Review: Sweet Sweet Bodyguard 剩女保镖

Brief Synopsis (of main plot）
Zhen Ai Jia (Summer Meng- why does dramawiki list her as teresa meng?) was raised military style and was trained to be a bodyguard by her dad, but all she wants to do is to be a "normal girl". So, she signs a contract with her dad that after this last client, she will retire and get married. But, of course, the client He Zhong Qi (Alien Huang) is arrogant, full of rules, and full of insults. Ai Jia wants to do many things to him, but protecting is not one.

My Thoughts
This 82 eps drama took me way Way WAY too long to watch. Different parts made me love/hate the drama in different ways...so spoiler alert!

Exo Fans' Cheering Cuts Off Zhang Han

I saw this article online today and I really wanted to translate it. I tried to translate word-for-word, but of course, that doesn't work out too well all the time.

Translation
At the recording of the AnHui TV show "亚洲偶像欢乐七夕夜", the popularity of Korean boyband EXO was very high. Thousands of fans screamed and cheered as soon as they arrived onstage, but the nonstopping screams drowned out the host and other guests speaking. In the end, many parts of the show are in danger of being cut out, including Yang Mi's opening performance, Zhang Han and Zheng Shuang being awarded, and parts of Exo's performance.

 EXO's fangirls raised the price of tickets from 100 RMB to 2000 RMB and the ones who could get in brought everything, including binoculars and posters.Their craziness wasn't just because of EXO's performance. They also screamed whenever a member walked out from backstage to his seat. Many times, the host was forced to stop speaking. When Zhang Han and Zheng Shuang went on stage, his fans had just started to cheer when they were cut off by another cheer. The second cheer was because an EXO member had just came out from backstage. Mean while, Zhang Han, who was onstage giving his speech, was greatly distracted and gave up.

Some of my thoughts
I'm not a kpop fan, but I do think that the EXO boys are pretty awesome. Mostly, I love the gifs of them on tumblr. But that doesn't mean I like their fans. At all. Ok, I know you're excited and want to show support for your idols, but PLEASE. Can you also show some respect for other people's idols? Let the other people speak! I feel bad for the other fans who aren't rude and are in the same fandoms as them. 

Let me introduce: My bias, JR Chien 简孝儒

i realized that even though i've written a bunch of blog posts, i still haven't talked about my bias a.k.a. my life a.k.a. my idol: JR

Short biography
He debuted in 2003 when he was 18 as the lead vocal in the boyband K ONE. The band was known as the "best dancers of Taiwan". They released their first album "We r K ONE".  In 2004, all the members acted in the drama Top on Forbidden City along with Joanne Zeng and members of 5566. The OST for this drama had the most singers than any other drama (at that time, i'm pretty sure). In 2005, they released their second album "Love Power". This was the height of their popularity and were first in pre-order sales. Around this time, JR began his hosting career with shows such as Wan Quan Yu Le. In 2006, they released their third, and my favorite, album "Romeo and Juliet: Love Story". In 2007, they released the single "Kingly Way" and last album "Beautiful Commemoration". In 2008, they began promotions in Mainland China. Sometime after, they disbanded.

Cpop Cdrama Tumblr Blogs

The mandarin entertainment fandom doesn't get much attention from the rest of tumblr (which makes me really really sad), but there are still a couple of awesome blogs! There are probably some more, but here is a list of the ones that i follow.

General
taiwanesefanatic: the first blog i ever followed. has the widest range and covers taiwanese ent and also mainland chinese.
linggluu: an exo, nicky wu and bu bu jing xin fan. has some pretty nice gifs.
c-poppystuff: ok. this is mine, because i like to promote myself. i post mostly taiwanese ent but also other stuff.
cpopcentral: pretty much what the url suggests
pyongland: this is mostly dramas and the actors/actresses
allthingschinese: mostly cpop and the artists

Specific
godfrey gao
bii
bu bu jing xin
leehom wang
jj lin
alien huang

for a better/ more complete list, go to http://cpop-directory.tumblr.com/ 

yeah, that's it

My New Obsession: Bii

I first heard of him last year, because his songs were the OST for Zhong Wu Yan (starring Ming Dao and Cheryl Yang), but didn't really look into him because he was in the military...now he's back with a new album (Come Back to Bii) and OMG!
 

Awesome Album: 韩庚-寒更 Hangeng

I've never been a real fan of Hangeng, but I just watched some videos of his 2012 album 寒更/Hope in the Darkness...what is with me and finding things late? Anyways, now I'm totally in love with him.
This album isn't just one breakup song after another. Some of my favorite songs are about breakups, but it's like the dramas where the main female lead is forced to leave the guy. They're nice, but they get boring and cliched. Instead, this album is filled with songs about chasing your dream and meaningful lyrics.
And now I will profess my love to some of the songs. =)

I Love 刘连城 Liu Lian Cheng

So I just watched 倾世皇妃/Glamorous Imperial Concubine (I know, a little late) and I have NEVER 2ND-LEAD SHIPPED THIS BADLY IN MY LIFE. and it has NOTHING to do with the fact that I'm on a Wallace Huo craze right now. 

And about this drama. Everything is just a perspective thing. No one was perfect or innocent, because love is selfish. The evil Ma Xiang Yun (Hong Xiao Lin) did everything because she was jealous of Ma Fu Ya (Ruby Lin), and her crazy-messed up love for Liu Lian Cheng (aka 榴莲城/Durian City). But he hated her for being terrible and trying to kill his love, Ma Fu Ya. She, in turn, hated him, for killing her father and capturing her love. All she thought about was who she loved, which wasn't Lian Cheng. And Meng Qi You (Yan Kuan), I don't want to talk about him.

Ma Fu Ya did not deserve Durian City's love. Ok. So, to me, he is the "broken bad boy". He was hurt so badly and in order to protect himself, he became the cruel, heartless person he was. But deep down, he was an amazing person, and just needed some love. But no one would give him that love. Even though he did everything for that girl.

Vic Chou Admits to Dating

Recently Vic Chou was on the AnHui TV talk show "非常静距离/Fei Chang Jing Ju Li" (have no clue what the english name is" for the new movie Saving General Yang. Of course the host asked him about his love life. This is what basically happened. (Video below)
Host: Do you have a girlfriend?
Vic: Yeah
(This is where I start freaking out. Kind of.)
Vic: I have a good relationship.
Host: With who?
Vic: With everyone.
I don't really get that. But he did admit to having a girlfriend, right? And I'm guessing it's Reen Yu, since there's been so many rumors and pictures and everything. I didn't really pay attention to her in Black and White, since she was just the hamburger girl-who Vic's character was in love with-who was actually evil. But I guess they'll be good together.
Here's the video of the show. No subs, sorry!
http://video.sina.com.cn/m/fcjjl_62245523.html

My Views on Roy Qiu's Lovelife

So...this big thing about Roy Qiu and Tiffany Tang Yan and Tang Yan's assistant. How long has this thing been going on? And am I too late for this discussion? Whatever.
I've watched a bunch of Roy's dramas, with Tiffany in a lot of them. And they look cute together!

This is real drama and I don't know what to think of it. First of all, what is the point of Tang Yan's assistant putting up those photos, if she isn't a troll or as some people think, Roy himself. She either really truly cares about Tang Yan and wants everyone to know what kind of person Roy is, or Tiffany wants to use her assistant to hate on her ex. It's probably a mix of the two. Tiffany seems to me like she's really innocent, but I don't know if that's her image or her true self. I also disagree with the assistant saying that Roy was the one who wanted to keep the relationship a secret, because I felt like he was obvious about him liking Tiffany. I remember he put up a picture with a cake for her birthday, saying, "Happy Birthday Tang Tang. I'll eat the cake for you!", and thinking that it's totally cute.
And then Roy's weibo posts after the break up. There are about 3 possibilities. 1) He wants to act like nothing happened, because that's the best way to move on. 2) He doesn't want his fans to know how depressed he is. 3) He's a heartless douche. I really want it to be the first one.
 I'm a fan of him, but I haven't researched much about his lovelife, but according to most people, he's like Taylor Swift. I know he's had some drama with Rainie Yang and Chen Qiao En. But...eh...
Oh Tang Yan. You work with so many hot guys. Why must you fall in love with Roy and his bad history?
Although, if Roy asked me out, I would say yes without a moments hesitation, even if it means getting my fangirl heart shattered.

2013 New Swordsman 笑傲江湖 Review

Ok. This is my first review...and blog post. So...
The drama is totally popular in China right now.

I couldn't tell the difference between the characters for pretty much 2 episodes. Then I kind of got it, and the first half of the drama was ok. I made myself watch the entire thing for Qiao En (Played Dong Fang Bu Bai) and Wallace Huo (Ling Hu Chong). If you like seeing them together, please watch this drama. They are so cute and I am soooo in love with Wallace right now.Don't get me started on fangirling over him.

The biggest problem with this drama is the casting, imo. Most of the characters that should be old are way too young. Especially the 4 that guards Ren Wo Xing. And I'm sorry, I don't like Yuan Shan Shan and her character, Ren Ying Ying, isn't much better. Maybe it's my bias, seeing as I'm a fan of Qiao En, but I don't think she's that great of an actor.
But for some reason, I love this drama. I don't know why. Maybe it's the OST. I must say, the songs are all so awesome. The opening theme song, Xiao Yao, sung by Wallace, is the best. Some of the other ones sound sort of similar, but I can overlook it.
Basically, this drama sucks, but I'm fangirling over it.