This Siti Never Sleeps At Night

Up all night so you know what to watch, read, and hear


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🌈📺 TV Review: Sammy’s Children’s Day (2026)

Here comes the Enemies-to-Lovers trope

🔢 Seasons/Episodes Covered

Season 1, Episodes 1-9

✨ Quick Spark

He Chu San is a top student – the first in Kowloon Walled City to succeed, attend university and graduate. His dream is to escape the chaos of the place that is run by triads and corruption. However, while running an errand for a stall, he crosses path with Xia Liu Yi, one of the triads’ deputy leader. His life is not the same again when he’s forcibly pulled into the triad’s criminal scheme. What was meant to be a forced, temporary allyship, they became partners in revenge.

🪝 The Hook

I have to just admit that the reason I watched this series was He Chu San. I obviously have a thing for guys who look incredibly cute in glasses. Help me! But I continued watching because despite him being such a nerd, that man is smart enough to know how to survive a triad. Typically, someone like him would have gotten eaten up (maybe literally) by the triad. But nope, this man survived. I’m pretty sure it’s 80% intelligence and 20% Liu Yi finds him cute, even if he denied that for 8 episodes out of 9.

🧪 Character Chemistry

This series is an irony of sorts. You have Liu Yi who is the triad leader, one of the most wanted and vicious in the hood. But actually a softie and a little immature. Then you have Chu San who is a nerd. But actually dominant. Chu San is the pursuer, not Liu Yi. Throughout all 9 episodes, you just witness Chu San trying hard to show how he’s into Liu Yi but resisting because he didn’t want to lose him and Liu Yi just being oblivious to it until he almost lost Chu San. When it comes to such shows, it also boils down to how good they look together. You have a cutie patootie and a handsome chiseled-looking man. It’s so good and they look kinda believable, some people are shipping them in real life, based on my TikTok FYP.

🚶🏽‍➡️ Pacing Check

It’s not bad but I also think it went a little too fast and a little too short. The ending is open so I feel like it can be longer because it does have a whole back-story with the second couple. And the novel itself (yes, there’s a novel) didn’t end where it ends in the series. So, while I think it’s not bad, it can slow down and make it longer.

💤 Final Sleepy Rating

🦋 Heart-Flutter – It’s cute when Liu Yi figured out his feelings for Chu San. I was like, finally, bro!

🧐 Status

Completed

✍🏽 Notable Mention

He Chang Xi, who acted as He Chu San, was an idol 😮

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🌙 The After-Hours Reset: Week No. 4 – Crowns, Kitchens, and Moral Codes

📝 The Week In Review

Chef & My Fridge and Honour are back on the list! My comfort show and the show that I’ve put on the back-burner. You see, after watching the latest episodes of Perfect Crown, I definitely need my comfort show. That show is giving me a high blood pressure. I love it but the villains be villain-ing here! And the poor baby king being used and bullied by adults! The nerve. So, yes, I need Chef & My Fridge to calm my blood pressure down.

🤩 The Highlights

  • Perfect Crown (Ep 9-10): ⚡ – We have two more episodes and I don’t know how it’s going to end. That’s the thing with this show that I think made people hooked – you can never guess how the next episode will go even with the previews. While I can guess, it still managed to surprise me.
  • Chef & My Fridge (Ep 10-11): ☁️ – After the latest two episodes of Perfect Crown, I need something to comfort me. Ep 11 has Chef Sang Rok back. Aww…
  • Honour (Ep 3-4): ⚡ – Well, I’m not surprised that the side character that I don’t really like is not there anymore but it’s still quite tragic.
  • Sammy’s Children’s Day (Ep 7-8): 🦋 – I’m about to finish and I want smack Liu Yi awake. Sweetie pie, you like Chu San. Just admit it already!

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 😋: Okay, since my work went a little crazy, I did eat some food beyond the time that I set myself at for my diet era. Just normal dinner, like the fish curry my mom cooked for today – on a Mother’s Day, yes. That’s mom’s love, y’all.
  • 🎶: Someone just help a girl out here. I’m stuck at Wednesday Girl by P1Harmony for a whole week now. My goodness! So stuck that I have added P1Harmony as one of the groups I stan now. Great! For a change, I’m embedding a YouTube video of them singing the song live because that’s when I laughed at myself and went: Ha! Another boy group in my list!

👀 Looking Ahead

I said I will finish Sammy’s Children’s Day, right? Ha! That didn’t happen. Should I promise finishing the show this week? Probably not. That’s dangerous 😂

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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📃 The Great Reset: Week No. 4 – The Crown, The Feels, and The One

Show / Movie / BookProgressCurrent Vibe
Perfect CrownEp 8/12⚡ Electric
Sammy’s Children’s DayEp 7/9🦋 Heart-Fluttering
Feel What You FeelEp 1/8🦋 Heart-Fluttering
Wanna One Go: Back To BaseEp 2/6☁️ Cozy / Daydreaming

This week, my list is interesting – from usual K-drama to Chinese BL dramas to… K-pop variety show. Honestly, it’s good for my brain. Otherwise, with my busy work-life, I would get all my dramas mixed up.

🔊 Weekly Highlight: What a mix

With work being busy, I am amazed that I could slip in 2 shows which is Feel What You Feel and Wanna One Go: Back To Base. Now, Wanna One variety show would be easier for me to consume after a hard day at work. Bunch of cuties being a bunch of cuties together? Easy-peasy! It’s easy to watch as well because they are just a bunch of comedians so I was laughing a lot except for the latest episode, to which I was bawling. These boys deserve to be a permanent group.

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 🎧 Soundtrack: This song has been looping in my head and it’s going to creep up into the top 10 of my Spotify 2026. I’ve been repeating it non-stop. It’s Wednesday Girl by P1Harmony. Where did they come from? Well, I can thank Gemini AI for recommending this song 😂
  • 😋 Snack: Nothing. My diet is working. I shall continue with it.
  • 🛏️ Sleep Thief: It’s either Sammy’s Children’s Day or Feel What You Feel. Either one of them I was watching at night.

📋 Drop / Keep / Add

  • 💯 Keep: All the shows, for now, including Honour.
  • 🫳🏽 Drop: Jun & Jun – I couldn’t finish it. The office-related stuff can be quite cringey. It’s unlike Secret Relationship, which is a little bit more believable.
  • ➕ Add: You know, every time I say something here, I won’t watch it and I watch some others so I don’t want to say anything anymore 😆

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🌙 The After-Hours Reset: Week No. 3 – A Marathon of Crowns, Fridges and Enemies

📝 The Week In Review

Perfect Crown reminds me why I usually waited until a show completes before binge-watching. Because the waiting is excruciating. Good thing is: There’s always something to look out for after a hell of a week at work. This week, because of a hell-ish work week, I decided to watch one of my comfort shows – Chef & My Fridge. I also added two other BL shows because why not.

🤩 The Highlights

  • Perfect Crown (Ep 7-8): ⚡ – Can someone just give our royal couple a break? They don’t get one day of peace (or maybe they do) without something happening and they have to manage it together. Anyways, now that the second half of the drama starts, the drama ups the ante and us viewers are waiting what Grand Prince I-An has on his cards. That man is very smart and these two episodes also show how dangerous he can be.
  • Chef & My Fridge (Ep 8-10): ☁️ – Still my comfort show. Watched it whenever I feel the lousiest and this week was definitely it.
  • Never Forget Your Enemy (Ep 1-8): 🔥 – I decided to go with this rather than 🦋. It’s more 🔥 than 🦋 but there are some sweet moments. I did watch all 8 episodes and yet to write a review because the next show in this highlights is distracting me.
  • Sammy’s Children’s Day (Ep 1-6): 🦋 – It’s been a while since I watched a Chinese BL show. Chusan is a cutie patootie who is also quite nerdy hot. While Liu Yi is such a clueless person. Will this man ever realize he’s actually in love with Chusan or not?

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 😋: I’m still in my diet era. But because I was so stressed out, I was almost always eating past the time I’m supposed to stop eating. So, I was eating breads, which is favourite carbs of all carbs and drinking hot chocolate because sweet stuff makes me feel better after a shitty day at work.
  • 🎶: Let’s go with one of the songs from Perfect Crown – My Favourite Part by So Soo Bin.

👀 Looking Ahead

I think I will finish Sammy’s Children’s Day as it just ended. I definitely need to start Yumi’s Cells Season 3 at some point. And I saw some clips of Absolute Value of Romance that looks interesting.

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🌙 The After-Hours Reset: Week No. 2 – Crowns, Closures and Honours

📝 The Week In Review

Wow! I really have to applaud myself that I am really following Perfect Crown as the show is ongoing. That was not very me. I can’t remember the last K-drama that I’ve done this. But I really kept up with the show. Yes, it means I did finish the latest episode 6. That episode was breath-taking, to say the least. I felt bad for my soft toys for getting whacked because the owner was giggling so hard. I wonder what is in store in the second half of the show though. I also just finished Love for Love’s Sake. Yes, I should also applaud myself for finally taking the plunge and just cried and the heart was mended back watching the last episode. Silly sweet boys! I also continued with Honour. It’s an interesting show – girl-bosses but with trauma.

🤩 The Highlights

  • Perfect Crown (Ep 5-6): ⚡ – K-dramas are truly back with this show. I’ve read comments from viewers who did not watch K-dramas for years until this very show. Depending on how the second half of the show plays out, this drama could very much win Best Drama.
  • Love For Love’s Sake (Ep 7-8): 🦋 – Yes, I finally finished this and I did not regret watching this at all. They are so cute. I wrote a review of it here.
  • Honour (Ep 2-3): ⚡ – I am intrigued by this show. Power moves by the 3 main ladies and kudos to them doing what they do. But one of the side characters is starting to piss me off and made me want to fast-forward her story but her case is the beginning of everything that will unfold later, I’m sure. Ugh!

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 😋: Still in my diet era! The last food I ate was my dinner cooked by my mom. So mommy’s food, guys!
  • 🎶: Since yesterday, I was creating a Spotify playlist for my normal workday with NCT Dream songs after some hiatus because yours truly couldn’t listen to their songs without bawling after the latest news of Mark leaving the entire group of NCT. Finally, I got the courage of listening to their songs again and decided to create a K-pop playlist of sort with mostly their songs. But I won’t be putting NCT Dream song here. It would be Killing Me by IKON, which is in the playlist.

👀 Looking Ahead

I think I need to start Yumi’s Cells Season 3 or Absolute Value of Romance or Love Upon A Time. Or all three. I don’t know anymore!

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🌈📺 TV Review: Love For Love’s Sake (2024)

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🔢 Seasons/Episodes Covered

Season 1, Episodes 1-8

✨ Quick Spark

Tae Myung-ha, a 29-year-old, was transported into a virtual game as a 19-year-old. He was tasked to bring happiness to a seemingly-cold school athlete Cha Yeo Woon. To help him navigate this world was the innocent Ahn Kyung Hoon and the one who had a major crush on Myung-ha, Chun Sang Won.

🪝 The Hook

At first look, this is like any BL drama with two school boys that gets right into any BL fans’ fantasies. But once the episodes go by and especially towards the end, it became much deeper. It is a second shot in life for Myung-ha. Of course, the thing that made me stay and continue watching was the concept of a virtual game and Myung-ha having to work so hard to make Yeo Woon happy. While that was the mission of the game, eventually, Myung-ha was also at his happiest, with new found friends and falling in love.

🧪 Character Chemistry

We all have to admit that one of the factors for great chemistry is also looking good together. Lee Tae Vin and Cha Joo Wan definitely did. Both are absolutely adorable. Myung-ha couldn’t help himself from falling in love with Yeo Woon. And it’s so adorable watching him just fall for him no matter how much he tried not to. In turn, Yeo Woon knew Myung-ha cared for him and he tried his best to do what he could for Myung-ha. As much as Yeo Woon needed Myung-ha to give him hope, Myung-ha didn’t realize he needed Yeo Woon as much and he’s the person he wished for in his first life.

🚶🏽‍➡️ Pacing Check

It is just nice. Though maybe if it has an extra episode or scene or something to explain why Choi Jin Jo was the only one in that world who remembered Myung-ha when he disappeared, it would be better. There were lots of theories from the viewers but it would be good to have an explanation for it. Some theories was that she was his ex-girlfriend and from his previous life and the disappearance might not have an impact on her, but I don’t find that theory plausible. My own theory? Myung-ha did want her to take care of Yeo Woon so I’m guessing she had to remember Myung-ha because one of the reasons that Yeo Woon was happy was Myung-ha, which he himself didn’t realize.

💤 Final Sleepy Rating

🦋 Heart-Flutter – I was literally punching my soft toys and kicking my blanket and giggling

🧐 Status

Completed

✍🏽 Notable Mention

I just found out that Tae Vin is 30-years-old. Hello what? He looked so young that he looked unbelievable acting as a 29-year-old than a 19-year-old.

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Siti


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📃 The Great Reset: Week No. 2 – Crowns, Colleagues, and Hard-Earned Honour

Show / Movie / BookProgressCurrent Vibe
Perfect CrownEp 4/12⚡ Electric
Jun & JunEp 3/8🦋 Heart-Fluttering
HonourEp 2/12⚡ Electric

Last week was about the “Great Reset” – the fresh start after more than a month of spiritual stillness. This week, we’re digging deeper. The stakes are climbing for the Perfect Crown, the workplace is heating up in Jun & Jun, and I’ve just begun the journey into Honour.

🔊 Weekly Highlight: Settling In

I skipped on my comfort shows this week – work is just a little bit more busy. But I still managed to catch Perfect Crown latest episodes, sneaked in two episodes for Jun & Jun (while I’m still prepping for heartache with Love for Love’s Sake) and started on Honour, which I’ve been wanting to watch for a while now.

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 🎧 Soundtrack: You know what? I’ve been loving BIGBANG in Coachella so let’s go with Sober by BIGBANG
  • 😋 Snack: I’m on my diet era and still is. And it’s working so no snacking at night
  • 🛏️ Sleep Thief: I would go for Jun & Jun. I did watch it while lying in bed.

📋 Drop / Keep / Add

  • 💯 Keep: All the shows in my list including Jun & Jun and Honour
  • 🫳🏽 Drop: Nothing for now
  • ➕ Add: Hmm… probably Yumi’s Cells Season 3.

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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🌙 The After-Hours Reset: Week No. 1 – Too Many Feels

The Week In Review

I can’t believe I’m able to keep up with Perfect Crown. But the problem with watching the episodes as it airs is… the waiting. Episode 4 ends in such a thrilling note how am I supposed to wait for next week? 😭 On the other hand, I’m left with 1-ish episode of Love for Love’s Sake. I’m kicking my feet at “Remember, you’re mine.”, I cannot get to the episode where he has to choose. So, I decided to start with Jun & Jun while I prepare my brain and heart for the last episodes of Love for Love’s Sake.

The Highlights

  • Perfect Crown (Ep 3-4): ⚡- I was laughing my ass off. Grand Prince I-An and Huiju is seriously a pair. As his assistant said: “Cute couple.”
  • Chef & My Fridge (Ep 8): ☁️ – Truly my comfort show: Just watching it as and when I need a break
  • Love For Love’s Sake (Ep 6): 🦋 – Sure, I was kicking my feet and giggling for 95% of the episode and then the heartbreak. My heart cannot handle this.
  • Jun & Jun (Ep 1): 🦋 – Interesting, though the office presentation made me laugh out loud. Probably just me and my corporate PTSD. Also, why can’t I get a GM as handsome as one of the Juns. Come on now!

The Midnight Mood

  • 😋: I’m in my diet era, guys! So, no food for me at night 😭
  • 🎶: Well, since it’s Perfect Crown sorta week for me, let’s go with the latest OST from the drama – Behind The Shine by RIIZE. This song is kinda sad though 😭

Looking Ahead

Let’s see if I can complete Love for Love’s Sake. My dear heart, please prepare yourself.

Stay awake with me,
Siti


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📃 The Great Reset: Week No. 1 – Royals, Recipes and Romance

Show / Movie / BookProgressCurrent Vibe
Chef & My Fridge Season 4Ep 8/31☁️ Cozy / Daydreaming
Perfect CrownEp 2/12⚡ Electric
Love for Love’s SakeEp 6/8🦋 Heart-Flutter
High Potential Season 2Ep 5/18☁️ Cozy / Daydreaming

I decided to hit the reset button. Since I took more than a month off for spiritual reflection and rest, it felt only right to start my watchlist count back at No. 1. Consider this the “New Season” of This Siti Never Sleeps.

🔊 Weekly Highlight: It’s a perfect mix

Suffice to say, I can treat Chef & My Fridge and High Potential as my comfort shows in two different ways: One for the laugh, the other if I have nothing else to watch. This week I also started on Perfect Crown. I hardly try to watch a show that is currently ongoing but this one looks interesting. And, after The Time of Fever, I felt a loss and decided to watch Love for Love’s Sake and stopped at Ep 6 because I know I’m in for a heartbreak.

💖 The Midnight Mood

  • 🎧 Soundtrack: My Pace by BIBI – the OST for Perfect Crown. I almost mistake her for IU, the female lead for the show
  • 😋 Snack: Well, currently I feel like I’m going to get a cough so I’m sucking on Strepsils to ensure I don’t get into a coughing fit. Wish me well!
  • 🛏️ Sleep Thief: Love for Love’s Sake – though, yes, I’m pausing it because of potential heartbreak coming in the next two episodes. I’m protecting myself!

📋 Drop / Keep / Add

  • 💯 Keep: All the shows in my current list
  • 🫳🏽 Drop: Nothing for now
  • ➕ Add: Potentially another BL but not sure which yet

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Siti


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The Siti Finally Sleeps: But ‘The Time of Fever’ was the Perfect Awakening

This Siti finally caught some sleep. For more than a month, I traded my late-night shows for some spiritual reflection and quiet moments. It was a reset that I totally needed. But now the lights are back on and I found myself with the first show that got me staying up all night.

The show that got me thinking all night long was The Time of Fever. From the get-go, I knew the show is a blast from the past – the colour palette and the cinematography feels like a memory and not something that’s present. What I did not know was that it was a prequel to Unintentional Love Story. Thus, I watched both. But my focus would be on The Time of Fever. I was skipping through the story of the main couple in Unintentional Love Story to form any thoughts about it. My intention of watching it was Ho Tae and Dong Hee. Watching both made me understand the relationship of these two better. The vibes of the two shows for this couple is different. Because Unintentional Love Story was not focused on Ho Tae and Dong Hee, it was less aching and intense and more light-hearted. But it still made sense for their story considering the years that had gone past.

Rating: If Unintentional Love Story is more ☁️(fluffy) for this couple, The Time of Fever is 🌧️(bittersweet)

The Verdict: I stayed up till late night not because I was busy, but because I was so emotionally attached to this show that I couldn’t move on.

⚠️Spoilers ahead⚠️

The moment Ho Tae came back from the funeral of his father and Dong Hee from school, I knew there was something more than just childhood friends between the two. There is so much intensity in their quietness than the words exchanged. The way Ho Tae acted around Dong Hee is like a clingy puppy that wanted his attention. Dong Hee though was more matured in his actions. Ho Tae was just too playful to realize Dong Hee’s feelings for him. He himself had not realized (until later) that his feelings for Dong Hee is not brotherly at all. So, when the skinship happened later on, it was so intense but also so heartbreaking. Dong Hee’s trauma from his father and his gratitude for Ho Tae’s mother made him want to distance himself from Ho Tae, despite his own feelings for him. On the other hand, Ho Tae couldn’t care less about what the society will think about his feelings for Dong Hee after he came to terms with it.

I have to applaud Won Tae Min and Do Woo for playing these characters. For Tae Min, Ho Tae’s character is more playful with the hint of pride and ruggedness. Do Woo had to be more reserved and restrained in his actions but also insecure and calculated. While words have an impact, actions speak louder and the chemistry between these two is off the charts that, to me, they are easily the top 5 on-screen couples overall.

Watching the prequel made their story in Unintentional Love Story made sense. Why Ho Tae acted the way he did in the show: Not wanting Dong Hee to touch him after he was injured (the hurt he felt when Dong Hee went away for college); his never-ending perseverance in wanting Dong Hee (his constant pursuit, while light-hearted, made sense after The Time of Fever). Even Dong Hee’s own reservations to pursue his feelings for Ho Tae (his gratitude for Ho Tae’s mother – someone who was there for him when his own parents didn’t).

I also have to give credit to the directors and producers of both shows. The directors of the two shows are different. Usually when this happens, the stories would not align. But in this case, or more so for this couple, it surprisingly did. Maybe because the director for The Time of Fever knows how much the audience love Ho Tae and Dong Hee so they tried not to butcher it and gave it so much thought and love to the story of these two.

The only thing that’s bugging me right now and making me stay up thinking about the show is how open their ending is. They are neither together nor separated. I, as an audience, am in a limbo!

So, here’s my open letter to the producers of The Time of Fever:

Dear Producers,

I’m officially the Siti who can’t sleep because of Ho Tae and Dong Hee.

We’ve seen their beginning and we’ve seen their present but we have not gotten our closure. We need to desperately know what is their future. You have brought us Won Tae Min and Do Woo together and we are eternally grateful for that. And we know, deep in your hearts, that you want to pair these two together again. We can all admit that they have given life and soul to these characters and they work well together on screen.

So, please, we need more of Ho Tae and Dong Hee. We need our closure. Please give us more of this fever.

Signed,
The Siti Who Still Never Sleeps (because of them)

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Siti