Together

"wǒ xiǎng zǎo diǎn dāng wǔ nǚ"

Recognizable? If the above sentence rings a bell in you, then you had probably watched yesterday's episode of the Channel 8 drama serial, Together. Or at least heard of it from the trailers

After watching about 8 minus 1.5 episodes (due to exam preparation commitments), I can conclude that it is not as bad as what I thought it would be. You cannot blame me for thinking that way at first though since the scriptwriter was the same as the one from The Little Nyonya

The scenes, dressings, props and everything else were all quite realistic. As if Jeanette Aw and co. had really went into a time capsule that brought them back to a time when television was a sacred thing

Although it is not the best drama of 2009, I am sure that it will be better than The Little Nyonya. By the way, it was only until yesterday did I realize that half of the six main characters were from China

It is clear that the TV station wants to groom Zhang Zhen Huan since he was presented with a lead role in favour of Yuan Shuai who only given a cameo appearance in the drama

Jeanette Aw appears to be a favourite for blockbuster dramas. Zhou Ning can start knocking on the door for a place among Mediacorp's seven princesses with a strong display in the show. Talking about the seven princesses, I can't help but think of Fiona Xie

She has left Mediacorp, for good. Will there be a new number seven to fill in the void left by Xie? This question seems a bit unanswerable at the moment. Fiona Xie was actually poised to play the role of Jinhao which was later given to Eelyn Kok because the former had some reasons

To find out more, grab a copy of the latest i Weekly now. Wow, I am doing some free publicizing for Mediacorp!