So what’s up?
Hope everyone had the merriest Christmas yesterday ^___^

Last night, after spending Christmas with the family, finally got home around 8:30′ish and went to watch Bad Love episode 8 (aired yesterday in Korea) with my mom *hehe… she’s hooked also*
Bad Love 못된 사랑 is the new KBS2 Mon-Tue drama with Kwon Sang Woo (the guy from Stairway To Heaven/Sad Sonata), Lee Yo Won (Fashion 70s, Surgeon Bong Dal Hee) and Kim Sung Soo (the 2nd lead guy opposite of Bi from Full House).

Though I can’t say I’d recommend this drama for my friends and family to watch, but at the moment, I’m so hooked on its soundtrack songs, especially track 7: The Words My Heart Is Saying (by Lee Woo Sang) and the last track, It’s My Love (by MAC)

Lyrics Translations (full credits to little_omlette @ z-degrees forum)

Track 6. The Words My Heart Is Saying (Lee Woo Sang)

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I live day by day longing for you
The more I love you the more my heart aches
I tell myself if I forget you, things will get better
That’s the promise I made myself unknowingly

Even if my heart aches, aches so much it’s going to explode
I can’t remove you from inside me
If only I could turn back the hands of time
If only I could love you again

Oh love, oh love, oh person who’s left me
Why did you make me cry then leave, why did you leave me
I try to fill my heart, I try to close my feelings
The words my heart is saying, wishing you to come back to me

Even if my heart aches, aches so much it’s going to break
I can’t take you out from inside me
If only I could turn back the hands of time
If only I could love you again

Oh love, oh love, oh person who’s left me
Why did you make me cry then leave, why did you leave me
I try to fill my heart, I try to close my feelings
The words my heart is saying, wishing you to come back to me

Don’t go, don’t go, don’t leave me and go
Why did you make me cry then leave, why did you leave me
I cry screaming, but all that comes back is my echo
In the end it’s not me, you’re going to go to that person..

Track 10. It’s My Love (MAC)

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I’m having a love that’s already been cooled down and worn out
Why am I unable to let go
There’s nothing I can do to get myself out of this anymore
Even for my sake I can’t trust myself
If it’s you, yes even if it’s only you I’ll be able to go on living
As always, you’re the only one letting me rest
That’s the kind of love it is
Even if I throw away, it must be a love that I can’t throw away
If we had come living not knowing each other instead
If we had come walking on different paths
These chilling and sorrowful tears wouldn’t be mine

The sound of my breathing in the past
Unable to place the remaining pieces of the shattered memories, my throat dries up
Now if I call for you I can’t see you anymore
If it’s you, yes even if it’s only you I’ll be able to go on living
As always, you’re the only one letting me rest
That’s the kind of love it is
Even if I throw away, it must be a love that I can’t throw away
If we had come living not knowing each other instead
If we had come walking on different paths
These chilling and sorrowful tears wouldn’t be mine
Even if we’re to go back I’m still yours
Even if I shed even darker tears than these, my heart still calls for you
That’s the kind of love it is
My love, you can’t avoid me
My heart is a heart that only knows you

If there’s another life waiting
The sorrowful tears then won’t be mind
Will I be able to watch you becoming faint..

Hehe.. yes, this drama will be my first LONGEST K-drama ever watched! keke..
Well, they planned it out to be 64 episodes, ending next February 3rd. So, yeah, to me, I still enjoy it as much now, maybe because it’s a family drama. Kinda draggy somewhere in the middle, but I’m glad they extend it coz this drama is actually the weekend drama I keep watching it raw, religiously, every sat/sun =)

This week, Jun Woo and Jin Joo have another sweet moment when they both go on a ski trip.
And because they use Song Chang Eui’s original voice recording song (I had posted the episode where he sang it live on the piano here) , I just had to make a cut file and keep this for my own archive ^^

Will post up the file once youtube is done uploading……

{edited:}
Yay it’s done!

SO can’t wait for this movie to come out on DVD! Ha~ who am I kidding? It’ll be open officially in theatres (in Korea, that is), next month, yes, in 2008. Jan 10th, to be exact.

Just watched the trailer today, and I’m SO hyped up! I wanna fly to Seoul just to see this movie premiere! LOL.

Have been admiring this girl, Son Ye Jin’s acting more and more after watching her 2005 artistic movie opposite of Bae Yong Joon, “April Snow” (all Bae’s fans should watch it!) And of course, I trust that she can also pull off this baddie character in “Open City”, playing opposite of Kim Myung Min, the guy behind the great success of MBC drama “White Tower”
I have no doubt about his acting either. You see why I’m so excited? Haha. What an awesome combo!

Movie POSTER

OPEN CITY fun-facts:
- Son Ye Jin will play as Baek Jang Mi, a femme fatale who leads an international criminal organization.
- Kim Myung Min will play as an investigator who is assigned on SYJ’s case, but things start to get complicated when SYJ’s character becomes attracted to his character.
- This is a 60-million won estimated movie, directed by Lee Sang Gi
- Official website : http://www.open-city.co.kr/

Here’s the movie MV/trailer:

I’ve been listening to lots of Sung Shi Kyung’s songs these days, ever since I found out that the song played in one of the “April Snow” (Bae Yong Joon & Son Ye Jin’s 2005 movie), was actually sung by him and not Tim. Haha… their voices are SO similar!

Anyhoo. Here’s their duet performance on KBS Music Bank, last November 30th.
Quite nice harmony, isn’t it? =)

Just finished watching a few performance clips from KBS Music Bank, and this one particular performance caught my attention. It was the duet of Lyn, the Korean R&B queenie and Crown J, yes, the rapper.
And what song did they “reconstruct” and recycle? It was the “Loving you… is easy coz you’re beautiful… la la la la la… ” song. Remember that one? An oldie one, originally sung by Minnie Ripperton back in the heydays.

And since it was done so creatively, and I thought their voice blended so well. They compliment each other.
Lyn, even though she hasn’t always been my fave Korean ballad female singer (I prefer Lim Jeong Hee or J, coz I thought Lyn’s voice tends to vary from time to time. Sometimes she can be kinda.. off? so yeah.) But this one, it was one cool performance, done smoothly. So I thought I better savor this and archive it ;]