My Drama Addiction - Part 1

So…here I am…writing about my new addiction that made me forget my fictions…mangas and sometimes…my sleeps too (>.<) Frankly, I never watch TV, just because I never find pleasure from watching those series or infotainment or news. Besides, if I have free time, I'd rather spend it on my tablet, flipping thru the pages of my favourite mangas. So it was all started when my WA group was gossiping about a TV series that was adapted from K-drama, titled My Love From the Star. The discussion was heated and I was sooooo curious about this K-drama and suddenly I found myself later that day, buying the DVDs and burning the midnight oil – binged the whole series in 2 nights phewww…talking about curiosity kills a cat…^ . ^

OK, don’t get me wrong…I still dislike TV much (so please don’t ask me about the newest gossip or latest news). I mostly watched my drama thru DVDs or some video streaming site or…copy it from my friends ha ha ha the best way, fastest and cheapest. So last year, I was so occupied with the drama that I neglected my blog (T_T)! but no worry, I made a promise with myself that from this year onward, I will only watch a really good series – which I guessed comes out once in a while. I will share to you my K-drama favourite but not today since now I will focus on the C-drama (since the list was shorter…muchhhhh shorter)   

The Poster of The Sound of the Desert

I don’t like C-drama…for me, the series is too long and sometimes drags on and on and on and I lost my inclination. Some have almost the same plot, amnesia - accident - cancer - lost child - could be said as the major ingredient. However, there were several Chinese TV-series which I managed to finish and surprisingly, all those series have Cecilia Liu as the main actress. The first of my favourite was The Sound of the Desert (aka Ballad of the Desert), telling about a journey of a girl raised by desert wolves into a prominent lady whose heart was being fought over by 2 handsome men. One was the disabled Mo Xun (played by Hu Ge) and another was the Great General Wei Wu Ji (played by Eddie Pheng *drooling*). I’m not going to write the recap here (LOL it was 30something episodes) and I believe you could just google it (even reading the recap needs hours). I liked this movie because of the chemistry between Cecilia Liu and Eddie Pheng…all right…95% because of Eddie Pheng and the rest was the plot. Though I found the plot about the drama-house was too much (i fast-forwarded a lot on this one) but I was very glad when Xin Yue finally chose Wu Ji at the end (yay – felt like Eddie Pheng chose me wkwkwk)

 

The poster of Scarlet Heart

Next on my list was Scarlet Heart (aka Startling by Each Step). Just like on The Sound of the Desert, Cecilia Liu played almost similar character, an opinioned and headstrong woman. I chose this series due to the time travel plot…yes – I have a fixation toward time travel…and Nicky Wu who played as the Fourth Prince Yin Zhen. He has been my heartthrob since I was a girl…though now I have moved on toward others wkwkwk. Here, Cecilia Liu time traveled back to Qing Dynasty and was involved with several princes. Though it was a bit confusing as I had to memorize all those princes’ (about 14) names and faces but I am sooo looking forward to the Korean version of Scarlet Heart (Moon Lovers) in which my dearest oppa Lee Joon Gi will play the Fourth Prince (arrrggghhh can’t hardly wait for September).

 

The poster of The Imperial Doctress

And the last on my list was actually the one that I just finished watching last night, The Imperial Doctress. This time Cecilia Liu played as Tan Yun Xian (though for the rest of the movie, she was Hang Yun Xian), a woman who aspired to be the first female doctor in history of Ming Dynasty. Her character was pretty similar with the previous two but I was disappointed since Yun Xian didn’t end together with Zhu Qi Zhen (Wallace Huo) hiks hiks !(T_T)

Before I sign off, lets cheer together with me for Cecilia Liu and Nicky Wu for their-oh-so-very-romantic wedding party at Bali last week      

Warung Taru - Dago

The facade of Warung Taru

Who loves Bandung? I do ... and I bet you like it too. Just a short 2hours drive, Bandung is perfect for a short weekend escape almost for everyone (...ok...aside from the terrible traffic during the weekend and crowded attraction spots), from various natural attractions to shopaholic, from culture seeker to food-addict.

The corridor between the smoking lounge with non smoking one

Banana fritters with cheese and palm sugar - nom nom

This time my choice fell on Warung Taru - a classic traditional eatery just around the corner of Jln. Ir. H. Juanda to Dago. Warung Taru means rumah kayu (wooden house), so the whole place was built using wood and bamboo. The place itself was charming with one-of-a-kind decorations filling the rooms but what I like the most was the valley view.

The interior with heavy oak furniture and wooden frames

For me, Warung Taru was a place for snacking - enjoying the afternoon coffee while observing the view and people goes by. A good place to waste the time...doing nothing while munching on the banana fritters (which tasted so good). But I wouldn't recommend this if you are looking for a fancy meal since the menu here was limited to Sundanese basic meals like soto.

The view at night - overlooking the valley

Though there weren't much on the menu to offer, I always find myself back here whenever we go to Dago area. Perhaps, this spot would be your favourite too   ^^

The Youniq...a unique boutique hotel in Malaysia

The lighten-up corridor

Hello again (>.<) How have we been doing? I know, this blog was on hiatus for several months but no worry, I will write a bit now and then from now on. There are many items to write on my list, starting from my newly-founded-addiction-to-kdrama, new places and city, and some random items   ^.^
 

Comfy big bed for me and my husband

So this time I would like to write about a tiny budget hotel in KL which was charming (well - at least for me). We kinda had a short stop-over at KL and we were looking for somewhere to sleep near the airport area. We found this hotel thru online booking service and I booked it just because of the location, the price and the review score wasn't that bad (too lazy to find another place - it was only a night). I didn't explore the hotel so I couldn't write much, we were sort of check-in, sleep and then check out in the morning.

The tiny corner of bathroom - but spotless

Anyway, we didn't expect much when we arrived at the hotel, pretty late at night. So I wasn't really surprised to find the hotel was squeezed in between shops. It was small but very eye-catching, especially at night with all those bluish & purplish spotlights (but I guess it will be hard to find during daylight). It was kinda hard to miss the hotel since the surrounding was dimmed.

The basic amenities

Since it was for a short nite, we chose 'Sleep 2 S' room which was small but nicely arranged with very simple furniture. We have all basic amenities provided, from small flat TV, electric kettle, and AC but they didn't provide safe deposit box neither fridge. I don't know whether they provide it for other type of room but we didn't use and need it anyway - we only needed the bed ^^ Our room didn't come with breakfast so I bought myself a bread

Oh - look at those mugs ...loved it

Overall, we had a good sleep...the room was clean...everything worked as it should be. Lucky I have a soft spot for purple since all i remembered was all those bluish and purplish light outside and inside the hotel wkwkwk). BTW if you are interested, you could check the hotel's website here

Yes - apparently the AC remote often be stolen/missing so they felt the need to put a thick thread to it