Love At Dolphin Bay VCD rental

Today after wolfing down my lunch (well, truth to be told, I ate it very slowly; just a figurine of speech), I went round Raffles Place window shopping, with nothing in particular. Then, on the spur of the moment, I went to my favourite rental store. It is my favourite (at the moment) as the environment doesn't feel sleezy & a female staff who does know WHERE the VCDs are located.

When I told her previously that I wished to look at "Love At Dolphin Bay", she showed me the way. She said something like,"... there, on ur left, down a bit more ... THERE IT IS ..." with a further explanation that perhaps of its compact size, I might have missed it on my first try to locate the VCDs. Which is very true, I didn't see it the first time.

There are 2 parts to this Taiwanese drama series, "Love At Dolphin Bay" (LADB), starring Angela Chang, Ambrose Hsu & Wallace Huo (as explained to me by the rental store female lady). It comes in 8 VCDs for Part 1 of the series & 10 VCDs for Part 2.

I rented Part 2 (10 VCDs to be rented), as I feel that it is where the more exciting parts are. This is because I missed out on some of the last few episodes, as I was away from home (will be explained later).

So, I brought it home that night. As my parents were watching the main telly that is connected to the sole VCD player, I watched "LADB" using Windows Media Player on my desktop (a P4 HP). The feeling I got was one of excitement, last seen when I was eagerly awaiting the movie "Charlie And The Chocolate Factory" 2005, to unravel.

I watched as the the heroine of LADB (Angela Chang) went through a very trying period when promoting her debut music album, accompanied by her music producer, played by Wallace Huo. It had seemed that her CD was doomed right from the beginning, when the head honcho of her record company, her grandfather, refused to release funds for a proper artiste promotion (as she, Angela, is a reluctantly acknowledged illegitimate daughter of his son-in-law, if I'm not wrong). Initially, when the album sales was kaput, Wallace was given only seven days to try to salvage it, if not the price to pay was that Wallace had to resign.

According to the storyline, on the 6th day, when Wallace & Angela were out on the streets together with the rest of their team, trying to stage a promotion event, 2 Caucasian men came up to listen to Angela's singing. When she finished singing, both started clapping to show their appreciation, stunning the entire team. One of the men even came up to Angela to praise her. As she hardly knew English, Wallace came to her rescue & translated what the guy said to Angela.

Wallace, being the gifted music producer that he is playing, gave the 2 men a copy each of Angela's debut album. The senior of the 2 men said "Thank You & hope to see You soon again!" before leaving, which left both Wallace & Angela confused. "... see you soon again??"

They didn't know that the 2 men were part of the international well-liked cosmetic brand, Aqua-Aura, who were in Taiwan searching for a new spokeperson & that the guy who spoke to Wallace was the deciding head honcho. Mandy & Eddie, who were the rivals of our heroine, Angela & her producer Wallace, thought that Mandy would definitely get the spokeperson role.

Hehehee, in the defining moment when the identity of the spokeperson was revealed by the world-famous photographer on D-Day for Wallace (the 7th day), you should have seen the shock & horror on both Mandy & Eddie's faces. Prior to the revelation, Eddie had gone round in front of the reporters covering this Aqua-Aura event hinting that Mandy would surely be the chosen one (which apparently was based on signals that he thought he received).

That is as far as I have watched the drama so far on VCD. I'm very pleased with what I've seen & will definitely watch other series that the actors in this drama star in. My personal favourite is Wallace Huo Jian Hua. Apparently, he is also in real-life, a singer (not sure how many music albums he has released).

The last book fair in Singapore that I went to a few months back, I saw a pictorial book that Wallace released in Taiwan on sale there. I didn't buy it but managed to peak inside the book & boy oh boy, Wallace Huo Jian Hua does have a very good body, the kind that does workouts in the gym to have a six-pack abs. Why did I not buy Wallace's album then? Simple. I'm not into Wallace as a singer as yet. As for dramas starring Huo Jian Hua, a definite YES, provided I've the time & energy. Will do further checkups online about Wallace Huo's dramas.