Unnies Right? MV 맞지? 언니들의 슬램덩크 시즌 2

Hey everyone, I haven't posted in a while, but I thought I should share this MV around! They are a project group called Unnies from a TV show called Sister's Slam Dunk (Season 2). Basically all the members are celebrities who do different sorts of jobs, but have joined together to create a girl group. 

I think the concept is a pretty smart idea as it gives people who haven't released a song album before who would like to have a chance to do it and show off their skills/ try something new. Anyway the MV link is below, enjoy!

런닝맨 Running Man is Ending :(

Hey everyone, I heard the news on Running Man today, I'm so sad! I actually started watching Running Man somewhere around June - August this year. I had heard of the show a year or two before but never got around watching it because there were just too many episodes, and at that time, I had no idea what the heck the show was really, and I wasn't as into Korean culture as I am now. I watched maybe the first 20 or so minutes of the first episode of the start of this year and didn't expect much at first since they were all just talking(my bad), I stopped before they started the mission.

So I have no idea what had gotten into me, but I just randomly decided to start watching Running Man a day or two before my exam, and I was hooked. Instead of studying, I watched maybe 2-3 episodes that day non-stop. What attracted me to Running Man was that they did the sort of scavenger hunts(at least at the beginning), then moved to the name tag games and hide and seek later on, but they were still fun to watch. Those games actually attracted to me the most actually because I had never seen a show where they did that before. And I always had such a laugh at the comedy and funny moments which happens within each episode, something which doesn't always happen as things usually get lost in translation on other shows.

During the first few weeks, I managed to watch around 5 episodes per day when I still worked. And on non working days I managed to watch close to 9-10 episodes (this was before they changed to the 1hr 45 format). I actually managed to reach 100+ episodes in only a few weeks. The problem was that I had to start the next semester of uni so I stopped watching for a while, and picked it back up recently, and I am now up to episode 268, so I am getting closer to the latest episodes of Running Man.

Ok, so I've been a fan for only around half a year now, and a few days ago I heard the shocking news of Ji Hyo and Jong Kook leaving the show. At first I thought that they decided to leave the show, and that was acceptable(to me anyway) because if you think it's your time to leave then you should, but then when the article came out that they had been kicked out I was pretty sad, just because I didn't think they deserved it.

TBH I have to say that the show can't really function without them, just because Ji Hyo really is the ace, because she's so witty and does things in a different light to the other members. And of course Jong Kook is the strong guy who also has the brains to foil people's plans. I was just wondering why they would be kicked out, and what plans would be in place for season 2 if they were going to go through with the 2 not being in the show.

I think that because the Running Man members had been together for so long, with almost no member changes, it's a bit hard to fill in the gaps by adding in a new member because everyone has gotten used to the same members for years, so a sudden new change seems a bit weird, especially after all the years. This is my perspective anyway, but for the changes due to the rating drops, I'm a bit sad actually because I would prefer if people left like Gary did because they wanted to, no the other way around.

After all the episodes, I have to say I really miss the Running Man episodes where they played hide and seek, and did the scavenger hunts, I wish they brought them back again, I'm not quite sure the reason on why they stopped doing them, but I thought they were the most entertaining parts of each episode in my opinion. I will be sure to re-watch the first 40 or so episodes again haha.

That's my story on Running Man anyway, I'll miss it so much, and to think that I just got into a new variety show too, I was thinking of starting dream team but then realised that that ended recently too, not to mention some episodes are gone too :( This could be the start of a new era in Korean history with all the K-Pop group disbandments and member changes too. So sad!

Train to Busan (Korean Film)

Hey everyone, today I went and saw Train to Busan at Hoyts, and let me tell you all that I rarely go and watch movies at the cinema because I usually wait for the DVD/ Blu-Ray release and buy it before I go and see the film. One of the reasons why I wanted to watch the movie was because I saw so many great reviews online, and also Sohee is one of my bias members of the original Wonder Girls members hehe. I've always been interested in Zombie apocalyptic sort of movies, so when I heard about this, I was really intrigued in watching it.

So like I said before this is a zombie apocalypse thriller film directed by Yeon Sang-ho released in 2016. For the people who don't know the story, basically there is a father who is one of those sorts of workaholics who doesn't spend much time with his daughter, and sort of neglects her because of it. The father Seok-woo (played by Gong Yoo)at the start bought his daughter Su-an (played by Kim Su-an)a Wii even though she already had one bahahaha. In the film, he reluctantly takes his young daugher on a Train to go visit her mother, in which I think they either broke up their marriage, or are just on bad terms which were unspecified. And as you can expect the film faces with some sort of zombie outbreak in which people on the train get infected with. 

For myself, I was wondering before I saw the film how they would be able to keep us as viewers interested while everyone stays on the train for the entire movie, but in actual fact, the film does break down in only parts on the train (bit of a spoiler sorry). I have watched many sorts of disaster films focused on all sorts of transportation, and usually almost the entire film sets around that one setting, but this film was able to split it up, to include other environments as well to make the film a bit more interesting I think.

What I really liked about this film was that it wasn't just all action, though a part of it was that. Usually there's a higher action to drama ratio in these sorts of zombie apocalyptic sorts of films, but this one seems to balance them out quite well. There was also something new I learned from watching this movie, zombies can't see in the dark, and can't open doors :P

The film also portrayed some really good symbolism? is that the word I should be using, or is there another word for it? But anyway I will try and explain a few without giving away too much. One example is that being selfish doesn't get you far, and being selfless does(well sort of). This is portrayed through the main character at the start of the film when he seems to be more selfish in trying to protect his daughter, but willing to harm other people in the way of doing this. But throughout the film he does change, and become more selfless which leads to better outcome(well sort of). In the case of one character, because he was too selfish, killing people in order to save himself, it sort of shows that bad guys never win doesn't it?

There's one thing which does bug me a bit though, and that is that the reason why the zombies appeared. Usually a film explains that, but this one didn't really, it seemed to just happen, though there is a prequel which I think explains what happened, though it would have been nice if they explained a bit more about it in the film.

So overall I will have to give this film at least a 9/10, because it really has that good drama to action ratio. It is more of a sad story though, compared to your usual zombie apocalyptic films, almost to the point of me not wanting to watch the film again haha. But after I watched it, even now I can't stop thinking about the film, and I think when a film does that to you, it must be a good film. I don't think I can go onto a train without thinking about this movie now, and also final destination lol. Hope you made it to the end of this blog post, bye!

Masquerade (2012 Film)

Masquerade is a South Korean historical film and I have to say, this is one of the best films I have ever seen in terms of a historical setting. I personally really like watching dramas or movies from the historical period. I watched one last week, but it doesn't match even a bit to how great this film is! Although this film has seriousness mainly, the creators of this film was able to sneak in some humorous moments in this film as well which I thought was clever, but also helps to take you away from all the drama happening in the film.

I won't explain the storyline too much as you can easily take a look online, but this film is about a King who aims to find a doppelganger in aims to be able to basically use him to find out who poisoned his food(because in those times, people tried hard to kill the king ). In a turn of events the actual king is poisoned so the doppelganger must take on the roles of king, and throughout the film we see him evolve, and learn what it takes to be king.

Of course there are people who are suspicious and find out about this doppelganger and try to find ways to sort of trick him out of revealing his identity(I thought it was brilliant actually haha). In terms of drama to action, there is definitely more drama compared to action. This was a first actually because usually for historical sorts of films or dramas, I see quite a lot of action, though the drama really makes up for it though. I personally think that the action sequences really fitted in with the film, so the writers were successful in this aspect.

As I finish typing this out, I realise that there are at least 2 questions left unanswered as to what happened to these characters. They actually sort of forgot to tell us viewers what really happened to them. I'm not quite sure if it was deliberate, but it sort of annoys me actually haha. When you watch this film you'll realise what I'm talking about, and all I can say is that they are both girls(women).

Overall I thought this film was really excellent, and I recommend you watch it if you enjoy historical sorts of films, or like doppelganger sorts of films because the storyline was written very well. I really understand why this film was given such a high ranking. I myself would give it at least a 9, and would definitely watch it again!

BTW I haven't posted in ages, so sorry! So busy with Uni these days, but squeezed in a film to watch because I need a bit of down time! See you all soon!

Non-Stop (2014 Film)

Wow it's been quite some time hasn't it?? I watched an amazing movie today which stars Liam Neeson as the main protagonist, this time it's another action thriller film called Non-Stop. I actually picked this Blu-Ray up for just $6.66 at JB-HiFI so it was SSSSUUUUUUUUUPPPPPEEEEERRRR CHEAP!!!! I was a bit taken aback because of the price because usually you do wonder why it's so cheap but I quickly looked at the general rating for the film and it was at 7/10 so I thought what the heck and bought it.

So the film takes place mostly on a plane. The film is thrilling because the character Neeson plays a character (called Bill) who keeps getting suspicious texts from someone who says that they will kill one person on the plane every 20 minutes until they get 150 million dollars deposited into a specified account. This makes it thrilling as you do not know who the person(or people) are who are threatening Bill and just as you think it was someone, you realise that no it can't be that person.

I think as each 20 minutes go by in the film, things get more and more interesting as your perspective changes so much each time. My only concern is how slow the film actually goes, and how long it actually takes before the big reveal takes place, but I guess it makes it a bit different to other films in which you already know who the bad people are before the climax. The film was set out so that you keep guessing until the last minutes, which is something not done too often in thriller films I have seen before, at least ones which are very hard to guess as I guessed the wrong people multiple times in this film!

Overall I really enjoyed watching this film and I can happily give it a 8.5/10. It does omit a bit of character development though as you don't really learn much about characters, that's something which could have been explored more on, especially for the characters which were killed as it could have made things a bit more dramatic. That is all, goodnight!

Epic (2013 Movie)

Ok I am watching this Epic movie(cartoon one) and I have no idea what is going on really, it actually sort of reminds me of the Ant Bully in which a person is shrunk into a little person in which they need to sort of live the life of the creature. I won't spend too much time talking about this film because I do not have that much to say but I feel like this film isn't really suited for anyone except for kids, young teenagers and parents. For me there isn't that much story-wise which interested me, that is why I cannot say that much.

Overall the whole movie could have had better character development I think, and maybe a back story of how the protagonist became the person she was, I feel like that could have done something more to the film to help viewers understand the relationship better with the father and the daughter because you sort of have to guess as not much is actually told in the story.

Can I give the film a 3/10?? I might need to watch this film one more time in the future as I didn't really watch this film properly but I feel like the plot really made the film a bit boring to watch. That is all!

Transformers Age of Extinction (2014 Film)

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Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014 Live Action Film)

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Moonlight Resonance (TVB Drama)

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Top 5 Summer K-Pop Girl Group Tracks of 2015 (My Picks)

Ok so please before we start don't judge, these are just my thoughts ok :)

So before I start, this top 5 countdown post is just for girl groups so don't comment saying I missed out some guy groups because this is only for the girl groups out there(no solo artists either).

At the start I really wasn't into the summer tracks. I didn't find any of them catchy or interesting to watch. I had to really listen to some songs a few times over a period of a few months before I really got into some of these songs I have listed here.

5. Sistar - Shake It

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Ok so I have to say that Sistar isn't my favourite groups out there. It was only when I listened to their previous summer track that I really started getting into them and bought some of their albums. These days I don't really watch this song because of the slip performance which I saw which made it a bit hard for me to watch/ listen to afterwards.

4. AOA - Heart Attack

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I actually got this song stuck in my head for one point,  the chorus is pretty catching. Once again I wasn't a big fan of this group, but this song is actually one of my favourites from them, maybe because the song is just a tad less sexy than what they do in some of their other videos.

3. A Pink - Remember

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So some people could be wondering why this is my number 3. This song didn't initially appeal to me, though A Pink is one of my favourite K-Pop girl groups. This song is less upbeat compared to some of the other summer songs out there, but still there's something very catching in this song compared to the other songs, for me anyway. Maybe the dance in the chorus just appealed more to me?? But remember always makes me remember :) I really like Chorong's bit in the song, I think it really suits her soft voice.

2. GFriend - Me Gustas Tu

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Ok so ever since Glass Bead came out I had already been liking their music but this track is really catchy I think. Out of all the songs on my list, I think they are the most natural I think, if I can even explain it like that. It just feels very fresh with the green grass and stuff. But for the song itself I could listen to it again and again really. This isn't number 1 actually, and I was thinking about it but it has a more spring feel don't you think, but does have a hot summer feel of spending time with family don't you think??

1. Girl's Generation - Party

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Girl's Generation haven't been on my list of girl groups which I follow but after the release of this song I really started watch and listening to more from them. The only thing I really hate about this song is when they sing "P-A-R-T-Y", it's a bit annoying for me, but doesn't kill the whole song for me. So sometimes annoying can be a bad thing, but annoying songs are usually my favourite if they are not too annoying, and in this case there's enough but just to be in my top 1. I was obsessed with this song for quite a while compared to the other songs on this list, which makes it into my top 1 on the list.

Well that's it, these are my top 5 K-Pop girl group summer songs for 2015, enjoy the rest of the holidays and have a happy new year! Can't wait for more K-Pop in 2016! I know there will be many people who have different views from mine so if so please leave a comment telling me your top 5 list. Thanks for stopping by!

Into The Storm (2014 Film)

Ok so I had high hopes for this film, but I heard from many sources that the film was pretty bad, but I still wanted to watch it anyway to see if it's that bad. So this is a disaster film on mysterious tornados which constantly hits an American community, and there are a select cast who try to make it out of the disaster.

Almost the entire film is shot is a sort of handheld view (it is a lost footage genre I believe) which means that there are quite a few shaky camera views which can make people a bit motion sick if you are like me right now @@

Overall I think it was just an ok movie, nothing exciting. The special effects are great though, I have to say that. Overall I'd have to give it a 4/10. It doesn't have anything good in terms of the plot but if you like disaster films where things blow up, or get destroyed then this just may be the film for you!

Naruto the Movie: Ninja Clash in the Land of Snow (Anime Movie)

Hey everyone, I just finished watching Naruto Land of Snow. I watched the movie, but can't say much about it so I won't really review it but can I just say that I feel a few similarities with the Pokemon movie Pokémon Ranger and the Temple of the Sea. Mainly because there is some sort of key in which is needed to be protected, but really there's not much of a similarity, but it just reminded me of it anyway haha. Anyway I saw a real strong message in the film which I thought I'd quickly talk about anyway. "Believe in yourself." Princess Gale doesn't believe in herself or anyone, but Naruto tries to prove her wrong, and shows her that if you work hard and keep doing it, then things can pull through at the end. That's all I wanted to say anyway. I'm just watching the funny short in the DVD extra now, it's pretty funny haha. Back to Avatar the Legend of Aang now :) Bye!

Pixels (2015 Film)

Hey everyone, I'll try and type this up as fast as I can because I really need to go to sleep soon for work tomorrow, but I would just like to quickly talk about the film I watched yesterday. Pixels is a 2015 science fiction action-comedy film. The poster suggests that the movie is based on PacMan eating up an island, but it is entirely not the case. This film is actually about the gaming world colliding with the real world. In fact the gaming world is coming down onto earth and attacking the world like a game in which there are only three lives, and once all those lives are used up, the world will be destroyed.

From what I have heard before I even saw this film, a lot of people really hated it, and didn't like it at all so I was a bit skeptical on watching this film, but in fact I quite enjoyed it. I am thinking that fans of the original video games may have went to see this film and hoping for something more spectacular from their childhood characters. I hate to disappoint but this is in fact the case, and most of the characters who may have been good in the games are actually usually the bad guy in the film. I think this could have been one factor affecting people's ratings.

Also because this is a sort of all-star live action mash-up film, you can't really expect to see all your favourite characters anyway as there needs to be some sort of storyline connecting everything together. But I guess while watching this film, I was thinking of Wreck-It Ralph, and how different that movie was rated.

I think the main reason why I liked this film so much was because it sort of brang video games to life in a cool action/ adventure way which I quite liked. Oh I just remembered, I think this movie is more targeted at kids, though I am not 100% sure on this, but I can see kids enjoying this film more than adults would.

Overall I don't see that this film is that bad, but it could have a few more better character developments as there are a few points in the film where I wondered who the characters were, and took me a while to figure this out. Overall I'll give it a 7/10, not a bad film at all. GOODNIGHT!

D-Day (Korean Drama)

Hey everyone, so I would like to quickly talk about a drama which I have just finished(took me around 10 days to finally finish). So D-Day is a 2015 Korean drama which is about an earthquake which happens in Seoul. The drama mainly follows the life of a young risk-taking doctor who performs risky surgeries that other doctors wouldn't even dream to attempt (Dr Lee played by Kim Young-kwang) who is put into situations throughout the entire drama. The director of the hospital actually opposes of his risk takings during surgeries and tries to get him to leave the hospital and remove his medical license.

When I first saw the trailer of this drama, I thought that maybe this drama would be almost entirely about the earthquake. Maybe we follow the lives of some of the characters and see how they get through the earthquake, and the aftermath. I actually didn't realise until I actually started watching the drama that it was actually a medical drama, so the entire drama is heavily focused on doctors, patients etc, something which is a first for me.

It took about 2 episodes before I really got into this drama though, so if you are thinking about watching this drama then please wait for at least 3 episodes before you decide to stop watching this drama. After the 3rd episode, I was really hooked, I wanted to know if everyone would survive or not. In later episodes we actually watch the battle between the director and Dr Lee which I found pretty interesting as well. What was interesting was that this was the first disaster drama which I have ever seen before, and also the first one on earthquakes. It made me realise how important doctor decisions are in order to save patients, and if you take too long to decide, then the patient can die. But after watching this drama it made me appreciate them more, and hope that it didn't happen during our Christchurch earthquake.

Overall I really enjoyed this drama and would rate it a good 8/10. It's not exactly 100% entertaining at times, but if you are seriously into the disaster and or medial genre then this is the drama for you. Usually the best dramas I watch have a character which I really resent, and the director is one, which means that the drama is good haha. Well that is all for this review anyway!

Sassy Go Go (K-Drama)

Hey everyone, so it's the holidays so I decided to start on watching some dramas. I found this drama because one of the characters in this drama is actually a member of a K-Pop group A-Pink called Eun-Ji. So I watched the trailer for this drama before it started, but I didn't think much of it really. I thought maybe it would be like another sort of Glee show with singing and dancing but I was wrong!

Ok so this is a drama which is based mostly around a high-school which is quite education focused. Students strive to be on top in their grades. With even one mark wrong in a test can mean that they get a whiplash or something. Ok this seems severe but is actually the norm ok :) So anyway, there's a group of students who are at the bottom of the ranking and just happen to be in a dance group as well. I'm just going to spill the beans here, but in the first episode things happen, and their group is disbanded because of the corrupt principal and school system (you figure this out as more episodes go on). This is due to the student's parents who are wealthy and have a lot of power so they do things such as bribe the principal and school to help their students in any way popular.

Now from only watching the first episode I was already hooked because there's some usual K-Drama stuff like back-stabbing and friendships falling apart, and getting caught up in those fake love affairs lol.  But after watching a few episodes you realise that there's more than meets the eyes. I believe a lot of this drama is about friendship/ frenemies?? haha, and dealing with parent's expectations which I think a lot of students can relate to. There's also something which I thought was interesting which adds to this drama as a whole. "No adult can be trusted", that's at least a message from watching this movie anyway, and at least that is true for the families who are higher up with power. The people who are higher up may have everything from wealth, to brains may not have something which can make them happy, and that is friends, and free time.

And if you are interested, there is a love triangle, but that doesn't appear until some episodes in so watch out for that haha. There was something else I wanted to add but I have forgotten now. Although the drama was targeted as a cheerleading drama (at least that's what I thought at first), there so much stuff going on, and seriously this is one of the most emotional dramas I have ever seen. Seriously if you want to feel every emotion, this is the drama to look for. And as for the hooks, luckily the drama doesn't end funny in each episode, but is hooking enough for us to want to watch more.

Overall I will have to give this drama at least a 9.5/10. It is soooooo good. Mostly because the script is written so well, and the actors play their parts so well. If you are looking for something dramatic this is the show for you. I live watching school dramas, and I have seen quite a few, but this one tops them all in terms of plot-line. You wouldn't think some things happen but they really do. I'm up to the last episode now, I started 2 days ago so I can't wait to finish soon. Well sort of anyway, I'll be dreading it once I finish the drama, but yea, hope you enjoyed this post!

Lewis Road Creamery Milk (Product Review)

Hey everyone, new video up on my MBXD channel. In this video I talk about the Lewis Road Creamery Milk flavours, and my thoughts on each flavour. Enjoy!

Oven Mitt and Balloon Challenge (YEESHIH Video!)

Hey everyone! I just wanted to share our recent challenge video, the Oven Mitt and Balloon Challenge, because it's such great fun to watch! Video below, enjoy!

Fearless (2006 Film)

This film is about an arrogant martial artist called Huo Yuanjia played by Jet Li set on becoming the best fighter of Tian Jin. He fights anyone who wishes to fight. Unfortunately it later takes a toll on him as people are left dead because of his actions (Let's not say who here!) so he is later left to settle his emotions. As the film progresses we do see a development in his character, I think this is sort of why I like this film. There's quite a bit of character development, while also having some pretty interesting fight sequences. I guess I'd have to give this film a 7/10. There's not much on the film that I will comment on, but if you are interested in the Wu Xia genre, and like watching Chinese martial art films, then this film is probably for you!

Red Cliff (2008-2009 War Film)

Ok so I watched this film called Red Cliff today. For some reason I've been into the historic Chinese films lately. i bought this one some time ago, and only got around to watching it today. So I will keep this review short. That is sort of because I don't remember what happened really.

Red Cliff is a historic Chinese war film, set back many dynasties ago. Because I don't quite understand the story, I need to tell you to read the description on Wikipedia or something. But this post is just my thoughts on the film. I think the reason why I didn't really get this movie was because there are so many characters in this film, and they arn't ever really introduced properly. There's not much of a character development.

This film was actually a 2 part film, over 300 minutes long, though the DVD only released about half that time. I think the overall filming of the movie was quite good anyway. The thing that lacks is a bit of dialogue as there isn't that much character development. But I'm not quite, because I guess this film is about war, so you would expect a lot of fighting, which is what they did.

I guess overall, if you are just wanting to watch spectacular battle sequences, then this is the perfect film for you. If you are looking for more of a storyline, and want to get to know some new characters, this this isn't quite the film for you. I myself didn't enjoy it, well.... I couldn't remember half the storyline so I won't rate it. Anyway those are just some of my thoughts on the film, you'll need to decide for yourself if you enjoy this film or not :)

Butterfly Lover (2008 HK Film)

I have to say, this is the first time I have watched a film that was dubbed and subbed at the same time! I believe that the original is actually voiced in Mandarin, though for some reason they released it in Cantonese in NZ. Anyway, I was a bit surprised when they started talking. It wasn't until I searched up on Wikipedia, that I realised that it was voiced in Mandarin, that proves that the voicing was pretty good, though I did have my suspicions.


The story is pretty obvious from the title. It is roughly based on the Butterfly Lovers story but with a martial arts twist to it. The story goes that a girl needs to go and study, but she cannot because she is a girl, and only guys can study, so she must disguise herself as a male for her to be able to study. While she is there, she quickly falls in love with a guy, and the guy starts to fall in love with her. What's funny is that he thinks that he's sick because he's in love with a guy lol.

This film is more story over action, but there are a few action sequences. I guess if you want to watch a tragic love story unfold then this is quite a movie for you! I really like watching Chinese movies set in the olden times, there's something about their clothing, buildings and culture which really fascinates me.

I'd have to give this film an 8.5/10. For 50 cents at The Warehouse, I didn't really expect much, but there's quite a lot that happens in this movie which keeps me hooked. Hope you liked it just as much as I did :)