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My June 2025 recommendations challenge

Watch this for my June 2025 recommendations challenge by 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒆𝒍. So happy I can put this into my finished list after such a long time just sitting in my PTW ^^.

As usual, let's start with the story…

Story about the Hu family, centered on Hu Xiang Xiang (XX) and Hu Xiang Jiang (XJ). The story begins with XX trying to escape an arranged marriage set up by her brother-in-law, Xue Jun Shan (JS). Unexpectedly, the groom turns out to be Gu Qing Ming (QM).

Both XX and QM are reluctant to attend the arranged meeting, but they leave quite an impression on each other. From that day on, they often clash, yet with each exchange, their opinions of one another gradually improve. XX comes to admire QM’s sense of responsibility and patriotism, while QM is increasingly charmed by XX’s intelligence and wit.

Meanwhile, XJ’s love life is far less smooth. He has long been in love with a girl named Jin Feng (JF), but she has never returned his feelings and consistently rejects him. On the other hand, XJ also has a childhood fiancée, Xiu Xiu (XiXi), to whom he’s been betrothed since birth. The Hu family already treats XiXi as one of their own, and she even lives with them. XiXi genuinely loves XJ, even though he does not reciprocate her feelings. So how will this love triangle unfold?

As for the Hu family itself—though it’s technically their household, they mostly rely on JS, both financially and supports. JS is not a bad person. Despite his flaws, he sincerely cares for the Hu family and takes his responsibilities seriously.

Everything changes when war breaks out in China, especially in their city, which Japan aggressively targets.

Both QM and JS serve as military officers defending the city on the front lines, while the rest of the Hu family struggles to survive during wartime.

That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. Now what I like and don't.

What I liked:
+ It’s not solely focused on the war.
+ Yang Zi and Niu Jun Feng’s acting was pretty good, especially considering how young they were at the time.
+ The development of XX and QM’s relationship — in the end, their bond is built on mutual trust and support.
+ I appreciate that the story didn’t complicate things with disapproval from QM’s family.

What I didn’t like:
How childish XJ can be. I get that he’s a bit of a spoiled brat, but I really wish he showed more growth throughout the story.

I don't know whether to say I like it or not, but seeing how everyone had become so used to hearing about their friends’ deaths—and how their faces remained unmoved when receiving or delivering the news—added a new, bitter layer to the story.

Overall, I’m just really happy to have watched this story—it struck a good balance between romance, family dynamics, and historical backdrop.

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Watch this because of YouTube fishing. It turned out to be quite interesting, so I decided to keep watching.

The story is about a girl named Tang Ling Long (LL), who dreams of opening her own restaurant. However, her father insists she take over the family’s traditional Chinese medicine business instead. One day, she stumbles upon a game on her computer. When she starts playing, she’s mysteriously transported into the game world — where she becomes the spoiled daughter of an ancient tavern owner in a historical setting.

As expected with this kind of drama, of course LL must complete a certain mission before she can return to the real world.

When LL arrives in this new world, she learns that her (in-game) father has just passed away. Worse yet, she quickly gambles away all the money he left her and even ends up in debt. Her mission is to pay off that debt through her own hard work, without taking any easy way out. For instance, at one point, she tries to sell her father’s paintings, but she discovers she can't do that, because time just reverses back before she sold the painting.

So, LL's journey to free herself from debt & out of the game world begins. Accompanied by her maid & servant, Ye Liu Xiang (LX) & later also by her friend, Lu Zi Ran.

Soon enough, we find out that LX isn’t who he seems. He’s actually the son of a marquis. LX initially joins LL to investigate corruption connected to her father’s past. But as time goes on, LX finds himself falling for LL, which causes his original purpose to shift. Later, we even find out he has another hidden identity beyond just being a marquis’s son.

So, how will LL’s journey unfold? Will LL successfully free herself from debt and back to the real world? And what will happen between LL and LX relationship once LL discovers LX reasons for getting close to her in the first place?

That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. This is quite an interesting drama at first. The story is good — it has a clear plot, good acting, no annoying BGM. And the other identity of LX is also interesting.

Overall for short dramas this is quite a good quality. Unfortunately this had a very big BUT in the end. Below I'll write what I mean by a very big BUT in the end. But that also means SPOILERS ALERT!!! Read it at your own risk.
























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As for the ending... I don’t quite like it. LX’s expression wasn’t very clear — it looked like he was confused about why LL suddenly jumped and hugged him. Haha! It left me feeling a bit unsure about his feelings at that moment, and it kind of took away from the emotional impact the scene could’ve had.

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Could've been better

Long time want to watch these, but it's like they're at the back at my brain. Haha... Finally watched this.

Story about Jom and Yai finally meet up in the future, the timeline where Jom live. Longing for each other all these time, finally on a night of the meteor shower, the universe heard their pray & let them meet. So, how this drama special tell their story in the future...?

That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. Now what I like and don't.

What I like:
+ Jom & Yai still the sweet couple. I really wish I can watch their story in the past or the beginning of their story...
+ Quite happy to see Yai get to see the future

What I don't like:
Much like BL Compilations wrote: 'if you had a few minutes or a few hours with the love of your life for perhaps one final time, what would you do? Play a virtual reality game? Check your phone and ignore them over lunch? Do a dance and post it to social media?'

Yeah unfortunately the writer of this drama decided on one of the most stupid plot to start their reunion. And this special ep filled with all that stupid & unimportant stuff.

And that stupid & unimportant stuff are enough to make it into one of my biggest disappointment list

So... If you love the drama, my full heart suggestions just avoid this far far away...

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Stumble upon this from my YouTube feed. So I just jump to it...

The story is about Hu Die (HD), a maid in the Shen family. The Shen family’s daughter, Qing Xia (QX), was planning to escape from an arranged marriage to the Nie family. By coincidence, HD meets Nie Zhen (NZ), though neither of them knows the other’s identity at the time. When HD returns home, she receives devastating news — QX has committed suicide after being raped, unable to bear the shame.

So, to uncover the truth behind QX’s death, HD decides to impersonate QX and go to the Nie family as the bride. She never expected, however, that her groom would be none other than NZ — and NZ is also surprise to see HD as his bride. But unfortunately for HD, NZ actually knows her true identity from the start but chooses to remain silent and go along with her plan. And so begins their game of pretending... and plotting.

HD starts investigating inside the Nie household, searching for clues about QX’s case. But as she digs deeper, her feelings for NZ begin to grow — especially after she learns that NZ truly fell for her the moment they first met. When HD eventually uncovers evidence linking NZ to QX's death, she finds herself conflicted and torn between her emotions and her quest for the truth.

Eventually, NZ proves he wasn’t responsible for QX’s fate, and from that point on, their relationship starts to blossom. Just when things start looking beautiful… QX suddenly reappears, alive in front of HD. QX reappearance brings a whole new level of chaos to the story.

Turns out, someone saved QX and fed her completely false information about HD and NZ. And being the naive girl that she is, QX believes everything without question.

So, how does the tangled relationship between HD, NZ, and QX end? And what’s the real motive of the person who manipulated QX?

That's pretty much the story without giving the spoiler. For short drama this still included in the good one. This has clear plot (begin, middle and end), good acting, good ost, no annoying BGM.

It just such unfortunate the plot kinda messy. I can spot the plot even before they start plotting. Haha... And sometimes the logic isn't there. And really unfortunate the more toward the ending the messier they are. I did plan to give this higher score, but after watching till the last ep, they really don't give me much choice... I really hope they give more ep to make it less messy than this one

So, even for short drama this still included in the good one. But the messy plot really make me can't give this higher rating. Do I still think this worth watching...? Oh yeah.... For short drama, this still worth watching in my book.

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March 2025 recommendations challenge

Watch this for my March 2025 recommendations challenge by Jelena Petrovic. Interesting drama, I’m really happy I got to watch this.

Story about 5 adults who had regret in their life & giving 2nd chance by universe. Not to redo their past by going back to their youth, but more a chance for redemption of their regrets or you can said atone their sin.

Seksan, Songpol, Jaya, Jarunee and Amonthep all at age 55 years old. One day, after series of events in each of their lives, they all woke up with their face becoming youth again, to be exact, back to their 15 years old face & body. Hence the title 55:15.

Shocked by the fact but can’t do anything about it, one by one they decided to enroll in school again, each for their own reason. In that school, by coincidence they meet & start befriends each other.

In this youthful body, each of them learn how to live as teenagers & the modern world. They also learn more about themselves, their family & friends & also about their own regrets. So, will they be able to transform back to their original body…? What will they learn with this journey…?

Below I’ll try to tell you a little story of their life & the reason for them to enroll in school again without giving too many spoilers.

1st story. Seksan (san).
Seksan is a voice actor, who had been fighting with his parents and running away from home since his youth. He lived his life full of spree with 1 regret. His first and true love, Prim.

After Seksan changed into his youth’s body, he saw Prim drop a girl to a school. With that, Seksan with the help of his friend decided to enroll into the school, as San, with the hope of meeting Prim there.

Soon, San finds the girl that Prim drops & befriends her & finally he can reunite with Prim. And then San learns that Prim is having marital issues, where her husband is abusive toward her, but doesn't want to let her go. So, how San will react to this & what will he learn from this experience…?

2nd. Songpol (Pol/Paul).
Pol is a son of a traditional & conservative Chinese family, who has been hiding the fact that he’s gay. Once his mother died, Pol with the help of his niece, Noinae, decided to find a date. But deep down, Pol actually had been in love for a long time with Mathee, a pianist in his restaurant. On the day he got young, he’s in shock & upset, because Mathee was planning for another marriage.

With the help of his family (his brother & niece), Pol also enrolled in the school as Paul. There, he meets Pipu (Mathee’s son) and becomes his friend. But soon, it turns out Pipu not only wants to be his friend, Pipu wants something more with him. So, how will Paul handle his feelings for Mathee & Pipu at the same time…? Will Paul be able to release his feeling for Mathee in the end…?

3rd. Jaya Janiya (Yaya)
Jaya is a singer, she was once very popular at her time, but now she's old, yet has diva behaviors while her popularity is not like it used to be. Before she gets back to her youth’s self, she's having problems because of her behaviors & her career is doomed.

So, now she enrolled in the school, with the name Yaya, to come at her rival, Grayta. Grayta became the thorn in the flesh for Jaya because her company decided to use part of Jaya's song for Grayta’s new song but they don’t give Jaya credit for it.

But through Grayta's insult, Yaya decided to give another chance to raise her name to the top again. She’s determined to fix her mistake as Jaya & as Yaya to have a shot to become a singer again. But soon,Yaya learned to become a singer these days not as easy as it used to, being pretty is not enough anymore. So, will Yaya be successful to be a singer again…?

4th. Jarunee (Jenny)
Jarunee is a strict teacher that every student doesn't like. Before she gets back to her youth’s self, she's having problems at school with her students and also receiving bad news about her health. She got cancer.

Now she is entering the school again, with the name Jenny, because she’s worried about 3 girls that have problems with her. In the school, she successfully be a little closer to 3 of them. But Jenny is still as stiff as Jarunee, so at first it’s a little hard to be closer to them, they like to mock her a lot.

Luckily after some time, she comes to the conclusion, while she needs to live in this body, why doesn’t she embrace it & live her life a little bit freely. So, Jenny lists 10 things she wants to do before her death. And little by little she managed to fulfill it…

Now the question is, what happened to her cancer…? Because when she’s as Jenny, the cancer seems to be gone, but she still experiences all the symptoms. Will the cancer be gone when she’s back to her old self or the cancer is actually still there but it just undetected…?

5th. Amonthep (Thep)
Amonthep was a talented boxer, but due to ill intentions by his opponent, they broke his leg & ended his career. Now as an adult, he's drowning in debt to guard his boxing arena. Why…? Cause the arena not only represents his youth but also the heritage from his adopted father.

When they're wondering how to get the money for the arena, Amonthep got the idea to win the championship. The only problem is they don't have a champion. At first Amonthep turned into his son, Pangpond (Pond), only to get strong opposition from Pond. So when Amonthep turned into his youth’s self, he enrolled in the school, with the name Thep, to search for a champion.

But, the search is no fail & the date for the championship is getting closer each day. Suddenly, Thep realizes his leg is not so hurt anymore, he goes back to his youth body & so his leg. So, rather than keep waiting for a champion, Thep starts to train his body to be ready for the championship himself. Now, with the support of his wife & son, Thep aimed for the championship.

But after learning from Jenny’s case, my question is… Is Thep leg really healed, or is it just hidden behind the youth body…? So will Thep successfully win the championship & save his arena…?

That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoilers. Now what I like and don't.

What I like:
+ Interesting intact regarding reincarnation. Usually we got someone back to their life a few years / decade ago & that’s for them to redeem their own mistake. But this one, they got back to their youth’s self but the timeline is not swifting, it is still running normally.
+ How they really learn to redeem themselves
+ They have true family & friends on their side. Although their story seems so absurd, their family & friends believe them & support them all the way.

What I don’t like:
- Quite bored with the song. Haha… Jenny really only sings 1 song the whole time.

Overall this really one interesting story about redemption & reflecting your life.

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Recommendation Challenge feb 2025

Watch this 2 times. 1st because of Neo & all the CGI & cast, but drop it cause I don’t feel this is my vibe. 2nd because of the Recommendation Challenge from Hanshu. And since it’s a Challenge, of course that means I need to get this done… Haha… But till the end I still stand with my first impression; Great drama, amazing CGI, amazing cast, but still not for me. Haha…

As usual, story first…

Story about a great demon, Zhao Yuan Zhou (YZ), who visits & was captured at the demon-hunting bureau. At the same time, the demon-hunting bureau suddenly received the task to unravel the mystery regarding the water demon. And with the Chong Wu Camp order, they formed a team; Wen Xiao (WX), Zhuo Yi Chen (YC), Pei Si Jing (SJ), Bai Jiu (BJ) & lastly YZ.

YC started the journey with a huge grudge against YZ, cause YZ is the one that killed YC’s family, YC & YZ also had a pack that YZ will die in the hands of YC. But with this journey their feelings toward each other also changed.

SJ started the journey with a huge scar regarding her younger brother. BJ started the journey with a mission on his own & problem with his dad at home.

WX turns out has a special status. After searching, they find out she is the reincarnation Bai Ze goddess. But with the revealing of this fact, their journey just began to a whole new level…

Together they embark the journey to bring peace for humans & punish the demon that made the chaos in the world. Before the journey started, each of them had a burden on each of their shoulders. But this journey finally teaches them how to hold it together, how to share their burden to each other & not only think it as their own burden, cause now they have each other.

That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoilers. Now what I like and don't.

What I like:
+ Great CGI, great fighting choreography, great acting, good story
+ Great friendship between all our lead
+ Good nasty old villain. The villain is one of the most evil in the Xian Xia story.
+ The ending... Where the cast dancing... Oh yeah that's quite a show to watch...

What I don't like:
- I don’t know what, but it just doesn't really click with me.

Overall this is quite an interesting story to watch.

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Recommendation Challenge feb 2025

Watch this for my recommendation challenge by Crafty. One heart-warming story of a family. Sometimes the most beautiful family is not the one we were born into, but simply the one that we found later on in our life. As usual MDL summary is quite messy. Let me tell u the story from my perspective.

Story about Mo San Mei (SM), who has been lost in the world. SM feels forced to do his family's business for generations; to arrange the funeral for the dead one, they offer their service from doing make up, rearranging the body if the body is crushed by accident, until providing the urn after they're being cremated. One line of work that we often look one eye at because we think it brings bad luck, but also one important job to escort our loved one for their final time…

One day, when SM was preparing the body of an old woman, he got attacked by a child. This child is Wu Xiao Wen (XW), the old lady is XW’s grandma who was dead during her sleep. So, XW’s grandma never said her last goodbye to XW & XW has no one except her grandma, feels SM took her grandma from her. Since no one really cares nor pays attention to her, XW slips to go search for SM's car & begins harassing SM to give her grandma back.

Frustrated yet not knowing what to do with XW, SM only could call XW’s uncle to take XW back. But it turns out XW uncle's household did not allow them to take XW in. The desperate uncle finally turns to SM for help. At first only for a few days, but soon those days turn into permanent.

SM with the help of his friends / employees Yin Bai Xue & Wang Jian Ren, adopt & take care of XW. From XW, SM learns how to take responsibility, how to be a dad & find a new meaning for his life & learn new appreciation for his line of work. And XW herself learns that someone loves & welcome her.

When everything looks beautiful, comes a new problem; XW’s mom returns & asks for XW back. So how in the end SM handle the situation…?

That's pretty much the story without giving anymore spoilers. From this movie we really can see how selfish adults are, & also how beautiful the child love is. Really one beautiful story to be watched.

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Stumbled upon this on the feed. Happy to watch this... Much like Shasha wrote: "it is not a BL: it is a gay story. It is not fantasy, it is the real life."

Story about Kan & Tul, 2 young actors who meet at a film workshop. They hit it off immediately & later we found out they actually falls for the each other.

But unfortunately Tul has different plans for his life: he wants to get married and have kids. So in the end they just carries on with their life.

That's pretty much the story without giving any more spoilers. In the end this really one reality check for gay life story

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One of the drama that just go by in my mind, but I do re-watch it. Haha... Turn out I've watched it last year, but this still in my YT list, so I accidentally re-watch it again. Haha... Let's leave a review so I really remember that I indeed watch this. Haha...

Story about Yuan Chu Yu (CY) & Liang Ze (LZ). CY met LZ back in the university. That time LZ passionately chasing CY & they started dating. However, just when their love reaches its peak, LZ leaves without saying a word.

Many years later, they meet again, but this time LZ turn out to be CY's boss & he hides his identity from CY. After sometimes, LZ finally admitted himself, turn out he hides his identity to protect CY. And with that revealing, their relationship reenact again.

When everything look perfect, comes a woman name Su Qing (SQ) into the picture. SQ is LZ friend sister that been entrusted to LZ. Later we find out SQ is a kind of '绿茶 (lv cha) / green tea' woman that like to disturb LZ & SQ relationship. And from CY side, there's a man name Xue Zhi Yao (ZY) that's like CY. So how in the end their relationship rolling from here...?

That's pretty much the story of this short drama. For short story this actually kinda good, the plot has a clear beginning-middle-ending story, good acting too. But the one that make this fall into bad categories is how everything wrap or edited, more over the usual annoying BGM also make everything worse.

So, decided urself to watch it or not....

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Once more YouTube fishing brought me to another drama. This very interesting drama. Even though looked like a calm & easy drama, turn out hide so many dark inside.

Story about Qi Lu (QL) who raised under his father's strict artistic guidance, joins Liu Ming Yang (MY)'s studio during his senior year, where he meets Qin Xiao (QX), a talented painter who balancing family responsibilities & his dream.

Originally, QL wasn't supposed to joins MY studio, but upon discovering that QX as the online artist "Lan" (Blue) he admires, also studied at MY studio, he decided for the first time to rebel against his father arrangement & just joins MY studio. When QL's dad know, at first he angry, but turn out MY not a bad name in artistic world, so in the end QL's dad agreed to let QL studied there.

Being in the same class with QX, QL slowly but sure be friended QX. And after sometimes QL decided to confess his feeling for QX, but only facing rejection from QX. But that rejection not really a rejection, cause of course QX also feel something more for QL. And as their bond deepens, QX in the end also encourage QL to really break the strict yet abusive relationship with QL's dad. So, how in the end their relationship forward, will QL really successfully break his father cocoon...

That's pretty much the story without giving any spoilers. Now what I like & don't

What I like:
+ The chemistry of QL & QX and also MY & Tan Yin
+ The cute Tan Yin

What I don't like:
- The ambiguous ending

Overall this a good drama to watch.

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Once more YouTube fishing successful hook me into this drama. Haha... In the end I'm really glad I'm watching this. Simple yet heartwarming story.

Story about Yang Zi Xiang (ZX), a son of a businessman, who looked like a useless 2nd generation who just like to have fun with all daddy money. Deep down ZX is just eager to escape from his familial duties, cause he feel his place is not there & his brother, Yang Zi Cheng, is more fit with the role. And Shao Peng (SP), a young man who are deaf & mute.

Our story start from the moment ZX is sent to Taiwan by his dad for business negotiations but is immobilized by a sniper attack en route. He persuasively asked Feng Jie (FJ), to employ SP as his caretaker, hoping to seize the opportunity to flee for freedom. At first SP hesitant to accept the job, cause he doesn't like ZX. But frustrated in job seeking due to his deafness and muteness, he finally accepted ZX offer.

Later when SP discovers he's being used by ZX, SP angry & decided to leave. ZX felt guilty yet feel attracted by SP genuine care, decided to apologize & asked SP back to take care of him. When SP decided to hear ZX reason & be understanding about the reason later, SP expresses his empathy for ZX & decided to stay & take care of ZX.

Gradually, ZX is getting more and more attracted by SP's genuity and tenderness, particularly moved by his optimistic facade that masks his anger and insecurity about his deafness and his doubts about love. And SP who also moved by ZX vulnerability & ZX honest feeling for himself, slowly but sure feel something different too for ZX.

And when ZX & SP try to understand and accept their feeling for each other, the other trouble comes in the shape of ZX's fiancé & all the misunderstanding start to take its shape. So, how in the end ZX proof his feeling is real to SP & how their relationship begin after this...

That's pretty much the story without giving any spoilers. Now what I like & don't

What I like:
+ The chemistry between ZX & SP
+ The sign language. Oh I love finally there's someone who really appreciate sign language & decided to make drama with it.
+ The good family of Jiang's family. How supportive SP's parent for their relationship.
+ The cute 2nd couple, FJ & Wang Xin Jia.

What I don't like:
- The ending once more feel like hanging. I really hope we get the scene with ZX's dad really give his blessing than just hinted like this.
- ZX & SP relationship feel rush. It just like they suddenly be in a relationship.

Overall this like I said in the beginning, simple yet heartwarming story.

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I forgot how I stumbled on this one. But I want to watch a movie, so just randomly selected from my PTW.

Story about a woman [Tian Xiao Le (XL)], who fell in love with her classmate [Cheng Da Ye (DY)], but being a teenager, she tried to hide her feelings.

XL & DY have been friends since DY decided to help XL with her studies. XL & DY get attracted to each other without them realizing it. DY feels attracted by free spirited XL; while XL feels grateful & attracted by DY who helps her sincerely.

In this movie the writer took us through the journey of their love story. Even though XL & DY know they love each other, but being the teenager themselves, they don’t want to admit their love to the others. And later we witness they try to hide their feelings by having another relationship, while still putting the jealousy in their attitude. And later life also forced them to be separated & finally how life / universe in the end forces them to admit their feelings for each other.

I prefer the other title of this drama, 18 Things First Love Taught Me. Cause in this movie XL & DY each tell us what they learn about their feelings for each other, what lesson they get from this first love. XL & DY each share with us 9 lessons. So hence the 18 in the title comes from.

Let me elaborate what the lesson they learn from their love without giving any spoiler / more context. Really just what they told us throughout the movie.

𝐅𝐢𝐫𝐬𝐭 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐓𝐢𝐚𝐧 𝐗𝐢𝐚𝐨 𝐋𝐞
1st lesson:
When a woman feels vulnerable she’ll surely be moved by the care of a man no matter how little it is.

2nd lesson:
A woman can get crazy for someone she loves

3rd lesson:
Even though a woman knows that love is only an illusion, she’ll make the best of the mistake

4th lesson:
It’s better to walk into a man’s eye in a second then to walk into his heart for a lifetime

5th lesson:
The great cruelty is to sacrifice yourself to serve others.

6th lesson:
To love someone never means cheap or not, it just means willing or not

7th lesson:
Control urself in love, and you'll almost be out.

8th lesson:
The way to make love disappear quickly is to make it a burden

9th lesson:
A person is most important to you when you feel that you are about to lose him.

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𝐒𝐞𝐜𝐨𝐧𝐝 𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭: 𝐂𝐡𝐞𝐧𝐠 𝐃𝐚 𝐘𝐞
1st lesson:
A man's love starts from compassion.

2nd lesson:
Women are unreasonable but charming creatures

3rd lesson:
It's a mistake to point out woman's mistake

4th lesson:
They get angry easily even with the little things

5th lesson:
The woman in love is a, leading politician

6th lesson:
Women often have 2 faces, but they are more clear about what is right and wrong than men

7th lesson:
A woman's heart is like a needle at the bottom of the ocean, but it's men's duty to look for the needle in the ocean.

8th lesson:
When you begin to learn about love, you can only see the shadow of it.

9th lesson:
Parting is to cut the Gordian knot, but the hurt will last for a lifetime.

Overall this is quite a unique movie about first love. But nothing too special too… Do I agree with all they're thought? No, not really...

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Stumble upon this on Feeds. Let's check this one out...

Story about 5 friends; Pantiwa Tantiwicha (Prae), Meena Jessina (Meen), Thidawal Intharaphrom (Wanwan), Methacha Kantisena (May), and Saratsawadee Wichawimol (Saras). The story began at Prae wedding. A secret tape of Prae is exposed at her wedding. Humiliated by the incident & feel betray by it, because it was only their friends group who knew Prae secret, Prae resolves to commit suicide. Preliminary investigation claim that it was Meen who exposed it, but Meen insisted it's not her who did it. That incident & accusation create a freckle in their friendship. So, Meen tried her best to find the culprit to clear herself from her friends suspicion. And the more Meen digs, the darker the truth about everything surrounded their friendship. And it's all began with the incident that surrounded the death of their late friend, Palana (Pan). So.... What's the actual truth about all the secret each of them hide under their blanket...???

That's pretty much the story without giving any spoilers. Now what I like & don't.

What I like:
+ The multilayer of secret. How sometimes hide your dark side even from your closest friends.
+ The friendship between 4 of them. How sometimes friendship really mean hold your friend secret to the grave. And we really know who stay by our side till the end.
+ The lonely people. We see how evil the darkness lurking when you're lonely & feel no one by your side.
+ To show us that sometimes we can run from the truth but we can't really run from our conscious. I mean what happen with Saras, I really like how she makes peace with herself in the end.

What I don't like:
- The crazy ending. Even till the end they still like hold some secret to be unfold for us...

Overall this a good suspense drama. Really giving the vibe of pretty little liars.

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Jan 2025 Recommendation Challenge

Watch this for my Jan 2025 Recommendation Challenge. Let’s discuss drama.

Story about Alex, who was given a ring of virginity by his mother when he was a child. The ring represents a promise to keep his virginity for the right one at the right time. Young Alex is confused about the meaning of the promise, but he keeps the promise.

Now Alex is 17 years old, he still doesn’t really understand what his mother means with the right one at the right time. Although now he’s quite eager to lose his virginity, he's afraid bad things will happen if he breaks the promise.

Come the faithful night. Jedi announce he will have a party in his house, because his parents aren't at home. Before going to the party, Alex got a present from his late mother, an old polaroid camera, & he brought it to the party to take pictures of his friends. That day, all the classmates had a wild party at Jedi’s house & Alex also snapped some pictures of his friends. The next thing that happens, we see Alex suddenly as a gynecologist doctor, who is in the middle checking out his patient & he passed out because of shock. Yeah, we suddenly jump fast forward to the future.

When wake up, Alex tries to digest the situation as best as he can. Alex finds out he’s no longer friends with his best friends at school, See-ew & Nim, instead he’s a best friend with Army. He goes home just to find out his grandpa was dead & his smart brother, Ice, is a rock musician. He finds the collection of the polaroid photo that he snapped back then and is surprised to see the pictures in the photo are not the result of the things that happened at that time, instead it is something that hasn't happened yet. For example, Army took a photo of Alex in the trunk of the car, but the picture is Alex in a doctor uniform.

When Alex approaches See-ew to ask what happened all these years, just to greet with anger from See-ew. After some convincing, finally See-ew agreed to speak to him. And that moment Alex learns a little about the bad deed he did back then…. Alex showed See-ew the polaroid photo, after some discussion they decided to track back the people in the picture to find out what happened with their life that led to what happens in the picture. They thought if they crack the mystery of the picture, Alex can go back to his own time. And after Alex solved the mystery behind Molly’s picture, they became sure that the picture indeed can be changed & that's the key for Alex to go back to his time.

Fortunately all the friends still can be intouch. Although there are some altercation in the process, Alex tries his best to crack the mystery behind all the pictures. So with that, let's the chasing begin…

Overall this is quite a mature and daring drama. It has a lot of mature scenes & daring statements. But every picture has its own story and lesson that we can learn from it.

Below I’ll write what happened to each picture in order they solved the mystery, not in order of the storyline. But that also means SPOILER ALERT!!! Oh and fair warning, my language is gonna be a little vulgar too, cause not all the pictures can be described politely. Read it at ur own risk.












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Molly:
The picture shows Molly in a desperate state, it looks like she’s about to take her own life.
Story: Molly has been accepted as the FL in Jean’s movie. But because she's not ur typical pretty FL, a lot of judgment comes from people around. And out of desperation, Molly takes a photo & posts it online.
Message: How to fully embrace who you are, don't let people dictate who you are supposed to be, just let the people see how bright & different you are…

Army & Jo:
The picture shows Army laying down in someone's chest.
Story: Army is Gay and he's open about it. Jo on the other hand, he still hides it, cause he trains soccer for boys & being gay is not a good portfolio for the parents. Army & Jo begin their feelings in highschool, but back then Army still wasn't open about him as gay & he insulted Jo in many cases, making them separated all these years. But when they want to start their relationship, they're having problems not only in bed but also in communication. Army loves sex but Jo feels uncomfortable about it, it's not about the position (bottom or up) or the gender of sex partners, but about something that even Jo himself can't put it in words.
Lesson: Love is not only about sex or how to please urself. But also about you learning about your partner… Respect each other boundaries

Kat:
The picture shows Kat in bruises after she’s beaten up by someone.
Kat is a sexually active woman, she's not committed to anyone and has several sex partners. Unfortunately for her, one of her sex partners turns out to want to control her & because Kat doesn't want to comply with his request, he beats Kat. After the incident, Kat becomes afraid & paranoid, but with the help of her friends, Kat finally is able to fight her fear.
Lesson: how to fight ur fear & live bravely of ur choice. The one who loves you will always stay by ur side back u up.

Jedi & Rose:
The picture shows them in front of the doctor's office, in not a good state, like they’re just received bad news.
Story: Jedi & Rose are dating, but they're having an open relationship. One day they found out that Jedi is having HPV disease & they blamed each other for the one giving them that disease. So, who's to blame in the first place…?
Lesson: How to be truthful and take care of each other.

See-ew:
The picture shows See-ew in black bondage rope, like the one used in S&M sex.
Story: See-ew like role playing with his girlfriend, Liu, he as the dog & Liu as his owner. But one day, Liu just fed up with See-ew who can't grow up & she decided she doesn't want to role play again. See-ew who doesn't want to break up comply with Liu's request, but deep down he still wants to be pet. So See-ew is looking for a get-away online, when he tries to fulfill his fantasy and meet with the woman online, by his bad luck the police caught them red handed with the accusations pornography. That made Liu furious & broke up with See-ew. See-ew feel depressed about it & tell Alex that to help him, Alex needs to help his relationship with Liu.
Lesson: To understand your partner more, not only want to be understood, but instead try to understand each other

Nim:
The picture shows Nim getting ready for giving birth.
Story: Nim is a lesbian, at first Nim thinks the picture is no way to be truth for her because of the fact that she's never gonna sleep with a man. One day, her girlfriend, Bew, makes crazy suggestions for them to have a baby, but since Bew can't be pregnant due to her health issue she asks Nim for it. And because of Nim’s love for Bew she finally gives in & goes through IVF. But something happens that makes Bew & Nim finally break up, when she receives the news that the IVF is successful & she's pregnant, Nim doesn't know what to do. That's when her ex, Molly comes back to the picture…
Lesson: U need to learn to accept the hands that offer you help.

Jean & Alex:
Jean's picture shows her crying & Alex’s picture shows him wearing his doctor uniform.
Story: Turns out the one that hurt the most because of that night of Jade's house party is Jean. Because she's drunk at that party, Jean dances frantically, someone snaps pictures of her wearing inappropriate clothes & posts the picture on the school wall, which makes her get suspended from school & her life only crumbling down from there. To make the matter worse she feels no one offers a hand to help her & she's also got traumatized by Alex that night. But what's it, u need to watch it urself, I'm not going to spoil it even more.
Lesson: To learn that every action has consequences.

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Japan made a remake for this title… Let’s watch…

As usual, let me start with the story…

Story about 2 couples, Hayase Arashi & Amemiya Rei, Kawai Fuma & Sorano Kai. Like the Thai version, they also separated both stories.

1st story, Rei & Arashi. One day, Rei met a handsome man who helped him with his car. Rei is quite obsessed with how handsome the helper is. By his surprise, the helper nonetheless is the university idol, Arashi Senpai. With some circumstances, when they meet again, Rei gets trapped by Arashi & the game begins… The game is to make Arashi fall in love with Rei and not make Rei just be another man in his life. Why game…? Well you must watch to understand it. Haha…

2nd story, Fuma & Kai. Kai is Rei’s friend. Fuma & Kai met when Kai helped Rei to get in the illegal street racing that involved Arashi. Fuma took advantage of the situation & made Kai have one night stand with him. But since that night, Fuma has been obsessed with Kai, he can’t forget him. So, Fuma asks Rei for Kai's number & address & the chasing begins…

For me overall the story is a little better than the Thai version. Some even less toxic than the Thai version. But unfortunately the Thai version has more handsome man… Hehe… So, if you ask me which one I like better? Without doubt, The Thai Version. Haha…

Below I’ll write the comparison between both dramas, but that also means SPOILER ALERT!!! Read it at ur own risk.












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The one that makes more sense than the Thai version:
* The first scene where Rey was chased by the security, Arashi saw him, and then Arashi saved Rey. In Thai, we only got to see Payu ask the boss for permission & then save Rain, I always wonder how Payu can know it's Rain that's been chased.
* The danger that Arashi must be facing in street racing. In the Thai version, they do the racing in the real race arena, so in my opinion no danger, especially since it’s only 2 motors that are involved in the race. In the Japan version, it is really illegal street racing, the street is uneven with the red soil kind of ground. So yeah… I understand the concern that Rei feels.
* The reason for Rei to get back at Arashi. In the Japan version at least Rei states that he will get back for the humiliation that Arashi gives him after Arashi teases him. I never understood the reason why Rain wanted to make Payu fall in love with him in the Thai version.

Better than Thai version:
+ The way Fuma asks Kai. Fuma isn't just so shamelessly harassing Kai like Prapai did to Sky.
+ Rei gives an explanation to Furuta Rinka about Rinka's request for help to set herself with Arashi.
+ The friendship between Kai & Rei. They show us how close Kai & Rei are.

Thai version better:
+ The chemistry between both couples. I don’t get the spark from Japan couples. For me they just like actors playing the role they get.
+ I don’t like how the Japan version portrays Kai, they made him look so old and the overall vibe from him is just not good, unlike Sky he gains no sympathy from me.
+ The crazy man that kidnapped Rei. Although I feel this version wants to make that crazy man seem to have more grudge against Arashi, but for me it makes less sense.

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