Coffee Prince!!!!!!!!

Life is wonderful, post-holiday house cleaning is done and our house looks quite habitable again. Now I can relax and talk about fannish things absolutely without any guilt whatsoever. And what could be better to talk about then the best dorama of this year:

Coffee Prince!

It is so very wonderful! Cross-dressing! "Twelfth night"set in Korea of our days! Coffee!!!

It is really great to see how Korean drama developed recently, picked up quality writing and fast pace previously associated with Japanese dramas. "Coffe Prince" is everything a good dorama should be and more in spades. Excellent actors, loveable characters. The main leads, Yoon Eun Hye as Eun Chan and Gong Yoo as Han Kyul, are particular good but secondary pairing, Lee Sun Gyun as Han Sung and Chae Jung Ahn Yoo Joo, is really affecting me too. Usually I find secondary characters either annoying or evil (or both at the same time). But in "Coffee prince" I am really rooting for Han Sung and Yoo Joo to overcome their difficulties, their fear of commitment and their jelaousy.
And how can I forget "The Boys" working it Han Kyul's coffee shop! Coffee Princes! They are so amusing, every one of them.

Also it seems that it is heading for a good ending. I am getting more and more fond of good endings.. :D Goon Yoo would not have smiled like this if there was a bad ending, right? And I hope there will be a good ending for my secondary OTP too????



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Happy birthday + Music post + Zveri

Today is a birthday of baleanoptera whom I "met" less then a year ago I haven't met yet in RL, but in whom from the very beginning I felt you are akindred spirit!

Happy birthday, dear! I hope you are having a wonderful day because you totally deserve it!

In honor of baleanoptera this is a musical post. I have acquired quite few CDs with Russian music on my Moscow trip. I don't have an i-pod yet and may be will never will because even though I love i-pods theoretically (shiny!!!!!!!) I find listening to the music whilst having my headphones on quite distracting from the tasks at hand. I usually listen to the music whilst driving or at home on CD player.. I bought CDs of many of my old favourites in Moscow but I also discovered from my sister's recommendation a new obsession with a Russian group whose style is quite an unusual one for me!



Zveri (or "Animals" ) is a rock/rap/pop bad which was organized in 2001 by the lead singer Roman Bilik (who is known under the name of Roman Zver). They are very popular in Russia. It is difficult for me to explain what captivates me personally so much in their sound because it seems that I am getting a little too old for this type of music. :D It just seems that their songs and lyrics are so matching to the present mood and feeling in Russia that it is as almost as if the soul of Moscow's streets, districts and blocks is pouring out in their singing. Plus Roman has a live-wire crazy energy about him that is just so catching! He is not exceptionally good looking but this is never a problem in Russia where everything is about soul and lyrics and always has been.

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