The Best Things in Life (五福到) is a Singaporean drama which aired on
Channel 8. It stars
Chen Hanwei
Tan Hung Wee (born 29 August 1969), better known by his Chinese stage name Chen Han Wei (), is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Early life
Chen Han Wei grew up in Kampung Ungku Mohsin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Adopted since birth, Hanwei ...
,
Cynthia Koh
Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8.
Early life
Koh has one younger sister. Her father works i ...
,
Tracy Lee,
Terence Cao
Terence Cao Guohui (born 6 October 1967) is a Singaporean television actor.
Biography
Cao studied at Anglo-Chinese School for both his primary and secondary education. Cao used to be a flight attendant and joined Singapore Broadcasting Corpor ...
,
Zhang Yaodong
Zhang Yaodong (, born Teoh Yeow Tong on 17 December 1977) is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Career
Zhang entered the entertainment industry after finishing first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of talent-search contest Star Search ...
,
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
,
Phyllis Quek
Phyllis Quek (; born 23 August 1972) is a Malaysian model, actress, and singer.
She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 1995 to 2001, and was ranked by local media as the 'Fourth Ah Jie' for being the fourth most prominent actre ...
,
Ong Ai Leng
Ong Ai Leng (; born 2 November 1978) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore.
Career & Personal life
Ong was high school classmates with Zen Chong.
Ong made her acting debut in Malaysia in 2002 before moving to Singapore. She has acted in bo ...
,
Darren Lim
Darren Lim (, born 30 September 1972) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1997 to 2016 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.
Career
Having left school at age 15, Lim began his ca ...
&
Desmond Tan as the casts if the series. It debuted on 17 March 2010 and consists of 20 episodes.
Cast
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Chen Hanwei
Tan Hung Wee (born 29 August 1969), better known by his Chinese stage name Chen Han Wei (), is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Early life
Chen Han Wei grew up in Kampung Ungku Mohsin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Adopted since birth, Hanwei ...
as Chen Wufu (陈五福)
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Cynthia Koh
Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8.
Early life
Koh has one younger sister. Her father works i ...
as Chen Jiaxin (陈家欣)
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Tracy Lee as Chen Jiayi (陈家宜)
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Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
as Chen Jiahui (陈家慧)
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Terence Cao
Terence Cao Guohui (born 6 October 1967) is a Singaporean television actor.
Biography
Cao studied at Anglo-Chinese School for both his primary and secondary education. Cao used to be a flight attendant and joined Singapore Broadcasting Corpor ...
as Song Daming (宋达明)
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Zhang Yaodong
Zhang Yaodong (, born Teoh Yeow Tong on 17 December 1977) is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Career
Zhang entered the entertainment industry after finishing first runner-up in the Malaysian edition of talent-search contest Star Search ...
as Bai Chuanyi (白传一)
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Darren Lim
Darren Lim (, born 30 September 1972) is a Singaporean actor and television host. He was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artiste from 1997 to 2016 but continues to film on an ad-hoc basis.
Career
Having left school at age 15, Lim began his ca ...
as Luo Jianguo (罗建国)
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Ong Ai Leng
Ong Ai Leng (; born 2 November 1978) is a Malaysian actress based in Singapore.
Career & Personal life
Ong was high school classmates with Zen Chong.
Ong made her acting debut in Malaysia in 2002 before moving to Singapore. She has acted in bo ...
as Ah Zhu (阿珠)
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Phyllis Quek
Phyllis Quek (; born 23 August 1972) is a Malaysian model, actress, and singer.
She was prominently a full-time Mediacorp artist from 1995 to 2001, and was ranked by local media as the 'Fourth Ah Jie' for being the fourth most prominent actre ...
as Dream
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Desmond Tan as Beethoven
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Romeo Tan
Tan Romeo (; born 9 April 1985) is a Singaporean actor, who has been named as one of the 8 Dukes of Caldecott Hill. Tan came into prominence after finishing in fourth place on the tenth season of the television series ''Star Search'' in 2010 ...
as Dream's younger brother
Synopsis
Chen Wufu (
Chen Hanwei
Tan Hung Wee (born 29 August 1969), better known by his Chinese stage name Chen Han Wei (), is a Malaysian actor based in Singapore.
Early life
Chen Han Wei grew up in Kampung Ungku Mohsin, Johor Bahru, Malaysia. Adopted since birth, Hanwei ...
) is an orphan. He was adopted by a kind fisherman and his wife who have three daughters. Their daughters left for Singapore to work and subsequently married and settled in the city, leaving Wufu to care for his parents. Wufu is a kind-hearted man with simple needs, but his parents urged him to leave for the city to eke out his own living. His naive and trusting ways leads to many hilarious situations when he arrives in the city.
Wu Fu’s eldest sister, Chen Jiaxin (
Cynthia Koh
Cynthia Koh (born 25 March 1974), also known as Xu Mei Zhen 许美珍, is a Singaporean actress. She is best known for acting in many television dramas produced by MediaCorp Channel 8.
Early life
Koh has one younger sister. Her father works i ...
), holds three jobs to maximize her earning potential. When she loses her money in the stock market, she blames second sister Chen Jiayi (
Tracy Lee) who encourages her to invest. Wu Fu’s attempts to mediate only make matters worse, Jiaxin falls out with her husband, Jiayi’s wedding is nearly ruined, and youngest sister Chen Jiahui’s (
Ya Hui
Ya Hui (; born Koh Yah Hwee; 18 May 1987) is a Singaporean actress.
Early life
Ya Hui was born on 18 May 1987 in Singapore. She was educated at Manjusri Secondary School and Serangoon Junior College. She joined the Dance Team for her Co-Curri ...
) career and love life also takes a hit from his meddling.
The three sisters are furious and try to get rid of him, but eventually, Wufu’s sincerity and steadfastness touches them. This comedy drama shows the importance of family ties and tugs the heart-string with its touching story.
References
External links
''The Best Things In Life''on MediaCorp
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Singapore Chinese dramas
2010 Singaporean television series debuts
2010 Singaporean television series endings
Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming