Han Chong on Instagram, 30/10/2022.

Celebrating with @irinashayk and our self-portrait friends and family in New York last night💥

Photo by @rowben_

I’m finally back! After a forced break due to having to write my masters project🤪 (I know I’m late on posting these).

Anyways, I was excited about Self Portrait’s pre-fall 2023 collection! All the denim pieces. My favourite is the denim baby doll dresses. Also, loving those BAGGY jeans. One of my favourite looks for the past year has been carpenter jeans, so I was ecstatic to see Han Chong style them with a tweed cardigan. The lilac and the mini bow bags also hit a soft spot.

As usual, images are all sourced from vogue runway.

Finally, I’m going to try and get back into a regular posting cycle.

The Journey of Chong Zi (重紫) E12 ° Don’t forget me.

Our destiny in this life can only go this far. I will be your wife in our next life.

重紫  THE JOURNEY OF CHONGZI  China, 2023, dir. Roger Lau.

지저스 크라이스트 수퍼스타 (2022 - 50주년) - 마이클리 (지저스), 한지상 (유다), 백형훈 (유다), 김태한 (빌라도), 지현준 (빌라도)

Jesus Christ Superstar (2022 - 50th Anniversary) - Michael K. Lee (Jesus), Han Ji-sang (Judas), Baek Hyeong-hun (Judas), Kim Tae-han (Pilate), Ji Hyun-joon (Pilate)

https://youtu.be/cjFhWodk0JE

https://youtu.be/7Q6Sim0pcuA

Drama Review: Stay with Me (哥哥你别跑)

Source: Google Images

Su Yu, a high school student who lives a simple life with his father, faces a major change when his mother remarries a wealthy man, introducing him to his step-brother Wu Bi. Despite their initial differences, Su Yu being a cold and arrogant top student, while Wu Bi is an unreasonable underachiever, their relationship takes an unexpected turn after an accident. As they gradually warm up to each other, their bond grows stronger. However, when a heated fight arises, their true identities are revealed…

Source: MyDramaList

A Swift And Fun Time

Before we begin, I did not read the novel nor did I watch the first tv adaption. And, I am not planning to do either of that any time soon.

So, regarding Stay with Me, I really appreciated how fast-paced this show was. Honestly speaking, I would have finished it earlier if not because I was not rushing to that last episode. For a drama like this, it's actually very dramatic and if not for the fast pace, I probably might not have enjoyed it as much as I did. Although (I know what I said), because of how much was happening in those 24 episodes, the drama did feel kind of rushed as well.

I understand the events in the last episode did happen in the novel too and in it, it was around the half way mark? However, this is probably an unpopular opinion but even if the events were actually the final chapter in the book, I don't hate it. Sure, I would like an ending where the two of them end up together living their lives happily but I've been hurt by sad BL drama endings before, at least the "state of Wu Bi" was ambiguous in this.

Moving on, Wu Bi's cousin. You know, I thought I would hate this character by the end of the show but I don't. Yes, his little bun is extremely infuriating (it plays no part in anything at all except annoy the hell out of me), and he needs serious help with his possessiveness if we have to label his issue. However, forgo those flaws, he really does love Wu Bi a lot and seriously, if you look at Wu Bi objectively, this boy makes it so hard for his family to love him. I don't know what will happen to the cousin if the second season gets made but I will not be mad if he has a redemption arc. I mean...if he doesn't have one, I am fine with that too.

Last but not the least, I am still very confused with how much I like Su Yu. I guess because I'm more of a Wu Bi person, Su Yu did piss me off a couple of times. Especially when being such a smart person, he's not very smart when it comes to Wu Bi. Like think about it, if he was smarter, he would have listened to Wu Bi's warnings about his family and never go for that appointment because come on, Wu Bi or his stepfather could very well help him find another doctor and make another appointment.

At the end of the day, as much as I have some issues with Stay with Me, ultimately, I still enjoyed watching the show. I've heard that a season 2 has been confirmed so now I guess we just need to pray nothing happens to stall and/or stop production.

Rating: ★★★☆☆ (3.5/5)

P.S.: If and when season 2 comes, we need more Han Bo Kuang scenes and because I do not know what's in the novel, I am just going to sit here and hope there's a Mao Chong-Bo Kuang pairing even if it's just bromance.

Cdrama: Kill You Love You (2023)

Gifs of Ending of cdrama “Kill You Love You”

ENGSUB 【奉旨宠君 Kill You Love You】 EP01 | 双面城主危急时刻救女刺客 | 古装爱情片 | 优酷 YOUKU

Watch this video on Youtube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hhCVU1E0-xc

I'm cackling here because Jee and Hawky even have similar eyebrows and mustache hair. They just vibe. Lost opportunity that they never met in canon. :')

i firmly belive that everything that doesn't happen on screen is like free to our interpretation. who knows, maybe jee right now is living at a small lighthouse. fishing and just... calmly living form day to day. and one day hawky ends up on his porch with an invitation to zukos cronation? Who knows? but especially who can prove me wrong?

spotify wrapped 44!

meme: send me a number 1-100 and i’ll make a one liner from my spotify wrapped // give me your tmi- stray kids

        "what the hell are you doing to me for you to make me freeze like this again? i promise this isn't an obsession."

Du Jiaojun and Huan Gongyi

Two of Cao Cao's wives. One is the famed Lady Du of the Cao Cao/Guan Yu Love Triangle and the other became the mother of the celebrated prodigy Cao Chong. Cao Cao loves the unconventional. Du Jiaojun, light-haired, angular and bizarrely tall would be considered unsightly and ridiculous in the traditional Han society, just as much as the plump, ungainly Huan Gongyi. Both have endured unpleasant childhoods as a result but once Cao Cao enters their lives, their futures brighten as they see a side of the world they never saw just as the world sees a different side of them. Not to say their individual stories with Cao Cao are easy. In fact both are quite chaotic. But then, how else do love stories come about? Okay, I must confess, Du Jiaojun is a celebrity likeness to the magnificent Gwendoline Christie who I consider absolutely wondrous. I like tall women, not in a fetish way but in the artistic, aesthetic sense. Gwendoline Christie is one of those women who makes me feel all sunny inside and I couldn't resist modelling this character off of her. Yes, yes, I know there generally weren't blonde people in Ancient China but aside from the fact that a comic book aesthetic requires a diverse palette even in historical settings, the fact that she looks outlandish in-universe is what builds her story.

As to Huan Gongyi, I’m just waiting for someone to say ‘Damn, Chong’s Mama So Thic!’ or something along those lines. You can’t see my bemused expression but trust me, it’s there.

Irina Shayk via Instagram Stories, 30/10/2022.

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The Journey of Chong Zi (重紫) ° Gao Han as Wan Jie 😿 Episode 9

We will meet often in the future. I won’t turn you into snake soup. And you won’t bite me stealthily. Okay? I’ll take that as a yes.

重紫  THE JOURNEY OF CHONGZI China, 2023, dir. Roger Lau.

The Journey of Chong Zi | Uncle is so good

지저스 크라이스트 수퍼스타 (2022 - 50주년) - 신은총 (시몬), 마이클리 (지저스), 한지상 (유다)

Jesus Christ Superstar (2022 - 50th Anniversary) - Shin Eun-chong (Simon), Michael K. Lee (Jesus), Han Ji-sang (Judas)

https://www.instagram.com/p/ClnZ0BUL5NX/