(Roy Qiu why you so XXX part 27) Another ship has sunk to the bottom of the sea of wishful thinking: the Roy Qiu/Tang Yan vessel. In my previous post, “Year of the Sinking Ships”, it was not clear yet whether this Titanic could be saved, following reports that he was seen leaving a drama…
Just as Ang Lee thanked the movie god for his Oscar win, I want to thank the pop god for Arashi. No day passes without Arashi making me laugh… or cry, but all for good reason. And this fan-made video encapsulates most of the reasons why: I have extensively discussed why I love Arashi in…
Most of this year’s Oscar winners were expected but nothing could be more pleasing than Ang Lee’s win as best director, his second, for LIFE OF PI. Here is Ang Lee thanking the movie god: We know what we love about Ang Lee, one of the few Asians to really enjoy bona fide success in…
I started watching THAT WINTER THE WIND BLOWS expecting a full-blown Korean melodrama from the get-go. And boy, was I pleasantly surprised! It’s still a typical K-drama but with very nice surprises and many reasons to give it a try. I’d like to call this drama WINTER WIND for short. Just like the…
I have to thank BU BU JING XIN for leading me to Kevin Cheng and to GHETTO JUSTICE, my first ever Hong Kong drama. I couldn’t find a subbed GJ so I started watching GJ 2. But on to episode 6, I thought I should watch the first season first to understand the history of…
Shipping is perhaps the most difficult part of fandom and fangirling. You cast your lot on two people and bet on their fate, hoping for a happy ending. It’s gambling in another form. Most of the time, it ends in disappointment or in tears (hopefully, not bankruptcy). I should know. I was a shipper. How…
Yes, the title says it all: YouTube has launched what it calls the A*Pop channel for your fill of Chinese, Japanese and Korean pop. You can visit the site here. Among the channel’s upcoming events is “A-Pop Star of the Week”, which obviously features music artist/s each week. Here’s the schedule: March…
It was bound to happen following the phenomenal success of Gangnam Style. Now, brace yourselves. Psy is galloping his way to stamps, via air mail. The stamps look interesting though and if I’m his fan or a stamp collector, I wouldn’t mind collecting them. It would be interesting to see if–in this era…
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