*Warning: Contains Spoilers*
I really enjoyed watching the series :)! I felt like I’ve journeyed and grown with the characters- two families reuniting back together. A battle over the noodle business. It was quite a heart-felt and warm series and it didn’t disappoint me. When I first started the series, I didn’t like it much. I felt the first few episodes had too much shouting in it and it got on my nerves. It felt like it was never ending. I didn’t particularly like either families- although Roger’s “Yung” rich family appears to be bullying Sunny’s “Man” family who were the weaker, righteous family over the years, I felt the “Man” family were getting irrational and their actions/words were quite immature ! Sunny doesn’t use his brain much, like a wild bull randomly charging everywhere and getting himself into trouble. Roger wasn’t likeable either- he was a bit of a jerk, always thinking he is the right one. He is bias and can’t split his private life with his work life, although he always talks as if he does. I felt like giving up on the series, but decided to stick to it for a bit more given it appeared to have a bit of the grand feel to it. Without much disappointment, the series picked up and I became quite hooked! I was more interseted in “Wax andWane” than ‘”The Other Truth” which was also airring at the same time.
As my thoughts on the series changed, the mood of the series also did as it changed focus through the series. I grew to really like Roger’s character as his character changed and he turned into my favourite in the series. He slowly started to change because of Kate (his cousin/brother’s girlfriend) and it caught my attention. He grew from a wooden/stiff (almost heartless business-oriented guy) into a really kind-hearted guy who values family and friends. He din’dt trust a lot of people and didn’t treat relationships seriously. He wasn’t a player, but his love life wasn’t his priority and didn’t treat them like his girlfriend. Although he loves his mother dearly, his relationship with his dad hasn’t been that well.
His relationship with Sunny and his family also started to improve because of Kate and they were getting along. I really enjoyed watching the Kate and Roger grow so close in the drama. They understood each other more than any other character, even more than Ron. It made Ron and Kate’s relationship appear quite shallow. Although Ron and Kate were dating from the first episode, their lovey-dovey scenes only appeared on the surface for me. I was pleasantly surprised by the chemistry Kate and Roger shared, and I secretly wanted her to fall for him XD The two match so well, so it wasn’t hard for him to fall for her at all. How many scenes were there that Kate saw Roger cry? She always appears to be there for him when he is feeling helpess and insecure XD The two also shared a lot of fate together and felt they matched each other a lot. Unfortuantely she didn’t feel the same way towards him.
As the two families were slowly brought together; the focus of the series switches to the “Yung” family about Roger’s father and his mistress (played by Clare). I grew to really like Roger’s mum and felt so sorry for her. At first I thought she would be outspoken woman who’d fight off the other woman- instead, she wanted to bring “peace” within the family and tried to avoid facing the fact her husband has another woman and a son! It was comforting to watch her 3 children side with her, and love her. Although the “Yung” family were rich, they weren’t a really happy family- contrasting with the “Man” family. It was sad watching her struggle so much to keep the family together and then it came to a bit of shock they revealed Toby was her husband’s daughter as well!!
The “Yung” Family- Siblings: Roger, Irene & Ron
Carrying all those burdens by herself for all those years thinking she was the one who caused Toby’s mother’s death (through pushing her down the stairs and dying after giving birth to Toby) and knowing her husband was constantly heating- how could she bear all this?? She did it all for her family, so “wei dai” T_T I can’t believe her husband would do such a thing like leaving in the middle of their anniversary party to see Claire and his son >< Come on!! How long will it take to cut a cake first?? He is such a jerk!! Now I think of it, it was proabbly set up by Claire and Derek to ruin their family >.< Clare kept stepping into her territory while pretending she is the kind-hearted innocenet one grrrrr (I actually believed her from the beginning too!! –what a two face )
Suffering from all the stress, she started developing an illness and would slowly lose her memories 🙁 It was really sad when Roger’s mum finally “lost” the battle and gets hit by a car 🙁 🙁 The only comforting thing was she found out the truth about not killing Toby’s mum before she died..again, it was thanks to Kate for helping her unlock that guilt within her.
The Yung Family: “Other Family”: Mistress Claire, Claire’ ‘brother’ Derek, Claire’s son “Long Long” and Toby (Roger’s Cousin/Half- Sister)
The final 10 episodes is when things turn on the table! The characters and relationships who which have remained relatively quiet have their time in the spotlight. (aka the main villain being the lovers Derek and Claire who have been secretly plotting to take Yung family’s wealth as they disguised as sibling) It’s also a real challenge to Roger and allows us to how Roger’s change in character ends up saving and protecting his family when almost everyong loses trust in him and goes against him. There were so much scheming going on I was raging lol. I thought the plotting at the end was really interesting to watch. The most comforting part in all of it was Kate, Florence, his granny believed in him when the whole world seem to be against him. He loses his CEO position, his brother Ron who thinks he has stolen Kate off him, Sunny (his cousin) who thinks is having an affair with his wife Florence (Roger’s ex-girlfriend), his dad who has given up on him and their family’s business was at stake. A real challenge indeed. All part of Derek’s manipulating and schemeing, he successfully changed/brainwashed Ron and Sunny to go against Roger and to trust him instead. Quite dramatic if you think about it..almost doesn’t make sense for them to think Kate and Florence are BOTH with Roger -.-
The “Man” Family: Sunny, Sunny’s wife Florence, Sunny’s sister Kate, Sunny’s adopted brother Him, Sunny’s cousin Toby
Florence and Sunny have always been a loving couple. She loved him for being honest and genuine and she gave up her ambition of being a designer to stay at home and be a housewife to look after the family. She felt that it was worth it because she felt really happy in the family. The two have always wanted to have kids, unfortunately without much luck after 10 years of marriage. For what appeared to be a dream come true for them turned into a nightmare when Florence became pregnant and Derek completely made Sunny believe she was cheating on him and that the baby belonged to Roger >< OMG!!! I felt so sad for Florence when he threw her out of the house *TEARS!!* So heartless… after everything she’s done for him and the family- WHAT IS WRONG WITH THIS IDIOT!?!? How can he still not believe her after everything- I thought he “woke” up after his father yelled at him, and Roger’s explanation etc He still insisted on doing a DNA check before he’d let her back home- what happened to the trust?? I would be so heartbroken..
It was like he has reversed into the irrational cow. Total jerk and dispicable. I know he was misled by Derek but it makes me angry that he doesnt have a brain of his own…Although his hatred and desire for revenge grew after finding out Roger’s dad lied in court 30 years ago and that his grandpa did contibute funds to the business; his hatred towards the Yung Family made him go blind! I loved the scene where Roger’s granny slapped Roger across the face lol. GO GRANNY!! I’m glad that right at the end, Sunny’s dad was able to bring the goodness in him back after all his wrongdoings (forging Roger’s signature and accusing him, taking over the company etc). He gave up on taking revenge and makes up with his wife. At the end, the two have a pair of twins 🙂
I never had strong feelings for Kate and Ron as a couple. They didn’t leave much impact on me throughout the series. At the start, they just appeared the lovey-dovey couple who was trying to bring both families together. Ron knew how to sweet-talk, but I think he’s quite immature and doesn’t understand his families/those around him that well etc. I didn’t feel they had much chemistry and they were just there as a happy couple who tried get married several times during the series which got post poned many times..Towards the end of the series, their relationship had their fair share of unhappiness. After failing to get married several times and Derek playing mind tricks in making Ron believe something was going on between Kate and Roger (e.g finding them both together alone at their holiday house), he grew to distrust her and needed her to marry him before he would believe her. He felt he sacrificed a lot- including choosing her over their family business. It was completely wrong timing to be making such a request. Kate eventually thought it through and didn’t want to give up the opportunity to marry the man she truely loved over some misunderstanding..even if he did have doubts in their relationship. However, that failed too when she saw him with another girl and mistakened him as finding another girl… At desperate times when Derek was about to take control over the company, and wanting Ron to”wake up” and help his brother, Kate agreed to marry him in exchange that he believed in Roger (what a mess…) It as such a desperate move and it seemed like she was doing it only because of Roger. At the end, Ron betray Kate and told her he was no longer interested in getting married with her.
Ron was made the CEO of the company but was completely destroyed by Derek. Derek was essentialyl the one controlling eveyrthing and making the decisions. He even started giving drugs to Ron in addition to his love problems. Kate also becomes pregnant with Ron’s baby and he suspects its with Roger (where is all the trust?) At the end, Ron ends up finding his way out and the two get back together..
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