Against the Tide 逆潮

Absolutely loving this show man.

What is this drama about?

《逆潮》让你看清人的本性。

Through a series of crimes, 'Against the Tide' leads its audience to delve into the grey areas of life. More specifically, we are led into exploring the realities of human nature. The plot demonstrates the tension between 2 beliefs of our 2 protagonists.

Are we kind by nature? As supported by the female protagonist, Qiu Xueqing.

Or are we evil by nature? As supported by the male protagonist, Di Shen.

In life, we are left with choices to make everytime. 

Are our decisions a reflection of our true nature, 

or are our decisions a result of our circumstances?

I think the show depicts struggles between the good and evil in an individual very realistically.

Even when as we know of criminals whose actions disgust us; murder, rape, assault, or whatever you can think of. We cannot deny that it is really because their heart is sick.

Yes, I mean, literally sick.

The heart is deceitful above all things, and desperately sick; who can understand it?

The show does explicitly support Di Shen's beliefs; evil by nature.

It's not like I'm trying to be cynical and it's not like I think that this world is so evil beyond hope. (Sometimes, I do actually think this way though. Sometimes.)

But we need to know that we all have a problem. We all have problems (plural).

Though some people may say, "This is life, never perfect." And yes, that's true. But that is not a reason for us to accept all these problems the way it is. Because the root of all these problems comes from our hearts. Don't we have to admit that we are sick? Then we'd know the remedy and do something about all these problems, troubles, sufferings etc. Everybody has a dark side, right?

To be honest, I wouldn't deny the fact that my heart is wicked; I am self-centered and self-absorbed. I want to  please myself and make myself happy for selfish reasons. If I could please myself at the expense of others, why should I care? WOW WOW WOW. TRUE COLOURS. LOL.

But, as what Di Shen has said, it is only when I can acknowledge how evil I am, that I can make a choice to battle against this evilness in my heart and let love and kindness take victory in my life.

I'm try to always be on my guard.

When there's no faith, I ask for faith.

When there's no love, I ask for love.

When I don't want to display kindness, I fight against this evil desire.

When I don't want to trust God, I struggle and fight to trust God again.

When evil sets in, I fight for love to settle in.

And I am still fighting, I am still battling and I grieve over my evilness.

Darkness cannot drive out darkness, only light can do that.

Hate cannot drive out hate, only love can do that.

- Quote by Martin Luther King, 

American pastor, activist, humanitarian and 

leader in the African-American Civil Rights Movement.  

Btw, many people died in the show. LOL.

Aiyo, just go watch it. It's a good show.

Unriddle 2 最火搭档

Wow. I haven't had the time to watch Unriddle 2 until recently. 

The riddle isn't as fantastic as part I (Unriddle). But the way the human situations and stories portrayed were wow. So real.

Xiaoman and Dabao are constantly battling with their thoughts and questioning the intentions of their hearts. Testing themselves if whatever they did was righteous or evil. While Dabao faces the dilemma of avenging Ani's death by killing the mentally disabled person, Xiaoman also faces the temptation to pull the trigger and end the life of a close friend who killed her mother.

Instead of killing her friend, she almost chose to kill herself. Talk about desperate means.

Who is completely black and white in this world? While some believe in absolute truth, in other words, believing in black and white, we can't deny the fact that we live in a grey world, where righteousness and evil are in constant battle. It's because we live in a grey world that black and white seem to lose its standing in our lives.

On another note, in the series, Hu Xiaoman talks about challenging destiny and not submitting to it. But I guess, challenging destiny shouldn't be so much of the focus of our lives, since we can't control destiny. Maybe it'd be wiser to put our effort in the battle between the good and evil that resides in us.

But... Do you know what's good? Do you know what's evil? What do we believe in?

It is important to put our faith in truth, because what we put our faith in defines who we are. 

So if the basis of your faith are lies, that's it. But then again, your faith in what's true will be put to test, and only then, will you know whether your standing is in light or darkness all these while.

Whatever it is! If any of you haven't watch the show. Go catch it! It's never too late! HAHAHA.