#dottie911

[zhansww]

Zhanww, thank you for all your posts, I thoroughly enjoyed reading them. I have one for you, just my feelings as you mentioned learning Chinese. Pls listen to the bday song by zz, when he sings "thank you for sending me the good night", it does not sound like he sang "good night", rather, wan-ai, the word love. My mandarin is not great, but I can hear he did not sing the 2nd word for good night, zz sang the word love instead. pls ask your Chinese friends to listen carefully to the last word. tx

Feel free to just call me Arya^^

No matter how many times I listen to it, I always hear "an"... I did see ggdd fans on wb point out that the pinyin for "good night" i.e. 晚安 wan'an can stand for "wo ai ni, ai ni". But even if it does and that's what gg meant... so what? I took that video to just be a thank you to his fans for all the birthday wishes and fan support or whatever. Heck, if dd had made a public "good night" wb post that day, I would consider this meaningful but as it is, I don't really get what's special about what gg sang/meant, regardless of what those last hanzi are intended to be interpreted as. Oh and I don't have any Chinese friends lol. But I did listen many times myself and sure, gg sorta elongates the syllable cuz he's singing it but I still only hear "an" >.< Maybe that clip was just a snippet of an actual, upcoming song, tho? And if there really is a whole song, then that one line may make more sense within its context... Did you listen to gg's performance of 月亮代表我的心, tho? I may not have pointed that out (cuz it's too obvious lol) but the lyrics of that song are so f-cking romantic; we all know who gg was thinking of when he sang that~

[rainbowsky]

Good Morning Rainbowsky, hope you are well. I am just wondering with these latest songs..."the drifting "Life of Us" is no longer protracted"... in essence, do you think this is hinting at possible significant changes coming soon? Like millions of their fans, I love the MVs, they are so well produced, it would be grand if ggdd move forward in that direction to produce more MVs, movies and so on. Hopefully they will start recording their songs in English as well, they would be so well received with the international audience.

This is in reference to a previous post.

Hi dottie911, I'm well, thanks! Hope you are too. 😊

That's just an imperfect translation of something that makes more sense using the Chinese song names. The phrase using the Chinese song names reads:

孤舟上的「夜行人」，望着《灯塔》的方向，《漂流》变得不再漫长

The "Night Walker" on the lonely boat looks in the direction of "The Lighthouse", and the "Drifting" no longer seems so long.

vs. the one from my post, which read:

The "Night Person" on a lonely boat, looking towards the "Beacon", the drifting "Life of Us" is no longer protracted.

It looks to me like an attempt to tie all the song titles together into a little story that flows along with the themes of the songs. It's just that you can't say, " the 'Life of Us' no longer seems to be long" because that sounds weird in English. "Drifting" makes more sense in that sentence, but it doesn't simply translate using the English song titles.

The translation I used in that post comes from the official fan club, and they've chosen to write it as 'protracted' to imply 'neverending/tedious' rather than simply 'long'. Everyone would want a long life, few would want one that feels protracted - drawn out, tedious. As you can see they threw drifting in there too, to try to bring it together more, but it just doesn't work fully in English.

Perhaps a Chinese speaking reader can chime in here and do a better job of explaining this than I have.

I wouldn't read anything too dramatic into this. Let's not get carried away and over-interpret everything GG and DD post.

As I've said before, it's unrealistic for fans to expect anything earth-shattering from them. They're both into a groove of focusing on living their best lives and working on the kinds of projects that make them happy. It's highly unlikely they're going to be making any big public announcements or changes, or do anything that will destroy the equilibrium of their lives or disrupt things for the stakeholders connected to their careers.

Re: singing in English - both GG and DD do sing English songs fairly regularly. However, their audience is primarily Chinese-speaking and Chinese is their native language, so it makes sense that most of their work is in Chinese. It's also better for GG to be seen as a Chinese artist appealing to Chinese audiences - particularly with his debut album - rather than as someone who's singing for/appealing to foreigners. If he appeared to be appealing too strongly to foreigners he'd face backlash.

There are still more songs coming, one of them might be in English but I'd be surprised. This album is very personal, and GG is Chinese. His thoughts, ideas, concepts will all be in Chinese.

As an international fan I love it when I can understand what GG or DD is singing, but I enjoy the Chinese songs just as much.

[smcwrites]

Taking a look at my best nine for the year and seeing that you all enjoyed sharing in my food, events, and even my record acquisitions is very heart warming 😍 starting at the top left and working to the right and then down we have: 1. Shakespeare on the Saskatchewan, which also included one of my favourite pictures of @basementgalaxy1 am I from this year, so thank you for that! 2. Going to Metallica with @basementgalaxy1 , @djcb73, and @dottie911 3. A delicious and healthy meal at @aydenkitchenbar 4. My first post #whole30 meal - what a month November was! Thanks for cheering me on 5. The mural by @darksidedonuts 6. A fun night out with @basementgalaxy1, @monamelba, and Aaron at @hkbrewco, @prairiesunbrewery, and @aydenkitchenbar 7. The twisty trees! (aka the crooked bush) 8. Getting @franz_ferdinand 's new album in a light blue marble and all sorts of other goodies from the fan club 9. A before and after hair post with the requisite Eddie photo bomb! Thanks for sharing these memories with me, and here's to an even better 2019 🤩 #bestnine2018 #memories #food #events #music #records #dogsofinstagram #dogphotobomb #pomeranian #yxe https://www.instagram.com/p/Br8gGL6HU97/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=17ck39h7tmas0

[zhansww]

Hi, thank you for your wonderful blog. Can you please tell me what happened to Yibo and Xiao Zahn? do you think they are together and keeping it under wraps? Also, I am confused why there is no mention of 227 in your Feb 2020 timeline. I am so new to Chinese dramas and stars, thank you.

Hello and thank you for your kind words~

Tbh, I don't know how to answer your first question... it's too vague. I dunno what exactly you mean. What happened to them when/in what context? As for whether they're together; I know there are unfortunately still many (solo) fans who deny this but the truth is yes, absolutely, they are together, they have been together since early 2017 and of course, they have had to keep it hidden. Although, I very much think that they both try to show it any way they can, especially Yibo. As for that incident not being mentioned in my timeline... well, my timeline is a collection of events that ggdd both attended and of things that prove that ggdd are more than friends. And that incident did nothing of the sort, therefore it doesn't need to be in my timeline. I get that any new fans may want a thorough breakdown of what happened but to me, that whole thing was an appalling injustice done to gg that wasn't in any way his fault or even fully his fans' fault and as such, it's still frustrating and painful to think about. I def remember venting about it but I probably deleted any post mentioning it. It still makes my blood boil. The only thing you might wanna take away from it is that is deeply hurt both gg and dd and it damaged Zhan-ge's career. We, fans, barely got to see him for the rest of that year, cuz his antis did the f-cking most to get him cut/dropped from anything he worked on. Even gg's studio was quiet. And dd, God bless his soul, could obviously not openly show his support but I remember that was probably the year he shared the most kadian, trying to show his support for his man for those of us who paid attention to it. Anyway... that whole year is smth that I'm just very glad we've gotten past and I only saved the good and relevant things from that year in my timeline, not the negative ones...

[rainbowsky]

Rainbowsky, thank you as always for providing timely updates. Curious for your thoughts...What do you think "4021" as the 1st - 4 dominos represent? As well, in addition to celebrating 10 years of success with lots of hard work & efforts, what message do you think dd is conveying to his followers...Time changes, my heart changes with the environment, and I am with "me".

Again, my apologies, I need to figure out what is ok and what is not when communicating on these platforms. Thanks again.

Hi Dottie911! 😊

I wish I were a bit more timely, but I've had so much going on IRL, I haven't been able to focus on my blog as much.

I've heard some new turtles questioning these things from a CPN perspective, and some have even read it as a negative, 'break-up' message, which is frustrating. Just a reminder, most things GG and DD post have absolutely nothing to do with their relationship, or with each other. (Not saying that's where you were coming from, Dottie, but I've seen this a fair bit so I figured I'd address that angle).

The domino sequence is actually "140915240915" which is the date range spanning DD's decade in the industry. He debuted on 15 September 2014, and 15 September 2024 is his 10 year anniversary.

As for the message, just a reminder that this is a (shoddy) machine translation, so it's difficult to get a real sense of what he's saying. However, my take on it is that he's essentially saying,

"As time goes by I adapt and grow, and find that I am able to be fully myself."

Yibo is a very independent person who - from my perspective - has been focusing a lot on self-actualization and shaping his life and career to fit his needs instead of the other way around (as was the case with his earlier years). I talked about it a fair bit in this post, and also in my anniversary post (which I'm still working on but will publish soon here it is). Basically, he doesn't want to take any more shit from people. He wants to do what's best for his well-being and happiness, and to focus on the aspects of his career and interests that gives his life joy, purpose and meaning.

Just check this out if you need more info on that.

Anyway, that's my take on things. I urge everyone to get to know DD and all of his material and form their own perspectives. 💚.

[smcwrites]

Had an absolutely wonderful time at the Metallica concert tonight with @basementgalaxy1 @djcb73 and @dottie911 😎 swipe for more photos including some of the most creative lighting and set design I have seen at a concert yet 🤔 #yxe #metinsaskatoon #concerts #concertphotography #livemusic #metallica #lighting #setdesign #metal #music https://www.instagram.com/p/BnxzXNoj3Wl/?utm_source=ig_tumblr_share&igshid=141snfmfrkva4

[smcwrites]

Last Night 🎶 Begrand meet up at @prairiesunbrewery with @basementgalaxy1 @djcb73 @dottie911 and Erin... who might get Instagram some day 😉 fun times, great visits, and tasty craft beers were had by all ❤ #craftbeer #familytime #drinks #visits #inlaws #beer #brewery #shoplocal

[smcwrites]

I enjoyed plating our second annual New Year's Day Bulk Cheese Warehouse Charcuterie supper again this year. We had (cw from top left) honey garlic sausage, Old Amsterdam 24 month aged Gouda, dry cured French walnut sausage, French Chaumes cheese, three pepper beef sausage, Double Gloucester with onions and chives cheese, Cacciatore sausage, Canadian Muenster cheese, and in the centre we have Sopressa Friulana salami. Thank you to Jeremy, Roxanne, @djcb73, and @dottie911 for the gift certificates that made this meal possible 😍 #newyearsday #food #charcuterie #cheese #drycuredmeat #drycured #bulkcheesewarehouse #yxe #shoplocal #plating