Currently Watching: You're Beautiful (Korean Drama Series)

You're Beautiful. Korean series 2009. Yes, I'm pretty late.

http://www.koreandrama.org/?p=890

It started with a Rabbit. Was walking on the street outside Liang Court (after Meidi-ya supermarket), on the way to the bus stop, just outside that boxing showcase room that looked like it was being dismantled right then, when I saw this cute--really cute--Rabbit with 2 large ears and a cute nose on the back of this girl.

The nose stuck out pink. 

I wasn't reminded of anything, but this rabbit was cute and big. Where the heck did she get something like this? Overseas? I didn't think it was SG. Have never seen it.

That rabbit stayed at the back of my mind. Then strangely 2 nights ago, I was looking at Korea websites and looking for Korean things to import into SG to sell, when saw it.

That rabbit!

From the photos in the descriptions, it seemed this rabbit was in a Korean drama. One of the props.  http://www.10x10.co.kr/shopping/category_prd.asp?itemid=294145&cdl=030&cdm=320&cds=110

Comes in different sizes, from key chain to 16cm, 35cm, 55cm.

From the Korea website, I trailed it to Ebay and Taiwan Yahoo. On Ebay, it's being sold by plenty of sellers. Too many sellers selling the same thing. The Ebay listings say "A.N. JELL", "SBS drama", "Pig Rabbit Doll". 

I didn't know what A.N.JELL was.

At Taiwan Yahoo, it's also sold by many sellers. Presumably other sizes are... counterfeit from China. There, it's called  "豬兔子", "韓劇原來是美男啊" (Korean drama called Oh, so it's a beautiful boy/man). 

With that, I tracked it to an online forum where someone asked for the English name of the title (原來是美男啊), which was replied with "You're Beautiful".

Ah ha. 

So, with the English title, it was just a matter of keying that into Google search. And viola!

Started watching Ep 1 at Mysoju. Loading started getting slow from Ep 2. And Ep 4 has problems loading.

So, I started searching for other sites to watch. After a few browsing and watching, I've narrowed down to a few watching sites. If a site is slow, you can switch to the other. Or if a part is missing from a site, you can switch to another.

So, I  started out with Mysoju. It's Ok for Ep 1. Loads fast.

http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-1/part-1/

But you can start with You Tube. The videos are clearer and plays faster. But part 2 continuation for this one is missing. So best to start with Mysoju.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h3WNNh3fSQw

Ep 2 can be watched at Mysoju.

http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-2/part-1/

Or here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LOPgeQ-0F3E

Ep 3 is wrong at Mysoju.

It should continue with this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N2Jfe0L4lGw

Then continue at You Tube till Ep 4.

Ep 4 is missing from You Tube (removed due to copyright etc..).

So continue here:

http://www.trilulilu.ro/mirabela0909/d4058585833df3

Part 2: Note that Tudou can be very slow.

http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/kq21HxybdqQ/
http://www.asianrice.tv/media/Youre-Beautiful-Episode-4/13318/part/2

Part 3: http://www.trilulilu.ro/mirabela0909/346dd04eeac74e

Ep5

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RrmKR8sJ2m0

Part 2:
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-5/part-2/

Part 3:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0GTafcKcnrs&feature=related

Part 4:
If I don't look at the legs, what am I supposed to look at (when the cam is zooming it on them like that?)? http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l90XRxV-cvg&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 6: What a horrible woman. Just tell her: Touch me again, I will kill you. (show her knife).

http://www.asianrice.tv/media/Youre-Beautiful-Episode-6/13511

Part 2:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/BSp8hE0rCQI/

Part3: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/Wjjngd5I9Pk/

(Asianrice part 3 is wrong).

Look at that guy's lips while in the car at the start. Damn those lips. So funny, I laughed. He really knows how to twist those lips. Look at his face. Is that his version of a pout? :)

At this point, here are some thoughts:

As I watched, I realized, A.N.JELL is actually Angel. But the leader of the band clarifies in Ep5 part 2 that it's short for "Archangel".

I think the language would have been better in Japanese. Korean language is not the most pleasing to the ear.

Also, the acting is not as natural as the Taiwanese. (Update: but it gets better from Ep 3 or 4).

The guys and main girl are also not that handsome or pretty. Passable, or good enough to continue watching. It's pretty good overall so far. Funny moments are really funny and this is mainly due to the cute face of the main girl (Go Mi Nam/Gemma) and the devilish/ugly twisting lips of the main guy (band leader).

The band leader is quite convincing as a clean nut and it's funny watching him and his sarcasm. He has a good heart, but won't let it show. Cute man, except for his annoyingly ugly lip twisting when he does it.

Surprisingly, he has a very nice, deep, quite sexy, manly voice. Good for voice acting anime. :)

Too bad his face is too small, his body too lean and small like a woman. Not really handsome or cool. Just Ok.

The other guy Shin Woo is handsome sometimes, but not with the stage make-up that makes his eyes even smaller and his face whiter. Pretty good choice/competition with the band leader for the love of the main girl.

Then of course, people on You Tube have also noticed a mistake in the lip injury. Left and right difference is very obvious. So, I don't know how the Koreans could have made this mistake.

And I learnt that "yes" is "Yeahh" or "Yay" in Korean. Some words like "An Shin" is Chinese and Japanese for "don't worry". "Why" sounds like French "Wee" ("yes").  "Nam Zha" (did Tae Kyung in the car say "Nam Zhai"?) for boy sounds like Cantonese "Nam Chai". Hmm.. so some words never change regardless of these different countries, since their languages are all from the same Chinese root. It's just surprising to hear and know.

Picking up languages in this way is easier and better than going to classes. Trust me. I learnt more from watching anime than the Japanese classes I attended.

I love it when Manager Ma does the little dance of joy in Ep 6 part 3. He's cute.

The series reminds me of Taiwanese S.H.E. actress Ella in 花樣少年少女 (Hana Kimi) where she played a girl disguised as a boy in an all boys' school.

The Korean music is nice and suitable. 

The main girl Go Mi Nam... it's hard to believe she can pass off as a boy: hips too round/plump, butt too rounded and  face too girlishly round. That.. *sighs* unfortunately, is the fat that women tend to put on in those areas. 

Ep 6 

Part 4: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/18DFNgXA5Xc/

Wahh... so cool Kwang Tae Kyung. I am in respect of him. Now, this is A Man worthy to be loved.

Wahh, her heels so high. I just realized the main boyish girl can walk in high heels!!

Shin Woo is a smart man, on par with Tae Kyung. Just that Shin Woo is quieter and even-tempered, given to brooding, whereas Tae Kyung is more open: what he thinks to do, he'll do; he shows his dislike clearly and openly.

Hahaha... The way Mi Nam buys men's clothes is funny, as she tries to be discreet in front of the mirrors.

Part 5 Just continue at Tudou: http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/H5B4pUwNTUA/
Or here:  http://www.twitvid.com/B5941 
 

I like Tae Kyung. Decisive, very smart man when he asks Mi Nam that question. Sexy eyes.... He needed the confirmation. I love the bow of his head (a nod but it's like a bow to a princess that says "I will do as you wish"). Ohhh... he's like a knight.

The acting gets better and better as it progresses. Mm... :)

Ep 7: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EgsNQRr53qo
Or here (but it loads slower than You Tube): http://www.dramaload.com/korean-drama-youre-beautiful/watch-youre-beautiful-episode-7-26482/

Part 2:   http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2jZJe2wpMwM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

I love the music and song, even though I don't know Korean. Now, I know "sarrang" is love.

Mm. Yes, it's true, you have to know the feeling of love to be able to feel it. Reminds me of my own.

Look at Tae Kyung's  fed up face. Hahahaha...

Goddammit, she's using seductive blackmail. Sexy that such a strong-willed, arrogantly intelligent man is being forced to do her bidding in that room.

Part 3:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SdxZMqGsJsA&NR=1

Part 4: (Goodness, it's unstoppable. It's 2.45 a.m. and I'm stuck to one part after another): http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sy_SjKbPUQ8&NR=1&feature=fvwp

I have to stop to sleep.

Till now, I still haven't seen the pig rabbit.

[Update 1 July:  Till now, I still haven't seen the pig rabbit.

Last night went to Meidi-ya again and the boxing showroom has really closed down. So that night when it looked dismantled, was the last my bro and I saw of it.]

----- the next night's watching is below (the above links are an accumulation of 3 nights, 2 nights of watching before started posting)-----

Part 4:  I can see her heart hurts as she speaks to Tae Kyung under the moonlight. It hurts. Then the headlights suddenly shine and he sees... Beautifully done, director.

Mi Nam watching sadly at the stars alone at night: She's in love.

Mi Nam watching his clothes hanging in the wind. The poor girl. Those feelings will not go away.

Part 5:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nX4T7HpGiyU&NR=1&feature=fvwp

You Tube is missing Ep 8. 

Continue here: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-1/

Tae Kyung looks like perpetual bad mood.

Rriight, Manager Ma... with a nose like that, she'll look ugly. Then nobody will like her and her problems will be solved.

HAHAHAA!! Tae Kyung's reaction when he sees her with the nose.

Ahh.. Mysoju is slow...but for Part 1 & 2, no choice. No other sites to watch.
Need to pause and wait for Mysoju to load... -.-  Otherwise, it will be choppy (starts and stops).

Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-2/

Open a few parts at the same time to let the loading go. Put on pause. So by the time you want to watch it, it's loaded. Open part 2, 3, 4 and 5.

Part 2... Oh I love Shin Woo!!! :) The way he discreetly helps her carry that heavy box. Secretly smile some more. So cute.

HAHAAHA!! And cover her ugly sleeping face with a towel some more...

Wahh.. now very difficult to choose between these 2 guys. Shin Woo is better at this point. I really like him here. All along, he's been aside and we didn't get to see the things he did for her. Now it's clear how much he's done. How patient he's been. How long he's waited. 

But, he's been too slow.

I'm smiling and smiling at Tae Kyung's petty childish frustration... then it stops. AHh... it's so hard waiting for that silly Mysoju to load!! 

He loves her but won't admit it. 
He looks so womanly in that outfit... oh heavens.

The part where he tells Mi Nam to come closer but stop at the point of his hand, then he clicks his fingers at her: Bloody Tae Kyung, who does he think he is?!! 


Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-3/

Part 4: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-4/
Wow, when Tae Kyung laughs, he looks so different and... handsome.. and cute.. I can't decide whether cute or handsome. He suddenly looks like a young boy...How come his eyes change so much just because his smile fades? My god. He can change just by not smiling. Like a switch. His eyes... so cold, just like that.

He looks so hateful without his laughter. He has such nice teeth and mouth...

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-8/part-5/

Ahh... Mysoju is really not good for going backwards to watch scenes again... it just hangs and plays choppily. 

Tae Kyung is damn cool when he refuses that woman Yoo He Yi. I like his guts despite her threats. He won't do more than what's necessary. 

Wahh.. this woman who is supposed to be his mom... gee, no wonder he's so angry. She's so weird. It's his birthday, the fact that he came because she called... shows he still has respect and regard for her. Yet she... oh, this is so bad. I'm so sorry for Tae Kyung. Look at the hurt in his eyes.

It's very strange now that I think about it... that he has such a man's voice as he speaks his excuse to leave, yet is a boy when he laughs. It's amazing. Hard to reconcile these 2 aspects of him.

Very interesting man/person.

Ep 9: Mysoju doesn't play for 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SW-U-ut06Ng&feature=fvwrel

Hahaha!! Tae Kyung is a very smart man. :)

----------I continue watching the next night. The below was last night's-------

Part2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhde3FOiUC0&feature=fvwrel

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XV8Hk7v96nM&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ae-HXARhF68&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Hmm... pig rabbit. I thought it had a snout on that girl's backpack?
OHHh.... he's so evil!!! "Now, let's go for surgery"???
Nooo... I'm scared as a stuffed toy.
He's sooo EVIL!!!! >.<

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Pt5xupCFCeE&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 10: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Lwg3MPVUc5U&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Oh! The ears can stand!

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dz407_PcSvk&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Only she can control him.
Ahh.. Shin Woo loses here. 

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJrEo4nWvNw&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0Or5TxJqn8g&NR=1&feature=fvwp
What if one day, all these links were deleted? :(
Hahaha... only he can control her. Hahaha..! Look at her eyes as she panics. She really can act (a good actress). She's adorable here. Poor woman, she can't win Tae Kyung. He's just too ruthless. Also, her love for him has dampened any her own ruthlessness.

He asks Mi Nam to turn off the lights, even when he won't be able to see in the dark. Self sacrifice. I didn't think of it until she said she could now see the stars, but he said he couldn't see a thing.

Tae Kyung: It's frustrating that I can't see you.
So don't go where I can't see you, Go Mi Nam.

Mi Nam: But even though I'm right here right now, you can't see me very well.
(she lifts her hand in front of him and waves slowly.)

Tae Kyung: (Unexpectedly, he accurately grabs her wrist without looking.) I see you.
I see you well enough to know you're there.

Mi Nam: Can you really see me?

Tae Kyung: Yeah. I'm looking at you.
So, when it's dark, stay within this visible distance from me.

Ahh... I love this part with the music in the background. It's a private love dialogue up on the rooftop just like the one between Jane Eyre and Rochester in the garden with the Nightingale. Here, Tae Kyung doesn't seem to realize, he is professing his love for Mi Nam in no uncertain terms.

I feel that to have the love of such a man, is very lucky.

Go Mi Nam is very lucky.

Hmm.. thinking of getting the CD. I like the music. Very nice and soothing. But where to get...

-----------------the next night-------

Ok, here we go. Continue:

Ep 10 part 5 cannot be played on You Tube.
Continue here. It repeats some of part 4 from You Tube. Just forward the tab.
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-10/part-5/
Look at his eyes... of reproach. So angry.

Ep 11:  http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RRY_pE3a6kY&feature=fvwrel

The lights were on when she looked at Tae Kyung. Did nobody see her face before she turned to Shin Woo?
Hmm... they only saw Oppa (Tae Kyung) and they must have thought the girl standing there was a member of the audience also looking at him at the same time. They only noticed her when she went into Shin Woo's arms.

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3d5_RJF4MyI&NR=1&feature=fvwp
HAHAHA!! Bi Bi noodles twist.
Tae Kyung's butt while he twists to the side is even funnier than Shin Woo!
HAHA!! Jeremy is always prevented from hugging Mi Nam.

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FH5cvtpOO_M&NR=1&feature=fvwp
HAHAHA!! Mi Nam is adorable. She's so cute, her voice, the sounds she makes.
She's really pig rabbit.

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sPRzeoPI43k&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Hahahaha!! She can pout just like him. The pig rabbit is angry.

Part 5: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zelfFvm5mYk&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Ep 12: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GQW81xFwTMY&feature=related (this is full episode, although have to put up with the big subs that haven't been done properly. There was actually an earlier episode/part that could be viewed in You Tube, but because of the subs, I listed only another site.).

Or Ep 12 in parts: 
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-12/part-1/ (till part 5)
She really looks like a young boy when he kisses her...

Mi Nam's chest is not really flat, even from the start. They still bounce.

Hmm.. that Victorian dress is really... out of style... and the make up doesn't suit her. Makes her look too old. Why would Koreans think this is pretty?

Mm... it's getting a little long-winded here.

Ep 13: removed from You Tube for part 1 and 2.
Continue here: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-1/
Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-2/
Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-3/
There's a bit of overlap of Mysoju Part 3 in You Tube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndeS_sY5inI&feature=related 

Hahahaha!! Look at his joy. Turns into a boy again.
She doesn't think much of him, low scores overall, but she likes him totally. How strange is that?!!
Oh heavens... did he really sing that song?? Nice voice.

You Tube Part 4 has been removed.
http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-4/
HAHAHAHA!! Oh my goodness. Overboard... vinegar....

Ahh... I feel so sad for Shin Woo. It's like asking her to throw away his heart.
After all he's been through... his heart is totally shattered. That's the last straw..

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-13/part-5/

Ahh.. thank goodness Ep 14 Part 1 is working on You Tube: (update note: the full version can also be downloaded from the link below under Part 5):
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mqMMplJ-4vc

Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xjeRqd-URUc&NR=1&feature=fvwp

Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gjhh0uHytdw&NR=1&feature=fvwp
Ah.. inconsiderate Tae Kyung. Sometimes I think, what's so good about him. It's less tiring loving Shin Woo who is gentle and considerate in every way... except lack of opportunity, always out of luck.

Wahh.. such big love seats in Korea?!
What? Free seating some more?!!

Awww... so cute, sleeping together like that...

Wow... what's it like to be kissed by such a man....?

Part 4: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=j5HXbOr16qs&NR=1&feature=fvwp

--------------------the next "night" which was actually midnight till 3 a.m. 5 July----

Part 5 is gone from You Tube. Watch it here:
Download from Megaupload Mirror link and it's the full episode.
http://ledoquyen.wordpress.com/2009/11/25/engsub-you%E2%80%99re-beautiful-%E2%80%93-a-n-jell-ep14-091119/

Ep 15 : http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-1/

Part 2: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-2/
Manager Ma looks like Tweety Bird.
Sad for Shin Woo... what cannot be, cannot be. That Mi Nam, innocent she seems, yet not innocent in her cruelty.

---------------skip a night. The below was watched on 6 July--------

Part 3: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-3/

Part 4: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-4/
Wahh.. her brother si bei cool....sleeping there at the airport.

Yo... it's kinda creepy with a body like that and a girl's face like that... O.O
It's not possible. His body is like...arcade game man with biceps... and the face is a girl's.
The filming is too obvious.. Yo, director, what are you doing?  Show the body with the face hidden with such obvious biceps and ragged hair like some monster, then cut to just show the girl's face.

Go Mi Nam... A man's height. Wow...

Yoo Hee Yi turned out to really love Tae Kyung much more than expected after all.
That's her only saving grace.

Part 5: http://www.mysoju.com/korean-drama/youre-beautiful/episode-15/part-5/

As Shin Woo obvious, the character of Mi Nam's bro seems "a little" different.
To me, he seems... evil? His smile... on and off like that. Scary.
I like the female Mi Nam's white blouse... :) Classy, cool, nice princess puff and long lined sleeves.
Wait a minute... by noticing her dressing, does this mean I'm female-ish too?

Wahh.. this shows how much the guys love her. Going out of their van to look for her without even bothering with a disguise...

Let's see who's going to be the one to find her. I'm guessing Shin Woo, as usual.

Ep 16... Oh no... it's the bad player on Mysoju... won't be able to play.
And there isn't a You Tube link for part 1.

Mm? On Tudou?

Ep 16: http://www.dramastyle.com/drama/Youre-Beautiful/

Yeah, right. Like she can see Korean shows on African television.

How to become her bro again when he's so big? So tall?


Hmm.. Mi Nam never told Tae Kyung she was from a convent or that she had given up that path. How did he find out?
Director...?

Noooo.... where's the rest of Ep 16?!!!!!!!
There isn't any!!

Download it here. Full Ep 16 (takes a while): http://www.megaupload.com/?d=MCS38Y0R
Heng can download ahhh.... For a while I panicked...


(Mi Nam totally transforms into this cute Pig-Rabbit when she's around Tae Kyung, totally different from when she's away from him. Pretty amazing, her 2 sides. She's very affected in his presence.).

Or you can watch a little of it here, then need to find the continuation in Files Tube: http://www.filestube.com/4m3qqQCbgCRmX5yaaBX3u1/You-re-Beautiful-Episode-16-Watch-You-re-Beautiful-Korean-Drama-Online-33.html

[Type "you're beautiful 16" in Files Tube and you get a list to pick. Not knowing that it was only a little of the episode, I watched till it got cut off then ARrrghhh...!! Panic. There weren't any other links with English subs. That's when I started searching for a download and found the Megaupload link above (type "you're beautiful 16 megaupload" in Google).]

If you can understand Chinese and can put up with Tudou, then watch it here:
http://www.tudou.com/programs/view/lNVLCutVB1E/
While waiting for the Megaupload download, I'm watching this Chinese subs one.
Whoaa.. great, nice idea for how Tae Kyung discovers.

Hahaha! Shin Woo, as I guessed, is very smart. He sees things very carefully.

The cute pig-rabbit in the car... :) So CUTE....

Watching the Chinese subs one, I just realized the Chinese title "原來是美男啊" may actually be referring to Minami. Go Mi Nam. Translated, it means "Oh, it's Minami". The female Mi Nam's name is "Mi Nyu" or "美女" (pretty girl).  "美男" (pretty boy) is Mi Nam. The Korean title is "Minami Shineyo". What does Shineyo mean?

His mom told him that it isn't true love if you let the person you love go (if you send the person you love most away, it isn't true love). Shouldn't this apply to Mi Nam as well? She is letting him go.

Incidentally, that little camera Mi Nam uses, is expensive. SGD 100++ Little gadget that costs so much and comes out just a little film card. If the results are what was shown when photos of the guys were taken separately, the color and lighting are really bad.