The answer is a definite NO!
I've just been busy. It'e the beginning of the year AND month. Imagine all the reshelving and realignment of strategies, plus reports and write-ups i have to finish. Also, i've been watching videos and writing tiny blurbs which pay peanuts, but i'm not complaining ...
Recently watched Sweet Relationship Pt.1. It's a remake of manga, Oiishi Kankei which was made into a Jdrama around 10 years back. (starring the wonderful Toshiaki Karasawa and a little bit insipid but pretty Miho Nakayama)
It's about this girl who loves to eat and has been trained to truly appreciate food, but has also created a monster who is very fussy about eating. Her father dies leaving her penniless so she has to look for a job, unfortunately she is totally hopeless and klutzy. One day, having failed in another interview, she leaves the building to be greeted by a heavy downpour. She stops a taxi but get pushed on the road and loses the cab to some very disgustingly rude but well-dressed people. (her words ... hahaha) So unhappy, ya? She stumbles unto a quaint restaurant called Little Bear, and starts to stuff her face. At the end, she asks for the chef's recommendation which turns out to be a clear beef consomme. Touched by it's flavour, and the fact that it tastes like a consomme her father made for her, she starts to cry. And decides she wants to work there. Except then the chef starts scolding and says he won't have a woman in his kitchen.
The new version is the made in Taiwan one which stars Vic Zhou (Zai2), Patty Hou (most known as being Jay Chou's ex), Alan Kuo (who appears to have gained weight) and other people. It's cool. Very modern and beautifully shot, i hope the story doesn't die half way. 'Cos the main problem of Taiwan drama is either they become too melodramatic, too meandering or too slapdash. Only a few directors have managed to sustain a good lengthy drama - i dun remember their names but the good shows are like Meteor Garden 1, Yamada Taro Monogatari, Devil Beside You, Come to my Place, Toast boy's Kiss, It started with a Kiss, The Rose. Well, there are some more but they lack a certain sustainability about them. Either leads are crap or story too thin. Why-why love - the latest one on TV was quite ok except Mike He wasn't that great an actor. It didn't show with Devil Beside You, being his first drama and all - but his acting in Why2 love looked like an extension of character A-Meng.
So about Sweet Relationship .. here are a few tidbits. Heard this on the radio when both Vic and Alan were here doing interviews. Both of them went through training to learn to cook for real just so they could perform better. Alan, ever the diplomat, said that Vic was the better cook. And he himself enjoyed eating the food in the drama, which was freshly cooked for each scene.
Vic who recently acted in a film, explained to the radio dj about the difference of acting film and drama. He says that it is much more difficult to sustain a character in the long run, and make miniscule changes to it, perhaps changing only very little in each episode. While in film, being shorter, the character may have changed a lot in the next scene. The way he spoke made me see this pretty face in a new light. He is a thinking actor, not the types who have mush for brains and nothing to say at all. He has matured from the days of Hanazawa Rui and deserves some credit for his acting inspite of his wild popularity.
Then again, this director - i look forward to his next drama with great anticipation.
SONG FOR A MOOD
Close to You/Tien tien - David Tao. If there is one song, i must choose of David's, it is this song. Simple tune, simple lyrics, they evoke a simple feeling of love, loving someone and being loved. (there is a song called simple love also) Anyway, i love this song and listening to it cheers me up, puts me in a good mood. Plus, i've been wanting to listen to it again lately. I hope everybody falls in love with this song, too. Please do. It is these songs which make me think that Wang Lee-hom is over-rated. (Sorry)
I've just been busy. It'e the beginning of the year AND month. Imagine all the reshelving and realignment of strategies, plus reports and write-ups i have to finish. Also, i've been watching videos and writing tiny blurbs which pay peanuts, but i'm not complaining ...
Recently watched Sweet Relationship Pt.1. It's a remake of manga, Oiishi Kankei which was made into a Jdrama around 10 years back. (starring the wonderful Toshiaki Karasawa and a little bit insipid but pretty Miho Nakayama)
It's about this girl who loves to eat and has been trained to truly appreciate food, but has also created a monster who is very fussy about eating. Her father dies leaving her penniless so she has to look for a job, unfortunately she is totally hopeless and klutzy. One day, having failed in another interview, she leaves the building to be greeted by a heavy downpour. She stops a taxi but get pushed on the road and loses the cab to some very disgustingly rude but well-dressed people. (her words ... hahaha) So unhappy, ya? She stumbles unto a quaint restaurant called Little Bear, and starts to stuff her face. At the end, she asks for the chef's recommendation which turns out to be a clear beef consomme. Touched by it's flavour, and the fact that it tastes like a consomme her father made for her, she starts to cry. And decides she wants to work there. Except then the chef starts scolding and says he won't have a woman in his kitchen.
The new version is the made in Taiwan one which stars Vic Zhou (Zai2), Patty Hou (most known as being Jay Chou's ex), Alan Kuo (who appears to have gained weight) and other people. It's cool. Very modern and beautifully shot, i hope the story doesn't die half way. 'Cos the main problem of Taiwan drama is either they become too melodramatic, too meandering or too slapdash. Only a few directors have managed to sustain a good lengthy drama - i dun remember their names but the good shows are like Meteor Garden 1, Yamada Taro Monogatari, Devil Beside You, Come to my Place, Toast boy's Kiss, It started with a Kiss, The Rose. Well, there are some more but they lack a certain sustainability about them. Either leads are crap or story too thin. Why-why love - the latest one on TV was quite ok except Mike He wasn't that great an actor. It didn't show with Devil Beside You, being his first drama and all - but his acting in Why2 love looked like an extension of character A-Meng.
So about Sweet Relationship .. here are a few tidbits. Heard this on the radio when both Vic and Alan were here doing interviews. Both of them went through training to learn to cook for real just so they could perform better. Alan, ever the diplomat, said that Vic was the better cook. And he himself enjoyed eating the food in the drama, which was freshly cooked for each scene.
Vic who recently acted in a film, explained to the radio dj about the difference of acting film and drama. He says that it is much more difficult to sustain a character in the long run, and make miniscule changes to it, perhaps changing only very little in each episode. While in film, being shorter, the character may have changed a lot in the next scene. The way he spoke made me see this pretty face in a new light. He is a thinking actor, not the types who have mush for brains and nothing to say at all. He has matured from the days of Hanazawa Rui and deserves some credit for his acting inspite of his wild popularity.
Then again, this director - i look forward to his next drama with great anticipation.
SONG FOR A MOOD
Close to You/Tien tien - David Tao. If there is one song, i must choose of David's, it is this song. Simple tune, simple lyrics, they evoke a simple feeling of love, loving someone and being loved. (there is a song called simple love also) Anyway, i love this song and listening to it cheers me up, puts me in a good mood. Plus, i've been wanting to listen to it again lately. I hope everybody falls in love with this song, too. Please do. It is these songs which make me think that Wang Lee-hom is over-rated. (Sorry)
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