{update} kevia gifset: eye in the sky ep 10

yeah, i know i said that i wouldn't update this blog anymore, but i just wanted to post some gifs that i made of kevia in 'eye in the sky.' i just love szeto sir & jan together so much haha

 

 

{update} hi

Well as you guys can guess by the lack of posts, I've pretty much given up on this blog. I'm still watching TVB series daily, but I don't have the motivation to post my thoughts about them anymore. I won't delete this blog, but don't expect any updates either haha (not like anyone reads this blog anyways). I'll still be running my TVB tumblr though, so you guys can catch me at fungyi.tumblr.com :D 

And anyways, here's a quick edit that I did today since it's Tavia's birthday~ 

Goodbye for now.

{other} Liebster Award

I got tagged by Lynne (from TVB Horizon) this time! Thank you~ Although I'm not going to tag anyone. :P

1. Your favourite tvb themesong.  Leave a link if you can!

This is so hard since I love like all of the themes that Raymond Lam sang LOL. But I'm going to put the theme from "Point of No Return" instead. I just love Chilam's voice~ 

2. Create a character you'd like to see in a TVB series! (occupation, personality, who'd you want to play it etc)

Honestly, I would like a character like Professor Yukawa from Galileo. While TVB attempted to write someone like him for "The Mysteries of Love," Professor King was a joke compared to Yukawa sensei. I just want someone who is logical all the time and really smart. I think Steven Ma would do a good job with this character. 

3. What is your favourite post that you've written? Leave a link!
I don't really like any of my posts, but I thought my Pang Sam Shun post was okay.

4. Your favourite drama from last year.
Hmm there were a lot of dramas that I liked but I don't have a real favorite. I'll just say Always and Ever.

5. Tell us one memorable scene from the drama you answered for number 4.
A memorable scene was when Rebecca and Pierre were reunited again, but then he died shorty after. :/ 

6. Tell us an embarrassing moment that you've experienced. OR if you're not too interested in sharing that, what is your favourite flower? haha
LOL. I tripped in front of my friend last summer cause I was busy staring at some guy :( 

7. Most inspiring quote from a drama
I don't really remember quotes from dramas. :/ 

8. I know there would be lots, but name one retired TVB actress AND actor that you would like to see back onscreen again and WHY?
Retired as in they're old and not acting anymore, or they left TVB? I'm going to pick the latter since I don't really pay attention to all the veteran actors. I would like Bernice to come back and film for TVB. I recently rewatched TMOL, and it would be nice for her to be in a series with Tavia and actually have scenes together. As for actor, Dicky Cheung? LOL. I haven't watched any of his series in forever, and it would be nice to see him again (in Journey to the West 3?? haha He might be too old to play Sun Wukong though...)

9. Your favourite place you've visited.
idk, I don't really have one. :P 

10. Your favourite onscreen partnership (does not have to be a couple).
Definitely FUNGHEIYI!! My OT3~ I really hope that the three of them get to film a series together again one day. TOB was such a long time ago. :( 

{tvb} SIAC Thoughts

Warning: major spoilers ahead if you didn't finish the series!! (And if you haven't been watching it, I highly recommend that you do) 

I think that SIAC's ratings are a poor reflection on how good the series was. While some parts were cliched or not as well written as it could have been, overall the series was exceptional. I think the first half of the series was more interesting compared to the latter part since it was focused on solving Hau Yee's murder. I have to say that TVB did pretty well with the result of the mystery. I was pleasantly surprised that the murderer wasn't Ka Hin, but instead Ka Sing (even though he was my second suspect lol). All of the different suspects were well developed as well, so I would have been happy with anyone being the murderer. 

The second part of the series is when Tseung Chi Yan comes in to take revenge on the Poon family. While this is normal revenge/family drama for TVB, I think it was still pretty exciting to watch. I was tricked like Ka Hin was regarding his real background, and all of Tseung Chi Yan's evildoings angered me like there was no tomorrow. Although it made sense for Poon Ka Nin to die, I do not think that Wan Jeh and Chor Kau's deaths were really necessary. Sam Siu's father's death was a big enough catalyst to drive him to go against Tseung Chi Yan, and the other deaths just made it seem like the writers were killing everyone off randomly. (or this just might be me still grieving over Chor Kau...) I only wish that the writers did not make Sam Siu get hit in the head two times by floating logs during the flood scenes. My interpretation of the ending is that Sam Siu does remember Bing Bing (even Steven said so on his weibo- "冰冰，我記得妳㗎"), but I would still have liked a concrete and definite happy ending for Stevia. 

I just have to say that I really loved Sam Siu/Poon Ka Yeung. Steven did a great job as usual, and if he was a real person, I would have definitely fallen for him way faster than Bing Bing had. Even if Bing Bing did not agree with all of his actions, I think Sam Siu's modernized thinking was part of his attractiveness. He was perfect ♥ 

Tavia acted really well in all her scenes as well! But, I did not really like Bing Bing that much... while she does have a lot of good qualities, she's a little too stubborn. Sometimes that part of her personality helped her and it was tolerable, but at other times it just annoys me. She shouldn't have fought with Sam Siu and left him behind to go to Suzhou by herself in the last episode. However, I still think that Sam Siu and Bing Bing were the perfect match. Their flaws (well imo Sam Siu had none LOL) and strengths complemented the other. Also, the scenes they had together were way too cute (esp that doufu fa one!!!!). 

{other} Liebster Award

I got tagged by Ginny (from TVB Perspective)!

1. What is the last tvb series you watched? The last series I finished was 'Return of the Silver Tongue', and I'm currently watching 'Storm in a Cocoon' right now. 

2. When did you start blogging? I started blogging in October of 2010. 

3. What languages do you speak/write? I can only write in English, haha. I can speak Teochew and some French. 

4. Have you met any celebrities in the past, and if so who and where? Nope :( 

5. What is your favorite food? Ramen! 

6. What types of series do you usually prefer? (crime, historical, romantic, legal, etc) I prefer crime dramas~ 

7. Where are you from? I'm from the US! 

8. Do you have any siblings? Yes, one younger brother

9. What are your hobbies? I like reading, watching TVB series, and listening to kpop & cpop :) 

10. What do you like about blogging? I can write down my thoughts and talk to other bloggers about things that we have in common. 

I would tag people, but most of my affiliates either got tagged already or are inactive lol. Thanks for tagging Ginny! 

{update} hi

I haven't updated this blog in more than a month! I've just been busy with school work, and there also weren't any interesting TVB series for me to watch after I finished 'Return of the Silver Tongue'.... However, 'Storm in a Cocoon' has been captivating for the past 15 episodes. The acting is spot on (go Stevia! ♥) and the plot is quite interesting. Hopefully the series doesn't lose its quality as it gets into the later half of the series. I'm really curious as to who the killer is (I have a hunch that it's Ka Hin...) 

Anyways, I also have a new header up! I can't believe I only used two headers last year...lol. 

{personal} something random

I already posted this on my tumblr, but I might as well update this blog once in awhile as well, right? :) Anyways, William Chak liked one of my pictures on Instagram, LOL. And it's not even a picture of him or anything TVB related, it's one of my edits of G-Dragon... 

I have no idea how he found it. Either he enjoys looking through his followers' IG pics or he went through 35 weeks worth of pictures that GD is tagged in lmao. But yeah, I just wanted to share this with you guys. XD

{music} Alfred Hui - The Times

I haven't done a music post in a really long time. I just wanted to share Alfred's new song for his concert The Times. The MV was pretty moving, and it even had Law Lan in it! 

{update} what up

Hey, I'm finally on winter break, so that means I might (or might not lol) be updating a little more frequently (and give more substance to my posts). 

I was praising Bounty Lady in my earlier post, but it has gotten significantly less funny now. It might just be that I want Kwong Nam and Jennifer to end up together, but I dislike how Yuen Huen's personality made a 180 degree change and she is now in the way of their relationship. I honestly just want to punch her in the face, lol. The end of episode 15 was really good, though, and I am excited to see how Kwong Nam and Jennifer's relationship is going to be like now. 

OC2 is almost over and it just started to get interesting again. Episode 28 was touching and all, but I still feel like Che Che is completely unnecessary to the storyline. Also, even though I like Tracy, they might as well have made a different drama and put Lawrence, Tracy, Koo Ming Wah and Louisa into it instead of forcing a bunch of other storylines into this one. I would have definitely preferred something with just Yu Tao and BenSuet. 

{update} hi

Hey guys, this is my monthly update on my blog to say that I'm still alive and watching TVB~ hahaha.

I'm still watching THC2 and I also started Bounty Lady...got to say that even though I didn't expect much from Bounty Lady, it is a lot more enjoyable than THC2. It's really funny without going overboard or cheesy (at least imo) and I'm so excited about the next episode after finishing one. Dayo really makes the series. THC2 on the other hand, finally picked up the pace now that Che Che isn't the focus of all episodes anymore. Even Yat Kin Tau and Yu Jai are going to be reconciling soon (I hope). I just really want Ben and Mei Suet to be happy together and not have Amber get in the way of their relationship. 

I also finished Will Power. I think there were complaints about the story and how it was unrealistic, but I enjoyed it. The characters' relationships were well built and not rushed at all. The only weird thing was the ending when Wilson and Morris were doing a case about a cat and dog... 

{update} some stuff about THC2 & WP

I started The Hippocratic Crush 2, and so far it's not so bad. Episodes 1-3 were okay, but 4 and 5 got better. I still don't like how there are so many characters in it now, but it's alright. As long as they focus on Fish Head a lot then it'll be okay. Anyways even though Onion's look doesn't really suit Him, he's still so cute. T-T So I made a banner with him on it lol. I'll probably change it sooner or later, either for a different THC2 thing or for Raymond's birthday which is coming up (in like a month). 

Will Power is still a good watch. I finished watching episode twenty the other day, and I was thinking how it was wrapped up all nicely but then I realized it had 32 episodes lol. I completely forgot about Sire and Jason...It seems Gilbert rapes Nana, and I'm pretty sure what's left after that is the Sung family finds out that Ka Ming is related to them. :/ 

{update} BK, WP

Wow I haven't updated for like a month, haha. I've actually been watching TVB, but too lazy to blog about anything hehe. Anyways, congratulations to Fred for winning VOS! So happy for him. :) And hopefully all of these unnoticed actors who participated will be promoted more~
I'm currently watching Brother's Keeper and Will Power. BK is sort of annoying me now, and I just skip through a lot of scenes. It sucks how Sam Sir and Rachel breaks up...ugh. And I feel bad for Ah Shun. :/ As for Will Power, it's not your typical legal drama and I really like it. The arguments in court are interesting, and although it's kinda slow, I enjoy it more than BK right now.

(also, too lazy to upload pics here but I have edits on my tumblr (fungyi.tumblr.com)

{tvb} 星梦传奇 Voice of Stars Ep 9

I haven't blogged about VOS for a while since MHK took over the timeslot for awhile, and then it got boring to me. However, this week's episode was all about songs from TVB series! I still wasn't interested enough to listen to the judging, so I'll just talk about my thoughts on the singing. haha

Gigi Ho (idk who she is) sang the subtheme from Karma Rider, which was originally sang by Denise Ho, then covered by Hubert Wu for the drama. To be honest, her version was not as good as Denise's or Hubert's... 

Ronald sang the subtheme for Moonlight Resonance. He's not as good as a singer as Suzanna Kwan, of course, but he did really well (imo). Even though I love Fred, I think it's too bad that Ronald doesn't get as enough attention as he does. Ronald's the only other contestant who has performed on all episodes of VOS, but you don't see any news about him at all. His singing is pretty good, so I really hope someone notices him enough to let his talent shine. 

Corinna sang a song by Danny Chan (that I didn't know lol), but she sounded pretty good. She wore a really weird dress, though. 

Yao Bin (I still don't know who he is...) sang one of my favorite themes/songs! haha He sang the theme from Shanghai Bund. It's such a classic, and he did a pretty good job. 

Grace Wong sang The Last Breakthrough's subtheme, which was originally sang by Raymond Lam. It's no doubt one of my favorite songs from him. Although she did a pretty good job, I didn't really like her ad libs haha. It's nice of her to do so, so it's not like she's just copying his version, but I like the original better. Also, I think that Mag Lam sang it better when she was a guest at LF's concert. 

Fred sang Triumph in the Skies' themesong! He already sang it at a function, so I wasn't as excited haha. But I always love his singing, and it was a great performance. 

Finally, Adam Ip (I never knew his name before haha) sang a really old song by Alan Tam for a series called The Turbulent Decade. I'm actually pretty surprised by his performance, since his voice was pretty good. It sounds like a cantopop singer from the 90s! haha I think the only reason he doesn't get any good roles in TVB is cause of his looks, to be honest. 

{pic} Oscar Leung and Fred Cheng

I'm so happy to see them together hehe. 

{tvb} TITS2 & AE Thoughts

TITS2

The first few episodes were great, so I thought that TVB finally stopped screwing up their sequels, but I guess I was wrong. There were too many characters and subplots that it ended up being unbearable to watch. In all honesty, they should have gotten rid of half of the characters and made it less than 40 episodes. Although I like Sam, his treatment of Holiday made him almost unlikable at the end. I don't really see how he loved Holiday, and I preferred it if Holiday and Jayden ended up together. As for Issac and Summer, I could have done without Josie interfering in their relationship. Roy and Heather was alright, as were Jim Jim and Coco & Hero and Pink Pink. I wish TVB didn't have the Apple storyline and instead focused more on Jayden, whose scenes were cut. TVB should have been thankful that Chilam agreed to film for them instead of cutting his scenes out. I half regret watching the whole series, and the only good things that came out of it was the eyecandy that was Chilam and Him Law. LOL 

AE

So far, I like the ancient storyline better. The cases were all pretty interesting, and I actually liked how it was all tied up to the state teacher's wrongdoings. The premodern period, on the other hand, has gotten to my nerves. I dislike how they gave Circle amnesia, and it really was weird how Tsau Fung "remembered" things that happened to Phoenix in the modern age. But the worse thing of all is Tin Tsau Ngan. Mandy is doing a good job, but I have nothing but hate for her character. It is illogical for her to be so angry at her older sister and be crazy enough to conspire with the person who killed her brother in law. To be honest, I only enjoy the scenes where Circle and Kwai jai are together.

{pics} Stevia filming Property Protector

Aren't they the cutest? I really hope they have a happy ending in this series!

{tvb} Voice of Stars Ep 6

I actually forgot that VOS aired yesterday, lol. Anyways, this week they changed up the format a little. I wasn't really paying attention when they were explaining it, but I'm pretty sure it's just past Voice contestants going against the current ones right now. 

Ronald was the first one to go up, and he paired up with Becky to sing against Stephanie Ho and Sheldon Lo (who is pretty cute btw). I think he did pretty well, and I really liked how his voice sounded in this performance. Yao Bin, who picked a pretty hard song, went up against Ryan Lau. Bob Lam paired up with Stanley Cheung to sing 最佳損友, an Eason Chan song and one of the few songs that I recognize on this show, lol. They were against Brian Tse, Penny Chan, and Kwan Gor (James Ng). And last, but not least, Alfred and Fred had a duet! hehe Since they are two of my favorites, it's sorta obvious that this was my favorite performance of the night. They sang Alfred's 青春頌, which wasn't one of my favorite songs of Alfred's, but it was a nice choice anyways. I think next week Wong Cholam is going to perform with someone~ But honestly this is getting kind of boring, so I'm just waiting for this show to end hahaha. 

{tvb} Triumph in the Skies 2 Ep 1-20 Thoughts

Usually the grand production series that TVB put a lot of effort into turn out disappointing, but luckily Triumph in the Skies 2 is has not failed my standards - yet. It's fairly interesting and the love triangles have not gotten on my nerves yet. However with the inclusion of so many characters, it seems like things are going to get a bit messy, and while we're pretty much halfway through the series, some of the more important characters aren't receiving enough screen time.

Since the first installment was ten years ago, I don't really remember the character dynamics. I pretty much only recall Zoe (Myolie Wu) liking Sam (Francis Ng), Issac's (Ron Ng) love triangle with Donald (Sammul Chan) and Zita (Michelle Yip) and Belle (Flora Chan) and Vincent's (Joe Ma) marriage. I honestly don't even remember Coco (Nancy Wu) or Roy (Kenneth Ma) that much. So, I'm only going to base my thoughts about the characters on what we've seen so far in the sequel. Sam gor is definitely my favorite. Even though Jayden (Chilam Cheung) is the cutest thing ever (besides Jim Jim), Sam is more likable. He's a great older brother not only to Issac but to Coco as well. I actually really liked watching Sam and Manna (Michelle Yim) scenes, since she advises him instead of him being everyone else's mentor or guide. I would prefer it if they just let Sam stay single throughout the whole series, though. I don't see him feeling any romantic inclinations towards Holiday (Fala Chen), and it seems he is still very much in love with Zoe. And honestly, Jayden and Holiday are cuter together, even though the way they started their relationship was rushed and weird. 

I like Ron a lot, so it's sort of a given that I would like Issac, haha. And I recall liking him in the first installment, so yeah... I just don't like how he's somehow going to get into a love triangle if he doesn't even like Josie (Kelly Fu).  Sam and Issac scenes are definitely my favorite in this series.

Roy is sorta boring right now. He finally broke it off with both his girlfriends, so he finally gets to develop with Head Jeh (Elena Kong). I don't really like him that much, though. 

Coco's storyline is just farfetched. I don't see how her best friend's boyfriend would be terminally ill while the best friend can't have children. I don't really like Coco that much, either. I only like it when Coco is with Sam, Issac, or Roy tbh. 

The new characters in the series aren't that bad. I really like Jayden and Ha Sun (Myolie Wu). It took a long time for Jayden and Ha Sun to repair their sibling bond, but it was worth it. The ending of episode 17 was really sweet, and the scenes in later episodes where Jayden tries to please Ha Sun were really cute. For new characters in a series, they don't get on your nerves. I just wish that TVB would have shown some scenes or explained more about why Ha Sun disliked Jayden for such a long time. Jayden and Holiday make a good pair and so does Ha Sun and Issac (although I have to say I preferred Issac and Zita LOL) [Also Ha Sun drinks way too much Vitamin Water. TVB should lay off the product placement, I swear her blood should be 99% Vitamin Water by now.]

I actually don't really like Holiday that much. She's cute and all, but I don't like her way of thinking. Even though I like her with Jayden and she had cute scenes during PPP, I don't like her. hahaha 

Pink Pink (Rebecca Zhu) hasn't had that much screentime yet. She looks good with Jim Jim (Him Law), but he's going to end up with Coco anyways. It seems she had a past (?) with Adrian (Pal Sinn) the owner of Skylette, but there hasn't been any information about that yet. I like Rebecca, so I'm looking forward to her scenes but so far she seems kinda useless.

Jim Jim is also one of my favorite characters. He's really nice to everyone and is so cute. His friendship with Hero (Ho Kwan Shing) also sorta reminds me of Donald and Issac, except they liked each other early on haha. 

One thing I dislike, though is the maintenance team. At first, they seemed like good brothers/friends, but after Ah B (Adrian Chau) applied to be a cadet, they got all prissy. Their friendship broke down easily, and it was pretty annoying. I don't like the focus on Ah B in the more recent episodes. He's such an annoying kid, and even though I like Adrian, I really dislike his character. He should just shut up with all his stupid singing and stop hating on Issac for no reason at all. If they didn't focus on Ah B, they could get more Sam or Jayden scenes, but it's too bad TVB is wasting precious episode minutes focusing on Ah B....

{tvb} Triumph in the Skies 2 Edits

I'll be writing up my thoughts on episodes 1-20 tomorrow, but for now here are some edits I made from caps in the series so far.

 

{tvb} 星梦传奇 Voice of Stars Ep 5

Before episode 5 aired in Hong Kong, Oscar wrote Fred a supportive message on weibo. hehe I really love their friendship, so I was so happy when I saw this. Oscar also appeared in this week's episode of VOS, but I don't know for what reason... 

The two new contestants this week are Bob Lam and Yao Bin (idk who they are). This week they only eliminated one person, and it was Aaryn Cheung. Ronald Law had the second lowest points, so I thought he was going to be out of the show for sure, but it didn't happen. (Anyways wow I didn't know he had a gf? hahaha) Everybody today was only in the 160 point range, but Fred got above 180! The audience was clapping and cheering for him very loudly, so looks like his popularity has skyrocketed. I'm so happy for him~ Anyways, I think next week is when some of the past contestants come back for another chance (I see Stanley Cheung in the previews) and Fred has a duet with Alfred Hui!! (one of my favorite HK singers LOL)