The manga Good Morning Call was written from 1997 until 2002, so there are a lot of things that stand out for being something of the era. So this will be a memory lane for some and an anthropological look at a past culture for others. So let’s take that blast into the past through … [Read more…]
In the Manga Good Morning Call, the main character, Nao, imagines herself working at a cute cafe selling cute menu items. Iced mint tea and Lemon honey waffles were the what she imagined serving to customers. It sounds delicious. I wanted to try it. And so I did. The Lemon Waffles The ingredients for waffles … [Read more…]
In the drama Good Morning Call, Daichi invites Nao to the aquarium. Nao believes that he invited her as a friend, but he had other motives. The drama inspired date for Good Morning Call is a quick and easy date. The Meeting Location The first part of the date can consist of meeting location at … [Read more…]
When I first decided to write about Good Morning Call, I wrote an article about cultural things that are mention in the drama. I ended up adding a few travel locations in the article. After writing about Playful Kiss, I decided that I need to add a separate post about Good Morning Call travel spots. … [Read more…]
I read the Good Morning Call manga for the first time back in January just so I knew the original story when I wrote about the drama. Recently I decided to read it again. I’ve discovered that sometimes you need to read things at different stages in your life. I know from January to now … [Read more…]
This is another Drama Travel Spots of the Taiwanese drama, You’re My Destiny. While this Taiwanese drama doesn’t feature a lot of places to travel, the characters still go places and so I made a list of the places they visited. Tsim Sha Tsui Tsim Sha Tsui is the located where Xin Yi and Cun … [Read more…]
You’re My Destiny/Fated to love you is a 2008 Taiwanese drama. Genre: Romantic Comedy, drama Episodes: 39 Summary Chen Xin Yi is a pushover sticky note girl who happens to cross paths with the president of Magic Spirit Group, Ji Cun Xi, when they both coincidentally take the same cruise. Due to circumstances, Xin Yi … [Read more…]
In the book Veil of Roses, Tamila goes to Starbucks where she is given a free sample of Mango Kiwi tea. She is confused and tells the barista that she isn’t interested, but he keeps giving it to her. My initial thoughts are: Starbucks has other things than coffee (I don’t go there because I … [Read more…]
As I read Veil of Roses, I was introduced to many delicious sounding food from the book. Not all of it was Iranian, but besides the cookies I made I have never tasted any of the following. Sholeh-Zard This dish is a Persian rice pudding that I may never make. One it’s key ingredients is … [Read more…]
Veil of Roses is a story about a young Persian woman who, on her 27th birthday, visits her older sister in the United States in order to get married and become a resident. Even though she comes from Iran, the majority of the story is set in Arizona, so much of the places are located … [Read more…]