NEW BANNER!

I have have my previous KENTA banner made by Eva for a while now and felt that it is time to changed it.

At first I was going to have pictures for the new banner but I felt like maybe I should tried something new. Something out of the norm for Let's Talk TVB.

The quote is not something I translated, I found it on the net, so credit goes to the one who translated it.

I simply made the banner to make it pretty. There were quite a few TVB quotes that I stumbled across but found this one more meaningful and inspiring. I wanted to have this quote as my banner to remind people who are still here, or simply just discovered my blog through another blog or search tab, to know that if they are facing any hardship, know that you can overcome it. Like the quote said, making a mistakes can be a blessing in disguise because you are learning a valuable lesson from it.

Music: LF, Linda Chung and Bosco Wong

Got to try to keep up to date with CPOP 

Raymond Lam- Show Me

The beat is alright but this, to me, personally is not my fav.

I like the rap though. 

Credit of the vid should go to the rightful owner 

Raymond Lam- Heart Attack

The beat is good, and the chorus is catchy. LF is back guys! 

Belongs to the rightful owner 

Bosco Wong- Detective Dee Theme

Its in Mandarin. The melody is nice.

Have anyone seem this drama? Is it good? 

Belongs to the rightful owner 

Linda Chung- I Got Married

Linda composed the songs and the lyrics were written by Wong Cho Lam. Honestly, Linda should really composed more songs because I love it. This song is so cute and all the fluff guys! TOO CUTE! Really like the chorus too! Congrats on your marriage! 

Belongs to the rightful owner

Do you guys have anymore suggestions? Have not listens to CPOP for so long 

Happy 4th Birthday to Let's Talk TVB!!!

On 29th of March marks this blog 4th anniversary. Felt like yesturday that I posted this for its 3rd birthday. Kind of feel surreal to have a blog for four years.

It's ashame that I'm not that committed to TVB dramas anymore. When I first started this blog, I wanted to talked about my thoughts on the drama because there was so much to say. I missed the old days with Myolie, Tavia, Charmaine, Ron, Raymond, Bosco and Kenneth. The old TVB actors and actresses.

Should I still continue this blog with TVB related, or should it just be a blog for whatever comes to mind? Lemme know what you guys think.

As always thanks for the support! :)

TVB TOP ACTRESSES WEDDING 2016

Myolie Wu and Phillip Lee

They have their wedding last year and traveled to 12 countries for their honeymoon!
I am so happy for Myolie. You can tell how happy she is by her IG updates. These two are too cute! I wish them both eternal happiness!

Linda Chung and Jeremy Leung

Have to make a confession, Linda's marriage was a total shocked to me. Did not see it coming. 

I'm so happy for her, she found her Mr Right. I read somewhere that she knew he was her Mr Right by day 4. Its just meant to be for these two. God bless your marriage life. 

Tavia Yeung and Him Law

We all know that they have dated since 2012, so I wasn't that surprised that they tie the knot in England. I'm extremely happy for them! They have Tavia's mother and Him's father to witness their marriage. They married in a castle which is like a fairytale. 

This year, most TVB top actresses have found their Mr Right and I could not express how happy i am for them! I wish your marriage life to be fill with happiness and love! 

Destined To Love You (Chinese Drama)

To be honest, the male casts draws me to the drama and I miss watching Bosco in dramas.

Joe Chen as Qian Bao Bao/ Xian Hao
Bosco Wong as Shen Wen Tao
Jia Nai Ling as Xiang Hao

Episodes: 41 (I was a bit hesitate with the number of episodes, but it is worth it)

Spoilers are in this review, if you plan to watch it. Stop reading here, you have been warn. :P


Where do I start?
The cast looks promising which is the main reason why I decided to give this drama a go, because the synopsis to me is quite typical. In order to save her sick mother, Qian Bao Bao stole the identity of Xian Hao, a psychology instructor for Long Cheng Military Academy.  Along the way she meets Xiang Hao and the two did not get along well at all. While Wen Tao is her only friend at the academy who protects her, and always help her. Thus, a love triangle.

What I like about this drama?
Xiang Hao. Honestly, I didn't expect to like Xiang Hao at all. He's a prankster. No joke. He always prank Bao Bao because like Bao Bao describes it, "Cat and Mouse relationship." Every scenes of him and Bao Bao makes me laugh so hard. He is a child at heart. The cute thing is when they were at the ball, and he wants to dance with Bao Bao but Wen Tao ask her first. The result, Wen Tao and Xiang Hao dance together. Xiang Hao confess to her that he likes her and that would have to be the cutest scene yet. When he found out the truth that Bao Bao isn't Xian Hao, his fiancee, he still loves her. He did not care about her identity. And these two have been through so much together.

Shen Wen Tao. I knew right from the beginning that Bao Bao would not choose him. It's not because he is a bad person, no he is opposite of that. He is gentle, smart, serious and understanding. He found out that Bao Bao is not Xian Hao long ago and did not expose it, instead he protects her. Every time Bao Bao is sad, he is always there to comfort her, he is always helping her in whatever situation she is in. He loves her. Both of them adopt Xiao Yu, a puppy. Even though he knows that Bao Bao doesn't like him, he is still always there for her.

Bao Bao. The moment she choose to return to the academy for Xiang Hao, she knew that her life is always on the edge of death. Because stolen identity is a major crime. But with her best friend, Wen Tao and her lover, Xiang Hao, and the friends that she made at the academy, she have the courage to face whatever challenges that is against it. When the real Xian Hao return to the academy, there were a time when Xiang Hao were force to marry Xian Hao to save Bao Bao from death sentence. Of course, throughout the challenges, Xian Hao realise that loving Xiang Hao for ten years is a mistakes. And that her real lover is, Ouyang Fei, the boy that save her from drowning when she was 5 years old.

Xiang Hao and Shen Wen Tao- Bromance. Both were competitors for Jiyad Captain position. Xiang Hao did not like Wen Tao because of a misunderstanding, whereas Wen Tao have always see Xiang Hao as his brother. Throughout the drama, Xiang Hao and Wen Tao mend their broken brotherhood and they were "Brotherhood for life and the next lifetime."

Gu Xiao Bai. Du Feng. Gao Mei Ren. Han Xu. These four guys are so loyal to Xiang Hao and Wen Tao. I am a bit bias coz out of the four I like Gu Xiao Bai played by Zhang Yun Long.

Dean Xie and Dr Su. These two are wayyy too cute and hilarious too!

Xian Hao and Ouyang Fei. I am so happy that they were together. These two are just too cute. I knew there were something special when Ouyang Fei save her the second time (the first time when she was 5 years old) from the river which she fell off from the train.

What I don't like about this drama?
THE ENDING! Did I just went through all 41 episodes of this drama just to have this ending. No. I did not. I was expecting a happy ending in which Xiang Hao and Bao Bao are happily together and Shen Wen Tao with them. I just want a happy ending. How hard can it be to fulfill my wish?

Shen Wen Tao I'm in tears watching it. I was hoping that when you used yourself as human shield against Li Ji Zou that perhaps, Bao Bao escape and shot those bullets from behind to kill Li Ji Zou (Main Villain btw) but nope. It is not the case. Wen Tao shot himself and the bullets shot Li Ji Zou too. Wen Tao sacrifice himself. I could not believe that Wen Tao died. I mean, I was a bit suspicious that either Wen Tao or Ouyang Fei would died. It's an instinct that I have. Still, Wen Tao's death is too much for me. And if Wen Tao's death is not the worse, the academy thought that Bao Bao died while they were in a mission to destroy the weapons from the enemy sides.

Wen Tao and the other soldiers that sacrifice themselves for the country were reward with a medal and with respect.

Xiang Hao believes that Bao Bao is still alive. So he left the academy. On the train, where it have all begin when he first met Bao Bao, he met her again. Bao Bao were on the train that he is on, but the stupid and saddest thing that could possibly happen is, Bao Bao have amnesia. Yeah, so she doesn't remember who Xiang Hao is. Heart broken that the love of his life doesn't remembered him, he decides to tell her the stories of him and her while on the train.

Xiang Hao. He has the worse ending. He lost his best friend, a brother for life in the mission, and now his lover does not remember him. Why did all three main characters have a sad ending? One is dead. One have amnesia. One is left with all the memory. What is the meaning of this? Why?

Nonetheless, this drama is worth a watch.

(Both posters belong to the rightful owners)

Just because they look good in their costume so one more poster. ;)

(Credit of the video/audio belongs to the rightful owner)

Listening to the OST to relive some of the moments that either makes you laugh, smiles or cry your eyes out. 

SOS- TVB A TIME OF LOVE MINI MOVIE

Its been a year since A TIME OF LOVE have been air ion tv and I need your help please. Do you guys know where they have this in English sub because I really want to watch this?
Thanks in advance!

Hello!

Its been a while since I've post something here but maybe that's because I don't watched TVB dramas anymore. I've found that only one or two TVB dramas that grab my attention, Brick Slaves and Under the Veil. Not sure if I should write a review on it, lemme know if you're interested.

Last year Myolie tied the knot with Phillip Lee, and I couldn't be happier for her.

Its a bittersweet feeling for me to see Myolie and Kate leave TVB last year. A lot of actors and actresses that I grew up watching are leaving replacing them are the beauty pageants and its never gonna be the same again. I missed those good old days.

Nonetheless, just want to say thank you for still reading the posts.

Perish In The Name Of Love

 

Its been 12 years since this drama has broadcasted. How much has time flies. I miss old TVB dramas where they put so much effort into their story and war scenes.

 

Since re-watching this drama, it makes me realize how strong love can be. Like if you were meant to be, you will be together.

 

Steven and Charmaine were childhood sweethearts in the palace, but because of jealousy and the thirst to be Empress, an evil concubine blames Maggie, (who plays as Charmaine's mother) that she was the one that poison her causing her to lose her son at birth. Moses and his mother were furious and banished Maggie. Being a loving daughter, Charmaine pleaded to Moses to let her go with her mother.

Because of it, Steven and Charmaine were separated at 11 years old.

 

Time flies, and Charmaine, Maggie, Sonja and her grandpa lived in a small village where Charmaine buy fish and deliver it to the soldiers. Whereas Steven's family were living in a horrible condition making Steven work in a canon company. His friend, Michael Tong, met Charmaine and fancy her.

 

Anyways, Charmaine left her village to work in a canon company owes by Michael Tong's father. It also happens to be where Steven works too.

You could imagine how frustrated I was when every times Charmaine and Steven inopportunity to see each other. And when they did, I was hoping that they would recognize each other. At some point Charmaine realize that Steven was her childhood sweetheart, but because she promise her mother that she would not expose her identity in fear that people will assassin them, so she didn't tell him.

Eventually Steven realize that Charmaine was his sweetheart. At the same time Charmaine and her family returned to the palace.

Things happen and Steven were in the palace with Michael. We later found out that Steven was engaged to Annie Man.

 

And Maggie found out that the evil concubine framed her. In order to protect her children, Sonja and Charmaine, she seek elsewhere to find evidence. Annie's dad had a letter that has the detailed of what happened. Annie was going to give the letter to Charmaine, but the evil concubine found out and they fought. Annie died. Sonja put her body in the lake, and frame Charmaine.

 

Charmaine is a prisoner, and Moses were frustrated as his people could not help him defeated his enemy. To solve the problem he made an official date where Charmaine will find her prince. The thing is, everyone knows that Charmaine has to married this greedy man who has power. Steven enter the competition. PLOT TWIST. Steven won the competition. Charmaine and Steven are engaged!!!! SO HAPPY!!!

Sonja was forced to married the greedy man. She was supposed to married him from the start but she realize that he wasn't charming and force Charmaine to married him, but karma fight back and that's her ending. *Life lesson in TVB dramas: Do good deed, and good deed will be receive, do bad deed, karma will get you back in the worse way. So do good deed guys*

 

Steven were sent to war, and Charmaine is in the palace waiting for his news.

 

To find out what happened next, give this drama a try. It is worth a watch.

 

credit of the video belongs to TVB and the rightful owner

 

I LOVE this theme song! Wish Steven and Charmaine could collide again!

Feels like this couple is so underrated.



TVB COUPLES 2015

Its have been long overdue but here it is, the list of celebrities that are living their happily ever after.

First up, Hawick Lau and Yang Mi

They're married last year and have a beautiful daughter nickname sticky rice. He is the son of TVB veteran Lau Dan.

 

Sharon Chan and William

 

Happily married last year in Bali, Sharon definitely have double happiness, with her married life and her success in her bakery store name, Blesscuit Bakery. If you guys lived in HK, tell me which biscuit is your favourite?

 

Wong Cho Lam and Leanne Li

Did any of you guys watched Cho Lam's proposal on TVB anniversary last year? Married on 14th of Feb, 2015 with the theme of Disney this wedding is really like a fairytale.

 

Ella Koon and Juan

 

Could these two get any cuter? Ella and her husband married privately.

 

Chris Lai and Nicole Lee

I'm so happy for Chris success in his career, he has been acting in TVB for so long and sometime I think his talent have been shadow, but I'm so happy with his success as John Ma in Come Home Love. Kind of sad the show ended. I wish him and Nicole the very best!

 

Matt and Janice

Another TVB actor and actress that have been shadow for so long. These two have been in countless drama, and I wish that TVB would give these two more screen time because their acting are superb. I'm truly happy for these two here. They recently got married like two or three days ago.

I wish them every happiness and success in their career.

 

Jason Chan and Sarah Song

Jason successfully propose to Sarah in Sydney! What a sweet couple!

 

Rosina Lin and her husband

Rosina really have a low key wedding. I wish them the very best in their marriage life and success in their careers.  

 

 

 

*pictures belong to the rightful owners*

 

 

 

Non TVB dramas that I have seen...

While I haven't been watching TVB dramas, I have been exploring other dramas outside of Hong Kong. Dramas that may have been air for many years now and with a good plot manage to make me wanted to watched it over and over again.

Fall in Love With Me - Taiwanese drama (2014)

Starring: Aaron Yan, Tia Li, Beatrice Fang, Jack Li, Johnny Yang...

Lu Tian Xing (Aaron Yan) is a CEO that owes a successful advertisement company. He suddenly announce that he wants to take a three months break and disappear.

Tao Li Su (Tia Li) is a girl who is struggling to keep her decrease brother, OZ advertisement company a success along with her friends (Jack, Johnny, Katherine).

Around this time LTX decides to help TLS because her brother has inspire Tian Xing into persuading marketing in advertisement as his career.

LTX disguise himself as Xiao Lu (the one on the right in the poster above) to help OZ. And from there romance begin to sparkles.

Thoughts:
This drama was great! Aaron's performance as Lu Tian Xing and Xiao Lu is phenomenal! He has outdone himself. From this 'A Time Of Love- Japan,' I've become a fan of Aaron Yan. Anyone a fan of him?
From episode 12 onwards, the drama was a little cliché. With Huan Huan (Beatrice Fang) as the girl who is in love with Lu Tian Xing, you can guess what happens next.


Love Myself or You- Taiwanese drama (2014)

Starring: Jasper Liu, Puff Guo, Lene Lai, Jolin Chien

This drama revolves around French cuisine, so be prepare to be craving everything that they cook up in this drama!

Fu Zi Jie or Louis (Jasper Liu), is the son of the owner the restaurant that  Du Kai Qi (Puff Guo) works at.  Kai Qi is used to being alone and being independent but Zi Jie is determine to show his childhood playmate, Kai Qi being with someone is better than being alone. And the love story begins.

Thoughts:
For the first few episodes, Jasper has the same expression but afterward he was more comfortable with his character and you can see it in the later episodes. Jasper and Puff chemistry were really cute! I ship them! :)
Puff's performance were really good! She definitely has that Kai Qi in her.

I really like this drama, didn't want it to end. It is so good! Won't say much, don't want to spoil it otherwise you won't watch it. ;)

Scarlet Heart or Bu Bu Jing Xing - Chinese drama (2011)

Starring: Cecelia Liu, Kevin Cheng, Nicky Wu, Justin Yuan, Kenny Lin...

Pretty sure you guys have seen this drama, if not, you might have heard of it. If you haven't watch it, do it now. One of my favourite Chinese drama.

Time travelling series has always been interesting and entertaining to see how a modern person can bring  their modern knowledge in the Qing Dynasty.

My favourite princes are 10th, 13th and 14th. What about you?

There is a modern version to this one, but I didn't watch it base on the poor reviews it received.

Princess Pearl 1 and 2 or Huan Zhu Ge Ge- Chinese Drama (1997&1998)

This drama is so famous all over the world that I'm sure you know how quickly hook I was to this drama! Love the plot, cast and the theme song.

Dang (When) by Power Station.

Listens to the song and relive your childhood.

And yes, my favourite couple is Vicki Zhao Wei and Alec Su

Recent pic of them.

Credit of the photo should go to Vicki herself.

Who was your favourite couple in Princess Pearl?

And these are the dramas that I have been watching instead of TVB. Guess TVB dramas doesn't interest me that much anymore? However, I am looking forward to Linda and Alex's drama.