Coffee Prince

Oh regarding my disappearance, I completed an entire K-drama (Coffee Prince) over the Easter weekend. The line up of music was quite good - a handful in English, my only gripe was that they started to repeat some songs later in the show which i suspect is a cost saving measure on licensing. One of my favourites being the one below which has a nice sad tune to it.



I also thought that the way they begun the drama was very Japanese with the CG and whimsical flashbacks incorporated without leaving out the typical Korean elements of a young adult drama (not in order of appearance)

1. Poor girl (check)

2. Rich guy (check)

3. Family opposes relationship (check)

4. Male lead stripping (check)

5. Male/female lead crying so hard until snot runs (check, check check)

6. Plastic looking antagonist (half-check)

Since there was no particular antagonist, but the 2nd lead seemed antagonizingly plastic/ cliche enough.

The homosexual undertones were an interesting twist. At one point of the story, one of the characters Sun Ki who plays a Japanese remarks that, (homosexuality) in Japan was a normal thing and was more acceptable. 

 

There's been a surge of Koreans remaking Japanese material for their own. Two examples would be Hana Yori Dango (Boys over flowers) and Antique Bakery. I've yet to catch the Korean version for both.

*I'm still dancing** 

Start of something new

Weekend start was awesome. No regrets about riding the guillotine early. We did it guys. All of us together. The euphoria led to some thing else. Thank ye too. 

Having a staged alter ego is sort of like wearing concealer at night, you look great, take on a whole different persona, and after it all ends, you go back to being the same person you were.  

I had a weird dream this afternoon about being on a train that didn't stop looping, lying next to a familiar face, he was smiling at me. I wish someone would really look at me like that. 

In conversation

sOaPy - “The two most common elements in the universe are hydrogen and stupidity.”:
Newsflash u are turning 27 in 3 days. How fucking old is that?

"Soaps, you look as if you took a walk along the cosmics and the stars
twinkled for you, just for you."

E on my euphoric moment eating white chocolate coated rice krispies that had a maple flavouring.

I also learnt that porno mag in chinese is Ser Qing Kan Wu. My thirst for knowledge astounds even me.

Soapy’s media consumption

Websites: 

Weekly Japanese Anime -

Soul Eater

Bleach

Naruto

When I’m really bored

Vampire Knight

Gai Rei Zero

Skip Beat

Jossip:

Perez Hilton

Entertainment:

Youtube, crunchyroll, insert movie site

Movies

Rom-coms, the international arty farty stuff, HK movies

Social Networking

Facebook – this itself is rather strange coz I’ve been hooked to Pet Society, can study the adverse effect of applications affecting social aspect in social networking. Heh.

News:

Fark  - Really entertaining

Asiaone.

Radio:

Class 95 and sometimes 98.7 (I’m kinda getting too old for the latter but I’m love contemporary pop culture.)

Print

Newspapers, mags and books,

TV

Cable – I usually channel surf between lifestyle, education, cartoons and the movie channel.

Woot!

Love the new group dynamics, its a breath of fresh air. Work hard to slack more.

Witty Wednesdays. Die KL DIEEEEEEEEEEEE

Besides going about my usual nonsence and nuances, I think the previous story is fresh from the melanchony that I write. Reminds me of the final story in Pillowman about the painted pigs. Light and whimsical.

I am in a cheery mood despite being bogged down with what I feel is a dastardly bout of cold - sore throat, slightly feverish, aches and pains around my back thanks to Norman's good news - the cheery mood not the sickie. I'm not sure if it's a strange thing to say that the moods of my friends are caught on to me as if through osmosis. Norman my dear friend is in love.

I found this quote from Forbes

“Happiness isn't something you experience; it's something you remember.”

Happiness infects contagiously. I feel happy that things are working for him and even though I'm one of the bros (according to him that is), I can't help being reduced to giggles. *Thumps chest* Bro-ish giggles of course.

I've decided to go on a short break of the mind. I know with deadlines looming. I chant "I think I can I think I can." I'm trying to psyche myself into the zone. Some distraction is good.

Blame in on the Aussies

I was in a meeting today supposedly discussing a production about local folklore and fables and for some strange reason I kept thinking of Ned Kelly when I don't even freakin know who the hell he is apart from that BOTH Aussie lecturers have dropped his name.

I remember attending a lecture where we were asked if we had any local heroes an my mind instantaneously thought of one. Mr Yusof Ishak because his face is on the $1000 bill, $100 bill so on

We are only limited by boundaries we set ourselves

Have you wondered if there's such a thing as a dirty whore discourse?

Yah I guess it'd be synonymous with the filthy slut discourse wouldn't it?

I can prove that there's a dirty whore discourse.

How? Pray tell ...

Well if discourses were made out of ideologies.
Then the dirty whore discourse is really about the ideologies that demean women, celebs who think crotch bearing is ok - why is it you get so rich and then want to save money by not buying underwear, ok , that's off topic. An ideology that is very pro sex, capitalist in a way.

I suppose you're right. *snickers*
I'd rather you not pick up such stuff.