The Legend of The Seeker

I wasn't exactly enthralled by The Legend of The Seeker when I first watched the first 4 episodes, but I continued buying the dvds because 1. because I'm stingy, 1 dvd cost $4 but if I buy 3 its $10, so whats extra $2 for 4 episodes of whatever story right? and 2. because my brother like it. So anyway, I buy the complete first season dvds and didn't watch it until (my brother tired of waiting for me to buy the new second season, bought it himself) I was literally drop on my brother's bed from sheer tiredness and that time he was watching the second season episodes. Wah! They add another permanent character into the series, and the story development become more interesting; more twist. So here I am, after finally finished watching the entire first season, second season up to the 8th episode and now waiting for for the 2 other episodes that I'm currently downloading... haha QSD you have to wait...

The story was taken from the book by Terry Goodkind, The Sword of Truth (gonna search for this book and if the flow of the language seems okay, gonna buy it!!! but if its like Tolkien... think I'll save my money and stick with the tv series). As you could see from the cover of the tv series its more of 'fantasy' story, where the world was separated into 3 provinces: Westland (where normal people live and no magics), the Midlands (lead by a coucil of representatives called Confessors) and D'Hara (ruled by the tyrant Darken Rahl). Westland is separated from Midlands by a magical boundary- to prevent any magic from entering Westlands,but a gate was opened by a Confessors in search of the Seeker to help the Midlands from being overtaken by Darken Rahl.

Richard Cypher led an ordinary life as young wood guides living a town in Westland. It was as much a shock to him to find himself as the prophesied Seeker as the Confessor, Kahlan Amnell to discover he was the seeker. Her role is to protect the seeker with her life in his quest to defeat Darken Rahl and his minions and in their journey, they fall in love with each other. It was the fate of the Confessor not to marry the person they love for their power can magnify their love to totally enslave the person they love; that their only thought will be of the Confessor's well being and benefit. Which Kahlan cannot let happen or else it will diverge Richard's main quest. Hmmm.... maybe I was fascinated with the theme of forbidden love, fighting the longings, resisting the temptation to be selfish, standing firm on what is right and should be...

In the ending of the first season, there's a twist which I did not expect, something that connect Richard and Darken Rahl. The sins of the father...

And becoming a permanent cast in the second season, Cara the Mod-Sith. I once teased my brother that the reason he like watching LOTS is because Bridget Regan (Kahlan) is soooo beautiful.

But he denied it and said he did not find her beautiful. I did not know if he lied or not, but most probably he did! Hello, how can any man called her not beautiful??? But this brother of mine do have weird taste in his previous girlfriends

Anyway this new blood into the series adds more spice, not only she is a beauty also but her beauty is in contrast with Bridget where Bridget is so kind-looking and an open-book, Tabrett Bathell looks so dangerous and mysterious. Bridget in white silk (pure), Tabrett in red leather (seductive). And that pouting lips...

The Producers did not forget feast for the eyes for the female viewers as well, every chance they get they let Craig Horner take off his shirts and shows off the sinewy muscle. Thank god, his muscle are not overly bulging or else I will cringe everytime I watch him not fully dressed. He's good looking enough but so far don't have the 'charms' of Bradley James and Colin Morgan in Merlin me think,.I mean he did not make me wonder what he's like as a real person outside of this series. And his eyes did not 'twinkle' when he smiles, tease or make a joke...

And I don't think his chemistry with Bridget onscreen was 'sizzling' just mediocre... and his smaller stature compare to broad-shouldered Bridget does not help either


Talking about stature, Bruce Spence looks like a giant walking amongst these three. He looks so tall... He's Richard grandfather by the way, his eccentric neighbour when he was growing up, the wizard of the first order who travels with him and Kahlan in his quest to defat Darken Rahl... Now, Zedd sometimes can be funny... I'm not asking for humour like in Hercules or Xena, but a bit more humour to lighten up the 'world is doomed' theme please...

Hopefully, I can resist myself from searching for the books tomorrow or the day after or in these few months, I stll got my nieces' novels to read, dvds to watch. How I wish I could stop time...

By the way, you might think my life is so lame, so boring, zero social life but I kinda like it that way. Though I'm not anti-social as my sister called me, I just like my quiet, simple, calm, organized life

Road to be a better person

2010 has come for 4 days now, but since this is the start of the working day for 2010, it seems as if everyone starts their greets with "Selamat Tahun Baru" or "Happy New Year". I was feeling disgruntled just now when a collegue greet me thus, an automated reply just slips out of my-lidah-tak-bertulang "whats so happy about it?". To me its just that I have to remember the change of the last number of the date when I write a letter- it wont change for the next 365 days(haha! I usually only get the hang of writing the correct year by Feb-Mac).

Sigh, I'm having a bad January this year, my fuse are getting shorter and sensitive. Well, actually I didnt mean to snap at people but it just *shrug* - should I feel guilty? Its not as if they had not snapped at me before when they're having a bad day...but I just swept it under the rug and not childishly giving them a silent treatment... ahhh, bleh blah lah - no skin off my back.

The work and the collegues make me wanna pull my hair, bang my head against the desk, yell on top of my lungs, wail like a crazy lunatics, laugh like a banshee... The attitude of some people who constantly bemoaning their so-called-non-existence-workload just make me wanna yell at them shut-the-hell-up!!!!!! I would love to switch workload with you! Thank god, my bad mood recede after a few hours at home, where any thoughts of work is forbidden from entering my brain zone - thank you korean drama! my escapism from the suckness of reality. Its 5.30pm and the office is nearly empty, I called up the officer who preached that we need to put extra hour and extra efforts for this month, but it was unaswered - *snickered* u went home already? where's your "extra-ness"? You must be wondering, if I'm busy what the heck I'm wasting time writing this? Well, I want to vent out my bitterness thats what! I feel my heart has turned to black this couple of months, the smiles and calmness are all fake... Life IS an act

But really, whats with the upbeat about new year anyway? What's so speacial of Jan 1st? Begining of new hope? What about the unfulfilled hope of last years? Forgotten? My hope has no beginning and no ending... they say to change the world, you must be willing to change yourself... hellooooo! thats the hardest part!

This January whats in my head are February please come soon!!!, my plans to go to UK and/or South Korea in 2010-2011, thinking to buy a laptop so that I can watch korean drama streaming without peeking if my brother's is using his laptop and lists of korean dramas to watch! Gosh, the reviews from dramabeans blog just keep making those lists longer and longer. How do I find the time??????!!!!! Oh yeah, the how-long-has-I-been-proscratinating plan to spring clean my room! Need to do it soon!, there's so much stuff littering on the floor that I cannot bear to see someone goes in lest they step on something important! - like a cockroach hahaha!

But top priority- NOT TO MISS MY 5 DAILY MEETINGS!!!!! ON-TIME!!!! NO EXCUSES!!!

AIM - Ke arah Kesempurnaan Insan

When you're king you can change that...

I first bought the Merlin's dvd because I hate the thought of being cheated even for merely $2. And me being me, always been intrigued by stories of magic, time-travel, life reincarnation and -now because of the twilight frenzy to my embarassment -vampire. So among all the available TV series, Merlin caught my interest as well as Legend of The Seeker but I choose Merlin.

Once I watch Merlin, I kinda like it. Colin Morgan as Merlin was so cute, funnily-sarcastic and dorky, and his smiles are so endearing with a mochievous lit to his eyes. While Prince Arthur though he was a "royal prat" to quote Merlin, he really has a good heart; it shows how much he cares for the people's of camelot and especially for his trusted manservant Merlin that he would risk his life for him

Haha...among the first thing I notice about Bradley James was he had a plump backside but that just it. I continue watching Merlin for the sake of Merlin and Colin Morgan. However, now in season 2, I kinda fall for Prince Arthur too, when he started wearing his heart on his sleeves. First on the Once and Future Queen episode where he started to know Gwen more, than during the Lancelot and Guinevere episode where Lancelot and Arthur came to Gwen rescue (Btw, I'm disappointed with chosen female casts). That was the point where I began to rewatch the first season again and begin to appreciate the camaderie between Merlin and Arthur. If I have to choose now between Merlin and Arthur, I couldnt make up my mind whereas before I would not have to think at all and answered without hesitation, Merlin

Then now, as I was tumblring and surfing the net about the show, the legendary Arthur, Camelot and Merlin. I have come across some site about the "gayness" of the show... and it makes me go urghh! about the dirtiness about some people's mind, how they could see subtext -whether the writer intentionally put them in or not- in the show. But alas, I'm gonna still watch the show, but I think their opinions will gonna ruin my enjoyment of this show. Now, I'm gonna "see" what they "see" also. Why can't men be so close to one another without being thought of as gay?

Short Break...

Was done watching Queen Seon Duk Vol.1, I should have waited until Vol.2 was available cause now I'm frustrated to know the continuation of the story. To watch streaming will be to slow... Argh!!! I only browse wiki to get to know the casts and get a general gist who's gonna end up with whom...makes me curiouser to knw who falls for who, Yoo Shin and Duk Man? Yoo Shin and Chun Myung? Duk Man and Bi Dam? Fudge! Please be soon....

Was not really a fan of Go Hyun Jung before. I do like her but she didnt make a lasting impression, although I read praises of her acting everywhere. But now after watching QSD, I was blown away by her. I love-hate her Mi Shil characters, every nuances she utter, every lifts of her eyebrow (yes, no 's', a single eyebrow - I can do that too!), every subtle movements of her eyes is just so ... I cant find the perfect word to describe it. She's just perfect for the role of Mi Shil, a beloved-feared-ambitious character.


I am also currently watching Cruel Temptations aka Temptations of Wife, a revenge drama so its sorta depressing, and the casts are not that great looking so... I'm taking a break for the moment.

Last night, just watch the latest eps. of Supernatural that I had downloaded. Thanks to my eldest noece, now I know how to d/l english series. Am not keen to d/l kdrama at the moment, the thought of hours sitting infront of the pc...just not appealing to me. Anyway, Jo died?????!!!!! Why?????!!!!! I thought she would be Dean salvation, who brought him back to his charming-carefree-devilmaycare-funny former self. Would she be back alive? Only in Heroes and Supernatural can they be back alive -i think - in other show if you're dead, you're dead. Only chance you came back is as another character with similar features...

I should have sleep early tonight, tomorrow we got a meeting in the morning and the documents are not ready yet, so have to arrive at the office bright and early. Okay,I'll just watch 1 ep of Glee for a cheerful dose before calling it a day.....

Queen Seon Duk Vol 1

Lady Mi Shil (Go Hyun Jung) broke her promise, betray the love of her life, the man who gave her everything and wants nothing in return except her happiness - to gain name and power. She serves King Jinji steadfastly and loyalty and what she got in return? Her ordered her to be put to death when he himself was nearly at death's door, for he could see her greed for power would destroy Shilla and the royal family once he's gone. The thing is, he ordered Mi Shil's lovers to carry out the dirty deed. So they planned to ambush the palace and forced the king to drink poison, alas they were too late, the reaper was already ahead of them so the poison was unnecesary.

Jin Heung was not the chosen heir to the throne, although he was the king's own son. The king passed down the throne to his still young nephew Jin Pyeong but the only one who knew this was Mi Shil. So she went to Jin Heung and strike a deal, she help him to become the king and he would soon make her his queen. Jin Heung agree and was soon enthroned to be the king. However, even after Mi Shil borne him a son, he still refuse to marry her and make her the queen. So Mi Shil abandoned the baby who is no longer usefull to her and began to plot to dethrone Jin Heung and thus making Jin Pyeong the king. However, there is only one glitch in her plan, Jin Pyeong is already married to Princess Maya - him so much younger than her was no even considered an obstacle. So they tried to do away with her but she survived Mi Shil scheme and come back alive heavyly pregnant.

But 'heaven' were on her side then, Princess Maya was carrying a twin and there is a prophecy passed down for hundred of years in Shillla that once a king have twin children than the male line of the royal family will come to an end. So when the moment twin was born the king in order to save his wife and one of his baby girl had to forsake the other twin. He gave her to his personal maid and told her to take the baby away from Shilla so that she can survive too.

Years later....

Mi Shil still look as beautiful as ever, while King Jin Pyeong and Queen Maya aged faster than her, that it seem they were much older than her....

Fudge, its gonna be a long post if I continue to summarize the story. Lets just say the abandoned twin Deok Man come back to Shilla to find who she really is. She posed as a man and become one of the trained Hwarang. She thought no one knew her secret - how could it be possible no one catch on??!! even in this day and age with private washroom and everything it will be hard to posed for a long period of time with person who are you in close proximity of -as in sharing the same room, sleeping beside you.


Anyway, one upon another began to know that she really is a woman, and then they began to find out she was the other princess. So Mi Shil wants her captured as evidence that the Queen does gave birth to twin and thus eliminating the Queen and make it possible for her to take the Queen's seat. I also asked myself, why dont she just simply kill the Queen and make it look like an accident? Haha..then the story will be simple and short and uninteresting. So Deok Man have to run away from the palace, and Yoo Shin accompanied her, since she wasnt really good at defending herself even after years of Hwarang's training.

Anyway, to cut the story short. Yoo Shin know all along that she was a she and even aide her without her knowing to keep her secret so that she can remained by his side. He gave up his family, his tribe and his country for Deok Man. He wished to run so far away and live as common people. However Deok Man didn't, her heart was full of hatred and revenge now after all that Mi Shil had done to her and her family. She wants to weakened Mi Shil power and take over the throne.


Yoo Shin: For me, serving a king requires everything from me and loving you also requires everything from me. But I do not know how to divide my everything. That is why from now on...my personal feelings for you... I am ending my love for you as a man. I can serve you, help you, and lead you, but I cannot love you as a man. I chose you but you chose the throne. That is why I have chosen you as my ruler. Other than that, there's no other way for me to give you my heart so other than that there's no no other way for you to accept my heart. Don't misunderstand. From now on, even though I'm by your side, we cannot give each other comfort as common people. We cannot do that for each other. You said you are afraid to think of me as a pawn on a chessboard, but compared to my suffering your own suffering will be greater.

Haha... if Iwere Deok Man rather than standing like a statue with tears running down my face. I will grab hold of him and tell him I've changed my mind. Lets live like common people. Lets forget the palace and the family I never knew I have. Why does it matter then that my name will not be recorded in history, to me that's not living forever. I only get one life to live, so lets make it as happy as possible, with less strife and struggle just to hold onto a cold hard throne.


Sigh! I knew Yoo Shin ended up marrying someone else later. but its okay, maybe if its someone else other than Uhm Tae Woong I will trully be dissatisfied but I didnt find him as 'yummy' as dramabeans do. And there's Bi Dam, hopefully something flourish there, I like Bi Dam's character - smart and reckless ^_^ I remember I wrote on my previous post that I will wait for the boxset of the next volume. Wont watch it online. But I cant help myself. I dont whether its out of impatience or curiousity. Form the previous 4 paragraphs before this one, I watch the ep. on viikii but now I'm gonna stop - exercise self control; dont wanna end up as a panda. Please come soon Vol.2, or the cds shops will get sick of seeing my face visiting everyday but not buying LoL!

Casts:

• Lee Yo Won as Princess Duk Man, later Queen Seon Duk
  • Nam Ji Hyun as young Princess Duk Man
• Ko Hyun Jung as Lady Mi Shil
  • UEE as young Mi Shil
• Uhm Tae Woong as Kim Yoo Shin
  • Lee Hyun Woo as young Kim Yoo Shin

Extended Cast

• Jo Min Ki as King Jinpyeong (Duk Man's father)
  • Baek Jong Min as young Jinpyeong
    • Kang San as child Jinpyeong
• Yoon Yoo Sun as lady Ma Ya (Duk Man's mother; King Jinyeong's wife)
  • Park Soo Jin as young Ma Ya
• Park Ye Jin as Princess Chun Myung (King Jinpyeong's 2nd daughter; Kim Yong Choon's wife)
  • Shin Se Kyung as young Princess Chun Myung
• Seo Young Hee as So Hwa
• Park Jung Chul as Kim Yong Soo (King Jinji's eldest son)
• Do Yi Sung as Kim Yong Choon (King Jinji's 2nd son)
• Yoo Seung Ho as Kim Chun Chu (Kim Yong Choon and Princess Chun Myung's son)
• Park Eun Bin as Bo Rang (Mi Shil's granddaughter; Bo Jong's daughter; Kim Chun Chu's wife)
• Im Ye Jin as lady Man Myeong (Jipyeong's sister; Kim Seo Hyun's wife)
• Jung Ho Bin as Moon No (the 8th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Im Ho as King Jinji (cameo, ep1)
• Lee Soon Jae as King Jin Heung (cameo, ep1)
• Kim Nam Gil as Bi Dam (Mi Shil's son)
  • Park Ji Bin as young Bi Dam
• Jung Woong In as Mi Saeng (Mi Shil's younger brother; the 10th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Dok Go Young Jae as Se Jong (Mi Shil's husband; the 6th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Jun Noh Min as Seol Won (Mi Shil's lover; the 7th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Kim Jung Hyun as Ha Jong (Mi Shil and Se Jong's son; the 11th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Baek Do Bin as Bo Jong (Mi Shil and Seol Won's son)
  • Kwak Jung Wook as young Bo Jong
• Qri (큐리) as Young Mo (Mi Shil's daughter; Kim Yoo Shin's wife)
• Ahn Kil Kang as Chil Sook
• Song Ok Sook as Seo Ri
• Kang Sung Pil as San Tak
• Kim Dong Soo as Hyeop Seong
• Jung Sung Mo as Kim Seo Hyun (Kim Yoo Shin's father)
• Lee Moon Shik as Jook Bong
• Ryu Dam as Go Do
• Jung Ho Geun as Seol Ji
• Joo Sang Wook as Wol Ya
• Moon Ji Yoon as Si Yeol
  • Shin Tae Hoon (신태훈) as young Si Yeol
• Jun Young Bin as Gok Sa Heun
  • Jung Hyung Min (정형민) as young Gok Sa Heun
• Park Young Seo as Dae Pung
  • Lee Suk Min (이석민) as young Dae Pung
• Go Yoon Hoo as Ho Jae (the 14th leader of Hwarang Warriors)
• Hong Kyung In as Seok Pum
  • No Young Hak as young Seok Pum
• Lee Seung Hyo as Alcheon
  • Ho Hyo Hoon (호효훈) as young Alcheon
• Kang Ji Hoo as Im Jong
  • Kim Suk as young Im Jong
• Suh Dong Won as Deok Chung
  • Lee Do Hyun as young Deok Chung
• Jang Hee Woong as Bakui
  • Seo Sang Won as young Bakui
• Lee Sang Hyun as Pil Tan
  • Kim Tae Jin (김태진) as young Pil Tan
• Choi Sung Jo as Seon Yeol
  • Oh Eun Suk (오은석) as Young Seon Yeol
• Kim Dong Hee as Wang Yoon
• Ryu Sang Wook as Dae Nam Bo
  • Kim Sang Bin (김상빈) as young Dae Nam Bo
• Choi Woo Sung (최우성) as young Wang Woo
• Park Jae Jung as Sa Da Ham (Mi Shil's first love; cameo, ep13)

Fate

My sister lends this book to me about a wk ago, but i have not got the time nor the interest to read it then, but then last night heavy rainfall accompanied by kilat and guruh so nda boleh online or watch tv, so i grab the novel that i toss under the bed. Thought i’ll just read til i feel sleepy….but by the time i feel sleepy i’m already hook on the storyline, curious to knw the ending.

The novel is about this average girl who fall in love with a man beyond her means, in looks and also social circle. But she knw herself, she dont dream to be anythng to him, just adore him frm afar - he dislike her. However, circumstances change when a black heart forced them to get married, the guy hates her more - thought she had engineered it so that she can live in a lap of luxury, so he makes life as his wife hell and goes to all means to take away her dignity… I dont want to go into details but basically somthng bad happens to him and he turns a new leaf and realise what a gem he has for a wife. I get it that she forgive him, but to return back to him???!!! And then he doesnt 100%ly change, he still the arrogant, egoistical hot -tempered jerk when he wins back her heart - so he hurts her again; still she loves him???!!! Argh!!!! I get it that when you love someone you accept their good and their bad, but if their bad was sooooo bad - hw cud you love them in the first place???

But I sure cry a tumbler over this novel, waking up with swollen eyes…

Dunia yang melalaikan...

Haha... I know there are so many better things to do with the limited time we are given. I know I should resist temptations but I couldn't help it... Gimme stength, gimme courage -_-

Well, currently I'm watching You're Beautiful at dramaclick.com whenever I have the time... at the moment only til eps.3!!!! whereas now they have uploaded til ep. 7 already! i was also planning to watch Smile, You; Angel Temptations and Iris after I have watched all the uploaded eps of YB (in that order!). Home-viewing time is ltd nowadays, my niece always sleep late so only after 11pm onwards I'll be able to turn on the pc by which me, myself are already tired and sleepy :( Office-viewing? darn, not only workload is piling up, the wireless membuat perangai tia jua... Can't even relax and watch kdrama during lunch hour :( Haha...turns out by the time I finally able to finish all the drama, the boxset will be available at the shop tia karang!

You're Beautiful, although a common theme udah, a girl masquerade as a guy (Coffee Prince!) but the way the story develops, the characters - I can't remember the last time I watched a drama I was really laughing at loud! Thank god, that time at the office- I was watching when one of Mi Nyeo marbles fall off and she and the stylist was putting it back in place- it was during lunch hour and no one stayed back but me... or else kedapatan tia streaming, or my office mate will think I'm losing my 'marbles' LOL! At home, my brother was also commenting how I was giggling every now and then infront of the pc... And this even after reading dramabeans review before I even watched the episodes; spoil jua udah tu but I still found the scenes funny!

I can't decide at the moment who Mi Nyeo should end up with...

Tae-Kyung (who knows she's a she and Mi Nyeo knows that he knows) cause there's a good and caring guy underneath that tough-I-don't-care-exterior

Shin Woo (who also know she's a she but lost the oppurtunity to tell her, so he's just content to be her 'hyung', for now?) cause he's so darn schweet

or even Jeremy (the only one yet who doesn't kow she's a she but feels an attraction to her anyway) ^_^ cause he's just simply Jeremy! cutay!