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Lin Chi Ling can really act and she's gaining popularity in Japan. She's not the so-called flower vase/pretty face and she speaks good Japanese. In this latest dorama, Tsuki no Koibito (Moon Lovers), Kimura Takuya is the president of a home furnishing business and meets a Chinese protestor, Lin Chi Ling, during one of his business trip to China.

After watching some Taiwan idol drama, I am now moving on to my HK TVB drama!!


蔡锷与小凤仙 (In the Chamber of Bliss) tells the romantic legend of the love between a military governor, Choi Ngok, and beautiful courtesan, Siu Fung Tsin. I love the theme song, 伤爱一生, which has lovely lyrics and tune.

Growing up in a family that listens to Cantonese Nanyin Opera (地水南音), the theme song has this opera feel and evokes such splendid emotion to describe a genuine love for someone. Just one word, WOW. The only other Cantonese opera that I fell in love is 客途秋恨 (A Wanderer's Autumn Grief) telling the sad tale of a poet and a lovely maiden when I watched TVB's Seven Sisters, starring Charmaine Sheh and Gallen Lo.



If you're up for some action flick, 铁马寻桥 (A Fistful of Stances) has a powerful cast that describes the pugilistic world rampant during the early to mid 1900s.

Missing those backstabbing and vengeful ladies in patriarchal households in pre-modern times? You've got to watch 掌上明珠 (Sisters of Pearl) as the 3 sisters weave a labyrinth of suspense and lies that keep you glue to your seat every episode.

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