Portocal Journey

Hello, I'm broke actually. This week is so hectic but I love it. It signs me alive. At least, still. I, my mom and sister have a new addiction currently. An Indian drama entitles Mahabharata. It relates to that country's majority religion and mythology but hey, we enjoy the storyline without affecting our own religion. You have to know this, our family time is started on 7pm. It's the time we have dinner and another family's quality time. And since this last 3 weeks, 7pm is the starter to be ready to watch our newly favorite Indian drama: Mahabharata. 

But sadly, we wait 2 hours to get 9pm to watch that drama which only airs for only 15 minutes. Lemme repeat that, 15 minutes.  Compare to our local dramas which was popular by its name Sinetron, which have airing time for more than 2 hours for each episode, 15 minutes is like the movie has ended before you're ready with popcorn in your hand. It's without commercial break, though. And I found that Mahabharata is still airing in its country of origin so, I assume this really short duration is due to the high price the TV station has to pay to buy the broadcasting right.

I won't be able to make its summary. It's on-going and the episodes are really in a big number. Can you let me use this excuse to get the short summary from Wikipedia The Highness, please


In short, the Mahabharata tells the story of the five Pandavas conflict with their cousins, the one hundred Kauravas, the state government land rights disputes Astina. The climax is Bhāratayuddha war in the battle field of Kurukshetra and lasted for eighteen days.

King Santanu was a famous king of the Kuru lineage, derived from Hastinapura. He was married to Goddess Ganga who is doomed to fall into the world, but the goddess Ganga left him for violating their marriage vows. The relationship with the Goddess Ganga and the King had led to the child, named Dewabrata or Bhishma. After being left for the goddess Ganga, King Santanu eventually became a widower.

A few years later, King Santanu resumes family life by marrying the goddess Satyawati, daughter of a fisherman. From the relationship, the King gets sons: Chitrāngada and Wicitrawirya. Chitrāngada died at a young age in a battle, and then he was replaced by his brother Wicitrawirya. Wicitrawirya also died at a young age and has not had time to have children. The assistance of Rishi Vyasa, the two wives of Wicitrawirya, Ambika and Ambalika, each gave birth to a son, names Pandu (from Ambalika) and Dhritarashtra (from Ambika).

Dhritarashtra was born blind, the throne of Hastinapur submitted to Pandu, his brother. Pandu married Kunti. Pandu then married for the second time with Madrim, but due to a mistake at the time of Pandu archery deer that are in love, then the deer expend (Supata = Curse) that Pandu will not feel anymore marital relationship, and if it does, then Pandu will experience doom. The deer then die by turning into the original form of a clergyman.

Then due to adverse events like that, Pandu then took his two wives to beg the Almighty Hyang to be given childs. Then Batara Dharma sends to fertilize Kunti thus was born the first child Yudhisthira. Guru then sent Batara Indra to fertilize Kunti thus Harjuna born. Batara Bayu was sent also to fertilize Kunti thus born Bhima, and the latter, Batara Aswin shipped to fertilize Madrim, and Nakula and Sahadev were born.

Theive sons of Pandu, known as the Pandavas. Blind Dhritarashtra married Gandhari, and had a hundred sons and a daughter known as Kauravas. Pandu and Dhritarashtra had a younger brother named Vidura. Vidura had a son named Sanjaya, who has the inner eye to be able to see the past, present, and future.

Family of Dhritarashtra, Pandu, and Vidura who will build the story of Mahabharata.

Ataxia is a terrible disease where the cerebellum of the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. A cruel disease, as it does not affect the mind, it causes the victim feels like a prisoner. (The disease damage the brain ability to control the victim’s brain ability to control her body movement without disturbing her intelligence. Her intelligence made her thought why she could not walk properly, speak, write or eat freely like before and then accepted her fact condition).

The drama was set in 2005 till I know that it was a drama based on true story from Aya’s diary who lived in 60’s-70’s and died in 80’s. The diary itself had sold for 1,1 millions copies in Japan only (not fix statistic) and inspired so many people. But when I read the diary virtually, I found so many differences between the drama and Aya’s real life. Of course we cannot conclude that the script writer change the story line as if she/he just liked to. Because I am really sure she/he could not change Aya’s struggle story without her family’s permission.

I want to make a comparison between ‘Aya’ on drama and ‘Aya’ on her real life based on my point of view as an amateur. Not to say that the drama was a fictive but I found that the changing on drama from the real life caused a different point of view for myself to see Aya. If I compare Aya in her life and the drama, I saw that Aya’s life on drama was very sad but she faced it in a lucky way. Some people said that if we want to see how Aya’s close-to-her-real-life, just watch 1 Litre of Tears movie version. Although there were still some differences to her real life, the movie version was closer to Aya’s real life (based on some people who ever watched the movie and I never).

In movie version, Aya was rolled by Asae Onoishi who acted as Asumi, Aya’s senior and roommate in their disability school. No matter if it was drama or movie version, the purpose is one. To show people what Aya did to struggle from her disease and ask people not to give up easily.

Here are some differences which I could find between Aya in her real life and Aya on drama:

I think those are the big points that make Aya in drama is really different with Aya in real life. But whatever it is, I can learn that everything I can get in my life is a bless by Allah. Even the little things like typing on my phone keypad is also a bless for someone who even cannot move her finger freely T.T

And these are the othere little differences between drama and real life for Aya. Not the big deals but they were parts of Aya’s life also.

In her real life, Aya has the daily tasks like watering the garden, weeding and also check if there are insects on the becks of the leaves of the tomato she planted. But, in drama version, Aya shown as a girl that only go to school, play basket and help mom and dad in tofu shop. Even there was no front yard in Aya’s home.

The drama version shows Aya has a dog named by the family as Ganmo. Ganmo was a lost dog found by her (or may be Haruto found him first). Nor Aya either Haruto could keep Ganmo in their house but the probability is bigger for Ganmo to live with Aya (even till Aya’s death, Ganmo still lived with the family). Mom and Dad allowed her to have a pet because they had known about Aya’s illness and want to make her happy by allowing her to do what she likes to. While in her life, Aya has a dog named Mary. Mary was died because the neighbour’s fierce dog bit her.

In drama Aya just has Hiroki as her only brother but actually there is Kentaro, Aya’s youngest brother. And at that time, Rika was only two months. Not a kindergarten student like in drama.

It's about a girl, the heir of poor, who is angry to the world she lives in. Furious with her life condition, upset for being helpless, envy the people who look like having perfect life she used to dream of: new nice clothes and dresses, branded bags and shoes, hi-tech gadgets, hangout with friends every weekend so she can share the moments in her social media account, car is equipped with personal driver. She wished to escape but instead it had brought her to meet one of the people whom she is jealous of. Time by time, she finally understands it is not always something sparkling is beautiful.

The children of conglomerates or at least rich people she used to envy are actually they are not happy as they seem. Burden as the heirs had attached their shoulders since they were born, organized gestures by their parents, ideals which must conform with their parents' wishes, serious quarrels between siblings, and of course marriage which has been determined. Parents succumbing to the children's desire for the happiness of them is not applicable to the children of Chaebol.

An international call from her sister has sent Cha Eun Sang to United States. She wishes that is the first step which will leads her out of the world already sickened her. Without giving her a security in that foreign country, instead her sister steals Eun Sang's money and tells her to be back to Korea. In her despair, she meets Kim Tan who  finally helps her by letting Eun Sang stay in his luxurious house.

Tan is the second son of Empire Group, the biggest company which dominates almost the whole economy aspects in Korea. Beside he is a rich boy, he has perfect appearance. Tall and handsome. But he is lonely. His older brother who considering him as the rival as being the main heir, forces him to go to the States. Moreover, his status as the love child can't make him to be son of his real mother. Till he finds Eun Sang, a girl crying alone in the roadside with a mess suitcase.

Love begins to grow between them. But with Tan's status as one of the heirs of Empire Group, it's really not easy for Eun Sang, the daughter of a mute housekeeper, to be together with Tan. Tan is engaged to Rachel and the barrier like being higher as Young Do, the boy ever be Tan's best friend also like Eun Sang. What worst? Eun Sang's mother is working for Empire Family.

Their love journey decorated with Tan's efforts to protect his girl from the cynical gazes and degrading acts by the children of Chaebol in Empire School, his powerful father who orders them to end their relationship, attempts to reconnect the friendship strap has been severed for years yet does not want to give up his love on his best friend. Though Tan knows Young Do also likes Eun Sang. And of course the twists and turns the Chaebols should have done to maintain their conglomeratic dynasty.

It's not all about rivalry and ascendancy. There's a strong friendship among those children. Love which finally grows between them that never be thinkable before. Between a boy who once tried to suicide because of the depression of being forced to follow his parents' desire, something he never put his heart in, with a girl who starts to accept she can not force the boy she really loves reciprocates her heart.

A boy learns to stop blaming the others for what's happened to him and encouraging himself to face the truth and finds the best way to make everything back to its real way. There's also a cute couple who always brights the as-cold-as-ice situation those children should deal with in almost everyday, in their school times. 

Finally they will find money can not buy love and the most dangerous person is not he who openly becomes an enemy, but he who stands beside them with a knife hidden in his back, which at any time can stab them.

This Taiwanese drama is about the love stories among teenagers in their senior high school life with basketball and everything relates to it as the background. MVP (Most Valuable Player) is the highest reward for the best player for the whole national tournament. Two biggest opponents Chen Feng and Iceman, will meet in the National High School Basketball Championship Game. Unfortunately, right before the game starts, Chen Feng, on his way to the arena, accidentally hits and paralyzes Angel, Iceman's younger sister. Hearing the bad news her sister being hospitalised for bad injuries, Iceman leaves for seeing her. Chen Feng then wins the MVP Award.

The accident does not only cause paralysis for Angel's legs. It also snatches her dream to continue studying abroad to be a professional violinist. Chen Feng is overtaken by guilt and quietly quits school and basketball team, to take care of Angel, leaving his loving girlfriend Xiao Xi heartbroken. Xiao Xi is a manager for a basketball team in her school. A school where the headmaster (Xiao Xi's father) will allow the students to break the school rules as long as they never move into another school. For Xiao Xi, basketball is half of her life.

Beside fixing her broken relationship with Chen Feng without knowing the real reason, Xiao Xi also tries to build a brand new basketball team which requires her male students friends who look like having talents in basketball, or at least, can be trained in that field. In other side, Angel who refuses Chen Feng's offer to be her personal guardian in the first place, starts to melt due to the boy's all efforts. Day by day, Angel realizes she falls in love with him.

Xiao Xi finally knows why Chen Feng quits school and basketball team. She ensures him that she will be by his side and they will take care of Angel together. Chen Feng loves her so much. Because he doesn't want to make her be framed on something he should be responsible by his own, he refuses her offer and tells her if it will be better to end their relationship.

In the midst of her sadness for Chen Feng's expression and her confusion about the sustainability of her basketball club's existence, comes a charming rich prince William who actually is a student from the same school as Iceman. Interested in Xiao Xi, William starts his step by moving into Xiao Xi's school to know more about her. With half luring and half threatening, Xiao Xi and William are success to seduce a right number of students to fill the requirement to create an official basketball team. And now, they need a coach. Xiao Xi asks William to bring Dong Qi Shen to be their coach. Qi Shen is the ex-coach from William's and Iceman's school basketball team who had been fired for having failed to bring the team achieve the MVP Award.

One problem has been solved. Xiao Xi tries to build a good-friend relationship with Angel. Surely Angel hates her after knowing she is Chen Feng's girlfriend. Iceman knows basketball is Chen Feng's life and he starts to understand her sister loves Chen Feng. Iceman then gives Xiao Xi a choice: breakup with Chen Feng, then he will let him back to the basketball court. Xiao Xi agrees. Doesn't know the deal Xiao Xi has taken, Chen Feng back to school and basketball team. There's a triangle love among him, Xiao Xi and William. Then comes Barbie who calls herself William's fiance.

Angel finally knows her brother's deal with Xiao Xi. Angel with crying, asks her to keep her promise to breakup with Chen Feng. Angel starts her cunning ways to make Xiao Xi looks like a bad girl. She maligns Xiao Xi has pushed her wheelcair from the school's upstairs and makes a lie by telling Chen Feng that Xiao Xi has forced her to show that she has been able to stand. That's she has to stop annoying him and Xiao Xi. It further exacerbates their relationship.

Unlucky Angel, not long after the incident, Chen Feng caught her is able to stand. Chen Feng is angry. He asks her to apologize to Xiao Xi. But in her sadness, Xiao Xi accepts William's love confession. Chen Feng tries his best to get Xiao Xi's heart back since he does will to help Angel to pay his fault but it doesn't mean he loves her. 

Feeling sad because Chen Feng is angry with her, Angel commits suicide from the rooftop of their house, causing her amnesia and makes her as angelic as her name. Chen Feng ensures Xiao Xi how he has known the all of Angel's tricks but softly Xiao Xi tells him to keep by Angel's side because she needs him more than Xiao Xi.

The tournament has entered its season. Chen Feng joins Xiao Xi's school basketball team and one by one game can be passed successfully.Till the semifinal,William's mother comes from Swiss and gets anger to know her son spends his most time in playing basketball. She threatens to delete William's team from the list if he does not want to quit the team. William persuades her mother to let him for the last time in the final then he will follow her back to Swiss.

They reaches the final game. Chen Feng and Iceman meets again and dramatically Xiao Xi's school basketball team wins it, with Chen Feng as MVP Award recipient. He doesn't want to own the award by himself then he announces that there are two MVP Award recipients in that year: he and Iceman.

Some talent seeker who have seen Chen Feng's plays, offer him to join their club in U.S. Thinking Xiao Xi doesn's love him anymore and there has been William by her side, Chen Feng accepts the offer. But William knows Xiao Xi's love is only for Chen Feng. He tells her Chen Feng will fly to abroad for a long time and they drive to airport in rush. It's too late. Chen Feng's plane has taken off.

Ten years later, Iceman, Angel and the whole players in the last final game reunite in Xiao Xi's school's basketball court. Without Xiao Xi, William and Chen Feng. Because Chen Feng who just arrives from U.S, unintentionally meets the girl he loves because of a big poster of William who has been a GM. Love spreads in the air.

The story begins with toddler, Yoon Joon-suh accidentally causing the switch of his sister and another baby when he drops the name cards on the two babies' cribs in the hospital's baby room. A nurse who comes in puts the name cards back incorrectly. The story then jumps forward to the teenage years of the two main characters: Yoon Eun-suh and Yoon Joon-suh. They are the children of a professor and believe they are biologically brother and sister until Eun-suh gets hit by a truck and needs a blood transfusion. In the beginning of the drama, Eun-suh is portrayed to be very popular in school whereas her rival, Choi Shin-ae, is smart but does not get the attention she craves from the teacher and classmates. Later, their situations are reversed when everyone discovers that they have been switched at birth.

After the doctor runs blood tests on Mr. and Mrs. Yoon for Eun-suh's transfusion, the Yoons find out that Eun-suh belongs to Mrs. Choi, and that Shin-ae is the Yoon's biological daughter. At first, only the parents and brother know about this, but eventually, Shin-ae discovers the truth after she gets into a fierce argument with her non-biological mother over a teddy bear she received from her biological father. Eun-suh only discovers the truth after Shin-ae begged her biological parents to take her in. In the end, the two daughters return to their original birth parents. Shin-ae moves in with the Yoon family, and Eun-suh moves in with Mrs. Choi, (her biological father is dead) who operates a small restaurant living in abject poverty.

Shortly after the switch, the Yoon family moves to the United States and Eun-suh loses touch with them. Ten years later, Joon-suh returns to South Korea as a successful artist. He goes back to the town he lived in, where he encounters his old friend, Han Tae-seok, who stays at the hotel where Eun-suh works as a telephone receptionist and hotel maid. Tae-seok, (who doesn't know about the brother and sister mix-up) falls in love with Eun-suh and manipulates her until she is fired from her job. One day Eun-suh sees Joon-suh and follows him to the beach where he is with Yumi (his fiancée) and Tae-seok, and the two "siblings" finally meet again after ten years.

Eun-suh and Joon-suh pretend to have a sibling relationship in front of the others, but they meet each other secretly and fall deeply in love, though she always refers to him as "older brother." Shin-ae finds out about their relationship and exposes the two after she finds a love letter Eun-suh wrote to Joon-suh. The two decide to stay together, but are soon forced apart again because their parents are against the union, and Yumi hurts herself and blackmails Joon-suh with suicide to hold on to him.

As a fight between Joon-suh and Tae-seok erupts over their love for Eun-suh, she discovers she has leukemia (the same fatal condition that killed her biological father). She doesn't tell anyone except Tae-seok, who offers to pay for her treatment. When her health deteriorates, the others begin finding out the extent of her condition. Eun-suh soon falls into a coma. Joon-suh finds out about Eun-suh's health and reacts with shock and fear. Tae-seok forces Joon-suh to try to wake up Eun-suh. Luckily, she does wake up, but is too weak to follow the treatment. When it is clear that there is no hope, Joon-suh takes her home so she can spend her last days with him. At this point, Yumi finally lets go of Joon-suh. Joon-suh proposes to Eun-suh and they get married. Eun-suh dies as Joon-suh carries her around the beach where they spent her birthday as teenagers.

Before Eun-suh dies, she tells Joon-suh to move on and continue living. However, Joon-suh, dazed and grief-stricken by the death of his love, is struck by a truck in the same place as Eun-suh's accident during her teenage years and perishes.

The series tells the tale of two sworn sisters: Xiao Yanzi, an orphaned adventuress, and Ziwei, a talented young lady with an interesting history. Ziwei is actually the illegitimate daughter of Emperor Qianlong. Eighteen years ago, Qianlong had had an affair with her mother, Xia Yuhe, at Lake Daming in Jinan. Because of political reasons, Qianlong left Yuhe, promising to return for her. However, she was already pregnant with his child and waited faithfully for his return. On her deathbed, Yuhe asks Ziwei to find her father, Qianlong.

With her servant Jinsuo, Ziwei travels to Beijing, only to discover the challenges of entering the Forbidden City. While trying to find a way in, they meet Xiao Yanzi at a wedding. Having been abandoned at a young age, Xiao Yanzi lives with her friends Liu Qing and Liu Hong in the Da Zha Yuan. Ziwei and Xiao Yanzi become close friends, with Ziwei moving in with Xiao Yanzi as she runs out of supplies and money. The night after they take a vow of sisterhood, Ziwei tells Xiao Yanzi her mother's last request and her secret mission.

Xiao Yanzi agrees to help Ziwei, and they plan to meet Qianlong during his hunting trip to a local mountain. However, the climb proves to be a challenge for the frail Ziwei and Jinsuo, and Ziwei decides instead to send Xiao Yanzi as her trustworthy messenger. She gives Xiao Yanzi a fan and painting, both gifts that Qianlong gave Yu He years ago.

In the chaos of the hunt, Xiao Yanzi is shot with an arrow by Fifth Prince Yongqi. Wounded and barely conscious, Xiao Yanzi cannot explain her mission to Qianlong, and seeing Xiao Yanzi carrying his fan and painting, he assumes Xiao Yanzi is Yu He's daughter. He treats Xiao Yanzi kindly as she heals, and with having had a parentless childhood, she decides to "borrow" Ziwei's father for a few days. However, she is soon overcome with guilt.

Meanwhile, Ziwei is frantically worried about Xiao Yanzi, afraid that she was captured and executed as a female assassin. One day, Ziwei sees Xiao Yanzi parading the streets with Qianlong in a palaquin with the title "Huanzhu Gege" and believes Xiao Yanzi has deceived her. Hurt and confused, she chases after the palaquin, screaming Xiao Yanzi's name and causing a commotion. The emperor's guards rush to restrain her, but when Fu Erkang, one of the Emperor's bodyguards, hears hints that she might be telling the truth, he rescues her. The Fu family soon learns the full truth.

Ziwei and Jinsuo are persuaded by the Fus to live in the Fu household, Xue Shi Fu, temporarily. Around this time, Xiao Yanzi learns she could be beheaded for lying to the emperor if the truth comes out. Because both Yongqi and Ertai are infatuated with Xiao Yanzi, they ask Ziwei to keep quiet about her secret.

Slowly, Erkang and Ziwei begin to fall in love. Erkang realizes their marriage is impossible, however, because he cannot marry Ziwei if she only has the status of a commoner. Meanwhile, Xiao Yanzi has her own troubles in the Forbidden City. Her outlandish behaviour and lack of sense of propriety shock and offend the Empress, and one day, even Qianlong becomes overwhelmed with Xiao Yanzi's disobedience and outspokenness. Punished by him with twenty beatings despite pleas from Consort Ling, Yongqi, and Ertai, Xiao Yanzi briefly dreams of fleeing palace life. However, Qianlong and Xiao Yanzi soon mend fences and become even closer.

Sensing the romance between Ziwei and Erkang, Erkang's parents, Fu Da Ren and Fu Jin, kindly ask Ziwei to give up Erkang. Heartbroken, Ziwei and Jinsuo leave Xue Shi Fu without notice, leaving Erkang in panic. Unsuccessful in his search, he calls for the help of Xiao Yanzi, who finds out where Ziwei is from Liu Qing and Liu Hong. When the friends finally find Ziwei, they decide it is perhaps best to sneak Ziwei into the Forbidden City as well.

Ziwei, along with Jinsuo, enjoys an excellent start in the Forbidden City. Although only a court maid, she quickly attracts Qianlong's attention with her talent, intelligence, and kindness. This arouses the jealousy of the Empress, who views Ziwei as a potential political threat. She secretly brings Ziwei to her palace, Kunning Gong, and pierces her with needles. Ziwei nearly dies but is rescued by Qianlong, Xiao Yanzi, Erkang, Ertai, and Yongqi. The incident impresses Qianlong with Ziwei's inner strength, and his love for Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei becomes so great that he takes them on his Wei Fu Chu Xing.

Qianlong uses the time to enjoy life outside the Forbidden City. Hoping to reveal Ziwei's true identity without angering the emperor, Erkang, Yongqi, and Ertai plan to find a chance to request a special order from Qianlong, promising that he will never execute Ziwei and Xiao Yanzi.

During the trip, feelings between Xiao Yanzi and Yongqi begin to arise. Yongqi had begun to develop a crush on Xiao Yanzi after discovering she is not really his sister. However, their relationship is awkward because they are currently considered brother-sister. When Yongqi first admits his feelings to Xiao Yanzi, she is confused and bewildered, but quickly becomes jealous when another girl named Cai Lian likes Yongqi. Xiao Yanzi could not eat or speak during his presence because of her jealously. The day after, when Xiao Yanzi suddenly got a horse and ride away, Yongqi chases after her. Xiao Yanzi got injured and Yongqi told her that she is the only one in his heart and Cai Lian doesn't have the tiniest part of his heart. Once they kissed,Xiao Yanzi returns Yongqi's feelings, and in the meantime, romance between Ziwei and Erkang grows deeper. Unfortunately, Qianlong, subconsciously recalling Ziwei's mother, falls in love with Ziwei as well. Throughout the journey, Xiao Yanzi fights injustice, rescuing many civilians.

Qianlong's Wei Fu Chu Xing is abruptly put to a halt when an old woman tries to assassinate the emperor. Ziwei shields Qianlong from the knife, and though the others get rid of the assassins, the damage is done. Thinking she is on her deathbed, Ziwei asks Qianlong never to execute Xiao Yanzi, which he agrees. She then asks Erkang to marry and thus provide for Jinsuo, her loyal servant and friend.

Miraculously, Ziwei surviving the stabbing, and Qianlong admires her all the more for her remarkable bravery and unbelievably wise, which is very rare for such a girl like her. After returning to the Forbidden City, Qianlong hints that he wants to take Ziwei as his concubine. Meanwhile, Princess Saiya, have arrived in Beijing.

Saiya and Xiao Yanzi quickly develop a rivalry, as Saiya's kung fu skills stir up feelings of competition. After fighting against Erkang in a match, Saiya develops a crush on Erkang. Her father asks Qianlong if he can arrange a marriage between Saiya and Erkang. Although Qianlong originally intended to save Erkang for Xiao Yanzi, he agrees, creating huge dilemmas for Ziwei and Erkang.

At this point, Xiao Yanzi, Ziwei, Yongqi, Erkang, Ertai, and Jinsuo decide it is time to reveal their secret. Qianlong is shocked to discover Ziwei is his true daughter, as he had once considered taking her in as a concubine. He is hurt to know that Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei, two people he trusted most, had tricked him. The Empress takes advantage of the situation to tell Qianlong that she always knew something was wrong with Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei. Under pressure from the Empress, Qianlong agrees to imprison Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei in Zhong Ren Fu, even though Consort Ling pleads that he reconsiders. Jinsuo, wanting to risk her life rather than Ziwei's, joins them.

Hoping to finish Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei once and for all, the Empress conspires with Liang Da Ren, the man in charge of Zhong Ren Fu. She orders him to force Xiao Yanzi, Ziwei, and Jinsuo to sign a statement that their disguise was for an attempt to murder Qianlong. Refusing to sign such a ridiculous document, the three girls are whipped harshly. Knowing that the three cannot survive long in such conditions, Yongqi, Erkang, and Ertai risk their lives and break into the jail to free the three girls. Because they have broken the law, the six decide to run away forever.

At the same time, Qianlong begins to regret his actions. He realizes how much he has grown to love Xiao Yanzi and Ziwei. His officers and Consort Ling also beg that he release them. Qianlong goes to Zhong Ren Fu and decides to let them go, but is aghast that they had already escaped. Furious, Qianlong orders that they all be found and executed.

Feelings of guilt arise as Xiao Yanzi and her entourage run away. Ertai decides to return to the Forbidden City and explain matters to Qianlong. Knowing that Ertai would most likely be beheaded, Ziwei begs that they all return and face Qianlong. They soon agree and return to the Forbidden City.

Despite his original intention to behead them all, Qianlong is heartbroken to see that the three girls have been whipped. He orders them to return to their house (Shu Fang Zai) in the Forbidden City to rest, but they refuse to go until he has forgiven Yongqi, Erkang, and Ertai. Feigning reluctance at first, Qianlong soon admits the entire matter is actually his fault for getting involved with Yu He in the first place. As he also cannot bear to kill his favourite people, he forgives them all. At Shu Fang Zai, Qianlong recognizes Ziwei as his daughter. He hand-feeds her medicine and the two share a father-daughter hug. Despite not being of royal blood, Xiao Yanzi keeps her title as the beloved Huanzhu Gege.

Only the Empress and Nanny Rong are displeased with these developments. The Empress reprimands Qianlong for being tricked by "some eighteen-year-old girls." Qianlong ignores her and questions her on her involvement in conspiring against the girls. Angered, Qianlong orders the Empress's and Nanny Rong's immediate removal to Zhong Ren Fu. Yongqi begs Qianlong to reconsider: it is inappropriate to punish the "Mother of the Country." In her desperation and fury that Qianlong no longer considers her thoughts, the Empress snatches a nearby scissors and cuts part of her hair off, intending to flee to the monastic Buddhist life. Ziwei pleads mercy on their behalf, hoping to make peace with the Empress. Qianlong relents, and the rivalry seems to have ended.

The last obstacle, the proposal between Saiya and Erkang, is solved when Ertai courts Saiya as a favour to Erkang, and the two fall in love. The story concludes with a ceremony, during which Ziwei is proclaimed Ming Zhu Gege (明珠格格, lit. Princess Bright Pearl). Qianlong also announces a betrothal between Xiao Yanzi and Yongqi, Ziwei and Erkang, and Ertai and Saiya. The three couples and Jinsuo end the series by riding on horseback through the countryside, singing with joy.

“The sky in Ganseng, Wonju, Gangreung and Chuncheon. Seemed flying plate-shaped object. It was really big and bolted as fast as an arrow. Concurrently with a thunder, it’s gone in a glance. Then the sky cleaned up without any cloud.”

In 1609, the first year of the reign of King Gwanghae, was the first time for Do Min Joon arriving on Earth. He came from a planet what humans called KMT 184.05, a planet which was very similar to Earth. And now, Min Joon has lived for more than 400 years on this planet where we live in. He has adapted with the whole magnetic fields, gravity and even water. His hearing and sight are 7 times better than the common humans’. He can grab something far just by opening his hand, teleport ability to move from his current position to another location and he can also stops time for 1 minute.

From a human’s point of view, he is just 1 mm in distance from being perfect. But there are two prohibitions he must protect himself not to break. First, it’s forbidden for his body liquid (saliva) and blood to mix with human’s. If not, he will partially lost his power and energy. Second, he will die if he kills humans. The first prohibition is not something really crucial as it only needs some time to heal. But for the second one, Min Joon has to protect himself from that one if he wants to live safely in his last three months living on Earth, before going to return to the star where he comes from.

In other side of that country, an actress is waiting for her next shoot in relax. She is Chun Song Yi the arrogant high levelled-star. Fans scream her name and fight to snap her pictures. Manager and assistant have been trained to never make her waiting to be served. Everything she needs, orders and even thinks should be there in time. She appears on TV, magazines, internet or newspaper, either for movie, drama or commercial breaks. It must be a main role if she takes a part on a movie or drama. She gets the most expensive valued contract and her selfie poster hanged on the most luxurious building with the highest monthly payment for an advertisement. In short, she is the Nation Goddess.

But a fame is only a name. Song Yi’s intelligence is not as bright as her career. She always humiliates her own image without realizing she has just shown people her stupidity. She clearly shows that she can not differentiate mokhwa seed (cotton) and mocha. She mentions she consumes profol for anti-ageing instead of propolis. Even a kid knows what ‘garlic’ is. Shame on her when she tweets she wonders why she smells ‘garlic’ on ‘garlic pizza’. Lol.

Another characters are Se Mi, Hwi Kyung, Jae Kyung, Yu Ra and Lawyer Jang. Se Mi is also an actress. She has been Song Yi’s best friend since they were in junior high. Together they transform from kid actresses to be how they are currently. But Se Mi has to accept the fact that Song Yi is hundred steps further than her. She is the first and Se Mi is the least. People call her Song Yi’s shadow and she gets her fame from her status as a close friend of Song Yi. Since they were young, there has been a big lack of success between them.

Song Yi always gets the main role like she always being the employer's daughter and Se Mi is the daughter of servant of Song Yi’s family on drama. Something has intimidated Se Mi for years is the truth that almost the whole role she acts as, are because Song Yi always asks the directors to involve Se Mi in every projects she is in. But Se Mi is the true actress, she can act without script. She hides her true feeling and waits for the right moment to reveal. Hwi Kyung causes her hatred to Song Yi becomes worst.

Hwi Kyung is the second son/heir of the most powerful company in South Korea. He loves Song Yi since forever. Can be guessed! Se Mi loves Hwi Kyung. Or more precisely, she has loved him as long as Hwi Kyung has patiently waited for Song Yi to accept his heart. Song Yi just considers him as the bestest best-friend. Song Yi instead hoping she can meet again with her first love, the man saving her 12 years ago from a car accident. Hwi Kyung is a very understanding man. Without forcing, he keeps by Song Yi’s side and offers her any helps he can give.

Who’s the 12-years-ago man? He is Do Min Joon. He looks the 12-years-ago Song Yi really looked alike Seo Yi Hwa, the first human girl Min Joon had different feeling to. 400 years ago, Min Joon helped Yi Hwa but she then died in his hug to be shield for him from the archery by men chasing to kill them. 12 years later for Song Yi and Min Joon, in her new apartment, it turns out Song Yi is being neighbor with Do Min Joon who is also a professor in the campus Song Yi is studying at.

Song Yi with her overdosis confidence that she is Chun Song Yi the Nation Goddes, pissed off by Min Joon’s indifference showing he never know who she is and never try to find info about her because he needn’t to know. He never pay her attention till unintentionally Min Joon sees a family picture of hers which he finds Yi Hwa on it. Min Joon forces Song Yi to tell who the real she is.

In a private wedding party held by one of Song Yi’s celeb friend on a yacht, Yu Ra, her rival in entertainment industry, found dead. Police announced it is a suicide and people start to attack Song Yi verbally. They curse her to die. It’s not a secret what a bad sunbae (senior) and hoobae (junior) relationship the two actresses have. Yu Ra is older than Song Yi in age while Song Yi is the senior in this industry. (In South Korea, age is not only a number matter. It’s something affects someone in social life and their utterance with others).

Netizens blame Song Yi. They malign that Yu Ra must be desperately for having been simultaneously mocked by the younger. That’s why she commits suicide. This rumour ruins Song Yi’s career. She loses many contracts and has to pay the penalties. She is removed from her on-going drama which is replaced by Se Mi. Even the CEO who always lures her with perfect facility to make her keep staying in his company, secretly arranges a plan to kick her out from his management. But Song Yi is still Song Yi. She has her head straight and walks gracefully and states she is the party who terminates the contract, no desire to continue the drama and she has bored in collaboration with her old CEO. The truth is she has lost everything. But at least she finally knows what the real nature her best friend has is.

There’s still Hwi Kyung, actually. But she wants to lock herself in her loneliness for awhile. Unexpectedly Min Joon is the only one left by Song Yi’s side. He helps her at any time she needs it. Nevertheless, he does it forcefully. He uses his power to stop time to protect her from an antifans wants to hurt her, suddenly appear from nowhere when she almost falls into ravine. And flashback, Min Joon had helped her in the private party when the drunk Song Yi would fall headlong to Han River.

Min Joon who knows more than common humans do, finds Jae Kyung (Hwi Kyung’s older brother) is someone behind Yu Ra’s death. Jae Kyung is a psychophat who has sent his normal ex-wife to a mental hospital and now, Song Yi who knows he and Yu Ra are dating, will be his next target. It’s because Song Yi keeps Yu Ra’s pouch on the night of her death, which there is a USB that stores Jae Kyung’s crimes evidences. Jae Kyung desires Song Yi’s death because he worries she will tell the detectives (one of them is Se Mi’s older brother) working on Yu Ra’s case about his relationship with Yu Ra, who are suspicious it is a murder. That if it’s known Jae Kyung and Yu Ra date, there’s a possibility he will be inspected and his crimes will be revealed. They are indeed dating. And Yu ra who knows his crimes was pregnant of Jae Kyung’s baby. 

The weak, careless, stubborn and outspoken Song Yi has won over Min Joon’s heart. Not to mention she is being in her lowest power, makes Min Joon wants to help her more. Song Yi, too. She knows that she has been too dependent with Min Joon but she can feel other than needing calls love. She confesses her love. Remembering there are only two months left to stay on Earth, and when it comes, it will hurts Song Yi more than a rejection, Min Joon tells he never like Song Yi and never feel nervous when they are contiguous. Song Yi doesn’t give up.

Min Joon then lies he never interests in Song Yi as herself. Song Yi’s resemblance with Yi Hwa is the only reason why Min Joon always there to help her. Except than that, nothing. To make her give up, Min Joon reveals his real identity that he actually is an alien. Instead of fear like Min Joon’s old friends who scampered after knew the truth about him, Song Yi precisely considers that’s only his trick to stop annoying him. It breaks her heart and pissed her off at once. If Min Joon fools her by telling he is an alien, so Song Yi is a vampire. Lol. 

Min Joon lover her. Loves her so much. That’s why he can’t do what Song Yi orders to never care about her anymore and go away from her life, just leave her alone. Min Joon knows Jae Kyung is targeting her, he applies so many cunning ways to kill Song Yi. Like harming her on shooting set that also hurts his brother to coma and trapping her materialistic mother to sign an exclusive contract with a management under Jae Kyung’s company. Min Joon starts to think killing Jae Kyung is the only way to save Song Yi. But, Lawyer Jang who has been Min Joon's only friend for 30 years, begs him to return to his star safely.

Min Joon then takes a step to be a Manager-lawyer for Song Yi when she acts on action movie where Se Mi gets the main role and she is only a supportive actress. Song Yi asks why. Min Joon says it’s because Song Yi keeps doing things to worry him, like signing contract with random guys and getting caught up in engagement rumours (with Hwi Kyung after he helps Song Yi from an accident in shooting set). Finally he tells the honesty, he loves Song Yi, too. He then explains of how he and his team made the trip to Earth, which involved terraforming an asteroid to make it seem like an ordinary comet, to hide it from the Erath’s view. And to time its arrival to coincide with Earth’s orbit at the point where it’s the nearest the sun. This orbit takes 404 years, so this a month’s time in Min Joon’s last chance to return to his home. Or if not, he will die.

Song Yi hardens her heart, saying she is good in waiting. But waiting for Min Joon to comeback to Earth is not something like waiting for one year even not 10 years. Because Min Joon will never be able to return back to Earth. Song Yi cries. She ask if it’s really impossible for Min Joon to just stay on Earth with her. It has been hundreds of years he lives on Earth and he will go in the minutes they meet? If Min Joon can’t stay, Song Yi asks Min Joon to leave her alone quietly.

Min Joon says yes. But still, it’s far far away from possible for them to forget each other. Song Yi asks Min Joon to spend his last one month to do what couples will do in one or three years of their relationship. Like wearing couple ring in the hundredth day, dinning in Namsan Tower and lock love-lock there, or travelling to Europe in their thiusandth day. Song Yi asks Min Joon to do so because maybe she will bore with Min Joon before the one month period is over. Min Joon agrees, but only less than 1 minute Song Yi can’t see him, she screams and cries telling she worries Min Joon will leave her without saying good bye.

A Korean idol group consists of  Hwang Tae Kyung as the lead vocalist, guitarist and as well as the group leader, Kang Shin Woo the bassist and pianist and Jeremy the vocalist, rapper and drummer, are under waiting their CEO President Ahn’s decision to add a new member into their group. Then through an audition, it has been decided to choose Go Mi Nam as the fourth member in A.N.Jell. But in the last minute several days before revealing the new member, Mi Nam suffers an injury while going under eyelid surgery and have to be sent to America to be healed.

It forces Manager Ma who gets the responsibility to take Mi Nam’s case to find Mi Nam’s identical twin sister, Mi Nyu, to replace her brother’s position. And President Ahn never know about his plan. Mi Nyu is dreaming to be a nun and now is being the student in a junior nun school. With Mi Nam, Mi Nyu have been orphanage since their father’s death and their mother left them without leaving any message. Mi Nyu rejects Manager Ma’s wish but thinking that by appearing on a television is possibly can be seen by her mother, Mi Nam agrees to join A.N.Jell with her brother’s identity, as a boy.

The perfectionist Tae Kyung really hates Mi Nam at the first time and makes her life very hard in their dormitory. Shin Woo is the most kind hearted to her and Jeremy is kinda indifferent. Till Tae Kyung finds that Mi Nam actually is a girl and threatens her to reveal it to President Ahn. Mi Nam begs him to keep the secret till their first showcase, maybe her mother will watch and then search to find her. Tae Kyung agrees but Mi Nam has to hear the worst news. Her mother has died.

But Tae Kyung is not that cruel to chase Mi Nam. He lets her stay and it turns out Mi Nam has won him over.While Tae Kyung thinks he is the only person knowing who Mi Nam is after Manager Ma, Kang Shin Woo actually has known Mi Nam’s real identity. Shin Woo with his gentleness and Tae Kyung with his indifference compete to protect Mi Nam. And Jeremy who still thinks Mi Nam is a boy, curious why everyone tries to be nice to Mi Nam, then starts to feel what his two hyungs feel and worries he is abnormal to like a boy.

Then comes Yoo He Yi, a double-faced actress who tries to keep her fake National Fairy image by crying in front of the camera when seeing a sick kid in hospital then wipes her hand while the camera turns off. Accidentally, she continuously looks being together with Tae Kyung and the netizens spread rumour they are dating. 

He Yi starts to love Tae Kyung and asks him to make a fake dating. Been forcefully framed by He Yi’s plan, Tae Kyung acts He Yi’s lover in front of the screen but ignores her in behind the scene. He Yi who is a real woman, can feel there is something weird about Mi Nam who too often acts not like a boy should be. She knows Mi Nam is actually a girl and uses it to threaten Tae Kyung when he wants to tell public that Tae Kyung and He Yi have ‘broken up’.

Tae Kyung’s mother who has abandoned him since he was a boy, is a senior singer that wants to comeback with a song written by a man she really loves and ask Tae Kyung to rearrange the song. Tae Kyung who starts to show his love to Mi Nam and treats her as a girl, knows that the man his mother loves then makes her leaving the young Tae Kyung is Mi Nam’s father. Conflicts by conflicts build to brick their love. Tae Kyung knows Mi Nam has nothing to blame but he can not lie his heart is hurting to know she is the daughter of the man causing his mother leaves him. 

Fortunately the truth can be found. Tae Kyung’s mother only has an unrequited love and that song is written by Mi Nam’s father to her mom. Finally the real Mi Nam comebacks from America and Mi Nyu can show up as a girl. And it would not have happened without He Yi's help.

It’s a story about Han Jung Suh and her best friend Cha Song Joo. As childhood friends, Jung Suh and Song Joo had a special bond that blossomed into love. They were always by each other’s side when Song Joo’s father dies and Jung Suh’s mother dies due to an eye cancer. After a few months, Jung Suh’s father meets an actress Mi Rae and falls in love with her. The two of them get married and Jung Suh is very happy that her father is finally smiling, stating to Song Joo that she hasn’t seen her father smiles like that since her mother died.

After the stepmother moves in, she brings her daughter Yuri and her son Tae Hwa. The two siblings are children of Mi Rae and her drunken jobless man who had been hidden from public to keep her image clean. In front of Jung Suh’s father, Yuri and Mi Rae act like a perfect kindhearted new mother and sister, but when Jung Suh’s father leaves for work, her stepmother shows her true nature as a cruel woman. And Yuri, in their new school, spreads the rumour that Jung Suh is the kid hidden by the actress Mi Rae. Mi Rae also thwarts Jung Suh’s attempts to study abroad with Song Joo by using it has not been yet a long time since they become a new family as a reason. 

So, Song Joo leaves to America to study alone, leaving the sad Jung Suh behind. Jung Suh is left alone to suffer in the silent cruelty of her step sister and mother. Mi Rae’s plotting for her own daughter to win the affections of Song Joo, who comes from a rich family, and thwarts any attempts of Jung Suh’s to be with Song Joo, like never gives the letter sent by him from America to Jung Suh. All the while, Jung Suh tries to be nice to her new step brother, Tae Hwa, who in return mistakes his friendship for affection. Tae Hwa falls in love with her step sister. 

Time passes. The four teenager have grown up and it’s the time for Song Joo to be back to Korea. Jung Suh who has heard the news about Song Joo’s comeback, is in rush to go to the airport but Yuri chases her from behind with their father’s car. Jung Suh is the first one reaches the airport but she has not met Song Joo yet. Yuri can not control her car then hits Jung Suh. She brings Jung Suh to a hospital. In there, there is a chaos for having been a big accident that kills some people. Yuri looks a corpse who has been really hard to be recocnized because of the bad injured in her face. 

Yuri takes Jung Suh’s pendant and put it to the cprpse and she then brings Jung Suh’s body to her biological father’s house. She asks her father to be a good daddy for her at least once in their entire life, which is willing to save her to hide the truth that she is someone behind Jung Suh’s fake death. Knowing that his Jung Suh has died, Song Joo desperates so badly. Tae Hwa and his father then take care Jung Suh together. And when Jung Suh awakes, it turns out the car accident has had her an amnesia. She doesn’t know who she is and who the two men in front of her. Tae Hwa says that she is his sister. Ans secretly Tae Hwa promises himself not to bring Jung Suh back to her family.

Tae Hwa having passion in painting, get a project to paint in an indoor amusement park owned by Song Joo’s family. And the young graceful Jung Suh has changed to be a brave woman. It has gone a long time for Jung Suh to live together with Tae Hwa and his father, finally Song Joo meets her in one place. Jung Suh who is still under her amnesia, can not recognize who Song Joo is. Song Joo ensures Jung Suh that she is indeed Jung Suh. He brings her to their house nearby a beach where they spend their childhood before they move to big city.

Jung Suh still can not remember who Song Joo is. Even Yuri gets really shock when she meets her step sister and it turns out Jung Suh will work in the same company with her. Yuri treats Jung Suh so badly till Yuri reapeats the same mistake like she ever did to Jung Suh. She almost hist Jung Suh with her car that brings Jung Suh’s memory back. Jung Suh knows who she is and runs to find Song Joo that now she has remembered him. Unfortunately Song Joo has given up and it makes him not too happy when he says Jung Suh has remembered everything. He takes it as a joke.

Till her father meets Jung Suh and asks his daughter to go home. Mi Rae acts by crying so loudly how she misses her loss daughter. The grown up Jung Suh is different with the young weak Jung Suh. Now, she can protect herself from her step mother’s and sister’s pressure. Yuri thinking she has been success to replace Jung Suh as Song Joo’s fiance, has to swallow the bitter pile when she knows that Song Joo wants to marry Jung Suh.

  

Tae Hwa and his father who can not stand to see Mi Rae’s and Yuri’s bad habits, reveal the truth that Yuri is someone who has hit Jung Suh and brought her body to be took care by her father. Mi Rae becomes crazy and be brought to jail with Yuri and her father. But happiness is still not siding to Song Joo and Jung Suh. Jung Suh having an aye cancer like her mother and it has been in final stadium. Tae Hwa who wants Jung Suh to be happy, makes a testament that he will donate his eyes to Jung Suh. Then he kills himself by hitting his car on the highway. But the great effort by Tae Hwa still can not save Jung Suh. The cancer finally sends Jung Suh to death. Song Joo spreads Jung Suh’s ash to the beach where they used to play in their childhood.