Şarkını Söylediğin Zaman (lit.traslation When You Sing Your Song) ended the way I thought it was going to end but it suprised me with how bitter the portions in the mother's diary were. I felt really sad about it too. Luckily the book itself ended on a high (if a bit odd) note.
I started 1Q84 and immediately drawn to Murakami's world as I always do. His books are so good to me and I love the man so much just because he is writing them. I'm only in the first pages but already loving it.
Hong GilDong continues to awe with its goodness. I'm simply loving it, crying, laughing and going crazy with excitement over what's going on. Also madly shipping The Prince and Yinok. Sorry Hong GilDong I love you but she is not for you.
Thursday, December 22, 2011
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Hong GilDong 9-10
Oh GilDong is becoming such a hero and a very good man but I find myself drawn to the Prince who is allowing more innocent sacrifices but also becoming aware of how badly this will affect him. Yinok's good heart is influencing him and that evil Lady Noh asks the illegal slave trader to take Yinok with him to China. But never fear I think Hong GilDong is going to save her (the cliffhanger was that he pulls her to hide from the slave trader's men but closing her eyes with his hands to avoid her knowing that he is alive (I don't think he will succeed).
Meanwhile Sarkını Söylediğin Zaman is getting stronger and more bitter as we have access to the thoughts of the female lead's mother. She is a flawed human but also very sympathetic and I feel so sad for her. Poor thing.
Now I'm thinking to finally start 1Q89 since I'm drifting away slowly from Westeros...
Meanwhile Sarkını Söylediğin Zaman is getting stronger and more bitter as we have access to the thoughts of the female lead's mother. She is a flawed human but also very sympathetic and I feel so sad for her. Poor thing.
Now I'm thinking to finally start 1Q89 since I'm drifting away slowly from Westeros...
Tuesday, December 20, 2011
A Feast for Crows - End, Wall Street:Money Never Sleeps, Sen Şarkını Söylediğin Zaman, Hong Gil Dong (Ep 8)
A Feast for Crows unfortunately has ended. And with a cliffhanger too. I'm so eager to read the rest of the books. And before starting 1Q89 I have decided to take a breather and read something light to take me out of Westeros and Dragons etc.
Şarkını Söylediğin Zaman is not a bad book despite the fact the the prose is a bit generic and the story is predictable (well she is the daughter of the women he loved in Uni)but I like it well enough. Love always appeals to me.
I have watched (and inexplicable cried during viewing) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It is not as good as Wall Street and to be honest felt a bit silly but I watched it till the end.
And then I have started Hong Gil Dong That one is a drama to my own heart. I have cried, I have laughed and I have fallen in love alternately between Hong Gil Dong (because he is a great character and the actor Kang Ji Hwan is so good) and The Prince (I LOVE Jang Geun Seuk's voice and he looks so good brooding. His performance is not very good but he has a certain panache that makes it endearing). So far poor Hong GilDong has suffered the consequenses of being a bastard in Joseon area. His father discourages him from advancing himself despite the fact that he is much more talented, capable, hard working and intelligent than his own legitimate son. His shifu (a Buddist monk) is a weird man and despite the fact that he has thought him great martial arts and principles he sort of leaves him to his own devices to find his own way.
He loves Yinok who loves him back but unknown to either of them Yinok is a noble's daughter and probably the OTP of The Prince (whose mother and friends and family was killed by Hong GilDong's father to support the current King - who ironically is the illegitimate son of the late king- The Prince has the responsibility to take the throne and to end the not so competenet ruling of the current King, whose acting drove him semi-mad). The court lady The Prince's mother gave The Prince -to take care for and protect- is vengeful bitch whose only purpose is to see The Prince crowned and she doesn't care how many innocent lives were sacrificed.
In episode 8 Hong GilDong was willingly killed (dying to save the innocent) but instead of dying he lived saved by the gang of thieves. Yinok doesn't believe he is dead and keeps looking for him. So after he successfully robs the corrupt ministers and distributes everything he stole among the families of the innocents killed, he devices a plan to make Yinok believe that he is dead. He kept the pouch she has given him and it was bloodied when the arrow that was meant to kill him hit his chest. So the Monk shows this pouch to Yinok telling her that Hong is dead. Yinok falls on the ground sobbing in pain and Hong GilDong watches her from a far. Suffering as she suffers but believing in that this is the best thing for her. She is very loyal and reckless and he doesn't want her to live the life of a thief. Oh poor Hong Gil Dong I love you. And not only he is a hero but he also made the Prince think by asking him a very simple question "Why do you have to be King?". I think that Prince will make a far better leader and will improve the conditions of his people and he should have told this to Hong GilDong but for some reason he never thought about it. Maybe it is because he is more focused on revenge. He saw his mother dying in flames in order to save him.
Ahhh Hong GilDong I know you'll break my heart but you also make me very happy. You are a great drama :) Thank God.
Şarkını Söylediğin Zaman is not a bad book despite the fact the the prose is a bit generic and the story is predictable (well she is the daughter of the women he loved in Uni)but I like it well enough. Love always appeals to me.
I have watched (and inexplicable cried during viewing) Wall Street: Money Never Sleeps. It is not as good as Wall Street and to be honest felt a bit silly but I watched it till the end.
And then I have started Hong Gil Dong That one is a drama to my own heart. I have cried, I have laughed and I have fallen in love alternately between Hong Gil Dong (because he is a great character and the actor Kang Ji Hwan is so good) and The Prince (I LOVE Jang Geun Seuk's voice and he looks so good brooding. His performance is not very good but he has a certain panache that makes it endearing). So far poor Hong GilDong has suffered the consequenses of being a bastard in Joseon area. His father discourages him from advancing himself despite the fact that he is much more talented, capable, hard working and intelligent than his own legitimate son. His shifu (a Buddist monk) is a weird man and despite the fact that he has thought him great martial arts and principles he sort of leaves him to his own devices to find his own way.
He loves Yinok who loves him back but unknown to either of them Yinok is a noble's daughter and probably the OTP of The Prince (whose mother and friends and family was killed by Hong GilDong's father to support the current King - who ironically is the illegitimate son of the late king- The Prince has the responsibility to take the throne and to end the not so competenet ruling of the current King, whose acting drove him semi-mad). The court lady The Prince's mother gave The Prince -to take care for and protect- is vengeful bitch whose only purpose is to see The Prince crowned and she doesn't care how many innocent lives were sacrificed.
In episode 8 Hong GilDong was willingly killed (dying to save the innocent) but instead of dying he lived saved by the gang of thieves. Yinok doesn't believe he is dead and keeps looking for him. So after he successfully robs the corrupt ministers and distributes everything he stole among the families of the innocents killed, he devices a plan to make Yinok believe that he is dead. He kept the pouch she has given him and it was bloodied when the arrow that was meant to kill him hit his chest. So the Monk shows this pouch to Yinok telling her that Hong is dead. Yinok falls on the ground sobbing in pain and Hong GilDong watches her from a far. Suffering as she suffers but believing in that this is the best thing for her. She is very loyal and reckless and he doesn't want her to live the life of a thief. Oh poor Hong Gil Dong I love you. And not only he is a hero but he also made the Prince think by asking him a very simple question "Why do you have to be King?". I think that Prince will make a far better leader and will improve the conditions of his people and he should have told this to Hong GilDong but for some reason he never thought about it. Maybe it is because he is more focused on revenge. He saw his mother dying in flames in order to save him.
Ahhh Hong GilDong I know you'll break my heart but you also make me very happy. You are a great drama :) Thank God.
Tuesday, December 13, 2011
A Feast for Crows
Ok I was not going to read this one as I read the others (more like eating them rather than reading them) but even though the characters are different and we get the point of view of characters such as disgusting Cercei, I can't drop it off. No Jon or oddly Daenerys in this one but I like Brienne and her noble quest, I like how Jamie is slowly turning into a better man and I love Sam and Maester Aemon's quest (Jon shipped him off the wall since he too carries the blood of a King and a Dragon King at that and if Mellisandre finds this out she'd surely sacrifice him) I think Sam is born to be a Maester. Arya is still in Braavos doing God knows what and I do feel sorry for her (how can I not?) but she is not a particular fave of mine. I don't care for Sansa either but also feel sorry for her. I'm VERY curious about Bran I'm almost halfway and there is no word on what he is doing.
No watching TV, no watching films or dramas I'm just buried in the land of Westeros and enjoying the game of thrones played in it.
No watching TV, no watching films or dramas I'm just buried in the land of Westeros and enjoying the game of thrones played in it.
Monday, December 12, 2011
A Storm of Swords End, A Feast for Crows, Mighty Aphrodite
Mighty Aphrodite I liked it better this time, probably because I could actually understand it (God I was so young the first time I saw it) Well I do like Woody Allen. What can I do?
A Storm of Swords has ended on a high note. My beloved Jon is chosen to be the Commander of the Wall (and by a huge majority of votes at that). But Tyrion, my second fave character, went to the dark side after Jamie confessed to him that his first love Tysha really truly loved him and she was not a whore (his father made Jamie lie). Well first Tyrion told Jamie that he killed Joffrey (he didn't) and then he went and shot his father while the said father was taking a dump. I'm very very sorry that this character went bad. I loved the fact that he remained good despite his physical handicaps and the fact that 95% of the people around him treated badly. He just couldn't take it.
Jon on the other hand resisted all temptation (even refused to be Lord of Winterfell, something he really wanted) and I loved him even more for it.
Shockingly Jon Arryn was killed by his wife!!! And PB was behing it all!!! What a cunning and evil men. Then he killed Lysa just like that and threw the blame on the singer who witnessed all these. I wonder what he will do to Sansa.
Now I have started A Feast for the Crows right away but so far it is Jamie (I do like how this character is going from pure evil - incestious child murderer- to actually suffering and turning into something that resembles a human being.
So far no Jon but we read Samwell (as he is going to Citadel to become a Maester) about how he started being the Lord Commander and even his first actions are protective and just. I just hope that we get to read more about him and that he won't die.
I don't really care for Arya that much (she sailed to Braavos for some reason). But very very curious about Bran.
A Storm of Swords has ended on a high note. My beloved Jon is chosen to be the Commander of the Wall (and by a huge majority of votes at that). But Tyrion, my second fave character, went to the dark side after Jamie confessed to him that his first love Tysha really truly loved him and she was not a whore (his father made Jamie lie). Well first Tyrion told Jamie that he killed Joffrey (he didn't) and then he went and shot his father while the said father was taking a dump. I'm very very sorry that this character went bad. I loved the fact that he remained good despite his physical handicaps and the fact that 95% of the people around him treated badly. He just couldn't take it.
Jon on the other hand resisted all temptation (even refused to be Lord of Winterfell, something he really wanted) and I loved him even more for it.
Shockingly Jon Arryn was killed by his wife!!! And PB was behing it all!!! What a cunning and evil men. Then he killed Lysa just like that and threw the blame on the singer who witnessed all these. I wonder what he will do to Sansa.
Now I have started A Feast for the Crows right away but so far it is Jamie (I do like how this character is going from pure evil - incestious child murderer- to actually suffering and turning into something that resembles a human being.
So far no Jon but we read Samwell (as he is going to Citadel to become a Maester) about how he started being the Lord Commander and even his first actions are protective and just. I just hope that we get to read more about him and that he won't die.
I don't really care for Arya that much (she sailed to Braavos for some reason). But very very curious about Bran.
Friday, December 9, 2011
A Storm of Swords
All my systems are focused on A Storm of Swords which keeps me on my toes with suprise after suprise (Catelyn and Rob DEAD!!, Tyrion blamed for Joffrey's MURDER!!, Arya hanging out with the HOUND!!!) and I think I can't relax until I finish this one. What a ride.
Tuesday, December 6, 2011
Queen of No Marriage - End
Well I didn't much care for this one. I have found that I don't like the way Taiwanese mix serious and silly and their shows become boring after a while. All in all Ethan Ruan is good, I liked the leading lady but I don't think I'll return to this one anytime soon.
Well A Storm of Swords on the other hand is excellent. Truly I'm amazed how much I like it.
Well A Storm of Swords on the other hand is excellent. Truly I'm amazed how much I like it.
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