There was this very kind sould who informed me, that i missed the realese date of #JoyOfLife2
But thank god i have holidays and a uni paper to procrastinate and sleep is overrated anyway.
4 Years of wait finally come to an end!!!
I just finished the first Episode and I FUCKING LOVE THIS DRAMA. MY EYES ARE GLUED TO THE SCREEN AND MY EMOTIONS JUST GO AHDOFOVKRMMEMCDHKLG
so just letting you know, i am out of order for a while 😂
@lisseuse@bookstardust I think the weirdest thing is that China viewers seem divided, a lot of them saying it's not good and S1 is better. I find s2 even more addictive while S1 was slower
@avradi@lisseuse@bookstardust me too. I read the Douban reviews and some of the criticisms don't really feel fair or grounded. They basically want it to be the same as S1 and it can't be. It's literally a different show due to Fan Xian's growth and it's in the middle arc of the novel 😅
Just beginning to watch season 1 of “Joy of Life” 🌸 It is still laying the foundations of the drama but there is already a sense of foreboding. Zhang Ruoyun has a very charismatic presence - slightly goofy but clever.
Ting Meishi has a brooding, underplayed aspect that complements Zhang Ruoyun’s more mercurial character.
@mattb it's a website called Mandarin Bean. You can turn pinyin off and on. Usually I turn it off, and I can click on characters I don't know to get the pinyin. I use the website like a textbook
@thepoliticalcat Hrrmm, not from one place, but I used a number of techniques and used a few tools. I basically went through a frequency list and memorized them. But I also know most of the words already, so I don't have the extra load of learning new vocab. So I basically matched words to characters which is infinitely easier.
@thepoliticalcat haha writing is hard!! I never understood the stroke order, always got it wrong. In the end, it's just much easier to learn characters via typing. I don't think you'd have much difficulty remembering what you learned - try Tofu Learn and download the frequent chinese words deck. And revise, you should be able to spur that memory!
Just finishing episode 5 of “Joy of Life” 🌸 The drama feels very different from more standard Cdramas. Difficult to pinpoint exactly why. Perhaps it is because it allows its characters to be flawed?
Wang Yang as the assassin with a backstory who turns into a helper has great charisma. Nice to see actors who are not extremely young, being given meaty roles to play.
@Sollenbum@JillsJoy So many reasons why it's so unique!
For one, it's a fantasy historical drama not dominated by idols for once, but are run by pros in their field. So we get A-standard writers and actors. (Can't say the same for the cinematography tho lol).
Also, every side character is unique and memorable. Every character is in shades of grey. The plot doesn't overexplain itself, the writer trusts the audience's intelligence, so there's no unnecessary info dumps. It also has a killer twist!
@Sollenbum And we wavy haired girls wished we had hair that is easier to take care of lol.
When I grow my hair out, I appreciate the fact that I don't have to pay for any perming, because it just naturally cascades down into long waves. And since my hair always looks like I just got out of bed, I just let it run with it lol.
When Iived in Australia, I realised that we Malaysians had access to more advanced tech. Our laptops, smartphones etc were more advanced.
When I was a journalist who would travel overseas to interview people - Asian journalists always had the slickest voice recorders. We were using MP3 recorders while the Western journos were still using tape.
I don't think it's because we r smarter; I think we dare to copy & improve while co's in the West are more protective & possessive of their #tech. 1/2