就想賴著你插曲：禮物 - 劉力揚

I love this song from the Taiwanese Drama - Down with Love. (download)
One of my fav lines in the song is below.

"世上最殘酷的　恐怕是時間
困住人　一切卻還向前 "

Translated:
"Time is probably one of the most cruel thing in life,
Everything else moves ahead, while the person is trapped behind."






禮物 - 劉力揚

終於可以在今天劃上句點
一整夜　翻閱過去畫面
快想不起我們為何會訣別
只看到那雙你送的鞋

走一步又一步　我才發現繞了個圈
走了好幾年　又回到原點

＊你送的禮物　會不會太特別
毫不避諱　那不安的傳言
但漸行漸遠　習慣到沒感覺
難道你早想要我走遠

＃你送的禮物　在此刻好體貼
陪我回憶　把過往走一遍
穿了這些年　難免會有污點
就像每段愛　總會有終點

世上最殘酷的　恐怕是時間
困住人　一切卻還向前
乾涸的眼再擠不出一點鹹
愛到如此可悲的境界

走一步又一步　卻跟不上你的腳步
你滿意了　為什麼我卻只想要哭

重唱　＊,＃

你說做自己吧　我們都做回自己　哦
不要再為愛受委屈

你送的禮物　原來是一場劫
終於分別　宿命一樣準確
可笑到想要　你賠給我時間
愛情有時廉價得可憐

光著腳我一路奔跑　鮮血淚水一路狂飆
收起我的驕傲　承認曾經備受煎熬
鞋上那記號　只有你能明瞭
過了這一夜　我就全忘掉

T drama: Down with love overview

Before I knew it, it has been over a month since I last blog anything!!! Gasp!!! Did time really passed by so quickly!!!

In between my busy schedule, I manage to squeeze time in to watch some drama. PrimArily I was in a marathon dash to finish the Taiwanese drama "down with love"... Much that I dun fancy Ella very much as an actress, yet this drama was way better than I had expected. Or perhaps solely because I dint pin any hope and thus was pleasantly surprised by my enjoyment of the series!

I have to confess, I actually kinda like Jerry Yan here. I never like him as an actor previously as I dun think he knows how to act except to act cool in his roles. I didn't think he has any depth to try to capture the essence if the characters that he played in all his previous roles. I dun dislike him, I just think he was a pretty vase. In here, perhaps the role suits him or that he has mature a little and I like him here, if not quite bemused by the guy he played in here. Jerry had captured the sort of rollercoasrer emotions rather well, the anticipation the exitment and the anger... Maybe his personal experience might hVe help himinterpret the reqiuired emotions better here.
In short, I think he suceeded in getting audience to laugh with him and sympathize his predicament.

As for Ella, no offence but she is just not my cup of tea when it comes to romance drama.she is too act cute and her naive silly expression doesn't convince me that I should root for her. I think she is ok incomic roles but in romance with so many cute guys after her is frankly asking too much of my stretch of imagination. I am not saying cute good looking successful man will never fall for plain janen
but truth is, it's as rare as finding a goldmine in your backyard.. Know wat I mean? Acting skills, she is still a little out there for me. Not sure if it's the script or just her. Seeing her and Jerry as a couple gives me the creeps so totally unbelievable..

However the actress who plays Ella sister is good and funny!! I think she did fantastic job protraying a penny conscious yet doting sister...

The story board is that Ella and her sister are abandoned by their debt ridden dad. To raise Ella on her own, the sister abandon her dream as an interior designer and become accountant at a law firm tomake ends meet. Her lawyer boss played by Jerry yan had an underground love relationship with a celeb who is his uni sweetheart. Their relationship is under wrapped as his gf wanted to protect her career as an idol. Only Jerry best fren in uni knows their relationship. His best fren was Also the girl's exbf but he lied that they were not because he wanted to help her get hitched with Jerry. Ella had 2 bad brushes with Jerry and by chance became t
jerry niece and nephew baby sitter. From misunderstding, Jerry originally
misstood Ella as a gay.

To protect her job and her sister killing her from paying penalty if she was fired by Jerry, Ella went along pretending to be gay. By chance she also get to know Jerry best fren when she was ditched by her ex. After spending
much time and several mishap together, Jerry realised he was falling for Ella after his gf decided to reject Jerry proposal and ended their romance. By the time his exbf wanted to patch back, it was too late as his heart was with Ella who didn't realised. The gf unable to accept the facts that she lost Jerry ESP to a plain Jane seemed Jerry best fren help. The dude was still in love with her and thus agreed to help by going after ella himself si that Jerry willback off. It worked inkeeping Jerry from revealing his budding love to Ella but it did not bring Jerry and his ex back. The ex gf schemed and tried all
means to winjerry back but in vain...

Meanwhile Ella sister was devasted as she had carried atorch for Jerry best fren all along. However she learnt to accept the facts after hearing jerrys inner thoughts abt wanting the person he love to be happy...

In the end, well it's a happy ending for Jerry of course but it's nice to see how they get there....

The story is not riveting but if I have time, it does have a strong pull to keep me fixated till I must go out. There are funny moments- more from jerry and quite a good drama to watch to pass time. Would I recommend it, yeah not bad. Why not if u have the time?

Those who doesnt need the English Subs can watch the whole completed series here in You tube. Here is the starting point for Ep 6 (watch Ep 6 -Part 1). You can follow the rest based on the uploader channel.

New T-Drama: Down with Love" (就想賴著妳)

Just a little variant away from korean drama and variety shows....

Taiwanese drama just started on "Down with Love" (就想賴著妳) starring Jerry yan and Ella from S.H.E.

Watch
Episode 1 (with eng sub)

Plot
Basically Jerry Yan plays Yu Ping, a top-notch brillant lawyer who is good at divorce and inheritance lawsuits. While proficient in his job, he is a very cool, smart, sharp tongued guy and cold too. Not to mention he dislikes children but he had to care for the 2 niece and nephew as his brother died in a accident. The 2 made his life chaotic as they constantly play pranks on the nanny he hired, as they wanted to draw his attention. At absolute exasperation with the kids tactics as well as nannies hitting on him, he finally accepted his secretary suggestion to hire her sister as his nanny, with the assurance that her tomboyish sister will not fall in love with him by lying that she does not like men at all. This begins the cross path and tribulations of relation between the 2. Jerry has a best friend who is in love with Herry's love interest. Incidentally the love interest is some celeb resulting in the hush hush relationship below the media radar.

Ella Chen plays "Yang Guo" and the role of a nanny of two children. She and her sister used to be daughters of some wealthy family but was abandoned by their father when he went bankrupt. Unlike her shrewd sister, Ella's character is more innocent, naive and non calculative. She is under the thumb of her sister when it comes to "earning money". She was ditched by several bf because she was "boring and unsexy" and her first encounter with Jerry had been unplesant resulting in her losing her waitress job, thus ending up as his nanny.

Initial Review
I have seen the first ep and frankly, Jerry isnt that bad here. At least I thought the show was intriguing enough. Ella isnt pretty but I think she deliver her role well enough here for now. Her "blur" look and heart broken scenes were both sad and funny enough too.

try it and let me know what u guys think.

My Queen Last episode 21/ 败犬女王 21

part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5

part 6

part 7

Afterthought (Spoiler)

This episode is kinda too far fetching for me. How can it be POSSIBLE that she is totally uninjured when she is FIRST in LINE facing the explosion? No burns? No broken bones? Just some soot smearing on the face? After all that she can talk so much on the phone? COME ON? Too incredible to be believable. Imagine her colleague who was way way much further would suffer from broken neck and bones...and yet she look as if she just fallen into a pit hole rather than a HUGE explosion which had other burnt victims sent to the hospital. At least she should suffer from some degree of burns and not completely well just because she landed on some mattress. Even more ridiculous she got out of lorry and in the hospital, Wushuang was sooo clean and flawless without bruise, without a single scratch or broken bone and Romeo looks worse off!!!

Sure I was hoping she wont die but the fact they whitewash the severity of her injuries spoilt the whole thing for me...also, they overdid the sob story portion where Lucas called the station to share his whole long love story. I dont believe a radio station would hold the line soooo long for one person.

Anycase, its a happy ending. Lucas went to overseas for his 2 years stint since his gf now has the confidence in herself and him. He completed his studies and came back. Wushuang's mum married her magazine boss. After the wedding ceremony, Lucas proposed to Wushuang with the diamond ring, telling her he is finally able to purchase the ring (she wanted) and support a family. Wushuang told him she will accept the ring but she will think about his proposal as she is having a good time now and too busy with her schedule. He "complain" she has rejected his proposal over 10 times already...

This is the thing about romantic comedy Taiwanese drama...they almost always fail to convince me. While I loved this drama ALL THE WAY...i think the last episode while a happy note, was somewhat midly unsatisfactory for me...

Black and White Ep 15 & 16/ 痞子英雄 15 and 16

Episode 15: (RAW videos)

Highlights

• Vic Zhou told his mates his origins when he was asked why did he appear on the bo,mbing scene
• San Lian Hui's president is arrested on "evidence" his corporation is strading drugs
• Vic Zhou was told he was San Lian Hui's real son!
• Vic Zhao and Mark started to investigate the death of the accountant that was bombed to death. They discovered the accountant's family have all died, and even the accountant's secretary has resigned. They spotted their former team lead at the building.
• Vic Zhao was told that his body had traces of "Dreamers" drug as he was injected with it during his facial reconstruction, to help relieve him of the pain from the complicated surgery

part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5
part 6

Episode 16


part 2
part 3
part 4
part 5

My Queen Ep 20

Episode 20 of My Queen is really good today.

My Queen episode 20 summary
Wushuang finally find out the truth that Lucas would have actually gone to the prestigous overseas medical program, if it wasnt for the fact that he gave it up for her.

The story starts after the dad left. As Lucas had understood her insecurity and fear of seperation for 2 years, he kept denying any interest in the medical program to Wushuang.. Initially she halfheartedly believed Lucas's sincere pledge that he never thought about leaving the country. However the next day, when she attended the talk, and accidentally overheard Lucas heartfelt speech about all the pros and advantages of the program, she finally confirmed her fear that she was an obstacle to Lucas future.

That night when Lucas returned home, the couple finally fought!
Lucas couldnt make her understand about how hard he is trying to allay her fear, to assure her of his unwavering feelings. He told her that he thought she had understood and thrown all concerns away when she decided to cross that 8 years gap that divides them but now she is showing lack of confidence to the point that she cares about what a staff at the store who is a stranger said. Yet she was frustrated. She told Lucas that no matter how hard she tried, she cannot bring herself to ignore the 8 years gap, she couldnt denied she cares about how other people viewed them as a couple (her being much older), or wonder when she grows older will he would ever fall in love with another girl like he had fallen for her. She finally made a horrible outburst that his love has become a emotional baggage/liability and she should have chosen her senior (the photographer).

Lucas was mad and said she had finally said the truth in her heart and left. The two broke up!

Their seperation however offers a chance for them to reevaluate their relationship. They realise how much they missed each other. Wushuang told her best friend that she truly regretted her outburst to Lucas. Her friend was first shock in that admission since Wushuang has never regretted anything in her life, and even more shock when she heard what Wushuang had said to Lucas.... On the other hand, Lucas was seeking solace at JJ's bar, and JiaJia appeared, giving some advice to him. She told him that every woman lacks courage/ confidence in love relatonship, and even more so when it comes to a guy that matters very very much to them. Lucas seemed to gain some insight from that. JJ told Lucas to just call Wushuang but Lucas said it wasnt time yet as he has not done anything to allay her fears. So instead, Lucas worked hard for a oral interview to gain acceptance to join a special medical project which is usually reserved for more medical students of more senior grade than him. This local program would be an alternative to the overseas program that can give him added breathe and knowledge he needed to advance. It was his way in action (not just words) to try to show to Wushuang that he can be a man that she can entrust her future with, for him to care for her. During the interview, he set a deep impression on the lecturers as well as his father, who also decided to himself that his son's performance has shown another side of him, and thus his view on Lucas's ability to be responsible (for someone's else future).

Wushuang and Lucas accidentally bump into each other and kinda made peace. They agreed to have dinner together after Wishuang's interview that night.....

Afterthought
This epi is good! The part when the two were fighting was well scripted. What Wushuang said is very true and one can easily understand her dilema and concerns. What Lucas said may sound very sweet and romantic about wanting to care for her, and her to trust him. However, its understandable that love isnt forever, and she is rightly concern that he can fall in love with anyone else. Yet my view is, I think she forgot that even if she had chosen any man that is older or near her age, the same thing can happen. An older man can also stray emotionally and ditch her. Love transcends all ages, so does infidelity. No one can vouch for the future, one can only cherish the present and make the best of whatever they know and have.

I cannot wait for the last episode 21!
Will Lucas's happiness be shortlived? I hope the blast wont kill her. I think it wont. I am rooting for the 2 to get married!!!!! I think it will be a happy ending. I cannot imagine it ending with one dead. It will be tooo much for me to handle!!!

WATCH
LAST EPISODE 21

New Drama: Black and White 痞子英雄 (T)

I just knew I "missed" one drama and couldnt remember what it was until 2 nights ago. It is the "new" (well not so new since it near ending) Taiwanese drama "Black and White" [痞子英雄], action -cop drama.

Synopsis
The story is based on 2 vastly different personality cops being put together to work as a team. They are prob the most ill fated team to always be caught in the middle of the action. Yet one of the cop (Vic Zhou) has his own secret past and mystery, to an extent that he himself has no apparent knowledge of. Their relationship has an added complexity when the mafia boss's daughter fell in love with Vic Chou but his partner fell in love with her.... They have an unknown professional hired hands as their enemy. What is this mission and target of these ruthless mercenaries? Why is Vic Zhou's character being protected by the mafia boss?

Review
I have caught up to episode 14 and definitely getting more exciting as it is reaching the climax ending. I think I have an inkling of what the ending and mystery is esp after watching the promo clip below but I better not let on else it will kill the fun and joy.

This drama is shot is a very atypical taiwan drama way. Meaning, gone are days of slapstick scene, or intermix of sloppy mandarin speeches with dialect. Instead, it is given a rather professional slick movie style touch, bordering on emulating touches of the production style of CSI series mixed in with Will smith's Bad boys movie.

Honestly, I think the pace is alittle slow esp the first 4 episodes, but the interest is piqued from episode 5 onwards. That was when I stopped clicking on fast fwd to get to the point:) That said, I have to applaud that this is definitely one of the better high quality production from Taiwan to date that should not be missed. It's not just the suspense, but I think the casting is pretty solid, and script relatively well written. The story is not very tight, and unfortunately still full of loop holes which is too balantly sloppy. Yet on the whole, it's a very watchable series and I love the combination between Vic Zhou and Mark Chao.

Mark Chao is a complete manic and a stud in here. His role is an obsessive, impulsive and complusive cop who often charges ahead without much care. Vic Zhou on the other hand acts as an aloof chap who rather hide behind the scene and minimal involvement in dangerous situation, but always rise to the occasion and challenges when the times call for it. I like the chemistry portrayed between the 2. While Mark Chao has been very convincing in his role, always torn between his moral principle of "right and wrong" vs his illogical emotion, Vic Zhou's acting still need room in improvement though he is rather entertaining. Personally, I felt somehow Vic is still trapped in his very sterotype interpretation of an aloof and cassanova character. His (dangling) hands, his facial expression doesnt vary much from his last drama (I cannot rem the title off hand. Was it Mars?)

Below is an over 8mins video clip of the drama series, but it is shot as if it is a movie clip trailer. It's rather long in my view...and gave quite a bit away i think. Then again, maybe I had already watch the drama before i saw this clip thus that biased feel. It is currently airing still in Taiwan, with 4 more epsiodes to end. Hongkong and China audience should be able to view it on TV from 23Jun onwards. Other region not sure.

If u have time, it's a rather interesting drama to tune in to. However, if u are ardent fan of CSI, Num3ers and Criminal Minds, hold your thoughts and try not to compare this Taiwan production with the american production as they will not be on par. Yet, if you watch it objectively just as a Taiwan production, I believe you will grow to be quite fond of it eventually.

All I hope is after all the climax built up, it will not end in anti climax note.

Watch Sub series here

Watch Episode 15 (RAW)

T-Drama: My Queen (败犬女王)

One if the main reason that I am lagging behind the summaries is because I am totally hooked on the Taiwan drama "My Queen" - 败犬女王 (Watch Eng sub video)

Initially, I didnt think much of the drama as the first few episodes was frankly a little uninteresting for me. However for Ethan playing as the lead man, I decided to watch more and I was kindly rewarded! He was really funny here and I love his lines that never fail to tickle me to bits.

The story is about a 33 years old career woman Wu Shuang, who was a failure in every social aspect and her excellence in her job was her only saving grace. At 33 years a sensitive age where one should have long got married, yet she refused to believe in love anymore after being abandoned by her fiance 6 years ago where he disappeared on her.

In one Xmas, while following on a lead to expose a lying politician, she snatched a bicycle from a guy Lucas who was acting as santa claus for the orphanage kids. This encounter was the begining of their interwinned fate.

Lucas acted by Ethan, was evicted from his rental flat and got into a debt due to denting the car of a mafia resulting from his chance of Wu. By chance moved in as a neighbor next to her. His company with his childhood friend JJ, was asked to play a prank on Wu by her colleagues who detested her. However, Lucas felt sorry for her and saved her from embarrassement at the nick of moment. Not wanting to be alone that night, she pleaded Lucas for company that night and was willing to pay him. Lucas however rejected any payment and told her she was worthy of someone being nice and true to her without offering any money. That night, Lucas had innocently only plan to at noodles and play card games but Wu mistook it as a night for causal fling. As she "seduced" him to bed, only to find out his true age of 8 years her junior, she freaked out and throw him out of her apartment in a flash!

The story goes on to how Lucas become her colleague and how their relationship developed.

It is up to episode 15 now and I spend the last 4 days catching up on all. 5 more epi to go! I really like this drama for its humor though some parts can be a little draggy with all the recaps. However, I think the dialogue is pretty real, witty and in touch with reality. It deals with the emotions of a woman who was left behind and how she struggle to cope with the sudden unexpected loss. As her lost love suddenly return just when she started to fall in love, she was caught in a dilema, as to which guy she should chose. The stable and familiar, or the new and exciting? It's done with much humour without melo-drama or bitterness, yet able to pull your heart string, nudging at your sympathy for her plight. The banter between her and Lucas was truly funny.

Well, I dont know how the drama will end yet but I have high hopes. It's another one Taiwan drama I would recommend for a light hearted romantic comedy.

C-Music: 不良笑花 - 同一个遗憾

Oh I love this closing theme in the Taiwan Drama - Miss No Good. （不良笑花）

The drama itself is ok with humorous parts (Watch Eng Sub episodes here).

I thought Will Pan did a pretty good job portraying the poison mouth style guru. I wish the lead actress though......didnt have to talk in that silly Taiwanese act-cute accent and anime actions. What's with the stupid limp half raised arms anyway? !??

However discarding that aside, its a pretty enjoyable drama that had me chuckling at few bits. Good thing is it's not really draggy, the plot is going somewhere even if predictable and the guys are rather cute, except for the thick Japanese accent mandarin spoken by Dean. Haaa haa.

Well, for those who enjoyed the drama, am sure u will enjoyed this song treat.

同一个遗憾 - Same Regrets (Download)

Overview: Love or Bread (T)

A new Taiwan drama has aired. After their last partnership in "It started with a Kiss", the 2 taiwanese actors Joe and Ariel, are featured once again as on-screen couple in this new series : Love or Bread (我的億萬麵包)

Watch Episode One (Eng Sub)

The main draw for the moment is frankly the 1.88m tall - Joe Cheng, whom I think resemble a little bit of Edison Chen esp when he posed for a smile, but without the bad boy air.

After finishing the first episode, the feeling is "It's ok...so so". I prob will give it another 2 more episodes to see how the story goes before deciding if I want to follow through.

Story Plot

24 year old Frank (by Joe) is a guy who lives his life in a façade, letting the world believe he's a wealthy young gentlemen. He often day dream about a life of the rich and indugles in branded goods despite being financially strapped for cash. Yet in reality, he is a lazybum who doesnt like to work hard, and a perpetual debt pauper. Having loaned money from the underground group, he had to escape their pursuit which led him to his first encounter with character Shan Mei.

The lead actress - Shan Mei (by Ariel) is a poor young woman, but kind, filial and very hard-working, the sole bread winner of her family (retired parents and jobless brother). Instead of saving money for herself, she blindly supported her boyfriend studying PHD in Hangzhou against her friends and parental advise, because her bf had promised to marry her on his graduation day. Unfortunately, she was ditched instead and ended up having to look for rental accomodation to avoid her family.

Both Frank and Shanmei, both are in need of housing, ended up sharing a run-down house together. Being totally opposite of each other in character, they constantly clash with each other. Yet over time, their "disasterous" relationship led them to a new destiny.

Overview: Hot Shot (T)

HOT SHOTS (T)

I have started to watch the new Taiwanese drama "Hot Shots" (篮球火).

There is something appealing about watching guys playing basketball...the whole idea is more interesting, not to forget the 3 pretty good looking guys and HOT BABE as the coach "W" to boot... it was abit anal to have coach wearing hotpants and heels training them at court but what the heck! She's pretty and I dig her legs!

Even though some parts were mildly ridiculous with exaggerated motions being a comedy, at least the drama had me eagerly waiting for next development.

The OST songs were also pretty catchy with the first 2 as my fav currently. Really liked "Cause I believe" by Alan Luo but it wasnt inside the album... darn!

Track 1: [绝对无敌]
Track 4: [隧道]:
Track 2: [Superman]


Currently, am still following through to episode 5. The story is about this guy Da Ying who wants to play basketball after his grandma died. So the story revolves around him, his coach, team mates and the triangular love this girl that he and Dong Fang Xiang both fell for.

In episode 5, Da Ying (Alan Luo )has improved his skills as a basketballer by leaps and bounds. His abilities to read his opponents moves and tactics was an asset to his team, helping to beat one of the toughest (dirtiest) opponents to dates. Of course the love story is also starting to develop.

Am waiting to see how they are developing the script, though they are using Wu Zhun as mere pretty vase for now. His portions are ridiculously lame and small. He really need to polish up his acting skills even though I still credit his pretty face and good attitude.

Jerry is as usual, pretty expressionless while trying to play cool. Once in a while as required by script, he would flash his boyish smile but I wont really call that acting really.

Did I mention the Coco is acting as the coach...hot hot hot babe! God I love those legs!!!! Did I say I love those goregous legs? haa haa

Overview: Fated to Love You

Just started on this new Taiwanese drama that is currently still airing.

Mandarin title: 命中注定我愛你
English Title: Fated to Love You / Sticky Note Girl

Initially had thought that this could possibly be another those lousy slap stick crap but as far as the first 5 episode that has been airing, they have proven my guess wrong. The script is pretty funny although as usual, typical Taiwanese drama like to insert some anticlimax unnecessary portions which i typically fast forward. Still, this is one of the funnier ones I have seen to date.

Ethan Ruan (as Ji Cun Xi) is a better actor than in some of the previous dramas I had seen him in and his expressions are pretty comical. There was a scene in Ep 5 where he was jealous of a "supposedly" father (priest) that was encouraging his wife and he mumbled.. "加油嘞. 加什么油？哪里加？！" had me guffawing quite a bit...

Baron (as Dylan) is probably the better looking of the two. Think most girls are crazy over him and evreyone has been complaining that his airtime is too little. While Ethan has been pretty natural, Dylan comes across as still alittle stiff at certain times, though I have to admit his smile is rather captivating and his role as the "confidente" is rather likeable and mass appealing.

Taiwanese comedy drama has a a tendency to often kill a good script with overdramatic and over the top antics and lame jokes. I really am hoping this series wont be so. Will keep watching and make my judgement later.