TKA has finally started airing in ABS

the pilot episode of the tagalized version of they kiss again (it started with a kiss 2) has finally begun airing yesterday, july 29, 2008 at about 4:45 pm after the mexican novela "las tontas" in abs-cbn. amazingly, though i've watched the english subbed series a million times already, i still can't help but laugh when i saw the series dubbed in tagalog. finally, michael and jeannie are now speaking in filipino.. hihihi Ü

this series is really funny... just one of the few dramas (out of about 50 or 60 that i've watched) that kept me wanting for more... i just can't get enough of jiang zhishu (michael jiang, the lead guy portrayed by Joe Cheng) coz he's so super kawaii!!!! hihihi Ü

kidding aside, this is really one of my personal favorites. i really loved their story a lot. maybe because i'm usually enticed by romantic comedy dramas with super hard to get i-don't-care-about-you lead guys and super head over hills i-will-do-anything-for-you-martyr lead girls which in the end of course would be the opposite. on this one though it's not totally the opposite, but you'll see that jeannie's (xiang qin) efforts have been reciprocated... that made me so super KILIG! when this was still airing in taiwan, i had no way but to wait weekly for the uploaded episodes online thru overstream.net and i spent several minutes downloading the scenes. i constantly checked everyday for newly uploaded episodes and i had to saty up til noon though i have a shift later at night... i did all those but i never got tired... Ü

if you're looking for a drama where you'll burst out of laughing, ran out of tissues crying and learn a lot of lessons in life, then this is one drama i'd really recommend... it's really worth watching. you won't be disappointed... i wasn't... Ü

i just love arjoe so much! and needless to say, i've been addicted to joe cheng for almost 2years now! that's since ISWAK aired in the philippines... sorry, but i really can't help it... Ü

~grazhishu~

*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

Love or Bread: Ariel Lin took over Barbie Xu (update)

though i was really shocked when i heard the news before that barbie xu and joe cheng will be doing a drama together... i've actually kind of set my mind and looked forward to how this collaboration would turn out... i was really interested in seeing sanchai and zhishu together... then this news came up all of a sudden. who would have thought that after all that's been said, the role will eventually be portrayed by ariel lin? i really didn't expect that they would still be changing the casts after the announcements have been made.

but this is yet another arjoe collaboration... for the third time.. yey! Ü

photo credits: gogetgatchie @ asianfanatics

I read this article in one of the threads posted by francesca @ asianfanatics forum (http://asianfanatics.net/forum/index.php?showtopic=561832)

Da S Afraid of gaining weight, Ariel Lin took over the role of a poor girl in the village

Noble posture and a high price tag, Da S has finally “Ti Dao Tei Ban” ! ( meet obstacle). The GTV idol drama Love or Bread starring Da S and Joe Cheng replaced the female leading role that cast Da S by Ariel Lin. Da S cited the reason of schedule’s conflict with her movie’s project. Another speculation is that the character of the role she would play in the Love or Bread were way to “Villagers” that needed to only wear blue and white shoes and gain weight. Da S is not allowed herself to downgrade from the proclaimed princess to the character in the drama.

GTV drama will begin shooting in August. It has costumes set up and made the posters. Da S sudden dropout gave GTV headache. It was learned that the reasons for the dropout are the character of “Zhen Shan Mei”, a poor girl who only wears a pair of 20 bucks blue-white shoes and would knee down to count money on the ground. Upon hearing director Lin ask her to gain weight, Da S painfully consider to give up the role.

Ariel Lin is not afraid of being compared

Da S’s concern on the other hand is a challenge for Ariel Lin. GTV said that Ariel Lin was the first choice to be considered for the drama and later was replaced by Da S.

It seems that everything has retuned to how it was started. Afraid of being compared with Da S? Ariel Lin said “Every person will portray the character it his/her own way.” Da S’s agent replied “ Only because of conflict with her schedule. Shan Cai is also a character of “weed“. Da S will not pick on the role la”

translated by nkd @ VB.com
source : chinatimes


~grazhishu~
*new wu chun fan*
*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

new TKA time slot

at looooooooooooong last!!! after waiting for almost two months... finally... ABS began re-airing the teasers for the much awaited sequel of It Started With A Kiss (ISWAK) : They Kiss Again (TKA). they initially released teasers in May of this year saying that TKA will be aired during saturdays and sundays at 10 am but this did not push thru... i was so excited when i heard that news but i felt equally disappointed when it was postponed.

now, projected air date of the pilot episode is on July 28. however, there's no specific time mentioned as of yet. but since the only drama/series that's about to end in two weeks time is Romantic Princess which airs 4.30 pm daily, this will probably take over this slot... which is better for me actually than airing it in primetime bida since i'm in the graveyard shift, i won't be able to watch it when i'm in the office. but my most preferred time slot is the initial schedule announced before, that is airing on weekends... that would have been much better because i'm always off on weekends... :P

but this is better than nothing... though i've seen the subbed version a million times, i still can't wait to see the tagalized version, because i'm super duper sure that it would be funnier! just two more weeks and i'm gonna see my Joe Cheng as ZhiShu... oh, i mean Michael Jiang...

just take your time, i'll always wait for you.. wink*wink*

~grazhishu~

*new wu chun fan*

*forever loyal joe cheng gal*

TKA project sa dos

i got a text message from my friend yesterday that really made me insane... that was the best news i've heard since 2008 began... haha ;p

the most recent drama that has been keeping me crazy for about 4 months now will soon be dubbed in tagalog. she said ABSCBN will be doing the ISWAK 2: They Kiss Again (TKA) project. Well, that's just right because they did the first season, so this is where the drama really belongs... besides, i think it won't be as beautifully dubbed and synched if the other station will be taking over.. hehe ;p she said the pilot dubbing will start on may 6 and she'll be one of the writers... and may be one of the dubbers too... wink*wink*... yes, you heard me right... may be one of the dubbers.

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i was actually sad that day... because the drama had ended, the last episode aired in Taiwan on 4/27. after thinking it had 28 episodes in total, it only had 20. now there's no more reason to keep up til noon to watch online streaming of the english subbed version in overstream.net. no more reason to look forward for the next episode coz it's finally finished... no more excitement... no more thrill thinking what's gonna happen next... then the text message came in... it was just in the nick of time, it actually made my day! there was so much happiness and excitement that i can't contain... from super low, i bounced way up high! Ü

the news came straight from my friend Margo who dubbed Vicky Ko a.k.a. Foxy Lady... yes, again, you heard me right, Vicky of Foxy Lady (Ch 7) who's the same voice of Minami Harou in Long Vacation (QTV), Gina in Green Rose (Ch 2), Trixie in Only You (Ch 2), Xiao Yuo in Meteor Garden (Ch 2), Rachel in Marrying a Millionare (Ch 2), etc... she's my korean soul sistah so she's a very truly trusted source. Ü

kamsahamnida margo! Ü

~grazhishu~

ISWAK addict

From the beginning, It Started With A Kiss (ISWAK) has kept me crazy. Besides liking the lead actor, Joe Cheng very much, xiang qin and zhishu's story has really touched my heart. Maybe because I really like stories where the guy character is super hard to get and cold hearted with an "i-don't-care-about-you" attitude that later becomes "i-can't-live-without-you-can't-you-see?". Another reason that hooked me besides it being a romantic comedy series, is because I think the actors in this drama have chemistry.

I have watched tons of taiwanse and korean dramas... and I can say that is is my all time favorite. I admit that I had been a die hard fan of meteor garden before, i loved daomingsi and sanchai's love story. But after I watched ISWAK, I've almost forgotten them.. hahaha they were completely taken over by Jiang ZhiShu (JOE CHENG) and Yuan XiangQin (ARIEL LIN).

ISWAK, I didn't actually like it at first because I was so annoyed of xiangqin's appearance. She really looked too stupid and dumb. She's very persistent... she really doesn't give up until she achieves her goal. She's too naive and simple minded. On the contrary, she's also a very good friend and a very loving daughter. She has a pure heart and she's really a friend you can rely on... Most of the times though, despite her greatest efforts, everything would still end up in a mess. And this is where zhishu comes in... to fix all the mess XQ made. When I saw the lead guy, zhishu (Joe Cheng), I was in love at first sight just like XQ.. hahaha :P however, it makes me wonder sometimes because he's way too ideal... too perfect that I really doubt if there would be a guy like him in this planet. ZS in the story is a super genius student with an IQ of 200 who's also good in coking, tennis, basketball and swimming. Finding a guy who's good both in academic and sports is really hard, right? Because of his super charming appearance, he's undoubtedly the campus' most famous personality (heart throb). But he's really very cold hearted and sarcastic towards other people.

XQ fell in love at first sight when she first saw ZS who made a speech as a representative of freshmen during their high school opening ceremony. This went on for several years until they became seniors. XQ finally decided to confess her undying love by giving ZS a love letter. But as expected, ZS just ignored her. Then suddenly, an earthquake struck the Yuan's house leaving them homeless. Fortunately, the Jiang's saw the news in tv and decided to take them in. When the Yuans moved in to the Jiang's residence, XQ was really very shocked to see ZS... because she didn't know that her father was very good friends with ZS's mom and dad.

This is where their story started... (wish i was her!!! ♥)

Living under the same roof... XQ's appearance has brought color to ZS's boring and peaceful life. ZS said that since she came, everyday is not like an ordinary day... instead, it's full of surprises all the time... Though most of them would be problems due to XQ's stupidity, because of too much intelligence, ZS would still be able to handle everything in an easy way. They actually complemented each other. In the end, XQ's being naive and simple minded made him realize of his real goal, that is to pursue medicine.

ZS was just cold hearted on the outside... but inside, he really cared a lot for XQ. His actions spoke louder than words. He tried escaping and denying the idea that he loves her several times but he always failed. Everyone knew about this except for XQ (because she's so stupid.. haha :P) In the end, he was caught by his own heart. Hearing that Ahjin (Jiro Wang) was about to propose marriage to XQ made his mind blank for the first time, he didn't know what to do. He ran as fast as he could to every place he knows just to find XQ. And when he found her, finally he confessed his real feelings for XQ, who was in total shock.

After everything that they went thru, they got married and lived happily ever after... ♥

XQ's dream finally came true!!! this only goes to show that this filipino saying is true: "pag may tiyaga, may nilaga" haha :P

Sigh... there were a lot of KILIG scenes in this drama that I would be elaborating in my next post. Hopefully, I would have the time to do that... I really recommend that you watch this drama coz it's worth it. I have my own dvd copy and I've watched it a million times already.. hahaha :P the sequel, They Kiss Again is still airing in Taiwan... but I've heard that it will also be shown soon in the Philippines. YEY!!! :P

♥ grazhishu ♥

can I be Ariel Lin?

if there is just one person i would be exchanging places with...
then that would definitely be ARIEL LIN!!! (can i? wink*wink*)

why? not that I like her a lot, I actually don't like her that much...

there is actually just one reason...
just one... ♥Ü♥



ARIEL LIN a.k.a. Lin Yi Chen is one of the most famous taiwanese actresses nowadays. I saw her first in the taiwanese drama It Started With A Kiss (ISWAK) which was based from the Japanese Manga Itazuranakiss. I actually hated her that time because she looked so stupid and so ugly, that was i think in 2006, when ABS CBN adopted and dubbed the series in tagalog.

But infairness, she does act well. I had no choice but to watch ISWAK because i really liked the lead actor (Joe Cheng) though i was really annoyed to see her face. After that, there were several shows aired in other tv networks with her as the main/lead actress. I also saw Vic Zhou's music video featuring her, that was I think, Make A Wish. Then I realized, maybe she really is something else... or should I say she really is SOMEONE FAMOUS in Taiwan.

Years passed and she's just getting more and more popular. I also noticed that in her other other series, she actually looks fine. Then I thought, maybe it was just really for ISWAK that they made her look so silly and ugly. Well that may have also contributed to the huge success of that drama, coz who would have thought that there will be a sequel after that?!? She also had several series with other actors like mike he (love contract) and wu zun (tokyo juliet); and several commercials and endorsements as well.

Just recently, the sequel of ISWAK: They Kiss Again (TKA), began airing in Taiwan, December 16, 2007. I have been dying to see this since March 2007, that was when I heard that they've began filming the sequel. Her appearance on this one really changed a lot. She became pretty unexpectedly, for me. From a silly plain looking girl, she was transformed to a fine pretty young lady. Joe Cheng changed as well, he was more good looking on this one compared to the first season. His hair was shorter and it really looked good on him! So kawai!!! Ü

This series really showed a lot of kissing scenes and other unexpected scenes, I was always blown away. Definitely better than the first season, this one's so hilarious! :P I was so envious that I almost died watching xiang qin (ariel lin) kissing zhi shu (joe cheng). It wasn't just once, twice or thrice... I actually can no longer count using my 2 hands!!! waaaahhhhh! and this is what freaks me out!!! I am so jealous!!!! she has kissed him so many many many times, who knows how many?

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So do I still need to explain why i'd like to exchange places with her?
OMG, she's really one hell of a lucky girl! I really wish I'd be her.... damn!

~grazhishu~