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Facing The Music (TV Series)
''Facing the Music'' () is a 1998 Singaporean romantic drama series starring Ann Kok, Auguste Kwan, Ling Xiao, Hong Huifang, Michelle Chia, Vincent Ng and Lynn Poh. It premiered on Mediacorp Channel 8 on 2 March 1998 at 9pm local time. Cast * Ann Kok as Yu Kaidi * Auguste Kwan as Shuai Yibin * Michelle Chia as Xia Ni * Ling Xiao as Yu Chong * Hong Huifang as Ma Mimi * Vincent Ng as Huang Qiguang * Lynn Poh as Wu Lihua * Chen Huihui as Huang Yanyan * Hong Junrui as Yu Kaige * Dai Peng as Wu Guangzhou * Chen Zhiguang as Wu Darong * Hong Peixing as Xie Zijian * He Junjie as Wu Jincai * Chen Yiwen as Wu Aiqin * Magayson as Samy * Lakhjit Kaur as Rita * Amritraj Singh as Vasso * Fu Guoquan as Xie Junming * Anna Lim as Weng Lailai * Chen Meiguang as Dong A-hao * He Qitang as Li Zhanhong * Ding Lan as Cindy * Li Haijie as Shuai Zhili * Huang Peiru as Fang Lisheng * Sun Yuhui as Sally * Zhang Yunhong as May * Guan Xuemei as Neighbour A Production Some of the exterior scenes w ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Drama
Drama is the specific mode of fiction represented in performance: a play, opera, mime, ballet, etc., performed in a theatre, or on radio or television.Elam (1980, 98). Considered as a genre of poetry in general, the dramatic mode has been contrasted with the epic and the lyrical modes ever since Aristotle's '' Poetics'' (c. 335 BC)—the earliest work of dramatic theory. The term "drama" comes from a Greek word meaning "deed" or " act" (Classical Greek: , ''drâma''), which is derived from "I do" (Classical Greek: , ''dráō''). The two masks associated with drama represent the traditional generic division between comedy and tragedy. In English (as was the analogous case in many other European languages), the word ''play'' or ''game'' (translating the Anglo-Saxon ''pleġan'' or Latin ''ludus'') was the standard term for dramas until William Shakespeare's time—just as its creator was a ''play-maker'' rather than a ''dramatist'' and the building was a ''play-house'' r ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hong Peixing
Hong may refer to: Places *Høng, a town in Denmark *Hong Kong, a city and a special administrative region in China *Hong, Nigeria *Hong River in China and Vietnam *Lake Hong in China Surnames *Hong (Chinese name) *Hong (Korean name) Organizations *Hong (business), general term for a 19th–20th century trading company based in Hong Kong, Macau or Canton *Hongmen (洪門), a Chinese fraternal organization Creatures *Hamsa (bird), a mythical bird also known was hong *Hong (rainbow-dragon) ''Hong'' or ''jiang'' () is a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology, comparable with rainbow serpent legends in various cultures and mythologies. Chinese "rainbow" names Chinese has three "rainbow" words, regular ''hong'' , literary ''didong'' , ..., a two-headed dragon in Chinese mythology * ''Hong'' (genus), a genus of ladybird {{disambiguation ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1998 Singaporean Television Series Debuts
1998 was designated as the ''International Year of the Ocean''. Events January * January 6 – The '' Lunar Prospector'' spacecraft is launched into orbit around the Moon, and later finds evidence for frozen water, in soil in permanently shadowed craters near the Moon's poles. * January 11 – Over 100 people are killed in the Sidi-Hamed massacre in Algeria. * January 12 – Nineteen European nations agree to forbid human cloning. * January 17 – The ''Drudge Report'' breaks the story about U.S. President Bill Clinton's alleged affair with Monica Lewinsky, which will lead to the House of Representatives' impeachment of him. February * February 3 – Cavalese cable car disaster: A United States military pilot causes the deaths of 20 people near Trento, Italy, when his low-flying EA-6B Prowler severs the cable of a cable-car. * February 4 – The 5.9 Afghanistan earthquake shakes the Takhar Province with a maximum Mercalli intensity of VII (''Very strong''). With up ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1990s Singaporean Television Series
Year 199 ( CXCIX) was a common year starting on Monday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. At the time, it was sometimes known as year 952 ''Ab urbe condita''. The denomination 199 for this year has been used since the early medieval period, when the Anno Domini calendar era became the prevalent method in Europe for naming years. Events By place Roman Empire * Mesopotamia is partitioned into two Roman provinces divided by the Euphrates, Mesopotamia and Osroene. * Emperor Septimius Severus lays siege to the city-state Hatra in Central-Mesopotamia, but fails to capture the city despite breaching the walls. * Two new legions, I Parthica and III Parthica, are formed as a permanent garrison. China * Battle of Yijing: Chinese warlord Yuan Shao defeats Gongsun Zan. Korea * Geodeung succeeds Suro of Geumgwan Gaya, as king of the Korean kingdom of Gaya (traditional date). By topic Religion * Pope Zephyrinus succeeds Pope Victor I, as the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
MeWATCH
meWATCH is a Singaporean digital video on demand service brand owned by Mediacorp. It was launched on 1 February 2013 as an over-the-top media service and an entertainment and lifestyle website Toggle. On 1 April 2015, xinmsn, an internet portal which is a joint venture between MediaCorp and Microsoft, was closed down and merged with Toggle. On 30 January 2020, Toggle was renamed meWATCH. Content meWATCH offers to worldwide audiences video streaming or on-demand content of programs from Mediacorp's archived library as well as original webseries. In addition, meWatch also offers live streaming of Mediacorp's free-to-air channels (exclusive to Singapore only). It also offers catch-up TV for viewers to watch shows they have missed on prime time TV shows from the previous few days. In 2016, meWATCH (then Toggle) began to offer made-for-digital productions under the brand Toggle Originals. Certain original series, such as ''I Want to Be a Star'' may be telecasted on Mediacorp's ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Toa Payoh
Toa Payoh (, ta, தோ பாயோ) is a planning area and matured residential town located in the northern part of the Central Region of Singapore. Toa Payoh planning area borders Bishan and Serangoon to the north, the Central Water Catchment to the northwest, Kallang to the south, Geylang to the southeast, Novena to the west and Hougang to the east. Toa Payoh New Town is situated in the western portion of the Toa Payoh planning area. The latter occupies a much larger area, encompassing estates such as Potong Pasir and Bidadari. Etymology Toa Payoh, in Hokkien, translates as "big swamp" (with ''toa'' meaning "big" and ''payoh'' meaning "swamp"). The Malay word for swamp is ''paya''. It is the Chinese equivalent of Paya Lebar, which translates to "big swamp land". Toa Payoh's old Chinese name, was known as ''Ang Chiang San'' (alternatively ''An Xiang Shan'') or "burial hill". The area was called as such because of the presence of an old cemetery located in the area. John ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guan Xuemei
Guan may refer to: * Guan (surname), several similar Chinese surnames ** Guān, Chinese surname * Guan (state), ancient Chinese city-state * Guan (bird), any of a number of bird species of the family Cracidae, of South and Central America * Guan (instrument), a Chinese wind instrument * Guang people, or Guan people, a people of modern Ghana * Mandarin (bureaucrat), bureaucrat scholar in the government of imperial China * String of cash coins (currency unit), an old currency unit used for Chinese cash coins * Guan ware, one of the Five Great Kilns of Song dynasty China ; Locations in China * Gu'an County (固安县), Hebei **Gu'an Town (固安镇), seat of Gu'an County * Guan County, Shandong (冠县) * Dujiangyan City (灌县), formerly Guan County, Sichuan See also * Kwon * Kuan (other) * Kwan (other) * Quan (other) * Quon (other) Quon could refer to * Guan, a Chinese family name rendered in Cantonese as ''Kwan'', or also in English as ''Qu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Sun Yuhui
The Sun is the star at the center of the Solar System. It is a nearly perfect ball (mathematics), ball of hot plasma (physics), plasma, heated to incandescence by nuclear fusion reactions in its core. The Sun radiates this energy mainly as light, ultraviolet, and infrared radiation, and is the most important source of energy for life on Earth. solar radius, The Sun's radius is about , or 109 times that of Earth. solar mass, Its mass is about 330,000 times that of Earth, comprising about 99.86% of the total mass of the Solar System. Roughly three-quarters of the Sun's mass consists of hydrogen (~73%); the rest is mostly helium (~25%), with much smaller quantities of heavier elements, including oxygen, carbon, neon, and iron. The Sun is a G-type main-sequence star (G2V). As such, it is informally, and not completely accurately, referred to as a G-type main-sequence star, yellow dwarf (its light is actually white). It formed approximately 4.6 billionAll numbers in this ar ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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