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I just want to wish everyone a Happy New Year!! I hope you’ve all been enjoying the festive season with Christmas, NYE and everything and looking forward to the new year 😀 HELLO 2011!!

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Hi everyone! Here is my chibi artwork of [No Regrets] for K-TVB.net featuring Wayne Lai and Sheren Tang! Lau Sing and Cheng Kau Mui are such amazing characters and their on-screen chemistry is simply mind-blowing! To me, No Regrets will always be the best TVB drama of 2010. This is just a little tribute to them, and for K-TVB.net for the wonderful episode synopsis and screen captures.

Merry Christmas & a Happy New Year everyone!
From Chibi
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English Title: Links to Temptation

Cantonese Title: 诱情转驳 (Yau Ching Juen Bok)

Cast: 马浚伟 Steven Ma, 陈法拉 Fala Chen, 蒙嘉慧 Yoyo Mung, 黄德斌 Kenny Wong Tak Bun, 李思捷 Johnson Lee Sze Chit

Episodes: 20

Airing date: 13 December 2010 (Replacing Gun Metal Grey)

Official: Website

Themesong: Forwarding Love (愛情轉駁) by Fala Chen

Genre: Modern Thriller

Executive Producer: Tsu Yu On

Scriptwriter: Lau Chi Wah

Synopsis

The subtle relationship between Barrister SHING WAI-SHUN (Steven Ma) and pole dancer HUNG LONG-KIU (Fala Chen) begins with a cell phone. KIU has been treating SHUN hot and cold. On top of this, he also finds her somewhat unpredictable. He decides to check her out secretly. His good friend, KWAN HO-CHING (Yoyo Mung) discovers that KIU is going out with rich businessman KO WING-TAI (Lau Tan). Under SHUN’s questioning, KIU confesses she is coveting TAI’s money, telling him to relinquish hope. It turns out that a mysterious man, who has been close, at hand is controlling KIU. Laying bare the darkest side of human nature, Links to Temptation is a thriller about morality, money, greed and arrogance.

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As we are approaching the end of the year, I thought I’d finish off my Sisters of Pearl review! Written it quite a long time ago (back in May?) but didn’t get around to finalising it, well here it is!

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*Contains Major Spoilers*
Sisters of Pearl is one of my favourite TVB releases of 2010. It has an interesting plot and something about it keeps me wanting to watch more as the series goes on. It is a series filled with lots of scheming and backstabbing with twists here and there.

As the characters are introduced, every character seems to be suspicious at some point, and I found that it hard to decide on which character to side with.  You might like a character at one point, but then find out they’re not like what they seem.  Most characters are selfish and have their own motive. Even when characters are “forced” to ally with each other, there can still be betrayal and you don’t always know who is genuinely helping and who is deliberately causing problems.  As the story unfolds, the real villain of the story becomes more clear…

While Sisters of Pearl has solid acting throughout the series,  the story is not without its flaws. There are instances where there appears to be some inconsistency, and at other times appears unrealistic (not forgetting to mention the obvious one being the ending) or “too good to be true” or simply “what the heck?”

Early on in the series, I also felt slightly tired from watching the episodes and felt I needed a break after an episode because there was so much scheming and backstabbing and the series was getting a bit heavy. How can a family be this scary? How can after all this- they can still live in the same house? How can you still trust them after they have betrayed you over and over again? As I watched on, it only got more and more  interesting and the series grew on me- I became so hooked! The “unrealistic-ness” and dramatic events were no longer an issue to me. The storyline was exciting and it kept me watching- the love triangle was enticing. I wanted to see to what extremes would the characters go.  What are the characters plotting and how would it interfere with others’ plans? Who is using who? How would their characters change? Will Jessica and Michael end up together? How much are they willing to give up and sacrifice to achieve their goals? Will their plan work or fail? Who will ultimately win in the end?

I loved how Jessica was introduced in the first episode.  She appeared helpless when a man came up to her with a knife and threatened her to give all her valuables, but when he took her wedding ring she becomes vicious and started aggressively attacking back and fighting for herself. Woah. Her husband must mean a lot to her… After that, she calmly returns to her son with a new balloon and they continue returning “home”. She  gave off a mysteries aura-the way they portrayed her was quite scary. I was excited, especially how she manipulates to gain her sisters’ sympathy and then regain her father’s favouritism- She’s so intelligent in many ways! Boy am I impressed (and slightly freaked out) at how well she has raised her son…it’s like he’s one of her tools…acts and says what she wishes..(might I add he’s so adorable!) I really love watching the bond between the mother and son and especially felt sorry for them when she was forced to be separated from him.  Those were very emotional scene 🙁 The child is innocent yet had to be involved in the mess…

TVB claims Jessica of being the villain in the series but I don’t think that is true. If she is the villain, then everyone else is too.  When I think about it- she came back because her husband passed away and she needed money to repay her husband’s debts. Adding to that it was obvious she was not treated well by her mother in-law. I could also tell she genuinely wanted to come back home to help her father’s business (although it means taking over  it too..) Being the most educated in the family, she is an entrepreneur and thinks Kiki is incapable. Surely her intentions are not nice towards her sister and constantly has clashes with her, but she wouldn’t ever do anything as horrible to (physically) hurt/kill her other family members on purpose (unlike Kiki who wanted her sister to die!).

As the story progressed, I didn’t feel that her character was as much of a threat anymore and started to feel sorry for her when she was in a disadvantaged position e.g. forced to ally with Michael and sell “black” pearls.

The highlight of story was definitely the love triangle which sprouted between her, Bowie and Michael! I liked how Bowie had feelings for Jessica because it’d mean he was “stuck” in between the sisters and at the same time I kept wondering ” When will Jessica use Bowie to take revenge on her sister? Can she make Bowie side with her? Will she seduce him?”

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I’ve been having quite a hectic week and with TVB Anniversary Awards revealed and a bit of time for the results to sink in, I’ve finally had the chance to put together my thoughts on the final episodes (31-32) of No Regrets 😀

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“Let’s leave together- We’ll live together, or die together”

• I think most of the drama has died down in these episodes as it was approaching an end- but the most I wanted to see was what would be the fate of our heroes Lau Sing & Gou Goo Leung.
• Ching Ching’s death scene finally came…. it was quite peaceful and comforting as Raymond was reading out her diary entries. It made me reflect on Sheren’s words when she told Wayne how Fala was actually born lucky…She was cared by her mother, then brother, and then in the care and love of Raymond..now that she has peacefully gone, she will once again be in the care of her mother.  Her dream of marrying Raymond also became a reality and was able to get married, and die at “Ju Long Lei”. We can say she lived her life with no regrets..

  

• I didn’t find  Ben’s scene that dramatic- thought it was a bit silly…he can’t just come back and demand for more money -.- From the previous episode, I believed Susan genuinely changed and it was interesting to see what Ben would do considering he was once such a gangster and didn’t look like he’d just leave like that.  Like Rosy Business, Susan has to suffer the loss of her son. It was interesting that his “father” was the one who eventually killed him. Elliot raised him as his own son and it didn’t look like Ben appreciated or respected him at all..

• I think Nancy’s character still annoys me even though the series has ended. I don’t think she even changed! I felt she  got away with stuff way too easily. Her rise to become Elliot’s wife didn’t really give her that significant power over Sheren. I actually would have thought it’d be cool to see Nancy go to the real extreme of calling her “Gou-Mui”, removing all respect she had.How could she just tell Sheren’s secret like that?! Then again, even though she curls/ clips her hair up after getting married and wore a lot of makeup, I guess she is just an immature girl trying hard to act like an adult…Maybe there is still hope since she’s still “young”. Towards the end, Elliot just set her free and she went to marry another man..Did she even change?Did she even apologise to Sheren?

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The results of this years anniversary awards have given me mixed feelings..there were some very deserving winnings, yet at the same time, some very disappointing results. Firstly I’d like to give a huge congratulations to Wayne and Sheren for winning Best Actor and Best Actress!!! 😀 YAY!!! Raymond Wong (Most Improved) and Evergreen (Best Supporting Actor) was also very deserving! My greatest disappointment  is that No Regrets did not win Best Series..this award was given to  “Can’t Buy Me Love”. Another very disappointing/undeserving one was Raymond Lam winning favourite male character award for his role of The Mysteries of Love- it just wasn’t meant to be his year…And the other was Fala- second time winning the Best Supporting Actress Award..I felt her character was slightly boring in NR and Kara deserved to win it more…

Overall, I think No Regrets is the bigger winner, sweeping away most of the important award. It doesn’t really make sense that Can’t Buy Me Love would win Best Series if that’s the case. Oh wells, keeps fans happy. The awards/nominations this year appears to be spread across: No Regrets, Can’t Buy Me Love & The Mysteries of Love.

NOTE: This is my own personal blog where I express my inner thoughts and opinions.  You can either take it, or leave it.

And I guess that’s it! Hope you guys enjoyed the live updates! I shall head to bed since it’s 2.45am here now lol

Best Actor
Winner: Wayne Lai (No Regrets)
Top 5:
1. Raymond Lam
2. Wayne Lai
3. Felix Wong
4. Steven Ma
5. Moses Chan

YAY!! The most important award is awarded to Wayne Lai!! 😀 SO HAPPY FOR HIM! I enjoyed his acceptance speech too ^^
Why is Raymond Lam here…? I think Damien Lau would have been more deserving in Top 5…

Best Actress
Winner: Sheren Tang!!! 😀 (No Regrets)
Top 5:
1. Sheren Tang
2. Tavia Yeung
3. Charmaine Sheh
4. Maggie Cheung
5. Linda Chung

GO SHEREN!! She totally deserved the award :)  TV Queen!!

Favourite Male Character (Kingsley- The Mysteries of Love)
Winner: Raymond Lam
Top 5:
1. Wayne Lai
2. Moses Chan
3. Steven Ma
4. Kenneth Ma
5. Raymond Lam

OMG..as much of a Raymond Lam fan I am..I am so disappointed with the result!! =( I don’t think Raymond deserved Favourite Character award for his role in “Mysteries of Love”! He was so boring there…!! I would feel slightly better if it was his role in “Growing Through Life”..I really wanted Wayne or Kenneth to win this award- love their characters to bits!!

So disappointed with this award…….was ok with the top 5 nominations..but the results..*sigh..*

Favourite Female Character
Winner: Charmaine Sheh (Princess- Can’t Buy Me Love)
Top 5:
1. Charmaine Sheh
2. Teresa Mo
3. Sheren Tang
4. Linda Chung
5. Tavia Yeung

I really wanted Sheren to win this award. Gou Goo Leung is so cool!! -Love it everytime she appears on screen~~ She’s just a likeable character and so many layers..I can accept Charmaine winning this award though. I didn’t like Tavia’s “Sai Lei Mui” though..she was overly enthusiastic and optomistic but then she became so weak and annoying after the breakup…

Best Supporting Actor
Winner: Evergreen Mak (No Regrets)
Top 5:
1. Ron Ng
2. Dominic Lam
3. Raymond Wong
4. Pierre Ngo
5. Evergreen Mak

Congrats to Evergreen!! Very happy for his achievement 🙂 Other than Ron (who seems a bit odd), I’m quite happy with the Top nominations! Would have been more satisified if Derek, Johnson or Joel got in..

Best Supporting Actress (No Regrets)
Winner: Fala Chen
Top 5:
1. Kara Hui
2. Elena Kong
3. Susanna Kwan
4. Fala Chen
5. Nancy Wu

I have mixed feelings about this..I’m happy that the award went to another cast in No Regrets, but I didn’t particularly think Fala’s Ching Ching to be that great of a supporting actress..And Fala even admitted herself that her character had mixed reactions- some liked her, while some others didn’t..I would have been happier if Kara won this award.

Most Improved Male Artist
Winner: Raymond Wong (No Regrets, Can’t buy Me Love, When Lanes Merge)
Top 5:
1. Alex Lam
2. King Kong
3. Joel Chan
4. Raymond Wong
5. Him Law

Very deserving award for Raymond- congrats!! (For the award, and the baby!!)

Most Improved Female Artist
Winner: Natalie Tong
Top 5:

1. Selena Li
2. Elaine Yiu
3. Natalie Tong
4. Chan Sin Yeung
5. Mimi Lo

Best Series: Can’t Buy Me Love
Top 5:
1. A Chip off the Old Block
2. The Mysteries of Love
3. Can’t Buy Me Love
4. Every Move you Make
5. No Regrets

Being a huge No Regrets fan, I was quite disappointed that they did not win Best Series..Other than that though, I was quite surprised that “A Chip off the Old Block” and “Every Move you Make” made it to top 5…did they have high ratings or something? I personally dreaded “The Mysteries of Love” but I heard it got high ratings which is the reason I guess it’s there. I’m surprised Gun Metal Grey didn’t make it top 5. I would have liked to see: Growing Through Life, Sisters of Pearl, A Fistful of Stances make it in…

TVB.com Popularity Award: Raymond Lam

Initally I was happy with Raymond Lam winning this award, but when they announced him to win Fav Male Character Award I thought it was totally undeserving..it just isn’t Raymond Lam’s year this year and yet..

Best Professional Performance Award: Moses Chan

A side-award to keep Mo happy?

Life Time Achievement Award: Louise Lee See Kei

I’ve been watching the “Have Fun with Liza and Gods” clips and there has been quite a few parody’s from No Regrets. This one is my favourite of them all XD Wong Cho Lam is hilarious! XD

Ah..I’m still suffering form Post no-Regrets Symptoms XD If you find other clips of NR worth watching, please do share 🙂

On a side note, I’m hoping to put up my last post on No Regrets Episode 31-32 later today before the TV Awards tonight! Hope NR sweeps all the awards!! 😀

English Title: Twilight Investigation

Cantonese Title:囧探查过界 (Taam cha gwoh Gaai)

Cast: 王喜 Wong He, 钟嘉欣 Linda Chung, 黄浩然 Raymond Wong Ho Yin, 李思捷 Johnson Lee Sze Chit, 陈国邦 Power Chan Kwok Bong, 朱慧敏 Chu Wai Man, 苑琼丹 Kingdom Yuen King Dan, 石修 Shek Sau, 罗永贤 Law Wing Yin, 关颂玲 Kwan Chung Ling

Episodes: 20

Airing date: 29 November 2010 (Replacing No Regrets)

Official: Website

Themesong: N/a- Music | Sub Themesong: Eat Brain (食腦) -Wong He, Raymond Wong, Johnson Lee

Executive Producer: Law Wing Yin

Scriptwriter: Kwan Chung Ling

Synopsis

Private agency owner YIP KWOK-CHEONG (Shek Sau) is a retired police officer. His three employee investigators are vastly different in terms of personality; CHOW KA-SING (Raymond Wong) is obsessed with fashion; WONG SIU-FU (Johnson Lee) is a city slicker; and finally KAY ON-KUI (Wong He) his most dependable investigator.

CHEONG thinks very highly of KUI who has a meticulous and analytical mind. He is able to crack even the most difficult cases.

KUI meets model CHUNG YEE-TAK (Linda Chung) while investigating an adultery case. TAK comes from a single family and is often down on her luck when it comes to men and career development.

After a near-fatal drunk driving accident, the idea of looking for her mother who left her family many years ago resurfaces. She turns to KUI for help. A subtle chemistry sparks between them during the investigation. Later, KUI discovers a secret that even TAK never knew.

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