coffee prince 9 & 10

Seven more episodes to go! the drama is getting its high peak. Episode 9 contains so many elements, feels like it wants to squeeze everything in one episode. The first half is about the brotherhood makes everything so reasonable. It is nature to treat your brothers good and satisfy his needs! People who knows the truth can tell actually what happened between Han Kyuol and Eun Chan is just like couples. The holding-hand scene, makes me wonder is it really common to see this on the street in Korea? Even in Taiwan boys do not walk hand in hand because people will consider them not being masculine enough. Meanwhile, the latter while suddenly changed into the inner emotional conflict that Han Kuyol had, this "sweet misery" seemed too much for him to bear, that he chose to hide away from Eun Chan. Han Kuyol is the representative of "successful" mascunality image as he has wealth, looks, nice car & house, even went abroad to the United States (so typical). The only flaw may be his undiscovered background. Who exactly is the man that visits his father? Is there any more we need to know?

The other characteristic, Han yujoo seems like an ideal girlfriend type, except the fact that she left Han Chan for TK two years ago. She is the mature one, unlike mostly the supporting actress acts bitchy and tries to break whatever bonds between the major roles. She knows Han Kyuol likes her but there is a line to siblings only, never gave him a chance (which is clever so no feelings hurt). She is also smart when she found out Han Chan kissed Eun Chan. She didn't argue or had quarrel with him; instead, she talked to Eun Chan and tried to figure things out. Perhaps she understands how did it feel because that is what she did to Han Chan before. She sees through the story between Han Chan and her and decided to go to New York. Usually when the supporting actress leaves the story means the drama is going to the end.

The ending of episode 10 bring another high peak towards people want to watch episode 11 even more. But I didn't except the truth will come out this fast as I watch the preview. I wonder how they will end up with after Han Kyuol finds out Eun Chan is a "she". Anyway I think it will be a happy ending.

Pasta, Ep. 7-8

Boring. Confusing...overly dramatic. I have to watch it again later. I'm not sure if its the subtitles or the actually drama, but the storyline seems to be overly drawn out, and its not keeping me...GLUED to the television. watch the main character girl make a fool of herself, and the minor back stabbing taking place...and then, shabam! more yelling! I shall watch it again, and blog later.

Coffee Prince Ep 7 & 8

Episodes 7 and 8 are the episodes where I found myself talking back to the television. It was right around the part where Eun Chan kisses Han Kyul. It was pretty embarrassing when my mom walked in on me hiding under the covers saying, "Don't do it! You're an idiot. . . stop it!"

I'd say episodes 7 and 8 just about made the story line a little more messier than it already is. With Eun Chan running from Han Seong because he kissed her, and then Yoo Joo comes over unexpectedly finding Eun Chan running with her mouth covered just about made things messy. At first I thought when the half Japanese guy from the coffee shop found out that Eun Chan is really a girl was bad, Han Seong kissing Eun Chan was even worse.

As I watch each episode, I try to relate the concepts and ideas from the class, and as you can tell, I'm starting to engage myself with the characters. But what I do find interesting is this idea of "saving face". Although the characters try to confront one another, they don't do it directly, but more so, they take a passive aggressive approach. I guess what ever works for them. It makes me wonder though, is that what the culture is like? Don't be direct, be indirectly direct? Sorta confusing to me because I tend to be black and white, no gray area, but in Coffee Prince, theres all sorts of grey area.

Anyhow, I look forward to the next episodes because I think Yoo Joo is catching onto Eun Chan, but we'll see!

Coffee Prince Ep. 7&8

Up until this week's episodes, I've been trying to give the character, Han Yoo Joo, the benefit of the doubt when it comes to the way she treats the men in her life, but that all changed. She knows that both Han Kyul and Han Seong like her very much and she still strings them along. It seems like it's fun to her and to add to this, her ex-boyfriend, the one she dated after Han Seong, is in town and wants her back. Instead of telling him how much she loves her current boyfriend, Han Seong, she seems to welcome his advances with childlike wonderment. She has three men in her life and she does not seem to know what she wants. I think she should figure that out first and stop stringing all of these men along. Up until this point, she is the biggest flirt on the show.

Another female character that is annoying is Eun Chan's sister, Eun Sae. She treats Min Yeop like dirt while he worships the ground she walks on. She comes from a poor family yet she acts like she is better than Min Yeop. The character, Jin Ha Rim, tried to help him out by telling him that he should just forget about Eun Sae and move on. I thought it was sound advice, but Min Yeop is proving to be a bigger fool than I expected. For that reason, I think Min Yeop is also annoying and pathetic. I hope in the coming episodes that he finds another woman who appreciates him and begins a relationship with her. However, in true drama form, he will probably stick around and take more of Eun Sae's verbal abuse until something happens and she finally falls for him. I hope someone will finally become wise and stop using this formula.

On the other hand, one female character that really seemed to shine was Han Kyul's grandmother. In earlier episodes, it seemed like she was this mean, tough old woman, but now I feel like she was just misunderstood. All she seems to want is for her family to know how to function once she is gone. This is especially the case when it comes to Han Kyul. On a side note, when you see him and Eun Chan together, you see two different personalities intersecting. On one hand, you have Han Kyul, who seems like he has never really grown up an on the other hand, you have Eun Chan who seems like she had to grow up very fast after her father died. It was also interesting to see the way the grandmother and Eun Chan began to get along. I would not be surprised if the grandmother already knows that Eun Chan is a woman and has just decided not to say anything. You can see the similarities between the two characters. Both of them are tough and say whatever is on their minds. They are also both loud and have no problem putting Han Kyul in his place. I think the reason why Han Kyul likes Eun Chan is that she reminds him of his grandmother. He really seems to like that type of woman, which may be rare in Korean society. Due to this rarity, I think that is why he has not found a woman that he really wants to settle down with (besides Han Yoo Joo, but everybody wants to settle down with her). Only time will tell what happens and we shall see how everything plays out.

coffee prince ep 5 & 6

As the episodes of Coffee Prince progress, I find myself relating my own or my friends' experiences to the storyline of each episode. In episode 5 where Eun Chan brings Han Kyul milk with a pictures drawn around the carton, it reminded me of a time where my brother did the same when he was trying to court a girl. Anyhow, I'm starting to see a lot more character development during episode 6. I think this is the episode that got me excited to keep on watching.

Its interesting that Han Kyul asks Eun Chan for a hug, as if he needed some sort of validation to know what he is really feeling inside towards Eun Chan. Other than that, I believe they're all confused and although they may seem to confront one another when something is bothering them, they do it in such a passive-aggressive way (which is annoying), but then again, if they all confronted one another about what is really bothering them or going, then Coffee Prince would be over.

Pasta Ep. 7 & 8

In the beginning of Episode 7 in Pasta, we see something very unusual, up to now we constantly see the fancy resturants that sells pasta, but in this episode it shows some regular Korean food, being made, something not seen. Also in episode 7 we see that Hyun Wook still treats Soo Kyung in the usual way, but in reality he actually cares for her well being, and he actually wants her to succeed, and even beat and surpass him. We also see the increasing rivalry between Hyun Wook and Kim San, they both are always in bickering mode when they see each other. Also in this episode, I see the annoying Sae Young, her looney ways totally gets on nerves. I also took the liberty to see that Hyun Wook seems to be wearing quite some fur there, the fashion of Soo Kyung also does not suit her very well, that is all. While on episode 8, it is just the continuation of episode 7 and the jealousy and competition also seem to have grown, and up to this point, I think the drama is starting to get very boring. I also found out that they are speaking Italian, which I think that it isn't quite necessary since it is just pasta and not some fancy european cuisine.

Pasta ep 7&8

I thought that chef was really rude when he closed the window on Yoo kyung while her head was sticking out lol. I actually had this happen to me..not on purpose though. My mom didnt know i was sticking my head out -_-;; Oh Sae Young is REALLY annoying. I thought it really wasnt fair that she got to participate in the la sfera contest with the other chefs when she wasn't even a employee and also her dish was definately going to win first place since she's a experienced chef. She's using her friendship with the owner to get closer to hyun-wook. I also am getting really tired of seeing the 3 female chefs who got fired. I feel like they really dont do much for the story-line. I think they just fill left over time. Honestly, if they werent in the drama it wouldnt change the story at all. I also feel like chef is starting to get jealous of the owner and Yoo kyungs close relationship and vise versa. We see maknae is getting treated way differently than the other chefs. For example when they are unloading the truck, chef always piles on 3x more than what the other chefs have to carry. Hyun wook was really mean to Yoo kyung when everyone found out she turned the switch off in the freezer to save her own life. I mean I know he should be mad but I think he was a little too harsh on her.