EEEEEEEEEEEEE!

[alexandral]

Holidays
EEEEEE! I am back from holidays!! They were wonderful!! We stayed with my sister-in-law and her family in their nice house in London suburbs. They are lovely family and Sasha enjoyed playing with her cousins very much. Weather was wonderful and this made these holidays even more special (we don't have much of the really good weather here, so we treasure it :D) We also attended our church's convention in one of the hotels near Richmond Park and this was a fabulous experience. Venue was nice, Richmond Park is beautiful and we visited few wonderful little cafés and restaurants in the Richmond area. EEEEEEE!

Spooks
Even more EEEEEEE! I am full of the new fictional loves. I am quickly going through 4 season of "Spooks" which is so fabulous and intelligent and stylishly filmed! baleanoptera, have you watched "Spooks"??? For a long time I was lamenting Tom's departure, but I must say, Adam (Captain Wentworth in another life) and also Harry And Ruth are so great!

Anego
And another new love is Japanese drama "Anego" of which I have watched 5 episodes already and I am absolutely in love with it. I think this is something I would really recommend to a person who never watched an Asian drama before. It is impeccably written and reminds me more of some Western films and shows like "Bridget Jones Diaries" then of any Asian drama I have watched previously.



Why do I like it so?

+ I really love the main heroine, Noda Naoko (played by Shinohara Ryoko who is GREAT), a 32 year old singleton in her search for happiness. She is warm-hearted, she is altruistic, she is brave and she is beautiful. Take me right, I love spirited teenage girl characters, but I seem to reach my saturation with this type of character and someone closer to my age group with problems I can really relate to makes such a welcome change for me..

+ Akanishi Jin who is playing Naoko's love interest Kurosawa Akihiko is gorgeous!! So gorgeous that his levels of gorgeousness are enough to make any show good.

+ Some really interesting cultural and social issues are raised in this show. It was, for example, very interesting for me to discover that Japanese workers normally start as temporary workers in a corporation and only if they show themselves well can they progress to the permanent worker level. Another interesting thing is a whole elaborate culture of "blind date" in Japan . And hhmm, married women with children in Japan still seem to be mostly staying at home. (I wonder if this is correct?)

So EEEEEEE! I love it!!! I would really love some recommendations for shows with Shinohara Ryoko and Akanishi Jin!!

PS: I have uploaded "Mansfield Park" and "Northanger Abbey", I will post the links as soon as I check them at home!!

Comments

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

Welcome Back!! *hugs* I'm glad you had a wonderful holidays! :) Anego sounds really great. I really liked the what you wrote about it. I thought about watching it awhile awhile back but i read such mix reviews on it. I'll love to know what you think of it once you've finished it. :) Jin is way too pretty. :P Kame and him sort of scare me, lol. ^^ Jin has amazing hips and looks really scary cat suit..here's some proof:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o6eDS6puRFg
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QYkS4O6ZluE

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

EEEEEE! ** hugs back **

I'll love to know what you think of it once you've finished it. :)

I am half-afraid to continue now after what scottishlass and miss_dian said. :D But I like Noda so much; it is just lovely to see her on screen. I think I am converting into jdramas recently; I am getting too tired with the slow pace of old Kdramas. I liked both dramas with Lee Wan, but many other Kdramas I tried to watch after "Winter Queen" seem too dragged out. Are you liking "Hello, Miss" and "Witch.."?

Jin is way too pretty. :P Kame and him sort of scare me, lol. ^^ Jin has amazing hips and looks really scary cat suit..here's some proof:

Oh, gosh! He looks like a girl, and a very pretty one! But THE SUIT!! ** washes her eyes clean ** The things they do in JE are soooo scary.

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

Yeah, I've heard the ending not too good as well. :/ I hope it won't be too bad! I'm loving Hello Miss and Witch Hoo Yee!! They're both really cute and funny. I'm constantly smiling and laughing while watching. I keep thinking which do I like more but I can't decide. When I watch one I think I like that one more and vice versa, lol. ^^ I think I'm leaning on more Witch Hoo Yee side right now. I think you should at least give both of them a try! :) I think I'm really in my happy drama phrase so I still haven't watched Manwang yet. I also tried out episode 1 of Thank You but I don't know if I want to keep going. The writing kind of bad but the little girl really cute. The bad thing is she has aids so I doubt this will end well. Another kdrama I tried out was Que Sera Sera so far seems pretty interesting (only episode one subs are out so far) I'm going to try couple more episodes before I decide to keep watching. :) There's 3 new jdramas out next week too!! Gah, way too many dramas on the plate!

I agree he does look like a very pretty girl. I'm bit jealous. :P Yeah, the suit was pretty disturbing and I'm sorry I had to share it. :)

Are you watching other dramas other than Anego?

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

Oh, I am so with you on "happy drama phase"!!!!! I am not watching anything apart from "Anego" and "Mawang", I have decided I will be good and finish every drama I am watching. :D

But I am definitely going to try both WHY and "Hallo, Miss!", I trust your recommendation!!

[allbloomedout.livejournal.com]

I still need to see Manwang. You know how excited I was for it to start but some reason now I can't start it. I may start it tonight after seeing 2 new subbed episodes of Que Sera Sera. I guess the only good part of putting it off is I'll get to somewhat marathon it later.:) How are you liking Manwang?

Please tell me what you think of them. :D

[alexandral.livejournal.com]

I like "Mawang" very much, it is amazing!