Sweet Hun Bin Photo

Hyun Bin listening attentively to Friend, Our Legend director Kwak Kyung Taek. The hand-holding is really sweet. Or was the director showing him how to break someone’s wrist?

I really wish they had done that war movie “Beautiful Us” with Joo Jin Mo.

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Sad Hyun Bin Video

Rewatched Episode 19 of Friend, Our Legend today. Bad idea, hehe. I suddenly realize all the shows I’m currently watching are serious, dramatic, sometimes depressing stuff. (Weeeell, you could argue that House has its jokey and light-hearted moments, but I’ve grown really tired of House’s hijinks and pranks and they’re not the reason I watch the show, so that doesn’t really count). Sighhh. I need something fun, silly and light-hearted, with no angst whatsoever.

Sad!Binnie. Wow, I forgot how good he was in Ireland.

Longest Kiss Ever?

This is breaking some sort of record, right? The last few seconds is heartbreaking. Hyun Bin and Tang Wei in Late Autumn:

Karaoke Hyun Bin

Finally there’s a youtube video of the hilarious, too awesome karaoke scene from My Name is Kim Sam Soon. Obviously the awful, awful singing is deliberate and meant to add to the hilariousness of the scene, but it’s really, really bad, hihi.

According to this article, Late Autumn is quite a hit in China, already collecting USD4.4 million in three days. Late Autumn made USD5.55 million during its entire run in South Korea. Congrats to Tang Wei and Binnie!

Hyun Bin picspam

Eyes wide shut

I’m a man’s man

Call lost and found! Somebody stole my mole.

Is this the dimple that launched a thousand shippers?

I’m a hipster, or the sensitive indie guy, whichever you prefer

We all have a sulky, disgruntled teenage side in us!

I’m a master of crappy pick-up lines

So, what do you think of my sultry, sultry eyes?

Mr Cute Bodyguard Has Youtube Videos!!

There are Youtube videos, about Hyun Bin’s bodyguard. Awwwwwwwww. One of the video is him and Lee Min Ho (of course he needs a new job while Binnie is in the military), and he SPEAKS in the other video. I wish I know what he’s saying, and what the presenter is saying about him (I heard the word “charisma”, hihi). Mr Cute Bodyguard’s name is Lee Kyu Hyeon.

March 7 – Hyun Bin in the Military for One Year

Almost forgot about this, with all my Idris Elba fangirling and Jung Yoo Mi girlcrushing recently (sorry Binnie!) Can’t believe he’s been in the military for ONE whole YEAR!! Please stay strong and healthy for the rest of the time.

I really, really, really want this drama, or movie, don’t care which. Please somebody, make this happen!!!

Jung Yoo Mi in Rooftop Prince

For some reason, I initially thought it’s the other Jung Yoo Mi (Que Sera Sera, The Crucible) who will be the second female lead in Rooftop Prince, but no, it’s Eun Ji from Friend, Our Legend. Sadly for me, she’s playing second lead again, which means she won’t get the guy AGAIN. Recently she was the second lead in A Thousand Days’ Promise (is this any good? I can’t really stand Kim Rae Won). Can’t this girl get any break??

I have this issue sometimes when watching Kdrama, instead of second male lead syndrome, I usually have second female lead syndrome. Especially when the heroine is too passive and/or self-sacrificing and/or indecisive, I’d rather the hero ends up with the too aggressive and/or evil second lead who is at least willing to fight for what she wants.

A twofer – missing Hyun Bin, and feeling bad for Eun Ji. It’s okay, Eun Ji, at least you have Dong Soo’s son!

What, for moi? Awwwwww, you shouldn’t have. 

Hyun Bin in the Marine

My favorite Korean actor, who is currently serving in the South Korean Marine Corps. Photo in chronological order,  from March 2011 to November 2011. He’s bulking up quite nicely, but I guess the military would do that to you. Stay safe, Hyun Bin.

I Watch Korean Drama – Friend, Our Legend

The voiceover from the first scene of Friend, Our Legend still haunts me to this day, months after I saw the drama. I wonder if part of the reason Jin Sook couldn’t choose Dong Soo has to do with the fear of being expected to be too much for Dong Soo. Part of me thinks it’s really touching and romantic when he told Jin Sook that in his whole life, there are only two people who have given him dream and hope to live – the art teacher and Jin Sook. But another part of me thinks it’s scary to be the be-all-and-end-all for someone, too much pressure and expectation, too much fear that you’ll fall short and end up ruining the other person’s life. And there’s also the way that Dong Soo seems to be idealizing Jin Sook too much, that in some ways, he doesn’t really see her in her entirety, good qualities and negative qualities, flaws, warts and all, the way I think Jun Seok ultimately does. I guess in the end, no matter how much my heart breaks for Dong Soo, I think Jin Sook probably made the best choice she could. (And no, my heart didn’t break for Dong Soo just because he’s played by Hyun Bin, he is truly a heartbreaking character).         

The sky is crying again The sky that understands the way of the world It can be confirmed that the sky understands better than me The sorrow present in the human world So, I determine that the sky has to cry often But, when the sky is crying It’s the first time I felt love It’s like the drizzling rain that stops And reveals the clear blue sky Looking at me, she shows a beautiful smile If only that smile, that beautiful smile Can stay in this world forever It doesn’t matter what I’ve become