When I was having my exams, I wanted to update my blog so much but once exams were over I wanted to slack as much as possible. I think I am just trying to distract myself from studying at that time.

Now that exams are over, I kept slacking in front of my laptop and TV. Been watching Queen Seon Duk the very next day of the last paper. It is definitely a drama worth your time to watch. I have never love a drama so much that I even love the evil characters. This is definitely the first.

Queen Seon Duk is a Korean period drama about an abandoned princess who unknowingly entered the palace disguised as a boy, serving under her twin sister (the princess). Her reason to remain in the palace is to find who exactly is she that the powerful Misil wanted to kill her from birth. When she finally discovered her true identity, Misil wants to capture her to dethrone the Emperor and the Emperor's loyal subordinate wants to kill her to protect the royal family. The drama tells the story from before her birth to her being the first Queen of Silla.

There is also another drama which I caught during the exams. You're Beautiful, is a contemporary Korean drama about a pop idol group - A.N. Jell. The group is recruiting a new member but due to a problematic cosmetic surgery, the new member was to leave for corrective surgery before he was to sign the contract. Desperately, the manager decided to approach the new member's twin sister to disguise as her brother to sign the contract and move in with the other A.N.Jell members(all males). This is a comical romance drama. Also worth your time to watch.

I HAVE NO LIFE!

I need to scream, I need a break and I can't wait for this semester to be over.

I have been keeping to my resolution with little variations. However, I realised I have totally no life this semester. I spent my recess week doing project and studying for my mid-term, mid-term week to catch up on my readings and films (for my modules), weekend doing my projects plus tutorials and today doing my E-learning! I have no life. My life is only filled with school work and nothing else. I seriously hope December will come quickly. I deserve a break!

People who saw me watching films during this semester kept thinking I am back to my favourite entertainment - watching dramas/movies, but NO I am watching films as a requirement for my modules. Can you imagine watching documentary, recent movies, animes, black-and-white movies and finally doing an analysis of the films? I enjoy watching shows but really hate it when I have to watch it from an academic point of view all the time.

My only sources of entertainment for these 3 weeks are making mooncakes, watching The Legend (太王四神记）, and playing Sunshine Ranch and Roller Coaster Kingdom on Facebook.

I seriously need my life back!

Harry Potter and the Half-blood Prince

Yeah! Tomorrow! So excited!

I really love the books but I don't really fancy the movies very much cause they are not very informative and detailed like the books. However, we can't blame the directors cause they have a time limit to keep to. I can't imagine if they cut every single serial into 2 parts and release them months after the first part like 20th Century Boys, I think I will faint. Haha.



Other than the fact that the movies are not as good as the book, I also don't really like the characters they picked out. I am fine with Harry Potter (Daniel Radcliff), Ron Weasley (Rupert Grint) and Hermione Granger (Emma Watson) but I really don't like Ginny Weasley (Boonie Wright). I mean in the books, she is supposed to be very pretty and rather quick-witted but the movies totally destroyed my image of Ginny in the books. If only Harry can end up with Hermione instead. =D Hermione is prettier and smarter. =P Haha.

Can't wait to see what is in stock for us in the movie tomorrow. =)

Officially bored of Sims 3

I am OFFICIALLY bored of SIMS 3! I started playing the day after I posted my last post and I finally got bored of the game.

Now I started wondering why did I get addicted in the first place. LOL.

It seems that I am only addicted to games for a really short time before I get bored of them, Restaurant City and Sims 3 are the best examples. Haha.

I finally realised that I still prefer dramas. Hehe.

Re-reading Harry Potter commencing today

If you don't find me online, I am re-reading Harry Potter. =D

Try sms-ing or calling my phone, I might reply or answer. =P

Shows that I am watching

Mr Brain

This show is great. It is a detective show but the lead is not a detective but a neuro-scientist who suddenly became a genius after an accident that damage part of his brain. This show will teach you some interesting facts about our brains such as how to train your brain and how to detect liars. Fantastic show but there are only 4 episodes so far as it is still airing in Japan. Highly recommended. Lead is Kimura Takuya.


Shining Inheritance

This show is about a girl who suddenly experienced the lost of her father, betrayal by her step-mother and step-sister and the disappearance of her autistic brother. Incidentally, she saved a granny who is the chairwoman of a very famous company and ended up moving into her house and facing her daughter-in-law and grandchildren. As if life is not difficult enough for her, the grandson of the granny is dating her step-sister and the daughter-in-law of the family is a friend of her step-mother, and she is told to keep quiet about everything. She kept her promise but her step-mother and step-sister bad-mouthed and spreaded untrue facts about her. I like this show because of the complicated relationship and I want the step-mother and step-sister to suffer a terrible ending. (Evil Kelly, wahahahah)

Park Shi Hoo

PARK SHI HOO!

Have you watched Iljimae? Did you notice the really righteous brother of Iljimae? That is Park Shi Hoo. Or did you watch How To Meet A Perfect Neighbour? The rude and introvert director is him. Or did you watch Family's Honor? The rude and cunning businessman who changed himself for the girl he loves is once again PARK SHI HOO.

Haha. He totally caught my attention in Family's Honor. That is the first show I watched that he starred in. His acting is superb and I love the way he smiles and how he acted in the show when he was nervous. Cute. Haha. A picture of him in Family's Honor:


His smile:


His coolness:

Family's Honor:

Ha Dan Ah (Yoon Jung Hee) is very dignified and beautiful yet she is also pitiful. Dan Ah was married in her 20's, but due to an unforeseen event her husband died in a car accident during their honeymoon. She will be pursued by two men, a man from a rich family, Lee Kang Suk (Park Shi Hoo) and a man who's younger than her, Jung Hyun Kyu (Lee Hyun Jin). The drama will be about the Ha Family and how they try to hold up the reputation of their family name.

Iljimae:

Set during the Joseon Dynasty, Yong acted as a hooligan in the marketplace by day but at night he was a thief who robbed corrupted government officials to give to the poor. After each robbery he left behind a painting depicting a plum tree branch to make his mark and was thus named Iljimae. His main purpose was not so much to rob but to search for the owner of a specially designed sword which he saw as a child was used to kill his father, a loyal subject of the emperor. Eun Chae is a government official's daughter who despite her upbringing has a lot of empathy towards the poor. She met Iljimae by chance and couldn't help admiring him for what he stood for even though she had never seen his face.

How to Meet a Perfect Neighour:

Baek Soo Chan has nothing in his hands but he lives a life under the belief that he will become the man any woman who sits next to him wants. However, his belief is questioned when he starts to realize true love. When playboy Baek Soo-Chan he finally meets his match with Jung Yoon-Hee. He goes absolutely crazy! His once blissful life of messing around with women has become something of the past every since Yoon Hee started to make snide remarks as she tries to protect her older sister from being trapped by his playboy ways. Yoo Joon Suk is the heir to his father's very successful company. He is forced to come back and take over his father's company when his father suddenly collapses. Yoon Hee then becomes Joon Suk's assistant and falls for her boss. Will Joon Suk return her feelings and will they be able to be together despite his mother's objections?

Endless Love

Battle: Mid term

The battle is ENDING!

I have been trying to be diligent and study hard for my mid term papers, I call it a battle against my laziness. Along with revising for the mid term, I had a project due during the week of revision. With a project and uncorporative projectmates, I had a really hard time concentrating on my revision. Finally, the project was submitted and I could concentrate on my revision. I spent 2 days revising for New Media and the paper was do-able though I am not sure if I answered the questions accurately.

After which, I had 3 days to revise for 2 economic papers. Yes, 2. Guess what happened? I was so stressed up because there were a hell lot of stuffs to remember for both papers, and they were 1 immediately after another, that I slept at 4am almost everyday. It was so crazy and the day before the papers, which was yesterday, I felt like crying and vomiting because the revision for both papers were only half-done.

Thankfully, I managed to complete 80% of the revision for both papers by this morning and managed to pull through both papers with probably slightly above pass.

The battle is ending with only 1 more paper left. Please pray for me. (=])


ON A LIGHTER NOTE, I am going to re-watch Fated to Love You. Hehe.

Meteor Garden, Hana Yori Dango, Boys Before Flowers

They are all referring to the same story by Yoko Kamio. I think it is a masterpiece.


The story itself caught my attention in anime form when I was still in secondary school.


Then as I started my third year in secondary school, I was introduced to the Taiwan real-life version which in this case is known as Meteor Garden. The main casts of Meteor Garden are Barbie Hsu (commonly known as Da S), Jerry Yen (Yan), Vic Zhou, Ken Zhu, Vanness Wu. It was the first human version of Boys Over Flowers.


Then in 2005, the Japan human version came out, Hana Yori Dango. Starring Mao Inoue, Jun Matsumoto, Shun Oguri, Shota Matsuda and Tsuyoshi Abe.


AND in 2009, the Korea version, Boys Before Flowers came out. Starring, Goo Hye Sun, Lee Min Ho, Kim Hyun Joong, Kim Bum, Kim Joon.

Comparing the 3 different versions of the same story, the first thing that hit me was the F4 in the Korea version are much younger and handsomer than the Taiwan and Japan version. (=P) Makino Tsukushi is prettier in the Korea version. In terms of grandness, the Korean version won again. But judging from the fact that it is a newer version, the Taiwan version is probably much grander at that point of time. In terms of acting, the Japan version is definitely better.

Oh, 1 more thing. The Korea Domyouji Tsukasa and the Taiwan Domyouji Tsukasa look so similar. Hehe.

Taiwan version - When Jerry Yan was about the age of Lee Min Ho now.

Korea version - Lee Min Ho.

Don't they look alike. (=D) Currently, 5 episodes of the Korea version is available on Mysoju.com.

Actors and Actress I adore

Nakama Yukie - starred in various dramas such as Gokusen (1, 2, 3) and the movie, G@me.

Kimura Takuya - Member of SMAP. If you don't know him, I don't know which era are you living in. LOL. Hui Min's god. I just like him a lot in the drama - CHANGE, which he played an amateur politician who suddenly became a prime minister (supposed to be 'puppet' but started moving by 'itself').

Yamashita Tomohisa - AKA Yamapi. Eye-candy and very good acting skills. Started paying attention to him after Kurosagi. He is pretty hot in my EA class. Hehe.

Fujiki Naohito - I just started paying attention to him though I always like the shows he was in but I just did not realise he is the same person. (=P) He caught my attention in Love Revolution followed by Hotaru no Hikari, Proposal Daisakusen, Around 40 and Shibatora. Best of all, I never realised he acted in 1 Litre of Tears. Hehe.


Above are all the Japanese actors and actress I like. Hehe.

Wild Wild Wet

It is for those who are wild. LOL. I went with Shi Yun, Jia Ying and Wei Tian today. Wonderful experience. We started with the Shiok River as we just ate some light meal before entering. We went around for about 2 rounds before we decided to move on to other rides. We played the slides and then moved to the Tsunami area. We waited and waited but the waves never came so we left to the Jacuzzi. And, the waves came shortly after we left the Tsunami. (-.-')

We played a few more rides before we finally headed back to the Shiok River which we enjoy the last 2 rounds of lazing around and we went to shower. But my hands still smell of chlorine now. Yucks.

As compared to the Escape Theme Park, I think Wild Wild Wet is much more thrilling. I recommend the Sky Rider and Slide Up for the non-fainthearted. These rides will definitely make your heart beats twice as fast. Hehe. Overall, it was a very interesting and wonderful virgin experience at the Wild Wild Wet. (^^)

DVD players
I am pissed off with (almost) all the DVD players at home. Firstly, the one in the living room is working but the remote control is dead and the AV channel has been taken over by the new mio TV system. Then the DVD player in my parents' room is also not working because they haven't used it for the whole year. The only workable DVD players are in my room but no one wants to watch movie in my room. ARGH!!! PISSED OFF!!!
Twilight
On the other hand, I am glad that I finished reading Twilight series and surprisingly, I hate Bella. Oops. She is just too unreasonable and unpractical most of the time though she is very innocent and kind. Please don't kill me if you like her. (=p)
Sims outing
Last Friday, we had a cousins outing. For once, all the Sims cousins were there and together with my 4th aunt and uncle (who decided that their younger son needs supervision). We decided on bowling but when we were there, all the lanes were full so we thought of catching a movie but all the time slot of those that we hadn't watched were off therefore we went to the arcade. We played a few games but the most memorable game would be the basketball match. Hehe. We waited for the basketball machine to clear before we had a Sims tournament. (=p) About 2 to each machine, we started playing and screaming. Something we don't do every time we meet. Haha.

Then a call came and told us lanes were cleared for us so we went down to play bowling. Hehe. I am not a good bowler and I don't bowl very often so it was not surprising that I was really lousy at it. We had a really great time there with all the screaming, cheering and clapping. Then 2 cousins left for another appointment while we continued. After bowling, we had dinner at KFC, courtesy of my uncle and aunt, before we headed back to the arcade to finish the remaining tokens. Then another 2 cousins left with my uncle and aunt before we decided to head back to the east for a movie, Bedtime Stories. The movie marked our last event of the day.

I am definitely looking forward to the next Sims outing. (=D)

Boring life

I have been lazing around lately. Didn't do anything special. Everyday is manga, dramas, movies and surfing the night.


I found a good manga, Skip Beat. It is about a plain girl who wants to take revenge on her childhood mate whom she had a crush on for many years but he betrayed her feelings by using her to take care of his daily life while he make his fame in the entertainment industry. She swore to take revenge by entering the entertainment industry but met many obstacles while trying to create a name for herself and a talented actor who despises her motive for joining the industry. Can she make a name for herself in the industry and take her revenge against the man who cheated her feelings and outdone the talented actor?

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I also watched a really funny Korean movie, Baby and Me. It is about this high school student who is suddenly burdened with a baby who is claimed to be his. He has to take care of this troublesome baby and at the same time, manage his life without his parents who are on a runaway. As such, he started his life as a single daddy and he started maturing at the same time.

We Got Married

If you are thinking shot-gun, etc, I am prepared to give you a kick in the butt. LOL.

"We Got Married" is a Korean reality variety show. In this show, they paired up 8 celebrities and they need to play as newly wed. There is no script to memorise and they are playing themselves although they do not know each other beforehand. You will get to see how 4 couples lived together and play as newly wed. Really entertaining.

My favourite couple in the show - Andy from Shinhwa and Solbi from Typhoon.
Andy has a reserve personality. He does not knows how to express his love and feelings for someone. Solbi, on the other end, has a very bright personality. She fears nothing and did not hide the fact that she admires Andy for a long time from the start of the show. Slowly they begin to open their heart to one another though they are not real couple.

The most unrealistic and romantic couple - Alex from Clazziquai and Shin Ae.
Shin Ae is a model who experienced many criticism from the public. She is very shy even after several episodes. When she finally started to get used to Alex who is a very romantic and reliable guy, Alex had to leave the show for his own album. The episode which they parted is really saddening but they came back together after a few episodes.

The most awkward couple - Hyun Joong from SS501 and Hwang Bo from Chakra.
They are a couple to replace another couple that 'divorced' after a few episodes. Hwang Bo is 6 years Hyun Joong senior. They are strange together but really make me laugh a lot. Hyun Joong, 22 years old, is a guy of little words but very detailed and humorous every time he speaks. Hwang Bo is very worried that SS501 fans will be angry at her for taking advantage of Hyun Joong so she is very careful that there is as little skin contact as possible. Though they are awkward together, they are very funny and entertaining.

The most dangerous couple - In Young from Jewelry and Crown J.
In Young has a very fiery yet cute personality. From the 1st episode till the current episode, there is not a single episode that I did not see her tantrums. Crown J also has a fiery personality but he is very accomodating. He tries to give in every time In Young is showing her angry face but he will always have a fight with her first. (=P) But strangely they looks very compatible together.


I have been watching the show for the past few days.

We Got Married

Boring

Orientation talk is boring but essential. I have been seating in the same LT for 2 days already. By the way, I am still struck in it right now. I brought my laptop, that's why. (=p)

Been chatting with Leanne and Wan Xin since these morning and now they are gone. Have totally no idea where they went to. COME BACK!!

I watched The Dark Knight with a primary school friend last night. It was great. I want to watch it again. Christian Bale is really good looking and I have no idea why did they choose Maggie Gyllenhaal as Rachel Dawes. She looks old and doesn't match the superhero. The acting of Heath Ledger is great. He really gives me the creeps and when I thought he was finally caught, he came back again. I love the twist in the show. Really great. Highly recommended. (=D)

ARGH!!! I want to go home now!

Traumatised

Oh sh*t! I am so badly traumatised by this manga titled - Billion Girl. I am having a bad headache because I really cannot stand how the story goes. Firstly, the storyline is great. I love the tension that the author managed to build for every character but I cannot stand what the aunt did to the nephew. OMG. I am too serious when I watch dramas and read mangas.

But still I love the storyline. I just hope I won't get any nightmare cos of this. Argh!

GSS

Great Singapore Sale has started. Lalala~

Already done a little shopping on Sunday. (=P)
I had to head to Ang Mo Kio Hub on Sunday to get my shoes, those that I posted on my blog some time ago. Didn't have the time to collect them the week before so I had to arrange a time on Sunday to collect them. Pretty and comfortable. (^^) Can't wait to wear them out. (=D)

While waiting for the person at AMK Hub, I went to Poh Kim. (I mentioned that I will never buy anymore discs from there before) Entered the shop as none other shops are interesting. Headed straight for the Korean Drama section. Saw "Pure 19" which is the 7pm show airing on Channel U now. (=>) There are 2 parts to it. Total cost of the 2 parts will be about $70++. I didn't buy it. No complains about it. I can still vividly remember what happened to my "Be Strong Geum Soon". Only having watched it once, lend it to others and it is now left to rot with my other collection. (=P)

The show is too long for me to re-watch. Too many episodes and I am not in the mood to go through several hours of sticking to the television again. LOL.

So I stepped out of the store, collected my shoes and went back to Tampines. I knew I cannot stop myself from buying that day. Who can? When all the "sale" sign boards are calling out to you. Excuses for spending. (=P) Bought 2 tees from Split for $50 and a pair of Levi Signature jeans for $69.90. Total damage - $119.90. Wanted to buy more but with so many plastic bags in my hand, it made shopping really hard to carry on. I left shortly after buying my jeans.

Then my secondary Lao Pa, Jason, happily sms-ed me. LOL. Had a good, and yet hard as I have to struggle to sms, time sms-ing. We, both, agreed that:

"Girls can make what they want becomes what they need so they will usually get what they want"


So true, right?

Happy shopping!!!

Time to start studying again

Before I start blogging, anyone wants to watch "LE MUSIQUE 2008" by TPJC Winds and Guitar Ensemble on the 31st May 2008, Saturday, 7pm, Victoria Concert Hall. Tickets are at $10 each. Please let me know if you are interested. (=>)

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It is time to start studying again. (>.<) Finally. I haven't been studying since the last time when I went to TP to study. Not as diligent as others thought of me afterall. (=P)

I am going to distance myself away from all kinds of enticement. Erm... ok, maybe not all. I can never keep myself away from dramas, probably my only addiction. (=D) I will still switch on my laptop since I have to send homework to my students during their holidays. So you will be able to get a glimpse of me on MSN once in a while. LOL.

I have been keeping myself busy lately with the weekly update of Fated to Love You, Absolute Boyfriend and Gokusen 3. Didn't watch Rolling Love at all though I would love to watch Dansen Tang in the show but the plot just doesn't attracts me. Haiz.

Other than the drama updates, I also managed to read Harry Potter again. This time paying extra attention to the various parts that I simply just glanced through previously. Really glad that I did. I have a new comprehension of the magical story. I also love the last part of the story when Harry told his son that he was named for the two headmasters of Hogwarts, one of them who was a Slytherin and was probably the bravest man he ever knew. I wonder whether "A History of Magic" will include the battle between Voldemort and Harry Potter. (=P)

Gokusen 3

Yankumi is BACK!

(=D) I am so happy that Gokusen 3 episode 1 with English subtitles is finally available. Yankumi did not disappoint me.

I want to watch episode 2!