Since 2004, I have an avid fan of Korean drama. It all started with Princess Hours (YEH-JJH). Then the rest was history. I never imagined that 8 years later, I will be encountering this drama that would capture the wholeness of my being. For 3 months now, I am breathing the Se-Ga (a korean short-cut) Syndrome.
Secret Garden is a romance fantasy drama brought by the winning combination of Kim Eun Sook and Shin Woo Chul of the Lovers series, On Air and City Hall. The drama tells the story of Kim Joo Won, a seemingly perfect man yet with certain arrogance and childishness in him, and Gil Ra Im, a stuntwoman whose beauty and body are the object of envy of top actresses. One day they went deep into the mountains and entered a strange house. A strange grandmother offered them chocolate to eat. The next day they found themselves changing bodies.
--cr. soompi
With Ha Ji Won (Memories of Bali) and Hyun Bin (My Name is Kim Sam Soon) taking the leads, it is no wonder that this would be a hit! (in korean: 대박!). Basically the story itself is fantasy based but I never knew that an episode could incorporate drama, romance, comedy and fantasy... in short, all in one. (You want to fall in love (with HB?), watch SG, you want to cry? Watch SG, you want to see the Little Mermaid as Alice in Wonderland? Watch SG!) I know this will be so biased but who cares? As the almighty 김 주원 would say, Secret Garden is like Kim Tae Hee to me, I'm a fan!
Reasons Why I Watched This Drama:
-Ha Ji Won is one of my favorite actresses in the Korean entertainment industry.
-Yoon Sang Hyun is here! I loved him in Take Care of Agasshi!
-I wanted to watch Hyun Bin's performance from DAY 1 - END (since I failed in MNIKSS)
-Kim Sa Rang is Miss Korea- Universe 2000. I love Miss Korea's!
-Kim Eun Sook wrote Lover's in Paris, which I failed to watch from DAY 1- END.
-The story itself. It got me when it said, romantic-fantasy (I didn't know I needed some tissue later on)
Why it deserves to be known (or appropriately, why is the my addiction up to the infinity level):
-Not your ordinary 2nd generation chaebol who fell in love with a poor girl story
-In an episode, you will feel different emotions. At one point you're crying, the next thing you are laughing, and so on!
-The soul-switch plot is definitely 대박 and new to Korean TV.
-It has an element which brings happiness every time you watch it.
What not to forget (things that would stay in your mind forever)
- Bring on the 반짝 반짝(shiny) tracksuits!
-The epic lines!
이것 최선입니까? 확실해? (is the best? are you sure?)
이봐...이봐 (hey, hey)
할유 스타 오스카! (Hallyu Star Oska!)
야! (YA!!)
문자왔숑~~ (Munjawassyong!)
Gil Ra Im, at what age did you become so pretty?
No matter how I think of it, you're really not my style!
This tracksuit was handmade in Italy!
I make a lot of money!
Does love buy rice?
I'll be the Little Mermaid!
This is the decision of the leader of a society.
Does love buy rice?
I'll be the Little Mermaid!
This is the decision of the leader of a society.
the konglish lines!
and the most epic, 80 word tongue twister from Kim Juwon --> 김수한무 거북이와 두루미 삼천갑자 동방삭 치치카포 사리사리센타 워리워리 새프리카 무두셀라 구름이 허리케인 담벼락 서생원에 고양이 바둑이는 돌돌이.
-The Gil Ra Im and Kim Ju Won ♥moments:
- The Ssun-Oska-Seul Love Triangle!
-Ha Ji Won and Hyun Bin's crying scenes are so real, you would cry too!
-This drama has the best OST! (plus they got Hyun Bin sing a song! PURRRFECCT!)
-Excluding the soul switch factor, it has a touch of reality.
-The ending was so daebak, I don't know what to say, not a trivial ending but it really makes you think!
----and so much more! i shall enumerate if i remember! :)
"Love perhaps is similar to taking care of a garden. Hoping that in your garden, a beautiful love will bloom. A cool breeze will blow, in the presence of warm sunlight and occasionally a magical shower."
p.s this post is dedicated to my gardener friends! you know who you are! i cannot put more pictures, i'm so sleepy! :)
