Wednesday, September 19, 2007

Metamorphosis debuts

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO
18th Sept- James Marsden (Cyclops), Evelyn Toh, Xinyu
19th Sept- Michelle Chia, Alvin Lee, Shelly

Mystery, suspense, exposives... The new Channel 8 action-packed drama has it all. Starring Terence Cao, Chen Han Wei, Rui En, Yvonne Lim and Thomas Ong, Metamorphosis packs thrills and excitement in every single hour episode!

SYNOPSIS
Power struggle within a notorious mafia gang led to the murder of several triad leaders. Before detectives Ouyang Li and Dylan can get to the real killer of Futai, he was murdered under mysterious circumstances. A series of chain murders occur where the dead are criminals. This led the detectives to uncover an underground operation "Dragontooth", whose members mete out capital punishment on those they deem guilty. Ouyang is later framed for the murder of one of the members Ryan, and tries to clear his own name while on the run, and at the same time discovers that someone close to him is actually a member of Dragontooth! Will Ouyang be able to uncover the secrets of "Dragontooth" and clear his name in this game of deceit?

Click on this link to find out which character best descrbes you!
http://ch8.mediacorptv.com/metamorphosis/

Link to Wikipedia site: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Metamorphosis_%28TV_series%29


Chen Hanwei plays impulsive, hot-headed and overconfident detective Ouyang Li. He believes strongly in upholding justice and that evil cannot triumph over good. He tends to rub people the wrong way with his reckless and unpredictable behavior as well as his arrogance.


Terence Cao plays calm, composed and thoughtful Di Lun. He grew up in the same orphanage as Ouyang Li, possesses excellent memory and has an aptitude for drawing. Although he shares the same goal as Li, he is somewhat pessimistic over personal issues, especially when it comes to finding his father's killer.


Rui En plays the steel-willed, cold and aloof CID Chief An Xiaoqian. She believes in the law and goes all out to prove it. An unhappy childhood made her who she is today, thus she has this emotional wall that keeps people at a safe distance. She doesn't trust anyone easily and has no faith in relationships.


Yvonne Lim plays the sweet, warm and gentle psychologist Wen Wanrou. Highly observant and possesses an in-depth understanding of psychology. A traumatic encounter with a rapist left her emotionally distraught, and things turn for the worse when her father and brother are accidentally killed by Ouyang Li...


Thomas Ong plays the charming and gregarious Hu Xi Cun, a forensic pathologist who helps out with the CID. Had been wooing Xiaoqian for a long time. As the leader of Dragontooth, he has a strong belief that the world should be free of crime and evil, and that evildoers ought to be given capital punishment.

Other important cast members:

Chen Guohua plays Cao Zhongming, a veteran CID Deputy Chief with 23 years of experience.


Julian Hee plays Meng Tianbo, a dedicated investigator who somewhat lacks confidence.


Ng Hui plays Sun Meiya, a chirpy and bubbly investigator who always wears a cap.

Richard Low Qianyi plays Heixiong, Xiaoqian's abusive father who pretended to be mentally unsound for personal reasons, and is believed to have killed Di Lun's father years ago (among many other innocents).

Hong Huifang plays Ouyang Su, Ouyang Li's adoptive mother and founder of the orphanage that Li and Di Lun grew up in.


Henry Heng and Li Lijun play Wanrou's parents. Nathaniel Ho plays Wanrou's younger brother Wen Pingliang.

Minor characters not in any order:

Brandon Wong- Meng Jixiang aka Rattlesnake... his daughter is brought into Ouyang Su's orphanage


Ong Ai Leng- Hong Lixuan aka Blood Rose, Jixiang's wife

Huang Yiliang- Zheng Futai aka Hong Mao Zhu, rival of Jixiang who is found dead in the first episode
Wu Luoyi- Zhong Weiguo aka Ghost, a member of Jixiang's gang
Amy Cheng- Xin Mei, Jixiang's mistress who gets killed by Zhigang aka Blade
Le Yao- Linda, Blade's girlfriend who got killed by Xiaoqian years ago (appears only in flashbacks)


Ix Shen- Ryan, Xi Cun's accomplice and member of Dragontooth


Cavin Soh- Yongjian, a schizophrenic being treated by Wanrou

Adam Chen- Ke Ming De, employee of Yongjian who did some unforgivable sin (not telling you)
Wang Yuqing- Zhao Baoqiang, a convicted rapist who kills himself under mysterious cirumstances
Nick Shen- Zhang Shaoqi, works as a nurse, also part of Dragontooth


Bryan Wang- Leon, a male prostitute who had been involved in many love affairs, and found murdered (in the most gruesome way)


Rayson Tan- Zhao Shi Qiang, suspected gay lover of Leon
May Phua- Gina Cheng Ling, Shao Qiang's wife who is suspected of murdering Leon
Carole Lin- Melinda Guan, one of Leon's ex-lovers
Alan Tern- Liu Hansheng, Leon's boss at a bar who is somewhat linked to Leon's murder
Chew Sin Huey- Li Meiwen, Leon's ex-girlfriend who had caused Leon (by chopping his... never mind!)

Monday, September 17, 2007

Mei Nu at Toa Payoh! Guess who...?

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO...
16th September- Lee Kuan Yew, Dad
17th September- Jeremy Kwan, Jon Phipps, Samantha

Fiona is damn HAWT lor... the pictures below are proof of that. This was what happened prior to the event on Saturday (15th September)...
0730- wake up rather early
0830- watch Spider-Man 3 DVD Extras
1015- one last check thru bag for any items missed out
1030- leave house amid heavy rain
1115- reach Toa Payoh, haf lunch there
1145- meet up with Eric
1210- wait at National Libaray for Eric to come out of restroom
1225- reach Esso-Mobil petrol kiosk
1235- Superman 'flies in'
1300- Fiona arrives!

Lucky I didnt 'wear' the symbiote suit that day (but ehhhh, Venom actually 'followed' me all the way to Toa Payoh?!?), otherwise it will disintegrate totally due to the loud drumbeats and cybal clanging from the lion dance routine that kicked off the grand opening of the NTUC FairPrice Xpress outlet at the Esso-Mobil petrol kiosk located along Lorong 2 Toa Payoh. The event was hosted by freelance actress Eileen Wee, best known for her role as Ah Huay in "Army Daze" (not to forget that she wrote a book on how she got to join showbiz, titled "Excuse Me, Are You An Actress?"), but I cant remember the last time she appeared on TV (she does look too much like one of my cousins tho). Indeed I was surprised that Fiona remembered me in first place... prob due to the Bugis Junction roadshow and her later showing up at my workplace 3 mths ago? Either way, I was already very happy to haf made use of the dreadful lion dance to take pic wif the buxom beauty. A bit surprised that Eric brought out four magzines for Fiona to sign.


The event lasted for exactly one hour... Fiona arriving at 1 pm sharp, talking abt the new Margiold Peel Fresh flavour, interacting wif young kids, signing posters and notebooks for 20 minutes and then leaving at 2 pm. And I thought it would end rather late (still, I'm glad I still haf abt one hour to spare before immensing myself to more 'psychological torment'). After that, me, Eric and Superman headed to Toa Payoh MRT station and took a train to Orchard... heading to Borders and looking thru some Star wars books. Work as usual, from 4 to 10.30 pm... my conscience is slowly being eaten away by sheer pressure...
And yes, I did blush non-stop, I got tongue-tied, and i felt quite weak all over (no no, I didnt drool at all)... I can't imagine the outcome if it were Miss FC or even Miss RE.

Saturday, September 15, 2007

Finally... the DVD is out!!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO THEODORE LONG, JAY LIM, LITING AND CORINA

Wahaha.. the Spider-Man 3 DVD is finally out!! I've been waiting for it since the start of this month, going to some CD stores nearly everyday to see if it's out yet... and guess what, I even got a cool poster from the store where I bought the DVD 2 days ago! :-D

List of very cool DVD featurettes:
  • Grains of Sand: Building Sandman
  • Re-Imagining the Goblin
  • Covered In Black: Creating Venom
  • Hanging On... Gwen Stacy and the Collapsing Floor
  • Fighting, Flying and Driving: the Stunts
  • Tangled Web: The Love Triangles of Spider-Man 3
  • Wall of Water (the end part of Symbiote Spider-Man vs Sandman)
  • Inside the Editing Web
  • From Foley to Scoring: The Science of Sound
  • From Rooftops to Backstreets
  • The Chase on Euclid Avenue (Spider-Man vs Sandman part 1)
Now as i embark on my 'mission' to see Miss FX at Toa Payoh later today (yes, I will indeed blush non-stop, grow weak all over and even risk getting nosebleed yet again), wish me all the best in 'unleashing Venom', muahaha!! :-p

Thursday, September 13, 2007

Andrea, ni hen mei!!! :-p

HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO LIN PEIFEN, EUGENE NG, IRIS, LISA AND KELLY

Yes, I had bought the new 8 days issue, got very pretty gal on cover (but I aint gonna buy i-weekly issue, cos the cover boy is someone I personally dislike). Sorry Venom, you are NOT to be allowed 'access' to these pictures at all, cos I remembered how you refused to co-operate with me when I showed you the pics of last week's i-weekly cover gal. It seems that Venom still can never stop drooling (Lan-jie calls it 'lau chui-nua') over hawt babes like Fiona, Felicia or even this mei nu (who, ironically, was anything but attractive in her younger days, esp during her reign as Miss Malaysia 2004). Seeing these pics tempts me to go see her once more... the perfect song I would dedicate to her is Westlife's "When You're Looking Like That" (since Andrea is indeed 5' 10'')