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

[calixa.livejournal.com]

I really liked Anego too, and I'm glad you're enjoying it! I found it to be very well written and well-acted, especially Shinohara Ryoko! I'm barely out of my teens but I prefer female characters who are older, too :)

Shinohara Ryoko is in a whole bunch of dramas! So far the only one of hers I've really loved is Anego, but she also leads in 'Unfair' which I hear is very good, it's a crime thriller. Most recent one is 'Haken no Hinkaku', which someone on my flist recced to me.

[baleanoptera.livejournal.com]

Hooray! you're back!! It's been very quiet and un-alexandralish without you. But so good to hear that you've had a lovely time.

As for Spooks I've only watched a few episodes of season one. It was shown at the oddest times here - like an hour after midnight and so. But it is worth checking out?

(and I'm slowly working my way through FNL. Slowly because I'm swamped in work - but I've just seen the episode where Tim's dad steals the camera and Tim gets beaten up. I swear this show has decided I shall be on the verge of tears EACH and EVERY episode! Not that I mind. ;) )

[scottishlass.livejournal.com]

Welcome back home :)
Anego IMHO was okayish .. I first liked it a lot but then in later eps I didn't like the OTP very much. I'm looking forward to your take of the whole dorama.
:)

[miss-dian.livejournal.com]

Eeeee! So glad you had a wonderful holiday ^^ Re: Spooks. I've been wanting to see that show. Unfortunately they don't sell the DVDs here. But I was curious to see what Matthew McFadyen was like in it, LOL. As for Anego, unfortunately I didn't like the show much. I think it was because I was hoping for more of Jin's character. Yes he's gorgeous but other than that he kind of bored me :D But like you, I really liked the heroine. I still went through with it but I used the ff button a lot, LOL. Beware of the ending though. Hope it won't disappoint you! ^^

[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

[catdecember.livejournal.com]

jin is great eye candy, but Anego was just..okay for me. i like the heroine though, she's pretty and spunky. ;)