Today's Special: Austenland - Movie Review

Today I will be talking about the movie Austenland. I personally, am not a Jane Austen fanatic, but I do enjoy the Victorian era. The movie reminded me of a book I once loved called: Confessions of a Jane Austen Addict by Laurie Viera Rigler. Although they are completely different - they have a small similar aspect, which is having our modern world mixed with the Jane Austen era. 

Movie Poster

I give this movie a 3.5 / 5 rating for a Rom-com because it wasn't that bad - nor was it fantastic and here's why:

• Austenland is about a woman named Jane Hayes whose a Jane Austen fanatic. Realizing that her life is going no where she takes a retreat to Austenland - a world where you can live like the characters of Jane Austen's novels. As she experiences this new world she realizes that living her fantasy may not be as fun as she expected. 

First of all, I had to watch this movie twice. The first time I watched it, I didn't really pay attention. It was just there as I was thinking about my own life. Although I recall this movie as being 'meh', as I was cleaning out my hard drive (and had nothing to do), I gave it one more try. In which I do not regret.
I'm not really good at

Extended Special: What is love / 花是愛 Review

Wow, I forgot about the only show I AM watching right now. I recommend 花是愛! 

花是愛

A short synopsis: Eva, a hard working women in her 30s is searching for love in today's complicated and free world. Her hopes for a pure love is always intervened by the realistic view on romance. When she finally meets this one man she believes to be the one. His true self, which is a player, comes to haunt her and tell her the truth about today's romance. Although she is hurt, she still believes she will find the "one". Her determination intrigues Adam (The player). The more he tries to win her back (because he wants to prove that love is in fact cruel and unreal) the more he finds "true love". However, now that he truly loves her - she won't believe him any more because he once hurt her. As both couples intervene in each other's lives they come to realize what love they are seeking for and why they were always unable to find "the one". 

I really like it although sometimes it is cheesy or exaggerated but it is theatrically pleasing and with a good plot line. I love how it started off. First episode was a throw off because

Today's Special: Q10 Review

      I'm on my break! March break to be precise. That means I should be posting more since I have the time. This is one of the dramas on my To-Do list but instead of giving you recaps of each episode (that could possibly be available on google search) I'm just going to give you a review. Here's the poster view: 

As you can tell those are the main people of the drama. It's a Japanese drama to be clear. It is a romance comedy with a slice of life. The guy is good looking - so I picked it up at the store and started watching it. I saw him before in Meichan's Butler but that's about it. This drama actually allowed me to cry. What ever drama I cry with / laugh with = to a pretty good drama. Ones that don't evoke any emotions makes me think that I won't remember it ever... = to a bad drama. This drama could be teaching you a lesson if you

Today's Special: Code Blue (Season I & II) Review

If you are only on this post of the Review on Code Blue Season 1 & 2 skip the paragraph until the picture! :)

      If you're someone who's been keeping track of my post ever since my early days then I'm sorry for letting you down. I know I haven't been updating at all. Main reason is that I didn't have internet for 2 weeks. Funny thing is, when I'm not on often, there are more people that visit. There have been an increase in visits from the States and Indonesia! YAY! (: Thank you guys, I know you're just coming for the recaps. But this time it's a blog about myself and maybe a short drama review. 

      If you guys didn't know I'm in grade 12. And I'm totally nervous about university and my marks so I probably won't be updating as much as before as you can tell with the decrease in posts. But, I do have a life and I've been watching greys anatomy, starting Once upon a time and watch New girl every Tuesday. If Terra Nova were still on I'd be watching that too. If you're someone that's interested in Western shows those are really good! (OH! and Big Bang Theory and Community). And since I've been watching Grey's Anatomy I've been thinking of Code Blue, SO - today it will be a review on Code Blue season 1 and 2.

I actually REALLY liked Code Blue. I've watched it 3 or 4 times over and over again (Plus the special). First of all this drama has little romance so if you're looking for

Today's Special: Zenkai Girl Review

      I'm sorry this isn't a recap... But I'm trying. I just started grade 12 Semester 2. And I'm trying to get use to me sleep hours again. I swear, If I could relive a time. I wouldn't want to relive grade 12. It's the most stressful period of time I've had ever since birth. I just hope University isn't worse than this... SO! Zenaki Girl. I gave it a try a few months ago, and it didn't turn out good. I then bought the DVD set because I had nothing to watch and my internet was down. I gave it another try, and I found it okay. So here's my review before I actually get the time to do recaps. Here's the promotional poster view of this drama:

So this drama is about a lawyer (Aragaki Yui) and a stay at home dad (Nishikido Ryo) as you can see on the poster. This lawyer has money and status as her main goal in life whereas the SatH dad only thinks about the happiness of his 'son'. The first episode of this drama actually felt different compared to the rest of the series. I actually liked the rest of the series than the first episode. The first episode threw me off. It was kinda like... Hmm... 

      So, the lawyer joins a big firm but instead of being a lawyer she becomes nanny of the child of the boss of the firm (Whoa that was a mouthful). Only problem is that

Today's Special: Inborn Pair / 真愛找麻煩 review

[EDIT: Monday, June 11 - 2012] I recapped Episode 01 [click here] to read it! (:
      I know I promised to write reviews about the dramas and movies in my 'Progress and updates' page but there is this drama that I'm watching recently and I'm so addicted to the point where I tried to catch up to episode 38 in one day. The drama I'm talking about is called Inborn pair (真愛找麻煩). Here's a picture view: 

Inborn Pair (真愛找麻煩) - Picture from the viki channel

One thing I super love about this drama is that it is released from Monday to Friday. Meaning I don't have to wait that long for a new episode (and I hate waiting for episodes when they are this good). I started watching yesterday so what I got from my nonstop watching is like compacted with happiness. First of all, I was bored and so I wanted to rewatch my most favourite Taiwanese dramas since I've slightly lost interest in Korean dramas. There are really good ones out but I don't really want to wait for subs. Since I understand Mando, I resulted to Taiwanese dramas. Now for the review and some background on the drama.

      As you can see the main couple is Chris Wang and Annie Chen. They are both really cute in this. And I gotta agree, Annie is beautiful. But at first, the best friend (Chris' best friend) was quite similar in facial features with Annie so it was sometimes confusing. But when you watch it and enjoy it you'll be able to tell them apart easily. Too bad I can't find any character maps, cause then it'd be easier to explain.

      This drama is kinda like a family special. Not only do you see the main couple in action but

Today's Special: Love Sick / Love Phobia (戀愛恐慌症) Review

      If you've watched In Time with You and you just can't get over it yet... Love sick is here for you! (: Thank god the DVD stores had them out. It's wonderful. Funny and has a hint of romance in it. Most of all I get to see my most beloved couple from In Time With You ALL OVER AGAIN! (: Here is the poster: 

 From their expressions you can tell it's suppose to be funny. The story of this movie is really simple. I think a lot of us might live her way. 

      When she was young, (around highschool - university age) she fell in love with

Today's Special: Sign (Korean Drama) Review

      Like I promised 2 posts before, I'm going to start recapping again. Here's the first Review of a Drama. This time I'm focusing on a Korean Drama named Sign. I originally didn't want to watch this but, since my mom liked medical and police involved dramas I chose this one for her. Surprisingly I was hooked from the first episode. It was like Code Blue but with a thriller taste in it. Code Blue was more like a Slice of life kinda of drama. From another blog I found the poster pictures for the drama: 

Here is the dramawiki to this drama series: here The poster actually gives off a pretty good feel to the drama as well. I really liked how

Today's Special: Manga recommendations

Grizzly & I - Sorta

      SO! Instead of a recap I'm doing manga recommendations today! This is mainly because my friend said I should have a break. Therefore, I've been reading manga nonstop for the past few days. Some that I recommend might be old but I still love it as much. I use to be an Otaku - like I continuously kept up with any Anime or Manga update out there but then I kinda lost interest in it and gained it in real life people = Dramas. I'm also a Murdoch Mysteries lover. It isn't considered a drama more like a series but it's one that I will always watch. Other than that it would be the funny ones on TV like The office, How I met your mother, Modern family and all that. 

      Now my first recommendation would be Yukarism because I'm waiting for it right now here's a blog that supplies manga scans (with english translations): Omari's Sister's Anime and Manga Blog. It's one of the blogs that I follow there she supplies Yukarism scans! It's a very interesting manga. If you're interested in

Today's Special: So I'm lagging

      I'm sorry, I'm being a lag. This semester has been boring and filled with reviews and new things that I can't seem to blog accordingly. I strongly want to watch Love buffet but I remember promising about doing reviews so i wait until I'm not busy so I could watch and review it and remember how long it took last time? I'm gonna need a lot more than that knowing that I have one or more episodes to review on. But here's a wonderful song for today: 

This song is by Zee Avi called Bitter heart. It's a bit old knowing that I first downloaded it off youtube. I saw one of the people on my MSN listening to it just now so I thought about putting it on here today. It's a wonderful song even the lyrics are amazing. A MV created by the owner herself is on Youtube you just gotta look it up.