Pasti semua sudah perasan akan trend novel didramakan atau difilemkan di Malaysia. Dan sudah semestinya yang paling popular adalah drama Nora Elena yang diangkat dari novel Kasih yang Suci, karya Meen Zulaikha. Begitu juga dengan filem Lagenda Budak Setan dan Ombak Rindu. Dan yang terbaru sekali adalah Gemersik Kalbu dan Bicara Hati.

Tapi…tahukah semua bahawa trend ini sebenarnya sudah lama di negara jiran kita, Thailand? Kebanyakan (jika bukan semua) lakorn yang top-rating adalah diadaptasikan dari novel. Contoh klasik sudah semestinya ‘Silamanee’ lakonan Kob dan Paul yang rasanya hingga kini memang sukar ditandingi.

Silamanee

Contoh untuk lakorn terbaru yang diadaptasi dari novel pula adalah:

Ka Kaung Khon (Pong dan Noon)

Mia Taeng (Rome dan Chompoo Araya)

Game Rai Game Rak (Nadech dan Yaya)

Dan seperti di Malaysia, kebanyakan lakorn yang top ini berkisar tentang kahwin paksa…haha!! Yup, the marriage-in-name only plot. Mula-mula tak suka + benci + menyampah tahap gaban lepas tu fall deeply in love. Bila dah suka sama suka tu pulak, ramai lar muncul penyibuk2 yang nak buat hero-heroin kita ni divorce.

Atau...

Plot hero yang sangat jerk, suka berdendam dengan heroin. Lepas tu selalu wat jahat jat heroin sebab nak balas dendamlah kononnya and then...tup..tup..tup...terjatuh cinta kat the girl. Yup, the slap and kiss punya genre.

Cliché?? Sangat!! Tapi itular yang kita suka, kan?

p/s: nak sangat tulis review pasal GRGR, tp blm smpt lagi utk tgk so tak dptlar review lg.
Mental note: cari masa untuk tengok GRGR!!

Remember I wrote that I was hoping that KKK won’t have too much conflict with too much of Nang’ek stupidity??? Well, my hope was broken into pieces. Ok, ok...i was just being exaggerated. I guess I am now infected with EXACTgerated style…haha!!!

I wish I don’t have to write about this. But, yes…you didn’t read it wrong. Our cute adorable Margie in KKK will be gone. Margie has leukemia at final stage and after fighting for some times, she will be leaving her daddy, mummy, uncle Peemarn, auntie Nah Tah, grandma and everyone else.

Huwaaaaaaaaa!!!!! It just too heart breaking. I seriously, seriously hate this EXACT style of making cute adorable kid to die in their lakorns. Remember Tommorrow I’ll Still Love You?? The little girl (Por’s niece) also died…

This is Margie’s last word for her beloved daddy. She told Khun Luck that she loves him when they were in the hospital before Margie was operated. It was really, really sad watching her in pain. And Khun Luck tried so hard to not cry in front of her. It must be hard for him to do that…huhu

Margie’s last word for Khun Gluay was actually in her dream. Khun Gluay was sleeping in her room when she dreamed of Margie in white dress teasing her and hugging her and then tells her how much she loves her mummy. And Khun Gluay was about to hug her more, Margie was gone….=(

When I watched the episode, my heart surprisingly goes to Peemarn. He was so devastated that his child was sick and passed away. He blamed himself and he being the cry-baby of the family, did cry a lot!! He cried when he watched Margie sleeping, he cried when he watched Margie playing, he cried when he talks about Margie, well…he just cried and cried and cried…… If I were Khun Nah Tah, I would definitely say, “Stop crying!! Brace yourself, be strong. Margie doesn’t want to see you like this…”

Good thing Khun Nah Tah is not me, I mean she’s not as cold-hearted as me. I’m sorry but I just cannot stand a cry-baby man. One time is fine, I kinda like a man who could cry, not just keeping everything inside for the sake of his pride; two, three times are also fine but too many times??? I’m so sorry but it’s just annoying!!

Okay, okay….it’s totally fine for me that he cries for his daughter. But the other times??? When Khun Gluay rejected him, when he found out that Khun Luck is going to marry Khun Gluay, when Khun Nah Tah decided to withdraw the engagement and so many other crying scenes. Seriously, Khun Peemarn needs to learn how to NOT cry over everything…..

Owh, I just love the not-so-cliché style of KKK. And my favorite one would be Khun Luck’s claim that his Gluay is pregnant with his child. In most of the lakorns that I’ve watched, when there’s someone claiming to be prego, that person would be the annoying, irritating Nang’rai.

Here I came up the usual “i’m pregnant” scenario….hehe

Nang’rai: “I’m pregnant, you have to be responsible…” and then, weeps, weeps….(Ewwwwww, so annoying!!!)

Pra’ek: “What??? But I……” (Looking at his Nang’ek with guilty feeling)

Nang’ek (while crying and after slapping her man): “We are over!!!! You’re going to be a father, you’ve to be responsible.”

Pra’ek: “But I love you, I want to be with you…” (Now crying and grabbing his Nang’ek)

Nang’ek: “There’s nothing between us anymore. Please think of the baby; please be a good father…” (Owh, Nang’ek…Nang’ek, you’re being stupidly too good, too kind hearted again…haha!!)

So, when Khun Luck came up with the idea of claiming that Khun Gluay is pregnant, I was “Wow!!! You’re so tricky, Mr. I love my wife, but I don’t want to tell her…” Haha!!

And now he has to make sure that she gets pregnant for real, which he might successfully did in Ep. 10…hehe. Well, let’s just wait for our little Luck or little Gluay…=)

Khun Luck is surely going to be happy about this. After all, that’s exactly what he’s trying to do (watch ep. 10..hehe). Nope, that’s not what I mean, actually. Sorry for such controversial title, haha!!

I just read this in iheartlakorns and wanted to share it with you. Yes, our KKK Nang’ek, Noon Woranuch is going to take a break from the entertainment industry to start a family with her dear hubby, Todd. Thanks, Lyn for the info…=)

Noon and Todd has been married for almost a year (their first anniversary will be in May). They got married in May 2010. The traditional wedding ceremony and the registration of her marriage were held on May 14, 2010 but the reception was held on May 19, 2010.

I think their marriage is one of a kind that we cannot easily forget because it was held amidst turbulent time in Bangkok, at the height of the protest in the city. The reception was actually held a day after the burning of Central Shopping Mall in Bangkok by protesters.

And now, I would personally wish her good luck and I’m hoping that both her and her husband will have beautiful babies….=)

Ok, i'm so addicted to this Ka Kaung Kon aka A Person's Value!!!

This lakorn is currently airing and so far i think there are 7 episodes. If you want to watch it with English subs, you can look for it at YouTube. Ananymousblue2001 is subbing it. Thanks so much, dear!!!! =)

~Pong and Noon~

The Pra'ek and Nang'ek for KKK is Pong Nawat and Noon Woranuch. Remember Pong??? He's Por from Tomorrow I'll Still Love You, my other favorite lakorn. As for Noon, honestly i never watched her before. Yeah, i know she's quite popular but....i'm not sure, maybe i just cannot find any of her lakorns that attract me before. Guess i need to start digging out more about her and her lakorns...haha!!

KKK is like your common slap and kiss, i-hate-you-but-i-love-you lakorn. But still, i love it!!! Well, i mean so far i love it. There's still looooong way to go before i can really say that this is a very good lakorn. I'm just hoping that in the middle of this lakorn, there won't too much conflict with too much of Nang'ek stupidity and too much of Pra'ek uncontrollable jealousy. These kind of things are just not my type of coffee....

But so far, i'm loving their characters. Noon as Khun Gluay is not your common 'cry baby' Nang'ek, i think. She knows how to fight, how to protect herself and a very composed lady. And Pong as Khun Luck is...well, your common Pra'ek actually. But i do like the fact that he knows how to control his jealousy (just a little!!!), he listens to her and he respects her though she is her wife-in-name only.

So, what is this KKK about??

Synopsis:

KKK is about Khun Gluay, a beautiful Thai traditional dancer. She met Khun Luck, a rich guy who thinks that every woman is just a price tag. Khun Luck has a brother named Peemarn who is deeply in love with Khun Gluay. When they first met, Khun Luck insulted her saying that she just want money from his brother and they quarreled. Khun Gluay told him that money cannot buy a person's value.

However, Khun Gluay's brother Kai is in debt with a loan shark and put their Grandma's garden house in mortgage. They need 10 million bath to pay to the loan shark if they want to keep the house. And in the mean time, Peemarn's mother, Khun Kare is trying to marry him off with Khun Nah Tah, a minister's daughter and also the daughter of his boss. So to keep him away from Khun Gluay, Khun Luck need to marry her first.

Khun Luck agrees and hires Khun Gluay to be his fake wife. Though not wanting it, Khun Gluay agrees as she need the money to save the garden house. And they will divorce once Peemarn agrees to marry Khun Nah Tah. Little did they know that they will fall deeply in love with each other....

The trailer: