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A Time of Love (Part 2: Singapore) Recap

The start of part 2 follows a pair of high heels, literally. While a well dressed woman Crystal (Charmaine Sheh) walks into an office building, we also see a geeky looking guy Oscar (Kenneth Ma) walking into the same building. He gets into the lift and just when the door was closing, Crystal tries to […]

February 11, 2014
My first Liebster Award! YEAH!

Thank you so so much to Coffeenlucia (Pantomiming) Misscupcakees (A Fairytale World) and Heisui (My Drama Tea) for nominating me! The Liebster Award feels like a big virtual hug bloggers give to each other. 😀 The Rules: Each nominee link back the person who nominated them. Answer 10 questions which are given to you […]

February 4, 2014
A Time of Love (Part 1: Malaysia) Recap

At the start of the music movie (as TVB calls it), we see San / Kelly (Kate Tsui) in a wedding dress. Thank you for helping me remember a memory I should not forget. I’m only an ordinary woman. I just want a simple, normal relationship. Why does God play such a big joke on […]

January 29, 2014
[Blog BTS] What is in a name? Do you use social media?

One of the things I love about Taiwanese dramas is their ‘Behind of scenes’ tadbits at the end of the episode. Some BTS I like even more than the drama itself (Miss No Good), and there’re times when I like the ending in the BTS better than the ending in the drama itself (Borrow Your […]

January 27, 2014
A Good Wife (up to episode 11) – Does love conquer all?

Taiwanese drama A Good Wife (親愛的，我愛上別人了 / literal transation: Dear, I’ve fallen in love with someone else) had crept up on me quite unexpectedly. I followed the first four episodes live and then put it on hold to watch Dragon Gate / continue Just You. Big mistake that was since A Good Wife is miles […]

January 24, 2014
The Pursuit of Happiness Episodes 2-13 (END) thoughts

Short version – Sonia Sui and Tony Yang looked good. The OST was great. It has that relaxing, understated feel. BUT – it feels real but when you peel back the layers, it’s also very unreal. The writing was inconsistent – it focused on one character (Ji An Lei / Sonia Sui) so well it […]

January 7, 2014
Fortnightly Roundup: 2013 Edition

I debated whether I’m qualified to write a ‘2013 Year End’ post because – I didn’t finish a lot of dramas, I only watch CN/HK/TW dramas (Western ones don’t count) and a lot of the dramas I watched this year were from prior years. I think 2013 was the year I really started exploring Mainland […]

December 31, 2013
Loved in the Purple / The Purple Hairpin ending thoughts

A little while ago Dee wrote this comment on my previous post about Loved in the Purple / The Purple Hairpin (紫钗奇缘): I endured all the way to the end hoping for a final twist in the plot but it was disappointing.. If you have not finished this series, don’t waste any more of your […]

December 25, 2013
[Upcoming TW drama] Sonia Sui & Christopher Lee in Notice from a Bachelorette!

OMGGGG!!! When I saw Sonia posted about it on Instagram I had to find information on it! Didn’t expect her to film another drama so quickly… (Sorry on the exclamation marks, it’s really exciting HAHAHA) The press conference for Notice from a Bachelorette (徵婚啟事 / Zheng Hun Qi Shi / Marriage Wanted) was held today […]

December 24, 2013
A Minute More / Only Need a Minute 只要一分鐘 stills and first trailer

Filming for Taiwanese movie “A Minute More” (只要一分鐘 / Zhi Yao Yi Fen Zhong / literal translation: Only need a minute) starring Peter Ho and Janine Chang wrapped up a few months ago and finally a couple of stills and the first trailer is released! Since the movie name on Yahoo is listed as “A Minute More”, […]

December 21, 2013

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