Boys over Flowers

I’m sure many of you have heard of the Korean version of Meteor Garden! Well, although the show has a lot of Korean drama clichés, it’s still a really nice show! It's currently showing on Channel U on Saturdays 9:30pm!

Some of the common Korean drama clichés I have observed:

• Main lead is a rich brat who’s often spoilt, mean and not quite likeable except that he looks really handsome and is rich
• Often, behind that spoilt façade is a tender heart who lacks love from his parents or had some failed relationship
• His love interest is a spunky sassy gal who’s very big-hearted and well-liked but very poor
• The gal has an eccentric family made up of silly parents, who always hope she ends up with a rich guy, and a cute sibling that she’s close to
• The guy has an ultra-domineering mother who looks down on the gal and her family
• Guy and gal falls hopelessly in love through a series of comedic coincidental situations
• Mum opposes and sets up an arranged marriage with a gal from a well-to-do respectable family
• Guy and gal overcome all odds to end up happily ever after!

Why I really like Boys over Flowers! (although it's kinda typical)

• The male leads are really good-looking and there are 4 of them!
• The leads all dress very well! Love their style!
  
• I really like the female lead, she’s very sweet and likeable and she has the fairest blemish-free skin! She can act silly-cute and when she cries, you feel for her!
• The exotic locations like Macau and Mallora
• The really grand and classy homes the rich guys live at
• A cute and equally spunky fiancée in the middle
• A lot more character development for the various characters especially for the main male character, torn between his obligation to his father and the family enterprise and his love for the gal
• Love the side stories too for the other 2 guys esp the sunrise/sunset building declaration of love
• And this is the only Korean drama that Joe actually watches with me! I half suspect that he's more interested in what the guys are wearing though =p
  

Going to Korea for a long-awaited holiday next week with my family, super looking forward to it! Maybe I will get to meet the stars of Boys over Flowers? =P