East of Eden (2008)

East of Eden

The drama is about two men whose fates are crossed from birth.

When Lee Dong Chul (Song Seong Hun) was five years old, his father was killed. He witnessed who the killer was and promised to seek revenge on the man who caused his father's death, Shin Tae Hwan. But unbeknownst to everyone is the fact that Dong Chul's younger brother, Dong Wook, was switched at birth with Tae Hwan's son, Myung Hun, in the hospital. Dong Wook grows up with dreams of becoming a prosecutor to help the family seek revenge on Shin Tae Hwan. But what happens when they find out that they're not brothers? What will Dong Chul do when he finds out that his real brother was raised by Shin Tae Hwan and that the brother that had been beside him all these years is actually the son of his enemy? (source: Wikipedia)

Seriously.. this is the first tym aku layan drama korea genre drama (high profile TV drama) & x berkisarkan chenta semata2.... mostly kisah pengorbanan seorang abang terhadap adik nya..... 56 eps plak... aigoooo... tp bla dah start layan, x berasa plak eps dia pjg... rasa pendek coz all the conflicts in the drama mmg mencengkam jiwa..... x sabar2 nak tgk next ep.... plot cita kemas.... sikit pun xda part yg boring.... kisah pengorbanan abang terhadap adik & family.... pilihan antara chenta yg mula mengetuk pintu hati dan dendam kesumat...... antara ingin memiliki kebahagiaan pertama yg dirasa atau membela kematian ayah yg dibunuh di depan mata? :D

Mula aku layan this story sbb hero nya... song seung hun the hottest korean actor ever ^^ lebih2 lg this is his 1st drama after his 5 years break from entertainment industry.... can't believe he's still that hot... like he didn't even aged.... x berkelip mata nangga cita ya and everytime dia mengalirkan air mata..... aigooooo... i juz feel like hugging him :D

Song Seung Hun as the hero Lee Dong Chul

Selain Seung Hun oppa... ramai lg hotties korea yg sama menjayakan (pahal ayatku skema gilak?) drama east of Eden.... One of it is Kim Bum.... one of the boys from Boys Over Flower.... Kim Bum pegang watak Seung Hun oppa masa muda (15 years old).....  this one pun... aigoooooo..... kiut miut!!!! kan???

Kim Bum as Lee Dong Chul (15 years old) 

Next hottie in line adalah Dennis Oh as Mike.... Korean American yg aku kenal dr drama Witch Yoo Hee as Johny Crooger ^^... in this drama pun dia pgg watak Korean American but as Mike, the Macau Crown Prince... tunang kpd Grace (chenta hati Lee Dong Chul) & bestie kpd hero Lee Dong Chul..... Bapak Grace paksa Grace bertunang dgn Mike coz dia mahu Grace menjadi Macau Crown Princess disamping Mike... Walaupun bapak Grace suka Dong Chul but he felt that Dong Chul did not deserve her since Dong Chul cuma his right hand man......honestly, i like the friendship they have build between Dong Chul & Mike despite the fact that they love the same woman.... Dong Chul merelakan Grace bersama org lain kalau org itu adalah Mike..... Coz dia tahu Mike akan jaga Grace dgn baik... tp Grace x pernah hepi coz asyik teringatkan Dong Chul.... her Forbidden Love....

Dennis Oh as Mike

Next male cast yg xlah hot tp memainkan peranan penting in this drama... i like the plot where in the middle of the story the character grow & changed..... character jahat or antagonist turn out to be good & the good (protagonist) turn out to be bad..... perjalanan kisah these two character and how they've change really interesting..... people say, money is the root of all evil.... is it? from this story, i would say yes... coz bla anak org kaya yg selama 30 thn dibesarkan org miskin kembali ke dunia nya.. he's blinded by money & power.... yg anak org kaya kembali ke family asal nya yg miskin pulak found his clarity & menginsafi segala yg berlaku.....  

Park Hae Jin as Shin Myung Hun (Dong Chul's real  dongsaeng

Yun Joong Hun as Lee Dong Wook (Dong Chul's dongsaeng)

Ok.... enough with the male casts..... now we move on to the heart wrenching love story between Lee Dong Chul & Grace or as he likes to call her, Guk Ja... coz that's what she said her name was to Dong chul when they first met..... like every korean love story the chemistry is always there... and we as the audience would always feel that both the hero & heroine are sooooo cute being with each other... that's how i felt about Dong Chul and Grace..... they are so cute that you don't want them to be apart..... in the beginning of the story, Grace has always be the one who are frank with her emotions and feelings.. she lets everything out... while Dong Chul  always kept his feeling behind..... Grace has always made the first move... she told Dong Chul that she loves him and will wait for him... she even screams that she loves him.... but Dong Chul never once said he loves her..... until in the middle of the story when Grace is prepared to loose everything juz to be with Dong Chul... It's a very romantic moment... where Dong Chul finally said "saranghandagu" at the beach while carrying her on his back....... :)))) These two fought many battles to stay together.... although they parted their ways but they always found ways to be back together.... simply becoz they belong together ^^

After the first day they spent together, Grace gave him her first kiss which shocked Dong Chul and silently stole his heart 

Lee dong Chul finally confessed his love for Grace after she decides to runaway with him

Regardless of the long episodes I was totally hooked with this drama.... hooked til the very end..... it has a lot of morale value that awakened me & gives me new perspectives.....letting me see things from different perspectives..... i juz love this kind of story.. a story that can opened up our minds..... I can't tell everything here.. to know it u have to watch it ^^ here are among the pics of east of Eden... Pictures can tell a thousand words, right? :p

Conflicts & love triangles between characters

Younger brother seeks revenge by using the law while the elder brother seeks justice by breaking it.... how interesting can it be? :p

The badboy Lee Dong Chul.... can't get enough of him :D  How come i owez attracted to the bad one? hurmm...

Grace misses Dong Chul after 3 years being separated and try to reclaim his love but  despite his love for Grace, he pushed her away becoz he cares for her enough to not want to mess up her life due to the promised her father made Dong Chul to agree upon which is never to steal Grace's heart...

P/s: Recommended to watch :D
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