惡作劇之忻

http://www.gtv.com.tw/Program/S051420051001U/index.htm
http://www.ctv.com.tw/event/2005/kiss/

Here's my Cliffnotes version of "It Started with a Kiss"...

Why? (I needed a fun way to procastinate from working on tomarrows class lessons....this seemed to do it)

Enjoy!!!
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Ariel Lin as Yuan Xiangqin 袿湘翴

Yuan Xiangqin is a naive but optimistic high school girl. Ever since she met Jiang Zhishu at the freshman orientation, she couldn't help but fall in love with him. After two years of having a crush towards him, she finally decides to profess her love for him. Rejection! That evening, the new house she recently moved into collapses in a minor earthquake. She and her father are instantly made homeless. Fortunately, her father's old high school friend extends a helping hand and takes both of them into his home. But she'd never imagined that the kind and amicable Uncle Li is the father of Jiang Zhishu. Because of the unexpected turn of events, the two of them begin living their lives under the same roof.





















Joe Cheng as Jiang Zhishu 江直樹

IQ 200 genius! He rejects Yuan's confession since he despises people less smarter than he. His cold-hearted rejection immediately turns her into the biggest joke of the school. He's very smart, clever, calm, and reserved. Yet, Yuan makes him go crazy and then he becomes very short-tempered! She's the total opposite of him and he can't seem to grasp just how silly/dumb she really is. He feels she views life in such an easy way and he be-littles her many times for it.














Jiang is WAY popular with the Ladies and GREAT in sports. Yuan is determined to be by his side at all times, so wherever he goes...she's there in disquise. She'll even join the tennis team to spend more time with him. She trys going on dates to make him jealous, but it doesn't seem to work. Luckily Jiang doesn't date anyone, so Yuan feels at ease. She's just sad he pays her no attention and looks down on her a lot!



















After living under the same roof together - Jiang and Yuan get to share some random, serious, and hilarious times. Yuan begins to love Jiang more and more and little by litte they're getting to know each other better.



















As time goes on...
Jiang's mother remains a constant pain in his side since she's ALWAYS plotting to set Jiang and Yuan up in hopes of a future together. This drives Jiang nuts since he wants to have his own future and own plans - not having a job (since his father is wanting him to take over the family business even though he has plans to become a doctor) AND a wife already picked out for him.

As time goes on though, Yuan starts to win over Zhishu's heart and her silly ways slowly break down his coldness. As much as he doesn't want to admit it, Yuan IS a good match for him and they share some secret kisses.

Yet, the persistant meddeling from his Mother and other people make him step back from openly expressing his love for Yuan. He hurts her instead and trys to make other choices for what he believes is for the good of all!
















To finally go against his parents constant wishes of marrying Yuan, Jiang starts dating a women with the same smarts and looks as himself - Some one who he thinks is perfectly equal. One thing leads to another and they quickly get engaged, even though Jiang is hiding his real feelings.













With her heart broken yet again -Yuan finally comes to the conclusion she needs to give up on Jiang once and for all, so she starts dating Jin -an old high school classmate who has had a crush on her for the longest time. She has a fun/good time with him even though she's still deeply in love with Jiang. Jin eventually proposes to her, but Yuan needs time to think it over.
When Jiang finds out, he literally freezes in fear!



















The tables turn!
After hearing about Yuan's marriage proposal and much personal debate...Jiang finally sees that he cannot let anyone else have her (dispite he's feeling about letting his parents get their way with his future and the fact that he's engaged himself) -he decides to finally openly express his feelings for Yuan and marry her instead! :)
(all coming up in ep. 19)













The End (so far!)

All the episodes haven't aired yet (yayy!)
SO, the marriage is still coming up and plenty more after that.
The Marriage episode (ep.19) should be a crazy/memorable one!
Right now ep. 18 was the last released. Can't wait!!!
TO BE CONTINUED...

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FYI-
The actors height is WAY off!
Joe Cheng who plays Jiang Zhishu 江直樹 is actual 188cm (10 cm TALLER than ME!) while Ariel Lin who plays Yuan Xiangqin 袿湘翴 is only 162cm. So while shotting, she has to stand on boxes to pull of a medium level between the two. Too funny!


















While the actors are wonderful on screen, they can be even funnier off screen.
I've seen some of thier bloopers, and they're crazy!!! (i luv it!)

I'm lucky because I am doing what I like to do.

(自分のやりたいことをやっているのは幸せ。)

The Monk

We took Road 113 from Niigata to Murakami (after getting lost for a bit), but this is the scenic route that goes along the coast. Along the way we say a GIANT Monk, which we just HAD to stop at and take pictures of. After checking it out, we became determined to come back in the Spring and climb all the way to the top (we think/hope that's possible) since it looks like the eyes are cut out for view points. Future Road Trip, yeah!

THE STORY OF THE MONK (as told by Deccy to Shanna and Shanna to I)
A wealthy and sometimes stingy man owned a business across the street from where the Monk now stands. Sometime ago, he had a dream where the Monk (a 17th century Monk who lived in that area in the past) came to him and told him he needed to start spreading his wealth and working better with the people around him otherwise harm would come his way - death. The man took the dream seriously and partnered up with some of the smaller businesses around him and gave lots of his money away. He ended up building the statue of the Monk for others to learn about his dream and the fact to 'help where it is needed'. He's still alive today (maybe, not sure!) - just wanted to throw in a happy ending! :)

There's also a picture of the ocean view with the mountains in the background. Not the best of pictures since I took it while driving on the scary ice, but it can give you a SMALL image of the beauty that is Niigata. I love Niigata!!!!