English Title: The Hippocratic Crush (36 Hours On Call)

Cantonese Title: On Call 36 小時

Cast:  Tavia Yeung 楊怡 (飾范子妤), Kenneth Ma 馬國明 (飾張一健),  Him Law 羅仲謙 (飾楊沛聰), Mandy Wong 黃智雯 (飾洪美雪), Benjamin Yuen 袁偉豪 (飾劉炳燦), Candy Chang  張慧雯 (飾簡晶晶), Ben Wong 黃智賢 (飾莊博文), 黃淑儀 (飾黃笑鶯), Derek Kwok, Nathan Ngai, Raymond Cho, Gigi Wong

Episodes: 25

Airing date: 13 Febraury 2012 (Airring after L’escargot)

Executive Producer: Poon Ka Tak

Scriptwriter: Suen Ho Ho

Themesong: 連續劇 by Joey Yung (CD VERSION)**

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Synopsis
They experience life and death as they race against time to save patients. In their quest to become physicians, have they ever stopped to think about what their mission and limitations are? Higher Surgical Trainee in Neurosurgery CHEUNG YAT-KIN (Kenneth Ma) does not have time for love – he has to work hard to support his younger brother, who is paralyzed from the waist down, to study overseas. His life is his work, until he meets FAN TZE-YU (Tavia Yeung), who is also a houseman and whose father is a well-known physician. Deeply attracted to KIN’s talent and personality, YUE is not hesitant to express her love for him from the start. But before KIN can make up his mind on whether to accept her, the news of his younger brother’s death comes, causing him to become a totally different person. No one in the hospital including interns YEUNG PUI-CHUNG (Him Law) and HUNG MEI-SUET (Mandy Wong), YU’s younger sister, dares to get close to him. He is at the lowest ebb in life when YUE is diagnosed with a serious illness.

一 群未來準醫生在醫院同歷生老病死，與疾病日夜拚博，為生命爭分奪秒，但他們真正的使命以及可掌握的到底是什麼？即將畢業的神經外科實習醫生張一健(馬國 明)為了讓雙腿癱瘓的弟弟可順利到外國求學，一直專心工作賺錢不碰感情事，直至遇上同樣對醫學充滿熱誠的實習醫生范子妤(楊怡)。子妤是名醫之後，深被一 健的能力與個性吸引，主動向他展開追求攻勢，當一健仍在猶豫之際，弟弟突然離世，一健性情大變，醫院上下甚至一群新來的實習生如楊沛聰(羅仲謙)和子妤的 親妹洪美雪(黃智雯)都對他敬而遠之，就在一健低沉之時，子妤被證實患上重病……

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English Title: Let it be love

Cantonese Title: 4 in Love

Cast: Moses Chan 陳豪 (飾余鎮東), Charmaine Sheh 佘詩曼 (飾童靄瑤), Kenny Wong 黃德斌 (飾潘俊謙), Elvina Kong 江欣燕 (飾馮姚丹), Rachel Kan 簡慕華 (飾張希妍), King Kong 金剛 (飾林力行), Tracy Ip 葉翠翠 (飾周思澄), Wai Kar Hung 韋家雄 (飾鍾炳良), Florence Kwok 郭少芸 (飾童美美), Patrick Dunn 鄧梓峰 (飾楊志華)

Episodes: 20

Airing date: 30 January 2012 (Airring after Wish and Switch)

Themesong: Fall in Love -Moses Chan (Demo Version)

Executive Producer: Chik Kei Yee (War and Beauty,  The Gem of Life, Master of Play)

Scriptwriter: Chow Yuk Ming

Official: Website

Synopsis
What makes two become one? Family background and social status? Expectations and opinions of others? Good timing? Or their physical attraction for each other? International-acclaimed artist TUNG OI-YIU (Charmaine Sheh) makes use of her die-hard supporter YU CHUN-TUNG (Moses Chan) to stop the gossips about her love affairs and thus to turn around her image. After spending a lot of time with him, she for the first time ever gets to know the taste of true love. Although she understands this is nothing more than a show, she finds it impossible to leave this man who may seem too ordinary. This is a city of a million kinds of love; some normal, some not so. Also in this drama series, sports commentator POON CHUN-HIM (Kenny Wong Tak Bun) has affection beyond friendship towards his best friend’s wife, FUNG YIU-DAN (Elvina Kong); tobacco control officer CHUNG PING-LEUNG (Wai Kar Hung) refuses to accept CHOW SZE-CHING (Tracy Ip) simply because she is five inches taller than him; investment banker LAM NIK-HANG (King Kong) and playgirl CHEUNG HEI-YIN (Rachel Kan) fall in lust then love with each other. What is love after all? An excuse or a weakness? A duty or a punishment?

二人之所以相愛關鍵來自什麼？來自他與她的出身與地位？來自他與她在旁人眼中的所謂匹配？來自他與她相遇的那時那刻？還是他與她對肉慾的渴求？國際超級巨星童靄瑤(佘詩曼)為擺脫緋聞的纏繞，利用一名忠實粉絲余鎮東(陳豪)塑造親善形象，一天一天的相處，讓靄瑤品嚐到真實的愛情，縱然明白這是做給世人觀看的一台戲，但她深心處早已無法離開這個平凡的男人，她與他越離越愛的戀情亦同步揭示這座城市一段又一段荒誕卻有血有肉的情感關係，如體育主播潘俊謙(黃德斌)與友妻馮姚丹(江欣燕)的友情歲月、控煙辦主任鍾炳良(韋家雄)因世俗藩籬拒絕接受比他高五吋的周思澄(葉翠翠)、金融才俊林力行(金剛)巧遇夜店女玩家張希妍(簡慕華)，二人只求情慾卻被真情征服……到底相愛是一個藉口還是一個破口？相愛是一種職分還是一生刑罰？

English Title: L’Escargot

Cantonese Title: 缺宅男女 (kuet jaak naam nui)

Cast: Michael Miu 苗僑偉 (飾關嘉安), Sonjia Kwok 郭羡妮 (飾施朗翹), Ron Ng 吳卓羲 (飾丁冠峰), Linda Chung 鍾嘉欣 (飾關嘉樂), Michael Tse 謝天華 (飾高宏瞻), 滕麗名 (飾李蔓華), Oscar Leung 梁烈唯 (飾關嘉康), Mandy Wong 黃智雯 (飾婁笑蘭), Him Law 羅仲謙 (飾關嘉榮)

Episodes: 30

Airing date: 3 January 2012 (Airring after When Heaven Burns)

Themesong: A Tale of a Wounded City (傷城記) – Linda Chung & Ron Ng (CD Version)

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Executive Producer: Cheung Kin Man

Scriptwriter: Lau Choi Wan

Synopsis

Renovation contractor KWAN KA-ON (Michael Miu Kiu Wai) is the elder of four siblings, while his wife SZE LONG-KIU (Sonija Kwok) is a typical housewife. Buying a house is their longtime dream. But when his eldest brother, KWAN KA-HONG’s business goes under, they shelve their plan to help him overcome his difficulties. KIU has to look for a job too. Unwilling to see ON shoulder the burden on his own, KWAN KA-LOK (Linda Chung), the third of the siblings, turns to her supervisor GAO WANG-CHIM (Michael Tse) for assistance, resulting in her taking part in an indecent proposal. Her boyfriend, TING KOON-FUNG (Ron Ng), breaks up angrily with her when he finds out about their affair. KWAN KA-WING (Him Law), the youngest of the four, prefers spending to saving and decides that he will in no circumstances help in the service of the mortgage. The family dream of buying a house turns out eventually to be a nightmare that never ends

大哥關嘉安(苗僑偉)為裝修判頭，妻子施朗翹(郭羨妮)為典型的家庭主婦，二人日夜勞碌只求一個安穩的家，但嘉安為救生意失敗的二弟關嘉康(梁烈唯)渡過難關，除了把置業計劃一推再推，朗翹亦受牽連做回上班族；三妹關嘉樂(鍾嘉欣)不忍加重大哥的負擔，唯求助上司高宏瞻(謝天華)，孰料演變成一場不道德的交易，男友丁冠峰(吳卓羲)怒然提出分手。至於屬於「月光族」的四弟關嘉榮(羅仲謙)則不甘受束縛，寧願薪金月月清也不願承擔買樓的責任……最終，安居置業成了關家一場永不完結的惡夢。

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English Title: Wish and Switch

Cantonese Title: 換樂無窮 (woon lok mo kung)

Cast: Myolie Wu 胡杏兒 (飾范淑香), Selena Li 李詩韻 (飾侯若海), Johnson Lee 李思捷 (飾顧家仁), Vincent Wong 王浩信 (飾榮耀), Kiki Sheung 商天娥 (飾呂凰), 朱咪咪 (飾馮有儀), Angela Tong 湯盈盈 (飾顧家琴), Ram Chiang 蔣志光 (飾范泰傑)

Episodes:  20

Airing date: 3 January 2012 (Airring after Bottled Passion)

Themesong: Myolie Wu & Johnson Lee: Exchange Happiness (交換快樂)  (CD Version)

Official: Website

Executive Producer: Lam Chi Wah

Scriptwriter: Chan Kam Ling

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Synopsis

By accident, FAN SHUK-HEUNG (Myolie Wu) visits a magical website that lets its visitors barter anything they own exchange for anything they want. Here, you can barter your slender waist for a place at an exclusive school for your younger brother, or exchange your luck for a lover for your dear friend. HEUNG is hooked almost immediately. Later on when she suspects that her husband, KOO KA-YAN (Johnson Lee Sze Chit), has a woman outside, she visits the website again to exchange her identity with that of her good friend HOU YURK-HOI (Selena Li), who has married into a wealthy family. HEUNG hopes that HOI can help her win back her husband’s love. HOI hopes that HEUNG can teach her overbearing mother-in-law, LUI WONG (Kiki Sheung Tin Ngor), a good lesson. Neither of them has thought that they will become hopelessly addicted to their new identity. By the time they realize how dangerous it will be if they carry on, the magical website has already been removed. The two families get entangled with each other as a result. Ironically, HEUNG has an affair with YAN! From then on, every day is filled with both laughter and anger for the two families.

師奶仔范淑香(胡杏兒)無心登入了一個神奇網站，讓她可隨意換取各樣不可思議的東西，例如以自己的纖腰尺寸來換取弟弟考入名校、以自己的運氣幫朋友換回愛 情等等，淑香一換成癮，不能自拔，尤其懷疑丈夫顧家仁(李思捷)包二奶時，竟不惜與闊太好友侯若海(李詩韻)互換身份，各取所需，淑香欲藉若海之力奪回丈 夫的心，若海則想淑香幫她對付霸道奶奶呂凰(商天娥)，誰料二人泥足深陷，愈陷愈深，回頭是岸之際神奇網站又突然消失，兩家人關係變得千絲萬縷，淑香竟與 家仁搞婚外情，嬉笑怒罵沒完沒了……

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• I am loving this series so much because of the story line and Raymond Wong’s “Tong Boon Sin” character.
• At first I thought Raymond’s character would be similar to Sammul Chan in “The Price of Greed” (especially after watching his scene with Yoyo Chen in the first episode) but I’m relieved to know they’re different. Sammul is completely heartless and is a true conman (almost robot like) but Raymond’s character is more human. He has real emotions and is a gray character (on the border of good and evil). I still see Raymond as a “good character” though- he has a “good” reason to want revenge and I felt so sorry for him when he was young. I root for him every time he gets back at the “Ko” family – they are one messed up family!! The only thing that’s a bit “sad” about the revenge thing is using Niki in the process (even though he didn’t “want” to, but “needed” to)
• I still see it as a romance story because we can see how much Raymond cares for her, how hurt he is to treat her that way; yet he knows he “needs” to in order to take his revenge- Poor Niki who is thinking that everything was a lie (which we know is not true). Raymond genuinely treated her well and wanted her to be happy (as contradictory as that may sound). He felt so bad for doing what he did that he tried to make up for her loss, by getting his friend to rent out the land at a cheap price. It’s almost like sitting there waiting for her to know the truth (e.g he was the one who carried her back to the hospital); yet it makes me wonder if it’ll help the situation at all given that he still used her. It wasn’t simply a betrayal, it was a betrayal from someone she truly loved and trusted the most.
• Raymond is so romantic in the series XD Conman or not, he definitely knows how to steal a girl’s heart away

• I love his back story- I loved watching when he was a little boy and the bond he shared with “Milk Lolly” girl. It was too cute! That element where he has been waiting for her 10 year after 10 is very heart-warming and romantic- and possibly the most genuine side of him.
• I’m quite indifferent about Niki’s character. She cries a lot which can get a bit annoying but I can’t hate her because her character is a nice girl…her character development will come from coping the downfall after Raymond’s betrayal and constant encounter thereafter.  Sometimes I wish she would stop feeling sorry for herself though. What interests me the most about her character is whether she is “Milk Lolly” XD I think she is! TVB has been giving out clues e.g when her mother got really angry at Raymond Cho when Niki “injured” her leg- reminding him of the time he took out to play. Her leg injury in the past appears to be kept away from Niki. If she is Milk Lolly, I wonder how her leg recovered? I thought she was an orphan? Did she lose her memories? Was she adopted? Note: All of these questions are rhetorical so I hope to find out when watching it- so no spoilers please J If she really is milk-lolly, her first co-incidental encounter with Raymond in episode 1 would be like fate. A forgotten one. I wonder what would happen if/when they both find out? Would it be too late..?? We’ll just have to wait and see!
• Rebecca’s character is so evil (reminds me of her character in “Curse of the Royal Harem” Can she be any more selfish?? I hated how she treated young Raymond- how could she adopt him and then abandon him like that!? He was only a little boy and she tried to kill him. She uses her own children (Joel, Elaine, Katy) as her tool. She favours Joel so much it makes me wonder if her other daughters are her own! She does so many bad things like breaking off the Accountants’ arm. I don’t feel bad for  her children though. Joel plays one of those idiots, commits fraud, acts like a jerk, cheats on his wife (Tracey Ip) by having affairs everywhere, and uses dirty tactics against Niki’s family in order to take over their soya sauce factory. There is nothing good about his character… XD

• At first, Elaine Yiu’s character reminded me of Miss Nine (Sheren from No Regrets) because her father seems to regard her highly over his eldest son Joel. I don’t hate her character that much because she seems to want their family business to do well and appears quiet obedient. Her mother arranged her engagement with a ill man she does not love hence appears quiet compressed;-yet she can switches from vulnerable victim to her mother to “strong business woman”. In the end, she’s just another selfish soul (especially the way she treated the Accountant- her ex-lover).
• In order to take his revenge on the Ko Family, Raymond plots to get close to the Ko’s two daughters- Elaine and Katy by making them fall for him. Raymond definitely knows how to grab a lady’s attention and lead them on. He deliberately made Elaine anxious by rescheduling their meeting time last minute over and over again, causing her a lot of headache. After several rejections, he then appears genuine and apologises, and offers her his shoes when she walks bare feet on the ground. He helped her gain glory as he rejected Joel’s offer when he wanted to take over the Soya Sauce business, and then simply handed her the Soy Sauce factory to her-saying she will be the only one he would sell it to. Raymond flirts with her all the time, and brings her a lot of surprises by appearing everywhere, giving off that mysterious aura. He’s constantly daring and stepping over the line- He broke into a store when she wanted to try on a dress when the store was closed. He’d take her out to dinner even at public places. Just as her fiancé left the room when she was trying on her wedding dress, he came in and started kissing her.
• Katy plays a 19 year old spoilt brat, pretending to be a good girl in front of her parents who smokes and goes after older men (even though they are married). She starts an affair with one of the teachers and after being publicly slapped by his wife, Katy takes her revenge by sending all the love letters, and fake- pair of earrings to his wife, leading his wife to commit suicide. One young dangerous girls- She seems so proud of it when she told Raymond too -.-  It would be interesting to watch Raymond toy with her heart 😛 Considering she likes older men, and Raymond was able to leave such first impression on her, Raymond can win this easy XD He took the last room on the train, he correctly “read”  her life on Tarot Cards; then he denied meeting her. I think his constant appearance around Elaine will arouse a type of jealousy feeling because he gives Elaine all the attention while acting cold towards her. Read the rest of this entry »

One of my favourite TVB series of 2011 which didn’t quite get a mention in the Anniversary Award Ceremony..so it’s gonna get a mention here at K-TVB.net hehe! Compiled below are some screencaptures from Elanne & Michael’s scenes from Relic of an Emissary! Hope you guys enjoy!

• I noticed a lot of people complained about Elanne’s acting as Princess Wing-Yeung. I’m not sure why but her charatcer didn’t really bother me that much. I thought she was pretty cute and I liked watching her scenes with Ngo Siu-Fung (Michael) and Ma Sam-Bo (Sammul).
• Elanne and Michael play a bickering-turned-love couple.  She didn’t like him from the start because he was a “Gum Yi Wei” , and also rivals with Sammul so she was bias  towards him. The two were pretty amusing to watch. Despite the two not wanting to be with each other, Michael was always ordered to find/protect the princess allowing their relationship to grow XD
• I thought the scene where the Princess was trying to stitch up his wounds was hilarious xD
• The only thing that slightly bothered me with this couple was the age gap (it was slightly obvious, but Michael Tse is cool anyway) XD
• The two go through many life and death situations together and they eventually fall in love. However, other things kept getting in their way of being together: Sire Ma; Michael regaining his memories which left him in a huge dilemma, pushing the Princess away from him because of his identity. He started to act cold towards her and deliberately made her jealous by being with Sire.
• When she told Michael the emperor wanted her to marry General Lee Geng Long, he congratulated her
• There was also a nice “trapped in a well” scene- see post
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• She didn’t understand why he was treating her that way and was being so cold towards her; changing into a complete different person (who claims has always been that way). Michael deliberately asked her to come out and made a romantic scene with candles light around the walls. However, he deliberately acted like a jerk in front of her, making her hate him more.
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• The sadden princess decided to write a wish on a lantern but it unfortunately started to fall from the sky. Michael saw and thought the least he could do for her is make her wish come true. He went to pick up the latern and realised her wish was to be with Michael eveyr life after.. awww.. Princess Wing Yeung chased after the lantern too and finds Michael there. He finally confesses his feelings for her, and promised to elope with her.
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• Unforuntaly, due to Siu-Qiu (Sire) being all clingy onto Michael, threatened to kill herself if he was to leave her =.= Michael promised he won’t leave Sire, and that he and the princess belong to different worlds-” wW shouldn’t have gone together to start with”.  Torn by his betrayal, the princess goes back to marry General Lee Geng Long. Michael marries Siu-Qiu.
• At the end, Michael betrays Joe (Yin-Wong) and risks his life to save the Princess. In order to punish himself for betraying the emperor, Michael cuts off the arm with the Tiger Tatoo (which symbolised his loyalty towards Yin-Wong). Siu-Qiu also sacrifices herself to save Michael and Elanne and the two escape – living a happy life together as ordinary people.

Hi everyone!! Long time no talk XD Hope you’re all enjoying the last days of 2011! Personally I’m in quite a relaxed state at the moment after many hectic late nights of work, but YES!! My holidays are finally here so I’m gonna make sure I’m gonna enjoy it hehe

As the end of 2011 is drawing near, I’ll be doing my annual cleaning of my blog. I’ll be digging through the draft posts I’ve previously written but never finished to see if I can finalise any to share with you guys 🙂 (so don’t be surprised if you see any posts on older series XD) I’ve also finally had the chance to start watching “Bottled Passion” which I’m loving at the moment! Hopefully I can put up a post or two on the series 🙂 I also finally had the chance to upload the latest TVB Themesongs, so go check out the dowloads page!

Wishing you all a Merry Christmas, Happy New Year and Happy Festive season!!

Love K

P.s: Hope you guys like the new Bottled Passion Banner!