I'm watching fated to love you it's a taiwanese drama and it's quite good. The male leads are gorgeous. Sadly, the story line is almost the same as goong, princess hours. Just that the roles are slightly different.

In goong, yoon eun hye (YEH) had to marry into the royal family to help her family settle some debts. But in this show, a lonely, unnoticeable girl marries into a rich family because she got pregnant by the rich and charming Ji Cun Xi. The storyline goes like this.... at first they loathed each other but grew to like each other as the show progresses (same as goong). Then, there is this charming third party male lead (KJH in goong, Baron Chen in this show) who will fall in love to the married female lead who feels hurt by their respective partner's ongoing torch for their girlfriends that they met before....they were forced to get married... Then the husband will be very mean to the wife while the third party will be sweet and patient, forever lending a listening ear to the female lead's grouses..... Then when the husband realises that he had actually fallen in love with the wife, there will be some love rivalry.... and the all too predictable love story ending will be that they lived happily ever after.

A great difference between korean and taiwanese dramas is the acting skills. Korean dramas tend to be quite unpredictable, just when you think sth is gonna happen, the director will prolly add a twist in the story. K-dramas are romantic also (almost fairy tale like). On the other hand, it is easier to watch taiwanese dramas becoz they are in chinese with english subtitles so its easier to follow. But the acting seems exaggerated at some points- almost childish. Maybe not convincing enough. Therefore, it has a little boring element in it. Although the storyline is predictable, but what separates them from a typical singapore drama is that the scriptwriter is very very creative. Keeps audience guessing what will happen next, while stirring up strong feelings and uncontrollable tears. I admit that Singapore dramas can stir these things up also lah, but those are controlled- feelings and tears.

On a random note, I feel obligated to help out for the very last time but I don't want to. I just can't help feeling guilty. I'm torn between duty to the committee and my own pride.

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