The Hippocratic Crush/ On Call 36 Hours 22 & 23

BEST TWO EPS IN THE WHOLE SERIES!!!!!

Didn't feel like watching ep 22 last night so I had two episodes to watch today. Super epic. I was actually planning to keep all last four eps to the weekend but of course, I could never bear the suspense.

Honestly ep 22 was freaking exciting. I thought the starting part was too over the top. Like Yat-Hong going from critical condition to safe and then to critical condition again, then normal BP but brain dead. I don't know if things happen like that in real life but bearing in mind that this is still after all a TV show, I think it was a waste of time to spend 1/3 an episode on saving his life. They could've just squeezed everything into 15min max. Because we all knew he was going to die. Thanks to Nathan Ngai for spoiling his own story on weibo. 

Gotta bear in mind that the climax of the story is what happens after he dies and not during.

Read on weibo that Kenneth Ma actually filmed this scene in one shot, but they decided to do it again because they felt he could make it even more emotional. So they enlisted the help of everyone on set to make him upset and in the end, when it was done, he and the director both knew that was 'it'. And 'it' it was. Mad scene!

MY GOODNESS KENNETH MA WHY YOU SO 拼!!! Feel so bad for you. 

Honestly that was the best Kenneth Ma scene I have EVER watched. This was without a doubt the most impressive crying scene I have ever watched from a TVB actor. So we don't get to see Kenneth Ma on TV much but when we do he never fails us! VERY PROUD OF KENNETH MA!

I cried like crazy at this part. And you know I don't cry for TV shows because it's acting! But somehow everything just clicked at this point. I genuinely felt sad that his younger brother whom he loves and protects so much died so randomly, and as a surgeon (one who was involved in the operation at that) it must have been terribly difficult.

My poor, poor Yat Kin Tau. :'(

So ep 22 was extremely emotional. Not only did I cry at this basketball court scene, I cried again when the social worker came into to ask them to sign the organ donor form/ when they were doing the operation and again when Ben (Benjamin Yuen) was knocking sense into Mei Suet. Gotta reiterate how impressed I am by Benjamin Yuen. He's not only good-looking, charismatic, but his character is the right mix of funny and smart. That's kind of all you need in a guy actually!


Couldn't help but continue with ep 23 immediately. Ep 23 had a lot of memorable scenes, like Yu Zai driving Yat Kin Tau around just to help him sleep (but it ended on an awkward note because it turned out it wasn't that he couldn't sleep but that he didn't want to. Oops!) and Mei Suet stealing letters yet again (this time from Yu Zai to give to Yat Kin Tau) - seriously was her childhood dream to be a postman or doctor?!

Of course I cried again at the end of ep 23. I wish they extended the memorial service part by letting me hear what on earth Yeung Chong had to say. Yeung Chong is after all one of the main characters (more main than Jing Jing at least?!) and he was quite a close friend of Yat-Hong's, no? Was reduced to a sobbing mess again when Yat Kin Tau did his eulogy. I think the whole idea of losing someone close just makes me very emotional in general?! And more so when it's a sibling cos... argh, I'm super close to my siblings!!!

I think a lot of things happened in these two eps and I'm not really sure we got the point because Yat-Hong's death was just too much for everyone to bear. Not to say they could've just concentrated on mourning, but I would've expected Yu Zai telling her parents about her spinal tumour to be a bigger deal?

Also... so many unnecessary scenes between Yeung Chong and Jing Jing. Would've very much appreciated Yeung Chong helping Yat Kin Tau out instead. After all, the two are super distant now as compared to at the start of the show. That's weird in every sense.

Interesting to note that Ben's part of the story is building up. Although I think it's quite stupid that he became a playboy because his first girlfriend treated him poorly. But okay fine, if it makes the show work out better, whatever. Now he has to go for HIV tests because he ran into his ex-girlfriend and she caused him to hurt himself with a tweezer with her HIV-positive blood on it. And if this sounds vaguely familiar it was actually a plot used in Forensic Heroes II. Oh, TVB!!

Ben and Mei Suet!!!


We're down to the last two eps of The Hippocratic Crush. I am going to try extremely hard not to watch it until the weekend. Wish me luck! Although luck is nothing because I'll end up spoiling everything for myself on weibo. Sigh. (Also yes its super sad that the show is only 25 episodes long. It is hopelessly dumb that TVB would make shows such as Yes Sir Sorry Sir 30 freaking episodes but THC is only 25-eps long. Especially when we haven't had a medical drama in something like 10 years.)

I'm wondering if a Best Actor award is possible for Kenneth Ma. Also I really hope to see him more often from now on. 

Me & MBLAQ

Happened to type this out so I thought I might as well copy & paste it here so I don't ever have to tell the story again. Not that anyone wants to know it. People only want to know my ELF story (yes someone has actually bothered to ask and share her own. Thank you Purebeef!)


When i first discovered them in 2010 i thought they were just another boyband cos their songs (Y and One Better Day) didn't really stand out from the rest. But then in 2011, they came back with Stay, Again and later on Mona Lisa and these songs changed my mind completely. Their latest album 100% Ver, which I raved about here, made me fall insanely in love with them. And I currently love them as much as I love SuJu. It is that epic, because you know, I like a lot of groups but I will never like anyone else as much as Super Junior. It took a lot for MBLAQ to get that close.

You should also check them out on Hello Baby because although their season of HB is not as funny as SHINee's (because they do dumb things like go for musical practice and waste time by looking for a mother for the children), it's still super entertaining. Ep 8 was particularly crazy, LOVED IT!

Seungho's coming back this weekend! HAPPINESS!

4203 Epic Term Paper

One day we will all laugh at these tears we're shedding.


Sociology of Organizations, Weber, Bureaucracy. 


It's not like they're going to determine our life.

if you're wondering why FT Island isn't doing as well as before

Watch this and you will understand.

On Call 36 Hours / The Hippocratic Crush Ep20

Best episode in a while or what?

There weren't enough scenes with Kenneth Ma this episode but I think things are finally moving on for everyone else. Not to say things were getting draggy or what, but I was getting a teeny weeny bit sick of Tavia Yeung's voice-over every episode.

Check out Benjamin Yuen & Mandy Wong above. Yes we all don't like Mandy Wong's character. But surprisingly this is how Benjamin Yuen's character (also called Benjamin, thanks a lot TVB) quits being a flirt. I think this two are gonna get together??

Tavia's got some spinal tumour. I guessed this was going to happen but still it's stupid. She had to reject Kenneth Ma because of this (and also cos Mandy Wong that bitch is her sister, and she's interested in him too).

Him Law's character has come such a long way from being that playful brat at the start. He's so matured now. I love Yeung Cong!! Officially second only to Kenneth Ma's Yat Kin Tau.

This is why every woman needs a good guy friend. (Watch Ariel Lin's 我可能不會愛你 for more information.)


Now for the most appalling scene in the entire series so far:

Or most appalling scene in recent TVB history I don't know...

So out of the world, even though I knew they were gonna get together. Not that they are really together yet.


Down to the last 10 eps of On Call! The next 5 eps are going to be tear-jerking. I just know it because I have a PhD in TVB dramas. Good luck to all of us.

The Hippocratic Crush

I feel like I need to cry right now cos I was so impressed by Tavia Yeung wooing Kenneth Ma, but now that Kenneth Ma decided to confess to her, she has to reject him cos she has some kind of tumour in her spine that may (will, since this is a tv drama) cause her to be paralysed.

Sad max.

Doesn't really help that Mandy Wong is being a complete bitch. Why did she grow up with a chip off her shoulder? She grew up smart, beautiful, in a complete and well-off family.


PS: why is it that in EVERY drama in which someone is severely sick/paralysed they must leave the person they love? Can't they vary it a bit?

PPS: If I like a guy enough to go after him (which really isn't going to happen - I'm not confident like Tavia Yeung), no way am I going to give up on him just 'cos some bitch likes him too. NO WAY.

I have never claimed that I'm very smart

Unless I do it jokingly.

Honestly I don't think I'm stupid, and only really stupid people would think they could never get anything wrong.

But sometimes you just have to concede that I see things that other people don't. And you guys also see things that I don't.

If we all had the same world view life would be very uninteresting.

It's as easy as that. Diversity makes us human. It makes our time in this place a lot more meaningful.



PS: I'm smart enough to date Mr I. That I'm sure of. And I'm smarter than Siwon. Pretty sure of it too. But both of them would be dating hotter girls before I even come into the picture - in my next life.

thankful

I'm so glad to be part of this soci batch.

Firstly because my juniors - ok I shouldn't and cannot generalize - but those I've seen are almost completely arrogant and unbearable. I'm not sure if they are all really that smart but they act like it when they take honours classes and it annoys me to no end. (Also it doesn't just annoy me, it annoys some of the other year 4s too.) Plus the fact that they are always so enthusiastic in class puts a lot of unnecessary pressure on all of us.

But more importantly, because there are really very few unkind people in my batch. I can safely say, like 75% look dao and unfriendly but from those that I've managed to befriend/talk to in some way or other (and extrapolating the data), I'm gonna say they're all a lot nicer than they look.

Although yeah I am currently still majorly pissed with that bitch who used to be a good friend, but there will always be exceptions. Besides, the key is in not getting too close. I am not going to be best friends with everybody in my batch.

I'm just grateful that everyone's nice, and I haven't come across anyone who speaks up just to impress, nor do anything that is remotely annoying in class. Everyone seems really friendly in general. That's more than enough actually.