Forest Korean Drama

forest

Miryang forest hold 1001 secrets

 Episode: 24

Network: KBS

Cast: Park Hae Jin, Jo Bo Ah

Rating: 3.5★

It is about 2 rival companies fight to buy land in Miryang to build a resort. Kang Sang Hyuk thought that Taeseung Group wants the land to build a resort. He purposely comes to Miryang and becomes a firefighter and investigates by himself about the specialty of the land as Taeseung Group willing to build a resort in a secluded area. While investigating he found about his childhood memories that he had lost.

Jung Young Jae is an ambitious doctor who wants to work in the top hospital but due to her trauma, she didn’t get the position that she dreamed and has been sent to Miryang hospital. There she met again with Kang Sang Hyuk after bump into him at the previous hospital. Their first meeting at the hospital didn’t leave a good impression for both of them

Kang Sang Hyuk has a disease that makes him suddenly feel he had burn hands. Throughout the years, he tries everything he could to find a cure. He later learns that he is actually from Miryang and had lost his sister in the Miryang forest witnessed by the villain. That’s the reason behind his trauma because he burnt his hand while trying to save his sister in the forest.

They end up helping each other to cure themselves. We get to learn that Miryang is not actually a place to make a resort. But it has valuable raw material that has been taken by Taeseung for so many years ago below the rescue team building

Verdict.

Heir of Fire by Sarah J Maas

#3 in The Throne of Glass Series

Sarah J. Maas

2014

4/5 ⭐

Heir of fire

She was the heir of ash and fire, and she would bow to no one

Few settings in this book :

• Celaena ( The best setting)
• Manon (Couldn't careless at first)
• Chaol/Dorian (Not that interesting for me)

• We get to see how Celaena been trained to hone her power/magic until it turns to be a really powerful magician with help from Rowan and I like their friendship. 
• Rowan is quite a pain in the ass when he starts to train Calaena.
• He pushes Calaena to the max until she cannot take it anymore
• When she was attacked by Vlag/Narrok and the flashback to her when she was young.
• We get to see little Calaena and Dorian first encounter.
• How she learns that the king is the one who put her and her family into miserable until her parents died (sort of)

• Manon's storyline was not that interesting to me at first cause she seems like a person who has no heart until she meets her wyvern, how she trained him, and to the point, she helps her enemy.
• I do enjoy the interaction between her and her wyvern and when she hunts food just for her wyvern
• There is some sort of having a competition to find a Wing Leader
• Similar like Quidditch but with wyvern instead of flying broom and crueler
• Dorian/Chaol/Aedion just there to make the storyline complete for me. 
• Dorian and Sorscha was just an additional story for me but it becomes interesting towards the end when his father knows about both of them and beheaded Sorscha’s head
• At first Chaol spies on Aedion as he wants to know what is his agenda.
• But we get to see Chaol and Aedion sort of working together in the end.

GOT7, NUEST, NCT127, TXT, Crush

Music Monday

Got 7

Dye

Release: 20th April 2020

Company: JYP Entertainment

Favorite: 2/6 songs

• Not by The Moon
• Love You Better

Nuest

The Nocturne

Release: 11th May 2020

Company: Pledis Entertainment

Favorite: 4/6 songs

• Moon Dance
• I’m in Trouble
• Back to Me
• Must

Nct 127

Neo zone: The final round (album repackage)

Release: 19th May 2020

Company: SM Entertainment

Favorite: 1/4 songs

• Make Your Day

Nobody Knows Korean Drama

Nobody knows

When a young boy is a center of a battle between adult

 Episode: 32

Network: SBS

Cast: Kim Seo Hyung, Ryu Duk Hwan, Park Hoon

Rating: 2/5

A story about a girl, Cha Young Jin that has been dealing with her best friend killer. She promises herself that she would kidnap the killer someday. After years went by, now she becomes a police officer while fulfilling her duty, she silently pursues her wish to catch the killer who had killed her best friend back when she was a teenager.

But things become convoluted when her new friend, Go Eun Ho attempts suicide. Eunho is a young boy who she known after she moved to a new place. They become close after Eunho's parents always quarrel and he will come in front of Young Jin house. 

From that moment, they become close until Eunho in middle-high school. Later, Young Jin and her team found out that Eunho didn’t commit suicide but attempt to run away from the villain, Baek Sang Ho. Sangho tries to go after Eunho when he found out that Eunho knows that he is the killer of Youngjin best friends.

Verdict.

MM : Didn't Say Anything, The Book of us : The Demon, Reload

Music Monday

Baek Ji Young & ong seong wu

Didn’t say anything

Release: 12th May 2020

Rating: 5/5

Baek Ji Young once again duet with a young idol. Previously she duets with Song Yu Bin, contestant of Produce 101. Now, she comes back with Ong Seong Wu. The song is amazing since I really love a good ballad song with really good lyrics and this song has it all. As expected, Ong Seong Wu also sounds really good in this song.

A snippet of the lyrics that I think that it's beautifully written.

“I didn’t hear any words. I didn’t hear any answers. I didn’t hear promises”

Day6

The book of us: the demon

Release: 11th May 2020

Company: JYP Entertainment

Rating: 3/5

Day6 comeback with the latest installment of The Book of Us. The album consists of 8 songs and a title track Zombie. The album overall has a sad feeling to it because they wrote the reality of the world right now and many of us can relate to it especially with Zombie. It told a story about a person living in everyday life with the same routine. I personally enjoy the title track and two other songs. What makes this album sadder is they didn't get the opportunities to promote it since some of the members not in a good condition. So, they decide to halt the promotion for the sake of the member

Love me or leave me

Afraid

The World of The Married Korean Drama

The world of the married

What happens when you found out your partner cheat on you?

 Episode: 16

Network: JTBC

Cast: Kim Hee Ae, Park Hae Joo, Han So Hee

Rating: 5/5

Obviously, it’s a story about the married world. It tells a story of Ji Sun Woo who has a perfect married for so many years. But little did she know that her life would change forever. It started when she found a string of hair at one of her husband's belongings. From then her life change.

She started to find who the owner of the hair and finally found out the truth. She learns all of her friends have backstabbed her. They already found out that Tae Oh has been cheating on her months ago and to make it worst Tae Oh deny after she asks if he cheated her or not. She then took revenge and slept with her husband’s friend and hire someone to keep eye on. The first climax is when Da Kyung, her parents, and both of Tae Oh eats dinner together. Sun Woo starts to spill everything and makes everyone shock. 

Stories continue when Tae Oh starts hit Sun Woo and received a restraining order from that incident and left the town. 

Shadow Kiss by Richelle Mead

#3 in Vampire Academy Series

Richelle Mead

2008

3/5 ⭐

Shadow kiss

You will lose what you value most, so treasure it while you can

It started after a few weeks of book two. All the students (Dhampir) will be given a field experience task to protect Moroi assign by the school. Rose didn’t get Lissa but instead, she got Christian which is Lissa’s boyfriend. Rose start to saw Mason but he didn’t haunt her as a ghost. He died in the Strigoi incident in the previous book.

Victor, the one who used Lisa and make compulsion on Rose will have a trial for his wrongdoings. Victor found guilty and spent his life in prison but before the hearing, he warns Rose to treasure what she values most while you can before she loses it.

Rose learns that when Lisa uses her magic “something” bad transfer to her. When that happens, she becomes grumpier and incontrollable of her emotion like Lissa used to be before. She learns this from the story of St Vladimir & Anna. She compares her life with Anna who commits suicide after few months St Vladimir died.

3 Meals A Day Fishing Village

3 Meals a Day: Fishing Village 5

3 men live in a minimalist 

Channel: tvN

Airtime: Wednesday 11pm/Saturday 9pm

Cast: Cha Seung Won, Yoo Hae Jin, Son Ho Jun

After 3 years, they back with a new season of Fishing Village Version. For those who don’t know about the tv series, it is about three men who live in a suburban island area in a minimalist way. They harvest vegetables that they plant. Light up their own fire and live in a relatively small house.

I like to watch this series because of how they adapt to the situation where you just only have basic necessities to live. I never missed a single episode from this series and also the original series.

First episode

They introduce the island that they will live for this season. Just a small island where there are not even have a mini market and it just takes 11 minutes for Haejin to walk around the whole island. In this episode, Haejin and Hojun went caught abalone and manage to catch a few.

First meal

• Sujebi. It is a type of noodle soup but instead in the shape of noodles, we just tear the dough in small pieces.

• Geotjeori is a type of kimchi and can be done and eat instantly. Use the same Napa cabbage that used in making kimchi but it made in small batch.

Astro 7th Mini Album Gateway

Astro 7th mini album (Gateway)

Release: 4th May 2020

Company: Fantagio Entertainment

Rating: 3/5

Astro comeback with their 7th mini-album, Gateway. Consist of 6 songs with Knock become their title track. Astro is a 6 member boy band debut in 2016. In my opinion, they have a pretty decent carrier. They continuously put out an album and they have a number of bop songs that I particularly keep listening like Always You and All Night. For me, those songs easy to listen and the same with this mini-album, most of the song is easy to listen for my ear and suit my taste. There are 3 songs that I like in this mini-album 

Knock

When You Call My Name

We Still

A snippet of the lyrics that I think that it is beautifully written. 

Road to Kingdom

Road to Kingdom

A battle between 7 potential boy group

Channel: tvN

Airtime: Thursday 11pm

Cast: Pentagon, ONF, Golden Child, The Boyz, Verivery, ONEUS, TOO

After the popularity of Queendom, Mnet back with the newest reality show for kpop idols. Unlike Queendom, Road to Kingdom is about a boy group idol who hare mostly unknown to many. Meaning they are not popular enough compare to others. 

There are 7 boy groups who participate in this competition.

PENTAGON

           •Cube Entertainment home of Beast, 4Minute, BTOB, (G)I-dle
           •Debut 2016
           •They are the oldest group in this competition. They have one-time success    with Shine

GOLDEN CHILD

• Woolim Entertainment home of a popular group such as Infinite and Lovelyz
• Debut 2017
• They didn’t have any success until recently they reboot and win their first-ever music program with Wannabe.

Musketeers by Nadia Khan

#0.5 in Gantung Series

Nadia Khan

FIXI

2020

4/5 ⭐

Musketeers

The origin of Gantung

Major spoiler ahead. This is a prequel to the Gantung duo-logy. It starts off with student registration of SMCGT. We get to learn all of the main character’s family background stories. Everybody has a different background yet they become best friends. Gibran whom his father busy as hell. Couldn’t manage to come while Khairil(KJ), his father cheated on her mom. Jailani(Troll) has a decent family compare to the rest of them. Lastly,  Raymond is adopted. 

The writer also introduces Rahiza's character. From what I remember, she bears Ray’s son because the writer mentions that a particular son looks like Khalil(Ray) in Gantung 2. The origin story of how Ray becomes the president of the drama club in the school. He manages to attract a lot of audiences to come and watch his drama. 

How protective Ray’s friends toward him until Gib willingly to replace him when he supposed to be rumble with their senior. And also how precious their friendship when they voluntarily want to help Troll solving his problem. There is a drug dealer that tries to blackmail him and asking for 2k because he and his friends fly(escape) from the hostel. Being the hero, he didn’t want to let his friends hurt and confront with drug dealer by himself. 

The Cuba Show Edisi Puasa

The Cuba Show Edisi Puasa

A Korean guy who learns to fast

Channel: Astro Ria

Airtime: 6pm (Thursday & Friday)

A variety show about a singer, Hanbyul from South Korea having his first Ramadan in Malaysia. He is known for winning Big Stage competition in 2019. We can see how good is he in fasting. Throughout the show there will be a guest and Hanbyul will learn about Ramadhan season and what it is really about. During the show also there’s a slot for learning Korean teach by him himself. Anyone who would like to learn Korean also can watch the show.

Although I know the show didn’t shoot during Ramadhan, I want to know is he and his friends really fast during the shooting or it is just an act. So far the show quite funny and light-hearted

Episode 1 & 2

Sherry Alhadad is the first guest celebrity. During this episode, Sherry explained to Hanbyul the basic things about Ramadhan, the wisdom about fasting. She told him about her experience fasting when she was young. Four words in these episodes that we can learn the Korean language.

Hi Bye Mama Korean Drama

Hi, bye mama

A story about a mother who comeback from dead 

Episode: 16

Network: tvN

Cast: Kim Tae Hee, Lee Kyu Hyung

Rating: 4.5/5 ⭐

What will you do if you have 49 days to live again?

Cho Gang Hwa and Cha Yoo Ri is a married couple and expected to have their first child. They first met at the university through their friends. From that moment they have been together through thick and thin. Unfortunately, unexpected things happened to Yoo Ri. She got into an accident while pregnant and to make things worst, is having a surgery which he insists to do. By the time he finishes his surgery, Yoo Ri already dead and left his daughter, Seo Woo. He didn’t even near the surgery room ever after that day and blame himself as to what happened to her wife. 

f I had known the time given to us was this short, I would treasure every insignificant moment.

-Cho gang hwa-

Meanwhile, after  Yoo Ri died, she lingers around her daughter all the time until causing Seo Woo able to see the ghost. For whatever reason, she has been able to become human again for 49 days only. However if she is able to take her place again within the time given, she able to live again. But her mission is only to make her daughter unable to see the ghost again.