Hello Miss

• Lee Ji Hoon as Hwang Dong Gyu
• Lee Da Hae as Lee Soo Ha
• Ha Suk Jin as Hwang Chan Min
• Yoon Mi Joo as Suh Hwa Ran

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Lee Soo Ha, 38th granddaughter of the Jae Ahn Lee clan and owner of the clan manor Hwa Ahn Dang, is trying to save the place from going bankrupt. Hwang Dong Gyu, oldest grandson of the president of TOP Group, is trying to buy Hwa Ahn Dang because his grandfather, who was once a servant at the manor, cannot rest in peace unless he spends his last days in Hwa Ahn Dang's master suite. Hwang Chan Min, Dong Gyu's playboy cousin, is his rival in business and love. Enter Seo Hwa Ran, a model who has a secret history with and a secret plan for Hwa Ahn Dang (and Chan Min), and Lee Joon Yong, Soo Ha's brother and Chan Min's friend who can't forget a girl from Hwa Ahn Dang he knew when he was a kid...

This drama is adapted from the novel, "Kimchi Mandu
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I was interested to watch this drama because I'm a fan of Lee Da Hae. I've read a couple of reviews about this, and they said it was funny. But a friend of mine said that the story is not really that amazing. That didn't stop me from watching this drama. I am also very interested on how Lee Ji Hoon and Lee Da Hae would work up on their chemistry. Expect me to compare their chemistry with Lee Dong Wook and LDH's chemistry on My Girl.



For me, LDH's beauty was really shining in this Korean drama! But I didn't see it immediately. Because in the first few episodes, she always wore the HANBOK. I have nothing against the traditional Korean dress, but she didn't really have any appeal while wearing those. When Chan Min dressed her up (the photo above), everyone was taken by Aegisshi.

As usual, LDH's acting is superb. Her character, Lee Su Ha is the complete opposite of My Girl's Joo Yoo Rin. Lee Su Ha is taught never to lie to others. Her life is focused on Hwa Ahn Dang. She is kind of stupid or should I say ignorant when she went to Seoul. A certified country bumpkin. She first believed that every person is kind, then she met her younger sister, Lee Jun Ha. Then, when she realized that people would take advantage of your weaknesses, she accused Hwang Dong Gyu of fraud. How unfair. But then, because of destroying Dong Gyu's phone, and after it was fixed, she browsed on his phone, and right on to her face, she knew how much Dong Gyu likes her.




I love how at the start of the story, they got into the business immediately. Starting on how Lee Su Ha and Hwang Dong gyu met, not bad. I love Hwang Dong Gyu! A very funny guy. He's charming in an unconventional way. I love the fact that the lead guy was the first one to fall in love, and he didn't deny his feelings. A true man. An unconventional Korean drama again. We're so used to having the lead girl fall for the guy first. So this was definitely a change. Dong Gyu was doing all the chasing to Aegisshi. I love it.



Suh Hwa Ran/ Kkot Bun is the typical antagonist, with bitterness clouding her system. Fine, it was always Aegisshi, respected at Hwa Ahn Dang, but she didn't have to be a biyatch. I really hate her, and the fact that she hates her mom, I hated her more! Her mom loves her so much even though Hwa Ran did all of the bad things. She has a plastic beauty, which I think represents how Korea is in favor of plastic surgeries, and how their standards of beauty are defined with surgeries! Just my opinion.



There's Hwang Chan Min, the typical playboy. I actually hated his guts that he uses Aegisshi for his own good, then when the bad things happened, he puts all the blame to Dong Gyu. But still, in this drama, it is evident that the good guys always win, no matter what. In fairness, he really fell for Aegisshi. But I don't like that he knows Aegisshi likes Dong Gyu, yet he remained silent. Just because of a girl you would forsake your brother? He's cute in an awkward and very weird way. But his good looks is not enough to sweep Aegisshi off her feet.




Lee Jun Yeong, Su Ha's brother, is so cute!!! I kind of wished that he is one of LDH's leading men in this drama. Weird, but they had some chemistry. Not as siblings, but lovers!! And that is why I can't help but express my feelings for him! He's a sweet guy, the typical guy you would want to bring home to your mommy, and the guy you would want for a boyfriend. Suh Hwa Ran was really lucky that despite her insecurities, this guy makes her feel really secure. Awww.



Overall, I like this drama. There's a lot of chemistry between Dong Gyu and Su Ha but I would have to say that it is underdeveloped. Haha. I wish they would've made more romantic scenes. They're a cute couple and all that, but their chemistry wasn't maximized to its full potential. Haha. I wish they would pair up again in the future, and more intimate scenes please!

I love Dong Gyu and his loyal assistant, Representative Jang, and how Dong Gyu would hit his head. Funny, funny, funny! Their relationship also symbolizes extreme loyalty, which I believe is a good thing.



I didn't like the ending that much because it looked like it was rushed. Like "Hey, we have to do this because it is the last episode already!" Bad. I also think this drama should be entitled "Hwa Ahn Dang". Haha. Because the story revolves so much around the clan state.

This drama also heavily promotes Korean culture, from the Aegisshi lifestyle, to the wedding! Very Traditional Korean stuffs. Nothing against it, its just that maybe they could have given the lead characters more sweet scenes then I wouldn't have to despise the too much Korean flavor of the drama. This drama gives a good laugh, so its still interesting to watch.

Final words: Its a good drama, but there's something lacking in it. And you can't figure out what is it even though you have finished watching the epilogue.

Upcoming: Hello Miss

I am currently watching Hello Miss, and I read some reviews that its not really that that great. But I am loving it. :)

Witch Yoo Hee

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• Han Ga In as Ma Yoo Hee
• Jae Hee as Chae Moo Ryong
• Jun Hye Bin as Nam Seung Mi
• Kim Jeong Hoon as Yoo Joon Ha
• Dennis Oh as Johnny Kruger

Ma Yoo Hee (Han Ga In) is the executive of an advertising company. She would never be caught dead wearing make-up and only dresses in black. Her hairstyle and glasses are very business like looks, her only enjoyment in life appears to be the times when she's criticising everything and anyone. All of her employees and co-workers fear her and she is constantly talked about when she's not around. Her stern and harsh nature has earned her the nickname 'witch' When it comes to romance she is hopeless. No matter how many blind dates she has, not one has ever led to a
second. The reason for this is her negativity and her inability to loosen up and express herself. She is, however, completely oblivious of her faults and cannot comprehend why she is so bad when it comes to love.

Chae Mu-Ryong (Jae Hee) is an aspiring chef with a passion for French cuisine. He has an innate ability when it comes to taste and perfection. Every piece of food and every plate he prepares must be perfect. However this tends to get him into a lot of trouble because when working in a kitchen every moment counts and there is not possibly enough time to take so much care in preparation and decoration of meals. His criticism of a head chef's cooking causes him to lose his job. His parents have never really approved of his aspirations and dreams to be a famous chef and insist he return to medical school. He decides to enroll back into medical school but changes his mind at the last minute and decides not to.

Mu-Ryong discusses everything with his best friend and ends up going on a blind date to pretend to be someone else who backed out at the last minute. He declines at first since he already has a girlfriend, but his friend offers him money, and warns him however that the woman he will be meeting is rather different.

The woman he meets is Yoo Hee, and while under normal circumstances she would be rude, brash and boring, she tries to be nice and happy in an attempt to succeed on the date. However, her pretending is not very convincing and Mu-Ryong figures that it would be a matter of time before she loses it. The date ends when Mu-Ryong falls asleep for a moment, resulting in Yoo Hee throwing a glass of water at his face and calling him rude. He retorts back to her also, telling her to take care of her appearance the next time she goes on a blind date. The two then leave on bad terms.

While delivering food from his father's Chinese restaurant, Mu-Ryong becomes involved in a car accident, coincidentally with Yoo Hee. They exchange insurance information and Yoo Hee learns that he lied to her on their date, realizing that he is 1 year younger than her, and that he met her only as a favor to a friend.

Yoo Hee demands the money for the damage to her car to be paid within a week. However, Mu-Ryong doesn't have any money, and yet Yoo Hee is unwilling to compromise with him. He decides to use his school tuition, which was given to him by his parents, to pay for her car. However, he loses the money after being mugged on the way to pay her.

Mu-Ryong tells Yoo Hee he doesn't have the money but is willing to work it off, no matter how long it takes or what he must do for her to pay her back. Yoo Hee decides that Mu-Ryong could repay her by working as her house keeper, since she continuously looses her previous keepers.

Meanwhile, Mu-Ryongs girlfriend Seung Mi, who works at her father's restaurant, is expecting a new head chef: Johnny Kruger, a world renowned chef, who also happens to be Mu-Ryong's idol and an acquaintance of Yoo Hee as well.
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I really wanted to watch this drama because I miss Jae Hee. Its been 2 years since I last saw him on TV. Since this drama is director by the same director of My Girl and Sassy Girl Chunhyang, I have high expectations. Yes, it got me hooked on the first episodes, but as the story gets serious, I don't think I really want to know how they would end up with each other.

As usual, Jae Hee is one hell of an actor. He's not a Korean star, he's a Korean actor. We know how hard it is to make people laugh, and he made me laugh so much, enough to keep watching this series. His character, Chae Moo Ryong is way different from Lee Mong Ryong. I can't help comparing Witch Yoo Hee with Sassy Girl Chunhyang and My Girl.

Chae Moo Ryong is an unfortunate lad who always gets fired. He doesn't have the striking good looks, all he has is a loving character and the maturity in falling in love. At first, he sees that Yoo Hee is a pretty girl, desired to be loved, but hiding in a witch or should I say, bitch character. But what he didn't expect is that he would fall in love with this witch.

He's a good guy, but I couldn't say that he's a good boyfriend to Seung-Mi. Knowing that he has a girlfriend, he should always put his girlfriend first, above anything else. But he kept on making excuses to go to Yoo Hee, and that is bad. Infidelity. But I guess, the story just shows that if you found true love, you should go get it, even though you are taken. I was just irritated on how he would leave his girlfriend alone.

Jae Hee is enough to handle this series on his own. He brought justice to Chae Moo Ryong's character, and his eyes are just so expressive. Impressive too! I just don't like the idea that he's like Yoo Hee's stylist, which makes him look GAY. Not gay --happy, but gay--homosexual. Bad. Bad. Bad. And I hate his hair too! Curly??? How come in Sassy Girl Chunhyang, he has straight hair???


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This is my first time to watch Han Ga In ever. Even though her character Yoo Hee is a witch, I could see that she is really pretty. But she is a pretty bitch. I guess it just implies that no matter how beautiful you are, if your personality sucks, then it is put into waste. I feel bad for her that she just want to experience love, but the guys that she dated were assholes and blind enough to see her weakness.

I love her clothes when she transformed into a better Yoo Hee.

But when Han Ga In cries, I don't feel anything. Yes I could see tears falling from her big eyes, but that's it. She looks like she is crying, because that is her job.

She had her moments in this drama, and I think this drama is breakout role. That is my own opinion okay? I really haven't heard any drama that did well, with Han Ga In in it. And this drama is really her own. She will always be known as Witch Yoo Hee.

Yoo Hee is only the rich female lead I have ever seen so far.


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Yoo Joon Ha is one hell of a bastard. What's so ironic is that he is played by angel-faced Kim Jeong Hoon. Its actually good because of his face you don't expect him to be a money-grabbing guy looking for a super rich girl to marry him. I really hated his guts every time he would take advantage of Yoo Hee's affections for him.



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I actually felt bad for him when he got into the car accident and broke his arm. But then, after knowing that he's just using that to force Yoo Hee to marry him, now that is evil! And I can't believe Yoo Hee's dad actually approves of it. No dad would want to fool his daughter.

But he regained his composure when he dropped Yoo Hee at the airport, to catch Moo Ryong.


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Now, there's Seung Mi, the faithful girlfriend. I admired how she believes Moo Ryong even though she is looking stupid already. She could see with her own eyes that there is something going on with Yoo Hee and Moo Ryong, yet she decided to remain blind.



But when it was time for Seung Mi to let go of Moo Ryong, she was desperate to force Moo Ryong to marry her. I also like the fact that she didn't resort to Joon Ha's level of separating Moo Ryong and Yoo Hee. Even though she wants Moo Ryong to be with her, she wouldn't do unacceptable things just to get him.



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OH JOHNNY! I love Johnny Kruger. Period. Even though girls are flocking to him, he still knows how to like quality girls like Yoo Hee. He has the good looks to make any woman fall for him but he doesn't have the confidence to go after Yoo Hee. He became Moo Ryong's good friend, but at the start of the series, he's a conceited jerk. Kind of.

Dennis Oh is oh so hot!


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Jae Hee and Han Ga In's chemistry is not that hot for me. They look more like siblings. Or maybe I am just biased. But I think that's true. Just watch it. :)

If you want a good laugh, this drama is for you. Chae Moo Ryong would keep you entertained and Yoo Joon Ha would want you to turn off the tv. Overall, this drama is okay but I really hated the ending. Come on. I watched 16 episodes and all I get is a kiss at the airport. They could do something better than that!!

Han Chae Young photo shoot in Only You

Sassy Girl Chunhyang NG: Kissing Scene

so cute! :)

Only You NG

Only You NG

Only You: Behind the scenes

Only You OST: Only You by Park Chae Won

Only You: Behind the scenes

Only You OST: Pyun Saeng To Rok

Only You OST: Sarang Hal Gge

My Girl: Opening

These are the opening of My Girl. The original in Korea and the other one is what was shown in the Philippines. They are pretty much the same except for the song. I love Sam Milby's version better.

Check it out!

My Girl OST: Never Say Goodbye

Upcoming: Witch Yoo Hee

I just bought a DVD copy of Witch Yoo Hee! I have seen up to Episode 10 before through Crunchyroll, and because of school works and lack of a broadband connection, I didn't get to finish it. But wait no more. Coz after a week, I guess I'll be able to blog about it!