Hidden Love: Ep 8 On “Seeing You Again”

July 28, 2023 |   |  22 Comments  |  Hidden Love

“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

July 27, 2023 |   |  25 Comments  |  Hidden Love

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

July 26, 2023 |   |  16 Comments  |  Hidden Love

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”

July 24, 2023 |   |  8 Comments  |  Hidden Love

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

July 24, 2023 |   |  23 Comments  |  Silent

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

July 23, 2023 |   |  15 Comments  |  Bitch Talk

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”

July 22, 2023 |   |  48 Comments  |  Hidden Love

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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