Love Love Lovely Runner

It's been a while since Lovely Runner's last episode and I have still not moved on from that beauty of a drama. I tell you my attachment to that drama is on another level because it served as my comfort drama while I was counting the days before I come home. Lovely Runner would end on the same day I came back in the country- dito ko na napanuod the final episode. 

I wasn't really expecting that much from this drama. AC and I started watching Lovely Runner  right after we were done watching Wedding Impossible, which was one helluva disappointment of a drama. That kdrama was hard to watch. I am actually shocked that I did finish watching it- maybe I was somewhat hoping for the drama's redemption towards the end, eh waley. I did finish it largely because of the male lead (ML). Anyway, back to LR. I think I did enjoy episode 1, but the clincher was episode 2's ending. Absolutely didn't see that one coming and I was delighted and surprised. 

I rate this kdrama 100/10. I like it that much. Dramas usually start strong but come mid episodes, it slightly gets boring then either picks up or totally bombs towards the end. BUT THIS DRAMA DOESN'T HAVE ANY OF THAT. IT WAS SO GOOD THROUGH AND THROUGH. After watching the end of episode 2, I thought that I need to rewatch episode 1. I must rewatch episode 1 and 2 before next week's episode 3 and 4.  Ah basta I was hooked. 

The story was really good. SO GOOD. Of course I also have some questions, but with these dramas I practice suspension of disbelief. Plus, it's a fantasy drama. Everything is possible. 

Another contributing factor to LR's beauty is the chemistry between the ML and female lead (FL). Tapos nagre-release pa sila ng behind-the-scenes right after, OMG I totally am shipping these two IRL. Before, I couldn't get CLOY's fans who wanted Son Ye-jin and Hyun Bin to end up together, but now I totally get it. I want them to end up together for realzzzzz. Cos if not, why does Byeon Woo-seok stare at Kim Hye-yoon like that?? WHY? If he isn't crushing on her for real, looking at her like that should be illegal. Honestly, I hope he's not paasa. If ever they are dating, I think they wouldn't admit it cos the drama's done and doing so might affect their future projects. Meydo different case with the CLOY couple because those two were actually of marrying age or at least I feel they're in that age where they want to marry and start a family. HY and WS, I feel, still have a lot going for them and cannot be tied to a love team. ALTHOUGH I DO WANT THEM TO MAKE A REMAKE OF GOONG. The leads' chemistry, I tell you, is off the charts. It's been a while since I've kicked the air because of kilig and I've been kicking the air every episode. This has got to be my favorite drama of 2024 and definitely one of my faves of all time. 

Walang itatapon dito sa drama na 'to. Even the OST is good. Just listening to the songs remind you of specific scenes. I remember when I was still in NY and I guess just finished watching episode 2, I had I Think I Did on repeat for hours. The last time I did that was with John Legend's Everybody Knows. Every song in that soundtrack is just lovely, plus the original songs performed by the fictional band, Eclipse- perfection ;) WS's vocals were also a surprise. I am so in love with both his speaking and singing voice. Too bad I wasn't able to secure a ticket to his fan meet :( Funny how I previously thought that fan meets are a waste of one's money cos fan meets usually last for an hour (?) tapos same price as concert tickets? Well, I still do think fan meets are a waste of money but I was willing to waste my money just to see WS in person and hear him sing Sonaki live. Tapos kinanta niya pa I Think I Did! So I'm sad that I didn't get tickets to his fan meet. Boohoo. Dagdag na lang natin sa aking SK budget this September. 

Kim Hye-yoon was a discovery for me. I actually watched Extraordinary You last year but didn't get to finish it because I didn't like the story that much. Watched it because of Rowoon though, LOL. Naumay siguro ako with HY's too much aegyo, I dunno. But here in LR, for me, mas litaw yung acting prowess niya. And the boys said that it was her who helped them get into their characters. I feel bad that she isn't getting that much attention. I love WS but he has overshadowed our dear HY. Sabi naman ng ate ko expected naman kasi who watches romcoms/kdramas? Women, mostly. So it's just expected that the MLs would get more attention. Don't we all want our own Sunjaes, yes? I just hope that HY also gets the recognition due her. Sana bumaha din ng scripts for future projects for her. 

Back to the drama... it is a romcom but when you think about it, it's actually a sad kdrama most of the time. How many times did we see Sunjae die? It was heart-wrenching every time Im Sol would deny her feelings and hurt Sunjae because she thought that would stop him from dying. And it was also agonizing for our dear Sol to erase herself from Sunjae's life- and to live for 15 years doing that on purpose. And that is why we need that one hour of fluff for the ending. I am happy with that ending. I hope they also get that ending in real life. With each other. Please. Hihi. 

Love love love this drama to death. I do hope I get to watch another one like this this year. I also hope I get to watch more good projects from these two actors, whether individually or together (but I really hope they do work on another project together... Goong remake please. Or Full House. Please). 

So let's finish this post now so I have enough time to lurk in Twitter and get into the subeom vortex before I go to sleep. Good night! 

Hart of Dixie News

News about Hart of Dixie came out just yesterday and I am not happy. Why? Two thing. One, season 4 doesn't come out 'til early 2015 and 2, looks like it'll be their last season as well. Wait, there's another one- season 4 only has ten episodes. So I'm actually unhappy about three things regarding Hart of Dixie. My sources say so here and here.

This has been a sad, sad year for me and my favorite TV series. First to go was HIMYM, followed by Suburgatory and now, Hart of Dixie. Not to mention a few years back that Chuck and Gossip Girl suffered the same fate. But why so abrupt?

This is so not my year. 2015, please please please be superduper good to me ☺

Cos I'm Missing You

It's a whole new month- it's already March! Just trying to multi-task here- reading, watching a Korean series, typing a contract and reading on book reviews on Goodreads. So just wanted to post something here, something I found while skimming through book reviews~

It's CHUCK & SARAH!!!

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This is the series' final episode, if I'm not mistaken. Actually, I think this is the last scene of the final episode. Gaaahd, I loved that series and I miss it so so so much. Kahit nakatilod, alam kong si Chuck Bartowski yan sa kulot pa lang ng buhok. 

Adios Mi Gossip Girl Adorada

And it took me a whole year to finally finally FINALLY face the music and watch Gossip Girl's sixth and last season's final episode. In spite of the fact that I have just watched GG, I already knew that Chuck and Blair got married (no thanks to ETC) and knew that Dan is Gossip Girl (not-so-special thanks to my cousin who 'revealed' who GG really is). Actually, I think I must have watched until the sixth episode last year then stopped because I DON'T WANT IT TO END JUST YET and Dan being revealed as Gossip Girl isn't enough to make me want to see the finalé. You know what did? When someone told me that Dan and Serena still ended up together.

Unfortunately, Blair, I don't share your sentiment

I've been the BIGGEST Dan + Serena 'shipper ever and I may have my momentary lapse in judgment when I went gaga over the the Dan + Blair pairing but you know me, I love love love witty bantering. But man, this scene where Dan and Serena went on their first date (is it? Argh, I can't remember. That was six years ago!)

and you could just see that Dan was really enamored with her. And notice that Dan still looks cute here, unlike right now wherein he looks like a Lyle Lovett twin.

Ahh, just how I imagined this show's ending would be- Serena and Dan still together. Loved how the ending was very similar to that first time Dan and Serena went out on a date (see first two stills) ♥ That after the shit they've gone through, they still ended up in each other's arms. Pero this scene- parang prom night lang. Haha. Demure-demuran ang lola Serena mo. Hindi lang prom night ang peg, 80s prom night pa with the shining shimmering gold bustier. Well, I expected her in a much gorgeous wedding gown but still I'm happy that these two end up marrying each other. And that is why Lily and Rufus were never meant to be. Which makes me wonder whatever happened to their love child, Scott. He just walked away and that's it?

Even if my favorite pair is Serena and Dan, neither character was my favorite. Blair is my queen bee. Though I didn't succumb to the headband craze cos seriously, I think it looks stupid on other people who are not Blair. Okay, so I think high school girls can pull it off but when grown women in their 20s are donning super burloloy-ed headbands a lá Blair, NOPE. I love Blair because she is witty. Mean, yes, but witty just the same. And man, I love her wardrobe. I've been a fan since that episode where she wore that white eyelet dress.

I remember I was always on the lookout for a similar dress. I think I did see one in SM Department Store but it cost around two thousand bucks and I am not spending that much on a dress. I was just starting out a business back then and broke. Well, even now that I have a little to spare I still wouldn't spend two kiaw on a dress. Thank God for cousins who gives tights for pasalubong (yes, that same cousin who spoiled the GG finale for me so I guess she's forgiven), I was still able to imitate Blair's fashion sense and I think that happened once and only once- New Year's 2009. Oh I think that didn't happen just once... I had my sister sew a cocktail dress similar to Blair's for a cousin's wedding (this is a different cousin though). But man, I wish I were 30 lbs lighter so I could dress like Blair and not look like a trying hard oompa loompa.

What I didn't like with Blair is that she is with Chuck Bass. Even until now that Chuck has "matured" and does not dress like Barney the Purple Dinosaur, he's still my least favorite main character. I guess first impressions last in his case. He was such an ass during the first two or three seasons and even if he changed after realizing he is in love with Blair for real, I thinks he's still an ass. And what's with the voice? Nakakainis. But eventually, I sort of have accepted that Blair and Chuck may be good for each other which still doesn't mean I like Chuck. I just learned to tolerate him.

Speaking of intolerable characters, we have Jenny Humphrey and Vanessa Abrams for that. And oh, I sort of didn't like Eric van der Woodsen as well. But nothing beats Jenny and Vanessa who I think top everyone's list of the Most Hated GG Character. However, even if I hated them, it still was nice seeing them in the final episode cos

like there's a closure for everybody. Yay!

Though I think it was sort of bitin when they didn't say what ever happened to Bart Bass's death. He's like one of the most powerful, richest men in New York and they're not going to investigate his death further? I'm sure if they bring in the CSI guys they'd find a strand of Chuck's or Blair's hair or their fingerprints in the elevator. And I just find it so weird that Lily didn't show even an ounce of sorrow upon learning about Bart's death. Well, he really must be that despicable.

So we all know that Dan is Gossip Girl. Funny how almost everyone thought it was Dorota. Dorota was the unexpected star of the show. It might seem that she only has this small role but everyone knows who Dorota is. My sister said that she should be Blair's maid of honor. She was with her through thick and thin and in spite of all the verbal abuse from Blair. I hope I find my own Dorota. Haha.

Actually lahat ng wish ko for Gossip Girl ay natupad. Ang lakas ko pala kay Stephanie Savage

who I think looks like Emma Stone. Haha. Diba, she looks like Emma Stone?

Wow it's officially over for me since I have seen the final episode and also the special retrospective episode. I was in denial for too long, distracting myself with The Carrie Diaries and Sebastian Kydd. But just like what Blair said-

I guess there's nowhere to go but forward and on to Hart of Dixie. Yay!

I really should get that visa application started already because I still want to go on that Gossip Girl tour and it's been a year since the show's off air so I am worried that they have stopped offering it already.

oh yes I did
but I should remember to
keep my expectations low

Wow naman sa motivation ko. Oh well, 'til the next TV series I'm gonna love unconditionally...

gossip girl 06x03: dirty rotten scandals

You know, I kind of feel for Sage. She has every right to be upset because Serena van der Woodsen is her frickin' stepmother. And to make matters worse, she goes on very preachy to Sage saying that rebelling against her father would only hurt her. Spoken like an experienced skankawhoreus.

ooh, it's the return of the culottes

Omigaahd, I so hate Serena van der Woodsen for doing that to Blair!!! Just because she wants to save face, she jumps into another conclusion without finding out the real story and walks out on Blair's baby. Blair is the victim here. She was just being nice to Serena (so okay, she also needed another "it" girl to model for her) and look where it got her. Serena, Ingrata.

Gossip Girl is doing damage to NYC's reputation- now I think the Upper East Side is teeming with skanks and asshats. And speaking of asshats, Dan Humphrey is, so far, this season's ass-est of asses.

I think the length of Dan's hair is proportionate to his level of arse-ness. Remember that he was semi-kal when he was still cute and nice Lonely Boy, and now that his curly bangs banging, he's so not nice and cute anymore. And then he breaks Nelly Yuki's heart all over again. What an asshat.

As with Blair's fashion disaster, she is totally not the person to blame. Eleanor is. She takes with her husband to who-knows-where and leaves the reins of her business in the hands of her immature daughter who hasn't even graduated from college yet and doesn't have any experience with running the business or any business for that matter. And oh, the clothes were so Cinderella (a local apparel store) circa 1990s.

And because of this episode's last scene and Dan's asshatness, I think I'm crossing over to Team Chuck.

Finally, Chuck has let go of his arseness; he's finally matured. Slight. I do hope Blair follows suit soon.

Not really loving how things are going in the series and as I've said I still watch it because of Blair and the possibility that the show will have some kind of redeeming qualities toward the end that will justify all the time I spent staring at my downloads, waiting for it to finish and actually watching each and every episode at least twice. I still have high hopes for you, GG. Please do not disappoint. XOXO

Apparently, reading this is more interesting than GG's newest season. Unconditional love, y'all, unconditional love.

gossip girl 06x02: high infidelity

So tell me, is Georgina Sparks harboring some sort of obsession over Dan Humphrey?

I'm guessing YES since she's staring at Dan while he is sleeping and she did tell him that he was her baby daddy. At first, I thought she did lie to Dan about the pregnancy because it is in her grand revenge plan on Serena & Co. But judging from this picture, she does like Dan. But why does it feel creepy? When Pacey was staring/looking at Joey Potter while she was sleeping, it didn't look creepy. It actually looked sweet. Bakit ganun?

Blair really hasn't learned anything, has she? Most especially that she's taking over her mother's business, she needs all the connections she can get and she has burned a lot of bridges since high school days so I guess I'll just have to wish her good luck. Ha. One of Blair's erstwhile minions, Nelly Yuki, pays Blair a visit not to beg for reinstatement as what Blair thought but to interview her. What comes around goes around nga naman, haha!

aww.. Nelly Yuki's all grown up! I can still remember her profession of undying love to Dan Humphrey

I really, really thought Blair has matured already. Apparently, not. Oh, I see she's sporting a headband AGAIN. High-school mode ON.

You see, that is why Blair is better with Dan. I think we have already established that Blair and Chuck do not do each other good. Okay they love each other, but they do not bring the best out of each other. But Dan and Blair, they're good for each other. Their love may not be the same intensity as Chuck and Blair's, but it is a great love just the same.

Nakakaloka. Hindi lang pala si Blair ang hindi pa natututo. These kids should have known better than to keep secrets (and more secrets) from their loved ones/ special someones and to just jump into conclusions. So when Serena sees his newest boytoy with another girl who turns out to be the Nate's newest conquest, she instantly arrives at the conclusion that he is cheating on her. And since Nate saw that too, he broke up with the "girlfriend" right away, via voice mail. How classy.

Turns out that Sage aka Nate's newest conquest is the daughter of Steven aka Serena's latest boytoy. How much more complicated can their lives get?

So anyway, I thought I really like Lily that even if she's obviously the original skank. I thought I could forgive her man-hopping but when she dropped Rufus like a hot potato when Bart resurfaces, I know she's a bad woman.

I mean, can you really switch your feelings on and off just like that? Bart gives her a necklace and all's forgiven and forgotten... Sad.

And speaking of Lily, we have already established that Serena was created in Lily's image and likeness ergo Serena will be another skank-a-whore just like her mother.

Serena as a parent? Be afraid. Be VERY afraid.

And seriously, Serena, WTF?!? Being in Gossip Girl is NOT something to be proud of. Skank.