BOF star Kim Bum can’t wait to come back to Manila once again..

Kim Bum

Korean actor Kim Bum recently visited Philippines to shoot a commercial and had a two-part with Ruffa Gutierrez for Ruffa and Ai before he left on October 3. The Korean star seemed a bit shy every time Ruffa would tell him how popular he is with Filipinos after watching him in Boys Over Flowers. Previous reports that claim he finds Filipinas attractive and his admission that he doesn’t have a girlfriend sent the audience into squeals and kilig overdrive.

Since Kapamilya Sandara Park is now a well-known singer in Korea, Kim mentioned through his interpreter that it would be nice to work with her someday so he could find out more about Philippines and its people. “Unfortunately he hasn’t seen or met her yet. If ever he gets the chance to meet her, then he’d like to ask more questions about the Philippines because he has such a good impression of the country,” he said thru his interpreter.

Kim has plans of coming back to promote his new soap, Dream, where he plays a rebellious teenager who later trains to become a boxing champ, when it airs on ABS-CBN. “When choosing his projects, he’s not necessarily going after a certain role as long he can be one person, but with two different personalities. Just like in Boys Over Flowers, he was supposed to be a playboy but it turns out that he’s just trying to cover up his broken heart inside,” said his interpreter.

Dream had just finished airing in Korea before he came here to the Philippines last week. But even though he was exhausted from all his work commitments, he was thankful that he was able to make the trip if only to experience the Filipinos’ hospitality. “The best thing he loves about it is having new friendships. Although it’s been raining, everyone has welcomed him with a full heart and he’s very grateful for that. Since his schedule is really hectic, he hopes that he would have more time to meet the people next time.”