Number 11:

What is the strangest thing you have in your room? (You are not allowed to explain why you own it.)

It’s a custom built model and a stuffed toy of the hound from the game Dragon Nest.

Yep.

That atrocious, ugly looking thing.

Number 17:

Name a favorite of each: Asian drama, Asian actor/actress, Asian Drama OST.

I’ve answered this countless number of times that my most favorite Asian Drama is MY NAME IS KIM SAM SOON but just to give a different answer,  i also love IN TIME WITH YOU.

The script is AMAZINGGGGGGGGG, the acting superb and the whole flow of the story feels soooo real that you could relate to almost every single scene.

They gave the whole best friends in love forever a new twist and made destiny seem believable and not just a fairy tale ending.

As for my favorite Asian Drama Actor and Actress, yeah, Kim Sun Ah and  Hyun Bin takes the top spot but i also adore HER…

AND HIM!

Sexy ajusshi is sexy!

As for favorite drama OST’s, i think Goong’s You and I are Both fools by Stay is a classic.

fuckyeahasiandrama:

Thank you for not telling the truth. Otherwise, I would have certainly fallen for you. And then, very soon, you would have learned just how hard I am to love. How impatient I am. How dislikable. In truth I am a selfish bitch who really doesn’t know how to love. That’s why, eventually, all the men I’ve loved discovered very quickly how loveable other girls were and left me. Thankfully, you didn’t say anything. Thankfully… You are my very best friend. 

In Time With You tore me apart as a whole, but this scene in particular destroyed me. Mainly because I relate on more levels than I’d like to admit.

Preach sistah.

Preach.

DONNAPIE’S TOP 10 FAVORITE JEALOUSY SCENES IN AN ASIAN DRAMA

Girl, what have you done to me at Number 9:

Jiang Zhi Shu for Xiang Qin in It Started With A Kiss

There’s something to be said about a girl who drives a guy so crazy with jealousy that she drives him over the edge of sanity.

Zhi Shu is known for being rational, composed, calm and collected and it is the fact that Xiang Qin can make him act so out of character especially when he gets jealous that he couldn’t even understand why he’s acting that way.

He kisses her mercilessly, shouts at her that she can’t love anybody else because she can only love him, he relishes the angst of his love rival when he describes in graphic detail how he has one up over him because him and Xiang Qin have already kissed and he can sure freeze the hell out of any man who even dare to come near his Xiang Qin with his ice cold, glacial stare.

The reason why the jealousy from Zhi Shu emits such squeeworthy feelings from me whenever i watch him stems from the fact that he acts as if he couldn’t even give a damn about Xiang Qin and yet his jealousy belies that fact.

He’s like a lost, little puppy who’s been dumped to the curb whenever Xiang Qin even so much as mention leaving him and he flies into an absolute rage that he even surprises himself with the impulsiveness of his actions whenever he’s threatened with the possibility of Xiang Qin not anymore crushing on him.

Sure, we had our jealousy scenes in They Kiss Again too but i would forever hold ISWAK’s jealousy scene way above the fave meter when it comes to the two.

It may be due to the fact that they are already married in TKA that i feel that Zhi Shu has every right to be jealous too but in ISWAK, it is the uncertainty and the heart fluttering feeling of seeing him have his comeuppance over not giving Xiang Qin the time of day that makes his jealous scenes all the more fun to watch.

DONNAPIE’S TOP 10 MOST FASHIONABLE ASIAN DRAMA CHARACTERS

GIRLY GIRL AT NUMBER 2: Chen You Qing in IN TIME WITH YOU 

If there’s one thing that In Time with You has given me aside from one of the best love stories ever told in this lifetime, it is the worst case of closet envy that is ever known to womankind.

With her polka dotted dresses, colored peacoats and ruffly blouses, Chen You Qing is a total fashion A lister in my book.

Whether it be the nautical stripes that she favors or the dresses that she wears with such feminine class, i drool episode after episode over the things that she has in her wardrobe and how she wears it with such panache and confidence that is truly pleasing to the eye.

Chen You Qing always looks perfectly polished but there is also something flirty and playful with her whole look.

She retains her glamour with constructed garments and lines that suit her petite, delicate frame and much kudos should also be given as to how she is styled from head to toe and not just with the clothes she wears.

Whether it be her perfectly coiffed hair that’s in a bun or flowing freely around her shoulders, her natural dewy make up that only manages to accentuate how perfect her skin is, down to her to die for shoes and accessories, it is obvious that much thought is given by You Qing to how she presents herself to the world much like how she emits this vibe of a totally independent, strong and take charge kind of girl.

Indeed, Chen You Qing is one of the best dressed female leads i’ve ever seen in a drama. 

After all, let’s admit it.

If a woman can still make you envious of her clothes even if she is just lounging around at home in maxi dresses, loose sweaters, a haphazard bun and large framed nerdy glasses then indeed she is worthy of being one of the top contenders in this list not just now but maybe until forever.

DONNAPIE’S TOP 10 ASIAN DRAMA KISSES

SIZZLING AT NUMBER 3: THEY KISS AGAIN

HELL, YEAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH…

If there was one series that really lived up to its title then this one must be it.

Because i swear Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin did not just kiss again for this drama but they kissed again… and again… and again… and…

Oh well, i bet you guys all get the gist.

All 43 times of it.

Yes ladies and ladies.

You got that right.

There were 43 kisses interspersed in between 20 episodes or so of They Kiss Again and if that was not proof enough that Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin should be voted as the top Asian Drama couple with the highest sex drive and libido, then i don’t know what is.  

Seriously.

If there was any dilemma that i had about posting this series as part of my Top 10, it was not about how the kisses were not hot enough but rather which to pick among them because all of them were equally passionate and winning!

But alas!

In the end, the honeymoon kiss won out and how could it not?

When there was a solid 5 minute of Zhi Shu and Xiang Qin making out soooo intimately that i swear at times, i even end up getting embarrassed watching them.

The scene was just shot so sexually that i feel as if i’m a voyeur spying on two people who are so into an act of passion that is normally just reserved for inside the confines of someones own bedroom.

But who am i to complain?

When i savored every bit and morsel of the culmination of the 27 episodes of waiting that i suffered through in It Started with A Kiss that resulted into this explosion of feelings between an OTP that i have soooo longed for to get in this way together.

What added more to the sexiness of this scene was how Winnie, the director, did not score much of the scene so you can absolutely hear the smacking sounds that Ariel and Joe’s lips were making as they meet and parted.

Edward Cullen has nothing on Zhi Shu with the way he was devouring Xiang Qin’s neck again and again as if he wants to suck the lifeblood out of her.

So If this was real life?

I’d bet my savings that Xiang Qin’s neck would probably be riddled with hickeys and love bites the next day with the way he was just lapping her.

But that was only the start. 

Coz when they got to that bed?

The panting sounds that Joe made uncontrollably really made my lady parts flutter.

He was just so into the scene that it blurs the line between fiction and reality that you are absolutely just riveted to every move they make as a viewer.

This was surely one kissing scene without any holds barred.

It was not limited to the confines of the lips but all parts of their body was fair game.

Chin, neck, Ears, chest…

BY ALL THAT IS HOLY.

If i was a boy i’d probably be getting off on it.

At the end of it all though, i guess the love scene that you just witnessed afterwards is just considered icing on the cake.

Because what really matters after watching this two play beautiful music together in that matrimonial bed is the realization that one, Zhi Shu appears to really love Xiang Qin from the bottom of his heart in his own robotic, weird way and two, HOT DAMN, for a nerd this Zhi Shu’s got some moves and Xiang Qin sure did win getting him in all kinds of ways. 

Before i start with the countdown, i just want to say that i only really have three in my list.

I am normally REALLY annoyed by all the exaggerated cutesy, gag inducing acting that other T-drama actresses are famous for but this three are the only ones whom i can only tolerate and who i think is really deserving of the title of actress not just because they get by on looks but mostly because they really have talent.

At Number 3: Joe Chen Qiao En

For her mass appeal and for picking projects that showcase her innocence and comedy skills to the fullest.

I really don’t find Qiao En exceptionally cute or pretty and personally i think her acting seems pretty one dimensional at times, however,  it’s her mass appeal and the charisma she shows in portraying the characters she’s given that makes me drawn to watching her and to checking out her projects. 

At number 2: Rainie Yang Chen Lin

Ugh. That face.

I really think that Rainie is so drop dead gorgeous and i would not be embarrassed to say that if given the chance to be reborn again and choose my face, i would definitely choose Rainie’s if i’m Taiwanese and if i’m Korean, Han Ga In.

But in my opinion, the thing that makes Rainie such a standout despite her gorgeousness is the fact that she doesn’t seem to have any airs and she has no qualms about making herself ugly or contorting her face just to be able to bring on the laughs in her dramas. 

I mean, let’s admit it.

If she was able to make such an impression in such a bit role like Xiao Yu’s when she was still doing Meteor Garden, its  no wonder that she has made it this far and is now making waves as one of Taiwans top leading actress.  

And my most favorite T-drama actress of all time at Number 1 is:

Ariel Lin Yi Chen 

The girl is literally an acting chameleon.

Just watch In Time With You and then watch her in It Started with a Kiss and you’d get to see how she literally imbibes her characters and breathe life into them.

Heck even throw in a little of Tokyo Juliet and Love of the Condor Heroes and you’d get to see how she is able to reinvent herself as another person depending on the story and the character. 

The reason why i love Ariel’s acting and why i adore her as an actress is because of her ability to always show something new depending on her projects.

She’s a filial daughter, a good sister and she’s just so genuinely serious with her craft and with improving herself that you can’t help but admire not just her acting ability but also her values as an actress.

Another thing that’s inherent in Ariel is her ability to create crazy chemistry with anyone of her leading men.

People ship her with Mike then with Wu Zun then with Joe and Hu Ge and now with Bolin. 

And i can’t say i blame them.

It’s because she has this uncanny way of really making us believe that she is not just playing a role but rather living as the characters that we see in the story of any drama that she’s acting on.

The more that Ariel gets older, the more her acting matures and the more beautiful she’s becoming.

One thing is for sure.

I can’t wait to see what this girl has up her sleeve and i am still praying up to now that she would retract her drama retirement because if she indeed does it?

I will be almost half giving up already on watching Taiwanese dramas because to me?

She is really literally only one of the handful of T-drama actresses that are really worth watching.