#1181 Special Post: Golden Awards - Red Carpet

I still can't find the show!
Only the red carpet is on Youtube!

Just a view of the clothes from the stars!



Who got the best outfit? Who's the most cute? Who's is really NOT?

My choice:

Best Outfit: Pei Xuan [Women] Godfrey [Men]
Best Dress: Cheryl & Jane
Most Cute: Jane
Most Elegant: Tiffany
Most Casual: Stella
Most Ugly Dress: 呂爱琼
Best Hair: Pei Xuan
Most Cool Hair: Yann Yann [Women] Henley [Men]
Most Unfix Hair: Shaun & Monday
WTH...: Aarif

OK what else? I only can think about these LOL! What you think?

#1064 Priceless Wonder - Final

Chinese: 游戏人生
English: Priceless Wonder
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 20
Country: Singapore
Year: 2010
Rating: 8.4

My though:
The first Singapore serie from this year!
Its really hard to find any Singapore serie lately!
I hope I can find more!

I love the serie!
Its a lesson about gambling
Not to become a gambler but to stop with gambler is the most important
The first time is the luck but after losing its really bad luck that u can't blame anyone! So better not gambling or if you do do it just a little bit!
It brings a lot of trouble!!

The storyline was a simple!
And to bad from the rushing end!
It was possible to add another episode!
But all end all good

I love Zzen's performance!
He's doing a great job for his first main role!
I like the chemistry with Tiffany Leong.
It was very funny when he's wooing her.
To bad its only in the beginning!
Later in the serie it was more about gambling and losing them out of sigh.

Tiffany performance wasn't that great either
In my sigh she lost her main role to Xiang Yun!
Xiang Yun was really great as gamble auntie!!
Only I don't like her hair! LOL

It was also weird to see Tiffany's hair. So short
I saw her in Fallen Angels & La Femme with long hair.
But short hair suit her more for her performance in here
Its more girl-lady instead of lady-lady
And . . she is thinner than before?
BTW I don't understand her job in here.
She hate gambling, but why she's helping people with gambling?? WEIRD

Alan & Priscilla didn't catch an eye of me.
I think their performance was really NOT
Maybe because I'm not familiar with them
I only saw them in supporting roles and I think the supporting roles are much better together than their performance in here!


Summary: [SPOILERS]
Lee Caishun is a professional gambler who has mastered various gambling skills and gambles as a career. He believes in a philosophy that to live in the gambling world, the best way is to be a bachelor. Thus, he is still one even as he approaches 30.
Caishun comes from a gambling family. His father, Lee Kaishan, loves to gamble. From young, Caishun was brought along by his father as the latter operated gambling dens and under his father’s influence, he became interested in gambling. Caishun has a younger brother named Cailai. Cailai’s personality is the complete opposite of Caishun’s. From young, Cailai has been very clever. He studied hard, graduated from university, and is the pride of the family. Currently, he works in a bank as investment manager with a high salary.
Kaishan is in jail as he was repeatedly caught operating gamble dens. Their mother, Qiao-E, went through hardship due to their gambler father, thus she disapproves of Caishun’s decision to follow in his father’s footsteps. But regardless of his mother’s disapproval, Caishun continues in his ways. He helps 24k organize fake funerals which are actually disguised illegal gambling areas and works as “bookie” to earn commission.
Caishun is humorous and filial. While helping his mother to buy lottery legally one day, he bumps into a woman and falls in love with her immediately. She is a beautiful gaming company employee, Xu Yuxuan. However, Yuxuan detests gamblers and does not have a good impression of Caishun, who is seen buying lottery. Naturally, she is not moved by Caishun’s courtship.
However, fate allows them to meet again. Caishun deliberately hides his gambler identity and lies about his occupation to Yuxuan. Under Caishun’s persistent courting, Yuxuan finally becomes his girlfriend.
Yuxuan’s mother, Bi Zhu, is a compulsive gambler and also one of Caishun’s regular customers. She owes Caishun money. As Caishun is an item with Yuxuan, he cannot bring himself to ask her for payment. To make things worse, he’s forced to help Bizhu escape her creditors. Ironically, Bizhu’s eldest son, Guoxing, is a policeman who works in the anti-gambling squad and has previously caught his own mother.

Due to gambling, Bizhu has quarreled with her family numerous times, is not on good terms with Yuxuan and was chased out of the house by the latter once. Her husband died due to over-working as he had to take on multiple jobs to help clear her debts. Bizhu did not mend her ways and gambled away all her husband’s bequest. She even got Yuxuan’s then-boyfriend addicted to gambling, and unable to pay his debts, the latter had subsequently disappeared without a trace. Due to all these events, Yuxuan hates gambling and detests her mother.
Guoxing is worried that Bizhu may cause trouble with her illegal gambling ways, and in turn, jeopardize his career. Thus, he gets her to move in with him so that he can keep watch on her. Bizhu promises that she will quit gambling and is prepared to set up a stall at a coffeeshop. Guoxing invests in Bizhu’s stall and even arranges for his wife, Zhenni, to help ensure that his mother abstains from gambling. But little does Guoxing realise that this move would result in Zhenni being led astray, as she eventually gets addicted to gambling as well.
As it happens, Bizhu’s food stall is located where Caishun’s collects illegal bets from the punters. The boss of the coffeeshop, Youde, detests gambling and has a bad impression of Caishun who continues to collect illegal bets there. They argue often. Youde is interested in the still-beautiful Bizhu and keeps showering her with care by helping her. Bizhu is happy to be at the receiving end.
Yuxuan often sees Caishun with Bizhu and starts to suspect Caishun. The quick-thinking Caishun intelligently finds a ridiculous reason to hide the truth and even lies to Yuxuan that he has gotten close to Bizhu to encourage her to quit gambling.
Guoxing sees Caishun escaping while he is on duty one day. This exposes Caishun’s gambler-identity to Yuxuan. Disappointed, Yuxuan breaks up with Caishun. To win Yuxuan back, Caishun decides to quit gambling. Alas at this moment, something shocking befalls his family. The always-sensible and strict Cailai unexpectedly turns to gambling and owes huge amounts in debts. In order to help his brother clear his debts, Chaishun has to return to what he does best, gambling.

Kaishan gets released from jail and decides to quit gambling for good. Seeing that Caishun is still very heavily involved in the vice, he persuades the latter to quit and is forced to tell him the truth about his parentage. As it turns out, Caishun is not Kaishan and Qiao-E’s son. His biological parents were compulsive gamblers who had lost him to Kaishan. Most unexpectedly, Caishun realizes that his father is none other than his nemesis, Youde.
Caishun is filled with loathing for gambling ever since he discovers his parentage. Determined to quit gambling once and for all, he seeks professional help to do so. Surprisingly, his counselor is his biological mother.
Rid of the vice Caishun begins to help others plagued by problem gambling. He becomes actively involved in counseling and promotional activities for anti-gambling. He finally manages to get Yuxuan’s forgiveness as she accepts him once again, and the couple successfully gets her mother to quit the vice as well.
[credits to mediacorp]




Cast:
Zzen Zhang - Lee Cai Shun
Tiffany Leong - Xu Yu Xuan
Xiang Yun - Su Bi Zhu
Alan Tern - Xu Guo Xing
Priscelia Chan - Lin Zhen Ni
Nat Ho - Lee Cai Lai
Jin Yin Ji - Chen Qiao Er
Yan Bing Liang - Chen You De
Lian Tian - Lee Kai Shan
Tam Li Fang - Helen Ma
Xu En Qiao - Xu Jia Wen
Kanny Theng - Nicole
Keely Wee - Christine

Like:
Cai Shun
Bi Zhu

Cai Shun & Yu Xuan [Lovers]

Dislike:
Cai Lai
Nicole


Soundtrack:
Theme: 游戏人生 by Daren Tan
Sub: 找回幸福 by Daren Tan



Memorable Scene:
- The text message that Cai Shun send to Yu Xuan. So sweet ^^
- The gamble commercial. I thought Cai Shun in there was very funny!
- The times that Cai Shun & Yu Xuan spent together. Supporting & Love! The scenes in the gamehall I very like LOL
ETC

[credits: facebook.com, youtube.com, mediacorp]

#1058 Priceless Wonder

Finally!! I waited so long for this serie!
And Finally I start watching it!
Singapore serie Priceless Wonder aka 游戏人生

This serie is about gambling!
I think more about underground gambling & bookies but Í'm not sure.
I have to finish the serie first ^^

♥ Zzen is taking his first main role!
I'm so happy after so many supporting and small roles finally its his time!
He's also the reason that I gonna watch this serie!
I'm really looking forward to his performance! ♥

Tiffany Leong is taking the female lead!
Its also her first leading role!
After La Femme this is her second local drama.
Hope her performance is so good like in Fallen Angel!

Real life couple Alen Tern & Priscilla Chan playing an on-screen couple!
They got a quite big role. I always see them in small roles.
So I'm looking forward to them!

Xiang Yun got a similar role in Baby Bonus, but I haven't watch that serie yet so I don't know. But many said her performance is brilliant!
I have no offence on her acting, because she's a great actress!

This is one of the last serie of Nat Ho for Mediacorp!
Looking forward to his performance!
Gonna miss him like I miss Dawn too :)

Other cast are Jin Yin Ji & Yan Bing Liang

This serie contains 20 episodes!

#1024 La Femme - Final

Chinese: 绝对佳人
English: La Femme
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 25
Country: Singapore
Year: 2008
Rating: 7.1

My Though:
Its not my style of serie, but its very teach full about the family.
The connection between the parents and children is very important.
Not only family but also friends.
Love your family! Love your friends is the quote of this serie! ^^

The 3 different story of 3 women, the most likeable is the one from Xin Hui & Quan He! Family support is very important. You can have friends support, but family support is more important! You want the best for your children but you can threaten them!

Paige acting isn't very impressive! Maybe because I started watching her in Crime Busters X2, what was her third serie. This one is just the second!

Tiffany character is so different from Fallen Angel.
I'm not really like her acting in here and I think she was way prettier in Fallen Angel. Is it because her style and her hair?



Summary:
Xiuhui is a strong-minded career woman who knows what she wants in life. When her husband’s choice to become a house-husband does not fit in with her plans, she decides to leave him. But when she is diagnosed with cancer, it is her husband and young son’s relentless support that mellows her.

Baoyu is a submissive wife and caring mother whose husband has an affair and walks out on her. But with the strong support of her mother-in-law, children, family and friends, she managed to get back on her feet again.

Minmin is a successful entrepreneur who has her reservations about marriage. After countless rejections, her disappointed boyfriend leaves the country to join a voluntary mission. He returns six months later to find her pregnant and thinks she has a change of heart.

Together, the three female protagonists complete the profile of today’s modern women and their dreams and desires

Cast:
Zoe Tay - Fang Bao Yu
Ann Kok - Lin Xiu Hui
Tay Ping Hui - Huang Quan He
Tiffany Leung - Qian Min Min
Desmond Sim - Zhong Wei Xiang
San Yow - Zhang Jia Jie
Shaun Chen - Liang Xing Xiong
Paige Chua - Qian Ting Ting
Nat Ho - Fang Bao Guo
Ng Xin Hui - Zhang Zhi Ya
Ng Chun Yung - Zhang Zhi Hao
Lin Yu Bing - Lisa
Hu Kang Le - Huang Ruong Xuan
- Bao Yu/Mani



Love:
Quan He
Ruong Xuan
Xing Xiong

Quan He & Ruong Xuan [Family]

Hate:
Jia Jie
Mani
Soundtrack:
Theme: 女人 by Cai Mei Yi
Sub: 局外人 by Cai Mei Yi



Memorable Scene:
- When Jia Ji want to divorce with Bao Yu. She got support from Min Min & Xiu Hui. The scene when they are playing a game was actually very touching.
- The so many proposal from Xing Xiong
to Min Min. The last one with the tree was the most romantic! Hehe
- When Xiu Hui is avoiding Quan He. Quan He decided to find her. Although He don't know where she is. When he found her. He want to support her @ her side. Although she didn't accept immediately.
- Min Min became a runaway bride! When Xing Xiong leave her, she got pregnant. She know she took the wrong decision and hope she can make it good!
- Bau Guo & Ting Ting hard life. They sacrifice many for their children, but a good lesson for young mothers & fathers
- Bao Yu's Cupcake shop ^^
ETC

[credits to mediacorp.tv, wikipedia.org]

#1023 La Femme

Another Singapore serie!
This time La Femme aka 绝对佳人
I actually have no idea why I watch this serie.
Except Paige there aren't any favo in here for me!
Maybe because Tiffany after finishing Fallen Angel?

I don't think the story is very attractive.
Its a modern family drama mainly emphasizing on the lives of three women of different traits.

In this case the women are Zoe Tay, Ann Kok & Tiffany Leong
This is the first serie of Zoe Tay after her birth of her second child.
Tiffany Leong's acting was great in Fallen Angel!
So I expect many of her!
She will be pairing up with Shaun Chen again.
This is Ann Kok's first big role as second leader!
Tay Ping Hui will be her husband is taking the male lead!
This is Paige second serie! I haven't watch her first one.
So I can't say how her acting is compare with the first one!

Other stars are San Yow, Desmond Sim, Nat Ho.

This serie contains 25 [boring?] episodes ^^

#1022 Fallen Angel - Final

Chinese: 天使的烙印
English: Fallen Angel
Genre: Drama
Episodes: 25
Country: Singapore/Malaysia
Year: 2007 by NTV, 2008 by Mediacorp
Rating: 8.4

My Though:
Its not what I expected. The serie is full with hate & love.
The love story between the four main character is a little bit complicated.
Why did the serie started with 3 years after?
Although I was hoping for another ending but after so many thing happened through the whole serie. The ending is actually a happy ending but with many sad memories!
I was happy that Yong Yi didn't chose for Zi Yang after the death of Xue Wen.

I love Zzen in this serie!!
You can compare his character a little bit at his role in Rhythm Of Life.
Although I like his character in here much more!
He's so sweet against others. Even his love isn't his love anymore.
NOW I WANT TO WATCH PRICELESS WONDER!!
His first serie where he take the lead!
But I can't find it!!



I love Pei Xuan's character more in The Golden Path.
Her character is very different.
Although You can find her tomboy behavior back in here.
But more gentle further in the serie.
I like her very much with Zzen together!

Tiffany Leong did a great job!
Her acting was superiors as the mental Kai Qing.
In the beginning of the serie I couldn't even recognize her with her big belly.
She can be so different.

Summary:
In Fallen Angel, 2 hostesses with a sad past lead 2 very different lives. Yong Yi, who chose to forget her past, is happy and carefree. Kai Qing, on the other hand, keeps her sad memories close to her heart and is revengeful and bitter. Yong Yi and Xuewen are childhood friends who grew up together. Xuewen has secretly been in love with Yong Yi since they were kids, and has always stayed by her side to watch over her. Yong Yi’s parents run a fruit stall at the market. Her father Hu Gang and mother Mei Feng are widely known as a kind-hearted couple who are always willing to lend a helping hand.



Kai Qing is born to the rich Zhang clan. Romantically linked with her cousin Zi Yang since they were young, the two are regarded as the perfect couple. During a chance encounter, Kai Qing makes the acquaintance of Yong Yi and Xuewen. The three young people get along very well and become good friends. Through Kai Qing, Yong Yi gets to know Zi Yang. The latter two are deeply impressed with each other. Kai Yuan is the eldest grandson of the Zhang clan, and therefore the rightful heir to the family business. Unfortunately, he is also an immature and boastful young man. His grandfather Zhang Da Zhong finds himself unable to place much faith in Kai Yuan. Thus, Kai Yuan’s aunt Qiu Yue is put in charge of running Zhang Holdings. This makes Kai Yuan resent Qiu Yue, as he feels that she has no right to helm the family business. Thus, Kai Yuan often pits himself against Qiu Yue and Zi Yang just to spite them
[credits to ntv7.com]

Cast:
Cai Pei Xuan - Hu Yong Yi
Tiffany Leong - Zhang Kai Qing
Shaun Chen - Ye Zi Yang
Zzen Zhang - Chen Xue Wen



Kelvin Liew - Zhang Kai Yuan
Loo Aye Keng - Yang Qiu Yue
Lee Boon Hai - Hu Gang
叶丽仪 - Mei Feng
Zhang Wei - Zhang Da Zhong

Love:
Xue Wen

Xue Wen & Yong Yi [Engaged]
Yong Yi, Hu Gang & Mei Feng [Family]

Hate:
Kai Qing
Kai Yuen



Soundtrack:
Theme: 就现在 - 吕婉嘉
Sub: 从此以后 - 徐雁芬



Memorable Scene:
- The one and only scene! Xue Wen's death! It was so horrible and so innocent! He finally get what he want but couldn't escape from the death!
- Xue Wen's love and support to Yong Yi. The courage he takes to love!
- The proposal of Xue Wen's. He didn't expect it that Yong Yi will say Yes!
- The death of Yong Yi's father Hu Gang. He only want to save Yong Yi, but get hit by a car!
ETC

[credits picture: friendster & 6feeling][credits: youtube]

#1019 Fallen Angel

After The Golden Path another Singapore serie
Fallen Angel aka 天使的烙印
This serie is a collaboration with Malaysia.
This is also a remake from Mediacorp’s 2002 drama The Wing of Desire 天使的诱惑.
I have that serie on DVD but I never watch it!

This serie is about 2 women who both got a different life.
The one only want to have a happy life and the other suffer in the past.
When they both fall in love with the same guy and when the truth come out they are real sisters, the whole life changed for both and for the family and friends.

The 'Angels' are played by Cai Pei Xuan & Tiffany Leong.
Pei Xuan I watched in me previous serie The Golden Path.
She is one of the reason that I watch this serie.
She's becoming one of my favo on my list!
This my first serie of Tiffany Leong. I know her 'evil' character.
So I very curious about her acting!

My other reason to watch this serie is because Zzen Zhang.
He's actually best know for his role as Robert Zhang in The Little Nyonya!
But in here he's not a bad guy! ^^
This is one of his first 'big' role!
The first time he played a second male leader!
His good buddy Shaun Chen is taking the lead!
As well known he's playing the good guy lately LOL

Other cast is Kelvin Liew, Loo Aye Keng, Lee Boon Hai, Zhang Wei etc

I'm looking forward ton this serie!
The serie contains 25 episodes