fagastic blog: January 2009

Got a new cheap toy today. It's a portable speaker. Small but pretty powerful. But don't mind the quality. A bit hollow. But then again. It's cute and cool and small! Told you it's a toy liao. That means not for serious usage. X-mini is its name.

See the picture above. It's a capsule shape. You split it into halves and twist it open to expand the resonance tube , then power on! MM ZUT MM ZUT!! Cool right? It has its own rechargeable battery inside. Recharge via USB. Audio via sound jack.

Got it at one of the shops at Funan. Lazy to go all the way to SLS, so just make do with it at Funan. Went there with zm. Then tried the Soup Spoon @ Raffles City. HOLY SHIT! Okay... It's my first time there, and I quite like the food there. I'm noob. Okay, noted.

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If you are fk, please skip this post. Thank you.

Code Blue (Ko-do Buru-)

I first saw this poster at Japan. My first thought, "Woot! Yui and Erika! I MUST WATCH!" I didn't pay much attention to Yamapi initially. Hahahaha. I look at the girls first. Anyway, this show is good. Really good. Interesting, but there were many times I had to go google for the term they used. Too medical for me. Hard to understand what the heck they mean or they are trying to do. But hey, good for extra knowledge.

This is like a typical doctor show, on the Emergency and Accident section. Alarm rings, rescue, rinse and repeat. Of course, story is spiced up a bit here and there. Pretty touching, I would say.

What actually makes this doctor rescue special from the rest is its HELICOPTER! Well... The theme was actually Doctor Heli, which is doctor sent to actual site using heli and evacuation via heli too, if needed.

Here's an extraction from Wiki D-Addicts, which extracted a short paragraph from Fuji TV -

The "Doctor Helicopter" system was legalized in Japan in June 2007. A medical team is dispatched to the patients on a helicopter to provide medical care in the field as soon as possible. One day, four young physicians are assigned to this latest medical system. The doctors experience traumatic medical situations, deal with personal ambitions, witness the fragility of life, and they grow personally and professionally. --Fuji TV

Okay, that was a better and more professional review than what I've said. =\

Yamashita Tomohisa. I guess those who listens to JPop or watch JDrama would have known who is him by now. So I'm not going to introduce him again. Some interesting notable stuff. He got curly hair! On first few looks, you may find him looking weird or something. But after some time, it starts to grow into you. He actually still looks good with that. I must emphasize on this. Not everyone would look good with that kind of hair, not even close to okay looking. Don't believe? Watch this...

Right? Take my words for it.

Aragaki Yui!! She may sucks (just a bit) in her acting and singing, but I just can't stop liking her. =)) I think I never introduce her before, so let me do so here. I first saw her in "Dragon Zakura", then she's also inside "My Boss My Hero". Remember that Japanese movie "Koizora"? She's in there too! I watched her "Galcir" too. =))) Okay, she's one of my favourite female celebrity. I'm biased. I don't care. Go away if you don't like her. Shoo!

Another female celebrity that I like. Toda Erika! Introduced her before. She's better known as "Misa" in Death Note. Don't know why people only recognise her as that. Sad.... She got act in a lot of other shows too what........ Oh oh oh! Recently she got a new drama which seems not bad, "Ryusei no Kizuna".

I happily omitted one of the 4 doctors mentioned in the synopsis, because he's a guy. And maybe because I didn't watch enough of his show yet. Instead of introducing him, I decided to introduce this girl! MUAhaHAhaHAhAhaHaHahAA!! She's look gooooooood~ Or maybe it's the character she acted in the show. Cool! Although she's just a nurse, she has the authority! Woot! "Take that you noob doctor! TATATATATATATAAAA!" My first show on her, so no additional information to throw in.

Theme Song
Mr Children - Hanabi

Last Friends (Rasuto Furenzu)

This is a twisted drama. Almost everything is twisted. You got Domestic Violence (known as DV), Homosexuality, Genophobia/Erotophobia/Coitophobia (don't know which one best describe). It's trying to show some common social issues. Love romance that induces your tear glands flow and makes you go sniffing.

During the middle portion of this drama, I was starting to wonder what kind of drama was i watching there. It seemed more like a thriller horror flick to me. Extreme stalker action. Kinda scary you know.

The show was good. But personally, I think the ending kinda stinks. It has a nice starting, nice build up, but ending doesn't kinda match up with them. =\ But but but... The 5 main characters are in my fav lists!

Nagasawa Masami. Introduced before, not going to do so here. She's the victim of DV. I don't really like her in this show. Maybe she appeared too wimpy in it. Hmmm... If that's the case, then her acting is good. Or maybe she's going down in my fav list. =|

BwaHAHAhAhAhAhAhAHahAHAHAhaHAhaHA!! UENO JURI! BANZAI!! She's damn good. DARN GOOD! I do really think she can act in any roles! She looks cool with short hair too okay.

Eita. I don't his full name. Seriously, in the show initially you'll think he's... Okay, cannot say it out. Or else it'll be a spoiler. His hair is always very attention seeking. Amazing.

This is the scary guy. Nishikido Ryo (also known as Seng, among ourselves, for some reasons). If you hate him after watching this show, that's a thumb-up for him. He really brings out that personality of the character he's acting. Really! He really freaks me out at times during the show. Superb acting!! Simply fabulous!

Asami-chan~ Her role isnt that major in the show, but well, I don't mind her in the banner. =)) She also has some issues in the show, but it appears to be mild when compared to the others. Kinda sad huh? But I still like her nevertheless! =D

Theme Song
Utada Hikaru - Prisoner of Love

Yasuko to Kenji

Looking through the cast, only 1 person caught my attention. Hirosue Ryoko. But that's all it takes to make me wanna watch this show. Hahahahahaha... Sometimes it feels just so good to watch actor/actress of our time. Signs of getting old. =|

Anyway, just make a note here, Zm did mention about this show to me. Ya... And good thing I watched it. Because it's a nice show! A good comedy in general. I was actually laughing out loud at times. And it's heartwarming at the ending. It's just so nice. Like eating oreo dunked into milk. Oreo dunked into milk is really nice. It's best go with fresh milk. Err.. back to the show.

Almost forgot to talk about the basic plot. The basic plot is... it's complicated for me to explain it. So I'll copy and paste from Wiki D-Addicts -

The show focuses on a man named Kenji and his younger sister Yasuko, whose parents died in an accident 10 years earlier. Kenji was once the leader of a gang, but in order to support him and his sister, he began making a living as a shojo mangaka. His character normally wears glasses and appears to be a gentle guy, but he throws off his glasses and reverts to his violent side whenever he tries to protect Yasuko from danger. Part of the story follows Yasuko's romance with an intelligent and good-looking man named Jun Tsubaki. Jun's older sister Erika now runs a flower shop, but Erika was once a leader of a female gang, and she used to be in love with Kenji during those days. --Tokyograph

Matsuo Mashiro. A member of Tokio. Same group as Nagase Tomoya, the guy in Tiger and Dragon, and My Boss My Hero. I think Tokio people makes good yakuza. It's just so in their blood. Acting yakuza is so natural to them. He got a few signature moves in the show, cool moves.

Hirosue Ryoko, do I need to say anymore? If you don't know her, please just go jump out of the nearest window. I enjoy watching the moments she switched her personality. That was kinda comical. MUST WATCH THIS SHOW TO SEE HER ACTING!!!

As for these two, Okura Tadayoshi (left) and Tabe Mikako (right), I think they are quite irritating in the show. They are so 偶像剧 kind of actors. Boring. I don't really like this kind of actors. What I know about them, almost nothing. Only know the guy is from Kanjani8, that's all. Nothing further on them.

Theme Song
Tokio - Amegasa

These are just 3 of the dramas I've watched recently. I'm actually watching Mythbuster recently instead. Maybe I should write down a list of interesting myths and facts that they have proven in the show eh? That's for next time. It's peak timing now. My supporting work usually start at 3pm. Work work.

Reference
1. Wiki D-Addicts, http://wiki.d-addicts.com/