I’m granting a temporary suspension of the “NO OPPA FANGIRLING” rule in this blog because we can’t help ourselves. We’re fangirling Xiao Nai’s character whether we like it or not because he’s really irresistible. And since this is my blog, I can change rules arbitrarily. lol. I appoint @Phoenix as president of the fangirls unless […]
Love O2O: Episode 17 First Kiss!!
I’ve been waiting for months for a kiss that would move me. The kiss in “Fluttering Alert” Episode 9 beach hut scene was too short and clean (if you know what I mean….) The kiss in the rain in “Memories of the Alhambra” left me cold. It was a well-executed kiss but for the wrong […]
Love O2O: Episode 10 Swoon Moments
I’m leapfrogging 🐸 to Episode 10 because I kept passing out while watching this episode. So, while the show is still fresh in my mind and doesn’t require rewatching (and swooning), I’ll review it. Here are the highlights: 1. Clothes Shopping. We begin where we left: Weiwei buys new clothes for her first meeting with […]
Bitch Talk: A Quick Note on Pride and Prejudice
To answer @phoenix… We can all agree that Colin Firth’s portrayal of Mr. Darcy comes closest to Ms. Austen’s ideal. However, I think that Matthew Macfayden’s interpretation of Mr. Darcy says a lot about a 21st century woman’s idea of a romantic guy. Ms. Austen created the hero to appear aristocratic and haughty (lol, just […]
Love O2O: Eps 5 and 6, The Bandit Story Explanation
The second installment. 3. Last, Xiao Nai = Mr. Darcy I think most of my blog-readers will figure out why I said Xiao Nai is Mr. Darcy. But I’ll explain how I find the story of The Girl Bandit Abducts Her Groom relates to Mr. Darcy. I don’t think it’ll be obvious. lol. The story began […]
Love O2O: Eps 1 to 5, First Impressions 😍
I was going to give this Chinese romcom, Love O2O, three stars, in celebration of Lunar New Year tonight. It definitely checks all the right boxes for me. It’s a light-hearted romcom about a contract marriage (or “in-game marriage” as Netflix subbers called it) between two role-playing gamers. The lead characters are two college kids […]
Criminologist Himura and Mystery Writer Arisugawa: Ep 1 and 2 Review
If you grew up with your nose buried in Nancy Drew and Hardy Boys books, then you’ll like this Japanese series. However, if you have I❤️Benedict Cumberbatch tattooed on your buttocks, then this Japanese version will disappoint you. Neither the Viki nor Asianwiki write-ups for CHaMWA mentions Sir Arthur Conan Doyle’s Sherlock Holmes. But anybody […]
Bitch Talk: Busy Week Ahead 💪
The latter half of last week was so toxic here in my corner of the world that it seemed like a page out of Satan’s playbook: How to Torment Packmule3 in 4 Easy Steps. My nightly antidote was to trawl through the drama sites for a show wouldn’t tax my already exhausted brain but would […]
Romance is a Bonus Book: Eps 1 and 2 First Impressions and Hard Truths
I had to watch two episodes of this kdrama starring Lee Jong Suk as Eunso and Lee Na Young (aka WonBin’s wife) as Dani because I was waiting for the comedy to kick in. The first episode came across as being a) part social commentary on the hardship of a divorced woman in her late […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Bug NPC Marco
I said I wasn’t going to answer anymore question on the game logic, but okay, I’ll answer this one @soumya vishnu’s question and that’s it. I am a new reader of your site, so sorry if I missed this earlier: my question is, if the game can be reset only if all bugs are killed, […]
Memories of the Alhambra: My Timeline Notes
I’m slowly deleting my notes to make way for the new kdrama. I thought that my notes on the timeline might help others. If not… oh well. 🙂 *********************** From Ep 9 (21:03) when Jinwoo was in the school yard and the Citadel Hawk landed on his arm: “Master has sent you a secret quest […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On Instance Dungeons Again 🙂 and Bathrooms
I think there’s a misunderstanding here about instance dungeons. A poster in soompi wrote this comment: How can JW be released from the dungeon? Remember the whole Hand of Fatima and when the key reaches the hand, the palace would crumble story. Well, the dungeon is essentially that palace. And would only crumble if some other player […]
Memories of the Alhambra: First and Last Impressions 👍👍
@soapbeans wrote: I like how you found parallels between the Dead Knight and the Jesus on the donkey window pane. That post you had on the parallels between Ep 1 and Ep 6 was cool – because I remember wondering why the Dead Knight in Ep 1, but forgot all about it by the time […]
Memories of the Alhambra: On NPC HyunSuk
Nothing new to see here. 😀 I’m only transferring a post I did in another forum with minor edits. ************************* A poster named stevii wrote: I really love your blog expecially the ones about MOTA because you are one of the people who don’t question the logic of the game because i really get how […]