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Hi everyone, my name is joop and I am a drama addict

Most of you know i'm quite the addict. I spend most of my downtime in dramaland, rom-coms are by far my favourite, period roms come a close second. My trusty ipad 2 with a flaking red cover is my favourite medium of choice.    

The show I've been "chasing" for the past week? "Scarlet Heart".  It isn't new and it was oddly introduced to me by my dad.  Ha! [Our conversations if at all related to the telly usually involves him telling me to switch it off and go to bed already!] I'm usually not a huge fan of mainland dramas but this one had Kevin Cheng (!) and everyone was talking about it, even my dad, so i had to see what the fuss was about! [PS: hao-e reminded me that Kevin is Linda Wong's ex-boyfriend and Linda's dad the one-armed swordsman Wang Yu criticized him for his pedigree (lack of), disapproved of the relationship... Such makjang material that we see so often in weekend Korean dramas in real life! *face palm* Oh and we just saw Linda at the Polygram concert too, which I will write about soon.]  

Anyway, besides Kevin who has obviously made his name now [Wang Yu, you were so wrong!], Nicky Wu of the Little Tigers boyband from the '80s is also in the show. [The rejuvenation of his acting career!]  The script was adapted from a novel about a history student who travels back in time to the Qing dynasty during Emperor Kangxi's reign and her ties with the emperor and his sons.  She gets romantically involved with Kevin first, then Nicky who ultimately ascends the throne, but she ends up married to another newbie good-looker  Kenny Lin.  She finally returns to modern time to find a man that looks uncannily like Nicky Wu. Yep, yet another drama about the KX and his sons.  This time a modern girl is thrown in the fray to add to the already complicated and tumultuous relationship between brothers who scheme and plot against each other for the dragon throne. 

The first time I watched the series I was skipping around, looking for highlights.  This time i'm watching every episode... just finished episode 29. Onward!
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