Grace

Most recent obsession - Love in the Clouds, anyone?? MingZai for life♾️

A little bit about me:

Star sign - Capricorn

MBTI - ISTJ

Currently living in the UK (but my location is ever-changing at times)

I first entered drama world in 2023 with my first drama that I scrolled onto on YouTube that I thought looked fun. I was born and raised in Hong Kong with Chinese parents so naturally I am biased towards all things Chinese...including drama taste apparently. I started watching properly in 2024 where my second drama ever, Who Rules the World came into play when I was scrolling on Netflix. My humble beginnings started on Netflix and slowly I realized how much I missed out on in my actual motherland! So the next time I returned to visit relatives in China, all I found myself doing was noticing the posters with celebrities I had never paid attention to before, taking advantage of my cousins' families iQIYI and Youku subscriptions along with the TV that was automatically wired to all things CDRAMA, and getting excited over seeing a familiar face in an advertisement outside a random hotpot restaurant. (I have something small to confess which is also a life regret: despite being born in Hong Kong...I've never learnt Cantonese. Shocker, I know - to fellow Hong Kongers as well)

My watching habits: I love bingeing dramas, it is my favourite thing to do to destress. Sometimes when I feel like a drama has been put to rest on my open tabs for wayyyy too long but then I realize I have free will but then I don't really want to totally give up so that goes into the on hold section. So far I have made a little progress on that section but regretfully not much. The only reason I have so little 8s or belows in my watchlist is because I either drop the show or don't even watch it in the first place. I normally only consider shows with a rating above an 8 on MDL and only below if the cast is good. My ratings can change over time but only slightly and all the unreleased dramas that I'm pining away for are in my undecided list. I never put anything in the not interested list because after all who am I to judge before watching it...

Once in a while I do pick something up on a whim...then I drop it on a whim as well not necessarily because I didn't like it, just because I wasn't in the mood. Just look at the ratings and judge from there

If you check my feed...you can tell I don't really engage with that. Just because I've never found the need to learn how that worked so if you want to chat or share something just message. I will normally reply. (And I also have no rubric as to which friend requests I accept) The day I joined I did release like a huge stream of reviews but that was before I knew how the system worked and now I have kind on given up writing them but I think I might pick that up again once I have more time. Maybe in the future someday

OSTS: I have an unhealthy obsession with OSTs. In the beginning I never really paid attention to them before, but after I realized just how good some of these songs are...my Spotify account is below in its own table

THANKS FOR READING THIS ESSAY - I promise there will be no more personal statements for the rest of this page...just enjoy the GIFs and my favourite dramas ✨

(except perhaps my OST section 🤭)

FIRST DRAMAS ---

FIRST CDRAMA: 

THE JOURNEY OF CHONGZI

FIRST KDRAMA:

MY DEMON

ABOUT MY RATINGS ---

0.5-3.5

TRASH BEYOND TRASH

4.0-5.5

ONCE WATCHED OR ATTEMPTED? NEED TO CLEANSE THE BRAIN. OR NOT BECAUSE WHAT YOU GAINED AFTER WATCHING IS..? NOTHING.

6.0-6.5:

REALLY PAINFUL WATCH, NOTHING ENJOYABLE, FORGETTABLE PLOT

7.0-7.5:

FORCED COMPLETION, DRAGGING SLOW PLOT BUT SOME MOMENTS OF INTEREST

8.0:

NOTHING SPECIAL. UNMEMORABLE BUT WATCHABLE

8.5:

GOOD. NO DRAG WHILE WATCHING. CAN WATCH IF YOU WANT

9.0:

REALLY GREAT, SHOULD DEFINITELY CHECK THEM OUT

9.5:

100% DEFINITELY RECOMMEND WATCH, AMAZING DRAMA BEAUTIFUL CREATION MUST WATCH

10:

IF I RATE IT A 10 IT IS A REAL 10 FOR ME. MUST WATCH, THE BEST DRAMA EVER, REWATCH NECESSARY LIKE FULLY EVERY EPISODE WITH NO SKIPS AT ALL AND NOT ON 2X SPEED, ILL SHIP THE COUPLE TILL I DIE

BEST CDRAMAS  OF ALL TIME ---

WUXIA:

XIANXIA:

XUANHUAN:

MODERN:

HISTORICAL:

PERIOD:

OTHER GOOD CDRAMAS OF EACH YEAR---

2020:

2021:

2022:

2023:

2024:

2025:

2026:

FAVOURITE PERIOD DRAMA CHARACTERS---

Shangguan Qian

Gong Shangjue

Gong Yuanzhi

Ji Bozai

Ming Yi

Xiang Liu

Song Mo

Dou Zhao

Xie Wei

Fu Yixiao

Xu Qi'an

Ling Miaomiao

Baili Dongjun

Dongfang Qingcang

Xiao Lanhua

Tantai Jin

Zhao Yuanzhou

Li Lun

Bai Fengxi

Hei Fengxi

Qiao Man

Murong Jinghe

Wei Ying

Lu Wuyi

Xiao Heng

Xue Fangfei

Nan Heng

Ning Yuanzhou

Ren Ruyi

Yu Shisan

Shao Yao

Xie Zheng

Fan Changyu

FAVOURITE MODERN DRAMA CHARACTERS---

Zhang Lurang

Su Zaizai

Lin Yiyang

Duan Jiaxu

Sang Yan

Jin Zhao

Shi Yan

Hu Xiu

He Suye

Shen Yi

Wang Ye

Feng Baobao

Lu Sicheng

Tong Yao

Yan Poyue

Lin Yingtao

Lu Xixiao

Tang Yixun

Here are some videos and MVs 🤭

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