The Last Steep Ascent: Episode 1-4

I like the theme song 《一生一心》 sung by Hubert Wu. I think Hubert's voice sounds a bit like Chilam's, or is it just me?! However, I don't like the opening theme video. It has exactly the same style as Bottle Passion's, but more poorly done.

Ok let's get started. So apparently, Maggie made my eyes teary within the first 5 min of the first episode!! WTH?! I totally didn't see that coming!! I got so emotional just by listening to her narration. It was her voice, so old-fashioned and so old too. She was able to bring out the mood just by using her voice. I'm impressed!! Good job Maggie!!

The story begins in 1934 in a small village. Miu Tin (Moses Chan) is basically a 'seun poon' in his village because he's nice, filial, capable, blah blah blah... After the death of his parents (a rather sad and touching part... Q.Q)), Miu Tin and his friends decided to go to Guangzhou to sell off the medicine they have grown for the past 2 years.

However, things didn't go well as they planned. When they were trying to sell the medicine to Guangzhou biggest medicine shop Ho Ching Tong, they were 'bullied' by Ho Kwan Yiu (Cheung Yik) and his son Ho Sai Ho (Edwin Siu). Miu Tin's friend Cheng Kiu (Kenny Wong) couldn't hold back and punched Sai Ho. As a result, he got into jail. Miu Tin had to help get him out. But when they thought everything was resolved, their medicine went rotten before they could sell it.

Luckily, Miu Tin met Ho Sai Cheung (KK Cheung), the owner of Ho Ching Tong. After hearing Miu Tin's story, Sai Cheung decided to lend him some money so he can have something to give back to the villagers. Sai Cheung is actually Kwan Yiu's nephew and Sai Ho's cousin. Since Kwan Yiu and Sai Ho were backed up by the whole Ho family, Sai Cheung didn't dare to fire them even if he knew they cheated Ho Ching Tong's money. I can see that Sai Cheung is very troubled!!

Koo Sun Yuet (Maggie Cheung) is Sai Cheung's wife and a loving mother of 3 kids. She didn't want to get involved in the Ho family business and just wanted to take care of her kids. Her mother-in-law (Law Lan) wanted her to be the head of the Ho family but Sun Yuet rejected her every time. I love their interaction, so cute and so childish!!

After giving all the money back to the villagers, Miu Tin once again decided to go to Guangzhou and find a job to pay off his debt. Tin Oi Tai (Aimee Chan), a villager who just returned from San Francisco, joined him. Although Oi Tai was born in the States, she lived in China Town and didn't know English. She returned to the village after her parents died. By accident, Miu Tin discovered that Oi Tai was actually the mistress of Sai Cheung.

Looking forward to the relationship between Sun Yuet and Miu Tin!! They met many years ago when Miu Tin was 10 and Sun Yuet was 18. At that time, Sun Yuet was on her way to marry Sai Cheung. They haven't properly met each other again yet but it seems like Miu Tin recognized Sun Yuet.

I still couldn't get over the fact that Moses got his role as Miu Tin, who's 8 years younger than Maggie's character Koo Sun Yuet. Because the thing is, Moses looks older than Maggie, it's not convincing!! They should have gotten a younger actor for this role (Bosco? Ray Wong? Ruco? or Kenneth??). However, if they insist on using an actor at Moses' age, I prefer Steven Ma!!

From the first 4 episodes, I feel that this series is similar to Rosy Business. The wealthy Ho family and Moses-Maggie relationship are comparable to the Chiang family and Wayne-Sheren relationship in RB. I highly anticipated this series so hopefully it won't disappoint, especially the ending.

And isn't that... RAYMOND WONG?!?! O_o Since when he's in this series?!

 

Master of Play: Episode 3-5

I'm so behind with Master of Play, only up to ep 6... Oh well, let's get straight to business shall we?

I find it really interesting how Ah Kan (Adam Cheng) used his acting skills to look for Luk Bing Ching (Lau Dan), who just got out of jail not long ago. His story is rather interesting too, though a bit draggy. It's giving out clues here and there and make you guess whether he had killed his wife or not. And the answer wasn't what I expected. Yes, I was fooled!! And so was Ah Kan.

It seemed like Ah Kan has gone too far with his acting, to the point he got out of control and almost hurt his colleagues. He seemed scary that time.

Ah Kan met a girl whom he thought was his daughter Tansy. It turned out she's Charlie, Tansy's best friend and also the one who's supposed to be kidnapped 25 years ago. Ah Kan saw her working as a prostitute and even doing drugs.

MOP is full of surprises. Charlie was actually an undercover!! And she's dating Matt Yeung's character, whose name I forgot :P

When Ah Kan told Luk Bing Ching he believed that he had killed his wife, Luk Bing Ching got out of control and wanted to kill the triad boss whom his wife had an affair with. Charlie stopped him but unfortunately, she ended up getting killed by that triad boss. Very sad!! Ah Kan has indirectly caused her death.

Adam's crying skill was superb!! He's the best actor so far in MOP!!

Natalie (Aimee Chan) is a very special girl. She can tell a tree's feeling by looking at its leaf color. She seemed to love nature. Natalie is a botanist or something?!

Natalie seemed unhappy about Ivan (Moses Chan) and Esther's (Maggie Siu) wedding. She even got mad at Esther but luckily things worked out for them at the end. It seemed like she felt insecure when Ivan's not around, hence didn't want them to get married.

Finally, Kenny Wong and Rachel Kan made their appearance as Eric and Michelle respectively. Ivan met them at Jekyll bar, a place full of weird people: Edwin an odd bar tender, Martin an angry dude and Henry a timid waiter.

Kenny and Rachel's looks are the most eye-catching... and scary, especially Kenny's!! Imagine having his profile picture in your phone...

... CREEPY!!

When Eric discovered Henry unintentionally overheard his conversation with Ivan, he killed him right away!! Ivan seemed shocked and got mad at first, but went along with him in the end.

Eric seemed to know a lot about Ivan, and it seemed like he's watching over him and even knows what Ivan's thinking. He said that he's the one who lured Ivan into killing his uncle!! I began to think that Eric and the whole Jekyll bar only existed inside Ivan's head, ie. they are only his imagination. (**Don't tell me anything, I don't want spoilers. I want to find out myself!! Thank u**)

It turned out that Ivan and Natalie aren't real brother and sister!! She got kidnapped by Ivan's father and uncle (the dude Ivan killed in ep 2). His father wanted him to kill Natalie because she saw their faces but it seemed like Ivan killed his father instead?! Ivan is now overprotective of Natalie and maybe that's why he killed his uncle?!

Ivan got really shocked when he saw a picture of Ah Kan in Natalie's computer. Natalie may be Tansy afterall!!

Wow... look at Moses' expression!!