Melon's top 4 drama of 2013

Hey guys,
I haven't been blogging lately especially reviewing on drama like I used to do.
Maybe because of the dramas that are airing aren't that appealing to me. I realize that I have skip a lot of drama than last year where I only skip one or two. This year I have skip 3 dramas : Karma Rider, Sniper Standoff and Beauty at War.

My top 4 TVB drama of the year

1. A Great Way To Care 2

Starring: Tavia Yeung, Alex Fong, Yoyo Mung, Edwin Siu, Christine Kuo, Aimee Chan, Oscar Leung...

I have mention about this drama for about five time already about how much I really like the storyline. I like how the story relates to psychiatry, and how to solve the case through reading people behavior. The cases stand out to me a lot especially Tavia's case because it is believable that her father were alive and he is helping justice by 'getting rid of' the bad people. And as the case slowly tell me that Tavia's dad have died 1 year ago and Tavia have only image in it all this time because she is sick with a sickness call  schizophrenia.  In other words, Tavia is the one that have done all the wrong things. The ending shock me the most, Tavia realize that she have done the bad things and while trying to escape she shoot herself in the head. I realize that moment Tavia's character have change a lot. At the start of the drama, she play as an undercover police, then she became a policeman again and became a nice person and then in the end she became someone unrecognizable.


2. A Change of Heart

Starring: Michael Mui, Bosco Wong, Niki Chow, Joey Mung, Mandy Wong, Vincent Wong, Eliane Yiu, JJ Jia, Benjamin Yeun....

I like the storyline of this drama. It is fresh and different from the same TVB storyline lately that are airing.
Michael used to be mean and selfish businessman but has change since he has a change of heart from the doctor Bosco. It is sad watching the doctor Bosco died because he is a good character and he were going to married Niki but he died and of course the famous smiling cloud.
Bosco's twin brother return to Hong Kong and soon enough he has change too. He change from someone who only think about him to someone who care about others. I'm glad that Bosco and Niki got married in the end. Also I like the ending of this drama. The ending when Joey Mung return from a few months with plastic surgery that look exactly like Niki because she thought Michael love Niki but really he only love Joey. Joey love her husband so much that she risk her life to save his. In the end, Michael became an eggplant farmer and meet a primary school  teacher with a look-a-like to his wife, Joey.

3. Triumph in the Skies 2

Starring: Francis Ng, Chilam Cheung, Ron Ng, Kenneth Ma, Him Law, Myolie Wu, Fala Chen, Nancy Wu, Elena Kong, Adrian Chau....

I have review on the drama and so I won't say much here. I like Ron and Myolie a lot in this drama because they are so cute.
Watching this drama makes me want to be pilot and make me wonder what the feeling of flying in the sky is like. It make me understand how flying a plane is so difficult to understand and very professional especially when the pilot uniform and the hat make the pilot look so charming (Ron, Him, Kenneth). I don't remember much about the first season of this drama but I like this one a lot because of the Pre-Pilot-Project. It make me want to buy an airplane ticket and fly around the world especially England, France and Taiwan. (The countries they film in). The scenery looks very beautiful. TVB should make more drama like this one. I heard that they will make a movie version for this drama. Filming will begin next year in January or so. I'm looking forward to the movie.

4. Always and Ever

Starring: Bobby Au Yeung, Ester Kwan, Mandy Wong, Derek Kwok,  Benjamin Yeun, Christine Kuo, Adrian Chau...

I like this drama because of three lifetime of love story between Bobby and Ester. Every time Bobby would accidentally kill Ester and he would travel back in time to the dynasty as Circle King, a man that has a moon on his forehead. I heard that he is a legend. 
Bobby meet a scholar that looks like Ester from the modern world which he has time travel to the dynasty. He try to tell her that he is from the modern world and that she is his girlfriend but she doesn't believe him. Eventually, she did and Bobby teach her how to make a mattress, a musical box and how to use CPR. Again, he kill her by accidentally and he travel to Hong Kong in 1950's. This time he is a policeman that take people tax money. Ester is female gang leader. After twist and turn, he kill her and travel back to modern world. Ester is alive and she knows about the three lifetime death curse, and the only way to end it is to make the person that hate them most to stop hating them which in this case is old Mandy. Mandy did get her revenge but she feel guilty.

What I like most is that all the cast from the dynasty and the 1950's in Hong Kong return in the modern world as someone else.  Bobby keep on calling their name from the previous lives. In the end, the curse is lift and they lived happily ever after.

FINAL THOUGHTS:
I couldn't come up with another drama that I like yet which is why it is top 4 not 5. These drama are the drama that stand out to me from the rest of the other drama throughout the year so far. I know that On Call 36  2 would soon released on TVB channel. I'm looking forward to On Call, I hope that it would still be as good as the first one or maybe better. I have high expectation for On Call 36 2.

Triumph in the Skies 2 Couples

Please note that not all the couples will be in the list below. I have only listed the main ones, or at least the ones that stands out to me.

Sam and Holiday (Francis Ng and Fala Chen)

Sam has lived in England with Holiday's family for two years. He spend most of his time baking a perfect cake that Zoe likes. Zoe has pass away for two years and all Sam could do is really try to fulfill the final wish, to make the perfect sponge cake. One day Holiday is mad and decide to add random ingredients into the cake mix that Sam made. When he bake the cake, it turn out to be the flavor of Zoe's cake.
Thus, Sam return to Hong Kong and work at Skylette Airline. Holiday decide to join the PPP (Pre-Pilot Project) because her ex-boyfriend, Daniel was a pilot. She want to experience what it is truly like to fly in the air.

When she made it to PPP, Sam would often tell help her to achieve the pilot dream. Though he often yell at her a lot because he want her to do good.

After a fail date with Jayden, Holiday realize that Sam has be the one that she loves. Sam also has feeling for Holiday but denied it. He even push her away towards Jayden so that she could choose. Holiday order Sam to never push her away again. Sam finally admit that he loves her and they make it official to everyone in the pilot industry that they were an item.
Even though dating Sam has made her change to suit him, he often want to her to do better and eventually they drifted apart. Jayden has help Holiday to love the career as a pilot and Sam has help her to be a pilot. In the last episodes, she must choose who to be with. And that person is Sam.

 *Side note: Holiday have met Zoe before she died. Zoe gave Triangle to Holiday and tell her that if she meet her husband (Sam) tell him to not fell guilty and forget her.

Jayden and Holiday ( Chilam Cheung and Fala Chen)

Holiday met Jayden in England. She has no money and sold her boyfriend's coat. Jayden bought the coat afterward. She regret it and saw a man wearing her boyfriend's coat and run after him. She hug him from behind because she miss Daniel too much. Jayden turn around and said that if you want the coat back then you have to give me a kiss. Holiday really want the coat back and said, 'ok, but no salvia,' she close her eye and Jayden put the coat on top of her head and walk away.
He found a key, not knowing that the key unlock Fala's bracelet that her ex-boyfriend Daniel bought for her.
After a while she meet Jayden at PPP and found that he has the key, he unlock the bracelet and the two begin to date.
After a trip to Taiwan along with Sam as he is the Captain for the trip that Fala were on, the two begin to talk deeply about how Holiday meet Zoe and Triangle. They open up to one another and Holiday return to Hong Kong and break up with Jayden. She confess that she has been using Jayden as a rebound guy. He is the replacement of Daniel. Jayden believes that Holiday and Sam has cheat on him because he heard about the rumor in Taiwan.
Jayden has left to France for six month to be reunited with his younger sister Kandy Wong.
When he return he is determine to get Holiday back because he realize that he really couldn't let her go.
To get Holiday's attention he date Pansy (Sharon Chan) and decide to marry her but in the end she left him because she knows that Jayden only love Holiday not herself.
Jayden has been by Holiday side when Sam yelled at her, and he has been the one that help her love her career as a pilot.

Issac and Summer (Ron Ng and Myolie Wu)

This is one of my favourite couple in this drama.
Summer has the resemble of Zoe which is why Issac often tell himself that he can't like her. He confess to her after Sam convince him that he is alright with Issac and Summer together. Summer likes Issac and the two has some great chemistry in France. However, Jose (Kelly Fu) a waitress at a coffee shop at the airport is sick and could die at anytime has a fond feeling towards Issac, Summer begin to push Issac away because of Jose. She feel that Jose is sick and Jose need  Issac right now.
After the up and down they have been to, Jose ask Issac to take a wedding photo shoot with her as her final wish. With Teddy encouraging Summer to tell Issac her true feeling or she would regret it forever, Summer run to the photo shoot and confess that she loves Issac.
Jose has hope that Summer would come and confess as she has decide to allow Summer and Issac as a couple. Jose would go to Taiwan and have her operation.

Summer has confess to Issac but he has not given her an answer. Finally he came up with five things that she must do as her second chance. 1. She must text him everyday. 2. She must listen to him and cannot disagree. 3. She must support him. 4. She must sneak and watch him from a distance. 5. She must surprise him.
Summer begin to do these thing and she surprise Issac by showing at his house wearing a beautiful white dress with heels. She give Issac sunflower and said 'surprise.' Originally Issac didn't want to go on a date with her but Sam, Coco and Holiday made him.

Summer is about to do her test to be an aircraft maintenance supervisor. Issac made her breakfast, coffee and text her as he support her and she try to look for him but he text her and let him have a chance to peek at her from a distance. She pass the test and became a supervisor.

For the third time, Issac did his test to be a captain. Sam were the supervisor for Issac. JimJim were the cadet pilot with Issac. On the way, there were a bad storm, and Issac said, "I don't care if I don't pass this test, all I care is about the safety of the passenger," as he ask Sam opinion on what he would do at this state.

Sam write his report and throw the book at Issac and left, Issac open it sadly and see a note, "Very well done! Sam," and two captain tag. Issac thank Sam.

Issac and Summer officially date :D

Teddy and Summer (Adrian Chau and Myolie Wu)

I really like this couple too. I like how Teddy is always there for Summer. He likes her but afraid to say it. He know that Summer likes Issac and he has no chance, the most he want it is to see her happy. He has been the one encouraging her to confess to Issac. He has been the one that sing to her to make her smile. Even when Yui Ho (Yeung Chiu Hoi) told Summer that Teddy likes her, when Summer confess to Teddy, when he pretend to sleep, that she sees him as a brother and she likes it that way. Teddy has been there for her from the start and he is such an amazing guy, its a shame that he end up with no one. A good like that deserve to be love.

 

Jayden and Summer- SIBLINGS (Chilam Cheung and Myolie Wu)

 

I really like the siblings love they have. Summer hates Jayden because he left her when she was young even though she plead for him to not leave. Issac try to help her and Jayden relationship improve. Jayden try really hard to mend their relationship together but Summer push him away and would not give him a second chance. Eventually when Jayden's airplane were in a crash, Summer were very worry and when Jayden return safe and sound Summer finally admit to Jayden that the reason why she wants to be an aircraft maintenance is because she wants to make sure that every airplane is safe for her brother to return home. Now, she has an older brother who loves her so much and the man she loves, Issac.

 

 

Sam and Summer (Francis Ng and Myolie Wu)

When Sam first meet Summer, he seem lost. Not knowing that because Summer look exactly like Zoe cost his brother Issac to fight for the love he has toward Summer, Sam decide to ask Summer out to show Issac that he is perfectly fine with Issac and Summer together. Sam has take Summer to where Zoe use to work in the airport area, and everyone agree that Summer looks like Zoe.

 

Summer, Issac and Teddy, Yeung Chiu Hoi and the group

 

Just want to say how much these people has great chemistry together.

 

Jim Jim and Coco (Him Law and Nancy Wu)

This is one of my favourite couple. Jim Jim has a crush on Coco since little when she said something that inspired him to train hard to become a successful swimmer. He decided that he want to challenge himself and sign up for PPP. Eventually he meet Coco again, and she couldn't remember him at all. He found out that she is pregnant but has no idea that she use IVF to help her friend, Coby to be a surrogate mother. Coco tell Jim Jim to not tell anyone about her pregnancy but suddenly everyone at the airport found out and congrats her. She though it is Jim Jim and hate him not even allowing him to explain.

Coco eventually found out that Jim Jim didn't spread it but his fan that hates her spread it out. She apologize and invite him to dinner. She confess that she is helping her friend with the baby through IVF.

Jim Jim confess to her that she has help him to be a better person when he is young, he begin to sing a cute piggy song for her. Jim Jim has always been there for Coco, even when she is struggling if her friend Coby still wants the baby and Jim Jim were there to help her stand up. She help him to pass his pilot test by her appearance. She sing him the cute piggy song.

Jim Jim were there when she is in labor, when she worry that her friend Coby not want the baby, Jim Jim said that he will marry her and take care or the baby. He went with her inside the labor room and allow her to squeeze her hand on his.

They begin to date after the baby were born, afraid that Jim Jim's brother would disapprove them to be together because she is a single mother with a child, Jim Jim confess to his brother play by Vincent Lam, that Coco has been with him from the start and that he loves her and he want to marry her. Coco said that Jim Jim has been with her from the start and that she understand that she is a couple of years older than him, but she really understand that if Jim Jim's brother disapprove them to be together because she has a child and she doesn't want the brothers to hate each other because of her.

Vincent allow Jim Jim to be with Coco. Coco has to return the baby to Coby and Victor as the baby would give them hope. Coby said that Coco is the baby's god-mother.

Coco and Jim Jim were married and has a baby coming on their way.

 

Heather and Roy (Elena Kong and Kenneth Ma)

Heather and Roy start up as friends where he confess to her that he has two girlfriends that he's dating at once. She help him often so that two girls would not meet up together. After a while he was dump by the two girls because he is sick of dating two girls at once and lying to them all the time.

Heather and Tony, her husband decide to break up in a peacefully way because they don't see each other in a romantic way anymore, so they split up remaining as good friends. Tony found a new girl eventually played by Jess Sum, who is Heather's best friend. Heather is happy for both of them.

Roy and Heather has some steamy scenes that I didn't like at all. Why can't Roy be a sweet guy like Issac or Jim Jim?

In the end, Roy realize that he loves Heather and propose to her. She said yes.

 

Hero and Ping Ping (Quinn Ho and Rebecca Zhu)

Hero and Ping Ping were friends from school. They meet again at the airport as she is training to be a flight attendance and Hero is training to be a pilot. Hero has been with her from the time when she try to find her father who happen to be the CEO of Skylette Airline. They begin to date afterward.

 

 

Pictures from the drama:

Adrian Chau, Him Law and Quinn Ho

 

Nancy Wu, Myolie Wu, Chilam Cheung and Ron Ng

 

Ron Ng, Myolie Wu and Chilam Cheung

Ron, Nancy and Fala

They have a really nice bond in this drama. Especially Ron and Nancy, they look like real siblings.

Kelly Fu as Jose and Toby Leung as Apple.

 

Finally, I would like to ask you, if you were Holiday who will you choose? Sam or Jayden?

 

*Pictures are from TVB and Weibo.

 





Congratulation Fred Cheng!

Picture is from a Chinese magazine.

Yes, Fred won 'The Voice of Stars.' I'm so happy for him. If you guys have been following the show, you would all know that Fred has amazing talent in singing. Every time he sings, he sings with such passion that you can't help but love him.

I have no idea if TVB will sign him for a singing contract or not, but I do hope that a singing company would sign him because I would be one of the fan that would purchase his first album. :D

He also won the 'Professional Recommended Performance Award.'

Here are a few clips of his singing on the show:

 

Fred Cheng and Alfred Hui



Credit of the video should go to the Up loader and TVB

 

Give Me One Reason- Fred Cheng cover

credit of the video should go to the Up loader and TVB

 

Wonderful Tonight live

credit of the video should go to the Up Loader

 

I wish Fred the very best in his career and his career would be a smooth one. I hope that he would release an album of his own soon so that I could buy it. (I have no idea when will he do it nor do I know if it would happen) No matter what, Fred, I would be one of your fans buying your album.

 

So what do you guys think of his amazing singing? Do you like him as a singer or an actor? Comment below. :P

 

UPDATE: Fred release his new single : Nobody 23.3.2014

 



Credit should go to The Voice Entertainment Group

 

I think this song is amazing. Grab it on itune guys!

https://itunes.apple.com/ca/album/nobody/id845265288?i=845265310&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 

Support Fred!!!