Love Area the Series ครั้งหนึ่งเราเคยรักกัน is a new 10-episode Thai BL TV series that was scheduled to premiere last month, May 8, 2021, but was postponed. The new premiere date has not been announced yet. The theme song, Stay Together แค่เธออยู่, is sung by Jeff Satur.
(more…)June 6, 2021
June 5, 2021
Foolish Heart 太傻 – Della 丁噹
This is a new cover of a hit Mandopop song from the 1990s by Della 丁噹. The song was composed by Malaysian singer Eric Moo 巫啟賢 in 1993 to give to his junior, Mindy Quah 柯以敏, another Malaysian singer for her first album. Eric covered the song the next year, 1994, and his version also became a classic and has been a favourite of mine ever since. I have included all 3 versions below.
(more…)June 4, 2021
Chef is a Great Detective シェフは名探偵 (Japanese TV OST)
Chef is a Great Detective, or Shefu wa Mei Tantei 《シェフは名探偵／主廚是名偵探》 is a new Japanese drama that started airing on May 31, 2021 with a total of 10 9 episodes. When I saw the title of the TV series, I immediately got interested since I love mystery dramas and this one also include my other passion, food! The series starred Nishijima Hidetoshi 西島秀俊 who also starred in another excellent food-related TV series in 2019, What Did You Eat Yesterday? きのう何食べた？… So I guess once again don’t watch this series on an empty stomach!
The TV series is based on the Bistro Pas Mal ビストロ・パ・マル series of 3 Japanese novels by Kondō Fumie 近藤史恵 – Un rêve de Tarte Tatin タルト・タタンの夢 (Tarte Tatin’s Dream), Vin chaud pour vous ヴァン・ショーをあなたに (Vin chaud for you), and Un macaron, c’est un macaron マカロンはマカロン (Macaron is macaron).
June 1, 2021
Top Mandopop Songs (week ending May 29, 2021)
Malaysian singer Andrew Tan 陳勢安 has taken the top spots in Taiwan and Singapore Mandopop charts for his new album and singles this week, congratulations!
(more…)May 31, 2021
【Triple Play】《萬字情詩》《窒息》《一生渡我》
Three fanfic songs written for My Roommate is a Detective 民國奇探 from last year and We Best Love from earlier this year. Actually strictly speaking just two songs, since the music from one song is used for two songs with different lyrics.
(more…)May 24, 2021
Kaleidoscope of Death (Audio Drama Theme Song) 廣播劇《死亡萬花筒》主題曲
Welcome into the world of doors 歡迎進入門的世界! I have just started reading this BL novel, Kaleidoscope of Death 死亡萬花筒, by Xi Zi Xu 西子緒 which is a highly recommended Chinese BL novel. It has a very unusual BL story with mystery, horror, supernatural, and suspenseful plotlines. At the moment, I have just reached the second door, and the clue is based around the Brothers Grimm’s fairy tale, Fitcher’s Bird, so you can imagine where the story is going… As I was searching for songs from the audio drama, there is a song based on the Japanese children’s game of Kagome Kagome, so I am guessing another door leads to that in the later part of the novel… I won’t say too much about it yet as I am still very early into the novel, but I have to say after discovering Chinese BL novels, I have almost given up on watching BL TV series as nearly 80% of the TV series have very boring, amateurish plots. The only thing that keeps me interested in many of the current BL TV series is just the OST, LOL… If you are not afraid of reading horror stories, Novel Updates has the novel translated into English – I have just checked and they have virtually completed the translation just a few days ago.
(more…)May 23, 2021
【用點心做點心】Shrimp Shumai 蝦仁燒賣
A Dimsum favourite, flower-pot dumplings, or shumai in Cantonese… Quite difficult to wrap by beginners, but this video shows you how to wrap up into flower-pot shape…
(more…)May 22, 2021
May 19, 2021
Mutual Pain 我們都傷 – Andrew Tan 陳勢安
New MV from Andrew’s new album. I was hoping the MV for the title song of his new album, which also happens to be the final OST song from HIStory4: Close to You would be released first but looks like we have to wait a bit longer for that one. Never mind this song is sad but still very good…
(more…)May 18, 2021
Random Ramblings on BL Novels – Miracle 奇蹟 by Lin Peiyu 林珮瑜
Miracle 奇蹟 is a new BL novel from Taiwanese screenwriter/author, Lin Peiyu 林珮瑜, that was released in book format on April 20, 2021. For those of you who are not familiar with this author, Lin Peiyu penned the screenplays for a few of the Taiwanese HIStory BL series (HIStory: Obsessed 著魔, HIStory2: Right or Wrong 是非, HIStory2: Crossing the Line 越界, & HIStory3: Trapped 圈套) and also the recently aired WBL series (We Best Love: No. 1 For You 永遠的第一名 & We Best Love: Fighting Mr. 2nd 第二名的逆襲). On the day of the release of the book, the publisher uploaded a 5-minute teaser video to promote the book which got me confused thinking it was a teaser for a new TV series because it looked so real like a TV drama! That teaser video even has two theme songs, and one of the songs was uploaded last week, which I have included below.
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