My Little Happiness

Candy floss served in an expensive dish

My little happiness is like a straight road, without any bumps, potholes, twists & turns, and that's what makes it bland. When will the makers and the audience wake up to the fact that Romancing is not about all sweetness and fluff. There has to be an equally compelling story line too. Honestly, too much of sweetness and cute moments also make a romantic story dull and boring, and this drama exemplifies it.
Childhood friends separate due to circumstances and fate brings them together after many years. Our ML Dr. Wen Shao Qing is a neurosurgeon in a top hospital, and our FL Cong Rong is a law intern who happens to land in the same hospital to complete her internship project. ML doesn't pay much attention to FL until he realizes that she is the same childhood friend that he has been waiting for so many years, and this realization takes place with the FL introducing herself. All these years, he just goes under a huge tree and waits on her. It doesn't occur to him to take advantage of the advanced technological help that is at his disposal. He suddenly falls in love with her and starts showing extra care towards her. All this time, I was wondering, how come the ML's name didn't jog any memory of him being her childhood friend. or may be she is used to address ML as FATTY(ML was fat as a lil boy). OR MAYBE SHE DIDN'T CARE TO LEARN HIS REAL NAME. Anyway, this marks the beginning of the cheesy and over the top sweet flirty scenes between ML and FL. The so called famous and dedicated neurosurgeon becomes OH SO DEDICATED LOVER. He waits for her at the bus stop to pick her up. Coddles her like a little fragile baby. Coaxes her to have breakfast with her each morning. MIND YOU, all this happens while FL is unaware of the fact that ML is her childhood sweetheart. Well , she soon learns that the same handsome doctor(ML) is her childhood friend, and soon after this revelation, they start a relationship full of KISSING, HUGGING, HE LEANING OVER HER, GETTING EXTRA COZY at the drop of the hat scenes. UGGGGHHHHH!!! It was so much that I felt one of my tooth decayed due to the cavity caused by over the top sweetness. Not to mention, staring in the eye scenes(they were too many). There's a limit to everything, but WAIT, the worst of all is that she signs up to volunteer to help at an earthquake affected area, so that she can be with the LOVE OF HER LIFE (ML). At this point, I just lost it. I mean, C'mon man, she didn't care about her cousin who also went with the medical team to the earthquake affected area. She was just concerned for being with ML, making the whole RELIEF HELP MISSION look like a joke.

Well, enough with the ranting, the only thing that got me glued to the show, was the chemistry and romance of the Second lead. I am usually not the one who ships for the 2nd leads, no matter how good they are. But here, I literally watched the show for them only. Their relationship doesn't start with romance. It rather starts with tiffs and arguments, but gradually it builds up and leads to love and romance. They are the spicy couple of the show, unlike the main leads who are just burying faces in each other's necks. Some people have commented on their height difference. I don't care much for the height difference. It's just that there are various other elements that the makers didn't focus much on.

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Unpopular Opinion. Not for me.

I don't know if I’ve just watched far too many dramas, having been watching C/J/K-Dramas for half my life, that my taste have somewhat become fastidious in what I watch.

Nothing new. How is it convincing that you find someone you're supposedly been longing for to meet again after so many years and not tell that person that you two have known each other in the past? And it's not like that "past” is anything to be ashamed off or should be a big deal to say, they were literally kids then FFS. I don't know about y'all, but isn't it normal that when a person meets someone the tendency is to find something in common between the two of you? May it be like, "Oh, you're X's XX's XXX's XXXx's neighbor. " or something of the sort. Even if it's just an effort at conversation. And for someone who is a doctor and a lawyer, these two have something lacking in their brains that make them illogical. Unrealistic is inevitable in dramas (because, hey, it isn’t a drama for anything) but can we not tolerate stupidity in scripts so these screenwriters.

Checked the drama info to lookup who wrote the drama to see if his/her other dramas are any good. What the eff. It has two screenwriters even. Two. Two heads that could have written a very good storyline that would substantiate and corroborate the synopsis/plot summary, but no. Further research came up with info that the drama was a “novel” adaptation. Hm.. It figures. But then again, there are a lot of marvellous movies and dramas that were adapted from books. Just.. good books. Books written by proper authors, not mangas written by amateurs.

Again, this is an unpopular opinion judging from the other reviews here who gave mostly 10’s. This is not me just going against the grain for the heck of it. This is for the others out there that couldn’t stomach such a story and characters portrayed as dimwits. Like, how could two professionals, a doctor and a lawyer, be so idiotic and undiscerning? Ok, love makes people stupid but.. how could a lawyer be such a poor judge of character? She couldn’t even tell if Wen Shao Qing is a scumbag and is just bullying her or it’s her that he loves. Why fall in love with a scumbag then? This Cong Rong character is one messed up character. I love me a smart, independent, strong, calm and sensible FLs, I hate dramas that have airheads and pushover FLs. But there’s a fine line between being strong willed and being imprudent and just plain stubborn and thoughtless. The Wen Shao Qing character isn’t without fault either. He is fickle and petty. Is the truth so hard to say? Couldn’t a distinguished professional be a little straightforward and mature? Nothing new. Highly unrealistic. Full of misunderstandings. Adding a lot of kissing and lovey-dovey scenes does not make up for a drama with no substance.

Oh, Dramaland.. why are you so full of push-and-pull, hot-and-cold, misunderstandings, lies, secrets, dishonesty and annoying characters? I get that a drama needs those for the story, but some dramas just go overboard. Some screenwriters think their drama should be a smorgasbord of conflicts and plot twists.

I pity these actors who kinda have no choice but to play these characters. Such a waste of their talents. In the end they end up taking in all the flack from viewers just because they accepted a job. They’re actors, they need to work.

I would only recommend this show to you if you're extremely bored, not picky, have nothing else to do or wanna vent and cuss at someone else (meaning: the annoying characters and scenes)

***Why do I find Daddi Tang more "manly" in Way back into Love than here? He looks different somehow here.

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Un vrai petit bonheur ;-)

Ma liste de dramas chinois n'est pas aussi importante, loin de là, que mes dramas coréens.

Mais sans conteste, "My little Happiness" est devenu un de mes numéros un ! Ce Drama est un concentré de fraicheur de et de bonheur à lui tout seul.

Je ne m'attendais à rien de particulier, et pourtant je me suis laissé embarquée dès les premiers épisodes avec bonheur.

Le couple principal fonctionne magnifiquement bien, et je trouve qu'ils suivent bien leur personnalité tout du long.
L'histoire de leur duo sonne juste, avec des moments forts, complices, et de vrais moments de couples, un peu plus loin de la pudeur habituelle de certains dramas qui peuvent être du coup, en dehors de la réalité de la vie.

Chose rare, le couple secondaire m'a autant tenu aux tripes que le principal. Ca a le mérite d'être souligné !

Bref, l'ambiance légère, mais réel avec quelques rivalités, est parfaite car on s'y croit.

Malgré les 28 épisodes, aucune longueur pour ma part, comme cela peut m'arriver sur certains dramas de plus de 20 épisodes.

Vraiment un vrai petit bonheur à regarder ;-)

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Una serie piacevole ma troppo allungata

Storia carina, non nuova ma complessivamente apprezzabile. Amici d'infanzia che si ritrovano in età adulta, lui che attende lei da tutta la vita, lei che non lo riconosce subito. Ambientazione legale-medico-sanitaria ben rappresentata. Attori tutto sommato bravi, pairing secondario oltre al principale. Love story sicuramente presente, molti baci ma nulla di più.
Cosa manca? Principalmente, l'ostacolo. E' una serie la cui trama punta al 95% sulla storia d'amore, al di là dei primi episodi dove si ritrovano e, più avanti, riconoscono (pur in tempi diversi), poi lo sviluppo sostanzialmente termina lì. Tolto qualche screzio dovuto alla gelosia, davvero la coppia perde di attrattiva e si trascina per il resto della serie, che conta in totale ben 28 episodi. Ne sarebbero bastati la metà, decisamente. Vero che, mentre l'ormai consolidata coppia principale procede a ritmo di crociera con un celo quasi perennemente sereno, emerge la coppia secondaria, a mio avviso forse più interessante della principale. E' un pairing con un'evoluzione più turbolenta e sofferta, che ho apprezzato molto ma che nel finale si è un po' "spento". Un difetto che riconosco a molte serie è quella di creare una coppia accattivante all'inizio ma che, raggiunto l'equilibrio che si trascinerà fino all'happy ending, perdono carattere e divetano piatte, disperdendo tutta la verve iniziale. Altri personaggi secondari presenti ma come un contorno al piatto principale, senza la volontà di analizzarli più a fondo. Non è quella serie che mi resterà impressa nella memoria o che vorrò rivedere, ma nemmeno quella che annovererò tra i flop o i disastri totali. Senza infamia e senza lode, insomma.

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Mi mancavano 3 ep ma non ce la facevo.

A me piacciono i drama romantici cinesi, perchè sono veramente dolci e a volte questa dolcezza mi serve. Ma una buona storia d'amore per me, deve contenere anche delle difficoltà, qualcosa che metta in crisi i protagonisti o cmq situazioni particolari che li aiutino a crescere. Ecco, non c'è nulla di tutto questo. I primi 10 ep (circa) sono molto carini e ho apprezzato che nessuno dei due avesse chissà quale scheletro nell'armadio e anche che qualche altro clichè classico sia stato saltato, ma da quando i due si mettono insieme c'è il piattume generale. Solo scene dolci. La mia attenzione si è spostata sulla second lead e non vi nascondo che ho skippato diverse scene solo perchè volevo sapere come si sarebbero messi insieme. Una volta avuto questo, ho droppato. Secondo me il drama poteva funzionare così solo se fosse stato più breve perchè in 28 ep praticamente non raccontano niente. C'è qualche "difficoltà" (se così la vogliamo chiamare...) ma si risolvono tutte in tempo zero o cmq non sono rese di spessore e quindi interessanti. Sono rimasta davvero delusa, poichè questo drama è supportato da una marea di recensioni stra positive, ma per me è un no.

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Uma bela surpresa

Minha Pequena Felicidade é uma doce surpresa.

Como é bom assistir esse drama.
Seus pequenos momentos são adoráveis.
Absolutamente tudo aqui é bom.

A historia é realmente boa e um tanto quanto simples,
mas funciona bem, além de ter um ritmo excelente.

A qualidade da produção ~fica vago por enquanto.

A OST é boa e sabe se fazer presente nos momentos importantes.

O romance é muito bom.
Este casal principal funciona muito bem, casal este que tem uma química excelente.
Já o secundário é tão bom quanto, além de ser bem trabalhado e ter uma boa química.

Fair Xing como Cong Rong é impecável.
Sua personagem é divertida, adorável e fofa, rendendo bons momentos.
Daddi Tang como Wen Shao Qing convence com sua atuação.
Seu personagem é bom e bem direto em suas escolhas.

O elenco é bom como um todo,
devo fazer uma menção ao segundo casal, ambos os atores são excelentes.
A atriz Huang Yi Lin que interpreta a personagem Zhou Cheng Cheng,
consegue me chamar bastante atenção, ela é adorável a sua maneira.

Achei curioso que tenham dito que o drama é muito clichê, mas qual é o problema do clichê,
quero dizer desde que ele funciona e seja bem aproveitado, acaba então funciona muito bem.


Considerações finais ~fica vaga por enquanto.

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