Fiction Novel Review: Fan Girl

September 2, 2015

Reading was never fun to me until I got infatuated by my first novel reading few years ago. Now, I sometimes find myself struck in the fictional world sinking into plots of stories.

This is my first fiction book review. It’s called “Fan Girl” by Rainbow Rowell. I had heard a lot about Rowell’s bestseller “Eleanor & Park” and positive reviews about the novel. However, I decided to lift Fan Girl for reading instead because I want to explore the writing of the author not her fame.

Fan Girl by Rainbow Rowell

Fan Girl by Rainbow Rowell

Fan Girl is about a girl, Kath, who is a loyal fan to Simon Snow, a fictional character who was created in the story. Using Simon Snow Character, Cath has put Simon in her own fictional world and settings. The novel follows Cath’s life being attached to Wren, her twin sister, her relationship with her workaholic father and her introvert life as a first year student at a university. The story also explores a typical journey of teenage love and school problems.

I give the book 7 out of 10. It’s very funny to see the down-to-earth relation between a father and a daughter and hilarious to a normal and typical teenage love progression. It might fit the taste of many teenagers.

However, I was distracted every time Cath talks or recites her writing about Simon Snow, the in-the-book-fictional-character. Maybe this is why I give this novel a 7 not an 8 point. I got lost and taken out of the story as I couldn’t relate this fictional character.

Spend Time Wisely

December 29, 2014

If you are on the bus PHNOM PENH – SIEM REAP or SIEM REAP – PHNOM PENH, Kampong Thom province, is a stop by point. Make a 15 minute walk at the Kampong Thom market. The biggest open market with everything you can look for ranging from lived fingerling to dry fish, or traditional to modern remedies. #visitcambodia #kampongthom #kingdomofwonder #recommendedplace #wheretogoincambodia

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Recommended Insta to Follow

December 27, 2014

On Instragram? Here is one recommended personnel Instragram. Get updated from all over places on earth.

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Recommended place to see the best sunset on earth

December 27, 2014

Kakheng, Siem Reap, Cambodia.
One of the best place on earth to view sunset from a historic mountain. Locating in the heart of Siem Reap province, Bakheng mountain is a tourist attraction for its fame temple constructed on its top and the heigh that allow you to view the provicnce landscape.

Visit Cambodia, it will amaze you the way you will never be able to forget it for the rest of your life.

Cambodia, Kingdom of Wonder.

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Ahead

August 9, 2013

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Pursat, cambodia

Review: Lost in Paradise

January 18, 2013

Learning language by watching films becomes my addicted hobby since when? I also don’t know it. Today I would like to share with you a quick review on a Vietnamese film called Lost In Paradise. My Vietnamese is so very poor and through the whole film, I could only understand 20%, not 15% only. However, the story really tells everything.

The film depicts a reality of a past which many people learn decades ago, prostitution by force and by will, poverty reality, circle of a life, discriminating love, gay topic, friendship, tragedy and more.

The film goes with two different stories which by angles are in almost common situation. The first story involves homosexual love of three men. The second story depicts a love of a mentally handicapped man loving a female prostitution as he struggle to hatch an egg then raise a duckling. I like how the director and write depict the second story. It is rally emotional, sad and stimulates people to think what life is (as I did that when watching it.)

Though the ending of the film is not a happy ending, I just feel it’s an ending, sad, death, murder confession, going forward.

I would rate this film a 4 out of 5.

Wedded Wife Vs Beloved Faked Husband

January 14, 2013

Mia Taeng Vs Khun Samee Kammalor Tee Ruk

or Wedded Wife Vs Beloved Faked Husband

Wedded Wife

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Khun Samee kammalor Tee Ruk

(Pictures credit to tagged)

A very good reverse of stories of the two popular lakorns of Rome Patchata and Chompoo Araya A. Hagett.

Mia Taeng (wedded wife), a drama, love, intense series of a man with two women.  Kongkai married Arunprapai for the sake of his mother though he thought his heart was with Prongchat. Arunprapai became a thorn in Kongkai’s eyes seeing her as a greedy woman marrying him for his money. As time went by, Kongkai see a complete different image of Arunprapai he had in his head and he knew he fell for his wife (haha) however his promise with Prongchat  and Arunprapai’s ex-boyfriend always came between the two.

Khun Samee Kammalor Tee Ruk (beloved faked husband) a complete different story line from Mia Taeng (wedded wife). They are already very different just by the name of the series. Pimapha, a beautiful confident brand manager of Naree Cosmetic was success in every work she laid her hands on, but not for her marriage love. She was stunned when two women introduced themselves a lawful wife and girl friend to her groom just before her signing on the marriage certificate. She was ashamed by the fact until she met Ton, a handsome good kind hearted and rich man, whom she begged to be her husband when she was drugged. They then agreed to be faked couple and promised to break up if their secret got caught.

Series What interest me What annoy me Conclusion
Mia Taeng

– Very good script for a TV series

– good acting for all actor

– intense but with humor at some part

– dumb main actor (Kongkai)

– why they always put Buddhism as a way for  bad people

– so simple ending

I just love the scripts and the progress of the story. 9/10
Khun Samee – a very pro-woman series for the modern time

– There my ideal man

– good acting

– wise character

– sometimes I feel it’s to pro-woman

– It’s always questionable if that kind of man really exists in the world as I watch it.

– too perfect of a man and woman.

Though I know it’s too set up, I just love the couple. They make better couple here.  Good pace of story progress. 9.1/10

“Yes or No”

January 10, 2013

It was quite a while I was away from this blog. I think I would like to resume my activity through this post.

A review on a Thai film called “Yes or No”. A light hearted lesbian film with part 1 in 2010 “Yes or NO” and its sequel “Yes or NO 2” in 2012.

I just went through this film when I was bored back then and wanted to watch a Thai film to enhance my Thai language. Well, then on youtube I came to this film.

I never support or reject this kind of love. I think that they have their right. So I just hope that everybody on this earth spend their every second of their life span for being their own selves. And that was why I watched this film.

The plot is so easily predicted. The conflict is so simply simple. I think that there should be more spider net conflict than it was figured in the film. Characters in the films are not that good in acting. I feel a lot of awkward feeling between the two main leads. However they are cute and “naruk ha”.

The cuteness, charming  and strangely exotic  traits in the acts (though I think they should be from the real self) kept me going on to its sequel.

The ending is just somehow expected. I heard that the films were not so popular in Thailand but they had a welcome box in China and online views.

If I would rate these films, I would give them 3/5.

Here is for those who would like to watch them.

“Yes or No”

“Yes or NO 2”

I do not own the below videos.

It Took Two Years to Realize “First Love”

June 21, 2012

I heard really a lot about the film from Thai friends of mine, but I never got the chance to watch it until last night.

They sure look good together.

First Love, สิ่งเล็กเล็ก ที่เรียกว่า..รัก, a story about a girl named Nam who falls in love with Shone, a boy with great look, good with photography and study, but traumatized by his father’s experience missing a goal for free-kick penalty. Nam does everything her friends tell her following instructions from a book, “Nine Recipes of Love”, hoping that Shone pays some attentions to her. Go with beauty techniques for white skin, giving him chocolate, involve in every extra curriculum that shone’s in, and tear herself to study from bottom of the class to the most outstanding of the school. (Haha, love changes her well).  She does her best for 3 to 4 years to at last find the confidence to confess her to him, before she leaves to the U.S. She is rejected. Last scenes show that Shone is actually in love with her (since her first attempt) for a very long time but has to keep mum for the sake of his friend. But lastly, they meet again and sure they both still have feeling for one another.

It’s hard to woo a man

How could she manage to change herself from the left to the right??? Please give me some tips.

I love the girls, so innocent.

It’s just like other happy ending stories. It’s an okay film, not great though. Girl falls for the boy. Some difficulties come in between. At the end the boy falls back for the girl. Love succeeds.

I heard that the film was more than a success in the box office.  Well I can see how the film reveals experiences, déjà-vu and reflection of the teens. (I can see some of mine too :))

If I have to rate the film, I would give it a 3 out of 5 (5 for best).

She’s Got Talent Shown at Wrong Place

June 20, 2012

It’s sure is a big and controversial news in Thailand as a Thai girl showed her special talent with her boobs and body on the stage of Thailand’s Got Talent last weekend.

The news went all over the youtube and other social networks, needless to say it went all the way to The Sun‘s page.

Using her boobs and body to paint

Actually, I was watching the show as well. I was very shocked to see her do that as well; however, I was not angry with her or didn’t feel that it was too much or inappropriate. I, instead, admired her for being such an innocently courageous in showing her talent on the public show. Unfortunately, she just showed it at the wrong place to the wrong audience. (Though, I still doubt that if it’s t o be say that she’s got a special talent or special courage.)

It wouldn’t be easy to clean the paint from the body. Oops..

I know that Thai are so conservative and sensitive with the topic of sex. It’s quite ridiculous to me since they can openly watch those stuffs at the cinema, not to mention that they even allowed the Sex and Zen be in their cinema.

I heard a lot that many people cannot accept her. Her parents would be super angry with her (They should be, if they are Thai).

However, i wish her luck and get over this critical time. Hope that she could use her talent at the right place with the right artistic head people. Good luck with the school as well.