Origin of Name:
“Television with rice” is from the Cantonese phrase “電視撈飯,” which roughly means to eat your rice/meal while watching t.v.
About Me:
An once-avid-now-more-moderate Hong Kong dramas (namely TVB ones) watcher. I know the popular opinion about TVB dramas out there is that they’re inferior to Korean, Japanese, Taiwanese dramas, etc. However, for me, it’s something I’ve grown up with and it’s a natural winding down process of the evening routine with the family. To me, TVB dramas reminds me of home…simple, in a good way. Easily followable and easily predictable. I enjoy watching them without reading the subtitles, very little if any crazy twists, and some times, without too many thoughts. Yes, TVB is mindless entertainment, but they are some times intelligent and I welcome that. I am usually tolerant of TVB dramas and their cliches, but there are things that stick out like a sore thumb and I’ll like to rant about them. Similarly, once in a while, there are dramas I can go full out fan girl mode *cough*TheHippocraticCrush*cough* and I’ll like to have a place to spazz about them without judgment. This is why this blog exists. Ha.
It’s nice to see a HK drama blog out there
Thank you and yes we are scarce in HK drama blogs.
Glad there are another tvb blogger. There’s actually a lot of tvb blogs but a lot of them haven’t log on in a year.
That’s true. I remember I was googling a tvb drama blog I can follow consistently but yielded only less than a handful of favorable results. I thought I may as well start my own.
It’s hard for bloggers to stay alive with the lack of good script. I still watch tvb series to support tvb but at least there are still some good dramas out there but not much. Hope 2013 will be good.
Haha, well, it’s only the first month of the year. Stay optimistic!
I’ve started on the first 4 episodes of Day of Days. It’s funny. Haven’t watched Day of Days and not sure if it’s good.
I mean first 4 episodes of Inbound Troubles.
Ohhhh. I’ve heard good things about Inbound Troubles. Unfortunately, I’ve only watched bits of ep. 1. But I’ll definitely get to the rest soon. The Day of Days doesn’t appeal me at all. =\
Lucky I can find many old tvb series in viet dubbed so I sometimes can watch old series online. I’ve been watching TVB Shanghai Bund 1996 along with Inbound Troubles.
Oh, so you’re Vietnamese? I always wonder how Cantonese jokes translate in other language since the jokes are usually puns.
I finally finished Missing You. Kinda struggle finishing TVB Series nowadays or lazy to start one.
TVB Musing is back if you now who he is. He was an old blogger who quit in 2006. http://coupleconsult.wordpress.com/2013/01/26/debut/
This year, the blogging world is so quiet. TVB Series are not as good as before anyway.
I just found your blog. I really agree with many of your thoughts on the series. I watch them too with rice during dinner after work, haha! Love your blog. Hope you find time to watch now you are done with school!
Thank you! I will try my best! I love rambling about TVB!
Great. I love reading your thoughts! Lets me know which series I should “chase” after.
Just curious, are you in HK?
Currently, none that are interesting enough to “chase”, TBH.
Not at all. I live in the East Coast, which is far far away from Seattle ;]
Oh, I see. Instead, anxiously awaiting new ones to come out? Look forward to your next blog entry on your thoughts!