Wednesday, September 29, 2010

The Malay Chronicles: Bloodlines - Hikayat Merong Mahawangsa

Oh.My.God.

I can't believe this is a movie made in Malaysia. No friggin' way. I thought I was watching a Pirates of the Caribbean sequel or something.

I love it! Spent the whole time watching the trailer with my jaw hanging halfway down to my knees. Too cool. KRU rocks!

Magika 2010 - Malaysian movie

Waaaaaaa.. how come I dinno anything about this??

[Preview] Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss Episode 10 preview

Notice that I no longer talk about the rating for this drama? It's because I've given up on following it. Seriously. This drama is just not registering in the psyche of the viewers living in those 2000 homes with the whateva boxes installed (in order to record the rating).

I think it's because the target viewers for this drama are us, and we don't really watch drama on TV.. well, at least I don't. I prefer to download my dramas. You can't rewind your favourite scenes on TV, and I do a lot of rewinding while watching.

Or maybe that's just an excuse for easing the hurt I felt in my heart at the drop in rating it's experiencing. Yes, again. Episode 9 registered a 4.5% rating, and at more than half-time, we can most probably say it will stay at that level or even lower. Also, with Rain's drama making an explosive 20% debut, I think we'll just see an upward trend for Runaway. Makes me glad that Playful Kiss only has 7 more episodes. I just want hyung to finish this drama and go do other projects as soon as possible.



Anyway, I haven't watched episode 9 so I'm only guessing about episode 10:

Seung Jo moves out of the house, leaving Hani behind. Hani is in despair and keeps trying to engage him in conversation at college, but he is as uncaring as ever. Hani's friends confront him (about his cold attitude towards Hani, I think). Seung Jo talks to her about something (most likely to tell her stuff that will keep her away from him..huh). There is something to do with Hera + Seung Jo that makes Hani cry her eyes out in her room. Mrs. Baek, for the first time in her match-making life, has no idea how to help her.

Watching this preview makes me want to tell Hani to go find another bloke who'll love her, instead of the iceberg that is Baek Seung Jo. But of course LOVE is irrational and incomprehensible. How does one force one's heart to love or to be indifferent? It's just not possible.

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I've also revised my opinion on how this drama is gonna end. There'll most probably be a wedding, but I doubt we'll have a post wedding arc. Things are moving fast in one direction but verrraa slowly in another. I also think we won't have the side love stories. All the Chris parts that have to do with Naoki Irie will be played by Hera, and all the Keita parts that have to do with Kotoko will be played by Joon Gu. This is because we have not been introduced to new actors aside from these people. Surely if there'll be new characters, Group 8 would have introduced them to us by now. But there's zilch announcement on it. What, they'll just spring these important new characters on us without any prior announcement?

Anyway, I love this drama. I got into it initially because of hyung.. but now I'm in it because of Hani. If I had had my own way regarding how her character should turn out to be, I'd make her get married happily ever after with someone else and let Baek Seung Jo stew in his own bitter juices while toiling in one trivial pursuit after another.. ha! I want him to suffer a fate worse than death: a life full of regret.

Episode 9 is downloading merrily in my torrent box.

EDIT @ 3pm: Episode 9 is done downloading yeay!!! Now I have to wait for 2.5 more hours before school is finished to watch it.

I love school net! (when it's fast, that is)

[Preview] Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss Episode 9 shorter preview



Bloody 'ell.. why am I crying watching this preview??

It's just that I think Oh Hani's expression, as she watches Seung Jo, is becoming more and more heartrendingly desperate and vulnerable. Waaaaaaa...

Know what? If you ask me which Naoki Irie version is meaner, I would say it's Baek Seung Jo. Because he can be affectionate and close in one moment and completely unreadable in the next. At least the other versions are cold and scathing throughout the show.

He giveth her hope and he taketh it away..

I think I'll be spending the next few episodes in a perpetual state of murderous rage at this guy, simply because he has the power to completely destroy the girl with a single decision. That's bad. That's very bad.

I've read this manga where a girl went wacko on her high school crush.. stalking and threatening his girlfriend, believing that they're in love and about to get married, and at last trying to kill herself coz he won't capitulate to her fantasies.

I'm just glad this manga gives the Kotoko character a happy ending. Can you imagine a dramaverse where Kotoko ends up not getting Naoki Irie (like Hanazawa Rui not getting Makino in Hana Yori Dango)?

Watching Oh Hani's face when Seung Jo announces that he's moving out... it feels like her universe is about to cave in. So much hurt on her face.

This is why I don't like falling in love. Love sucks. I'd rather watch other people fall in love in movies and dramas while bashing them on their foolishness. Yes, I'm a coward.. so what? It's my heart, right?

Oh Hani FIGHTING!

(I wish we can have ep 9 & 10 back-to-back so we don't have to wait until Friday to complete this arc *impatient*)

Tuesday, September 28, 2010

[Spoiler Alert] Rambling prediction about Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss

Disclaimer: Please don't read this if you haven't watched the Itazura na Kiss anime until the end (episode 25). You have been warned.

Who's excited about tonight's episode, raise your hands~ (me! me!)


Some PK fans are saying how we shouldn't compare it to the previous versions, but others (like me) think that comparing between the versions is about 25% of the fun in discussing this drama. Then it's 50% in watching and the rest of it is in spazzing about it on various forums and blogs.

So, it's really up to your appetite. Just don't squash discussions that center around character/storyline comparisons. If you don't like how they're bashing your favourite version to death, say goodbye in the nicest, most sarcastic way you know how.. and walk outta there. There are other more interesting places for you to spazz, believe me.

So I've been surfing the anime discussion to get an idea on how the story progression is going. Right now, the feeling I get is that the screenwriters are gonna follow the anime episodes quite closely.

Eun Jo getting sick and going to the hospital is on ep 11 of the anime. For PK, it'll be ep 9. So we're just about 1 to 2 episodes behind the anime then?

Many manga fans were saying how the anime jumps around from the original manga version, so if PK has been following the anime from early on.. it's safe to say, the anime storyline is the sacred text they're gonna be sticking to. Stuff from the other versions (ISWAK, Itazura Na Kiss dorama) will be taken only to spice things up a bit.


Let's see.. the drama will end on the 16th episode. Episode 18 feels like a story in progression so we'll look further than that. What happens in the anime in episode 20?
  • Kotoko & Naoki are still not divorced yet (they got married in episode 14)
  • Kotoko finally graduated as a nurse
  • Yuuki's friend, Nobuhiro made an appearance
  • Keita's love story with Kotoko has already come and gone
  • Naoki's already a doctor at the hospital Kotoko will be working in
In episode 19, Naoki made up with Kotoko over the Keita episode. In episode 23, Kotoko is pregnant and she gave birth in 24.

What does all this tell us? I think we'll get to the point where they'll marry and have a life after marriage. Given the pace of this drama, it feels like a good destination to be in episode 12.. dum dee dum.

I hope we won't be treated to soft porn-ish scenes during the honeymoon like in TKA *yuck* ..I'd rather see hawtly sensual, subtle brushing of body parts (which KHJ + JSM are experts at in episode 8) rather than full-blown foreplay. It'll make it difficult for me to recommend this drama to small children if it's full of scenes where Baek Seung Jo is trying to eat Oh Hani's face off.

Right, so that will leave us with just 4 more episodes for them to dump the rest of the complicated conflicts in. When it was touted to be a 20-ep drama, I was confident they could finish the anime arc. Now with it being only 16, I'm not sure.

My bet will be that they'll cut several big side-love story arcs, like Chris + Kin-chan and the Yuko + Tennis Senpai, and the nursing school stuff will get reduced.. that is, if Baek Seung Jo is still going to be a medical doctor. Somehow, I have a feeling that he's not going to. But I will make up my mind after the Yuuki + Nobuhiro episode (Eun Jo + hospital mate) is done with.

If Baek Seung Jo is not gonna be a doctor, then we're basically in free country from episode 10 onwards. A lot of the plots right before & after Naoki Irie changed to the medical department has to do with him being in that medical department. Even Kotoko being a nurse is because of him being a doctor. And what about Kotoko's nursing friends? *gasp* what about Keita??

Episode 8 changed the dynamics of the couple but I think it'll be episode 9 - 10 that will show this drama where it needs to go.

I can't wait for tomorrow!

[Picture recap] Playful Kiss Episode 1 - 1st Fantasy Sequence

Disclaimers: 
  • I shall not be held accountable for your losing interest in this episode because you look up my recap before you watch it. So watch episode 1 first, kay. 
  • I watched this episode RAW and I have no knowledge of Korean so please don't ask me what they're saying in the snapshots, if you do.. you will be ignored. 
  • For better quality recap and discussion you can go to Dramabeans. I'll just talk about the scenes that interest me.
I've always thought someone should isolate these fantasy sequences and make completely separate stories out of them. Why? Because its fun! Gosh, why is everyone in Dramaland so serious nowadays?? Neeways, here goes! This story is called "The Spighit of the Forest".

Once upon a time, in a land far far away, there was an enchanted forest where no one dared to tread for fear of capture by the mystical creatures that roamed freely in it by night or day.
Oh! Here comes one of them now! Is this creature what the locals have named "The Spighit of the Forest"?
I wonder what sort of creature this is. It appears to have a preference for this flower. Does it find flowers edible? It can't have been one of those carnivorous monsters that prey on humans then, can it?
It's a humanoid! *stares* ..the storyteller thinks that she does not mind terribly if she were to be captured by this flower-eating creature. Is this the only species left or does it have brothers?

Wait, he did not even eat the flower. So he was just sniffing it? Or maybe the flower spores provide it with all the nutrition it needs to survive. What a delicate creature this is. It seems to check out the other flowers, or maybe it has a skin with a filamentous structure of vascular membranes that extract spores just by touching the flower surface.. *cough* ..anyway, it's pretty absorbed by its surrounding.
The humanoid has stopped feeding! What could be the cause of this distraction?
Ah, no wonder.. it has discovered a new species of flower in its forest!
*nom nom nom nom*
Being a flower-eating spighit, naturally it will want to have a taste of this new flower type. All for the purpose of scientific record and personal appetite, of course.

Spighit: This is the best flower I have tasted in all my immortal life. Eh eh eh, its petals are moving! Hmmm, should I just eat it? *conflicted* ...maybe I'll just go away and see whether it will come stalking after me. Then, I shall have myself a feast.
The flower, actually a human being who has been trespassing in the forest, was awakened.
Human girl: Did somebody just kiss me?
She looked up and saw...
... a horse?? (jakamman.. has the spighit turned into a horse? I thought it would prefer to morph into a dog-cow hybrid. Hmmm.. maybe a horse is the better choice.. I think)
Human girl: Did you just kiss me? And aren't you supposed to be a unicorn to qualify as a mystical creature? So where's your horn?

Mystical horse that is NOT a unicorn: You talked too much...
The storyteller included the above screencap because this pose should be archived for all eternity. It has absolutely no bearing in the plot of this story (huh, there's a plot??).

I understand why flowers keep springing up in an enchanted forest, but colourful mushrooms? Aren't those usually the poisonous type? 
Vice President of the Stalkers UNITE society - in the making.

These automatically blooming flowers are starting to give me the creeps. Stop it! Stop it! *squashes them all underfoot*  
I'm Spighit, the resident Leaf Magnet of this forest.
 Come to me, my precious...
The human girl who is totally unaware that she has been mistaken for a food variety.
 That's right.. just a step closer.. *smile smile*
Spighit: My feast has arrived.
Human girl: Are you the one who kissed me?
As the storyteller.. I have to say, I can't bear to watch what I know will happen next. Human girl.... run for your life!! Stop looking at his lips in that truly mesmerized way. He's hypnotizing you, that's what he's doing!
Spighit: *non nom nom*
Human girl: Kiss me out of the bearded barley. Nightly, beside the green, green grass. Swing, swing, swing the spinning step. You wear those shoes and I will wear that dress. Oh, kiss me beneath the milky twilight. Lead me out on the moonlit floor. Lift your open hand. Strike up the band and make the fireflies dance. Silver moon’s sparkling. So kiss me...

Should I tell you what became of our poor human girl? I think not. The gory detail would elevate this to an 18-rated post instead of the PG I'm aiming for. I'm too busy doing all sorts of things that has absolutely nothing to do with my study to deal with the censorship officials right now.

The Spighit of the Forest, needless to say, lives happily ever after all by his beautiful self.. forever searching for the same species of flower he found on that fateful day. He will not rest until his craving has been satiated.

So trespass not, my fellow human companions, in the enchanted forest where The Spighit of the Forest roams or you will risk never to return to the world you once knew and loved. Yes, this world. What, you don't love it? Fine. Go seek that spighit then, see if I care.


THE END

Monday, September 27, 2010

[Preview] Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss Episode 9 unsubbed long preview

TWO MORE DAYS to download! ...gyaaaaaaaaa *impatient*



Summary from the text translation in Soompi

Hani's babbling to herself about how it seems surreal that she's running with Seung Jo. (notice he's still grabbing her wrist the whole way)

Seung Jo thanks her for giving him new experiences. (which was what Yoon Ji Hoo told Jan Di too: Thanks to you I get to experience new things.. ooops, sorry for the sudden BOF comparison.. hehe)

O yeah, and Seung Jo & Hera totally knew about the Stalkers UNITE society mission at the movies.. ha!

Right after Hani said it's okay for Seung Jo to be with Hera if he likes her, he asked her where does she wanna go. (honestly, I have no idea how Seung Jo's brain is wired)

-Boat Scene-

Hani's babbling to herself about how it seems surreal that she's boating with Seung Jo. (notice he's the only one rowing)

Seung Jo then proceeds to tell her that any couple who boats there will break up within 6 months (thanks man, for telling it to her AFTER you got on the boat and not before.. o yeah, and it's totally alright coz you're not dating each other.. huh)

...and Hani promptly got them both to jump into the lake, clothes and all.

-The Confession Scene-

Hani's babbling to herself about how the food seems to taste better than any French or Italian food coz she's eating it with Seung Jo. (it's just burger, right?)

Seung Jo told her that he grabbed her coz she was the nearest. (yeah, right.. we believe you)

Philosohical BS courtesy of Genius Boy:
"In the past, I felt like nothing was difficult for me. But ever since you came, I feel like I am living in another world. There are always surprises and I guess you could say that it's an assignment with no answer. I think that it's a challenge that I have to solve; one that I can't avoid and have to figure out the answer to. I was overwhelmed because I didn't know how to solve it; so therefore for the time being I wanted to avoid it. But now, I'm not going to run away from it. If there isn't anything wrong with the problem, then there will be an answer. I'm going to try to figure out the answer."

...with Hani interjecting along the way and coming into the (natural) conclusion that Seung Jo has just proposed to her.

After Hani confessed about her liking him since forever and will try to be better for him, he asked her to prove her love by scoring her mid terms exam. (See! Is he her personal one-man learning institution/cheerleader team or what??)

-Scene with HaeRa & SeungJo-

Seung Jo and Hera spent a coupla minutes praising each others' brilliance before Seung Jo told Hera what Hani means to him... and (subtly, I might add) what Hera means to him.

-The Departure-

Hani moved into the Baeks house again (ANDWAEEEE! I don't like this storyline!)

Thanks to his epiphany about the world being the big bad planet he previously knew nothing about, Seung Jo wants to move out. (Ohhhh.. I don't think this is in the anime. Yeay! Hani's at his home and Seung Jo's gonna have his own apartment. What does that mean for their social life??)

I can't wait for the next episode!

[Old Drama] Can Love Be Refilled Too - Kim Hyun Joong cut & NG

Can Love Be Refilled Too cut 1/13


Can Love Be Refilled Too NG 1/2

[Video updates] Playful Kiss, The Face Shop, Kim Hyun Joong interview

[Fancam] SS501 Hyun Joong - Hospital Scene @ Mischievous Kiss Filming Site 100926


100924 Onsty|e 「Sty|e Apps」 - Kim Hyun Joong Cut


[News] 2011 ECO Calendar Making + Short Interview


Kim Hyun Joong HWANHEE ECO calendar Making


[Engsub] Kim Hyun Joong - The Face Shop CF 15s


[Eng Sub]Kim Hyun Joong Interviewed by Snow White on 24 Sep 2010 MBC Section

Sunday, September 26, 2010

[Updates] 260910 Kim Hyun Joong

  • Magazines:
- ASTA TV September 2010 Vol.38 (scans)
- Japan Magazine ‘Haru*Hana’ Oct / Nov Vol.001(scans)
- Junior Magazine Sept.2010 (scans)
- Japanese Magazine PIA No.10/31 (scans). Full translation (read here)
- FLIX Plus SkyPer! TV ~ Japan Magazine (scans)
- ‘SODA November 2010’ Japan Magazine (scans)
- Janan Magazine ‘Aishiteru! Kankoku Drama’ No.35 (scans). Full translation (read here)
  • A shop full of Kim Hyun Joong's face: The Face Shop (hyung's haven)
  • Playful Kiss /Mischievous Kiss NG - Kim Hyun Joong cut
  • KimHyunJoong - 2011 Japan Calender (scans)
  • KimHyunJoong @ Lake Mountain for Mischievous Kiss Shooting [10.09.24] (fanpic spam). Is this the "lake that is famous for breaking up lovers" scene? (video here, here and here)
  • What Kim Hyun Joong wore for Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss Episode 1-8 (look it up)
  • KimHyunJoong ‘The 1st Love Story’ Official Photos [10.09.25] (pic spam)
  • The backpacks I'd love to hate. I wish he'd just hang it over one shoulder instead of carrying it around like a kindergarten pupil. Is that how adult males in Korea carry their backpacks? (see for yourselves)
  • Translation on selected parts of an interview on MBC Section TV 24 Sept 2010 (here)
  • Kim Hyun Joong on the Samsung Advertising banner (look it up)
  • Codes Combine Clothing Sponsor (pic spam)
  • Kim Hyun Joong is one of the finalists of SkyPerfect TV Award 2010 (look it up)

    Saturday, September 25, 2010

    [Picture recap] Playful Kiss Episode 8

    MASSIVE SPOILER ALERT! YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED!

    Disclaimers: 
    • I shall not be held accountable for your losing interest in this episode because you look up my recap before you watch it. So watch episode 8 first, kay. 
    • I watched this episode RAW and I have no knowledge of Korean so please don't ask me what they're saying in the snapshots, if you do.. you will be ignored. 
    • For better quality recap and discussion you can go to Dramabeans. I'll just talk about the scenes that interest me.
    We begin episode 8 with the drama recap of previous episodes. Then Hani is seen moping about her room and being comforted by her dad (of course with Joon Gu following her about the place like an adoring pup), followed by Mrs. Baek moping on the bed... in Hani's ex-room? her own room?... and being comforted by her son (who then got scolded by her mom for not being grateful to Hani who has changed his life. Errrrm, mom.. I think he has his reasons for not being grateful to somebody who has disturbed the life he has planned for himself. Well, I consider bumming around the universe doing absolutely nothing is as good a life plan as any).

    Picture recap... STAAAATO!
    There is no foooooooork...
    Honestly, Baek Seung Jo reminiscing about a fork is a sure sign of his icy cold heart melting and dripping all over the place.
    Good bye Baek Seung Jo... NOT~
    Ha! To quote Seung Jo.. "As if". The chances of Hani forgetting him is as slim as me remembering the first 5 numbers of pi. Huh.
    Bong Joon Gu...grrrr. You dare print my pet's name in big letters on a banner and paste it in the cafeteria for everyone to see? You want to die???
    Aaaaaaannd we cut straight to Top Spin where.. lo and behold.. Mr. National High School Number One Champ, Special Member with Special Exemption from Club Practice *drum roll* Baek Seung Jo-nim suddenly makes a rare appearance. Me thinks we know why.. hehe
    I've never seen a such a happy face on a mom who had just heard from his son's wannabe girlfriend's chums that he had kissed her. I ish verrra amused.
    *scold scold scold* ...how did you manage to hide so well your excitement at being near her, I have no idea.. Seung Jo. But I feel for you. It musta been tough, huh?
    Yeay.. I get to bully train Hani again! Which is why I agreed to such a ridiculous dare in the first place. I may not be God, but I'm the miracle worker who had succeeded in coaching a bottom-placed student, her of course, in a matter of days to reach the school's 50th position. A week to get her to play like a tennis champ? Pffft.. no problem at all.
    Hani, the poor pet who has an inkling of what kinda hell Seung Jo is preparing for her in the days to come.. having suffered under his tutelage before.. is silently showing signs of violent disagreement of this arrangement.
    *scold scold scold* ...don't be late!  I want to see you from early morning to late at night every day from now on so I can torture you for my private amusement for practice. ARASSO??!
                                                   early morning                                late night
    And the torture begins! I love it when she says "hana dul set" ...omo omo omo.. gyupta! To his credit, he does praise her when she does well. He doesn't verbally abuse her as much now (I didn't hear him calling her stupid even once, or did I miss it?). I think he'd make a good teacher, if he finds a student he can be bothered enough to teach, that is. And I think Hani is the only student he can be bothered enough to teach.. LOL

    But but but... jakamman. I-ge beuya??
     *touch*
    *touch touch*
     *touch touch touch*
     *TOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCHTOUCH*

    My touch sensor went berserk in this scene... 

    Poor Hani, completely unaware of Seung Jo's debilishciously debious ways. She thinks he's really teaching her tennis. I think somebody should enlighten her of the correct ways to learn tennis or she'll think this is the standard teaching practice for all tennis coaches. But maybe express-coaching (something Seung Jo is beginning to be an expert in) requires a different teaching method? Hmmm... must consult somebody in our tennis club. Wait.. do we even have a tennis club at our school?
    Hera must be smiling coz she thinks she has a chance. That Seung Jo... been badmouthing Hani again, have you... hmmmm? Bad bad boy Seung Jo *kicks him* ...well, as for him... we know Seung Jo never smiles about anyone other than Hani, right? hehe
    Hani is working hard at it. I love her determination in the k-drama version. Thank you for finally making me see clearly as to why all the guys in the story fall for this character. I want her for myself too... cute pet.
    And what reward did she get for her hard work? A smack on the butt with a tennis ball. Seung Jo... grrrr.
    *scold scold scold* ...what is he telling her to hurry up for? Cook dinner for the whole team? ...eeeep. I know how to cook, but even I shudder at the thought of preparing a full course meal for 12(?) very tired and hungry tennis players. Seung Jo doesn't need more than two baby tomatoes and a full glare course of Hani-ness, so he doesn't count as a feast participant.
    Baek Seung Jooooo.. awwwww, who can resist that distressed face? I swear, anyone who could say no to Hani must have a heart made of stone.
    This is definitely not Kim Hyun Joong-hyung cutting the vegetables. It's just not his style. He prefers his veggies in big chunks and his carrots thick enough to look like ham. The absence of a bottled water of North Pole origin being used in any of the cooking scene is also one of the clues that led me to that conclusion.
    *SARANGHAEYO* Hani.. are you sure you're trying very hard to forget this guy? hehe
    I dunno what gets his goat every time she seems to enjoy being with other people (esp when they're guys). I think Seung Jo's possessiveness of Hani is rather cute and well executed. (Hyung, you're getting good at this *clap clap*). But for the love of all small animals, can't Seung Jo let her eat first before turning into her personal drill sergeant again? The poor girl looks like a soldier in a military camp... ever ready to follow your orders SIR! You know what? I think Seung Jo is addicted to seeing Hani's startled-deer face.
    His "irona, irona" actually reminded me of hyung and his buin in We Got Married. Remember when he was coaxing Hwangbo to do all sorts of weird stuff (like those aegyo during her concert)? Seung Jo in his drill sergeant incarnation is a mixture of Kim Hyun Joong and Ryuk (in Death Note), scary and cute at the same time... but for Hani, to disobey him is completely out of the question, of course.
    Egad.. look at those balls! How many hours has Seung Jo kept her at it on an empty stomach?? Slave driver.. grrrr.
    Then again.. look at that proud smile. Like an owner after his pet has mastered a new trick.. LOL. I give up. I just can't hate Baek Seung Jo. There. I hope I don't have to eat my words in later episodes.
    The difference in skills is so obvious, even the most clueless person would be suspicious.
    Scene of drunkenness... a common enough sight with Korean university students that PK was not called out for being 'inappropriate for minors' for this episode, unlike the one with Hani getting drunk over a glass of weak rice wine? I like learning about new cultures from their locally-produced dramas, yes I do.
    The President of the Stalkers UNITE society is not expecting to find his Vice President on the same stalking ground. Stalkers can be very territorial, so despite their mutual interest to cleave The Impenetrable Wall of Evil Twins in two... they argue loudly and expose themselves. Typical stalker behaviour. 
    I'm pinching her cheeks coz they're made of an extremely pinch-able material. Despite all appearances to the contrary, I'm not trying to molest her extremely kissable lips.. honest! That is something only you can do in this drama, Seung Jo~
    How dare you go frolicking around on the grass in the middle of the night with Tennis Sunbae while Hera is confessing to me! You know you've earned this painful-wrist-grab punishment. Master is NOT pleased.
    If looks could incinerate...
    There he goes again... showing his love for her to an empty kitchen and a sink full of dirty dishes. Joon Gu, Hani's too busy being drilled and frolicked about with to even remember your existence right now. You're not going to win her over with this method. Trust me. I've watched the anime.
    He's so completely focused on Hani, he doesn't even glance when Hera sits beside him, even when she starts yapping away about his favourite topic... "Le Hani", of course.
     You can do it, my petto! Seung Jo = Hani's personal one-man cheerleader team.
    The proud "owner's smile" is creeping up his face again. But I bet he's still oblivious at how obvious his feelings about Hani is to everyone (I mean: to us viewers).
    I had an epiphany upon seeing this smile. Yes I did. I'm a selfish person who doesn't think it's worthwhile working so hard to gain the love of someone I'm pursuing (coz I'm too selfish to pursue anyone in the first place). But watching this scene, I realized that if all Hani's hard work to gain Seung Jo's love is finally rewarded with this genuinely adoring smile... then her effort has not been in vain after all. There's something to be said about persistence in the face of hardship here, and I think this scene says it well. Best scene for me in this episode.
    Bye everyone! I'm taking my sweet bundle home~~~~~ *la la la la la*
    Her squirming and shifting about on his back, him glancing imperceptibly at her with his "Please squirm some more coz I like it like that" face, that mile-long expanse of seemingly edible white neck and shoulder (my most favourite part of the human body.. ehem). Hottest scene of the decade.
    Cute Joon Gu, finally.. dum dee dum. Unfortunately, his love rival is Mr. Perfect Guy who's started the beyond-cute trend since Episode 1. 
    He earns 10 cheer points from me for this scene. However, Seung Jo is showing potentials of being a likable human being who just happens to be an unfeeling genius in this k-drama version. Ottoke?? I'm torn.
    President sunbae sir! What are you doing here??
    I can ask the same to you!! This is MY stalking ground!
    Noooooo.. I got here first. This is MY stalking round!
    No, I got here first! I was lurking from a more advantageous hiding spot before I ran into you! Oh, never mind. Can we stop arguing and work together since we have a mutual goal anyway?
    Yes.. let's!! President sunbae sir.. you are brilliant~
    Of course! Other wise I won't be the President of the Stalkers UNITE society, will I? Now move your butt... the movie's about to start!
    Aye aye President sunbae SIR!
    You look like an ahjumma.. Miss Vice President.
    Shut up, President sunbae sir.
    *silently to himself* ...she totally looks like an ahjumma.
    *silently to herself* ...what does he know about disguises? I've got Stalking 101 lessons from the best.

    Don't worry, President! I got it all under control~~~~
    If I were Hani, I'd feel like giving up for the 7634985th time too upon seeing this Perfect Couple / Impenetrable Wall of Evil Twins. They look like they've just walked out of a photoshoot for a fashion magazine... ugly backpack notwithstanding.
    She's cute even when she's depressed. Awww Hani.
    I'm not letting go of her arm coz: (a) I'm a compulsive obsessive individual, (b) she's a useful prop, (c) the director told me to... and I will keep staring at her until someone calls my name to avoid from noticing all the big burly menacing guys who suddenly pop about around us seemingly out of nowhere.
     
    This is not the promotional photos of the Fugitive/Runaway/Plan B drama starring the World Megastar Rain.I repeat... this is NOT the promotional photos of the Fugitive/Runaway/Plan B drama starring the World Megastar Rain. Do you need me to repeat that again? No? Okay... I'll just go and cultivate mushrooms in my own dark little corner now while waiting impatiently for Playful Kiss Episode 9 to be aired next Wednesday.