The Seeds of Life《渔米人家》

You might know him as the Golden Awards Best Actor, Ah Pao (The Superb Match Maker) or even Zi Cheng (Tribulations of Life). Regardless of what character he is, I'm sure you're familiar with Melvin Sia one way or another.

Then there's the unmistakable Shaun Chen, who from the time ntv7 started production of it's first ever local drama "The Beginning", he's always been the antagonist, the bad guy that everyone doesn't like but can't bear to hate cause of his good acting.

And Eelyn Kok, who needs no introduction for her works in Together and Little Nyonya, is such a great actress she makes the characters come alive whether the bubbly girl with big dreams or the selfish sister.

I'm sure some of you are wondering by now what the point of this post is, well it's about a new series called The Seeds of Life 《渔米人家》 (Yu Mi Ren Jia).

The name of this drama which translates roughly into "The Village of Fish and Rice" was inspired very much by Sekinchan, a fishing and rice producing village located in Selangor.

I was never from a small town or village so I can't vouch to say that I understand the feeling of wanting to break away from the humbleness of a small place to make it big in the city. But these are the struggles of the characters in The Seeds of Life--growing up in a small but close-knit community, there are those who love their home and would do anything for it, and yet there are those who want more than just a simple life.

Two brothers Shi Chong (Shaun Chen) and Shi Jie (Melvin Sia) are sons of the Luo family who run a rice milling business in their village. Although younger, Shi Jie is the one who responsibly carries out his duties towards the family business while his brother tries to impress but always fails cause he's over-ambitious.

In comes Xiao Yu (Eelyn Kok), a simple and contented girl, the kind who's willing to sacrifice anything for her family. Now Shi Jie, Xiao Yu, Zheng Shun (Cheng Zhi Wei) and De Jun (Ken Tan) are best buddies, while Xiao Yu and Zheng Shun are the village's model couple (the ones who should get married and live happily ever after). But what happens when the whole village expects you to do something and you don't? Pressure mounts, stares and glares are thrown at you, and you're left feeling guilty.

How will Xiao Yu face the people around her if and when she finally decides her one true love isn't Zheng Shun? How will Shi Jie explain himself when he's being named the person who betrayed his friend and ruined a fine couple? I'd love to tell you the story but I haven't gotten there yet, so you've got to watch to find out!

Starting tonight, 24th of February, Seeds of Life airs every Monday to Thursday at 10pm!

《大冒险家》 The Great Adventure

吴镇宇对我而言是个很有才华的的艺人，他无论是演好的或奸的角色都那么的投入。看到《大冒险家》里的主要演员有吳鎮宇（無間道II、衝上雲霄），陳慧珊（妙手仁心、衝上雲霄），和黃子华（棟篤神探），真的让我很期待！

范守望（吴镇宇饰）在广州出生，年龄十多岁就跟父亲搬到香港生活。身为中医的父亲对守望的影响很大，看见父亲乐于助人的一面让守望相信这世界是充满期望的。只要大家都守望互助，世界可以很美好的。守望长大后当上某家银行的办公室助理，过着平凡又美满的生活，一直到得知父亲年前曾替朋友担保借下巨款，可惜友人夹带私逃，身负欠债。守望为了解除困境，决定帮邻居办事，换取金钱。从此，守望的命运也有了转机。

守望经历了不少困境，发掘自己大爱冒险的一面。某日，他碰上一位数学天才白活（黃子华饰）, 而两人互补长短，在香港打下了属于自己的一片江山。

来自《创世纪》编剧邵丽琼创作，《大冒险家》会是一个很精彩的电视剧！10月7日起，《大冒险家》每逢星期一至五，中午2点半播出！

I've always loved Francis Ng, to me he's a really versatile actor who can act nice, evil, crazy, you name it! I was actually quite excited to see "The Great Adventure" feature familiar names like Francis Ng (Infernal Affairs 2, Triumph in the Skies), Flora Chan (Healing Hands, Triumph in the Skies), and Wong Chi Wah (To Catch The Uncatchable)--seriously, what are the odds?!

Fan Sau Mong (Francis Ng) grew up in Guang Zhou and moved to Hong Kong when he was younger. Greatly influenced by his father who's a Chinese Medicinal Doctor, he always believed that the world was full of hope. As long as everyone helped each other and looked out for one another, the world would be a better place.

Sau Mong grew up and lived a simple yet fulfilled life working as the assistant manager in a bank. All was fine until his father, after signing up as a guarantor for a friend that took off, was now in great debt. In order to settle his father's debts, Sau Mong agreed to help his neighbor in return for some money. From there, his simple fate changed.

As he went through various hardships, Sau Mong found the risk taker inside of him. One day, he meets Bak Woot (Wong Chi Wah), who is a genius mathematician and they soon realize that they complimented each other in terms of brains and guts, so they teamed up and started to build an empire of wealth.

Coming from the same writer who wrote "At The Threshold of an Era", "The Great Adventure" is definitely going to be an exciting drama to watch! It airs every Monday to Friday @ 2.30pm, from the 7th of October 2010.

《血蝴蝶》记者会

昨天《血蝴蝶》的记者会是在一间精巧型餐厅举行，而周围的环境感觉上都很正式。大家对记者会的印象都应该如此吧，再加上演员们都是俊男美女，不可能会有什么搞笑的举动对吧？但有些事情往往是我们想象不到的，《血蝴蝶》的演员们就是爱搞笑！

先给大家介绍一下《血蝴蝶》的故事大纲:

《血蝴蝶》的故事围绕着一位叫简舒曼(梁丽芳饰) 的女人。舒曼在母亲过世前得知了自己父亲是被赵世鳞（傅志坚饰）害死的。对舒曼而言，赵世鳞让她失去了一切，就下定决心要对赵家报复。 舒曼瞒着好朋友林顺源“鸡仔”(章缜翔饰）和贺靖淳（林佩琪饰），展开了报复计划。其实舒曼在之前的选美比赛当中已经认识赵家小姐赵语恬（童冰玉饰）并成为了好朋友。而赵家二公子赵语凡（辛伟廉饰）也因为爱上了舒曼，决定和舒曼结婚。舒曼为了完成她的报复计划，就接受了语凡的求婚，嫁进赵家。舒曼为了巩固实力，暗中与贺政豪（黄启铭饰）合作，两人互相利用，从中得利。赵家的大公子，赵语森（袁锦伦饰）在剧中也和妻子Rebecca汪舜颐(苏盈之饰)被卷入这复杂的关系当中。。。

记者会开始，梁丽芳在讲解自己的角色时突然哭了起来！她解释说演舒曼这角色让他不知不觉地遗失了自己。能完成了这部剧，再慢慢的找回自己是她很庆幸的事。

演贺政豪的黄启铭被问到演坏人的感想时，他说自己因为没有演过这种角色，有时会觉得演得不够狠。听到启铭这么说, 章缜翔就插嘴说自己演坏人最拿手，应该请教一下。启铭也说到连他的父亲都会担心儿子演得不够好，常常打电话问启铭角色演得如何呢！

过后，大家都把焦点放在演舒曼丈夫的辛伟廉身上。当 oneFM 的 Nicholas 问到辛伟廉会不会在剧外爱上梁丽芳时，伟廉解释说自己很难会爱上专注于工作的女生，梁丽芳就立刻说到:"他的意思是不会!"

但 Nicholas 的为人是不会那么容易让人下台的，Nicholas 指出说辛伟廉一直忙于他的Blackberry手机，可能另外已经有其他人了。。。

演赵家大儿子的袁锦伦其实是看不懂中文的，他说赵语森是他一直以来有最多中文对白的角色。说到自己不会中文，他告诉了媒体们一个小事件：《血蝴蝶》为了一场戏去到 Tropicana City Mall 拍摄。拍摄完毕，演员们决定一起吃午饭。当时辛伟廉就 BB(Blackberry) 了袁锦伦问他在人在哪。袁锦伦只回了辛伟廉说 "tageoshi"。大家都以为袁锦伦在某个日本餐厅用餐，但找不一个叫 "Tageoshi" 的餐厅。原来，袁锦伦的 "Tageoshi" 是 “大哥” 加上 广东话的“大便”！剧中的袁锦伦“大哥”原来在上大号！

其实从访问的过程当中能感觉到演员们因为这部剧而关系变得密切。我觉得这是一部好剧很重要的元素哦！演员们虽然都逗人欢笑，相反的，这部剧的剧情偏于较沉重的题材，考验了他们的演技。我相信大家都很期待看梁丽芳的演技还有故事的进展吧！

别忘了《血蝴蝶》会从8月23日起，每逢星期一至四，晚上10点至11店开播！

"Injustice" Press Conference

It was in a really quaint little restaurant where the press conference took place and formality was in the air. One would think that the press conference was going to be serious, and with all the beautiful female cast and dashing male cast, no one expected outbursts of laughter and funny stories from them, but things sometimes don't go according to expectations right?

First, a little about the drama:

Injustice is about Jian Shuman (Tiffany Leong) who, before the death of her mother, incidentally found out about the person who caused her father's death--Zhao Shilin (Fu Zhi Jian). To Shuman, Zhao Shilin was the reason she lost her family and decided to take revenge on the Zhao family. Shuman then hides the truth from her good friends Lin Shunyuan (Zzen Zhang, pronounced "Zen") and He Jingchun (Emily Lim), to plan her revenge. Before that, Shuman joined a beauty pageant and had already befriended Zhao Yutian (Chris Tong), the youngest daughter of the Zhao Family. Zhao Yufan (William San), who is the second heir to the Zhao family, is madly in love with Shuman and she takes this opportunity to marry him to enter the Zhao family. In her quest to take revenge, she partners with He Zhenghao (Wee Kheng Meng) and the two eventually carry out Shuman's plans. The eldest son of the Zhao family Zhao Yusen (Alan Yun) is not spared from the drama, he and his wife Rebecca Wan Shunyi (Soo Wincci) are somehow involved in a complicated relationship with the other characters.

So back to the press conference, Tiffany Leong was the first to talk about her role in the drama and she suddenly burst into tears! She told everyone how she had gone so deep into her role as Shuman that she felt like she was slowly losing herself. It was a big relief for her to finally be able to come out and find her real self again.

Next was Wee Kheng Meng or more known with his Chinese name Qi Ming. When asked about how he found his role of playing the bad guy, he said that it took him a lot of conscious effort to remind himself to act evil, and at this point Zzen Zhang who is used to playing antagonist roles said "You should have taken pointers from me!" It was funny because Qi Ming even said his dad calls him from time to time and instead of checking whether he's fine, his dad checks on whether Qi Ming is playing his bad guy role bad enough!

Then, the focus turned to William San who played the role of Shuman's husband. When emcee Nicholas from oneFM asked if he would fall for Tiffany Leong in real life, William was busy trying to explain how it was hard to fall for someone who is really focused on work and Tiffany jumped in to say "Oh well, what he means is...no!"

But, Nicholas wasn't about to let him off the hook just yet, he pointed out how William was kept busy on his Blackberry the whole time so maybe William has someone else hmmm...

Alan Yun who plays the eldest son Zhao Yusen doesn't know how to read Mandarin and this was the first time he's had so many lines for a role. He shared a funny story on how the cast were at Tropicana City Mall filming a scene from the drama. When they wrapped, they decided to have lunch together, so William San BB-ed (Blackberry-ed) Alan to ask him where he was. Alan replied William saying "tageoshi". William and the rest thought Alan was having Japanese at some restaurant but they couldn't find any restaurant named "Tageoshi". Turns out, "tageoshi" is the pinyin for the chinese word which meant "big brother is taking a dump". Alan is the big brother in the drama you see!

It was easy to tell how close the cast has gotten through filming the drama and I think that's what makes a good cast--their bond and chemistry. All jokes and laughter aside, this drama leans more to the serious side with elements of love, hate, family feuds and revenge. It'll be interesting to Tiffany's acting and learn how the story unfolds!

Don't forget to catch "Injustice" starting from the 23rd of August 2010, every Mondays to Thursdays @ 10pm!

究竟能《一切完美》吗？// Will This Be "The Perfect Cut"?

外在美能胜于内在美吗？整容医生 Dr. Alex Tan （王沺裁饰) 是这么认为的，但心理医生 Dr. Kelly Lim （谢韵仪饰）的看法却相反。

Beauty is said to be only skin deep, or is it? Famous plastic surgeon Dr. Alex Tan (Thomas Ong) seems to think so, but his fellow psychologist Dr. Kelly Lim (Michelle Chia) begs to differ.

Dr. Alex Tan (Thomas Ong) and Dr. Kelly Lim (Michelle Chia)

Dr. Alex Tan 相信说这世界上没有丑人，只有穷人。整容， 包装就是一切。而心理医生 Dr. Kelly Lim 相信，每一个缺乏自信的人心理存在的问题，是整容是无法解决的。

Dr. Alex Tan believes that in this world there are no ugly people, only poor people--those who can't afford plastic surgery. Dr. Kelly Lim however believes that to every insecurity lies a deeper problem plastic surgery can't solve.

Dr. Kelly Lim 虽说坚持自己的看法，但也阻止不了社会人士渐渐对整容手术的信赖， 相信整容就能把一切变得完美。Dr. Kelly Lim 在发现她的病人都到 Dr. Alex Tan 的整容所治疗时，Dr. Kelly Lim 忍不住警告了 Dr. Alex Tan。在经过不同事件的发生，他们两人慢慢开始了解说有时候，对方也许有他的道理。

While Dr. Kelly Lim sticks to her views, she finds that a growing general public seem to look to plastic surgery as the new way to build confidence and happiness. As her patients slowly dwindle and find their way to Dr. Alex Tan's clinic, Dr. Kelly Lim confronts Dr. Alex Tan and warns him about his actions. Through various cases of overlapping patients, they both learn to appreciate each other's expertise and understand that sometimes the other person might be right.

Dr. Kelly Lim (Michelle Chia), Emily Tan (Zheng Wan Ling) and Xiao Li (Michelle Tay)

《一切完美》不但带观众进入心理学和整容的世界，还通过 Dr. Alex Tan 的大姐 Emily Tan （郑琬龄饰） 这个角色为大家揭开死人化妆师的神秘面纱。有趣的是看 Emily 如何跟相亲对象解释自己的职业！

The Perfect Cut not only brings up issues about plastic surgery and psychology. It also delves into the profession of doing makeup for the dead. Emily Tan (Zheng Wan Ling), Dr. Alex's sister is a mortuary makeup artist and it's interesting to see how she has a hard time explaining her profession to the different men she wants to meet.

Sky Tan (Julian Hee)

其他受瞩目的角色有Dr. Alex 的弟弟--健身教练 Sky Tan （许立桦饰）， Dr. Kelly 的助理晓莉 （郑荔分饰），还有 Sky 的最初恋爱对象，歌手"樱桃公主" (陈靓瑄饰）。

Other characters include Dr. Alex's younger brother Sky Tan (Julian Hee), who is a trainer at a local gym, Dr. Kelly's assistant Xiao Li (Michelle Tay), and Sky's initial love interest--a singer named Cherry Princess (Felicia Chin).

对他们来说，"美丽" 到底会是什么呢？记得锁定8月19日开始，每个星期一至五傍晚6点的《一切完美》！

So what will be their definition of "Beauty"? Catch "The Perfect Cut" that's set to air on ntv7 from the 19th of August onwards, every Monday to Friday at 6.00pm!