainment company, appears in her life. He exudes confidence that he can make any woman fall for him. But as Chun-hyang shows no interest in him, his self-esteem is damaged profoundly. Byeon Hak-do is determined to make her love him.

Source: KBS Global Marketing

Cast

Sung Chun-hyang: Han Chae Young
Lee Mong-ryong: Jae Hee
Byun Hak-do: Eom Tae Woong
Hong Chae-rin: Park Shi Eun

My Take

An ok, watchable show. Not very memorable though.

Year Aired : 2005

01. Title
02. Love Theme
03. Campus Theme I
04. So in Love
05 Campus Theme II
06 Conflict
07 My Life
08 Love Theme II
09 To your side
10 White Smile
11 To breathe with love
12 Campus Theme III
13 Tears
14 Love’s Aria
15 Run
16 At the riverside
17 Alone
18 Rain
19 Throbbing

Favourite OST

Synopsis
Love Triangle among 3 students in Harvard. The female lead, Soo-in, is a student at Harvard Medical School. The 2 male leads are Hyun Woo and Jung Min, students from the Harvard Law School. Both HW and JM fell in love with SI, and Jin-Ah, whose company sponsors JM's studies, loved JM. SI fell in love with HW but due to certain reasons, they parted ways in Harvard. Fast forward to after graduation, where HW and JM returned to Seoul. HW became a successful lawyer with a reputation of helping the poor with their legal cases. Then, we see how the 3 continue their relationship when SI returned to Korea too.

Character Analysis
Lee Soo In by Kim Tae Hee : Financially poor, but through her determination in her ambition to become a doctor, she took on multiple part-time jobs to support herself through the Medical school. Despite her hardships in life, she is a cheerful and optimistic girl.

Kim Hyun Woo by Kim Rae Won : He graduated from Seoul University with a law degree, and hails from a family of lawyers and judges.

Hong Jung Min (Alex Hong) by Lee Jung Jin: He moved to US when his father committed suicide after losing a legal suit where Hyun Woo's father is the prosecutor. He is an ambitious guy.

Yoo Jin-Ah by Kim Min : Her father owns a law firm in US. Knowing that JM is ambitious, she used the ownership of her dad's firm as a bait in exchange for JM affections.

Other Comments
I'm watching this on YouTube currently. Chanced upon this show when I acciendentally surfed to Ch55 of CableTV. Think CableTV is already showing Ep 9 and 10 when I first watched it, hence I went to YouTube to search for Ep 1-8 and found it !!

Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=xjhomelx

Year Aired : 2004

Synopsis
Yoon Jung-Sook and Kwon Hyuk-Joon were bethrothed by their grandfathers while they were babies. Fast forward 18 years, JS was a 18 year old student and HJ is a Prosecutor. They got married in accordance to the betrothal and also because HJ's grandfather's ailing health. Unknowing to HJ, he is JS's first love when she saw him in traditional costume (rather bizarre). HJ treated JS as a small girl but slowly fell in love with her.

Character:
Han Ji Hye as Yoon Jung-Sook
Lee Dong Gun as Kwon Hyuk-Joon

Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=XxyayitxX

My take:
I think the couple is very well-paired. Got fu1 qi1 xiang4

Year Aired : 2004

Synopsis
http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=1010

Characters:
So Ji Sup as Cha Mu-hyeok
Lim Su Jeong as Song Eun Chae
Chung Kyeong-ho as Choi Yoon
Suh Ji-young as Kang Min-joo

Drama on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=thegto

NG on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=act634

My take:
I was recommended this drama by my colleague, who said that she cried for most of the movie. Well it's a really touching show. This is also one of the dramas which I felt that the actors and actress's acting are superb.

Year Aired : 2004

01 Chum Boo Tuh
02 Never Say Goodbye
03 Suh Reun Bun Jjeum
04 Alone
05 Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh
06 Neul
07 My Girl
08 Sarang Eun Him Deun Ga Bwa
09 Alone (female)
10 Sang Uh Reul Sarang Han In Uh (female)
11 Happy Happy
12 Sarang Ee Shim Shim Hae Suh

Favorite OST

Synopsis

4-year-old Yu Min has been abandoned by her mother's friend when her mother died. Her dad was the son of a construction millionaire and the marriage was not approved by the family. Hence her mom was given a large sum of money to leave her dad, but this was taken by her mom's friends. At the same time, her dad lost his memory in a car accident. Yu Min was adopted by a good samaritan but was again abandoned. Yu Min then lived from hand-to-mouth together with her brother (son of the good samaritan). Fast forward 15 years, Yu Min is in love with Lin Min Zhe, her brother's doctor, who is also coincidentally the eldest son of her mother's friend. MZ was waiting for his first love to come back and ends up making an agreement with YM to pose as his fiancée to stop his mother's matchmaking. YM also met Lin Sheng Zhe, MZ's brother as he is unable to pay her for causing her to lose some fish that she was planning to sell. With a twist of fate, both MZ and SZ fell in love with YM, but YM found that the one she loves is SZ. The story then developed to tell how the abandonment is exposed and how Yu Min gets reunited with her father.

Characters:
Kim Jae Won as Lin Min Zhe
Jung Da Bin as Zheng Hui Yuan/ Han Yu Min
Yoon Gae Sang as Lin Sheng Zhe
Kim Min Hee as Song Xiu Zhi

Drama on YouTube (incomplete):
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=KDcrazy

My Take:
I bought the DVDs for this, instead of utube. The subtitles are in Chinese, hence the chinese names :) Drama is quite ok. Something refreshing from the recent bout of contractual relationships in Kdrama. :)

Year Aired: 2004

Synopsis
Seol Gong-chan is the grandson of the Chairman of a hotel and also the MD. He has been tasked to look for his long lost cousin (father's sister's daughter) by Chairman because Chairman is very sick and wanted to see this granddaughter before he dies. The Chairman is also remorseful for chasing his daughter and and granddaughter away. Joo Yoo Rin is a daughter of compulsive gambler but she works hard to support him nevertheless. It started when GC's secretary feels that YR looks very much like his Aunt, so suggested to get YR to act as the long-lost granddaughter. YR, although felt guilty to lie to a dying man, she accepted because GC did not report her to the police for trespassing his property in Cheju Island. GC's cousin, Seo Jung-woong met YR and was attracted to her because of her cheerful personality and pretty looks but that slowly developed into true love. However, YR found that she began to fall in love with GC, but GC still loves his ex-gf, Kim Seo-hyun. But GC came to be attracted to YR too. When SH learns of this, she exposes the facade to the Chairman....

Characters:
Seol Gong-chan by Lee Dong Wook
Joo Yoo-rin by Lee Da Hae
Seo Jung-woong by Lee Joon Ki
Kim Seo-hyun by Park Si Yeon

Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=byako

NG
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=joyrain

My Take:
My colleague loves this Drama until she watched it upteen times. She loved it mainly for Lee Dong Wook. For me, I felt that the Drama is average. Initially, I quite like Lee Dong Wook, but still prefer Hyun Bin..haha

Year aired : 2005

Synopsis
Seung wan and Se jin had a one night stand in Singapore and conceived Shin-bi. SJ gave birth and only returned when Shin-bi is about a few months old. SW's family came to know of the incident and forced them to get married. SW agreed out of responsibility and SJ agreed because she wanted to give her daughter a complete family. The story then revolves around their family life and showed how SW grew up to become a responsible man and how they grew to love each other, especially with their daughter's help, and despite minor disturbances from SW's ex-gf Lee Chae-young and SW's senior, Lee Ji Hoon (who likes SJ but still kept a distance because he respects their family unit).

Character:
Kim Jae Won as Han Seung-wan
Eugene as Jung Se-jin
Lee Ji Hoon as Min Do-hyun
Han Eun Jung as Lee Chae-young
Jung Da Bin as Han Shin-bi

Drama on YouTube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=LilViVi

Year Aired : 2005

01 Perhaps Love (Sarang In Ga Yo)
02 Dang Shin Eun...Na Neun Ba Bo Ib Ni Da (Acoustic Ver.)
03 Doo Ga Ji Mal
04 Give Me A Little Try
05 Nan Nul Sarang Hae Nuh Man Sarang Hae II
06 Perhaps Love (Sarang In Ga Yo) (Remix)
07 1993 Gwang Hwa
08 Goong
09 Bok Jang Bool Ryang!
10 Woo Joo Jung Bok #1
11 Crystal Flower
12 A Dancing Teddy
13 Nae Ga Sun Taek Han Gil Ee Ya!
14 Dah Ji Mot Han Ma Eum
15 Ggot Ip Ee Nae Rin Da
16 Woo Joo Jung Bok #2

Favourtite OST

Synopsis
This is a drama in a fictitious setting by assuming that there is still a monarchy in Korea. 18 year old Shin Chae-gyeong is bethrothed to the Crown Prince Lee Shin by her long-deceased grandfather. CG accepted the marriage because of money woes in her family. The story then highlights the difficulties that she went through as a commoner learning about the rules and rites of the palace. Of course, things got more complicated, when Shin's ex-gf Min Hyo-rin decided that she wants Lee Shin back (after rejecting his proposal previously), and Prince Lee Yul (Lee Shin's cousin) fell in love with CG. Yul was supposed to be the Crown Prince, however, because his father (the then Crown Prince) died in an accident, he and his mum was forced to leave the palace because of the Korean Monarchy rules. Yul's mum returned to snatch back the throne and in the process, enlisted the help of HR. CG fell in love with Shin and Shin slowly realised that he loves her too and they live happily ever after.

Characters
Shin Chae Kyung : Yoon Eun Hye
Lee Shin: Joo Ji Hun
Lee Yul: Kim Jeong Hun
Min Hyo Rin: Sung Ji Hyo

Drama on Youtube :http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=lainemma

NG on Youtube: http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=wantmask

My Take on the Drama:
Somehow I got the feeling that the story is a mix of "Sweet 18", and Crown Princess Masako's story. But I enjoyed the drama because the characters were well-developed and the actors and actresses were handsome and pretty, especially Yoon Eun Hye and Kim Jeong Hun.

Year Aired: 2006

OST : http://asiandramamama.blogspot.com/2006/10/princess-hours-goong-ost.html

Synopsis

The drama opens with the 30-year-old Kim Sam Soon that was jilted by her boyfriend on Christmas eve. She is a French Pastry Patisser, out of job and out of love. Out of coincidence, she met the owner of a restaurant called Bon Appettit, Hyun Jin Heon, who was desparately looking for a replacement of a patisser for his restaurant. JH interviewed and accepted her into the restaurant. In a twist of fate, JH and SS entered into a contractual BGR because JH wants to fend off his mother's persistent arrangement of matchmaking, and SS needs $ to redeem her house from debtors. SS began to fall in love with JH but unfortunately, the arrival of JH's ex-gf, Yoo Hee Jin and the relevance of her departure was due to Advance Gastric Cancer (I think so) caused JH to return to Hee Jin. However, JH realised that he actually loves SS, and the rest is history.

Character Analysis

Kim Sam Soon by Kim Sun Ah :
A 30-year-old chubby (I wouldn't use fat) lady, who is very clear-headed about her feelings. She frequently conducts funny conversations with herself. Her conversations with her dead father are pretty enlightening.

Hyun Jin Hyeon by Hyun Bin :
A 27-year-old handsome guy, who is pretty muddle-headed about his feelings. Although rich, he takes cab instead of drives because he once caused the death of his brother and sis-in-law, ans that has plagued him. He only started driving after he revealed his sadness to Sam Soon in Cheju Island.

Yoo Hee Jin by Jung Ryu Won :
She still loves Jin Hyeon despite 3 years in US for treatment. She left without a word and reason because JH just had the accident, and she did not want to give him further worries.

Dr Henry Kim by Daniel Henny :
He is the handsome Korean-US doctor of HJ, who loved her secretly. He only revealed his feelings towards end of the show

Drama on Youtube : http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=14thumbelina14

NGs on Youtube:

• My Lovely Samsoon NG Clip
• http://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=My+Name+is+Kim+Sam+Soon+NG&search=Search

Additional comments

This is my favourite drama which I can watch over and over again without feeling tired of it. I even bought the VCDs. My favourite episodes are Ep 11 and 13. Because of this drama, I began to take note of Hyun Bin, especially the rumours that Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah are dating. Although I would like that to happen, personally I feel it is quite unlikely because the age gap is pretty big. (HB is 23 and KSA is 30)

This drama also won many awards in 2005/2006:

• 42ND THE PAEKSANG AWARDS for:

- Best Drama, My Lovely Sam-Soon

- Best Screenplay, Kim Do Woo

- Most Popular Couple, Hyun Bin, and Kim Sun Ah

- Best Cast, My Lovely Sam-Soon

• MBC AWARDS 2005 for:

- New Actor Award, Daniel Henney

- Popularity Award, The Main Couple Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah

- Best Couple Award,Hyun Bin and Kim Sun Ah

- Excellence Award , Jung Ryu Won

- Top Excellence Award/ Male: Hyun Bin

- Top Excellence Award/ Female: Kim Sun Ah

- Greatest Award, Kim Sun Ah

• (SDA) SEOUL DRAMA AWARDS 2006 for:

- Best Mini Series, My Lovely Sam-Soon

Forum Websites

• www.onlysuna.com
• sunbin4ever.17.forumer.com

Year Aired : 2005

Watched but yet to write on it: Dae Jang Geum (2003) Fireworks Four Sisters (2001) Her House (2001) All About Eve (2000) Loving You (2002) My Love Patzzi (2002) Glass Slippers (2002) Stairway to Heaven (2003) 我的野蛮奶奶 (HK) 金枝欲孽 (HK) 心花放 (HK) 胭脂水粉 (HK) 天幕下的恋人 (HK)

Yet to Watch Cloud Stairs Which Star are you From ? Hello God Thank You Lovers Stained Glass What's Up Fox Goong S 酒店风云 男人之苦 潮爆大状 飞短流长父子兵 识法代言人 火舞黄沙 天若有情

Synopsis:
There are many reviews on the Internet....go search...haha

Characters:
Han Ji-eun: Song Hae Gyo
Lee Young-jae : Bi aka Jung Jihoon
Kang Hye-won : Han Eun Jung
Yoo Min-hyuk: Kim Sung Soo

Drama on Youtube:
http://www.youtube.com/profile?user=hanism

My take:
Contrary to many opinions that this is an excellent drama, I feel that the drama is unrealistic and hence average. In addition, I felt Rain is overrated. I like Kim Sung Soo better. Maybe because I'm old...haha....But I love the house....would like to own such a house....:)