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Daejanggeum 대장금

大长今 , is one of the korean dramas I will reccomend to watch. Daejanggeum(长今) is that the main character is a woman while the setting is in Joseon Dynasty, where the social role of women was very low. The character overcomes her difficulties through hard work. This is why the story is different from the others.The main character, Seo Janggeum, spends her childhood with her parents in a town for butchers. Her parents live in the town secretly and avoid people because they were involved in a scandal. One day, there is an incident in which the king kills many of his servants, and Janggeum has to part with her father while her mother dies. A high priest told his father that his fate lies between 3 women. One is the queen whom he kills but fails to die, the second woman(his wife) is one whom he will save but will die for him and the third woman(长今) will lead to his death but became a great woman who will save a lot of lives.

She enters the palace when she is 10 years old, and works hard to become the best cook in the palace. However others plot against her and her teacher and mentor, Han. They are expelled from the palace and relegated to become maidservants at local government offices. Janggeum is sent to Jeju where she learns about medicine. She later enters the palace again, and becomes the very first female doctor in the palace. She is the first woman in the history of Joseon Dynasty to become the king's doctor. In an ancient record called Jungjongsilloc, "dae (great)" was included in her name when she was referred to, and this shows the accomplishments she has made.

The determination you can see from 长今 is very touching. It has a total of 70 episodes. Instead of catching it on my cable, I decided to purchase it. No wonder, my friend keeps telling me that it is a great hit in HK, Taiwan and Malaysia. This is the link where I got the storyline from: http://www.knto.or.kr/eng/hallyu/daejanggeum.html

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Overview:

At the end of a fashion show, the internationally renowned fashion designer NICK YAU (TSE KWAN HO) walks onto the stage amidst rapturous applause together with top model ELAINE POON (NG MEI HENG, MELISSA), the angel of his heart who inspires him to greatness. All fabulous costumes and the brightly lit catwalk make it an enthralling show to enjoy.NICK has high expectations on new designers MICHELLE KU (WU, MYOLIE), PHOEBE LUI (LI CHOI WA, RAIN) and ELLA KWAN (CHAN MAN CHI, SHARON). MICHELLE's grandfather KU CHUN KAU is NICK's mentor. Because of his relationship with KAU, NICK puts even higher demands on MICHELLE.

This show is about fashion designers. From TVB. Kinda interesting and worth watching. especially the part when Michelle holds back her love for Nick. Read online that Nick did fall for Michelle and promised to wait for her till she comes back. The usual storyline. Happily ever after.. Haha.. Do check out these 2 dramas when you are free.