TVB 41st Anniversary Awards (Winners List)

Full credits to batgwa:

Best Actor 最佳男主角
Ha Yu (夏雨)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Actress 最佳女主角
Michelle Yim (米雪)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Supporting Actor 最佳男配角
Wayne Lai (黎耀祥)
The Gentle Crackdown II <秀才愛上兵>

Best Supporting Actress 最佳女配角
Tavia Yeung (楊怡)
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Favourite Male Character 我最喜愛的電視男角色
“Gam Wing-Ho” (”甘永好”) in Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓> played by Raymond Lam (林峯)

Favourite Female Character 我最喜愛的電視女角色
“Chung Siu-Hor” (”鍾笑荷”) in Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓> played by Louise Li (李司棋)

Most Improved Male 飛躍進步男藝員
Wong Cho Lam (王祖藍)
Best Selling Secrets <同事三分親>, Super Trio Supreme <鐵甲無敵獎門人>, D.I.E. <古靈精探>, Miss Hong Kong 2008 <2008年度香港小姐總決賽>

Most Improved Female 飛躍進步女藝員
Nancy Wu (胡定欣)
Wars of In-Laws II <野蠻奶奶大戰戈師奶>, D.I.E. <古靈精探>, Legend of the Demigods <搜神傳>, The Silver Chamber of Sorrows <銀樓金粉>, Strictly Come Dancing 2 <舞動奇跡2>

Best Presenter 最佳節目主持
Susie Wong (蘇施黃)
So Good <蘇GOOD>

Best Drama 最佳劇集
Moonlight Resonance <溏心風暴之家好月圓>

Best Variety Show 最佳綜藝資訊節目
The Story of a Million People <了解‧關懷一百萬人的故事>

Most Enjoyable Value Program 最具欣賞價值大獎
The Art of Cantonese Opera <合晒合尺>

Most Fashionable Artiste 時尚魅力大獎
Myolie Wu (胡杏兒)

TVB.com Most Popular Artist tvb.com 人氣大獎
Raymond Lam (林峯)

Lifetime Achievement Award 萬千光輝演藝大獎
Paul Chun (秦沛)

Thoughts
Congratulations to all the winners! They definitely deserved the awards :] I'm quite satisfied with the results actually. Especially with Tavia's Best Supporting award!

For pictures of the celebs that night, do visit:
Sina

When Easterly Showers Fall on The Sunny West 東山飄雨西關晴; Fala Chen's, Ice-Cream

Premiering 27th Oct - 14th Dec, Monday - Friday, 8.30pm
*not official poster

Coming from a very humble background, POON MUK HING (Steven Joe Ma) nevertheless is content with his lot. He works for the POONs of Dongshan as driver. His true identity of the eldest son of the family comes to light when he saves POON CHEUK WAH (Raymond Wong), the young master, in an accident. CHONG FUNG YEE (Liza Wang), the first daughter-in-law in the family, has to admit unwillingly the fact that when she married into the family she was already pregnant. His true identity revealed, HING changes his name to POON CHEUK HING according to the genealogical table of the clan. The mother and son have since been locked in a seesaw struggle.

YIP HEUNG CHING (Charmaine Sheh) came from an influential family in Xiguan. She starts selling congee on a boat for a living with her elder brother after their family has fallen into decline. CHING and WAH used to go out but YEE did all she could to separate them. Later, CHING opens a teahouse with the help and support of HING. Spontaneously, love blossoms between them. Not long afterwards, the Poon family runs into a lot of troubles. YEE and WAH are unable to handle them at all. HING seizes the opportunity to restore the prestige of the family. For the sake of the benefit of POONs, he is prepared to sacrifice his relationships with other family members, his love as well as his friends. By doing so, he also involves himself in a never-ending bloody battle of power.

Producer: Kwan Wing Chung
Scriptwriter: Yip Sai Hong & Choi Shuk Yin
Starring: Liza Wang (汪明荃), Steven Joe Ma (馬德鐘), Charmaine Sheh (佘詩曼) Kiki Sheung (商天娥), Raymond Wong (黃浩然), Selena Li (李詩韻), Edwin Siu (蕭正楠), Samuel Kwok (郭 峰) etc
*edit: sorry guys for the Joe-Steven thing. got mixed up XD

Credits to Astro On Demand

By the way, today I was searching for videos on Moonlight Resonance in Youtube.. and I stumbled upon Fala Chen's performance of the song Ice-Cream. IMO, Fala sings quite well, better than an average singer. Who knows, maybe one day she'll become a singer like a lot of the other TVB actors/actresses :]



Here's the version of the original singer, DNR:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=NU2CNQK7 (full credits to Annisa)

Here's Fala's version:
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=JO7LG4MC (ripped by me)

My finals are just around the corner and I will not be able to post from now on, unless there is something very urgent/super interesting to post about. I even have to wait till mid-November to watch Gem! But I will try to reply to your tags ASAP. Thanks for understanding!

Moonlight Resonance: Comparisons between characters (Part 3); Poll #1

The younger females of the two series:

Is known as Jackie in HOG, and Ah Yuet in MR.
Jackie is a model, who is forced into marriage with someone she doesn't have feelings for and abuses her. After that she had a divorce with him and married Bosco's character. She was quite naive in the beginning of the series, but later on.. she becomes more matured.
Ah Yuet was left at the front of the bakery by her biological mother and LSK's character took her in as a daughter. So she is actually adopted. She might seem very strong and tough on the outside, but in the inside she has this mindset of not being part of the family.


In the beginning of the series, Sheung Joi Sam is struggling with financial problems. She also has a father who is having Alzheimer's disease. She is a young lawyer. At first she is not confident of herself, but after the many challenges she has overcome, she learns to become more confident and mature.
Yu So Chau's mother is Michelle's character. She actually came from a poor family, until her mother married Ha Yu. She studied in England and then came back to Hong Kong. She is very kind, soft and friendly to everyone she meets.


Chi Yan is a playful and flirtatious teenager. She cares for the family very much. But after all the conflicts and problems the family has faced, she will slowly mature. She is also quite carefree because her two older brothers (Bosco and Chris) are always there to take care of her.
This time, Ah Hing is a mute character. She has a kind, peaceful and sweet nature. She works very hard in life and is smart, but she would rather work at the bakery. But her family members encourage her to work outside because working at the bakery would be a waste of potential.

HEHE I'm done :D! Hope you find them informative and interesting :]

Other than that, I have a poll for you guys to vote in:


This is just a simple poll. I'd like to hear of your thoughts, in the form of a poll :]
The poll is located at the SIDEBAR, below the cbox. It will lead you to another site after you vote btw.
Although Kate hasn't appeared yet and if your are a Kate fan, you can always vote for Kate first, or you can wait till she appears :]. Or if you're a Tavia fan, you can vote for her!
And if you have read any spoilers about the ending, you can vote for your favourite pairing then!
The poll will end after the last episode of MR.

Moonlight Resonance: Episode 14

I thought that I would do some random episode write-ups for MR, if I feel like it xD!
I'll continue on the comparison part 3 post another day :]

Hehe if you don't mind, my screencaps aren't of high quality! And I don't post about EVERY single thing about the episode, just the important parts. But I do specify the parts.


Michelle calls Ha Yu and asks him why hasn't he come back yet. Ha Yu tells her that he was so happy he forgot to call her. Ha Yu hangs up. Michelle becomes jealous and angry!










Suddenly she saw Chris sitting beside the pool alone. She went over to cheer him up because he and his girlfriend, Carmen (HAHA Carmen!) broke up with him.











The whole family went back to celebrate and Ha Yu was drunk so let him sleep in their house first.


Fala receives a sms and goes to the hall to read it. She then starts crying and then the whole family went over to see what was wrong. She mentioned that she typed something wrong that day at work and her boss sent her a sms to scold her. LSK went over to comfort her. Fala said that she was in a bad mood and she wanted LSK to cheer her up like 'last time'. LSK gave her the 'Are you serious?!' look.


Ha Yu woke up because he heard loud music, so he came out of the room and saw LSK dancing with a wig on. She turned around while dancing and saw Ha Yu there.


[i thought this part was super funny so i decided to post it up!]

Moses + the Chung household all went out for an outing. Ha Yu video-called them and after a while, it rained. Ha Yu warned them that it is going to rain soon at their place. But Moses did not believe him because it was so sunny. Suddenly, it started to rain and they all ran home!










Raymond and Linda were in the car and passed by Fala and Dexter. Fala and Dexter were arguing over something. Raymond went to her sister's aid. When the bus came, Fala quickly escaped the scene.

Raymond and Linda have been looking for Fala all day. After searching, they found her sitting at a telephone booth. Raymond wanted to wait for her, and asked Linda to go home first. But Linda wanted to stay and mentioned she was given the nickname 'Sleepy Monster' because she can sleep anywhere. At first, Fala said she won't be coming home for dinner. In the end, Fala sms-ed Raymond to come pick her up.

The next day, Fala explained everything to Raymond and Linda. She said that Dexter was the one who always went home last at work. He gave up taking the car to work, and took the mini bus to work, with her. But he doesn't talk with her. One day, she saw him reading a sign language book. He finally told her he did all those things because of her.

They have been dating for 3 months. One day they were holding hands walking down the street. All of a sudden, he let go of her hands because he saw his mother. He told her they were just colleagues. She was very upset and left. She overheard his mother saying that she pitied her because she would have to struggle in the future. She now misses and still likes Dexter. She decided to resign from her job.










Michelle and Ha Yu decided to take a day off to spend time together. Michelle told him to stop going to LSK's house because she is afraid that Ha Yu will hurt LSK's feelings. But Ha Yu denied what she said. Michelle said that she is also a woman, she knows how LSK feels. Ha Yu agrees. (As you all know Michelle is evil. So actually, she told him not to see her because she doesn't want them to be so close)

Fala was boarding the mini bus and saw Dexter also wanting to. But there wasn't enough space, so he couldn't. Dexter then sms-ed her asking whether he could meet up with her for the last time. Fala said OK. So that night, they met at the port. Dexter tried to convince Fala to go back to her job. But Fala did not want to.. so Dexter gave up and walked away.










At a distance, Ha Yu was watching their argument. After Dexter walked away, he went up to Fala and asked her what was happening. She did not want to answer him and cried. But from her hand language, Ha Yu knew that was heartbroken. So he called Raymond and the whole family to come cheer her up.










Meanwhile, Ha Yu wore the wig and fake nose and danced to the music to cheer Fala up. After that the whole family came and sang alot.

The man (click here to see picture!) called Michelle and told her all of Ha Yu's phone calls and text messages. Michelle was extremely jealous and convinced Lee Heung Kam to go visit the Chung household because she knows that Ha Yu is going there.

[HAHA the scene of Moses doing the 'ok' sign is so cute!]

So the 3 of them went to their house. the Chung household + Moses & Vincent were shocked to see her visiting all of a sudden. They invited the 3 of them in. Moses quickly asked Raymond to tell Ha Yu not to come. But his handphone had no battery, so both of them wanted to go down to tell Ha Yu. Michelle suspected something. But suddenly LHK felt dizzy, so Raymond had to go bring her home.










Ha Yu was on his way up, till he saw them so he went down again. But because he was rushing, he was involved in a car accident but only had minor injuries.

PHEW! There you go.. Episode 14 :]

Moonlight Resonance: Comparisons between characters (Part 2)

LOL I just found out it wasn't easy making a post like the earlier one.
Oh and thanks everyone for their moral support towards this very new blog!!

Anyways, I'm gonna continue with the younger males of the 2 series!

[Warning, alot of major spoilers ahead!]

Moses Chan

He is known as Sai Bao in HOG, and Ah Ga in MR.
Sai Bao is a very happy, cheerful man. He is quite childish and loves to make people happy. He is a very good friend, therefore he will try his best to help his friends/relatives. He has the nature of his father (Ha Yu), but his mother is not Lee Sze Kei nor Susanna.
Ah Ga is the oldest among his siblings in the family. He is playful and carefree. When he was about to be taken away from LSK, he promised her that he will take care of his brothers. When he grew up, he became obsessed with buying stocks. In episode 9, he failed in one of his projects and thinking that his boss (Astrid) likes him, he kissed her. He was fired by Astrid for making the company lose a big client.

Raymond Lam

Alfred is a young, prominent lawyer. He is very confident in everything he does. He is also very smart and a lot of girls (such as Linda, Yoyo & Tracy) fall in love with him.
Ah Ho is a family-oriented person. He cares alot for the family and is trying his best to reunite the family. He likes to work in the bakery with his family members. He is a responsible person and carries the burdens of the family, trying to help and not tire out LSK.

Bosco Wong

Also known as Gilbert/Ah Gil in HOG.
Gilbert studied overseas and came back in the beginning of the series. He is a bit arrogant and sometimes very serious and mature in the things he does. He is also spoiled by his family.
This time in MR, he is not related to any of them in the series. He will only appear after episode 16. He appears when a pregnant lady is about to give birth and he helps her (He is a doctor).

Chris Lai

Ah Foon is like the goodie-2-shoes in the family. He is very obedient to his mother (Susanna) and is always on her side. At the end, he didn't want to side his mother, instead he sides is brother Moses because he found out his mother has been doing a lot of cruel things behind the family's back.
Ah Yuen is a very spoiled, but smart person. He is favoured by his stepmother (Michelle) and has a lot of potential in the bakery business. He will marry Kate later in the series.

Part 3 will be coming soon (i hope)!

Moonlight Resonance: Comparisons between characters (Part 1)

I am currently watching Moonlight Resonance, and rewatching Heart of Greed to analyze deeper into both series and find the differences and similarities between the two.
Yoyo Mung is no longer in MR, but there are some additional casts such as Kate Tsui and Vincent Wan. The remaining characters from HOG have their own different backgrounds and personalities in MR.

[Warning, alot of major spoilers ahead!]

Ha Yu

Tong Yan Gaai is also known as Dai Bao in HOG. Gam Tai Jo is known as Jo Ba in MR.
Dai Bao is a very happy cheerful person. He is the source of joy in the family. He enjoys life as much as possible until he passed away at the last few episodes.
Jo Ba is a career-minded person. He is sometimes hot-headed and stubborn. He is very obedient to his wife and mother. But in episode 9-10, he admitted that he was wrong to choose Michelle's character only for her looks and he wants to be able to spend his time with his children like last time.

Lee Sze Kei

In HOG, she is also known as Dai Kai. In MR, she's known as Hor Ma.
Dai Kai is a loving mother and is well-respected among the family members. You can say she is the leader of the Tong family. She is a very humble person, but she is also sturdy and tough at times. She passes away at the end of the series.
Hor Ma's character is almost the same as in HOG. But this time, she had a divorce with Ha Yu's character because he wanted to marry Michelle's character. She works in the bakery with her 3 children (Raymond, Fala and Tavia). She likes to make people happy with her 'rotten gags'.

Michelle Yim

In HOG, she is Lee Sze Kei's younger sister. She cares alot for the family and tries to hold everyone together. Long ago, she fell in love with a doctor and he cheated all her money. The family eventually forgives her.
In MR, she is a villain and a glamorous woman. On the exterior, she looks like a gentle, caring mother. But inside, she is cruel. When she was around her 20's (in the show), she got a job at Ha Yu & LSK's bakery. At first Ha Yu did not approve of her working there because she did not have any past experience in baking. But LSK pitied her and let her work there. She was ungrateful and a secret affair with Ha Yu. One day she forces Ha Yu to tell LSK about their affair. She succeeds at doing so and Ha Yu marries her after divorcing LSK. Ha Yu's mother (Lee Heung Kam) likes her more than LSK because she thinks that Michelle is raising the children well while LSK is letting her children work in the bakery, and not studying overseas like the rest of them.

Susanna Kwan

Sau Kam is known as Sai Kai in HOG while in MR, people call her Sa Yi (Auntie Sa).
Her character in HOG is Ha Yu's 2nd wife. Susanna was a villain. She is bossy and calculative. She is also slick and had an affair with another man. After Ha Yu's death, she wanted his inheritance and also the business.
In MR, she is LSK's sister. She is very thick-skinned, selfish and wants to be youthful. She lived in Portugal with her husband and daughter (Kate Tsui) but then she returned to Hong Kong because she divorced him.

I shall continue another day with other characters :]