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Will I end up in hell if I am manifesting the Chinzhilla boys and Mister School President and Vice President to fail the test so they have to study again one more year? LOLLLL

Well, I dont even mind Khajorn taking over Tinn’s position so Tinn could finally focus on studying and being with Gun for the whole one more year.

Saying so, I think I would still wish for them to fail the high school test all over again in circle if it means I still get to watch them somehow loll.

That's what I thought too. Thanks for sharing this. I don't think Heart really means anything. He just wanted to physically touch Li Ming. After hearing what pastor said, I got goosebump and couldn't look at that scene with the same energy I first thought anymore.

Watch My School President. Tinn, Gun, Tiwson, Chinzhilla boys, Mama Gim and everyone/everything in My School President is the thing staying in my heart rent free. MSP is just one of a kind. A series that is so mesmerizing and you actually feel those terrible feelings knowing that you are about to bid farewell to all of them.

If you remember, the pastor said that physical touch is crucial to the deaf because when they can't hear anything, touching makes them know there's someone right next to them. Heart just wants to do physical touch with Li Ming as a way to legibly FEEL the person right next to him.

Also, Heart offered the T-Shirt written "Touch me if you can" to Li Ming. At first I thought it was super cute but after hearing what pastor said, I know it's not just cute. It's what he is craving for. The touch from someone that he feels safe to be with. The touch from someone that actually sees him.

Exactly. According to the official trailer, it seems like the following episodes will be like...

EP5 - Jan: New Year.
EP6 - End of Jan - Beginning of Feb: Chinese New Year
EP7 - I can't think of any important festival in March and the official trailer doesn't seem to give any hint to any other festivals but if Li Ming is very serious about Work and Travel, it starts during March - July of each year and I think that could have been a plot for EP7 and EP8.

When I was in University, I attended Work and Travel Program and I flew out around March so it should make sense if we get to see Li Ming spending his time finding himself in USA during EP7 and EP8 while other characters are also developing their story and relationship. Though setting up USA environment without actually filming there would be quite difficult but P'Aof has done it before in Bad Buddy Series when Pran went to work in Singapore during the first half of the final episode.

I love reading you guys comments as it gives me insights of the people from different locations around the world as well. I'm glad if my comment could at least get you closer to some local cultures and traditions.

I kinda understand those who didn't enjoy this episode though. I think this is the very first episode ever that we don't get to squeal over TinnGun in any scene. The whole episode is kinda heavy and it doesn't give us that feel good vibe we always have with the series until almost the end of the episode (When Tinn and Gun has their moment, friend reunited and family consoling e/o) Not to mention the fact that we have been through emotional wrecked on the previous episode and it's continue with the same vibe of emotionally whiplash in this episode. Some could easily feel like these 2 episodes are off the core of MSP, in which everyone is falling for.

However, I do love this episode very much and still think that the series just keeps its rhythms and continue to exceed the previous episode though. The messages conveyed in this episode are just very beautiful and executed very well. The friendship and the acceptance of the family. Those are being shown in such a beautiful way in this episode.

My School President has been such a consistent series in term of quality and everything. It's not difficult at all for the series to have just few episodes that some might not be able to get into it. If I just count correctly, until now, My School President only has 2 episodes so far that people are having different opinions, at least on kisskh. One is EP9 and another is this EP11. I think it's already done great so far.

PS. I, personally, don't mind the kiss AT ALL since it has never been a priority thing for me from EP1 up until now. I'm not naive or anything. I just don't think kissing is matter that much, or even at all. Maybe that's why I don't feel irritated.

Maybe it's just me but I lived through my high school life with my significant other but still I didn't have any kiss back then and I just experienced it later in my life so it's totally convincible here. As a Thai, kissing is not what you could expect to happen easily anywhere. We don't even kiss in public and it would look very weird if you do so here. Not to mention the fact that people would look down at you for doing that even when it's a kiss of a straight couple. Kissing is not really a thing we really put first to show passionate on e/o so it's not the sole driver or even that important to feel like we are losing something at that age by not kissing anyone, not even our lover.

This might sound weird to some but Thai people could easily take it when seeing 2 guys loving each other or hand holding each other publicly without feeling anything as it's part of our culture and environment but seeing even a straight couple kissing on the street or publicly is a BIG NO here. It's a cultural stuff and it's not applied to many countries in the world but it is what it is here. Hence, kissing is actually not a big drive and you can see that Thai audience makes no fuss about it at all. So please keep in mind that these characters are in Thailand and they live under the environment and culture of Thai, which might be way different from where you are.

If friendship is not usually being told in any series or films in a very beautiful way that often, EP11 of MSP is the epitome of that. It’s a tribute for a friendship everyone deserved when looking back to our high school era. It made me realize how beautiful it was to have those stupido around ready to do all the dumb things together and laughed at all of those. It’s been few decades but the nostalgic is there.

Thanks the Chinzhilla for never just letting go of each others. You guys are such a precious fictional characters. Only thinking that I will have to bid farewell to all of them next week is already uneasy. I have never felt invested in any characters in a series as much as I feel for them before, The Chinzhilla, Mr.School President, Mr.School Vice President and all.

My week will be incomplete for a long while….perhaps until Our Sky 2.

I’m sorry. Are we sure that next episode is the final? What the….

Not these boys hitting me with emotional waves 3 days in a row…. I just love the whole gang so much. After all the 11 episodes, I feel so invested in them.

I’m off to prepare tissue paper. Not GeminiFourth does this to me 3 days in a row. I can feel the emotion just by reading the song title. The fact that this is the only song that has been kept as a secret ‘til now. Perhaps EP11 is still a cursed one but in a beautiful way?

I think it's 'A stone and a star'. The one we get to hear in the latest intro.

Wen is very clear on his relationship with Alan. The problem is on going because Alan just can't let go and accept the fact. I think Wen is really being very direct by telling Alan the situation between them now. He even added that he will move out anytime soon since he can find the new apartment now and tell Alan to be prepared for that. The one that is still holding on is Alan. He even went to see their friend and asked him how to revive his relationship with Wen again. You can see that Alan is just a hot headed and will never easily accept the fact that they are no longer in relationship.

Wen made it clear that he doesn't want to join the birthday party of Alan's niece because he is not in the position to anymore. It can't be more direct than that now. I just wish Alan could finally let go for his own sake. I have been in both Wen and Alan shoes before so I quite understand the frustration here.

lollll True...true...I'm just being too biased for Fourth lollll

Well, my head shook during that scene lolll. It was so painfully beautiful.

I feel like I am one of those you are talking about that think earth is kinda stiff lolll. But yeah, I screamed for him in this episode, especially that single eye tears when he fought with Li Ming and the whole sequence of the scene. The authoritative voice he used on his nephew “you don’t raise your voice at me.” And his facial expression is so on point. I think, part of that, we have Fourth to thank for as he is a co partner actor in that scene and his acting is one of the reason that sent Earth to that point (just like how First and Mix did in the last scene)

PS. That bleached hair guy is Jack. One of his most memorable works is “Home”, a movie with 3 short stories in it and is being directed by Madeaw - the director of love of siam. He played a confusing high schooler with March Juthawut and it’s a very beautiful LGBTQ story you should check out.

When it comes to tonal language, it's not about mouth forming or word stressing. It doesn't have to do with whether you speak louder or softer. It's the intonation marks or tone marks that matters. I will give you an example here. All are formed the same when it comes to mouth shape but with different intonation marks on it. All has way different meanings.

- ปา - To Throw (V.) (Pa - neutral tone. You don't go up or down or soft or strong on this, just neutral tone without any stressing. If you put even a slight tone on it, the meaning change to the second word.)

- ป่า - Forest (N.) (Pa - very slightly up tone from the first word. We call it second intonation mark. You can't go neutral with this word but can't also just stressing too much or the meaning will be the third word)

- ป้า - Aunt (N.) (Pa - very slightly up tone from the second word. We call it third intonation mark. You can't go higher pitch or lower pitch or the meaning changed.)

- ป๊า - Dad (N.) (Pa - very slightly down tone from the third word, but in a different sound of the second word. We call it fourth intonation mark.)

- ป๋า - Daddy, people who likes to pay for everything and treats people with their money (N. / Slang) (Pa - very low tone. We call it fifth intonation mark. You can mess up between the fourth word and this one if you want to say Dad. However, if you want to use this word as a slang, you can't just miss the tone.)

You can see that these 5 words just form the same mouth shape. It also doesn't matter if you shout or speak silently since it's the intonation that matters. Every word has its own meaning.

Tonal languages are very different from those non-tonal languages. For example, in English, each word is just the matter of stressing but you will still understand even if someone stress it wrongly. However, for tonal languages, things will just go wrong. You will not understand anything at all if you don't know the intonation of that word.

This is why if you can't hear yourself speaking, you can't also use your instinct to speak the word since mouth shape can't be counted. Think of it this way, even those professional singers need In-Ear Monitor to aid the hearing on stage so they know they are singing the right pitch. Tonal languages are the same, if you can't hear, you go wrong with the pitch, no matter how perfect you are at the language.


PS. Thai language has 5 intonation marks on more than 70% of the words.

You will need around 2 episodes to adjust yourself in, or at least that was what happened to me. Give yourself 2 - 3 episodes and then evaluate if you like it by then. If yes, you will totally fall in love with it in no time, but if the answer is 'no' then you can stop there at that point.

I'm so ready for tonight. Come the cursed episode and I'm ready for everything!