Hidden Love: Ep 10 On Being Sibling-Zoned

Chapter 10: Joke. Give me a reason to forget Featured Object: Hospital bed with a cross 1. The joke It’s said that laughter is the best medicine, but during Jiaxu’s hospital stay, the bedside humor wasn’t the miracle cure but the catalyst of Sang Zhi’s heartache. Old Man: Boy, is this your wife? DJ: Sir. […]

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Queen and I (2012): Rewatch on Sat, Aug 26

Also known as “Queen In Hyun’s Man.” For North Americans Amazon Prime members, the whole 16 episodes are available. You can download them. Hurray!! Here’s @Growing_Beautifully’s open invitation. Thanks, @GB. –pm3 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 Invitation to join a new Rewatch Party. @WE, @FeiFei and @GB warmly invite everyone to watch with us… Kdrama: Queen In Hyun’s Man/Queen […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 9 My Highlights

Chapter 9. Undercurrent. I can’t help falling in love Featured Object: Two pills As always, you’re free to make up your interpretation. This is mine. 1. “Undercurrent” In this episode, the word “undercurrent” had nothing to do with the movement of water beneath the surface. It refers to a hidden feeling or hidden implication that’s […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 8 On “Seeing You Again”

“Location, location, location” is the mantra in real estate. “Pattern, pattern, pattern” is mine for this drama. It’s my top consideration when looking at the characters’ behavior, dialogues and emotions. Because the characters are fleshed-out, they won’t act randomly. Chapter 8. Re-encounter. Say see you again before meeting again Featured Object: Microphone 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 1. Sang […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 9 On Leaving Text Messages

No, don’t worry. The continuation of Ep 7, and my write-ups of Ep 8 are in the pipeline. I’m skipping them to write about the text messages before I forget my explanation. I used Netflix subs. They weren’t much different from the Youku/YouTube subs. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 1. In Episode 8, when Jiaxu and Sang Zhi met […]

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Hidden Love: Ep 7 On Teddy Bears

I’ll break up my commentary in two parts. I’ll post the link here to part 2 when I’m done writing it. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 To recap, here’s the list of titles and featured objects. First Chapter. (I’ve been) Waiting. A secret kept Featured Object: Notebook Chapter 2. Closer. What made me meet someone like you Featured Object: […]

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Hidden Love: OST “Having You”

I’m working on Episode 7 and I noticed that a new song was dropped in this episode. “To Have You” (or “Having You” or “I Have You”) Sung by Zhao Lei To come up with this translation, I compared the subs from different youtube videos, google-translated the Chinese words, and inferred the connection between the […]

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Silent: Ep 1 My Silent Impressions

A few housekeeping things… One, The open thread is here: Silent: Open Thread Two, I’m sure @Growing_Beautifully led a great discussion on this Japanese drama. It’s not too late to join her there. Three, I’m not sure however that I can keep writing on this one because as you know I still have “Hidden Love” […]

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Bitch Talk: Zhao LuSi’s Cdramas

Thanks, @agdr03, for the link to Zhao LuSi’s dramas on mydramalist.  2018 1. Cinderella Chef (supporting role) Skip this. There are better cdramas starring Zhao Lusi to watch. 2. Oh! My Emperor (main lead) From what I understood Zhao Lusi plays a 21st century medical intern who mysteriously travels to a world governed by the […]

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Hidden Love: On “Hidden Love” and “Love O2O”

I’ll respond to @agdr03, @Fern and @Stacey out here so it’ll be easier for me to find my answers. 🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸 To @agdr03, I’ll be protesting if you stop posting for HL. 😭 I’ll be SZ flopping myself on the bed crying because my tutor will stop tutoring me. 😂 Funny, very funny. We’ll just give […]

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