(Drama) The Queen of Office

There are few new dramas that I'm watching now. I love dramas broadcasted on Monday and Tuesday. The Queen of Office (KBS) and Gu Family Book (MBC).

SPOILER ALERT!

The Queen of Office or in Korean 직장의신 (jikjangishin).

직장 - workplace
의 - showing belong to what. Like 's in english. Johnny's eraser.
신 - Goddess. Something like that.

This drama is about life of Korean contract worker. They're struggling just to get the job and then have to worry if the contract will be renewed after 3 months. They have to do minor work which permanent staff won't do like stapling paper, copy worksheet, and cutting paper for recycle. Discrimination in office between permanent staff and contract staff.

Juri is a freshman with a study loan and house rent to be paid. While Juri have to convince the two Sales & Marketing managers of YJang - Manager Jang and Manager Mu to hire her, Miss Kim is a professional contract worker invited by YJang.

Ms. Kim is mysterious woman. She doing work exactly like what stated in her manual - yes, Ms. Kim's Manual - and contract. Other than that, she should receive overtime pay. And she strictly doesn't want to get along with her office mates because from her view, after her contract finish, they won't see each other again. So why bother to try to get along and know each other.

Other important characters are Jang Gyujik (Marketing Team Head) and Mu Jeonghan (Support Team Head). These four people - Juri, Ms. Kim, Gyujik & Jeonghan - somehow connected with each other.

Flashback few years before.
It is a Christmas night. A group singing Christmas carol. Juri sits with her boyfriend at the bench. Her boyfriend propose her and they kiss. FRU (Special Unit Force to handle street rally.) officer cheering the couple from their bus. And suddenly, a bank nearby them explode. Juri see a woman run to the exploded bank. Wanted to get in because her office mate still in there.

Juri - being proposed by her boyfriend.
Ms. Kim - The woman who run to the exploded bank.
Mu Jeonghan - He went for his army service and appointed to FRU.
Jang Gyujik -  His mother is Ms. Kim's office mate. Her mother died on that day.

Comment:
I like this drama. The storyline is good. Maybe because I have experienced life as a job seeker so I can relate a few things about that in this drama. I kind of surprise to see that this drama ends on 16th episode.

Trip To Korea Plan #1

I'll go to Korea this October with my friends. So it will be only 3 of us who will go there. We have a very tight budget and some more don't know where to go but still insist doing backpacking. We have this idea of we will go wherever our legs take us. Yeah. We just made up some plan just to get idea where to start exploring.

We have like 9 days after exclude arrival and departure day. By the way, korean won is expensive. Almost equal to US dollar here. For example, 1 USD is around MYR3.10 and 1,000 won (천원) is around MYR3.00.

We met few days ago to discuss about the trip. We still can't decide where we'll sleep but we have plan for places to go.

First day
- Just explore places nearby our hostel.
- Find basic tools and information to survive over there such as mobile phone (in case we got lost), T-Money and convenience store location.

Second day (History day)
- Go to palaces and Hanok village. Something like that

Third day
- Go further away. Petite France, Nami Island and somewhere else.
Even though Nami Island is not on our favorite list but since everyone here who came back from Korea have been there and that is the only place my parents know about Korea. So, just let's go over there to take picture!

Fourth day
- Namsan Tower, Teddy Bear Museum, Itaewon / Lotte World

Fifth day
- Explore shopping places. Just to take a feel first and try to learn how to bargain there.

Sixth day
- Hangang Park, MBC and KBS

Seventh day
- Go To Mall.

Eighth Day
- Maybe wander around KPOP fans favourite places.

Ninth day
- Do final shopping. Wander around some more. Sleep at airport maybe because our flight is at early in the morning.

Do drop a comment if you have any idea or a good suggestion of places that we should visit in our trip to Korea. See ya!

My Favourite We Got Married Couple

One of the most popular Korean variety show - We Got Married (WGM). Sorry to those whose didn't like the show but I do love the show and I watch it every week.

Even though people said, "WGM is a lie.", "Only for delusional fans." and what so ever but I still like the show as a variety show. Even sometimes I thought that the couple looks good together, wish they will become a real couple but that's it. As long as I have fun watch them every week.

My favourite We Got Married couples...so far.

1. Adam couple

Credit: SujuSaranghae

One of the best We Got Married couple. - Jo Kwon & Gain

2. Jungin & Jungchi couple

I love this couple! They're dating for almost 11 years. Hope We Got Married help them to get married for real. Update: They are going to register their marriage this month and spend time with family from both sides.

3. Taemin & Naeun couple

It's good to see Taemin's other side. He is married right now but I still look him as SHINee's cute and adorable maknae.

4. Hongki & Fujii Mina couple

This one also cute and adorable couple from We Got Married Global Edition. Should I say, they look so great and compatible with each other. I hope Hongki treats Mina well even after the show and makes her forget gap between you two, since you are HongStar, Hongki-ah.

How To Put Subtitle In Video - Aegisub Tutorial

google image from kshownow.net

You love watching Korean/Japanese drama and you need to watch it with subtitle to understand what is going on in the drama (even though most of avid drama watchers have that strong instinct about the whole story.) Well, let's see how the translator team do most of the subbed video. I bet you will have more patient to wait for the translator team to release the video after this.

Thanks to my sister for the tutorial. She taught me well how to use Aegisub with a lot of screaming than normal talk. Hehe.

A) Applications needed for this
# Aegisub<http://www.aegisub.org/>
# VirtualDub <http://www.virtualdub.org/>
# Video Converter – it’s safer to convert the video to AVI format since VirtualDub cannot
process some other video formats.

B) The Different Between ‘Hardsubs’ and ‘Softsubs’?
+ Hardsubs – Subtitles that are encoded directly into the video image and cannot be
removed or altered.
+ Softsubs–Subtitles that are stored separately from the video image. It can be enabled or
disabled. Depending on the format of the softsubs, the way that it’s appear
onscreen may be customizable.

(Taken from http://www.darksmurfsub.com/)


START TO MAKE ONE!
1) Choose a video. Type or copy the subtitle in the notepad and save it as Text Documents
(*.txt).

Separate the subtitle line with enter.

2) Open Aegisub. **Make sure to convert your video into AVI first to make it easier.**

3) Open File > Open Subtitles... andclick on your subtitle.

4) Open Video > Open Video... and choose the video for the subtitle. **Remember to convert
your video into AVI because the timecodes and frames maydiffer from other video files.**

5) Open Audio > Open Audio from Video.

You can adjust the horizontal zoom and vertical zoom at the right side of the audio corner to zoom in. For me, it’s easier to make the timing for the subtitle.

6) Now that everything is ready, you can proceed for the timing of the subtitle.

7) Make the video smaller and the audio bigger. *The video functions as to check your timing
and the style for the subtitle. The subtitle will be shown on the video.*

8) Click on the line you want to time. Select its audio by clicking it on the sound wave and
listen to the audio for confirmation using ‘Play selection’ button. Then, click the ‘Commit’
button to apply the time from the audio to the selected line.

9) After you finish the timing, it’s time to edit the font and the color of the subtitle.

10) Open Subtitles > Styles Manager…

11) Click ‘Edit’ button at the bottom. Now, you can rename the style, change the font, the
color and the position of the selected line.

12) After that, click the ‘OK’ button or the ‘Apply’ button.

13) Choose the customized style at the ‘Catalog of available storages’ on the top. The
customized style will show up at the ‘Storage’. Click ‘Copy to current script ->’ button
and close the styles manager.

14) Choose the customized style at the ‘Style for this line’ box below the audio corner, beside
the ‘Comment’ box. Then, click the ‘Commit’ button.

15) Lastly, save the subtitle as Advanced Substation Alpha (*.ass).

16) Finish! But! If you want to put the subtitle permanently into the video (hardsubs), you
need to use VirtualDub (refer to the notes at the top).

17) Open VirtualDub, open File > Open video file… and choose your video.

18) Open Video > Filters…> Add…>TextSub by Gabest and choose the corresponding
subtitle.

19) Open File > Save as AVI > OK.

20) Now you can watch the video without turning on the caption.

++ Remember, this is only for beginner.
++ This tutorial is based on my own experience. So, some instructions may differ from
other tutorials.

The video result:

Download link for PDF file: http://bit.ly/14SS5X9

CNBLUE Blue Moon Tour 2013 Live in Kuala Lumpur

4 days left before CNBLUE Blue Moon Tour 2013 Live in Kuala Lumpur's ticket launching. This is the first time CNBLUE will come to Malaysia. Thank to Daol Entertainment for bringing them here.

CNBLUE and FT Island are the two Korean bands that I treasure because they make KPOP world more interesting with their music and instead showing their charm through dancing, they are way better with music instruments.

I really love Ear Fun album. All the songs are great to listen. Well, you can say that CNBLUE makes me learn how to play guitar even though their songs is not very easy for beginner to learn. Haha.

Don't forget to come and see their performance on 24th August 2013 at Stadium Negara.