Punisher: War Zone (2008)

a disfigured gangster returned for revenge from the punisher. forced back into war, he had to fight off the gangsters to save an innocent family he put into danger. a movie with great visual effects as well as actions! definitely a recommended catch for those who watched its first sequel.

Temptation to Go Home (2010) 回家的诱惑

the drama turned out to be a huge project for China's film industry because of its connection with the Korean drama named Temptation of a Wife (妻子的诱惑) broadcast in 2008-2009. it gathered not only artists from mainland China, its cast also included artists from Korea, Hong Kong and Taiwan.

the story was about a girl named Pinru, who got married into a rich family. she was gentle and kind, often taken advantage of. her new family treated her like a maid, having her took care of their everyday's needs. after an incident where she lost her first unborn baby, she failed to get pregnant within the next 5 years, which caused her to be mistreated even badly than before. her best friend named Ally, went to Paris on the same day as her wedding. 5 years later, she brought back a son, whom she claimed to be the child of Pinru's husband. when everything was a mess, with Ally demanding to join the family by plotting everything just to chase Pinru out, Pinru realized that she was finally pregnant. being divorced, she decided to raise the baby alone. but to make things worst, her ex-father-in-law wanted the baby after it was born. her ex-husband tried to talk her out of abortion, which she strongly refused. during an quarrel, she accidentally fell into the sea. they failed to find her, but because of the fact that she can't swim, they declared her dead. but she was actually saved by another family. she returned a different person, demanding for revenge.

although the drama was slightly long-winded, it managed to held our attention until the very end. the story went on and on about the never ending game of revenge. it was too easy to get influenced into liking one character or hating another. but the fun part was liking a character you originally hate, or vice versa. Pinru's character switching made the story interesting to watch. we were confident with the success of her plan, but it was the twists that we didn't expect that kept us glued to the screen.

Baka to Test to Shoukanjuu (2010) バカとテストと召喚獣

at Fumizuki Academy, the students were divided based on their academic results. the higher the grades, the higher the class n benefits. for Class A, the classroom was filled with air conditioners, cushion seats, laptops n even a snack bar. while Class F could only have broken tables with students sitting on the floor. however, students were able to call forth Summoned Beings during the summoning war between classes. the strength of the Summoned Beings depend on their owner's last test score. the winning class shall enjoy the luxury of exchanging classroom with the losing class. Akihisa was one of the student in Class F. during their exam, an intelligent girl name Himeji failed to complete her paper due to fever. for that, she was placed in the same class as Akihisa.

the anime introduced an idea slightly weird yet unbelievably fun to watch! its comedy usually hit right on the spot, changing the direction of the anime abruptly, caused me burst out laughing from time to time. the class representative of Class F, Yuuji, often with a straight face pointed everyone into taking part in the summoning war. although Class F was obviously at the disadvantage, they were eager for the exchange of classroom facility, thus risk taking hellish replacement classes to get their scores up. the motivation itself was already hilarious, not to mention having Akihisa as the idiot (Baka) to spice it up. not only comedy, the anime has a little romance here n there as well, for example the pairing between Akihisa n Himeji, although Akihisa was too dense to realize anything, they were still a fun pair to watch.

Pessimist.

she knew clearly the line particularly set for her not to overstep, responding accordingly to every upcoming situation but still, she obediently stayed within the border. when she thought she finally achieved minimal result, assumptions started flying around like some incurable disease, coming n going at will, eagerly initiating chaos under every originally peaceful engagements. such incidents reflectively showing one not only assumed solely the worst of others, but also of oneself. for often the one who lack self-esteem is the one assuming such thoughts on others. believing that she had tried everything that she could think of, she finally admitted that staying invisible was way easier said than done. steering clear didn't help, staying out of the way didn't either, even avoiding unnecessary eye contact resulted to null.

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