It's so rare for drama crews to hang out regularly together after finishing a series because they often move onto new projects and meet new friends and so forth and so forth. This is why I think it's so precious that the drama crew from one of my old favourite dramas, Pleasantly Surprised, still hang out regularly, catching up at least once a year. Lene Lai posted this last hang out picture 2 days again and even Vic Chen was there! Usually Puff joins in these catch ups, but she might be getting busy again promoting her soon to be released drama with Jiro Wang, Falling into You. But she was definitely there last year when they made their visit to Buono Bella, the restaurant where they filmed Pleasantly Surprised at. (You can see the pictures below) It's a shame that Jasper can never make it anymore. It's probably not because he doesn't want to, but because his schedule is flat out these days. Hopefully one day in the future!
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Happy Birthday to Deyn Li, who played Xiao Qiang on Pleasantly Surprised and is currently playing Zhong Da Yu on When I See You Again. So happy that he celebrated his birthday with his Pleasantly Surprised friends! There's not really a group picture with everyone there, but this first picture is pretty close to it...Just look at Puff and Yorke's crazy faces. Also nice to see Sean (who played Head chef) and Pei Lian (who played Jasper's mum) during this catch up!
While not in the first picture, Jolin was also there for his band mate and friend's birthday...No sign of Jasper, Lene or Vic, though Jasper left a birthday message for Deyn on social media. I'd say that he's been super busy shooting episodes for When I See You Again...and visiting Singapore on promotional stuff for the drama! To be fair, Jasper has also been M.I.A with Morning Call catch ups, so he probably just didn't have time to make it to this one. But what a crew turn out!
Here's a great duck face photo of the Pleasantly crew and Deyn's other friends and family members...
Another Pleasantly crew and friends photo, with Puff bending sideways to pose!
And a couple of closer up pictures...Stanley Mei looks ultra cute here. Like a cat.
Also present at the party were Puff's cousin and Deyn's family, including his younger brother.
Although I'm a big Puff and Jasper shipper, I'm by no means a crazy fan girl where I believe every time two celebrities hang out they're going out. But I'm posting about this because I just love how just love how the friendship has continued to extend between Puff, Jasper and the rest of the Pleasantly Surprised crew. I also feel like I haven't written much about Pleasantly Surprised recently, despite a lot of catch-ups and collaborations...I guess there's just always so much news going on with Jasper and Puff that it's kind of hard to pick and choose what to share sometimes!
So about 3 weeks ago when Jasper's photo book Dogs and Cats Persons was released. a photo was shared by Puff on Facebook and Jasper on Instagram, of Puff, Jasper and Manbo hanging out at night, each hiding behind a copy of his book (A lot of people mistook that guy to be Aaron, but it's pretty clear it's Jasper's amazing photographer friend, Manbo if you look at his Facebook page). Since there's no reference to a specific event, it's nice to see that they still catch up from time to time and it was awesome of Puff to help give a shout out to Jasper's book
Jasper's Instagram
Caption: Rolling into a big...good night
Puff's Facebook
Caption: Dogs and Cats Persons
Jasper recently had a reunion with the boys of 4Ever from Pleasantly Surprised (Jolin, Deyn and Yorke). Oh, I miss these guys and the bromance between Jasper and Jolin! (Haha, Jolin moved onto a bromance with Danson when they were filming Murphy's Law of Love. Jasper's also got strong bromance game going on in his new series I'm Sorry, I Love You with Bryant Chang! And in When I See You Again with Jet Chao...)
And they got Jasper's photo book...to always look at him when they miss him, eh? :D
As you know, Jasper is currently still working with Deyn and Zooey on When I See You Again, so they still hang quite a bit...and get up to their usual mischief!
With the conclusion of Murphy's Law of Love, Verna recently paid a set visit to When I See You Again and caught up with old friends....
I think this shot is especially cute with Zooey. In the caption, Verna still calls her Linda :D
Puff on the other hand, hasn't been filming dramas this year after her hectic schedule for the last two years. But she has been doing a lot of commercials and magazine shoots. She did a commercial with Deyn earlier in the year for a Sony phone.
Outside of filming and work related gatherings, Puff is also a great social friend. Aside from hanging out with Jasper, she also hung out with Zooey, Deyn and Stanley, amongst other friends, a few days ago for Chinese Valentines day.
A few months ago, she also caught up with all the guys from 4Ever. They run in the same circle of friends and the guys see Puff pretty regularly.
There are so many 4Ever photos that I'm going to skip most of those for more of the cross-cast catch-ups. Also, as a band, it's obvious that they've spent a lot of time together outside of Pleasantly Surprised. But these guys are cute and it's good to see that they have a more genuine friendship, rather than the more toxic kind that existed between the members of Fahrenheit (I mean I like Jiro and Aaron, but it got really uncivil towards the end). But here's a cute one of Jolin poking Yorke's cheek when they were doing promo stuff for the band.
As I mentioned before, Murphy's Law of Love recently tied up (Really sorry, Murphy fans...been meaning to write up on that.) During the show, Jolin had THE CUTEST reunion with Mason, who he was always close to as Xiao Yi in Pleasantly Surprised. Mason had a cameo as a troubled kid who bonded with Danson over family issues.
Mason sure is going up fast! I'm really glad they got to see each other...this is probably one of my favourite Pleasantly reunions to date!
As regular casts of the show, Verna and Jolin hung out a lot too and got up to some silly fun times.
Stanley Mei catches up with Jolin as a gym buddie and the two sometimes take selfies together. He also went to the wedding of their 4Eva band mate and hung out with Deyn and Yorke.
Stanley is represented by Eelin talent agency, who also look after Jasper and Lene, so he runs into them on the regular too! This is a cute selfie from quite a few months ago. Jasper and Lene also did an interview and photo shoot together at the end of last year/ start of this year that I never got around to posting about. I'll try and find the link sometime.
Happy One Year Anniversary, Pleasantly Surprised!!! I miss Puff and Jasper and the Figaro Crew. But it's good to know they still hang out together...for how much longer, I don't know, as my favourite stars go off to do their own projects. But I'm glad to see they still have a strong friendship. I feel like it'll be one that will last in the industry and even if they do drift apart, it'll be a friendship that they'll easily pick up again when they have the chance to unite!
Anyway, recently, the Pleasantly Surprised crew had a big beach trip minus Jolin, Yorke and Jasper who were all filming on the day - Jasper for When I See You Again and Jolin and Yorke for Murphy's Law of Love. Hehe, the three boys were jokingly complaining that the rest of the crew were sneaky and unfair to pick a day when they were working! But everyone else seemed to have fun. It seems they spent the entire day together too and there's a lot of photos from everyone's account!
From Puff's Instagram...
Caption: Good Morning! Going on a trip...
From Deyn's Instagram...
Caption: Good Morning! Going on a trip~!
From Verna's Instagram...
Caption: Thank you, you guys for accompanying me ahead of my birthday! Like this group of people. Wish me Happy Birthday!
From Puff's Instagram...
Caption: To those who couldn't make it, sorry lo!
From Verna's Instagram...
Caption: Eating sand half day tour ~ Godmother Puff's sea urchin scrambled eggs are an unequalled force! Feeling very grateful ~
From Zooey's Instagram...
Caption: Before Summer comes, we go to the beach first. to lay in the sunshine. Finally go on a journey. Verna Pei, Happy Birthday! Hope in the future every year we can have a happy birthday together.
From Deyn's Instagram...
Caption: A group of people = Double the happiness. A really good and relaxing journey together. Not more to say than "Like"!
From Stanley's Instagram...
Caption: Getting to know you guys really has been a matter of happiness/luckiness. Each person is different, each person is devious in their own way, but I really like you all. I'm not someone who easily relies on friends, because that will quickly bring other people burdens...But I don't care...I just want to rely on you guys...ye, ye, ye, ye, ye~ ~ ~ ~ And then there's also no one who didn't make it (here today) because they are still in our hearts! : )
From Verna's Instagram...
Caption: A group filming dramas, after one year and still this close and gathering together. I think this is fate (a pre-destined relationship). Thank you Pleasantly Surprised for allowing me to meet you guys! Everyone's good-nature is proven from our time (together). Thankful for this rare to find fate (pre-destined relationship).
From Yorke's Instagram...
Caption: Think you guys are too cute! Can only say that me and my brother are actually too alike. Every Time I See Sean's pictures tagged as me, I keep laughing! ---Sean always seems to be mistaken for Yorke and vice versa!---
From Puff's Instagram...
Caption: Home-cooking to trick you to come here to eat with me
Caption: Already satisfied, already made a vow. Our lives have times of fear and times of joy. It's an unceasing study, an unceasing need for improvement, moving towards one's own dreams and forging one's future. Although in the end, not everyone's dreams will necessarily be the same...I sincerely wish that everyone's dreams will come true.
From Stanley's Instagram...
Caption: So relaxed that even my tummy has come out...hahahahaha!
I didn't happen to Screen cap when Jasper, Jolin and Yorke left comments on Puff's, Verna's and everyone else's photos with their complaining comments...but some fans did...here's one from a fan page...
