Cunning Single Lady (2014)

Title : 앙큼한 돌싱녀; Angkeumhan Dolsingnyeo; Sly/Cunning/Devious Woman Who's Single Again, also known as Cunning Single Lady

Complete : 16 episodes

Directors : Go Dong-sun, Jung Dae-yoon

Writers : Lee Ha-na, Choi Soo-young

Starring : Lee Min-jung as Na Ae-ra (female lead), Joo Sang-wook as Cha Jung-woo (male lead)

and.... Kim Myung-soo, also known as L, as Secretary Gil Yo-han (my favourite character b'cos of his face)

Here's the picture of Na Ae-ra and Joo Sang-wook. The female lead is so prettyyy! The male lead is not really my type, but he's pretty cool, I guess...and cute (he's kinda cute in the movie).

Hmm.. I am definitely not writing a review here. Lol. A review is an evaluation, thus I am not writing a review. This is merely my opinion and comment on this Korean Drama. I just finished watching this drama. Yup. The whole 16 episodes. Well, the title can't be even further than the truth. I thought Na Ae-ra (the female lead) will be cunning and single, hence the title. However, that is not the case in this drama. I cannot see the cunningness. I mean, even if there was some part where she's a bit tricky or mischievous, that is far from what I know as cunning. Man......such a let down. I thought I can finally find a female lead in a korean drama who is like a witch. 

Anyway, I am not the type to read any review or do any searching on stuffs I'm about to watch. I watched this Korean Drama because my friend, S, told me about it. She told me it's good. Then, coincidentally, another friend of mine, S, has the complete episodes. So, I ended up watching this drama for three days straight. Let me give my comment, dude...., this is good. Aside from the let down title, it was a romantic comedy movie which made me smile and laugh by myself while watching. 

I told you that I'm not the type to search or read a review of what I'll read or watch. I only search when I'm about to write something about them. You know, just to share. I search the writers, directors and actors along with actress for this drama on wikipedia and dramawiki. I read through some of the contents after copy pasting those names I was searching, and to my surprise, the explanation provided for this drama is very misleading. 

Wikipedia:

Three years after the divorce, Ae-ra discovers that Jung-woo has become fabulously successful and wealthy, while she is still paying debts that accrued during their marriage. The fun begins when Ae-ra schemes for revenge, with Jung-woo believing that Ae-ra wants him back because he has become wealthy. 

Wikidrama:

A romantic comedy about Na Ae-ra who dreams of meeting a white knight after getting divorced from Cha Jung-woo when his business failed, but as soon as he becomes a successful venture businessman, she tries to seduce him back while the ex-husband Cha Jung-woo tries to date her again to get revenge.

When I read that, I was like....how? where? what? why? huh?

Yea....very misleading. Please don't believe any of that. That just basically is about.....nothing....(?) in the movie. Well, the part where Cha Jung-woo's business failed is true. Oh, also about him being a successful and wealthy businessman. Now then, the rest...does not hold that much truth in them.

The story itself is not very complicated, with not much of a twist here and there. It's about a divorced couple romance with comedy here and there. Well, typical korean drama where you know how it's going to end. To be fair, there is one twist. However, this twist is not much of a BANG! It's more like a 'OH. I see...okay.' The twist is the no leg lady.

Next, let me talk about the character. I really really like the cute guy, the male lead's secretary, Gil Yo-han. I cannot remember his name until nearly the end of the drama. All I remember is I like this Secretary Gil, especially his face. Lol. I think his name only came up in the episode where his meeting with Cha Jung-woo (male lead) is mentioned. The male lead is cute, a genius and rich. The female lead is pretty. Okay, that's all I'm gonna say about characters.

Here're the pictures (yes, plural) of Secretary Gil.

It's a romantic comedy drama as it claimed to be. Funny and sweet couple. The ending is not to my liking. Well, just because I feel like there should be more in between before the ending. I didn't see the ending coming. It's just very....should I say..abrupt? Like it's just suddenly there in front of you, without giving you much chance to say hello to the problem.

All in all, this is entertaining. So, I would recommend it to my friends.

Jesie. S

Medan, Sun, 23 August 2015.

References:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cunning_Single_Lady

http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Cunning_Single_Lady

Image Source:

Google Image, key words: Cunning Single Lady

One more picture of Secretary Gil! Seriously like his face so much!

Touché, Alchemist by Windhy Puspitadewi

Puspitadewi, Windhy, Touché, Alchemist, (Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama, 2014)

This 224 pages of story is very interesting. The cover is much MUCH better than the first book that I read. However, when I saw the advertisement of the first book on the last page of this book, it has a different cover than the one that I read...Hmm...

Seeee??? Very different from the picture I posted before at Touché (here's the link), right? If this is the cover, I LOVE IT! And THIS cover perfectly describe the content of the book! LOVE IT!!!

Anyway, back to the second book. Here's the cover and the back.

The cover makes me think the main character is super cool and super genius! But while reading the book, I fell out of love... Well, it's not because of his personality, but because I have very very little description I got from the book....about his looks. The description is mostly about his super messy hair. Though the super genius part is not wrong and the super cool part might not be so far off, but still....I fell out of love. That's all there is to it.

Picture of the back of the book is still with the bookmark there just because I L.O.V.E it. Did u notice the pattern? Oh wait, you need to touch it to FEEL the pattern. Oh my, so addictive to touch (bookmark and the whole cover [both the front and the back] of the book).

Anyway, the book. Hmm...It gave me a needy feeling to finish the whole thing in a day. It has a very fast plot, which entertained me most of the time. 

The second book is much more interesting than the first one, although...the main mystery in the book is actually easily solve in the middle of it. Maybe that's the author's style...? Different from most mystery book, which authors always try to make the readers confuse, Puspitadewi is pretty much very to the point. 

The characters....are not my type... Hahaha. I usually like a cheeky genius brat, but this guy is not really one that I like.. I think it's because of the lack description of him. However! I like his cynical comments. Other characters didn't catch my interest. 

All in all, if there's the third book of this Touché series, I would love to read it. Why? Because Touché itself is a very interesting idea. The fact that the author use some real famous person here and there contribute to my reason too. The kind of book that connect itself to real world around us is the kind of book that pique my interest the most. So...yea. This book is in the list.

Jesie S.
Medan, Wed, 25 April 2015.