ISWAK – My Guilty Pleasure..

I’ve always said I don’t like watching TV and I find it really tiresome to watch long and endless TV dramas. But last Holy Week when everyone went to take vacations, me and hubby, let’s just call him H was left with nothing much to do. I went our dvd storage when I came across It Started With Kiss DVD.

I remember a cousin lending it to me some eons ago and I never got to watch it coz I was thinking its too long and probably too dramatic for my taste. I never liked too much crying hooplas on a series. Now left with nothing to do, we decided to watch ISWAK, and to our surprise we loved it!

Probably because the show was light and funny and romantic too. The only complaint I have with the series is its sooo long and the female character was just too stupid, I mean I would have liked it better if the character developed to a less klutzy, less stammering etc person. The actors in these series have a remarkable chemistry that you simply can’t help but empathize with them. At first you’d think love might be impossible between an attractive, smart guy and a clumsy, plain girl, this series would make you think again.. I know I’m blabbering like a teenageer, but watch it you might agree with me. It’s light, funny and very endearing..

Here’s a bit of an into…

ISWAK is about a not-so-bright high school girl (she’s from Class F!), klutzy, bubbly and optimistic girl Xiang Xin (played superbly by Ariel Lin). Xiang Xin is in love with the school’s resident genius, Class A student Zhi Shu (Joe Cheng). Zhi Shu is your all around genius, cold and a bit of a snob and he hates stupid girls. So Xiang Xin got rejected when she took the courage to confess here feeling for Zhi Shu. H thinks it was just hilarious when it was announced over the school’s public address system that “Hey! Xiang Xin of Class F’s proposal got rejected by Class A’s Zhi Shu!”

Fate, however, intervenes because an earthquake destroys Xiang Xin’s house and her father decided to let her stay with his bestfriend’s family. Papa’s bestfriend turns out to be Zhi Shu’s dad! It gets more interesting because Zhi Shu’s mom have taken a liking (now that’s a mild term!) to Xiang Xin and was determined to get the two of them together. Xiang Xin and Zhi Shu’s mom are a bit similar, they are both so crafty yet their plans almost always don’t work.

Will the close proximity give her a second chance to win Zhi Shu’s heart? Or, will her love for him end under his cold words? What happens when there is competition for his heart? Find out and watch it.. Check our www.mysoju.com, if you want to watch the series online via streaming. Wanna read the summaries of the manga (the series was based on a Japanese Manga, Itazura na kiss), visit www.suki-desu.com.

And good news! This one has a sequel already and it revolves around Zhi Shu and Xiang Xin’s married life.. As usual its hilarious and I think I like the female character here better than the first part. They didn’t downplay much of Ariel’s beauty so she looks a bit of a much to the handsome Zhi Shu, although she’s still clumsy as ever Wanna watch it? MySoju will again feed your addiction to this drama, they regularly update so check it out for new episodes.

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