‘Having eyes, but not seeing beauty; having ears, but not hearing music; having minds, but not perceiving truth; having hearts that are never moved and therefore never set on fire. These are the things to fear, said the headmaster.’ How would you like to have such a headmaster? I finally re-read (read it first as a teenager) Totto-chan, The Little Girl at the Window , a ‘school story’ by Tetsuko Kuroyanagi, translated by Dorothy Britton. Totto-chan is the name Tesuko Kuroyanagi called herself, and the book is about her life during her school days at Tomoe Gakuen. Totto-chan was expelled from her first elementary school because of her ‘disruptive’ behaviour, which included constantly opening and closing her desk top (because she was so thrilled by it), ‘vandalising’ her desk (because there wasn’t enough space on the piece of paper to draw) and standing by the classroom window waiting for street musicians to pass by or talking to swallows. Her mother, although probably alarmed about the ...
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dee
but on the subject of korean male stars, lee jung jae recently caught my attention. i watched the show typhoon on dvd. although the other guy acting as the pirate is more famous and supposedly more handsome, i find lee so full of charisma - i mean he oozes masculine sex appeal without effort. that's really cool! i don't find that kind of appeal in other chinese/jap/korean stars so far. aiyoh, now i shall go hunt for his other great movie called il mare. wonder if he will come up with more movies soon!
x-tongfang
My exact sentiments!
;-)
X-tongfang,
Are you put off by Rain's hairstyle?! I'm not sure if he has natural curls or if he perms his hair...
Hmmm... I don't know who lee jung jae is. Haven't watched enough K drama to know. ha ha...
i am sure they all perm their hair. out of curiosity i went to check out more on lee jung jae on the net and guess what kind of pictures popped up? him in various floppy, permed hair do. urggh. it really dashed all my good impression of him. movies really can create illusions.and i am disillusioned!! haha.
x-tongfang