Spirit of Love - The Taiwanese Hokkien Series
Do you watch the Spirit of Love (yi nan wang - 意难忘) on AEC? It comes on every weekday at 6pm. And now Astro’s showing episode 446 already - that’s the four-hundred and forty-sixth episode. Pretty long huh? Reminds me of A Kindred Spirit (zhen qing - 真情), which was aired on Wah Lai Toi for over 1,000 episodes. Why do all the ’super-series’ have the word ’spirit’ in their name eh?
(Acknowledgment: Picture shamelessly grabbed from youthwant.com.tw via Google Images.)
To be honest, I am not a big fan of the Spirit of Love series. But when I sink myself into the couch and watch, that’s it - I’m glued. It’s so engaging ok! I’ve not been able to keep up with every single episode, so it’s an on-off kinda thing. Sometimes when I miss certain chapters I’d ask my sis what happened. So what’s the deal with this Taiwanese Hokkien drama that almost every Chinese auntie is watching?
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12 May 2007 narrowband 89 comments
