lil_babe
Nov 14 2005 8 42 AM
whoa....in a hotel??episode 9....this sound interesting...someone need to spoil the episode after watching....i really wanna know what's going on here.
Guest
Nov 14 2005 8 42 AM
yup all in all. i jus hope that there will be more den 13 epis. Cos i simply can't get enuff of the show
hhhhh
Nov 14 2005 8 48 AM
I think they went to the hotel room becos they were drenched after falling into the water. She wore the shirt she bought him (the striped shirt shown in the preview). Here she will confess her love to Zhishu. This is based on the Manga.
lil_babe
Nov 14 2005 8 54 AM
Oh i see..how romantic..hopefully they kiss or he'll accept her love. thank hhhhh.
Guest
Nov 14 2005 9 06 AM
oh there was a hug too in the preview!! xq hug zs frm behind! so cute!
hhhhh
Nov 14 2005 9 08 AM
QUOTE (lil_babe @ Nov 14 2005 8 54 AM)
Oh i see..how romantic..hopefully they kiss or he'll accept her love. thank hhhhh.
Ya, We can dream on.With reference to the Manga, He definitely won't kiss her in the hotel. We'll still see this hot-and-cold treatment from ZHISHU. AAh....
reflections
Nov 14 2005 10 18 AM
oooh ep.8 was the best yet! so many sweet moments...
i loved seeing zs jealous already...as i recall from the manga he wasn't that jealous in the manga because he saw right through them in the beginning..
this version shows him liking her sooner which i like!!! i loved the carrying scene too...haha i wish i could get a piggyback ride but i'm not as small as ariel!
poor ah jin..he was so depressed...hopefully he'll get someone in the end like he did in the manga! (i don't remember if that is after they got married though)
Miss Watermelon
Nov 14 2005 10 41 AM
just wondering how fast does megaupload download for u guys? it just downloads soooooo slow for me! always drops to 10kb/ps even though im downloadin nothin else! yousendit and rapidshare is heaps fast though. any1 get this problem with megaupload or issit just me? but thank u heaps wongsz! i'll try dldin it now, see if this is faster or my bt. is this the ydy or icefish version?
yuni
Nov 14 2005 11 11 AM
Anyone with previews or spoilers? Pleaseee!....
Jackie
Nov 14 2005 11 13 AM
hahahahah I just watched ep 8!! and it's soooooooo sweeeeet!!
know does joe cares much more for her and show it tooo!!
but also.. hahahahha joe shows some jealousy tooo because of ariel!!!
OMG!!! can't wait for the next ep!!!
seems soo interesting!
wakeuptoreality
Nov 14 2005 2 13 PM
dreams29
Nov 14 2005 2 20 PM
like everyone else i LOVED this ep!! it was super cute! i LOVE seeing ZS get jealous! the funniest part for me was definitely in the movie theater. esp when she spilled her drink on that girl and tapped it at the end to make sure every drop was out. LOLLL.
when ZS was carrying XQ... he made her look sooooo light! but i really wish he cut his hair... back to the way it was in the beginning. i think its hilarious that in one ep his hair grew so much =P
metalhead
Nov 14 2005 2 44 PM
for me..i dont find XQ stilll liking ZS unbelievable~ i guess its because i think that kiss from graduation gave XQ to think that maybe ZS does like her a bit..i think thats whyh she didnt give up?? hehe.
but i find AH JING STILL liking XQ quite unlikely in real life?? i dont know..how can a guy keeeep liking a girl so much and so PUBLICLY when the girl doesnt even like him? its quite funny in the series..but is that possible in real life??

!! i wish i can find someone like that! haha!
tbone
Nov 14 2005 3 47 PM
QUOTE (littleb @ Nov 14 2005 2 07 AM)
First of all, this series IS base on a manga and it's for entertainment purposes only. However, as for anyone in real life acting this way, I would say yes, maybe. People have done more crazy and out there things before, so a girl persistently chasing a guy isn't that abnormal. XQ have liked ZS for 2 years and now they're even living under the same roof. She's liked him for so long that she can't just stop liking him even if he's cold/mean to her. You don't get to pick who you fall in love with. And now that they're living together, she can't help but notice him and pay attention to him, because she sees him everyday!! Also, ZS has never outright rejected XQ, except saying mean things to her, but he doesn't go out of his way to avoid her. He's helped her with so many things and this I think keeps her hopes up that he might have feelings for her in the future.
I think the theme song to this series is so perfect for it.

*Why she fell in love with him
What is she thinking
She's willing to give up her dignity and admirations
the game of girls chasing guys
and he pretends not to know
but floating in his brain is
the image of her smiling in front of his eyes
and she says
meeting the right person is a kind of fate
You need to aim
at the person you want
Will not wait to be approached anymore
*Credits to fufu for translated lyrics*
True...True... I guess that is why I am attracted to stories like this because it's fun to see what other people might have done differently in a situation. I wouldn't go that far, because I would simply stop and move on. There are lotsa fish in the ocean. Hehehehehe...

Anyways, back to the story of this show again, I think most shoujo mangas have similar storyline, yes? Another question, that gesture of giving love letter to provess love, is that common in Taiwan also or what? because back when I lived in Indonesia, I don't think that ever happen. Not sure what the environment is like. I just find it hilarious.
YeuCandy
Nov 14 2005 4 28 PM
Thank you qme988 so much for episode 8!!! YOU ARE THE GREATEST!!! I've been waiting for someone to upload episode 9 up by something other than bitComet or torrent!!! THANK YOU!!
jakely
Nov 14 2005 4 48 PM
Good day,
Does anybody know where I can get the lyrics of ISWAK's OST? Its soo lovely, specially the love songs sang by the girl...sorry dunno their names.
Thanks sooo much in advance
jakely
Nov 14 2005 6 22 PM
QUOTE (hhhhh @ Nov 14 2005 5 58 PM)
What is printed on that banner? can someone translate? Thank U
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/6863/bscap0248jk.jpgIf I am correct: it says,
welcome back...to live here again, something to that effect.
ahwoonjai
Nov 14 2005 8 47 PM
Contains SPOLIERS!!!
I just finished episode 7, even though I didn't understand the whole episode fully, but Joe finally likes Ariel and we can tell!!! He's jealous when Ariel was really close with the tennis guy (that has the braids); and to get back on Ariel, Joe goes to the movies with the mixed girl.....And I can't wait till episode 8.....
P.S. I dislike that mixed girl...so evil!
Wallace&Michelle
Nov 14 2005 8 54 PM
QUOTE (ahwoonjai @ Nov 14 2005 8 47 PM)
Contains SPOLIERS!!!
I just finished episode 7, even though I didn't understand the whole episode fully, but Joe finally likes Ariel and we can tell!!! He's jealous when Ariel was really close with the tennis guy (that has the braids); and to get back on Ariel, Joe goes to the movies with the mixed girl.....And I can't wait till episode 8.....
P.S. I dislike that mixed girl...so evil!
hahah you are not alone, i hate her too! she is so damn annoying
littleb
Nov 14 2005 9 11 PM
QUOTE (Wallace&Michelle @ Nov 14 2005 8 54 PM)
hahah you are not alone, i hate her too! she is so damn annoying
I think she's not that bad here...the girl that played her in the Japanese version was REALLY annoying.

She was so much more agressive in her pursuit of Naoki and a lot more mean and snobbish towards Ariel's character. I'm not saying I like the snobby girl (can never remember her name), but she could have been a lot worse and more scheming.
In the Japanese version, there's a part where snobby girl kisses Naoki purposely to spite Kotoko because she knew that Kotoko was hiding around the corner watching them. I wonder if that part is also in the manga and if they will include it in this Taiwanese version...
gloria83
Nov 14 2005 9 19 PM
can someone teach me how to upload on you send it and megaupload?..so i can help with uploading episodes...
Gummi Bear
Nov 14 2005 9 45 PM
Does anybody still have the english scanlation to this manga? Please, can you upload it again please??
GenuinelyKnown
Nov 14 2005 10 16 PM
I can't wait for episode 9. She finally hugs him.

They're finally going to be together... for a while anyways. He seems so jealous in episode 8.
hhhhh
Nov 15 2005 12 36 AM
QUOTE (gloria83 @ Nov 14 2005 9 19 PM)
can someone teach me how to upload on you send it and megaupload?..so i can help with uploading episodes...
Click here
http://www.yousendit.com/Put you Email as the recipients and then pick the file that you want to upload and then click send. After its done it will give you a link. Remember, yousendit only lasts a week or up to 25 downloads(whichever comes first))
metalhead
Nov 15 2005 2 02 AM
QUESTION:: HOW MANY EPISODES WILL THIS HAVE?i went on the ctv website..and the storyline goes up to episode13...but then when i read it...the episode 8 we just watched...that particular part happened in episode 6's storyline on the website!!! if you guys get what i mean!! does that mean it'll be longer than 13???? does anyone know????



!!!
dominyqz
Nov 15 2005 2 36 AM

lmao lmao lmao!! LOL...ZX finally shows some symptoms of jealousy...LOL!...that's really very funny especially when he found out arieal and their senior sneaking behind the bushes whispering while laughing .. lol...next episode seems funny.. ^^ can't wait..
nana_ng
Nov 15 2005 3 14 AM
QUOTE (hhhhh @ Nov 15 2005 12 58 AM)
What is printed on that banner? can someone translate? Thank U
http://img476.imageshack.us/img476/6863/bscap0248jk.jpgit reads "welcome once again to cohabiting"
purplexx
Nov 15 2005 3 52 AM
QUOTE (hhhhh @ Nov 15 2005 10 47 AM)
Thanks nana_ng. Cohabitting! That's wacky. Must be Mama's doing.

yup.. haha.. and she even confronts ZS about him kissing XQ!!
Lucreshia
Nov 15 2005 6 09 AM
Does anyone know where I can find translated lyrics of the OST? I love the songs but can only understand bits and pieces since my Mandarin is pretty weak. Thanks!
Miss Watermelon
Nov 15 2005 7 09 AM
omg i just finished ep8 thanks to wongsz!! ahhhh it was soooooo good! i loved the tennis part! when he carried her, and the way the music played. ahhhhh!! which eps do u guys need? i'll try upload it on yousendit but no guarantees because my internet sux at uploadin, takes4eva.
munna1080
Nov 15 2005 9 27 AM
nice series...... currently i'm watching eps. 4......
the mv great too.....
rache_stars
Nov 15 2005 11 27 AM
QUOTE (purplexx @ Nov 15 2005 10 52 AM)
yup.. haha.. and she even confronts ZS about him kissing XQ!! 
yah! haha! his mom is so cute! i was laughing all the way at her tone and expression, which left ZS speechless after that!
i think my favourite part in episode 8 would be the part when ZS carried XQ off the tennis court, and XQ was asking the gods to forgive her cos she has fallen even more in love with ZS! Very sweet! Another favourite part would be when he piggybacked her! I realized that he was the one who actually made sure she got onto his back by pulling her hand, and i love these little gestures of his!
i can't wait for episode 9, cos i wan see his reaction when XQ hugged him from behind!
wakeuptoreality
Nov 15 2005 1 11 PM
QUOTE (rache_stars @ Nov 15 2005 11 27 AM)
yah! haha! his mom is so cute! i was laughing all the way at her tone and expression, which left ZS speechless after that!
i think my favourite part in episode 8 would be the part when ZS carried XQ off the tennis court, and XQ was asking the gods to forgive her cos she has fallen even more in love with ZS! Very sweet! Another favourite part would be when he piggybacked her! I realized that he was the one who actually made sure she got onto his back by pulling her hand, and i love these little gestures of his!
i can't wait for episode 9, cos i wan see his reaction when XQ hugged him from behind!

erm i think XQ will say that she likes ZS when she hugs him then ZS will say show how much you like me by doing well for your year-end exam or sth.. I THINK! based on the manga.. yupp. but i think ZS will be darn happy judging by how jealous he was.
haha...episode 8 was so funny!..it's so nice!!...first time seeing ji shu so jealous~..haha...i like it when ji shu was jealous...it's juz so funny..lol...umm, the tennis competition is funny..lol..ji shu gave xiang qing so many encouraging words...haha...no wonder xiang qing can make it..hehe^_^...wah..ji shu is so hot man!!...haha..and then he carried xiang qing to her apartment..glad that they moved back to ji shu's house...lol...ji shu was speechless when his lil bro asked him did he really kiss with xiang qing..haha!..funny~~...
ah jin, that guy who likes xiang qing..he's omg..alwiz dreaming..lol...he's another funny guy..but still i like ji shu the most...
can't wait for ep9..so sad...this show has like 6 more episodes to go..so sad..
tbone
Nov 15 2005 1 16 PM
QUOTE (wakeuptoreality @ Nov 15 2005 7 11 AM)
erm i think XQ will say that she likes ZS when she hugs him then ZS will say show how much you like me by doing well for your year-end exam or sth.. I THINK! based on the manga.. yupp. but i think ZS will be darn happy judging by how jealous he was.
HUAAAAAAAAAAAAA....I REALLY CAN'T WAIT TO WATCH EP. 9 NOW!!!
My husband thinks I'm crazy for going a bit gaga over this series but...I am less gaga over this one compared to DBY. When that came out, I was really bad leh. I stayed up until 4 AM everyday for like 4 days just to finish it! HAHAHAHAHA... Lucky this one I have to download, if not, that is it man.
burles
Nov 15 2005 1 29 PM
i cannot wait to finish this series! love it better than DBY.. ariel is growing in me.. ahhahahahah wanna be like her >.<
mitzie
Nov 15 2005 1 36 PM
Hello there everyone!!!
I'm new here and i know i'm way far behind from this movie series but could anyone provide me any links or upload this movie series from episode 1? PLEASE... need to watch it so bad and was searching for this files for weeks.....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Guest
Nov 15 2005 1 56 PM
QUOTE (metalhead @ Nov 15 2005 2 02 AM)
QUESTION:: HOW MANY EPISODES WILL THIS HAVE?i went on the ctv website..and the storyline goes up to episode13...but then when i read it...the episode 8 we just watched...that particular part happened in episode 6's storyline on the website!!! if you guys get what i mean!! does that mean it'll be longer than 13???? does anyone know????



!!!
You are right. I just read the sypnosis on their official website, and it's not quite matching up to the episode we are to be on. But I have heard three possible answers. 13, 16, and 20 episodes.
Can someone clarify?
hhhhh
Nov 15 2005 2 49 PM
I heard 13 episodes but the DVD will be 20.
jakely
Nov 15 2005 2 52 PM
Hi!
I saw the MV of It Started with a Kiss.
In the MV, JOE left Ariel? ( Scene where he took a taxi then the taxi suddenly stopped n he went back to hug her). Is this scene included in the series? Or they just made this scene for the MV?
I don't want Joe to leave Ariel!!
jakely
Nov 15 2005 3 04 PM
hhhhh,
Are you sure only 13 episodes? But the manga is quite long. it tackled their adult lives (not so sure though). So short. I wish ISWAK is longer. It is such a GREAT SERIES!!!
Joe ZHENG

I hope they get married at the end of the series...or else it would be really difficult for me to accept the finale.
BlurZai
Nov 15 2005 3 26 PM
Just finished watching epi 7 & 8... I love the NG part, Joe was laughing his heads off man...
tbone
Nov 15 2005 3 27 PM
QUOTE (mitzie @ Nov 15 2005 7 36 AM)
Hello there everyone!!!
I'm new here and i know i'm way far behind from this movie series but could anyone provide me any links or upload this movie series from episode 1? PLEASE... need to watch it so bad and was searching for this files for weeks.....PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE
Howdy!
I got this great link from pure2, a member of this forum too: check out D-Addicts
http://d-addicts.com/forum/viewtopic.php?t...ed+kiss&start=0I think...somewhere along the line there, it provides the direct download link to ep 1-6. I just couldn't remember which page. Sorry!

But they definitely have those there. They also have torrent file for ep 8 there. Sweet...Enjoy!
mulinets
Nov 15 2005 3 37 PM
eh?? 13 epi in tv and 20epi in dvd... but they can't add new scenes in the dvd, can't they? or they are going to add more scenes in the DVD? (i hope they do the dvd with english subtitle:)
eh?? 13 epi in tv and 20epi in dvd... but they can't add new scenes in the dvd, can't they? (i hope they do the dvd with english subtitle:)
littleb
Nov 15 2005 7 14 PM
QUOTE (jakely @ Nov 15 2005 3 04 PM)
hhhhh,
Are you sure only 13 episodes? But the manga is quite long. it tackled their adult lives (not so sure though). So short. I wish ISWAK is longer. It is such a GREAT SERIES!!!
Joe ZHENG

I hope they get married at the end of the series...or else it would be really difficult for me to accept the finale.
jakely - I think that the series will probably end around Volume 7 of the manga, when Naoki (ZS) finally confesses his love for Kotoko (XQ). Unless if they decide to make a part II of this series, we definitely won't see everything that's in the manga. Right now ep. 8 is only somewhere along Volume 4 of the manga, so we still have a long ways to go. Not to mention the manga's not even finished itself, so....who knows. Maybe after he confesses to her, they fast forward in time to show them getting married. We can only hope, since I did see a picture of them in wedding attire.
Also, as for your question about the MV, I think that they just made up that little part where he leaves for school so they can have a romantic part where he runs back and hugs her.

As far as I know, in the manga, he doesn't go far away until after they're married and it's for work purposes.
Lililasoh1
Nov 15 2005 8 00 PM
QUOTE (mulinets @ Nov 15 2005 3 37 PM)
eh?? 13 epi in tv and 20epi in dvd... but they can't add new scenes in the dvd, can't they? or they are going to add more scenes in the DVD? (i hope they do the dvd with english subtitle:)
eh?? 13 epi in tv and 20epi in dvd... but they can't add new scenes in the dvd, can't they? (i hope they do the dvd with english subtitle:)
They won't add scenes in the dvd...or anything, but they will probably cut down the length of each episode to 40 min, since the tv-version is about 1hour and 10 min. That is why the dvd have more episodes...but it contents the same thing
metalhead
Nov 15 2005 9 55 PM
QUOTE (hhhhh @ Nov 15 2005 7 49 AM)
I heard 13 episodes but the DVD will be 20.
THANKS!!!!

QUOTE (littleb @ Nov 15 2005 12 14 PM)
jakely - I think that the series will probably end around Volume 7 of the manga, when Naoki (ZS) finally confesses his love for Kotoko (XQ). Unless if they decide to make a part II of this series, we definitely won't see everything that's in the manga. Right now ep. 8 is only somewhere along Volume 4 of the manga, so we still have a long ways to go. Not to mention the manga's not even finished itself, so....who knows. Maybe after he confesses to her, they fast forward in time to show them getting married. We can only hope, since I did see a picture of them in wedding attire.
Also, as for your question about the MV, I think that they just made up that little part where he leaves for school so they can have a romantic part where he runs back and hugs her.

As far as I know, in the manga, he doesn't go far away until after they're married and it's for work purposes.
I read the storyline (plot) on the ctv website..and i think they will show them getting married!! At the very last episode..

!!! so happy!!! maybe they did skip a lot of stuff from the manga!! ...and wow the manga isn't finished yet??? hmm..~~ ^^!! cant wait to see ZS and XQ againnn!! dying for sunday to come!!!

!!
fobster #1
Nov 15 2005 10 07 PM
QUOTE (jakely @ Nov 15 2005 2 52 PM)
Hi!
I saw the MV of It Started with a Kiss.
In the MV, JOE left Ariel? ( Scene where he took a taxi then the taxi suddenly stopped n he went back to hug her). Is this scene included in the series? Or they just made this scene for the MV?
I don't want Joe to leave Ariel!!
Well, the in the Mv it said something about Joe leaving for school, they're dressed differently from the series so I don't know. Joe NEEDS to start showing SOME emotion. I think I like this better than DBY because we're like DYING to wait for something from him. Whereas in DBY, we knew MIke liked Rainie like in the early episodes.
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