Hainan Kopi Tales 2000

Qiong Yuan Ka Fei Xiang (Hainan Kopi Tales)

Reviewed by Dan

The show is set way back in the 70s. Using the famous Hainan coffeeshop as a backdrop, this nostalgic drama explores the Hainanese way of life from the 60s to the 80s. Long Fu Yuan, a Hainanese coffeeshop owner, has two sons (Ah Sing and Ah Zhuo) with his second wife in Indonesia. Long's first wife constantly makes life difficult for his second wife and her sons when they move to Singapore. Ah Sing (played by Chew Chor Meng) decides to be sailor in order to avoid her. Not long after Long returns to Hainan Island to retire, Ah Sing is asked to manage the coffeeshop when Long's first wife cannot save the ailing business.	Poster is right here..
The Production Team Executive Producer : Yeo Saik Pin Original Story : Koh Teng Liang Casts: Chew Chor Meng, Vincent Ng, Auguste Kwan (a.k.a Guan Dehui), Cynthia Koh, Florence Tan, Lin Meijiao, Li Wenhai, Chen Huihui, Zhou Lianfu and Yao Wenlong,...	Category: Drama Classification: U Running Time: 90 minutes Distributor: TCSI/Berjaya HVN Format: VHS Reviewer: Brian Cheong
Characters Introduction Long Ya Xing also Ah Xing or Yaxing (played by Chew Chor Meng): a reckless, young boy, who loves June (played by Cynthiah Coh), wants to become a sailor. He constantly fights with Meijiao. June (Cynthia Koh): , the simple, conservative, and endearing 'No. 9 graduate' trapped in a love affair between 2 brothers, played by Chew Chor Meng and Guan Dehui. Florence Tan: a rich, wild girl. She felt in love with Ah Xing and wanted to be his wife. She gave up everything to be with him. Augusted (played by Guan Dehui): a younger brother of Ah Xing. He also loved June. When Ah Xing left to become a sailor, Augusted was there to help June. Later on, June liked him.. Fuyuan (Li Wenhai) : the stoic and stern head of the family. Meijiao: is astonishingly endearing as the 'evil' first wife, Huang Jinmei, who simply cannot stand the sight of the 2 brothers, Yaxing (Chor Meng) and Yazhou (Auguste). Chen Xuezhen (Chen Huihui): as Fuyuan's second wife
Synobsis: The owner has a second wife from Indonesia and they have two sons. When mother and children moved to Singapore, the first wife takes every opportunity to make their lives difficult for them. In the serial, Chor Meng plays the elder son of the lowly second wife of a kopitiam towkay. Unhappy at her husband's second marriage, the first wife (played by Lin Meijiao) gives the 2 brothers (Chor Meng and Auguste) hell when they help out in the kopitiam. Unable to take all the pressure and the ill treatment, Chor Meng eventually leaves to become a sailor. Ah Xing has a girlfriend June (played by Cynthia Koh) and there was also a rich girl played by Florence Tan, who was very close to him. Because he really disliked his first mother and could not stand the way she treated him, he left to become a sailor without consultation with his girlfriend. She then felt in love with his younger brother, Augusted, and Ah Xing got very upset. But in the end, he felt for Florence and as for whether they do get together in the end, you will have to watch the show to find out." Episode 1 The first episode opens at dawn where Fuyuan (Li Wenhai) rides a bicycle and cycles to Xuezhen's (Chen Huihui) home in the hills

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The Adventure of Wesley 1998 with Chew Chor Meng

The Adventure of Wesley
Synobsis: Cast: - Michael Tao (Dao Dai Vu): Wisely - Zoe Tay: Bai Su - Chew Chor Meng: Wen Bao Yu - Zhong Qing: Hai De - Li Nan Xing: Xiao Guo - Phyllis Quek: Yu Fen - Jerry Chang: Qi Bai (Quy Bai) - Yvonne Lin: Hong Hong - Chen Li Zen: Meng Dan (Mong Don) - Yan Bin Liang: Tao Qi Quan The Series: There are many cases in the series. I can't remember all the cases in there. Some of the cases are shadow and the burned log, alien and the book of destiny, the alien and the pill of the immortals, the sword, trapped in another dimension, the reincarnation of a girl, and many more. This is the first TCS science fiction series that I have watched. It was pretty good. The graphics in this story is good too.
Character Descriptions: - Wisely: He's the main character in this series. He helped find answers to a lot of the cases in here. He is very good at martial arts. Wisely met Bai Su trying to buy the piece of log that he needed for the shadow to live in. Xiao Guo and him became fast friends.
- Bai Su: Bai Su is the daughter of a man who owns an auction company. She met Wisely at one of her auction show. She fell in love with Wisely later on. She had also helped in the cases. She almost died once but was rescued by Hai De. She is a very good friend to Meng Dan.
- Wen Bao Yu: Wen Bao Yu is a computer expert. He fell in love with Hai De. He's also a smart person. He had helped Wisely out of danger and misunderstanding in one of the cases where Wisely had an evil twin.
- Hai De: Hai De is an alien. She came to Earth on a mission to retrieve the book of destiny that was lent to the people of Earth a long time ago. Her planet is just like Earth. Earth is just the mirror image of her planet. The same things on Earth already happened on her planet, that's why they can write the destiny of the people of Earth. She can fly also. She fell in love with Wen Bao Yu. She was the one that got Bai Su injured and also the one to bring Bai Su back to life. After that, she lost all her energy and has to return to her planet and Wen Bao Yu came with her.
- Xiao Gou: Xiao Gou is a very good friend of Wisely. He's a detective and was in on most of the cases in here. His martial arts skills are pretty good also. He fell in love with Yu Fen.
- Yu Fen: Yu Fen is a pretty innocent girl, until she knows that she's the reincarnation of a famous model/actress back then. The day and time she was born was the day and time that the actress got murdered. Since then, Yu Fen started dressing like the actress and also fell in love with the actress' lover who dies along the actress' side. The actress' lover's reincarnation is Qi Bai (Jerry Chang).
- Qi Bai: Qi Bai is a very experienced thief in here. Once when Yu Fen didn't notice that a thief took her purse, he knew it right away and got it back for her. He later died when he had to rescue Yu Fen from his evil twin in one of the cases.
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Chew Chor Meng & Kym