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November 18, 2006

Mr. Goodbye

I found this drama, Mr. Goodbye, on the web by sheer accident, but apparently the starring actor Yoon Hyeon-seo plays an adoptee who becomes a successful hotelier and eventually returns to Seoul. I don't know much about it, but it could be an interesting candidate for a Movie Night Series.

The following synopsis is from the KBS website:

“Mr. Good-Bye” is a story about the last love of a dying man, Hyeon-seo, who had to live in loneliness after losing his both foster parents but eventually succeeded as a hotelier. He finally finds happiness when he returns to Korea, where he learns that he has a son from a woman who loves him and finally meets his biological mother. The series also sarcastically portrays good and evil of the human world with a hotel as the background. The series also depicts how hotel concierges help hotel customers heal their spiritual wounds. The upbeat and outgoing Young-in, one of the concierges, teaches Hyeon-seo the meaning of love and fights for his love with Su-jin, a doctor.

Episodes available in parts on YouTube, starting with this one. Enjoy!

Posted by jdgls at 04:23 PM | Comments (0)

November 15, 2006

Noraebang Night! 노래방에 가자!

This Friday (11/17), we are going to have our first of many (I hope) Noraebang Nights! For the uninitiated, noraebang (노래방), literally "song-room" in Korean, is basically a place to go and rent out a private room to sing karaoke with your friends. And in Ann Arbor, there just so happens to be a great Korean-owned noraebang! And before we go there, we'll be having dinner at Seoul Garden, a local Korean restaurant. The invitation is open - bring your friends, too!

We will meet at Seoul Garden (map) around 8PM. I will make a reservation at Blue Karaoke (map) for 10PM (for 8 to 10 people - please let me know if you're inviting more than a couple people so I can adjust the reservation). They're open until 4AM on weekends, so we'll have plenty of time to sing our hearts out!

Hope to see you there!

Posted by jdgls at 09:40 AM | Comments (1)