Monday, June 25, 2007

~Why why love review~+Ramble...

>So tired today...Thanks to Mrs Thomas who cancelled OB tutorial and made us wait 4 hours for OB lecture. I didn't attend lecture anyway though I did go for lunch at Bedok Interchange with Shu Hui and her group and we browsed TM for a while...I was trying my best to brainwash Anne into watching Tenimyu since she's hooked onto Tenipuri now...XDD.
>Anyway, first day of new term at school=BLAH. DD:
>But this cheered me up considerably...Why Why Love episode four! ^^ This drama is a recent addition to my " must STALK" drama lists. It's got the lovely Mike He inside and I think he displays really good chemistry with Rainie and Kingone. ^^
>A simple synopsis of this would be that Rainie acts as Tong Jia Di, a poor girl whose family is debt-ridden. One day, during a company carnival she encounters the two bigshots of the company, the director's sons, Huo Yan (Kingone) and Huo Da(Mike He). They happen to chance upon the exchange coupon Jia di is currently selling, inclusive of a exchange of love ticket.
>Rating: YET UNKNOWN. (Only on fourth episode.) :D

Wednesday, June 20, 2007

Seito shokun review~^^

>Another teacher-student drama? Oh no, not another Gokusen rip-off. I mean how many times can you watch a noisy, unbehaved class run around with weapons and trying to scare their teachers out of their wits? Well, this is not the case in Seito Shokun.
>I love the realistic approach Seito Shokun takes towards education in school nowdays. I mean, it isn't realistic to have mere high school students going on drugs and all that rubbish, isn't it? Instead, Seito Shokun targets the student's every day to day problems, oh well not exactly, you have a kid whose money gets exorted by his former friends, a kid who's traumatised by a bad mountain climbling trip, a girl who's sucidal and many other examples. Well, basically, Seito Shokun! is about students who do not trust teachers, teachers who give up faith in education, parents who blame schools for their children's misbehavior... Naoko was at a loss when she was assigned as a new high school teacher. Times have changed and students are no longer easy to control, but she chose not to look away. Instead, Naoko reaches out to try and discover the various issues hidden in the modern education system.
>Uchiyama Rina's acting is okay but I think the kids acting were great. Especially Horikita Maki's acting as a sucicidal kid with problems. She deserves an adward for that, really. And Hongo as her loyal follower aka admirer is also very cute~ ^^ Shirota Yuu's acting as a dork like always. But a lovable one.XD. And Ryuya, my newfound "crush" from this series is just pure LOVE. :DD
>I just finished episode 10 of Seito Shokun and I had to admit that it really touched me. I loved how the kids all showed their vulnerable sides of themselves as they begged their beloved teacher not to go. Definitely ten times more touching then Gokusen. :D
>Rating: 4/5 (Make time for it!! ^^)

Tatta Hitosu no Koi review...

>Okay, I know this drama was aired last year around december but I'm slow so I didn't manage/want to watch it until recently out of curiousity regarding the girl actress, Ayase Haruka. ^^ (Since she's acting with dear Kazuki this July, I thought I might as well do some research on her...)
>Basically, it is a story of pure love between the son of a man who runs a ship repair factory beset with financial troubles and the well-bred daughter of a national jewelry chain store owner. The backdrop of the story is Yokohama.
If you feel you have lost the purity of your soul by watching stories about womanizers seducing impudent women, or by carrying out calculated maneuvers in your own love life, here is a story for you. A boy and a girl from highly different social backgrounds meet and fall in love. Their love, of course, faces a lot of obstacles. The setting is in Yokohama, a modern port city known for its romantic atmosphere. Hiroto Kanzaki (Kazuya Kamenashi) works hard every day and night for the survival of a small ship repair factory (inherited from his father) as well as the survival of his mother and younger brother, who are suffering from health problems. Living such an underprivileged life, Hiroto has forgotten how to smile. In contrast to him, Nao (Haruka Ayase) is the daughter of a popular jewelry shop owner in a fashionable street in Yokohama. She attends a prestigious exclusive women's college and grew up cheerful and blessed with affluent love. From the moment Hiroto meets her, his closed mind slowly opens up to Nao, who is so innocent that she utters whatever she thinks. Their three close friends, who are also 20 year old's, play an important role in their developing relationship.
(Okay, so I "stole" the description from DramaWiki. I can't come up with sypnosises like this for nuts. D:)
>Tatta Hitosu no Koi- I feel would have been much better if they were less draggy in their attempt to explain the reasons being such frown upon love? I felt as if I had to force myself to continue watching after the sixth episode. It just got into the routine you know, Nao quarrels with him, makes up with him, is happy, quarrel again. D: You know...And yes I'm saying this not because I don't like Kamenashi Kazuya. No offence to fans of his. ..
Overall Rating:2.5/5

Monday, June 18, 2007

14 Sai no Haha review...













>So, I'm at home stuck with a grumpy person. D: But I finally finished watching 14 Sai no Haha. It was pretty good~ I liked the ending and the photograph taking thing kinda reminded me of one litre of tears. The drama is about an average junior high school student who becomes pregnant with her lover’s child and makes the ultimate decision to give birth to it despite the fact that she's only fourteen years old. The drama will show her gradually maturing as the circumstances around her change.
>Come to think of it, I really didn't expect much at first but this drama taught me the importance of life and the miracles it can bring. Shida Mirai, I feel has lots of potential and we can expect much more from her in the near future. Haruma Miura (the reason why I got into the drama in the first place) isn't quite as good, but I liked him all the same. ^^ Overall, a good drama on the whole that one should make time for....
Overall rating: 3.5/ 5