Wednesday, 22 July 2026
Tuesday, 14 July 2026
144. Angel's Last Mission: Love
KDrama no. 144 - O Anjo do Amor ***
SPOILER
Ela era um primaballerina, cheia de si, mas perde a visão e os pais. Torna-se pior ainda, maltrata todo mundo, faz exigências descabidas, grita, tem faniquitos. Ele é um anjo meio atrapalhado que a salva da morte certa, quando não devia. Como castigo, vai precisar ensinar a ela o que é o amor. Tarefa árdua e ele não tem um pingo de paciência. Neste meio tempo, ela recebe um transplante de córnea e passa a enxergar, mas tem problemas de locomoção como trauma. Enquanto isso, a família imediata dela quer tomar conta dos negócios altamente lucrativos de uma fundação cultural e tem um diretor artístico que não se sabe se é do bem ou do mal rondando a casa...
Parece que o ator foi escolhido a dedo: ele tem cara de garotinho travesso, seus olhos parecem estar sempre brincando, seu sorriso tem covinhas, está constantemente despenteado...
Acho um pouco exagerado a quantidade de lágrimas e os "vai e volta", mas... entretem.
Monday, 13 July 2026
Só Cinco Noites
Friday, 10 July 2026
TGIF - Luke Ishikawa Plowden
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!
Thursday, 9 July 2026
Brincadeirinha
Por que o índio põe a mão sobre os olhos quando quer enxergar ao longe?
Tuesday, 7 July 2026
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.
Monday, 6 July 2026
142. The K2
KDrmano. 142 - O K2 ****
SPOILER
Friday, 3 July 2026
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!
Thursday, 2 July 2026
Passion
By Mr Greg Knowles (Arabian Horse Owner, Trainer, Handler)
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.
Wednesday, 1 July 2026
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!
Tuesday, 30 June 2026
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!
Monday, 29 June 2026
Quem mais sabe?
Há diversas referências a personagens de histórias em quadrinhos no romance da autora brasileira Nancy de Lustoza Barros e Hirsch, Passo Trote Galope. Quais são elas?
Sandrinha é uma artista e adora pintar telas a óleo. Seu tema principal é o cavalo, mas quando pinta cavaleiros, alguma coisa fica faltando. O quê?
Qual é o horário mais usual para os partos das éguas?
Qual é o personagem que começa como um crápula, mas, com o passar do tempo, vai se humanizando?
Por que Dryiene quer obter informações sobre Marcello Ninno?
Friday, 26 June 2026
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!
Thursday, 25 June 2026
The Why
I have lived a
thousand lives and I have loved a thousand loves. I have walked on distant
worlds and seen The end of time. Because I read.
George
R. R. Tolkien
Wednesday, 24 June 2026
Tuesday, 23 June 2026
139. Our Unwritten Seoul
KDrama no. 139 - Uma Seul Desconhecida ***
SPOILER
Monday, 22 June 2026
Just Five Nights/Só Cinco Noites
Only five nights was all she needed to experience in order to get inspiration to write a hot novel. Will she succed? The book can be found in Amazon but only in Portuguese at the moment, and it is being translated to English right now!
Friday, 19 June 2026
TGIF - Lee Jun-Ho
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!
Thursday, 18 June 2026
What is Love?
A group of professional people posed this question to a
group of 4 to 8-year-olds, 'What does love mean?' The answers they got were
broader, deeper, and more profound than anyone could have ever imagined!
'When my grandmother got arthritis, she couldn't bend over and paint her toenails anymore... So my grandfather does it for her all the time, even when his hands got arthritis too. That's love.' Rebecca - age 8
'When someone loves you, the way they say your name is different. You just know that your name is safe in their mouth.' Billy - age 4
'Love is when a girl puts on perfume and a boy puts on shaving cologne and they go out and smell each other.' Karl - age 5
'Love is when you go out to eat and give somebody most of your French fries without making them give you any of theirs.' Chrissy - age 6
'Love is what makes you smile when you're tired.' Terri - age 4
'Love is when my mommy makes coffee for my daddy and she
takes a sip before giving it to him, to make sure the taste is OK.' Danny - age
8
'Love is what's in the room with you at Christmas if you stop opening presents and just listen.' Bobby - age 7 (Wow!)
'If you want to learn to love better, you should start with a friend who you hate.' Nikka - age 6 (we need a few million more Nikka's on this planet)
'My mommy loves me more than anybody. You don't see anyone else kissing me to sleep at night.' Clare - age 6
'Love is when Mommy gives Daddy the best piece of chicken.' Elaine - age 5
'I know my older sister loves me because she gives me all her old clothes and has to go out and buy new ones.' Lauren - age 4
And the final one: The winner was a four year old child whose next door neighbor was an elderly gentleman who had recently lost his wife. Upon seeing the man cry, the little boy went into the old gentleman's yard, climbed onto his lap, and just sat there. When his mother asked what he had said to the neighbor, the little boy said, 'Nothing, I just helped him cry.'
Wednesday, 17 June 2026
Rio de Janeiro, Gosto de Você
I was born with this view. What a privilege! Botafogo bay. At the time it was the State of Guanabara.
Nasci com esta vista. Privilegiada, eu! Enseada de Botafogo. Na época, estado da Guanabara.
Tuesday, 16 June 2026
138. My Sassy Girl
KDrama no. 138 - Uma garota atrevida **
SPOILER
Ela é uma princesa rebelde - até a página 5, porque daí em frente, não demonstra essa independência toda. Ele é um erudito, professor do irmãozinho dela, que vai se meter em confusões para desvencilhá-la das bagunças em que se mete. O rei está em segundas núpcias com uma mulher ambiciosa que quer se livrar dos três: do pai, dela e do enteado. Apenas distrai. Aliás, sou grande admiradora do vestuário nos doramas de época, só que neste exageraram na opulência das roupas dos ricos, tudo muito rebuscado.
Monday, 15 June 2026
De Férias/Hollydays? Leia/Read "Passo Trote Galope/Walk Trot Gallop"
A romance about family, horses and friends now available in ebook at Amazon!
Below are indications of shops that sell the book Walk Trot Gallop in Portuguese.

~o~*~o~
Procure seu exemplar com desconto nos links abaixo. Se for presentear alguém, inspire-se em Olha que Ideia para fazer um belo embrulho.
Bom Texto Editora
Cia dos Livros
Livraria da Travessa
Livraria Argumento
Livraria Saraiva
Livraria Martins Fontes Paulista
Livraria Cultura
Livraria Prosa & Verso
Também por reembolso postal: Revista Business Rural 21 2491 1496
Friday, 12 June 2026
TGIF - Josh Swickard
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!
Thursday, 11 June 2026
Tuesday, 9 June 2026
137. Typhoon Family
KDrama no. 137 - Typhoon Family ***
SPOILER
O mulherio adora o ator principal, Lee Jun-ho e de quem eu só havia assistido a uma série, bonitinha, embora a parceira dele tenha os olhos muito inexpressivos que me incomodam. Achei que era hora de ver outro dorama estrelado pelo belo e escolhi o do garoto cujo pai morre e resolve assumir a empresa da família que estava a beira de falir. Contando com ele, são seis funcionários no total e todos lutam para sobreviver durante a crise econômica que a Coreia do Sul enfrentou no final dos anos 1990.
O garoto é impetuoso e assume alguns riscos em compras que faz para revender. Ainda por cima, enfrenta a maldade e a cobiça de adversários do pai, que usam de seu poder e do fato de estarem bem das pernas naquele momento. Tem o caso dos tecidos, das botas de segurança, dos capacetes resistentes, das luvas de borracha, das ventoinhas de computador e é insucesso atrás de insucesso. Em determinado momento, sobram no escritório ele e a contadora, o resto, por um motivo ou outro joga a toalha e vai buscar outras ocupações. Obviamente surge um romance entre o casal, mas este não é o tema principal e sim a resiliência do jovem e sua criatividade.
Vale assistir.
Sunday, 7 June 2026
Horse People
Horse owner acquantances fall into 2 categories.
The horse person...
And
The non horse person.
The Horse person knows the difference between a bridle and a halter...
What a hoof pick is...
The horse person is the one who takes turns walking a colicking horse....
Speaks to the vet...
And is your voice of reason when you cannot be.
When given baling twine...
The Horse person morphs into a modern day MacGyver...
There is nothing they cannot fix.
They examine poop with you..
Hold torches for you....
And have a wardrobe with one section dedicated to "Paddock Fashion".
During the summer months a horse person's choice of makeup is dirt and sweat...
With numerous "beauty" spots...
Also known as flies.
The horse person has a tack shed that to an outsider looks like a tangled mess of ropes and leather...
But not to them....
When asked...
The horse person knows this means....
Check the water..
Check the fenceline...
The horse person lives by...
Mention a Doctor and the response will be
"Nah she'll be right".
They are the ones who take note of wind changes thru bushfires...
And message you telling you that the float is hooked up and they are on their way to get your horses out.
The horse person knows what Psyllium is used for....
And the importance of salt.
They can rattle off every worming paste they have ever used on the horses.
Friday, 5 June 2026
TGIF - Seo In-Guk
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!
Thursday, 4 June 2026
Coração do Meu Brasil
Rio de Janeiro
Cidade maravilhosaCheia de encantos mil
Cidade maravilhosa
Coração do meu Brasil
Berço do samba e das lindas canções
Que vivem n'alma da gente
És o altar dos nossos corações
Que cantam alegremente
Terra que a todos seduz
Que Deus te cubra de felicidade
Ninho de sonho e de luz
Wednesday, 3 June 2026
A New Beginning
Just yesterday I learned through Blogspot that
more than 95 pct of my viewers are probably English-speaking persons! So, why
waste my time writing in my native language if my fellow country man and woman (less
than 0,52 pct) do not bother to visit my blog? I know of only one good friend
that usually comes to see what is cooking in my freaking mind — thank you, Tiane.
So, from now on the Bard’s words is what will be found here!!!
This blog started in 2007, mainly because I
love writing, but also because I was launching my first romance in Portuguese —
later it was translated to English: “Walk Trot Gallop”. I was frequently asked
why didn’t I write a long story because my main work was short fiction and cronics. After
reading the same novel for the umpteenth time because I loved it so much, I said
to myself: maybe I can try and do something like this. I chose to write something
related to horses, which I breed and therefore know a little bit about and 9
months before I started it came about. I was very proud of myself because it
was a challenge and I took it up front. Now, the line-up is Passo
Trote Galope, Quer Apostar?, Sob o Signo de Centauro, Carrossel, Vale das Luas,
Perdi a Cabeça and Só Cinco Noites. There is also a short story published with
another one from my sister — Dois em Um — unfortunately, with the
exception of the first one, all in Portuguese, but maybe this will change in
the future.
So, the main subjects in this blog are my
books, horses of the Arab breed, Rio de Janeiro — my beloved city, films and
books, some very personal observations about life and spoilers of the latest
vice: k-dramas. Welcome to my humble abode and hope you enjoy the reading.
Nancy Lustosa Barros Hirsch
P.S.: My books can be found on Amazon, also under
the name of Nancy de Lustoza Barros e Hirsch and Roberta Nors.
Tuesday, 2 June 2026
136. My Idol
KDrama no. 136 - Meu Ídolo ***
SPOILER
Monday, 1 June 2026
Acho que não!
Postado por Henrique Gomes no grupo Escritores ajudando outros escritores (com democracia)
"Teu livro passa no "Teste de Bechdel"?
Friday, 29 May 2026
Essa Paixão Chamada Dorama
Muita gente não entende o fascínio pelos dramas coreanos, ou asiáticos. Posso tentar explicar e não vai aqui nenhuma ordem de prioridade:
1. a produção em geral é excelente.
2. O fato de a série vir num pacote que tem começo, meio e fim atrai bastante, porque o espectador controla o tempo que vai dispender na frente da tela e, também, não precisa ficar aguardando por uma semana "as cenas dos próximos capítulos" - a não ser que tenha escolhido assistir aos lançamentos.
3. Na grande maioria das vezes, os protagonistas são m-u-i-t-o bonitos e/ou elegantes. E, como em toda fantasia, gentis, charmosos, misteriosos, atenciosos, embora a gente veja no pano de fundo uma sociedade coreana na qual patrões batem em empregados, professores são estúpidos, o preconceito de classe/ocupação/educação vigora, ser pai ou mãe solteiro (a) desabona. Mas, o que vale mesmo, é o sonho, o príncipe encantado.
Com relação à beleza dos artistas masculinos, um detalhe que atrai bastante o público feminino é o exotismo das figuras, que só faz somar aos enredos.
Considerem os desenhos das bocas desses artistas! Ji Chang-Wook, Byeon Woo-Seok, Kim Soo-Hyun, Lee Byung-Hun, Na In-Woo, Yoo Ji-Tae, Ahn Bo-Hyun.
Olhares penetrantes: Nam Joo-Hyuk, Namgung Min, Seo Kang-Joon, Kim Ji-Hoon, Lee Sun-Kyun.
E o mais completo de todos, na minha modesta opinião: So Ji-Sub.










































