Rest in peace, Park Yong Ha.

I am having the shock of my life right now. When I saw a post in allkpop that said Actor Park Yong Ha Commit Suicide, I was like ‘bleh, allkpop really loves to shock people when it’s all but a gimmick.’

Noncommittally I just click on the post and my eyeballs nearly popped out from their respective socket. The first question that comes to my mind was WHY? FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, WHY?

I still remember him in Winter Sonata. The drama was the first drama of his that I watched, and instead of rooting for Bae Yong Joon’s character, I was rooting for him. Then came more dramas featuring him. I watched. I laughed, I smiled, I cried with his characters.

And I also remember how much I love his voice. I still remember wondering whose voice was it that tugged my heart every time I was watching All In. When I discovered it was him, I was pleasantly surprised. Happier when I heard his voice once again in Full House. And of course, in On Air.

But now, neither can I see him in a new project with Yoon Eun Hye nor can I heard him singing with that somewhat soothing husky voice.

I am asking over and over again why is he doing this… but I know the answer will remain with him forever. He was taking it all with him to his grave. Reading a report at dramabeans, I felt sorry for his family and close friends. Especially those he talked to just before the incident happen. Park Si Yeon, please be strong!

I think this post by Elizabeth Tai rang a bell. It’s sad that some people, celebrities or common folks suffered from depression and nobody around  had realised what was happening to them.

Suddenly I was reminded of late Lee Eon. It was extremely sad the fact that an accident took his life, but it would had been even more devastating if he commit suicide. Just like Choi Jin-shil, Choi Jin-young, Ahn Jae-hwan, Jang Ja-yeon and Kim Ji-hoo, to name a few.

Joining the list now was Park Yong-ha, and even though this is very heartbreaking… I felt regretful just thinking about him.

Rest in peace.

Tags: A Man's Story, All In, K-drama, On Air, Park Yong Ha, Suicide, Winter Sonata

Kim So Yeon… the mistress of facets.

The title sound so corny. Hahaha ^^

Anyway~! Because today I found another display of talent from Kim So Yeon, I’m gladly updating my no-visitor blog for the sake of having fun. *(^o^)*

I think now almost everyone who follow K-drama closely knew Kim So Yeon. She is the badass anchor Young-mi in All About Eve, the tough-and-level-headed spy Seon-hwa in IRIS and the latest, adorable lawyer Hye-ri in Prosecutor Princess.

If people still stay she cannot act, they really don’t have eyes. She shows so many facets in her acting career, and nobody who watched IRIS doesn’t like Seon-hwa! To be honest, I watched IRIS because of her! Her character, albeit with limited screen time, she always manage to steal the screen with her flawless performance. Actually, in my humble opinion, she was far better than the heroine herself (sorry, Kim Tae Hee fans…).

Enough about IRIS, I just watched something really interesting in YouTube. Look what I found! The two IRIS casts who usually displayed such charismatic auras whenever they were on, Kim So Yeon and Kim Seung Woo (the guy who played the cool North Korean agent, Seon-hwa boss)!

I must admit that KCM, the singer of these MVs (they were trilogy, so… go figure) has really nice voice, albeit sorrowful. And the MV itself was WOW. Give the props to Korean for always giving all out in making extravaganza MVs. Anyway, do enjoy. If, you stop by. ^^

Classic

하루 일기 + 설레임

사랑하니까

Tags: IRIS, K-pop, KCM, Kim Seung Woo, Kim So Yeon, Korean Music

The Relation Between Leadership and Loving your Work

Since I started working last January [yeay, no more freelancing and binge eating], I never actually feel attached to what I am doing. Things didn’t go around as I expected them to. So I barely hanging on, trying to find something to make me love this job.

And today, even though I didn’t exactly found something worth to love, the sense of satisfaction just washed through me when my boss said,

Well done. You did a great job.

with a smile on his face when I thought I didn’t particularly do well. That’s because I was even reprimanded by my ‘higher in hierarchy’ boss for what I did [we had a discussion-meeting with 60+ people from all over the state attending] and from that moment on, I wasn’t feeling that great either.

But my immediate boss comment before we went home had greatly motivated me, a lot. It doesn’t take much to smile and say something like that, and I would love to remind myself if I get a promotion and become somebody else’s boss, this is the approach I should be taking when it comes to dealing and treating my ‘future’ subordinate.

I mean, does it hurt to talk gently and smile a lot, so other people will feel a lot better just by looking at your face? No, my boss had proven that, so I’m going to follow his footsteps.

If your actions inspire others to dream more, learn more, do more and become more, you are a leader.

- John Quincy Adams

Tags: Boss, Leadership, Thoughts

I Came in Search for a Flower…

One of my favourite saying is

Better late than never…

Finally watching this drama, suit that saying best. If I didn’t tune in to KBS World on that one fateful evening, I would be missing one of the greatest drama made in Korean history. [Am I overdoing it? Well. Dramatic = me.]

I am an official Cha Tae Hyun’s fan since I saw him in Speedy Scandal [anybody catched the movie? He's cute and funny in there], although I had been watching his few dramas and movies, namely Prince’s First Love, My Sassy Girl, Lovers Concerto, My Girl and I etc.

But in this particular drama, I Came in Search for a Flower [Flowers for My Life in KBS World], he really did a great job in here. Not to forget the backbone of the drama, Kang Hye Jeong as Hana. I am not really a fan of hers after seeing her in Rules of Dating [errrr...], but she really is one of the greatest actress Korean cinema had produced!

Kang Hye Jeong as Hana had made me laugh, cringe, pissed and cried. She’s the only one actress that made me do that in one episode. Cha Tae Hyun as Dae Bak or Ho Sang made me fall in love with him, despite his shortcoming. He’s the type of guys you wanted to protect from the rest of the world.

The best thing about this drama was the strong and solid supporting cast. I had never seen a very good supporting cast since  Resurrection [anyone saw the Uhm tae-woong's starrer? If not, you are missing out!] and Dal Ja’s Spring.Kim Ji Hoon was charming as Eun-tak [by the way, this is the first time I watch him in a drama] and Gong Hyun Joo as Nam-kyung is loveable, albeit a bit calmer and reasonable than her character in Wedding, Oh Su Ji [Jang Nara's character's friend].

Out of the norm, this drama deals with death in almost every episode, and the direct connection sometimes left me flustered. Dying is not exactly what I had in mind, but people die when God said it’s time. It might be a different journey of life altogether when you know you are dying, or you know someone you held dear in your heart will be leaving you. This is the main theme of the drama, and of course it dealt with love, friendship, loving your parents, relationship, all sort of things.

But the way how the director captures the scenes, how the script was written, it can only be describe by one word – BRILLIANT.

And I am only left with 2 more episodes to watch, and I’m feeling sorry that the series would end already. I am not ashamed to admit that I cried too many times already watching this drama. Maybe at least 4-5 times per episodes since the drama started? [Not outright in the first episode, but more likely 1/3 through the series.]

This drama is moving, poignant, heartfelt and most importantly, engaging. It was never boring and I would recommend this drama to those who wanted something more than your usual glossy or melodramatic k-drama.

I knew I’m going to cry watching those last 2 episodes, but the drama will be worth my tears. ^^

Tags: Cha Tae Hyun, Flowers for My Life, I Came in Seacrh for a Flower, K-drama, Kang Hye Jung, Kim Ji Hoon

Controversies at Dream Concert – JYPE, 2PM and Jay Park Part II

I was reading a few audiences account on Dream Concert. And I am getting more and more upset as I read on.

But when I read the translated press conference Q&A sessions (the incident where this hatred for 2PM or 6PM, whatever fit your spandex, began), all the comments left there made me laughed out loud.

Coldest? Hottest? Real fans? International fans?

Blehh.

I’m sorry to say all this, but for the current and bouncing 2PM, whose member Junsu, Taecyeon, Nichkhun, Wooyoung, Junho and Chansung. For whatever happened in the press conference, I had a new-founded respect for you guys. If I were in your places, I’ll be throwing my shoes (a la Bush infamous incident) at the rude fans faces. Good thing I am NOT you lot.

Good thing you guys, albeit young and hot-blooded, loses your cool only for a few times during those hours. If it were me, I’ll be abusing them with curses they deserved.

But yep, not all fans though. Some of them (I believe), behaved. But some of them, were just being plain rude.

And I do have to quote this though.

“Strength is Happiness. Strength is itself victory. In weakness and cowardice there is no happiness. When you wage a struggle, you might win or you might lose. But regardless of the short-term outcome, the very fact of your continuing to struggle is proof of your victory as a human being.”

- Daisuke Ikeda