Dae Jang Geum

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i've been experimenting to mencantikkan my blog, seems like i have a problem with my shoutbox. it doesnt comes out so well, and i dont know how to fix it. blurgh. never mind.

ok. next review. the lucky chosen drama is Dae Jang Geum aka Jewel in the Palace.

u guys might found it weird, why i keep on reviewing old series and not the new one. the truth is, i like to korek2 all the old series that i havent watch yet. i dont know if it is just me, but i think the old series are good, compared to the recently published series. i mean, if u look at the quality of the series, the storyline, the values; the new series, be it korean or japanese, sucks a lot.

i remember the first drama that came out with the concept of 'bad hero' is the korean drama 'The Successful Story of a Bright Girl'. this series is really good, i enjoyed it very much. but after that, mule la kluar berduyun2 series yg ntah hape2, sume pon gune konsep 'hero sengal' ni. kalo sket2 xpe, tpi skng aku tgk, bleh dikatakan sume cite or movies korea pon sure nak wat hero die prangai cam bangang gak. mcm dh xde idea laen. lame........................

ok dh cukup dh merepek. so what's so special about Dae Jang Geum?

i would say that, this story is much of an inspiration for us women.


Jang Geum is a genius young woman, served as the palace girl in the royal kitchen. despite of all hardship, backstabbing and conspiracy, she survived and became one of the most outstanding palace girl when she won the cooking competition between her and her lifetime enemy, Madam Cui who killed her mother. however, she and her guardian, Madam Han were later on being punished severely and became government slaves as they fell into madam cui's trap to frame them. they were accused to involve in some rebellion attacks against the king and then was sent to cheju island. things became worst when madam han died along the journey and jang geum was left alone to become the slave for the cheju island's army troops.


in cheju island, she tried to escape many times but never succeed. in turns, she met the legendary physician, Lady Chang-Do who was the famous female doctor in cheju island. she had once served as the female doctor in the palace but was sent to cheju on her own request. chang-do was impressed by the intelligent jang geum and decided to take jang geum as her pupil. later on, the place was attacked by japanese army and jang geum was forced to cure the illness of the japanese general. because of this event, jang geum was again accussed for colloboration with the enemy, but was then saved by the internal affairs officer, Sir Min Jio Ho who knew the details of the japanese attack.

this event later on had gave jang geum the chance to sit for the exam of the female doctor recruitment. jang geum had passed the test and later on was appointed as the female doctor working at the royal hospital. it was not for so long until she finally met with madam cui again. madam cui and her subordinate, Gun Ying tried to get rid of her by any means but failed numerous times. jang geum had worked hard to expose their crime and finally, the truth was out. gun ying was forced to leave the palace while madam cui, repented on her wrongdoings and chose to commit suicide.

jang geum's achievements had been spectacular, when she had succeeded to discover the cause of the outbreak happened outside the city and save the life of the villagers, cure the illness of the prince, the empress, the queen and even succeded to cure the mystery disease of the king. the king had admire jang geum so much that he had finally fell in love with her. the empress kept on pressuring the king to take jang geum as his concubine, while jang geum and sir min jio ho were suffered as they had fell in love with each other. however, the king later on knew about their love-relationship and was willing to let go of jang geum. she was then being given the title 'The Great Jang Geum', the position of a third rank official in a 9-rank system (where the lowest-ranking official is the ninth-rank official), becoming part of the royal cabinet and was appointed to be the first female royal physician in history who personally treating the King.


i watched this series with much excitement and admiration. jang geum is definetely amazing; she is a good chief and a good doctor. and to make things more interesting, this is a true story, about a woman named jang geum who was the first woman being acknowledge for her talent and hardworks during the area of Joseon Dynasty. her name was recorded in history and she was the symbol of the greatness of womenhood.

so girls, watch this drama and be inspired. guys, watch the series too and maybe u could appreciate women more after this. haha.

p/s: checkout the soundtracks of this drama =)