After an entry on poop comes another one in this mini-series on relationships. Commitment is a very strong word. Some people (especially guys) see prison bars when they hear this word. But commitment isn’t such a bad thing. If you are presently seriously committed, you know what I mean. But if you’re still too damn scared and believing in the totally misogynistic “Why buy the cow?” catch phrase then listen up.

Most people who are afraid of commitment end up alone. Believe it or not, being scared of commitment is probably the topmost reason why singletons remain singletons for the rest of their lives.

Commitment is not the opposite of freedom. Committed people have a very profound understanding of love and all it entails. Committed people are happy to commit.

Your promise is also the other person’s promise. The best part about promising your heart to someone is that your someone also promises his heart to you. Being promised to be the only passion in a person’s life is the best gift a person can give you. Just think of the number of people still seeking for love – those who have tried and failed, those who have tried some more, only to fail again.

The value of fidelity. When other people start getting bored with their longtime partners, you get more and more passionate. Fidelity is about being with only one person for the rest of your life. The value of fidelity is that you receive the same loyalty, too. Being in a relationship requires exclusivity. But this shouldn’t be too hard. If the person you love is the one you already have, could you want anyone else?

I really really really like Goo Jun Pyo (lee min ho)…but before, when I saw him at KBS Drama (Boys over Flowers), I just ignore him and I told myself not to like him forever co’z of his hair (so Corny)..and also that time, I was Dao Ming Ze and Tsukasa Domyougi’s fan..but now when the drama was programmed at ABS-CBN,it seems like it’s Goo Jun Pyo who replace the slots of the two men..(in my heart)…lol…so right now,my No. 1 is Lee Min Ho followed by Jerry Yan and Jun Matsumoto..and the others also (I mean Yama-chan,etc.)…

It’s really tiring to watch the drama continuosly from episode 1-25…but because the story is touchy(though i knew it already) and because of my love for Goo Jun Pyo,it feels like I’m not going to be tired of it..haha…

By the way,just take a look of it..the synopsis and the cast are below….or if you want,just watch it at www.youtube.com or www.mysoju.com…ENJOY!!!!

Synopsis

Jan Di is an average girl whose family owns a dry cleaning store located near the luxurious and well known Shin Hwa College. Jan Di meets the four richest and most spoiled boys known as the F4. After saving a boy from jumping off the roof of Shinhwa High School, she is admitted into the school on a swimming scholarship. Jan Di tries to avoid confrontation with the F4 at all cost because she knows what happens to those that stand against them. However, when Jan Di’s friend, Oh Min Ji, accidentally gets ice cream on the leader of the F4’s shoes, she’s forced to declare war on the leader of the F4, Goo Joon Pyo.

Cast

Boys Over Flowers Correlation Chart

• Koo Hye Sun as Geum Jan Di

F4:

• Lee Min Ho as Goo Joon Pyo
• Kim Hyun Joong as Yoon Ji Hoo
• Kim Bum as So Yi Jung
• Kim Joon as Song Woo Bin

Extended Cast

• Kim So Eun as Chu Ga Eul (Jan Di’s best friend)
• Kim Hyun Joo as Goo Joon Hee (Joon Pyo’s elder sister)
• Lee Hye Young as Kang Hee Soo (Joon Pyo’s mother)
• Ahn Suk Hwan as Geum Il Bong (Jan Di’s father)
• Im Ye Jin as Na Gong Joo (Jan Di’s mother)
• Park Ji Bin as Geum Kang San (Jan Di’s younger brother)
• Han Chae Young as Min Seo Hyun (F4’s best friend/Ji Hoo’s ex girl friend)
• Lee Min Jung as Ha Jae Kyung (JK Group’s CEO’s daughter and Jun Pyo’s fiancee)
• Lee Jung Gil as Yoon Seok Young (Ji Hoo’s grandfather)
• Jung Ho Bin as Jung Sang Rok (Kang Hee Soo’s Chief Secretary)
• Lee Si Young as Oh Min Ji
• Gook Ji Yun as Choi Jin Hee / Ginger
• Jang Ja Yun as Park Sun Ja / Sunny
• Min Young Won as Lee Mi Sook / Miranda
• Kim Ki Bang as Bom Chun Sik (Jan Di and Ga Eul’s boss)
• Song Suk Ho as Butler Lee
• Kim Young Ok as Head Maid
• Im Ju Hwan as So Il Hyun (Yi Jung’s older brother)
• Park Soo Jin as Cha Eun Jae (Yi Jung’s first love)
• Kim Min Ji as Jang Yoo Mi
• Kim Jong Jin as So Hyun Sub (Yi Jung’s father)
• Jung Ui Chul as Lee Min Ha / Min Jae Ha (fashion model)
• Kim Hyung Joon as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Kim Kyu Jong as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Heo Young Saeng as himself (cameo, ep4)
• Lee Hae Woo as Host Q (the guy who drugged Jan Di’s drink, ep4)
• Lee Jung Joon as Gong Soo Pyo (Ga Eul’s boyfriend, ep9-10)
• Heo Kyung Hwan as (Cell phone event MC, ep10)
• Lee Jung Sung as radiologist (cameo, ep13)
• Hai Ming (하이밍) as Ming (Ji Hoo’s friend, ep14-15)
• Lee Suk Goo (이석구) as (Shinhwa’s high school principal)
• Jo Soo Bin as announcer
• ?? as Goo Bon Hyung (Joon Pyo’s father)

OMG!!!…my bet is the winner…

actually,i didn’t expect that the “American Idol” title will be get by Kris co’z almost all judges and filipino viewers were in favor with Adam Lambert.  But although Adam got the sympathy of most viewers…I,myself, and me will always be on the side of KRIS!! lol…

by the way, CONGRATULATIONS KRIS!!!!…hope you’ll visit Philippines and have a concert here!!!!

hay!!!grabe tlga, finally natapos ko rin ang 16 episodes ng hot shot pero prang di ako satisfied eh…hehe…ung ending kc super bitin…hindi man lang pinakita ung mga mangyayari after nung final game..pero cge na nga auz lang kc kakaibang ending nman un eh..hehe..by the way, I’m happy for Dong Fang Xiang and Jie Er at they can be together now and live happily everafter.  So as with the others pero super lungkot kasi namatay ata si Li Ying..I’m not sure pero sana hindi..huhu…sana sila ni Yuan Da Ying magkatuluyan para maging legend ung “Teacher-Student Marriage”..haha..basta un na yun,di koh n maalala ung sinabi ni Da Ying eh…In addition nga pla, narealize ko lng nah crush ko na pla si Can or Ah Fu…hehe…nung una kasi nakakainis ung role nya pero nung naging player na siya ng “Pili 5 Wolves!!”..ayun!!like koh na xa!!!hehe…kea nman niresearch ko agad ang name nia at xa nga ay si “Michang Zhang or Michael Chang”…wuuuhuuu!!!!….by the way this is the synopsis if ever na gus2 niong magkaron ng background ’bout the story…

In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school.

Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school’s basketball history.

Cast

• Jerry Yan as Dong Fang Xiang 東方翔
• Show Lo as Yuan Da Ying 元大鷹
• Zhou Cai Shi as Zhan Jie Er 湛潔兒
• Coco Jiang as Li Ying 李贏
• Wu Chun as Wu Ji Zun 無極尊
• George Hu as Wu Ji Wei 無極威
• Gu Bao Ming as Li Zi Ping 李子平
• Michael Zhang as Can 殘 / Ah Fu 阿福
• Zhang Yan Ming (張雁名) as Du Fei 杜飛
• Lin Bo Yan (林伯彥) as Qi Xiao Yun 齊嘯雲
• Lin Qi Tai (林祺泰) as Qi Xiao Yu 齊嘯雨

Extended cast

• Zhao Shu Hai as Dong Fang Xu 東方旭
• Yun Zhong Yue as Lao Lu 老路
• Wang Xia (王俠) as Dong Fang Shou 東方朔
• Ma Zhi Qin (馬之秦) as Tie Lan 鐵蘭
• Wang Wei Ting (黃薇渟) as Lin Zi Xuan 林紫璇
• Yan Jia Le (顏嘉樂) as Flower store owner
• Wang Jian Min as Ji Wang 紀網
• Jian Han Zhong (簡翰忠) as Commentator
• Qian Ding Yuan (錢定遠) as Commentator
• Jiang Wei Wen (蔣偉文) as George
• Xie Kun Da as Wang Jing 王竟
• Han Run Zhong (韓潤中) as Li Ke 李克
• Cai Ming Xun (蔡明勳) as Wen Huai Wen 溫懷文
• Li Guo Chao (李國超) as Coach of Xin Rui
• Xu Jun Hao (許君豪) as Wang Gui 王貴
• Gong Ji An as Sun Hao 孫浩
• Renzo Liu as Coach of Xiang Yang
• Lan Jun Tian (藍鈞天) as Jian Deng 賈登
• Bu Xue Liang as Tang Long 唐龍
• Guo Yan Jun as Ru Zhu 魯竹
• Li Jia Hua (李佳驊) as Ge Li Ya 戈利亞
• Li Xing Wen (李興文) as Coach of He Yi
• Na Wei Xun as Wang Ye 王爺
• Huang Tai An as Fan Tuan 飯團
• A Di as Wu Ji Mo 無極魔
• Chen Bo Zheng as Zhan’s father
• Lu Jian Yu as gangster
• Ba Yu as Tian Lan 天籃

And eto naman ung mga kanta na ginamit all through out the drama:

• Opening theme song: Hot Shot by Show Lo
• Ending theme song: Yi Ban (一半) Half by Jerry Yan
• Insert songs: Hot Shot OST (Sui Dao - Lin Fan, Zhen De, Wo Mei Shi - Fu Zhi Yi, Bu Yao Dui Wo Zai Shuo Ai - Lin Fan

HE was, he said, in love with both women with equal intensity. “I love them both equally,” he protested when asked by friends whom he preferred.

Whenever I hear a man say that he is in love with two women and that his feelings for both of them are the same, I have to smile. Perhaps it is because every time I have questioned a man about his statement, it has always been proven false. In all my years as a counselor, I have never met a man who could reasonably convince me that he really and truly loved two women with the same intensity.

Maybe it is because there is no way of measuring the intensity of love. It’s a very difficult thing to measure how much I love one person as compared to the love I feel for another. What I enjoy in one may be missing in the other and vice versa. The beauty in a person can vary as much as the different sunsets.

I know so many people. I have a number of friends. Yet, I must say that there is a special quality in each one that is outstanding and more pronounced than in the others. In other words, I may love you for qualities that others do not possess in the same degree.

Intimacy is something else. The deeper is my intimacy with you, the more exclusive does that brand of intimacy become. I cannot go to the same level of deep intimacy with a number of people because of the very nature of that intimacy. There is no way we can avoid this reality since we cannot relate to two people and give them our full attention at the same time.

Perhaps that is one of the reasons why when a man marries, he oftentimes moves away from the group of friends that meant so much to him when he was still single and not in love. Now that his love for his woman has grown into deep intimacy, he almost naturally draws away from his friends.

If we think we are intimate with a group of friends simultaneously, what is in effect happening is that we are shifting our focus of attention from one person to another.

The man who says that he loves his wife as much as he does his mistress is simply refusing to make a decision. As long as he can convince the characters involved in the drama that he really loves both women evenly, he is perfectly justified in taking more time to make a final decision. In reality, either he loves the wife more or he loves her less than his mistress.

Perhaps he loves his mistress more than his wife, but his spouse has his children and they count high on his list of priorities. So he lumps them on the side of his wife and counts them as love for her.

If you ever run into a man who says he loves two women with the same intensity, don’t believe him. Ask more questions and you will most likely conclude that he is saying that because he is not ready to make a decision for reasons other than love.

I have found that the man who steadfastly maintains that he loves two women equally actually loves neither one of them very deeply. Most often, he is in the process of going from one (whom he loved once upon a time) to another (whom he is only now beginning to love in any meaningful way).

The man who says that he surely loves one more than the other is not only more honest about his sentiments but he is also more likely to be more deeply in love than the husband who claims equality in loving.

by bob garon