Lying still on my comfy bed, chewing "pulut pagi"-- a Kelantanese dessert which is made of sweet glutinous rice with salty shredded coconuts on top that I'd been longing so much , I tried to gather every significant piece in my mind. How did I spend my last 3-week school break? I know it was kinda short, short enough to make a huge sum of money. I wish it was a solid month (at least 30 days of rest). When I say rest, I mean it should be don't-mess-with-academic-books at all. Traveling with friends is always awesome and fun, yet I had to give it up- yielding in for other more important human need, a sense of secure (my teeth). The temptation to go somewhere sunny, warm, and enjoyable like California and to escape this freaking cold weather should be deleted. Okieee... full stop. If only I have more "fulus"... what a heaven like. Never mind, I got another opportunity to make a simple living--woke up, worked, watched some cool movies, dramas and even things that I've never thought of. It was just for the sake of making me busy and killing some I-don't-know-what-else-to-do time.
Since it was very pleased to tuck in bed, be a couch potato, rather than to go out doing some outdoors in this chilly weather, in summary, I watched about three Korean dramas (Boys Over Flowers, Iris and You're Beautiful), three Thai lakorn aka dramas (starring Tik Jesadaporn as the hero.. hihi), read a novel (Memoirs of a Geisha), watched American movies (He's Just Not Into It, Avatar, Leap Year, Up In the Air, Julie and Julia, and Sherlock Holmes), watched a Malaysian movie entitled Bohsia (trust me, this is just a 100% piece of crap ) and watched a Thai movie (The Whistle). As a result, I remember that I did not sleep for two days just to finish one of the addictive series. Hahaha... I should've applied this rule for studying.
Frankly speaking, I would only watch things based on these reasons; either they have handsome actors and pretty actresses or their unique storylines. Even so, I ended up watching Bohsia which supposedly shows about the lack of moral values among new generations but merely shows the hedonistic lifestyle which brings out the other way around input. ghee... It's like "let's join us, get drunk, sleep around, do drugs, race illegally on the street and bla bla bla"... The message is just not there. What's more sad, the dialogues used are hilarious and weird because the script is not well written. hohoho... Speaking of message, I think most of Korean dramas are cliche (cute super rich guys as heroes). What I like about Korean dramas is the exposition on how they introduce the main characters. It's always a scene-- the first time when the hero meets the heroin. hehe... Usually they are very funny and interesting, not really in a heroic manner, for instance, the heroin, a street hawker, accidentally drops her tangerines on the main road and the hero who does not know anything, crushes the helpless tangerines with his car. Of course this leads to some cute quarrels (as expected).
I like all of the Thai dramas I've watched (Kaew Tah Pee, Prissana and Roy Leh Saneh Rai). Thank god, they all have English subtitles--translated by generous youtube uploaders. Thank you guys. Kaew Tah Pee is very sweet but I hate the fact that the girl, acted by Cherry is soooo naive sometimes and I couldn't stand the Khun Nu's (blind male main character) jealousy and stubbornness. Prissana on the other hand is about a Royal meets a commoner in 1930's. The absurdity for this drama is the nuance of fashion. Back then, no one would wear such short in villages even in America. hahaha... My interest was intrigued by the bad boy look of Tik in of his lakorn. Deductively, I could say that Tik is one of a kind, he's a great actor! Lastly, the Whistle is about a love story of once an ugly girl with a handsome spirit (not really a ghost story like one might guess). This dashing noble spirit possesses a sick (from a strange disease) fat guy that changes to be deadly skinny who is in love with the girl since standard three. I would recommend anyone to watch this movie, seriously. :) The plot is truly original in many senses.
Apart from these movies, I should tell one anecdote which happened during the break. It's stupid yet "ngok ngek" for me to answer a question asked by one of my dentists. "When is the background setting of Memoirs of Geisha? " . My quick random guess from my 10 pages of reading was very erroneous since I answered it as during World War 1. Hahaha :P The correct answer is during WW2 and afterwards. Gheee... I should've replied, I haven't finished yet or I just finished few pages. Now, I've completed reading this boring story, therefore, I would answer better. hehe... Owh, anyhow, my friend asked me to create a blog like in Julie and Julia. That's pretty thoughtful but I guess I don't have much time to try a new recipe everyday even though I enjoy cooking so much. Maybe one day, I will... :)
