When I wrote my post on drama romances, those in wuxia dramas completely slipped my mind till Fia mentioned them perhaps because I was first introduced to the genre in the form of novels and later watched the countless movie/tv adaptations so it was never just 'a drama' to me. My memories of wuxia stories and the host of characters are an ( Read more... )

Talk of Sg dramas got me thinking about those classic ones that I love and among them, the one I was most obsessed with was definitely 'Legend of the Eight Immortals' based on ... errr, the Eight Immortals in Chinese mythology. In this drama, the world is about to face a terrible disaster at the hands of the demon Tong Tian and the eight immortals ( Read more... )

It's been pretty quiet here for the past month partly 'cos I'm settling into my new job and partly 'cos my free time has been taken up by wuxia/fantasy novels. After finishing Cang Yue's 'Listening to Snow Pavilion 听雪楼', I continued on her sprawling fantasy series 'Mirror 镜' and it's sequel 'Feather 羽' which chronicles the fates of the various ( Read more... )

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曾经以为等待会改变什么
你总会属于我

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A beautifully made fanvid for the 2006 Ooku movie which I'm planing to watch over the weekend. I'll need to prepare a box of tissues because I already know things are gonna end badly for our OTP. D:

Another amazing fanvid (spoilers for the ending) that brought tears to my eyes.
无法抗拒大时代的势力，无法抗拒爱情的引诱，终究只能飞蛾扑火，玉石俱焚。

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I'm obsessing over Nishijima Hidetoshi so much after finishing 'Boku to Star no 99 Nichi'. Sasaki Kuranosuke is in serious peril of having his position of ultimate oji-san crush replaced by Nishijima. XD My next Nishijima drama shall be 'General Rouge no Gaisen' which incidentally stars Nakamura Tōru, another oji-san I rather fancy.

唉，我是彻头彻尾的大叔控。

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P'Fia ka, can I trouble you to give a summary of the BTS??

While I do enjoy listening to most of S.H.E's songs, Hebe's solo stuff have a lot more depth and variety as compared to what S.H.E churns out and I'm happy that her latest album has maintained the standard. The Chinese lyrics to this song are beautiful in a dark way but my translation came out kinda crappy. D:

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把太细的神经割掉 会不会比较睡得着 ( Read more... )

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( warning: vid contains spoilers for season 2 and so does stuff behind cut )

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(In case there's anyone in the fandom who hasn't read the fic yet, you can find it here.)

I shouldn't be crying over fictional men. But I am.
I blame my horrid horrid week at work.
( Clip from The Reichenbach Fall )