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Shame on all the people who ended up watching all 50 episodes lol!

Yes we had great fun and she loved London as well as the food. She got married recently so she arrived with her husband. I will plan to visit them in California next year where we plan to check out San Francisco and then fly out to Hawaii. I need to work on my 6 pack abs now lol!

Damn! How did you manage to get scammed off $2000? Did you manage to recover the money?

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Yes I enjoyed Hanzawa Naoki quite a lot, it was an outstanding drama!

Wow! That sounds good! Sounds like you are having a lot of fun :) How are you finding your new job?

Well, on my side...I've not had a chance to make a snowman or igloo because there is no snow here lol, so I've been shopping around a bit and am trying to arrange for travel plans with friends.
I'm gonna spend the next few days showing my cousin around London who arrived from California. I met her for the first time yesterday after 17 years, so it was great to catch up.

Hmmm...new location, rented apartment, new friends, learners permit and opened a bank account - sounds like a good script for a drama :P

I wasn't quite sure as to which Japanese drama should be my first so I decided to go for the immensely popular record breaking drama Hanzawa Naoki.
All I can say is that I absolutely fell in love with this show and it deserves all the hype and attention it's been getting. I mean you can just feel the intensity with each scene (especially the FSA inspections) and it's straight to the point!
More and more people should watch this stuff because not only is it enjoyable but you get to learn a lot. One more thing - Hanzawa is a real bad ass!

I started A love To Kill, not impressed by the first episode but will continue watching. Hanzawa Naoki on the other hand is ridiculously good! You can just feel the intensity in the board meetings and I must say Hanzawa is a real bad ass when it comes to payback!

So how are things with you? How are you finding your new challenges/environment?

I've started watching it :)

Hey there, I'm REALLY sorry for the late reply. I seem to have developed a habit of doing that here on MDL :$

Well, the following Korean movies are the ones I would highly recommend-
Rom com/romance: My Sassy Girl, A Moment To Remember, Daisy (Action and romance), Always, A Millionaire's First Love and My PS Partner.

Action/Revenge Thriller movies: A Better Tomorrow, A Bittersweet Life, Secret, Howling, Mother, A company Man, 'The Good, The Bad, The Weird', Handphone, Fighter in the Wind, Cold Eyes, The Yellow Sea, Bedevilled, The Man From Nowhere, I Saw The Devil and Old boy.
(I know you mentioned that you don't like gore related content, but the last 5 movies on this list have lots of blood and violence, I included them because they are some of the best Korean movies of all time)

War movies: Tae Guk Gi: The Brotherhood of War (My all time fav movie), My Way, The Frontline, 71: Into The Fire and Welcome to Dongmakgol.

Crime/Gangster movies (with action): The New World, The Unjust, A Dirty Carnival, No Mercy and Rough Cut.

Drama genre movies: Once Upon A Time in High school: Spirit of Jeet Kune Do, A Barefoot Dream, A Love (Sarang), Untold Scandal, Silmido and Lifting King Kong.

Comedy: Sunny, Attack The Gas Station, Attack The Gas Station 2 and Liar.

Hope this helps :)

I have been thinking about starting the Korean drama 'A Love To Kill' for some time now. Your review helped a lot :)

I haven't started Empress Ki as of yet but will check it out soon as I love the cast. I guess the number of episodes of the whole drama is the reason why I'm not willing to start it right now lol!

At the moment, I am watching Hanzawa Naoki (my first Japanese drama) to see what all the fuss is about and it looks quite interesting.
I'm in the mood for revenge dramas these days and will look to start the following 3 dramas - A Love To Kill, A Man's Story and Innocent Man.

Oh trust me...Five Fingers is one hell of a show! The classical music is only a part of the drama. The main theme is based on revenge, family relationships, betrayal and jealousy.
The story is very deep and unique and in the same time it's addictive as hell.
It's said to be one of the best revenge dramas out there, so if that's your type...you will enjoy this show a lot because the main cast deliver an outstanding performance. South Korea seems to possess great talent...unlike the chubby actors of Pakistani dramas haha :P

Yep! Positive attitude all the way! :D

Yeah the guy playing the Chinese emperor - Ji Chang Wook is a brilliant actor no doubt! I just completed Five Fingers (you need to watch it) recently and he was one of the main actors and did a fantastic job, it's like he can act just through his facial expressions and emotions.

Well I guess Empress Ki will definitely be my first historical drama then :)

Hey, I've been well...just developing a list of things I would like to do/achieve in 2014 and getting to work on it.

I'm giving dramas a break as well for a bit, I've just finished A Gentleman's Dignity and Five Fingers...both of which were awesome and highly addictive dramas.
Well with movies I mostly watch them on Netflix these days, I changed mine to the US version as it has a huge list of Korean, Japanese, Chinese and HK movies as well as Kdramas. But sometimes I would watch a movie online if it's not available via Netflix.

What kind of movies do you like? I can recommend some according to your taste.

So how are you finding uni and what's your major?

Beautiful and inspiring movie! Great performance here by Aaron Kwok.

Hi Saeda, it's been a while...how are things?

Hey!!! Sorry for the late reply as usual...I'm always late lol!
Well, it sounds like you have some good plans ahead. I'm sure you will have lots of fun on this new journey and I wish you all the best :)

Yeah, I've just not been myself to be honest...it's only natural to feel angry when your talent is being buried on this Earth and nothing seems to workout. But since I don't have the power to change the World, what I can do is change myself and do things differently. So yeah positive thinking from now on :D

Btw, how is Empress Ki like? I'm not into historical dramas but I may just watch it since I'm a huge fan of Jin Mo Joo and am seeing good reviews.

Hi Pavister, how are you?
Lol thanks! Yeah I enjoy watching movies a lot. What kind of movies do you like? I can compile a list for you according to your taste in movies.
Judging by your list however, everything is Korean....so I take it you are asking for Korean movies?

1200 miles north...so you must be in Alaska now? Sounds like a good plan, even I am looking to start from scratch this year and am looking to change almost everything including my lifestyle.
Oh I haven't been that busy tbh, I've just been dealing with major stress. It seems as if both of us are fed up with life right now lol!

Hi it's been a while, how have you been? Hows 2014 treating you so far?

13 episodes through now and loving it!

I've just completed this show and absolutely loved it! What made this show even more exciting to watch was that I didn't know anything about it (I usually research a drama before deciding to watch) and just happened to play it simply because it's brand new on Netflix.
I was only familiar with Dong Gun Jang as he is one of the biggest Korean movie stars and he delivered a great performance here in AGD as well as Ha Neul Kim and the other 3 male friends.
The number one thing preventing me from giving this a 10/10 rating is that brat Im Meahri (Yoon Jin Yi) who pretty much ruins every scene. Hong Se Ra (Yoon Se Ah) was another annoying and wasted character, but otherwise it's a very enjoyable show.