My OOTM (Obsession Of The Moment):

Boys Before/Over Flowers!!!! (A Korean drama)

Ya'll have probably heard of Meteor Garden, right? Well, that drama was spawned from a Japanese manga called Hana Yori Dango (which I'm also watching right now), and now the Korean version of the dramatised manga is out! And has been for a few weeks now... But the Korean version IMHO is the best by far, because the cast are waaaayyyy better looking than both the Japanese and Taiwanese ones.

Here's a self-written synopsis: Geum JanDi, whose parents own a dry cleaner's, saves this boy from committing suicide at the Shinhwa High School, school for the rich, after he's been ragged and bullied by other students. The school gets bad press, and as a result, JanDi is invited into the school to silence the critics. Unfortunately, she gets on the bad side of the leader of F4, Gu JunPyo, and gets a Red Card from the F4, which was the reason the initial bully-ee was bullied in the first place (since the F4 are like superstars in that school and every word they say is like a pearl dropping from the heavens to the other students). She declares war on them F4-ers, by way of a spinning back kick (way to go!), which strangely enough, sparks JunPyo's interest in her. Did I mention she happens to like another member of F4? JiHoo is the quiet, mysterious guy who always wears something white no matter the occasion, and his hand in saving JanDi's behind a few times makes her fall in love with him. Etc. etc.

(Some background info: Shinhwa Group is fictionally the biggest company in Korea, and Shinhwa High is an elevator school, from kindergarten to university, owned by that company. Guess who's the heir to that company? Right, it's Gu JunPyo. So he's pretty big shit in this fictional Korea. Hence the power and adulation of the nation)

I obviously can't get a job as a synopsiser, if there was ever such a job, but the story is great. Great!

As I said, the Korean F4 floating up up up above the other versions in terms of good looks and pedigree.
Don't believe me? Here's a comparison:

Japanese Hana Yori Dango

Taiwanese Meteor Garden

annndddd...

Korean Kkotboda Namja!! (Boys Before/Ove... you get my drift)

Is there even a comparison?! The Koreans have nicer, more prestigious-looking uniforms, not that the F4 (Flower 4) actually wear them. They guys even seem to have more awe-inspiring credentials - you know, they have richer and more powerful backgrounds than the Taiwanese and Japanese F4. And then there's the matter of looks. Hands down, the best-looking F4 everrr. It amazes me how they managed to get such handsome young men into this show - and four of them at that! And there're more coming, such as the mysterious model HaJe who makes an appearance in the later, not-yet-screened-on-KBS World channel episodes. Plus, they actually look plausibly like high schoolers. Hard to find.

And thus, I conclude that Korean dramas are THE BOMB. Such an empty superficial post, but gosh I am obsessed with the show! Watch it at mysoju.com (;

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p.s. I find it strange that JiHoo is prettier than JanDi.

p.p.s. I found JunPyo's curly hair disturbing at first, but I got used to it.

p.p.p.s. more pictures...

Lee Min Ho as Gu JunPyo

Kim HyunJoong as Yoon JiHoo

Kim Bum as So Yi Jung,
another member of the F4. I didn't include the other guy (WooBin)
cos he's not that cute. Only my mum seems to disagree with me...

Anoop is OUTT!!!!! NooooOOOO!!!!!

only missed by 20000 votes. Which is peanuts compared to the 24000000 votes cast. So wildcard round, here he comes!

And Pat-lookalike didn't do so well in AI. Oh well, she's only 16.

Next week: Adam Lambert and Nick/Norman Gentle. I hope they get in!! And the girls? Bah, who cares about them girls? Haha

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Okay, so my date for yesterday was Pat haha. And no, it does not sound pathetic, because two girls going out together on V-day is definitely way more logical than two guys. Alone. A group - sure, why not?; but a couple, only two guys, reads sad. Okay, I'm just being mean.

Of course, it was fun. When has going out ever not been fun? Chocolate truffle cake, in halves, was divine. Sinful. Devilish! And Pat gave me macaroons before I could give her! (I'm so sorry, Pat, they crumbled in my bag! =( but they taste good all the same (=)

Slumdog Millionaire, which I so want to watch, was only screened at 9.30, which is uber late, so no movie for that night. But that was replaced with a long trip from Wheelock to Plaza Singapura busstop to walk off the non-transfat cake. Mmmm. Haha

I'm so unproductive. It scares me.
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Oooh here's something for disturbing news: A 13 year-old boy just became a dad in Britain. Really! And his girlfriend is 15! The link is here:http://www.thesun.co.uk/sol/homepage/news/article2233878.ece And he looks so so young! His girlfriend looks like his nanny, more like.

Yesterday was spent, from 1.30 to 10.30, being a sales assistant, I suppose you could call it. At Causeway Point, John Little was having a sort of sales promotion at the atrium, and I took over Syaz's job for one day taking care of two carts, of Hush Puppies, tees and polo tees, and Levi's and Dockers men's socks and underwear (Eeek! Haha). Actually, it was kinda fun! I liked it when nobody came to shop, but I also didn't mind opening up package after package of shirts because it gave me something to do. The only thing I didn't like was of course standing for hours on end, but my knees aren't sore now anymore. How's that for exercise? Haha

As soon as I came for work yesterday, I look ed through every single box, arranged them according to size and colour, checked how many were in stock, etc. But still got a few things wrong. Oh well. Today I'm semi-unemployed again.

Bad Luck though, came in the form of me forgetting to return my Visitor Pass for my I/C. I'll have to go back today to return it. Darn.

V-day date today! And you'll never guess who with... Hahaha! If you do, I'll give you 10 cents (=

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The girl who looks a bit like Pat on American Idol!


And she made it through to the top 36, which should make you feel good, Pat hahaha.

My favourites this year are Danny, Anoop, Adam and Jamar. This year has the most enjoyable talent so far!

Watch Anoop Desai's Hollywood Week audition here:


and listen to his first here! He looked like a geeky joker, but darn could he sing!:


okay i am so going to sleep now...

Sometimes I think I'm so stupid. Because I won't say anything when the hairdresser cuts my hair with those infuriating "thinning" scissors! I didn't say "thin my hair, please". I said "Trim". But I guess she misheard. Damn! And still I didn't say anything! I just sat and stared wide-eyed as she went ahead and used those infernal scissors on every part of my hair. And now c'est horrible! Meina Haare ist sehr shrecklich! Sehr schlecht! Uuhhhh.... Tying my hair looks terrible cos of all the little shorter hairs coming out and poofing and being all annoyingly untie-able...

On another note, yesterday was another fun day out. Cycling between 12 and 2 in the hot afternoon sun, resulting in a red Pat and a two-toned brown Fina, then The Curious Case of Benjamin Button which was a one-time epic much like Big Fish, shopping at Marina Square where I fell in love with Marc who's my hero now (Price War!!!), a cheap yet good dinner at the food court upstairs, before culminating in an MRT ride back to Marsiling with Pat. Really productive. Yay!

I'll post the picture of my kuih lapis arm next time. It's 3.20 in the morning, I am not sleepy, and I'm signing off.
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Cycling in an hour or so. Yay! Yesterday I'd pretty much resigned myself to going to the gym alone this morning, but turns out now I'm going cycling which totally rocks.

I swear, my house is infested with mosquitoes now. Already I've got 16 ++ bites all over my arms and legs. Even after we've sprayed all over the house with mosquito-killer spray! Damn you!

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Yay, Rafa won yesterday's Australian Open finals against Roger Federer! I'm one of those people who shout at the tv to cheer on the athletes, and yesterday was one of my loudest days, maybe because I know how much harder it has to be for Rafa. I mean, he's only had 1 day's rest while Roger got two and his last match was five hours and fourteen minutes long (even yesterday's one was only four hours plus). So imagine how much more tired he must be compared to Federer. Plus Nadal's been known to be better at softer sufaces like clay and grass, and yesteday's match was on a hard surface. So yay for Nadal!

A pumped-up Rafa after winning a point.

Poor Roger cannot control his emotions after being denied a 14th Grand Slam title by Rafa.

Roger was a good sport, though, even though he has all the reason in the world to hate Rafa for standing in his way. He couldn't deliver his speech at first because of his tears ("God, it's killing me"), but came back a little later to congratulate Rafa on his win. Aww... Roger's one of the greatest and nicest stars, it's hard not to feel for him.

Rafa consoling Roger on his loss (and Rafa's win).

Rafa's a good sport too, and the first words he said into the microphone was to say "Sorry for today" to Roger and that Roger will go on to surpass Pete Sampras' record 14 Grand Slam titles. And he seemed really genuine.

Isn't it amazing? Rafa's world number one at the tender age of 22, while Roger's at his prime at 27 years old. Imagine being that age (which isn't that far away) and having achieved that much. It's simply mindboggling. Sometimes I wonder if such people are even real at all, and whether all this could be an elaborate hoax by the media (because that's the only way we know of such things). Sometimes I even wonder if there's really a world beyond Singapore! Haha, how "Truman Show"-esque of my thoughts.

I've got work to do now...
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