Cheng's Musings

I chanced upon this series while browsing an article about the “expected” give and take in relationships especially in the business world. At 40 episodes, the series started off slow and steady, differing from the norm by focusing on extensive multi-generational perspectives of employees in the financial institution & industry. (Specifically a bank and an … More City of the City 城中之城 (2024) : C-Drama Series Review

This 40-episode series is not your usual Chinese drama series. Each episode is almost independent of each other, with glimpses of continuity in the male and female leads in the series – Fan Si Si and Li Tian Ran, respectively portrayed by Yukee Chen and Zheng Kai. The unlikely couple is as different as day … More Never Give Up (2023) 今日宜加油 : Review C-Drama Series

A short series of only 8 episodes, To The Wonder follows the naive & youthful Liu Wen Xi as she goes “adulting” and experiencing life journeys. An aspiring writer, Liu Wen Xi starts off as a waitress in Urumqi city but faces ridicule and ultimately fired. She decides to temporarily stays with her mom and … More To The Wonder (2024) 我的阿勒泰 : C-Drama Review

Chancing upon this series, the first couple of episodes are actually a little slapstick in nature and may turn off some viewers. But persevere, and you will find an adventure into the life of Zhang Chu Lan and his friends, in an ironic twist of wuxia-style with special power, the competitive nature of human-being, their … More I Am Nobody (2023) : C-Drama Series Review

The 39-episode xianxia series is based on the web novel by Jiu Lu Fei Xiang, Accompanying the Phoenix. I have actually read the translated version of the Chinese web novel earlier, and re-read the story to have a better comparison with the series. Below a link to the English translation. https://allnovelupdates.com/book/accompanying-the-phoenix The series is helmed … More Legend of Shen Li (2024) 与凤行 : C-Drama Series Review