honestly speaking.. just pondering..

a 2007 produced taiwan drama. another romantic comedy series with mike he’s common bad boy character but this time, with SHE’s hebe tien and lee wei. it has a "light-deep" storyline, nice plot and can surely captivate the people with its funny, sweet, bubbly, intense, not to mention the sad yet touching scenes.. LoL!

Starring: Ariel Lin, Joe Cheng and Jiro Wang

Summary:

The sequel of It Started With A Kiss begins with Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu’s wedding and honeymoon. From the start, they experience problems and interferences within their marriage such as mistaken pregnancy, misunderstandings, and a run-in with a girl from Zhi Shu’s past. Xiang Qin and Zhi Shu will go on a honeymoon to Guam and there they will see Ah Jin. Ah Jin will go there because he was so heartbroken from Xiang Qin’s marriage that he wanted to get away but only to end up seeing the two of them together. Ah Jin will also meet another girl and fall in love with her. Xiang Qin’s best friend, Lin Chun Mei, gets pregnant with Ah Bu’s child. Xiang Qin takes Chun Mei to Lungshan Temple where she prays for her and her child.

from crunchyroll

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you can watch TKA here: aznv or crunchyroll with english subtitles.. you can also try youtube  or mysoju, they have complete episodes too..

have fun watching this good drama. a really cute match between ariel and joe. hehe.. something’s hanging but the ending is not bad! funny but still they manage to relay the feeling of "love" in this series.. got nice and entertaining characters too!

i just finished watching Hello Mr. God, a korean drama that tells a story about this bright and innocent 27 years old guy with an IQ of 65. because of his issues he is neglected by society and frowned upon, but he tries to be optimistic and not let it bother him. Seo Eun-Hye (Kim Ok Bin), a fumbling swindler running from the cops and who only believes money can bring her happiness, and love will bring more sadness than it’s worth. one day she meets this boy and he completely changes her outlook in life.

a highly recommended drama series! though it takes days to watch this, but im pretty sure this will not get you bored. a really different love triangle between a mentally-ill person, a swindler slave-for-money woman and a know-it-all-wishing-to-be-god-like man! it does not only focus on a love story but a lot of things are being emphasized here especially how to appreciate and be happy with those small and simple things in life.. you’ll surely love the characters here! two thumbs up!!!

Synopsis:

Last Friends tackles issues that afflict the current generation. Michiru’s mother has brought a man back to their home and she is bullied at her workplace where she works as a beauty parlour assistant. She starts cohabiting with her boyfriend, a good young man who works at the Child Welfare Division and the only person who can give her emotional support, but ends up the victim of domestic violence and becomes fearful of love. The boyishly charming Ruka was a classmate of Michiru’s in junior high school. She has performed brilliantly as a motocross racer and aims to win the national championship, but as the story progresses, a deep worry that she can neither confide in her parents or close friends grows evident. Takeru is a hair and makeup artist acquainted with Ruka. He is a good confidant to females due to his kindness and perceptiveness, and finds himself attracted to Ruka but has a phobia of sex as a result of a past trauma. The three of them become house mates and through their associations with others, gain the capacity to be positive about life.

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beautiful japanese drama about this certain circle of friends.. the content seems to be mature and really deep.. there are some adult scenes but it just portray some social issues that really exist nowadays.. find it really interesting since the first episode.. like it! really nice one! so far so good (too bad other eps not yet uploaded)..

Synopsis:

After being dumped by her boyfriend just before their 100 day anniversary, Ha-Young, meets a college guy named Hyung-Joon when she accidentally kicks a can that hits him in the face and causes him to scratch his Lexus. He’s demanding money to pay for his car. Since she is a poor high school student Hyung-Joon writes up a "Enslavement Agreement" for Ha-Young in order to pay for the damage to his car. Ha-Young is thrown into a nightmarish slave life for 100 days. He takes advantage of her, but soon Ha-Young finds herself falling head over heels for Hyung-Joon.

But what happens when he drops out of her life just when she needs him most?

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a 2003-released typical korean movie.. i think this is one of those that most teen-agers and young adults like to watch, a movie with a romantic comedy theme.. its funny although the storyline is commonly used in a lot of asian movies/drama.. not bad, it can still entertain the watchers!

Synopsis:

a 30 year old woman, Misako Ayukawa, is an English teacher with ironically poor English skills. She values herself over her students, and money over love. She displays arrogance in front of her students, but acts pleasantly around her peers and family. However, Ayukawa possesses a brilliant mind for solving puzzles. She ends up tackling various cases around the school along with 3 of her top students.

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so far so good.. i’m not yet done watching all the episodes since it was just produced recently and video uploads are not yet complete, i guess.. but this one has a really different plot compared to any other asian movies/drama, definitely not a typical storyline.. trick and trick and trick! the mysteries and riddles were really mind twister, it takes a genius to understand it all.. haha.. still looking forward to watch all the episodes..

Synopsis:

Hanna is a lip sync vocalist for Ammy, the famous Korean pop singer. Even though she is always ignored because of her appearance, she has been a bright and lighthearted girl until Ammy humiliates her in front of Sang-jun, her secret love. At last she makes a decision of a lifetime to have plastic surgery all over her body. Will her unrequited love be returned?

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another japanese manga-inspired funny movie but a tearjerker at the end.. so great, worth watching, another must see korean movie.. i like it when Kim Ah Jung (hanna/jenny) sings "maria, ave maria", really nice voice.. i heard hollywood will be doing their version of this one, almost same storyline.. recommended! clap! clap! clap!

Synopsis:

The film focuses on the stories about four relationships and their trials, pains, heartaches, and subsequent separations. The plot lines eventually connect in some way, but they remain unrelated for the most part.

The passionate fire fighter, 30 years old, tries to propose to his lover but every time he misses the chance. In the meantime, she becomes anxious whenever she hears a siren.

Suk-hyeon intends to break up with her jobless lover, Ha-seok, and he begins an agency that helps other lovers to break up.

Juyeong is mad at her son’s troubles in school, but she realizes that she has little time to spend with him.

Su-eun, with a hearing impairment and a burn on her face, falls in her first love but she doesn’t have the courage to come out in his presence.

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4 different stories packed in one movie.. though its a bit confusing story line because of the cut-and-continue-the-other-story way of scene organization, but over all, not bad, its good, very touching esp. the mother-son story.. all stories ended as how the title says, a sad movie indeed!

sooooo damn great.. interesting plot.. very funny.. not an average romantic comedy story.. it feeds my mind with some striking lines in the script! haha.. anyway, daniel henney’s here, as always he did a great job.. really nice performance as expected like what he did in "My Father".. he’s just too perfect, daniel henney is daniel henney, soooo… no comment!

this is a must watch movie to those who are interested in romantic comedy stories! got great funny scenes!

Synopsis:

Julian has lived off with the money he lures from his rich female customers. But now he faces usurious debts from a hasty expansion of his business, and he will be killed unless he clears the debt in one month. The only way to save himself is to pretend to be the long-lost brother of an heiress and kill her to get her huge fortune. Min, the blind heiress, cold-hearted like Julian, slowly opens herself to him, and he, too, falls for her. But Julian has to pay his creditor and what makes it worse for him is that the illness that took Min’s eyesight relapsed, threatening her life.

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its a little draggy.. a bit confusing ending.. it leaves a question as to what actually happened to both the lead characters (Julian and Min).. but still, over all, a nice movie, not a typical girl-meets-guy story.. you’ll never expect what will happen next.. emotion has eliminated evil intentions.. nice!

An emotional tale about a pair of fathers - an adopted father and a birth father - who risk all to save their ailing daughter from losing her life. Though one is a cop and the other a convicted murderer, the two share a fatal bond through the little girl.

from aznv.tv

yikes, another tear jerker! father-daughter relationship, really great movie, so touching to the superlative level! lol! love it! two thumbs up!!!

taiwanese model/actor/singer arron yan, ya lun, or ah bu is the crying baby of his boy band… so childish yet so DEEP! though sometimes pessimistic, i can somehow understand his deep thoughts! i like to describe him as a guy with substance! rare to find one! oh dba, FC! haha..

the story runs so smooth.. probably the slowest movie i ever watched! nothing exciting, nothing thrilling but watching it from the start gives me the eagerness to know and look forward to the message it conveys. the story is so true to youth nowadays.. its in the reality! trying to wear a mask and fake one’s self to be accepted.. doing what the majority does just to be "in".. one thing i learned watching this really slow pace movie: BE REAL! Stop the "fake me" business!

Synopsis:

15-year-old Ikeuchi Aya was an ordinary girl, the daughter of a family who works at a tofu shop, and a soon-to-be high schooler. However, lately, strange things have been happening to Aya. She has been falling down often and has been walking funny. Her mother, Shioka, takes Aya to see the doctor, and he tells Shioka that Aya has spinocerebellar degeneration - a terrible disease where the brain gradually deteriorates to the point where the victim cannot walk, speak, write, or eat. However it does not affect the mind. How will Aya react when told about her disease? And how will Aya live from now on?  

from aznv.tv 

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real drama! one litre of tears indeed! yet so inspiring and so touching!

capital scandal – 2 inconsecutive days of watching this korean drama but still haven’t finish all the episodes ’til now.. haha.. but don’t get me wrong, so far, the story line is really great.. good character portrayal.. nice blending of love and comedy..    

nice.. nice.. nice.. had fun watching it! also like rainie’s Ai Mei..

a virgo
an almost perfect son to his mom and dad
a mama’s boy
wears everything his mom bought him
a caring and loving friend
the one who took his father’s responsibility
had experienced doing part-time jobs everywhere
had worked 3 shifts in one day
had even worked in a zoo and in a bar(ktv)
joined the army for two years
became a modelling assistant and eventually a model too
a very determined person to reach his dreams
never give up no matter how hard his life is
a rocker along with his Dong Cheng Wei band
a singer for the well-known boy group Fei Lun Hai
an art lover making him good in arts
often cries when interviewed about his mom
got so inspiring entries in his weblog
has an eye and voice problem
a very thrifty person
can be so childish yet so manly
got so many hair styles
sometimes uses an eyelid tape
has a collection of cartoon undies
don’t allow anybody who have not showered touch or sit in his bed
posted a lot of his pictures around his room’s wall
always hugs a big pillow when he sleeps
afraid of cows
labeled by his friends as the "king of pose"
donated money to the SiChuan victims lately
a very helpful and humble person

that’s simply Jiro Wang Dong Cheng!!

we’ve known him here in the Philippines as Westley(Xiu Yi) in Hana Kimi and Ah Jin in ISWAK and They Kiss Again. He usually plays the role of a hopeless-romantic-always-basted character that really makes him so funny and adorable..

we’ve known him as a funny person but never realized the hardship and pain in his life’s journey.. really inspiring! when he’s feeling so tired and in pain with his loads of work, he always remember "Never shed a tear for the stress from work, because it’s your choice!"

credits to jiro’s blog for the pics

(Part1)
Yagami Light is a brilliant college student who, one day, finds a notebook simply titled "Death Note." Inside of this book is a list of rules and details as for the use of the "Death Note." When he realizes the power he holds, he decides he’s going to make over the world. He wants to make it into a better place by killing those who do others harm. He has been nicknamed by the police "Kira." L, a brilliant detective who lives in secrecy, rises from the shadows and puts his life on the line trying to capture Light. Both L and Light believe themselves on the side of Justice, and the two match wits trying to show exactly which of them is "good" and which of them is "evil."

(Part 2)
When we last left Light Yagami (Tatsuya Fujiwara), he had just perpetrated the most elaborate and successful demonstration of his Death Note, the supernatural notebook that kills anyone whose name is written inside it. As a result of his clever scheming, Light was invited to join the investigation team chasing the mass murderer known as Kira — who just so happens to be Light, anonymously using the Death Note to kill scores of criminals daily. However, oddball super detective and avid sugar-lover L (Kinichi Matsuyama) truly suspects that Light is Kira, and he’s not shy about letting Light know. During their initial and subsequent meetings, L basically rubs Light’s face in his obvious suspicion.
However, instead of avoiding potential capture, Light embraces the chance to work side-by-side with his sweets-loving rival. Now that L and Light/Kira are working together, the stage is set for an epic battle between two insanely smart guys who like to talk a lot. It’s a showdown of acrobatic mental geniuses, who use keen reasoning and elaborate mindgames to outwit their wily opponent. Who will be the last name written in the Death Note? Will it be the megalomaniacal Light, or the wacky but honorable L? And will Death Note fans pissed at the fate of the manga characters find this new cinema version to be satisfying?

details from crunchyroll

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just got interested with this one but so unfortunate, part 1 of the movie is already licensed in crunchyroll and can’t watch it anymore! dont want to watch its part 2 if i haven’t watch the part 1 yet.. i better look for the book now! haha.. im just so outdated! i heard about this before but i just ignore it since im not a movie fanatic then, but now i found it again in _____’s bag but its a comic manga anime stuff, something like that! so that’s it, just got a sudden interest! haha..

Angela Zhang - Mai Qiu Sui (Huangfu San)
Wu Zun / Wu Chun - Nan Feng Jin 
Calvin Chen - Nan Feng Cai
George Hu - Nan Feng Lin
Li Ang Lin - Nan Feng Ying

Synopsis:
Adopted by middle classed parents, Mai has always had a dream to be an heiress. Who knew that one day this dream would come true. Mai’s biological grandfather is the head of a prestigous aristocratic family and after many years of searching, he finally finds his long lost granddaughter. As she starts her life as an heiress, everyday is filled with excitement, however, everything seems a bit different from what she had imagined them to be.

The drama is based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Romance Godan Katsuyou" by Kazuko Fujita.

details taken from crunchyroll..

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this 13-episode series is typical but nice, full of funny and crazy moments, the characters are good in making things so complicated.. lol!! anyway, they also got nice background music, New Home sung by S.H.E and fei lun hai (Chun and Calvin are members of fei lun hai).. i dont know if ABS-CBN will be using the same opening song as the original one.. somehow, i just like cai – calvin’s character in the middle and later part of the drama and Chun is way hotter here than in Hana Kimi maybe because of his royalty look, i guess.. hehe.. later episodes are just so sad.. i’ve read that asian drama fanatics are screaming for a second season!

and ei, this is just a crazy observation, the royal mansion used here same as the one in meteor garden, dao ming si’s house, isn’t it?! haha.. not sure but seems its the same esp. the main entrance area! whatever! by the way, additional scoop for all chunatics, chun will be promoting Romantic Princess here in Pinas this july along with his co-star in RP and fei lun hai groupmate Calvin Chen..  

S.H.E., a singing girl group who undoubtedly is very popular in Taiwan and other Asian countries since they released their 1st album in 2001. they’re now a bit senior in their singing career but they are still so visible and active in the showbiz industry.. their group name was taken from the first letter of each member’s first name: S-Selina, H-Hebe, E-Ella.. got a very tight bond with each other since they once live in the same roof!

S.H.E. was just introduced to me by a friend, she’s their big fan actually and i wonder how she understands their songs! duh?! online translation, what’s the use! lol! well anyway, having seen their MVs and heard their songs, yup, they really have the voice and the character too.. like the way they are, so true! i was influenced by my friend and watched some video clippings of the group and im starting to like them though i dont understand what they are talking about or what they’re singing! haha.. and before i forget, i just realized weeks ago, Ella is the one who played ReiXi in Hana Kimi Taiwan, the one who pretended to be a boy.. hehe..

nothing much to say, just like ‘em as an artist, as a person esp. when the SiChuan tragedy happened, they were there along with their co-HIM artists to symphatize and help! so touched!