My current craze! Hehe...

Watching Spanish and Tagalog telenovelas (or dramas) have always been a favourite hobby of mine. I can still remember the very first drama series that I followed. It was back in 1996 and Green Green Grass by the River (a Mandarin series) was the craze. All my friends watched it, from Chinese to Malays and of course me! I don't know what it was that got me hooked, but at 6.30pm every day, you'd find me in front of the TV waiting patiently for my drama to start.

In high school, when hormones start raging and the male species no longer seemed disgusting, Spanish telenovelas were the "in-thing". I remember being a follower of La Usurpadora, Secreto De Amor, Rubi, Rosalinda...and the list goes on. The story lines of course ran along the same lines but the guys...!! Hahaha...they were the reasons why I gave up my afternoon naps, spend hours on the net looking for information about them and then being "heartbroken" after finding out that they were either married or taken. Oh my...to think that I actually went crazy after fictional characters!!

And yet...as I left my teenage years and stepped into my 20s, I still find myself hooked on telenovelas. I must admit that after years and years of watching and drooling over all the Latino hunks....it's difficult (very!!) for any guy to match up to the standards that I have set. It's sad really because, for all I know, my Latino hunks may be bad-tempered, foul-mouthed guys and yet, on screen, they are the perfect gentleman!!

Nevertheless, telenovelas are like "adult fairy tales". While I used to dream of Prince Charming from Cinderella or Sleeping Beauty, I now think of Jorge Luis Pila (Lisandro, Tita Lita!!) or even Jericho Rosales!!

My current craze...is Korean dramas!! Although it's only one particular drama: Princess Hours (I've watched it once and am currently watching it again!!)...I'm hooked!! And, I can't believe I'm going to say this but some Koreans are cute!! I think Daniel Henney is good-looking but then, he's of mixed parentage. However, Kim Jung Hoon (pic) is cute!! I simply loooveee his character in the drama!! Haha...yeah..I can just hear some of my friends laughing!!! Even the songs are nice!!

Hmm...of course..that's just the drama/series craze. I've also got a Hindi movie craze and with so many young actors rising, I'm spoilt for choice. My current hottie of Bollywood?

Shahid Kapoor!! Don't you think he's just sooo cute?!! And he's young!! Haha!! I've watched two of his movies countless times and I still smile everytime he comes on screen!! I must be going nuts!!

He's got a new movie out and I've been searching high and low for the DVD. Can't wait to see him in action!!

I'd better stop here or I'll be raving on and on and on about Kim Jung Hoon, Shahid Kapoor, Kim Jung Hoon, Shahid Kapoor....*smiles*

Finally - I'm one of the gang!

27th September 2008 - A day to remember!! Hahaha...after reading numerous blogs, helping my sister get one of her own and being questioned about when my own blog was going to surface...I finally bowed to the "pressure" and "demands". Actually, my aunt (Tita Lita) had suggested, a few years back, that I should start a blog of my own, as I was really into writing back then. However, I felt that having a blog would only put pressure on me to continuously update it and so, I decided that the world could survive without my contribution.

A few years down the road and here I am, sitting in front of my computer, typing in my very first entry. This brings back memories of when I first started using Friendster. Back then, I was a "Friendster-idiot"; I didn't know what Friendster was, how it worked or how useful it was. Thanks to my friends (Trish!!) - meaning "pressure" from my friends - I got myself an account and *boom* I was in the gang!! The same thing is happening once again, but I am thankful to all those who have encouraged, nagged and suggested. :-)

With the thousands of blogs that exist, I no longer feel pressured to update my blog (or rather "global diary") on a regular basis. I have decided that, when I feel like it, when I have something to shout about or tell the world, that's when I'll update my "global diary". (However I have the distinct feeling that the excitement of having a blog will overwhelm me and I might flood my blog with unneceesary entries!!)

And so...till my next entry....Pa alam! (Bye)