#1028 Mars VS Venus - Final

Chinese: 幸福双人床
English: Mars VS Venus
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 20
Country: Singapore
Year: 2007
Rating: 9.0

My Though:
I love this serie! The story! The cast!
There are many ups and downs in the relationship between the character, but thats just the point of this serie.
Nothing is perfect! There are always negative things between it!

Four different case of relationship.
The most love is the one from Yu Lian & Ah Wu and the one from Carmen & Hanns.
'You not only can get love when you are youth but also when your overage'
'You are maybe a bitch and ruined your best friends marriage but there's always someone who support you and love you'

May Phua did a great acting as Carmen.
Instead to hate her character I love it!!
Her bitchy style create many amuse in this serie!

Awards:
Star Awards 2007 Awards:
Won:
Best Supporting Actress - May Phua
3rd Highest Viewership Drama
Best Screenplay
Best Director - Teo Long Min

Nominated:
Best Actor - Tay Ping Hui
Best Actress - Huang Bi Ren
Best Supporting Actor - Cavin Soh
Best Drama Serial
Young Talent Award - Lin Jun Hao

Asian Television Awards 2007
Nomination:
Best Actress - Huang Bi Ren



Summary:
The series mainly revolves around the lives of four couples and the difference between men and women.

Steven and Wenjing have been married for 8 years and have 2 children, Wen Wen and Fang Fang. Wenjing is a naggy and fierce housewife who is constantly arguing with Steven over issues such as Steven's gambling habit. Steven's mother, Ya Yu, moves in later and sows discord between Steven and Wenjing, as she hopes to find a better soulmate for her son by bringing Steven's ex-girlfriend, Ai Mei, back into the picture.

William and Ziling are a pair of newlyweds. Their relationship runs into problems when Ziling finds it boring to be a stay-at-home housewife and when Carmen seduces William. The strain in the relationship is further worsened when William finds out that he has a low sperm count and he feels he can't fulfill Ziling's wishes of having a baby.

Carmen and Hanns have each experienced a failed marriage before and have thus lost trust in the opposite sex. The two started out hating each other but eventually learn to give love another try.

Yu Lian has only had a single time of love life in her whole life. As such, Yu Lian is always envious of women who have plenty of boyfriends around them. Little did she know that Ah Wu is a secret admirer of her, until it was a little too late...

Cast:
Huang Bi Ren - Xie Wen Jing
Tay Ping Hui - Liu Yi Fan/Steven
Jesseca Liu - Weng Zi Ling
Pierre Png - Li Wei Lian/William



May Phua - Carmen/Su Li Mei
Cavin Soh - Hanns/Wu Guo Han
Aileen Tan - Li Yu Lian
Chen Tian Wen - Ni Kui Li/Ah Wu
Li Yin Zhu - Ya Yu
Le Yao - Ai Mei
Damus Lim - Wen Wen
Ye Shi Pin - Ren Chun

Love:
Carmen [actually It's hate, but just love her bitchy style]
Hanns
Yu Lian

Carmen & Hanns [Lovers]
Zhi Ling & William [Spouse]

Hate:
Ai Mei

Soundtrack:
Theme: 幸福双人床 by Chew Sin Huey
Sub: Would You Be There by Redwan Ali



Memorable Scene:
- Carmen asked Zhiling for forgiveness. She regret what she did to her, because she stand in the same situation that Zhiling stand before.
- Zhiling though Weilian did something stupid against her with Carmen, but when she find out she's wrong. She went looking for him!
- Yu Lian use Ah Wu to pretend to be his boyfriend and give him money to do it. Only she don't know he is very rich. Very funny their love line LOL
- The scene's from Carmen & Hanns. First it was hate, than friends and after so many thing they became lovers. The scene where Hanns saved money for Carmen was very great!
ETC



[credits: wikipedia.org, wiki.d-addicts.com, mediacorp.tv.com]

#1026 Mars VS Venus

I continue with my Singapore marathon serie
This time Mars VS Venus aka 幸福双人床

The theme of the drama is mainly to showcase the differences between the two sexes. The show consists of four different couples, each having relationship problems.
This show has been deemed by many Singaporeans as one of the best drama series produced by MediaCorp in Year 2007, mostly due to its good script and excellent acting of the cast.
So I give it a try.

This is my first serie of Huang Bi Ren and also her last serie of Mediacorp!
As 'Jie' I really don't know how her acting is!
Tay Ping Hui is playing her husband!
Many viewers said that his character in La Femme is similar to this one!
Jesseca Liu & Pierre Png taking the second leaders as new married couple.
Jesseca is leaving Mediacorp TV this year!
May won The Best Supporting Awards @ Star Awards 2007.
So I'm curious how good she is in here.

Other cast are Cavin Soh, Aileen Tan, Chen Tian Wen, Li Ya Zhu, Yao Li ETC

This serie contains 20 episodes

#824 My School Daze - Final

Chinese: 书包太重
English: My School Daze
Genre: Comedy/Education
Episodes: 20
Country: Singapore [Mediacorp Channel 8]
Year: 2009

Many online reviews compare this serie with the serie Let It Shine.
Another serie from Singapore about school with Felicia Chin as the leader.
I didn't watch that one, so I can't compare.

It's not really my genre of serie, but enjoy watching it!
It makes me want to go to school again!
The education of the children are very interesting.
Because you will see 4 different kind of education.
An inter scholar, a lazy scholar, 2 from a 'strict' family and one depressive.
The way how the children grown up.
In which way and in what kind of environment.
What Kind Are You?

Another serie of Rui En with Terence.
This one wasn't so interesting, but maybe the one with the most scenes together as lovers [Maybe except Your The One, But I haven't watch it]
I just prefer Metamorphosis!
Although there aren't really lovers in there!
But I still love it!

Summary:
Tan Xiangchun is a traditional, Chinese-educated senior teacher who deeply feels unappreciated at work because of his poor command of the English language. The younger generation no longer sees the importance of their mother tongue and moral education. As such, they despise and disrespect him. Gradually, Xiangchun becomes disillusioned with education and upon facing some health issues, dejectedly leaves the teaching line.

Xiangchun’s wife, Kang Qiaozhen, used to compile textbooks with the Ministry of Education (MOE). She had left her high-paying job for more flexibility in juggling her children and career, and started a tuition centre in the heartlands, hoping to carve out a great career in the education industry. Not wanting to be a loafer, Xiangchun becomes a staff of her centre.

Xiangchun’s younger brother, Tan Xiangfeng, is free-spirited and uninhibited by nature. A trend-setter, he’s a freelance DJ, model and because of his travel articles, is a celebrity of sorts. Their father died young and Xiangchun had been shouldering the responsibility of caring for Xiangfeng. As a doting elder brother, he even attends match-making sessions with his wife in tow, in the hope of finding Xiangfeng a suitable other-half. Because of this, Xiangfeng becomes involved with sassy teacher, Zhang Luoyun, and the two later become an item.

Luoyun belongs to the new generation of teachers who is skilful at using innovative methods (like bringing students for a ride in her sports car, giving them CDs of their idols, etc.) to bring her students close to her. Wildly popular with her students, she manages education like a career, with lofty ambitions of scaling the hierarchical ladder. Overly eager for success, she spoke harshly to her student, Ma Jialing, because the latter’s grades were below expectations, a move which hurt Jialing’s pride, thus many students started feeling uncomfortable with her. She had always been confident of being promoted to head-of-department, and upon not getting selected for promotion, she leaves teaching in disappointment.

Through Xiangfeng, Luoyun joins Qiaozhen’s tuition centre. To raise the standards of the centre, Luoyun suggests the starting of elitist classes, much to Xiangchun’s objection as it contravenes his philosophy that education should be non-discriminatory. The difference in ideologies causes Luoyun to leave the centre, and she brings Xiangfeng along with her. Together with Yu Xuan (her friend who had just graduated and returned from abroad) and Xiangfeng, she starts a premium tuition centre that accepts only outstanding students.

Tuition centres proliferate with parents’ over-anxiousness for their children to get ahead in life through academic excellence. Regardless of their children’s needs, “kiasu” parents usually jam-pack their schedules with courses and classes. Qiaozhen’s neighbour, Tang Andi, is a typical example. Due to his wife, Yao Guijuan’s, wish to groom their son for success, the two become a money-grubbing couple who think of all means to raise money for their son Dehua’s tuition fees. Andi, a hawker, even piggy-backs his wife for a medical drug test, causing much hilarity.

Dehua is an average student, but has a flair for cooking. He is “force-fed” with tuition so much so that he feigns spirit-possession, then runs away from home. Dehua’s talent gets discovered by a celebrity chef, who gives his parents a talking-to. Enlightened, Andi and Guijuan finally come to terms that their son is not academically incline, and no longer subtract the possibility of letting him pursue his career in the food & beverage industry.

A dedicated and hands-on parent, Qiaozhen never suspects anything amiss with her teaching methods. Her daughter, Tan Yixin, is a star pupil who excels in studies, badminton and music. Unfortunately, she loses out to Jiang Jun, a student from China who joins her class in mid-term. Unable to face her own “failure”, Yixin completely loses it, much to her parents’ shock. It is only then that Xiangchun and Qiaozhen realise that their daughter has high IQ, but near-to-no EQ. Their son, Yijie, lies to wriggle out of tuition classes because of his passion for badminton. Upon deliberation and co-ordination, the couple finally instil correct values in their children and acknowledging Yijie’s aptitude in sports, lists the Sports Academy as one of the choices for the latter’s secondary education.

Luoyun’s preoccupation with elitist education causes a rift in her relationship with Xiangfeng. Troubled, she gets to know that Jialing is suffering from depression because of her studies and parents’ divorce. Luoyun wholeheartedly helps Jialing. In the process, she comes to identify with Xiangchun’s belief that education should be non-discriminatory and subscribing to it, gives up upon her tuition centre’s elitist education, returning to becoming a down-to-earth teacher with MOE again





Cast:
Chen Hanwei - Tan Xiang Chun
Ann Kok - Kang Qiao Zhen
Rui En - Zhang Luo Yun/Isabel
Terence Cao - Tan Xiang Feng
Darren Lim - Tang An Di
Cynthia Koh - Yao Gui Juan
Chen Tian Wen - Ma Guo Liang
Lin Mei Jiao - Huang Li Qin
Zhang Lie - Tan Yong Ming
Eelyn Kok - Lin Yu Xuan
Apple Hong -Tracy Zhang

Boon Hui Lu - Ma Jia Ling
Zong Zi Jie - Jiang Jun
Liu Yue- Tan Yi Jie
Foo Fang Rong - Tan Yi Xin
Jarren Ho - Tang De Hua/Bang Bang Tang

Love:
Xiang Feng
Luo Yan
Gui Juan
Jiang Jun

Xiang Feng & Luo Yan [Lovers]
An Di & Gui Juan [Spouse]

Hate:
Yu Xuan



Soundtrack:
Theme: 书包太重 by Daren Tan
Sub: 给别人多一点时间 by Carrie Yeo


Rating: 8.0

Memorable Scene:
There isn't many! Maybe a few
- When Yi Xin apoligized to Jiang Jun, because she said some hurting words to him.
- The support from Luo Yan to Jia Ling. She didn't forget her and want to help her!
- The photoshoot of Luo Yan & Xiang Feng. Was Funny
- From fake to real. The relationship between Luo Yan & Xiang Feng

[credits: 6feeling, mediacorptv.com]

#816 My School Daze

I really don't know what I should watch
So I decided for My School Daze aka 书包太重
It's a Singapore Production that aired this year April/May

The story is about School!
What else if you see 'School' in the title! LOL
School, Education, Results, Tuiton Centre
It's not only about the 'big' peoples also about children
That's make the serie interisting!
Well that's my opinion

The leaders are Chen Han Wei, Rui En, Ann Kok, Cynthia Koh, Terence Cao & Darren Lim

Han Wei the fresh Best Actor winner taking another challenge to be a teacher!
Ann playing his wife and Terence is his lilttle brother who got a relationship with Rui En! Not sure but I think Eelyn will be the thirth part! Cynthia & Darren are a married couple who are the neighbours.

My watch is because Rui En. This her second and last serie of this year!
And like to watch her with Terence.
The 'fourth' serie where they gonna 'pair up together'.

Other cast are Eelyn Kok, Apple Hong, Lin Mei Jiao, Chen Tian Wen and a couple of childeren