Without further ado. 1. No one’s concentrating on the game. The girlfriends are studiously ignoring his presence beside Weiwei but the guys on the court notice that Nai’s sitting with the “department beauty.” WW: The score is tied. NH: Don’t worry. When they stop looking up at the bleachers (meaning at them), the score gap […]
Love O2O: Episode 10 Highlights
Just consolidating the posts: Love O2O: Episode 10 Swoon Moments Love O2O: Episode 10’s First Lunch Date Love O2O: Episode 10 The Bike Ride Love O2O: Episode 10 The Bleacher Moment Enjoy the gifs for Ep 10. 1. credit: yoonau’s tumblr 2. credit: letsflytoasiarenata’s tumblr 3. credit: strgaykid’s tumblr Note to guys: Unless you’re trolling, don’t […]
Haechi: Eps 5 and 6 The Game of Chance
And so my struggles with facial recognition continue. I recognize the king easily because of the funny bunny ears on his king cap. And I’ve gotten better identifying the two Sahaenbu Investigators. But now two elderly statesmen confuse me: the evil head of the Noron, Minister of the Interior aka Prime Minister Min and the […]
Love O2O: Episode 10 The Bleacher Moment
I’d be terribly remiss if I didn’t bring to your attention, at least once, the sexist view that a top male athlete must have a beautiful woman in his arms as companion. It reminds me of that campaign promise to have “a chicken in every pot and a car in every garage.” What if the […]
Love O2O: Episode 10 The Bike Ride
I took a lot of screenshots for this episode and I don’t want them to go to waste. I’ll split up the highlights in Episode 10 so I can upload the photos before deleting them from my files. There should be one more commentary after this for Episode 10, then I’ll move on Episode 11. […]
Love O2O: Episode 10’s First Lunch Date
I promised to write about this Lunch Date in the Episode 10’s Swoon-worthy Moments. but I have to post it separately because of the numerous pictures. Love O2O: Episode 10 Swoon Moments I have to remember that this is the first time for both of them. I think he fared better than she did. He seemed […]
Love O2O: Boss and Me, and Swim Trunks
The Cdrama, Boss and Me, can be read in English. @wynema kindly shared it here with us here. Thank you, @wynema! Do I say “xiexie”? @wynema writes: You can go to https://hui3r.wordpress.com/gu-man/ and look for Come & Eat, Shan Shan. There are 3 chapters for joint epilogue with Wei Wei. It would be better to […]
Love O2O: Episode 9 Highlights
Love O2O is on Netflix but I recommend that you watch the show, particularly this episode, elsewhere. The subs on Netflix are only about 4 levels better than Google Translate. To get the nuance and the flavor of the show, go to another source. For instance, on Netflix, the guys have been calling Weiwei “Mrs […]
Love O2O: The Movie Version
My good friend @angelangie from soompi recommended this movie version. I’m sure there’s going to be a comparison and we’re going to have our own preferences. But just like in my post on Pride and Prejudice let’s try to explore, dissect and understand why we like what we like while commending the efforts of the actors […]
Love O2O: Episode 8 Highlights
Last episode, Weiwei begins to fangirl her online husband. This episode she begins to realize that the connection she feels for him in the game has developed into something more in reality. This is to be expected, of course. She’s been corresponding with Naihe for several months now and she looks forward to their everyday […]
Haechi: Episodes 3 and 4 Wizard of Oz
The lead characters, Lee Geum, Moonsoo, YeoJi and DalMoon, remind me of Dorothy and her three companions in the Wizard of Oz. They’re imperfect. They start off the adventure searching for a missing piece of themselves: brains for the Scarecrow, heart for the Tinman, courage for the Cowardly Lion and home for the homesick Dorothy. […]
Love O2O: Episode 7 Highlights
1. Teasing his friends again In the previous episode, Nai goaded his friends to duel each other. They wanted to battle against Naihe and Luwei Weiwei but since it’s a “couple” duel, Friend #1 and Friend #2 must duke it out to find out who was going to be the female avatar. But they end […]
Love O2O: Episode 6 Highlights
How come I feel like Nai is waging a campaign to make her aware of his presence? He’s everywhere she is now. On the same day that he appears in his father’s lecture hall to sit beside Weiwei, he hovers around her in the library while she studies at night. 1. The video launch But there’s […]
Haechi: Facial Recognition Problems
Otoke??!! I’ve suddenly developed prosopagnosia! (Thanks 100 Days My Prince for adding this word to my lexicon). I can’t tell the bad investigator from the good investigator. To me, they look very similar and possess no distinctive feature or hair to set them apart. Grrr. It’s hard enough that I can’t remember their names, now I have […]