Sunday, June 20, 2010

Tokyo Juliet OST

1. 逆風


2. 只對你有感覺


3. 非你莫屬


4. 愛情樹


5. 佔有


6. 放不下


7. 痊癒


8. 暗夜飛行 (instrumental)


9. 雲裳風暴 (instrumental)


10. 幸福的手稿 (instrumental)


11. 旗袍 (instrumental)


12. 茱麗葉的眼淚 (instrumental)


13. 愛的伸展台(instrumental)










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This is the OST for "Tokyo Juliet". The mixpod player has the tracks 1-7. The other instrumentals I couldn't find on mixpod so I embedded youtube videos for those.

Tokyo Juliet 东方朱丽叶 Summary


Main Cast:
Ariel Lin 林依晨 as Lin Lai Sui

Wu Chun 吴尊 as Ji Feng Liang

Simon Yam 任達華 as Chu Xing

Tang Zhi Ping 唐治平 as Ai Li Ou

Huang Hong Sheng 黃鴻升as Lu Yi Mi
 
Lu Jia Xin路嘉欣 as Gan Li Sha
 
Cai Yi Zhen蔡宜臻 as Pei Mei Zi
 
Zhang Rui Jia張睿家 as Zheng Nei Si
 
Summary:
 Lin Lai Sui is a girl with ambition to become the top fashion designer. The reason for this strong ambition was because her design "Daisy" was stolen by Chu Xing, the top fashion designer of all time, when she was five. This was not the only thing he stole from her as he also stole her mom. Lin Lai Sui's mother loved dasies so the design had a very special meaning. She vows not to fall in love until she can beat Chu Xing.
 
This all changes when she meets heart throb Ji Feng Liang. They meet at the school that Lin Lai Sui attends. When they finally start dating Lin Lai Sui dicovers that he is the son of Chu Xing, leaving her crushed to pieces.
 
Some things work out but their relationship faces many more obstacles. These include Ai Li Ou, Guang Xi, Lui Yi Ming and Gan Li Sha. Will they be able to overcomes these onstacles?
 
Ji Feng Liang is later spotted by a famous designer and gives an opportunity for Liang to go to Italy. Sui is also spotted by a famous designer and is given the same opportunity but she turns it down. What will become of their relationship and will Sui be able to beat Chu Xing?
 
 
This drama was based on the Japanese shoujo manga "Tokyo Juliet" by Miyuki Kitagawa.
 
 
 
 
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Romantic Princess OST

1. Xin Wo 新窝- Fahrenheit 飞轮海 and S.H.E
2. Bu xiang dong de 不想懂得- Angela Zhang 张韶涵
3. Wo lian ai le 我恋爱了- Angela Zhang 张韶涵
4. Neng bu neng yong gan shuo ai 能不能勇敢说爱- Angela Zhang 张韶涵
5. Le Yuan 乐园- Angela Zhang 张韶涵
6. Somewhere over the rainbow- Angela Zhang 张韶涵



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Romantic Princess 公主小妹 Summary


Main Cast:
Wu Chun 吴尊 as Nan Feng Jin 南風瑾

Angela Zhang 張韶涵 as Mai Qiu Sui (Huangfu Shan) 麥秋穗, 小麥(皇甫珊)

Calvin Chen 辰亦儒 as Nan Feng Cai 南風彩

Gu Bao Ming 顧寶明 as Huangfu Xiong (EMP) 皇甫雄 (Xiao Mai's grandfather)

George Hu 胡宇崴 as Nan Feng Lin 南風璘

Li Ang Lin 利昂霖 as Nan Feng Ying 南風影

Genie Cho卓文萱 as Gong Mo Li 宮茉莉

Hsia Ching Ting 夏靖庭 as Yi Sen Chuan 伊森川

Bu Xue Liang卜學亮 as Mai Cong Guang 麥聰光 (Xiao Mai's adopted father)

Huang Jia Qian 黃嘉千 as Mai Ge Hao Wa 麥戈浩娃 (Xiao Mai's adopted mother)

Summary:
Xiao Mai is a middle class girl whose is hardworking. She often dreams of becoming a heiress, dreams of having a big house to live in. Although she is poor and lives in a small home, she is grateful and happy the way she is with her mom and dad. Even so a girl a dream right? Who would ever thought her dreams would actually come true. On a perfectly normal morning a man in a black suit comes looking for Xiao Mai. It is then Xiao Mai learns she is adopted and has a grandfather. Her grandfather is the head of a prestigous aristocratic family. He has a very grand fortune and Xiao Mai is his only granddaughter. The 17 year old Xiao Mai then has to face the truth that her beloved parents are her adoptive parents and she must go and live with her grandfather. Her dream of becoming a heiress come true, but Xiao Mai soon learns that things weren't as she expected.




Official Websites:
http://www.ctv.com.tw/event/princess/

http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420070901U/index.html

Friday, June 18, 2010

My Reaction to Drama ( Black and White) [spoiler]

[ SPOILER ALERT]

This post contains spoilers. If you don't want your drama experience to be ruined please stop reading :)





I have to say one thing... WOW.

Yes this drama was a wow drama. This drama is actually one of the first Taiwan crime fighting dramas that I've seen. I have seen others but this is the first full on "police station, detective, gun shooting" drama. All I have to say is everything about this drama is just fast paced with a good synopsis. The storyline is really good and it is just surprising.

Example would be while I was watching this drama, I seriously thought that San Lian Hui was the bad guy behind all the malicious activity.

The son of San Lian Hui leader... now that was an interesting one to see. At first I really thought that Chen Zai Tian was his son. Later to find out that it was actually Wu Ying Xiong. Both of them really liked Chen Lin, the daughter of San Lian Hui leader. Result? Both were not the son of San Lian Hui Zhang. AHHH! This was a really surprising truth. The real truth... haha... maybe I shouldn't spill it. But if you are already reading this far I would say you either finished the drama or you don't care about knowing the truth. So the truth with whose father, whose son? Ying Xiong is the current president's son!!! Wu Ying Xiong's mother gave him up to his adopted mother ( poor guy, he's 28 years old and finds out his mom isn't his real mom) and then (here's the catch) she adopted Chen Zai Tian and raised him for 10 years before passing away. And what does this have to do with San Lian Hui leader? He's a good friend of the president and promised to keep the "son" secret. Ahhhh! So this is one of the big secrets in this drama.

Hmm... another surprising thing. In the drama, we all have seen the other main girl character, Lan Xi Ying. Throughout the whole drama she was always in the lab and did evealuations. A forensics scientist. In other words she does not seem to do much violent things. She is portrayed in a way that would lead you to thing shecan't fight and is at time weak when it comes to restraining other people. In the drama she was kidnapped twice and she did not fight, more so she couldn't. So she is that nice, shy girl in the drama that is constantly needing protection. So what about Lan Xi Ying that is so surprising? Dun Dun Dun.... she was classmates with the killers!!! Maybe she was't one of them but she was once classmates and graduated with them. Oh! Oh! One more vey surprising thing about Lan Xi Ying... She can fire a gun!!! I was like OMG when I saw that part. It was the one and only time you would be able to see her fire a gun. So swift, so pro, so didn't know she could do that!!!

Mark Chao... first time seeing his acting. My opinion... let's see... he might turn into a pretty good actor someday. He was good at portraying the character of Wu Ying Xiong. Not to mention he's pretty good looking ^.^ Did I mention he's Canadian? ( The actress for Lan Xi Ying is German). Cograts to him for winning the Best Male actor award.

Mmm I think that is about it. Basically the drama was very unpredictable. The people who you would least supect it would become the villian right befor your eyes :O

A must-see drama for all you crime loving fans ^_^

Also congrats to Black and While for winning best drama award :)

44th Taiwan Golden Bell Award

This year in the 44th Taiwan Golden Bell Award the drama "Black and White" has taken multiple awards. The dramacompleted filming just this past year in 2009 and already it has had some promising results.

Click on the following links to see the full list of nominees for the 44th Taiwan Golden Bell Award:
http://yule.baidu.com/news/tv/2009-10-17/005032241272.html

http://ent.sina.com.cn/v/2009-10-16/09362732183.shtml

Here are the rewards for Black and White:

1. 戏剧节目奖: 《痞子英雄》
    Best Drama: Black and White

2. 戏剧节目男主角奖: 赵又廷(痞子英雄)
    Best Male Actor: Mark Chao You Ting (Black and White)

3. 戏剧节目导播(演)奖: 蔡岳勋(《痞子英雄》)
    Best Director: Cai Yue Xun (Black and White)

4. 美术设计奖: 郭臻钰、陈昕苹、戴德伟(痞子英雄)
    Best Arts (special effects) and Design Direction: Guo ZhenYu, Chen Xin Ping, Dai De Wei (Black and White)

5. 节目行销奖: 《痞子英雄》
   Best Marketing: Black and White

Black and White Correlation Chart

The best way to understand complex relations is to look at a chart. This chart connects all the relations of the characters.



To see the words and see a better picture go click on this link:

Thursday, June 17, 2010

Black and White OST

1. 無賴正義


2. 痞子與英雄



 3. Hey BABY


4. 放逐愛情


5. 黑暗序曲 (Instumental)


6. 關於我們



7. 來襲 (instumental)



8. 密謀者 (instumental)



9. 魔化 (instumental)



10. 兩種英雄 (instumental)


11. 光明盡頭 (instumental)



12. 迷霧 (instumental)



13. Perfect Stranger


14.  禮物



15. 鐵人



16. 看不見的敵人 (instumental)



17.  真相 (instumental)



 18. 最後的戰役 (instumental)



 19. 黑暗黎明 (instumental)



20. 有沒有誰要離開 (instumental)


21. Black and White (instumental)

*not too sure about this song because the titles don't match. But this is also one of the insert songs in the drama

Basically these are the songs for the drama Black and White. I couldn't find 3. Hey Baby, 10. 兩種英雄 (instumental), and 20. 有沒有誰要離開 (instumental).

痞子英雄 Black and White Summary

Just recently finished this drama. A very fast paced crime solving series :)
Main Cast :

Vic Zhou 周渝民 as Chen Zai Tian (Pi Zi) 陳在天 (痞子)
Mark Chao 趙又廷 as Wu Ying Xiong 吳英雄
Janine Chang 張鈞甯  as Lan Xi Ying 藍西英
Xiu Jie Kai  修杰楷 as Ma Xiao Ming 馬小明 / Huang Shi Kai 黃世楷 / Q

Ivy Chen 陳意涵  as Chen Lin 陳琳 (San Lian Hui leader's daughter)
Paul Chun 秦沛 as Lao Tou 老頭 (San Lian Hui leader)
Na Wei Xun 那維勲 as Du Wen Yan 杜文雁 (San Lian Hui

Others
Allen Chao 趙樹海  as South District Director 南區分局長
Tang Zhi Wei as Chen Jun Lin 陳俊麟 (Director)
Qian De Men as Li Jian Guo (Lao Li) 李建國 (老李)
Hong Chen Ying (洪晨穎) as Ai Lu (Xiao Lu) 艾綠 (小綠)
Hank Wu (吳仲強) as Hao Ke 浩克
Chen You Fang as Ling Wen Qi 凌文琦 (Director)
Sonia Sui as Lei Mu Sha 雷慕莎

* This is just the selected list, basically I chose the most commonly seen characters from this drama. FYI there are many others who were in this drama.


Summary:

Chen Zai Tian (Pi Zi) and Wu Ying Xiong are totally opposite cops. They are as different as night and day. Chen Zai Tian does nothing but live a luxurious life. To solve cases he recieves information from annonymous sources. Wu Ying Xiong on the other hand believes in law and justice. He believes if you are guilty you are guilty. If you are innocent you are innocent. He works really hard to solve his cases. Wu Ying Xiong is willing to do hard work. Because of this his superior has some jelous feelings towards him. The two were brought together when they had to solve a case involving a big batch of drugs also known as "Dreamer". Later cases lead the twosome to the local triad group. Things start to get complicated later on. Murder cases that seem to have no relation suddenly seem connected in a way. The nations president also has some secret relation with the triad group leader. What could their realtion be? With Chen Zai Tian's creative thinking and Wu Ying Xiong's outstanding fighting skills the two are undefeatable, but will they be able to find the truth behind all the malicious activity?

Thursday, June 3, 2010

My Reaction to This Drama ( Down with Love)[spoiler]

My reaction to this drama will be posts where I talk about the drama, things that happen and my reaction. It may include events that happen in the drama.

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This post contains spoilers. If you don't want your drama experience to be ruined please stop reading :)


This is the second drama I have watched with Ella. Ella, in my opinion, is a pretty good actor. Some may not think so but I feel that she has this certain way of precieving the character and she is so into it sometimes. In my opinion, this drama has its ups and downs. I think for one the storyline isn't gripping enough. Not really sure how to explain this but I guess it's kind of bland. In my opinion there should be some changes. For one shouldn't there be a wedding scene? Haha I really wanted to see that. I wanted to see Yang Guo walk down the isle and have the whole ceremony. All of Yu Ping's and Yang Guo's friends would be there. All the guys from the lawyer firm, Ke Zhong, Hui Fan, sister, dad, Yan Ling and her boyfriend, and also Yu Fei Yu Ting. :) After the wedding is when they should go into the whole 6 years later. Well this ending was okay too. They show Yu Ping and Yang Guo throwing a party for their son's five year old bithday party and it ends with Yang Guo ready to give birth to the second child. Haha. Very Cute... at least the ending for this drama wasn's a cliffhanger ending or the 'huh???' endings. 'huh?' endings is a term I made up to describe endings to dramas that just make you go "Huh???" and you can't figure out what is going on. Sometimes there are deep endings... you don't get it at first but with some thinking deeper you would understand.

The part that I really enjoyed watching was the parts with Yu Fei and Yu Ting. Such cute little kids. I really liked watching the transformation. How at first they were all mean and Yu Ping was all cold and ignored them and then to how warm and loving they became. I especially like how Yu Fei Yu Ting developed a bond with Yang Guo. Also the part where Yu Ping starts to like Yang Guo is really amusing. A funny part that made me LOL was when Yu Ting told Yang Guo that if his uncle (Yu Ping) did want her then wait for him (Yu Ting) to grow up and he would marry Yang Guo. XD Hilarious kid. Then he said that again in front of Yu Ping and his reaction was a LOL too.

To conclude, I think that Down With Love is a so so drama. Somewhere in the middle. There were good parts and bad parts and I liked the actors and actresses.  ♥Ella and Jerry♥

This is just my opinion now :)