Madam Antoine

Ko Hye Rim ( Han Ye Seul) is a famous fortune-teller. She is known as "Madam Antoine" and insists that she is spiritually connected to Marie Antoinette but that part is a lie. She is able to see through people's stories due to her intelligence and keen sense. She dreams of having love in a romantic film.

Ko Hye Rim then takes part in a psychological test progect conducted by psychotherapist Choi  Soo Hyun (Sung Joon ). His goal is to prove that true love does not exist. Coincidentally, the name for his psychological treatment center is Madam Antoine. 

I chanced upon this show while searching for Korean dramas last month ( The title caught my attention! ) and the first episode seems interesting enough for me to continue watching it.  

In the middle of the drama, some episodes were kinda boring but towards the end, I felt that everything fell in place nicely to close all the loops. At some point, I felt that some scenes mirrored to what I see - that some people do really close their hearts as a defence mechanism in order not to feel love, because of some incidents and that it takes courage for one to love again. 

It takes professionalism to have Han Ye-Seul acting cutesy in the show, yet I don't feel disgusted but on the contrary it just looks natural on her, until you watched the NGs in the end and realized she does feel embarrassed acting that way, for her age. 

I quite like Sung Joon in the show, felt that he acted pretty well, in his role as a psychologist who is unable to face up to his own inner demons - the inner struggles he faced while trying to show a nonchalant front. 

Morinaga Otona Pack'ncho ( Disney Rachel Green Tea )

I purchased a pack of Morinaga Otona Pack'ncho from Tokyo Hometown Japanese Supermarket in Melbourne last month. Made in Japan, they are the limited edition Disney Themed Matcha Biscuits.

I polished the whole pack in one seating because I was just so hungry and it was so addictive. The slight bitterness of the cocoa blends well with the matcha filling in the cookie. Satisfying!

How about trying out matcha snacks like the following? Get it from Amazon.
Morinaga Matcha Cookie
Pejoy Matcha Biscuit Stick

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Sakura Matcha KitKat

A dear friend has bought a 3 pack Sakura Matcha KitKat when she visited Osaka recently. I was delighted to see matcha in it, and gleefully tear open the pack.

A box contains 3 individually packs of 2 fingers Kit Kats. With a blend of green tea, cherry blossom and white chocolate, the Sakura Matcha KitKats are lighter in green tea but more on the white chocolate with a hint of floral taste.
In short, it is simply too sweet for me, even for my sweet tooth. I can't even go beyond 1 pack.

Ingredients :
Cocoa Powder, Yeast, Cocoa Mass, Emulsifier, Baking Soda, Flavouring, Sugar, Vegetable Oil, Lactose, Flour, Powdered Whole Milk, Cocoa Butter, Matcha Paste, Matcha, Yeast Food.

                           

Mister Please Come Back

A man is worked to death, but he comes back to the living world in the attractive body of another man for a limited amount of time.Lee Hae-Joon (Rain) is a perfect man with good looking appearance. He works as a section chief in the women’s apparel section at a department store. His body is actually possessed by the spirit of Kim Young-Soo (Kim In-Kwon) who was worked to death.Hong Nan (Oh Yeon-Seo) is a beautiful woman, but her spirit is possessed by tough guy (Kim Su-Ro).Shin Da-Hye (Lee Min-Jung) is a beautiful housewife, but her husband suddenly dies. She falls into a love triangle with Lee Hae-Joon and a promising store employee (Yoon Park).

My friends urged me to stop watching this and start watching Descendants Of The Sun but I just couldn't, so now I am probably the last Korean drama fan who has yet to watch DOTS.

Mister Please Come Back may not be the best drama but the storyline is meaningful. I can't take my eyes off Lee Min Jung and I thought Oh Yeon Seo acted pretty well in her dramatic role. I see her in a different light now.

It is funny and silly at times. But certain scenes made you ponder upon the meaning of life. In reality, many people probably regret on how they take their loved ones for granted after they passed away and this drama made it possible for the male leads to set things right.

The ending was kinda ambiguous, did they die or did they not?