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CeeJay's Pick of the Month (Feburary) -周柏豪 Pakho Chau - 近在千里 (feat. 衛蘭)

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Hello! We have been looking through some new songs this month and to our surprise, only a couple of HK songs have been released. The most memorable song we heard this month was Pakho's 近在千里 (feat. 衛蘭 Janice). We were quite excited to hear this collaboration, knowing that both are considered "better" singers in the cantopop industry today. Unfortunately, Janice only had a couple of lines to sing near the end. We would have preferred it if she had a more prominent part of the song with solo parts, so you can better hear her soft voice. The instrumental part was too loud and this song was a waste for her singing. Pakho's singing is on par with his usual style (soft, slower songs). The tune is comforting and overall likable. The only thing we find with Pakho is that he can be a bit boring sometimes and doesn't have much to show off for his vocal techniques. What we are really interested in is the music video. We noticed that it's the same girl from his last MV...

Burning Hands 乘勝狙擊 TVB Review

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Greetings to all! Here is another TVB series review which we know you all love. ;) Burning Hands ended a while ago but since we were behind on dramas, the review is out now. Image retrieved from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Burning_Hands Plot Overview: A group of con-artists, Yat Gor (Ruco Chan), Win Jeh (Rosina Lam), Yee Jai/Hugo (Joel Chan), Souvenir (Candice Chiu), Sun Kai Jai (Jazz Lam), Open Eyes (Tsui Wing), and Sau Fung (Stefan Wong), plan to take revenge for their master Szeto Sing (Pat Poon), who lost a game of gambling to the "Gambling King", Fok Chun-sing (Pal Sinn). They soon are forced to work under Chun-sing as investigators for his business's missing money. Before the case is solved, the story spirals into a revenge plot, where in reality, Yat Gor is trying to avenge his father, Cheung Tin-lung's (Hugo Ng) death, which he suspects is the doing of Fok Chun-sing. As the story progresses, the true villains are revealed and Yat Gor and Fok Chun-...

Destination Nowhere 迷 TVB Theme Songs Review

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Hello! We hope you've been doing well! Today we are going to introduce Destination Nowhere's new theme song sung by Fred Cheng.  We are enjoying this song and we definitely got an unsettling vibe from it, which we think is intended, since the drama seems to be mysterious and the title means "maze/lost", so it is probably going to be confusing? Fred's voice displays great emotion and there is a tone of gloominess and sorrow to the song, unlike his usual rock songs. We think Fred can do a wide range of songs, from heartwarming family themes to ones like this. Lyrics wise, it is fitting for the drama but once again if you are just listening to it on a daily basis, then we would say it's weird like a bunch of TVB theme songs.  This song is quite standard for TVB theme songs these days so we aren't too "wow"ed. There hasn't been one for a while and it looks like they're changing things up with HANA under their company. Hope to see a n...

CeeJay's Pick of the Month (January)

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Happy Lunar New Year to everyone who celebrates!!! We decided to bring a few fresh songs for the new year, especially as we had a difficult time choosing which song to feature on the post. Frankly, most of the new releases were pretty boring and the tunes were just average. Here is a pile of songs that were released in January which we think you might enjoy: 1. 周柏豪 Pakho Chau (feat. 岑寧兒)  - 終於我們 2.周柏豪 Pakho Chau - 有生一天 We have two songs from Pakho and we think both of these songs are a great addition to his collection of many tracks. 3. C AllStar - 一刻戀上 A soothing song from the one and only C AllStar! 4. 衛蘭 Janice Vidal - 驗傷 This is a heartwrenching song with a good melody, but other than that, we don't have much to comment on this.  5. Dear Jane - 羽毛鱗刺 Dear Jane has once again produced a catchy song. We really enjoy the rock-style showcased in this song as it is very different from usual Cantopop. ...

CeeJay's Pick of the Month (December): 最後也分開 -譚嘉儀

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Hello! Hope everyone has been enjoying their last days of 2016! For our last post of the year we are introducing this new song from Kayee Tam from her debut album!  We actually had difficulty finding a pick of the month because there weren't a lot of new songs this month that caught our eye (or ears ;) ). It wasn't until we saw this a couple days ago that we decided to go with this song. This is our pick of the month because we thought For now, the tune is not super catchy but with more listening, we are sure it will sink in. The song is actually written by Kayee herself and even the lyrics! Usually the artists compose their own music and even Linda Chung has done it but the lyrics are given to a lyricist to write it for them. We thought that this added to the sincerity of this song and overall, we have no major issues with the lyrics. We are however disappointed that this album only contains 5 songs and including this one, we have heard 4 of them. Of course we would rath...

Dead Wrong 致命復活 TVB Review

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Hello everyone! After a post on our premiere and theme song thoughts, we thought we should give a final review of the drama as well. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dead_Wrong_(TV_series)  Plot Overview:  Dead Wrong, its Chinese title literally translated as “ a life-threatening revival,” discusses themes such as revenge, reincarnation, and morality. Vincent Wai (Roger Kwok), our central character, was held hostage in a remote Vietnamese island for ten years, but was thankfully rescued. The drama begins by featuring the sequence of events leading up to the kidnapping and the efforts his wife Yuen Kiu (Joey Mung), family friend Lam Ho-Yan (Kenny Wong), and Wai Yat-Lung (Jerry Ku) to rescue him.  Vincent was on a business trip there along with his assistants Max Hong (Vincent Wong) and Ivy Yip (Toby Chan) as they were ‘company doctors’ from Outstanding Consulting Group mediating a negotiating between a local factory’s management and its workers. As th...

TVB Anniversary Awards 2016 - Thoughts and Red Carpet Review!

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The time for TVB Anniversary Awards are here!!!! We were very excited for the awards this year as it was quite interesting to see how TVB would decide to distribute its awards, since there was some pretty intense competitions for the bigger awards such as Best Actor. For this "grand" TVB event, we are pleased to have invited our friend and part-time writer, Ah Tao, to contribute some thoughts on the winners as well. Don't miss out our Red Carpet review at the bottom, where we will praise some artists' outfits or criticize them! Award Winners:  Best Series: A Fist Within Four Walls Image from: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_Fist_Within_Four_Walls  Cee and Jay: This is an undeniably great series, but perhaps because of the other terrible dramas which made this one shine the most. We loved the action-packed scenes of fighting, the set of the walled city, and the refreshing story-line. That being said, some characters still lacked depth and we found the a...