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Review: Secrets In The Hot Spring (切小金家的旅館)

I really enjoyed this film a lot as well. I had zero expectations going into the film and it brought me so much laughter. In fact, I watched this in a cinema on a weekend and there were less than ten people in the theatre. I was pretty convinced it would be bad… but I ended up loving it. The key to enjoying this movie is to not take it too seriously and you will find that it does bring you a lot of joy 🙂

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Xiao Jin is a 20 year old delinquent high schooler who gets a call from his grandparents and returns to the old family spa hotel with his friends, Lu Qun and Little Princess, only to find out that the hotel is haunted.

Review:

Taiwan seems to be on a roll for “youth films” with films like Boyfriend, GirlfriendYou’re The Apple of My Eye and Our Times that every time I see a “youth movie” from Taiwan I’m almost tempted to lap it up. Of course, I’ve experienced many, MANY disappointments where I cringed at another dumb slapstick classroom humour and shallow characters dangling their legs as while looking out into the far off horizon.

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Year-End Special: 2018 Drama Round-Up

2018 dramas

Better late than never? This is a long overdue post since the holidays never gave me a chance to lie down and write my drama thoughts. 2018 was a combination of bad and good things that happened in my life — and so, the dramas that I have watched this year were no different.

This year was definitely more productive than my last (click here for my 2017 round-up) but it was not necessarily a good thing as this year has proven that less is more when it comes to watching dramas.

I will have a lot more to say here so come with me in looking back at the dramas that I have watched this year!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 48 Review

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Repeat after me: “Hua Ze Lei deserves better!”

I expected more from this episode given that it is our one step closer to the ending… But what did I just watch? Feel free to relive the WTF moments of this episode with me in this recap!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 47 Review

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We will forever be thankful for this door

The drama continues as we already have a few episodes left (this is third to the last!). This episode just proved that nothing could ever tear our main OTP apart!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 46 Review

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Hua Ze Lei wearing a dog hat is my kind of aesthetic

This episode would have been more entertaining if we have seen the bark-tastic bachelor party take place. Looks like Ah Si’s mama would not leave us alone by leaving some more drama!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 44 Review

 

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I live for the hugs from these two!

This was a smooth-sailing episode for our main OTP as it focused on Ximen’s story line. It surprisingly ended up to be one of my favorite arcs in this drama. Read to find out why!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 43 Review

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You won this time, Ah Si! You had us all completely fooled.

Just when you thought that this episode was going to make you cry, it just ended up making me laugh and smile like an idiot. Well-played, MG2018, well-played!

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Meteor Garden 2018 Episode 42 Review

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The happiest and most adorable island castaways

This episode was jam-packed with plot twists that I did not know what to feel anymore. Nevertheless, it was still an enjoyable and exciting episode to watch because it was full of our dearest OTP, Dao Ming Si and Shancai!

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