L For Love, L For Lies / Ngor dik dzui oi

2008 Hong Kong movie starring Alex Fong Lik-Sun, Stephy Tang, and Alice Tzeng. It's about what the title implies: love and betrayal. The girl is cutesy and runs a small shop with her fiance, and then a snobby betch rolls into town, stealing the boyfriend quite effortlessly. The result is the 'she' ends up losing the shop and her fiance while her life continues to spiral downward. She's kind-hearted, though, yet when she meets up with a con-artist,...

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Tadashi Shoji Spring / Summer 2012 Full Show | EXCLUSIVE

I know this isn't about drama, movies, or even music ~ but, it's been awhile since anything out of the fashion industry has had this type of an impact on me. The guy did an AMAZING job, and I wanted to share. (2011) Mercedes Benz Fashion Week (New York) for the Spring 2012 Collection...

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드림하이 / Dream High

       2011 Korean Drama about aspiring high school students that audition for and are then selected to attend Kirin Performing Arts. The main characters in this interestingly REFRESHING K-doh were Suzy as Go Hye mi, Kim Soo hyun as Song Sam dong, Taecyeon as Jin gook / Hyun Shi hyuk, Ham Eun jung as Yoon Baek hee, Wooyoung as Jason, and IU as Kim Pil sook. By interesting, I mean that for a 'high school' referenced...

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單身男女 / Daan gyun naam yu

Don't Go Breaking My Heart  2011 Hong Kong movie that stars Daniel Wu and Louis Koo, who meet the same woman at about the same time. Louis' character is a big-shot trader working in a glass building as the CEO of an exchange, and she happens to work in another, glass structure that overlooks his office. She's recently been dumped by a third man (Terrence Yin), and on a crowded tram, she is forced to not only stare at his pregnant fiance,...

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第36個故事 / Di 36 Ge Gu Shi

Taipei Exchange           2010 Taiwanese movie about sisters with opposite personalities, and neither of them have their mother's acerbic nature, who decide to open a 'Starbucks' type place. The elder sister has brains and loves to bake, so she assumes the hot items on the menu will include her pastries and the coffee - making her wealthy. The younger sister is no-nonsense and carefree, but when it comes to...

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ギフト / Gift

GIFT 1997 11-episode, Fuji-TV comedy/thriller of sorts that starred (drumroll please) Kimura Takuya as Yukio/Takehiro - a hot dude with long, sexy hair he wears back in a ponytail while delivering things to clients, and then when the job is done, he removes the band to let the glorious mane fly free ^^; I couldn't find a decent image of this drama to post here, so I found a pic of him from around that time period (he looks pretty much that...

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10年先も君に恋して / Juunen Saki mo Kimi ni Koishite

I'll Love You in 10 Years 2010 NHK, 6-episode rom/com drama that stars Ueto Aya as Onozawa Rika, a single editor who is good at her job but clueless about things like ai. As an example, one of her clients is a popular romance novelist who has an obvious thing for her, yet she has no notion or even a hint of a vibe coming from across the cafe table they always share when discussing his latest projects. Then, she happens upon a mysterious...

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오! 마이 레이디 / Oh! My Lady

2010 SBS comedy/romance drama that starred Choi Si won as Sung Min woo (a Super Junior dude) as a stuck-up, popular actor who can't act, but because he can sing and has a tight bod, the fans adore him even if no one else does. I kept getting a Daniel Henney vibe for the first, few episodes, which made me laugh (and wonder if he was chuckling about it, too) - but, then things began to get serious and I forgot all about said hunk who can't...

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내 사랑 팥쥐 / Nae Sarang Patjwi

My Love Patzzi 2002 MBC Drama that starred Kim Rae won as Kim Hyun sung, a young zoologist hopeful working the summer at the American equivalent of a theme park that also has a zoo and banquet facilities. He meets a girl who started work there after losing a teaching position at a local pre-school, and from there the sparks begin to fly. Yes, it's an oldie, so you can expect there to be a love triangle, unnatural hatred among 'friends',...

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きみはペット / Kimi wa Petto

You Are My Pet       2003 JDorama that was first manga about a ToDai grad with an awesome job as a journalist who is reaching 29 when her life takes this amazing and drastic turn. She's seen as a tough bitch with balls, but the reality is she has inferiority issues and a somewhat unrealistic fear of being discovered as a fake. Being shy, it's difficult for her to express her true feelings, though at the start of this 10...

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