哈日风

After my Japan trip, my 哈日 craze is back again...

Recently watched Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge, Samurai High School and Gokusen 3. All are great in their own ways!!!

Yamato Nadeshiko Shichi Henge ヤマトナデシコ七変化 is abt this grp of 4 "ikemen" who are supposed to turn this eccentric girl into a lady so that they do not need to pay their house rents. This "hen" Nakahara Sunako walks around in a black cloak, enjoys horror and hates bright things i.e. very good looking people. SO as they interact more with one another, they find out abt one another's "complex" i.e. problems and also find out more abt "BuSunako"'s personality. Not forgetting the 暧昧 between the lead actor Kyohei (Kamenashi Kazuya) and Sunako (Oomasa Aya).

More info here: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Yamato_Nadeshiko_Shichi_Henge

The show at times may seem exaggerated since it is adapted from anime. But I like to see Sunako when she is so immersed in her "horror" self. Really eccentric hhaa...The little boy as Takeru is really cute too! Can fight with Xiao Xiao Bin from Taiwan haha...

Next up was Samurai High School. I didn't know what I was in for before watching it. After the first episode, I cldn't stop as it was super hilarious, and the soundtrack was cool too.

It's abt this doesnt-take-things-seriously high school kid who has a courageous samurai as his ancestor. (They share the same name). Obvously the 2 characters are 180 degrees opposite - one is weak,meek, playful, cheeky while the other is strong, brave, serious and man. So when the weak self encounters difficult situations, his DNA changes and becomes the strong alter-ego samurai and saves the day!

MOre info here: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Samurai_High_School

I was surprised that Miura Haruma did quite a good job in portraying the 2 different characters. The samurai speech was funny, especially with the girl! SO direct hahahaa.... His father was funny too. He is more of a friend than a father. Even joins in the samurai role-playing. Interesting show.

I quite like the soundtrack. Has the samurai-in-modern-era feel. Bamboo flute with electric guitar....haha..

Samurai High School Main Theme: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiWtzq3qScI
Samurai High School Main Song: Monobright - Kodoku no Taiyou 孤独の太陽: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EiWtzq3qScI


Last for now was Gokusen 3 for me. Slow la... cos it was aired in 2008. Always didn't get down to watching it. Finally finished. How I wish I can have a teacher like Yankumi. SO passionate abt her job. And so strong too! Physically haha...The theme of friendship is really strong in the show. I especially like the scenes when Yankumi sits down with her family (not related by blood) and have a heart-to-heart chat. She will always find the strength to fight on after their encouragement. So heartwarming!

So Miura Haruma acted in 2 out of 3 dramas which I watched. It's not coincidental. Purposely chose these 2 dramas cos of him. Embarassing to switch to fan-girl mode cos he's so much younger than me. But I believe he has the potential to make it big. I find that he has grown and acting has also improved.

Also I didn't know Miura Haruma can sing so well.... He actually acted in a musical. Nice song by Exile wor....

EXILE／愛すべき未来へ　三浦春馬「星の大地に降る涙」



SO after my Japan trip, my 哈日craze is back. Still hesitating to sign up for classes again though! DOn't want to go through the interview!

j-dorama..mitai desu!

Although I don't know what they're talking about, this vid made me want to watch the dorama badly. So, when I went Poh Kim on Sunday, quickly grabbed it already~ but no time to watch...oh i've watched the 1st episode. Quite exagerated, but still want to watch ahaha...

Yutaka Takenouchi's latest drama - Tomorrow (behind the scenes)


Yutaka Takenouchi's still so shuai4! he's nearing 40 already lor...


BTW the song's nice! Hikari by Mai Hoshimura.

12 Lotus

Can you believe it? I watched 12 Lotus last night. Not only that. I watched it with my mum and sisters! The last movie I watched with my mum was 黄金甲... haha...

12 Lotus - actually, I was quite impressed by the movie. and of course by Royston Tan as well as the cast, especially 刘玲玲. I left the cinema with a heavy heart - it was a tragedy from the beginning to end. But also I left the cinema thinking I've watched quite a good Singapore-made movie. Reminds me of that film module I took back in NUS. COme to think of it, it was really an interesting module. Made me ponder more when watching movies haha..

My mum & sisters didn't really like it. In fact my mum prefered Money no Enough 2 (which she just watched the past week with the aunties - so happening right? more happening than me lei!). I guess it's cause it's filmed in a more "artistic", more abstract, less "heartland" manner. I didn't watch 881 so I can't comment. But it's definitely different from Jacky Neo's films.

The storyline may be a little cliched, but yet the movie seemed unique to me. Although there were moments of comic relief here and there, especially the scene with David Gan haha..., it's a tragedy right from the start as i've mentioned. It's ironic that the father actually asked the daughter if she understood the meaning of the song, and her reply was just so true. She thoroughly understood the meaning and even experienced it when she grew up. It's also tragic that she had to seek solace from inanimate objects - 观音菩萨 & 苏打饼, after being "mentally tormented" by the tyrannical father & heartless lover.

I felt that it was filmed rather nicely, the way events unfold. There were quite a lot of symbols here and there as well. 观音菩萨，苏打饼 etc. The HDB flats that kept appearing as the backdrop for the song and dance was very Singaporean haha..

The music was moving. The main theme, the pitiful Hokkien song "12 Lotus", the guitar solos, the string ensemble instrumentals/pieces...It's also quite cute that they will suddenly erupt into song and dance - typical of musicals I suppose.

Finally, 刘玲玲's acting's superb. A schizophrenic woman living in her own world. Her voice's really good too. heehee...

K I better get back to reading up for Friday's discussion.

Sidetrack sidetrack - 卢广仲要来新加坡宣传了！！！好期待他的到来！！虽然他不帅，但觉得他的live 表演一定很棒，而且看了会很开心，所以很期待！对啊对啊，对啊对啊！！记得吃早餐哦！！

哈日

Am in a 哈日 mood this holiday. Been busy watching J-doramas, to catch up all the lost times during school ha...

Finished 3 dramas in 1 week - Hana Kimi, Nobuta wo Produce, Gokusen. Ya all quite old but nice shows lei... with nice cast too. Now in the midst of watching Hachimitsu to Clover (Honey and Clover) with Ikuta Toma in it, and gasp, Takashi Kashiwabara! I couldn't recognise him at all, until the 6th episode, even though I saw his name in the credits! gosh... he's so different now! Still remember his movie "Love Letter" and drama "Itazura no Kiss" left a deep impression on me (12 years ago!). Now he's only a supporting actor.. but oh well!

Honey and Clover - talks about the lives of 5 university students, their friendship and of course complicated romantic relationships. hmmm don't know how to describe it. There are moments of laughter and moments of sadness here and there, and it may be a little slow (pauses and hesitation), but it's still a beautiful drama - 唯美的作品。Also, the cast is good-looking lei. The girl, Hagumi, is really beautiful! Utsukushii desune! Super charming! haha.. of course not forgetting Ikuta Toma - cute!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Honey_and_Clover_-_Live_Action

Nobuta wo Produce - about these 2 guys with contrasting personalities and popularity in school who make a pact to a transform this transfer student who's being bullied by everyone in school into the most popular person - "produce nobuta". It was supposed to be a secret between the 3 of them, holding meetings at the school rooftop or Kusano's place, and in school they had to pretend they were not friends with one another, but throughout their remaining high school years, their friendship grew stronger, and they too helped each other to grow. Akira, played by Yamashita Tomohisa, was an eccentric and unpopular guy. Shuji (Kazuya Kamenashi ) was popular with everyone in school but was only playing his part in this "game". Nobuta (Horikita Maki - the girl in Hana Kimi!) is a little freaky and extremely quiet, and allowed herself to be bullied.

May have the elements of a typical high school drama, but it's deeper than that. That's much more meaning to it - the meaning of youth, friendship, life's just a game, only people can save people... blah blah...nice! And I thought the cast did a great job too! The eccentric Yamapi who can get serious if he wants to, the mysterious and low-self-esteemed Maki who slowly opened up to the 2 guys and who really has her "kokoro" in the right place (love the haunted house part - the haunted house that left the people who entered feeling really moved when they exited), and the "overly-matured" Shuji who puts on a mask to meet people, but actually loves people, loves his friends. Interesting drama la.

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Nobuta_wo_Produce

Lastly, Gokusen I. Again, typical high school setting, with rebellious students and a passionate teacher, but with a yakuza background. May be exaggerated at times, but it's funny, especially when Yankumi switches to her yakuza self haha.. but it's really touching when she goes all out to help her "precious" 3D students who are often misunderstood by everyone, and at the same time shape them and help them to grow. Yankumi's so cute, I too wish I have a teacher like her. Sawada Shin (Matsumoto Jun) was quite cool!

http://www.crunchyroll.com/group/CRSeries_-_Gokusen

Hope to watch Gokusen III soon! This time, the notti student leader is Miura Haruma...who also starred in this MV. 帅！

ゆず　「うまく言えない」 Yuzu - Umakuienai (Can't Say it Out)

Wa that's all for my 哈日 post!

Hana Kimi OST

Hana Kimi Japanese

Just finished watching Hana Kimi Japanese version in 3 nights. I'm so slow la, it's already been out for abt a year... now then watch. But enjoyed it a lot! 12 episodes only so not as draggy as teh Taiwanese version. I laughed so much while watching, esp the squabbles between the 3 dormitories, the confusion of Nakatsu Shuichi as to whether he's homo or not etc..and the Ou Yang Fei Fei part...wa.... can't believe it haha...Plus the cast all quite good-looking one. And supporting cast is really funny too!

The character played by Ella, the Japanese version girl,Horikita Maki, is more girl-ly, and very pretty! AS for the character played by 汪东城, the Japanese version played by Ikuta Toma is very funny and cute too, but less exaggerated ... as for Wuzun's character, played by Oguri Shun (who acted as 花泽类 in Hana Yori Dango), not bad la, quite cool also, and prob more manly? haha..

The one thing I like about Japanese dramas is they always touch more about the "humanity" side, the relationships between people, between a team etc.. always seem more touching and meaningful to me. Less romance and wishy-washiness as compared to the Taiwanese dramas.

Nice nice! Can't wait to watch the special episode!

a youtube link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CzF_4Efs-Yo

HAPPY 2008!

HAPPY 2008! SO fast... 2007 has gone and 2008 is here... But life's still the same..

and recently, been busy watching COffee Prince - 咖啡王子1号店. really funny, interesting and cute. Although a wee bit draggy towards the middle. A bit like 花样少年少女, but less childish since the setting's not at school. Great cast as well! Yoon Eun Hye 尹恩惠 's really cute, and so natural in acting! heehee... the lead actor's also quite man. and the supporting actors very funny also...and the dog! Old English Sheepdog! so cute! Haha... and I like the OST, rather easy-listening and different from most Korean OSTs.. nice..

And Arco, whose 2 songs appeared in the OST, is actually a UK indie band! Interesting hehe.. their myspace page: http://www.myspace.com/arcomusic

不能说的秘密 - 赞！！！

I'm so tired I want to sleep, but I just had to blog about this before I forget tomorrow.

Anyway, I am super impressed with Jay after watching Secret. 你没看错。我这个超级杰伦迷到今天才去看<不能说的秘密>!

观看前，还以为这个赚钱赚到手酸的大明星对于当导演只是三分钟热度。观看后，又再次的对他倾慕，觉得他真的是很有天分，而且是个天才。不论他当歌手，当创作人，当钢琴手，当吉他手，当饶舌歌手，当导演，当演员，当狗仔队的头号目标，当南拳妈妈的师兄，当魔术师，当耍帅的艺人，当孝顺的儿子和孙子，各个角色都能扮演得很好。可能是因为他的处世态度吧。当他决定要做一件事时，就会很认真，尽心尽力的把它做到最好。可能他也是个完美主义者吧。

Spoilers below! For those who haven't watched Secret, (slower than me ones), go watch go watch, and be awed by Jay ! hahahaha...

Anyways, I love Secret! The little romantic antics, the witty dialogues, the funny expressions, the beautiful settings, the old antique piano, the trees etc etc..

The cast is excellent. Gui Lunmei is a very elegant and pretty lead character, 很有气质, and she successfully portrayed the character as a mysterious girl, whom even I want to know her better aha... and she';s so natural. She looks good even without thick makeup. I must applaud Jay for having such good choice, in choosing girls haha..

As for Jay, I heard that his acting improved. And I do think that it did! He looks much more natural here than in "黄金甲". Maybe cos different genre, and this is his own film that's y. Also, there seems to be more expressions from him now - the mischievous, cheeky look, the sad face (omg I especially love the very last scene - when he had a bit of tears. reminded me of 开不了口' MV haha..), the flustered, scared look....

I love the fact that Jay incorporated music into the movie - how the whole movie revolves around music. His dad in the movie even commented that people who don't listen to music are bad kids. This sounded very familiar, as I remember Jay once said that music is good, and usually those who listen to music are good kids.. haha..

It is also very heartwarming to see that his house is full of music - the racks and racks of CDs, the guitar hanging on the wall, the piano, even his dad is into music.

It was also very romantic that the couple got together because of their love for music, and the times where they enjoy music together.

I especially love the piano duel scenes, not only because of Jay and Yuhao's superb piano skills, but also because the way some scenes were shot. Such as the zooming in and spanning across of the piano inside, the wood and hammers and the whole mechanics of piano playing. I felt that it was really cool!

I was totally surprised in the later half of the movie. At first I thought 小雨 was a ghost! But it turned out otherwise, and it turned out to be very unbelievable. I immediately thought if Lake House...The thought of 2 lovers being separated by time and space - it was so heart-wrenching! Especially the scribbling part... and when 小雨tells her part, everything falls into perspective and it just gets sadder....

I like the way he fills up the bits and pieces in when 小雨tells her part. It made the story feel fuller and more complete. Otherwise, it would have just been a typical, cliched romance film.

However the scene where he was furiously playing the piano away while the walls & chandelier come tumbling down, it was a little exagerated. But yet I think it showed the turmoil and anxiousness and eagerness of him to finish playing the "key" piece.

The last twist at the end was yet another surprise. But my sis and I were saying, what about the poor dad? haha..

I think some may say the whole thing is so illogical and not understandable, but again like Lake House, it is precisely this irrationality and "twisted logic" that makes it nice. Don't have to think so much, why like that, why go back bla bla bla..

And I lvoe the OST. Regretted not buying it earler. See la now everywhere also sold out, even HMV! sigh...

好康的！

Yet another interesting duet!

这次是五月天 + 陈绮贞！很久以前就很期待他们的合作，现在终于等到啦！

蛮甜蜜的一首轻快歌曲。两把声音也很称！

私奔到月球 试听
詞：阿信 曲：阿信 演唱：五月天+陳綺貞

其實妳 是個心狠又手辣 的小偷
我的心 我的呼吸和名字 都偷走
你才是 綁架我的兇手 機車後座的我 吹著風 逃離了平庸

這星球 天天有五十億人 在錯過
多幸運 有妳一起看星星 在爭寵
這一刻 不再問為什麼 不再去猜測人和人 心和心 有什麼不同

一二三 牽著手 四五六 抬起頭
七八九 我們私奔到月球
讓雙腳 去騰空 讓我們 去感受
那無憂的真空 那月色純真的感動

當妳說 太聰明往往還是 會寂寞
我笑著 傾聽孤單終結後 的寂寞
看月亮 像夜空的瞳孔 靜靜凝視你我 和我們閙嚷的星球

靠近妳 怎麼突然兩個人 都詞窮
讓心跳 像是野火燎原般 的洶湧
這一刻 讓命運也沉默 讓腳尖劃過天和天 地和地 緣分的宇宙

cHANGE topic to movies! Just came back from watching Transformers & I enjoyed it! I actually dislike all these robot movies, like I-Robots or whatever, but I must say I enjoyed this! Don't know why also...

Maybe cos the transforming process was something new & cool to me, cos I don't watch the cartoon nor do I play with the toys. But I remember my cousin playing with them when young, & I remember everytime during transformation he would make the "voosh voosh" sound effects. So this time when watching the movie, I vaugely remember the childhood times, and I see this transforming scaled up 100s of times haha..

The storyline's not very fantastic, in fact rather cliched with aliens wanting to control earth and the battle between good & evil. But the sequence of events flowed well & the effects were great. The transforming process from the very cool-looking cars to the giant robots was rather "breathtaking" as well haha..

It's action-packed - battles between the autobots & lots of bombings everywhere, and there's some humour as well. I especially liked the scene when the autobots were in Sam's garden. They were like gentle giants, the autobots..

And it wasn't Sam who stole my heart, but BumbleBee! Bumblebee's cute! For the first time I actually felt something for robots! Actually not really.. I remember AI too.. It was a touching movie about artificial intelligence. but they don't look like robots.. Robots in my opinion are scary & freaky. But not the autobots in Transformers haha..

So I recommend this movie!

updates?

Wa... my junior said I very long never update, so here I update. Now I know at least there's 1 person who reads my blog .. haha..

It's been more than 2 weeks since my attachment ended, and what have I done?
Hmmm ...

Went for driving lessons which are super stressful; Went for wisdom tooth extraction which scared the hell out of me; watched some dramas; , went for guitar class which is causing my fingers to hurt; , went to Ikea to get CD rack and mini-bookshelf which were fixed up by other people but myself; ; arranged my CDs; arranged the PILs that I collected during attachment; arranged my mp3 files; wrap up my newly bought BNF, DIH & DiPiro handbook but never read the contents...

Now that I;ve listed them, they don't seem very interesting, do they? And it seems I've spent quite a lot this holidays... ooops...

Time for videos!

台湾偶像剧 - Most of them are rather silly, CRAZY and stupid, & rather draggy at times, but very entertaining and funny, especially with the cast. I think an important factor that pushes me to watch videos is the cast.

1st drama - 热情仲夏 - starring 郑元畅 & 五熊

Typical Taiwanese drama with the girl who falls in love with the guy who disliked her at first but changed his mindset as he discovers her passion (that's why the title 热情仲夏) for life and pple around her, and of course her passion for him. It's really similar to 恶作剧之吻. Very crazy and rather funny, but it's much shorter and sweeter with 12 episodes only!

Nice supporting cast by 小鬼，阮经天，the very beautiful 张毓晨 & 阿信（信乐团)also.

Here's the main song's MV. 你要什么就说MV－小宇 (热情仲夏片头曲)I have no idea who's this singer. Anyone knows?


And here are some links.

Official Website
Preview 1
Preview 2
Preview 3

2nd drama - 爱情经纪约 starring 杜德伟，许绍洋 & Lara
This is a more serious drama revolving around artiste management companies, showbiz, & deception & most importantly an interesting couple, with the guy being 18 years older than the girl! hahaha...But Alex To is rather charming and man, so it's no wonder it happened heehee...Lara's first drama - not bad for a first drama. 许绍洋's quite good-looking, but his Mandarin cannot make it.

The plot's OK la, at least there's some storyline. And it's not too draggy either. 15 episodes I think. Nice ending too!

杜德偉 Alex Toh and Lara - 未完待續 [To Be Continued] 《爱情经纪约》 插曲


Quite a lot of other songs that I thought were not too bad. Too bad I can't find the vdeo that they play before the show. So the below is just the MVs to the songs found in the drama.

杜德偉 - 迷途 Theme song
許紹洋-愛正要起飛
許紹洋-無人值守

Official Website
Preview

POTC 3 : AT WORLD'S END

Just watched it last night! I didn't think it was as bad as reviews made it to be. It was just pure entertainment and fun. The CG effects were great, the sets and scenes were wonderful, the plot was rather exciting (albeit a little confusing to me ), the cast was excellent! Sao Feng, Captain Barbosa,Davy Jones, Elizabeth & Will, the undead monkey and the dog that returned, the funny Pintel & Ragetti and of course not forgetting, the loony and hilarious Captain Jack Sparrow! Poor Captain had all the signs of schizo.. auditory hallucinations, delusions, thought disorder etc etc...peanuts...haha..

I got confused with all the betrayal and bargain etc etc.. I'm too slow la.. but after reading forums and sites online, everything was clear. Actually Davy Jones was quite pitiful...the tear he shed and the sad song he played on the organ.. and the betrayal by Calypso..sigh.. it was fun too to see the banters and squabbles between the 2 captains.. haha...

& here are some quotes I found memorable (from imdb.com)
Jack Sparrow: You know, for pirates, we sure are an unimaginative lot at naming things.
Jack Sparrow: I once sailed with a man that had lost both his arms and part of his eye.
Gibbs: What did you call him?
Jack Sparrow: [pause] Larry

Close your eyes and pretend it's all a bad dream. That's how I get by.

The world is still the same just less in it.

shoot him, cut out his tongue, then shoot his tongue

Elizabeth Swann: This is madness.
Jack Sparrow: This is politics.

I leave you people alone for just a minute and look what happens. Everything's gone to pot!

And that was without a single drop of rum!

Found some vids on youtube. BTW love the OST too. Very suitable for the music. The "He's a Pirate" theme that kept running from the 1st instalment to the last, nice!

POTC behind-the-scenes

Depp Interview

POTC3 Music - Drink Up, Me Hearties Video

POTC 3 Music - Up is Down

Curse of the Golden Flowers - tragedy!

I just watched Curse of the Golden Flowers - 满城尽带黄金甲. Yay finally can remember the long Chinese title haha..

Mixed feelings! Thought there was no point, not much storyline, but at least it was a bit more entertaining than 夜宴 which I couldn't really understand.

And of course there was Jay Chou! I don't like him in 古装 lo.. his eyes so small haha.. but he looks so cute...and I think he has the 古代 look lei..But I have to admit.. his acting... er... still needs a lot more improvement, even though he shedded tears, and displayed his heroic self during the battle scenes, showing more angsty facial expressions haha.. But come on la, with Gong Li shedding so much more tears in front of you, surely we will get into the feel of things right? haha..

Gong Li.. I think she and Zhou Runfa are really - 姜还是老的辣. Very good acting..They are the soul of the movie I think..Gong Li, can feel her emotions, and Zhou Runfa - his smirkiness when she had to drink the so-called medicine, his wrath when he tossed away the 龙袍 and his crown flew off..wow I was amazed by the 2 of them. As for the 太子 - wa can't stand his face...

I think the movie touched quite a bit on Confucianism haha.. my module put to good use, can understand a little.. the social hierarchy, like everyone has a fixed role to play, 君臣父子, father-son relationship, the order of all things etc etc.. but this Emperor is too obssessed with it.. the rites and rituals, everything must 守规矩 blah blah..
The show I think also has quite a bit of irony - 华丽宫廷里的腐败皇室家庭

Actually I thought it has some similarities to 夜宴:
1) the 太子 who is not very interested in becoming king
2) the relationship between the Empress and the 太子
3) the Emperor, who is supposed to be almighty, fails in the handling of domestic affairs
4) the "ruthless" Empress
5) the "innocent" 宫女 (er....)
6) everyone dies!
7) one word - TRAGEDY!

Anyway, I think the costumes were really beautiful. But I thought the setting was too elaborate.. like too 夸张. And the cleavage, a bit 倒胃 lei haha.. I don't believe Tang dynasty women were like that lei..

AnywaY,after watching the show, I love 菊花台 even more! I think it suited the movie to the core! Once the intro of the song started playing at the end, my eyes welled up with tears haha..really tragic story..

你的泪光 柔弱中带伤 惨白的月弯弯 勾住过往
夜太漫长 凝结成了霜 是谁在阁楼上冰冷地绝望

雨轻轻弹 朱红色的窗 我一生在纸上 被风吹乱
梦在远方 化成一缕香 随风飘散 你的模样

菊花残 满地伤 你的笑容已泛黄
花落人断肠 我心事静静躺
北风乱 夜未央 你的影子剪不断
徒留我孤单在湖面成双

花已向晚 飘落了灿烂 凋谢的世道上 命运不堪
愁莫渡江 秋心拆两半 怕你上不了岸一辈子摇晃

谁的江山 马蹄声狂乱 我一身的戎装 呼啸沧桑
天微微亮 你轻声的叹 一夜惆怅如此委婉

Yul's necklace!

Lee Yul's necklace is so nice!

According to Tiffany and Co, it is a "Tiffany Feathers lariat necklace. Eighteen karat white gold, 50" long."

There's one on Yahoo! auctions though haha.. bid price S$29.90..I tried to search for a fake one in Hong Kong's Loi Yan Gai, but can't find.. so sad..

What's up??

It's quite ironic how I blog more during exams compared to holidays! Guess cos during exams stay at home everyday, so damn sian, then blog lor.. have been going out for quite a few days.. this whole week must stay home cos of my toopid wisdom tooth..

Anyway, just started watching 花样少年少女 on youtube, & I like it a lot! Now waiting for pple to upload episode 4...

It's such a funny an interesting Taiwanese drama（偶像剧）! Partly because of the interesting plot, and partly because of the cast! Ella's damn cute! Jiro also! Very funny lor.. & Wu Zun is so 帅！！My sis got 电到了！ Haha..And I love love love the big big furry dog!! It's so huggable!! so beautiful!! haha...

Yesterday wasted my time watching the 红星大奖. If not for 郑元畅 & 戚玉武 I wouldn't watch lor.. so many rubbish pple.. & sad la.. 戚玉武 didnt win best actor! He acted so well in 邢警二人组！李南星win so many times liao.. humph..

Korean Movie: Daisy

Heard the song being played on 933 last night, so I thought I'll share the MV with you guys. I watched a Korean film earlier this year, titled Daisy, starring the beautiful Jeon Ji-Hyun (全智贤, Jung Woo-sung (郑宇成) & Lee Sung-jae, directed by Andrew Lau (who directed Infernal Affairs (无间道). I was surprised that I would like this movie (as I usually don't watch Korean shows), and although it was rather slow-moving at times despite some exciting action scenes, I thought it was a really beautiful and sad movie, with a fantastic accompanying OST.

Set in The Netherlands, It's about this professional killer who falls for this beautiful painter, who at the same time, is in love with another Korean guy who's a cop, due to some "unforeseen circumstances". You see, this mysterious guy (the killer) has been sending her a pot of daisies everyday, and 1 day she mistook the cop for this mysterious admirer, falling for him. You may think it's a typical storyline, but many unexpected events happened, and it became a tragedy.

Watch it for:
1)beautiful scenery - loved the green green fields with daisies.
2)beautiful cinematography - some suspenseful action scenes, location shots of Netherlands etc
3) great cast - wonderful acting by the cast. Few words are spoken, but all the emotions are written on their faces. Jeon Ji-Hyun's really beautiful! The killer's suave, & romantic!he actually built a bridge for the girl! gosh..
4)the music - Especially the theme song with accompanying lyrics about the protagonist's feelings. It was so touching I shed a few tears in the cinema...

Here's IMDB'S link on Daisy

Movie Daisy theme song MV posted by chuan418


And part of the lyrics

The love I've been dreaming of is all so close to me.
But all I can do is just watching you without words
in this city of strangers
I lived day by day painting love.
Waiting and hoping that you 'll be there
with the scent of daisies
It is too late but now
I finally recognise you.
But maybe we are not meant to be.

Kim Jeong Hoon singing song from Goong ..

[2006.09.16] 你... 我是傻瓜 - 金楨勳 Onlyhoon 影友會 posted by canpig

Why like that??

I know it's so childish. I know it's just a show. But I just couldn't help feeling so sad for that guy, especially after that particular scene.

(Spoilers ahead for Princess Hours aka Goong ! haha..read on if you don't mind!)

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Who was the one who lent a listening ear when you felt so down?
Who was the one who made you laugh when HE made you cry?
Who was the one who cared so much for you, he felt so pain when you fall sick?
Who was the one who sang for you with all his heart?
Who was the one who drew your beautiful portraits?

And now you are telling him that, even if you were to meet 25 million years later, you wouldn't want to see him cos you will still be loving someone else? Or even ask him to run away, cos he will never have a place in your heart?

Feel like slapping her man...

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(End of spoiler! )

Hmmm... why do I always feel more for the supporting actor? haha.. It's the same situation with Han Kui 韩葵 in The Rose (蔷薇之恋). Even though these 2 guys (Han Kui in Qiang Wei & Lee Yul in Goong) fell in love with someone they shouldn't and cannot have, I still pity them, and like them even more. haha...

Anyway, 蔷薇之恋 & Goong are nice shows. Although a little draggy haha..Enjoyable, cute, funny and touching. ( Lots of pretty faces too haha..)

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So, as you can see, I think I'm going to waste away my 1 week break again. Had so many plans, like revision of course, going out with friends, movies， picnic and all, revise my Japanese, go karaoke etc etc. Really wonder how many of these I can tick off my list?

Forbidden City: Portrait of an Empress

I finally caught this local musical at the Esplanade on Monday, & am glad that I did not miss it again this time. The last time in 2002/2003, when they first staged it and I heard that Kit Chan was performing, I so wanted to watch it, but didn't. Fortunately, this year, as soon as I saw the advertisement, I quickly asked my sis to go get tickets haha..

So this musical basically talks about this American artist being invited by the Empress Dowager to draw a portrait of her. She wants to be understood by the people, as there had been many bad rumours about how evil a Dragon Lady she is, killing her own son etc..So the old Cixi (or Yeherana) recalled her past, from how she was chosen by the Emperor to spend the nights with him, till how civil wars brought turmoil and trouble. The musical explored a more humane side of Cixi through her love for the Emperor, and later her love for her son who died due in the hands of whores, and finally her love for her country. Also, the antagonist, Prince Tuan played a huge role in causing so much trouble. Besides Cixi's story, Kate's story of love and betrayal was also interwoven quite aptly. It seems to me that one issue brought up in the musical is that journalists cannot be trusted. Oops it's not fair to the journalists lei..Or rather human nature may stoop to so low for their own intrests. (like Prof Kurup said, don't trust anyone hahaha..）

I thought it was good. I enjoyed it and felt for it. Interesting storyline, as it looks at Empress Dowager CiXi from a very different and humane perspective. Great music, pleasant mix of Chinese and Western music. Great lyrics, as they tell the story so well. Beautiful costumes, simple but yet outstanding. Great performances by the cast, as they sang flawlessly ( in my opinion) and put their heart and soul into the whole musical. Great moments of comic relief from Hossan and Sebastian (who acted as the "event-writers").

The last scene of Cixi and Kate singing about lost love was so heart-wrenching..

Anyway, my sis and I were so funny. We opened the programme booklet and turned to the songs list, and thought, "aye how come Empress Dowager sing so little? And This Yeherana has the most songs... Who is she??" So actually, Yeherana is Cixi, performed by Kit! haha... silly us..

Most importantly, 陈洁仪万岁！！！Her voice is just so crystal clear and bright and beautiful and full of emotions. She's really my Singapore Idol. Talking about Singapore Idol, I saw the 3 finalists! Beautiful Jasmine, cool Johnathan, suave Hady. haha...

Live performance of Goong instrumentals

Goong OST songs Live posted by kewtmew



Nice video. Great performance! Live performance of the instrumentals from Goong, the Korean serial.

The songs sound so Irish! haha.. with the violin, the tinwhistles, the mandolin and all. Like an Irish reel, especially the 2nd song. Nice!

Prince Lee Yul..

Oh my gosh! Prince Lee Yul actually majored in Dentistry! Wow I think I wouldn't mind going to the dentist everyday if he were my dentist haha..And he actually sings! He's gonna release an album in JaPAn soon.. wow..Talented aye..

Recently am watching a hot & popular Korean show. Ok I know I'm slow, it's out so long already - Goong (Princess Hours) 宫， but I don't like to watch Korean shows actually so I didn't bother about it. Not until my friend, who doesn't watch such Korean dramas as well, told me about it haha... so I trusted her, if she watches, it should be quite good. And voila! I'm hooked on it now.

And he looks so Japanese, so different from all the Korean guys with super small eyes haha...Oh and he looks like Won Bin(元彬） too..

Darn it.. I haven't studied for my test next week & haven't done up my report, but am actually surfing the net online now for Kim Jeong Hoon ( aka Prince Lee Yul). Sigh..