I've finally finished watching "Moonlight Resonance".
The ending was damn good lor... Hehehe...

Just finished watching Fathers & Sons (Baba Bai Ngai) featuring the following stars:

• Bobby Au Yeung as Man Tin Chi 閔天賜/ Lui Ka Chun 呂家全
• Wong Hei as Ko Ching 高青 / Shum Sing Fu 沈成富
• Yoyo Mung as Gam Mei Jan 金美鑽
• Tavia Yeung as Lo Sei Hei 羅四喜
• Ha Yu as Ko Chi Tiem 高志添
• Evergreen Mak as Lui Ka Chai 呂家齊

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Top-ranked market research manager Man Tin-Tsz (Bobby) is an expert at price comparison. Commonly nicknamed “the Honorable Min Jeong Ho”, his personal motto is “always be price-conscious”. Tsz who relishes his yuppie lifestyle has been longing for an early retirement. But the sudden return of his eight-year-old son seems to have completely shattered his dreams. Tsz has no experience in taking care of children and is totally clueless about how to look after his son. Luckily his ally-cum-rival Kam Mei-Tsun a.k.a "Amy" (Yoyo) is there to help and look out for him in every way. The pair gets to know each other better and gradually grow to be great buddies. Later Tsz discovers that Kam is actually the one referred to as “Platinum Dae Jang Geum”.

Tsz manages to find his godfather Ko Chi-Tim (Ha Yu) when he sees a beef ball. Tim has been trying hard to accommodate himself to his son Ko Ching (Wong Hei) but Ching has given full attention to his own daughter and shows no concern at all for Tim. Ching has focused too much on his daughter that he has completely disregarded his responsibility as a son and a husband. At the darkest moment in his life, Ching is lucky to still have Tsz and his short time girlfriend Law Sz-Hei a.k.a "Joey" (Tavia) by his side. In the meantime, Ching happens to discover a secret that his father has been hiding all these years, which was Ching wasn't his natural son. When Ching was just a baby, his natural parents couldn't afford to keep him since his mom was dying of a disease, so they made a binding contract with their neighbor Ko-Chi Tim in which Ko-Chi gets Ching and in return they get a huge amount of money. Ko-Chi fell in love with his step-son. As time past, the neighbor kept asking for more money to start a new business. Loving Ching so much, Ko-Chi took the savings of his family and gave it to the neighbor, and the neighbor was never heard of again. Ko-Chi never gambled away the money as Ching thought he had. Man-Tin Tsz was sued by Kam Mei-Tsun's ex-boyfriend for hitting him in the face. Throughout this time period, Man-Tin Tsz and Kam Mei-Tsun saw affection for each other and started dating.

Soon after when Ching's ex-wife comes back from the States, she wants her daughter back and told Ching she isn't his daughter and married him because she was pregnant and didn't know what to do. Ching was shocked, but he decided to follow his daughter to America and help with his ex-wife's dad's restaurant, breaking up with Joey. Before he left, Man Tin-Tsz's real dad had died and he had asked back for his dad's watch as it brought back many memories. He also promised his dad that as long as he lives, the beef ball Co. Mui Gay would continue to manufacture beef balls. As Ching left for the States, Man Tin-Tsz gives himself to Ko-Chi and offered to be his son. Ko-Chi accepted and Man Tin-Tsz started calling him Dad. With Mui Gay not doing well due to Kam Mei-Tsun's ex-boyfriend messing with their company, Ko-Chi gets a disease and went into a coma. Ching came back to the States with his ex-wife and Pui-Pui (we assume that he's back with her in the end) to take care of him in the hospital. Meanwhile, Man Tin-Tsz gave a touching report about father-and-son relationship to the magazine that everybody started buying Mui Gay's beefballs. Ko-Chi's situation gets worse and needs another immediate surgery, but the surgery ended up successful and he woke up from his coma, but lost all his memory. Throughout the time that Ko-Chi was in his coma, Kam Mei-Tsun's ex-boyfriend was charged for fraud in stocks and lost a lot of money trying to get Mui Gay off the market. Kam Mei-Tsun gets pregnant with Man Tin-Tsz and Ko-Chi could finally walk again.

The Seventh Day (Jui Mei Lai Dik Dai Chat Tin)

Casts

• Kevin Cheng as Yau Chi Wing 游志穎
• Niki Chow as Ling Ka Yan 凌加恩
• Bosco Wong as Hui Wai Yan 許懷仁 (Don)
• Natalie Tong as Wong Chi Kwan 王芷君 (Sasa)

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Different people have different attitudes to love - even those born on the same day in the same year do not necessarily share the same views. YAU CHI WING (Cheng, Kevin) and HUI WAI YAN (Wong Chung Chak or Don Dum,Bosco) were both born on the seventh day of August, but one takes relationships seriously while the other is so money-minded and sees love as a tool to get higher up the social ladder.

The tale begins on the seventh of August, when WING and Don first encounter their own dream girl on the same island. WING works as a lifeguard on the outlying island. He gets to know pet shop assistant LING KA YAN (Chow Lai Ki, Niki) by chance and is soon mesmerized by her endearing personality. Don who works at a coffee shop meets a romance comic artist called WONG CHI KWAN (Tong Sze Wing, Natalie). Being misled into believing that the girl is from a rich family, Don decides to chase her. He would never have thought that someone as calculative as himself would end up falling into a love trap.

As for WING, he met Yan. Yan, at first mistakened him to be those bad guys until one night WING was in a fight and got wounded. Yan helped WING, and they became friends. Yan liked WING secretly though. Yan and WING's grandma became great friends once they met each other. Yan soon finds out that WING's birthday is almost here so she wants to celebrate it with him but he forgot his own birthday and Yan got mad. WING, after a while, saw how kind and sweet Yan was, and he secretly liked her too.

Death Investigation Extension - D.I.E. (Koo Ling Jing Tam)

Casts

• Chun Wong as Ying Lam
• Lee Fung as Ng Suk Tak
• Sonija Kwok as Ying Ching Ching (Nickname: Madam Ying)
• Nancy Wu Ting Yan as Ying Pui Pui (Nickname: Momoko)
• Apple Ha Ping as Kam Sham Shun

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

In the police force, "Death Investigation Extension" or "D.I.E." was established to accommodate those who have been sent away by their supervisors. As everybody knows, members of the Extension are to investigate unsolved cold cases. Yue Chi-Long (Roger Kwok), who has cracked a large number of difficult cases by extrasensory means, is assigned to the D.I.E. because his superiors find him strange for falling asleep constantly on the job. New appointee Ying Ching-Ching (Sonija Kwok) is a good-looking girl but she means to act tough and sassy in front of others. Believing that she will get promoted soon, she solves a lot of intriguing cases. Later Ying finds out that her supervisor still has a long way to go before he reaches retirement age. She takes an uncompromising stand over every case she deals with, which leads her into constant quarrels with Long. The relationship between the pair is deteriorating day after day.

Long's elder sister, Yue Chi-Ching (Margie Tsang), has been living with him. While investigating an old case, Long gets to find his long-lost father Yue Tai-Hoi (Bryan Leung). Through close collaboration with Long, Ching-Ching has gradually developed affection for him. As she is still torn between Long and her two-timing boyfriend Shing Ka-Tsun (Kenneth Ma), Long has started to try to avoid her without rhyme or reason. Feeling so confused about what is happening, Ching-Ching decides to do some probing and is shocked to discover that Long has been dogged by a female ghost called Siu Yi (Kitty Yuen).

The Gentle Crackdown II (Sau Choi Yu Jiok Bing)

Casts

• Steven Ma as Tse Wong Sheung
• Yumiko Cheng as Chan Sai Mui
• Wayne Lai as Tai Tsung Man
• Ha Yu as Tse Chong Tin
• Johnson Lee as Chuk Ching-Ting

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Having lost her father at an early age, farm security guard CHAN SAI-MUI (Yumiko Cheng) grew to be an outspoken and determined woman who would do her utmost to protect her home village. It is her sincerity that has won her respect from all villagers of the Leung Choi County. Sometimes she would get too enthusiastic and impulsive that she could bring about a lot of misunderstandings. Amusingly, she has mistaken the newly appointed agricultural official TSE WONG-SHEUNG (literal meaning "Thank you, Emperor") (Steven Ma) for a thief and the two of them have been bitter enemies ever since. To keep himself from any possible trouble, SHEUNG has been avoiding MUI intentionally.

For the benefit of his son's future, SHEUNG's father TSE CHONG-TIN (Ha Yu) has not only invited the intelligent TAI TSUNG-MAN (Wayne Lai) to be SHEUNG's assistant, but also found him four special bodyguards namely CHUK, FUN, MEAN, and FAN. Despite the best arrangements for SHEUNG, he still gets framed by the corrupted officials from Changsha and is in danger of facing the most torturing punishment. Luckily, MUI and MAN manage to save him in the nick of time with a jade bowl bestowed by the former emperor. To everyone's surprise, the jade bowl turns out a fake, but with MAN's wit and courage, SHEUNG is finally saved from danger. MUI has been through a lot together with SHEUNG and is starting to fall in love with him. SHEUNG, on the other hand, has no feelings for MUI and decides to turn to MAN for tips as to how to break away from her. Mysteriously, SHEUNG starts being pursued by a hitman soon afterwards.

A Journey Called Life (Kam Shek Leung Yuen)

Casts

• Steven Ma as Shing Yat On
• Kent Cheng as Kam Shek
• Linda Chung as Sze Ka Ka
• Fala Chen as Shing Mei Sum
• Raymond Cho as Kam Wing Loi

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Ever since her mother passed away when she was young, Sze Ka Ka (Linda Chung) became rebellious and lived a life of drugs, alcohol and general lawlessness. Due to her step-family's disdain for her and misunderstandings surrounding her mother's death, Ka and her family do not get along. When a random incident reveals that her mother's remains have gone missing, Ka desperately searches for them. Eventually, she is able to find the remains in Kam Shek's (Kent Cheng) stone factory. Ka's love for her mother impresses Shek and his disciple Shing Yat On (Steven Ma). On befriends Ka and helps her solve many of her problems, even finding her a job in his sister, Shing Mei Sum's (Fala Chen) company. Ka appreciates all the things On has done for her and slowly, her lifestyle changes for the better. They grow to adore one another, but do not confess their love for each other because they were both afraid of being heartbroken and would rather keep their brother-sister-like relationship. Eventually an opportunity occurs when Shek is staying in the hospital for heart surgery. Shek has Ka become On's trainer for the marathon in his place. When On wins third place in the race and celebrates with his old running partner, Ka becomes jealous, but it is through this that they reveal their feelings for each another.

Sum is a money-oriented woman who wants to marry rich. She dates her boss Tung Ka Cheung (Cheng Tse Sing) while having an affair with Shek's son Kam Wing Loi ( Raymond Cho). When she gets pregnant accidentally, she has an abortion because she does not want the baby to ruin her chances of marrying rich. The family is bitterly disappointed in Sum. As her relationship with her family worsens, Cheung also reveals that he is aware of Sum's affair with Loi and violently breaks up with her. Rejected by her family and now without someone to depend on, Sum is downcast and drinks to relieve her stress. Ka, who is pregnant after being told it would be hard to conceive, is hit by Sum's drunk driving and loses her unborn child. In guilt, Sum drowns herself. On becomes depressed and loses his optimism for life. However, with the help of Ka, On again finds hope and is able to finish the marathon that he has prepared so long for.

Wasabi Mon Amour (Wo Mei Lung Ching)

Casts

• Michael Tao as Chung Lai Wo
• Louisa So as Ko Yau Mei
• Paul Chun as Ko Shau
• Bernice Liu as Yim Lai

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Japanese cuisine chef CHUNG LAI-WO (Michael Tao) has long been in love with his childhood friend KO YAU-MEI (Louisa So), who is always interested in pursuing a career in showbiz. To realize her dream, WO lies to the press and refers to MEI as "a most talented chef of the time". With WO's help, MEI has finally landed a job as the host of a food program. As MEI is completely clueless about cooking, WO decides to do her a favor by offering to be her assistant, which irritates his mentor KO SHAU (Chun Pui), also father of MEI, beyond measure.

Although the food program turns out to be very popular, MEI often gets picked on by her half sister YIM LAI (Liu Bernice Jan) while at work. LAI is angry with SHAU for being bad to her mother and she means to make things difficult for MEI as revenge. In order to boost her fame and the ratings, MEI reveals to the media the private life of WO and herself, consequently leading WO's career to a downfall. To escape from the misery of failure in both career and relationship, WO decides to leave for Japan and starts a new life there. SHAU feels the need to give MEI a lesson and resolves to reveal the truth to the press. In the meantime, LAI has also exposed a long-kept secret of SHAU, which has severely tarnished his reputation in his field overnight.

Survivor's Law II (Lut Jing San Yang Wong II)

Casts

• Kenneth Ma as Sun Man Gwun 辛萬軍 (MK)
• Ella Koon as Suen Lei Lei 孫俐俐 (Lily)
• Sammul Chan as Cheuk Wai Ming 卓偉名 (Vincent)
• Selena Li as Cheng Choi Yuk 鄭彩玉
• Rebecca Chan as Cheen Siu Ham 錢韶涵 (Brenda)
• Chun Wong as Wong Teen Bo 王天保
• Kwok Fung as Suen Bat To 孫伯滔
• Wu Fung as Poon Wing Leung 潘永良

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

MK Sun or his real name Sun Man Kwan (Kenneth Ma) was once stopping a drug smuggler, but because of that, he was wrongly accused of taking drugs. Despite his background, he hired a famous lawyer to help him, and not surprisingly, he won. The lawyer, Brandon (Waise Lee), became his idol, and MK Sun grew up to be a lawyer.

Years later, MK was trying to get a job in his idols company, T&B. He beats Brandon's wife, Brenda (Rebecca Chan), in a case, and started working there. There he meets a stubborn, rich, and spoiled girl named Lily, (Ella Koon) only caring about her looks and herself. They became enemies because of each others' backgrounds and attitudes.

MK Sun then meets Vincent (Sammul Chan). Vincent thought of MK Sun as ghetto, but soon realizes he was wrong. After having a fight with him in soccer, and Vincent punched the umpire, MK Sun took the blame. Soon, they became best friends.

After splitting with his former girlfriend, Jessica (Bernice Liu), Vincent (Sammul Chan) falls in love with a coffee shop girl called Choi Yuk (Selena Li). Vincent had his license for being a lawyer taken away for three years and couldn't get his license back yet. After getting a chance to work again and start a new refreshing career, he started only caring for himself. He was so determined that he went against Choi Yuk and her family, even his best friend, MK Sun. Choi Yuk thought he betrayed them and only cared about himself so she ended the relationship.

In a court case, MK finally confesses of his love to Lily, but she didn't like him back because of his background. But after MK jumped into the sea(to swim back to get to a court case) and ended up in the hospital, she started to like him. During the court case over Po Po's custody she proposed to him and asked for custody,which they got, and they eventually got married in court.

Soon, Choi Yuk gets into hospital after taking a beating in the head, falls into a coma, and gives birth to a baby boy named Jophy. Vincent, while trying to uncover Noel and her previous crimes, smashes his head to a drawer while avoiding a knife. While Choi Yuk just woke back up and while waiting for Vincent to return, she sees Vincent in a stretcher she hurried there with Jophy and thought they could finally be a happy family, Vincent does not recognize her, having received a big blow to the head and is suffering amnesia.

However, to prevent Choi Yuk from despairing too much from not remembering her and Jophy, he promises that some day he will propose to her and they will get married. He never regains his memory and ends up working at the cake shop with Choi Yuk. MK and Lily share a sweet and happy relationship.

The Building Blocks of Life (Gin Chuk Yau Ching Tin)




Casts

• Alex Fong Chung Sun as Chung Kwok Keung 鍾國強 (Isaac)
• Christine Ng as Ching Wai Yee 程慧儀 (Winnie)
• Tavia Yeung as Cheung Mun Zhing 張文政 (Freeda)
• Chung King Fai as Kwong Shing Yu 江承宇 (Preston)
• Chris Lai as Choi Zi Yeen 蔡志賢
• Natalie Tong as Kwong On Kiu 江安蕎 (Veronica)
• Power Chan as Yeung Zee Heen 楊子軒 (Brian)
• Anne Heung as Cheng Lay 張莉 (Lily)
• Kingdom Yuen as Chung Kwok Mei 鍾國美

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Interior design company owner CHUNG KWOK KEUNG (Alex Fong) used to be a favorite student of renowned architect KWONG SHING YUE (Chung King Fai). He gave up his dream of becoming an architect when his father passed away and he had to take up the family business.

As time goes by, the ambitious KEUNG has become an ambitionless man who has no opinions of his own. He has a prosaic relationship with CHING WAI YEE (Christine Ng), an estate agent who he has been going out for six years. He has to rewrite his blueprint in life with the appearance of CHEUNG MAN CHING (Tavia Yeung).

CHING meets KEUNG through work. She has mixed feelings for him, but she forces herself to suppress them when she knows that he has a girlfriend. Yet the unexpected always happen. Firstly, she and YEE become close friends because of a traffic accident. Since then she has to try hard to avoid seeing KEUNG. Secondly, as if it was not worse enough, a new building project brings her and KEUNG together again. Love starts to blossom secretly between the two.

Meanwhile, with the help of YUE, KEUNG pulls himself together. He is confident of handling interpersonal relationship, too. But YUE’s help has upset another student of his, who pledges to frame KEUNG up. As for relationships, KEUNG finds it hard to leave YEE, who has stuck with him through thick and thin, for CHING, who he loves truly…

Word Twister's Adventures (Tit Jui Ngan Nga)

Casts

• Charmaine Sheh as Lap Lan Ching Ching
• Jordan Chan as Chan Mung Kat
• Michael Tse as Fong Tong Kan
• Sharon Chan as Consort Yee
• Kara Hui as Poon Bak Fung
• Yuen Wah as Sir Lap Lan

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

The most difficult thing for an articulate legal expert is not to win a lawsuit but to bargain for a twist of fate. Plagued by a mysterious family curse, CHAN MUNG-KAT (Jordan Chan), who comes from a legal family, is forced by his mother to fool around and devotes all his time to running a brothel despite his great talent. As a result of a careless mistake, he is embroiled in a legal dispute, through which he gets to know the eloquent LAP LAN CHING CHING (Charmaine Sheh)[though Lap Lan Ching Ching was the only reason for the legal dispute and he knew her before) and the government opponent FONG TONG-KAN (Michael Tse). KAT has developed a strong hatred towards CHING and KAN since being innocently accused.

CHING’s articulation has not only won her a legal gown bestowed by the Qianlong Emperor but also an arranged marriage (But this was not the emperor's will. It was part of Wo Shen's evil plan to ruin Fong Tong Kan. Wo Shen had told the emperor that he would arrange a marriage for Lap Lan Ching Ching and Fong Tong Kan, but instead chose the most disgusting man in the city, Chan Mung Kat.). Despite her love for KAN, CHING cannot decline the Emperor’s offer and finally agrees to marry KAT. The lovelorn KAN lingers at the brothel day and night, leading himself to get caught up in a murder. CHING tries to save KAN but in vain. Luckily KAT offers to help and manages to pull KAN out of the trouble. CHING has got a different impression of KAT and the incident has once again reminded KAT of the curse and the potential danger of getting involved in any kinds of lawsuits. KAT gets framed later on and CHING is left to deal with the case all on her own. To everyone’s surprise, the curse has now been shifted on to KAT…

Marriage of Inconvenience (Liong Cai Si Doi)

Casts

• Bobby Au Yeung as Kong Hoi-Chuen/江海泉
• Angela Tong as "Meow Meow" Miu Ling/繆鈴
• Toby Leung as Ng Yi Wu Jiu/吾爾烏焦
• Raymond Wong Ho-Yin as Ivan Yik Hei Ji/易晞智
• Power Chan as Lam Pak Sum/林柏森
• Astrid Chan as Carol Sin Bing/冼冰
• Winnie Yeung as Betty Yim Wun Bik/炎煥碧

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

While the owner of a marriage bureau himself, the candid Kong Hoi-chuen (Bobby Au Yeung) nevertheless has no luck in finding a girlfriend. He meets Miu Ling (Angela Tong), who has just been disappointed in love, by chance. With his words of consolation Ling is able to get over her failed love temporarily.

Six months later, Ling agrees to marry Chuen. Yet just when Chuen thinks that he is the happiest husband in the world, he finds out that Ling is seeing her ex-lover, Ivan (Raymond Wong Ho-Yin). Burnt with anger, Chuen decides to divorce Ling. Unfortunately it is not as simple as he has thought. Ling, believing that she has been wronged, refuses to move out. Cheun has no choice but to arrange a fake marriage with mainlander Zhao Yang (Toby Leung), whom he agrees can stay at his place for free. With the help of Yang, Chuen hopes to fight with Ling to the finish. But he later learns that Yang is in fact the girl of a triad leader and her true name is Ng Yi Wu Jiu… On one hand, Chuen loves both Ling and Yang, who have completely different personalities. On the other hand, living with them has put him in a dilemma…

This drama is a modern version of the earlier War of In Laws (Ngo Tik Yeh Man Lai Lai) featuring the same main casts and the same mutual dislikes between the mother in law and daughter in law.

Casts

• Liza Wang as Ophelia Gwo Bik (Fiona)
• Myolie Wu as Chow Lai-Man
• Bosco Wong as Kyle Gwo Duk
• Joyce Tang as Coco Ko Ga Bo
• Benz Hui as But Ping-Fan
• Derek Kwok as CC Zhung Cheung
• Vivien Yeo as Athena Sung Ji Kiu
• Nancy Wu as Iris

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)

Magazine editor-in-chief Gwo Bik (Liza Wang) will never save face for her superiors, nor will she come to the defense of her subordinates. She shows no mercy to her enemies and does everything she can to keep her son Gwo Duk (Bosco Wong) under her thumb. She is an iron lady who can't afford to lose anything. As she is still full of confidence that she can determine her son's future life, a plain, geeky-looking girl named Chow Lai-Man (Myolie Wu) has already managed to become the wife of Duk. Later Man resigns from the police force and chooses to work as a magazine journalist, thus leading to even more conflicts between her and Bik.

Not long after, Bik is dragged into a scandal and gets framed by her assistant Ko Ga Bo (Joyce Tang), which causes her to lose her place all of a sudden. Facing a dramatic career slump and her deteriorating relationship with her son and daughter-in-law, Bik moves to the outlying islands on her own. There she meets a new man in her life, the knowledgeable and talented But Ping-Fan (Benz Hui) who was once a convict. From Fan, Bik has learnt how to reflect on herself and let go of the past. As everything seems to be going fine, Man discovers that there is a conspiracy going on and that the magazine she is working for is in danger of falling apart.

Theme song of the TVB drama "Steps".

Mou Dou Chuen Sing by Bernice Liu

Do mo pui hap
Nei kung ngo yat tui
Do mo fai lok
Nei kung ngo seong jui
Yung pou jiok ngo
Jum joi ngoi hoi lui
Yiu see wo nei
Mut wai gui
Do mo mei lai
Yau jiok nei gan ngo
Do mo heng hang
Ngo yuen yi ching cho
Yan yau jiok nei
Joi mut yau yat gor
Jeh yok yuen mei
Bit chut chor
I'm so in love with you
Yi hau lin joi yat hei
But gun san fan
Ngoi jiok nei
Wun siong jeh yat fan ching tik mei
I'm so in love with you
Yi hau lin joi yat hei
Kum sum tou ji pou jiok nei
Joi sai kan tau yap ngoi ya yan nei

One of the reasons why I like "Steps" so much is because of all the songs played in the drama. So damnnnnn niceeeee! This snippet here shows how Tsun and Sum Ying's relationship started... very romantic one... :)

FireFlies by Noella Choi

I don't know why you hesitate
Everytime you are near me
Is it that you fear
You might fall into something deep

Standing on the edge of the night
Feelings raging inside
But if you open your eyes

Can you see the fireflies dancing in the air
Like the stars up in the sky
Feel the gentle breeze caress star light
Oh, it's time to take to flight

Take my hands I'll lead you to the places where
I am sure you've never been
So just hold me close and we will go
This is how it all begins

Falling in love

(Repeat all over again)

After finishing "Steps", I proceeded to watch "Men Don't Cry" (Gan Yan Kin) over the weekend. It is a 21-episode TVB comedy series with the following casts:

• Dayo Wong as Ho Chi Kin (or better known as Kan Yan Kin / Evil Kin)
• Lam Ka Wah as Wong Fei Hung
• Cecilia Yip as Ling Yuk Tsui
• Hui Siu Hung as So Fei
• Charmaine Li as Jenny
• Vivien Yeo as Ling Yuk Bek

Synopsis from Wikipedia
With the support of the head of the Police Authority, Guangzhou's top villain Ho Kei-Kin or better known as Kan Yan Kin (Dayo Wong) has been riding roughshod over everyone around him. He is so manipulative that he has explored every possible means in his fight for a house with the buck-toothed owner Ling Yuk Tsui (Cecilia Yip).

Tsui is happy to have met the upright and honorable Wong Fei Hung (Lam Kar Wah). The pair quickly falls in love and even feels ready for marriage. Interested in stirring up trouble, Kin tries to recruit more students for his kung-fu school by portraying himself as the hero who has defeated one of the Ten Tigers of Guangdong Wong Kei-Ying.

For the sake of fairness, Hung is resolved to have a contest with Kin. Unfortunately, Kin manages to make Hung give in with the help of the ancestral tablet of his late father. Thinking that he is a hopeless coward, Tsui decides to break off her engagement to Hung.

Kin quickly grabs the chance and begins to woo Tsui. Tsui agrees to transfer her house to Kin after much persuasion from him. Kin shows his true colors as soon as he has secured the property. Tsui is left homeless and has to put up at Po Chi Lam, the martial arts club set up by Hung.

Kin has lost his power and soon becomes an object of contempt and hatred. With nowhere else to go, he decides to turn to Hung and asks to be his apprentice. Hung has tried his best to bring out the human side of Kin, for which he has received a lot of criticism from others. Despite Hung’s support, Kin does not repent and behaves even worse than before, leaving Po Chi Lam in a state of total chaos…

My verdict of the drama
C-R-A-P!!! Totally crappy with stupid storyline and lousy ending! I would rate it 1 out of 5 stars!

Stupid Storyline
It was about this Evil Kin who is EVIL and yet in the end, he solved a big illegal human transporting scam that was masterminded by the Head Police himself. In between... more stupidity were showcased like how:

• When he was EVIL - people thought he was EVIL
• When he was KIND - people still thought he was EVIL
• When he pretended to be EVIL again (under the pretext of getting closer to the Leopard gang as an informant) - people thought he was KIND and tried their best to change him
• When he was KIND (as in he solved the case of the illegal scam) - people misunderstood him to be EVIL

So the moral of the story is PERCEPTION = REALITY. If you wanna be evil, stay evil. If you wanna be KIND, stay kind. There are no in between.

Lousy Ending
It was a thorough waste of time and money to watch this drama and worst still, the ending has to be hanging!

• Evil Kin disappeared from his town and was last seen as one of the judges for a beauty pageant where he let another bucktooth contestant win (means he still likes the buck-toothed lady from him town lor)
• Wong Fei Hung is still in love with the ex-buck-toothed lady but ex-buck-toothed lady could not forget Evil Kin
• The group of elders on board when the ship exploded miraculously stayed alive cos apparently they held on to planks and floated to a nearby village - WTF? All of them are OK despite the explosion?
• No mention of everyone else in the movie

If it wasn't because of my bf, I wouldn't even watch this movie cos this Evil Kin is really ANNOYING. Unlike Stephen Chow who is comedic but likeable, this Evil Kin is comedic yet hateful... There were a few occasions where I had the urge to slap him even... Hehehehe...

Spent the entire Deepavali day watching the entire series of a TVB drama called "Steps" (Mou Dou Chuen Sing). It was a fantastic dance-oriented drama featuring the following stars:

• Steven Ma as Ching Ka Tsun
• Bernice Liu as Lee Sum Ying
• Wayne Lai as Lee Lik Keung
• Kate Tsui as Yeung Sze Man
• Fala Chen as Ching Ka Man
• Claire Yiu as Donna Yau Lam Lam
• Matthew Ko as Mai Dik Sung
• Stephen Wong as Yau Sheung Dat

Synopsis (from Wikipedia)
Dance lover Lee Sum Ying (Bernice Liu) is going to audition for a place in the Hong Kong Dance Company. Before the audition starts, she bumps into her brother Lee Lik Keung (Wayne Lai) and his colleague Ching Ka Tsun (Steven Ma) at a supermarket, where she is accidentally run over by Tsun’s trolley and hurts herself. Due to her arm injury, Sum Ying did not perform well in the audition and failed the assessment. At the invitation of Tsun’s mother, Sum Ying goes to teach Latin dance at a local community center, in the hope that she can save up enough money for further studies abroad.

Sum Ying has a very warm personality and is well-liked by many of her students. Her popularity eventually lands her a teaching job at a dance workshop, which makes another dance tutor, Ching Ka Man (Fala Chen) who is also Tsun's sister, incredibly jealous. Ka Man dislikes Sum Ying so much that she means to make things difficult for her in every possible way.

Yeung Sze Man (Kate Tsui), the daughter of Tsun’s boss, is appointed to take charge of the company. In order to improve staff morale, Sze Man has announced a series of reforms. She needs her staff to learn dancing so that they can get more physical exercise. Sum Ying is hired as the dance teacher of Tsun and his colleagues. Tsun, who has some knowledge in dancing, has soon resumed his interest in this expressive form of art.

Sum Ying and Tsun have gradually developed a close bond with each other and even decided to take part in an international dance competition as partners, but the pair’s relationship is put to the test when Tsun and Keung later fall out over business matters. The discord between the two men has put Sum Ying in dilemma…

My own synopsis on the ending
The drama revolves around several key characters where everyone is somehow related to someone else in one way or another.

Quick legend on the relationships diagram below:

• Blue Lines = Siblings
• Pink Lines = Best Buds
• Red Lines = Couples
• Yellow Lines = Rivalry
• White Lines = Dance Partners
• Grey Lines = Colleagues

All's well and the ending was a good one. Lee Lik Keung (Wayne Lai) married Yau Lam Lam (Claire Yiu) and Lam Lam's brother; Yau Sheung Dat (Stephen Wong) moved in to stay with Keung and Sum Ying.

The company that Sze Man was in charged off did successfully well and everyone got a 15% increment. Sze Man also continued to head the company. Although Sze Man's relationship with Mai Dik Sung (Matthew Ko) didn't work out given that the latter has a wife and a sick daughter, she eventually accepted Dat.

Ka Man learnt the lesson of the life when she realised that Anita (her mother's enemy) was only using her to cause tension / headache to her own mom. Out of anger, she accidentally pushed Anita down a fleet of stairs where Anita broke her leg. Ka Man was sentenced to a 9-month jail term.

The dispute between Tsun and Keung also ended when the misunderstandings were cleared and when Tsun helped persuade old Mr. Yeung (Sze Man's father) to re-hire Keung back (at much better terms...).

Despite the injury on her eyes that cause her momentarily blindness, Tsun and Sum Ying managed to complete the dance they started at the international dance competition. They even emerged triumphant as the judges honored their exceptional sportsmanship with a special prize. Best of all, Tsun finally proposed to Sum Ying at the end under fake "snow" flakes which both parties secretly planned (separately).

And that... was the end of the great new TVB drama. I would give it a rating of 4 1/2 out of 5 stars for:

• Chemistry between Tsun and Sum Ying
• Beautiful dance steps
• Super nice soundtracks
• Simple and easy going plot

And lastly, if there are any key learning from the drama, I would say they are as follows:

• Mutual Trust
  Drama: Ballroom dancing emphasizes on mutual trusts and synchronized steps to rhythm... In the drama, there was this part where Tsun was dancing with Sum Ying when the latter suddenly couldn't see (eyesight / corner issue from an accident), they could still complete the dance cos' Sum Ying trusted Tsun wholeheartedly that he'd lead her properly.
  
  Learning: We often find it hard to wholeheartedly trust someone. One may often wonder if there is a hidden agenda behind the facade that the other person is projecting. But really, is there a need to be suspicious all the time? Perhaps it is good to be optimistic and be genuine to all parties to avoid unnessary misunderstandings.
  
• Jealousy
  Drama: Jealousy is one of the deadly sins that one should not practice. In the drama, Tsun's sister - Ka Man is soooo jealous of Sum Ying that she did stupid things that eventually landed her own ass in trouble.
  
  Learning: Don't compare. Everyone is special in their own ways. The more you compare, the more you cause heartache to yourself. Just be happy and thankful that you are what you are.
  
• Look Beyond the Surface
  Drama: There was also this part where Ka Man went under her mother's rivalry's tutelage - Anita cos she thought Anita recognizes her ability as a dancer. In the end, she realised that Anita was only using her to get even with her own mother.
  
  Learning: Learn to look beyond the surface. Not everything is what they seemed to be and of course, family comes first no matter what cos when you are in trouble, friends may abandon you but your family will be there to support you thru thick and thin.

200 Pounds Beauty Soundtrack


Param kiow ri cheh nger herrr ter ku
Nek ki ma nan cha ku nan yeh pa weee ru
Adum dah ke piar pi di rih
Ka tuk jeh wo chu neh yung

Ma ni a pa har ji ma
Dai kong ka neng chuh
Ta dong kio chu mio
Cha charang weee ru heh chuuu
Neh yuu

Ko ji mu ten ma ku
He meh kio wo apa wa dun
Nu mu li ah peh gar rio ah dun
Ka ji mo ta neh sarang ah peh du
Na oo si leh euuuu

Cham si ra du gio teh
Heng bu pen dong ki yo ter re
Ka su me kan je kar kehhh hooooooooo...

Tu nu ne sih nu ar ji chang bir de cha rang
Yang hang heh