Pushing Daisies in full bloom

This television series is honestly in my opinion one of the best comedic and thrilling shows that I have ever seen in my entire history of watching TV. This post is uncovering certain booming characteristics of Pushing Daisies (didn't i just say blooming?).


Characters:
Ned (Lee Pace) - Pie Hole owner and pie maker, first love is Chuck
Charlotte "Chuck" Charles (Anna Friel) - Ned's childhood sweetheart neighbour brought back to life by Ned
Emerson Cod (Chi McBride) - Private eye detective, Ned's business partner
Vivian Charles (Ellen Greene) - Chuck's aunt
Lily Charles (Swoosie Kurtz) - Chuck's alleged aunt, later revealed to be her biological mother
Olive Snook (Kristin Chenoweth) - Pie Hole waitress, and "hopelessly devoted" to Ned
Digby - Ned's golden retriever










Plot:
Pushing Daisies centers on the life of Ned, a pie-maker gifted with the mysterious ability to bring dead things back to life by touching them. There are some conditions to this somewhat unusual talent. Ned quickly learns that if something is revived for more than exactly one minute, something of similar "life value" in the vicinity drops dead, as a form of balance. Additionally, if he touches the revived person or thing a second time, it falls dead again, this time permanently.
In the pilot episode, Ned discovers his gift as a child by resurrecting his golden retriever, Digby, after the dog is hit by a truck. He later brings back his mother when she dies of aneurysm. However, in doing this, he accidentally causes the death of the father of his neighbor and childhood sweetheart, Charlotte "Chuck" Charles, as the "price" of keeping his mother alive. Even worse, Ned's mother falls dead permanently when she gives him a good-night kiss (which is how he learns the effect of the second touch).
In their childhood, Ned and Chuck become separated after Chuck's agoraphobic aunts, Vivian and Lily move in to take the role of her parents, while Ned is shipped off by his father to a lonely boarding school.
Inheriting his mother's baking talents, Ned becomes a pie-maker who owns a restaurant called "The Pie Hole", which he runs with the help of waitress Olive Snook (Kristen Chenoweth). The restaurant is failing financially when private investigator Emerson Cod accidentally discovers Ned's gift and offers him a proposal: Ned will bring murder victims back to life, inquire about the circumstances of their untimely death, then touch them once more, all before his set limit of sixty seconds is up. Emerson will then solve the case and they will split the reward money for solving the unanswered questions surrounding the death.
The scheme succeeds until they learn that Chuck, whom Ned hasn't seen since childhood, was murdered while on a cruise ship. When her body is shipped back home, Ned revives her, but can't bring himself to allow her to stay dead by touching her a second time. Against his better judgment, Ned allows her to live and the larcenous funeral home director falls dead in her place. Ned and Chuck fall in love again and he brings her home to live with him under the unique circumstances of their never being able to touch each other. Chuck is extraordinarily grateful upon receiving a second chance at life, and as such she starts to appreciate life as a truly precious resource and Ned, witnessing his vivacious beauty's happiness, begins to break out of his lonely shell.

This is where the fun begins!

~from wikipedia.




Quotes from Pushing Daisies!!!!
The best quotes and in my opinion funny are:

Ned: I asked you not to use the word "zombie." It's disrespectful. Stumbling around squawking for brains? It's not how they do. And "undead"? Nobody wants to be "un"-anything. Why begin a statement with a negative? It's like saying "I don't disagree." Just say you agree.
Emerson: Are you comfortable with "living dead"?
Ned: You're either living or your dead. When you're living, you're alive. When you're dead, that's what you are. But when you're dead and then you're not, you're alive again. Can't we say "alive again"?
Emerson: Well, that idea might make a stupid idea feel better about itself.

Emerson: We are giant, enormous idiots. And don't you say "gi-normous" because that ain't a word.

Olive: There are Commandments! We follow all ten, and I am commanding you to stop!

Emerson: Your book was a bomb.
Napoleon: Who are you to criticize my life's work?!
Emerson: Your book was a bomb. It exploded.

Ned: Do you know you have a "tell" when you lie?
Olive: Do I?
Ned: You answer questions with questions.
Olive: Maybe I know I have a tell and I know you know I have a tell and maybe I'm doing it now to confuse you because you don't know what tell I'm telling.

(Think American)
Ned: Did I say "can" because I swallow my consonants sometimes? Can't... N'T... come in.

Chuck: You said you wanted to know who killed me so that justice could be served. See, I don't think that "Justice" was on the menu. Maybe as a side dish, but not as an entree.
Ned: It was most definitely an entree. It was a Special of the Day. Could we drop the metaphor?

(Emerson got stucked in the small window trying to escape from a suspicious crime location - is quite angry and stressed about it; wanting to shut Chuck up).
Chuck: Remember, mind over matter will make Pooh unfatter.
Emerson: I might be stucked, but I can still reach my gun.

Emerson: Rhubarb.
Olive: What's that mean?
Emerson: PI secret code for 'get me a damn slice of rhubarb.'
Olive: This isn't Pies r Us, Pie City ... this is a bells on the door, pies-baking, mom and pop place. We chit chat here. Chit!
Emerson: Chat!

Emerson: You can't die of evilness.
Chuck: Happens all the time you do something mean or hurtful to someone like tell a secret... Bang! You're dead.
Olive: Or Bang! You're not really dead you're just pretending to be dead while other people who think you're dead are heartbroken.
Emerson: Or Bang! You talk too much and you both go wait in the car

It is only hilarious if you really understand the atmosphere of such a comical show!!
Find more from this website!!
http://www.pushingdaisiesinsider.com/quotes/by-rating/


Emerson Cod and Ned in the Pie Hole kitchen

Ned cannot touch Digby! But resorts to a wooden hand hehe

Full cast at the Pie Hole

More websites:
http://pushingdaisies-tv.com/
http://www.thepiemaker.com/
http://www.pushingdaisiesinsider.com/

Really wished that they didn't cancel the show....yes! Cancelled it!!! I just don't believe it. It is so interesting and new on a whole new level yet ABC pulled the plug on them. Hope they can return as it wouldn't be the same without them!! Find more information from the given websites.

HAPPY NEW YEAR ALL!!!

魔法生活王 (Magic King of Life) - Rid of Cockroaches!

HA!!! This time, the show have produced some really awesome tips on how to tackle cockroaches that can't seem to be found in the most obvious places in the house but the oddest places in your house!

I really hate anything that is 6-legged or 8-legged insects/spiders that moves in an untimely and "unfashionable" (a metaphor for gross) manner.

This is what the show recommend using:
ALCOHOL + sugar
SOAPY WATER and a type of fruit skin but I didn't really catch it because it only keeps them away and not kill or trap them haha.

Let's see if you can make out how alcohol and soapy water stop, hinder, distract, or kill a cockroach??? Read more to find out the answer!

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #06

Kamen Rider Kiva is moving along quite fast into episode 6 where you get to see how both timelines react to similar events with a strikingly captivating connection. I can't tell you how exciting this is! And for that reason, there are huge spoilers in here so don't read it or you'll be in for a huge disappointment! This is a continuation from episode 5.

It took me a long time to try and scale down the number of screencaps that I have because I am trying not to reveal too much. Hope this is a good one for you. Reveal it to read further.

Comments would be nice~

Episode 6
Replay: Humans are all musicc
( 21 screencaps)

Kiva is gone....Nago-kun can't do anything about it.

However...back in 1986 lurks a terrible evil that is about to recommence in 2008!

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #05

Hmm...I am not feeling too good because nowadays I get up in the middle of the night and not being able to sleep very well.

~Encouragement or advice on that, perhaps drinking tea??? =) Also...neighbours next door having a party until 11.30pm!! That is so late for a 16th birthday...that is what I think anyway...plus I didn't get enough sleep so I was really pushing it when I wanted to ring up the police for noise control even though the party is supervised. HELP!!! Advice dangerously needed

Synopsis (last time):
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva

This is alright to read, I didn't reveal any big spoilers. Reveal full post and read it at your leisure.

Episode 5
Duet: Stalker Pain
( 15 screencaps)

魔法生活王 Magic King of Life - Unscrewing lightbulbs and dealing with leftover rice

Another post about 魔法生活王 － Magic King of Life!!!! haha it is sooo funny!!

First Problem:
Screwing and unscrewing a light bulb from a high ceiling without a higher chair for you to reach up and do it by hand.

Tools:
Umbrella, Plastic drink bottle with 4 corners and band-aids.

Can you take a guess as to how they can use these tools to screw or unscrew a light bulb?



Second Problem:
What will you do about the leftover rice from dinner???! Throw it away?

Equipment:
Blender

Hint - it is a type of food that I am craving at the moment in summer because it is sooo hot.



Answer to 1)
man this is a little hard to explain but here goes!

Cut off about 2 centimetres of the end of a plastic bottle fully. Turn it upside down and place a band-aid over the protruding bump. Then with the bump facing towards you, push it mid-way into the bottle. The bottle's neck is where you can insert the umbrella and it touches the concave bump; whereas the other side is where you can place your light bulb (bottom touching the band-aid) and the socket facing upwards, ready for you to screw it to the ceiling. AND YOU ARE ready to change light bulbs.

Reason:
The bottom of the light bulb is touching the band-aid to produce friction so that when you use the completed mechanism, the light bulb won't twist along with the mechanism. Therefore, you cannot forget about the band-aid. The mechanism can also unscrew light bulbs. Make sure that if you are going to do this, the umbrella should fit through the bottle neck.

Answer to 2)
Leftover rice can be used to make ICE-CREAM!!! And here is how.

Add to the blender:
100g Rice
100cc Cream
200cc Milk
Melter sugar (syrup) - depending on how sweet you want it to be

• Blend all ingredients until there are no 'bits' of rice.
• Then...pour it into a container and freeze it.
  

Tips

• Ratio of 1:1:2
• Rice:Cream:Milk
  

This formula is very helpful. If you want to have different ice-cream flavour, add different flavour milk and add fruits. e.g. strawberry.

Man I am so impressed with what you can do with the tools that you are given and the type of food that you can make from just leftover rice!!! Good eh??? I am so happy to be watching this kind of show because it reduce, reuse and recycles very well and is always trying to be clean and tidy.

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #04

THERE IS A HUGE SPOILER!!! Don't open it if you haven't seen it! Although, I will not always provide everything so it is up to you to do your homework and watch it. You will certainly not be disappointed!! XD If you noticed the screencaps, I have my blog's name on it. I am not trying to claim the show as mine but the effort I put into doing this screencaps post for those who read it.

~Comments are welcomed, please~! =)

Synopsis:
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva

Although it is at that time again where too much should not be revealed. haha this took me a long time to see how I should use the images to provide some but not all of the story. Since it is difficult for me to do that, I am sure that this holds plenty of surprises. So don't be afraid to watch it haha. *Shocked from so many surprises* Anyway, the story still continues with Otoya's past. Reveal full post to read it.

Episode 4
Vision: Wild Blue
( 16 screencaps)

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #03

Each episode will be shown in this blog and of course, there are a lot of spoilers!!! Bear in mind that if you haven't watched Kamen Rider Kiva, please do not look at anything more than the first few episode screencaps at your leisure. You will certainly not be disappointed! You have been warned lol. And I will not always provide everything so it is up to you to do your homework and watch it =D.

~Feel free to comment~!

Synopsis:
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva

03 is the number where things really pick up for Kiva! We get to watch and understand more about who Wataru's father is and what happened in the past. He did some terrible things and Wataru had to go find out stories from others. Rest assured, it is really funny! Not boring at all!!

Episode 3
Hero: Perfect Hunter
( 14 screencaps)

Suna no Oshiro -by Wakeshima Kanon

Vampire Knight Guilty has a very interesting ending played by a rising star and cellist (I would say). Her music is quite fresh and many enjoy the essence and the conveyance of emotions/atmosphere that is captured from Vampire Knight & Guilty. I think that classifying this piece as a Gothic type of music is not correct. I don't really think that the vampires portrayed here is gothic because isn't a vampire a fantasy creature that takes on the human form of a vampire bat to begin with?

I think that the big mishap of individuals classifying both gothic and vampire together could be an evolutionary justification because I still don't see how the 2 of them will fit; especially in Vampire Knight. Yes I would agree that the manga/anime is dark but certainly not gothic, even though the story of vampires by this authour reaches a whole new level of fabrication.

What do you think? I have no idea what I am writing haha jot down your opinions/comments.




I have lots of goodies here for those who are into Vampire Knight Guilty Ending - by Kanon Wakeshima. It includes Lyrics + Translation, Video and a song review done by me.

魔法生活王 (Magic King of Life) - Hot plates from the microwave

Since I was out on Thursday night, I missed that one. But I have not forgotten the one on Friday night. This time, the show presents a very smart idea but I am totally against it! I will make it short here.

Problem:
Microwaving a plate of frozen food - when you can take the plate out of the microwave, its too hot for you to touch

Answer:
Used plastic wrap and instead of covering the whole sides of the plates, they cover 2 sides across and the remainder...is folded next to the food. The exposed part of the plate is cooler than the food cooked inside because the plastic wrap maintains all the heat and vapour in. So if you do not cover the plate fully with plastic wrap, you are able to remove it from the microwave easily.

But I wouldn't use it because it uses plastic wrap.

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #02

Each episode will be shown in this blog and of course, there are a lot of spoilers!!! Bear in mind that if you haven't watched Kamen Rider Kiva, please do not look at anything more than the first few episodes screencaps at your leisure. You will certainly not be disappointed! You have been warned lol. And I will not always provide everything so it is up to you to do your homework and watch it =D.

~Comments are welcomed if you take the screencaps~! =D

Synopsis:
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva


Episode 02 of Kamen Rider Kiva!! As always the beginning of a drama or series would always leave an impression on us audiences. So this means that the 2nd episode will be so much more compelling than the first don't you think? Need to give this series another chance!

Episode 2
Musical Suite: Father and Son's violin
( 20 screencaps)

魔法生活王 (Magic King of Life) - Pork Spiced Buns

Mum and I made these the other night where we watched really amazing stuff from this Taiwan show called 魔法生活王; the literal translation: The Magic King of Life.

haha it is not about magic as in magicians but the show delivers and promotes ways of saving, using up resources smartly and basically simplifying life everyday. I guess I am quite interested in it and will most likely blog about it in the future.

http://www.settv.com.tw/metro/m109/

And this is one of my favourite shows despite it being for kids but I really find it hilarious and easy to understand (mandarin not being one of my strongest points). Although I will not be attempting the actual 'magic' myself for most of it, there is no harm in blogging about it.

Maybe I will do that one day and will show it with visuals. haha! Then towards the end of the show, both the guy and girl will introduce something very interesting that is either a type of toy or something that will prove to be useful anytime. Its so funny because when they promote the object in the beginning, the have a really really long name for it to describe its attributes. The guy can't really say it even though it is written up on the screen ahahaha! Poor him, only learnt chinese during high school so you can't really blame him lol. But it is worth the laughs!


Some of the most notable things in my opinion that they proposed:

• Making your own wrapping paper by printing out whatever cool stuff you have stored up at home; e.g. colourful buttons or glitter stickers or coloured pins
• Using already-made pudding from a container, waffle corn powder and a microwave to make pudding into a cake; yummy!
• Instead of having brain freeze just from frozen juice, boil the juice and add cotton candy, then cool, and freeze it. It becomes very soft and anyone can eat it without sensitive teeth
• Using a plastic bag and straw to add in air to inflate a beach balloon that is not designed for a person to do so
• making exercise equipment out of sponge mat and stretchy rope.
• Memorising and remembering effectively by covering your ears and reciting loudly (it works)

etc.


Anyway, here is one that mum and I tried out from the show: a recipe.....

Kamen Rider Kiva Screencaps #01

Each episode will be shown in this blog and of course, there are a lot of spoilers!!! Bear in mind that if you haven't watched Kamen Rider Kiva, please do not look at anything more than the first few episodes screencaps at your leisure. You will certainly not be disappointed! You have been warned lol. And I will not always provide everything so it is up to you to do your homework and watch it =D.

~Comments are welcomed~!


Synopsis:
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru.

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva


Episode is already quite full on in terms of introducing everything that you need to know about Kiva in the beginning and you can already pick up on some hints. Nevertheless, what I reveal below is not the whole thing; and there are more than what you see below. Comments are loved if you have something to say!

Episode 1
Fate: Wake up!
( 28 screencaps)

Kamen Rider Kiva Introduction Screencaps

So here it is!!! I have decided to provide screencaps for Kamen Rider Kiva!!! Each episode will be shown here in this blog and of course, there are a lot of spoilers!!! Bear in mind that if you haven't watched Kamen Rider Kiva, please do not look at anything more than the first few episodes at your leisure. You will certainly not be disappointed! You have been warned lol there are spoilers. And I will not always provide everything so it is up to you to do your homework and watch it =D.

Comments are welcomed~!

First: The synopsis of Kamen Rider Kiva.

Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (protrayed by Seto Koji) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

The characters of Kamen Rider Kiva are spread throughout two time periods, each related to one another. This story is centered around Otoya and Wataru

Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kamen_Rider_Kiva

Introduction

Song:"Break the Chain" Tourbillion - 2008-03-26
http://tourbillon.jp/
(14 screencaps)

Kamen Rider Kiva - Merging pictures

I have decided that until Kamen Rider Kiva is finished, and than I will spend the whole day watching it all of it until the whole series is finished!! I honestly can't sit there and wait for each episode to come out each week! It is way to good! ahahaha.


Synopsis
Twenty-two years after the disappearance of his father, Wataru Kurenai (portrayed by Koji Seto) lives in an infamous "haunted house" where he is destined as Kamen Rider Kiva to fight life-draining monsters called Fangires, the very race his father fought years ago before his disappearance. Wataru must also deal with Kamen Rider Ixa who is part of an organization seeking to destroy the Fangire menace. The story is split between the actions of Wataru in the present (2008) and his father Otoya in the past (1986), slowly revealing the link between the Fangire Race and Kiva.

Reference: Wikipedia

Wow that synopsis is quite revealing but I suppose that it is what you should expect from a Kamen Rider show hehe.



Anyway, I wanted to play around with this program that my camera has in which I forgot that there was such a thing. It actually merges the pictures together and that some pictures fade into the other.

Here they are!

Kurenai Wataru who has inherited everything

Nago-kun

Jiro

Ramon and Riki

Kurenai Otoya & Kurenai Wataru in a church

The coolest of them all - Kurenai Otoya and Kurenai Wataru

Although the pictures have my blog's name on it, the real credit should go to pali-mari for the scans.

Comments are loved if you take them, and at the same time, let me know which one is your favourite!!

Chinese Paladin Series

Liu YiFei as Ling Er (灵儿) and Hu Ge as Xiao Yao (逍遥哥哥) in Chinese Paladin 仙剑奇侠传。

I absolutely am a sore bum for this series! So much that is happening and I can't stop letting my emotions get in the way of it. Though it is good to cry ahahaha~

Anyway! I have finally finished watching Chinese Paladin with mum! Whoo! And to be honest, I really thought that it was quite centered on the characters but I guess that with Chinese stories, that is definitely not the case.

Actually, this drama was based off the original game and although there are slight alterations between the originality of the game and the drama, I am disappointed that we still don't know who 李逍遥's (Li Xiao Yao) parents are!! After all that commotion and I was like...huh? It ended...

I feel like selling my series now that I have seen it. Sadly, its not good quality, especially towards the end where the sounds are distorted. That is what you get when you don't know which company you are buying the "dvd" from. Haaa...it makes me want to play the games now!! 4 games in total with the first being known as the Legend of Sword and Fairy (the actual name whereas Chinese paladin is the drama name), in which they are all prequels or sequels released at after the first.

Drama Synopsis

The kingdom of Nan Zhao is brainwashed by the chief of a moon-worshipping cult who forces the King to sentence his Queen to death, claiming that she is a demoness. In reality, the queen is the descendent of Nu Wa, a goddess. The evil chief unleashes a water demon and the queen sacrifices herself to save her people from the demon. Before she sacrifices, she asks Jiu Zui Xian and a masked stranger to bring her daughter and grandmother away.
The present story occurs 10 years after the prologue. Li Xiao Yao is a mischievous orphan who lives with his auntie. His auntie falls sick with an incurable illness which will result in death. 2 mysterious men appeared and told Xiao Yao to travel to a magical land to retrieve an antidote for her that is able to cure any illness. He meets Zhao Ling'er who is the long-lost daughter of Nan Zhao Kingdom's Queen together with her grandmother. Xiao Yao is mystified when Ling'er and her grandmother recognises his name and calls him a saviour.
Following on from there, Xiao Yao tries to retrieve the antidote for his auntie but have to meet certain conditions before he can return home......

Reference from spcnet.tv.

Cast members
胡歌 Hu Ge as Li Xiao Yao (李逍遥）
刘亦非 Liu Yifei as Zhao Ling Er (赵灵儿)
安以轩 Ady An as Lin Yue Ru (林月如）
彭于晏 Eddie Peng as Tang Yu (唐钰）
刘品言 Ester Liu as Ah Nu (阿奴）
Tsui Kam Kong as Bai Yue Jiao Zhu (拜月教主）
王禄江 Bryan Wang as Liu Jin Yuan (刘晋元）
谢君豪 Tse Kwan Ho as Jiu Zui Xian (酒醉仙)

Source: http://wiki.d-addicts.com/Chinese_Paladin

The synopsis only covers about half of the 1st episode. Enough said...otherwise I will reveal too much. It is a solid drama where love is the centered theme (love triangles) and not to mention the apprehensive and exhilarating swordfights. Though there were some pretty scary zombie scenes....It is not just a series for females but males can also enjoy this as well since the series documents all of Li Xiao Yao 李逍遥's journey but on the other hand, there are side stories as well which fits into the overall image of the drama.

I encourage you to watch it! It is really compelling.



阿奴和唐钰小宝(Ah Nu and Tang Yu).  逍遥哥哥和灵儿 （Xiao Yao and Ling Er - though I wished that the Ling is the one on the hand as it looks more nicely written than "灵". Click to enlarge.

Well I am not going to write more than this or show pictures more than this so you will have to watch it!

Arashi no Utaban

OH man this series is sooooo hilarious!!! I mean the one with Arashi in it. Utaban!!!

You got to read the summary of the whole episode as it cracked me up soooo much when I was down!!




OH OH! Some sort of fight breaking out? And who is it between? The leader of the group and the host???





UP to you to find out by reading it! You will not be disappointed~ you get to see why I laughed so hard.

go Hereeeeeeeeeeeee

Current Mood: NO more please! too funny

Kiva violin players

I am watching Kamen Rider Kiva (2008) at the moment, and I do hope that it will finish soon so that I can watch the rest of the episodes.

MY only criticism is.............that the actors are not really playing the violin!!! AW why can't they choose potential actors who know how to play the violin?? Because the songs are sooo nice yet it has to be fake-played. Sigh....can't stop cringing!


Kurenai Wataru & Kurenai Otoya. Credits to pali-mari for this picture!


Too bad he can't hold the violin together nor are the notes played correctly (eg. crossing-over to wrong strings). Well....at least his son Wataru can hold the violin properly!

If you really want to know what I mean, you can watch it on youtube. Maa....it is for kids after all...so they wouldn't know the difference. Sigh...

Current Mood: *Cringe cringe~*

Truth by Arashi

AH! Time for Melodies!

This lovely song to be honest was one of the best ones that I have heard from Arashi! It is so serious and the compelling dance moves really topped it off. Not to mention the instrumental music that moves the whole piece.

Whoo go violins!! hahaha this piece I think, is pretty much different from the ones that Arashi used to sing; especially with the solo singer holding out the melodic line with the others harmonizing in the background with arpeggios....(that was done really well and difficult to accomplish sounding in tune)

The song is actually for the opening of Maou (with Ohno Satoshi in it). meh!!! I want to watch Maou!!!





Anyway, the drama would needed a motivating tune and mysterious parts. Arashi delivered it to the table! The feeling that I got from the music was cool yet sinister, but also sad and crying out in anguish at the same time.

I later on went to find the lyrics and sure enough, the music was filled with such emotions.

Lyrics & Romaji

Truth – Arashi

ゆらりゆれる光ひとつ　痛み癒すことなく消える
yurari yureru hikari hitotsu itami iyasu koto naku kieru

"I take your life forever, you take my life forever"

ひらり落ちる涙ひとつ　思い届くことなく消える
hirari ochiru namida hitotsu omoi todoku koto naku kieru

"I take your life forever, you take my life"

止まらない時に潜む　愛はきっと降り注ぐ　雨のように

tomaranai toki ni hisomu ai wa kitto furisosogu ame no youni
（こぼれ落ちた涙のあと　凍えそうな涙の色）

(koboreochita namida no ato kogoe souna namida no iro)
戻れない記憶巡る　全て奪われたこの世の果てに

modorenai kioku meguru subete ubawareta kono yo no hate ni

（こぼれ落ちた涙のあと　凍えそうな涙の色）

(koboreochita namida no ato kogoe souna namida no iro)

悲しみ…

kanashimi...
たとえどんな終わりを描いても　心は謎めいて

tatoe donna owari wo egaite mo kokoro wa nazo meite
それはまるで闇のように　迫る真実

sore wa marude yami no youni semaru shinjitsu
たとえどんな世界を描いても　明日は見えなくて

tatoe donna sekai wo egaite mo ashita wa mienakute
それはまるで百合のように　汚れを知らない

sore wa marude yuri no youni kegare wo shiranai
願いは透明なままで
negai wa toumei na mama de

白く 染まる 花にひとり　何も 変わる ことなく誓う
shiroku somaru hana ni hitori nanimo kawaru koto naku chikau
"I take your life forever, you take my life"

届かない声に残る　愛はそっと吹きぬける風のように

todokanai koe ni nokoru ai wa sotto fukinukeru kaze no youni
（こぼれ落ちた涙のあと　隠しきれぬふたつの顔）

(koboreochita namida no ato kakushi kirenu futatsu no kao)
終わらない夜に眠る　夢の傷跡に 残した痛み

owaranai yoru ni nemuru yume no kizuato ni nokoshita itami

（こぼれ落ちた涙のあと　隠しきれぬふたつの顔）

(koboreochita namida no ato kakushi kirenu futatsu no kao)

悲しみ…

kanashimi...
たとえ僅かな光生まれても　嘆きは繰り返す

tatoe wazuka na hikari umarete mo nageki wa kurikaesu
それはまるで嘘のように　消える真実

sore wa marude uso no youni kieru shinjitsu
たとえ最後の羽を開いても　運命(さだめ)は変えられず

tatoe saigo no hane wo hiraite mo sadame wa kaerarezu
百合の花は儚げに　痛みは消えない

yuri no hana wa hakanage ni itami wa kienai
夢なら愛したままで
yume nara aishita mama de

悲しみ…

kanashimi...
たとえどんな終わりを描いても　心は謎めいて

tatoe donna owari wo egaite mo kokoro wa nazo meite
それはまるで闇のように　迫る真実

sore wa marude yami no youni semaru shinjitsu
たとえどんな世界を描いても　明日は見えなくて

tatoe donna sekai wo egaite mo ashita wa mienakute
それはまるで百合のように　汚れを知らない

sore wa marude yuri no youni kegare wo shiranai
願いは透明なままで

negai wa toumei na mama de

English Translation

A flickering single light, fading away without healing the pain.
"I take your life forever, you take my life forever"
A single tear lightly falling, fading away without reaching the feeling.
"I take your life forever, you take my life"

Hiding in the endless time. Love certainly fall down like the rain.
(The traces of fallen tears. The color of frozen tears.)
The memories that won't come back goes around. Everything at the end of this world has been stolen.
(The traces of fallen tears. The color of frozen tears.)

The sadness...
Even if I drew what ever kind of ending, my heart is still in mystery.
Just like the darkness, the truth is coming close.
Even if I drew what ever kind of world, I couldn't see tomorrow.
Just like the lily, oblivious of impurity.
My wishes are clear.

A person vowing to a whitewashed flower, with the promise that nothing will change.
"I take your life forever, you take my life"

Left behind in the voice that won't reach. Love softly whistle like the wind.
(The traces of fallen tears. Unable to completely hide the two faces.)
Sleeping in the endless night, the pain remains in the scar of the dream.
(The traces of fallen tears. Unable to completely hide the two faces.)

The sadness...
Even if a small light was born, the grief keeps on coming back.
Just like a lie, the truth disappears.
Even if I open my last wing, my destiny won't change.
The lily that won't last long and the pain won't go away.
I could only fall in love inside a dream.

The sadness...
Even if I drew what ever kind of ending, my heart is still in mystery.
Just like the darkness, the truth is coming close.
Even if I drew what ever kind of world, I couldn't see tomorrow.
Just like the lily, oblivious of impurity.
My wishes are clear.

And the final part is......

The REAL music video of the performance!!!! Cool dancing man! I think that Arashi did a really superb performance by far. It will be interesting to see if they will move from the "pop" repertoire into more emotionally engaging and confident songs singing harmonizing melodies with or against one another. That is what I hope to hear and they may start the trend with this song. Who knows???



.......keep on playing the music over and over again....it is such a good song when you take a break from everything; or listening to it on the bus on the way home. WAH!!!!!! so crazy over it!

Ohno is such a good singer....I have included his solo song as well - Take me faraway.

Enjoy the songs~~!!!

Current Mood: ~ I take your life forever, you take my life forever ~ lala

FINISHED It started with a kiss

Finally finished It started with a kiss!!!!! hahaha I had a few laughs but a lot of cries too!!!

I always have the tendency to skip the boring bits and go into the interesting part of the story which involves the family and the 2 main characters. Not the company!!!!

http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420051001U/index.htm


Here is my own somewhat broken synopsis and my deep thoughts:

The main guy character of the story is Joe Cheng; playing 值樹 (Zhi Shu).
The main girl character of the story is Ariel Lin; playing 湘琴 （Xiang Qing)。

I personally think that the reason why there are so many heartbreaks and misunderstandings is because 值樹 can't come into grips with his feelings or how his decisions really affect others. Even though this guy is a genius, many people would know how to relate to him at some point or another. We concentrate too hard on something or we become selfish. In the end, we don't realise what it really is to be loved by someone or to care for someone.

There are always different methods to deal with something. For example (and I hope that my best friends read this but I doubt it), I really use my anger and direct scolding when I really really really care about someone and that I am really close to them.

It is not to say that those who are do not get direct scolding from me aren't close to me. But to have best friends means to have those that will really tolerate you and will understand where you are coming from. I am a musician. Someone pointed out very very quickly that musicians are emotional. Yes they are, you are right. I have never associated the two for a long time.

ANYWAY!!!!!
湘琴 is a really stupid girl and doesn't have the heart to focus on her studies. However, she does have a heart for the people and cares for them endearingly. Terribly in love with the genius, she tries so hard to win his heart. Her ideology and values in life use firmly planted on the ground. She has a strong impression on opening up the "books" again and reviewing it from another angle. This can influence other people's thinking.

In a way, I was putting myself in her shoes and situations. I ended up crying A LOT hahaha.
湘琴 really does persevere in the things that she really wants without giving up when things doesn't come her way. I want to try try and try without giving up. Giving your last SIGH is really giving up upon yourself and I absolutely hate that!! You can give yourself a very big CRY to let everything go but you cannot give yourself a big SIGH.


HAHAHA during thet course of the drama, there were some really really funny parts involving both 湘琴 and 值樹 families. Both are loving, warming & encouraging. The music describes the moods so well! Not only that but the lyrics and the music represents the character or represents the particular scene - sung by Chinese pop stars. I LOVE THE "TING JIAN" (聽見） song sung by Fang Ya Xian!!!

AHHH!!! hahaah going crazy over the music. In any case, Ariel Lin sang the main theme 惡作劇。

TO be honest, you really need to know how the drama's atmosphere will progress. You need to watch a few episodes to see if it is in your favour. I was a little skeptical at first because I felt that it dragged the story. However, most of it was to develop the characters, their feelings, chances and disappointments. I know that if I watched it once a week on tv, I would appreciate it a lot and can't stop talking about it haha.



WARNING!!! SPOILER!




Number 2!!! Looks exciting! After it started with a kiss, the title is They Kiss Again!!! If you don't want to look at the *spoiler* pictures, don't let your curiosity beat you!

















伯父 －－》爸，伯母 －－》媽，爸爸（啊才）

Getting married - photoshoot


BIG BIG family
DOCTOR! NURSE! yes???

YEAAA!!!! Next holidays, I will watch They Kiss Again!!!


They kiss again pictures found from gtv.

My quote: Give yourself a big Cry, not a Sigh.

Current Mood: ^_^Y

TO do list in the holidays.....& Casshern

Here are the list of items that I want to finish or end during the holidays!!

• Finish watching It started with a kiss

• Finish watching Chinese Paladin with mum, although that will be a bit hard

• Get better - meaning throat
• Finish sorting out my stuff....it is all over the place
• Enjoy myself these holidays!!

And among the many assignments and work that I have yet to do!!! And work to catch up on because I have been sick!






OK!! Here I am to talk about Casshern as it is long overdue! haha here is my own overview and short-detailed synopsis. If you prefer not to read certain bits but wait until you get hold of the movie, I will let you know (by headings)! Click on the pictures for larger images.

Thematic Story

The story centralises on a theme that you can distinguish quite well in the beginning. It is war. This movie takes on a science-fiction genre. However, the sole purpose is to depict controversial issues between mankind and the types of sufferings that envelops humans which then turns these sufferings into uncontrollable situations (hope I didn't give too much away, but I just think that it really is something that everyone needs to understand from our own perspective).

Conflicts

In the movie, most of the fighting involves 2 parties. But most of the time, it is the differences from how one thinks that can separate what is right and what is wrong. There is plenty of conflict but most of the issues just cannot be resolved because one does not choose to let it go.

My Application

Mankind is trying to improve lives, develop medicinal treatments to save lives and while we have hardworking doctors as such, we still live in a world full of wars, hatred and endless fighting. Doesn't it hurt?? To know that 2 things such as this contradict each other?

This story really was quite sad for me (well yes because I am pretty much emotional!) and these are one of the movies where you definitely need to watch everything from the beginning to the end to understand the full length of the story.

Special Effects

Firstly, I have to give credit for the way that the film is shot. It is done with 3D characters (meaning people) on a green/blue screen. IN actual fact, before I watched the movie but have seen the preview several times, I honestly thought that the whole movie was 3D and that the Japanese really have taken 3D imaging to the next level. The characters were so real!!! haha but real people play the roles of this fantastic movie.

Cinematography

I like all the lights!!!! The use of lighting is fabulous and I really do think that this movie depict it superbly. Action-packed fighting! Though most of the times, there are guns to still keep within the boundaries of war. I like this director as he doesn't want to stray too much away from the reality of this world yet keeping the futuristic science-fiction story alive.

Personal thoughts

For my brothers personally, they absolutely hate it because they want more answers to the story. What happened to this and why was it like that....where did it come from???? I am like....er.....I look at this movie from a bigger picture and even though some events are unexplainable, I focus on what the director is trying to convey from within the story.

Stop being so literal...rarrr! But anyway, if you want to understand this movie, you need to read this on a larger scale. Or else, this may not be the movie for you. In the end, it is a really moving movie and I wish that more movie directors are able to breach more into such issues that will hopefully not upset a wider audience. But, the audience would still understand the very meaning of it and practice healthier choices.

Current Mood: Convincing and Conniving mode haha