A while back Fia posed a question on twitter, asking what we based our lakorn watching on and my response was 'cast/synopsis will lure me in but plot/chemistry keep me on board'. In general my answer has not changed but in this age of easy fastforwarding of videos, I realised that I am able to get through a drama simply for the casts' chemistry and ( Read more... )

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What would you do if your father was framed for a crime he did not commit then murdered in cold blood? Would you lie low, try to live your life the best possible and wait for those responsible to be ruined by their own acts? Or would you actively seek them out and plot their downfall at whatever cost? The premise of Fai Chon Saeng had potential, ( Read more... )

It was a good idea to pick out the pra'nang bits in DS to watch cos I found my eyes glazing over even when reading about the family drama and our resident nang rai's antics. Despite me not caring about the plot and the ridiculous ending which I shall rant on later, I still think the OTP parts are worth a watch and it's testament to Pong's charms ( Read more... )

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Spoilery rant ahead. Read it to save yourself the trouble of actually watching the show ( Read more... )

Nope, no Hayami and Hanabusa scenes in the SP but I expected as much ( Read more... )

Written back in 2007


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ChinaSealed With A Kiss: The premise of a man blackmailing a girl into becoming his mistress in order to exact revenge for her father's sins might not sit well with many but if you're a lakorn veteran, this would not faze you a bit. It has all the elements of a typical slap-kiss - Greed! Betrayal! Revenge! Abuse! Manipulation! - and I was expecting ( Read more... )

Between my job and trying to maintain some semblance of a social life, blogging got put on the back burner, but I finally have some time to look back on the non-lakorn dramas I’ve caught in 2011. Let's start off with Korean dramas!

Princess Prosecutor: Caught this on a whim for Kim So Yeon and I ended up LOVING this and Park Shi Hoo if you haven’ ( Read more... )