Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss Episode 5 (8 mins) preview & other Kim Hyun Joong-hyungnim updates

I'm beginning to dislike these 8 minutes previews because if they show all the juicy bits, what are people supposed to look forward to in the next episode? But reading the youtube comments, maybe I'm in the minority so I guess it's an okay strategy (though I still don't like it).



Hyung-nim's Updates

•  PK's rebroadcast slot (Saturdays: 1.55 PM until 3.55 PM) will probably be taken over by Gloria (Gloria who??) by Sept 18th citing the low PK rating as reason for the decision. Due to this, PK's noticeboard climbs up to MBC realtime BEST Number 1 position (read more). First the Rating War, now the Battle of the Executives. What's next?
• Keyeast personnel perplexed over the ratio of gifts delivered to hyung that currently surpasses the other actors' including Bae Yongjun (gasp!) at 9:1. PK was No.1 for its Watch Again ranking amongst all MBC dramas (read more).
• Kim Hyun Joong’s official website operated by his new management agency, KeyEast has finally opened its doors on the 8th (read more). Japan official site is here. The English/Korean official site is here. His KeyEast profile page is here.
• Kim Hyun Joong received “Cookie Basket” from fans (read more). Awwww, they're so sweet!
• Kim Hyun Joong is already shooting CF for “Face Shop” (read more). Our workaholic hyung-nim... *love*
• Kim Hyun Joong to release pictorial book on Sept 15th. The preorders for “READY, ACTION!” was available on online site www.crazyidol.co.kr and orders were open on various web-based sites on September 8 (read more).
• Jaejoong, Kim Hyun Joong and Jung Yong Hwa May Be Starring In A New Korean Drama (read more). What is it with people trying to typecast him in BOF-like drama over and over again?? I personally want to see him act as a homicidal maniac like Tamaki Hiroshi in MW or Joo Ji Hoon in The Devil. Just coz I think he'll be a perfect fit for that kinda character.. too beautiful to be the antagonist, so he should be one, right? Who's with me in this?

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss OST G.NA - Kiss Me

Someone in a forum told me to take a chill pill..LOL. Awwwww, being deliberately anal and sarcastic online is always so easily misunderstood.. :P

This is another OST for the drama. The youtube clip has DL with subs in English/Spanish + Romanji

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss Real Time Episode 4 Rating

I think the blog deserves its traffic so please click here to view the real time rating. I read somewhere that the rating is 3.4%, dunno exactly how they calculate the real time into an average value and too lazy to guess.

Baker King is a monstrous show. It just keeps swallowing all the rating. Even My Girlfriend is a Gumiho was not spared.. *gulp*

Anyway, what's up with the netizens? Is it cool/fashionable now to dislike Kim Hyun Joong the actor?

You know what answer I'd give to that question?

Meh.

Who are these 'netizens' that put up so much effort to take away our enjoyment of the drama by trying to impose THEIR scathing opinions of his acting skill on us anyway? Ahjummas with a lot of free time in their hands? School kids who are too bored and lazy to do their homework? Hmm.. are they even humans? Maybe they're just some bots planted by an evil genius who wants to conquer the world by controlling cyber fandoms. Huh.

Not all of us are following this drama because we're Kim Hyun Joong's rabid fangirls. Some like the original story and just want to see how the Korean version is gonna develop along the way. Me, I'm in both categories.. because it's a possible place to be in. So there. Now could you please go away and leave us to enjoy Playful Kiss in peace? Of course not, right? You gals/guys simply enjoy being extremely annoying to online strangers, don't you?

Kim Hyun Joong-hyung is smirking at you, ebil netizens~

Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss episode 5 preview

Kyaaaaaaa! Is it the college entrance exam already?!?!?! *happy dance* ..it's moving at a good pace right now. Please, please, please proceed until the "We Got Married" story arc and don't skip it like the japanese version.. please, please!!!

*happy dance again*

[Engsub] 100827 Official video: JangKiss main leads interview

Playful Kiss team.. FIGHTING!

Playful Kiss / Mischievous Kiss 3rd episode rating is still at 3.5%

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AAARRRRRRRRGGGHH!

When is Baker King ending?? I'm beginning to develop an aversion to that drama. No offense, Baker King team. Maybe I'm just being an irrational, over-loyal, stubborn fangirl but this rating war is giving hyung a bad name and I don't like it at all. Someone commented about PK being the 'humiliation of Kim Hyun Joong'. Needless to say, I was pissed. How can something he and everyone in the PK team have been working hard on be the humiliation of anyone?? Explain!

Ok, I read dangermousie's sentiment and surfed around to find the update to that dispute. Seems MBC has 'finally settled' it with the union on Sept 6. I'm not sure how much was PK rating affected by this issue but if it was indeed badly affected, the rating next week will tell.

Lemme just say I hate the whining tone of this report:

"In the situation whereby Wed-Thurs dramas are turning duller day by day, even Jangki is now implicated with low ratings, I seriously felt it to be a pity. There is a need to develop a measurement plan to guard by this tough battle; it's kinda worrying"

Pull up your pants (if you wear one) and do something about it, why don't you? Playful Kiss was pit against something big like Baker King in a time slot that has already been viewed as disastrous to previous MBC dramas. It has its own audience, and that audience is not in the middle of school holiday right now. Why are you guys acting so surprised that it's not doing well? How much rating do you expect it's gonna get for its first 5 episodes? 20%? If PK is doing better online than on TV, think of some ways to gain profit from that! Someone up there in MBClympus needs to get transferred to another department, or sacked.

I've also been thinking about this 'inappropriate' controversy and the comments on it. I came to a conclusion. This is like kicking a sick dog around, isn't it? Fine, that's my own made-up idiom.. but I couldn't find a more suitable one to suit the occasion. People are bashing PK despite having other badass dramas more harmful to their children abound on air because it's already down with a poor rating. If the rating for PK is high, all these 'inappropriate for kids' comments won't even make a peep. Cowards.

The fangirl in me wanted to rant some more, but the reasonable adult side asked.. what's the point? It's not as if my rants are gonna raise the rating to the respectable level that I think it should earn by its 4th - 7th episode (at least 9 - 11%). The very low percentage makes some sense when you look at the real-time rating (link pasted here). Still, I'm really sad. If the insignificant fan, i.e. moi, is this sad.. how sad is our hardworking hyung-nim and the rest of the PK team at this inexplicable turnout?

I hope leader and the rest of the cast and production team will continue to work hard regardless of the the rating and regardless of whether the drama will be cut short by MBC. I will watch every episode as if it were the last episode to be aired. There's always that spin-off to look forward to. Spin-off via Youtube? I think that's a new concept, right? I've read about free movies that are available in online streaming sites, but never a drama spin-off. Sounds cool.

Playful Kiss FIGHTING!

Update Sept 8th from Haru Haru Subs:

#haru2subs Our Playful Kiss team is working really really hard to accomplish the subs for the show *kita harus lebih sabar nes*

Puzzling over Playful Kiss

Is this drama a favourite for bashers and antis? Maybe sociologists should carry out a study on antis. I can provide them with a title for their dissertation - "An Integrative Approach to Profiling Anti-fans for a More Effective Understanding of Pop Culture Phenomena and Fandom"

... how's that for a good title? I think it has a nice ring to it.

I've surfed around quite a lot by virtue of being in several fandoms. I'm more of a serial fandogamist.. I frequent one fandom at one time before I go the the next one I fancy. How can you describe the psychological make-up of people who claim they hate a drama/movie/artist/whatever-it-is-with-a-connection-to-the-drama/movie/artist and yet spend so much time writing post after post explaining in detail on why they absolutely abhor the drama/movie/artist/whatever-it-is-with-a-connection-to-the-drama/movie/artist?

Just a plain 'I have nothing else to do' explanation simply doesn't cut it anymore. If that's the case, why don't they.. I dunno.. go out with friends or do cross-stitch or completing Sudoku or some other activities that build character? If nothing in life satisfies them anymore.. they can go camping! Even sleeping is a more worthwhile activity than online-bashing. It's not like you get paid to bash the drama/movie/artist/whatever-it-is-with-a-connection-to-the-drama/movie/artist, so why do something you claim you don't enjoy with such relish? Sounds psychotic to me.

Anyway, after reading so many long-winded descriptions of the one-sided love-hate relationship they're having with Kim Hyun Joong-Baek Seung Jo and Playful Kiss.. I felt exhausted. I hope this drama becomes a nationwide hit in the end and Hyun Joong-hyung becomes even more popular, well-paid and awesome. What do you get for being so spiteful towards this cute, hardworking guy? If you hate him or his acting so much, go find another idol you can shower your affection on. Why do you torture yourselves over and over again with his presence? Urgh, I don't get this masochistic behaviour.

Where was I? Oh.. this 'inappropriate' controversy. I was wondering what the scriptwriters were thinking when they wrote the 'drunk scene' as well but since I know nothing about Korea, I thought it's some sort of culture there to give your children weak alcohol during celebrations.. just like westerners give their children watered wine. Some kids can handle the drink, some can't. So reading about this is an eye-opener for me. And yeah, Baek Seung Jo will spout all kinds of harassment on Oh Hani.. spanning all kinds of discrimination, including the one on gender. So save your children from getting an earful of it by banning this drama altogether in your household! See how popular it's gonna get with your kids after that. Teenagers love banned stuff, esp. if the ban comes from their parents.. meh.

I also found a real-time rating on episode 3. You can see how so many viewers jumped ship completely nearing the end from both dramas to Baker King. I wonder how the rating is gonna be once the magnanimous Baker King ends and Fugitive (Rain's drama) starts. Something interesting for me to look forward to..

 Hyung-nim is puzzled too...

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss download site

Been searching around for the direct downloads. My friend told me that it's gonna take a looooong time for our favourite site, JDramas Livejournal, to upload the episodes. But I want to try anyway. And I found this!

MEHANATA

What is this site?? So interesting yet I've never been to it before? None of my friends recommended it to me. Hmm, maybe I've been away from j-dorama/k-drama/c-drama for too long. Really, if it weren't for hyung.. I would not have cared about this drama at all.

The link to Playful Kiss is here. The subtitles are still not uploaded, but I think Haru Haru Subs will up it soon.

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss Episode 4 Long Preview

Watching episode 4 preview, I'm now more convinced than ever that they're following the pace of the anime. Thank God. I thought, since ISWAK was supposedly very popular, they'd be following the Taiwanese version. Which I dislike immensely. I still couldn't bring myself to watch it past episode 1. I like TKA better.. mmmm, mostly coz of the numerous snogging scenes.. Joe Cheng always looked like he was gonna eat Ariel's face off.. 0_0"

Anyway, I like the pace of the anime more than the manga. I hope Oh Hani becomes a nurse. I like that story arc better. TKA combines both teacher and nurse, and so many other additional unimportant messy side stories that just got the fast forward button on my remote on overdrive.. grrr. I wonder who's gonna be Keita. Hope it's someone gorgeous so I can enjoy Seung Jo's jealousy much better. And who are they gonna rope to play Christine?? I hope it's a girl as cute as the one in TKA. I like her a lot.. hehe. Despite wanting to hit Naoki Irie with a brick in some episodes, the storyline still makes me want to download the next anime episode.

You can watch the anime version here:



I find that I enjoy it better when I can anticipate the next scene. Of course you're in for major spoilers, but I'm the kind of reader who'll flip to the end of a book to see whether the character I like will die or not before I can finish the book, so I'm okay with spoilers. If you don't like spoilers, I suggest that you don't touch the anime episodes with a 10-foot pole.. coz up to episode 4, Mischievous Kiss / Playfull Kiss is following that version quite closely.

Are you curious as to whether Seung Jo's gonna kiss her after he wrestles her to his bed? Watch episode 4 next week to find out!!

Kim Hyun Joong - I'm David compilation

(I'm David is the China sub-line of Basic House)
[Engsub] 100906 I'm David 2010 FW Interview - Kim Hyun Joong


2010 Fall Making Film


2010 Summer making


[Eng Sub] SS501 Kim Hyun Joong I'm David Interview + Making Film

Kim Hyun Joong-hyung's doppelganger

(source)

I have no idea why, despite being the reason I fell in love with Hyun Joong-hyung, I find myself unable to even look at Yoon Ji-Hoo's pictures now. It's like.. the moment the end credit rolled for Boys Over Flowers.. the loving feelings I have for the Korean-version of Hanazawa Rui turned into that of dislike. Maybe it's because of reading comments and watching shows where so many people compared hyung to Yoon Ji-Hoo when he's not much like that guy, if at all. Maybe because Yoon Ji-Hoo has become a role hyung has to always always run away from as he goes forward into his career. Reading the Playful Kiss reviews, I have an image of hyung being heatedly chased by a grinning Yoon Ji-Hoo while hyung is screaming, "LEAVE ME ALONE!!". I feel like telling the 'ghost' of Yoon Ji-Hoo to let go of Hyun Joong-hyung now as he has many other 'ghosts' he's looking forward to 'wrestle' in the future and that being the first 'ghost' to claim hyung doesn't mean anything special. It just means he's the first, that's all.

Do you know that there's a living, breathing Yoon Ji-Hoo existing in the Korean entertainment industry.. and as an actor, no less? I just found out about this, so for people who are currently rolling their eyes at my slowness, sorry for boring you with my meaningless discovery. Here he is.

The girl who uploaded this called it 'very Raphael'

I could almost see the white feathers...

(source)

Gallery opening

Because hyung is too good looking, there're so many pictures I want to archive in this blog. I also think that this is a good opportunity for me to archive pictures of his other harem members, i.e. "All the On-Screen Men I'm Smitten With".. LOL.

So, the dilema is.. how to manage the posts? Then I realized that the easiest and best way for me to sort all the pictures is by pretending that no one cares to browse through them. Which means, I'll tag them any way I want them.. ha! (how is that good gallery management, Ami??)

Being annoyingly chatty in all my posts, I guess the gallery can't escape this feature as well. So if you hate that kinda talk peppering the photos of your favourite idoru, just imagine them as some alien gibberish, ok. Or cross your eyes a bit when they look over the words and let the letters blur.

ONTO THE GALLERY!!

Is that thing alive??

Do geese or bird of the duck variety drink milk? *went to find it in Google*

Feeding the Kim Hyun Joong addiction

For those who've stumbled onto this blog, if you scroll down far enough.. you'll know that this blog is not dedicated to our awesome Leader but rather to a variety of stuff that strike my fancy at any particular time. That's why I've never intended to update on hyung's every move here.

So, being empathetic to my fellow hyung/KHJ/Hyun Joong/Leader addicts, I'm listing down the blogs that update regularly on him. Usually they also post updates on the other members of SS501 too (which I don't do here, sorry). They're very fast with his news and some come with in-house translations (by the blog mistresses or their friends). Have fun!

SS501 사랑해요

PERFECT

MoLeQ ObSeSSioN 김현중

allkpop - search Kim Hyun Joong

Hancinema - Kim Hyun Joong

501 Naughty Kisses

SS501UFO

➄Ⓞ➀ 순간에는 ☆★☆★ 내머리가 기뻐서

Musings of the Obsessive Kind

My Cozy Li'l Corner

♥ Kim Hyun Joong/김현중 ♥ BOF's Yoon Ji Hoo, SS501's Leader, WGM's Shillang - 2nd thread, 3rd thread

Absolutely 501 Day


I'll update with more blog links when I find them, kay..  ^o^

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss OST: Kim Hyun Joong song - One More Time (full song in youtube)

There's a download link in the youtube page. Even if you download the song, please buy the original CD when it's released later! :)

I love hyung's voice. I also like the fact that he can sing pop, rock, rap, and ballad in different voices that suit the song. I wish he'd sing rock and be the guitarist for at least one song in his solo album. Can't wait for that project to commence. Hyun Joong-hyung.. aishiteru!! <3

‘Mischievous Kiss’ 2nd episode re-run rating at 6.6%

Okay.. I cracked. I surfed around for the rating.. hehe. Well, this pretty much agrees with my prediction.. about 7%, which is what I think it should earn for its first 3 episodes instead of the lousy 3.5-ish.

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The re-runs of the two episodes were broadcast on the 4th, and according to AGB Nielsen Media Research, it received ratings of 4.2% and 6.6%, higher than the original broadcast ratings of 3.5% and 3.7%.

...and it seems the strike has played a role in the low rating as well, somehow.

I also found a re-cap of both episodes. It always amuses me how viewers who claim to dislike the shows (dramas/movies/etc.) I like turned out to be the ones who wrote longass posts about them. I also like it when they confess that they're now liking what they've been kicking about like a can earlier. Love the positive comments too.

I dunno why they're so determined to see hyung fail at this from the start. A guy who everyone praises as a good dancer now, he used to be a rocker dude who was into guitar and knew nothing about dancing. Hyung can excel in anything if he puts his mind to it.. even academics. He's a workaholic. If he's determined to be a good actor, he'll work hard at it until he gets the recognition he wants. But along with hard work, he has that 'extra' something that can make even someone like me, who usually takes a looooong time to like an idoru, falls in love at first sight.

I leave you with a long preview of Episode 3. Is poking someone in the butt something that's regularly done by mascots in Korea? I'll have to be careful in theme parks if I ever get to visit there then.. :P

Mischievous Kiss / Playful Kiss Preview Episode 3

I love this drama..



...I think even if I were not hyung's fan, I would have been attracted to this drama. It's the type I like. So I've decided to ignore any future update on the drama rating. I dunno how drama ratings work in Korea and I don't care.

I hope the production team can work harder to make this drama more accepted with the general audience in Korea, i.e. viewers who don't care about the original manga/anime work or ISWAK/TKA or the Itazura na Kiss dorama and viewers who are not fans of Kim Hyun Joong or any of the other actors in the drama.

I don't want the low rating to influence MBC to take it off the air mid-story. I want to watch hyung as the genius doctor who spouts all those incomprehensible medical terms to his colleagues and his wife. I think they're gonna change his hair style and his clothing style a few times in this drama to suit the change from high school student to college student to a working adult. I want to see all that!

Therefore.. please let the rating increase! To avoid from becoming obsessed with this rating issue, I'm not gonna mention it again in this blog (will try very hard to restrain my fingers from searching and typing about it). I'll wait until Jdramas Livejournal upload the episodes, watch them and decide for myself of its worth. Ijo!

Kim Hyun Joong & Yun Eun Hye - Basic House compilation

Basic House clips are everywhere in youtube right now, so I thought I'd collect them in one post..

(Basic House)
Interview on MBC Section TV [08.01.2010] - English subbed


100317 New Video Promote for 2010 Basic House Spring


Summer Making Film 2010


Spring Making Film 2010 (Eng subbed)


Fall Making Film 2010


100312 Message in Basic House _UNICEF Never Alone_ CF


Basic House UCC Never Alone CF TV Making Film

Kim Hyun Joong & Park Shin Hye cf making film 김현중 박신혜 cf 촬영현장 [ShowBiz Extra]

Thought this English-narrated cf making is interesting and want to paste it here..