My Secret 我的秘密

Well, this is a korean drama out during Dec 2005. Maybe it’s too late to review, but I just love it. It came before "Goong @ Princess Hours". I was recommended by my friends about this drama. I bought the dvd and started watching on Wednesday.

Gosh, I was totally hooked up by this drama. One episode after another, I just couldn’t stop watching. My curiosity made me sit at my bed in front of my desktop for the whole day wondering what will happen next in this beautiful, romantic and touching story. I missed my breakfast, then lunch.. I just couldn’t help it. Watched the final episode yesterday. I’m gonna miss this drama. I rate this drama 5/5.

"My Girl" is a SBS production that spans 16 episodes. Funny as it sounds, 16 episodes to me is very short. However, at least this drama don’t drag and lives up to the moment. Compared to Goong, 28episodes, there was some drag in the middle.

I’ve read some reviews from others, well, I totally agree. This is a very un-Korean like drama. We often see people dying and lots of sobbing. But in "My Girl", there is way more laughing than crying.

Synopsis
When Gong-chan (Lee Dong-wook) meets the lively and beautiful Yu-rin (Lee Da-hae), he notices the resemblance between her and his long-lost cousin, whom his dying grandfather has been searching for. He hires Yu-rin to stand in for his missing cousin as a final gesture to his grandfather - but his own growing feelings for her threaten to ruin everything. The real drama begins when Gong-chan’s ex-girlfriend, a pro tennis star (Park Si-yeon), enters the scene determined to win him back.

As Yoorin spends more time with Gongchan’s family, she gets showered with the love she never received as a child and finds herself drawn to Gongchan. She finds herself changing from the liar that she once was to a person who tries to tell the truth when she can. But she knows all too well that her one-sided love will never materialize as the difference in social status between Gongchan and herself is too big.

But unknown to her, Gongchan is also slowly being drawn to her…

Read more.. http://www.spcnet.tv/reviews/review.php?rID=1184

Majestic? Well, Goong’s fan will scream with anxiety when browsing these pictures. This is the Korean drama I’ve been watching lately. I spent 3 days to watch 24 episodes of it. I was attracted by the discussion going on in the public, friends and radio station about this drama. Thus, due to my curiosity I bought the dvd and start watching. First day, 5 episodes then next day 10 episodes and just finished yesterday 9 episodes.

A high budget drama portraying life of a royal family during 20th century. Daily life of Prince William (England)? no… although he does appear in this drama. It’s a story of a Crown Prince in Korea.

Goong is story about the love in face of tradition, politics, and intrigue. Korea is a constitutional monarchy and the Royal Family lives in a grand Palace, the Goong. Story opens with a startling diagnosis that the King is terminally ill. Faced with the decreasing popularity among the public for the Royalty, a grand wedding for the Crown Prince, Lee Shin, is decided to be the best publicity move to improve the image of Royalty and at the same time prepare Shin for immediate succession. The intended bride? The headstrong, awkward, and sweet spirited Shin Chae-gyung that just happens to go to the same exclusive art school. Chae-gyung was betrothed to become the next Crown Princess by her grandfather and Shin’s grandfather.

A high budget drama portraying life of a royal family during 20th century. Daily life of Prince William (England)? no… although he does appear in this drama. It’s a story of a Crown Prince in Korea.

Ever wonder ‘What if modern Korea were a constitutional monarchy with a king?’ A royal family story.

For Goong (Princess Hours) fans, hope you enjoy the pictures. While, those who never watched this drama before, well, it’s worth to watch. Although it’s a bit draggy in the middle.. the climax is worth to be waited. Something different from this drama with others is that we can learn lots of korean culture and an imaginative world of royalty in Korea.