sawatdee

assalamualaikum. greetings.

there are few things that i learned these day.
in thailand 'khun' (means you) is used for a respectful person (formal language), while 'p' is for informal language (usually among friends).
and thai people also make their greetings short as sawatdee (sawadikap is the long version).

useless thing that i learn, right?
well i did learn from thai drama that suddenly caught my interest. to tell you the truth some of them seriously much better than our lame malay drama and also korean drama (i stop watching suspicious partner just to finish a thai drama. marathon style).

so this entry is like a review of two drama that i watch. i am not promoting them, i just want to highlight some interesting point out of the drama.

1. fai lang fai (fire versus fire)

ohh i really love woman revenge drama (i did mention about 'temptation of wife' Philippine in my last entry did i?). dramanice just updated about new drama they sub and i just click randomly this drama (which actually aired in 2015).

first, i just mesmerised the beauty if the heroine. seriously how can a woman seem so flawless. i like her expression, her style which i feel like too good to be true (seriously she had tons of bold dress that i don't think people in hot country like thailand would wear. well except if you got umbrella and air condition with you all the time).

the first episode is like watching a tamil plus indonesia drama. they got stunt that seriously i feel cheesy (rolling on the road to save a woman, staring at her beauty when the truck is fucking near them). but i give it a chance, at least i finish the first episode. and the revenge story is just... make my mouth open. a man who want to take revenge of his former company partner slash best friend. he mention to his daughter (the heroine named leela) she should get him back a land cost 100 millions.

just to mention to you guys that the women drive a bmw sport car and for god sake she can just sold her car plus maybe a share of her own designer company to buy that land. but as always, drama dont use easy method. so she plan to approach the enemy's family by seducing his son and his son in law. plus messing with his arrogant daughter and the wife. but the hero (named narut) who initially have good relationship with leela turn into her enemy as to protect his family. and yes, you can guess when a fierce woman fight with a cool guy, they usually fall in love.

what i like about this drama is the strong character of leela. she is beautiful with fierce character. and i am glad that the character still preserve the asian woman culture that never give up to a man easily. i mean she never let narut kiss her (except at the head) like a lowly korean, american drama. a few scene that i think if it was a korean drama they probably had been kissed wildly or sleep together. there is actually a sex scene in this drama (about a secretary that sleep with few man and seducing his boss, and also actually leela is sleeping with narut) but they dont show it. which i do thank god a lot because nowadays korean drama has a lot of it (i miss the innocent old korean drama like full house and my girl).

this is a cliche revenge drama but some of the character is really interesting and the lines also amusing. for example a wicked secretary that seem want to be a femme fatale. she sleep with many men and seducing her boss which nobody could expect that with her innocent-specky appearance. she make evil plan with various man, pick a fight with the upper class ladies  as she want to enter the high class society.

the lines that caught my attention is in the middle of luk yee (the daughter of the enemy) marriage crisis, both of her parents suddenly show up to plead her to eat and start to discuss about some nutricious food (yeah, weird). she look at them with a naive look and said she adore how her parents still being lovely to each other. she take them as example and figure out how to manage her marriage crisis.
another line would be 'i hope for 'dissapointment' today, but dont make me hate you'. yes when you want to broke up with someone, just said it directly. no need to be a bitch that say hurtful words.

lastly, i love the twist story about the revenge. it actually make sense for a man to plan a huge revenge not merely because of a land. overall, i like the storyline, i like the main character...although seriously some part really really dramatic and cliche.

2. full house (2014) thailand version

first of all, why thailand man character seem so 'jambu'? i mean nickhun 2PM can be manly and still popular, why the other thai guys had to be such a 'gay'? and worst of all, why they even have fans?

i warning you guys, this drama also had a really 'ladylike' looking guy which will make you annoying. it can't even be compared with the manly bi rain (full house korea version). it only can be forgiven as the heroine is super cute and sassy.

i would say this woman has lead the story to different aura than the korean version. she is not trying to become song hye kyo but make her own version of han ji eun. she had the same cute and sassy look (frizzy long hair) from the beginning till the end (han ji eun character change into feminine at the end of story). i would say oum-am character is much positive, smarter and calmer than han ji eun. the best part is how she struggle to become novelist and scriptwriter. compared to han ji eun who always type random thing on her laptop, oum-am always discussing about what she actually write with p'guy (the producer). she always read books and write random stuff on note book which is actually the habit of a real writer. like p'guy said he admire he her passion to write although she is far from be a good writer.

i love how they change the sequence of storyline, and some character but still preserving the original story. i would say this is the lighter version than the korean version and successfully highlight the thailand culture. but like i said earlier, this version have different aura than the korean version and no one is better than another. i still like han ji eun character at certain part and can't forget some of my favorite scene from full house korea.

the annoying side of full house thailand is just there are too many brands they are promoting like alicafe (why the hell malaysia brand is here?), febreeze and many more not to include korea tourism campaign. why you make such lovely story into an ad? urgh!

last but not least i just want to say....boku unmei no hito is finished!
my oh my i really love the story, so simple yet sweet.
as always i prefer japan drama than the other because of their simple yet brilliant ideas.
and most of them are still preserving asian culture (no wild kiss, sex scene). although i know the reality is they show that kind of stuff everywhere in the country (sex mags, and sex tools are easily available in japan).

but lets take the bright side. almost all my forever favorite drama come from japan (nodame cantabile, one litre of tears, rich man poor woman).

back to the drama, seriously it like watching a step by step tutorial in dating in a simple yet sooo romantic way. plus, destiny is playing its miracle in the main couple's life which make the story much much much more intersting.

i bet you will smile a lot as if you are the one who dating the guy.

at least much better than suspicious partner. yeah, you hear me writer-nim. i am so dissapointed that you make the two character sleep together. why ji wook has to sleep with his partner at almost all drama he starring in. don't make him a jerk actor.

well then, i should stop bickering now. bye.