Sunday idol drama battle begins; bed scene vs. kiss scene vs. passionate scene

Source: UDN
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Rainie Yang & Cyndi Wang’s competition for the ‘sweetheart’ throne has been going on for many years now. Tonight, Rainie’s CTS drama ‘Hi My Sweetheart’ will enter the idol drama battle, competing against Cyndi’s ‘Momo Love’. The competition is about to get even more intense!

Ady An & Vanness Wu haven’t returned to the idol drama market for a long time but their recent SETTV drama ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ has been doing very well. Last week, they achieved 4.02% in ratings, easily claiming the first place position. And it seems they have left Rainie & Cyndi to battle it out for second place.

However ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ isn’t taking their new competitor lightly. Tonight, they will be airing a hot bed scene, to compete against the 2 sweethearts. Coincidentally, both ‘Hi My Sweetheart’ & ‘Momo Love’ also have kiss scenes airing in tonight’s episodes; it seems that all 3 idol dramas are using passionate scenes to face the battle.

‘Autumn’s Concerto’ will broadcast Vanness & Ady’s bed scene tonight. Vanness said: “This is a beautiful, romantic & passionate scene.” Ady laughed saying: “I’ve never filmed such a scene before with any guy; my face was bright red & my heart was beating very fast.” Ady even had to drink a lot of beer before filming!

Cyndi Wang hasn’t appeared in many of their drama promotional events but yesterday, she finally appeared at a fan event for GTV’s ‘Momo Love’. She & Jiro Wang played a game of feeding ice-cream while blindfolded with fans, and attracted the screams of over 300 female fans. Tonight, ‘Momo Love’ will air a kiss scene where Cyndi sees Jiro kissing another girl, and in the spur of the moment, she shaves all her hair off to become a nun.

After Show Luo & Rainie Yang sorted out their differences in the past, they also have many kiss scenes in ‘Hi My Sweetheart’. In tonight’s first episode, Show falls into a lake in Hang Zhou and takes a whole mouthful of water and water plants. After filming that scene, he had to drink 2 big bottles of mineral water to gargle his mouth. Show said that that day, he saw many people having barbecues beside the lake: “Luckily I only ate some water plants, and not someone’s half-bitten tempura or meat piece they threw into the water, that would be so disgusting ah.”

And after Rainie jumps into the lake to save Show, she had to give mouth-to-mouth resuscitation and she complained: “Your mouth has a muddy flavour, it’s like I’m giving mouth-to-mouth to a tilapia! (t/n: type of fish)"

I LOVE IT WHEN TV STATIONS COMPETE WITH EACH OTHER! AND I LOVE SUNDAYS TOO! Out of the three scenes, my preference is AC, then Shanghai, then Momo. AC already has a pretty large fanbase so I think most people are looking forward to it. And Hi, My Sweetheart, Show's new image is already the focus of attention. The competing scene for Momo, however, looks really weak compared to the other two.

Ady An's drowning act scares Vanness Wu

Source: Liberty Times
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Earlier, Ady An filmed a drowning scene but because her acting skills looked so real, the drama crew & the lifeguard team on standby thought she was really drowning. The director immediately yelled cut, filming stopped and everyone jumped into the sea to save her! Hence, Ady had to come up with her own cipher: “If I start swearing, then I’m really drowning, only come save me if you hear those key words la!”

Ady has heart problem; drama crew very nervous

SETTV idol drama ‘Autumn’s Concerto’ earlier filmed the scene of Ady going to work at the fisheries, but she accidentally falls into the sea and almost drowns. Because Ady doesn't know how to swim at all, and with her heart problem, the drama crew especially requested a professional lifeguard team to be on standby if something were to happen. However, only a few minutes filming into the drowning scene, director Chen was so startled with shock that she immediately yelled cut, and everyone jumped into the sea to rescue her. Vanness Wu said: “Because Ady’s acting looked so real, everyone thought she was really drowning, and hence jumped into the sea to save her. Luckily it was just a false alarm.”

For this scene, Ady had to soak in the sea from noon to evening, and by the end of it, her skin had wrinkles and her lips were blue. She said that because she didn’t know how to swim, while waiting for filming, she had to stay in the water with her life buoy. However, when the sun set, the temperature turned very cold, and her whole body was shivering. Fortunately, the crew specially prepared hot drinks, and a nearby business was also keen to provide them with hot showers.

Vanness Wu rescues damsel in distress; shouts everyone to hotpot

During the scene, Vanness has to rescue the damsel in distress. Intitially, to make the effect of the scene even better, they were planning on having Vanness jump into the sea from a 6-metre high platform. However, Director Chen gave up on this idea due to safety considerations. Vanness who loves the water, knew that Ady didn’t know how to swim. Hence, when they were in the water, he kept using his thighs to prop her up, to prevent her from sinking downwards. Ady said gratefully: “To a person who doesn’t know how to swim, it feels so nice having a person who does know how to swim at your side.” And after filming wrapped up for the day, the considerate Vanness generously shouted everyone to hotpot to warm up.

She is a very very convincing actress!
And he is a sweet gentlemen!
And she is an emotional director!
This is a heart pulling drama!
Must go out to buy boxes of tissues for this Sunday's episode!

Hu Ge - June Rain

Credit: angelinaquah@youtube

I think smiley would be very happy to see this video up. Hahaha. I just saw episode 19 and the two just broke up on the night of the Lantern Festival. It was a bittersweet scene.

"Rather than love each other, we should understand each other"
- Xiao Yao Ge Ge

Power Chan & Mimi Lo take wedding photos in Japan

Source: Mingpao, On.cc, Wenweipo
Translated by: aZnangel @ http://asianuniverse.net/forums/

Power Chan and Mimi Lo have been dating for 7 years and is finally tying the knot. They will be having their wedding celebration in December. Recently they arrived in Japan, in "Little Switzerland" to take wedding pictures.

On the day of shooting, the two attracted a Japanese crowd to surround the location, one Japanese onlooker asked if Mimi was a Miss Hong Kong. This time the couple are the spokespersons for ZaraBride Wedding Gallery. Although the local region had typhoons and the temperature was only 7 degrees celsius, but both Mimi and Power were in a good mood and felt excited. Mimi said: "Actually many of the employees didn't wear enough clothing, but it's not difficult at all for us. When we were taking pictures it was raining, my wet wedding dress got quite heavy, the photographer asked me walk over and I couldn't do it."

Besides taking wedding pictures, the couple also got to enjoy the hot spring naked and wore kimono style robes. Mimi said: "The hot springs are our main focus, I was the one who suggested that we go take pictures at the hot springs. The results turned out pretty good, really special. I have never tried on kimono style clothing before either, there were professionals who helped us put them on. "

Also, the couple invited a good friend to design their wedding invitations, the outside is written: "We are getting marry!" Our little happiness with much joy, just because you shared the feeling with us."


WOW! THE PICTURES ARE SO BEAUTIFUL! CONGRATSSSS!

Rainie Yang revealed: Show Luo has pink Hello Kitty pajamas!

source: NOWnews
translated by: tdrama*addict @ http://asianfanatics.net

From taking part in "Hi My Sweetheart", the relationship between Show Luo and Rainie Yang initially was a bit awkward, has quickly heated to falling in love with each other in the drama, their relationship was so good that it had shocked their manager. Rainie Yang also revealed while they were filming in Hangzhou, she had once personally saw Show's pajamas, it was a pink one-piece short sleeved Hello Kitty pj along with a pink butterfly headband, she was dumbfounded on the spot!

"Hi My Sweetheart" is about to air on November 1st, officially joining the Sunday idol drama war. On 29th of the pre-film event, Rainie Yang mentioned again about how the two did not get along before, it was all because of a misunderstanding, which caused Rainie to feel that Show was a person full of pride, hard to get along, bad temper, not that handsome but is quite a good actor; but after working together in "Hi My Sweetheart", she thinks this is the first time she actually got to know Show. This is because Show is completely modest, caring, very good attitude, a "very manly" person. After mentioning these attributes, Rainie hadn't forgot to ask Show, "Does this make you happy?". Although many people think Show is a bit feminine, but Show stresses, "I may be a bit feminine, but I will be very manly when needed!"

Upon hearing this, Rainie immediately broke out saying when they were filming in Hangzhou, because Show and Rainie were living in rooms next to each other, there was one time when Show and his manager were walking back to their room to get something, the moment Rainie saw Show's sleeping attire she was dumbfonded! Show was actually wearing a pink one-piece Hello Kitty as his pj, even with a pink butterfly headband on his head, feminine to the max! Show at the side generously admits, his usual pajamas are indeed like that, and is also willing even to fight with the girl he likes because of wearing so.

But what everyone is curious about is since the cooperation of this drama had brought up such good feelings, will there be any opportunities to develop feelings outside the drama? Rainie answers first, she thinks she indeed fell in love with Show`s character in the drama "Da Lang"; when the drama first started filming, Rainie was very "ìron teeth" (very sure) thinking since Da Lang's image is so funny, there is no way she'd fall in love with him. She never thought the more they filmed and the further she was into the character she loved Da Lang even more. Show also admitted he had fallen in love with "Chen Bao Zhu"; they also disclosed, as long as they're dressed up as the characters of the drama, there will always be more physical intimacy between them, but once their drama outfits are taken off, there is absolutely no feel between the two.

Hello Kitty ONE PIECE PJs....pink butterfly headbands...on Show Luo...-blink blink- HAHAHAHAHAHAHAAA! WOW! He is so crazy, onscreen and offscreen! By the way, his show is coming out this SUNDAY!

A Gift Amidst the War

Last time, Qiao En's Paris Book and the Fated To Love You storybook were added to my Entertainment Collection. And tonight, a new family member will join them. Welcome, Autumn's Concerto storybook! Welcome to the family~

Sadly, this time the books came in this regular brown box instead of that pretty orange packaging bag. AHHH~ whatever, as long as I have mi books!


Hahaha, how nice of them to send along some domino coupons which can ONLY be used in Taiwan. Man, their Dominoes pizzas look so much more delicious, so much more prettier than the pizzas from the Dominoes in NY.


Grrr, Blogger decided to flip my picture. But that's the book, covered in plastic. The cover looks so niceee. Now if I can get my hands on a poster with that picture, ahh~ that will surely make my day!


Here's the back cover of the book. It's interesting; the chapter numbers are not simply chapter 1, chapter 2, etc. They've been replaced with a more creative name. The first chapter is called The First Station: Title, the second chapter is The Second Station:Title...and the ninth chapter is The Ninth Station:Title. And the last chapter happens to be called The Next Station, title of that chapter is Happiness. Complete name is The Next Station: Happiness. It is no coincidence that the last chapter is the name of the novel. It makes this book even more meaningful~ hahahaa~

P.S. One Essay and One Midterm left. :)

Cyndi Wang opposes the sweetheart image, kissing wildly to pull popularity

Source Liberty Times
Translated by Elvenstar @ http://asianfanatics.net

Cyndi Wang and Rainie Yang have been fighting over the throne for the queen of sweethearts, Cyndi after leaving from her original company, had been silent for the the last 2 years, only returning to the idol circuit now. Starring in Momo Love, this Sunday it will confront GTV drama "Hi My sweetheart", making every effort to change her luck, on one side she is passionately kissing Jiro Wang and on the other she is being passionately kissed by Calvin Chen. In the drama there is kissing non- stop, taking drastic measures hoping to combat TV ratings.

Confronting an old enemy calls for drastic action

Yesterday Cyndi and Calvin were in Su-Ao seaside shooting the kiss scene, but as there were a lot of of people watching they felt embarrassed. With lips on top of each other, the guy unconsciously rushing it, the girl also feeling embarrassed, when Calvin started to tilt his head down, Cyndi would burst out laughing making the scene fill with laughter.

Cyndi after leaving her old management company went silent for 2 years, this year she opened her own company becoming her own boss. Taking on the drama "Momo Love" with the pairing of Jiro and Calvin it was going to be her 1st project for her comeback, but the ratings for the last two weeks weren't going as expected. This Sunday it will compete with Rainie Yang's "Hi My Sweetheart", both of them in the recent years have been fighting to succeed the throne to be the queen of sweethearts. Cyndi once again comes face to face with her old enemy, the drama crew had no choice but to take drastic action, first having her kiss Jiro again and again, and now even Calvin doesn't escape.

Changing in the same room, Jiro denies not getting along with Wu Chun

Fahrenheit recently held concerts and at the same time the rumor had burst out that Wu Chun was flying solo and as a result this was said to of made Jiro angry at Wu Chun. Yesterday Jiro explained " Backstage of the concert, Wu Chun and I shared the same resting room, we would get changed and chat at the same time feeling very high, how is it even possible that am angry?" Calvin jumped out to resolve the situation, showing the SMS that was written in English with encouraging words that the 4 members of Fahrenheit sent to each other.




MAN, CHRISTMAS SALES AREN'T EVEN HERE YET AND SHE GETS A BUY ONE GET ONE FREE SPECIAL! ROARRRRRRR~

Louis Koo supports Wayne Lai for TV King

Credit: foreverleila@AF News

Ray Lui, Jamie Chik, Gallen Lo and Anita Yuen have all returned to TVB series, Louis expressed that although he has no contact with TVB, but in the last half year TVB have approached him with scripts, but he has no time to do series. Asked what type of series that would attract him? Louis said: "I like science fiction themes and I do hope to participate in writing the script. I have worked with Sean Lau before, but in the next two years I am very busy and won't have time for series."

Louis supports "Chai Gau" Wayne Lai for TV King: "I collaborated with him in a movie before, he is a good actor. TV Queen he doesn't have anyone who he supports. I haven't watched , seeing a group of girls fighting and competing, I feel frightened. Just missing one episode I will not know what happened, so just won't watch it."

"Seeing a group of girls fighting and competing, I feel frightened." HAHAHAHAAHAAHAHAA! He must be frightened by the MS. HK Pageants too. Hahaha~

Wu Chun has no plans to leave Fahrenheit to go solo

Yahoo! News

Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit recently threw a party to commemorate wrapping up their successful concert tour. One of the group member, Wu Chun's family members had reportedly flew to Taiwan to attend two of his concerts. Once rumoured to be his offspring, the singer's niece and nephew were also present at the party.

The 30-year-old jokinged, "You can draw some blood for DNA tests and see if they are my [children]!"

Known as 'Uncle Chun' to his niece and nephew, Wu Chun chuckled as he shared, "[They asked me] 'Uncle Chun, is the second concert same as the first? Why do we have to watch two concerts?'"

With the same face shape and sharp noses, Wu Chun's seven-year-old niece looks like an exact replicate of the star and the pair is said to share a close relationship with each other. The Brunei-born singer-actor revealed that he insisted on helping his niece wear a Fahrenheit commemorative cap to support him in the concert

Wu Chun also refuted rumours on the allegations surrounding his plans to fly solo from the group, and shared that he will not be releasing any single albums. He said that he will focus on filming movies for the next two to three years and will be more than willing to take part in idol drama series.

Despite running a successful gym business in Brunei, Wu Chun divulged that he has no plans to return to his hometown. "Initially when I first entered the industry, I did not set aside a time frame or aim for it. As time passes by, there are more emotions and feelings."

Good! Glad that Uncle Chun stepped out to clarify those disbandment rumors. I is looking forward to Album Forever~

Bed scene with Vanness Wu will air this week; Ady An feels shy

Source: Yahoo
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net, doraemon Jay @ http://asianfanatics.net

Ratings for 'Autumn's Concerto' have reached a new high of 4.02, easily claiming the first place position. Vanness Wu happily said: "Earlier, I received a text message from Jolin and she said that she & her girlfriends are all discussing about this drama." On the other hand, Ady An has been busy promoting in mainland China and didn't have time to watch the Sunday broadcast, but when she turned on her cellphone once she was back in Taiwan, it was flooded with congratulation texts. She laughed saying: "Me & Vanness' bed scene will air this week. ah I feel so shy!" But Director Chen teased her: "It's okay, just drink wine before you watch."

SETTV idol drama 'Autumn's Concerto' is becoming red-hot popular with the audience & netizens starting heated discussions & debates. Episode 4 aired on Sunday the 25th and the ratings gained a very good result of 4.02. Everyone was very happy with the completed scenes and on the 27th, when the drama crew was filming at the Ilan train station, they specially took some time out to celebrate. The village leader specially provided Ilan's famous peanut candies for everyone, and all the actors hoped that the ratings will get better & better!

Towards this, Ady said: "I was due to film that night, and I was planning on having some fun with all the staff members, but I realized I was too late, and they already had their own party during the day." Vanness also said that he had received a text message from good friend Jolin, saying: "Me & my girlfriends are all discussing your drama, it's really good! Jia you!" And he happily expressed: "Thanks to everyone's support, all the hard work during filming has been worth it."

Episode 5 will air this Sunday and the storyline will break new ground. Ady said: "Me & Vanness' bed scene will air this week. ah.. I feel so shy!" But Director Chen teased her: "It's okay, just drink wine before you watch."

WOWOWOWOW! So happy that this drama is getting very very popular, even busy JOLIN is watching! And I like the director's sense of humor. "It's okay, just drink wine before you watch" HAHAHAHAA~ if you don't know, Ady is very nervous when it comes to kiss scenes, let alone bed scenes, and so to film the scenes, she drank wine. Episode 5, coming out in 5 more daysssss~

VanNess Wu acts in Autumn's Concerto's court scene, Memorizing lines till he was afraid

Date: October 25, 2009
News Source: Sina
Translation Credit: MoonlightD @ http://asianfanatics.net/
* Please credit accordingly if/when posting elsewhere. Thank you!

Recently, VanNess Wu, Ady An, and others were acting in a court of law scene in Taipei for idol drama, Autumn's Concerto. VanNess Wu, who plays a lawyer, said laughingly that for this 12 page long court scene he was memorizing lines till he was afraid. He even dreamt that he was a lawyer in court helping a friend file a lawsuit.

In the drama, for Liang Mucheng (Ady An)'s innocence, Sheng De University called for a "Truth Investigation Court." Ren Guangxi (VanNess Wu) served as Liang Mucheng's lawyer in the court battle against Ah Cai Shu's (Chen Muyi) lawyer, Xu Fangguo (Zheng Youjie).

Due to VanNess Wu not being to familiar with written Chinese, plus the inclusion of some proper nouns, Director Chen Huiling was very heartwarming. She read the lines out loud and recorded it as a mp3 to give to VanNess Wu. Whenever he had a single moment, VanNess Wu would take it out to listen to. Even when he is in the gym, he would bring his iPod.

VanNess Wu said that he prepared for almost two months for this scene, memorizing lines till he was afraid. He even dreamt that he was a lawyer in court helping a friend file a lawsuit. This twelve page scene took three days to film. VanNess Wu said that while he was a bit afraid during filming, he felt very accomplished after the filming. It was a breakthrough for this acting career. Merely six years later in the drama, his first appearance is in a scene where is he also helping someone file a lawsuit. VanNess Wu is already waiting in cold sweat.

*Clap Clap* Good job, Van Ness, good job! You did it! You got her innocence back (with the huge help from Flower Boy, this storyline cannot survive without Flower Boy, he's a life saver)! The director is also very dedicated to producing a good show and treats her actors/actresses really well. She actually spent time to record Van Ness' lines to make the process a little easier for Van Ness. And he spent TWO MONTHS preparing for this scene!!! Such dedication! Hard work pays off in the end! Good Job!

Fahrenheit will not disband before the contract has ended

_{Celebratory party: Fahrenheit are starved, toasting to their successful concert, Wu Chun (1st left) too busy eating couldn't get up in time, from the right Calvin Chen, Arron Yan and Jiro Wang}

Source Liberty Times
Translated by Elvenstar @ http://asianfanatics.net

Idol group Fahrenheit last weekend had two consecutive concerts for their grand finale. What should of been a happy celebratory party turned into a party surrounding information regarding their contracts and also the question of whether Wu Chun will fly solo. Fahrenheit frankly replied and said that their mood had been affected by the reports, they hope everyone can focus their attention onto their efforts they've put into the concerts.

Wu Chun: Contract has not expired

The question regarding Fahrenheit's contract has been a hot topic, the 4 members came forward to especially explain the situation. Calvin Chen stated "The contract still has 2 years, there's no problem with the renewal of contracts. Within the group, the developments of each member will have their own ups and downs, Fahrenheit's work schedule has always had a schedule for each member and also a schedule for all 4 group members". He also said at present the new album is in the middle of being recorded and they have been continuously taking on advertising endorsements, "Not caring what the outside world says, as long as Fahrenheit exists there will be 4 members". Accused of delaying the renewal of his contract Wu Chun said "it (contract) has been discussed, but the contract hasn't even ended!"

The box office sale for the second show just passable

Regarding the loss of Wu Chun, Fahrenheit would become a crippled ship, Arron Yan humorously replied "Even if we do become a crippled ship, we will not find a new ship." Fahrenheit's 1st show was almost a full turn out, but the 2nd show had only sold about 80% of the tickets, they expressed "Before going on stage we were told about the situation of our box office sales, but to hold how many shows it not something we decide, we're actually a little disappointed but this will make Fahrenheit work even harder, hoping in the next concert we will have more people to come support us."

OMG~ Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY! Fahrenheit? Disband? NO WAY!I hope it doesn't happen anytime in the near future.

TVB Award Nomination List (Part of it)

Part of the nomination list

Best Actor:

Wayne Lai-Rosy Business
Moses Chan-The Gem Of Life (HEY, MR. SERENDIPITY!)
Dayo Wong-You're Hired
Wong Hei-Burning Flames III
Kevin Cheng-Burning Flames III (FOR REAL?)
Bosco Wong-Burning Flame III (ARE YOU SERIOUS?)
Roger Kwok-D.I.E. Again
Gallen Lo-Born Rich
Ray Lui-Born Rich

I find it funny how Wong Hei and Kevin and Bosco all made it to the Best Actor list but Myolie did not make it to Best Actress. Burning Flames III was...so F.A.I.L. It is the most ironic TVB drama. Poorly written storyline with laggy and boring love triangle yet high ratings.

Best Actress:

Sheren Tang-Rosy Business
Charmaine Sheh-Beyond the Realm Of Conscience
Tavia Yeung-Beyond the Realm Of Conscience
Anita Yuen-Born Rich
Jamie Chik-Born Rich
Kenix Kwok-Born Rich
Teresa Mo-Off Pedder
Sonija Kwok-D.I.E. Again (...her acting wasn't that great here, I felt she was much better in the D.I.E. I.)
Liza Wang-When Easterly Showers Fall On The Sunny West

I'm surprised Ada Choi did not make it on the list for Gem of Life. Even though that show was pretty sluggish, Ada's performance was the definitely the gem of the show.

Taiwanese idol dramas create their fair share of leading ladies

Ariel Lin


Cheryl Yang



Joe Chen

The New Paper
AF News

HUNKS have always been the focus of Taiwanese idol dramas.

Just mention the names Jerry Yan, Vic Zhou and Mike He and you can imagine hordes of fanatic teenage girls screaming. [Haha~ stampede!]

However, over the last couple of years, some leading ladies have also emerged.

U-Weekly picks its top three candidates for Best Idol Drama Queen:

ARIEL LIN, 27

The baby-faced actress, who bagged last year's Best Actress accolade at Taiwan's Golden Bell Awards, has since branched out into the music industry.

She released her debut album Blissful Encounter in July to mixed reviews.

But the happy-go-lucky gal takes criticism in her stride and prefers to focus on work, rather than be bothered by bad press.

'Some people say that I've been struck by the 'curse' of the Golden Bell,' she said, referring to the stroke of horrid luck that has hit other actresses after winning the award.

Ariel suffered only a slight career dip.

Her latest idol drama, Love Or Bread (also starring actor Joe Cheng), did not do so well in terms of ratings, compared with her previous efforts like Love Contract (2004) and It Started With A Kiss (2005).

She remains positive though, saying: 'I don't want to put pressure on myself, by constantly thinking of awards.

'To me, the response from the audience is still the most important. So long as viewers and fans like my acting, I'm very happy.'

CHERYL YANG, 31

This veteran television actress was flying under the radar till last year's breakthrough drama series My Queen.

Cheryl played a high-flying 30-something career woman who falls in love with Ethan Ruan, a co-worker almost 10 years younger.

It's no surprise Cheryl pulled off her role with aplomb, as she is no stranger to playing difficult characters.

Her most daring performance was in the movie Twenty Something Taipei (2002), in which she stripped naked.

JOE CHEN, 30

She may have a boyish-sounding English name, but don't be mistaken. Joe is anything but a tomboy.

The actress-host started out as a member of girl group Seven Flowers, but after the dismal sales of its debut album, they disbanded and she moved into acting.

Two of her dramas, Prince Turns To Frog (2005) and Fated To Love You (2008), came in tops in television ratings, a testament to her ascending star power. [That's right! FTLY!!!WOO!!!]

Joe recently revealed her future plans to the Taiwanese press: 'I'm not getting any younger, I don't want to be stuck in the same type of series forever.'

She added that she 'yearns to jump out of the idol drama circle' and 'take on more challenging roles', including those that would require her to uglify herself.

Go Qiao En! I don't want to see you stuck in those sparrow girl roles either! Qiao En, soar! Soar into the open skies!

Autumn's Concerto Behind the Scene 2

Credit: gar6301@youtube

Some interesting behind the scene shots to watch while we wait patiently for episode 5 to be release. Next week.

Autumn's Concerto Episode 5 Preview

Credit: gar6301@youtube

Watching Mu Chen sink to her knees after Guang Xi left....is .

Watching Guang Xi get a needleshot....is .

Watching Guang Xi lash out at his mom and the tumor...is .

Watching Guang Xi's face scrunch in pain is....

Watching Mu Chen praying for Guang Xi makes me want to .

Totally Cannot Live Without Dramas

Heavenly Sword and Dragon Sabre 2009

Although this story has been made a gazillion times, I'm still looking forward to it because GAHH Ady is in it and she's playing Zhao Min!!! Wooo! I just saw some pictures of Ady in her costumes as Zhao Min and the photos sooooo prettttyyyy~ The guy, however, does not look too good but as long as their chemistry is there, I'm fine with it~~

Mars

I'm still debating whether I should watch this show or not. My friend recommended this to me earlier this year, I gave episode one a shot and then I gave up. I guess the timing was not right. I'm reconsidering this drama now because I just read a lot of positive reviews on this show. Maybe when I'm out of stuff to watch, I'll turn to this drama. Heard that Xie Jie Kai(Yang Yang in EFHL) is in here too~

Momo Love

She has four freaky brothers and one very weak brother. Huang Jing Lun...is pushing me away from this drama. I get that he's a newcomer and I should give him a chance but my patience is limited...very limited. If Jing Lun is pushing me away, Jiro, Calvin, and Godfrey are pulling me into this drama. Jiro in here is sooo muchh more bearable than Jiro in Together. Calvin, I hope to see you in episode 2. And Godfrey! He's soo handsomee~ And no offense to Ken Zhu's fan, but I would like to see him with shorter hair.

Chinese Paladin

Another Ady show~ I am like chasing all her old dramas! Hahaha! I'm up to episode 16, I think. I like it when the characters travel to places on their swords. It's so cool, they like just jump on their sword and go soaring in the skies~ such a free feeling! And the two side characters, Tang Yu and Ah Nu are soo cute, especially Ah Nu. She's like a little kid in a grown up body. And Tang Yu, he's so funny when he's confused. Hahaha~

The Outsiders

I just watched up to episode 9 and things are starting to go downhill. Dylan's character is stepping deeper and deeper into the dark side and it looks like he'll be walking down the path of no return. Blue, here, is really different from Blue in EFHL! He smiles more, frowns less. At first, I thought Dylan and Ady would be a good match, but now I'm jumping to the other side and rooting for Ady and Blue!

Born Rich

It's the 21st century, and Ray's business suits look like he belongs to the time of Sherlock Holmes. The show so far is ok, the only interesting thing that is keeping me to this show is where the father went. Is he still alive or is he hiding from his rich family? Also, I'm hoping this won't turn out to be Gem of Life #2. That show was too rich for my small poor brain to comprehend.

Beyond the Realm of Conscience

Dinosaur Lady is really scary. Dinosaur Lady = Susan Tse the mother of Edwin Siu. Don't her hairstyle remind you of a dinosaur? Hahaha! And Kevin's hair...he needs to put his hat 24/7 because his hair is so not cool. Everyone is so hyped to see Tavia's portrayal of an evil lady but her character is not very interesting right now. Instead, Michelle and her acting is really eye catching! Her expressions, her lines, her actions makes her character 3D. Michelle is always tattling on others but there's something about her, that just makes her stand out. She's not as evil as she seems, for now.

Autumn's Concerto/ Next Stop, Happiness

I saved the best for last. I AM GOING CRAZY OVER THIS DRAMA! I really am...I'm going to be sooo sad when this show is over. The best shows are the ones that are most missed. Parting is hard. Two sides of a fair coin, one side is wishing that Sundays would come faster; the other side is a counter counting the number of days left before this drama comes to an end. I'll be waiting at the next Station to watch your happiness come knocking at your door, Liang Mu Chen. Guang Xi, don't let the tumor control your life!

Jiro Wang hurts his hand during dance practice, bringing his injuries to the opening of the concert

Source China Times
Translated by Elvenstar @ http://asianfanatics.net

Fahrenheit from today will have concerts at the Taipei arena in the next 2 days, Jiro Wang who has been busy with dance practice, strained a muscle in his right wrist just 3 days ago, aching if he doesn't move his wrist. Once again he takes his injuries to stage, as last year in the concert in Hong Kong he had hurt his right knee and even had to sit in a wheel chair, alas unable to breakaway from the curse of being injured on the opening concert. With a bitter laugh he said "I will try my best".

Jiro in order to practice his own dance routines sprained his right wrist, he was rushed to hospital where the doctor advised him to rest his right hand, but because the concert is so close he had no choice but to continue with dance practice. He also took out $40 000 NT to buy 5000 crystals sticking them one by one with his own hands onto his electric guitar. When seeing his guitar becoming super bling he forgot about the pain in his hand. As with his shiny electric guitar no one is allowed to touch it, if he sees staff members trying to help put it away he will stop them and tell them "I'll do it!"

Wu Chun, Calvin Chen and Arron Yan with fear and trepidation welcomed their 1st ticketed concert in Taiwan, at present 80% of tickets have been sold in their 1st concert while 70% has been sold in their second concert.

Awww, why are they are always getting injured when preparing for their concerts? Hope Jiro don't put too much stress on that injured hand. And...his hair...looks really weird. AHHH~ Arron, why are you kneeling on the floorrr!!!!! OMG! He's proposing!

One Person's Tokyo/Dong Jing: Zhang Yun Jing reveals marriage proposal to three-year old

original sources: CNA and UDN Entertainment
translated by minchong92 @ http://asianfanatics.net and @ http://jingcastle.forumotion.net
credit to singshow2008 and 彩虹天空 for posting at ZYJ's EMI Gold Typhoon forum

Singer Zhang Yun Jing has gone down the road of an author, promoting her new book [One Person’s Dong Jing/Tokyo, Zhang Yun Jing 361 degrees]. In her book, she reveals that during her vacation in Tokyo: she went down on her knees to propose to a cute three-year old Japanese boy. But due to the language barrier, this peculiar romance could not continue.

Zhang Yun Jing is winner of the first season of Super Idol, a reality singing competition. With her androgynous vocals and appearance, she has become a extremely popular artist. Yesterday afternoon, she held a pre-order signing event at Taipei’s K-Mall. And there was a huge group of fans on the scene.

Jing opened up the event by performing [Unprecedented], the main single from her first album of the same name. She described her transition from singer to author as another “Unprecedented” undertaking. In her opinion, transferring her emotions and thoughts from music to words was a highly difficult task.

ZYJ said that her new book [One Person’s Dong Jing/Tokyo, Zhang Yun Jing 361 degrees] is a collection of the many happenings she experienced in Tokyo. As an arts major, she was really happy that she could finally visit the “Design Capital” of Tokyo. She said that the extra degree from “361 Degrees” represents herself and steel towers.

Jing admitted that she is quite obsessed with steel towers. Her dream is to vacation with her family to see the world’s towers. However, when she went up to Tokyo Tower’s observation deck, she became very nervous as she walked on the transparent deck far from ground level. Jing couldn’t help but say: “I’m supposed to be really manly, but how come I’ve become a silly scaredy-cat!” [HAHAHA! Jing Ye! It's freaky to walk on a transparent deck!]

Still, “Master” Jing (as dubbed by her fans) was not afraid to express her emotions in her book. She reveals that because of the romantic atmosphere stirring up her lonely thoughts, she felt compelled to propose to a three-year old Japanese boy at Tokyo’s Sensoji Temple. But because of the language barrier, the small boy was scared away. He was surprised to the point where he frantically tried to find his mother. Jing couldn’t help but laugh: “The whole staff was nearby so the beauty was scared away. Next time I’m going alone to Tokyo!” At yesterday’s signing event, her recording company got six children to propose to Jing with roses. This let her become shy like a little girl.

Hahaha~ Poor kid!

F.I.R - Lydia

Credit: hollister961@youtube


I finally decided to start on The Outsiders! I just finished episode 7 and the mood is getting a little heavy. Dylan runs away from Ady. Well, runaway couples always face financial difficulties and the guy will always end up doing something(usually dangerous) for money and jeopardizes his relationship with the girl. That's how it is in dramas. ie. Ying Ye 3+1, Romantic Princess, and more. Aside from the storyline starting to turn cliche, Ady's acting is really good and her chemistry with Dylan is awesome. Dylan is soo handsomee except when he has his motorcycle hat on (it hides his awesome hair unlike someone -cough- Kevin -cough- who needs a hat to cover his oogly hair)! And gosh~ the person that surprised me the MOST was Blue! His character is so smart and calm and his hair is so nice and the camera angle on him makes him soooo darn captivating and he actually doesn't frown so much (like in EFHL) and...he is short when he stands next to Dylan~ HAHAHAHAAA!

Random Note

A week of torment. A week of exams. A week of studying. And it's still not over...so sad...I still have three more exams and one essay. I'm so tired, so exhausted, so sleepppyyyy. Help~ I'm falling apart and the only thing that's keeping me alive (and insane) is Autumn's Concerto. I have seriously been infected with AC drama disease. I like randomly start jumping for joy when I start to think about Autumn's Concerto. -sigh- I think this is worse than the FTLY period. Definitely. It's going to happen anything soon. I'm gonna walk out one day and suddenly decide to hop on a plane and head to Taiwan and completely forget about school. I am insane.

On a more sane note, I'm am quite behind on my HK drama schedule. Well, that is expected since I got like gazillions of exams everyday. So far, I've only watched two episodes of Born Rich and three episodes of Beyond the Realm of Conscience. Even though Beyond got the higher rating, I find Born Rich more pleasant to watch, for now. Both dramas are heavy dramas and will require extensive attention to watch. The beginning for Born Rich is a little more light so that's why I find it more pleasant. Beyond is just...omg...always getting scared for Tavia. I know she's going to get tormented before she becomes rises to power and those scenes are going to be pretty hard to watch. Very unlike my Autumn's Concerto, where things are nice and simple and danger is coming from only a few directions whereas in those TVB series, danger flies at you from every possible direction.

Oh~ dramas days
Oh~ dramas days
When will you be back to see me?

安以轩 - 如果那天没有遇见你

Credit: larigranger@youtube

I'm definitely a fan (of Ady) now. This song was sung by Ady in the Taiwan show, The Outsiders. That drama is going on my list of "TO WATCH AFTER EXAMS".

Shanghai Sweet Preview

Credit: TBSCTS@youtube

O.M.G.....

A mushroom head boy wearing a blue white checkered shirt with a pink panther doll in his hands, skipping down the streets...

Before he was just a picture...now we see him in action...the makeover...is shocking indeed...

Kudos to you, Show~

Chen Qiao En Visits Autumn's Concerto

Credit: gar6301@youtube

Ady An and Chen Qiao En on the same set! A rare sightttt! Hahaha~ Qiao En doesn't forget to promote her book. She gives one to Ady, one to the director, and wants to give one to Van Ness but doesn't know him that well. Ady immediately reassures her, "He's very easygoing, very good person. Unlike someone..." Hahahahaa~ I have an idea of who that person is~ hahahahahahaaa~

'Autumn's Concerto' unaffected by 'Momo Love'; ratings continue to climb

Source: NOWnews
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Yesterday night, 'Autumn's Concert' broadcasted it’s 3rd episode. Although it met strong competitor 'Momo Love's premiere broadcast, the ratings were unaffected, and even rose by 0.34. Although it is still a little far off the rating of 4.54 in Vanness Wu's dream, but it still reached a very good result of 3.59.

Yesterday afternoon, 'Autumn's Concerto' main cast specially held a signing event at Bi Tan. To prepare for the exciting scene of 'Vanness Wu vs. Tiffany Hsu basketball PK’ that would air later that night, the organisers specially arranged a basketball shooting game for the cast and fans. Vanness Wu, Ady An & Chris Wu each chose 2 fans to come onstage to join them. Chris was definitely feeling it and he came out top with 22 goals in 1 minute. And as the winner, he won very expensive gifts for the fans in his team. Ady & Vanness followed, with 21 & 17 goals, respectively. Although the other 4 fans didn’t get to win a prize, they each won a 'love's hug' from Vanness & Ady as encouragement.

Earlier, there were rumours that Vanness had a dream about ratings. He expressed: “In my dream, I saw some numbers, but when I woke up, I couldn’t remember exactly what the numbers were. I think it was either 3.43 or 4.54!” And this made Ady, who was beside him joke: “3.43 is too easy! Last week we got 3.25, so it should be 4.54 right?” And Ady also promised: “If ratings break 5.66, then Chris Wu will jump off Bi Tan!” And earlier, the ratings were revealed, and it rose to 3.59, completely unaffected by the premiere broadcast of 'Momo Love'.

Director Winnie You’s new drama 'Momo Love' has a lot of handsome guys and girls in his cast, and hence attracted a lot of attention before broadcast, however the ratings for the first episode was only 1.95. Whether or not it can beat 'Autumn's Concerto', we shall have to wait and see.

Woo! I'm glad Autumn's Concerto wasn't affected by the premiere of Momo Love. Honestly, I really really don't believe that Momo Love will beat Autumn's Concerto in ratings. Momo Love has star power, a lot of them. On the other hand, even though Autumn's Concerto lacks behind in star power, they got a lot of veteran actors and actresses, a golden bell director, a moving storyline, and a SIZZLING chemistry between the male and female leads. Autumn's Concerto All the Way~

Van Ness has Good Hair

Credit as tagged, add't credit to AF

So much for trying to resist an irresistible drama. Today, I was trying to studying 150% super full force for my math midterm tomorrow, trying to stop myself from going to Autumn's Concerto AF thread, trying to stop myself from clicking the link that would lead me to Episode 3...all attempts failed. I watched it. IT WAS SOOO GOOOD, SOOOO DRAMATIC, SOOOO ENCOURAGING! GUANG XI, JIA YOU! You work hard on Mu Cheng's case and I'll work hard on that exam tomorrow. We have a very short amount of time to prepare, the stress is unbearable but we must press on. You for Mu Cheng, and I for my grade. Hahahaaa~ Let's do this! Guang Xi, you go ace that case, I'll try to ace my test. It's okay if I fail, my lowest score gets dropped but YOU, YOU MUST WIN THE CASE! JIA YOU!

AND JIA YOU TO ALL OF YOU WHO ARE GOING THRU THE SAME PAIN OF STUDYING FOR MIDTERMS! GOOD LUCK!

(BTW, VAN NESS, I LOVE YOUR HAIR IN THE PICTURE!!!)

Autumn's Concerto Ending Song

Credit: XD SimpleLove@youtube

If you don't plan to watch Autumn's Concerto, I hope this MV changes your mind. I like this ending video, a lot! The family scenes are so heart warming to watch. OH~ and Van Ness' hair... soo goooddd...and Ady's new hair style is sooo goooooddd too.

So and .

Autumn's Concerto Themesong

Credit:ladyamy578@youtube

This MV is so sad...
...I hope the drama doesn't end up like this MV

Are you looking for the song from the hockey scene? Here it is.

Shaw to step down from TVB

HONG KONG -- Sir Run Run Shaw, the 101-year-old founder of Hong Kong's leading free-to-air group Television Broadcasts, is to step down as its executive chairman.

He will become non-executive chairman from January 1, 2010, but will remain as a member of the executive committee.

The company did not appoint a successor, nor did it explain the move, although Shaw's advancing age is widely understood to behind it.

Shaw and his wife Mona Fong, who remains deputy chairwoman and managing director, control 33% of the company, with much of it held through the previously listed Shaw Brothers company.

Aww, Blogger won't let me post up the guy's picture. I guess he is too powerful for Blogger to handle. Hahaha~I want to thank this guy for all his efforts in making TVB. Me and Arrow will take good care of it now He deserves a break. Now things will get interesting as we await the news of a successor to the executive chairman post. Drama Drama Drama. As Arrow says it, "Life is Drama". That should be the motto of every drama addict in this world. Hahahahaaa~

Autumn's Concerto Behind the Scene

Hahahaha~ Van Ness and his NGs! Even the director comes out and makes fun of him! (看你虛偽的假面具) Wack wak! Ady and Van Ness and Van Ness' hair, they're chemistry offscreen and onscreen is undeniably addicting to watch. Especially the last scene in this film, ahhhhh~ they're so cuteee. And their kid is so funny, he keeps changing his answer. Van Ness askes him, "Who do you think is more handsome, me or Jerry?" Kid replies, "You!" Later when Van Ness is not around, Director askes him the same question and this time the kid shouts, "Jerry is most handsome!" Hahahahahahaa~


Happy Family of 3~~~~~~~~~a scene that melts the heart! Quack Quack! Hockey Scene! The puck hits his leg and Van Ness...forgets his lines again! Hahahaa~ the Assistant Director is one of the people throwing the puck at Van Ness and she vows to NG 20 times.


HAHAHAHAAA~ ADY~ she makes fun of Van Ness' Chinese skills! His script book is full of pinyin and translations~

Ady An films a rape scene; shivers when she sees Chen Mu-yih

Source: UDN
Translated by: hazel @ http://asianfanatics.net
Please take out with full credits

The battle for the ratings between the weekend idol dramas is intensifying, and in order to try and get an edge over the other, the Sanlih-TTV idol drama has an upcoming rape scene, while the CTV-GTV production which goes on air today, had one of the main leads Huang Jing-lun do a flash mob-style street performance yesterday, in order to hype up viewers for the drama.

Autumn's Concerto has been on top of the rankings lately. In the drama, A-cai (Chen Mu-yih) chances upon Liang Mu-chen (Ady An) playing the piano, and therefore the premise of the rape scene is set. Ady, who has already filmed 6 such scenes, is relatively experienced when it comes to scenarios like this.

She says: “I’m already used to filming scenes whereby I’m bullied, and they can be categorized into “Successful Bullying” and “Unsuccessful Bullying”; the last few experiences I’ve had was more of body contact and the actions were really big. But this time, the director has filmed it to be more artsy, and there will not be much physical contact. And A-cai is really too good, the mental stress he enforces upon me is greater than the physical contact, he doesn’t even need to move because his expressions are already scary enough.” [Haha~ I second that! Especially that scene where his face was pressed against the bathroom window.]

Ady feels scared about her scene, whereas co-star Vanness Wu is feeling the stress of hitting too many times. He laughingly says: “This damsel-in-distress scene was actually pretty tiring to film. In the past when I did movies, we usually discuss what we’d do with our moves first. But this time it’s different, and we were worried about hitting someone during the actual filming. So in the end I was just hitting the air, and now my arm’s really tired!”

The CTV-GTV idol drama will air today at 10 PM. During a filming break yesterday, one of the main leads Huang Jing-lun specially did a flash mob-sque, KUSO version of 桃花舞春風 (T/N: some traditional dance..?) on the streets of Dongqu in Taipei. In regards to it being his time performing on the streets, and also the one activity that he is not proficient at, Huang Jing-lun said: “This is the craziest thing I’ve ever done in my entire life!”

10 fans joined in with the dancing, and Huang Jing-lun got so caught up in the fun of the dance that he promised that if the ratings break 4, then he would do another street performance in a bikini. However, the criterion is that he has to wear the bikini over his clothes, before he’ll actually do it.

When asked about how he feels towards the ratings, Huang Jing-lun replied that he was very relaxed, and answered lightheartedly: “I’m confident in this drama, and all of us will be responsible for each rating point that we get!”

Autumn's Concerto vs. Momo Love. Emmmm, Autumn's Concerto, hands...down. Definitely Autumn's Concerto. Sorry Calvin & Jiro. Your drama looks funny but...Autumn's Concerto is more captivating.

Watch Golden Bell Award 2009

You can watch Taiwan's Golden Bell Award here. There are four parts: Award Part 2, Award Part 1, the Red Carpet, and Behind-the-Scene. And below are some selected clips from the award show.

1. Van Ness and Ady walk down the red carpet! (@ 8:25)They look so compatible with each other~ maybe that's why I like AC so much even though only two episodes have been shown. I hope to see them at next year's Golden Bell Award as possible recipients. By the way, I LOVE Van Ness' hair, it looks so goood on him!

2. Black n White cast w/o Vic at the red carpet! (@ 2:30) The Golden Question of the night: Black n White, both male leads got the nominated, who does Director Tsai think will win tonight? Watch the clip to find out his answer!

3. Vic walks red carpet with Li Lu. (@ 3:10) Vic thanks his fans for coming and tells them to stay warm and don't get sick. Watch as he gets stumped by one of the question asked by the host! Hahahahaaa~ on a side note, he looks like he's chewing gum.

4. OMG! FAHRENHEIT AT THE RED CARPET! (@ 2:05) Wow, what a surprise! They're award presenters for ... I forgot which awards. But anyway, Arron looks suave with his bow tie, he really likes bow ties. Hahaha~ Chun is missing~ he's probably busy eating dinner, hahaha! Just kidding~ he's probably filming 14 Blades.

5. Van Ness and Ady as award presenters for Best Animation and Best Hakka Supporting Actress. Here we find out Van Ness favorite cartoon! It's Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles! Hahahaha~ I can't help but stare at his hair more and more, he just looks too good with that cut!

6. Mark Zhao gets an unexpected surprise! Best Male Actor. Congrats! He starts tearing when he was thanking Vic for his guidance and advice. It was a touching moment between two friendly brothers. Everyone was crying~ his dad, Director Tsai and his wife~

7. Director Tsai gets his third Golden Bell Award! Awesome Director! Camera shot at his wife, and she is crying again, hahaa~ she's so happy tonight, Black n White got a lot of award! Anyway, after Director Tsai got his award, he went to present the next two awards with his buddy. One of which is best actress and that went to -drum rolls- not Cheryl (surprise!) but to Liu Rui Qi! Better known as Ren Guang Xi's mother in AC!

8. Last chance to see Yu Xiao Hui (Director Tsai's wife) cry tears of joy! Watch as Tsai's buddy leapt onto Tsai when he saw Black and White on the award paper! Also look out for the sweet moment when Director Tsai presents the Best Drama Award to his wife! Aww, what a touching scene! Producer Yu gives a special shout out to Vic: You'll always be the best male lead in my heart!

Black & White rings up 5 Golden Bell Awards; Hu Gua finally the best after 13 years

Source: Ent Sina + Pictures from Ent 163
Translated by: Snow0512@ http://asianfanatics.net

The 44th Golden Bell Awards ended in Taipei; did not let everyone down by winning 5 major awards - Best Drama, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Marketing and Best Art Direction. Liu Rui Qi won Best Actress for while Hu Gua finally won Best Host after so many years.

the star of the Golden Bell, ringing up 5 major awards

received the most commendation on that night, winning 5 major awards - Best Drama, Best Director, Best Male Lead, Best Marketing and Best Art Direction. The last award for Best Drama was even presented by Director Tsai Yue Hsun himself to his wife Yu Xiao Hui; Yu Xiao Hui supported Zai Zai who didn't receive an award on the spot, saying, "Thank you Zhou Yu Min, you're forever the Best Male Lead in my heart."

The night's biggest upset was newcomer Mark Zhao You Ting who won over highly-expected winners Vic Zhou Yu Min and Show Luo Zhi Xiang by receiving the Best Male Lead award. Totally not expecting to win, Mark Zhao said in his acceptance speech that "Because I didn't expect to win, so I was not nervous at all, receiving this award now is such a surprise to me. I would like to thank the judges for recognizing me, and thank the cast." At the end of his acceptance speech, Mark specially thanked Vic Zhou; he says that he could not have won this award without the cultivation from his senior Zai Zai and without him (Vic), he could not have completed .

Three-time Golden Bell winner Tsai Yue Xun won Best Director again for ; he claims that he has a principle everytime he makes a drama/movie; he feels that there is a special situation in the Taiwan entertainment industry, one that is taking shape with Asia as its blueprint, and was just a possible trial, which has been proven to be a success.

Hu Gua finally wins Best Host, thanks girlfriend Ting Rou An

After the nominations for the 44th Golden Bell Awards were announced, Hu Gua who has been nominated for 13 times received the most support; Hu Gua who has been nominated so many times but never won had expressed his intention of winning it on many different occassions. Finally, Hu Gua did not disappoint when he won the Golden Bell for Best Variety Show Host for "Challenge 101" with his adept hosting style. In his acceptance speech, amidst tears of joy, Hu Gua said "I would like to thank many colleagues in the production team, they have endured with my bad temper. I want to thank my daughter Xiao Zhen, my son who's in US who's waiting for my phone call; I want to thank their mother who raised them up so well." Finally, Hu Gua also specially thanked girlfriend Ting Rou An for her accompaniment, which was also putting a rest to previous rumours officially.

Liu Rui Qi won Best Female Lead in an upset win, Cheryl Yang Jin Hua missed out on Golden Bell

The night's Best Male and Female Lead awards shocked everyone; Liu Rui Qi won over highly-expected winners Tammy Chen Yi Rong and Cheryl Yang Jin Hua and received the Best Female Lead award. Facing the cameras, Liu Rui Qi confidently expressed, "You all have made a right choice in choosing me, I will not let all of you down." - article by Liu Yang

Snapshots:

Most Shocking - Janine Zhang Jun Ning

Perhaps due to prior agreement, the cast of including producer Yu Xiao Hui, Ivy Chen Yi Han and Janine Zhang Jun Ning all wore full-length long dresses, and Janine's wardrobe was just as her usual red carpet style - long, draggy, without figure. After the red carpet ended, Janine Zhang was commented by netizens as one of that night's most shocking female stars.

Most Excited - Phoebe Huang Jia Qian

Heavily pregnant Huang Jia Qian won Best Supporting Female Lead that night, amidst tears of joy, she shouted in exaggeration, "The baby's coming out." Successfully changing her image through "The Story of Time", she admits that 2009 has brought her many gains, not only receiving the recognition of the Golden Bell, but also marrying her foreigner husband and having a child.

Most Direct - Vicky Chen Xiao Xuan

Vicky Chen won Best Female Lead for a Mini-Series with ; without expecting her win, she was very direct in the event, speaking straight without preparation; amidst her sweet acceptance (speech), she even directly said "Even though you say I'm stupid, but you're no better." Finally Chen Xiao Xuan shouted loudly to her son "Little Tie, Mummy has won the award."

Most Touching - Tsai Yue Xun, Yu Xiao Hui　

When Tsai Yue Hsun won Best Director and when presenting the Best Drama award with Niu Cheng Zhe, he said that his biggest motivation in coming to present the award was hoping that would be able to win the award, and he could personally present the award to his wife Yu Xiao Hui; at last, lived up to expectations by winning Best Drama, Tsai Yue Xun and Yu Xiao Hui embraced blissfully on the spot, giving a warm moment to the Golden Bell.

I'm still upset that Mark won over Vic! How is that possible!!!! ROAR~ but congrats to him! Congrats to everyone that won an award and everyone that got nominated! Congrats to Black n White! Congrats to Director Tsai for his third Golden Bell Award! See you next year, Golden Bell!

44th Golden Bell Award Winners List

Source: Sina/GBA
Translation by minivicki @ http://asianfanatics.net/

Best Drama: Black And White (痞子英雄)
Best Director: Tsai Yue Xun (Black And White 痞子英雄)
Best Male Actor: Mark Chao You Ting (Black And White 痞子英雄)
Best Female Actress: Liu Rui Qi 劉瑞琪 (Marriage For Three Women 女仨的婚事)
Best Supporting Male Actor: Chen Bo Zheng 陳博正 (You're My One And Only 你是我的唯一)
Best Supporting Female Actress: Huang Jia Qian 黃嘉千 (The Story Of Time 光陰的故事)
Best Screenplay: Liu Rui Qi 劉瑞琪 (Marriage For Three Women (女仨的婚事))
Best Variety Show Host: Hu Gua 胡瓜 (Challenge 101 挑戰 101)
Best Variety Show: The Biggest Political Party (全民最大黨)
Best General TV Program: The China Experience (中國大體驗)
Best Commercial Series: My Queen Commercial Series (《败犬女王》印象版系列广告)
Best Marketing: Black And White (痞子英雄)

WTFKJHSFKJSAHIUWE!!! Mark for best male actor?!?!?!?! And not Vic?!?!?!?!?! WHY!!! On the calmer side, congrats to Black n White for scooping most of the awards! They got 4! Woo!

Van Ness and Ady @ Red Carpet GBA

Credit as tagged, also AF

WOW! Ady and Van Ness are presenting the Best Supporting Actress Award and Best Animation at the GBA! Dang~ they look so perfect together~

Jimmy Lin publicly announces he is engaged & is now father to a baby boy

Source: Taihainet
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Earlier, Jimmy Lin’s model girlfriend Kelly Chen was rumoured to have given birth to a boy. Towards this, Jimmy did not come out to make a reply. However, today was Jimmy’s 35th birthday, and at the celebration event, he announced for the first time that he has been dating Kelly Chen for 5 years & that they got engaged last year. He also announced that she has given birth to a boy, weighing 3095 grams, and he proudly showed off photos of his son!

At his birthday celebration, Jimmy expressed that after being in the industry for 17 years, he’s received a lot of attention for every step he makes. He also talked about his own family; having come from a single-parent family, Jimmy choked back tears, expressing that it was very hard on his father to raise all 3 boys by himself. And from when he was little, Jimmy’s own wish was that he could have a happy family, but being a public figure, he had to protect his privacy. Regarding the earlier rumours about Kelly giving birth to a boy, Jimmy said that he doesn’t want to use only a few words to announce this news, he wants to personally be able to announce the good news to everyone.

Jimmy revealed that he has been dating Kelly for 5 years. He was touched by her pure & kind personality, and throughout the 5 years, they were very happy together, hence they decided to get engaged last year. Initially, he wanted to announce this news at his concert, but his plans could not keep up with the changes in his life, especially with the birth of his son. Jimmy said very excitedly that he feels extremely proud, and he yelled: “I’m a father now!”

Jimmy’s son was born on the 15th of September, weighing 3095 grams. Jimmy said very happily that he is healthy, loves to move around, loves to smile and his eyes are very mesmerising. Jimmy wanted to share this good news with everyone, and he even brought along photos of his son to share with his fans and the media. While showing off the photos, Jimmy yelled again: “I want to share with you guys how proud I feel!”



OMG! Jimmy is really married and has a son too! Congratulations! That's so awesome! Wow! Feel so happy for him and his wife and his son! Wooo! Glad he choose this way to share the happy news with his fans!

"Momo Love" pink premiere, Jiro Wang carries Cyndi Wang to express love

Source: TOM
Translated by catalie @ http://asianfanatics.net

GTV's newest idol drama "Momo Love" held its premiere event in Taipei today (Oct 11). All the major cast members were present except "Tao Hua's eldest brother" Ken Chu who was filming in Mainland China. At the premiere, everyone introduced their characters one by one, shared details about the plot with fans and even played a "matchmaking" game with fans.

In particular, Jiro Wang who was paired Cyndi Wang, was requested by the host to carry her like a newlywed bride, causing Da Dong to blush a little. At the end, Da Dong still managed to carry "Tao Hua Xiao Mei" Cyndi Wang very easily. Da Dong's fans offstage were all screaming, not only in admiration but also with jealousy. It was mentioned that he had previously carried Rainie Yang in a similar fashion and Da Dong was asked what felt different about it, for a moment he didn't know how to answer, after thinking a while he said: both experiences were about the same la. In the end causing all cast members hiss and question it, exclaiming that Da Dong wasn't being honest.

Jiro! I'm starting to used to your hair! Yay! This drama is coming out soon~ quack quack where is Huang Jing Lun staring at!

Battle between “Heavenly Kings, Queens, Groups” Who is Popularity King of Golden Melody Awards?

original source: Singapore HIT Awards wordpress
translated by minchong92 @ http://asianfanatics.net and @ http://jingcastle.forumotion.net

(Singapore) All focus has been put on the 15th Singapore HIT Awards this year. And voting results for the first round of four categories have come out!

After 3 weeks of online polls, Y.E.S. 93.3 FM revealed the top 5 of each category on October 4, 2009.

Jay Chou and Wang Lee Hom are in a fierce competition for votes. But in the Most Popular Male Singer, not all 5 nominees are “Heavenly Kings”. Both Show Luo who enjoyed growing popularity over the past year and Tank who has released multiple albums have entered the Top 5 list. Jam Hsiao is the only one from the Top 5 who represents the new generation of male singers.

Jade Liu and Rachel Liang have gained name after participating in reality singing competitions. They face ballad queen Fish Leong, dancing queen Jolin Tsai, the cute Rainie Yang as competition. Who will take home the Most Popular Female Singer?

The two song-writing bands, Mayday and Sodagreen face off in the competition for Most Popular Group for the SNG Golden Melody Awards. Will “heavenly” girl group S.H.E. be able to keep their popularity? Or will idol groups Fahrenheit or Lollipop join the fight and succeed?

Taiwan’s singing competition “One Million Star” has become very popular in Singapore. And the results show in the Mando-pop industry. Four of the Top 5 on the Most Popular Newcomer are former contestants from One Million Star: Season 2’s Y2J, Rachel Liang, and Season 3’s Lala Hsu and Huang Jing Lun. Will the champion from another singing competition, Zhang Yun Jing able to exceed the others?

Since the top 5 of these four categories have been revealed, the singers already confirmed to appear include: Jam Hsiao, Kelvin Tan, Huang Jing Lun, Zhang and Zhang Yun Jing. Those confirmed to perform include: Eric Moo and Olivia Ong.


The 15th Singapore HIT Awards will be held on November 6, 2009.

Top 5 of Most Popular categories:
(listing order does not indicate ranking)

Most Popular Male Singer:
Show Luo
Jay Chou
Tank
Wang Lee Hom
Jam Hsiao
Definitely you, Mr. Pig!

Most Popular Female Singer:
Fish Leong
Rainie Yang
Jade Liu
Jolin Tsai
Rachel Liang

Most Popular Group:
Fahrenheit
S.H.E
Mayday
Lollipop
Sodagreen
Wow~ so hard to make a decision~ S.H.E. or Fahrenheit? But I think Sodagreen will get the award this year.

Most Popular Newcomer:
Lala Hsu
Rachel Liang
Zhang Yun Jing all the way!
Y2J
Huang Jing Lun

Tavia portrays a female detective for the 1st time in "Shall We State The Case"

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Source : TVB Weekly Issue 642
Magazine Scans : tavia.org
Translation credits to: jessie @ http://jessie1314.blogspot.com

Actually Tavia Yeung’s mother has a wish all these while. She hopes that Tavia can become a female cop. However, Tavia Yeung ended up being an actress. Although her mother’s wish couldn’t be fulfilled in real life, but in new series “Shall We State The Case”, Tavia really becomes a female cop. She even fulfills her responsibility bravely to save Mary Hon who was being kidnapped.

Feels smart and energetic

In the process of saving Mary Hon, there is a scene whereby Tavia falls down from high hill. Before they shoot the scene, Tavia practiced for a few times before the official shooting. Tavia said, “The process of filming is considered OK. There are stuntmen to help me out on those difficult movements. Therefore, it is not so exhausting. The most terrible thing is the hot weather. Tavia feels smart and energetic as she can have the chance to become a female cop and wear police uniform. She said, “The uniform will tighten up our waist and chest area. We really must have a fit figure in order to wear female cop uniform nicely. The outcome is very smart and energetic indeed.

Wow~ practicing falling down a high hill~ that's so dangerous! Careful~

Momo Love Previews

Part 1: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1KusgQnXhRs&feature=player_embedded
Part 2: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IvEfN8E2Gpg&feature=related
Part 3: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yXkyeHjma3E&feature=related

30 minute preview~! hahaa~ I like the part where Ken the weather man tells his sister to wake up and then proceeds to forecast the weather so then everyone watching the news would hear him telling his sister to wake up. Hahahaa~

Autumn's Concerto Episode 1 Summary B

The next day at the bento shop, a line of Romeos wait to express their love to our lovely bento girl.

The first Romeo writes his msn on a 100 NTD(new Taiwan Dollar). I take that as his "love" for her is tied to money. Money is the root of all evil!

Mr. Sick Pervert there snatches the money and yells at the Romeos, "You guys come here to eat lunch or to take advantage!(looks at bills) MSN...so you wanna MSN with me, eh? Have that much interest in me, eh? No way! And don't even think about MSNing with my daughter!" Of course, he's not doing this because he truly cares about bento girl but because he wants to keep his "prize" safe from other males.

Guang Xi makes bento girl his next target and comes strolling into the shop. He makes a bet with his two buddies. He'll take away her kiss in one day.

Guang Xi goes over and orders bento girl to go on a date with him when sick pervert comes rushing out again. "You kids again! Don't listen, eh? Whose shop is this, huh? I am the biggest one here! I'm the boss. If you're not here to eat, then scram!"

"My mom opened this school!" Evil lady's eyes popped open and immediately uses her ass kissing skills on Guang Xi who uses her greediness to his advantage. Evil lady makes bento girl serve Guang Xi and he tells her that he has her book(the one that she borrowed from flower boy). And so a date is forced into her schedule for tomorrow.

They meet outside the bento shop for their first date. And Guang Xi askes bento girl: Why are you still dressed in your PJs? Clearly, she is not amused by his question and only wants her book back.

Guang Xi brings her to the hockey rink and leaves her to freeze on the benches while he...

shows off his manliness by playing hockey! But I think the hockey scenes in BF3 were somewhat better ish. Or maybe Kevin just happens to look better than Van Ness in hockey suits. Anyhow, I must take this chance to warn you about how disappointing BF3 was, the only thing that is worth watching are the fire scenes and ... if your a kevin fan...the hockey scenes...you can skip everything else. Or if you're one of those people who like to have a beginning and a end, watch the first episode and the last, that's it. No More!

Back to AC! Guang Xi retires from the game due to an intentional accident and starts to lay down his trap to get her. He hands her a cup of warm drink and gently places his jacket around her.

"I asked you on a date because I wanted to apologize to you. Your fish. Your time. Your innocence. I'm sorry."

"Actually you don't have to apologize because apologizing is useless. Things that are lost are lost. Being hurt, the pain is still there. Apologizing won't turn back time, and it also won't let those things that already happen disappear. But since you are apologizing now, I'll accept it. At least this proves that you're not such a bad egg after all."

And now it's time for some fling on the ice rink. In the process of slipping on ice and holding tight to his hand, she tells him the story of the musical piece, Air on G String. And then...

He twirls her around, smacks his lips on hers, pulls out his camera phone...snaps a picture.



Flower boy comes barging into the rink and breaks the connection, knocking the man to the ground. "This garbage made a bet with his friends that he'll get you in one day!" he shouts angrily.

Just when she thought he wasn't a bad person, the truth is exposed. But she keeps her cool and retaliates. She says, "Flower boy, you came too early. Don't you know I made a bet with the students too. Bet that this playboy will ask me out within a month, kiss me within a week. You underestimated me. I'm not that easy to trick. Don't you always say that I'm the best at faking innocence? My bet with the students is that as long as I win, they'll come buy one month worth of meal vouchers at our bento shop. "

Wow! This is my second time encountering a smart girl in a Taiwan drama. I'm glad this role is different from the typical female roles in idol dramas. Ady An, thumbs up! Van Ness, not too shabby, keep going! Flower boy, keep tending those flowers! I really like this drama so far~but that creep, that pervert...I worry about bento girl's safety. Anyways, trust me, next episode is even better~

Watch Autumn Concerto Episode 1 with English Subs. Or without subs.

Autumn's Concerto Episode 1 Summary A

Either the actress on the right has awesome acting skills or I just watch too much dramas, because my 6th sense tells me that this character is a gold digger. Look she's even handing over a full jar of tooth decaying poison to the piano teacher to give out to the kids!

Look at her evil smirk! She must be thinking about all the cavities her lollipops will give to the kids. Mr. 學長 (a My Queen thing, hehe) on the right, has no idea what he has done to his daughter's future. KICK THAT EVIL LADY OUT THE CARRR~

Evil Lady and gifted pianist go off to the cake store to choose a cake while Mr. 學長 goes to talk on his phone. Apparently, his company ran into some major finance problem while he walks into his own death. Talking on the phone and crossing the street does not go well together~! The #1 cause of death in DRAMAS!





Her world comes crashing down as the only person who truly cares about her leaves. =(

It makes me sad to see everyone just walk by a victim who just got HIT by a car, total ignorance! Is it that hard to make a simple phone call? Now gifted pianist is left to defend for herself in this cruel world.

Mr. 學長's company went bankrupt and the debt collectors come and do their thing while the evil lady watch "her fortune" slip out the door piece by piece.

Aww, little girl~ stay strong!

Evil lady goes berserk and lashes her anger at little girl. Evil lady screams, "Cry? What are you crying about! You are like me now! You have nothing! I should be the one crying!"

Our gifted pianist sleeping...sweet dreams.

Not wanting to care for someone who has nothing to do with her, evil lady quietly leaves our sleeping pianist. And fails because sleeping pianist wakes up and runs off the bus after evil lady.

To cure their hunger, evil lady makes gifted pianist lure the store owner away by stealing something from the store.

While the owner chases gifted pianist, evil lady sneaks in to steal some buns...

and fails because she runs too slow...

Out of nowhere, a man comes forward and offers to pay for access to evil lady's body for the stolen buns.



The strange man brings both the evil lady and our gifted pianist back to his place and serves them dinner. There's no such thing as free lunch in this world.

Pervert and evil lady just met for a few hours and he's got his dirty hand on her. Do you know what this means? Our gifted pianist is in danger! Who knows when he'll start doing things to her!

After dinner, our gifted pianist was ordered to wash the dishes, something she isn't accustomed to doing. In the process, she accidently dish cuts her finger. Heart pulling effect here! She should be playing the piano with her gifted hands, not being forced to wash dishes!

This little girl has great potential in this field. This is my first time seeing her in such a serious role. She really nails it in the dish washing scene! I guess this is what you call layered acting. No words were spoken in this scene, yet she managed to get across that feeling of not giving up despite the harshness of the world. Kudos to you, kiddo! This young actress also acted as Xia Zhi Xing's god daughter in My Lucky Star and as Tong Jia Di's niece in Why Why Love. In both series, she was the typical I-speak-like-an-adult cheeky happy girl. Autumn's Concerto shows a different acting level of this young actress.

She is very mature despite her young age. Realizing that feeling sad over her past would get her nowhere, she ties up her hair and goes back to washing dishes. She knows that her princess life style is over. Daddy left this world, he won't be there to protect her. She'll have to learn to be independent.

Some time passed and our gifted pianist is now a fish girl. She goes to the fish market to get a special fish for evil lady who is preparing to use it to hone her ass kissing skills. (Target=university president who rented the bento shop to evil lady and pervert)

Because the fish cannot survive for long in a plastic bag half filled with water, fish girl hops on a bus to get back to evil lady's shop ASAP. Unfortunately, Mr. Trouble(Van Ness) pulls his car in front of the bus and PARKS there while he takes his time breaking up with some girl causing mad traffic. Fish girl gets off bus to reason with Mr. Trouble.

Mr. Trouble, causes trouble every where he goes. Also known as Ren Guang Xi, the son of the university president. He's loaded with $$$, evil lady will surely pounce on him.

Being the sneaky type of trouble maker, he offers fish girl a "resolution". All she has to do is follow his instructions. He instructs her, "Let go of the hand brake. Pull automatic stick to the very bottom. RELEASE LEFT FEET, STEP ON RIGHT!" BOOM! The car goes backward and crashes into bus. Ouch~

As a result of his immaturity, our fish girl ends up at the Police Station with her fish which died due to a leaky plastic bag.

-sigh- rich people in dramas have so much time on their hand. Mr. Trouble puts the whole blame of the car accident on fish girl and takes his time calculating the damage done to his car.

Luckily, we have two eye witness from the scene who come barging into the station to uphold fish girl's innocence and scold the troublemaker. Their yelling and pointing was a mix of Taiwanese and Mandarin which I found to be quite amusing, hahaha.

At the end of the day, our fish girl gets her innocence back and she gets to punish the trouble maker. Hahahaha~ he has to do community service and is put to work immediately directing traffic!

This is a typical paparazzi movement. Say cheese and smile~

Guang Xi spots the "paparazzi" and snatches her phone. Hahaha~ an officer comes over and demands the cell phone back and orders him to go back to his post and direct traffic~

HAHAHAHAAA! He goes back to direct traffic and this bus with the two eye witnesses drive by and they wave at him~

Meanwhile, fish girl goes back to shop and pervert can't keep his dirty eyes off her. GET OUT OF THERE! MOVE OUT!

Our fish girl is changing in another room where there is a semi clear glass...and this pervert is laying his dirty eyes on her. And he's pretty slick about it too, pretending to wash some food..

Evil lady orders fish girl to deliver food to the university president and thank goodness fish girl is out of the place. At the president's house, fish girl warms up the food when Guang Xi comes back and has a nasty confrontation with his mom, the uni prez. I figured that in dramas, rich kids are always at odds with their parents...always.

After delivering food to the uni prez, fish girl visits her buddy, flower boy, to return a book. But...in turns out that she might have left the book back at the police station. Hahaha, when I first saw him, I thought he looked a bit like HK's Nic Tse.

Fish girl is in the bathroom getting ready to take a shower, when she suddenly hears something outside the window. She takes the boards down...

AHHH~ it's the sick pervert staring right back at herrrr!!! OMG~ how can she stand this! GET OUT OF THERE NOW! Fish girl screams, sick pervert runs and bumps into evil lady who askes about the commotion. Fish girl lies and tells her, she saw a rat in the bathroom...


OMG~ that was such a long post! So tired~ part 2 coming tomo, hopefully. Then I'll be moving on to episoed 2. Nite~

Ding Dang - Relative

Credit: cherlynecherry@youtube

If you are watching Autumn's Concerto, this is probably one of the songs you're looking for right now. (^_- )

It's not the themesong or the end song. It's one of the insert songs.

Looking for the themesong? Here it is.

Time to Stock Up on Tissue

Credit: gar6301@youtube

After watching this trailer, I am going to go out to buy some boxes of tissue. If you decide to watch this, which you should, get ready for some eye drenching moments! Be sure to drink enough water or else your tears reservoir might dry up~ hehehe~ This is what Kiwi would call "the pulling on the heartstring effect". Oh~ Man~

Ady An wants to 'marry' Vanness Wu

Source: Xinmin
Translation: alateria @ http://asianfanatics.net

Taiwanese drama ‘Autumn Concerto/Next station, Happiness’ received a rating of 2.89, for its first episode, hitting a 190 million audience's heart. Ady laughed: "Many classmates called me after seeing the telecast, and asked me to marry Vanness!."

Ady express that she admires those single mothers being able to bear with the stress of being one, after acting the role of a single mother. When asked is there a possibility of being one, she shook her head: "I don't have the courage!" For Vanness, there are a few shower scenes, and Vanness replied: " Showering was filmed in the glass room, but I feel like I'm a piece of meat, bare, with everyone looking at me."

Hahahaa~ everyone's gonna pounce on him once that scene comes on! Hahahahaaa~

Vanness Wu uses his waist strength to force Ady An to take off her clothes

Source: UDN
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

For his new SETTV idol drama 'Autumn Concerto', Vanness Wu had to wear female high-heels, and it even gave him the idea of re-learning the piano. Lately, he's been going on Youtube to learn a piano piece to one of Justin Timberlake's songs. He said: "Piano has provoked my mind, when I was little, I didn't learn piano properly and that is the thing I regret the most till now."

In the drama, he & Ady An have to act out an intimate scene of him undo-ing her blouse buttons beside the piano, and staff members were so moved by this scene that they even shed tears. Vanness said: "Because I have to force her to take off her clothes, our bodies have to be quite close together, but I was scared of crushing her, so I specially straightened my waist to reduce the weight of my body."

WHOA~~~~~

I want to sell hot dog

Hot dog vendor is going on my "3 minute" career list, next to bus driver, pediatrician, pharmacist, acupuncturist, air traffic controller, and optometrist. Over the course of the last two weeks, I've been taking my snack breaks at the hot dog stand. Business is actually not bad, considering that there's a college and a high school in the area. And the price charged is a deal that you don't see much of anymore. (Only $1.50!!!) Ai, hot dog~ I'm thinking about just working on one in the summer and that'll probably generate enough $$ to buy Fahrenheit posters and CDs books and supplies. Well, let's see if this hot dog stand desire can last till this summer.

You forgot but I remember

Credit: SETTV@youtube

Do you still remember?
That day it rained.
That's how you, who was escaping the rain, suddenly entered my world.
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That day the rain stopped
but my heart beat, it couldn't be stopped.

Mark Zhao will be fined $5million if he dates; Ivy Chen willing to pay half

Source: UDN
Translation: Sarah @ http://asianfanatics.net

Mark Zhao & Ivy Chen previously sparked rumours, and afterwards they each sparked more rumours with Janine Chang & Li Yun Qing respectively. Yesterday, Mark revealed that his management company has a ‘forbidden-love order’ so he refused to admit anything, otherwise he would have to pay a fine of $5million for breach of contract. Ivy purposely tried to relax the atmosphere and joked: “We can each pay $2.5million!” Hearing this, her manager’s face turned green, and immediately scolded her: “It should be a total of $10million okay?”

Earlier, there were rumours that Ivy was reduced to tears after her manager was supposedly too strict on her. Yesterday, Ivy was surprised at the mention of the topic, and tried to avoid it. Mark immediately came to her rescue and joked: “Actually, she eats sashimi la!” indicating that it was the wasabi that made her cry. Yesterday, the 2 tried on Chen Li Min’s designer garments to wear to the Golden Bell Awards. The 2 had their arms linked together and it had a ‘bride & groom’ feeling. Unexpectedly, the photographer requested: “Tomboy Ivy, do you want to take a picture of hugging Mark?” Ivy immediately stamped her foot and protested: “I’m wearing a dress today!” [Hahahaa~tomboy Ivy! Her reaction is funny!]

Mark and his seniors Zai Zai & Zhang Shi etc have all been nominated for ‘Best Actor’ in the upcoming Golden Bell Awards. This has caused a lot of attention in the outside world, but it seemed like artists from the same company had agreed on saying the same thing. Earlier, junior Jason publicly expressed that he hopes Zai Zai will win, and Ivy had an almost identical answer: “Mark already has a lot of pressure, if he wins, it will be too hard on him la.” [I'm rooting for Zai Zai too!]

The day before yesterday, the Golden Horse Awards also announced its nomination list. Ivy was not nominated for her role in ‘Heard’, and Mark immediately retaliated: “You acted very well, but if you were nominated, the pressure would be too much.” Ivy also congratulated her co-star Michelle Yan for being nominated and she joked: “Me & Eddie have already agreed, if we are invited to present an award, we will have a sign language competition onstage, and carry out a silent protest.”

Mark has recently been busy filming new movie ‘Monga’ with Ethan Ruan. Mark said that everyone is getting along like brothers, and Ethan & Director Niu often joke around at the filming scene, and take off each other’s pants. Ethan has long since had the title of ‘Taiwanese stallion’ and yesterday, Mark was asked who is ‘bigger’ when they take off their pants. Mark replied: “Everyone’s size is similar la, just normal size,” and Ivy added: “Asian size!” And Mark expressed: “Some people say that it’s proportional to your height!” But since he is a little shorter than Ethan, Ivy immediately gave him a comforting hug. Unexpectedly, his reaction was quite big and said: “Why are you comforting me? I am very confident okay!” [Hahahaha! Ivy's comforting hug.]

Mark & Ivy will be walking the red carpet together during next week’s Golden Bell Awards. Their ‘Black & White’ co-stars Janine Chang & Xiu Jie Kai will also be walking the red carpet together.

Hahaha~ they so cute together! They should breach the contract and run away together, haha! Since that definitely won't be happening, I hope they get a chance to work together in another drama!

Autumn's Concerto Trailer

Credit: urasiansourceCpop@youtube

Cute little boy: Mu Chen! Look at my drawing of outer space daddy. miss you miss you! Can you tell me about outer space daddy's story again?
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Guang Xi: In the future, if you ever find yourself in danger, you just have to call out "Ren Guang Xi", I will appear...and save you.
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Mu Chen: From childhood to now, this is the first time I've felt this feeling of being protected, it's also the first time that someone let me realized that I'm a respected human being.
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Guang Xi: Because I believe, that this world hasn't gone too sour, I can accompany her and work with her, not letting anyone harm her again.
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Guang Xi: If a person's memory can only choose one minute of memory, I wish this would be the moment.
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Mu Chen: I am very happy right now because he gave me "Little Happiness" [aka Cute little boy]. It's a gift from God. It turns out that love never left, it's just that I remember ...and you forgot.

Autumn's Concerto Synopsis

Ren Guang Xi, a cocky law student, seems to lead the perfect life. He's the sole successor to a huge and famous business and a talented ice hockey player. But in reality, his lonely life lacks joy, laughter and motivation. That is until he meets Liang Mu Cheng, the new bento seller at his school canteen. Although orphaned at a young age, Mu Cheng does not let her past affect her and lives life with great passion and determination. A harmless bet brings the two together and Guang Xi slowly changes as Mu Cheng teaches him how to give and love. Tragedy strikes when Guang Xi suddenly has to go through a major brain surgery which causes him to lose his memory. His mother begs Mu Cheng to leave him and the latter has no choice but to do so. Little does she know that she already has Guang Xi's child.

Six years pass. Mu Cheng lives a quiet life with her young son in the countryside while Guang Xi is now a successful lawyer and is engaged to He Yi Qian, the kind and beautiful doctor who took care of him after his surgery. A strangely familiar piano piece stirs Guang Xi's heart as he struggles to recall his past romance with Mu Cheng. How will the couple make up for six years of lost time? Happiness, which stop do I alight at?

It turns out that love never left, it's just that I remember, and you forgot.

Chinese Paladin 3 Synopsis

This is a prequel to "Chinese Paladin" and takes place 50 years earlier.

Jing Tian is a mischievous pawnshop assistant who because of the power of a mystical jade, crosses paths with the spoiled and sassy Tang Xue Jian. Xue Jian is the beloved granddaughter of Tang Manor's Tang Kun, who meets with danger when an evil cult tries to take over control of the Tang Manor. Xu Chang Jing, the eldest disciple of Mt Shu Sect aids the pair in defeating the cult and rescuing the Tang Manor. Meanwhile, Chong Lou, ruler of the evil world, breaks into Mt Shu's Suo Yao Pagoda to retrieve a magical sword. He passes the sword to Jing Tian, claiming that it belonged to latter when he was a deity in his past life and forces Jing Tian to battle with him. The 5 elders of Mt Shu Sect call upon Jing Tian and Chang Jing to attain 5 mystical pearls to seal up Suo Ya Pagoda and destroy a powerful force of evil so as to save the world from destruction. Together with Xue Jian, the group set off to accomplish their mission. On the way, they overcome various obstacles and must solve mysteries pertaining to their pasts...

O.M.G. Look at that poster...so pro...someone must have had a lot of time on hand. The characters on the poster have almost a 100% resemblance to the actual characters!

JS Bach - Air on G String Piano

Credit: MahaKrisna@youtube

There's actually a story behind this classical piece that I heard from Autumn's Concerto. During one of Bach's performance, someone cut all the strings on his violin except for the G-string. When everyone was waiting to see him to mess up his performance, he created a piece with only that string. That piece is now known as Air on the G String.

Vanness as Ren Guang Xi: (referring to the story of Air on the G String) So this story tells us to be careful of those selfish people.

Ady An as Liang Mu Chen: Nope. This story tells me that no matter how difficult life is, we can always finish the most touching symphony.

I like quotes about life.

Autumn's concerto's Vanness Wu NGs easily when filming intimate scenes. fine imposed

Source : TTV
Translation : chipmunk0318 @ http://asianfanatics.net

TTV SETTV's idol drama Autumn's Concerto, Vanness Wu and Ady An kiss nonstop. In the ice rink, in the house, garden scenes, both of them had kissing scenes in all of these places before. Ady says " And there are still a few more scenes where there were 'almost kisses', but when the audience see those, they will definitely have alot of feelings." Although that is so, when both of them film intimate scenes, Vanness often NGs. Ady laughs " Now the production team has set in place the double Wu NG fine. As long as Vanness Wu or Wu Kang Ren NG, they will be fined.

Autumn's concerto premiered on 4th October on TTV. It can be said that this drama has caused quite a sensation before it even showed on tv.During the premiere event, the japanese media even sent teams to cover it. Vanness says: This is my first project in more than two years. I hope everyone will continue to give me their support.

Autumn's Concerto is helmed by Golden Bell Best Director Chen Hui Ling, together with the fresh pair of Ady An and Vanness Wu, it gives the audience alot of expectations and space for imagination. Earlier, while filming an intimate scene with the two leads, it led the Pisces Chen to become teary eyed. She said" Vanness' character is ill in the drama and as a result is unable to shave by himself. Ady's character then leads him to sit on the toilet bowl, and proceeds to sit on his lap and help him shave. When she acts out this scene, it is so filled with love. This scene made my eyes teary."

Vanness and Ady have been kissing non stop since the start of filming. Ady laughingly said " Our skating, being on the swings, within the house scenes all had kissing scenes. But everytime we kiss the reason is different, like the one in the rink was because of Vanness' bet with someone."

In reality, both of them have NGs easily when filming intimate scenes. Ady because she is shy and Vaness because of being "not familiar and too familiar". He laughs "At the beginning, we didn;t know each other so it was very awkward filming such scenes. After hanging out together for a while, it became such that we were too familiar, so the feeling was weirdly awkward. But after balancing out for sometime, it has gotten alot better." To reduce instances of NG, the production team started a Ady chuckles saying " As long as Vanness NGs, he gets fined NT100. WU Kang Ren gets fined NT5. Because Vanness is a rich prince both on and off camera."


It was a mistake to watch the first episode...because now I'm totally addicted to this drama and won't have any mood to study for math.

Calvin Chen: “Wu Chun doesn’t like to bathe!”

Source : MediaCorp TV

Busy with ongoing concert promotions, Wu Chun celebrated his birthday on a Taiwanese variety programme together with his fellow band members and junior, Peter Pan. Known to have a sweet tooth, Wu Chun appeared all smiles during the cake-cutting session.

However, his good mood did not last long after his fellow band members decided to play a prank on him during the game segment and forced him to gobble up his most hated food, fatty pork meat. That was not the end of things as his three pals, Aaron Yan, Calvin Chen, and Jiro Wang went on to smear Wu Chun’s good name on the show.

“Wu Chun doesn’t like to bathe! Look at his arms!” Calvin exclaimed.

Infuriated by his comment, Wu Chun retorted, “That is my tattoo!”

Calvin persisted and continued to expose little nuggets of information on Wu Chun’s “bad” habits such as, hiding his favourite sushi under other food and disallowing the rest of the band members to eat his favourite egg tarts. Wu Chun protests fell on deaf ears as Calvin’s revelations tickled the audience.

hiding sushi under other food~ Chun ~ Happy early birthday!

Possessed by Tou Hau again? Cyndi Wang: "Da Dong loves talking"

Source UDN
Translated by Elvenstar @ http://asianfanatics.net

Shooting under busy and stressful environment which gradually made Cyndi Wang ill, she regularly watches the anime "Inuyasha" to relieve her stress, she in particularly loves the passionate and sunshine male lead. Asking whether her co-star in Momo love Jiro Wang is full of sunshine? Cyndi replied "He is more of the talkative type, Ken Zhu is the no.1 and Da Dong is the second." [Jiro just got REJECTED]

Animax the anime channel, from October will broadcast every Saturday night at 11.30pm the season finale of "Inuyasha", which has been very popular in Japan. In Taiwan and Japan the broadcasting dates have a difference of 5 days, the anime tells the adventures and the romantic story of a female high school student and a dog demon who run off into in the sunset, this captured Cyndi's heart.

Cyndi who is filming GTV's "Momo Love" is under a lot of stress, she discovered that she had a swelling in her lymph nodes in her neck, after getting an injection, the doctored ordered for a closer inspection. She said " The situation right now is a lot better, I will find some time to get it examined." Even though she got ill, she felt warmth because of the concern people showed her.

Shooting "Momo Love" the scandal of Jiro's unrequited love broke out, Cyndi explained " I don't think that Da Dong has that type of feeling towards me, the most important is that everyone is happy when we're working." If Cyndi found her match 1st they must be filial, 2nd they must be able to teach her things and what does she think of Jiro? She grimaces "There's no need to say out loud I think everyone knows already." [rejected again...twice in the same article]

Cyndi said Jiro loves talking, even with unfamiliar people on set he will be able to talk to them for a long time, but the best at this is Ken Zhu, no matter what the topic is he will be able to join in, " He really looks like he knows a lot, he will also take care of people and even calls me his little sister, it's like we're all family." [This could count as a rejection, right? hahaha~]

Poor Jiro~ rejected three times in the same article~

TVB pushes out 6 more FaDans to compete with Sheren Tang for TV Queen

Tavia Yeung expected to intercept Sheren Tang

TVB's 42nd Annivesary 2009 has been a hot topic among Netizens on who will be the new TV King and Queen. It was said that "4th Mistress" Sheren Tang will get the title of TV Queen, so far that is the only hot favorite. In order to change the "wind", TVB decided to push back the award ceremony from November to December, so that the two anniversary series "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" and "Born Rich" could have a chance. TVB is strongly pushing female leads Charmaine Sheh, Tavia Yeung, Michelle Yim, Anita Yuen, Kenix Kwok and Jamie Chik to compete with Sheren, lowering her chances of winning.

Depending on her role as "4th Mistress" in "Rosy Business", Sheren has won the applause and strong support from the audience. Just two months left before the anniversary award ceremony, there still aren't enough female leads popular enough to compete with Sheren. It was rumored that this is the reason why TVB decided to push back the award ceremony allowing the two anniversary series that will broadcast on October 19th to get a chance in the nominations. With the two anniversary series up on the competition, it will be a competition filled with Stars! Originally it was just Sheren in the race with a great chance of winning, but now with the new competitors, will her chances decrease dramatically?

The HK media did some research, asking 50 citizens on who they support for this year's award winners, does Sheren have the highest chance? The results of the survey found that 40% of the respondents felt that Sheren's chance of winning is "critical" because the one series that had been dominating the year, ended up being a 3 series competition, making it much more intense than how it was before. Respondents also felt that this is really TVB's "killer" plan.

As for "Beyond" and "Born Rich" are both the anniversary series, 80% of the respondents supported this because the series this year were all quite light-hearted, it was only "Rosy Business" and "E.U." that was more intense and had more discussions. Audience felt that during the anniversary period, there should be series that are "more watchable" and also felt that the more intense the award competition is the more interesting it will be. However, they did not agree to pushing back the anniversary award ceremony because afterall November has always been the tradition and the target date for the celebration, instead why not broadcast the two anniversary series at an earlier date?

There's really no point in watching TVB award shows anymore...it's all rigged. It's seems like they are doing everything to prevent Sheren from getting the award but what's the point it's their award show, they do whatever they want. Ridiculous!

‘Shanghai Sweetheart’ Not in Time to Save the Fire; Using Concert Behind the Scenes Clips to Fill in the Slots

Source: Now News
Translated by endlessjoy @ Asianfanatics.net

CTV’s idol drama, ‘Calling For Love’ have decided that it cannot air according to the original plan, and due to the fact that the idol drama suddenly used to replace it, ‘Shanghai Sweetheart,’ is in the process of filming, it cannot replace the premiere timeslot. Therefore, Rainie Yang’s concert and the behind the scenes clips of ‘Shanghai Sweetheart’ will be aired first. As for ‘Shanghai Sweetheart’ that was originally set to premiere on October 18th to compete with ‘Momo Love,’ will have its premiere on November 1st.

‘Calling For Love,’ lead-casted by Mike He has been delayed for a long time and was finally able to air on the 18th. Even the promotional events have been planned out, but because Mainland China’s approval has not been received yet the drama cannot premiere according to schedule. This caused CTV to panic, but fortunately, Angie Chai has another drama on hand, ‘Shanghai Sweethear.’ Though due to the fact that ‘Shanghai Sweetheart’ just started filming not too long ago, it’s afraid that it cannot fill in the original timeslot; therefore, it’s set to premiere on November 1st. As for the weeks of the 18th and the 25th, Rainie’s concert and the behind the scenes clips of ‘Shanghai Sweetheart’ will be aired instead.

Originally CTV’s ‘Calling For Love’ was premiering on the same day as GTV’s ‘Momo Love,’ where there will be a heated battle, but ‘Calling For Love’ has decided not to air. The rush can be seen in Charlene Choi’s and Mike He’s appearances, and all the promotional events have been planned out already. In addition to the release of the promotional clips of the drama, Charlene and Mike already went to make variety shows for promotion. Right now, since the drama is not airing, the question of how the promotional events can match up with the later airing time of the drama is something the television station needs to figure out.

As for the replacement, ‘Shanghai Sweetheart,’ it is cast with Show Luo and Rainie Yang. The style of the two’s appearance in the drama has been revealed and netizens are discussing about them heatedly. Seemingly the collaboration of the two singer-actors should be really good. Even though ‘Momo Love’ premieres two weeks before ‘Shanghai Sweetheart,’ it should be ready for the arrival of this strong competition.

In addition to some issues with the Sunday timeslot, CTV is also facing a lack of dramas to air after ‘Devil Girl 18’ finishes airing. Right now, it does not seem like CTV has any new dramas to fill in the 8:00pm timeslot so it can only use the immediate replacement drama, ‘I’m at Ken Ding, Weather is Good,’ (我在墾丁＊天氣晴) for the time-being.

They changed the schedule again!!! There's always a problem with China's approval system thingy. If I remember correctly, Shanghai Sweetheart stopped filming for a while because the drama was stuck in registration. But no worries, it's okay now.

The MV that started my magical journey

Credit: coolxuemin@youtube

Zhang Yun Jing's Biased Love coupled with scenes from Chinese Paladin 3. My journey into the magical wuxia world began with this MV. Chinese Paladin 3 was so good, I finished it in three days! It makes TVB wuxia dramas look so kiddie.

Bye Easy Fortune Happy Life

I like this final frame. I think it's the only thing I like about the ending...and the series. This last frame of Da Feng and Fu An walking together down the road of life with the blessings of the tong hua flower.

(Just A Thought: Fu An's outfit...doesn't it look familiar...it reminds me of Chen Xin Yi)

Taiwanese artistes Blue Lan and Jocelyn Wang were spotted spending a night together sparking off rumours of a possible ongoing romance

Source : MediaCorp TV
Credit: =sx.k= @ AF News

Taiwanese artistes Blue Lan and Jocelyn Wang, who are also co-stars and onscreen lovers for ongoing Taiwanese drama series, Easy Fortune Happy Life are said to be engaged in an ongoing romantic relationship.

During the filming of intimate scenes for the drama series, the pair appeared unabashed about their romantic scenes. They are also often seen in each other’s company at the filming site. For two consecutive days, Jocelyn was photographed leaving Blue’s place and was rumored to have spent the night there.

Blue’s manager declined to comment on the speculated romance between Blue and Jocelyn and said, “I am currently in Thailand. We’ll talk about it after my return.” Jocelyn’s manager refuted the validity of the photos and explained that it was a friend’s place and not Blue’s lodgings.

In an interview with Jocelyn’s ex-boyfriend, Taiwanese comedian-host, Xiao Zhong, the latter magnanimously said, “That’s good! They are a matching pair!” He shared that they are still good friends although they have not been in contact for the past six months.

Taiwanese artistes Blue Lan and Jocelyn Wang, who are also co-stars and onscreen lovers for ongoing Taiwanese drama series, Easy Fortune Happy Life are said to be engaged in an ongoing romantic relationship.

During the filming of intimate scenes for the drama series, the pair appeared unabashed about their romantic scenes. They are also often seen in each other’s company at the filming site. For two consecutive days, Jocelyn was photographed leaving Blue’s place and was rumored to have spent the night there.

Blue’s manager declined to comment on the speculated romance between Blue and Jocelyn and said, “I am currently in Thailand. We’ll talk about it after my return.” Jocelyn’s manager refuted the validity of the photos and explained that it was a friend’s place and not Blue’s lodgings.

In an interview with Jocelyn’s ex-boyfriend, Taiwanese comedian-host, Xiao Zhong, the latter magnanimously said, “That’s good! They are a matching pair!” He shared that they are still good friends although they have not been in contact for the past six months.

Hahaha~ the drama EFHL got the pairings all mixed up! Blue with Joycelyn and Qiao En with Roy. Hahahaaa~ but of course, these are again just RUMORED pairings spread by the media.

Calvin Chen rumoured to be with Joanne Zeng

Source : MediaCorp TV
Credit: =sx.k= @ AF news

According to Taiwanese news reports, Calvin Chen from Taiwanese boy band Fahrenheit is rumored to be seeing Joanne Zeng (also known as Qiao Qiao) from Mandopop girl group, Sweety who is his co-star of upcoming Taiwanese drama series, Parfait-tic.

A member of the production team revealed that the pair were often seen chatting together at the film location. The rumored pair was also spotted going on dates although production for Parfait-tic is currently at a standstill due to the producers’ dissatisfaction on the drama’s sketchy storyline.

On Monday earlier this week at 10pm, the duo was spotted having a meal, strolling and sharing an umbrella together. Engaged in conversation, they were seen sharing affectionate gestures at the traffic light with Calvin putting his hand on Joanne’s shoulders. Apart from that, they were previously spotted together a month ago at Yang Ming Shan during the night of Chinese Valentine’s day.

Calvin is said to have a long-term girlfriend called Joyce Teo. His girlfriend would often follow Fahrenheit on their overseas concert tours. Parents of both parties are eager for the pair to settle down as soon as possible.

The lovebirds were seen sharing a huge tiff at Fahrenheit’s Nanjing concert. Upon her return to Taiwan, Joyce posted an entry on her blog which said, “It seems like everything is wishful thinking on my part. It seems like we were both like fools, painfully learning how to love and let go.”

Calvin’s manager expressed that it is unavoidable for the pair to meet up and have meals together as they are both staying in Taipei’s Tianmu district. On the contrary, Joanne’s manager exclaimed, “It is true? … If Joanne and Calvin are getting along well together, I’m more than happy to fulfill them.”

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Translation by aiwa@FRHGloba1

Calvin Chen's response:

I've always never want to let my status as a celebrity
affect me making new friends
I will still go out to have meals with my friends and watch movies

It's really a hard chance during this busy life of work
To meet a good friend
To be able to chat, leisurely have a meal
I really cherish it
Never thought that it would be exaggerated

Since a child, i was taught by my father
That in order to be a gentleman, one must be courteous to ladies

Just like helping her to open the car door when she is getting on or off the car
During eating, one would help pull out the chair
Having the guy on the outside while walking with a girl
Holding the umbrella for her in the rain

I am sure that everyone knows
A few days ago, the rain was very heavy
Putting a hand on her shoulder is just to prevent her from getting wet in the rain
It was also for safety as we were crossing the street at that time
I believe this is only a gentleman's gesture
Meeting a friend
There shouldn't be such a great imagination

Besides
I don't even have a friend named Joyce Teo
This type of rubbish
I really don't have any comment

I won't let this matter
Stop me from having my right to make friends
In order to be a truly happy person
To spread the happiness to others
One must truly enjoy one's life

I will still work hard in my job and live a happy life
You guys must too =)

Lastly
Wish everyone a Happy Mid-Autumn Festival
Enjoy a good time with your family and friends
For those in Taiwan must beware of the typhoon
Safety comes first

Ooooo~ they seem to be VERY GOOD friends. hahahaa~ Good luck to him on maintaining this friendship since the reporters will probably be stalking him now! And ooo Happy Mid-Autumn Festival! Go out with your lanterns (or flashlights)! Hahahaa~

You Fly 你飛吧MV - 張芸京 Zhang Yun Jing

Credit: procrastinatingpig@youtube.com

藍色的天空
多少次你凝視著
有可能我妒忌
是它有你坦率投入

動人的表情
說每次冒險心得
你在我不知道的時侯
張開翅膀發光著

妳天真 妳驕傲
你逃離卻不肯認真追求自由

我逞強 我害怕
少了你的世界寂寞顛坡

就讓妳飛
飛過現在兩個人膠著
風有多大 雲有多美
才是妳的一切

給妳的祝福 我不掉淚
說好天堂各自尋找

請不要回頭望
遠遠關心就好
妳飛吧

Many times you gaze at the blue sky
Maybe I’m jealous because it has your full attention
Lively expression speaks of every adventure you had
When I wasn’t looking,
You have spread your wings and shined

Your innocence, your pride, you escape but unwilling to seriously pursuit freedom
I pretend, I’m scared that a world without you is lonely and bumpy
I let you fly, fly over our current stalemate
The largeness of the wind, the beauty of the cloud, that should be yours
Give you my blessing, I’m not going to cry
We agree to find our individual paradise
Don’t look back, it’s enough to care from afar, just fly

超帥~
BUT Arron is still the most 帥 of all.
Hahahaaa~