Anoif

But the way they did the bullying and also how she is in a veryyyyy unfortunate circumstance is kinda…… a bit much honestly…. And there isn’t anything wrong with her per se… so in a way it just feels like they did it for the sake of….. doing it….? Or they are trying to imply that it’s a person’s destiny….? 🤣 and she can rise above all….? I don’t know… feels very off-balance/unnatural.

lol, I watched on but started to FF towards the last 3 eps released today… probably too many dramas with similar tropes/plots…. So I’m just going to pause it for now… coz aside from Ju Jing Yi, I couldn’t really get into any of it.

Same… really can’t.

Going to pause this as much as I appreciate that they didn’t go crazy on CGI overboard… but the whole bullying of FL is also kinda ott…. Not even sure wot I’m watching…. Or why I’m watching it… 🤣 Also, just noticed that the FL and ML has like 3 names kinda thing… feels like a ‘3 lives, 3 worlds’ theme… so just going to wait until the entire thing is fully released before committing….

媽寶 Situation going on….. 🤣 amongst other esp prevalent social issues in Mainland…. I.e social and familial ramifications of one-child policy…
Others are common in many Asian countries…… I.e huge aging population, housing for newlyweds, filial piety, tiger mum etc. curious to see how this pans out…. Still kinda neutral towards it…. Coz this wasn’t wot I was expecting with the title…

Wonder if anyone realised one-child policy actually encourages individualism… which are the foundations of Western society…. It kinda goes against a lot of the Chinese values…

Edit: Completed it… kinda different to wot I expected but was surprisingly quite refreshing…. So I loved the fact that they didn’t just focus on ‘parents are basically God and can do no wrong’… they focused on so many other niche themes which are hardly explored in Asian cultures… dropping out of university by choice, will you still stay together if your spouse is unable to conceive, mental health etc etc. In short, it is a thought provoking, life reflection/wisdom imploring kinda drama, not so much for entertainment or leisure… but somehow falls short to tug at viewers’ heartstrings…

Ah… ok, didn’t notice that. But I did think the new trauma centre has a totally different tone vs the old hospital. Like the combination is kinda strange….I get that it’s new but… the contrast is huge. I thought they used like a different lighting for the two wings.

The details of surgeries are shot for longer periods, more up-close and also finer. I.e like they show the replacement and reconnections of veins from the start to end…. Prior it was mostly just cutting shots, stitching up, major organs replacement etc. Likely related to progress in technology and technical visual effects coz some time has passed.

Yeap couldn’t agree more, and that was when the movie Joker was released which I felt was the craziest déjà vu. Coz I remembered watching the movie and walking home and realising the entrance of my home has turned into a rendition of Joker’s movie set.

Yea, this has the ‘Mystery’ tag. Will defo keep a lookout. 🤓🤓🤓

Yeap. I’ve met Singaporeans through work and they’ve asked me…. “But why is it that people in HK have sucha big response to the whole National Security Law… do you know in SG we bla bla bla.. “ 🤣 and me nodding my head in accord.

I can accept that bad guys get caught thing coz media (TV, newspapers, books etc) has a significant influence on the public mindset, education, exposure etc. so I get it…. But the way they do it in C-dramas…….. sigh…. Lol, so for example I got conned with Chasing the Undercurrent… and after the whole ending, I actually Google-ed and learnt it was based on a true story/case… 🤦🏻‍♀️ I was so disappointed with the ending… coz it was so…… in-your-face kinda thing. Hahaha, I was expecting some really crafty ending. Really?? They gave open endings recently? Ah, my bad… I try to avoid them…. Ooooo, I see. I will defo watch a few episodes of this for sure.

Lol, I never knew “money guns” existed. 🤣🤣🤣 are they props or are they for retail sale…..? On Amazon? Hahaha.

Ah… I see. Yea, in a way it is a double edged sword, like capital punishment. It kinda works in keeping crime rates low, but it also increases the chances of locking up innocent people… Yeap, I do know about SG… SG also has this thing whereby one can be thrown in jail for 3 yrs with no lawyer from the get go for certain specific crimes.

Yes, Dilraba in these kinda dramas make me wonder on how she’s going to pull it off. I don’t know, really skeptical about crime/police related C-dramas coz there is only one way out… get caught or death in the most blatant manner… I always feel like I’m wasting my time by watching it. 🤣 but this is done from the legal procedural perspective which piques my interest. And this thing has a ‘ Mystery’ genre tag attached. 🤔

Didn’t know about Japan being the same… Interesting! But then again if I recall correctly…. Crime rates in Japan is one of the lowest. lol, I’m skeptical on how this will turn out. Something new for Dilraba as well… am defo curious!

Truly think she was about to forgive him, or at least hold off the divorce until he is released from prison…. But he gave her a divorce for the sake of her….. a truly unselfish act…. I cried in that scene… crying while watching dramas is rare nowadays. 🤣 I actually found their whole marriage plot thing quite typical but also realistic…. Lol, playing PSP in the car, the whole socks thing, eating thing….. I’ve heard of all these things from married colleagues, friends etc before. 🤣🤣🤣 my own cousin became an Uber driver after work to avoid going home… the ML’s affair was quite…. Realistic though slightly cliche.

I think this is the first time I’ve came across a character which truly represents modern feminism, Gu Jia…. I like how she really can let go and holds no grudges…. Not about getting even nor trying to be stronger or as strong as men…. Also loved it whereby she doesn’t use her kid to leverage in a divorce. Was great that she isn’t a pure career/corporate “super woman”…. She’s ambitious, a go getter but she self-reflects (this is super important).

But she is also flawed in a sense whereby I think a lot of modern, educated young women can relate to…. Constantly trying to be perfect… which I think fortunately for her…. She kinda almost is… well at least she is an all-rounder. So it kinda makes her character more realistic yet the ‘ideal female’ standards for a lot of people (so that bit is a kinda dreamy)… I think her friend made a really good point. At the end of the day the husband she chose couldn’t keep up with her, which she failed to realise and was kinda living in her own dream world… but I don’t think she chose wrongly…. Neither did he…. In the last episode I was happy for her that the man she chose was a good man… who made a mistake….

So many people are hoping for this…. Sighs… I think the author might have avoided it because it’s kinda half cliched/trope-ey… but Lao Tan confessed that he fancies her though, and 10 yrs to protect and stay with someone is already considered love….

Wow, well it has some tropes but this is so realistic in terms of the whole working background/setup… I want to be Andy at 31 yrs old too! 🤣🤣🤣 Lol, I loved the whole 2nd generation ‘chaebol’ thing threw in the mix, she is SUPER funny, eccentric and ‘evil’. The author/screenwriter was very smart to write in a high EQ +IQ HR person. The actor who plays Wei Wei was the perfect cast (creepy but at the same time you get glimpses of eccentric brilliance)… his character was rather unique.

It’s kinda dated esp with the exponential progress in Mainland dramas (and also as a country) in the past 5 yrs so some depictions are quite dated which irks me a bit like wardrobe, set, dubbing, like 2nd generation family conglomerates are slightly more developed and matured now given the support/guidance of asset managers/private bankers etc… I love the age gaps between all the girls too, that’s pretty real-life.

I just started and am super curious to watch on just to see wot happens… defo caught me by surprise… because I thought it would be superb cliché like Tiny Times….

Edit: Dropped. Couldn’t tell if it was coz of the colour grading or the plot progression… maybe both… but the colour grading was really distracting…

Nooo….. there is no Ma YiLi….. 😭

Well said! Esp the last paragraph…

Wot surprised me with Tang Jing was she is confident, ascertain, firm and tenacious in general… in her social life, at work, and with friends… but when it comes to romance she has this deep-rooted insecurity, doubt and mistrust…. I don’t know if it’s only with this specific dude or like just whoever she really loves…. To begin with the Vivian girl shouldn’t have came between them at all… wot is the point of the 10 yr relationship if it’s so fragile…. The ending would be the same regardless… Aside from this, I think she is an amazing character. Loved her.

The view from Tang Jing’s apartment is super nice and calming… 😍

I wish I had a mentor like He Han…. His step-by-step guidance is really…. Pretty amazing…. Not only that, his life views and advice is super accurate and implores a lot of wisdom… I still remember one about the anxiety from divorced parents fighting for a child….. this is so so true…the child literally can feel it and will constantly feel stretched like a rubberband…

One thing I liked was how they portrayed her husband’s married life with Ling Ling… although not all re-marriages end up the same way, but they made a very good point to highlight the difference when it’s an affair/relationship vs marriage….

The last 10 episodes were very painful and sad to watch…. That is really the epitome of modern realistic melodrama…. 😢

Haha, I felt exactly the same. BUT the moment I played the first episode and saw Luo Bin’s office + the legal firm’s set… I knew it was going to be some form of Suits adaptation. I didn’t expect to like it coz I was disappointed with the Korean one.. this was so much better. It was a solid watch. Totally want a S2 esp with the surprisingly good ending albeit rushed.

Well said, I felt the same. I really wish there’s a S2 as well!

It was a solid 8.5 for me, could have been higher but I didn’t like the development of Dai Xi’s character… like she was stilllll cryinggg in the penultimate episode….. wth man…. I totally agree with wot Luo Bin said to her, I would have said the exact same thing actually….. as much as I understand her point of view, but after working for so long how can you expect the entire world to revolve around you….😒 and they only gave her redemption in the last episode…. So unfair… her character growth came so late, and it was so abrupt…. Why…… Epic fail. 🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️🤦🏻‍♀️

She totally could have used her brains and realised when an agreement is signed with a corporation it isn’t tied to an individual… nor a specific position/person…. Definitely not one whereby it’s just a paid-employee position.. she should have came clean with her mentor the moment she recognised the dude and they could have approached the CEO/BoD behind closed doors, collect evidence and secure the agreement. Luo Bin is a star negotiator… he could have made any table turn… and they could have gotten the dude fired or even put him in jail. For her to not be able to do this and not recognise nor leverage things/people/situations is just so disappointing…. Like why is it that young girls have to be dumb… that’s so unfair… young girls can also be very smart, maybe not a genius like Mike but they did also retain the bit whereby she has a photographic memory. They literally portrayed her character like a teenager….😒