My Top 20 Kpop Songs 2013

Merry Belated Christmas ! Sorry for not posting for a while, I'm slowly catching up.

So I'll be sharing with you guys my top 20 kpop songs of the year of 2013. This was a tough job, there were so many good songs and some definitely made it to my all time favourite list. Without further ado lets proceed!!

Note....
This list is 100% biased so I have included things I like, and it may be very different to yours so feel free to tell me what your top songs of the year are and finally Happy New Year!!!!

This may be the last post of the year, not sure yet haha

Starting off the list with number 20

[Kdrama] The Innocent Man 세상 어디에도 없는 착한 남자

The Basic Info
Drama Name: The Innocent Man (aka Nice Guy) 세상 어디에도 없는 착한 남자
Broadcast Station: KBS
Year of Production: 2012
Number of episodes: 20
Genre: Melodrama
Starring: Song Joong Ki, Moon Chae Won, Park Si Yeon

Year I watched it: 2013

The Plot (from Wikipedia)
Smart and promising medical student Kang Ma-ru (Song Joong-ki) has been in love all his life with his slightly older next-door neighbor Han Jae-hee (Park Si-yeon), a television reporter. He is an adoring boyfriend and she always considered Ma-ru her home. But when her situation takes a turn for the worse and Jae-hee becomes desperate to escape poverty, she meets a man who changes everything—a rich CEO who introduces her to a life of comfort. So she turns her back on Ma-ru, choosing money over love.
The brutal betrayal leaves Ma-ru fractured—not just angry, but a completely changed man. A few years later, Ma-ru is now 30 years old and works as a bartender and gigolo, no longer a "nice guy." He then meets Seo Eun-gi (Moon Chae-won), a young chaebol heiress who's being groomed to take over her father's conglomerate. Eun-gi is cold and calculating, business-savvy, and raised by her father to never show emotion to anyone. But Ma-ru intrigues her, and she becomes curious until she can’t stop thinking about him.
Ma-ru decides to take advantage of her as a pawn in his plans for revenge, and Eun-gi falls in love with him, not knowing that he’s using her to get back at his ex Jae-hee, who happens to be Eun-gi's young, gold-digging stepmother. Just when Ma-ru is beginning to genuinely care for Eun-gi, she finds out the truth and they break up. But a car accident causes Eun-gi to lose her memory, and she enters Ma-ru's life again.


Why did I watch this drama?
I watched this drama because my friend recommended me to watch it, as she had finished the whole drama within a week!! So I started to watch this drama back in the end of June when I finished my exams but I stopped after episode 4 as it was a bit depressing after exams and had left it for months. I started to watch it again in November as I had read some good reviews about it and as I had previously watched Moon Chae Won in Good Doctor [Review Here] I had fallen in love with her acting. This girl is truly amazing, more about the acting after the spoiler alert!

Oh yes, forgot to mention that this is the second melodrama I have watched, the first being Love Rain [Review Here] but definitely the first one that I love. The storyline is quite dramatic but definitely one to watch, and my favourite 2012 drama so far! :)

If you like dramas that are fast paced, tense and the storyline is not just about the love story of the main characters then this is definitely a must watch!

 

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

[Kdrama] Master's Sun 주군의 태양

 

The Basic Info
Drama Name: Master's Sun (aka The Sun of My Master,The Sun of the Lord, Mr. Joo's Miss Tae)주군의 태양
Broadcast Station: SBS
Year of Production: 2013
Number of episodes: 17
Genre:  Romance, Comedy, Horror
Starring:  So Ji Sub, Gong Hyo Jin, Seo In Guk, Kim Yoo Ri

Year I watched it: 2013 (whilst it was airing :) )

The Plot (from Wikipedia)
Joo Joong-won (So Ji-sub) is the stingy and greedy CEO of Kingdom, a conglomerate that includes a major department store and hotel. He meets the gloomy Tae Gong-shil (Gong Hyo-jin), who started seeing ghosts after an accident. Their lives take a new turn as they work together to deal with the terror and sadness brought about by the spirits, while delving into a kidnapping incident in Joong-won's past.

Why did I watch this drama?
Well at first I wasn't going to watch it when I saw the trailer after I Hear Your Voice because it looked really scary and I don't like scary things. But the main guy in it was so good looking (So Ji Sub) so I had the drama in mind, when I finished I Hear Voice and was unsure what to watch next, my friend told me she was watching Master's Sun, but she said it was scary but after the first few episodes it was ok. She as well said that So Ji Sub is amazingly good looking but on the other Gong Hyo Jin is not pretty but portrays the character well.

The OSTs
Oh My Gosh I'm absolutely obsessed with the songs in this drama they are my third favourite lot of songs after Secret Garden and BOF.  

My favourite OSTs are:
Day and Night - Gummy
After hearing this song I just had to find the full song and listen to it, even though I don't understand korean I could hear her emotion through the song. <3 it

 

Crazy of you  - Hyorin

I recognised her voice when I heard it the first time, I was like OMG its Hyorin. Love her voice  



Korean phrases I learnt from this drama 

-Ghost

-Get Lost

 

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

[Kdrama] Big 빅

The Basic Info
Drama Name: Big 빅
Broadcast Station: KBS
Year of Production: 2012
Number of episodes: 16
Genre:  Drama, Roamance, Comedy, Fantasy
Starring:  Gong Yoo, Lee Min Jung, Bae Suzy, Baek Sung Hyun

Year I watched it: 2012

The Plot (from Wikipedia)
Gil Da-ran (Lee Min-jung) is a struggling substitute teacher trying to get her certificate. She is engaged to a kind and handsome doctor, Seo Yoon-jae (Gong Yoo); it is a fairy-tale-come-true until one month before the wedding, Yoon-jae inexplicably becomes distant. At the same time, Da-ran meets an 16-year-old transfer student from the United States, Kang Kyung-joon (Shin Won-ho), who's got an attitude towards everyone except Da-ran. Kyung-joon gets into a fateful car accident with Yoon-jae and the two of them drive over the guard rail and into the deep waters. Yoon-jae tries to save Kyung-joon but in the process, Yoon-jae ostensibly dies and Kyung-joon ends up in a coma. Kyung-joon soon wakes up finding himself in Yoon-jae's body.

What did I think?
Why did I watch this drama?
It has Gong Yoo and Suzy

The Characters
I think that Gong Yoo played both the characters very well and Lee Min Jung potrayed a clusmy teacher well :)

The Plot
 The plot started off quite well and seemed like it was going to be a good drama, everyone was wondering if they are all going to find out the truth or if he was going to go back to his own body or not.
 
The OSTs
I can't remember any haha

 

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

[Kdrama] Secret Garden 시크릿 가든

The Basic Info
Drama Name: Secret Garden (시크릿 가든)
Broadcast Station: SBS
Year of Production: 2010
Number of episodes: 20
Genre: Romance, Comedy, Fantasy, Action
Starring: Hyun Bin, Ha Ji Won, Yoon Sang Hyun, Kim Sa Rang 

Year I watched it: 2011

The Plot (from Wikipedia)
This drama chronicles the love story of Gil Ra-im (Ha Ji-won) and Kim Joo-won (Hyun Bin). Gil Ra-im is a poor but proud stuntwoman who has supported herself since her father's death. Joo-won is an arrogant and eccentric CEO who maintains the image of seeming perfection. Their accidental meeting, when Joo-won mistakes Ra-im for actress Park Chae-rin, marks the beginning of a tense, bickering relationship, through which Joo-won tries to hide his growing attraction to Ra-im that both confuses and disturbs him. To complicate matters further, a strange sequence of events results in them swapping bodies. However, even after they swap their bodies back, feelings continue to grow for both of them.

What did I think?
Why did I watch this drama?
For the body swapping

The Characters
I really like how they portrayed the characters in think drama, the acting was extremely good and my favourite character was Gil Ra Im. However I did find the Director a bit freaky. Oh and I hated the mother, she's just pure evil!!

The Plot
This was the first Korean drama I watched, and I finally understood why people go crazy over Korean dramas, because they are amazing, the things that happened in the drama were so funny and it had interesting twists that I didn't expect.
 
The OSTs
I love love love the songs in this drama, they still remain my number 1 favourite drama osts till this day since watching this drama 2 years ago.

My favourite OSTs are:
Scar - Bois

That Woman - Baek Ji Young

Here I am - 4Men and Mi

Liar -Yoon Sang Hyun

SPOILER ALERT!!!!!!

KDramas I've Watched

Hey Guys, so in this post you will find Korean dramas that I have watched and I'll give you a quick snippet of what I think, if you want to find out more or want to know the spoilers then just click on [Full Review]. If there isn't a review yet it means I haven't finish writing it yet.

This Page will be updated regular so keep a close eye on it! :)

Love Green Tea xxx


Big (2012) KBS        [Full Review]                 

Boys Over Flowers (2009) KBS [Full Review]

Dream High (2011) KBS [Full Review]

Good Doctor (2013) KBS [Full Review]

Heirs (2013) SBS [Full Review]

I Hear Your Voice (2013) SBS [Full Review]

Love Rain (2012) KBS [Full Review]













Master's Sun (2013) SBS [Full Review]

Rooftop Prince (2012) SBS [Full Review]

Secret Garden (2010) SBS [Full Review]

The Innocent Man (2012) KBS [Full Review]
My second melodrama! This is intense and addictive 8/10

The Greatest Love (2011) MBC [Full Review]

To The Beautiful You (2012) SBS  [Full Review]

You're Beautiful (2009) SBS [Full Review]

The dramas I gave up on:
Coffee Prince (2007) MBC
Okay so seeing that I didn't really like BOF and have given up on Coffee Prince which are two of the most famous Kdramas I think you guys have gathered that I'm not your regular Kdrama fan.
Why I gave up on it? Well I tried to watch it 3 times and I couldn't get past episode 5, I just couldn't get into it and was thinking I'd rather watch something else. :(


Protect the Boss (2011) SBS
Okay so this was the second Korean drama I ever watched, I should of finished it considering I watched up to episode 11 and only had a few more episodes to go but I just had work to do and by the time I was free, I couldn't be bothered, plus there were some parts I didn't understand so that's why I gave up.
 Note: I was very impressed with Jaejoong acting, he was good :)

The Introduction

So welcome to my blog, if it isn't obvious from the title of this blog its going to be a blog about Asian dramas, mainly Korean but there will also be Hong Kong, Japanese and Taiwanese Drama reviews.

There will also be posts on Kpop! :)

I hope you guys enjoy my blog xx

Green Tea