Hoping that Laughing Burns Many Calories.

Hey Everyone,

I started my day well. I got up a little bit earlier and went to Starbucks for breakfast. Yummmmmyyyyy!!!

Last night was the Welcome Party for the English Department at school. I have to admit that I had a lot of fun. One of the new teachers is really funny and cracks jokes every couple of minutes.

The teachers have been in meetings all day yesterday and today. Basically I am getting a new supervisor. My new supervisor is actually a teacher I really like. He is very sweet and has been really nice to me since I have arrived. I was happy to hear it was him.
I'm also not going to do all those grammar classes I have been doing for the last 8 months. Instead I'm going to do OC (Oral Communications) classes and I'll be working with the 1st years more (high school here is 3 years). Yipee!!! That means fun games and worksheets instead of trying to answer hard grammar questions that I can't understand. SCORE!!!
However, that also means that I have to step up my game and be more creative, so that the classes go well and the students have fun communicating in English.

Moving ON---- Last night I watched the last episode of Boys Before (Over) Flowers.


SPOILERS



It was really sweet. It ended like any typical drama ends, with a marriage proposal. I felt bad for Yoon Ji hoo though. He really loved Geum Jan Di. I'm thinking that I should watch Meteor Garden (Taiwanese version), but I need some time in between. If I do watch Meteor Garden, then that would mean that I would have watched 3 versions of the same drama. lol. Sad!

Listening to At the Moment: Boys Over Flowers Soundtrack

Boys Before Flowers, of course. Is that even a question?

“I’m so busy that I don’t even remember that you didn’t call me for 3 days and 13 hours!” -Goo Jun Pyo

I am a bit addicted to Asian dramas. I feel as if this past year my anime addiction has turned into a tv drama addiction. lol. There always has to be something, right?

Anyway here are two Asian Dramas that I really like.


Hana Yori Dango 花より男子　(Japanese) & Boys Before Flowers 꽃보다 남자 (Korean)
They are 2 versions of the same story. lol.

-Some spoilers


A few months ago my obsession was Hana Yori Dango (Japanese Drama). It's based on the manga series. It's basically about a rich boy (Domyoji) with a power trip who falls for the one girl (Makino) who doesn't let him get his way. The drama series was great and of course how can you not love Oguri Shun, the actor who plays Hanazawa Rui, the love rival and best friend to Domyoji. Oh boy, I wanted him to end up with the girl at the end because he is soooo much cooler. lol. Anyway, I digress.
If you want to check out more information on Hana Yori Dango read on:
Hana Yori Dango has 2 seasons and a movie. The first season has 9 episodes and the second season has 11 episodes. The movie takes places after the 2nd season. For more information on Hana Yori Dango and all of its episodes, you can go to MySoju . You can also watch the first part of the first episode down here, so check it out:










Anyway, my new obsession is Boys before Flowers, which is the Korean version of the same drama. Yup, it's basically the same story, except it's in Korean with Korean actors (obviously) and a bit of changes here and there to the story line. I have to admit though that I was way more into the Japanese version than the Korean version. Maybe it's because I saw that one first.

In the Korean version, the rich boy is called Goo Jun Pyo. The poor girl he becomes interested in is Geum Jan Di and the love rival/ best friend if Yoon Ji Hoo
There is one more episode left and I can't wait to see what happens next. While the "oh-so-beautiful-boy" in the Japanese version was Oguri Shun, in the Korean version it's Lee Min-ho (Goo Jun Pyo).

The Korean version has one season so far with 24 episodes. I'm waiting for the 24th (last) episode right now. For more info and all of the episodes click on MySoju
To check out the first part of the first episode, look below

BoysBeforeFlowers01.1
by jangchris0101

If you guys haven't watched any of these, you should definitely go watch them. I recommend watching the Japanese version first.