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August 2008

[New Series]:Your class or mine

To be released in late August 2008 after ‘When Dog Loves a Cat’

Cast: Bobby Au Yueng, Sheren Tang, Benz Hui, Derek Kwok…
Episodes: 20
Producer: Cheung Kin Man
Scriptwriter: Lee Yee Wah

Synopsis

It’s the battle of the sexes on the football field.
Can a woman become a better coach than a man?

PANG KAM CHAU (Bobby Au Yeung) used to sell parallel imports but his girlfriend has taken away everything from him. In order to reestablish his career, CHAU plays tricks to gain the trust of a soccer team leader FAN TAI WAI (Benz Hui). Through the help of WAI, CHAU becomes the Operation Director of the soccer team and he promises to help all team players achieve excellent results in the coming public examinations. CHAU teaches the team players in an unconventional way. He encourages them to hang around at pubs and chase girls actively but the result is disastrous. CHING KWOK CHU (Derek Kwok), the soccer team’s sponsor, tries to hire the famous tutorial queen YIM KA LAI (Sheren Tang) to help coaching the team. LAI’s teaching style is totally different from CHAU and they fight with each other all the time.

The academic performance of the team varies a lot but CHAU discovers that WAI’s son FAN PUI TUNG (Law Chung Him) has plenty of potential so he pays special attention to him. During the time, CHU’s younger brother suddenly takes away the ownership of the soccer team. CHU tries to take revenge by asking LAI to make the soccer team into a mess. CHAU is enraged and he discloses the secret relationship between CHU and LAI to everybody. All of a sudden, LAI’s splendid tutorial career is coming to an end.

Credits: Astro on Demand

Such an exciting episode!!

Michael and Power were having a talk where Michael admits to Power than he and Anita have developed feelings for each other.

Michael: Everything I did before, I always believed there were either black, or white. There would never be an in-between. Bonnie’s death, is like god testing my judgment. When I thought I figured out the truth, there would be another finding.
Power: What clue did you find out this time?
Michael: I’ve always been searching for the truth, but the more I find out, I get more confused.
Power: I’ve always been trying to convince you not to be so stubborn.
Michael: How can I let go now that I’ve figured out this far?
Power: What if you never find out the truth for your whole life? Dead people are gone, but you’re still here alive. Do you want the rest of your life gone like this? If Bonnie loved you, she wouldn’t want you to be lonely for the rest of your life.
Michael: It’s not that I didn’t try. But in the end, we still have a ‘chi'(splinter?)
Power: ‘We’? You and Zita?
Michael: Funny isn’t it? My wife is suspected of having an affair with her husband. As a result, it made me and Ji Yiu(Anita) develop feelings for one another.
Power: It’s not strange, only in trouble will you find true love. Only you two understand each others feelings the most.
Michael: It’s because I understand how she feels, our feelings can’t progress further. She still has to face her mother in-law and brother in-law. Comparing to me, the pressure she is facing is even greater. I don’t want to force her.
Power: You two still have to many things to consider. I feel your pain.

The ‘battle’ between Tracy(Sophie) and  Krystal(Jackie) continues. Power and Tracy come out together from watching a movie and Krystal calls Power, saying she wanted to watch that movie a long time but he never got the time to watch it with her so she watched it herself and she happened to sit in the row behind them. She tells Power that she really wants to see him, even for a bit and was in the next level below. Power hesitates but does, telling Tracey that he need to go to the bathroom. As Power walks away, Krystal calls Tracy, telling her that Power has actually gone to see her! Tracy was so angry and upset as she watches Power find Krystal. Tracy had to hold back her anger and pretend she didn’t know…poor thing! (I find myself rooting for Krystal though, even if it’s wrong XD)

Tracy decides to go find Anita and asks her whether she knew about Power and Krystal’s relationship. Unable to answer, she indirectly admits and Anita quickly defends by saying it was in the past. Tracy tells Anita that Krystal must have lied to her because they were still seeing each other. Krystal is  in charge of Tracy’s Insurance, so Tracy transferred it to Anita instead.  This ‘war’ is getting exciting! When Krystal finds out Anita has ‘taken’ her client,  Krystal becomes  really angry at Anita and confronts her, saying she is on Tracy’s side! An argument broke out as Anita continuously told Krystal not to interfere in the relationship.

Krystal: Anson loves me more than he loves Sophie.
Anita: Even if he loves you more, but for his own interest, how much does the word ‘love’ worth? A woman can give up the world for a man, but if a man wants to get the world, he would give up the woman.
Krystal: I am not an ordinary woman. Anson isn’t an ordinary man. I will help him get the whole world.
Anita: When will you wake up? Every women thinks that they are placed differently in a man’s heart. Don’t be so naive!
Krystal: Enough! I’m not here today to listen to you talk about principles. I just need to you answer me, are you helping me or Sophie?
Anita: You will always be my best friend.
Krystal: So you’re helping me?
Anita: I once thought that Dick was seeing someone else, so I really understand how it feels to know my husband is cheating on me.
Krystal: Ok, I know clearly where you stand.
Anita: Jackie, you’ll always be my best friend!
Krystal: Stop talking about friends! I told you before, I don’t need friends!

Suddenly, a man named Daniel appears, looking for Michael and more of the truth is unfolded and revealed!! omg..Daniel is actually Angela’s obstetrician and he knows that she really wanted to have a baby but because of something in the past, it was really hard for her to be pregnant. She kept this a secret from Michael because she knew he really wanted children. The doctor secretly fell in love with Angela but was afraid to express his feelings towards her. He wrote messages on the stars and gave it to Angela in hope she would see it someday. He also stuck the message on the wine bottle, and hoped she would see it after the bottle was finished. However, Angela ended up giving the wine to Dick instead. So …the person who left Angela love messages signed ‘D’ was actually Daniel and not Dick! When Michael went on his business trip for a month, Angela finds out she was pregnant but soon loses the baby and can never give birth again. Dick was the one who sent her to the hospital and when the doctor saw Dick comforting her, he got really jealous. One day, the doctor went to Angela’s house …

Angela: Thanks for visiting me everyday, but I’m already feeling a lot better, I don’t want to bother you again.
Doctor Daniel: Don’t say that. Can’t you feel it at all? The feelings I have for you? Don’t torture yourself anymore, leave your husband.
Angela: No, I love my husband a lot.
Daniel:  You’ll only feel guilty facing him.
Angela: Yes, I can’t help him have children, I feel guilty so I’ve decided to have a divorce with him. But..but that doesn’t mean I have to accept you. I want to thank you for your kind thoughts, but please don’t bother me again.
Daniel: Why!? Why won’t you accept me??
Angela: Don’t come near me! Let go!
*Dick opens the door and comes in and Angela runs and hides behind him*
Dick: You..why are you bothering Bonnie again? You think she’s not frustrated enough?
Daniel *points at Angela*: You said you still love your husband? It’s fake! You’re having an affair with him! *Dick punches the doctor*
Dick: What are you saying!? Bonnie and I are clear. Don’t put us down! Can’t you see? *puts up his fist showing his wedding ring* I’m married! I have a wife! My wife and I are very in love! Not like you~ breaking up someone’s family!
Daniel: But why do you have the house keys?
Dick: Her husband isn’t in Hong Kong! I was worried if something happens to her and no one knows! That’s why I asked for her keys so I can take care of her!

I like the friendship/bond between Dick and Bonnie (Angela)..aww the truth is quite sad. So all along..Angela and Dick weren’t having an affair after all!! Angela and Dick were just good friends and I can’t imagine how Michael and Anita would have felt after finding it out..both whom blamed their husband and wife, thinking they cheated on them..I pity them..

They also find out the man who didn’t give his statement when the incident occurred-the man who was working on the house (Anita and Dick were about to move into). It turned out that night, he took a women and slept in the new house, but heard a car noise the during the night. Thinking it was the landlords, i.e Dick or Anita, the two escaped quickly. Only taking one glance back as they dashed out, he saw a person wearing a cap at the car (where Dick and Bonnie were found dead) pushing the door shut!! Could the man wearing a cap be Power (Anson)??

Later at the office, a newcomer delivers the wrong reports to Anita’s office and Anita notices something wrong with Krystal (Jackie)’s client history. A huge amount of money has been put in and taken out in one go and she suspects that someone was illegally using the Insurance company to change over the ‘black money’! When Anita was planning to ask Krystal about it, she bumps into Power at the door so she tells him everything about it. Power then revealed that the client was handed over to Krystal, but the client originally belonged to Dick!! OMG, the pieces of the puzzles are  finally coming together! Could this be what Dick was referring to in the video??
Power is finally given a chance to prove himself worthy of joining her father in-law’s company and he grasps this opportunity. Believing he has come a step closer to realizing his dream in working for the company, he invites Krystal out to celebrate and tells her the news. Instead of being happy for him, Krystal’s insecurities show and becomes upset when Power suggests that they do not see each other in the upcoming three months. Power thinks she is being unreasonable but Krystal is angry that he would choose career over her. She feels he is implying they break up as he returns back to his wife and his father in-law’s company. Krystal was in tears as she drove away, having ‘losing him’ and suddenly flashbacks of sad memories flood her mind. She remembers how her ex-bf left her when she begged him to stay, but he just pushed her own to floor. It was then she had ‘awoken’, saying Anson has become what her ex-boyfriend was before!! Wil she turn evil and seek revenge??

Last Year’s Jadeworld Carnival 2007, we had Raymond Lam, Shirley Yeung and Yoyo Mung!

This year, Moses and Tavia will be coming to Sydney! 😀 Awesomeness! haha~  so Sydney friends, be sure to check it out!

Jadeworld Carnival Full Moon at Hurstville!

When: Saturday 6 September, 2008
Time: 11am-4pm
Where: Kempt Field, Hurstville

Most likely I’d be going to take photos! haha~ Hurstville is kinda far for me though XD It’s about 3 week’s time but I’ll leave that day free for now and see what happens =D

HoMa calls JoBao out to discuss the way he is raising up Ah Ka because she is really concerned he’ll waste his life by indulging into the risky stock market. However, Jo Bao gets really fussed, denying there was anything wrong with it. I was surprised that although JoBao appears that he doesn’t care about anything she had to say, he actually tried doing something about it later. He tried to convince Michelle to let Moses come back and work for their family business, despite the fact Moses is against her, not calling her “Mum”.

Moses knows the woman would not let him back easily and we see this as she pretends to welcome him yet wants him to start bottom up, saying its for his own good -.- Clearly Michelle would make it difficult for him but I’m glad JoBao and Grandma were concerned and tried to help Moses get at least a Manager position in their business. At the end, Michelle still stood firmly on her grounds thus Moses proves his point about her.

On the other hand, Raymond and Linda have a good time hanging out together and this new gets back to Michelle. She gets HaYu to talk to Raymond, telling him not to peruse Linda and implies he is not good enough for her..what the heck?? -_-I’d thought their concern would be that Lind a is Raymond’s step sister..but scared that he’ll get hurt? That he is not good enough her?  Saying something like that to his own son??

Ah Sa is back (already xD), she claims that her ex-husband has given her $400,000 to settle the dispute out of court. Very strange I’d say lol She tells her sister that she wants to invest the money into the cake shop, since it was originally their fathers and she feel that she should have a part in it . I had a bad feeling about this …and yes, she does cause trouble for them. Firstly she hires some employees without asking HoMa and they do very poor job with the food. Next she buys a “Ga Ho Yuet Yuen” name board for their store and hangs it up, arousing the injustice that HaYu etc has stolen their business name which originally belong to them!

There were some entertaining funny moments in this episode =) One would be the dinner scene where SaYi treats them dinner saying she will be leaving to go overseas for the Court Trial and the kids were implying that the sooner she leaves, the better ‘lets quickly eat then, so she could be on her way” and not come back with the “one way ticket“.  Turns out she’s only going for 2 weeks XD “I will be back!”xD

This episode focuses more on Moses’ character, his obsession with the stock market and how he brings that obsession with him to work XD. I would have thought that he worked in an investment company but now he’s sounding like some gambling addict. His boss, played by Astrid Chan seems to be annoyed by his behaviour but he seems have a way of getting away with it by being on her ‘liking side’.

After some phone modeling promotion, Moses helps Tavia get a job of being his personal assistant. Ho Ma is very concerned by Moses (Ah Ka)’s obsession and tries to convince him to stop but he wouldn’t. Wayne later admits to HoMa that he was the one (ordered by Michelle) who actually taught and encourage him to invest when he was young…*sigh* I felt sad for HoMa..when she found out she was the one who indirectly made Moses the ‘ gamling addict’ he was today (by asking him to live with HaYu), she didn’t yell at him/tell him off during dinner anymore..

We also learn that Linda was actually the one who helped Michelle beak up HaYu’s family so she could be with HaYu. She helped give HaYu a letter written from Michelle, where she pretended to commit suicide to force HaYu to leave HoMa and to be with her when HaYu wanted to stop seeing her.

Linda also reads the letters that AhHo had written to her 10 years ago by she never read them because her mother told her to break off any connections and she listens. She feels so guilty because everything that she has now (i.e education and being a doctor) could have been Ah Ho’s if she didn’t break up the family. Linda finally had the courage to tell Raymond and apologises, where Raymond forgives her easily… I sorta knew Ah Ho would forgive Linda but I felt it was quite quick. I don’t know but I wasn’t really moved by Linda even though she was crying. I don’t really feel much for Linda’s character…yet. 

Raymond and Linda walking while blinded folded, Ray is cute as usual!

From watching the first five episodes, I know I am not going to like this series. It’s hard for me to enjoy it considering my major complaint goes to the female lead, Myolie. Her character “Chow Chow” is ridiculously annoying and gets on my nerves because she talks so much nonsense! Everything she says or does annoys me. It’s like she has to care about everything when it is none of her business and is constantly yelling at Gallen when she doesn’t know the full story. She acts like she knows everything. She is so nosy that she has to care about everything and also makes decision for people without asking what people really want. For example, letting Benz into Gallen’s house after he entrusted her with his house keys. Who does she think she is? I hope her boyfriend (played by Raymond Wong) will dump her soon 😛 I don’t even know if her character is supposed to be this annoying or if it’s Myolie’s acting. If its just her character I hope she changes soon because I can’t stand watching her..

Myolie’s acting is also very exaggerated and over the top. The way she gets revenge on Gallen is immature as well. Basically her character is not very likable. I feel that her character isn’t very genuine either. Because she felt sorry for “Dai Ba”(a dog), stranded on the streets, she brings the dog home causing all the dogs at her father’s training/breeding ground to die from a disease. I have doubts that it was “Dai Ba” who spread the virus but that’s not my point. It was because of this that made Myolie’s father hate dogs that are left on the streets, and now works as part of the dog exterminating team and captures those types of dogs. It was Myolie’s fault but is still working against her father. She apologises, admitting it was her fault, saying she felt bad that her father got hurt etc, but I can’t feel that she really cares about him. She cares about the dogs more than her father. On one hand she apologizes, yet later when alone with her brother, she puts the blames on the owner of “Dai Ba” who abandoned him. She is not taking responsibility for her own fault. Before she brought the dog back, why didn’t she take the dog to a vet for a checkup? Or to get any immunization? She should know more clearly than anyone else before taking a dog back to keep…

Ok..enough about Myolie. So..if I don’t like Myolie, what part of the series do I watch it for? Gallen of course!  =) I like his character a lot and find his methods in dealing with matters interesting and entertaining to watch, whether at work or in his private life. Sure he appears cold on the outside but there must be a background reason to it, so I am interested in learning more about that. (A lot revealed in episode 5) The story behind hating “Siu Ba”(dog) also seemed interesting. He loves his cat “Cancan” a lot and we learn that his fiancee played by Tracy Ip gave it to him. They used to own “Da Ba” but Tracy tragically dies in a traffic accident trying to chase “Dai Ba” and after that, Gallen abandons the dog. I love the interaction he has with the dog “Siu Ba” and the cat XD Whether he is being nice or mean to them, it’s good to watch because the bonding is evident =) xD

The other thing I would have to comment on is the dog and cat lol  They’re quite cute and entertaining to watch. I often find myself amazed at how well they are trained for the series haha.. Ok some of the dubbing sounds cheezy (they remind me of Cantonese dubbing of anime characters XD) but if you don’t watch the series too seriously then its all good 🙂

Is anyone watching this series at the moment? Anyone finding “Chow Chow” as annoying as I do? Does anyone else feel like giving up on this series? Isn’t Moonlight Resonance so much more exciting? 😛

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August 2008

TVB Theme Song Lyrics

Here is a selection of some of my favorite TVB Theme Songs 🙂 where I’ve translated some into English!

Please note: I don’t  take requests since I only tend to translate songs I personally like.

Chinese Lyrics & PinYin Only

TVB Artist Releases:

Buy [Your Love] @ YesAsiaBuy Linda Chung's 2nd album My Love Story @ YesAsiaBuy Kate Tsui's EP Kiss Me Kate @ YesAsiaBuy Love TV Album @ YesAsiaBosco Wong's Debut EP [In love with Bosco] @ YesAsiaMyolie Wu's Evolve (Valentine's Day Edition) (CD + 2DVD) @ YesAsia

Another very grand themesong just like the Heart of Greed one =D

*Download the Full Themesong ( CD Version)

[Moonlight Resonance Themesong] English Lyrics Translations by KTVB (Please credit if reposted, thanks ^^)

Susanna Kwan- Unintentionally harming you

Want to be together for life, don’t think of it that good
Among it there would be unavoidable departure
Want merrily, but clearly understand this principle
How can glory be unlimited?

*When time passes, who will become a machine?
Which person will have no luck completely?
This time holding onto your arm, why would I have doubts?
In difficult times, I’ll will accompany you
or perhaps it is only an act?
Coming to an end, we’ll leave our own ways respectively?

In changing times, will follow the wind
In times of choice, have to be snobbish*

Who wants to talk moral integrity, the very first must have reserve for future use
When hugging, know oneself and other people
When opposing sides, will strive for triumphant
Simply life’s principles

Repeat *

At worst times, must be despicable
At splitting times, be jealous at each other
Simply life’s principles
Originally had no intentions of harming you.


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Comments
When I first heard the song, I felt the Heart of Greed themesong sounded better and was more powerful. Maybe it still is, but after having started to watch the series, I like the themesong a lot 🙂 It still has the grand feel to it! After translating the lyrics, I think its sung from the persona of Michelle’s character “Ah Hong”. It describes a very selfish person who won’t really stick by the other through hard times. To me it seems like “Ah Hong” will betray HaYu’s character and maybe even harming him in the the process. Any other interpretations..?