987 TOP 20

This Week	Last Week	Song	Artiste	Label	Weeks
11	12	GOOD TIME	OWL CITY FEATURING CARLY RAE JEPSEN	UNIVERSAL	2
12	13	EYES WIDE OPEN	GOTYE	UNIVERSAL	4
13	15	SKY’S THE LIMIT	TAUFIK BATISAH FETAURING RUI EN	HYPE RECORDS	3
14	16	ALL AROUND THE WORLD	JUSTIN BIEBER	UNIVERSAL	2
15	9	PAYPHONE		UNIVERSAL	12
16	20	KISS YOU INSIDE OUT	HEDLEY	UNIVERSAL	2
17	14	ABRACADABRA	JESSIE J	UNIVERSAL	4
18	NEW	POWERLESS	LINKIN PARK	WARNER MUSIC	1
19	NEW	ALWAYS SUMMER	YELLOWCARD	HOPELESS RECORD	1
20	NEW	CELEBRATE	MIKA FEATURING PHARRELL WILLIAMS	UNIVERSAL	1

Top 10 of the chart has been excluded.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in Music, Sky's the Limit, xinmsn.

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日期: 04/08/2012 | 新闻来源: 联合早报 | 记者: 黄靖晶

Source: Zaobao

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Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

Source: BaguaTV

Categorised in BaguaTV / Bagua8, Buzz, Poetic Justice 微笑正义, Unriddle 2 最火搭档 2, Unriddle 最火搭档.

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Before the curtains close on this mid-year blockbuster series in two weeks time, we look at our favourite moments and a handful of outstanding characters that gave this show appeal

Headlined by a colourful cast ranging from budding newbies, well-loved veterans and fresh foreign faces, the now-airing Ch8 drama series, Joys of Life, is a light-hearted throwback to our ancestors’ lives in a still-developing Singapore during the ’50s and ’60s.

For many born in the era, it was a good walk down memory lane with once-in-a-blue-moon glass-bottled-fizzy-drink treats and roadside hawkers touting wooden pushcarts and cheap noodles at 50 cents per bowl. Whereas for gen-z babies born in the digital age who have never lived in — much less know about — squatter settlements other than the black and white pictures found in our history textbooks, it was an eye-opening and educational watch.

With a week’s worth of episodes to go before the finale episode, here are 10 reasons on what makes Joys of Life an appealing watch.

Ensemble cast

Joys of Life hits the spot with its well-balanced ensemble cast helmed by a healthy mixture of veterans such as Chen Liping, Zheng Geping, Huang Wen Yong, Chew Chor Meng and young actors like Rui En, Kate Pang and Andie Chen.

Unlike previous local period dramas, it was a refreshing change to see the lack of focus on any one of these characters as everyone had an equal share of the spotlight with their individual story arcs – everyone was the main actor at one point or another. And of course, how can we forget, the special guest appearances from ex-MediaCorp actors such as Florence Tan, Pei Xiao Ling, Lina Ng, and Wang Yuxiang? Now if we can only get Xie Shaoguang to do a cameo one of these days…

Nostalgic setting

A spinoff of the 1999 Wok of Life, which features an almost similar lineup of familiar faces, Joys of Life circa 2012 is a reminder of the type of nostalgic series that MediaCorp does best. Caught up in the demands and pressures to produce outstanding dramas each year to whet viewers’ growing appetite for better shows, we tend to forget that simplicity, light-hearted moments, and a solid script are sometimes the key ingredients to what makes a drama tick — rather than drummed up plot twists and over-the-top dramatics at every turn.

Witty script

The beauty of a good script lies in its adroit use of dialect, wordplays and puns, and as writers, we’re admittedly, suckers for it. It’s a pity such details are unwittingly lost in translation for younger viewers who are usually heavily reliant on the English subtitles rather than the actual Mandarin conversation taking place in the show. And of course, how can we forget the witty banter and retorts weaved in the script that had us cackling at our desks while catching the online re-run of Joys of Life over takeout lunch.

The origins of chilli crab… or not?

The accidental ‘invention’ of chili crabs was shown in a scene when Han Jianren (Huang Wenyong) and Han Yongyong (Rui En) accidentally toppled in a bottle of chilli sauce while cooking a crab dish for a wealthy family. While we cannot confirm for sure if that was how our famed local dish was born, it was a nice touch thrown in that had us googling for answers to double check on the origins of the dish.

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in EN, Joys of Life 花样人间, xinmsn.

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TV Guide

小迷看电视

花样人间

8频道 晚上9.00

《花样人间》日前收视人数刷新本年8频道电视剧的首播纪录，吸引97万多人观看。《花》接下来将有不少离开本地电视圈的资深艺人客串，包括陈秀丽、林明伦、郑秀珍、林明哲与陈慧慧，是否能因此再创收视新高，观众拭目以待。

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Source: Zaobao

Categorised in CH, Joys of Life 花样人间, Zaobao.

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987 TOP 20

This Week	Last Week	Song	Artiste	Label	Weeks
11	14	YOUNG LOVE	JEDWARD	UNIVERSAL	3
12	NEW	GOOD TIME	OWL CITY FEATURING CARLY RAE JEPSEN	UNIVERSAL	1
13	17	EYES WIDE OPEN	GOTYE	UNIVERSAL	3
14	18	ABRACADABRA	JESSIE J	UNIVERSAL	3
15	20	SKY’S THE LIMIT	TAUFIK BATISAH FEATURING RUI EN	HYPE RECORDS	2
16	NEW	ALL AROUND THE WORLD	JUSTIN BIEBER FEATURING LUDACRIS	UNIVERSAL	1
17	19	TIME BOMB	KYLIE MINOGUE	WARNER MUSIC	2
18	8	LET’S GO	CALVIN HARRIS FEATURING NE-YO	SONY MUSIC	11
19	9	MORE THAN THIS	ONE DIRECTION	SONY MUSIC	7
20	NEW	KISS YOU INSIDE OUT	HEDLEY	UNIVERSAL	1

Top 10 of the chart has been excluded.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in Music, Sky's the Limit, xinmsn.

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1. TV Ratings Page 82

Channel 8
1. 花样人间
2. 食在好源头3
3. 夜市人生
4. 邻里合作社
5. 那些年，我们一起看电视　

2. TV Guide Page 89

《花样人间》 9pm, Channel 8

3. TV Synopses Pages 91 – 94

Joys of Life

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Categorised in CH, I-Weekly, Joys of Life 花样人间, Ratings 节目收视率.

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Flight at an ungodly hour tomorrow morning and we hit the ground running. Flight at an ungodly hour back too. Yer pres wanted to see if u guys could send me off, but the hours are too ungodly. How many times can one use the word ungodly in one sentence?

Gonna miss Mondays epi which am so looking forward too. It was heart wrenching for me to do that scene. Almost as painful as the internal bleeding I sustained from trying not to laugh when LP was Wang Bao Chuan.

Dark Knight was disappointing, non?

Stay safe Rangels.

En.

This was first posted in RBKD forum on 29 July 2012 at 11:41 am.

Joys of Life 花样人间 is now airing on Channel 8, Weekdays at 9pm.

Poetic Justice 微笑正义 debuts 11 September 2012 9pm on Channel 8.

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Text: Joanna Goh

Boy, have things changed in the local fan club scene since our last feature on it.

New fan clubs with snazzier names have sprouted overnight (yes, we’re looking at you Kimchis, Ianizers and Edwinners), RBKD joins Fannatic Fann Club as the only fan clubs that are officially registered as a society, and DAInamics who once travelled as far as to Heng Dian, China to support their idol disbanded, went through an ugly split, and has since regrouped to form a brand new fan club dubbed “DYT Galaxy” in June 2012.

Forming one-half the backbone behind an artiste’s success in showbiz, you spot these fan clubs rallying and pushing for votes to get their idols in the top ranks year after year at the annual Star Awards, hollering their lungs out and frantically waving fan boards at mall events and shows. Brought together by a common love for an actor or actress, it’s no surprise if they start to hang out like regular pals seeing how a handful of clubs have gone beyond the call of “fan” duty to put their time and energy to good use through regular voluntary activities.

In no order of superiority (we prefer going by alphabetical order), we present to you, a handy guide to the local fan clubs.

RBKD – The Official Fan Club of Rui En
Official fan club of Rui En, created in 2008 with 111 active members

To join RBKD as an official member… you got to have at least PSLE qualifications or equivalent, with parental consent for below 18 years old. There are three types of memberships (honorary, priority and ordinary) opened to the public, for more information head on down to https://rbkd-online.com/join/

Membership perks and privileges include… bonding activities with fellow Rangels and invitation to the private gatherings with Rui En.

Gatherings are usually held… at least once a year depending on Rui En’s schedule. The fanclub also holds many key-bonding gatherings which includes volunteering efforts, outdoor and sporting activities, amongst itself for members to get to know one another better.

RBKD’s last meet-up with Rui En was… at a small café in May, where they had the entire level 2 to themselves.

Recruitment to RBKD is… opened from June 15, 2012 to March 31, 2013 for the membership year starting from July 2012 to end-June 2013.

Source: Xinmsn

Categorised in RBKD, xinmsn.

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