Koo Prab Chabab Hua Jai ~ The Love Rivalry (Thai Drama)

English Name: The Love Rivalry

Genre: Drama/Romance

Episodes: 14

Where To Watch: Love Rivalry English Subbed

Main Cast:

Thunwa Suriyajak as Marwin

Atsadaporn Siriwattanakul as Praemai

Juti Jumroenketpratipe as Chanon

Pimprapa Tangprabhaporn as Nara 

Win Wathit as Inthon

Pimpawee Kograbin as Ratee

Synopsis:

My Thoughts:

(Edited:11/12/2016)

I was bored and decided to look for Thai lakorns to watch and came across this. I shall say this was surprising a great one to watch. The cute scenes and interesting way of how things end up got me hooked the second I saw them. Yeah, it all started with hate but in the end, we all know it becomes love. But, this story surprises me with the layers of challenge the two main leads face. I know it is not easy to be in love when you're from two different classes but how the writers made that literal to another level is one of the main charms of this drama.

Now to the story, I find it slightly balanced in a good way. You get times when you feel like giving up on the story and times when you feel that all the watching was worth it. It is more to the latter in fact that I am grateful. I totally adore the characters. Some characters I may hate but the writers have their way at making me like the characters in the end. The good points of each characters are easily highlighted. With all the cliches in the world, you gotta know how to make your story click with the audience. And the writers wrote it well. I love the pairing of each character, how they complete each other and support each other and of course fall in love. The flow in which the characters fall in love was fluid and smooth. One thing I really like about the flow is that those moments where you think comments like 'He/She is totally in love with ....' are totally unexpected and cute.

The portrayal of the characters was amazing. During an episode, I actually cried when I got immersed in the emotional situation the character is relaying. I truly believed it was worth the watch and even more than that. I fought through a marathon of episodes, to glee in laughter, to fume in anger, to shed a tear, to see the end. I kept on hoping and hoping until the very end that the writer would wrap things up nicely and they did though not as long as I wanted but still great.

It was a great watch and I highly recommend it. I can tell you that the love rivalry in this story is truly one of its main emphasis but Thais have their way in teaching life values through their stories as I just realize now. Great watch.

Descendants of the Sun (Korean Drama)

Genre: Romance, Melodrama

Episodes: 16 

Main Cast: 

Song Joong-Ki as Yoo Shi Jin (aka Big Boss)

Song Hye-Kyo as Kang Mo Yeon (aka Beauty)

Jin Goo as Seo Dae Young (aka Wolf)

Kim Ji-Won as Yoon Myeong Joo

Synopsis:

Yoo Shi-jin is the captain of the special forces. He catches a motorcycle thief with Sergeant Major Seo Dae-young. The thief is injured during his capture and is sent to the hospital. Dae-young realises his cellphone was stolen by the thief and goes to the hospital to retrieve his cellphone.

In the emergency room, Si-jin meets Dr. Kang Mo-yeon for the first time. He falls in love with her immediately. Mo-yeon mistakenly assumes Si-jin is part of thief's criminal gang. He proves to her that he is a soldier with the help of army doctor Yoon Myeong-joo.

Si-jin and Mo-yeon begin to date, but due to their jobs, their dates don't go well. Si-jin takes an order to lead his soldiers on a peacekeeping mission to the fictional country of Urk. Meanwhile, Mo-yeon becomes upset that she fails to become a professor due to a colleague's privileged background. When Si-jin and Mo-yeon meet again, they talk about their views on life and realise how different they are. Si-jin, as a soldier, kills to protect lives and Mo-yeon, as a doctor, tries to save all lives. They say their goodbyes.

Eight months later, Mo-yeon rebuffs the sexual advances of hospital chairman Han Suk-won and as a result is assigned to lead a medical team in Urk. There, Si-jin and Mo-yeon meet again and fall in love all over again.

My Thoughts:

I was late to the fever over this drama. I was well aware of the fever but was never compelled to watch it until one day I watch it. And it ended into a marathon into the most recent episodes. It was a fever for many reasons that's for sure. I for one think it was because this is Song Joong Ki's comeback drama so the fans went crazy over it.

The story itself was intriguing. The lead male character was mysterious and the other trying to gain attention for her abilities. These two lives intertwine; one a soldier and another a doctor. It was a pairing which is hard to think of as both jobs require long times away for the job. Their dates totally reflect that. This became a clash and it's interesting how they address this problem instead of the cliche, 'I will totally wait for you', they totally try to settle their differences. 

On with that, the love story in this drama itself is cute and lovely. The struggles both main couples experience becomes the main point of the story. How they tried to make it work despite everything. I liked it a lot.

On a closing note, people are talking about this drama so if you haven't watch it yet, get on the fever train and start watching the first episode because the editing is superbly done and you can feel the suspense easily and the cliffhangers are just OMG.