Happy Friday Everyone!

I'm in a K-drama slump. Other than Wish Upon a Star, I'm not watching anything else. Nothing has really grasped my attention. This weekend I watched Love & Marriage just to get my Kim Ji Hoon fix.

Anyone have any suggestions on new or old dramas to watch? I'm in the mood for a romantic\comedy. No mellow dramas please. And I find that I have no attention span when it comes to sageuk dramas. I've seen the Korean "staple" dramas, i.e. - Full House, Kim Sam Soon, Coffee Prince, My Girl, etc.. Suggestions on Taiwanese or Japanese dramas are also welcome!

Hope everyone has a great weekend!

@ 51 Jasmine

I've got a super short Japanese drama I can recommend. Actually, it's more of a TV movie, and it's only 45 minutes long, but I loved it. The English title is "How to Correctly Play with a Girl" but it's easiest to find by the Japanese "Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata" The basic premise is that a girl and a boy begin playing a princess and servant game when they're 8 or 9 years old, and they promise to keep playing until someone finds out about it. It's different from the usual Japanese stuff (i.e. not filled with sugar crack), but maybe that's what so fun about it. The lead guy is Mizushima Hiro, who's crazy famous now too :)

@50 asianromance

:O I love you so much right now, you have no idea.

Lols, the diarrhea scene was awesome. I also love every time he starts talking to the camera. XDD So good.

Show Luo is one of those idols I actually prefer as an actor rather than as a singer. Like, he's a decent singer, and a good dancer, but most of his songs don't really do anything for me. (好朋友/Hao Pengyou is really good, though.) As an actor, though, he's capable of a surprising amount of subtlety, and is surprisingly good at ringing the desired emotions out of me. As much as I love Rainie, most of the times I've cried in HMS have been because of Show.

Also, I just discovered he has a blog, which he seems to update fairly frequently. I'm totally going to be blog-stalking him from now on. :3 (It's Chinese practice! Yeah, that's it.. *shifty eyes*)

@52 gallivanter

That show actually sounds really cute. :3 I'm gonna look for it too, thanks for mentioning it!

Oh man... It's OT Friday!! TGIF, really. I'm so, sorry, JB, about the comment problem. LOL. I would offer my CSS skills... but they are nonexistant, so I don't think things would get anywhere, haha.

Meanwhile, I was completely swamped this week. It was ridiculous. And now that has put me behind in every single show I'm following (except Wish Upon A Star, but that's because they didn't broadcast this week due to Olympics). BUT... that means I was watching the Olympics religiously. Actually, the only sport I watch religiously on the Olympics is figure skating. I can't believe Plushenko lost (although, granted, Lysacek came from the same town as I did... but still.... crazy Russian man for the win?). I was quite disappointed (as was my friend). And Johnny Weir just gives me laughs - apparently one of my friends knows him personally... quite interesting.

My real life, though, is bothering me. Some people who were my pretty close friends sort of seemed to have dropped away... It's because I used to be close to one of my friends but ever since he got into the "college MUST = drinking" phase I've drifted away from him (Honestly... I don't get the big deal with drinking. It's not a necessity in college, it's not "cool" and it's definitely not healthy. It's dumb, really. And especially if you're underage... why can't you just wait like 2 more years? I don't get it.). But my other two close (but now drifting away) friends have still stuck close to him - I think it's because they're more generous with their kindness than I am - so they end up "chaperoning" all of his drinking time, along with his other friends who drink a lot, too. Personally, I feel like one time he should just learn his lesson and realize that drinking has real consequences to it, not just "feeling happy" (which, I also think is sad that he can't be happy without the influence of alcohol). But yeah, so now they end up chaperoning all of this and spending less and less time with me that I feel like we've begun to drift apart, which is really really unfortunate.

Okay, that was my bitchy little rant. But it has really really been bothering me these past few days.

@ 52 gallivanter

omg! i love that movie!! i think the screenplay/story won some kind of award when it was submitted in a contest so it was then made into a short movie. it's really cute and fun, huh? Totally love Hiro in it and i like the girl as well - i believe she's the girl from the Meitantei Conan SPs that star Oguri Shun.

@ twin

hello. i have not said hi to you today. so...hello :P

Hello, JBeeners,
It's lunch time, checking in again. 0)
@yenchan
"I think I’ve discovered the secret to OT. Get in early before the crazy West Coast masses wake up. :p"...You are too funny. Mus ditto with Cingdoc: We love you too...
@asianromance and kender
I will have to check out Show's new drama. What is the name again?
Had never really watched his acting before because I am a BIG Jay Chou fan...
ahem...And proud of it!. I am willing to give Show another try/chance. 0)

@57 CP

Haha, I love Jay Chou too, but there's always room in my heart for more handsome and talented Asian men. :)

The drama's called Hi My Sweetheart, or sometimes just My Sweetheart. He starts out super adorably dorky and becomes a total heartthrob about halfway through the show. (It's almost sad.. I was really attached the the dorky Da Lang. ^^)

If you like him there, you should check out Corner With Love, with Barbie Hsu as his leading lady. He's super adorable there too, and much less ridiculous. (That show also redeemed Barbie in my eyes, because I'd never liked her before that.)

@cingdoc - “I think I’ve discovered the secret to OT. Get in early before the crazy West Coast masses wake up. :p”… *ahem* We (@ockoala, @lovenyc ,@hjkomo and myself) love u , too.

*SQUISHes* I'm actually just saying that to cover up the fact that I'm super.jealous of all the awesomesauce West Coast meetups you guys get to have. The OT party doesn’t get started until you gals come along. ^__^ Am I still welcome on the West Coast? I bring bribes offerings of dumplings and porkbuns…

sorry about that JB at least that explains to me why the numbering sequence were off in the last OT thread. I kept refreshing and I thought i was going insane because everytime i go to the next page it starts at #1 again lol! thank you for your tolerance and generosity in creating an OT thread. Friday is not the same without it :)

Anyway, has anyone read or heard about the new social media site called "chatroulette"? apparently it allows you to chat with anyone anywhere in the world through webcam. and if that person doesn't like to chat with you maybe due to your appearance, he/she can click "next". i thought, wow! it's like internet speed dating. some 17 yr old boy from moscow created it. let's wait if he'll get lucky like the myspace guy since he's already received offers.

Happy Friday everyone! 'So glad it's nice and sunny here in Seattle :)

@ 60 pixie

Chatroulette? CRAZY. My younger brother introduced me to Omegle a while back, and that's chatting with a stranger through instant messaging. That's weird enough for me, so I don't think I'll attempt the webcam version :D

@ twin

"@ twin

hello. i have not said hi to you today. so…hello"

you still didn't say hi to me :P

@yenchen

don't worry about the westcoasters, they really do still love you. i thought it was a rather cute comment.. cuz when they are on, it's a marathon trying to keep up w/ posts!! but that's why the rest of us love them westcoasters too! *DBland hugs*

hey.. umm..

there's no edit anymore?!?! not that i used it *turns head away & whistles*

@ twin

HI~!!! *waves madly* :)

@ twin

twin telepathy at work again!!!!!

edit button disappeared?? darn - i need that.

@ 61 gallivanter - i know, it's scary but what scares me most are google map and earth. some psycho can easily track you if he/she knows your address *shudders*. btw, i'll check out the dorama you recommended thanks :)

@51 jasmine - my suggestion on old taiwanese dramas are Wish To See You Again and Ying Ye 3+1. I don't know if you've watched these but just in case.

So I'm on the last 2 eps of season 1 of airbender. This is truly great but when do I get some Zutara action? Y'all got me into this, take responsibility!

@ xiahkixiri

Oh sweetie, I feel for ya? Do you sense it, the undercurrent of attraction and loathing, of Katara with her dead mommy complex, Zuko with his daddy is a psycho asshat complex, its like they understand what's motivating each other.

Zutara is and always was a very subtle thing. There is no real action, unless you visit fan fic sites, where Zutara is everything under the sun. And so satisfying. ;-)

@twin

twin telepathy... at avoiding work. :P awesome. now we're both just a couple of slack@sses. lol.

*waves back* hi!!

Happy Friday!!!!!

I wish you all a great weekend!!!!!

Verrryyy Off topic but I'm hoping for an answer to a question I have....its regarding what every happened to Aja-Aja? I just checked thier site and they don't even have the To All Anon Note instead it states access denied....Que Paso?

I support thier action of getting control over thier site but does this mean they are no longer open to any possibilty of anyone being able to apply for membership? And how in the heck did one apply for membership?? I could never figure it out...I was just hoping the issue would be resolved with the stolen links and then it would be possible....*sigh* its sad and confusing but I would really appreciate to know.

I can't believe how fast the week has past!!!! I can't wait for the new episode of Stars Falling....and to think I almost didn't follow the series...its just too cute!!! But now the reality hits! Only 7 episodes Left!!! *------* What to do!!!! Any reccomendations?!?!??! I find that my mood is for these "lighter with tugg at my heart* storylines are whats really working for me right now! BUt then if something like CityHall was shown again I would be on it like a Diabetic on suagar-free soda!

@ twin

haha hey now... twin telepathy is twin telepathy in whatever form it takes! if it's being a coupla slack@sses then so be it!

@ 55 A

I'm sorry you're going through that. A bunch of my friends went through an insane drinking period in university (I'm not a big drinker), and some of them grew out of it, while others didn't, and we just drifted apart. It sucks but, unfortunately, that's part of college. I wish I had better advice, but it's something we all go through at some point or another. I'm sure you'll make new friends that are at your maturity level :) Do you have any small or specialized classes? I struggled with meeting people until I found a really specialized class where we all had the same interests. It's been three years since I took that class and all of us are still really close.

i usually never comment on anything . but just so everyone in the OT knows... today is MIKA NAKASHIMA's birthday. tanjoubi omedetou mika san .

@ ockoala: There was hardly any Zutara interaction in season 1! I watched part of another mv and I was like moley, it's strong and it's hot! And now you tell me it's not. :( I just finished s1 and was thinking of watching a drama, maybe starting autumn's concerto, before starting s2. But omg! Zuuko's sister! O_O I must say I'm looking forward to scrabbling my way to the fanfic. When I'm done with all 3 seasons I will come back and pout for recs! ^^ At least tell me when Zuuko goes for the shaggy hair? That'll give me some indication.

@ xiahkixiri

Zuko cuts his hair in Season 2 and continues to grow it out and look all hot and bothered. So you've met Azula? Oh hells that is one crazy beeyotch. Anyways, Zutara is really the entire 3 seasons combined, it's in the little gestures, subtle glances, unspoken words. I thought the Season 2 finale cemented Zutara as the OTP, but then Season 3 pretended that the cave scene didn't happen, and I was all like, WTF?

Anyways, enjoy!

@kender
Show more handsome than Jay? Yes!
More talented? No way!!
But let's don't start it. We might have a "mouth-water" war, ha!

@77 CP

Hahahahaha, I meant "more" as in quantity, not as a comparative. XD I don't think anyone could argue that Show is more talented than Jay. I think the only person who could even come close to Jay in that regard is Wang Leehom, and he's still pretty far behind. :)

But yeah, Show is super good-looking. I'd tap that. ;)

@ ockoala: Azula appeared for a second as the last scene of season 1. Zutara don't really interact in s1, apart from the fight in ep20 when she's trying to protect Aang while he's in the spirit world. Yeah I'll stop trying to force the Zutara in and just go with it. ^^ Ugh, I hate it when the powers that be screw up OTPs. Don't make it look like it'll be one way and then go the other it's mean!

@ ockoala / Chuno

I usually avoid spoilers like the plague, but I couldn't resist reading yours. (Wah! Sob! Poor DG!). I reckon it's useless to try to remind plot-oblivious of such a Phenomenon, and anyway it's unfair to other OTers who of course want to discuss it NOW. Boo hoo, I want to be in on the sob party. Viikii Chuno is blocked where I live, drats, will have to hunt down where else I can watch subs or else watch raw. Or even (eeeks!) attempt Chinese subs.

@ serendipity

We've been having a sob-fest over at twitter for 24 hrs now, its kinda calmed down but involved lots of muffled screaming, guts ripped out, depression, catatonic states, you name it, we're feeling it. Care to join us. ;-)

I would have kept it there except 140 words doesn't actually allow me to compile my sure to be all-time unbeateable list of all the shit that happens to one human being - namely, Dae-gil. I almost forgot, this isn't something bad, except it shows how far gone DG is - the stroking of the imaginary shoes. Le major sigh.

Anyways, catch up with raws, JH's acting doesn't need any understanding to convey what is happening, and certain scenes have zero dialogue but sledge hammer like impact.

I'd like to ask for some advice from the frequent fliers here in DB-land. It looks like the friends that offered to be tour guides in Japan are going in April, so I have to get serious about the trip. I have a bad back and the long flight is going to be hard on any airline, but are there any that you have found more comfortable than others? It will be coach, not business class, and from Sea-Tac, not SFO or LAX, though it looks like many flights go through one or the other. Thanks in advance.

@ ockoala

Aha. That's would explain why OT was unnaturally quiet yesterday! I think I might well go knock myself out with the raws, thanks for tip.

@ Dele

I've been entertaining the thought of going abroad to teach for a year after graduation too. FYI, there's this site: http://www.eatyourkimchi.com and it's 2 people's experience while teaching in Korea. I shall creep on your blog too=)

@34 ockoala

For a moment I thought Dae gil is going through some mental block, standing in front of their house on their wedding night ! and dae gil with his concious action of caressing her face and stroking the side of her shoe and putting it at the right
angle for her to slip-in easily the next day , I can't take it anymore !!
Too much pain for Dae gil since the beginning.

This scenerio also remind me of j/drama Aisheteru kiseki when tha man placed his hand on her lip and than placed it to his lip!.

More heartbreaking to come for Chuno.

@Kender
Wang LeeHom? I guess he 's right behind Jay..I meant way behind...0)

@Samsooki
What pre-2009 dramas are you watching now? Any particular ones you enjoyed?
I also want to go back to do some catch up. I prefer comedy-romance dramas. Anything that's funny, touching, fast pacing...like You Are Beautiful. Any recommendation?

I'm dead tired..but I can't lie down to sleep. This is torture!!

@asianromance

Just marathoned the rest of Hi My Sweetheart, and OMG ADORABLE. I want to kidnap Show and keep him with me forever. I won't even ask for a ransom, just keep him in my house with me. :D

The only sad thing is that they gave him that terrible haircut again.. I wanted his sexy hair to be permanent. :(

I didn't have much of a problem with the ending otherwise.. The constant interruptions got old, but that's okay. My leads ended up together, and that's how it should be. :3

@CP

Hey, don't knock Wang Leehom.. I'm friends with someone who's really good friends with his younger brother, so I've got connections! Connections which I've yet to use, unfortunately, but that's not the point. :P

@79 xiahkixiri

"I hate it when the powers that be screw up OTPs."

That is a very good way of putting it! It's honestly like the writers had no idea what they were writing. They were so set in the "Aang's the hero and therefore must get the girl", they completely over looked the chapter on foreshadowing, parallel storylines and symbolism. That said, despite the fact that all the kissing that Katara & Zuko do in the series is not with each other, they do have some great scenes together and provided enough material to keep the ship floating for a long time.

The good news is the Katara/Zuko fic out there is AWESOME!! (But there's a lot of it, so ask if you need to be pointed in the direction of the good stuff.)

I'm also going to admit that I know have the Sesame Street theme song is now stuck in my head. I believe it has something to do with today's open thread number. :-P

@ A : sorry to hear about your college buddy/friends experience. College is one of those places and times when friendships sort themselves out; that is, either they endure or they wither. These seem to be withering. But others will take their place. A friend studying Buddhism told me that people come into your life because they have something to teach you (you have something to learn from them, more accurately). When you've learned it, they may leave. Maybe you've learned the lesson those friends had for you.

And alcohol is a big thing to be far apart on...

Sounds like you're due to meet some new friends soon.

On frequent flying.... I love Singapore Airlines, but the legroom isn't generous. Asiana is okay, I flew with them last year and it was fine... a few years ago I flew EVA in something that was between economy and business, like a premium economy, and that was really nice. Cathay is probably pretty good. And just recently I flew to HK on Air Canada--which I usually avoid like the plague for international flights (no choice domestically)--and it was actually fine. Decent selection of movies and tv shows, too.

@52 gallivanter

Just watched that Kanojo to no Tadashii Asobikata show you mentioned, and it's DARLING!! It made me super happy. :D Quite well-acted, and adorably original. I want Mizushima Hiro as my servant.. :3

I know that this show was produced because the writer won a screenwriting competition held by TV Asahi.. Do Korean TV stations have anything similar? Exactly how does an unknown screenwriter get noticed? Actors can go on auditions, but how much harder is it for screenwriters? Same with directors. How exactly does one become one?

Ah, the things I think about when I don't want to do my homework..

@19 samsooki
i've been trying it thank you very much.. ;D
@26 lb_tmi
thank you very much.. :D
@48 bluegummibear
i'll try to sign in...thank you very much bluegummibear .. :D

thank you very much guys i'll try it you're all angel.
;D

@ 96 Kender

Yay! I'm so glad you liked it :) It's really a gem in the Japanese drama department. Have you seen Mei-Chan no Shitsuji? Hiro plays a servant there too...but it's the crackiest thing I've EVER seen. So much doesn't make sense (what kind of school gives hot servants to teenage girls?), but that doesn't mean it wasn't entertaining!

I wish TV Asashi would do this contest every year...or that anyone would. Fresh blood is always needed (in my book) to the entertainment industry, and it's a little surprising to me that the writer hasn't done anything since this drama. Maybe it wasn't well received in Japan? It's so different from the style Japan has adopted in the last 5 or so years, and that's welcoming to me.

@ gallivanter

Mei-chan was all kinds of crazy and logic fail, but tons of fun. Somewhat a waste of its lead actors, I thought. But fun.

Happy Friday everyone...am so glad I got to read some of the spoilers for Ep 13 and 14 of Chuno. I've seen it already but no English sub. But still I can feel the pain of the characters...esp LDH and JH...gosh...I was crying and my hubby was teasing me because I can't understand what they are saying...they might be talking about something else...and not what I perceived it to be...lol

Can't wait for next week. I am sooo looking forward to Wed and Thurs now...instead of the weekend..lol

Have a great weekend everyone...