Raiyah

Profile is under construction. Set only to non mobile viewing (in order words if you're seeing this in mobile, it's going to look messy). Still slowly adding all the Asian movies I've seen since childhood as I recall them. Been a lurker on this site since it first was created, but never joined until years later when thanks to animation as well as 2 dramas aided me out of a depressive time and re-inspired/re-awoken my passion for Asian media full force.

I don't sign on here as often as AW and other animation sites, however that doesn't mean my interest is any less. I mainly use this to chart movies I loved as I prefer those over dramas.

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My Journey into Asia-

Hong Kong - First experience in Asian movies, and still have a lasting hold. Angelica became my first favorite Asian actress

And of course I would be lying if I didn't mention these actors below were my first ventures into Hong Kong.

Taiwan - I have more memories of discussions back then then actually watching alot, but I still appreciate the classics, charm and the dialect.

JAPAN- My Love and Passion found

Asia was no longer just Asia from that point onwards and Hollywood officially got tossed as Japan had EVERYTHING I loved in even culture and language. It made my middle and high school days complete, and made sense to me in so many levels. It even awakened my romantic side while it seemed every other country's romance stories was too overbearing for me to hold interest.And yes it made me go from being a person that thought would happily end up being a nerdy spinster to envisioning marriage as something......'possible' Not to forget this was also the time I started actually fangirling over learning actor's names/careers asides from just word of mouth/text.

Thailand- Oh Thailand, unexpected and purely by chance, but caught my interest and now they're my nostalgic favorite right after Japan & tied with Korea

and yes this guy is oozing talent. He needs bigger roles

Korea- I actually started out highly disliking Kdramas because their popular remakes at the time annoyed me with their acting compared to Japan. However when it came to movies- I'm so thankful I gave them a try

And nowadays of course I've made room for Korea select dramas and amazing characters

China- Shocked that it took me so long to watch a Chinese movie......??? However considering Cantonese/Mandarin movies were my first entry to my Asian journey.....techincally I wasn't too far off.

and their historical costumes....one word beautiful-

Vietnam, Malaysia & Laos- Add these to the database already!!!! They don't make alot but I loved these 3. Papaya is what made me admire Vietnam as the beauty that it is.