Bought this album sometime back but have been too busy to share. Now that I am back home resting with some time to spare, here is one of my fav "Every Little Thing" track 「冷たい雨」- , from their recent "CHANGE" album. [DWL] . Check out the MV below.
I too like the other track 「12ヶ月」（DWL）
Thursday, April 8, 2010
J-Drama: Moon Lovers
Look out for the upcoming drama 『月の恋人～Moon Lovers～』 starring 木村拓哉 Takuya Kimura, Shinohara Ryoko, Kitagawa Keiko,Matsuda Shota(Liar Game Lead actor). Even the Taiwanese model "Lin Chi Ling" is gonna be acting in here! This is an interesting combination.... Kimura and Shota.... 
Another romantic drama but filled with betrayal and conspiracy plot. No doubt, definitely not a lighthearted funny drama.
Kimura never really act in those comedy drama, romantic yes but haa haa hoo hoo drama, no. His drama always has some seriousness , intensity to his character...after a while, its almost like some failsafe "formula" acting and script acceptance. Which is why I never go googoogaga over dramas he star in coz they are always about the same gendre...His variety shows are so funny, just dunno why his drama roles are always the same sort.
In here, Kimura is the president of design company -Regolith. His heart is closed and after meeting Lin Chiling, his closed heart starts to waver... Ryoko works in his company as another capable interior design, his uni schoolmate and a secret admirer of his...Keiko is a wealthy daughter of some top group, and is a model herself, and got romantically involved in Kimura for some reasons.
Oh well...not much details are out yet..but something to lookforward to in Spring.
Another romantic drama but filled with betrayal and conspiracy plot. No doubt, definitely not a lighthearted funny drama.
Kimura never really act in those comedy drama, romantic yes but haa haa hoo hoo drama, no. His drama always has some seriousness , intensity to his character...after a while, its almost like some failsafe "formula" acting and script acceptance. Which is why I never go googoogaga over dramas he star in coz they are always about the same gendre...His variety shows are so funny, just dunno why his drama roles are always the same sort.
In here, Kimura is the president of design company -Regolith. His heart is closed and after meeting Lin Chiling, his closed heart starts to waver... Ryoko works in his company as another capable interior design, his uni schoolmate and a secret admirer of his...Keiko is a wealthy daughter of some top group, and is a model herself, and got romantically involved in Kimura for some reasons.
Oh well...not much details are out yet..but something to lookforward to in Spring.
Tuesday, April 6, 2010
Down in hospital
If u are wondering why the silence....I spent my whole long 3 out of 5 days of the public holidays in hospital... what a crappy way to spend my holidays. If it isnt bad enough, it clashes with my Jap paper.
March has been a terrible month. I have been sick since the start of the month and never really recovered well. It's been one thing after another that even I was sick of myself falling sick. I dunno if its the stress of all the things happening around me, or the bad air or its time to pay my dues after being healthy and completely sick-free for last 3 years. Either way, I sure had to make it up BIG time this time round.
Just when I thought I was recovering from my bout of cold, and funny tummy and those sudden on-off chills, I went to have my sushi lunch. Everything felt fine during lunch. Nothing was amiss.
Then by Thurs eve, I thought it was rather strange that I still felt very bloated and full during dinner time...at 7pm even when my last meal was at 1pm and logically I should be starving by usual standard. So I skipped dinner. My whole body was exhausted. I went to bed at 10.30pm.
I hardly slept because I felt like I had gas up to my chest but I could seriously neither burp nor fart...and I was having muscle spasms....but midnite, it felt horrible with the chills and sharp pain. By 2am, the diarrhea started. I thought it would only last a day but hell was I wrong. I had to literally station myself in the toilet the whole nite and day through. Imagine having a run every 5 mins for several hours. How is it possible for my body to expel so much liquid is beyond comprehnsion.... I was like a literal running tap....gushing at max capacity...It's amazing that I didnt faint.
Stupidly, I didnt realise HK Clinic was open even on public hol. So I took the hit without medication for an extra day until sat morn. Funny how the body craves for salt....even though I couldnt stomach any food or liquid without risking upsetting my tummy. I force an apple coated with salt down and drank gatarode to try to keep the sodium up.
By the time I saw the doc on sat morn, he didnt even need to review more and sent me straight to hospital and arrange for all the bloody test etc etc, and put me on a IV drip. Crap it hurts to have that needle stuck up the hand. Yeah, I am a wimp when it comes to needles. I'm the sort who cringe at needles and blood.. I felt small...realllly small like being back to 5yrs old coward relunctantly having her hand grabbed to get poked.... Never been in a hospital before and not eager to be back....
Didnt get any rest even in the hospital since the doc reckon the best way to get the toxins out is to let teh body flush it out naturally with the runs.....so every hour, I had to unplug the IV drip, push the stand to the toilet, do my business and troddle back. The min I lay down, my tummy starts to rumble as I feel the liquid swoshing inside me... Or when I am just drifting off, the nurses come in alternate hours to feed me med and check my temperature since they were getting worried that my temp went up to 38.5degrees celsuis at one point.
It was the most unbearable week and I swear to god, I wont want another piece of sashimi for at least a month, or make it 3. Even though the doctor said it was nothing to do with the food, what I had was severe gastroenteristis (other wise know as stomach flu) , I still think that last piece of ebi sashimi had something to do with my runs since that was the only meal I had the whole day, and I felt sick 4 hrs after that.... Doc reckon the influenza went into my gut and a bad case thus the agony and I prob wont be up and running till another week.
Crap.
It was really a SHITTY week.
Make it worse, they didnt even have cable in the ward! So I was stuck in bed with no entertainment..God blessed Steve Jobs though for Iphone!!! At least I get to read my manga!
March has been a terrible month. I have been sick since the start of the month and never really recovered well. It's been one thing after another that even I was sick of myself falling sick. I dunno if its the stress of all the things happening around me, or the bad air or its time to pay my dues after being healthy and completely sick-free for last 3 years. Either way, I sure had to make it up BIG time this time round.
Just when I thought I was recovering from my bout of cold, and funny tummy and those sudden on-off chills, I went to have my sushi lunch. Everything felt fine during lunch. Nothing was amiss.
Then by Thurs eve, I thought it was rather strange that I still felt very bloated and full during dinner time...at 7pm even when my last meal was at 1pm and logically I should be starving by usual standard. So I skipped dinner. My whole body was exhausted. I went to bed at 10.30pm.
I hardly slept because I felt like I had gas up to my chest but I could seriously neither burp nor fart...and I was having muscle spasms....but midnite, it felt horrible with the chills and sharp pain. By 2am, the diarrhea started. I thought it would only last a day but hell was I wrong. I had to literally station myself in the toilet the whole nite and day through. Imagine having a run every 5 mins for several hours. How is it possible for my body to expel so much liquid is beyond comprehnsion.... I was like a literal running tap....gushing at max capacity...It's amazing that I didnt faint.
Stupidly, I didnt realise HK Clinic was open even on public hol. So I took the hit without medication for an extra day until sat morn. Funny how the body craves for salt....even though I couldnt stomach any food or liquid without risking upsetting my tummy. I force an apple coated with salt down and drank gatarode to try to keep the sodium up.
By the time I saw the doc on sat morn, he didnt even need to review more and sent me straight to hospital and arrange for all the bloody test etc etc, and put me on a IV drip. Crap it hurts to have that needle stuck up the hand. Yeah, I am a wimp when it comes to needles. I'm the sort who cringe at needles and blood.. I felt small...realllly small like being back to 5yrs old coward relunctantly having her hand grabbed to get poked.... Never been in a hospital before and not eager to be back....
Didnt get any rest even in the hospital since the doc reckon the best way to get the toxins out is to let teh body flush it out naturally with the runs.....so every hour, I had to unplug the IV drip, push the stand to the toilet, do my business and troddle back. The min I lay down, my tummy starts to rumble as I feel the liquid swoshing inside me... Or when I am just drifting off, the nurses come in alternate hours to feed me med and check my temperature since they were getting worried that my temp went up to 38.5degrees celsuis at one point.
It was the most unbearable week and I swear to god, I wont want another piece of sashimi for at least a month, or make it 3. Even though the doctor said it was nothing to do with the food, what I had was severe gastroenteristis (other wise know as stomach flu) , I still think that last piece of ebi sashimi had something to do with my runs since that was the only meal I had the whole day, and I felt sick 4 hrs after that.... Doc reckon the influenza went into my gut and a bad case thus the agony and I prob wont be up and running till another week.
Crap.
It was really a SHITTY week.
Make it worse, they didnt even have cable in the ward! So I was stuck in bed with no entertainment..God blessed Steve Jobs though for Iphone!!! At least I get to read my manga!
Saturday, March 27, 2010
K-Music: God of Study Ballad tracks
Friday, March 26, 2010
3 drama reviews
I would assume everyone heard about the highest ever recorded air pollution in Hk to hit over 500 pollution index... U dun feel the immediate impact but coupled with drastic change in temperature week to week, I have once again succumbed to the virus monster....or rather respiratory tract infection.... So had to call in sick today since my head felt like a huge melon. My nose like a running Tap and my throat feels like a thousand pin is stabbing it.
By now, I have finished watching brillant legacy featuring seunggi , god of study, and now following hello my lady.
To start off, I like brillAnt legacy and saw the other side of seunggi!! I have always seen him more sweet and guilable, thus seeing him acting as a jerk in the drama was a pleasant surprise! I like the drama as it is a sweet and feel good plot with a sort of happy ending. Alls well end well!
The next drama is god of study which frankly I only started from ep 10. I needed to keep my eyes occupied while ironing my overflowing stack of clothes. The leading bad boy is rather cute though much too young to entice further idolisation... The story is simple and more motivating sort of way. I guess audience who are still in high school will prob appreciate this series more since it's about friendship and overcoming your personal obstacles when all seem lost. It kinda make me miss my tutors and remind me of those good old mugging days with my BFFs.. How nostalgic!!! The show was intriguing enough because of lawyer kang who is the pushing factor to set them on the right path. There are moments where my nose started to sniffle at those touching moments. It's a sweet endearing sort of drama which will kinda bring one back to school days... And rind us of those encourging teachers who truly left their mark on us and made a lasting difference!!
Hello my lady only just started in kbs world so i dun have much to say yet. So far it's entertaining enuff to Keep my tired eyes open till the hour drama is over before I m willing to sleep. The story is as below
"Lee Soo Ha, 38th granddaughter of the Jae Ahn Lee clan and owner of the clan manor Hwa Ahn Dang, is trying to save the place from going bankrupt. Hwang Dong Gyu, oldest grandson of the president of TOP Group, is trying to buy Hwa Ahn Dang because his grandfather, who was once a servant at the manor, cannot rest in peace unless he spends his last days in Hwa Ahn Dang's master suite. Hwang Chan Min, Dong Gyu's playboy cousin, is his rival in business and love. Enter Seo Hwa Ran, a model who has a secret history with and a secret plan for Hwa Ahn Dang (and Chan Min), and Lee Joon Yong, Soo Ha's brother and Chan Min's friend who can't forget a girl from Hwa Ahn Dang he knew when he was a kid... "
The lead actress is rather funny in her country bum ways..while it doesn't make me laugh out loud and continously like YAB, it still has it's funny moments to draw a few chuckles. For now, rather worth my time and interest. If it gets good or really bad, will let u know...
That's all the update this week. Will disappear next week...
By now, I have finished watching brillant legacy featuring seunggi , god of study, and now following hello my lady.
To start off, I like brillAnt legacy and saw the other side of seunggi!! I have always seen him more sweet and guilable, thus seeing him acting as a jerk in the drama was a pleasant surprise! I like the drama as it is a sweet and feel good plot with a sort of happy ending. Alls well end well!
The next drama is god of study which frankly I only started from ep 10. I needed to keep my eyes occupied while ironing my overflowing stack of clothes. The leading bad boy is rather cute though much too young to entice further idolisation... The story is simple and more motivating sort of way. I guess audience who are still in high school will prob appreciate this series more since it's about friendship and overcoming your personal obstacles when all seem lost. It kinda make me miss my tutors and remind me of those good old mugging days with my BFFs.. How nostalgic!!! The show was intriguing enough because of lawyer kang who is the pushing factor to set them on the right path. There are moments where my nose started to sniffle at those touching moments. It's a sweet endearing sort of drama which will kinda bring one back to school days... And rind us of those encourging teachers who truly left their mark on us and made a lasting difference!!
Hello my lady only just started in kbs world so i dun have much to say yet. So far it's entertaining enuff to Keep my tired eyes open till the hour drama is over before I m willing to sleep. The story is as below"Lee Soo Ha, 38th granddaughter of the Jae Ahn Lee clan and owner of the clan manor Hwa Ahn Dang, is trying to save the place from going bankrupt. Hwang Dong Gyu, oldest grandson of the president of TOP Group, is trying to buy Hwa Ahn Dang because his grandfather, who was once a servant at the manor, cannot rest in peace unless he spends his last days in Hwa Ahn Dang's master suite. Hwang Chan Min, Dong Gyu's playboy cousin, is his rival in business and love. Enter Seo Hwa Ran, a model who has a secret history with and a secret plan for Hwa Ahn Dang (and Chan Min), and Lee Joon Yong, Soo Ha's brother and Chan Min's friend who can't forget a girl from Hwa Ahn Dang he knew when he was a kid... "
The lead actress is rather funny in her country bum ways..while it doesn't make me laugh out loud and continously like YAB, it still has it's funny moments to draw a few chuckles. For now, rather worth my time and interest. If it gets good or really bad, will let u know...
That's all the update this week. Will disappear next week...
Sunday, March 14, 2010
就想賴著你插曲：禮物 - 劉力揚
I love this song from the Taiwanese Drama - Down with Love. (download)
One of my fav lines in the song is below.
"世上最殘酷的 恐怕是時間
困住人 一切卻還向前 "
Translated:
"Time is probably one of the most cruel thing in life,
Everything else moves ahead, while the person is trapped behind."
禮物 - 劉力揚
終於可以在今天劃上句點
一整夜 翻閱過去畫面
快想不起我們為何會訣別
只看到那雙你送的鞋
走一步又一步 我才發現繞了個圈
走了好幾年 又回到原點
＊你送的禮物 會不會太特別
毫不避諱 那不安的傳言
但漸行漸遠 習慣到沒感覺
難道你早想要我走遠
＃你送的禮物 在此刻好體貼
陪我回憶 把過往走一遍
穿了這些年 難免會有污點
就像每段愛 總會有終點
世上最殘酷的 恐怕是時間
困住人 一切卻還向前
乾涸的眼再擠不出一點鹹
愛到如此可悲的境界
走一步又一步 卻跟不上你的腳步
你滿意了 為什麼我卻只想要哭
重唱 ＊,＃
你說做自己吧 我們都做回自己 哦
不要再為愛受委屈
你送的禮物 原來是一場劫
終於分別 宿命一樣準確
可笑到想要 你賠給我時間
愛情有時廉價得可憐
光著腳我一路奔跑 鮮血淚水一路狂飆
收起我的驕傲 承認曾經備受煎熬
鞋上那記號 只有你能明瞭
過了這一夜 我就全忘掉
One of my fav lines in the song is below.
"世上最殘酷的 恐怕是時間
困住人 一切卻還向前 "
Translated:
"Time is probably one of the most cruel thing in life,
Everything else moves ahead, while the person is trapped behind."
禮物 - 劉力揚
終於可以在今天劃上句點
一整夜 翻閱過去畫面
快想不起我們為何會訣別
只看到那雙你送的鞋
走一步又一步 我才發現繞了個圈
走了好幾年 又回到原點
＊你送的禮物 會不會太特別
毫不避諱 那不安的傳言
但漸行漸遠 習慣到沒感覺
難道你早想要我走遠
＃你送的禮物 在此刻好體貼
陪我回憶 把過往走一遍
穿了這些年 難免會有污點
就像每段愛 總會有終點
世上最殘酷的 恐怕是時間
困住人 一切卻還向前
乾涸的眼再擠不出一點鹹
愛到如此可悲的境界
走一步又一步 卻跟不上你的腳步
你滿意了 為什麼我卻只想要哭
重唱 ＊,＃
你說做自己吧 我們都做回自己 哦
不要再為愛受委屈
你送的禮物 原來是一場劫
終於分別 宿命一樣準確
可笑到想要 你賠給我時間
愛情有時廉價得可憐
光著腳我一路奔跑 鮮血淚水一路狂飆
收起我的驕傲 承認曾經備受煎熬
鞋上那記號 只有你能明瞭
過了這一夜 我就全忘掉
Jang Keun Suk heading to Singapore in April
One of Korea's most beloved young actors, Jang Keun Suk will be throwing an exclusive fan-meeting session in Singapore on April 24 as part of his Asia Tour.
Held at the Rock Auditorium in Suntec, this will be an exclusive opportunity to cozy in with your favourite idol. Apart from singing and dancing, the baby-face actor will also be entertaining fans in an interactive game session.
Tickets to Jang's fan-meeting session in Taiwan were snapped up in a record-breaking 3 hours and only a limited number of tickets will be made available for his Singapore showcase. Ticket sales open tomorrow on March 13.
Ticket Launch
13th March (Sat) from 9am till 12noon
At IMM Shopping Mall, Jurong East, Singapore
*Free Exclusive Poster for every ticket purchased
Fan Sign session: 23rd April, 5:30pm at IMM Garden Plaza (3rd Level)
Fan Meeting session: 24th April, 6pm at Rock Auditorium (Suntec)
Ticketing details:
$250 - Fan Meeting (Priority Seating) plus Fan Signing
Limited to 100 Tickets in Total
*Each email/person is entitled to purchase 1 ticket only
For Overseas Fans, the first 10 to email to: datzenquiries@gmail.com on 13th March at 9am, will be applicable to purchase these tickets. Overseas fans can pay for their tickets via a bank wire transfer to Datzentertainment (Singapore). Details will be provided in the confirmation email.
$168 - Fan Meet (Free Seating)
Limited to 1,100 Tickets in Total
*Each person is entitled to purchase 4 tickets only
Overseas fans can book through Datzentertainment. Email datzenquiries@gmail.com Overseas fans can pay for their tickets via a bank wire transfer to Datzentertainment (Singapore). Details will be provided in the confirmation email.
Held at the Rock Auditorium in Suntec, this will be an exclusive opportunity to cozy in with your favourite idol. Apart from singing and dancing, the baby-face actor will also be entertaining fans in an interactive game session.
Tickets to Jang's fan-meeting session in Taiwan were snapped up in a record-breaking 3 hours and only a limited number of tickets will be made available for his Singapore showcase. Ticket sales open tomorrow on March 13.
Ticket Launch
13th March (Sat) from 9am till 12noon
At IMM Shopping Mall, Jurong East, Singapore
*Free Exclusive Poster for every ticket purchased
Fan Sign session: 23rd April, 5:30pm at IMM Garden Plaza (3rd Level)
Fan Meeting session: 24th April, 6pm at Rock Auditorium (Suntec)
Ticketing details:
$250 - Fan Meeting (Priority Seating) plus Fan Signing
Limited to 100 Tickets in Total
*Each email/person is entitled to purchase 1 ticket only
For Overseas Fans, the first 10 to email to: datzenquiries@gmail.com on 13th March at 9am, will be applicable to purchase these tickets. Overseas fans can pay for their tickets via a bank wire transfer to Datzentertainment (Singapore). Details will be provided in the confirmation email.
$168 - Fan Meet (Free Seating)
Limited to 1,100 Tickets in Total
*Each person is entitled to purchase 4 tickets only
Overseas fans can book through Datzentertainment. Email datzenquiries@gmail.com Overseas fans can pay for their tickets via a bank wire transfer to Datzentertainment (Singapore). Details will be provided in the confirmation email.
Sunday, March 7, 2010
T drama: Down with love overview
Before I knew it, it has been over a month since I last blog anything!!! Gasp!!! Did time really passed by so quickly!!!
In between my busy schedule, I manage to squeeze time in to watch some drama. PrimArily I was in a marathon dash to finish the Taiwanese drama "down with love"... Much that I dun fancy Ella very much as an actress, yet this drama was way better than I had expected. Or perhaps solely because I dint pin any hope and thus was pleasantly surprised by my enjoyment of the series!
I have to confess, I actually kinda like Jerry Yan here. I never like him as an actor previously as I dun think he knows how to act except to act cool in his roles. I didn't think he has any depth to try to capture the essence if the characters that he played in all his previous roles. I dun dislike him, I just think he was a pretty vase. In here, perhaps the role suits him or that he has mature a little and I like him here, if not quite bemused by the guy he played in here. Jerry had captured the sort of rollercoasrer emotions rather well, the anticipation the exitment and the anger... Maybe his personal experience might hVe help himinterpret the reqiuired emotions better here.
In short, I think he suceeded in getting audience to laugh with him and sympathize his predicament.
As for Ella, no offence but she is just not my cup of tea when it comes to romance drama.she is too act cute and her naive silly expression doesn't convince me that I should root for her. I think she is ok incomic roles but in romance with so many cute guys after her is frankly asking too much of my stretch of imagination. I am not saying cute good looking successful man will never fall for plain janen
but truth is, it's as rare as finding a goldmine in your backyard.. Know wat I mean? Acting skills, she is still a little out there for me. Not sure if it's the script or just her. Seeing her and Jerry as a couple gives me the creeps so totally unbelievable..
However the actress who plays Ella sister is good and funny!! I think she did fantastic job protraying a penny conscious yet doting sister...
The story board is that Ella and her sister are abandoned by their debt ridden dad. To raise Ella on her own, the sister abandon her dream as an interior designer and become accountant at a law firm tomake ends meet. Her lawyer boss played by Jerry yan had an underground love relationship with a celeb who is his uni sweetheart. Their relationship is under wrapped as his gf wanted to protect her career as an idol. Only Jerry best fren in uni knows their relationship. His best fren was Also the girl's exbf but he lied that they were not because he wanted to help her get hitched with Jerry. Ella had 2 bad brushes with Jerry and by chance became t
jerry niece and nephew baby sitter. From misunderstding, Jerry originally
misstood Ella as a gay.
To protect her job and her sister killing her from paying penalty if she was fired by Jerry, Ella went along pretending to be gay. By chance she also get to know Jerry best fren when she was ditched by her ex. After spending
much time and several mishap together, Jerry realised he was falling for Ella after his gf decided to reject Jerry proposal and ended their romance. By the time his exbf wanted to patch back, it was too late as his heart was with Ella who didn't realised. The gf unable to accept the facts that she lost Jerry ESP to a plain Jane seemed Jerry best fren help. The dude was still in love with her and thus agreed to help by going after ella himself si that Jerry willback off. It worked inkeeping Jerry from revealing his budding love to Ella but it did not bring Jerry and his ex back. The ex gf schemed and tried all
means to winjerry back but in vain...
Meanwhile Ella sister was devasted as she had carried atorch for Jerry best fren all along. However she learnt to accept the facts after hearing jerrys inner thoughts abt wanting the person he love to be happy...
In the end, well it's a happy ending for Jerry of course but it's nice to see how they get there....
The story is not riveting but if I have time, it does have a strong pull to keep me fixated till I must go out. There are funny moments- more from jerry and quite a good drama to watch to pass time. Would I recommend it, yeah not bad. Why not if u have the time?
Those who doesnt need the English Subs can watch the whole completed series here in You tube. Here is the starting point for Ep 6 (watch Ep 6 -Part 1). You can follow the rest based on the uploader channel.
In between my busy schedule, I manage to squeeze time in to watch some drama. PrimArily I was in a marathon dash to finish the Taiwanese drama "down with love"... Much that I dun fancy Ella very much as an actress, yet this drama was way better than I had expected. Or perhaps solely because I dint pin any hope and thus was pleasantly surprised by my enjoyment of the series!
I have to confess, I actually kinda like Jerry Yan here. I never like him as an actor previously as I dun think he knows how to act except to act cool in his roles. I didn't think he has any depth to try to capture the essence if the characters that he played in all his previous roles. I dun dislike him, I just think he was a pretty vase. In here, perhaps the role suits him or that he has mature a little and I like him here, if not quite bemused by the guy he played in here. Jerry had captured the sort of rollercoasrer emotions rather well, the anticipation the exitment and the anger... Maybe his personal experience might hVe help himinterpret the reqiuired emotions better here.
In short, I think he suceeded in getting audience to laugh with him and sympathize his predicament.
As for Ella, no offence but she is just not my cup of tea when it comes to romance drama.she is too act cute and her naive silly expression doesn't convince me that I should root for her. I think she is ok incomic roles but in romance with so many cute guys after her is frankly asking too much of my stretch of imagination. I am not saying cute good looking successful man will never fall for plain janen
but truth is, it's as rare as finding a goldmine in your backyard.. Know wat I mean? Acting skills, she is still a little out there for me. Not sure if it's the script or just her. Seeing her and Jerry as a couple gives me the creeps so totally unbelievable..
However the actress who plays Ella sister is good and funny!! I think she did fantastic job protraying a penny conscious yet doting sister...
The story board is that Ella and her sister are abandoned by their debt ridden dad. To raise Ella on her own, the sister abandon her dream as an interior designer and become accountant at a law firm tomake ends meet. Her lawyer boss played by Jerry yan had an underground love relationship with a celeb who is his uni sweetheart. Their relationship is under wrapped as his gf wanted to protect her career as an idol. Only Jerry best fren in uni knows their relationship. His best fren was Also the girl's exbf but he lied that they were not because he wanted to help her get hitched with Jerry. Ella had 2 bad brushes with Jerry and by chance became t
jerry niece and nephew baby sitter. From misunderstding, Jerry originally
misstood Ella as a gay.
To protect her job and her sister killing her from paying penalty if she was fired by Jerry, Ella went along pretending to be gay. By chance she also get to know Jerry best fren when she was ditched by her ex. After spending
much time and several mishap together, Jerry realised he was falling for Ella after his gf decided to reject Jerry proposal and ended their romance. By the time his exbf wanted to patch back, it was too late as his heart was with Ella who didn't realised. The gf unable to accept the facts that she lost Jerry ESP to a plain Jane seemed Jerry best fren help. The dude was still in love with her and thus agreed to help by going after ella himself si that Jerry willback off. It worked inkeeping Jerry from revealing his budding love to Ella but it did not bring Jerry and his ex back. The ex gf schemed and tried all
means to winjerry back but in vain...
Meanwhile Ella sister was devasted as she had carried atorch for Jerry best fren all along. However she learnt to accept the facts after hearing jerrys inner thoughts abt wanting the person he love to be happy...
In the end, well it's a happy ending for Jerry of course but it's nice to see how they get there....
The story is not riveting but if I have time, it does have a strong pull to keep me fixated till I must go out. There are funny moments- more from jerry and quite a good drama to watch to pass time. Would I recommend it, yeah not bad. Why not if u have the time?
Those who doesnt need the English Subs can watch the whole completed series here in You tube. Here is the starting point for Ep 6 (watch Ep 6 -Part 1). You can follow the rest based on the uploader channel.
Tuesday, February 2, 2010
New T-Drama: Down with Love" (就想賴著妳)
Just a little variant away from korean drama and variety shows....
Taiwanese drama just started on "Down with Love" (就想賴著妳) starring Jerry yan and Ella from S.H.E.
Watch
Episode 1 (with eng sub)
Plot
Basically Jerry Yan plays Yu Ping, a top-notch brillant lawyer who is good at divorce and inheritance lawsuits. While proficient in his job, he is a very cool, smart, sharp tongued guy and cold too. Not to mention he dislikes children but he had to care for the 2 niece and nephew as his brother died in a accident. The 2 made his life chaotic as they constantly play pranks on the nanny he hired, as they wanted to draw his attention. At absolute exasperation with the kids tactics as well as nannies hitting on him, he finally accepted his secretary suggestion to hire her sister as his nanny, with the assurance that her tomboyish sister will not fall in love with him by lying that she does not like men at all. This begins the cross path and tribulations of relation between the 2. Jerry has a best friend who is in love with Herry's love interest. Incidentally the love interest is some celeb resulting in the hush hush relationship below the media radar.
Ella Chen plays "Yang Guo" and the role of a nanny of two children. She and her sister used to be daughters of some wealthy family but was abandoned by their father when he went bankrupt. Unlike her shrewd sister, Ella's character is more innocent, naive and non calculative. She is under the thumb of her sister when it comes to "earning money". She was ditched by several bf because she was "boring and unsexy" and her first encounter with Jerry had been unplesant resulting in her losing her waitress job, thus ending up as his nanny.
Initial Review
I have seen the first ep and frankly, Jerry isnt that bad here. At least I thought the show was intriguing enough. Ella isnt pretty but I think she deliver her role well enough here for now. Her "blur" look and heart broken scenes were both sad and funny enough too.
try it and let me know what u guys think.
Taiwanese drama just started on "Down with Love" (就想賴著妳) starring Jerry yan and Ella from S.H.E.
Watch
Episode 1 (with eng sub)
Plot
Basically Jerry Yan plays Yu Ping, a top-notch brillant lawyer who is good at divorce and inheritance lawsuits. While proficient in his job, he is a very cool, smart, sharp tongued guy and cold too. Not to mention he dislikes children but he had to care for the 2 niece and nephew as his brother died in a accident. The 2 made his life chaotic as they constantly play pranks on the nanny he hired, as they wanted to draw his attention. At absolute exasperation with the kids tactics as well as nannies hitting on him, he finally accepted his secretary suggestion to hire her sister as his nanny, with the assurance that her tomboyish sister will not fall in love with him by lying that she does not like men at all. This begins the cross path and tribulations of relation between the 2. Jerry has a best friend who is in love with Herry's love interest. Incidentally the love interest is some celeb resulting in the hush hush relationship below the media radar.
Ella Chen plays "Yang Guo" and the role of a nanny of two children. She and her sister used to be daughters of some wealthy family but was abandoned by their father when he went bankrupt. Unlike her shrewd sister, Ella's character is more innocent, naive and non calculative. She is under the thumb of her sister when it comes to "earning money". She was ditched by several bf because she was "boring and unsexy" and her first encounter with Jerry had been unplesant resulting in her losing her waitress job, thus ending up as his nanny.
Initial Review
I have seen the first ep and frankly, Jerry isnt that bad here. At least I thought the show was intriguing enough. Ella isnt pretty but I think she deliver her role well enough here for now. Her "blur" look and heart broken scenes were both sad and funny enough too.
try it and let me know what u guys think.
Monday, January 25, 2010
busy busy...but never missing my korean variety
Been doing some interviews for some temp job and its taking up so much effort! Hopefully will get to land on something soon, else its annoying to think of the time wasted.
Barely have enough time.
Havent caught the last ep for Liar Game, havent start on Code Blue S2. Arrrrhhhh.
Been holed up at home watching Korean variety shows.
My two favs are "let's go Dream Team Season 2" and "2days 1 nite"
In "Let's go S2", I simply love watching Minho from Shinee...yes I have said this before but saying it again, he is just so damn adorable! I just love him giving it all and his very innocent childlike expression...hard to imagine him as being part of a boyband pop idol...he just come across like any atheletic..he is the fittest of them all and the most determined! There is a site that has all the eps but not all are eng sub... its a pity coz I would love to flag this to anyone who cares to listen...its good! [link]
In "2 days 1 nite", it's sooooo hilarious that it never fail to crack me up in each episode. Not only that, each episode shows different beautiful scenery sites in various parts of Korea. Some scenes are amazing!
The guys's banter, tricks on each other, and even simple flat liners with a poker face just tickles my funny bone! Each guy has his own personality and put together in a pot, the chemistry is explosively good!
I couldnt wait to see what pranks they play on each other and what they will do not to get the penalties...
They are men but they remind u of boys.... its just so fun to watch 6 guys on the road having a good time yet never failing to entertain their viewers...I love the side captions that always make fun of the guys. Poor seunggi, i think he is the sweetest but I always get the sense he is being "bullied" by the rest. Jiwon and MC Mong are the "wild mischieous duo" who are always up to mischief when paired together... Su Guen is another one that cracks me up everytime esp when he fail teh challenges such as forgetting his multiplication table with that "Really?!" expression....ahhh...so much to say but difficult to describe jokes...I dunno if there are anywhere that has the full running epsiodes but here's one sub video i found (link) to bait u:P
Barely have enough time.
Havent caught the last ep for Liar Game, havent start on Code Blue S2. Arrrrhhhh.
Been holed up at home watching Korean variety shows.
My two favs are "let's go Dream Team Season 2" and "2days 1 nite"
In "Let's go S2", I simply love watching Minho from Shinee...yes I have said this before but saying it again, he is just so damn adorable! I just love him giving it all and his very innocent childlike expression...hard to imagine him as being part of a boyband pop idol...he just come across like any atheletic..he is the fittest of them all and the most determined! There is a site that has all the eps but not all are eng sub... its a pity coz I would love to flag this to anyone who cares to listen...its good! [link]
In "2 days 1 nite", it's sooooo hilarious that it never fail to crack me up in each episode. Not only that, each episode shows different beautiful scenery sites in various parts of Korea. Some scenes are amazing!
The guys's banter, tricks on each other, and even simple flat liners with a poker face just tickles my funny bone! Each guy has his own personality and put together in a pot, the chemistry is explosively good!
I couldnt wait to see what pranks they play on each other and what they will do not to get the penalties...
They are men but they remind u of boys.... its just so fun to watch 6 guys on the road having a good time yet never failing to entertain their viewers...I love the side captions that always make fun of the guys. Poor seunggi, i think he is the sweetest but I always get the sense he is being "bullied" by the rest. Jiwon and MC Mong are the "wild mischieous duo" who are always up to mischief when paired together... Su Guen is another one that cracks me up everytime esp when he fail teh challenges such as forgetting his multiplication table with that "Really?!" expression....ahhh...so much to say but difficult to describe jokes...I dunno if there are anywhere that has the full running epsiodes but here's one sub video i found (link) to bait u:P
Friday, January 15, 2010
J-Music: Let it Go 「Yuna Ito」
I have grow rather fond of Yuna Ito after owning her last "HEART" album featuring "Endless", a theme song from Nana Movie. (Actually I heard the album before watching the movie) *Awww she is sooooo sexy & pretty!!!*
So comes her recent album "Let it Go", and I thought of checking it out. There are 4 tracks, 2 songs and 2 instrumental. While Let it Go is fast becoming my favorite, I still have doubts about Happy days which hasnt quite charmed me yet.
Well, Jpop lovers, here is "Let it Go" to share. [dwnld]
誰を信じて歩けばいいの？
都会の中 さ迷ってた Everyday
いつになれば心が晴れるの?
曇り空に 問いかけてた Always
運命が引き寄せた
君に出逢わなければ
今も心閉ざして
不器用な私のまま
過ごしていただろう
君がいれば生きていける
君がいれば怖くないから いつでも
その笑顔 抱きしめたい
気持ちが強くさせるの
一人きりじゃ生きられない
一人きりじゃ何も生まれない
二人なら いくらでも乗り越えていけるよ
甘える事なんてできなくて
誰といても 意地張ってた Everyday
弱い所なんて見せられない
どうすればいいのか
悩んでいた Always
手を掴んだら離さない
君に出逢ってからは
世界が変わったように
街の景色も全て 違って見えるよ
君がいれば大丈夫と
本当にそう思えるから いつでも
そばにいて 抱きしめたい
気持ちが強くさせるの
例え 離れてしまっても
例え 失いそうになっても
二人は きっと何処かで繋がってるよ
愛の言葉の意味は
まだわからないけれど
ただ一つ言えるのは
溢れそうなくらい 愛しさ感じてる
Let it go, Let it go,
I know you have to go,
Let it go, Let it go,
You’re always on my mind いつでも
そばにいて 抱きしめたい
気持ちが強くさせるの
例え 離れてしまっても
例え 失いそうになっても
二人の 愛は消えないから
奇跡は続いてくから
永遠を信じているから
Thursday, January 14, 2010
K-Music: I hope (FT Island)
Those who read my earlier sharepost will know that "I Hope" is my current fav track from FT Island's recent "Double Date" album release. It's hip, its catchy, funky and happy!
The MV is quite cute, the boys are all quite cute but for me, esp Hongki is quite cute with his charm- the bashfulness, the smile, the wink and the adorable boyishness. Not to forget the pink striped vest that somehow reminds me of the cottoncandy man in carnivals..... I like the little boys (and girls) too, mimicking their "idols", esp the little one with the hairbrush pretending to be a singer like Hongki... :)
The MV is quite cute, the boys are all quite cute but for me, esp Hongki is quite cute with his charm- the bashfulness, the smile, the wink and the adorable boyishness. Not to forget the pink striped vest that somehow reminds me of the cottoncandy man in carnivals..... I like the little boys (and girls) too, mimicking their "idols", esp the little one with the hairbrush pretending to be a singer like Hongki... :)
J-Music: ふたつの唇「EXILE」
Sorry to those who had wanted recaps for Tokyo Dogs but I had to disappoint u guys after 2 summaries. I didnt have time then and any spare was too caught up with YAB...
after than it was simply to hard to write so many accumulated episodes. The subs are out anyway....:)
To compensate, I am sharing the ending theme song instead.
Futatsu no kuchibiru「ふたつの唇」by EXILE (dwnld)
after than it was simply to hard to write so many accumulated episodes. The subs are out anyway....:)
To compensate, I am sharing the ending theme song instead.
Futatsu no kuchibiru「ふたつの唇」by EXILE (dwnld)
Anjell performing at SBS awards
I am such a sucker...when Nimy posted this "good stuff" for us all in the chatbox, I was resisting...resisting to get all suck in all over again with YAB. However, resistance is futile!!!
When I saw the "ANJELL" performance, my stupid lopsided grin was plastered all over my face AGAIN thruout the whole video! Will this addiction never stop?!!! When my Hyung-nim pops out, I was like "Ahhh Ahhhh Ahhhh"!!! When I saw the auntie spectator crowd using her bino for closeup view, I was thinking "I want that tooooo!" I am going crazy...yet despite knowing that, I still want to play the clip repeatedly for tonight! Hoooo Hoooo
Everyone looks sooo gooood there! Park looked sooooo pretty, Hongki looked and sound pretty cool there and Shinwoo, well shinwoo looks goregous pie (though a little awkward and only one not singing....).
The strange thing is apart from actual singing, I dont think they are actually playing the instruments either, save for Hong Ki who seemed to be the only one having the serious expression when playing the drumset. Everyone else seem to be play acting, esp shinwoo...haaaaa. So I assume the setup is just to match the YAB scene.
JGS is looking more and more polish and confident with each increasing performance and appearance. Canx wait to see his next performance, hopefully not in a period drama though because I dont quite get drawn in for those...
Incidentally, is it true that everyone in ANJELL except JGS won an award for YAB?
PS: Thanks Nimy for the treasure find!!!
When I saw the "ANJELL" performance, my stupid lopsided grin was plastered all over my face AGAIN thruout the whole video! Will this addiction never stop?!!! When my Hyung-nim pops out, I was like "Ahhh Ahhhh Ahhhh"!!! When I saw the auntie spectator crowd using her bino for closeup view, I was thinking "I want that tooooo!" I am going crazy...yet despite knowing that, I still want to play the clip repeatedly for tonight! Hoooo Hoooo
Everyone looks sooo gooood there! Park looked sooooo pretty, Hongki looked and sound pretty cool there and Shinwoo, well shinwoo looks goregous pie (though a little awkward and only one not singing....).
The strange thing is apart from actual singing, I dont think they are actually playing the instruments either, save for Hong Ki who seemed to be the only one having the serious expression when playing the drumset. Everyone else seem to be play acting, esp shinwoo...haaaaa. So I assume the setup is just to match the YAB scene.
JGS is looking more and more polish and confident with each increasing performance and appearance. Canx wait to see his next performance, hopefully not in a period drama though because I dont quite get drawn in for those...
Incidentally, is it true that everyone in ANJELL except JGS won an award for YAB?
PS: Thanks Nimy for the treasure find!!!
Wednesday, January 13, 2010
E-Music: It's Only Christmas (Ronan Keating)
Xmas is over, yeah I know... but still wanna share this song "It's Only Christmas" by Ronan Keating.
It's a melancholic ballad from his latest album "Winter Songs" released last Dec. The poignant melody and lyrics struck a chord with me.
So here it is.
Dedicated to that special person, with fond memories...
Download
It's a melancholic ballad from his latest album "Winter Songs" released last Dec. The poignant melody and lyrics struck a chord with me.
So here it is.
Dedicated to that special person, with fond memories...
Download
Sunday, January 10, 2010
K-Music: FT island - Double Date
Just uploaded 3 of my current favourite tracks to share from FT Island's latest Double Date Album. Not sure if I like them as much as I did for "Missing you" from the last Jump album but the new tracks are still ok.
While many people may like the new track "Lie" (dwnld), I actually kinda prefer "Love letter" (dwnld). I found the latter to be more catchy and upbeat, which personally I found is more in line with the image of FTI. "Lie" is a tad melodramatic that brings to mind the sort of sad & cursed love drama.
Track 14 남의 속도 모르고 (dwnld) has quite a good electric guitar play in between and overall the track is pretty appealing in its own way too.
While many people may like the new track "Lie" (dwnld), I actually kinda prefer "Love letter" (dwnld). I found the latter to be more catchy and upbeat, which personally I found is more in line with the image of FTI. "Lie" is a tad melodramatic that brings to mind the sort of sad & cursed love drama.
Track 14 남의 속도 모르고 (dwnld) has quite a good electric guitar play in between and overall the track is pretty appealing in its own way too.
But my current favorite might be this "바래 I Hope" (Dwnld)
No matter, hope u guys enjoy the tracks as I do.
No matter, hope u guys enjoy the tracks as I do.
Credit: Music source from ihoneyjoo
Thursday, January 7, 2010
Currently watching...
I finally found time to catch up on the first few ep of Liar Game season 2. It's up to ep #7 now so I have some marathon to do... Based on the first few epi I have seen, as usual, the "games" are still as intriguing and ingenius as ever, and Nao is less annoying as she was in season one.
Looks like my coming week isnt going to be as boring as I feared if this season lived up to my expectation as season one had... If u are a person who enjoys "Mind games", this is one drama for u (if u dont mind bearing with some annoying eccentric characters along with it)
Havent quite figured out why they even bother with Code Blue season 2, airing on 11th Jan 2010...I didnt even think season one was that great, but I suppose it is good news for yamapi fans...
Looks like my coming week isnt going to be as boring as I feared if this season lived up to my expectation as season one had... If u are a person who enjoys "Mind games", this is one drama for u (if u dont mind bearing with some annoying eccentric characters along with it)
Havent quite figured out why they even bother with Code Blue season 2, airing on 11th Jan 2010...I didnt even think season one was that great, but I suppose it is good news for yamapi fans...
Tuesday, January 5, 2010
Movie review: 500 days of summer..oh how I hated it
CAught 500 days movie on the plane back to Oz.
Frankly, I dont like it.
I dont like the script.
I dont like the actress.
I dont like the delivery.
It has a good concept but somehow the plot got lost and - the female character pissed me off. She is supposed to be some female version of cassanova who apparently seem to have no issues about sleeping around and breaking a guy's heart, just to fulfil her own selfish desire and motivation. When she gets sick of the guy, she just cast them aside with relative disdain. I found such attitude annoying, esp when the movie seem to have no reproach for such behaviour makes it appalling for me.
A movie is either to entertain or to educate. This story fulfils neither objective. It is not entertaining because the theme itself is too human drama or cutting too close to reality to be anything remotely funny. While there is a dose of reality that there are people - scumbags like that, what purpose is there to produce a movie delivering a known fact - that selfish people like that can theorise their behaviour with a callous attitude and disbelief in love and when it suits them, can easily turn around and say "Oh I am sooo converted". Bullshit. These people knows love exist but just are too cowardly to own up because they are afriad to face the possibility that there might not be that someone out there who shares the same chemistry with them. So rather than admitting they had failed in love, they rather pushed the blame to some quack whacky belief of not believing in love.
To the other point, there is absolutely nothing educational in this except that we know how used and abused this poor guy is. While it is true that most people will get sucked in to playing along with this "no label" friends with fringe benefit relationship, what is the story trying to tell us?That it is ok to be taken for a ride and treated like a fool if u ever find yourself in this situation, better to have love or never love at all right? Or for the weak hearted, avoid it like a plague because your future is written on the wall? The movie ending was weak, corny and pathetic. Autumn? A girl call autumn? Cheeeeeeesyyyyy!!!! Dont give me bull shit about "miracles" and everything is destiny..... there is no such thing and even if it is a hard sell about such fantasy, at least have the decency to package it nicely and deliver it with more conviction.....
This movie is nothing but an utter waste of time (and film) and as many other lame titles, should be flushed down the drain and be forgotten
Frankly, I dont like it.
I dont like the script.
I dont like the actress.
I dont like the delivery.
It has a good concept but somehow the plot got lost and - the female character pissed me off. She is supposed to be some female version of cassanova who apparently seem to have no issues about sleeping around and breaking a guy's heart, just to fulfil her own selfish desire and motivation. When she gets sick of the guy, she just cast them aside with relative disdain. I found such attitude annoying, esp when the movie seem to have no reproach for such behaviour makes it appalling for me.
A movie is either to entertain or to educate. This story fulfils neither objective. It is not entertaining because the theme itself is too human drama or cutting too close to reality to be anything remotely funny. While there is a dose of reality that there are people - scumbags like that, what purpose is there to produce a movie delivering a known fact - that selfish people like that can theorise their behaviour with a callous attitude and disbelief in love and when it suits them, can easily turn around and say "Oh I am sooo converted". Bullshit. These people knows love exist but just are too cowardly to own up because they are afriad to face the possibility that there might not be that someone out there who shares the same chemistry with them. So rather than admitting they had failed in love, they rather pushed the blame to some quack whacky belief of not believing in love.
To the other point, there is absolutely nothing educational in this except that we know how used and abused this poor guy is. While it is true that most people will get sucked in to playing along with this "no label" friends with fringe benefit relationship, what is the story trying to tell us?That it is ok to be taken for a ride and treated like a fool if u ever find yourself in this situation, better to have love or never love at all right? Or for the weak hearted, avoid it like a plague because your future is written on the wall? The movie ending was weak, corny and pathetic. Autumn? A girl call autumn? Cheeeeeeesyyyyy!!!! Dont give me bull shit about "miracles" and everything is destiny..... there is no such thing and even if it is a hard sell about such fantasy, at least have the decency to package it nicely and deliver it with more conviction.....
This movie is nothing but an utter waste of time (and film) and as many other lame titles, should be flushed down the drain and be forgotten
Manga : Shiawase kissa sanchoume, Loving it...
Everytime I log in I feel a sense of guilt... like I should be doing some summary and not "chit chatting" away by myself... I mean who on earth wants to know what I am doing right? oh well, indulge me:)
The reason for my apparent "laziness" is due to my current obsession with the manga "shiawase kissa sanchoume"/ 幸福喫茶3丁目 (read here) while waiting patiently for skip beat to get more exciting. Skip Beat Chapt 151 is out but it's back to Love Me section plot again... so the interesting bit starts next chap out on 5th feb. I wish they would just focus on Ren and Shou.....otherwise I will get bored....
Back to SkS....must have mentioned somewhere last year how I love this manga "SKS" for its cute drawing. The story isnt the common "Leading girl" acts stupid/helpless and boy tries to rescue her sort of shoujo romantic. No No...I wont like such a wimpy plot. Rather in here, the storyboard is simple in Uru search for happiness. Not the sort of relationship love, but more of the all encompassing love from friends to family sort. Uru is kinda innocently simple, cute, helpful warm hearted with incredible strength.
Uru decided to give her mum and her new marriage privacy and hence she chose to shift out and exert her own independence by working in a dessert cafe Café Bohneur. The 2 leading guys (Shindou - the guy who made the lovely dessert and the other ichirou who needs to be fed constantly or will fall asleep) are both cute in their own subtle ways (looking out for Uru).
I love their simple quirky friendship and their character development. Shindou is an abandoned child at 6yr by his mother and had been plagued by nitemare over it. He was adopted by his current foster father who owns the cafe and indirectly influenced shindou to be the excellent dessert cake patisserie. Outwardly looking unfriendly and unsociable to people who doesnt know him (and his constant thundering over a snoozing Ichirou) , Uru was able to slowly draw out his inner gentle and warmth with her cheerfulness. The other employee Ichirou is a very smart guy but has a weird "illness" , where he needs to be fed constantly at a regular interval or he will just fall (literally) asleep. So much so that he even had to retain a year because he slept too much.... As the story develops, we found out why Icihrou developed this "illness" at childhood. We also witness his emerging feelings for Uru and how his uncanny intuitive sense will see him "popping" up unexpectedly, thus foiling Shindou's foster ongoing plan to get Shindou and Uru together / date privately. There is no animousity between the 2 guys and we see when Shindou really needs comfort, Ichirou had no qualms in "loaning" Uru to console Shindou.
The reason for my apparent "laziness" is due to my current obsession with the manga "shiawase kissa sanchoume"/ 幸福喫茶3丁目 (read here) while waiting patiently for skip beat to get more exciting. Skip Beat Chapt 151 is out but it's back to Love Me section plot again... so the interesting bit starts next chap out on 5th feb. I wish they would just focus on Ren and Shou.....otherwise I will get bored....
Back to SkS....must have mentioned somewhere last year how I love this manga "SKS" for its cute drawing. The story isnt the common "Leading girl" acts stupid/helpless and boy tries to rescue her sort of shoujo romantic. No No...I wont like such a wimpy plot. Rather in here, the storyboard is simple in Uru search for happiness. Not the sort of relationship love, but more of the all encompassing love from friends to family sort. Uru is kinda innocently simple, cute, helpful warm hearted with incredible strength.
Uru decided to give her mum and her new marriage privacy and hence she chose to shift out and exert her own independence by working in a dessert cafe Café Bohneur. The 2 leading guys (Shindou - the guy who made the lovely dessert and the other ichirou who needs to be fed constantly or will fall asleep) are both cute in their own subtle ways (looking out for Uru).
I love their simple quirky friendship and their character development. Shindou is an abandoned child at 6yr by his mother and had been plagued by nitemare over it. He was adopted by his current foster father who owns the cafe and indirectly influenced shindou to be the excellent dessert cake patisserie. Outwardly looking unfriendly and unsociable to people who doesnt know him (and his constant thundering over a snoozing Ichirou) , Uru was able to slowly draw out his inner gentle and warmth with her cheerfulness. The other employee Ichirou is a very smart guy but has a weird "illness" , where he needs to be fed constantly at a regular interval or he will just fall (literally) asleep. So much so that he even had to retain a year because he slept too much.... As the story develops, we found out why Icihrou developed this "illness" at childhood. We also witness his emerging feelings for Uru and how his uncanny intuitive sense will see him "popping" up unexpectedly, thus foiling Shindou's foster ongoing plan to get Shindou and Uru together / date privately. There is no animousity between the 2 guys and we see when Shindou really needs comfort, Ichirou had no qualms in "loaning" Uru to console Shindou.
Other characters such as Ichirou's little 6yr old brother and sakura the little 6yr old sister of a "rival" Japanese confectionary store are also both adorable.
I find it hard to explain further what draws me. Maybe its the human dynamics that made it warm and fuzzy, maybe its all the funny expressions that had kept it going for me. I especially like the stickman drawings that are intermittenly inserted that makes me laugh...
I am now up to Vol 13 - chpt 70, with 2 more volume to completion but canx find them online yet even though the raw Jap manga is already completed. The story is at an exciting crux where another mysterious famous dessert franchise boss is "blackmailing" / "toying" with Uru simple trusting nature. Now that he discover's Shindou liking for Uru, what other mean tactics will he use to try to "destroy" Uru's happiness and the love and protection she is basking in? Also, I am keen to find out wht Shindou's mum abandon him, and who exactly is his foster father....
If you like the drawing of Skip Beat, I think u will love this as well.
I heard Tokyo Pop has finally recently licensed this series. I wonder if they will make an anime or a drama series out of this because I can see the potential in this. However, I doubt the drama will be as humourous as the manga itself because some expressions made by the stickman are just hard to duplicate with a real person....
Saturday, January 2, 2010
Kbs award and happy 2010!!
Recovering from my Xmas trip and a very hapy new year to everyone.
It's really hard to believe a year has gone by so quickly and for some of u folks, having "stuck" around with me for a while now... It's an incredible feeling when realization hit me. Thank u so much for your friendship across the virtual space !!! Guess my new year resolution is to try to work harder on summaries or just plain dissecting all those good dramas to come!!! *rub hands in gleeful anticipation*
Xmas wasn't great because it was pissing down on my lovely hold. Rain clouds swept across the country, admittedly providing much needed rain to the farmland. So at least a fraction like the farmers are overjoyed I supposed. Hence I didn't get to hang out by the beach nor had my swim...couldn't go for my coastal jog either. Sigh. But the good thing about being stuck indoor had me finished my j butcher series. I decided to break my piggie and splurge on the new release hard cover first lord fury. Since it was last of the series
I figured it was worth shortening the one year agonizing wait for that extra 30 big Oz bucks...
The ending was good but not as exciting as I hope for. For the record, it is not disappointing. I just felt it could have more twist to the battles and more scheming, rather than having s ome characters ending so predictably happy ending. Perhaps I expect too much or the one year wait for princep fury paperback dampen the climax for me. As such my advice is if u don't want to buy the hard cover then it might be better for u to wait for the whole series to b out in paper back before u get started so that u don't lose the whole momentum like I did.
Back to present.
Been watching the kbs awards on tv. I got a bit bored with the drama award but the music concert is way cool!! 2pm won something with highest vote for their track- again and again.
That aside.
All the hottest Korean groups get to perform and 2hrs still going strong. Luckily I didn't miss the act by shinee but the cam man didn't zoom in long enuff on my Minho...sigh. Some of the group outfit are hilariously hideous. What is that ghastly gold bronze jacket don by 2pm? And what is with that ugly hairdo? So obviously the hair stylist is trying to model it after JGS aka HTK but failing miserably. no one can pull that hair style like JGS looking so suave. Not being bias but the pulled back pinned hair and tied up at the back is strictly reserved for a few only. The 2pm boys should stick to hairdo like the super junior guys.
It's astounding how many groups and solo artists there are in Korea. This concert can go on for hours and hours man, with everyone belting out their famous popular hits. Strangely I ve not seen any tracks by SS501 yet. Not sure if I
had them?
Ok I shouldn't spend so much time on my iPhone. Oh did I say I got a new iPhone for prezzie? Heeee... Yeah I have been on Santa good little girl list! Ha
happy 2010 people- may it be a more peaceful and more disaster free year ahead for us all...
XoXo
It's really hard to believe a year has gone by so quickly and for some of u folks, having "stuck" around with me for a while now... It's an incredible feeling when realization hit me. Thank u so much for your friendship across the virtual space !!! Guess my new year resolution is to try to work harder on summaries or just plain dissecting all those good dramas to come!!! *rub hands in gleeful anticipation*
Xmas wasn't great because it was pissing down on my lovely hold. Rain clouds swept across the country, admittedly providing much needed rain to the farmland. So at least a fraction like the farmers are overjoyed I supposed. Hence I didn't get to hang out by the beach nor had my swim...couldn't go for my coastal jog either. Sigh. But the good thing about being stuck indoor had me finished my j butcher series. I decided to break my piggie and splurge on the new release hard cover first lord fury. Since it was last of the series
I figured it was worth shortening the one year agonizing wait for that extra 30 big Oz bucks...
The ending was good but not as exciting as I hope for. For the record, it is not disappointing. I just felt it could have more twist to the battles and more scheming, rather than having s ome characters ending so predictably happy ending. Perhaps I expect too much or the one year wait for princep fury paperback dampen the climax for me. As such my advice is if u don't want to buy the hard cover then it might be better for u to wait for the whole series to b out in paper back before u get started so that u don't lose the whole momentum like I did.
Back to present.
Been watching the kbs awards on tv. I got a bit bored with the drama award but the music concert is way cool!! 2pm won something with highest vote for their track- again and again.
That aside.
All the hottest Korean groups get to perform and 2hrs still going strong. Luckily I didn't miss the act by shinee but the cam man didn't zoom in long enuff on my Minho...sigh. Some of the group outfit are hilariously hideous. What is that ghastly gold bronze jacket don by 2pm? And what is with that ugly hairdo? So obviously the hair stylist is trying to model it after JGS aka HTK but failing miserably. no one can pull that hair style like JGS looking so suave. Not being bias but the pulled back pinned hair and tied up at the back is strictly reserved for a few only. The 2pm boys should stick to hairdo like the super junior guys.
It's astounding how many groups and solo artists there are in Korea. This concert can go on for hours and hours man, with everyone belting out their famous popular hits. Strangely I ve not seen any tracks by SS501 yet. Not sure if I
had them?
Ok I shouldn't spend so much time on my iPhone. Oh did I say I got a new iPhone for prezzie? Heeee... Yeah I have been on Santa good little girl list! Ha
happy 2010 people- may it be a more peaceful and more disaster free year ahead for us all...
XoXo
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