Smiling Pasta/微笑PASTA

My first impression of Smiling Pasta was not very complimentary. Most Taiwan dramas portray girls that are really...dumb. Such as ISWAK. Ariel is really pretty and a good actress, but really, she is waaayyy too stupid. No offense to ISWAK lovers!

I think Smiling Pasta is really cute. It's trying for the happy, lighthearted drama. Not the very sad, romantic type. But it's romantic in it's own special way. One thing I loved about this drama is that it uses a lot of special effects. Which just adds to the drama's cuteness. ^_^

CHARACTER CHECK:

Cheng Xiao Shi/Cyndi Wang: I didn't like her that much...she's not that pretty and can get a little annoying in the first episode. But if you watch on, she's really lovable and cute.

He Qun/Nicholas Teo: I feel a little embarrassed to say this, but I thought that Nicholas looked like Calvin Chen from Fahrenheit. I mean, even his voice is similar! But now I think I was blind or deaf that day. It's funny now that I think of it.

Ah Zhe/Gino: I was like, ugh, who is this guy? But I really learned to like this cold and tough guy. Even though he looks really hard to cross, he has a very warm heart. ^_^

Rita/Xiao Qiao: She's supposedly the female antagonist, but I turned out to really like her personality in the end. Not too scheming, and not too evil. Love Rita!

Vincent: He Qun's manager...is awesome! Except maybe he's a little misunderstanding in the end. But all goes well. I just found out that he plays the manager/assistant to Ruo He's dad in Bullfighting. Seriously, that scares me.

Cheng Family: Everyone in Xiao Shi's family has different personalities, and I loved each of them. They were there for Xiao Shi from start to end. That point especially touched me.

There is no realy climax to this drama, just because it was meant to set a smile on your face. When He Qun and Xiao Shi argue, it always makes me laugh. When they have troubles, they cause me to shed tears. This drama really is awesome. No drama can be perfect, and a lot of people say the CK problem was solved too fast. But if you think logically, it makes sense. But no spoilers!

I read on the comments that in Ep. 16, if Xiao Shi could have had amnesia and totally forgotten who He Qun was, that was a way to extend the drama. I thought, woah, that is such a good idea! I mean, wow! A whole new story could spin from right there!

A lot of people say that SP might have a season 2, but I have a theory. One of the latest dramas that made a season 2 was ISWAK, which was a top box office drama. I'm not very sure if SP sold this well...

I've pretty much said I have to comment. Now I'm telling, if you want a very happy and relaxed drama to watch, then this one is BINGO!!! :)

The following is kudos to DramaWiki:

CAST:

• Cyndi Wang as Cheng Xiao Shi 成曉詩
• Nicholas Teo as He Qun 何群
• Gino as He Rui Zhe / Ah Zhe 阿哲
• Zhao Hong Qiao as Rita
• Jian Chang as Cheng Gang 成剛
• Zhao Shun as Cheng Jin 成金
• Wang Juan as Chen Lin Ma Li 成林瑪麗
• Hu Kang Xing (胡康星) as Cheng Ming 成銘
• Song Zhi Ai as Huang Qian Hui 黃千慧
• Wu Zhen Ya (吳震亞) as Lei Long 雷龍
• Shen Meng Sheng as He Meng Yuan 何孟元
• Bao Zheng Fang (鲍正芳) as Bi Li Ling 毕丽铃
• Di Zhi Jie as Vincent
• Wei Ru as Xiao Rou
• Darren as Wei Zai
• Vivienne Lee as Xing Ren Cha 杏仁茶
• Ivy Chen as Tian Xin 田欣 (ep 15)
• Leon Jay Williams as Xia Tian 夏天 (ep 15)
• Pan Yi Jun as Betty (ep 15)
• Fang Zi Xuan as Shi Jing Wen (ep 14)

SYNOPSIS:
Xiao Shi is a girl who has gone through many short relationships, 17 to be exact, not one lasting more than 3 months hence, she was cursed with a three-month curse. After being dumped by her 17th boyfriend, the world looks grimmer than ever. At that time, a famous idol, He Qun runs past, bumps into Xiao Shi, and they end up "kissing" on the street. Paparazzi swarmed by and to avoid a bad reputation, He Qun’s manager declared Xiao Shi as He Qun’s girlfriend of one year and fiancée. Thus, a love contract was made. This story is about how the couple learns to like each other after having disagreements in the beginning, as well as fighting the injustices the media throw at them. Will Xiao Shi finally break her 3 month curse?

LAST TIDBIT:

I have to say, it was so funny when I saw Leon Jay Williams in Ep. 15! I was like, hey it's Tian Jun from My Lucky Star! Haha!

I loved their soundtrack- every song rocked! See review for Tears From Polaris.

Did you know that Qian Hui is actually Ming Mei from My Lucky Star. Geez. Such a differrent character...

Agent J 特務J- Jolin Tsai 蔡依林

This is kinda old, but a couple days ago, my friend lent me her MP3, and it had Jolin's 桃花園/Ideal State, which is now one of my favorites in this album. A lot of people say this was Jolin's best album so far, but I have to say I'm a little disappointed. Jay Chou's album was awesome, Fahrenheit's hit the box office, and Aska Yang improved so much since he first appeared onstage in One Million Stage. There's nothing wrong with the album, but I really think Jolin changed since she first entered showbiz. Like in a weird way...
But I still support her! Jolin ROX!

One reason I love Jolin is: she went to my old elementary school. Which is pretty funny, right? This year's school anniversary, she's going to attend! As if anyone can get close for a signature.

The OST of this album is Agent J- I don't really like it. I don't usually like fast songs, and this one one not much of an exception. But I saw the MV, and the guy looks SO much like Nicholas Teo. But instead it's some korean guy.

Everyone knows that Jolin went out with Jay, and then Jay went out with Patty Hou, and NOW Jolin is saying that she was backstabbed. I mean, get with the program, Jolin, this happened years ago!

My favorite songs in this album is:

• 桃花園/Ideal State
• 日落後/Sun Will Never Set
• 節拍器/Metronome
  

Cough, cough. That's it...?
Well, you can't expect for the whole album to be awesome (in your personal opinions). Even superhuman Jay can't do that. That's why I fully support Japan when they release singles. You can be sure you don't waste money. But the point is, I still don't think it's worth it because I listen to one song for a couple weeks, then I get totally bored.

Well, I thought I had another "unbiased" opinion. I forgot, believe it or not. Geez. How pathetic can I get? Since this is so, I end it here!

SUGAR & SPICE: (credits to wikipedia)

The expenses for Jolin's album "Agent J" took 50,000,000 Taiwan dollars (1,513,179.80 USD), filming in Paris, England, and Thailand and taking dance lessons in Europe, Taiwan, and USA ^[1]. Jolin had learn pole dancing and aerial ribbon dancing for a music video for her album "Agent J". Jolin learnt the moves within 10 days of intense training, almost paralysing her right arm ^[2]. The deluxe version of the new album contains a three-part music movie featuring popular Korean actor Kim Jae Won and Hong Kong stars Stephen Fung and Carl Ng. Metronome was written by Jolin herself.

The track, "Sun Will Never Set" is a cover version of the original "Sunshine In The Rain" by Bodies without Organs

SONG LIST:

1. Agent J (特務J; Te wu J)
2. Bravo Lover (愛無赦; Ai wu she)
3. Alone (一個人; Yi ge ren)
4. Fear-Free (怕什麼; Pa shi mo)
5. Ideal State (桃花源; Tao hua yuan)
6. Prologue of Tacit Violence (冷.前言; Leng qian yan)
7. Tacit Violence (冷暴力; Leng bao li)
8. Priceless (非賣品; Fei mai pin)
9. Metronome (節拍器; Jie pai qi)
10. Golden Triangle (金三角; Jin san jiao)
11. Sun Will Never Set (日不落; Ri bu luo)
12. Let's Move It

(Note: All the track names have only three characters)

SALES:
Agent J is one of the best selling albums around Asia. In Taiwan, the order before the album release had reached 50,000. One week after the album was released, the total sales in Taiwan has reached 150,000. Critics are expecting this album can sell over 200,000 just in Taiwan. In Hong Kong, the album debuted in HMV best selling Asian album at its peak number 2. As the album was released one week later after Taiwan, the Agent J has sold over 10,000 copies in Hong Kong. In Hong Kong, the promotion is still continuing in December. Jolin is planning to go to Hong Kong for events and promotion in Christmas period as the album has now sold about 20,000 and is one of the best-selling Mandarin album in Hong Kong in 2007.

LAST COMMENT:
I didn't even know all the songs were only 3 words! Woah, what's that supposed to mean?
Maybe Jolin's album sold better than I thought. Okay, okay, I take it back.

Tears From Polaris- 北極星的眼泪

This is a song from the TW drama- Smiling Pasta! Which I'm still watching. I like it so far, but that's probably since I haven't seen Full House before.

Anyhow, this song is by Nicholas Teo, the guy inside Smiling Pasta. His voice isn't that good, but after I saw his character in SP, I thought he really rocked! It makes me feel like he pours his whole heart in while singing. In the song contest between him and his brother, he sang this song, and it made me cry. It had so much feeling!

白色風車

This is a old Jay Chou song, but I just noticed that Yoo Ha Na (劉荷娜/유하나) was inside it! Yoo Ha Na acts Xia Zhe Xing (夏之星) inside My Lucky Star. ^_^ Enjoy!

微笑PASTA —我在159號，讓世界看見你—

This, again, is a short commercial thing from SETTV. 我在159號，讓世界看見你, to be exact. Except last time, it was on My Lucky Star. This one is from Smiling Pasta. Which is the drama I'm watching right now, but I can't quite write a review because I've only watched half of it. But I can say that a lot of people think Smiling Pasta is so much like Full House. Well, duh, even the director said SP was a Taiwan remake of the Korean drama Full House. I thought SP was a pretty dumb drama at the start, but as you watch on, you'll grow attached to the drama! ^_^
Like I am now...

Coffee Prince/커피프린스 1호점 /咖啡王子一號店

Coffee prince 1-1
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I promised to write a review since a couple days ago. And WHA-LA! Here it is(my version):

Coffee Prince is a very relaxing drama. It's not I-Like-You-You-Like-Me, He-Likes-You-And-I'm-Jealous, vice versa. It's pretty much a drama without antagonists. Instead, it covers other people's story. For instance, the Coffee Prince: Ha Rim, Min Yeop, Sun Ki, and Manager Hong. It doesn't leave stories hanging and makes you absolutely LOVE the Coffee Prince no matter how much you/I hated Ha Rim in the first place. I mean, I really didn't like Ha Rim. He was such a...nevermind. But now, his personality seems really funny to me.

Character Check:

~Go Eun Chan~
A girl that works hard to pay off her family's debts. Ever since her dad passed away, she was always the head of the family. So when Han Kyul said he'd pay her for his "lover" job, she had no choice but to accept. (NOTE: Eun Chan is forced to give up her girl appearance because she works so hard and never has time to "look" like a girl. So Han Kyul thought she was a guy- BIG MISTAKE!!!!!!!!)

~Choi Han Kyul~
A guy that is the son of a huge food company. But instead of working at it, he runs to America and creates blog templates- I think. So his Grandma thinks it's inappropriate for such an important heir(he's the ONLY heir) and sends for his return. When he returns, his Grandma tells him to go on a bunch of blind dates. So that is when Eun Chan comes in. (NOTE: not exactly your typical snobby mob boss)

~Choi Han Sung~
Han Kyul's cousin and friend. He's a song producer, and WAS dating Han Yoo Joo, b4 she ran off with DK (her new boyfriend). He meets Eun Chan (he knows she's a girl) because she delivers milk there. An incredibly nice, friendly, and warm guy. ^_^ (NOTE: he finds himself more and more attracted to Eun Chan....)

~Han Yoo Joo~
Han Kyul's secret "habit". Han Kyul once liked her, but since she liked Han Seong, he gave up. But Yoo Joo once said that if Han Kyul really liked her, he would whisk her away without thought of his cousin. So..kinda confusing. Back to Yoo Joo's personality. Personally, she's pretty cheeky in the first part. She broke up with Han Seong, ran with DK, and had the guts to come back to Han Seong after...3 years? Not so sure. Will check on that. But she becomes sweeter in the end. :)

~Jin Ha Rim~
Read the first paragraph!

~No Sun Ki~
A japanese guy that came to Korea to find his old girlfriend. Searching for a long time already, he works in popular but illegal waffle stand. When Han Kyul is recruiting members for Coffee Prince, he sees Sun Ki and asks him to join. Sun Ki may seem cold and resentful at the front, but when you watch on, he's really a very wonderful person.

~Hwang Min Yeop~
Eun Chan's sister, Eun Sae's crush. Eun Sae once called for Eun Chan to help her out because a gangster was harassing her. Min Yeop mistook Eun Chan for a boy and thought she was Eun Sae's boyfriend. So they decided to have a contest to see who could the most noodles in the least time. The setting is coincidently in the old unremodeled Coffee Prince. Eun Chan wins, and Min Yeop sets off to see her to have another contest when she's working at Coffee Prince. Eun Chan tricks Min Yeop that when he helps her finish the work, then they'll fight. Mi Yeop agrees, and he becomes a hired member of the Coffee Prince when Han Kyul sees what a hard worker he is. A stupid, but soft hearted fellow, is sure to make you smile when you see him.

~Manager Hong~
Before Coffee Prince, Manager Hong always seemed so far away from the actual world. His Coffee Shop never had many customers, even though his coffee was delicious. Basically a disgusting person, but he has his points.

DRAMA WIKI SYPNOPSIS:
The life of Go Eun Chan (Yoon Eun Hye) is not easy; she works many jobs to pay off debts and even gave up her feminine image. Choi Han Kyul (Gong Yoo) is the heir of a big food company, but his grandmother wants him to settle down, so she arranged many dates for him. After Eun Chan bumped into Han Kyul and was mistaken for a boy, Han Kyul decided to hire Eun Chan to be his gay lover in order to avoid the arranged dates. Desperately in need of money, Eun Chan had no choice but to accept. Han Kyul's grandmother also made Han Kyul in charge of a filthy coffee shop in danger of being bankrupt. Eun Chan begged to work at the coffee shop, and not long after, feelings start to spark, except, how would Han Kyul accept his "homosexuality"?

CAST:

• Yoon Eun Hye as Go Eun Chan
• Gong Yoo as Choi Han Kyul
• Lee Sun Gyun as Choi Han Sung
• Chae Jung Ahn as Han Yoo Joo

Extended Cast

• Kim Ja Ok as Han Kyul's mom
• Choi Il Hwa as Han Kyul's dad
• Kim Young Ok as Han Kyul's grandmother
• Park Won Sook as Eun Chan's mom
• Kim Chang Wan as Mr. Hong (ex-Coffee Prince president)
• Kim Jae Wook as No Sun Ki
• Kim Dong Wook as Jin Ha Rim
• Lee Un as Hwang Min Yeop
• Lee Han Wie as Mr. Ku (the butcher that likes Eun Chan's mom)
• Han Yeh In as Go Eun Sae (Eun Chan's sister)
• Kim Jung Min as DK (Yoo Joo's ex-boyfriend)

I don't really understand the ratings for Korea, but here they are anyways:

Date	Episode	Nationwide	Seoul
2007-07-02	1	14.4 (7th)	15.5 (7th)
2007-07-03	2	15.3 (7th)	16.2 (7th)
2007-07-09	3	18.1 (6th)	18.6 (5th)
2007-07-10	4	19.0 (4th)	19.8 (4th)
2007-07-16	5	19.3 (3rd)	20.1 (2nd)
2007-07-17	6	23.2 (2nd)	23.9 (2nd)
2007-07-23	7	25.2 (2nd)	25.3 (2nd)
2007-07-24	8	26.8 (2nd)	28.1 (2nd)
2007-07-30	9	25.2 (2nd)	26.2 (2nd)
2007-07-31	10	25.9 (2nd)	27.3 (2nd)
2007-08-06	11	28.4 (2nd)	30.8 (1st)
2007-08-07	12	29.9 (2nd)	31.4 (2nd)
2007-08-13	13	29.3 (2nd)	32.1 (2nd)
2007-08-14	14	28.1 (2nd)	30.5 (2nd)
2007-08-20	15	27.1 (2nd)	29.0 (2nd)
2007-08-21	16	28.5 (2nd)	30.8 (1st)
2007-08-27	17	27.7 (2nd)	29.5 (2nd)
Average		24.2	25.6

Hee Hee. Enjoy watching!

Coffee Prince(English Subs)
Coffee Prince(original version)

床邊故事~ 張韶涵 Angela

This is a MV from Angela's newest album, "Ang 5.o".
It's a nice album, filled with songs that are jut gr8, such as the GZXM theme song she did. But this one has a nice ring to it, calming like a lullaby and cute like a little kid. Especially the first 12 seconds.

04. 床邊故事

作詞：戴蕙心　作曲：戴蕙心　編曲：洪敬堯/謝銘祥

小時候　睡覺前最愛聽床邊　故事
幻想進入那神秘的國度
不要走　別關燈　請再講一個故事
讓它陪我進入夢鄉中

或許我是個海盜　要去尋找那寶藏
或許我是個快樂的美人魚

＃每一晚　每一頁　我幻想　都成真
　這就是床邊故事的魔力

＊每一晚　每一頁　我可以環遊全世界
　這就是床邊故事的魔力

Repeat all once,＃,＊,＃,＊



It's easy to remember becuz it only has one set of lyrics. Which is nice, but sometimes too simple.

Jay Chou's 牛仔很忙 (Jay On The Run)

This is Jay's 2007 album- and I really think this is his best album out of them all. There are so many good songs that really have feelings and songs that just make you plain happy. No matter what type of music you like, you'll find at least some songs you love in this album.

CD

1. 牛仔很忙 Cowboy On The Run (Niŭ Zăi Hĕn Máng)*
2. 彩虹 Rainbow (Căi Hóng)*
3. 青花瓷 Blue & White Porcelain (Qīng Huā Cí)
4. 陽光宅男 Sunny Otaku (Yáng Guāng Zhăi Nán)*
5. 蒲公英的約定 Dandelion's Promise (Pú Gōng Yīng Dè Yuē Dìng)*
6. 无双 Unparalleled (Wú Shuāng)
7. 我不配 I'm Not Worthy (Wŏ Bù Pèi)*
8. 扯 Nonsensical (Chě)
9. 甜甜的 Sweetness (Tián Tián Dè)
10. 最長的電影 The Longest Movie (Zuì Cháng Dè Diàn Yǐng)

My favorites are shown above with a star. ******
So, listen to them from this page- they're worth it!!! ^_^

♪IMEEM: What's On Your Playlist?♪

Maybe I've said a couple things about IMEEM- but I sure never did write a full post on it. So here I am, slaving away at the laptop. I have a account on IMEEM-

Hallie's IMEEM Account

And I uploaded some stuff. To tell you the truth, I'm pretty proud of the background design, which I take credit for putting the pictures together and matching the color schemes. Which I LOVE doing! I wish Blogger would open something like a Theme Editor. It would be very very cool! Well, also since I don't really know how to fiddle around with HTML- it's way too complicated. It's for people that have numbers and stuff in their head at all times. Which scares me at times.

Anyways, IMEEM is the coolest music site around- and I've used it a few spare times. It has tons of cool functions. But one drawback- you have to make an account or else all the music will be only 30 seconds. But they don't ask you much in order to make an account. AND you can make up stuff. Like your birthdate. Haha.

轉角*遇到愛 Corner With Love

This might be kinda outta date- Corner* With Love aired some time ago. Like, at the start of 2007. But I watched it around summertime. And now I remembered that I didn't do a review- yet. Yet is the operative word. Haha. Here is DramaWiki's shortened rehash of Corner With Love:

Xin Lei (Barbie Xu), a girl from a wealthy family, and Qin Lang (Alan Luo), a guy who came to Shanghai to pursue his dream of becoming an artist, meet by accident at a corner when her car and his bike crash into each other. They meet again when Xin Lei goes to the restaurant that Qin Lang works at. They truly get to know each other when Xin Lei asks him to teach her how to make oyster pancakes. Then, Xin Lei's parents' company goes bankrupt. Without telling her, Xin Lei's parents go into hiding, leaving only a plane ticket and a key to their house in Taiwan. To make matters worse, Xin Lei's fiance breaks the engagement, due to his parents' wishes. The only two people she has now are Qin Lang and her best friend Xi Xian. Qin Lang then tells her that he is leaving for Taiwan, so they bade farewell. When Xin Lei arrives in Taiwan, she finds out that Qin Lang's family has been living in the house for years! After much controversy, Qin Lang's grandmother finally lets her stay. Thus begins a magical love story.

A magical love story. Oh, how nice! *sarcastic voice*
But whatever. I'm 2 out of energy to write my own version- so wha-la!

CAST:

• Barbie Xu as Yu Xin Lei (俞心蕾)
• Alan Luo as Qin Lang (秦朗)
• Lu Jia Xin as Cai Xiao Yang (蔡小陽)
• Dean Fujioka as An Teng Feng (安藤楓)
• Fang Fang (方芳) as Du Dan Po (牡丹婆)
• Harlem Yu as Lian Sheng Quan (連勝全)
• Carolyn Chen as Wen Bi Zhu (溫碧珠)
• Zhang Li Wei (張立威) as Ah Da (阿達)
• Chen Yan Ru (陳彥儒) as Jiu Ba Dao (九把刀)
• Huang Hong Sheng as Ah Yi (阿義)
• Chen Zhi Kai as Yin Shang Dong (尹尚東)
• Jiang Chao as Xiao Pang (小胖)
• Fan Ming (范明) as Cui Ge (崔哥)
• Xiao Jian (肖剑) as Bao Che Ren (包車仁)
• Wu Yan Xuan as childhood Qin Lang

EPISODE RATINGS:

Episode	Nationwide
01	2.85
02	3.17
03	3.59
04	3.34
05	4.12
06	3.94
07	2.94
08	3.26
09	3.47
10	3.42
11	3.64
12	3.94
13	4.00
14	4.07
15	3.96
16	3.75
average	3.59

Haha. So, if you haven't seen this drama yet, it's a definite MUST-SEE!!!!!!

P.S. When I finish The First Shop Of Coffee Prince, I'll write a full review- currently on episode 12!

我在159號，讓世界看見你

This is kinda a commercial show from SETTV. I mean, not technically a show, and not really a commercial. It's only a minute or so, but it shows parts from dramas aired in the past year or so. Like, good parts or something. But it's pretty interesting- so take a look!

RELATED EXITS:

• 我在159號，讓世界看見你 Playlist
• SETTV's Youtube Page
• 我在159號，讓世界看見你 Official Page

Oh right, I want to clear one thing. The Youtube SETTV channel is official- you can see that on the webpage! ^_^

Top 25 Ways To Drive Your Roommate Crazy

This is a funny letter I received in a chain letter...it probably seems cheesy, but it'll make a rainy day seem much more sunnier. ^_^

Top 25 Ways To Drive Your Roommate Crazy

1. Every time you wake up, start yelling, "Oh, my God! Where the
heck am I?!" and run around the room for a few minutes. Then go
back to bed. If your roommate asks, say you don't know what
he/she is talking about.

2. Buy a plant. Sleep with it at night. Talk to it. After a few weeks,
start to argue with it loudly. Then yell, "I can't live in the same
room with you," storm out of the room and slam the door. Get rid
of the plant, but keep the pot. Refuse to discuss the plant ever
again.

3. Buy a Jack-in-the-box. Every day, turn the handle until the
clown pops out. Scream continuously for twenty minutes.

4. Live in the hallway for a month. Afterwards, bring all of your
stuff back into the room and tell your roommate, "Okay, your
turn."

5. Keep a tarantula in a jar for three days. Then get rid of the
tarantula. If your roommate asks, say, "Oh, he's around here
somewhere."

6. While your roommate is out, glue your shoes to the ceiling.
When your roommate walks in, sit on the floor, hold your head,
and moan.

7. Punch a hole in the TV Set and watch it anyway, complaining
about the poor picture quality.

8. Collect potatoes. Paint faces on them and give them names.
Name one after your roommate. Separate your roommate's potato
from the others. Wait a few days, and then bake your roommate's
potato and eat it. Explain to your roommate, "He just didn't
belong."

9. Break the window with a rock. If your roommate protests,
explain that you were hot. Open and close the broken window as
your normally would.

10. Move everything to one side of the room. Ask your roommate
if he knows how much an elephant weighs, and look at the floor on
the empty side of the room with concern.

11.When your roommate comes in, pretend that you are on the
phone, screaming angrily and shouting obscenities. After you hang
up, say, "That was your mom. She said she'd call back."

12. Sit in front of a chess board for hours, saying nothing, doing
nothing. Then, look up and say, "I think this game goes a lot faster
with two players."

13. Talk back to your "Rice Krispies." All of a sudden, act
offended, throw the bowl on the floor and kick it. Refuse to clean it
up, explaining, "No, I want to watch them suffer".

14. Scatter stuffed animals around the room. Put party hats on
them. Play loud music. When your roommate walks in, turn off the
music, take off the party hats, put away the stuffed animals, and
say, "Well, it was fun while it lasted."

15. Unplug everything in the room except for one toaster. Pray to
the toaster. Bring it gifts. Throw some of your roommate's
possessions out the window. Say that the toaster made you do it.

16. Wear your shoes on the wrong feet, all the time. Constantly
complain that your feet hurt.

17. Instead of turning off the light switch, smash the light bulb
with a hammer. Put a new bulb in the next day. Complain often
about the cost of new lightbulbs.

18. Whenever your roommate brushes his/her teeth, watch him/her
do so. Take notes. Write a paper on it, and circulate it around
campus. If Your roommate protests, say, "The people have a right
to know!"

19. Collect potato chips that you think look like famous people.
Find One that looks like your roommate. Burn it, and explain, "It
had to be done."

20. Read the phone book out loud and excitedly. ("Frank Johnson!
Oh, wow! 837-9494! Holy cow!)

21. Buy a watermelon. Draw a face on it and give it a name. Ask
your roommate if the watermelon can sleep in his/her bed. If your
roommate says no, drop the watermelon out the window. Make it
look like a suicide. Say nasty things about your roommate at the
funeral.

22. Hold a raffle, offering your roommate as first prize. If he/she
protests, tell him/her that it's all for charity.

23. Make cue cards for your roommate. Get them out whenever
you'd like to have a conversation.

24. Set up about twenty plants in an organized formation. When
your roommate walks in, pretend to be in the middle of delivering
a speech to the plants. Whisper to them, "We'll continue this later,"
while eyeing your roommate suspiciously.

25. Keep some worms in a shoebox. When doing homework, go
and consult with the worms every so often. Then become angry,
shouting at the worms that they're stupid and they don't know what
they're talking about.

(NOTE: I take no credit!)

My Lucky Star Drawn Picture

Awwww! So KAWAII!!! But lately I think I've been writing too much about My Lucky Star. Well, don't blame me. I just feel in a very writing-drama-stuff-mood.

換換愛 Why Why Love

Why Why Love. This is a drama I have seen for 3 times already!!!! Except for the ending, the whole drama has earned 5 thumbs up! The ending was too much like Silence. I mean, the director could have ended it at Ep. 12 but he decided to make more money by lagging off the last 3 eps. Which is just horrid. The last couple eps were the ones that made me cry- but no spoilers!!! Here's the description from DramaWiki:

Tong Jia Di needs a life besides work, paying down family debt, and more work. So her best friend Jiang Xiao Nan sneaks in a “Love” coupon in Jia Di’s raffle box praying that the lucky guy who draws it will sweep Jia Di off her feet. As it so happens, Huo Yan, the compassionate manager Jia Di has secret crush on, is the lucky guy. But, tho' the prince can exchange the coupon for Cinderella’s love, it doesn’t mean he will, especially when his devilish younger brother is determined to exchange his “Master/Angel” coupon for her servitude.

Well. I won't say that this synopsis is the best, but it's the best I can get. I mean, DramaWiki is the best drama site there is, and all the info is correct. Still, it sounds cheesy, right? And I don't mean the kind you put on lasagna either. But no more comments!

CAST:

• Rainie Yang as Tong Jia Di 童嘉蒂
• Mike He as Huo Da 霍達
• Kingone as Huo Yan 霍彥
• Judy Qiu (裘蒂) as Yang Yan Shu 楊妍書
• Chen Yan Xi as Jiang Xiao Nan 江小南
• Wang Dao as Huo Zhen Hao 霍振浩
• Ge Wei Ru as Liao Cai Juan 廫彩娟
• Jin Yu Lan as Qin Yu Hua 秦玉華
• Sun Qin Yue (孫沁岳) as Tong Jia Hui 童嘉輝
• Ye Min Zhi (葉民志) as Tong Bao San 童寶山
• Xu Shi Hao (許時豪) as Bo Zi 波子
• Eric Tu (涂百峰) as Sai Lang 賽郎
• Carolyn Chen as group leader
• Fu Pei Ci (傅佩慈) as Tong Jia Di's cousin
• Xiang Bo Tao as Childhood Huo Yan
• Xu Qiong Yun (許瓊云) as childhood Yang Yan Shu

Haha. That's actually a nice cast list. I guess. Like I said before, this drama is so like My Lucky Star.
I mean, the dad and his "affairs." And the personalities. But the director is the same...no creation.

EPISODE RATINGS:

Episode	Nationwide
01	2.22
02	2.31
03	3.05
04	3.13
05	3.25
06	3.14
07	2.62
08	2.65
09	3.15
10	3.25
11	3.42
12	3.52
13	3.43
14	3.25
15	3.35
average	3.05

That's pretty good considering there's hundreds of channels to watch. ^_^
Anyways, watch WHY WHY LOVE!!!! It rox!!!!!

❤Happy Heart Day❤

Happy Heart Day! Well, belated heart day. I've decided to put this movie soundtrack by Studio Ghibi. Or something like that. Studio Ghibi also created Totoro, the very famous Japanese animated movie. This movie is called Howl's Moving Castle. It's a love story...which is basically why I put this here. If you haven't seen this b4, then I strongly recommend you to. I mean, it's one of my all-time favorites. It's about a girl named Sophie that becomes cursed by the Witch of the Wastes. And she becomes a old woman. The whole plot is pretty strange, but the animation is just fantastic! I think it was a nominee for the Academy Awards. Some year or another. But it really is the best you can get!!!

My Lucky Star Blended Pics

~My Lucky Star~

This one is particularly pretty. It shows Hana and Jimmy at the first car race.

This one is vintage chic. Kinda like the tags of jeans. ^_^

Wow, it's FishEye!!!

I loved the words: "Faith is part of true love. Thank you for always believing in me." It so fits My Lucky Star!!!

Wow- like compasses and maps. Reminds me of Pirates Of The Caribbean-haha.

Well. That's a lot of pictures. They're all so nicely done! But of course I take no credit at all. The credit goes to...(drum roll)...http:///www.bbs.92wy.com! I'm totally obsessed with My Lucky Star lately. It is probably the best drama ever- except maybe 4 Why Why Love. And about Why Why Love, I just realized that I didn't do a full review. Well, that's what is coming next-soon. Lastly, Happy Lunar New Year!

My Lucky Star 放羊的星星

My Lucky Star (放羊的星星) is a taiwan drama that aired in 2007. It's one of the best dramas I have ever seen- definitely a must-see. It's plot is about a girl who goes to jail as a jewelery con-artist. The guy is E.Shine's (a big jewelery company) second master. And of course these big problems happen and everything else. But it's a very touching story and a the end it made me cry- quite a lot. But I won't spoil it for you people. It has a total of 20 episodes and I just finished it- but I wish I didn't so fast. It's been a long time since I had a really good drama to watch. Anyhow, this is the main concept from dramawiki:

Like the boy who cried wolf, Xia Zhi Xing had lied one too many times. So when she did tell the truth, nobody believed her except for the most unlikely person, Zhong Tian Qi, a runaway young master of a jewelry empire. His belief in her inspired her to become a real jewelry designer instead of a lying, scheming jewelry con artist. In the process, she taught him the real value of jewels that he is destined to inherit.

Such a good story! *sniff*

CAST:

• Jimmy Lin as Zhong Tian Qi 仲天騏
• Yoo Ha Na as Xia Zhi Xing 夏之星
• Hong Xiao Ling as Ou Ya Ruo 歐雅若
• Leon Jay Williams as Zhong Tian Jun 仲天駿
• Lee Wei as Han Zhi Yin 韓志胤
• Wang Dao as Zhong Wei 仲威
• Dong Zhi Cheng as Guang Ming 光明
• Huang Yu Rong as Zhao Shi San 趙十三
• Chen Wei Min (陳為民) as Fa Ge 發哥
• Zheng Xiao Hui (鄭曉慧) as He Bao Zhu 何寶珠
• Tsai Pei Lin as Jin Shan Mei 金善美
• Guo Shi Lun as Wu Ren Yao 吳仁耀
• Niu Cheng Ze
• Meng Ting Li (孟庭麗)
• Song Zhi Ai as Ming Mei 明美 (ep. 01)
• Fu Pei Ci (傅佩慈)as Nini 妮妮
• Li Zhi Qin (李之勤) as Zhong Hua 仲華
• Cheng Bo Ren (程伯仁) as George
• Lin Yi Hong as Jason
• Renzo Liu as Hedda
• Liang Xiu Zhi (梁修治) as Board director Zheng 鄭董事
• Xie Qi Wen (謝其文) as Kidnapper

WTSYA Videos Eps 1-6

I finally found where they were showing WTSYA- as of right now, they have episodes 1 thru 6. But Tudou might be a little slow. I'd suggest you to wait for it to load b4 you start to watch!

Pure Celebrity Shock !_!

I got the shock of my life when I saw a celeb at the subway station. I totally freaked out becuz I didn't even expect it. I saw Aska Yang!!! He is the guy who made One Million Star(超級星光大道) famous starting from the first season. But now I totally regret I didn't scream his name or something. I mean, how dumb can you get? I guess I just kinda dazed out, I never expected to see him in a subway station! But I'm sure it was him. He was wearing a white track jacket with black stripes and pulling a bag. Maybe hurrying to a photo shoot? I dunno. But anyways, I still don't believe it becuz it sounds so crazy. So I decided to honor him by digging out his brand-new album, Dove (鴿子), and posting it here from IMEEM. All the best to Aska!!!

Wish To See You Again 這裡發現愛

WTSYA Ad



WTSYA OST MV



This is a new taiwanese drama that's been broadcasting in Japan ever since December 12th. It's a drama to promote tourism in Taiwan. Since the F4 (Meteor Garden) are very famous in Japan, they star in this drama- actually only Vic, Ken and VanNess because Jerry is currently filming another drama with Wu Chun and Alan Luo called Hot Shot.
Vic Zhou acts a writer who's suddenly has no more ideas for stories so he becomes a taxi driver to hear stories from his passengers. Chen Yan Xi (Shao Nan From Why Why Love) stars as a girl who's recently graduated from college, and becomes a PR assistant in a 5 star hotel. Kingone is the hotel owner. I find that his character is very much like Huo Da in Why Why Love. And his brother, the general manager, is very much like Huo Yan's personality. Which I find very funny. Another thing that's funny is that you see old people from Why Why Love. I saw the groupleader and Bo Zi. But they only appear for like 5 seconds. Here's DramaWiki's synopsis on WTSYA:
"Xu Le is a bestselling author who never left home. He was recently struck with a case of writer's block and is in search of an inspiration so he decides to work as a taxi driver hoping that by listening to his passengers that he'll be struck with some inspiration. Coincidentally Xu Le meets his high school classmate, Ah Hao, who is also a taxi cab driver. Ma Yong Rui is an heir to a five-star hotel and is also Xu Le's and Ah Hao's old classmate. Lu Yi is now a fashion magazine editor and she was the dream girl that they all wanted. Pan Neng Xian is a 24 year old girl who recently graduated from college. She gets a job as a PR assistant in Yong Rui's five-star hotel."

CAST:

• Vic Zhou as Xu Le 許樂
• Chen Yan Xi as Pan Neng Xian 潘能賢
• Ken Zhu as Ding Yu Hao 丁雨豪
• Kingone as Ma Yong Rui 馬永睿
• Terri Kwan as Lu Yi 陸怡
• Ji Qin (季芹) as Pan Neng Zhen 潘能真
• Xu Qiong Yun (許瓊云) as Pan Neng Hui 潘能慧
• Anthony Bao (包小柏) as Ma Yong Jie 馬永傑
• Eric Tsang (曾志偉) as Long Ge 隆哥
• Gu Bao Ming (顧寶明) as Pan father
• Lin Mei Xiu as Pan mother
• Vanness Wu as Li Ao 李奧
• Shan Cheng Ju (單承矩)
• Wang Zheng Wei

SONGS:

• Zai Zhe Li Den Ni (在這裡等你) Waiting For You Here by F4
• Ti Yan (體驗) Experience by F4

If there are any new songs, I will add them to this list. In Taiwan, this show will be broadcasting from 10:00 PM to 11:30 PM sundays starting from February 3rd. In total, there are 25 episodes. Oh, and Japan has already broadcasted to 7 or 8 eps. ^_^ I'm also looking 4 the videos for WTSYA Jap Version, but the user was suspended from Youtube for copyright terms. Sad. So I exchanged the vid to an commercial advertising WTSYA and the OST MV. Enjoy!

雙面飛倫海

Fahrenheit's newest album, 雙面飛倫海 has just released on January 4th. A hit album, selling 350,000 copies already and is still charting. This is Fahrenheit's 2nd album and they have very much improved since their first album. 雙面飛倫海 includes the popular 新窩 with the girl band S.H.E. Here is a list of songs in 雙面飛倫海:

1. 新窩 Xin Wo (New Home) - featuring S.H.E
2. 為你存在 Wei Ni Cun Zai (Existing For You)
3. 出神入化 Chu Shen Ru Hua (Superb)
4. 不會愛 Bu Hui Ai (Will Not Love)
5. Ti Amo (I Love You) - Aaron Yan & Liu Li Yang duet
6. 愛的王道 Ai De Wang Dao (Love's Royalty)
7. 心理有數 Xin Li You Shu (You Know)
8. 明日香 Ming Ri Xiang (Tomorrow's Fragrance)
9. 至少還有我 Zhi Shao Hai You Wo (At Least You Still Have Me)
10. 一萬個快樂 Yi Wan Ge Kuai Le (Ten Thousand Joys)
11. 小小大人物 Xiao Xiao Da Ren Wu (Small Yet Significant Character)
12. 新窩 Xin Wo (New Home) - 男生宿舍版 Nan Sheng Su She Ban (Male Students' Dormitory Version)
13. 超喜歡你 Chao Xi Huan Ni (I Really, Really Like You)

Best Of Both Worlds MV

This is america's no.1 TV show's theme song, Best Of Both Worlds. If you look on the side, you can see that there are the lyrics. But in case you're just way 2 lazy, I have them here 4 you!

Best Of Both Worlds


Oh yeah
Come on

You get the limo out front
Hottest styles, every shoe, every color

Yeah, when you're famous it can be kinda fun
It's really you but no one ever discovers

In some ways you're just like all your friends
But on stage you're a star

You get the best of both worlds
Chill it out, take it slow
Then you rock out the show

You get the best of both worlds
Mix it all together and you know that it's the best of both worlds

The best of both worlds

You go to movie premiers (is that Orlando Bloom?)
Hear your songs on the radio
Livin' two lives is a little weird (yeah)
But school's cool cuz nobody knows

Yeah you get to be a small town girl
But big time when you play your guitar

You get the best of both worlds
Chillin' out take it slow
Then you rock out the show

You get the best of both worlds
Mix it all together and you know that it's the best of both
(You know the best) You know the best of both worlds

Pictures and autographs
You get your face in all the magazines
The best parts that you get to be who ever you wanna be

Yeah the best of both
You get the best of both
Come on best of both

Who would of thought that a girl like me
Would double as a superstar

You get the best of both worlds
Chillin' out, take it slow
Then you rock out the show

You get the best of both worlds
Mix it all together and you know that it's the best,

You get the best of both worlds
Without the shades and the hair
You can go anywhere

You get the best of both girls
Mix it all together
Oh yeah
It's so much better cuz you know you've got the best of both worlds

I loved this song! I hope you liked it too. Miley Cyrus (Hannah Montana) is only 15 (or 16?) years old and she already has the no.1 show and the no.1 concert of 2007! There's only one word 4 that- amazing!

Construction Site

Sorry about the mess lately but the Notebook is currently undergoing

CONSTRUCTION!

You'll have to bear with me as I try out new layouts and functions!
Thanks everyone!

Let's Go Rainie Slideshow

Super cool! This is an awesome slideshow function. Try it out at:

http://www.imeem.com

Sushi Go Round Game Review

Sushi Go Round is a game found in Miniclip.com. Miniclip is a site where a wide variety of games can be found to suit your taste. Whether you like action or luck, Miniclip has it all!!! But enough with the advertising. This post is just the start of a whole new string of game reviews!!! I would shoot off with the criticism right away, but I thought it would seem more professional to have, well, a intro.

PROS: Sushi Go Round really gives you an idea of what its like to be a sushi chef. The most fun part (my opinion) is when you get to roll up all the ingredients. Maybe also watching the customers eating my handmade sushi. Maybe even how the money adds up in that little box in the bottom right hand corner. $_$

CONS: Oh, where to begin??? There are plenty of things to criticize, but most them are just because I'm not very good at it. The thing I don't really like about SGR is that there are just TOO many customers!! Maybe you want to make tons of money, but hey, finish with the one you're currently serving! Also, the peep at the end of the sushi train keeps on leaving because peeps before him/her take their food. Boo!!! Not particularly good for your business!!! >_<

S.H.E - 鬥牛，要不要片尾曲 最近還好嗎

S.H.E - 最近還好嗎
史上最豪華的電視原聲帶 8首新歌+多首演奏曲
S.H.E+TANK+星光幫 夢幻卡司 高手鬥歌
預購就送籃球造型滑鼠墊或造型杯墊
11/21開始預購 12/7正式發行
觉的好听的话可以去购买

A1
挑一張耶誕卡寫上滿滿祝福的話
地址寫的是心底你能不能收到它
B1
天有點冷 風有點大 城市寧靜而喧嘩
這一個冬天我得一個人走回家
C
問自己習慣了嗎
沒有你每到夜裡回聲變得好大
有沒有什麼好方法
讓寂寞變聽話

A2
有再多的牽掛都已沒有權利表達　(沒有權利表達)
舊情人給的問候比陌生人還尷尬　(都還尷尬)
B2
昨天遠了 明天還長 回憶模糊但巨大
這樣的深夜眼淚要怎樣不流下
C
問自己習慣了嗎
沒有你每到夜裡回聲變得好大
有沒有什麼好方法
讓寂寞變聽話

Chorus
你最近還好嗎
是不是也在思念裡掙扎
你說會記得我還記得嗎

你最近還好嗎
忙碌嗎累嗎心還會痛嗎
如果真不得已忘了我
快向快樂出發

GZXM Cast

Romantic Princess Cast

麥秋穗(皇甫珊):女， 18 歲，個性積極樂觀，活力充沛，運動神經極佳，心地善良、溫暖，吃軟不吃硬，習慣保護弱小，因此在女校就讀時常被同學視為「俠女」代表。小麥脾氣倔強，一旦訂立目標就要執行到底，有時候會有些小聰明，卻常常聰明反被聰明誤。

小麥從小在平凡的家庭中長大，也一直以為自己是父母的親生女兒，沒想到她真實的身份竟然是皇甫集團董事長皇甫雄的孫女，原名：皇甫珊！小麥在爺爺皇甫雄的安排之下住進了皇甫家大宅，然而她一方面無法習慣離開父母的生活，另一方面也對千金小姐充滿拘束的生活感到十分不自在，因而三番兩次想要逃離皇甫家。
小麥和瑾第一次見面，兩人就爆發言語衝突，之後更因為連番誤會而讓兩人的隔閡更大。小麥也一直認為瑾只是一個財大氣粗又瞧不起人的富家子弟。直到一次偶然的機會裡，小麥發現了瑾隱藏在冷酷外表下溫柔體貼的一面，便在不知不覺中愛上了瑾，更全力想幫助瑾脫離皇甫家的控制。

南風瑾:男， 21 歲，冷靜沉穩，喜怒不形於色，外表看來似乎是一個冷血無情的富家公子，實際上卻是一個溫柔體貼、愛護弟弟的人。由於瑾看過太多上流社會嫌貧愛富、前倨後恭 的虛假嘴臉，在人前總是顯得很疏離，對每個人彷彿都隔著一層膜，也因此小麥單純直接又澄澈明透的心思和個性格外吸引他的注意。

瑾 的父母和小麥的親生父母私交甚篤，四人在瑾八歲那一年死於同一場車禍。皇甫雄失去唯一的獨生子之後，愛屋及烏地收養了瑾和璘兩兄弟，更一心想培養瑾成為集 團的接班人。瑾為了保護年幼天真的弟弟璘，同時也為了報答收養兩兄弟的皇甫雄，總是毫無怨言地接受所有嚴苛的菁英訓練，符合皇甫雄的期望，但是瑾心底深處 卻一直希望能夠離開皇甫家這個光環，以自己真正的實力去找尋屬於他的天空。

瑾一直暗自計劃著要脫離皇甫家的控制，然而他的計劃卻在愛上小麥之後全盤失控。

南風彩 :男， 21 歲，皇甫家族中有名的花花公子，看似浪蕩不羈、不學無術，惟恐天下不亂，實際上能力卻不遜於瑾。為了不想讓皇甫集團這麼龐大的責任落到自己頭上，彩在人前人後總是裝出一副敗家浪蕩子的模樣，直到後來才被小麥設計揭穿他偽裝的假面具。

彩完全無意跟瑾競爭皇甫集團繼承人的位置，只想輕輕鬆鬆悠閒渡日，然而最後卻因為愛上宮氏集團的獨生女宮茉莉，而面臨了同時要繼承兩大集團的天大難題。

南風璘:男， 18 歲，瑾的親弟弟，因為長期在哥哥瑾的保護之下，個性單純直接、天真爛漫，時常有些讓人哭笑不得的短路行為出現。

璘對小麥的好感源自於小麥親生母親留給他的童年記憶，雖然當年的璘年紀尚輕，卻始終記得小麥母親的笑容，因此，當璘第一眼見到小麥，便被小麥的笑容所深深吸引。

公主小妹 Romantic Princess 第七集 ep7 part1 of 6

I know I already posted GZXM but this is the best of the lot. So I posted it here. The second reason is that I wanted to show off the new youtube customize thing. It's pretty cool, considering we're all so used to red and silver.

Blingee

Build your own Blingee


Create cool Profile Comments




Blingee is a site where you can upload pictures and do all sorts of graphics to it. You can add flowers, hearts and sparkles! It's a really cool way to personalize some of your pics. And, if you can't find the perfect e-card for your friend, no more fretting! You can create your own at blingee.com and with a click, your e-card is on the way! I personally like this site because of it's functions. It has such a wide variety of stamps, you'll never use them all!

公主小妹 第一集 part1/6 Romantic Princess ep1-1

This is Taiwan's brand new drama. The first episode just aired last week. I can't wait for the second episode. It's about a really poor adopted girl (張韶涵) that suddenly finds out she's a long lost granddaughter of a very very rich man nicknamed Empire. Wu Chun(吳尊) from Fahrenheit(飛輪海) acts the male lead. The director is the same as the one who did Corner With Love, WhyWhyLove and Devil Beside You. I don't know about you, but these dramas were really good. I think this one will be just as good.

Halo Kitty?

Halo Kitty?

What do you think when you see the picture right above? You think of Hello Kitty, an popular japan plushie. Hello Kitty's picture actually was gleaned from Neopets. The image above is a Plushie Angelpuss, an petpet inside Neopets. A Petpet is a pet for your neopets.
When I first heard this, I also thought there were similarities between the two. Except Hello Kitty doesn't have wings, or an halo. On the picture above the Plushie Angelpuss (which is, by the way, named Halo Kitty...haha)is the original Hello Kitty. They've made a lot of different hello kitties, such as, angel, spring, and even a line for Mcdonald's, which comes with the kid meals in Taiwan, a long time ago.