THAT WINTER THE WIND BLOWS… the shrink in

[SPOILER ALERT] It’s becoming more and more immediate, this need to see a psychiatrist, in the same way that it’s immediate for Oh Soo to make Oh Young believe he loves her despite the con, and for the both of them to keep on living despite the clock ticking on their lives (her tumor, his…

arigatou, Arashi-chan

The last episode of HIMITSU NO ARASHI-CHAN is everything why fans love these five boys. Sitting around in the living room–albeit empty as they are supposed to be “moving out” already–and just chatting like you would see friends shooting the breeze. This. Is. The. Reason. Why. Arashi. Clicks. Right there in the last episode of…

fangirl vs shipper

One can be a fangirl without being a shipper. Or a shipper without being a fan. One can be both. One need not be both. Does that make sense? It makes sense to me. I was a shipper once, without being a fan of the individuals I was shipping. I was a shipper for their…

look who are back together: Andy & Sammi

Hong Kong onscreen golden couple Andy Lau and Sammi Cheng are back… and in a Johnnie To film: BLIND DETECTIVE.       The trio worked together in NEEDING YOU, LOVE ON A DIET and YESTERDAY ONCE MORE. LOVE ON A DIET and NEEDING YOU were like my Asian Film 101 when I was just…

dear drama, how will you end?

(Warning: May contain spoilers for those who have not started watching THAT WINTER THE WIND BLOWS.) With only five episodes to go, I am starting to get obsessed on how WINTER WIND will end. Only five episodes left and there are still sub-plots that are being introduced or hinted at. What makes this tricky is…

those never-ending rumors: who’s gay?

There are two types of rumors that people love about celebrities: 1) who they’re dating (or  sleeping with) 2) who’s gay. Sex(uality) sells indeed. These are some of the Asian celebrities who have been rumored as gay:   JO IN-SUNG – since he did FROZEN FLOWER five years ago, rumors about him being gay became…

it’s White Day. honmei- or giri-choco for who?

It’s White Day. You know, that day in Japan, South Korea and Taiwan when it’s the men’s turn to give chocolates to women. In China though, it’s the women’s turn to give to the men; perhaps the rest of the world should adapt the Chinese tradition since it’s also the men who are expected to…