during my long holiday after graduation, my brother commented on my lack of support for malay n english-language movies...specifically he said : U're always watching hindustan la, japanese la, indon movies la..now what??!! filipino dramas pulak?! go and watch some malay n english movieslaa..where's ur roots?!!.....hahaha..annoyed, he was...at that time i was busy shushing him as i was watching the exact filipino drama he was ranting about...heheheh...can't help itlaa...i'm easily swayed by the romance in those movies...hey, it wasn't as if i watched ALL the hindi movies, ALL the jap dramas..ALL the indon movies and dramas....and JUST one filipino drama...honestly that was it...

my foray into non malay/english form of visual pleasure started out with the ever-classic love story of kuch kuch hota hai...*sigh*...love that film...love the songs, shah rukh khan's facial expression (squeal!)..the total fantasy that surrounds the whole film...best of all, the love story...i am an insufferable romantic...hehehe...i then started my own collection of hindi movies...small,but very select few has made its way to this treasured collection of mine...suffice to say that shah rukh rule over them...heheheh...i like watching the costumes, the tradition, the gorgeous dances...the often-unbelievable plots and scenes...it just makes up a good hindi movie...

* listening to innuendo's nanti....my ultimate favorite group...

then it was on to japanese dramas...this craze started from the beautiful drama...Beautiful Life...starring Takuya Kimura (swoon!!) the 5-times winner for the Levi's Best Jeanist Award....an extremely yummy looking hunk (whoever uses hunk anymore?! how old skool, hehehe)..and the very talented Takako Tokiwa...hahaha..as a result there are now a stack of japanese dramas on my bookcase...of,oh approximately 48 vcds (:p)....i remembered sacrificing my evenings and late nights to them jap dramas on our local channels...shed tears over them too...what IS with my overactive tear ducts?!...King Takuya lords over this collection...hehehe, i was very strict with the borrowers of my jap dramas...not more than a week!!! or i'll personally hunt them down, muahahaha...among my favorites are Love Revolution (get it..it's really good...)

*currently listening to letter to cleo's i want you to want me...didn't i, didn't i, didn't i see you crying...whoops, hehehe...*

anyways...Ada Apa Dengan Cinta was the only indonesian movie that totally captured my heart, soul, everything....(only that one movie, lil bro)...what can i say? beautiful, captivating, grips my heart strings and totally reduces me to tears...moving, very inspiring....within a week from purchasing my much-coveted a2dc vcd,its website became the permanent fixture on my office's pc...i was telling all my friends about it, bugging them to watch it...unfortunately, only a few could relate to me...hmmm, wonder why? anyways, was totally crazy for nico saputra..heheheh...brooding eyes, a don't-care attitude, the careless swagger and poise...*sigh*...lovely, just lovely...and its soundtrack...? was the only thing i listened to for weeks after getting it...wonderful tunes, meaningful lyrics, unforgettable melodies....and it's poetic element..? makes me wanna write beautiful verses myself...did a spot of spring cleaning earlier today, and found cuttings from the newspaper on their visit to good ole m'sia...hehehe...i actually kept those things...

during my unemployment period...i was stuck on the the filipino drama that was showing on our local channel...Mula Sa Puso..that was very interesting...kept me busy during those hot afternoons...a soap-opera type of drama that went on for almost 10 months...long before it ended, i had already started working and couldn't keep up with the series...gorgeous cast...a tale of teenage romance that went through many hurdles (hence the many episodes) and finally triumphed in the end...hehhehe..picked up a few filipino words along the way...see? all these foreign movies/dramas are educational as well as entertaining.....

i love happy endings...altho' if it ends sadly, it'd better be equally good as well!!