My new love. :)

Recently I just discovered the incomparable #SunLi #孙俪  Although she's already pretty famous internationally for her role in Empresses in the Palace aka Zhen Huan Zhuan (后宫·甄嬛传), I actually didn't know who she was.  I actually avoided this drama when it was super popular back in 2012 because I'm one of the only ones I know who did not really like TVB's War and Beauty (金枝慾孽).  I wasn't very interested in yet another drama about scheming women who had questionable motives at times.

So how I discovered Sun Li is a little more unusual than most people.  Lately, I took a much needed big break from work.  And during this break I happened to watch ep63 of this Mainland Chinese drama called Nothing Gold Can Stay (那年花开月正圆) on TV.

 
Strangely, I found the episode quite interesting and I wanted to find out more about the relationship between this melancholic tree climbing mother and her rebellious adopted child.  And because of this, I started watching 那年花开月正圆 from episode one on-wards and I really loved most of it.  And more importantly, that's how I found my latest obsession, Sun Li.  She was phenomenal in the drama and I fell in love with her.

As all my old buddies know, when I really like something, I can get a little obsessive.  Haha!!  I feel compelled to watch all that they have done or listen to all that they have composed.  That's how it was for Lau Ching Wan, Ada Choi and Kajiura Yuki.  I've watched some pretty blah stuff for Lau Ching Wan's and Ada Choi's sakes.  Luckily Kajiura Yuki's work is mostly good so I didn't have to suffer too badly. :P  I also did the same for Zhang Yimou, Wong Kar Wai and Johnnie To.  I have watched a ton of their work and actually liked or loved a lot of them.

Anyway, since my new love is Sun Li, I have decided to try and watch all of her work both past and present.  At this point in time I have watched her in Zhang Yimou's Shadow (影), Empresses in the Palace, Auntie Duohe (小姨多鹤), The Legend of Mi Yue (羋月傳), Hot Mom! (辣妈正传) and Goddess of Mercy (玉观音).  I'm also now in the middle of One Meter Sunshine (一米阳光).  Lots more to go and I'm not sure if I have the stamina, patience and nerve to finish some of them. Hahaha!!! 

If time permits, I would like to blog more about some of these series and maybe write capsule reviews for some of the older ones.  But we'll see, I can get super busy and tired which is one of the main reasons why I had to stop blogging for a while.

It's been almost a year since I last blogged and a lot has happened. Both Kajiura Yuki and Kalafina released new music, Kajiura left Spacecraft, Keiko left Kalafina and the Kalafina I loved is no longer the same.  :(  I always loved Kalafina because their kind of harmony and Kajiura Yuki's music was 完璧. But alas, with Kajiura's and Keiko's departure, the Kalafina that I loved is no more.  Now only Wakana and Hikaru remain but since I've never heard anything that they have released as solo artists  and since I'm less interested in them as solo artists, my interest in Kalafina has somewhat waned. 

I also made three visits to Japan.  Once to attend Kalafina's 10th Anniversary Live at the Budokan, once to attend Kajiura Yuki's Vol.14 lives in Osaka and Tokyo and once more on a leisure trip to Tohoku.

Normally I would have blogged about all these but the past year was a truly busy one and probably the hardest one I've had in years but let's not go there. :)  I don't think I'll be doing any of the missing unboxings and reviews of the past releases anymore because it's been too long,  I won't do the concert reports anymore too for the same reason.  But if I pick up any more new Kajiura releases going forward, I hope to do them too.

I hope to be back blogging about stuff that interest me.  It's been too long since I've written anything and I miss writing.  Hopefully I'll have time to write more, its good for my brain cells. :)