We’re a few chapters from the end of Da Mo Yao and the story is slowly headed towards a final catharsis. Everyone has grown up, learned some tough and painful lessons, and find themselves contemplating the seemingly simple question of “What’s next?”. For Yu Er, she’s the type of woman who actually does follow her man, despite her wild and … Continue reading →
Look carefully. This might actually be the two leads for the OTP of the drama-adaptation of Yun Zhong Ge. I am honestly fine with this, LOL. Probably because the alternatives could be lot, A LOT, worse, considering the usual suspects Yu Zheng casts in his dramas. I tend to take Yumama’s casting leaks with a tiny bit more believability than … Continue reading →
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 (è˜é™µçŽ‹ 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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →
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 →