143. My Royal Nemesis

 KDrama no. 143 - My Royal Nemesis ***

SPOILER

I usually follow some groups of kdramas fans on Facebook and as soon as the new one featured in Netflix the buzz started: My Royal Nemesis. Much was said about the male actor, almost nothing about the story. Polemics were raised around him being beautiful or not, or rather, being ugly or not. According to my appraisal he is ugly, but his presence and interpretation of the powerful CEO and scarred prince made beauty be irrelevant. Also, he loved intensely and was not easily abated by the obstacles in his way to tame the lady who was always in distress, but fought like a lioness before surrendering to her fate. His character smiled scarcely and made us crave to see his face relax. Mostly dressed in dark colours, the last scene shows him at ease and wearing white, playing around with his loved one. Although I applaud his performance, much has to be said about the writers who gave him an excellent text and tempo. A note about onscreen positioning: I abhor Korean actors who are constantly with their hands in their pockets irrespectively of the situation. Heo Nam-Jun commits a terrible mistake while sitting with his hands in his pockets: it is such a terrible pose, so ridiculous!

The story is about a comet that is crossing the sky in the Joseon era and the present time. Some freak happening of nature sends a condemned lady from the palace where she lives to the street smack into the CEO’s life. They hate each other immediately but he is the only one she can turn to for help in this strange place and he slowly feels sorry for the mad woman. A big mistake/fault in the story line is that, at first, she is a concubine being punished for cheating. However, the rest of the time, she is just a lady of the palace who falls in love for a retired prince.

142. The K2

 KDrmano. 142 - O K2 ****

SPOILER

Ela é uma pobre menina rica, cuja madrasta a odeia e persegue. A megera tenta mantê-la longe do pai, em escolas internas, orfanatos, abadias, mas a guria sempre dá um jeito de escapar. Por duas vezes, o destino faz com que se encontre com um também fugitivo e ela pede ajuda, mas a situação não é favorável. Num terceiro encontro desse tipo, ele é contratado para ser guarda-costas da garota e a madrasta o apelida de K2, sendo que o K1 reveza com ele na função.

Uma observação: K2 é o apelido da montanha mais alta e mortal da Ásia.

Embora o casal se apaixone, K2 é extremamente fiel à megera, que tem uma carta na manga com relação a ele. Percorrerão um longo caminho até a liberdade.

TGIF - Henning Baum

 In 2018, this blog started to post on Fridays only photos and teasers about beautiful men in a protest to the unflattering ones with women that our husbands, boyfriends, partners or friends exchange among themselves. Interested in the whole collection? Click here!

É sempre bom lembrar o intuito destas postagens de sextas-feiras, intituladas Thank God Is Friday - TGIF: nossos queridos amigos, namorados, maridos e outros que tais repassam entre si fotos, como dizer?, nada abonadoras ao sexo feminino, com as quais eles se divertem descaradamente. As imagens aqui colocadas são a vingancinha, com muita classe, que nós, garotas, nos permitimos. Divirtam-se e vejam a coleção toda clicando aqui!

Passion

 

By Mr Greg Knowles (Arabian Horse Owner, Trainer, Handler)

 I learned something today that surprised me, but a lesson we all need to heed. Taryl, our executive director at Arabian Horse Association of Arizona, always gives me some free passes to the Scottsdale Show so that I can pass them out to folks that live in the greater Scottsdale community. 

I give tickets to the dry cleaners, the grocers, the tack store, anyone and everyone. So this morning, while at the gym I go to, yes I go to a gym six days a week, but thats another story, only about 10% of the people in the gym were interested in going to the World famous Scottsdale Horse Show even with a free pass. 

Man, I was disappointed, but what I quickly learned, we as a breed are still not educating, getting the word out about these amazing horses. I spent some time explaining the virtues of the Arabian Horse, and convinced some more of the folks at the gym to come out and meet some Arabian Horses up close and personal. 

I am a nut about trying to continually bring new people into our world. My point, don't take our love for our world for by face value, go out and tell the story, let them touch, hug, smell this incredible creature and I promise some, maybe many, will fall in love. 

For me I continue to think of ways to introduce this horse to as many people as I can. For today, I am spending my afternoon handing out free passes right next to the "Girl Scout Cookie Stand" outside my Fry's grocery store. I am committed to promote and market the Arabian Horse.

141. Holo My Love

 KDrama no. 141 - Holo Meu Amor ****

SPOILER

She cannot see faces properly, therefore, is very shy, has no friend, is considered nasty at her office and is treated accordingly. Her life changes when a pair of glasses is put in her bag and it is not a common pair of glasses but a state-of-the-art tool that connects the person wearing it to the hologram of a powerful AI. It happens that it has the image of a boy, a handsome one, a gentle guy, intelligent, attentive, specially invented to cater to the glass wearer’s most inner wishes. And so, the girl falls in love with the AI named Holo. 

The inventor of the thing is a lonely boy who, needing a friend, a company, made Holo with his own image. Nan-Do has to get the pair of glasses back and will inevitably have to face the girl in order to retrieve it. Now you can imagine the confusion.

Very worth watching.

Note: the music score is on point!

140. Undercover Miss Hong

 K-Drama no.140 - Hong, A Infiltrada ***

SPOILER

She works for a kind of IRS and a prosecutor does not accept her case against a big financial corporation allegedly for lack of proof. Therefore, she manages to get hired by the company under false pretences and tries to get all the evidence necessary to uncover the hidden money. It is an almost plausible story, there is very little fantasy and plus, it is fun to watch. Enjoy it!

Ela trabalha para um tipo de Receita Federal e quer provar que uma empresa que vende fundos de ações tem um caixa dois e prejudica seus acionistas, mas quando apresenta seu caso o promotor diz que não há evidências suficientes. Ela resolve se infiltrar na financeira e a forma que encontra é alegar que tem 20 aninhos para passar no concurso de recepcionista/secretária/assistente. Uma grande de uma bela mentira, já que tem 35 primaveras na verdade. Em meio a muitas confusões, ela angaria alguns simpatizantes e auxiliares, conseguindo alcançar seu intuito.

Apesar da mentira deslavada - desnecessária a meu ver, ela podia dizer ser só um pouquinho mais nova - da idade, o resto todo é muito próximo da realidade, então, crível. É divertido e vale assistir. Romance? Nah!

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TGIF - Maduka Okoye

 In 2018, this blog started to post on Fridays only photos and teasers about beautiful men in a protest to the unflattering ones with women that our husbands, boyfriends, partners or friends exchange among themselves. Interested in the whole collection? Click here!

É sempre bom lembrar o intuito destas postagens de sextas-feiras, intituladas Thank God Is Friday - TGIF: nossos queridos amigos, namorados, maridos e outros que tais repassam entre si fotos, como dizer?, nada abonadoras ao sexo feminino, com as quais eles se divertem descaradamente. As imagens aqui colocadas são a vingancinha, com muita classe, que nós, garotas, nos permitimos. Divirtam-se e vejam a coleção toda clicando aqui!

He is a football player at the World Cup Games: goal keeper for the Nigeria team.