[Book] Twilight

Twilight, the latest book I've read that got me all interested and wanting to finish the book in spite of tons of other things that I have to do, I multitasked and I'm done! ^^

I actually watched the movie first because of all the hype it caused, before I read the book. And that's definitely the wrong thing to do! I totally regret watching the movie first. I really liked the movie when I watched it, it's good and not boring. But after reading the book, I can say that the movie didn't really do enough justice to the novel.

It's a really good read. A very sweet love story of a vampire and a human girl that fell in love with each other. There are lot's of emotions not portrayed in the movie. The movie became a chop-chop of the real thing. And the reason I regretted watching the movie first is because I already have faces for the characters that would have been better if I used my imagination.

No offense to the cast, but there's definitely something lacking in the movie that were all there in the book. I'm so looking forward to reading the next book, New Moon. But everyone says it's so not good that even my friends who are really big Twilight series fans don't want to talk about it. I'll read it anyways... ^^

Rating: 10/10

Slumdog Millionaire

I'm one who often gets disappointed when it comes to hype. I usually expect too much because of the big fuss that I often end up disappointed with whatever it is, be it a movie, a drama, series, music, artist, etc.

So with the big hype of "Slumdog Millionaire", I was prepared to be critical of it. I watched it looking for something that I could say, "This one deserved it's Oscar" and to my surprise, I'm happy with the movie! Okay, so I'm a fan of happy endings and feel good movies so this one's a give away actually. ^^

I loved the movie because it started out really sad by showing how hard life is for these two kids and their way of life. Then how they survived living in the train on their own until they grew up without parents and all that. They managed to get through even though not everything they did is right but at least they were able to go through another day alive.

It's a movie that gives everyone hope that no matter how deep you're under now, there will always be hope as long as you keep your head up and lead your life with love. Well yes, he's one lucky guy too. But it doesn't hurt to believe in a little luck once in a while right? ^^

Rating: 9/10

Cross-Stitch Anyone?

I just finished my latest project, a cherub cross-stitch! I'm so happy that I finally get to do this after a loooooong time. I got the pattern almost 10 years ago, and it's just now that I got the chance to do it (thanks to the not-so-interesting seasons 1-4 DVD of NCIS I bought but find it a waste not to watch. so i got the chance to stitch while the dvd is on. =S). I'm glad I did because it's so cute! ^^

Is there even anybody still doing cross-stitch in our country these days? It used to be a big fad back in the 90's but it all died down. It's so difficult to find the pattern I've been looking for anywhere. Anybody know where I can find the pattern of "Nine Koi Fish"? Please let me know if you do... not online please, I'm so paranoid with all the credit card scams happening lately that I don't want to purchase anything online anymore. T_T

Thanks in advance! ^_^

[JDorama] Code Blue

Title: Code Blue
Genre: Medical Drama
Episodes: 11
Air date: July - September 2008
Casts:

Yamashita Tomohisa - as Aizawa Kosaku, one of the best interns of Doctor Heli. His parents died when he was young and was raised by his grandmother. He wanted to become the best doctor and the most famous one. For him, he had nothing to lose so he should do his best.

Yamapi is so good looking as always and he just made me fall for him all over again in this charismatic role. I don't know if I can say that the acting was great but I can say that it's a Yamapi style. Cute and charismatic rolled into one. ^^

Aragaki Yui - as Shiraishi Megumi, one of the most studious interns. She came from a medical family and just has to be a doctor too because his father is one. She's always nice to everyone and always tries hard to please them.

Toda Erika - as Hiyama Mihoko, a very out spoken intern but also proved to be a good one. She's not afraid to say what she feels as long as she know that it's right. She come from an ordinary family and became a doctor on her own hard work.

Asari Yosuke - as Fujikawa Kazuo, one of the interns that the head doctor finds lacking. He's clumsy and gets nervous easily. But his edge is he treats the patients well and they also like him in return. His mother is very proud of him and always there to support him. He didn't realize her importance until he felt how much it help him go through a hard day.

Higa Manami - as Saejima Haruka, a flight nurse that is very keen on her work. She works hard and is not afraid to voice out her opinion to the doctor interns. She's a nurse who takes care of patients but turned her back on the person that she used to love because of his sick condition.

Summary:

Doctor Heli is a project to get to the location faster to save more lives sooner. Whenever a doctor is needed, a call is placed to Doctor Heli and everyone is on the way in minutes. They ask for details about the patient on the helicopter and are already ready upon arrival to the location.

Four interns came to Doctor Heli to experience getting on the helicopter and save lives on location. Each of them has their story to tell and the story goes...

I really liked this drama! I love that they stick to the medical sense of the drama, they do surgeries, they save lives, they cure people, everything you do in a hospital. It's a medical drama to the core.

But at the same time, they were able to fit in the story of each of the characters in the story. Through this, we get to understand why and where the doctors are coming from. We get to see why they are acting the way they do and how they make the decision they make.

Doctor is a difficult job to the end. People's lives are on their hands and they still get blamed if anything goes wrong. We get to understand them in this drama and see how hard they work to save lives at hand.

Rating: 9/10

Watch online >> Code Blue w/ English subtitles

Case Closed

this one made me smile so I thought I'd share the smile... :)


Case Closed
============

Several women appeared in court, each accusing the others of
causing the trouble they were having in the apartment building
where they lived.

The women were arguing noisily even in the court.

The judge, banging his gavel to quiet them, said,

"We are going to do this in an orderly manner.
I can't listen to all of you at once.
I'll hear the oldest first."

The case was dismissed for lack of testimony.

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