A Dancing Teddy - my Goong aka Princess Hours Addiction

    Set in an alternate 21st century reality where Korea possesses a royal family, since 1945 to present, this show revolves around the lives of the Crown Prince Lee Shin, and his new bride, Chae-kyeong. 

   Due to a promise between the former king of Korea and an ordinary, strong-willed girl's grandfather, our heroine finds herself betrothed to a seemingly cold-hearted prince of Korea. How can she marry a guy whom she overheard proposing to another girl! Both unwilling parties agree to the marriage, each with his and her own different motivations for the agreement to marry. Can love bloom under the strain of love rivals and political ambitions? - Wikipedia

Let's manipulate the history a bit. And let's say what if we have royal families and have constitutional monarchy? Then instead of tourists in Gyeongbok and Changdeok Palaces, there will be royal gardeners, officers who had gone through intensive training and education. Every year, there will be events hosted by the royal family. And tv stations would be busy to broadcast. Now let's imagine... instead of the abandoned and lonely old palaces. Imagine palaces filled with royal families and people... - Goong vol. 1

Goong or literally Palace, is currently an ongoing manhwa by Park So-hee.  It has been adapted to a tv drama series with the same title in Korea but it was released internationally as Princess Hours. Princess Hours is the best Korean drama ever made. Before, I did not really care for k-dramas. I just watched them sometimes on tv because there's nothing to watch or I'm waiting for the next show. But Princess Hours sparked my interest for the Korean culture. After watching the series, I was really into the "korean wave." 

Actually, when Princess Hours first aired in our country, I wasn't able to start it. I started the series with their palace wedding already. I was laughing hard when Chae-kyeong's headgear fell on the prime minister while she was bowing her head. I also found the storyline interesting (even though it was just like Cinderella) and the prince - Joo Ji Hoon is really hot. XD Since then I always stayed up late at night just to watch it even though I have school the next day. I remember I was always looking forward to getting back to my dorm after school so I can finish everything that I have to do. So when it's already time for Princess Hours, I can watch it without any hindrances. Actually, sometimes even when I still have to study or I still need to do something, when it was already Princess Hours on tv, I stop whatever I'm doing so I could watch.

Let's brighten up our palace and imagine, that there actually lives 

a charming prince that every girl is in love with. - Chae-kyeong

I could no longer count how many times I've wtached the drama. I was able to watch every rerun on tv, I was also able to watch it online and I even have the dvds!!! I'm so addicted to Princess Hours that no matter how many times I watch, it doesn't fail to make me laugh, cry, angry, irritated and fall in love over and over again ♥ ♥ ♥ .

The strange, uncomfortable and awkward feelings I had about your 
existence... vanished in one moment...
because of that radiant smile. I want to see it again. - Lee Shin

Due to my addiction, I decided to read the manhwa. Actually they have some differences especially that the drama had already ended but the manhwa is still ongoing. But most of the story from the manhwa were retained although not everything happened exactly the same. I can't say which is better because I fell in love first with the drama. While the manhwa is sustaining my addiction for the series.

One of the reasons why I readily fell in love with the series is because of JJH and YEH playing as Shin and Chae-kyeong. I really, really love their pairing. JJH is sooooo hot (I don't care about the drug scandal... he is still HOT XD). I also find YEH pretty and sexy. Words can't really express my love for the series and to those two. That's why I made this blog so I can somehow have an outlet for my addiction. :P ♥   ♥   ♥