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Saturday, March 28, 2009

Finally I got a chance to update once again! Here are the updates for TVB recent dramas!

English Title: The Winter Melon Tale
Chinese Title: 大冬瓜
Cantonese Title: Dai Dung Gwa
Casts: Sunny Chan, Louisa Lo, Nancy Wu, Liu Kai Chi, Rain Lau, Jack Wu and more
Episodes: 20 (Cantonese)
Release Date: March 9, 2009- April 3, 2009
Genre: Period drama/Fantasty
Themesong: "Big Winter Melon" By Don Li and Lai Lok Yi

Synopsis:
FAN TUNG (Liu Kai Chi) is one of the four deities under the Stove God. He has offended the Queen Mother of the West of being ravenous and gets imprisoned for 500 years in the winter melon. By chance TIN TAI KWAI (Chan Kam Hung) and his wife CHUNG PIK YUK (So Yuk Wah) free him from constraint. TUNG has crashed with KWAI's older brother TIN TAI FU (also played by Liu Kai Chi) accidentally and his spirit enters FU's body inexplicably while losing all his instincts. TUNG starts living in KWAI's house and getting closer to the family. YUK finds suspicious TUNG and she tries to unmask him by all means. Having failed in his attempt to return to Heaven, TUNG becomes reliant on the help of six little deities who assimilated his instincts released from the melon, and since then TUNG is aware of the fickleness of human nature. One day, FU's truant wife LING FUNG (Lau Yuk Chui) suddenly returns. She ruins everything and even causes the death of KWAI. In order to get his life back, TUNG illicitly breaks into the netherworld.

Credits: Astro On Demand

English Title: The King of Snookers
Chinese Title: 桌球天王
Cantonese Title: Cheuk Kau Tin Wong
Casts: Adam Cheng, Niki Chow, Patrick Tang, Derek Kwok, Joyce Tang and more
Episodes: 20 (Cantonese)
Release Date: March 30, 2009- April 24, 2009
Genre: Comedy-sport-romance drama
Themesong: "The Game of Fate(命運遊戲)" By Adam Cheng

Synopsis:The all-conquering snooker player YAU YAT KIU (Cheng Siu Chau, Adam) takes everyone by surprise when he suddenly retires from the snooker world. This comes as a huge disappointed to her daughter YAU KA KAN (Niki Chow), who has always wanted to follow in his footsteps. She feels bewildered too, for although KIU pretends he does not care about the snooker any more, he has set up an extremely difficult game in his restaurant. His purpose cannot be more obvious: he is waiting for someone to solve the game. KIU comes to know KAN TSZ HIM (Patrick Tang) by chance. Noticing his flair for the snooker, KIU decides to make an exception for HIM and teaches him all he knows about the game. Later, KAN manages to persuade her father into taking her in as well. HIM fancies KAN, but she is fond of LUI KIN CHUNG, KIU's bitter foe (Kok Ching Hung). CHUNG is a crafty person. In order to win the game, he fools around with HIM's aunt CHIN TO TO (Tang Lai Ming, Joyce), who is also HIM's manager. HIM falls out with KIU because of CHUNG. Both master and disciple come to settle their scores on a snooker-table in the end.

Credits: Astro On Demand

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11:34 PM xoxo DA

Monday, March 9, 2009

Ah it been a while I updated this blog so falling behind but hopefully I can catch up ^_^

English Title: The Greatness of a Hero
Chinese Title: 盛世人傑
Cantonese Title: Sing Sai Yun Git
Casts: Kent Cheng, Sunny Chan, Bernice Liu, Lelia Tong, Sonija Kwok, Wayne Lai, Raymond Cho and more
Episodes: 20 (Cantonese)
Release Date: February 9, 2009- March 6, 2009 (Overseas Release ONLY) (HK: Warehouse) [DONE AIRING]
Genre: Period drama
Themesong: "Forgone" By Hins Cheung

Synopsis:
TIK YAN KIT (Cheng Jut Si), one of the most celebrated chancellors, is greatly trusted by Empress MO TSAK TIN (Chan Sau Chu). TIN's nephew MO SHING CHI (Lai Yiu Cheung) is jealous and he seeks every opportunity to frame him up. CHI accuses KIT for colluding with his daughter TIK CHING LUEN's (Liu Bernice Jan) husband SUNG TING YUK (Chan Kam Hung) of treason and an attempt to subvert TIN's throne. KIT is left speechless and his family members are all seized in order to TIN has been incited to action by CHI. KIT escapes in chaos but CHI threatens to kill his second wife CHO YUET (Sonija Kwok). The incorruptible and intelligent KIT is miserably caught in a dilemma and he feels helpless in every way. Would KIT be able to conquer the traitors eventually and help restore order from a tragic turnaround?

Credit: Astro On Demand

The Most Anticipated Drama has been out for a while now I'm slowly catching up on it too ^_^

English Title: E.U. (Emergency Unit)
Chinese Title: 學警狙擊
Cantonese Title: Hok Ging Chui Gik
Casts: Ron Ng, Sammul Chan, Michael Miu, Kathy Chow, Michael Tse, Elanne Kong, Kaki Leung and more
Episodes: 30 (Cantonese)
Release Date: February 16, 2009 - March 27, 2009
Genre: Police Drama- Action
Themesong: Variation of Black and White (黑白變奏) by Ron Ng, Sammul Chan & Michael Tse
Subtheme: Palm Print (手掌印) by Elanne Kong

Synopsis:
JIANG SHI XIAO (Miu Kiu Wai) is released from jail in Taiwan. He returns to Hong Kong immediately and tries to find his daughter JIANG YOU YOU (Elanne Kong) so as to heal their relationship. By pretending to be friendly with the one who made him in jail, the gang leader TO YIK TIN (Lam Lei), XIAO is eager to get even with him, and also intends to draw two young policemen to his side in order to strengthen his influence. LEE PAK KIU (Sammul Chan) from the Emergency Unit is reluctant to get close with a gangster while CHUNG LAP MAN (Ng Cheuk Hai, Ron) from Special Duty Squad believes that XIAO could help them fight against TIN by acting as an informer. MAN develops a close relationship with him gradually but he has been dismissed before accomplishing the task. Afterwards, XIAO takes MAN under his wing and MAN devotes himself to the triad society. TIN always put XIAO on his guard and he asks his trusted follower LEUNG SIU TONG (Tse Tin Wah) to keep a close eye on XIAO. On the other hand, XIAO fights back by making use of TIN's wife CHING YEUK SAM (Chow Hoi Mei) to strengthen his power in the gang. XIAO eventually becomes the gang leader and he believes that everything is under control. However, the drug trafficking business keeps running into trouble abnormally. XIAO begins to question the loyalties among his confidants.

Credit: Astro On Demand

11:42 AM xoxo DA