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Thirty Something with Xiu Jie Kai and Kimi Hsia premieres on December 12

Xiu Jie Kai has been one busy man in 2015, with two dailies (Dear Mom, Bittersweet), a web series (Lost, me too) and one drama (Constellation Woman Series: Aries) all released in the same year. Not to mention he became a father! Now the question is will he still do his military service at the…

November 30, 2015
Irregular Roundup No 21 – Lord of Shanghai, Love me if you dare, Love or Spend plus others

Gosh it has been way over a year since my last roundup post, which used to be fortnightly, but then… hrm. Now I’m just being lazy efficient by consolidating some thoughts on different dramas I’m watching at the moment. 🙂 Lord of Shanghai 梟雄 (HK) – up to episode 20 To be honest I was…

November 29, 2015
I saw Rain on a sunny day (Yes! – as in Bi / Jung Ji Hoon!)

Looks like 2015 is a year of milestones, not only did I finish my first K-Drama, I saw a K-star! A couple of days ago, I found out Rain became an ambassador for Queensland, Australia in their new Q-Pop campaign – that is, K-Pop, Queensland Style (corny but cute!). He will tour the state and…

November 20, 2015
Hello there! Still in holiday mode tho

October went by pretty quickly, especially when I spent 2 weeks of it in Hong Kong and a week in Taiwan. 🙂 I didn’t watch any dramas by the way (I may have watched 1 episode of Captain of Destiny and finished re-watching Moonlight Resonance) so I’m feeling a bit out of the loop drama-wise. But…

November 6, 2015
Farewell HKTV Dramas, thanks for the memories (Part 1)

Last week, HKTV’s last to air drama Paranormal Mind (開腦儆探) aired its final episode. With production halted indefinitely due to the high costs and lack of a free-to-air licence, most of their contracted actors and crew have now moved onto other endeavours. It’s really sad to see a group of passionate people end up like…

September 30, 2015
[Review] Doom +5: What if the world is ending in 14 hrs?

Overview: Did I just give away the ending? But seriously, as a drama based on an ‘end of the world’ premise, Doom+5 had a mountain to climb. It sure is a depressing subject matter. However, the 5 standalone stories were thoughtful, engaging with solid acting. I did get an uneasy feeling at the end of…

September 12, 2015
Detectives and Doctors: Episodes 1 to 21 thoughts

Summary: I wonder if I can go the distance and finish this, or should I jump ship when I still have the chance? Oh yeah, don’t watch if you’re afraid of snakes. (I put this summary right at the start just to give you an idea how frustrated I feel with this drama right…

August 17, 2015
[Favourites Friday] Survivor’s Law rewatch + Episodes 1 to 5 thoughts

There’re some dramas that struck a cord and sticks with you for a long time. Like, a long time. For me, that series was Survivor’s Law (律政新人王), a 2003 TVB series starring Raymond Lam, Myolie Wu, Sammul Chan and Bernice Liu. Four newbies at the time tasked with leading a series. Not much hope was…

August 7, 2015
The Time I’ve Loved You or We Were Not In Love – Round Table + Eps 5 to 8 Ramblings

Quick checkin here! I just wanted to thank Kappy from AVV for the invitation to join the round table! Keane and Hess (from A Virtual Voyage), misscupcakes (from A Fairytale World) and I discuss the premiere episodes of The Time I’ve Loved You / The Time We Were Not in Love. >> You can read…

July 29, 2015
The Time I’ve Loved You or We Were Not In Love Episodes 1 to 4 ramblings

I know, I wasn’t going to go there. I was one of those people who loved In Time with You who thought to herself – although I would like to see how the Koreans will take this story, I probably am way too biased to have any kind of objective opinion over this drama. Consider…

July 12, 2015

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