My Girlfriend Is A Gumiho + Music Station

Short post before I drop dead on bed.

Seriously, MGIAG is probably one of my favourite (light) dramas in recent years (because Slingshot will remain as my favourite heavy plot drama).

The flow is even, so there's none of the usual kdrama drag in later episodes. The chemistry builds up over time. The acting of the leads, especially the male lead (and I'm not being biased, really) is convincing and reaches into your heart. The plot is interesting due to the mystical element that makes things unpredictable, even the ending. Under a few overlapping main arches such as "will one of them die at the end of 100 days" and "will she survive in the end", the story generates new questions after answers are given, and that makes each episode worth looking forward to. It is a good mix of light-hearted scenes and heavy angsty ones, so while you squeal your heart out at cutesy scenes (mainly rabu rabu scenes between the leads), you feel your feet firmly planted on earth by the life-and-death storyline.

And even the final episode was paced well, with no drag. From 1/3 into the episode, I was crying, all the way to the last 5 minutes. This is spite of me knowing (darn the spoilers) the happy ending. Because the leads do not know that there'll be a happy ending, they behave in ways that break your heart. And I cried for the second lead, not because he didn't get the girl (it was never about him loving the girl anyway), but because he was so filled with regrets of a mistake he did a thousand years ago.

You can read the recap of the final ep here at dramabeans. If you have not watched this wonderful drama, go give it a try. Unlike You're Beautiful (which I love), this is one which is going to be on my list of "dramas to rewatch soon".

Night.

[Edit]

I decided to watch the Dear Snow perf before sleeping...My first time hearing this song!

( Some screencaps inside )

Ok, now really time for bed.

Mrs Lee Kuan Yew

Was just watching Channel News Asia....

I saw a subtitle at the bottom of the page when I first entered the channel. Not reading it properly, I thought that our SM passed on, and my heart sunk. When I read it again, it was his wife. But still, the sense of loss is there.

Our founding father, the one who headed the plan to build up our small trading port....he's quite advanced in age too. So...anytime...news may break. When that happens, my heart will break too, along with millions of Singaporeans.

So many deaths of politicians in recent years.

Thank you for all your efforts.

I do love Singapore. It's the best country I can ever imagine myself to be born in.