I've just finished another Chinese show! This one is called Moonlight Resonance. There are 40 episodes, but OH SO GOOD! I loved it! It took a really long time to finish because it was so long and I'm in school and have a life (sort of) but I finally finished it and it was so good!
I really liked that this was about family and moral values. It made me homesick while at the same time curing the homesickness. It was really funny, but I felt good watching it. There are so many memorable family scenes that just made me tear up because it reminded me of my family so much. It reminded of my family meals, and our random family jokes that we have. Although it reminded me of home and made me miss home, I wasn't sad by it. I happily watched it and had a great time with it. I highly recomend it!
Also from this show, since I've neglected Hong Kong dramas for SO LONG, I decided to do some digging and realized how cool it is! So now I will not only focus on Taiwanese pop culture, but Hong Kong as well!
ARASHI is a Japanese boy band. I really like their music! They made their debut in 1999 on a cruse ship off the coast of Honolulu, Hawaii. Apparently there was a storm and the Japanese word for storm is arashi and that's how the group was named, because they will create a storm throughout the world. Group Members:
Jun Matsumoto appeared in many dramas including Gokusen and Hana Yori Dango. ARASHI sang the opening theme songs of both seasons of Hana Yori Dango. This summer a Hana Yori Dango movie was released "Hana Yori Dango Final" I saw the trailer and it's really good! I have to find some time to watch it!
Mic check mic check 1 2 3... this is Makara making the first post. haha
So, I am now studying abroad in Norway for the semester. At first I made a blog for my trip, and then Olesya (Lee), who is my zui hao de pen you, made one too. So that was our way of keeping each other updated without too many e-mails. But then, I decided that we should have a joint blog as well! So here it is! Since we both have our own blogs, the serious things will go there. This one is more for our expression of randomness. This includes your typical randomness, as well as sharing our Asian drama addiction joint with their OSTs and other Asian music. This should be interesting expermiment.
I'd also like to explain the name of our blog: Makalesya Thalosh. Back in high school, we were so close that when we signed cards for our teachers, we'd sign joint cards. Our biology teacher thought it was hilarious and gave both of us one joint card. So from then on, we decided that we'd have a joint identity. In addition, we LOVE S.H.E. music, among many others. We always sing their songs as well as other songs together all the time. We also pondered about making our own CD of covers of S.H.E. songs. So then, we'd need a name for our duet right? So, after a bit of contemplating, we came up with our joint name. It ended up being the combination of both of our names: Makara Thach + Olesya Palosh = Makalesya Thalosh. And there you have it, the birth of Makalesya!
PS. I, Makara will be referred to as either Makara, Kara or the Crazy Asian. Olesya will be referred to as either Olesya, Lee, Leesowa or Honorary Asian. =P
