DRAMA

Condor Heroes 2007, China drama

I just received confirmation of this by my Facebook group several days ago. According to the info, the main lead is:

Finally, a new version is out after the release of She Diao Ying Xiong Zhuan featuring Zhou Xun and Li Yapeng some years ago. It is finally time to watch something I have awaited for some time already. Originally, Nicholas Tse Tingfeng was meant to act as Guo Jing but luckily, he was too busy. Especially with the Edison Chen scandal, I kinda pity him. Anyway, I believe he had been filming Da Ren Wu with Liu Tao, which is somehow, another remake of Taiwan's "Yuan Yang Hu Die Meng" with Jackie Wu Jing and Ji Qin. Anyway, Guo Jing is meant to look a bit silly, so Nicholas Tse or Joe Cheng Yuanchang wouldn't be the right choice.

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Note: Ariel's voice has been dubbed.

Credits: spcnet.tv forums

Nu Ren He Ku Wei Nan Nu Ren aka Ye Mei Gui Bu Liu Lei (2007, Taiwan-China)

女人何苦为难女人，又名夜玫瑰不流泪

In English: Why Should Women Trouble Other Women aka Wild Roses Do Not Shed Tears

Number of episodes: 34

Stars: Liu Xiaoqing, June Tsai Junru (Liuyue), Tian Li, Kou Zhenhai, Huo Yan, Xu Guang, Lu Jin

演员： 刘晓庆， 蔡莙如，田丽，寇振海，霍　焰，鲁　昕，徐光

The storyline centers on mid-modern day China, on the life of a man, Tong Zhenhai, who has three wives, each with a different characteristic. When he dies, the two wives each fall into a world of chaos and their competition knows no bounds.

Liu Xiaoqing plays the first wife, Zhang Yuying. She is intelligent and cultured and the heiress of a rich family. She has a daughter, Tong Shaoqi, a spoilt brat, and a son, Tong Pingchuan, who is a spendthrift and gambler.

Tian Li plays the second wife, Tang Yinyao, a dancer by nature. She is not cultured and resorts to dirty tricks or evil schemes to get what she desires. Her sole dependent is her nephew, Tang Kefan, who is in love with Ji Fei but is used by her aunt to obtain the Tong family's assets, as she desires wealth.

June plays the third wife Ji Yunsheng's daughter, Ji Fei. As her parents' marriage was not disclosed to the public, she has to take on her mother's surname. She loves Kefan wholeheartedly but she wishes him good luck with his marriage to her elder half-sister as she knows of his aunt's schemes. After her mother's death, her only kin is her younger brother, Ji Lei, and she has always doted on him.

Interesting facts: The song is based on a song by Winnie Xin Xiaoqi, Nu Ren He Ku Wei Nan Nu Ren.

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Miscellaneous

Thumbnail	Description
	Smoking is bad for health #1		Smoking is bad for health #2
	Why did you??		Round 1
	Round 2		Don't come any closer
	I am Fang Tianyu, family lawyer to Mr.Tong		I am Handsome Mr.Tong, healthy and old and beloved by my 3 wives
	Don't you shout, Ma, I ain't deaf yet		See Ma, I can shout too HAHAHA.. and my teeth are white. Jealous?

 

Credits ent.sina.com

The Seventh Day 2007 (TVB Drama)

最美丽的第七天

Number of episodes: 20

Stars:

• Kevin Cheng Ka Wing as Yau Chi Wing (You Zhiying)
• Niki Chow Lai Kei as Ling Kar Yan (Ling Jiaen)
• Bosco Wong Chung Chak as Hui Wai Yan (Xu Huairen), Don Dum
• Natalie Tong See Wing as Wong Chi Kun (Wang Zhijun), Sasa Wong

Other characters:

• Charmaine Li as Wong Wai (Wang Hui), Jessie Wong: one of Sasa's BFFs, her father is probably the richest man in town.
• Elaine Yiu as Yeung Hau Yee (Yang Qiaoer), Jade: Jiaen's cousin, lives under the same roof as her and is one of Sasa's BFFs and her co-worker.
• Yvonne Ho as Chu Leilei (Zhu Lili), Julie: another of Sasa's BFFs, she is involved in a relationship with KK.
• Eddie Lee as KK: A member of Don's team and BFFs, he is also the son of the owner of the cafe, and is a middleman between Don and Sasa as Julie gets information from him regarding Don for Sasa and Don uses him to relay information to Julie which he wishes to pass to Sasa to make her like him when he thought she is a rich heiress (who is in fact Jessie)
• Sam Chan as Shek Ka Wing (Shi Jiarong), Dino: Another of the team and Don's BFFs, he indirectly caused Jessie and Don to be thought as a couple
• Joel Chan as Martin: Another of Don's team and BFFs, was initially Sasa's first choice to develop a 'test' relationship until Don misunderstood that Sasa was a rich heiress and stepped in between them, and whom Sasa inadvertedly causes Martin to quit the team by causing 'rivalry' between him and Don, he eventually works at a ticket company booking tickets for the four main cast to go to Japan, also acts as a tour guide to Jiaen, knowing her as 'Jade's cousin'

Guest:

Selina Li as Yuen Ching (Ruan Jing), Zhiying's ex-girlfriend and Jiaen's father's friend's daughter.

Photos:

http://s355.photobucket.com/albums/r461/sukisan2008/seventhday2007/

Themesong:

Most Beautiful Seventh Day by Kevin Cheng

 

Honor and Passion 宝家卫国

Stars: Huang Wenyong, Tay Ping Hui, Felicia Chin, Bryan Wong, Rui En, Hong Huifang, Pierre Png, Nathaniel Ho, Ix Shen, Dawn Yeoh

Others: Li Yinzhu, Jin Yinji, Constance Song, Ong Ai Leng, Lina Ng, Vincent Ng

This twenty-episode sitcom drama features the life of a widowed man in his 40s in bringing up his four children, Wenjing, Wenzhong, Wenwei and Wenguo.

Huang plays Bao Pengju, who despite his stubborn daughter, Wenwei's objections, falls in love with a young woman who is manipulated by her boyfriend's desires for money, and runs off with the money from Peng's bank loan. Peng is determined to acknowledge that all women who borrow from their boyfriends are scammers, and this creates further confusion between him and his second son (Wong)'s girlfriend, Xiaonuo (Yeoh). He objects to them being together and tries to get Wenzhong to accept an independent military officer, Peipei (Chin), as he has a strong appreciation for Peipei, who is the tough and smart kind, not knowing his eldest son, Wenjing (Tay) is deeply in love with her. Only Wenwei knows that Wenjing still loves Peipei, despite Peipei has already encouraged him to give her up. Unknown to herself, what Peipei feels for Wenzhong is not actual love but her longingness for the memories shared between Peipei and Wenzhong in secondary school when she developed a crush for him.

When Wenzhong gets hurt from creditors whom Xiaonuo's cousin owes money to, Peng's misunderstanding wanders further and worsens as Xiaonuo tries to borrow money from Wenzhong when her aunt gets injured. With the help of the woman who loves him, the younger sister of his late wife, Yamei (Hong), he eventually accepts Xiaonuo as his future daughter-in-law.

Wenwei is involved in a love triangle between two men she cares for, her boyfriend Wu Chengyi (Shen) and her colleague which she initially developed misunderstandings with, Picasso (Png). Her relationships are finally resolved with the unearthing of Chengyi's true identity followed by his death, and her saving by Picasso...

Overall:

A nice series, but needs improvement with account for the SAF scenes and the actors' lack to respond in time in certain events which require live action. Also, it could help if Rui En's characters weren't carved out to be the 'nice friendly girl that is liked by everyone', and to introduce some variety in her roles. In like manners, Xiaonuo was carved out to be 'the factor for Peipei to be not with Wenzhong' as viewers simply wished to see Felicia Chin matched with Tay Ping Hui.

Huang Wenyong did a great job portraying the naggy and stubborn father who was overconcerned about his children, even if he may seem irritating to some young watchers. By no doubt was Wenwei and Wenzhong as stubborn as their father! The drama did a good job portraying relationships within the army but it would have been better if they focused more on army training. Nevertheless, some scenes were sweet, such as the love ribbons with Felicia and Tay, and the scene where the Bao youths and Yamei's friend got together to trick Peng in revealing his feelings for Yamei was simply funny.

GAMES

Bigfish Games/Reflexive Arcade Ranch Rush

Ranch Rush is the typical farming game where you collect a number of crops and dairy products (milk, cheese) as well as ketchup and honey within a certain time limit and get payment for it in a task-manner. For lovers of lightweight games, this is a good choice and doesn't lag on the Vista platform as compared to First Class Flurry, which until now I am unable to resolve.

Special feature: Able to screenshot the whole farm, even the parts beyond view (the game scrolls as you move to the right side, which is hidden from view)

VisualBoyAdvance: Playing GBA games

 

VisualBoyAdvance was the trend in University to play the beloved Gameboy Advance ROMS over full screen on the computer. So much for the tiny Gameboy Advance screen! Download it here.

Planning to setup a section for ROMs as well. ^^

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Yoshi's Island~

 

Been playing Mario or Luigi all the time? Play as Yoshi and learn to aim with your eggs instead of Mario's jump or fireball-shooting. Swallow an enemy and pass him out as waste, or hit another enemy directly with him! Collect as many eggs as you wish, but watch out for Yoshi-swallowing piranha plants and take care to not let baby Mario fall, for if the timer reaches '0' you will have to restart the game.

MOBILE

Font Changing on an E-series

Procedure:

http://www.ipmart-forum.com/showthread.php?t=171125

Pictures

Comment:

This tutorial helped me a lot in my install of fonts, as previously I have tried using the method below but it doesn't work.

Note that in the screenshots, two blocks are shown for WomanMobile. If you are an avid fan of Kanji/chinese or Japanese, you should get an unicode font instead, like for example, Arial Unicode MS, Simsun or PMingLiU.

Font Changing on a N-series

http://www.mobilesmania.com/forum/index.php?showtopic=32199&st=0&start=0

Screenies on that page