Happy Lunar New Year!!!

Wow, it's already Year of the Dragon! For those of you who don't know Lunar New Year is determined by the lunisolar calendar used in countries that have adopted Confucian and Buddhism. The day is generally determined by the first full moon of the regular(?) New Year. Did you get your red packets filled with money?! I sure did! Let's take a look at the Year of the Dragon:

2012, 2000, 1988, 1976, 1964, 1952

"The dragon epitomizes the yang (male/warm) energy. Those with the dragon as their animal sign are lively people who are straight to the point, proud, full of enthusiasm and have great passion for life. They are dynamic and stand out in a crowd as they are flamboyant and tend to leave a blazing trail behind them, igniting passion in some, but also scorching others who fall to ride the wave with them. Dragons are also profoundly loyal to family and friends and think nothing of laying their lives down to protect their brood. Although sincere and honest, dragons are known to act first, think later, and suffer in leisure."

Some people who were Dragons: Bruce Lee, Joan of Arc, John Lennon, Salvador Dalí

Let's have fun this year! Fighting!

Drama - Brilliant Legacy

Alternate Names: Shining Inheritance/Beautiful Legacy
Genre: Family, Romance
Episodes: 28
Network: SBS
Broadcasted: 2009-Apr-25 to 2009-Jul-26
Lead Actors: Lee Seung Ki, Han Hyo Joo, Bae Soo Bin, Moon Chae Won

My Rating: ♥♥♥/5












Happy Lunar New Years!!! Yay!

So this was one of the longer and complicated dramas I've seen so far. It also has one of the most evil stepmother character I've ever seen! I mean, she kicks out her stepdaughter and her autistic brother out onto the street when their only family dies! Who the eff does that?! Anyways, the story line is so complicated and twisted I'm not even going to try to explain. What you need to know is there is an EVIL stepmother, not exactly evil stepsister, father faking his death, spoiled brat guy, and a rich grandmother who has a horrible money grubbing family. I mean that family is horrible, I would not leave them a dime.

Of course, I love Lee Seung Ki because he looks like my younger brother...

Basic Synopsis:Go Eun Seung is a hot tempered girl who comes home from studying abroad to visit her father, brother and extended family. She gets her luggage mixed up with the spoiled rich boy, Sun Woo Hwang, that leads to complications and heated fights. This is when Go Eun Seung's father is mistakingly pronounced dead and her evil step mother kicks out her and her autistic brother out onto the streets...

Thai Man Marries His Dead Bride

Thailand, January 18, 2012
In the Thailand province of Surin, a man named Chadil Deffy (also Deff Yingyuen??) decided to marry his dead girlfriend in a ceremony at her funeral. While many find this strange and slightly creepy, many who attended also said that his display of love was very touching and sad. The couple had been dating for ten years and had plans to marry in the future when his future bride, Sarinya "Anne" Kamsook, died in an accident on January 3. Chadil has posted these pictures of the ceremony on his overrun Facebook page in the album titled "Corpse Bride." A little unnerving, no? Weird? Or very fitting?

They had been putting off the engagement because of their studies and overall business of their lives and never settled on a date. A close friend of the groom said that Chadil put on this display out of pure guilt. He regretted not being able to do more for his girlfriend in the ten years together and wished they had not put off their marriage until now.

What do you guys think? Is this sweet or just plain creepy? Looking at their pictures to the right, I think we have found the most hipster guy and the cutest girl in Thailand! It is still sad to see these two people lose each other.

R.I.P. Sarinya Anne Kamsook

via Huffington Post

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Japanese School Girl Gif

Hahahaha! I finally got someone to translate this for me. Apparently, this came from an ad about headaches induced by drinking.

イロイロ たまってる？= Have a lot of things piled up?
жよい子はマネしないでね = Good kids shouldn't imitate this, okay?

K-Pop Obsession: BoA's Eat You Up

I'm not a huge fan of BoA but I do admit she has a great voice and range of skills that make her an international star. Unfortunately, there have not been many successful Asian pop stars in the United States. I guess we can sort of count Far East Movement (Who are, by the way, big fans of BoA)...but what have they done lately that has been a big hit? Eat You Up is BoA's first English single released back in 2008. It's 2012 now and not a lot of Americans know about her yet... This pick is very unusual for me, since I'm not a huge R&B listener or even care for her style too much, but I really do enjoy the infectious beat and her dancing. It's very Britney Spears...

Visual Concept: ♥♥♥.5/5 Video Concept: ♥♥♥/5 Singing Talent: ♥♥♥♥/5 Music/Sound: ♥♥♥♥/5 Dancing: ♥♥♥♥♥/5 English Usage: ♥♥♥♥/5

Overall Rating: ♥♥♥♥/5

Japanese Hornets Take Out Bee Hive

So this doesn't come directly from Asia, but it does involve Japanese hornets. I've never felt so bad for a bee before...they really had no chance against these hornets! Watch and be warned as the BBC brings you a look at 30 Japanese hornets taking out a colony of European Honey Bees. It is amazing and horrifying...

Genre: Action, Suspense, Romance
Episodes: 20
Network: SBS
Broadcasted: 2011-May-25 to 2011-Jul-28
Lead Actors: Lee MinHo, Park Min Young, Lee Joon Hyuk

My Rating: ♥♥♥♥.5/5














I just finished this drama a couple days ago and I've got to say, it is one of the best I've seen yet. It has action, guns, romance, and best of all...Lee MinHo! There was some of the best action sequences I've ever seen in a drama. Most of the time it's pretty lame musical dance-fighting technique. I read somewhere that Lee Minho practiced martial arts and stunts months before they even started filming. I'm impressed.

And I've always like Park Min Young (Sungkyunkwan Scandal) she's beautiful and very talented actress. She plays a bodyguard to the President and his daughter in the Blue House (equivalent to the White House). It's kinda cool that in the drama she's a level 4 Taekwondo master, but she's seriously lacking other skills required of a bodyguard. Like say, shooting a modern gun or maybe having common sense about a break-in at your apartment?! I guess that's just me...but how do you safeguard the president when you can't effectively protect yourself? To be fair, she does redeem herself a couple times.

Basic Synopsis: Lee Yoon Sung has been raised ever since he was an infant to take revenge for the deaths of 20 secret opts men, including his father. Finding and dealing his own brand of revenge on the five responsible political figures in Seoul has been everything but easy. Including bullet wounds, espionage and even love...