This drama mainly revolves around two families which have both have relationship problems within - the Hao Family and the Li Family.
Hao Huixian has two sons, one being his stepson - Gu Zhiji (Elvin Ng) and another being his biological son - Hao Fuqi (Desmond Tan). The story focuses on Gu Zhiji who hated his stepfather since he was young and because of that, he left home and wandered around the street as an artist.
It is a little hard to survive as a street artist in Singapore, especially when you have no tertiary qualification. Though the reality was clear, Zhiji still insisted that he could achieve success with his own bare hands because he believe that his talent and passion towards art is the only thing he need. However, things are not that easy in life; Zhiji did not realise that Huixian was silently helping him all along.
Zhiji is not the only problem of the Hao Family. Huixian's niece - Hao Ping'an - who came back from Canada just to meet her uncle was chased away by Huixian himself once he realised her identity. The reason behind his rude attitude is because he always thought that Ping'an's father is a unfilial son. He thinks that his brother did not intend to see his father for the last time even though he knew that his father was terminally ill. However, Huixian soon found out that things are not as simple as he thought and accepts Ping'an as his niece.
However, things get a little complicated when Zhiji and Ping'an went into a love relationship and they went through some hardship before they could officially be a couple.
As for the Li Family, Li Yunshun (Huang Wenyong) and Fan Wenxiang (Chen Liping) have a son - Li Siyuan (Zzen Chong) and a daughter-in-law - Isabella (Paige Chua), who bears a grandson for them. Although the family seems complete, havoc starts to happen continuously from the day Yunshun and wife moved back to live with his son and family. Coincidently, Isabella's mother also planned to live with them. When the two mother-in-laws meet, that is when the battle begins...
However, like most CNY dramas, the ending was a family reunion in both families, including their neighbours as well. And like all fairy tales, Zhiji and Ping'an are happily married and they lived happily ever after =)
Now, it's time to rate the drama:
Story - 6.7/10
It has all the elements of a CNY drama: joy, laughter and reunions and is a little lacking of some surprise element. But, the overall story line is moderate - it's still worth the watch.
Casting - 8/10
I find the cast really interesting. Chen Liping was a very good actress for roles like "bickering aunties" and "bossy mother-in-laws". Lin Meijiao also did a great job as a strict and pitiful wife of a husband of no hope. Huang Wenyong made some laughs when he always collaborated with his on-screen wife as the "it's all about my wife" type of husband. And here comes Ha Yu again as a gamble and useless husband and father, just like how he acted in "Love Thy Neighbour". Zzen was a good choice of "teacher" material and Paige looked and sounded like a modern mother. And of course, there were more. Overall, it was quite a great cast.
Theme Song - 7/10
Most of the marks are for Cavin Soh, for his wonderful voice which matched this song perfectly. However I think the lyrics of the song do not really have the "reunion" feeling although it does quite matched with the drama.
Other aspects (Editing, Effects, Background Music and etc) - 7/10
I can't comment much on directing, but the editing was quite well done. The background music was well placed at the right time and there were not much special effects on this drama which I could comment on. But, the one thing I realised was - remember the Sunflowers Zhiji drew for Ping'an? It was supposed to be drawn on the wall - as per the script. But, if you look closely, it was a little too obvious that the Sunflower art piece was pasted on the wall - as the curls of the paper were quite clear. But overall, it was alright.
Predicted Nominations for this drama:
Best Actress: Chen Liping as Fan Wenxiang
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