Underneath the Passtion: Episode One

Underneath the Passion
Episode One: A Wild Encounter

Walking silently through the yellow sand, a young woman (Charmaine Sheh) clutched a basket of produce tightly. As the wind gradually picked up, she began to pick up her pace. She fixed her cloak as the wind blew harder than ever. In the distance, a small town crept into her vision, growing bigger as she approached it.

As she approached the town, her eyes scanned for a spot on the streets to sell her produce. The streets were littered with merchants, and places were scarce. Spotting a place with shade, she quickly attempted to claim the spot as her own, but another person, a man, was also rushing for the spot. She lifted her head to speak to him.

"Please get out of my place," she said, trying to retain herself.

The man (Raymond Lam), holding his own basket of produce, looked up. "Miss, I spotted this place first. Working is a man's job. You're just a woman, what do you know?"

She glanced at him with weary eyes and said, "More than you."

"Well, I spotted this excellent spot first, and no one, especially a woman, can stop me from taking it. Go back home and let your husband do the selling."

Tears began to blur her vision, but she remained calm. "I will not - "

At that exact moment, the little village erupted in chaos.

"They're coming, they're coming!" The villagers began to run in all directions. The man suddenly grabbed her hand and started looking for cover.

He scanned the village and muttered under his breath, "So soon, I thought the government could do better than this..."

"What are you doing?" She yelled, trying to free her hand from his grip, but all was in vain.

"Do you want to die a horrible death?" He screamed back, and pulled her into a house with him. Unfortunately, he tripped over a rock and they both fell flat on their faces.

"How could you trip on a rock?" She dusted the sand off her face and clothes. "What's happening? Why do we have to hide?"

He glared at her for a second, and then responded. "For your information, I just saved your life, so don't comment on my stupidity. Secondly, have you been living under a rock for the past few years? The Japanese are here!"

"The Japanese?"

" 'Tin ah!' " He cried out in desperation. "Okay. The Japanese are invading China, so it's best to avoid them. I heard the nasty rumours about what the Japanese men do to Chinese women.."

"Okay.." She eyed him wearily. "So, what do you go by?"

"Lee Bo Yi," he said casually, "How about -"

A dark shadow suddenly appeared, and gunshots were fired. "FREEZE, AND SHOW YOURSELVES!"

Romance is in the Air =)

Wow, it's been so long since I last blogged here!

I've been busy with school. Crazy band teachers are back, insane PE teacher that wants to kill us all, weird Mando teacher, and Math...self-explanatory! My friend swears that the PE teacher's eyes are ALWAYS red. I still have bruises from volleyball (oh joy, the next unit will be football..in October..in the rainy Vancouver..). I've switched to oboe in band! AND REEDS ARE $10! Mando is something that raises my GPA (so easy, except for pinyin..doesn't make a lot of sense..) Lastly, I struggle to not fall asleep everyday in Math. Good at Math, but I HATE IT. GRR.

Sorry, I just had to blow that off. School's weird.

One last thing, and I'll move away from my personal life: PROVINCIAL HONOURS ORCHESTRA! =) I got accepted, haha.



I have made my online Chinese name!

Chinese: 張寶淇
Cantonese: Cheung Bo Kei
Mando: Zhang Bao Qi

Random much? Well, I like it..my real Chinese name is so weird.

Back to "The Drive of Life"!




50 episodes gone, 10 more to go!

I find Mrs. Wah irrational. Sure, Sau Fung had harmed the Wah family before, but you can tell she's really changed for good and truly loves Zhen Pong. And anyway, what's the point of Bing Yee and Zhen Pong being together if they both know that Zhen Pong loves Sau Fung, and not Bing Yee?

I hate Wing Piew. How can he be so evil? He fricken KILLED his uncle, tried to get his parents to lie in court, etc. Mr. Wah saw through that, but Mrs. Wah is blind, I tell you.

Now I know why people said that Sau Fung and Siu Fen would be good friends. Thank you, Ngai Ting Hang! =)


Since Fairchild is showing the Dance of Passion, I thought it'd be okay to talk about it. Episode 20 was shown on Friday, and I admire Ada's acting even more. Her breakdown and yelling at her late husband was wonderfully done; not to subtle, not too over-dramatic. Her sudden change in mood was awesome too. I loved how one second she's talking peacefully with Chun Fen (well, the tension was there, but no extreme movements..yet..), and the next second, she's yelling at Chun Fen, with that evil look in her eyes.

Charmaine's acting was good in this episode too. When Ming Fung was telling her the truth behind the 'borrowing seeds' incident, her tears were dropping one by one, getting faster as time passed. Excellent acting by Charmaine here.

They're showing the CIB Files here starting Monday. The only role I like Bowie as is a cop, so this should be interesting. By the way, I nearly choked when I saw Maggie Siu's hair! OMG, not her style at all!

I don't know why, but they've been showing a little clip of the Drive of Life here for some reason. Weird, eh?

Well, that's all for now.

The Drive of Life: Episode 32 Zhen Pong putting away wedding stuff

The Drive of Life: Episode 32 Mr. and Mrs. Wah going down on knees

Bonus Pic: Sau Fung telling her baby to say goodbye to daddy (so sad..)

The Drive of Life: Episode 32 Alter Scene

I'm back again, this time with Fraps! I'm currently obsessed with this new 'toy,' so I've been taking some screen shots of my favourite scenes in the Drive of Life!

Updates 3

Sorry for the delays on Underneath the Passion, but I've been wrapped up in things, so there's no time to really think.

Sorry again people!