#1415 Secrets For Sale - Final

Chinese: 拍。卖
English: Secrets For Sale
Genre: Mystery/Romance/Action
Episodes: 13
Country: Singapore
Year: 2010
Rating: 8.3

My first Singapore drama from this year and 9 month after the previous one!
WOW That's really a long time ago!
I chose this drama because I like mystery and cases!

Should we be happy with the ending or sad?
Well it is a happy ending but the consequences are very hard!
Well there won't be part 2!
Thats for sure!

Great to see Jesseca Liu back on screen!
Hope she's coming back with more dramas!

First time I see Thomas Ong in an 'evil' role!
Well in Metamorphosis he was also 'evil' but with a good heart!
Here he was just a bastard!! That you want to slap!

And must say one of my first time I like Christopher Lee's character!
Lawrence Wong is very cute!!

My first time seeing Julie Tan on screen!
Sorry for her fans!
She really have to improve!
She's not acting but reading her script!

The Theme & Sub songs by Anthony Neely were also in Taiwanese drama Channel X!
It was just so weird!
When I hear the songs it remind me more to Xiao Lu & An!




Summary:
An ex-cop inherits a private detective agency from her sister and husband after they vanish without a trace. The technologically-challenged lass then teams up up with a sleazy debt-ridden photographer to solve the mystery. Can they break the case without killing each other first?

Cast:
Jesseca Liu - Zhou Jia Qi
Christopher Lee - Zheng Ren Yi
Thomas Ong - Stanley/Chen Liang An
Lawrence Wong - Guo An Jin
Lin Mei Qiao - Bao Hui Mei/Cutie
Pan Ling Ling - Zhou Jia Mei
Zhu Hou Ren - Father Zhou
Xu Jing Fang - Mother Zhou
Liu Yan Xi - Zhang Yi Xin
Chen Shu Cheng - Uncle Chen

Cameo:
Yao Wen Long - Zhang Zi Hao
Chew Chor Meng - Professor Xie
Koh Yah Hwee - Annie
Ericia Lee - Vivian
Julie Tan - Yumi
Nat Ho - Nick
Rebecca Lim - Ya Wen

Loves:
Jia Qi
Ren Yi
An Jin
Yi Xin

Jia Qi & Ren Yi
Jia Qi, Ren Yi, An Jin & Mei [PI team]

Hate:
Uncle Chen
Stanley



Soundtrack:
Theme: Brawl by Anthony Neely
Sub: The Last Embrace by Anthony Neely

Memorable Scene:
- The video Ren Yi left to Jia Qi. It was so touching!!
- Although I hate Stanley but the Hotel suite was really beautiful!!
- Drunken Jia Qi shoot @ cam! LOL
- The "happy" ending
- Zi Hao is so innocent! It was so sad for him!
ETC

[credits: xin.msn.com]

#1412 Secrets For Sale

After 2 Taiwanese drama, gonna watch a Singapore drama again.
This time Secrets For Sale aka 拍。卖
If I'm right it had aired around March this year.

It's about a private investigator, who was a female cop before, takes over the agency of his brother-in-law, who mysteriously disappear with her sis and nephews.
It's about different cases from the sight of a PI

Female lead is for Jesseca Liu
She's back on screen again?
Male lead for Christopher Lee
They co-operate for the 5th time!
If I'm right LOL
Rhapsody In Blue, Through It All, Rhytm Of Life, Beach.Ball.Babes

Also got Thomas Ong..
This time in a supporting role!

Also starring Lawrence Wong, Lin Mei Qiao, Pan Ling Ling, Yao Wen Long, Zhu Hou Ren, Chen Shu Cheng, Chew Chor Meng, Koh Yah Hwee, Julie Tan, Nat Ho ETC

This drama contains 13 Episodes
I think I will enjoy it
I love cases and mystery ^^

#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