updates here till they’ve solved the problems!!

thanks,
qingling~

the good news is that http://dramafocus.com is back!! :)

but the bad news is that http://dramafocus.com/forum is now down.

the entire server where my site was hosted was hacked.
wow, the website support guys have been working for over 12 hours to solve the problem!

THANK YOU :D

辛苦了！

hope the problems will be solved ASAP :)

have a great weekend :)

thanks for the support and patience,
qingling~

I DON’T KNOW HOW THIS HAPPENED!! dramafocus.com has been HACKED!!!

UPDATES AT THIS SITE (qingling.wordpress.com) TILL THE PROBLEM CAN BE SOLVED, WHICH IS LIKE ONLY TOMORROW, ‘cos it’s Good Friday today, and all the website people are on holiday. OMG.  I CAN’T BELIEVE THIS IS HAPPENING!!

SORRY PEOPLE. you might want to visit the forum, which is THANKFULLY unaffected!

http://dramafocus.com/forum

Happy Good Friday, everyone! Have a great day :)

qingling~

this drama debuts on 1 April 2009 at 9pm on Channel 8 :)

my forum-er, who has MOBTV, warns that it’s really very disappointing. awww.

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL POST @ dramafocus :D

the “Top 40 Most Popular Male and Female Artistes” nomination list was released on Friday 27 March 2008, a month before the awards show (26 April 2009).

CLICK HERE FOR THE FULL POST @ dramafocus.com

it’s been a while since i’ve blogged; really sorry about not updating!

i’ve been busy with the preparations for the official opening of my new site “Drama Focus ~i’m the girl who reviews~” (http://dramafocus.com)
the site is actually done already, so i hope all of you can visit, read, comment there, and PLEASE SUPPORT ME BY CLICKING THE ADS!!! :)
it’ll be great if you could click everytime you visit and exit!! :) thanks, that will be greatly appreciated!

please also join the forum (http://dramafocus.com/forum)

“Drama Focus ~i’m the girl who reviews~” (http://dramafocus.com) was set up on 14 March 2009.
However, i’ll set the official launch date on 14 April 2009. this day will also mark the end of my 2 year and 5 month wordpress journey, and will signify the start of my blogging journey using a .com url!

thank you, my dear readers, for the continuous support you’ve given me over these past 2 years. i hope i’ll continue to have your support and encouragement over at the new site :)
let’s make the new site and forum a success!!

best wishes,
qingling~

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DRAMA UPDATES

currently airing at 9pm on Ch 8 on weeknights is “Housewive’s Holiday 煮妇的假期“. i only watched the 1st episode, and didn’t feel that it was worth spending time to watch. it was quite funny, but i’d expect more of the same antics and ranting, raving and similar situations which appear in any other drama. i’m so sorry to announce that i won’t be reviewing this series.

what i’m really looking forward to is the debut of “Table of Glory 乒乓圆” on Wednesday, 1st April 2009, at 9pm on Channel 8.

this drama stars: “new ah-ge” Dai Yangtian, Joshua Ang, Teresa Tseng, Kym Ng, Guo Liang, Kola Zhou (from Star Search 2007), Koh Yah Hwee, Constance Song, Zheng Geping, Rayson Tan, Zhang Wenxiang… (i haven’t found a full cast list yet!)

i got this synopsis from the Mediacorp forum–

Synopsis:
After the untimely death of his mother, Ah Woo (Joshua Ang) became withdrawn and spends most of his time paddling a table tennis ball against the wall. His best and only friend, Mai Xiao Fen (Teresa Tseng) is a national table tennis player coached personally by her mother Mai Tian Tian (Kym Ng). However Xiao Fen is dogged by the stigma of always winning fourth place in all competitions, which affected her confidence.

Xiao Fen’s team mate Zhang Zi Yi (Kola Zhou Ying) takes a liking to Ah Woo and encourages him to play professionally. While everyone else has their doubts, Ah Woo is talent scouted by Lin Da Di (Zhang Wenxiang), a prominent player in the field but with a set of unorthodox training method. When Ah Woo started winning competitions, everyone took notice. His success caught the attention of He Jia Jun (Dai Yang Tian), the best male player in the national team, but how will Ah Woo measure against the best? Will he fulfill his dreams to become a world-class player?

Cast: Dai Yangtian, Joshua Ang, Teresa Tseng, Kym Ng, Guo Liang, Kola Zhou, Zheng Geping, Rayson Tan, Zhang Wenxiang…

this drama looks really exciting! even though a sports-themed drama like 2004′s “The Champion” and 2008′s “Beach.Ball.Babes”, this drama has so much more publicity than its predecessors, with trailers starting in February!
it’s Joshua Ang’s 1st official drama role (his role in “Crimebusters x2″ was only a cameo)! it’s also Dai Yangtian’s 3rd role, and this will be his 1st main role. wow, he progressed from unknown newbie to “new ah-ge” in only a year! i’m still amazed.

i typed “乒乓圆” into youtube, and it came up with a slew of trailers and interviews. if you’re interested, CLICK HERE!

more behind-the-scenes pictures and info from Paul Chan:
- feature on DYT and Joshua Ang
- feature on Kola Zhou

- photo gallery from Joshua Ang’s blog

- feature with links to interviews HERE (courtesy of mysteryblogger)

THIS DRAMA LOOKS VERY PROMISING! FOR SURE, WITHOUT DOUBT, I’LL BE WATCHING!!! :)

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OTHER UPDATES

since i’ve not been watching the 9pm drama, or the 7pm ATV drama, or the 7pm Korean drama, i’ve got nothing much to review.

of course i could do all my overdue reviews (The Little Nyonya and Love Blossoms), or review all the TVB dramas which i’m supposed to and which are super overdue too.
(by the way, i’m trying to integrate my ~i’m the girl who reviews: TVB~ site into dramafocus too, but that will take a bit longer. there are some complications!)

but in light of my pending official launch date, i’ve decided to do something special. unfortunately for die-hard drama fans, it’s got nothing to do with the TV-dramas we all love. instead, i’ll review 5 movies i’ve seen in the cinemas recently :) hope you’ll enjoy my reviews. i don’t think i’ve done movie reviews before!

1. Marley and Me (3.0/5.0)
2. Dragonball: Evolution (4.0/5.0)
3. Street Fighter: The Legend of Chun Li (1.5/5.0)
4. Race to Witch Mountain (3.5/5.0)
5. Hotel for Dogs (4.0/5.0)

these reviews will all be in situated in the new site dramafocus.com.

thanks for taking part in the poll :)
i really appreciate the enthusiastic response i’ve gotten!

but i’m afraid i’m not taking any of the suggestions i’ve put up.
i’m sorry :(

after thinking very hard, i decided that it’ll sound more professional and less ‘personal-blog-ish’ if i use something not related to my name at all.
but it proved very difficult to find a url which is drama___, which is what my blog is all about in the first place.

finally, after trying very hard and racking my brains like crazy (!!!), i finally came up with a url WHICH WAS NOT ALREADY REGISTERED. phew.

www.dramafocus.com

yup, i focus on dramas :)

qingling.wordpress.com will still continue to be active, until i’ve settled everything at my new site :)
i’ll try my best to make the move as smooth as possible! hope you’ll like the new site!

I’D LIKE TO THANK ALL MY READERS FOR SUPPORTING ME THROUGHOUT THESE 2 YEARS AND I HOPE I’LL CONTINUE TO HAVE YOUR SUPPORT AND ENCOURAGEMENT WHEN I MOVE!!

best wishes,
qingling~

this news is very sudden, but I’M MOVING!

i’ll be moving to a .com site, so there will be quite a few changes.
don’t worry, i’ll try to make the move as smooth as possible, and i hope i’ll continue to have your support :)

i’ll need your help though.
please VOTE in the poll i’ve placed below and let me know which url you like the best!

unfortunately, qingling.com is not available… well it is, but i have to pay USD$3500 for it! (OMG.SO EX LAH! haha!!)
so please vote for what you like the most, or suggest something else! i’ve brainstormed for a long time before i came up with these few urls!!
**i’ll be integrating my TVB site into the new .com site too!

it’s quite urgent, ‘cos i’ve gotta confirm the url by early next week!!!
THANK YOU for the continuous support, and PLEASE VOTE!! :)

**EDIT: POLL CLOSED. (12/03/09)

results (click for a bigger image):

I’d like to thank the people who helped my sis, my friend and i, when we took bus number 518A on Monday 9th March 2009, about 6-7pm, which was the wrong bus!
THANK YOU SO MUCH, we were panicking and were so sure we were lost, and all of you helped us, by giving us directions :)

Here, on behalf of my sis and friend, and of course myself, I’d like to express our gratitude, so…

THANK YOU!

:)
qingling~

this drama starts on 4th March 2009, at 9pm on Channel 8.

starring:
Hong Huifang as Chen Simei, Ann Kok as Alice, Xiang Yun as Ai Qin, Brandon Wong as Chen Weibin, Yao Wenlong as Zhang Jia Sheng, Rayson Tan as Brian

official site HERE
synopsis from Mediacorp site

Three housewives become friends when they worked together to nab a thief that stole bras from the neighbourhood.

Each housewife is different in character. Chen Si Mei, 42, is very thrifty and looks out for small advantages. Alice, 40, is the modern one, who enjoys making herself look good. Zhong Ai Qin, 39, is a natural worrier.

Alice looks down on the others and pretends she’s a rich tai tai. Si Mei, in a bid to stand up to Alice, lies that her husband is a rich businessman.

Each has a different set of problems – a philandering husband, interfering in-laws and marriages that have lost their romance.

All things come to a head when Alice discovers her husband has a mistress. Ai Qin, too is shocked when her suspicions about her husband is confirmed. Si Mei is devastated when she finds that her husband has resumed his gambling habit again.

The three women, who had been fighting secretly amongst one another, realise they are all in the same boat. All their sacrifices for their families had come to a nought. It was time for them to live for themselves.

They decide to go for a long holiday and set off without saying goodbye to their families. Their disappearances cause chaos in their families.

Ai Qin decides to divorce her husband but her husband pleads for forgiveness. Alice is touched by her husband, Jia Sheng’s sincerity and forgives him. Si Mei returns home and realises that her husband has finally kicked the gambling habit.

does this drama remind anyone of “La Femme”? Ann Kok’s part of the trio again! haha :) and Yao Wenlong’s in here too – and as a husband who is having an affair. AGAIN!
what’s different is that this drama will concentrate on people in the heartlands. Hong Huifang’s character lives in a 3-room flat; Xiang Yun’s character lives in a 4-room flat; and Ann Kok’s character lives in a 5-room flat.
i think there will be more comedy in this drama than “La Femme”. i think it’s guranteed to be ‘less serious’ than “La Femme”. OK, i should stop comparing it to “La Femme”!!! haha :)

wait a moment. i just visited the forum, and saw the comparison to HK-TVB drama “The Family Link”, which was a drama about housewives. OMG. it’s almost exactly the same!!

1. Hong Huifang’s character with Kiki Sheung’s character — the ‘ugly’ housewife
2. Ann Kok’s character with Cecilia Yip’s character — the ‘so-called’ taitai
3. Xiang Yun’s character with Sheren Tang’s character — the ‘once-pretty-but-has-now-neglected-her-looks’ housewife; a worrier

i’m pretty amazed that in the show, Ann Kok’s supposed to be older than Xiang Yun! another notable point i gathered from the forum is that (and now i remember) Xiang Yun played Ann Kok’s MOTHER in “Kinship”!!! other than that… Hong Huifang really looks so horrible! haha :)

i like the fact that actors and actresses — Hong Huifang, Xiang Yun, Brandon Wong, Yao Wenlong and Rayson Tan, who are always playing supporting roles (with the exception of Ann Kok) are given the chance to play the leading roles! it gives us a break from the princesses and ah-ges, who i think are over-worked, ‘cos we see them in every other show :)

hmm… it’s from the same people as “Nanny Daddy”! i see. i really really DIDN’T LIKE that show.
anyway, it’s a rather simple plot, i don’t know how it’ll fair, but i’ll be watching… more updates when i’ve seen more episodes!! :)

CLICK HERE to see the special preview!!!