Boys Over Flowers : Officially Over.

Eventough, I am only halfway this series (I'm only watching this in my spare time right now.) I've read through the Soompi Forum, that the series had officially ended in Korea yesterday night when it aired it's 25th episode. I've read quite a few spoilers but I'm not going to let that spoil my fun... and yes... I know very well that Jun-Di & Ji-Hoo won't make it together as I have already said several times before in my older posts. But still, as much as I know that I'm ready for the ending.... as early as now, I'm having Ji-Hoo withdrawal feelings. (I always have withdrawals for every Korean Drama I watched and loved. Of course now, it's for Ji-Hoo. (let me get this clear, it's for the character of Ji-Hoo and not for the actor who plays Ji-Hoo, Kim Hyun Joong.

Just for honesty's sake, if I were to wish or ask for a boyfriend, I would like / love the guy that has the characteristics of Ji-Hoo. I wouldn't mind if he's just an average looking person as long as he is sweet, loving, caring and thoughtful as Ji-Hoo turned out to be after he got out of his self-imposed "shell" since his parents' unfortunate accident.

At the very start of the series plot /story he had been referred as an "autistic person" because he had this aura that he was living in his own world where he doesn't give a damn about people around him. But in my opinion, he isn't autistic, because his first crush,/childhood friend, Seo-Hyun tried to completely take him out of that self-imposed world he made but she failed him by leaving him to pursue her own dreams.

Jan-Di practically bacame his bestfriend when she made him feel how important it is to tell that someone you love how you really feel. At that time, Jan-Di was the one infatuated with Ji-Hoo, while Ji-Hoo was so inlove with Jan-Di's idol/commercial model, Seo-Hyun, which I thought was very ironic at first, because knowing the storyline, by the time, Ji-Hoo discovers that he has fallen in love with Jan-Di, his bestfriend, F4 leader, Gu-Jun-Pyo is then Jan-Di's on and off boyfriend. (I say on and off because the relationship of Jan-Di/Gu-Jun-Pyo really varies from time to time depending how Madame Kang (Gu-Jun-Pyo's mom) controls or lets go of things regarding the relationship) Meanwhile, Ji-Hoo remained beside Jan-Di through the ups and downs of the Jan-Di/gu-Jun-Pyo relationship. He even made the decision to keep his real feelings to himself to give way to Gu-Jun-Pyo's feelings for Jan-Di.

So in tribute of my favorite BOF character, Ji-Hoo, here's my favorite song in the BOF Soundtrack, 내 머리가 나빠서 (Because I'm Stupid) as sung by Kim Hyun Joong himself, which still remains as an unreleased version because it is not included among BOF's 2 OSTs and Mini 2.5 release. ( Yes, he is singer first as part of SS501 before becoming an actor in sitcoms and dramas.) Pay special attention to the lyrics translation, it fits Ji-hoo's character and his real feelings for Jan-Di to a T.



I'll sure miss Ji-Hoo after I'm done with my BOF run. I'm buying an original DVD when it comes out with good subtitles! I want it for my K-Drama collection, I hope Dad will let me buy it since it's been ages since I've bought my last K-Drama set.

My Sisters Amusing Friends

Some of my sister's friends came to join us for dinner tonight and I found myself totally emersed just listening into their noisy banter around the dining table. Sometimes, I even jump in into the conversation if I knew what they were talking about. It was kind of fun actually, it's like how my own circle of friends interact with one another too. The only difference is that her friends are almost always here everyday of the week and mine really don't. We're already lucky if we saw each other once a week, but when we do meet up once in a while we have fun. thank goodness for e-mails, cellphones, and blogs... communication is still 100 % open despite schedules. Technically, I'm the only one without a schedule. They have work, I don't which sometimes I also envy but I am thankful that they never made me feel so different from them. I ♥ YOU GUYS!

I played with my sister's two adorable dogs today, which she also adoringly refers to as her kids, Jia and Miko. I even took some pictures of them with my cellphone's cemera, which came out beautifully if I do say so myself. I showed them to my sister and she so loved them, now we have to figure out a way to get the pics out of my phone to her desktop. My current cell doesn't have any bluetooth or infrared capabilities and it can receive text and multimedia messages but can't send out any. (yes it's my subscription features, not exactly my phone's fault which used to be my sister's cell. My sister used my phone upgrade to change her old cell to Blackberry and I in return get her old phone. Unfair, I know, but I really don't need a really nice sophisticated phone like blackberry and nice features like texting and multimedia extras because I just stay home. But I told her, her next phone upgrade will be mine because she already too my upgrade and I wanted to have a newer phone because what I'm using now is really old.

I'll post the dogs' pictures I took as soon as we figure out a way to get them saved out of my phone. For tomorrow my sister left me her camera to play around with when I play with the adorable doggies again.

I've heard for Xander again after quite sometime and I'm glad to hear that he's thinking of staying here with Sam and her family. He's not staying here because of me, mind you. (at least that's what I'm sure of, please don't put any malice underlying colors on his plans to stay if ever... HE'S ON HIS OWN...

Dog Gone Day...

I spent most of the day with my sister's two pups, Jia and Miko while she and her friend had a previous engagement to attend to. It wasn't really that bad, they were pretty quiet except when they see/sense someone pass by and start barking their heads out. Sometimes neighbors' dogs bark and they tend to answer back. I had to go out of my room anyways to play with them so that they would stop barking and stuff. One mistake those was to wear something white. Once I was done playing with them my shirt started from white to dirty white. UGH! And of course, I somewhat smelled like the dogs too or maybe it's just me. (My sister's dogs are always well groomed "certified house dogs" My sister even learned how to groom them herself just to save from high grooming fees. )

I saw one of my long time friends online, Mayflor after quite some time of not seeing her for a while. She used to live in Las Vegas, NV, since she separated from her mom and dad due to a misunderstanding. She's now back in Torrance. She says she's ok with her mom, it's just that she has no intenton of going back to her parents. I guess communication with them is better than not talking to each other at all.

I also chatted with my "kumare" online. Her daughter is my godchild. It's been a while since I really last saw her too. We just get to talk on the phone occassionally and see each other on common friends' parties if there were any.

I also talked to my dad on the phone and got a few reminders from him and phone numbers too including cell phone and long distance numbers. I also got our tenants' phone number that I'd like to call tomorrow for the last netflix disk mailed to us.

First Night At My Sister's House

I know I'm late for my evening daily habit... I just had to make the most of the movie my sister and her friends popped in the DVD Player, LOVE ME AGAIN, DOWN UNDER, the movie with Angel Locsin and Piolo Pascual, since I didn't get to watch this movie in full the first time (with my mom) I just got settled in one of the rooms here and it seems very cozy. I think I'll be just fine here. I just hope my sister will keep her promise to let me bond with our house every weekend just to check on the house and my my Tivo recordings. Yes, I'm still recording shows and I am going to try to complete at least one or two of the four left halfway on my recorded shows. I'm really praying that I could at least complete Tayong Dalawa and May Bukas Pa which I really like.

I was expecting my last DVD from Netflix today and it didn't come in the mail today as expected, I hope my sister will be able to get it from the mail tomorrow so that we won't get a $20 fee if we didn't get to return it within 7 days. (our account at Netflix is on hold right now but the last disc shipped has to returned to avoid a fee to replace it.

MORE : I saw this fanart of my favorite BOF character, Ji-Hoo and Jan-Di. I just had to post it like the other 2 I had posted in one of my past posts. Eventhough, Jan-Di and Ji-Hoo aren't meant to be in the storyline, at least in this fan-art... THEY ARE.


Now can you see how very much I wanted them to be together?!

Tonight's the night...

Tonight's my last night here at home. By tomorrow night, I'll be staying at my sister's house til my mom and dad return from the Philippines in three weeks. I've been making some last minute packing but still my toothbrush and other toiletries have to wait till the last minute since I'll still be using them tomorrow.

I'LL SURE MISS MY ROOM... since I'll probably have no chance to watch TFC or GMA for all my daily teleserye habits, thank goodness there are some sites where I could download and watch the episodes from this laptop, but I'm sorry to say I can't guarantee that my Tivo DVR would be able to record all of them without fail because every time we are on vacation and I set to record every show that I don't wanna miss... something always goes wrong. (SIGH) and of course, I'll have to throw out the rest that I've already made into DVD just because I won't be able to comeplete the series anymore just because something went wrong with the recorded footages on my DVR. I'm hoping that I could at least complete one or two of my four pending series still ongoing right now. (I'm keeping my fingers crossed.)

I went to a dental appointment this afternoon and my dad who's already anticipating the long wait in the dental office so he decided to just buy the books I wanted to read at Barnes & Noble while I of course stay for my appointment which I thought was a good idea rather than going to the bookstore later after my appointment.

Mind you, I don't go to Barnes & Noble often, one of the main reasons why I didn't enroll myself in their discount card program. I'm rather inclined to shop online for books because of the big difference in the retail price,(even with the shipping and handling fees already included.) and I even have the option to buy an item or a book used because it's much more economical and logical. What happens to new books after it's been read once or even twice? (that's if I really liked it) It gets "stacked" or "stored" somewhere to collect dust, that's why I rerely buy new books nowadays. But now, I asked Dad to buy books from B&N because of lack of time. (Buying online, also meant waiting for it to come through the mail, which we don't have time for.)

I chose two books of the Fablehaven series by author, Brandon Mull. It's basically a book about fantasy and magic, much like Harry Potter. It's been quite a while since I've finished the Harry Potter Series, so I thought these would be nice to read next. I was supposed to opt for romance books but everytime I read romance themed stuff I breeze through them like so quick that sometimes I could even finish one title in a day! That wouldn't be good since I can't afford to buy three weeks' worth of books because my sister's house has no TFC.

I also installed Sims Life Stories on my laptop to just have some other recreation other than reading. I'm also thinking of bringing some of my Korean Drama Series on DVD (+ others) to watch too. I just hope that the DVD software intalled on my laptop is good enough to use as a DVD player. These would probably keep me occupied most of the day. Oh and I almost forgot the video presentation my sister wanted me to make for her "big day" in July.

So I guess getting bored while I'm staying at my sister's is out of the equation.

SIDENOTE : My aunt from Madrid, Spain just called just a few minutes ago to talk to my Dad regarding the trip tomorrow. She noted that she hadn't spoken to me in quite a while because I always wake up late in the morning! (she always calls early... but this time around she called as soon as she woke up (it's early morning in Spain) that's why she got to talk to me on the phone.

All Packed....

I just finally finished packing up for my stay at my sister's place. Since she said she'll drive me home during the weekends, I only packed for a week's stay. So I will have a duffel bag of clothes and another bag for my laptop. I'm not sure yet if I should bring an extra pair of shoes other than the one I'll be wearing coming in to their place (of course it depends whether I needed to wear prosthetics which meant I'll needed to bring a bigger sized shoe compared my normal sized one. ) I guess I'll know by tomorrow and if that happens I'll have an extra paper bag for another pair of shoes. I still have to go to a dental appointment tomorrow. (My last appointment before Mom and Dad leave for Manila (Philippines) this coming Friday.)

I saw the premiere episode of Richard Gutierrez's ZORRO today and it seemed ok although I felt that Richard's acting is again lacking as far as emotions are concerned. I hope his acting will evolve to something other than his usual "cardboard" acting in later episodes of this series. The set, costumes and veteran actors like Joel Torre, Jaclyn Jose, Leo Martinez, Mark Gil, Eddie Gutierrez, Sandy Andolong and Lani Mercado, playing a special role and now TJ Trinidad (transferred from ABS-CBN, now one of Annabelle Rama's talents.) are all great.

Richard is a handsome guy, that's already a given, but he needs to hone his acting skills especially on how to project different kinds of emotions, (depends on the scene of course) and not have just one "cardboard" reaction for all "emotional" scenes. GMA should invest on him since he is one of the very few popular stars on their roster by sending him to a much needed workshop. The only reason why I'm watching ZORRO is because I loved the Columbian (?) version which I only watched online in it's Tagalog Dubbed version maybe a couple of years ago or so. It was awesome! I'm not sure though if GMA's ZORRO is based on it.

MORE : Upon visiting Soompi's Boys over Flowers Thread, I saw two banners with Ji-Hoo /Jan-Di Theme. And even though I know that these two are not going to make it as a couple, it's still nice to see in these banners what an awesome couple they make.



In comparison with the Taiwanese and Japanese versions, the Korean version appears to have more Hua Si Lei/Hanazawa Rui/Yoon Ji Hoo exposure compared to the other 2 versions. As much as I like / love this character so much, and the actor playing Ji-Hoo (Kim Hyun Joong) is growing on me every second, I should be happy right?

My answer to that is a YES and NO....

Yes because of more screen time for people like me who loves to see more of Ji-Hoo and how his character will evolve to a better person now that Jan-Di is helping him break through the shell he created around himself since his parents accident, which he actually blames himself for. (He covered the eyes of his father who's driving the car at that time thus causing the accident that caused his parents' deaths)

No, because more screentime for Ji-Hoo (especially with Jan-Di) also meant prolonging the pain and the agony of Ji-Hoo's unsaid feelings for Jan-Di, which I think even if Ji-Hoo bravely faced Jan-Di and told her the truth point blank, and if ever Jan-Di agreed for both of them to try things out, Jan-Di won't be able to reciprocate the kind of love Ji-Hoo felt for her because she loves Gu Jun Pyo and no one else.

It's true, when Jan-Di first saw F4 and then a bit later on after the issuance of the notorious "red F4 You're DEAD" card. Ji-Hoo was the first F4 member that got her attention, because of all the times Gu Jun Pyo made it hard for Jan-Di, Ji-Hoo had been there for her. It would be safe enough to say that she had a crush on Ji-Hoo (but Ji Hoo is very much in love with Min Seo Hyun) and on the other hand she despised Gu Jun Pyo. But now with the tables turned 360 degrees, Ji-Hoo is now in the dilemma of letting go of his feelings for Jan-Di to give way to Gu Jun Pyo or letting his feelings be known to Jan-Di, and try to make or wait for Jan-Di to love him back.

As the saying goes, FIRST LOVE NEVER DIES...
And it definitely applies to both Gu Jun Pyo and Jan-Di
As for Ji-Hoo, I am sincerly praying for him to find someone else who will love him back and appreciate everything he can do for a woman he loves.

HEARTBROKEN FRIEND UPDATE : I'm sad to hear that she still hasn't gone back to work since the break up. (Two days and probably more.) I really think working would have been really good for her now... she needs the distraction instead of just moping around about it.

A Friend's Sole Consolation...

I wasn't able to log-in and post anything for yesterday and with good reason, a friend of ours called yesterday sounding depressed and distraught over the line. At first I had a sinking notion that someone in her family must have passed away or something based on how she barely got words out in between sobs. Everything she said was like reading Morse code. Her words were either minced or eaten up by her long loud sobs. The only words I was able to make out was the last two words in her long tirade... "HE'S GONE."

I know her father has Alzheimer's but I'm sure it couldn't be because of him because we just saw him during mass last Sunday and she seemed more than okay. I had to wait a couple of minutes for her to calm down a bit and then maybe the details would come but when my Dad came home at that same time I decided to just go visit her at home since she sounded like she needed a friend that time. Luckily, my Dad had errands to run outside so he drove me to my friend's place. (even slept over there too)

After 30 minutes of just listening to her after I got there, I learned that her boyfriend of 3 years suddenly broke up with her for no apparent reason whatsoever and she called everybody in our group for consolation but everybody was at work and had their cell off or tucked away. (except for me of course, I'm "jobless" LOL!)

My first thought when she told me that she got dumped for no reason at all was that her boyfriend must have been seeing another girl or other girls behind her back while they were still together and now that the guy wanted to switch girlfriends she got dumped.

Let me make one thing clear ok? We know the girl but her now ex-boyfriend, we don't, well not as much as we would have liked anyway. They've pretty much kept the private stuff to themselves, which was only natural of course, that's how they wanted it. We've gone out with her and her boyfriend numerous times but as we all know, that doesn't guarantee we got to know her boyfriend. With that said, only our friend know how he really is. Who knows, he could have been a totally different person when we're around.

She told me that the guy didn't give her a reason why he's breaking up with her. To me that is just simply "UNACCEPTABLE!" Come on, there is always a reason for a break up! Because if there isn't then whatever relationship they had would have been meaningless to both parties, right? Kinda like those "no strings attached" deals wherein you date and go out with someone but you are free to see just about anyone else because there is no affirmation of any kind between the guy and the girl.

They have been together for 3 years, does that mean my friend wasted three years of her life to be with this guy just to get dumped for no apparent reason?! I'm sorry but I can't help myself from thinking that their is indeed a third party in the picture that either or friend doesn't know about or either she didn't wanna tell us about.

If I was in the same situation, I would rather accept my disability as one of the many reasons that might make a guy break up with me rather than him telling to me to call it quits for a reason he can't even pinpoint himself!

Even when the rest of our other friends got to her house later that evening, she still couldn't explain why she got dumped. (I was hoping that she had a better explanation after 2-3 hours had passed since she called me) Most of us, slept over yesterday night (except for Sam and Bunny who had to go home for an early shift today at 5 am) talking about it and debating over reasons why they broke up.

My friend cried until the wee hours of the morning and the rest of us cannot do anything for her except be there for her *SIGH* I won't be surprised if we'll eventually know the real reason of the break up sooner or later since the guy also lives within this area and knowing Sam and after I saw how pissed off she was yesterday night, I bet she would let the guy have a piece of her mind if ever she sees him walking down the street or somethin'

I'M SO THANKFUL THAT I DON'T HAVE A BOYFRIEND....

"Out" Day

I've been out most of the day today. My day started with our usual Sunday Mass at St. Philomena Parish at 9:15 am. There was a guest missionary / priest who read today's gospel and then did the homily afterward ( instead of the officiating priest ) The guest priest was short and small in stature, (even shorter than Fr. Dem, the officiating priest.) but when he first spoke up to read today's gospel, I got "wowed" over the big resonant speaking voice he had. His voice was so crisp and clear, I bet that got everybody listening to his homily. I wonder if it will be as good if he sang a song after all, he probably came from a monastery at some point of his life as a priest.

As a quick side note before I get to other things, after the mass was dismissed and everybody was walking out a lady came to walk beside me, which I recognize as one of the lay ministers who help give communion to everybody and she said she liked to give communion near where I usually sat during mass because she could hear me singing and that she liked my singing voice. (AWWWW.... shucks!!! I'm blushing here, just kidding! LOL!)

This isn't actually the first time someone noticed me at church because of singing, (It's already been a lot of times I got noticed since I first came to St. Philomena.) There was even once or twice that I got invited to sing in one of the choirs because one or two of the choir members heard me singing during mass. (I guess my singing karaoke finally paid off! LOL!) But I've always politely said "no" to the invitations because I'M A SUCH A CHICKEN! I can actually sing a lot better if no one's watching. Sometimes, I can't even sing that good in front of my friends, what more in front of a lot of people I don't know... I'll probably go "mute".

After the mass we drove over to my sister's house to have lunch. The table was filled with delicious stuff (my sister's a pretty good cook and baker, I wouldn't be surprised if I gain weight during my three weeks stay with her while my parents go on vacation to the Philippines.) I finally got to return her book and I also made her a copy of the Twilight DVD I received from netflix yesterday, and as I had expected she loved getting a copy since she loved the movie so much (or was it really because of Edward Cullen, the main lead guy of the movie?)

After a couple of hours of rest after our visit to my sister's house, I did a little bit of shopping for toiletries (ones I need while staying at my sister's place) with my dad with was cut short with mom calling dad's cellphone telling us to return home cause one of dad's tarp sheds flew off because of today's windy weather, good thing I was pretty much done with my shopping although I would have liked to shop-hopping a little longer.

Just Another Day Gone By....

Nothing much happened today....
I went with my parents to a beauty parlor and I had a trim as I had written in my last post. My friend, Sheila came to drop off presents for Mar's mom who's celebrating her 75th birthday this April 25. Mar is my cousin ( third degree ) who's now in Taiwan. He lived in Korea before which would have been good for me because I would like to learn Korean, but Mar isn't that fluent in Korean because he uses Ilocano more that he's supposed too. I can even imagine him talking to a Korean in the Ilocano dialect. That would be miscommunication waiting to happen! (LOL!)

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I got the first of two of the double disc Twilight DVD from the mail today from Netflix! I'm off to copy it for my own collection. (I am such a pirate!) My sister would love this too! She's actually the one who got me into Stephanie Meyer's Twilight series, she's so into Edward Cullen...

Cancelled Trip...

My family and I were supposed to go to San Juan De Capistrano Mission tomorrow but my Dad canceled it thinking we can switch to Sunday instead because he said we have a doctor's appointment and mom has another appointment at the beauty parlor for hair coloring.

I was hoping for the trip to get scheduled the next day, Sunday but my sister said, there's a big chance of rain that day according to the weather forecast so the trip is canceled *SIGH* I am a little disappointed because the last time I was there I didn't have a good camera to make shots of the beautiful church there and now that I do have a camera, we not going! ARGH!!!!

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My Dad asked me the other day if I needed hair recoloring too but I decided to just have a trim tomorrow and tricolor hair next time preferably before my sister's big ceremony. Tricolor hair, I mean like streaks of black, blond and reddish brown (?)... I'm not sure about the shade of brown yet that I like. I'm gonna have to ask Fermin (beautician) about that.

If I'm dreaming....PLEASE DON'T WAKE ME UP...

I was making my usual visit to one of my favorite sites, Soompi.(for the Boys Over Flowers thread of course.) and I saw a link for the BOF OST 2.5 Special Edition, (It's actually a 4 track mini cd with song collaborations by T-Max and my favorite F4 member, Kim Hyun Joong.) upon clicking the link it led me to another site and that's where I saw these pictures... it made my eyes practically pop out of the sockets!

Jun-Di -Ji-Hoo Wedding?!

Are my prayers being answered?

Ah... as much as I don't wanna get my hopes up, seeing these make me pray a little harder for a Jun-Di and Ji-Hoo ending!!! Gosh!!! THEY LOOK SO GOOD TOGETHER!!!!

AJA! AJA! FIGHTING!!! Ji-Hoo sumbae!

If this is a dream... I won't wanna wake up....

JUST OFF THE PRESS : I found an icon version of the second picture. (as posted above) Ijust had to use it as my profile pic to savor the moment.
&hearts SIGH &hearts

Finally! A New Layout...

Yey!!! After looking over for what it seems like a thousand layouts already, I finally found a layout I can live with. Yesterday, it had been difficult for me to find a layout I like that can/will accommodate comments/reply for each posts I made but I decided to give up on that and installed a chatbox instead. and so because this layout,(one you're seeing now.) doesn't appear to have comment icons for posting comments, so there's a chatbox for comments on the right side. (just scroll down.) There is also a space for a music player that has my favorite songs from BOF (Boys Over Flowers) Mind you, I'm very thankful for the people who designs these layouts!!!
THEY SURE GOT TALLENT! I wish I'll be able to design my own layouts too.

MORE ::
I just discovered a site hosting HD Video episodes of BOF!!!
I would be able to see every single spore on the F4's handsome faces especially, Ji-Hoo!

Blogger's Frustration & More...

Why can't I be just a *good* blogger and be satisfied with the simple layouts out there?
It's so frustrating to see a lot of cute, beautiful layouts for Blogger and I can't seem to pick one that satisfies me! I tried quite a few layouts today, actually I probably spent most of the day surfing just to find a layout that suits my taste. The few I tried today were either too narrow to accommodate the blog entries I already have or if not, the comments box for each entry is *missing* or should I say, comments/replies were not coded as visible, that means I still have to figure out that part or if not, just forget about having a comments box altogether which sucks because I love reading and replying to my friends' comments once in a while.

Anyway, I've decided to revert back to the plain black layout I've been using while I haven't decided or figured out which layout to use.

ON A LIGHTER NOTE :
I just watched Episode 11 of Kkotboda Namja (Boys Over Flowers) and I can't help but feel sorry for Ji-Hoo sumbae, who just admitted to Geum Jun-Di that he gave up the idea of pursuing her (Jun-Di) to give way to his long time friend/best friend of 15 years, Goo Joon Pyo. I felt like crying while I was watching the sad/sort of regretful expression on Ji-Hoo's face as he told her...
I was like "Can't you be mine instead?! *swoon*..." I know I'm too old for the swooning stuff but I can't help it, I've always liked the character of Rui (Japanese version), Hua Si Lei (Taiwanese version ), and now, Ji-Hoo (Korean version ) eventhough, I know there will be practically no chance for him to end-up with Jun - Di in the end, unless the Korean version, is planning to stay away from the original outcome of the story....

I COULD ONLY WISH.....

BOF : Jun-Di & Ji-Hoo

One of my favorite songs in the Boys Over Flowers OST is "Algoinnayo" by Someday which is roughly translated in English as "How Do you Know?" I saw this video on Youtube with English Translation of the korean lyrics. I just had to post it here.

I LOVE THIS SONG!

Although, my #1 fave song on the OST is still SS501's Because I'm Stupid intended for Jun-Di and my favorite character, Ji-Hoo.

Feminine Looking Guys...

After posting yesterday about my new Korean crush, Kim Hyun Joong, (김현중 ) some of my friends e-mailed me asking why I always prefer "feminine looking guys". Well I think its unfair to label them as "feminine" because they are not... they are guys, it just so happens that they got some feminine features.

Bae Yong Joon ( 배용준 )

Another good example of a guy who has feminine features is Korean actor and businessman, Bae Yong Joon. Isn't he pretty as a picture? (refer to the photo above.) I've been in love him since I've seen him in Winter Sonata.

Another actor I like is Leonardo diCaprio which started since Romeo and Juliet and Titanic too. He has a pretty face, for a guy.

IN OTHER WORDS....

I LOVE GUYS WHO ARE PRETTIER THAN ME!!! (LOL!)

What's with me and the month of June?

I'm pretty sure that no one who really knows me would not associate me with the month of June, but I find it really odd that the guys I loved/ liked before and sad to say even right now are all "June" guys!!! my first (June 14) and second (June 7)---( technically the second was my last boyfriend ) both have their birthdays in June, then I had a silly crush (totally harmless, you know... hanggang silay and ligaw tingin lang.) on someone in Philippines when I first vacationed there, he also had June for a birthday (June 5 ) and then now, I have a crush on SS501's Kim Hyun Joong, (김현중 ) the same guy who's playing my favorite character, Rui in the Korean version of Boys Over Flowers, who has June 6 for a birthday! I have no idea why I seem to be attracted to June guys!

SS501's Kim Hyun Joong, (김현중 )

Horoscope related you say?!!! Well I did some research and Gemini belong to my variable signs (same with Sagittarius) meaning, Gemini is a neutral sign for me, a Sagittarian, it's neither compatible or incompatible.

(As copied and pasted from the findyourfate website.)

Gemini-Sagittarius Compatibility

Airy Gemini and fiery Sagittarius will maintain an interest on a mental or intellectual level. Sagittarius has a sense of independence, great love for freedom, restrictions on that are not tolerable. Both signs are opposite. Gemini and Sagittarius are not demonstrative, have an immense touch of love, quick wit, are generous and cheerful. Gemini lacks in concentration and quick decision which Sagittarius has. Both are fashionable, fond of society and has no chance of separation.These two are at opposite ends of the celestial sky, so have everything to offer each other and are a very complementary combination. It's said that the sign opposite you contains everything you lust for and lack and that's certainly true of this pair. Geminis belong to the sign of the lower mind, perfect for dealing with communications on a day-to-day basis. With Sagittarians, though, their brains have been broadened into a deeper and more profound path, towards philosophy and similar subjects. These Archers can think far beyond the realms of the Gemini and that's the clue to the success of this couple. Sagittarius can make those glib Geminians sit up and take notice.The twins are so used to ruling the roost intellectually, and yet they would be delighted to discover a Sagittarius who knows more than they do.Once these two have met, they'll set off on a voyage of mental discovery together. Even if they're merely mates, this will be a marriage of minds.

Upon reading about the article I copied and pasted above, it seems to make sense but I am not really into zodiac signs and horoscopes... and to think I am part Chinese! I don't know about this Sagitarrius - Gemini thing until now... it is just a coincidence or simply fate???!!!


EXCESS : Two more weeks before my parents' trip to the Philippines! And my sister's roomie fixed my laptop's internet last weekend so I'm all set when I come live with them for 3 weeks.

Crank Calls???

I received about 3 or 4 crank calls on my cell phone today. Well, I thought they were crank calls. Because he or she took so long to answer ! Two of the calls, hung up. As it turns out, the unregistered number on my phone is no other than Alexander Ruiz. ( remember the date I had last weekend? ) Well, according to him, he got my number from Sam, and after a few minutes of just talking, he finally got to apologizing among other things.

Come to think of it.

It took him two days before he finally said he's sorry.

All I can say is better late than never.

I've already vented away non-stop on my last post...

I guess there is nothing more left to say...

I don't wanna lag on something that really didn't turn out well...

But then again, it's too early to tell...

After all, I might have caught him on a bad night or something...

WHO KNOWS?

For now, I'll delay further comments regarding what happened until next time.

Sixsome Outting Gone Bad...

Sorry, I wasn't able to write about this last night as I should have but I just wasn't up to writing about this, cause it was pretty bad. Earlier this week, Sam asked me to go out (again for what seems like the "empteenth" time already!) with our usual group of friends. (minus Bunny, Tawny and Paulo) and of course, I was supposed to be up to the neck with sudden excuses. ( and I don't know why I even bother because she knows pretty well that I'm not into going out very much ... well at least not as much as she does anyway.) but even before I could start my tirade of... "Oh I can't because of this and that, she was pretty smart to ward me off saying that, I've already had a lot of absences from our group and it is not fair to everybody... her exact words were " ... andaya mo naman eh, lagi ka na lang palusot, dami mo nang utang sa kin!..." (... you're being unfair, you always have some excuse... you owe me a lot already!...")

My friend, Sam, (short for Samantha) isn't usually the type to nag about somebody owing her something (one of the many things I love about her.) but she said that her cousin from Vancouver Canada will get here in a couple of days for a visit and she wants me to be his "partner" on a sixsome group date! I was like, "Ano? bakit ako?!" (What? Why me?!) It's been ages since I've been "intentionally partnered" with someone I don't know... to me, (based on how Sam puts it....) it's a blind date!

How do I know? She asked me, without putting any of the words "friendship"... "friends"... or "being just friends" within the same sentence. I even said, I'm too old to go on a blind date and to make matters worse for me, and better for her, Sam came back here that same evening to ask my mom and dad for permission, which wasn't really required so after she left, my parents came to me asking what's really going on with me and Sam! ( They made it seem like I was at fault, if ever there were any to begin with!)

So there I was on a Saturday evening, picked up by my girlfriends on the way to watch a movie at AMC Rolling Hills (WATCHMEN) Sam said, we'll meet the guys there. (Ah, it was just a way that my mom and dad won't catch on that it was indeed a group date! They think its all-girls group thing!) The guys were already waiting for us when we got there, Joseph (Sam's boyfriend) Ricky (Yan-yan's boyfriend) and another guy, (I assumed to be my date) who Sam introduced to me as her cousin, Xander (for Alexander )

According to what Sam told me while we were still on the way to AMC. Alexander's been in a car accident about a month and a half ago and his parents decided to send him out here to basically chill out and recuperate. So to summarize everything she told me, he injured his right leg and because of it, a major nerve got almost completely cut (he would have lost his right leg completely if he hadn't had an operation to repair the tear. )

At first look, he seemed ok, he's 28 and a bit taller than my dad, around 5'6 -5'7. As far as his looks are concerned, he's about average, not handsome, but still cute eventhough, he now has a scar near his temple due to the accident. He walks with a caneand has an unmistakeable limp.

But one thing turned me off right away : SO SERIOUS - NO SMILE when we first introduced. Okay, I admit IT IS UNFAIR to automatically just read a person just because something's missing right off the bat, but one of the main reasons an introduction is done when two unacquinted people meet is that for them to make an impression of each other. And Xander looked like he wasn't ready to socialize with normal people, much less with someone like me.

Don't get me wrong, I LOVE HANDSOME /ATTRACTIVE GUYS... who doesn't? but I'm not the type to set a standard... who am I to do that? To me, being cute or handsome is no good if he has no viable character to show for. Looks are just icing on the cake if a guy actually has 'em.

With still 20 minutes before showtime, I just had to talk to Sam so us girls made a huddle in the girls' restroom and talk. I just wanted to make a point to Sam regarding setting me up with a guy who clearly isn't up to dating. I'm pretty sure, Sam meant well, she just wants her cousin to go out so things can start getting back to normal again but my point is for a person like Xander who used be completely normal and healthy and now injured, with still the possibility that he might not be able to use his right leg normally eventhough he already had an operation is just so much for someone to take in and so fast too. And I suppose it also bothered him that he got me for a date. (no offense intended, no offense taken both ways! ) It's like adding insult to injury.

Samantha defended herself saying that she never treated me like that (she meant disabled and all) which I already know but the thing is SHE IS NOT HIM and HE IS STILL NOT USED TO THE IDEA OF BEING ONE OF THE "ABNORMAL" PEOPLE.

The movie passed by like I wasn't really sitting with someone. (we took the disabled "loveseat" (seat for 2) upfront while the others climbed up ) he basically kept to himself while I occassionally asked him if he wanted anything off the stuff Sam treated us with, asked a couple of question about the movie in between and he answered back but that was basically it.

After the movie, we settled for Islands Restaurant nearby and me and date "walked" (I actually wheelled myself LOL!) separately and that's when Sam literally blew her top off and she started rattling off stuff at her cousin, asking for a little effort. As for me, I felt like I was actually caught in the middle, it's was a little confusing for me weather I should side with Sam or defend Xander's side because I COMPLETELY UNDERSTOOD WHY HE'S THE WAY HE WAS OR STILL IS. (Self-pity and depression often makes a totally different person out of someone who used to be energetic, happy and vibrant.)

The others were able to calm Sam down upon entering Islands, we ate with our usual friendly banter while Xander ate quietly. Watching him in the corner of my eye, in between bites of burger and fries, he seemed a bit uneasy since Sam's outburst a while ago. (I think the right tagalog term to describe it is "Napahiya yata siya." I'm sorry I can't think of the right English term for it right now.)

Anyway, after finishing up his order, Xander said he was going outside to smoke and walked himself out while Sam profusedly apologized to me about setting up this bad date. A minute or so later, Xander came back and he asked me to come with him outside. And I can't forget how Sam looked at me when Xander asked me to step outside LOL! It was like she was mentally asking me if I needed bodyguards! I was like thinking, Hello! I'm 33 years old and your cousin doesn't seem to be planning on making a move now that the date is almost ending!

I wheeled myself out with Xander a few steps behind, I waited until he seated himself on the bench in front of Islands and we started talking. I assumed he was going to apologize but he didn't so I went ahead and said there's no need for him to do so if he doesn't want to. I also told him that I was marely there to be with my friends and was looking at the possibility of making a new one (meaning him of course) but since he wasn't ready yet, we'll leave it as it is.

I waited but he never said a word so...

IT WAS TECHNICALLY A ONE SIDED CONVERSATION!

:: SIGH :: ( How frustrating!!! )

If there was anything good for me that happened last night It was that Xander paid for my Islands order!

(Is that actually something to be happy about???!!!)

Not really... but I think I at least deserved a free meal...

Right?

(I FEEL A LOT BETTER NOW AFTER VENTING OFF THE LAST 30 MINUTES OR SO! THANK YOU! )

Hana Yori Dango ( Korean Version )

I just watched the first episode of Kgotboda Namja, (꽃보다 남자) the Korean version of Hana Yori Dango, which I've been meaning to watch weeks ago. (I've been caught up with other things. ) This version is actually the third adaptation I've seen of the popular japanese comic book series by Kamio Yoko (神尾 葉子) The first one is Meteor Garden ( 流星花園 ), popularized by the Taiwanese foursome formerly known as F4, now JVKV. The second one, Hana Yori Dango, japanese version, therefore, taking the original title of the comic book series.

The first scenes gave me a backdrop of how grand, luxiorius and actually it is somewhat of a previlege to study at Shinwa, a school for the rich wherein, education only comes in second to financial / economic standing and their version of F4 which is no different with the other 2 versions, cute and handsome in their own right.

Now the part where Jan Di (the heroine in the series) saves a customer of her family's dry cleaning business (a student of Shinwa) from committing suicide because of constant bullying. (He tried to jump off top of a school building.) is something different than the other two versions, because it actually became Jan Di's ticket to get admitted to Shinwa.

Of the two versions I've already seen, the character of Hua Zi Lei (Meteor Garden) or Rui (Hana Yori Dango) gave a big thug on my heart's strings and I'm not sorry to say that in this version, I still fell in love with him, this time as Yoon Ji Hoo (윤지후 ) I don't know, I'm just into the nice, quiet type I guess... in this series, in all of its versions made, the character of the arrogant Dao Ming Si or Domyouji (Goo Joon Pyo 구준표 in the Korean version) is always the handsomest of the group, but here I am still hoping that Lei/Rui/Yoon Ji Hoo end up with the heroine. (Of course, most of us know, who she'll end up with... )

As an ending note, this version seems still good to watch, not just because of the curiosity that I've had eversince I heard a Korean version would be made, but because of it's classic story, of young love, crossing the bounderies created by financial and social differences.

Episode 2 is definitely on for tomorrow.

MORE : Finally got disc 7 of Hong Gil Dong, just when I thought I won't get to finish the series.
One more disc to go....

Been Busy...

I know it's been days since my last entry but a lot has been going on and of course I'm still playing catch up on my usual stuff, taping my favorite shows, reading Kitchen God's Wife again and I'm trying to find time to watch 꽃보다 남자 (Boys Before Flowers), the korean version of the original japanese comic book series, Hana Yori Dango ( 花より男子 ) which was first seen in the Taiwanese version of the series, Meteor Garden.

My spring green laptop arried yesterday and everything seems to be alright with it except that I couldn't set up a wireless connection correctly. There must be something I'm doing wrong but I've already gone for help so I won't really know if there's anything wrong until the weekend. My sister's house mate is going to look into it this coming weekend.