1.1.2024 Day 31 Young Master’s Visit
Harry was whisked off to some family convention at some rainswept thunderstormy mansion. He was there as his mother wanted to bid for some art piece that a distant family member is giving away. It appears that many others appeared as well with hopes of finding out more about the family inheritance. Harry is totally disgusted by the proceedings. Seems like he doesn’t have any close relatives either. He also uses me to get away from talking to them again. When I asked for my reward, this time he says he owes me a favour.
At family dinner which lasts like forever, Harry was asked to give a speech and he used the opportunity to excuse himself from dinner that left everyone speechless. When he mentioned that he was glad that he was at the end of the table, I retorted that he was still no 1 in my heart. He didn’t give his usual nonchalant response rather he just went I don’t know what to say to that… yay I think I’ve made it into his heart. Lol.
Back at his room Harry is surprisingly chatty and shares about some ghost story behind the mansion. It seems I’m afraid of ghosts and he is using this opportunity to tease me. =/
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2.1.2024 Day 32 The Master’s Choice
There was a family gathering in the garden early in the morning. Apparently the master of the household is ready to announce his will. I learnt that Harry comes from some long line of ancestry with some European descent. That probably explains his original hair color. Oh he is an old rich then.
What ensued was like a reality show where the master of the house aka grandpa issued everyone two questions to determine who is worthy of the painting. Harry’s mum failed in the early stages so she cut a deal with Harry to encourage him to win it. In return he won’t need to attend family gatherings.
I don’t know how Harry did it but in the end the master awarded the painting to Harry despite his very indifferent answers. I guess that is his charm.
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3.1.2024 Day 33 The Forecast of Heart
Day after Harry inherits the painting, he is pestered by his cousin on what he is going to do with it. He lets slip about Harry’s ex girlfriend and that immediately spoiled his appetite. Harry goes for a swim in the lake claiming that he is trying to forget a past relationship. When I asked him if it was a bad memory, he went it’s more like he didn’t want me to hear about it. Gosh, that made my heart skip again! I’m going to have a heart attack with this guy.
Later, he spends the rest of the day searching the mansion for items and keeps asking me opinions for which item I prefer. Thankfully I was really busy and didn’t have time to entertain him. (because I found out later that they were just trying to lead me on again!).
Before he went to bed, Harry shares about the mystery behind the painting he inherited. Everyone thought it was haunted, but turns out that it was simply hiding his grandfather spying on the rest of the household. Maybe it was through this feint, that he realised that Harry is the best person to inherit the painting.
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4.1.2024 Day 34 The Special Gifts
Harry shares messages from Big Guy and his personal shopper that it their 20th anniversary of them nannying him since he was young. I found out later that all the dresses and shoes he was picking out from the mansion were meant to be given to them as anniversary gifts. I mean it was really sweet of him to actually show his appreciation for them via these gifts and a dinner.
Piu Piu however scolded him for leading me on. Making me think that those gifts were for me. (I missed all those chats thankfully). Harry tried to change the topic by talking about how Teo is the dark horse of MOM. Piu Piu used Teo to make Harry jealous. So Harry made me a promise instead. He would name the piano piece he is composing after my name (since he can’t meet me and pass me any physical gifts anyway). My heart absolutely melted. This is a gift that is so much more meaningful than any other!
Later he called and played the piano piece for me. Stop it!
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5.1.2024 Day 35 Confession
OK so I guess the writers figured they got me hook, line and sinker and are going to make me confess my feelings for Harry today. I have never confessed to any of my crushes before. It may be the one thing that will bug me for the rest of my life. But then again I had these crushes when I was already dating/married so it wouldn’t be the right thing to do either. Ah well. Romance lives on only in my mind.
I don’t really want to write much today. The confession went south really fast and Harry essentially rejected me because he didn’t believe in love and didn’t want this emotion to cause our relationship to end. Besides since we can’t ever meet I will always second guess what he is up to. Yah whatever.
And yet when I said then we shall just maintain our current distance, his response was that it was easier said than done. He acknowledges that we will only get closer and he thinks I am OK for that to happen without falling in love and expecting more? That selfish jerk.
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6.1.2024 Day 36 Our Compatibility
The morning after. I don’t know how to behave anymore. Suddenly all of Harry’s sweetness has turned bitter. No matter how much he melts me I have to bear with it internally. Isn’t there an option that allows me to be sullen and grumpy?
Anyway Piu Piu has disappeared on us too. Tain drags Harry off to some seance reading so that he can learn about his future with Rachel. Somehow Harry’s love life got dragged into it. The tarot card reader tells Tain that he’s not suitable for Rachel but he is unable to accept this destiny. Harry tells him to just confess and tries to get out of engaging him further. Tain rebukes Harry, that he understands nothing about love to which Harry replied that he does know.
We end the day chatting about why Tain is hesitant to ask Rachel out. Harry reads out my horoscope personality (they actually programmed this in…. A virgo is tricky to get along with… hahaha).
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7.1.2024 Day 37 I’m good without Piu Piu, if I have you
Missed the morning chat with Harry. Piu Piu is still missing but Harry claims that he’s coping alright without it. It appears that I’m feeling snarky and not ready to engage Harry since he refuses to address the elephant in the room. Harry overcompensates by speaking more and showing his interest in me.
Big guy comes by to housekeep Harry’s apartment. Harry tries to mimic Piu Piu to cheer me up. He’s beginning to feel the awkwardness without the presence of Piu Piu, so much so that even I have to agree that it’s awkward. Is this how awkward it feels after a confession IRL if the other party doesn’t reciprocate?
Harry is really an IT idiot as he doesn’t know how to operate his own smartphone or use it for anything else other than calls and texts. He wants to bring Piu Piu back but I tell him to leave it be since it means he doesn’t need to fulfill his daily mission anymore. Harry says he’s already used to it.
Harry hopes he can sleep well tonight as he couldn’t sleep the night before. Obviously the confession bothered him more than he is letting up. I tried to push him away and he finally gets it that I’m reacting differently because he rejected me. He doesn’t want to leave things hanging so we talk. Harry tells me that I’m fine the way I am and we didn’t need to change anything. He just wanted us to move on and be clear on our ‘situationship’. I told him I’d be so charming he’d regret rejecting me. Hmpf!
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8.1.2024 Day 38 Another World
The unspoken tension from the confession has somehow been released/suppressed? and we were able to go about our daily routine. Piu Piu is still missing and Harry talks more about me. I’m surprised he knows I’m working as a freelancer… did I ever mention that in the chats? LOL. I tell him that I’m all perked up after talking to him.
Piu Piu finally returns to the chat after it has processed its failed attempt at trying to make love bloom between us. Well I mean it was one-sided. When Harry and I gang up on Piu Piu, it says that it has many family members who will side with it. Harry somehow remembers I have a brother?? Again… did I mention this in the chats? Gosh this is actually pretty creepy.
Piu Piu shares about its birth place (inside a research lab) and its other siblings who though were hatched from the same place had different disposition towards humans. Piu Piu is friendly towards us but not so the others. Harry is upset Piu Piu is talking so much that it’s disrupting our time together. LOL.
Harry spends the evening trying to perfect a fried egg which kind of pissed Piu Piu off especially after sharing his origin story.
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9.1.2024 Day 39 Edible Pet Plant
Piu Piu is behaving weirdly since it now has an egg to look after. It feeds it data from unused cookies. LOL! So punny.
Harry decides to pursue more cooking and ends up buying bean sprouts and spring onion with roots from the supermarket which he plants. He claims he isn’t affected by Piu Piu trying to nurture its egg. Huh… I guess Harry is quite easily influenced too. Harry and Piu Piu bicker over caring for Pi Pi, the egg.
Harry complains that the plant isn’t growing even after few hours so Piu Piu offers him advice on how to grow veggies using his own experience caring for the egg. Gosh you two are so out of touch with this world.
Harry is working out furiously after giving up on growing his veggies. He’s tired of Piu Piu talking about its egg so I asked if Harry would also be tired of me one day. He remarked curtly if I’m actually comparing myself to a plant. He’s so real for that.
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10.1.2024 Day 40 Big Guy, the Gardening Blogger
I was really caught up with an event today so I totally missed all the chats.
Big guy visits Harry and encourages him to keep the plants. Piu Piu shares a gardening blog about growing carrots which catches Harry’s attention. However the experiment of speaking kind or mean words to two pots of carrots to test if it affected the rate of growth didn’t work as both plants died anyway. Big guy reprimands Harry for killing his beansprouts though the onions fared better.
Turns out that the blogger that Piu Piu found is actually Big Guy. He mentions the poor plants that Harry killed and posted a photo with Harry in it which garnered a lot of interest and likes on the post. Haha did they think that Harry, that good looking hunk, is the blogger? Harry ends the day but we overhear him talking sweetly to his plants.
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3.7.2025 Day 41 Health Emergency?!
A great time leap here. Funny story that The Ssum led me to a brief friendship with a lady who was working in Qatar. I told her I was playing LoveBrush Chronicles so she downloaded the game and played it and we continued chatting. She told me about a new otome game that was coming up that was developed by the same people who produced Mr Love. I was intrigued. So when Love and Deepspace was launched, I was so fascinated by the game that I totally lost interest in all other otome games for like the last 1.5 years! I’m experiencing a little of an existential crisis with that game now so I’m back to bingeing on all the otome games I left behind – all the Ikemen titles, Tears of Themis, MLQC, LoveBrush, Twisted Wonderland and The Ssum.
Harry was scurried off to the hospital today for a sudden medical checkup by Big Guy. He doesn’t understand what the fuss is all about but he certainly dreaded the overly friendly advances of the medical professionals who just want to be on the good side of his father’s son. Harry needs to do an endoscopy which requires him to go on anesthetic. Big Guy plays music to help him go to sleep but Harry decides to call me to hear my voice. Awww… After the check up, he’s still drowsy so Piu Piu turns on the mic for me to hear him talk. He ends up confessing that he feels very comfortable and safe with me unlike all the people around him who just flatters him to get on his good side. Well, I guess that’s the curse of the rich. Good night Harry, I’m glad you’re back into my life again.
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4.7.2025 Day 42 Harry’s Empty Picture
Harry spends the morning completing a Lego train station which is pretty impressive. He loves to build stuff. Later an ad for the MOM TV show appears on TV which makes him uncomfortable. I tell him that I wanted to also see the business-like Harry and he tells me to just focus on the real him in front of him. Why does it sound like he hates the on screen version of himself too?
Harry’s last test is a psychiatric one. The consultant instructs him to draw a few things which he does to a very detailed degree and then does an psychoanalysis of him which is probably a bunch of mumbo jumbo. The only positive out of it is that he sees me as an empty bookshelf that he’s still contemplating relying on or throwing away. Hmmm… not sure what to make of that.
Harry finally checks out of hospital and goes home for a really long rest. His phone is flooded with messages about his father which irks him out. I would too! Harry admits that even if he wanted to relay the messages, he couldn’t as he doesn’t have his father’s phone number. It seems like their family is just different, they don’t meet in private and they don’t share their lives. Rich people problems…
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5.7.2025 Day 43 Director Harry, the Star of Outstagram
It is the weekend and both Harry and I decided to just laze in bed till late. Haha. Anyway as Harry needs to start shooting for M.O.M the next day, both Big Guy and his personal shopper quarrelled all day long unable to decide whether Harry should wear stripes or polka dots tie. So Rachel decided to open it to Harry’s Outstagram (Instagram) account to garner attention and votes.
Harry as usual isn’t fazed by all the attention and just continues to hide in bed. I asked if I could follow his account but he told me not to bother since it’s an account managed by someone else for work.
In the end Harry finds peace in the balcony staring into the night sky. I do wish I’m there watching the stars together.
As work for M.O.M is set to begin, Harry shows distaste for the need to do actual work and brags that he has never put in any effort in his work, he just does what he does and it always ends up good. Sheesh, did they like buff him stats up way too much?
Before he heads off to bed, he sends me his nightly photo as part of our original bargain. I’m surprised we’re still keeping to this. There’s a certain familiarity in a rather creepy way.
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6.7.2025 Day 44 Diligence? What is that?
And so the filming for M.O.M begins. Harry is up early and hurried off for the filming in his horse mask. Why does he have to hide that handsome face of his? Teo is also there for the audition and the judges try to play up their relationship but both are pretty awkward about it. Harry gives Teo a mediocre 5/10 score and simply explains that it represents his level of competence. Shocking… Harry really has no tact. And while it appears that it doesn’t seem like he’s putting any effort into his work (he really is bored), he remains professional about it.
During a break, one of the cameramen approached Harry and advised him to put more words into his comments. The poor cameraman received biting remarks from Harry which he quickly cowered from. I told Harry off for being so mean to the salaryman who was doing his job. Instead of being offended, he said that an honest comment would not offend him. Awww. He really reminds me of an ex-boss.
Later Harry spots Teo face-timing and immediately reports to the assistant director that such behaviour should not be condoned especially since it could leak potential clips to the public before the show goes live. Harry said that he would take this into his evaluation. Harry is surprisingly strict on others.
At the end of the day, Harry revealed that since he has to stick it out till end of the contract, he might as well have some fun at the expense of Teo. As he ends his night with his usual swim, he’s thinking of other ways to pull Teo’s legs. He’s really such a meanie.
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7.7.2025 Day 45 How Far Would You Go For Love
Yet another morning hustle. Harry is on set for a shoot and is approached by an excited fan who is also a participant for M.O.M. Harry is quick to excuse himself as he doesn’t want any gossips arising from this small interaction. I didn’t even consider that, goes to show that life in the spotlight can be really stressful. Tain has invaded Harry’s home and he rushes home to stop him.
Tain accidentally comes across our chats and asked who I am. Harry stops him in time. Tain pleads with Harry to buy a piece of land but refuses to give up the real reason for it. In the midst of the conversation, I made some comments on Tain’s proposal which Harry told Tain. It was kind of funny to hear him repeat my exact words… is this called the mirroring effect. It felt good. Harry later locks Tain out in the terrace looking so pleased with himself at how he is going to torture his friend/future brother-in-law? Harry is such a kid, the more stressed he is at work, the more childish he becomes.
Tain has passed his restaurant to Malong to run (anyway seems like it doesn’t have any customers) while he fussed over cooking lunch for Harry who isn’t even appreciative of it. Tain did cook up an impressive dish for Harry in the end and suddenly Harry seemed interested in buying the land. Lol. Goes to show the way to a man’s heart is really his tummy.
Harry finally sends Tain off with a thread of hope. He tells me that Tain is very curious about me and it seemed like I was interested too. Like he’s your friend duh. Harry says he’d tell me more about Tain in due time but in the end he just wants me to forget about him. Lol jealous much.
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8.7.2025 Day 46 The Fun of TV Show
Harry has to go for another shoot and he’s less than enthusiastic about it. In the end he was late to the studio but instead of being apologetic, he’s made everyone uncomfortable with his scary fierce/grumpy face. He’s also showing no interest in any of the participants who are trying their best to impress him.
Harry’s attention is drawn to the presence of a cat which apparently he finds incredibly unsettling though the furry creature has taken a liking to him.
Harry continues with the auditions and individual mentoring. He says nothing to most of the participants except Teo whom he pays like 2.3% more attention to. LOL. In the end, I’m denied information about who got eliminated and Harry just teased me that I’ll never know. Sheesh. There’s this smirk on his face that’s actually quite endearing. Regardless of whether there’s any romance involved, I think it would be pretty fun to have a friend like Harry to just chat with from time to time.
Harry is curious why Teo is always on the phone… I wonder, Harry, you’re also always on the phone anyway. I told Harry that I suspect he has a girlfriend. (Haha good thing I have stopped with the two-timing part or this would have been pretty awkward.)
At the end of the day, Harry shared how he had tried to stir up the competition between Teo and Joseph, hoping to get them both eliminated in a fight and to create drama for the production. He felt that since they didn’t have the potential to win anyway, he could at least get some entertainment from their antics. What a #*&$!
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9.7.2025 Day 47 Cheeky Innocent Face
Harry is up and jogging in his horse mask and suit this morning which created quite a stir amongst the participants. If he hates attention why on earth is he doing this? While preparing to go on set later, he gets a visit from Joseph who shows Harry some concern. Harry speaks to him nicely but we later learnt that he has no recollection of who Joseph is as he reviews the participants.
When I complimented Harry that he looks good in anything he wears, he is flustered. Then as he needs to leave for work, he offhandedly said that he rather stay with me, to which I commented that this made my heart flutter. Harry is quick to take back his words and apologises for being flippant. I know he’s trying to draw the line here but it hurts somewhat.
Over lunch, Harry shares his observation that Joseph has a different face whether the camera is on him or not, this is unlike Teo who carries the same goofy face no matter what situation he is. He continues to grouse about Teo being on the phone constantly. Then he decides to provoke Joseph into confronting Teo since they are partners in the current mission. Harry laughs gleefully at his own mischief and is looking forward to what happens next.
While waiting for big guy to pick him up, Harry ends up observing the participants practicing. He sees Joseph berating Teo for his dancing capabilities and amplified his voice when he realised that Harry was looking at them. Harry tried his best to stifle his laugh. Later I had a conversation with him about his flexibility and teased him when I caught him trying to bend down to touch the floor with his palms.
Harry gets lost wandering around campus while waiting for big guy. He doesn’t have his wallet with him so he can’t call for a taxi either. He somehow ended up knocking on Teo’s room door and not want to be caught out, he advised Teo to not waste time and just drop out of the contest which Harry can help him with. Teo tells Harry that even if he loses, he wants to do it on his own terms. Attaboy!
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10.7.2025 Day 48 Shopping for Land
Harry has a break from filming today so he requested that I spend time with him on the phone today whenever I’m available. Awww he’s so sweet for saying these thing. NOT!!! I’m not falling for you again!
Later Tain bribes Harry with a salad while trying to convince him to buy land again. Harry only relented in exchange for a glass of water when he choked on eating a piece of mushy fried chicken. Lol.
Harry finds out that the real estate company doesn’t accept credit cards so he has to withdraw cash from his personal safe in some super secure bank. How old school is that?!
Later we learnt that the land actually belongs to Rachel, his sister, and she appointed Tain as her personal assistant to sell the land. She herself is clueless about the potential of the land. Harry isn’t happy that they paired up to force his hand. It was pretty funny that Rachel commented – if you back out from the land sale, nobody’s gonna help you put the money back into the safe. And with that Harry proceeded to sign the documents. What…
Rachel was so elated that the deal went through that she asked if Tain wanted to be his boyfriend. Tain was too stunned to speak. After she left he asked Harry to punch him as he thought it was a dream. The first punch was a light one but when Tain asked for a harder one, Harry could no longer hold back. That was hilarious. Harry called me later and I gushed about how Tain finally fulfilled his wish. Harry just smirked and knew that I would like all this true love bliss thing.
In the end the love lasted no more than a few hours. Rachel broke up with Tain and Harry says he’ll at least sleep well for the night. He hardly speaks to his sister, doesn’t think highly of her and most importantly he said he only needs me in his life.
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11.7.2025 Day 49 Bug and Bug
This morning Piu Piu disappears to check on the system leaving Harry and I alone. Big Guy arrives at the house and finds out that one of the plant has died and makes a big fuss over it. Harry tells him to leave it and just buy a new one. Big Guy reminisces about Harry’s first plant.
Harry calls me after his shower still dripping wet to say good morning. I can’t help but drool too and teased him about it. Though he still says I should keep myself in check to prevent misunderstandings, he’s obviously doing it on purpose to see my reaction. Sheesh.
Piu Piu returns and is worried that Pi Pi is unwell. It needs to find the egg cookies and so it requested Harry to visit some websites. But the website he visits have all the wrong tastes apparently so Piu Piu asked him to go search for love and relationships which he refused.
Harry finally agrees to search the website for love related articles when I asked him to. Piu Piu returns him many articles based on the keyword ‘love confession’, but doesn’t think any of the ones he’s read is suitable. Harry unwillingly continues to read on and accidentally stumbles onto a dark website which caused his browser to crash. In the end Pi Pi turned black and Piu Piu is beside himself with anger.
In the meantime big guy appears and informs Harry that his carrots are dead. Harry hurries to the garden and sees many bugs that he needs to exterminate. What’s this… a real life analogy of an online virus attack? Later Harry and Big Guy has a scuffle over the pesticide. Harry wants to kill the bugs but the latter didn’t want any on Harry’s carrots. In the end, pesticide was spilled all over the floor.
For dinner, Harry had salad made by big guy but it was missing carrots. Harry was ok with it but later complained of tummy pain as he retires for the night.
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12.7.2025 Day 50 I can drive you know
Harry is out and about early in the morning. He has rented a car and is going to visit the land he has bought. Unfortunately he got himself so horribly lost. Yes totally forgot that he’s terrible at navigation. He decided to abandon his car and walk instead until he reached a beach. There he bumped into another guy who was out here looking for meteorites. He offered to direct Harry to his destination.
It was evening by the time Harry reached his destination based on his GPS settings. It turned out that the land he bought is a cliff facing the sea. With the help of the mysterious man Noah, Harry finally got back on track to his car while Noah continues on his expedition on bare foot in the freezing cold. Harry remarked that he was the weirdest person he has ever met. Nonetheless I like it that Harry is the kind of guy who enjoys new experiences.
While walking back, he called me just to show me the beautiful night sky filled with stars. It felt really romantic and whether he realises it or not, I think Harry has already fallen for me. Anyway he told me to go sleep first as it will take time for him to return home.
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13.7.2025 Day 51 Harry has a cold
Harry slept in for the morning. It’s a Sunday afterall and after the long night he deserved it. While having soup for breakfast, he showed me the picture of his land and asked what I would do with it. I will totally build a house overlooking the sea, and spend my days with my loved ones enjoying the ombré sunset over the horizon, listen to the crashing waves and look at the starry nights cuddled in the warmth of their embrace. But I wasn’t given the option to reply as such. Coincidentally I have a very similar image as my wallpaper – a photo I took during my trip to Okinawa.
I wonder… would I fall in love with a guy that I chat with on the phone for 50 days everyday at least 5 times a day? Perhaps we need a social experiment for this.
Anyway it seems like Harry might have caught a cold. Piu Piu diagnosed him with flu given his light fever and body aches. He decides to rest in bed and even hid in the toilet so that big guy won’t fuss over him. It was pretty funny when Piu Piu said that Harry’s spine is so stiff like his personality. Haha.
Harry spent the rest of the day working seriously on building a diorama which suspiciously looks like the land he had bought. It was quite a big project and midway Harry complained that he wouldn’t be able to complete it and will just give it up. This feels quite different from the Harry I know since building stuff is a hobby he enjoys. Is he still unwell?
Before I went to bed, we had a chat about what superpowers we would like to have which was unrealistic to begin with but it was a nice chat and Harry even laughed. I told him we should more of such chats and he agreed to do so. That felt personal and calming. The kind of feeling you get when I realise that I’m finally getting across to him.
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14.7.2025 Day 52 Another Day for Harry
Harry was not awake until breakfast today so I ended up talking to Piu Piu instead. For some weird reason, the responses I can pick today are rather snarky. It almost sounds like I’m upset or angry with Harry because he is not spending time with me…but what for? I think I’ve come to have no expectations from Harry at this point so it’s just about seeing him as a nice chat buddy through the day.
Piu Piu tells me that Harry was still working on the diorama so I’m glad he didn’t give up on it. Piu Piu said that Harry was talking in his sleep and he mumbled the words, “Home, Possible, Hands, Ugh, my back and my name”. Of course I only latched on to the fact that he mentioned my name.
Harry asked me what kind of house I like and I told him one that is surrounded by nature and of course he had to dash it with a dose of reality about bugs and wild life. He himself doesn’t know what he wants either so I’m one up him at least.
The rest of the evening Harry was behaving quite irritably as well and he cut me off quite abruptly, not even entertaining my request for a call. He had been starving all day and is just starting on first meal. Something is really wrong with him.
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15.7.2025 Day 53 Let’s Go Buy Furniture
Harry is up and about early in the morning but he is finally admitting that he is not fine. Piu Piu diagnosed him with severe back pain probably from working too long on his diorama on the floor. I suggested that he get himself a chair and he silently went along with it. That’s so cute when he told me that I have that kind of effect on him.
Harry is out with his personal shopper to buy a chair but he is so hard to please. I hope he finds whatever he is looking for. In the end, nothing caught Harry’s eye but he ended up buying a snow globe instead. His personal shopper refused to be denied so she bought him one of the most expensive antique looking chair that looked more like a throne for him. Harry hates it and covers it up with a bedsheet so that he doesn’t get nightmare looking at it. He’s so weird for these antics.
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16.7.2025 Day 54 Harry is not a good matchmaker
Harry woke up annoyed when he realised that he has to work unexpectedly and was added into a chatgroup with other judges. He’s back in the studio for some filming. After observing the participants, he grumpily remarked that none of them showed any improvement despite days of practice. He wondered if they only practiced in front of the camera. He also commented on how the show would be more fresh if they allowed it to flow with any set course. Sometimes I can’t tell if he’s good at his work or not.
I guess Harry’s bored at work and since there doesn’t seem to be a Teo for him to pick on, he decided to play matchmaker and attempts to bring Rachel and Tain together a second time. Perhaps all they needed was to talk to each other. It’s clear that Rachel likes Tain but she doesn’t want to be the first mover. However Harry being him, only leaves her hanging when she starts asking him complicated questions. Maybe all that research on love and relationships helped.
Harry is back at the set again, this time to play the bad guy and chase all the participants= back to their dorms to rest so that the staff don’t have to work overtime. Caring much?
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17.7.2025 Day 55 Harry is Tired
The first chat option this morning was a bit weird. Did something happen the night before that made me feel so awkward? The only thing I got was that Harry blushed before hanging up on the phone last night. Huh?
Anyway Harry’s out and about buying coffee for the staff and I’m so amazed that he remembers all their drink options! He says it’s all part of the act and he’s learnt how to socialise very well. I can’t tell! On one hand he’s like this bitchy grumpy guy who hates everyone when he’s talking to me, yet professionally he’s like this sweet adorable judge who shows tough love. He said it’s all part of his persona. Wow, he’s really good.
I overhear the staff asking Harry who he is always talking to on the phone and that it seemed like he’s in love with it and whether he’s in a relationship. He replies that it’s nothing like that. Yah yah. Later I asked him if I’ve ever made his heart skip a beat and he said whenever I say weird stuff. I knew it! When I called him cute previously, he went all, I’m not cute, added a few other awkward remarks and quickly escaped the chat. I guess he’s pretty shy.
During another round of performances and evaluations, when it was Harry’s turn to evaluate Teo, he just stood up and walked away back to his dressing room, prompting a lot of panic. Turned out that he had broken out in rashes around his neck due to some cream big guy had applied on the mask. (Though I can’t help but wonder if his annoyance at Teo could have contributed too which Harry denied). Teo approached Harry later to ask for feedback and which the latter very curtly replied that his performance is lame.
Harry is out for dinner with his colleagues and complains that he is unable to get a decent salad, having to live with a greasy unhealthy burger. Sometimes I wonder why Harry behaves so erratically. He is so curt when he doesn’t get his way on certain things, yet bothers to play the nice guy on some occasions. On his way back from dinner, Harry recounted that Teo had told him that he was doing his best because someone is watching him (the other me??). Harry doesn’t agree with this worldview as he feels that people should just do things for themselves. I think I got a little annoyed with him and told him he didn’t have to call me tonight. And he went with whatever you wish… and really didn’t call!
Harry Harry Harry, are you talking to me to serve your own purpose, or to look out for mine as well?
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18.7.2025 Day 56 Working Day
This morning Harry is up and already annoyed with Tain and Teo. The former because he asked about Rachel and the latter because of the community feedback likening Teo to a golden retriever and that he was really good at acting. Harry cannot grasp at how people can look so cheerful and relaxed when they can never get anything done right. He thinks people are only interested in looks and not talent.
The options for my replies is obviously trying to make Harry jealous – I wonder what his reaction would be if I had swooned over Teo… but I won’t not just because I respect Harry but also because Teo’s really not my cup of tea either. Harry called to ask if people really change for love, yes I think they do. When I told Harry that I think he’s changed ever since he met me, he denies it… and sarcastically commented if I now know him better than he does.
I wonder if Harry’s feelings are this coming from some deep seated resentment – that you’ve lived a life where everyone expected nothing short of perfection from you? In case you haven’t realised, you’re pretty good looking yourself and maybe that’s why you put on a horse mask because you don’t want people to become biased.
While Harry is running about with his mask again, Teo catches up to him to ask a ridiculous question on the difference between sexy and suggestive. Harry didn’t want to entertain the very person who’s annoying him so he runs even faster. Teo tries to catch up but ends up stumbling and rolling into the dirt. Harry didn’t bother to stop but has to take a break because of the amount of dust he’s consumed. When I told Harry to pity the guy who’s eating dirt on the floor, he got visibly upset. Sheesh.
Harry started a poll with the judges, staff and production team of M.O.M with the specific agenda of asking whether Teo (represented by a golden retriever) should be allowed to continue to participate when he has no talents. I really don’t understand what Harry’s beef is with Teo. But maybe Teo is really that bad I have no idea. Anyway highlight of this convo is that Harry is counting the number of days I’ve been talking to him and quickly sidestep when I asked him about it.
Later Harry tries to give Joseph a one-up against Teo by teaching to differentiate between sexy and suggestive but it kind of backfired as Teo got it faster, prompting him to make a quick visit to the dormitory. He wanted to misdirect Teo so that he ends up making a fool of himself, citing that if he does more than make others look better, it would be problematic. Harry has no regrets with his actions as he believes some people will show their true potential only when driven into a corner.
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19.7.2025 Day 57 A Person I Don’t Wanna Get Affiliated With
Harry is up and getting ready to head out in the morning. Apparently he had left his personal stamp (something used for contracts) at the real estate office on the day he bought the land. Tain has it with him so Harry head out to meet him. When they got there, not only was Tain there but also Rachel, and two other unknown persons. One whom Piu Piu identified as Sarah Lee, a famous influencer. Harry wanted to get out of there but Tain and Rachel begged him with their eyes to stay.
If I read the room correctly, it turns out that Sarah had worked with Tain on an advertising project and somehow she fell for him. Tain is too nice or clueless and shows her kindness which upsets Rachel even further and she ends up getting very drunk. Piu Piu doesn’t understand the emotions, but when it scanned Tain, it appears that he’s filled with sadness and emptiness which suggests that he’s still in love with Rachel.
Rachel kidnaps Harry’s phone and ran off to the toilet to check out Sarah’s Outstagram account. She bitched about her openly only to discover that Sarah was in one of the cubicles. Awkward much. They exchanged pleasantries but it descended into an all out cat fight not long after.
Harry admitted later that it was difficult to be without his phone because he had gotten so used to my presence that not having it made him uncomfortable. Awww…. In the end, Harry stayed on with them until late at night because Tain made him a salad he was pleased with.
Before the night ended, Sarah passed Tain her personal phone number, suggesting that he calls her. Rachel confronts him about it and he doesn’t know how to reply in a way that won’t upset her. Tain ended up ranting on the phone with Harry for the whole night. What a bummer. What’s a friend to do. Anyway I finally figured that Rachel had gone to Tain’s bar with unknown man, where she bumped into Sarah who was there to hit on Tain.
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20.7.2025 Day 58 D-1 Before Live Broadcast
Harry is not looking forward to the day of the live broadcast. While the contestants and judges are busy preparing for the show, Harry decides to send big guy in a horse mask to run around the field while he rests at home. Sometimes I really question Harry’s work ethics.
Harry decided to gift Malong the hideous looking chair which apparently the latter has been looking for to complete his collection. Malong gives Harry carrot-shaped rice cakes in return to his delight. Rachel and Tain continues to individually bombard Harry with their grumbling so he asked Piu Piu to create a chat group for them. Piu Piu accidentally included Harry and Malong inside, and with a little help for me, he added that Malong will help them mediate their differences.
Finally with peace looming on the surface, Harry shares a beautiful sunset sipping on black tea on the balcony while chatting with me. I realised that whenever I say sweet nothings to Harry nowadays he doesn’t fob it off anymore. Harry is both excited and apprehensive about his first live broadcast show but still took time to ask about my day. I actually really like it that he asked about it, it makes me feel like someone really care that I have a good day.
H: How was your day? Was everything ok with your project?
Me: Actually, I had fun.
H: What could you possibly do to have fun?
Me: It’s possible when you have so many hobbies.
H: Passionate and diligent. I’ll just stand by you.
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21.7.2025 Day 59 No Going Back
Harry is out and about to work for the live broadcast, not before showing off how well the blueberries are growing in his garden. (Coincidentally I was just thinking about starting a blueberry farm sometime in my life!) On his way to the studio, Harry saw a huge crowd waving banners of support for their favourite contestant. To get around the crowd, Harry decided to alight elsewhere wearing his horse mask. However he was waylaid by a reporter who insisted on interviewing him while he was at a cafe getting iced tea. He’s upset and blamed me for suggesting that he bring his mask along… I forget that no one knows what the real Harry looks like isn’t it.
And then the show begins. Harry is so surprised that people would be so passionate and excited about a talent show. But when the lights came on and everything, even he was amazed at how different Teo looked and commented that he might just have a chance. After his performance, Teo scored first among the audience poll, but when it came to the judges’ turn to score, Harry accidentally gave him a 0 score, sending him to the bottom and immediately eliminated!! I told him he should correct his mistake but he refused to. Such is life… poor Teo!
On his way home, Harry complained about working again and having to be committed until the end of it. Now that Teo is out, he has even less motivation to keep going. Sheesh, you’re really quite impossible.
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22.7.2025 Day 60 Truth and Malice
Harry awoke to a notification for an interview appointment as a judge of M.O.M. It was the same journalist he met yesterday who was very persistent about getting to Harry. In the end Harry decided to make it for the interview but discovered that he was the only interviewee. Piu Piu did a quick background check on the journalist who seemed to be famous for digging out dirt on celebrities. Oh oh. Harry tried to get out of the interview but was somehow forced to stay on out of professionalism or whatever.
Midway through the interview, the reporter became snarky and started throwing shade at Harry. He also revealed that since Harry was going to quit being a film director, he did not have the credentials to be a judge, that he had made big guy run on his behalf and how he had disappeared midway through his award ceremony etc. I mean those are facts… still how could you!
Harry was so offended he paused the interview. We wondered how anyone knew about Harry quitting since only he, myself and big guy knew about it (and Piu Piu too…)
After Harry composed himself he agreed to do a retake of the interview but this time he was prepared with answers to call out the journalist for his unethical methods to get readership. You go show them Harry! Before Harry stormed out of the interview, the journalist threatened to write maliciously about him to which Harry responded that he had always lived for himself (I.e. no collateral damage) so he can do his worst.
Harry was really upset for the rest of the evening. Turned out he was specifically set up as the other judges were not invited for the interview. In the end despite me trying to cheer him up, Harry said he just had no energy to talk to me and needed time alone. He even left his phone behind!!
And so that ends the second month of being with Harry. I guess there’s gonna be some major change tomorrow in our relationship.