HOUSE OF SHADOWS

Ned and Kit Light were packing when they received a telegram asking their parents (Mr Thomas and Mrs Connie Light) to go to Mythika, concerning a lost ancestor and a surprise inheritance. So Ned and Kit moved into the new house alone. The house, Hallows Grange, was damp and chilly, full of fleeting shadows. They received a strange message asking for help and were transported back in time, unfolding a tragic story:

Long ago the house and all the land nearby were owned by the Golightly family. They were fair and respected landowners and the house was famous for its parties and hospitality. However, Ebenezer Hubble sent a phony guide with Lord Thomas Golightly on his botanical exploration trip, arranging for him to be “lost”. He then forged the will of Lord Golightly, leaving himself in charge of the estate until the Lord’s son, Edward reached 21 years of age. Ebenezer then tricked Edward into taking money which he thought his father had left him and accused Edward of stealing. Ebenezer was a judge and he sentenced Edward to seven years of transportation to the colonies. He sailed on The Medusa, which sank off the coast of Mythika in heavy seas. Lady Constanza Golightly died from influenza soon after that.

Quoting Ebenezer’s diary:
September 1st 1791
Through my trickery, Edward is safely out of the way now, never to return to reclaim his inheritance. Hallows Grange is mine and yet… at night when all is quiet I miss them—all of them, especially Thomas. He was my cousin and childhood friend—better than me at everything, always liked, master of Hallows Grange and my benefactor… But when the shadows gather, I am afraid—my guilt weighs heavily. Is it guilt which stops me destroying the real will?

Ebenezer tried to get Catherine (Thomas’s daughter) to marry his son Gervase. She refused and tried to escape. With the help of Ned and Kit, she managed to escape, leaving Gervase to think that she had drowned.
On Ebenezer’s death bed, Kit and Ned ensured that the lawyer read aloud the diary of Ebenezer. Amos Goodfellow, Thomas’s good friend, found the authentic will. Catherine returned as Lady Golightly-Smarte, together with her husband Henry.

It turned out that Edward did survive, although he had lost his memory. He was eventually nursed back to health.

dragons of the dry

Quoting okto ad on "Life in Cold Blood":
It takes up to 2 months for him to court her.
But once these Shingleback lizards become mates,
they remain faithful to each other for over 20 years.
In fact, their bond endures even after death.

不良笑花

凌晨看完了《不良笑花》。每次看完一部戏，心里总是很不舍。
很喜欢这部戏，虽然朋友们都比较迷搞噱头的《篮球火》和《命中注定我爱你》。

好笑，真的很好笑，让我笑得好开心。最后一两集，却也能让我的眼泪不停地往下掉。

我想更重要的是，戏里的演员及角色都是我喜欢的。而且中间虽然加了一段“原来X是X的女儿”的戏，但是结局却不是我以为的母女相认。因为怕伤害了小花，所以宁可让她继续相信母亲是一个温柔并且很爱她的女人，相信母亲在天堂守护着她，也要强忍住事实。蒋大树和阿妈对小花的爱非常伟大，阿妈在贾家有感而发的那场戏演得好棒！结果雅安并没有和小花相认，而是以干妈的身份，让小花叫她一声“妈”。我想这大概是最好的结局吧。。。台词也写得非常好。除了那些经典的“毒门唐语”，让我印象深刻的是小花在唐门要她和他一起去德国时说的那一番话：“你不愿意放弃你的梦想，却要我放弃我的梦想。有很多女性等着你为她们改造，但我饰品店的顾客也等我把她们变漂亮。”true, 我从来没想过这个问题。真的要为了爱放弃一切远走他乡吗？那家人怎么办？最后小花追到机场，虽然追上了，也和唐门有了teary farewell plus “安静的力量”， 我很惊讶唐门还是上了飞机。演戏嘛，这个时候男女主角不应该来个大大的拥抱然后开开心心地回家吗？两年后，jojo要贾思乐履行诺言，把唐门找回来。他们重逢的方式都好妙，又是上同一辆德士。

这部戏的人并没有真的很坏。。除了吉诺和那个姓秦的男演员吧，不过他们都是小咔。。



蒋小花-- 一开始非常受不了她的发音和外形，后来就习惯了。善良乐观，对于所有事都以真心对待。虽然我本来很希望她能跟贾思乐在一起，但也可以明白她为什么会爱上唐门。



唐门--毒舌时尚达人，有一双“神奇魔力手”。他很冷漠，说话也很刻薄，但逐渐被小花溶化，展现温柔的一面。觉得潘玮柏好可爱。。他演的是一个冷漠的人，可是却一直NG。。NG片段真的超级喷饭的好笑！！！他和妈妈的那场哭戏，送上亲自设计的婚纱作为小花的结婚礼物并说出残忍的话（虽然这种戏偶像剧常有，但是wilbur and rainie 演却不觉得牵强）还有在机场的那一幕，潘玮柏的演出都让我感动。


贾思乐-- aka贾肥，小花的小学同学。小时候肥得整天被人欺负，只有小花愿意和他做朋友，也只有他不会取消小花的自然卷，因而决定长大后要娶小花。去了日本在好友唐门的帮助下成功减肥变身帅哥，可当年贾肥的阴影依然存在。对于小花“垃圾车有几个灯？答案是九个灯，因为(counting the fingers) 灯灯灯灯灯灯灯灯灯”的笑话不管说了多少次还是笑得很开心，直到小花都觉得他好捧场。他是温柔的，却为了小花与唐门闹翻。中间有段时间我有点不能理解他为何如此执著，小花明明说她爱上唐门了却还约她吃饭，there're also many users on youtube leaving comments saying he's irritating,isn't it clear that xiaohua doesn't love him, etc.. 不过爱情不就是这样吗，难道说放就放吗？他是那么的爱小花，爱得让人为他感到心痛。最后昏迷期间听到小花祈求天神不要让唐门走，终于决定let her go. 第十四集，他们回到小学，小时候一起度过的美好时光历历在目，一起荡过的秋千，一起吃零食坐的板凳，小花讲笑话的platform。。景物依旧，人事已非。小花再次讲垃圾车的笑话，贾思乐也开心的笑。然后是时间让她走了。说对小花的爱只是因为自己没有自信，只有小花不会嫌弃他，要她放手，因为她不会扶他一辈子，要她去追回唐门。。。说最后那句话，心一定很痛吧。一直装出来的坚强，在看着她奔跑离去的背影的那瞬间瓦解。他哭了。


江蜜--贾思乐的未婚妻，只因两家是世交。不明白自己怎么会输给小花，处心积虑的要唐门让小花爱上他。对于她的行为，一开始我不能接受。《换换爱》里充满正义感的江小南怎么变得如此奸诈？但看到她后来明白贾思乐真的不爱自己的痛苦，在贾思乐昏迷时向小花道歉，明白了。。江蜜不是个坏人，老实说她也没有作出什么很坏的事。每个人在面对自己的爱情时都是自私的。当贾思乐昏迷时，她已不再在乎他不爱自己，只希望他能醒过来。看开了，she even sprayed the perfume that jiasile had designed for xiaohua, just wishing he would regain consciousness.


看得出我有多喜欢《不良笑花》吧，花了两个小时打了这么多中文。。。


很喜欢戏的ost.. i'll recommend 同一个遗憾 by wilbur and another guy..
http://www.imeem.com/people/cQpnTOQ/playlist/lhhWxLQK/miss_no_good_non_oficial_ost_music_playlist

《单身看》

adapted from i-weekly

a lifetime of secrets

i'm reading "A LIFETIME OF SECRETS" now.. borrowed it from the school library. It's a really nice book that i strongly recommend. it's made up of many postcards that people have sent in about their secrets. Some made me laugh, others made me want to cry. All in all it tugs at your heartstrings (is there such a phrase?) and makes you think about what life really is...
i'd love to quote all of them but that's impossible, so go read the book yourself!!!

• "I am almost 40. I have average hair, an average body and average looks. As a result, I am invisible. No one ever notice me. Everytime I go shopping, I steal something. (...) I just pick what I want, put it in my pocket and walk on. Because I am invisible, no one sees me or what I take. I live in fear that I will be caught. And that I won't."
• "I eat spicy foods so that it will hurt on the way back up."
• "I write home telling everyone what a great time I'm having... Secretly I've never felt so ALONE in my life."
• "i am afraid to meet people from the internet in person because i photoshop my pics and think they will be disappointed."
• "I am terrified of becoming the Crazy Old Cat Lady. I'm 22 years old, I've never had a real boyfriend, and I have 3 cats. I don't think my fears are unfounded."
• "I haven't believed in God since you told me you were divorcing dad."
• "You tried to find the key to my heart. I was scared, so I left you for someone who I knew would never look for it. I guess it will stay locked up forever."
• I only allow myself to read your letters once a year (9/17). Then, I let myself fantasize how my life would be different if you were still around. Sometimes I find myself hating you because it’s easier than missing you.
• I wanted to be a spy. I try not to tell many people this. I would hate to go to my 25th reunion and have to introduce myself as an accountant and have my former classmates ask, “What happened to you wanting to be a spy?” And I’d have to just smile and nod. And then leave early to go on a dangerous mission to save their lives from a threat they never knew existed.
• I’m eighteen and I’m catching myself living in the past.
• Sometimes I sit alone in the cafeteria… I have conversations with myself on the phone so people don’t think I have no friends.
• Someday, I want to go for a walk, and come home years later, having found myself.
• I still can’t believe you died. So I pretend you are away on a very long vacation having the best time ever.
  
• I wonder if my dad ever thinks “I’m home” when he pulls in the driveway to get me, here at my mom’s.
  
• I save every card, note, letter, picture, drawing, and email my friends send me so that when I am old and alone I will remember how much I was loved.
  
• I didn’t really have a “work emergency”. I just didn’t want to face our old classmates at your wedding.
  
• I wish I could interview your ex-wife and find out why she left. And see if they are the same reasons why I have considered leaving…
  
• I’m glad he isn’t alive to see me as a lesbian. I’m not ashamed… but HE would be.
  
• I lost all my friends because I spent too much time at work. Now I spend too much time at work because I lost all my friends.
  
• I’ve given up hope that my shrink will ever find the right dosage or combination of meds.
  
• My hairdresser of 6 years has no idea I’ve been divorced for almost a year. We still talk like I’m happily married!
  
• I aborted the baby you never knew about. Sometimes I want to tell you. But I doubt you would care.
  
• My biggest fear is not death, but of by chance running into the family of the boy whose heart beats inside my body.
  
• On 10/28/1977 I had open heart surgery at 11 months old. When I am depressed and think I want to die, I think of the doctors that worked to save my life. Thank you for the gift of life, so many times over.
  
• I don’t take my medication… Because it makes my illness real
  
• Retirement: The great thing about getting out of bed…you get to go back in.

I've also scanned some of the pictures..but won't post them here..i hate uploading pictures on blogger it's kind of complicated so i'm posting the link here:

A LIFETIME OF SECRETS

go take a look if you're free..they're really meaningful.. no one in my family seems to appreciate them though :(

miss no good

如果爱一个人，却要她为了迎合你的父母而改变自己，那还是爱吗？

可怜的贾思乐。。。

thoughts after exam

yeah..exams are over..

i'm in the library now using computer...

oh man cannot watch 不良笑花 in the library cos it's just so damn super funny i'm trying like mad to stifle my laughter... haha