This season takes place the summer after last season. It’s a month after Susannah has passed away and the main storyline revolves around the kids trying to protect the summer house. However, …| On this I ponder
4 posts published by Hayley @onthisiponder during October 2025| On this I ponder
I remember once thinking that it’s interesting how we have TV show and film adaptions of books, but not book adaptions of TV shows, but it seems that actually we do. For example, the Chinese fantasy drama ‘Fangs of Fortune’ had a book version, based on the script, published after the airing of the drama… Continue reading Monday Musings: Book adaptions of TV shows| On this I ponder
*Slight spoilers for episodes 1-4* Synopsis: Since she was young, Ming Xian used the Veil of Illusion to disguise herself as a man, to compete as the prince for her kingdom in the annual competition of the six realms. However, after a seven year streak, she loses to Ji Bo Zai, a warrior from another… Continue reading Initial Thoughts on ‘Love in the Clouds’《入青云》- Episodes 1-4| On this I ponder
*This review contains spoilers* After four years, ‘The Summer I Turned Pretty’ comes to an end. With each season that I watched, the books faded more from my memory, so I didn’t f…| On this I ponder
*Spoilers will be indicated later on* Synopsis: Zang Hai is a young man determined to take revenge on the people that brutally murdered his family and friends twenty years ago. He is assisted by his masters and people that he meets along the way, including Xiang An Tu, a mysterious young woman, who is not… Continue reading Review of ‘The Legend of Zang Hai’ 《藏海传》| On this I ponder
It’s time for an end of month review again! I said at the beginning of this month that I was interested in taking online courses, for ‘back to school,’ and I did! I’ve started a course on HTML coding, on the Codecademy website. It’s my first time learning about HTML, and it’s very interesting. (I… Continue reading September Review| On this I ponder
*Spoilers will be indicated* ‘A Date with Goddess’ is a Hong Kong dating reality show, where five female celebrities search for Mr Right, with the help of a panel of ‘besties’ and the host, Bob Lam. Compatibility between the ‘goddesses’ and the contestants is tested through various stages, and unsuccessful suitors are eliminated along the… Continue reading Review of dating show ‘A Date with Goddess’ 《女神配對計劃》| On this I ponder
Of course, it is a bit of a generalisation, but I think it’s true that a lot of people enjoyed playing Monopoly when they were children but now dislike the game as an adult. It used to be the…| On this I ponder
You know summer has arrived when the new season of ‘Twinkle Love’ comes out – the dating show that takes the form of a graduation trip that celebrates youth and all that comes wit…| On this I ponder
*Spoilers are hidden/will be indicated towards the end* Synopsis: When Si Tou Gau’s father died, he took over his father’s mahjong parlour, to comply with his dying wish, destroying his own marriage in the process. Twenty years later, Si Tou Gau’s life is shaken up by a mysterious USB stick containing a video of a… Continue reading Review of Drama ‘Heavenly Hand’| On this I ponder
Yesterday, I saw on RedNote that ‘Twinkle Love’ is making a return, after it was previously announced that they were not continuing after last year’s season. For those of you who&…| On this I ponder
With the end of August, comes the end of summer. To be fair, it has been a really long summer, in terms of the warm weather, but I’m still reluctant to see it end. I’m glad that I managed to fit in a proper picnic and barbeque though – I’m not actually obsessed with barbeques,… Continue reading August Review| On this I ponder
I finished watching ‘A Dream Within a Dream’ last week. It was quite good, but it wasn’t fully my cup of tea, and I feel like my enthusiasm for it cooled quite quickly, though whe…| On this I ponder
Although I’ve been watching quite a few films recently, I actually prefer watching TV series, and I used to rarely watch films. The reason why I prefer watching TV series is that there’…| On this I ponder
Just like that, we’ve come to the end of April. To be honest, I spent half the month thinking it was already over and now it really is haha 😅 I would have liked to have got more things done, …| On this I ponder
Genre: Historical, romance, business, politics Adapted from web novel ‘Chang Feng Du’ (长风渡) by Mo Shu Bai (墨书白) Synopsis: Liu Yu Ru is the only legitimate daughter of the Liu family, bu…| On this I ponder
Happy Valentine’s Day! Hope you’re having a great day, regardless of whether you have a valentine. Since it is Valentine’s Day though, today I’m going to be talking about K-…| On this I ponder
