Its not Secret Garden, its Hyun Bin!

Yes, even after all the praise and the never ending buzz about Secret Garden, nothing has actually moved me to watch it. Emmm.. even when the yummy Hyun Bin stars in it. Why? I suppose, I am not a big fan of Ha Ji Won. I have not really seen much of her stuffs, but lets says, after Love so Divine, I am not really crazy about her.

So, why change my mind now. Been watching World Within again, for the second time, trying to understand Jio’s character, and reassess why the sudden break up of a seemingly fast yet short lived love affair between him and his on screen partner. Everyone who knows me, knows I love SHG. And although, the “real” drama is off, between them now before HB went to the army, I am still struggling, trying to understand what went on screen that caused the tension between them in WW. So, on my nostalgic walk, I thought, gees.. we won’t be seeing much of this “ladies” man .. I started missing his work. And with all the major pimp work between my two Korean crazy friends, I thought I probably should give it a try. Hence, the journey to this secret garden begins. Let me see if I could discover any hidden secrets, while trying to reminisce the works of a good yummy actor by the name of Hyun Bin.

Friday the 13th, 2011

Is that why all the movie channels are showing Jason, the last few nights, and again, the coming few nights? Gosh, I am gonna have a difficult time, explaining to my son, if he happens to catch a glimpse of the movie, when we browse the channels. Anyway, what is Friday the 13th to me, funny, when I asked myself that last night, I was like duhhhhhhhhhh….I don’t dig friggatriskaidekaphobia. Does people really suffer from this?

But today, back in where I am, it is Friday the 13th, and it is a black Friday. You know why, because James Durbin was just voted off from American Idol!!!!! This is so amazingly insane, because 1 or 2 of the surviving contestants were so mediocre, so pale in comparison. This is crazy. Crazy indeed.

Need to get a hold of myself. Let me just try to calm down and remind myself that, this is popularity contest, a singing competition cum popularity contest. I guess, James was beaten out by those who have a bigger fan base, and there are people out there, who was probably tired of hearing him scream. We have another Pia shocker here, so what will the producers say.. James was never a front runner??? Are you kidding me?

Okay, I am obviously still pissed. So, not a good time, to reason myself out.

Black Friday it is. My daughter is covered with red spots all over, heat rash after days of on and off fever. I am stuck with migraine that is so madly in love with me & can’t seem to leave me alone, emmm… wonder how black could it get.

My hubby always says, once you go black, you can never go back. Not true, I still have the whole day, to bring some colours in!

So, we’ll see.

Finally, I have seen the last few episodes of My Girlfriend is a Gumiho, after attempting to do so, several times! One of my close friends told me, to beware of the ending. It will cause a tear or two, something that I am never prepared for. It’s the last thing I need after a long day at work, settle down on my couch, and feeling depressed over some tv shows! We paid to get entertained, not to get bullied to tears. Fortunately, it was not that bad.

You know what’s bad? Having to see Stefano left AI and seeing James Durbin jumped on his pal, moments after Stefano, finished his last performance. Tears just came, unstoppable. That is genuinely sad to me. I really felt it. Weird, but its true. Well, no matter what, AI is just a competition; the real journey starts out there. Hoping all will stay true to themselves and do well after AI! And with the final seven cut to final six, then six to five, and later five to four, where am I really? Neither here or there. Kinda lost interest, in a way.

We have James, Scott, Hailey & Lauren. Emm, is this like an equal battle, may not be the case, but who knows? Honestly, I am surprised that Hailey made it this far. No offence, and although she obviously improved in the last few weeks, I thought she just didn’t shine as well, compared to her peers. And James really did wonders when he performed during the Carole King week. That must have been the best of his performance so far. So good, that I was hoping for something similar if not better when he took the stage last week, with not one, but two songs. I liked the second one better than the first, although it was not vocally perfect, but who wouldn’t like James. He showed who he is. A true artist, with vulnerability that we could relate to. He is just so real. And for that, I salute him. As for Scott, the guy with the voice. Although, he probably sounds the same every week, he has grown so much as a performer, and in his own merits. Lauren, she has the voice, but would she go far, after Kelly? And Hailey, I don’t know. The problem I have with her, she is just forgettable. Maybe, I am just hung up on the guys. :)

So, I am still rooting for James & Scott in the final two. And am really hoping that would be the case, and is expecting and hoping for a great FINALE. I mean, after the huge upset most of us suffered when Adam lost, and the sleepy AI a year later, am hoping for a blast this year, before I take off for a short vacation with my family in May.

AI, hope you won’t disappoint me three years in a row :)