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Ariel Lin Rumored to Join Feng Shao Feng in Period C-drama King of Lan Ling

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 18, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2012

It’s been a not-so-secret done deal for days now that Feng Shao Feng has been cast in the upcoming period C-drama Lan Ling Wang (蘭陵王 or the King of Lan Ling), which may be his swan song to dramas now that he’s hit it big and transitioning to the big screen. He’s not exactly who comes to mind when I … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Ariel Lin, Feng Shao Feng, King of Lan Ling

Fashion King Releases Long Teaser and Premieres on Monday

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2012

Things I’m looking forward to in the upcoming Fashion King with Yoo Ah In, Shin Se Kyung, Yuri, and Lee Je Hoon: the fashion, NYC, and Yoo Ah In’s return to television after over a year break since Sungkyunkwan Scandal. Things I’m worried about: a potential for the trifecta of bad acting, terrible script, and spastic directing. We’ll have to … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Fashion King, Lee Je Hoon, Shin Se Kyung, Yoo Ah In, Yuri

Yun Zhong Ge Chapter 8: A Pair of Persons

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 17, 2012

This chapter KILLS me, the first of many such chapters where I just start twisting in a knot. For the first time in nine years, Liu Fu Ling and Yun Ge are so close, yet so far away. She’s cooking for him, the entire meal she’s been preparing to cook for Ling gege this entire time. But she does so … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Yun Zhong Ge

Painted Skin 2: The Resurrection Releases Awesome Character Posters

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 17, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2012

Sometimes when you want things done right, you have to go to the big leagues. THIS above is how one plays a rawr general who is so awesome he can vanquish an entire army AND still have time to rescue a damsel in distress. Chen Kun, my good hot hot hot man, I bows to you. Seeing this, how could … Continue reading →

Posted in Films | Tagged Chen Kun, Feng Shao Feng, Painted Skin, Yang Mi, Zhao Wei, Zhou Xun

Lee Jun Ki Releases Teaser for Upcoming Album Deucer

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2012

Since completing his military service less than a month ago, Lee Jun Ki has been busy gearing up for his one-two comeback in both his singing and acting career. He’s got the sageuk supernatural mystery K-drama Arang lined up for the Summer co-starring Shin Mina, but in the meantime he’s prepping for the release of a Japanese album titled Deucer … Continue reading →

Posted in Music | Tagged Lee Jun Ki

Yun Zhong Ge Chapter 7: Heartbeat Wrinkle

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2012 by ockoalaNovember 27, 2012

Until I got around to translating, I’d had forgotten how beautiful in its playfulness volume 1 of Yun Zhong Ge was. Tong Hua crafts these scenes and imprints it indelibly on the reader’s memory. The fireflies becoming the stars on the ground, the dandelions becoming the snow in the palm, it all makes sense because Yun Ge is such a … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Yun Zhong Ge

Preview for Episode 4 of Fondant Garden

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 16, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2012

Even though I’m squarely on the Mi En-Han Xiang ship in Fondant Garden, I’m looking forward to the burgeoning friendship between Mi En and Hee Hwan. Their upcoming little trip looks fun with a side of cute. With Han Xiang about to meet the real Ai Lin in Seoul, and the little lady continues to compound the lies by saying … Continue reading →

Posted in Drama Previews | Tagged Fondant Garden

Da Mo Yao Chapter 34: Dangerous Plot

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2012

What to do when your hubby isn’t around, you’re pregnant, and and the Emperor may want to take your newborn baby hostage? Why, ask your still besotted first love for his help, of course. I stopped feeling sorry for Jiu Ye a long time ago, because if Yu Er is his true love and no one else will do, then … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Da Mo Yao

Yu Zheng Releases Concept Photos of His Smiling Proud Wanderer Drama Adaptation

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2012

My gripes towards the Da Mo Yao novel-to-drama adaptation and casting may seem quite fervent, but in truth its really just small fry. Tangren may make a lackluster DMY drama, but its nothing compared to the insanity Yu Zheng is cooking up for his drama adaptation of Smiling Proud Wanderer (also known as Laughing in the Wind, State of Divinity). … Continue reading →

Posted in TW & C dramas | Tagged Chen Qiao En, Han Dong, Smiling Proud Wanderer, Wallace Huo, Yuan Shan Shan

Operation Proposal Ups the Heat and the Stakes with Some Major Kissing

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 15, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 15, 2012

So, uhm, that kiss shown in the preview for episode 11 of Operation Proposal? Yeah…..that turned out to be simultaneously hotter and sweeter than even the previews alluded to. Plus there was even more kissage than the scene they showed. My mind. Is blown. Mostly because K-drama kisses tend towards the anemic, and this one involved teenagers who showed that … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Operation Proposal, Park Eun Bin, Yoo Seung Ho

Yun Zhong Ge Chapter 6: Snow In The Palm

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 16, 2012

I know Meng Jue is impossible to figure out, and that’s just the way he is as a character and the way Tong Hua chooses to let his actions shed light on his motives rather than simply telling us. I can say that even until the very end of the novel, I’m not always certain whether some of his actions … Continue reading →

Posted in Books | Tagged Yun Zhong Ge

Love Rain Releases Stills for the Modern Portion Plus New Teaser

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 14, 2012

I appear to have a Jang Geun Seok radar, because every time I discuss him with a certain lady who rhymes with MickeyD, voila, new stuff comes out about him. The filming for PD Yoon Seok Ho‘s upcoming melodrama Love Rain has resumed filming again for the modern sequence. Leading man Jang Geun Seok sports a brand spanking new hairdo … Continue reading →

Posted in K-dramas | Tagged Jang Geun Seok, Love Rain, Yoona

Alice Ke Keeps Busy Since Wrapping Office Girls

A Koala's Playground Posted on March 14, 2012 by ockoalaMarch 13, 2012

Roy Qiu isn’t the only one benefiting from the popularity of Office Girls. His leading lady Alice Ke is also red hot in Taiwan right now, and she’s been quite busy since wrapping OG. She was off promoting her quirky movie Bear It with Dylan Kuo, doing various endorsements and charitable events, heading overseas to promote OG, and finally taking … Continue reading →

Posted in My Loves | Tagged Alice Ke

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