If I include time on my RL blog, I've been with LJ for a good 10 years and it's finally time to move on. I'm having second thoughts even as I type this post but nope, gotta learn to let go.

This blog will remain but future updates will be done on my wordpress blog which has been revived. Hope to see you there!

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When I wrote my post on drama romances, those in wuxia dramas completely slipped my mind till Fia mentioned them perhaps because I was first introduced to the genre in the form of novels and later watched the countless movie/tv adaptations so it was never just 'a drama' to me. My memories of wuxia stories and the host of characters are an ( Read more... )

The lakorns I were excited for end of last year didn't quite hold my attention as I had hoped: Qi Pao lost me around ep4,5 while I checked out of Khun Samee and Buang Barp after 1 ep. But I'm still holding out hope that the following new batches of lakorns will be good!

Pan Ruk Pan RaiI don't keep tabs on Ch5's lakorns so I didn't know about ( Read more... )

In my previous post on 'Manee Dan Suaan', I talked about how I couldn't care for the main couple because I didn't understand how they came to supposedly love each other. That got me wondering, what makes in you tick in a drama romance? Some people go for fairytales complete with rainbows and stardust while others prefer watching the trails and ( Read more... )

A while back Fia posed a question on twitter, asking what we based our lakorn watching on and my response was 'cast/synopsis will lure me in but plot/chemistry keep me on board'. In general my answer has not changed but in this age of easy fastforwarding of videos, I realised that I am able to get through a drama simply for the casts' chemistry and ( Read more... )

Everytime I think I'm done with xxxholic, something new gets thrown my way. Apparently not satisfied with having Watanuki cameo in 'Drug & Drop', CLAMP will be resuming the manga in Feb . I don't know where CLAMP will be taking this since everyone except Watanuki is gone but can they at least show what on earth the friggin' egg that Doumeki has ( Read more... )

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I've finished 'Likit Fah Chata Din' and have started on 'Manee Dan Suaang' but I'm feeling terribly lazy about writing these days so lakorn thoughts will come later... I hope.

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Wong Kar Wai's arty-farty take on Wing Chun master Ip Man is finally making its way to the big screen and I'm really excited about it. I don't like Zhang Ziyi but heck, it ( Read more... )

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