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Man in Charge 幕後大老爺

English Title: Man in Charge 幕後大老爺
Cantonese Title: Mok Hou Dai Lo Yea
Broadcast Date: 06th April 2009 – 01st May 2009
Length: 20 Episode
Cast: Kenneth Ma, Kate Tsui, Leila Tong, Matthew Ko, Gordon Liu

Synopsis :

Sometimes kind Sometimes sassy
Stay away from my spy woman

Master Tai Yau Kung (Lau Ka Fai) is skilled in training official advisor for government. He helps his foster son Chow Ping (Ma Kwok Ming) obtain a job in officialdom. Ping is a resourceful young man but he holds fast to his own beliefs. He finds all the rules and practices of the officials intolerable so he stays idle all the time. Sometimes he goes tavern to have fun and he falls into the adorable owner Chong Siu Han (Leila Tong). His wife Chiu Yuk Hing (Tsui Tsz Shan, Kate) becomes green-eyed monster and never stays in settlement with him.

Kung recommends Ping to work as an advisor to the new government official Shum Kwan Pok (Matthew Ko). Ping and Pok become good friends as time goes by. However, Ping accidentally discovers that his respectful master Kung is actually the father of Pok. In order to protect himself, Pok starts making use of Hing to eliminate Ping. Ping is shocked to realize that his wife is in fact a spy dispatched by Imperial .

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Hot Shot 籃球火

 

English Title: Hot Shot 籃球火 (also known as Basketball Fire / Basket Fireball)
Mandarin Title: Lan Qiu Huo
Broadcast Date: 27th July 2008 – 9th November 2008
Length: 16 Episodes
Cast: Jerry Yan, Alan Luo, Wu Chun, Zhou Cai Shi, Coco Jiang, George Hu, Zhang Yan Ming, Lin Pai Yan, Lin Qi Tai, Wang Wei Ting, Bu Xue Liang, Gu Bao Ming, Wang Xia, Li Jun Tian, Yun Zhong Yue, Li Jia Hua, Ma Zhi Qin, Michael Zhang, Chen Bo Zheng, Jeff Chen, Zhao Shu Hai

Synopsis :
In a school where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus, Li Ying vows to revive the basketball team by volunteering to be the head coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy who is passionate for basketball but has no skill. Their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school.

Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood friend. Things are complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, who she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school’s basketball history.

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Fated to Love You 命中注定我愛你

English Title: Fated to Love You 命中注定我愛你 (also known as Sticky Note Girl / Destiny Love)
Cantonese/Mandarin Title: Ming Zhong Zhu Ding Ngor Ngoi Lei / Ming Zhong Zhu Ding Wo Ai Ni
Broadcast Date: 16th March 2008 – 24th August 2008
Length: 24 Episode
Cast: Chen Qiao En, Ethan Ruan, Baron Chen, Bianca Bai, Na Wei Xun, Chen Wei Min, Luo Bei An, Tan Ai Zhen, Tian Jia Da, Wang Juan, Yan Jia Le, Patrick Li, Lin Mei Xiu, Jessica Song, Zhong Xin Ling, Jam Hsiao

Synopsis :
A really unfashionable working class girl Chen Xin Yi has the desire to tie down her handsome boyfriend to be with her. Due to certain reasons, her boyfriend gets her to go on a love cruise and she started to ponder on how to lose her virginity and tie down her boyfriend. Xin Yi ended up taking cold medicine which made her drowsy and went into Ji Cun Xi’s room. Cun Xi is the sole male heir to his family’s company and has been in love with his girlfriend, Anna, for a long time. He planned to propose to Anna on the boat but she didn’t turn up on the cruise. An island owner added drugs into Cun Xi’s drink and Cun Xi became disorientated and returned to his own room. Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up having a one night stand. Xin Yi later finds out that she’s pregnant and Cun Xi’s grandmother forces them to get married. Will a couple forced to marry for the sake of their unborn child find love with each other?

Personal Note: This will be my first Taiwan drama that I will be watching. I hope it would be an interesting story. Anyway, from what I know that the original episode of the drama is 23 but due to the great success of the drama, another episode was added and therefore it has a total of 24 episodes.

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Steps 舞動全城

English Title: Steps (The Whole City Is Dancing) 舞動全城
Cantonese Title: Mo Dung Chuen Sing
Broadcast Date: 10th September 2007 – 5th October 2007
Length: 20 Episode
Cast: Steven Ma, Bernice Liu, Wayne Lai, Kate Tsui, Claire Yiu, Matthew Ko, Fala Chen, Stephen Hyunh, Chan Man Na, Kwok Fung, Wu Fung, Akina Hong, Rabee’a Yeung, Yu Yeung, Stephen Wong Ka Lok and more
Genre: Modern Drama/Dance/Musical/Romance

Synopsis :
Exotic Salsa, Fussy CHA CHA CHA,
Flirtatious Tango, A Mixture of Dancing Harmony

Ballroom dancing emphasizes rhythm and mutual trust between the partners. If we can apply the same philosophy to our daily communication practices, we are likely to find ourselves in greater harmony and our lives will surely be enriched.

Dance lover Lee Sum Ying (Bernice Liu) is going to audition for a place in the Hong Kong Dance Company. Before the audition starts, she bumps into her brother Lee Lik Keung (Wayne Lai) and his colleague Ching Ka Tsun (Steven Ma) at a supermarket, where she is accidentally run over by Tsun’s trolley and hurts herself. Due to her leg injury, Ying does not perform well in the audition and fails the assessment. At the invitation of Tsun’s mother, Ying goes to teach Latin dance at a local community center, in the hope that she can save up enough money for further studies abroad.

Ying has a very warm personality and is well-liked by many of her students. Her popularity eventually lands her a teaching job at a dance workshop, which makes another dance tutor, Ching Ka Man (Fala Chen), incredibly jealous. Man dislikes Ying so much that she means to make things difficult for her in every possible way.

Yeung Sze Man (Kate Tsui), the daughter of Tsun’s boss, is appointed to take charge of the company. In order to improve staff morale, Man has announced a series of reforms. She needs her staff to learn dancing so that they can get more physical exercise. Ying is hired as the dance teacher of Tsun and his colleagues. Tsun, who has some knowledge in dancing, has soon resumed his interest in this expressive form of art. Ying and Tsun have gradually developed a close bond with each other and even decided to take part in an international dance competition as partners, but the pair’s relationship is put to the test when Tsun and Keung later fall out over business matters. The discord between the two men has put Ying in dilemma…

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