K-dramas: From Jewel In The Palace to Innocent Man until Reply 1994...

I'm a lazy person and I really love sleeping and watching television. When I was in elementary, Korean dramas like Full House started to spread in the Philippines

starring Rain and Song Hye Kyo (2004)

My mom and brother are a huge fan of them. I also watch them but I have an early class so I can't stand being awake until 11 pm.
But I started giving up my sleep for my first Korean drama during grade 6. It was Jewel In the Palace (JITP).

Dae Jang Geum starring Lee Young-Ae

I love that drama. So far, still the best for me.
I always talk about it with my homeroom teacher and we always spazz as to what happened and what will happen next. I love the twist and turns of it. How she got to be a nurse and her being involved with the King and all. It was one of the most successful Korean dramas EVER.

After JITP I was into pretty much everything that tv networks here are televising.
My Girl
Memories In Bali

Princess Hours

Stairway to Heaven

Endless Love
Lovers In Paris
Kim Sam Soon
Boys Over Flowers
and many more...

I even watched some drama before it was aired here. like:
Cinderella Sister (God, I love this drama! especially when the father died and Moon Geun-young cried her heart out.)
City Hunter (stupid ending)
49 Days (great drama plus Jung Il-woo ♥)
Dream High (the reason why there is Bae Suzy and Kim Soo-hyun)

Innocent Man (I love ChaeKi couple so freaking much!)

The Moon That Embraces The Sun

Sungkyungkwan Scandal 
Rooftop Prince
Gumiho
I Do I Do
Big
and many more...

But because of school I also have many unfinished dramas like
Arang and the Magistrate
Five Fingers
The Master's Sun
When A Man Falls In Love
The Greatest Love


But after getting addicted to KPOP, I pretty much lay-low with K-dramas.


Nowadays, I'm into k-dramas again and I really love REPLY 1994. :)

This drama is better than 1997. I love Eunji and In-Guk but the characters in this drama are really hilarious! (not that the characters in 1997 are not) Even though some casts are not pleasing to the eyes, the show will really hook you in. Plus the viewers cannot really tell who's the father ( I think they've mastered that one). 

I read somewhere that people are criticizing Go Ara's acting but I think she's great especially for Na Jung's role. And for the first time, Yoo Yeon-seok is not the bad guy (maybe not yet) in the show. 

I am really torn between Trash and Chilbong. I kinda want them both to be Na-jung's husband :)

One of the super great things about this is that Baro of B1A4 is in this. Other super great things is that there are many idols who are doing cameo like Nine Muses Kyungri, Minha and Erin. Also Dalshabet's Woohee.  

I would love to see T-ara do a cameo since they fit the 70's 80's style. :D and I also miss Jiyeon's acting. 

So far, the ratings are good and many people think that it will beat the record of 1997. I think so too. :) Korea should make more dramas or series that are similar to these. I don't like the super cliche ones like The Heirs, where they don't even look like high school students anymore.

All in all, I still love K-dramas and I am currently watching 4. But since Secret ended already I am now watching 3, namely Reply 1994, Marry Him If You Dare,  and Heirs (because of my younger sister and mom).