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Romance of Our Parents stars Guo Tao, Mei Ting, Liu Lin and Liu Yijun reunite at Weibo TV & Internet Video Summit 2023 as the drama is soon to celebrate its 10th anniversary since premiere

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卓玛 (dolma) - english translation

Originally written and performed by Nima Zeren·Yadong (尼玛泽仁·亚东) for his 2007 album 故乡·卓玛 (homeland · dolma).

"Dolma" is a Tibetan female name, derived from the Tibetan word for the Buddhist figure Tara (སྒྲོལ་མ, dölma), who is classified as a deity, bodhisattva, or Buddha depending on the sect. She is especially prominent in Tibetan Buddhism, specifically.

Embedded above is Yadong's performance. Below the cut and under the lyrics, I've embedded two covers that I like by Guo Tao (郭涛) and Jamyang Dolma (འཇམ་དབྱངས་སྒྲོལ་མ).

草原的风，草原的雨，草原的羊群 草原的花，草原的水，草原的姑娘 啊…卓玛，啊…卓玛 草原上的姑娘卓玛啦

你有一个花的名字，美丽姑娘卓玛啦 你有一个花的笑容，美丽姑娘卓玛啦 你像一只自由的小鸟，歌唱在那草原上 你像春天飞舞的彩蝶，闪烁在那花丛中

啊…卓玛 草原上的格桑花

你把歌声献给雪山，养育你的雪山 你把美丽献给草原，养育你的草原 啊…卓玛 啊…卓玛 草原上的姑娘卓玛啦

你有一个花的名字，美丽姑娘卓玛啦 你有一个花的笑容，美丽姑娘卓玛啦 你像一杯甘甜的美酒，醉了太阳 醉了月亮 你像一支悠扬的牧歌，美了雪山 美了草原

啊…卓玛 草原上的格桑花

你把歌声献给雪山，养育你的雪山 你把美丽献给草原，养育你的草原 你把歌声献给雪山，养育你的雪山 你把美丽献给草原，养育你的草原

啊…卓玛 啊…卓玛 草原上的姑娘卓玛啦 啊…卓玛 草原上的姑娘卓玛啦

The grassland's wind, the grassland's rain, the grassland's sheep flocks The grassland's flowers, the grassland's waters, the grassland's daughter Ahh… Dolma, ahh… Dolma Daughter of the grassland, Dolma

You have the name of a flower, beautiful girl Dolma You have the smile of a flower, oh beautiful girl Dolma You're like a free little bird, singing across the grasslands You're like a dancing spring butterfly, flickering among the flowers

Ahh… Dolma Galsang flower of the grassland

You offer your song to the snowy mountains, the snowy mountains that raised you You offer your beauty to the grasslands, the grasslands that raised you

Ahh… Dolma, ahh… Dolma Daughter of the grassland, Dolma

You have the name of a flower, beautiful girl Dolma You have the smile of a flower, oh beautiful girl Dolma You're like a cup of fine sweet wine, the sun and moon are drunk on you You're like a melodious shepherd's song, bringing beauty to the mountains and grasslands

Ahh… Dolma Galsang flower of the grassland

You offer your song to the snowy mountains, the snowy mountains that raised you You offer your beauty to the grasslands, the grasslands that raised you You offer your song to the snowy mountains, the snowy mountains that raised you You offer your beauty to the grasslands, the grasslands that raised you

Ahh… Dolma, ahh… Dolma Daughter of the grassland, Dolma Ahh… Dolma Daughter of the grassland, Dolma

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Galsang flowers make another appearance! Now that I've learned their significance, I recognize them frequently in Tibetan folk songs. Here's the translation note copy/pasted from 姑娘我爱你/girl, i love you:

Galsang flowers refer to a variety of wildflowers found on the Tibetan plateau, including but not limited to Cosmos bipinnatus (cosmos), Callistephus chinensis (asters), and Potentilla fruticosa (cinquefoils). “Galsang” is Tibetan for “good times/happiness”. They are beautiful but resilient, so they’ve come to symbolize strong women. They’re the city flower of Lhasa.

This song uses 姑娘 throughout, which I translated into English separately as both "daughter" and "girl".

This blog is basically, unofficially, a Jamyang Dolma fanpage, so I'm tagging her cover album that this song appears in, 金色的呼唤 (golden calling), so that they can be collected when I translate more songs from the album.

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Knight of the Rose. 7

Story: 6

Acting: 10

Chemistry: 10

Comparable to: Cute Bodyguard (cdrama) ; Love Unexpected (cdrama)

Starts off great! Unfortunately it falls under the ‘by midway it gets draggy and progressively gets more draggy,’ category. It’s still watchable in a way, a bit cliche, fluffy, although forgettable. Main leads have top notch chemistry while I thought the secondary characters were sometimes skippable. So I kept my fast forward button handy and skipped quite a lot making it more of a easier watch for me.

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When I Fly Towards You

TV Shows/Dramas watched in 2023

When I Fly Towards You (China, 2023)

Director: Mao Deshu

Writers: Yue An & Tao Kaixin (based on a novel by Zhu Yi)

Mini-review:

I think I'm a bit in love with this drama. It's funny, cause I didn't really vibe with the first few episodes and I almost dropped it. Thankfully, something just clicked at around episode 7 or 8, and from there it was wonderful. I finished this show feeling I had been there with these characters, like I was another member of their friend group, going through all those things with them. Do you know how difficult it is to create that sort of atmosphere and feeling? It's really hard to find something like that, so I couldn't help but treasure every second I spent with these characters. Seriosuly, there's something so warm and nostalgic and lovely about When I Fly Towards You. I feel like it will be a long while before I get over it, and that's the highest sort of praise I can think of.

P.S. I beg you, Chinese drama producers, stop spoiling the whole thing in the opening song video 😭😭😭

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just realised I have not, in fact, thought about the height of my ocs. like at all

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24 City (2008) & Cry Me a River (2008)

Movies #1,065 & 1,066 • Part of My JIA ZHANGKE Director Focus

JZ’s dual offerings for 2008: a faux-(or not so faux?)-documentary (24 City) and a short film, Cry Me a River (featuring long-time regulars Wang Hongwei and Zhao Tao), feel like minor works in the grand scheme of things. 24 is an interesting setup and potentially his most boundary pushing insofar as bleeding realism into the realm of narrative fiction is concerned. But I was a bit bored by both.

SCORE: ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ (for both)

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MYSTERIOUS LOTUS CASEBOOK 莲花楼 — 2023, dir. Guo Hu, Ren Hai Tao @userdramas​ event 16: fools @asiandramanet creator bingo - quote & transition   

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祸国妖妃 huo guo yao fei /Scourge of the kingdom, the demon concubine aesthetics ⋆☾⋆⁺ character: Lady Tao Zhu 陶茿

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How accurate are my speculations/assessments to what each mentor offers and the choices they are supposed to synergize with route-wise? Score from 0 to 10:

Yang Bohai: Best for raw power, worst path for Wu loyalists and Ruo simps, synergizes with Mei partnership/romance, Body Dao specialists, evil-aligned players.

Ma Rin: Best for money, talismans and artifacts (and sex), synergizes with Jing Guo restaurant tycoons (and him being alive), worst path raw power wise.

Chu Aiguo: Best for influence in the sect and possibly abroad, probably only path for Ai simps, synergizes with Elemental Dao and Good-aligned players, and maybe with taking down Long Chen without the bomb (not sure on the last one tbf)

Monkey God: Freedom of commitment, best path for Wu loyalists (if I understood Uncle Tao's comment right), possibly will teach you Monkey Grab and Double Death Finger if you pass all his tests to balance it out with the other masters' benefits. Synergizes with Void Dao.

YB: 7.5/10 Ma Rin: 10/10 CA: 7/10 MG: 6/10

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Legend of the Eight Immortals (1998) 东游记

Director: Zhang Baolian Screenwriter: Lu Zhiming / Li Yanping / Huang Huanghua / Xie Junyuan Starring: Ma Jingtao / Guo Feili / / Shen Zheng Xiuzhen Xie Yiling Shaoguang / /Lin Xiangping / Wang Yuxiang / Chang Cheng Genre: Drama / Costume Country/Region of Production: Singapore Language: Mandarin Chinese Date: 1998-11-26 (Singapore) Number of episodes: 30 Single episode length: 43 minutes IMDb: tt3038763 Type: Crossover

Summary:

This costume mythological drama co-produced by Singapore and China is adapted from the ancient Chinese legend "The Eight Immortals Crossing the Sea" and the mythological novel "Journey to the East". The evil way to the sky breaks the curse and is reborn. According to the number of days, the eight immortals in the cave must return to their positions to resist the evil way. Donghua Shangxian (played by Ma Jingtao) was ordered to go through danger and was forced to endure the disaster to guide the Eight Immortals back to their places. After selection, Han Xiangzi (played by Chang Cheng), He Xiangu (played by Zheng Xiuzhen), Lan Caihe (played by Shen Yiling), Cao Guojiu (played by Shen Yiling), Li Haijie), Han Zhongli (Mai Haowei), Tieguai Li (Lin Yisheng) and Zhang Guolao were selected as the Eight Immortals. The Immortal Donghua was demoted to earth and became Lu Dongbin (played by Ma Jingtao), and experienced emotional entanglements with Bai Mudan and He Xiangu who were reincarnated by Fairy Peony (played by Guo Feili). The little demon Pangolin (played by Xie Shaoguang) is obsessed with He Xiangu, but he is also good and evil. Fei Changfang (played by Chang Cheng), who has not yet become Han Xiangzi, cannot forget his deceased wife Zhenniang (played by Lin Xiangping), and unexpectedly meets Princess Long San (played by Lin Xiangping). Faced with a thousand-year love catastrophe, the Eight Immortals went through many hardships, but finally returned to their positions smoothly and embarked on the road of exterminating demons and protecting the Tao.

Source: https://tv-1.chinesemov.com/tv/1998/Legend-of-the-Eight-Immortals

Link: N/A

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STAY BY MY SIDE (2023, TAIWAN)

Trailer Highlights

Premiere: TODAY (July 7, 2023) 10 Episodes

Available on: GAGAOOLALA & VIKI

Genres: Romance, Supernatural

Starring: HONG WEI ZHE as Gu Bu Xia

YANG I HSUAN as Jiang Chi

LIAO WEI PO as Guo Zheng Hong

SUPERWAY HSU as Bai Yun HAO

JIN CHENG as Gu Bu Tao

Synopsis: Bu Xia was raised by his grandfather, a spiritual medium. His grandfather passes away and after the funeral Bu Xia hears murmurs now and then. Thinking he is hallucinating he is prepared to seek treatment but he finds the murmurs are getting clearer and they are the voices of ghosts.

Meanwhile Bu Xia has a roommate Jiang Chi that excels at everything from sports to academics. Bu Xia finds the more he gets in touch with Jiang Chi the less he hears ghostly voices. So he finds ways to approach Jiang.

The First Taiwan Release in 2023 by VIDOL

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OPINION: Kaduda-dudang Pagkatao, Paano Nakatakbo?

Illustration by Michi Sugawara

Isa sa mga batayang kwalipikasyon sa pagtakbo sa anomang posisyon sa pamahalaan ay ang pagiging isang Pilipino. Mahalagang kwalipikasyon ito dahil sa isang bansang demokratikong gaya ng Pilipinas, kinikilalang higit na makapagsisilbi sa taombayan ang isang pinuno na maituturing na kababayan. Ngunit, ano na lang ang mangyayari kung ang nasa posisyon ngayon sa gobyerno ay hindi isang Pilipino? Kwinekwestyon ngayon ng Senado ang pagkakakilanlan ni Mayor Alice Guo ng Bamban, Tarlac kung siya ba ay isang lehitimong mamamayang Pilipino o isang mamamayan ng Tsina dahil sa mga kahina-hinalang impormasyong natagpuan tungkol sa kanya.

Gaya na lang ng pagkuha ng trabaho sa kumpanya kung saan may mga istriktong kwalipikasyon bago makapagpasa ng job application, mahigpit din ang proseso sa pagkuha ng posisyon sa gobyerno kung kaya’t may mga kwalipikasyon din na dapat makamit bago makapagpasa ng Certificate of Candidacy (CoC) sa Commission on Elections (COMELEC). May pagkakaiba man sa age requirement batay sa tinatakbuhang posisyon, hindi mawawala sa kwalipikasyon na dapat mamamayan ng Pilipinas ang tatakbong kandidato. Sa pagtakbo para sa posisyon ng alkalde, ang kandidato ay dapat hindi bababa sa dalawampu’t isang taong gulang; isang rehistradong botante; at nakatira nang hindi bababa sa anim na buwan sa tinatakbuhang lungsod, probinsya, o munisipyo bago magpasa ng CoC. Trabaho ng COMELEC na pangasiwaan ang eleksyon at siguraduhing kwalipikado ang mga tumakbong kandidato sa mga posisyon. Ngunit anong dahilan at nakalusot sa COMELEC ang kahina-hinalang pagkatao ni Alice Guo?

Noong ikapito ng Mayo, nagkaroon ng pagdinig sa Senado kung saan kinuwestiyon ni Senador Risa Hontiveros ang kredibilidad ng Mayor ng Bamban, Tarlac na si Alice Guo. Ang mga tanong ukol sa kanyang karanasan sa edukasyon at kanyang personal na buhay, gaya ng kailan at saan siya ipinanganak, ay hindi niya nasagot nang maayos.

Ayon kay Alice Guo ay homeschooled siya magmula sa elementarya hanggang sa highschool ngunit nang tanungin sa kanyang naging guro, hindi niya ito nasagot kaagad. Sa sumunod na hearing pa noong Mayo 22 niya nabanggit ang pangalan ng naging guro niya. Ayon sa kaniya ay si Miss Rubilyn ang nag-iisang gurong nagturo sa kaniya mula elementarya hanggang magtapos sa hayskul, ngunit walang mahagilap na school records niya sa mga panahong ito, maging hanggang kolehiyo.

Isa sa mga madaling patunayan ng paninirahan sa Pilipinas ay ang school records. Kung makikita pa lang sa mga dokumento na dito nag-aral ang isang kandidato, maaaring masuportahan nito ang kanyang pagiging Pilipino dahil kahit ang mga paaralan ay tinitiyak din ang nasyonalidad ng kanilang mga mag-aaral sa mga school records nito.

Magulo rin ang pagkakalatag ng kanyang birth certificate. Ipinanganak umano siya noong 1986, ngunit ayon sa kaniya ay nakuha niya lang ito noong 2005, noong siya ay labinsiyam na taong gulang na. Nakalagay sa birth certificate niya na kasal ang kanyang nanay na si Amelia Leal sa kanyang tatay na si Angelito Guo, ngunit walang makitang record sa Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) ng kanyang nanay.

Sabi ng Philippine Statistics Authority (PSA) director of legal services na si Eliezer P. Ambatali, “Maaari po na hindi existing ang tao.”

Liban sa magulong identidad ng kanyang nanay, hindi rin nagtutugma ang pagkamamamayan ng kanyang tatay. Binanggit ni Guo sa senado na Tsino ang kanyang tatay at may Chinese name na “Jianzhong Guo,” ngunit ayon naman sa birth certificate ng kanyang tatay ay isa siyang Pilipino. Nakalilito at kahina-hinalang hindi nagtutugma ang kanyang mga sinasabi sa mga dokumento.

Ang birth certificate ay naglalaman ng ating personal na impormasyon at ito'y nagpapatunay na tayo ay isang mamamayan ng Pilipinas. Bilang isa sa mga batayang dokumento ng pagkakakilanlan, ang birth certificate ang isa sa mga unang hinihingi kapag papasok sa paaralan o trabaho. Kung kaya't mahalaga na tunay ang mga impormasyon dito dahil dito nakabase ang ating pagkakakilanlan sa legal na konteksto at pruweba ito ng ating identidad. Ang pagsagot ni Alice Guo sa senate hearing ay nagpapahiwatig ng malabong identidad at malabong pagkatao niya dahil hindi tugma ang mga inihayag niya sa birth certificate na meron siya.

Ayon pa sa kanya ay lumaki siya sa farm, na pagmamay-ari ng kanyang tatay, at nagtrabaho siya rito magmula nang siya ay labing-apat na taong gulang ngunit wala siyang matandaan sa kanyang pagkabata. Lagi niyang dinadahilan na wala talaga siyang maalala at hindi niya raw alam. Maliban dito ay hindi niya kayang makapagsalita ng Kapampangan, ang dominanteng lenggwahe sa Bamban. Kaduda-dudang wala man lang siyang alam na salita sa Kapampangan gayong sinasabi niyang doon siya ipinanganak at lumaki. Hindi kapani-paniwala ang kanyang pahayag dahil kung lumaki tayo sa isang pamayanan, likas na matutuhan natin ang wika rito dahil ito ang gagamitin natin sa pakikipag-usap. Mula sa kanyang pahayag si Guo ay ipinanganak sa Bamban kung kaya’t hindi ba’t kataka taka na hindi man lang niya nakuha at natutunang magsalita ng lengwahe ng mga taga-Tarlac?

Ayon sa Artikulo 4 ng Saligang Batas ng 1986, ang mga maituturing na mamamayan ng Pilipinas ay: yaong mga mamamayan ng Pilipinas sa panahon ng pag-aampon ng Konstitusyong ito; yaong ang mga ama o ina ay mamamayan ng Pilipinas; yaong mga ipinanganak bago ang Enero 17, 1973, na ang mga ina ay Pilipino, na pumipili ng pagkamamamayan ng Pilipinas sa oras na sila ay magka-edad ng ganap; at yaong mga naturalisado alinsunod sa batas. Sinasabi ni Guo na Pilipino siya dahil Pilipino ang kanyang magulang, ngunit paano iyon matutukoy kung ang tatay niya ay Tsino base sa birth certificate nito at walang record na nagpapatunay na nabuhay ang kaniyang Pilipinong nanay? Kahit nga ang mga memorya niya ng kabataan sa Pilipinas ay hindi niya maalala. Maaari ngang hindi lang naparehistro ang birth certificate ng kanyang nanay dahil nangyayari naman talaga ito lalo na sa mga mahihirap na mamamayan ng Pilipinas, ngunit bilang isang may posisyon sa gobyerno ay dapat kumpleto at totoo ang mga dokumento niya.

Bago naungkat ang kahinahinalang pagkatao ni Guo, ang inisyal na iniimbestigahan sa kanya ng Senado ay ang di umano'y pagkasangkot niya sa dalawang ni-raid na iligal na Philippine Offshore Gaming Operator (POGO) sa Bamban. Noong Pebrero 2023, ni-raid ang POGO hub na nagngangalang Hongsheng Gaming Technology Incorporated. Tatlong buwan matapos ma-raid ang Hongsheng ay napalitan ito ng Zun Tuan Technology Incorporated, na kasunod ding na-raid noong Marso kung saan nahuli ang mga kriminal na gawain gaya ng love at loan scam, human trafficking, at pag-hack sa government websites.

Ang kwestyonableng pagkatao ni Alice Guo ay maiuugnay natin sa kanyang isyung kinasasangkutan. Kung sa mismong pagiging Pilipino ay kaduda-duda na ang kanyang mga sagot, hindi kataka-taka na kahina-hinala rin ang ang kanyang paliwanag sa pagkakasangkot sa mga iligal na gawain sa bansa. Kinakailangan suriin ang mga impormasyon ng bawat kandidato upang maiwasan ang mga posibleng problema sa paggamit ng kanilang posisyon kapag sila ang nanalo sa eleksyon. Maaaring ang pagtakbo ni Alice Guo bilang isang mayor sa Bamban ay isang paraan upang magkaroon ng kapangyarihan sa pakikisangkot sa mga kwestyonableng transaksyon.

Maraming kaduda-duda kay Alice Guo, mula sa personal na impormasyon, hanggang sa di umano'y pakikisangkot niya sa mga ilegal at kriminal na aktibidad. Ngunit bago mahantong sa ganito, nararapat lang na hingan ng pananagutan ang COMELEC. Trabaho ng COMELEC na suriin ang mga kwalipikasyon ng mga kandidato. Kung una pa lang ay tiniyak at sinuri nila ang ipinasang requirements ni Alice Guo sa kanyang pagpasa ng CoC ay hindi na aabot sa ganito. Malaking dagok sa kanila na may nakalusot na kandidatong nanalo nang may kwestyunable at kulang-kulang na dokumento.

Sa UPIS, ang mga kandidato sa pagtakbo sa posisyon ng lider-estudyante gaya ng Pamunuan ng Kamag-Aral (PKA) at Year-Level Organization (YLO) ay sumailalim sa masinsinang proseso bago pahintulutang tumakbo. Kinakailangang magpasa ng mga kahingian tulad ng rekomendasyon mula sa mga guro; dapat din ay walang naging disciplinary case sa kanyang buong pananatili sa UPIS. Tanging estudyante ng UPIS lang ang maaaring tumakbo sa mga posisyong ito dahil bilang isa ring miyembro ng komunidad ng UPIS ay naiintindihan niya ang kapwa niya estudyante at alam niya ang nakabubuti sa kanila. Katulad lang din ito na tanging Pilipino lang ang may karapatang mamuno sa Pilipinas. Malaki ang responsibilidad at kapangyarihan ng mga lider kaya kung nabigay ito sa hindi karapat-dapat ay maaaring mapahamak ang buong pangkat. Kung sa ating paaralan nga ay maingat sa paghahalal ng mga maglilingkod na lider-estudyante, dapat ay ganito rin tayo sa mas malawak na konteksto ng bansa. Dapat ang gobyerno ang nangunguna patungo sa pagsasala ng mga magsisilbi sa ating mga mamamayan upang ito ay mapunta sa mabubuting kamay at maging totoo ang paglilingkod sa atin.

Maliban sa gobyerno at COMELEC, malaki rin ang papel ng mga botante sa magiging kapalaran ng Pilipinas. Sa sitwasyon ni Alice Guo sa eleksyon noong 2022, nakakuha siya ng 16,503 boto at natalo niya ang kaniyang pinakamalapit na kalabang kandidato na si Kapitan Joy Salting, kung saan 468 lamang na boto ang lamang niya. Ipinapakita lang dito na ang bawat boto ay mahalaga kung kaya naman ay marapat lang na maging mapanuri sa bakgrawnd ng mga kandidato at seryosohin ang eleksyon dahil ang mga nanalong kandidato ay malaki ang impluwensya sa magiging buhay natin, maging eleksyon sa nasyonal na lebel o mas maliit na sakop gaya ng sa eskwelahan.

Bilang estudyante, ang bawat kilos at desisyon natin sa paaralan ay ating responsibilidad kaya naman kung tayo ay may iboboto o tatakbo, tandaan na ito dapat ay upang makatulong sa ating paaralan at hindi para lang magkaroon ng kapangyarihan. Bilang tatakbong kandidato, dapat sigurado tayo sa ating tatahaking plataporma upang matugunan ang pangangailangan ng ating mga kapwa mag-aaral. Bilang botante naman, maging mabusisi at pumili ng taong kaya ang trabaho na aakuin para sa ating paaralan. Lalo na sa darating na lokal at pambansang eleksyon sa 2025, ang pagiging mabusisi at mapanuri sa mga tatakbong kandidato ay marapat lang na gawin upang hindi mabigyan ng kapangyarihan ang mga mapang-abuso at tiwali. Kaakibat ng ating kagustuhan sa pagpili ng maayos na lider-estudyante para sa ating paaralan ay ang pagpili rin ng matinong kandidato na bibigyan natin ng kapangyarihan upang mapamahalaan nang maayos ang ating bansa.

//nina Japhet Casabar & Aisha Timbal

Mga Sanggunian:

ANC 24/7 (2024, May 27). ICYMI: Senate continues probe on Bamban Mayor Guo's identity, link to illegal POGOs | ANC [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/hsUirBWo9U4?si=sDCGLr0FENGfryGO

ANC 24/7 (2024, May 20). Bamban, Tarlac mayor Guo denies links to illegal POGOs | ANC. [Video]. YouTube. https://youtu.be/M_pI9pCu2u0?si=GHCnQVZ-E9YQkn6w

Government Of The Republic Of The Philippines (1987). THE 1987 CONSTITUTION OF THE REPUBLIC OF THE PHILIPPINES – ARTICLE IV. Citizenship. [Website]. Official Gazette Of The Republic Of The Philippines. https://www.officialgazette.gov.ph/constitutions/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines/the-1987-constitution-of-the-republic-of-the-philippines-article-iv/

Manabat, J. (2024, May 22). Alice Guo denies being a spy, claims she is a love child. RAPPLER. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/luzon/alice-guo-denies-being-spy-claims-love-child/?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTAAAR0GRnoltPv2KjBVPPkgMuAu0SxYcWGiJoYOAO8VAmwZV3q5XOGTThkwYIg_aem_ARV8RzcJ_iFqCEyY3ahGZr79jgP7fqN0AMCZSgeFIFiGH_HvurJMQZZSuAtJzyfUkKah8Eob8fNxSa-X4FXyHfNO

Magsambol, B. (2024, May 23). 5 things that don’t add up in Mayor Alice Guo’s Senate testimony. RAPPLER. https://www.rappler.com/philippines/things-that-did-not-add-up-bamban-tarlac-mayor-alice-guo-senate-testimony/

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PSA flags irregularities in Bamban Mayor Alice Guo’s birth certificate. (2024, May 22). Philstar.com. https://www.philstar.com/headlines/2024/05/22/2357110/psa-flags-irregularities-bamban-mayor-alice-guos-birth-certificate

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Brief Review of The Abyss 光渊 | The LA of Priest’s Danmei 默读 Silent Reading

Just a TLDR for everyone who’s a fan or if you’re not a fan and not sure if you should get into this, I’ve watched four episodes out of the eight so far and:

1. Character name changes like no one was spared not even Luo Yi Guo the cat he becaome Ping Di Guo which is flat pan ya know I was like a bit ???

2. Plot changes - So far none in terms of the cases and the plot, and the interactions between LWZ, Fei Du and Tao Ran, I’d go as far as to say it’s 100% aligned, EXCEPT for the front part where there’s two strange additions:

It’s set like hundreds of years in the future and branded as a sci-fi drama but it’s not because the setting is exactly the fucking same like literally no advanced tech or shit, and tencent shaded them subtly for calling themselves a sci-fi drama

It also begins on the premise of genetic mutation where people have this gene that makes them commit crimes - i know technically this is not a new theory irl right, in reality there is ongoing research on whether it’s genetic or environmental causes that makes someone kill AND it’s a motif and underlying theme for Modu in general with Fei Du between him and his dad but this like public genetic mutation setup is weird PLUS they don’t actually even talk about it??? Like 4 eps in they set it up but it’s nowhere to be seen

The CGI is shite omgg.... like you can tell they CGI-ed the storm, a cake in a fight scene etc. and like a sack of dice... I cry...

It’s 30 episodes in total, and ZHANG XIN CHENG IS A GORGEOUS FEI DU but Fu Xinbo legit looks more like an uncle than the LWZ I had in mind, and the way he does things also not as cool so I’m a bit sad. HAHAHAHA

But otherwise a lot of the details are kept to, we’re just not sure where on earth they’re gonna stop cuz I don’t think 30 eps are enough, BUT that being said, each ep is 50 minutes long.

No translations just yet and even I had to watch on VPN via Youku’s china app.