Sneak previews of some upcoming movies and TV series from Taiwan and Japan…
(more…)January 10, 2022
January 9, 2022
Kei×Yaku: Dangerous Partners ケイ×ヤク－あぶない相棒－ (Japanese Series OST)
Kei×Yaku: Dangerous Partners ケイ×ヤク－あぶない相棒－ (Kei×Yaku: Abunai Aibou) is an upcoming 10-episode Japanese “pretend BL” series based on the manga series of the same name by Kaoruhara Yoshie 薫原好江. Kei×Yaku (Keisatsu/police × Yakuza/Japanese mafia) is also a play on words, as keiyaku 契約 in Japanese means contract or agreement which is the “lover’s contract” in the plotline of this pretend BL series… The series will premiere on January 13, 2022 in Japan. They have also announced the 2 songs for the series will be sung by the newly formed Japanese boy group, OCTPATH, with 8 former contestants from season 2 of the reality show, Produce 101 Japan. Officially their debut single, It’s a Bop, which will be the first OST song for the series will be released on February 9, 2022, but it’ll be unveiled in the first episode of the series. Their second OST song, Be with You, will be unveiled in the second episode on January 20, 2022.
January 8, 2022
Something In My Room ผมกับผีในห้อง (Thai Series OST)
Something In My Room ผมกับผีในห้อง is an upcoming 10-episode Thai BL series that will premiere on January 19, 2022. It is adapted from the Thai comics of the same name by Raflael_M. After reading the synopsis, it gave me the vibe of the 2019’s Thai BL series, He’s Coming to Me, as it also has the plot of solving the case of the death of the ghost in the story. However, I’m not sure if it will be a light-hearted story as He’s Coming to Me or it will be more scary in tone, but I will definitely give this series a go…
January 7, 2022
Behind Cut 비하인드 컷 (Korean Series OST)
Behind Cut 비하인드 컷 is the lastest South Korean BL series that premiered on December 28, 2021. It is another typical South Korean short-episode series that is basically a movie-length film split into 8 short episodes for the first broadcast. This series is set in the fashion industry so it’s something new for the BL dramas.
January 3, 2022
Top 100 Mandopop Songs of 2021 in Singapore 新加坡2021年度頂尖100單曲
January 2, 2022
【Gardening】Propagating Succulents
Came across these two short videos about the different ways of propagating succulents yesterday. I love succulents and cacti, and have been growing them for more than 10 years, but having to grow them on a balcony, they are facing a lot of problems. The first being the less than required amount of sunlight they need, the fierce wind blowing along the wall of the building, the insect problems because they are in a seltered position under the balcony upstairs, and don’t get the rain as rain water is better than tap water for the plants… Anyway, that’s not the point of this post, LOL…
(more…)January 1, 2022
New Year Concert 2022 跨年演唱會
Mayday’s Fly to 2022 New Year Concert 《五月天 好好好想見到你》 (special online edition), with special guest, Jay Chou 周杰倫… plus some other highlights from various other 2022 New Year’s eve/day concerts…
(more…)December 30, 2021
Tinted with You 물들여 (Korean Webdrama OST)
Tinted with You 물들여 is a new 8-episode Korean BL webdrama that premiered on December 23, 2021. It is another one of the Korean short-episode series with about 10-15 minutes per episode and this one has a time-travel plotline.
December 28, 2021
【OST 原聲帶】Boys Over Flowers 花より男子／流星花園
Boys Over Flowers 花より男子 (or はなよりだんご Hana Yori Dango) is a Japanese manga series written and illustrated by Kamio Yōko 神尾葉子 which was serialised from 1992 until 2004. The second season of the manga series, Sunshine After Flowers – Flower Boys Next Season 花のち晴れ〜花男 Next Season〜, was serialised from 2015 until 2019. There have been many adaptations of the original manga series into films and TV series over the years especially the 2001 TV series from Taiwan which became internationally known. The Taiwanese series became so popular that it is now regarded as the originator of “Idol Drama” in Taiwan and also the Chinese entertainment industry. Subsequently other TV and film adaptations were made by Japan (2005, 2007 & 2008), South Korea (2009), China (2018) and most recently Thailand (2021). There were also three unlicensed TV series adaptation from China (2009), India (2014) and Indonesia (2017). However even before 2001, there were a film (1995) and anime (1996, 1997) adaptations from Japan. In 2018, Japan also adapted the second season of the manga into a TV series. In this post, I’m going to do a list of as much of the OST I could find from all of these adaptations…
(more…)December 26, 2021
Fake Slackers 偽裝學渣, Beyond the Outline 這題超綱了 (Audio Dramas OST)
Fake Slackers 偽裝學渣 and Beyond the Outline 這題超綱了 are two high school BL novels by Mu Gua Huang 木瓜黄. They are both high school slice-of-life sweet, funny stories that would be good for brainless light reading during the holidays. I read Fake Slackers (also translated as Underachiever Pretenders) earlier this year and currently reading Beyond the Outline which has a body-swapping plotline, I didn’t mind Fake Slackers but not something I would go back to read again, and Beyond the Outline seems to be going in the same direction for me as the plots seem to be a bit forced, LOL… However for those of you who don’t like angst and prefer sweet stories, these novels might be up your alley.
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