I think I’ve been complaining about Pleasantly Surprised aka Love Myself or You (喜歡‧一個人) for a few weeks now and it usually consists of comments revolving around situations that doesn’t actually contribute to the plot, too much fan service (it’s too much for me because I’m not *really* a fan of Puff Kuo’s Kai Qi and Jasper Liu’s Ah Jie), and… not enough Jolin Chien aka Hao Wei because yes, I wasn’t going to watch this drama but decided to take a look because of him…
Usually, interest in the show will just keep declining until I can’t be bothered to watch it anymore but I thought last Friday’s episode (episode 14) picked up somewhat since they actually tried to resolve pretty much the only major issue left for our couple (until the writers come up with something else) – Ah Jie’s crazy older brother. I guess one of the best things about Pleasantly Surprised / Love Myself or You is that misunderstandings / conflicts are resolved fairly quickly.
Earlier this month, the main love triangle (and I use that term loosely because the Kai Qi x Ah Jie ending is pretty solid?) appeared on the special edition cover of SETTV’s own SPop Magazine and luckily for the fans, an autograph event was held with our two male leads yesterday. Initially worried that noone will come because Puff has other commitments (probably filming since Jasper came from the set!), 600 fans actually turned up in the 36 degree heat to see Jasper and Jolin. (even their names are cute together!)
Jasper said that he had became good friends with Jolin. Besides filming, they will go to the gym together and help each other lift weights. Since they both love singing and both have their own bands, Jolin sang as he signed autographs. So Jasper asked, “When will we form a band and perform together” and Jolin immediately accepted. After the autograph event, they will go and eat stir fried rice noodles and meat ball soup together…
I LOLed so hard when I saw this – they re-enacted this scene in episode 14…
I haven’t been following Love Myself or You’s Behind the Scenes religiously but caught the ones from episodes 13 and 14 where Jasper and Jolin’s developing bromance is SO CUTE! In the ep 13 BTS, Jasper celebrated his 28th birthday recently (August 12) and of course the cast celebrated with a cake for him.
And guess who gave him a kiss?
So I’m assuming this is some days later, (ep 14 BTS) Jolin explains that he saw on social media Jasper went to Hong Kong to perform with his band, and the effects unit blew up / broke. So he asked all of this friends who play the guitar to source the exact same one as a gift to Jasper. After the rest of the cast made some jokes that the gift is something *interesting*… (I think they want to mislead him to think it’s a blown up doll LOL.) Jasper sees that it’s the exact same one that was broken…
Then Puff started saying Jasper should give Jolin a kiss. (LOL!) Jasper claims he has never kissed a guy before…
In case all of the pics and gifs above are not enough 😉 here’re some more pics from the event where they re-enact the poses from the magazine photoshoot. (The originals were quite dull so I edited them.) *BRB DYING*
Photos from the Jasper x Puff x Jolin edition of SPop Magazine can be found on Obsessions of Line & Sphere of Gray.
The Behind the Scenes Videos are on YouTube – Episode 13 & Episode 14.
Photo credits: Pleasantly Surprised / Love Myself or You official Facebook page and as watermarked.
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