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CeeJay's Pick of the Month (July) - Dear Jane 寧願當初不相見, Kayee Tam 甜言騙局

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Hi everyone! Following from last month's Pick of the month, we have two songs we'd like to introduce this month. The first song is from Dear Jane which is a band we particularly like in Cantopop these days. Recently, we feel that they've ditched the old harder rock feeling for more modern instruments and beats. Their ability to express their feelings across is still evident. Our favourite songs from them are still the 3 part story of 哪裡只得我共你, 只知感覺失了蹤, and 經過一些秋與冬. This is because they were able to tell a full love story from meeting to breaking up to getting over each other through songs. This left listeners anticipating for the next song to finish the story. This song isn't as 'full' in its story telling and is a little repetitive. Their new style reminds us of modern pop and while it shows that canto can be used for upbeat songs, hopefully the storytelling is still great as they continue! Having said that, this song is still catchy and we have definitely...

Deep in the Realm of Conscience 宮心計2:深宮計 TVB Review

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Hello everyone! Today we’re going to be writing a review on Deep in the Realm of Conscience, one of TVB’s most anticipated dramas of the year which was produced in cooperation with Tencent Penguin Pictures. With its big budget for new costumes and set designs, producer Mui Siu-ching’s return, along with new ‘big name’ actresses Annie Liu and Chrissie Chau, this was supposed to wow audiences. We’re gonna give some general thoughts and then move into the performances of the cast. Warning that there are spoilers ahead! General thoughts: As expected, the sequel was not as good as the first series, Beyond the Realm of Conscience, but it was not a terrible series that made us want to shut off the tv right away. If anything, it was not at all associated with BTROC and would have been better if it was made a separate entity so there would be no need to meet the expectations created by the success of BTROC. The main problem of the show was it tried to emulate bits and pieces of BTRO...

CeeJay's Pick of the Month (June) - Jason Chan 無限大, Phil Lam 一世同學

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Hello everyone! We're back with this month's new songs that we thought stood out. They came from Jason Chan and Phil Lam.  We will talk about Jason's song first as it came out earlier in time for Father's Day.  We liked the easy going guitar on this song that he wrote for his baby daughter. It's got a light tune to it but the meaning is great. We've been listening to Jason for a long time and his voice is always easy to listen to and light on the ears. Reading the description, the title of this song is because his daughter is a  無限大 (infinitely large)  part of his life now. When we heard the song, we thought it would be about the world being  無限大 and he will protect and teach her about the world. The lyrics basically talk about what he hopes to experience with her, like holding hands to school, riding a tricycle, etc. All very sweet moments!  The MV is beautiful and shows off Hong Kong beautifully as well. Hopefully when her daughter hears this...

CeeJay's Pick of the Month (May) - AGA and Supper Moment

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Hello everyone, After taking our second break from the Pick of the Month, we're back for some fresh new songs in the cantopop industry. We've got 2 songs we liked this month and we'll be talking about both of them to make up for the missed month of April. The first one is by AGA 江海迦 and the song's name is《小問題》. We usually like AGA's songs and especially admire her for doing the songwriting as well as the singing. Her demos are usually done in English and then she works with a lyricist to come up with Chinese lyrics to her songs. They work out pretty well actually but this song has some fast singing parts that we're sure would be hard for her to sing live. In her past performances, they've been quite weak and she's not able to re-produce the same sound from her recordings even if it looks like she's trying really hard. So about this song, the title basically translates to "Little Problem" and she's saying that a breakup is just a ...

CeeJay's Update About Our Break

Hey! We thought we would do a post kinda touching base with everyone about where we were with the blog. We're sorry that we haven't really been able to write too much lately. There's a bunch of reasons for that and first off, we have been watching a limited amount of TVB dramas and listening to less Cantopop so it's been hard to write any reviews. Secondly, there's been a lot going on for the both of us in our own lives that have been taking away time from the blog. We've really noticed a decline in the quality of the dramas that TVB produces that's been encouraging us to reach out to other TV shows altogether. The cast is old, the sets are quite fake, the plots are filled with inconsistencies and we have lost interest in the endless sequels and spin-offs that they come out with. Having said that, Daddy Cool has been a surprise for us especially with the fresh face of Carlos Chan. It was refreshing to see Wayne in his role being cheap and manipulative,...

CeeJay's Pick of the Month (March) - Robynn & Kendy - 未來紀念館

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With the end of the month, we are here with this March's Pick of the Month, which is Robynn & Kendy's new song, 《未來紀念館》. The first time we heard this song, we loved the 80's style instrumentals which was at the same time very refreshing compared to the current boring cantopop songs. We couldn't help to loop it a couple times because of its positive vibes that just lifts your spirits! The message behind the lyrics matched with the upbeat tune is inspirational and bright. We also wanted to mention that we love the ending with the credits with the black and white photos of the two singers which is a nice, clean touch to end the song. We feel that the duo Robynn and Kendy are quite underrated, which is unfortunate because they aren't bad at all! Their older song, 《Shout n' Cry 》was pretty catchy as well! Hope you enjoy the song! 曲: Cousin Fung 詞: 林寶 編: Cousin Fung / 周錫漢 監: 周錫漢 雨夜裡 孩子探索異國 雪地裡 松樹在望星河 誰亦有本地圖未看 這故事裡有沒有你或我 鐵道裡 靈感滲進脈搏 ...

Filmart 2018 - A Look at TVB's Upcoming Dramas

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Welcome back to our blog! Today, we are bringing you some of our thoughts for the upcoming TVB dramas that were featured in the 2018 Filmart! Usually, we like to do a review of TVB's calendar every year, but since the whole calendar was just a compilation of promotional posters for the upcoming dramas, we saw no point in doing a review, which would have just been full of complaints. In fact, you will find many pictures in this taken from TVB's 2018 calendar. Here are our opinions with the dramas are in no particular order: Life on the Line (跳躍生命線): Anticipation Level: 7/10 Life on the Line  seems like a promising filler drama, filled with suspense and perhaps emotion. Joe Ma's always been a decent lead, and we are anticipating Matthew Ho's performance as second male lead. Hopefully, he shows further improvement in this show. It seems like an entertaining drama, but for now, we doubt there will be any major breakthroughs. The Offliners : (堅離地愛堅離地) ...