Replacement?

The Korean drama, Love in the Moonlight has ended. I wonder what is going to occupy my time now..

Can You Hear My Heart by Epik High feat. Lee Hi

Another song that I fell in love with from Scarlet Heart Ryeo OST, Can You Hear my Heart by Epik High featuring Lee Hi. :P
Can You Hear My Heart (uploaded by CJENMMUSIC Official)

Forgetting You by Davichi

I love this song, Forgetting You by Davichi from Scarlet Heart Ryoe OST.

Forgetting You (uploaded by CJENMMUSIC Official)

Hooked

I hate to admit it but I am recently hooked on two Korean dramas: Love in the Moonlight and Moon Lovers: Scarlet Heart Ryeo. :P 
Scarlet Heart Ryeo is showing on Monday and Tuesday nights at 9pm on 820 while Love in the Moonlight is showing on Tuesday and Wednesday nights at 8:50pm on 815. I often end up having to watch Moonlight online because of the clash of timing on Tuesday. 

This Love by Davichi (다비치)

I have been hearing this song and really like it. I only found out that it is one of the songs from the Descendants of the Sun OST lol. I have yet to watch one episode of this insanely popular Korean drama.

This Love by Davichi (uploaded by MUSIC&NEW(뮤직앤뉴))

Historical K-drama

Someone recommended that I watch this new historical period Korean drama, The Flower in Prison. 
I may just watch it as I always prefer historical period drama. I have previously watched Jewel in the Palace, Yi San, Dong Yi, Iljimae, Queen In Hyun's Man, Jumong, and Queen Seok Deok. :)

K-drama

My younger daughter, Juliane is really crazy about "Descendants of the Sun". She has been trying to get me to watch it but I have been RESISTING! Haha. 

Seoul Trip 2015 Day 8

I woke up at 7:30am to a cold and extremely cloudy morning. The mountains in the background couldn't be seen. It didn't look good, rain might be inevitable. :( By 9:30am, it started raining heavily with thunder. :( :( It's our day in Seoul, why did it have to rain?! 

We spent the whole morning watching Korean period drama, which is unusual for me while on holiday! It was still raining away with thunder. It seemed to be a whole week's worth of rain that didn't happen throughout the week all accumulated to today. Oh well, every cloud has a silver lining (pun intended lol!), the rain gave me some time to refine on my whole school workshop presentation next week when I return. :)

We were hungry so had to venture out in the heavy rain to our backyard, Insadong for lunch. We had dumplings at this small restaurant, packed full of Koreans. The dumplings were delicious! Went well with Jeju Hoji tea latte from Starbucks! :) 

The dumpling chef who sportingly smiled for my photo

After lunch, we headed back to the apartment as the rain was still heavy. I have sank to a new low while on holiday! I found myself surfing through the 559 channels. I was watching a continuation of this morning's Korean period drama only to have Juliane telling me that it's a different drama! Have to get out of the apartment, rain or shine! 
At 3pm, we ventured out even though it was still raining. The temperature was only in the low 20s, nice and cool. We went to Shilla Duty Free Shop to help an family aunt buy her skin care products. We were lucky to catch the free Shilla Hotel/ DFS shuttle bus at Exit 5, Dongguk University Station. We bought the stuff, left Shilla DFS and arrived at Myeong-dong all within an hour. :) 

The Shilla Hotel and N Seoul Tower in the background

The free shuttle bus provided for people going to The Shilla and/ or Shilla DFS

I bought some additional souvenirs on stand-by in case I miss out some colleagues and friends. The rain has let up by then. We browsed around for a dinner place. Settled on School Food at M Plaza. I tried the Special Mari 2 (7,800won, fusion mari combination with cuttlefish ink, cuttlefish, flying fish roe, and spam! Juliane tried Grilled Pork with rice (10,300won, rice on sliced onions, grilled pork and potatoes). The food at School Food was delicious and the pricing was very reasonable. :) Wish we had discover this place earlier lol. :P 

After our early dinner, we went back to the Cat Cafe! It was pretty crowded due to the rain. We managed to find a table at 6:30pm. Not long after we sat at our table, guess who came along?! Cookie, the Siamese cat came and curled up right on my laps again! There is a cat who loves me! Lol. :) She didn't sleep on any other patrons' laps. Guess we have a connection. :)  

A cat loves me!

Photo-bombed by Juliane lol

Not the best place to sleep/ nap 

Byee, Cat Cafe

We didn't stay too long, leaving the cat cafe at 8pm as we have to pack our luggage.
We took a walk down Insadong before returning to our apartment as it was our last night in Seoul. 

Tile art at the Anguk station

Back at the apartment just before 9pm, and it was packing time. 

Rain has stopped. What a clear night. 

Can see the crescent moon and star

I think we managed to keep our luggage weight under 40kg. Darn, should have bought more haha.

Korean Love

Juliane is really addicted to Korean programmes. She watches tv programmes like Running Man (Korean variety show) and Superman Returns (Korean show). She is also currently watching K-dramas (or Korean dramas) such as Prime Minister and I with English subtitles every Monday and Tuesday and Glory Jane  the rest of the week. She sometimes speaks Korean words which she learnt from watching the K-drama. She has also been pestering me to bring her to Korea for holiday. We think in her previous life, she might have been a Korean haha. Maybe should let her learn Korean as a 3rd language lol. :P

Closet Korean Drama Fan

I finally realised that I am a closet Korean romantic drama fan. :P
The girls started watching "Fabulous Boys" on Channel U and asked their father to buy the series as they really like it. Unfortunately their father bought the Korean version instead of the Taiwanese version which is what's on TV now. Apparently, "Fabulous Boys" (2013) is a cover of the original Korean drama, "You're Beautiful" (2009) and there is also a Japanese version, "Ikemen desu ne" (2011) lol.
I started watching the Korean version with the girls and found myself hooked to the story! We could watch the series for the entire afternoon non-stop haha. Although I can't understand the Korean songs in the series, I like them a lot. :)

Still/ As Ever (uploaded by lilrudegirlxD) 


Without Words (female version) (uploaded by chibipayucute)

Promise (uploaded by chibipayucute) 


What Should I Do (uploaded by chibipayucute) 


Song For a Fool (uploaded by chibipayucute)


Lovely Day (uploaded by chibipayucute)


 Goodbye (uploaded by 3nityBlood)

Another one?!

My girls and my mother are now hooked on yet another Korean drama, Smile Again 笑吧！東海which replaced the last Korean drama, Ice Adonis when it ended its run during the weekdays. My mother said she has never seen a girl so evil and wanted to see how she will end up. LOL. 
Me? Well, I am not too much into Smile Again because I realised how addictive it can be! I only watch it if it is still showing when I come home from work. Otherwise, no big loss lol. 

Catch-up TV

Thank goodness for catch-up TV! :)
I recently discovered catch-up TV on xinmsn. Ok, I know I am really BEHIND the times lol. :P Thank goodness for catch-up TV, I have been able to catch-up with episodes of Ice Adonis (Korean drama on Channel U) that I missed parts of, due to my long journey home from work. :)
I love you, Catch-up TV! :)

Addicts

There are two addicts of Korean drama in my family. Juliane and my mother.
Juliane recently asked her father to rent the Korean period drama, Lee San, Wind of the Palace despite having watched it before. There are a total of 118 episodes. Julian would watch it after school. Despite having watched it before too, my mother would watch together with Juliane. Now, they hogged the living room tv to watch their "Lee San" everyday for several hours a day! Sigh.

New Korean Addiction

My girls and I are now hooked on another Korean historical drama that is currently showing on Channel U lol. It is really a torture just waiting to know what happens one episode at a time. We managed to rent all 5 volumes of the Korean drama, The Great Queen Seondeok. :) That's a total of 25 dvds (3 episodes in each dvd) to watch lol. :P

Dong-Yi

My girls and I are currently hooked on the Korean drama, Dong-Yi lol. We found it too slow to watch Dong-Yi, one episode at a time on weekday evenings. We rented the entire series to watch lol. :P As requested by my girls, I have put up some of the soundtracks from Dong-Yi. I love the hauntingly beautiful sounds of traditional instruments that are used in the soundtrack.

Theme song (uploaded by KDramasHD)


Cheonaejia (uploaded by KDramasHD)


Instrumental Song (uploaded by KDramasHD)


Haegeum Song (uploaded by KDramasHD)


Myung-hyun (uploaded by KDramasHD)


Dan-ae (uploaded by KDramasHD)

Korean Fever

All of a sudden, my whole family is into Korean series again, Korean historical drama series to be specific lol. The last one which we watched was Dae Jang Geum (Jewel in the Palace or 大長今).

Lee San, Wind of the Palace, a 2007 historical drama production, is directed by the same director as Jewel in the Palace. We just rented the DVDs last night and there are 77 episodes! Lol. We are now at Episode 18 haha. Lee San has all the right elements which makes us addicted to watching it - history, action, drama, and romance. :)

Iljimae - Korean Drama

I am now watching Iljimae, a Korean period drama, on U channel at 10pm weekdays. It's the only other Korean drama that I am following faithfully since Goong in 2006 lol. It is not a bad show for a weekday night - drama, comical moments, mystery and romance (soon, I think).

There is this song that is sometimes being played in the show. I am attracted to it because of the instruments accompanying the entire song (the main ones are piano and violin, I think). The instruments made the song really haunting and sentimental. :P When I first heard the song, it really made me sad. It still does. When I saw the lyrics, I understood why. Sigh.