Oh my lady YAY! Or have I come very close to finding out more about Asian pop?

Have watched all six episodes of "Oh my Lady". I am loving this drama so far, it is like "Lovers in Paris" and "Last Scandal" were married and had a child. Just the thing one needs whilst recuperating!!!

I have come really really close to doing unthinkable, namely checking an Asian pop group, and not just any Asian pop group but a group whose very name sends me off running away giggling. Surely, the name "Super Junior" does not promise musical sophistication? BUT! Just have a look at the pictures of Si Won, one of "Super Junior" members:



( the rest of pictures of Si Won: abs and fashions galore )

And I kind of liked his voice too. Please recommend me some of his songs if you know any good ones? ** puppy eyes **

PS: Just to add to my torn feelings: Si Won's nickname is Simba. HAHAHAHAHA. Nothing amuses me as much these days as Asian pop nicknames. If anyone knows the story behind the nickname - I would appreciate it very much if you let me know!

Chuno: The end with proper subs (or thoughts on life)

I have just re-watched "Chuno" with proper subtitles. I loved it even more than before, but some small shortcomings, like seemingly unnecessariness of the slave rebellion storyline, became more apparent.

Song Tae Ha is on my "most favourite characters" list forever. My huge thanks to the creators!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

What I think "got" me in his character the most was the main idea of the drama (expressed through Tae Ha's character) : it doesn't matter how cruel or bad or terrible the current state of the society is, it doesn't matter that changes can't be achieved immediately. What matters, is how you live your personal life. It is important that you live with hope for the future and with love for this life, "abolish" slavery in your family and make as many people as you can free; that you bring up your children with the ideas of progress and they pass this to their children. I believe the world changes for the better because we make it better, we as individual people.

Even if life deals you bad cards, this doesn't mean that the world is horrible. No-one can take away your happiness unless you give it to them. People can kill and torture you, bad things can happen, but you as "what inside you" nothing can touch. This thought has always been something that helps me. I guess I have always been an incurable optimist (although I do worry a lot :D) , I just don't like the words "impossible" , "never", and such like. :D

From inappropriatecrushes on soompi, from PD Kwak's interview:

"Close friends of mine have called to tell me that Dae-Gil is like a reflection of my past self, whereas Song Tae-Ha is like the picture of what I aspire to be" (AWWWWWWWWWWW!)

"Viewers may consider Dae-Gil and Tae-Ha the protagonists, but for me the (real) protagonists are Eob-Bok and Cheol-Ung. I worked hard with the writer to maintain their presence till the very end. If we substitute the present day with the times of Chuno, who is best suited to be the modern man? I think it’s none other than Cheol-Ung. To really step over others to survive, to be so abominably cruel to an extent that defies comprehension -- all the more I wanted to secure the reality inside his character. On the other side is Eob-Bok, a character who made it possible (for us) to communicate the subject consciousness. As a director, (those were the reasons why) I staked my game on these two characters."

( A bit of ranting )