On the forum, we are currently celebrating the 6th anniversary of ScanLover Forum. You can click here to check out the history of the forum. ScanLover Forum was established on September 10, 2004, and six years later, we are still going strong.
I’m fortunate that I was a part of almost 5 of the 6 years that ScanLover Forum has been around. It takes a lot of hard work and dedication to keep a site such as this one up and running for so long. I’ve seen many sites come and go in my time. For SLF to still be around is truly an accomplishment, and it all thanks to scanlover himself for maintaining the site, and from the contributions of the staff and forum members who’ve helped make ScanLover Fourm the site that it is today.
If you want to leave a birthday wish, you can do so in this thread or by leaving one in the comments for this post. Long live ScanLover Forum!
It’s been a while since I wrote about a beauty to appreciate, so today I wanted to write about someone who I haven’t checked out in a long while. Megumi is one of the first idols that I took notice to when I discovered ScanLover.com back in 2005 when the main site still existed. It sucks that she retired from being a gravure model and is currently an actress. At least we can always go back and check out her photos on the forum.
This post also came at a great time because Megumi will also be celebrating her 29th birthday in a few days. In another year, she’ll become part of the Mature Wing. I wish I knew more about her, but if you happen to do so, make sure you leave a comment and share your thoughts with everyone.
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Today I watched the film called The Japanese Wife. This film had some it of shot in Japan, but it is not a Japanese film. This was, surprisingly, a film directed by Indian film director Aparna Sen. Before becoming a director, Sen was a noted film actress in India. This film was shot in 2007 and was supposed to be released in 2008. But it wasn’t finally released until April, 2010.
The story’s lead character is a school teacher named Snehamoy Chatterjee. He is located in the Sundarbans area of West Bengal, India. His home is in a remote area mostly noted for being the largest tiger refuge in the world as well as the world’s largest tidal mangrove forest. His life is lonely. His parents were killed in a flood when he was a boy, and he has been raised by his maternal aunt. The role of Snehamoy was played by Indian actor Rahul Bose.
One day, he finds an advert for pen-pals in a magazine. On a whim he writes to this Japanese woman named Miyage. She’s also lonely. She runs a shop out of her home with her ailing mother. She is painfully shy, and hasn’t any friends, nor has she ever been in love. Her role is played by the Japanese actress Chigusa Takaku.
Their relationship begins with a series of letters written in English with both of them using a dictionary. These are narrated in part (also in English) by both Snehamoy and Miyage. From these letters, the bonds of love emerge. In fact, via letters, they exchange vows, and considered themselves married. All without ever having a face to face meeting. Letters and an occasional phone conversations are the extent of their physical relationship.
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Did you notice that the title is not Girl + s, instead it is Girl + $ as in Girl$. They call it Paid Dating and according to Hong Kong film Director Kenneth Bi, who helmed this film, the girls following this pursuit do not think of themselves as prostitutes. Instead they see themselves as having fun with pay.
This is a brand new film. It just opened two days ago on the 2nd of September. It attracted a lot of attention at the Hong Kong Internation Film Festival last March. And there’s plenty of buzz about it now.
While this film isn’t really about The Social Network or even social networking – chat, text, and email is how the girls do their business. Plenty of personal info is divulged and before you can say How much? or gei doh chin a?, which is Cantonese for how much, the old barter system comes into play. Cash is traded for sex.
There are four female leads and each of them are in the business for different reasons. Three of the girl are in it for the money and more, but Bonnie Xian’s character Ronnie is actually a bored rich girl. She doesn’t do it for money. In fact, she pays the john. This Xian’s 5th film.
Bonnie (straight on view) and Michelle (half-profile)
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