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!
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 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!
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.
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.
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.
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.
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??
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!
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!
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!
Hey everyone, I started watching Persevere on Friday, and decided to do a review on this drama today(I'm up to episode 5 at the moment).
I have to say that this drama really reminds me of Glee, even though I have not watched Glee before, there seems to be a musical aspect which takes my mind back to Glee. The story revolves around 6 people whose dreams are to become singers. Each of these 6 members meet at a TV show which selects people based on their vocal skills rather than looks and age. Within the first few episodes, a tragedy strikes and destroys the lives of many. This blurb is just a little insight of the story without revealing too much.
I myself quite like this drama, and have enjoyed watching it. My cousin mentioned that it's a musical drama, but the drama I feel has a good balance of both music and drama. You cannot compare this drama to any of your usual American dramas compared to Glee or HSM. There are quite a bit of emotional scenes and quite funny scenes in this drama, so it really takes you on an emotional journey. I think maybe a negative on this drama is the length as it's over 1hr long, but there's only 12 episodes so I guess it's a pretty reasonable length in run time due to this.
Have not much else to say about this drama. You have this sort of love triangle thing happening, something which dramas are good for so you can say that this drama doesn't remove the usual K-Drama aspect of this show. There is also one more thing I really like which some people may not about this drama, and that is that the singers sing covers of already sung songs(similar to Glee). Yea anyway, let's keep this short, I'd give this series 7.5/10. I think it's a good drama to watch, even if you don't like K-Pop, you can just skip the singing bits, but the drama is quite worth while to watch, especially if you don't expect something yea??
Ok first off, this psychological thriller/horror film is not for the faint hearted as it deals with quite graphic violence(though most of it is actually off screen) and includes nudity too. I myself did not expect quite a film while I was starting to eat my dinner so that was a really bad idea!
Anyway, the film starts off not too bad, Joo-yun played by Oh San-ha is sitting in her car on a snowy night due to her car breaking down. While talking to her fiancé, a man appears and offers to fix her car, though she quickly shoos him away, only to have him later break into her car and knock her unconscious. He later kills her by chopping her into pieces. Oh yea did I mention her fiancé is an agent called Soo-hyun (Played by Lee Byung-hun), so basically whole film revolves around him finding the killer and tracking and stopping him once and for all to get revenge (I'm around 50% through the movie so far). I later found out that the agent lets the killer off before the killer goes and finds his next target. I find this aspect of the film a bit odd, and I don't quite understand why it is done.
All I have to say is that if you want to watch a psychopathic maniac on the killing Supre then this film is the one for you. I myself have watched countless horror films but this one really tops the gore factor. I like how the director has utilised off screen violence to make scenes so much more gruesome, it's really fascinating how the director has done this. For the storyline, I think it is very unique, something out of the ordinary. Maybe because I have not watched many Korean films before, but they seem to have a way with storytelling. There are countless fight scenes in this film which I think would entertain the people who are interested in action films as well.
Overall this film is quite something, a bit hard to understand in parts, and a bit hard to watch in others, but overall I think this film is quite something. I do not think this film is suited for everyone, but if you are into more horror films this this film is more for you. My rating would have to be a 7/10. See you next time in my next review, bye!
Hey everyone, new movie I'm watching today thanks to Yesasia for the free DVD's :)
The DVD I have calls this movie Silenced though I searched it up online and got the Name The Crucible. Anyway, this movie is a 2011 South Korean movie which is based on a true story (I can't believe it!). The story revolves around Gwangju Inhwa School which is a hearing impaired school for which students are victims to all sorts of horrible things by teachers at the school. The film starts off quiet enough, you don't suspect anything strange, but after hearing screams from the girl's bathroom Kang In-ho (Played by Gong Yoo) seems to get a bit suspicious, and throughout the film things unravel, as secrets are revealed about the school.
I think overall the film is very touching and emotional. I've never watched a movie that felt so real to me. There's bits where I really wanted to punch the actors in the face! I think the director, writers, actors and whoever else were involved in this film did a really really great job to make the film as believable as it is. I am not quite sure how much the film is based on real events, but I can say that I really believed every single moment of it.
I think this film is a very mind changing for me anyway, I would give this film an easy 9.5/10 and would really urge people to watch this film.
Hey everyone! Today I just wanted to talk about this South Korean TV Show called Hello Counselor. Each week four people express their concerns about something in their life which is a concern to them. After they hear both sides of the story and listen to their family members and friends on their opinions, the audience votes if it is a concern. If that person gets the most votes(out of 150), they win $1,000, and appear each week and win the same amount again until someone else has a more concerning story, giving that new person the money.
What's interesting is that there are four hosts to the show, and each host has one person with the concern, and they start off by reading the person's concern before the concerned person appears on the show by sliding down a slide. And the pair have matching shirts which is cute haha. There's also guests which are celebrities who also express their judgements and thoughts too.
I have to say that the show is extremely addicting and really really funny. I laugh every time I watch each episode, and I've probably watched 10+ episodes within the first day or two(started watching 2 days ago). It's also interesting to see what sort of problems people have, and how extreme some of them are.
This show is very different to western TV Shows as whenever they talk about these sort of issues, it's very serious and everyone usually leaves angry and annoyed. This TV Show turns the stories into comedy and makes every so funny, everyone laughs at it.
This show has to be one of the funniest I have ever seen. I rate it 9/10, really great. Really recommend this show to give yourself a good laugh!
This is going to be a blog post about why I listen to K-Pop. So you've seen a few of my posts on K-Pop, but there are people who ask me why I listen to it, especially because I am not Korean. I believe that music is universal, and anyone who speaks any language can enjoy any song. I myself didn't really get into K-Pop until early last year after my cousin introduced me more into it.
Back in the day, I used to only listen to English language music, this was right up until 2010 ended, then something happened to me, I didn't enjoy much English music from 2011+ . I believe that music has evolved for most countries, but none more so than English music. It's hard to explain, but when you take a look at what the songs deals with, then you realise what they're really talking about, but I won't go into detail on what almost everyone are covering their lyrics on(at least the more popular songs), but I felt like they were being used too much, and I felt like a change.
I escaped to more Chinese songs for a while, and back to the older English songs, but even I find the newer Chinese songs are a bit the same to the English style. With K-Pop you have the dancing(very in time), lyrics/ topics which most other languages don't sing about, and catchy music, all with the elaborate packaged albums and awesome looking hairstyles, something I think English albums are slowly being influenced by.
So I'm not saying newer English music is bad or anything. I still listen to the occasional songs, but what this post is more explaining is why I listen to K-Pop music. I've also found that people wonder why you would listen to music which I don't understand. Although some of their lyrics are partly in English, a majority is Korean. This is something English music can't do, though they get around this by mixing up slangs etc, though most people don't notice when it happens.
So yeah, anyway, I hope that explains my K-Pop music history, and why I listen to it. Though the majority of music I listen to is in Mandarin (did you know that some K-Pop groups release Chinese albums (mostly in Mandarin)??), my main area is local Malaysian artists. The style I listened to as a child has changed me to the way I am today and what type of music I listen to,
Post is getting too long so I'll stop it here. Goodnight!!
So I don't know if you have head this news yet but on September 3, 2014 members of Ladies' Code were involved in a severe car accident as their van lost a wheel and ran into a protective wall. Member EunB died while the remaining 6 passengers were injured. Today I learnt about the death of Rise, another member of the group. I can't help but feel very sad about this news. Even though I did not really know about this group, until quite recently, it's very unfortunate to such talented, young women. I hope that the remaining members make a full recovery(haven't really heard much information about them) but most of my news comes from allkpop so if you want to know k-pop news then you can visit that site for more information.
Hopefully something like this never happens ever again. I myself am lucky to have found out about this group and will buy all their albums soon :) Remember to cherish your life and make the most of it, as you never know when the end will come to you, and the people close to you.
