The Secret Life of My Secretary. (Updated: 01.09.2020)

Episodes: 16

Streamer: Netflix

Series: 1

The Plot

An Director’s Secretary becomes his confidant as he can no longer see peoples face but hers. But only when she wears a red cardigan. Unknown of her sons ailment his mother sends him out on a date with a cinema heiress at a hotel restaurant. As there is a mix up of destination the secretary runs to the hotel all glitzy and out of her geeky persona and takes the place of the young lady. Of course. Anarchy ensues and laughs begin.

The Cast

The cast is fantastic and the drama use a fantastic use of face blindness. Not to mention the use of SBS as a set for the hospital and the office. I noticed specific rooms and halls from Running Man. I also loved the Minnie mouse mosaic that was in the office set as I thought it was blurred out but on a closeup you can set it is a mosaic.

Now in the show I found Veronica Park annoying but after her first appearance and date with the second male lead she grew on me rather quickly. Especially as she was helping out both siblings in there lives. (Female lead and her sister)

Veronica’s mother however, she can be quite intrusive on most of the young lady’s life but alas this what K-Drama mothers are like sometimes espionage the rich ones. Not to mention the beatings she gives her only child. Ugh.

I did not get the ass of an uncles Cuckoo. Reference until later. And yes he was a total asshole! How dare he not give compensation to his injured employees. Even if his brother did the same thing I’m still miffed about that! I don’t blame the secretaries doing what they did the should be commended for their actions!

My Opinion:

I enjoyed the Drama as it was hilarious and lighthearted. it is a great Korean Drama to get back into the Korean Drama World again after along time or it is your first drama.

Love Alarm Review (updated on 1.09.2020)

Episodes: 8

Streamer: Netflix

Series: 1 (2 coming 2020)

 I recently watched this kdrama called Love Alarm on Netflix and I found it dramatically underwhelming but luckily the actors had me interested in their sagas within this world they live in. Especially Guk.

The Plot

Love Alarm is a romance korean drama about a teenage girl who has to live with her spiteful aunt and her Queen Bee wannabe cousin due to her grandmother being ill. Despite this she is perceived at school as the outcast but liked by a few peers like Guk, a young boy who has a one sided love with her cousin who despises him. But no one knows his secret: He created an App for people like him looking for love and matching up with the person they are in love with but there is a catch, they have to be in love with the phone holder as well. 

What does this have to do with the protagonist?

 He gives her a new phone as her original did not have the specifications for the App (much to the annoyance to her aunt and cousin) and thus she installs it. Then the new boy in school who is a celebrity pinged on her phone as a deceleration of love. The problem? His Best friend has already fallen in love with her already before he came back from the states. 

How the App works?

When someone opens the App a ring in 100 meter radius  encircles the person or persons and then it shows how many people love you. The benefits of having many people love you is that access to exclusive clubs and bars etc. (but this is only after the Guk and the others graduate.)

The Characters

I found the cousin annoying. This is mostly as she continuously thinks and believes she is better then her own family and is trying to become an influential person but to no avail luckily her mother puts her straight (a bit to late in my opinion but Kay sir rah sir rah)

I don’t think the model guy is worthy of the leads intentions mostly as he is a Robert Pattinson wannabe. And his best friend is more realistic and honorable then him. But alas I am not the phone holder.

I do hope that Guk is living and gives the cousin what for when he reveals himself to her. I hope she gets the kick in her pants. (I can just see it. He reveals himself. in a non sexual way. She says oh that’s great let’s date! And then you can shower me with gifts! Him: girl please! You had your chance! Bye!)

 I hope he has a twin who is doing the anti stuff because then it would be rather upsetting and partly understandable. He created something to get closer to his love but it backfired so he becomes reclusive and a regrettable person. i think that what he is thinking. But i still hope he ha a twin. mostly because he needs a win.

The leads aunt was completely in the wrong by making her the bad guy in the house. And it also annoys me that her daughter had her on a string the whole time. I think her husband left because he had enough of her drinking and putting the cousin to work to early. let alone their most likely loveless marriage. or he was annoyed that she gave in to her daughter all the time. 

My Over All Opinion:

My over all Opinion is as stated above : I found it dramatically underwhelming but luckily the actors had me interested in their sagas. The support for the female lead is welcoming but she could of explained to her teacher of what happened to her parents before she had a PTSD episode.

Well that’s my views. Hope you all are having a pleasant day/night.

My Kdrama Past

 Hello and welcome one to my blog. My name is Zoe but you can call me Drama Bunny. I live with my parents and I started watching k-dramas since 2016 but I had to have a hiatus due to family issues at home. But I recently found a social network which I find very helpful in getting me back into the swing of things and to keep me up to date on K-Drama news and so on. However due to the fact that I cannot use their blogging platform to the extent i am used to i have decided to change back to blogger. Now I shall give a list of Korean dramas I have seen along with Japanese dramas I have also seen.

First is a Japanese drama called GTO  (Great Teacher Onizuka) which is a dramatization of the manga but they did change a few scenes to not upset viewers. It’s about a gangster turned teacher who helps students with personal issues at home and in the school not only does he make mistakes but he soon changes them. He does have some creepy perversions although  he does accidentally look in the girls changing room by accident whilst cleaning the windows. At least I think it was by accident. However I did abandon this drama as I found it difficult to start due to family problems at home. 

I also remember the last episode which was when the neighbor of the teaching assistant was watching a stream of her apartment whilst admiring a wedding dress he had for her. Creepy as F. I did like it though when he hammered down a wall to make a point to one of his students parents that they should all sleep in the same bed to as it helps them to be together like a family.

The second drama was Don’t Dare To Dream which is a Korean drama that has love triangle element but also has a breast cancer plot point in one of the male leads who asks the female lead to keep it a secret from work as he may get demoted. The niece of this person is also annoying as she is lashing out over the death of her father by trying to start an triangle for herself. Selfish in my opinion. But then again she does have the right to do so but not by messing with two guys hearts. The drama has a nice ending at the end not to mention that one of the actor is in Hospital Playlist. I actually felt the pain for one of the characters as they were being tested for a mammogram. it did look painful.

I then saw Married To The Mafia 2 which is about a mafia boss secretly starts a relationship with a police woman. My favorite scene is when she mistake the clock alarm for his manhood and ... crunch. He then goes to The office where the receptionist mistakes his cast for a “dogs bone in his trousers” his underling who is his personal driver is hilarious at all times.

 Not only is that scene funny but he also finds out his brother is same usage of girth as he does with much larger equipment and the doctor is female and in a relationship with the third brother. There is a third and first film. the third is a continuation of this one but alas the first was lackluster in some aspects but the family dynamic was there along with romance.

I then saw Strong Woman Bong-Soon which was very fun to watch and well worth a repeat. I enjoyed the effect and plot. It is about a woman who has superhero strength inherited from the females in her family. A CEO of a gaming firm who sees her powers and then employs her to be his bodyguard. She agrees asking as he helps her to develop her own game where she is a playable character. 

Not only this but in her neighborhood young women are getting kidnapped by a mysterious villain. Through in some mobsters who have a Loki etiquette and you have a good show.

I then saw LIve which is a Korean version of The Bill over here in the UK that used to be on TV in the mid 80-90's. Three new recruits and a demoted superior are sent to a high criminal part of the city where all kinds of mayhem goes on. It’s very good and dark. You are definitely going to need some soju for this. Did I forget to mention Lee Kwang Soo is in this? He is the reason why i started this drama as i am a fan of running man. Sadly I haven’t watched for 2 years. (Same goes for Return of Superman)

I tried watching: the Last Empress but I could not get into it. Not only this but Busted also and My Fellow citizens