Hot Shot

This drama revolves around basketball, and a bunch of basketball fanatics. It is how the overcome adversities to become a recognized basketball team in a school environment where academic reigns supreme and sports are relegated to a dusty corner of the campus.

The principle's daughter, Li Ying has just returned from the United States and vows to revive the school's basketball team by volunteering to be the coach. Her first member is Yuan Da Ying, a country boy with an overwhelming amount of passion for basketball, but has no experience playing the game.

Thus, in their bid to revive the school's basketball scene, their recruitment goes into high gear when Dong Fang Xiang, a legendary basketball player, transfers to their school. Around the same time, Yuan Da Ying falls for Zhan Jie Er, a scholarship student who reminds him of his childhood sweetheart. Things are further complicated by the fact her family works for Dong Fang Xiang, whom she also grew up with. Their encounter may just rewrite the school's basketball history.

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Legend of the Condor Heroes 2008

Adapted many times, this is one of the latest adaptions to be shown. It revovles around two families and their chidlren, and the different paths the children end up going.

When their husbands were killed by the enemy army, two pregnant women manage to find safety in foreign lands. Li Ping gives birth to Guo Jing, a sturdy but slow young man, who roams the Mongolian prairie.

The other woman, Bao Xi Ruo, gives birth to Yang Kang, a smart and crafty young man, who ends up becoming, a successor of the Jin empire. When a pact between their martial arts masters brings these two young men together. When the truth behind the death of their fathers' is revealed, one found a cause greater than his own and became a hero, while the other descended into darkness and destroyed everything and everyone around him.

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Miss No Good

Jiang Xiao Hua is a jewelry store owner with no sense of style and quirky personality. The only award she has ever won was for telling the best jokes in primary school.

When her prince charming Jia Si Le comes back from Japan, wishing to marry her, she blackmails Tang Men, a poison-tongue style guru, into helping her become a true lady. And the adventure begins....

This drama series is packed with hilarious moments, once you get over the high pitched voice of Jiang Ziao Hua that is. Other than that it is definitely worth a try.

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Love or Bread

Cai Jin Lai is a guy who lives his life in a facade, letting the world believe he's a wealthy young gentlemen, when in fact he's a lazy, procrastinating pauper who is in debt.

Whereas Shan Mei is a kind, filial and very hard-working bread winner of her family. She has a boyfriend, whom she helped support financially in America. In hopes of finally getting married, Shan Mei decides to go to him, despite her parent obejction; only to discover his infidelity. As she has basically spent all her savings and unwilling to face her family, she returns to Taiwan secretly.

When she returns she meets Cai Jin Lai and they come to an agreement, and even end up sharing an old broken-down house together.

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Fated To Love You

Chen Xin Yi , a really unfashionable working class girl, has the desire to tie down her handsome boyfriend to be with her. As fate would have it, her boyfriend gets her to go on a love cruise and she started to plotting on how to lose her virginity and tie down her boyfriend in the process.

Xin Yi ends up getting drunk instead and went into Ji Cun Xi's room by mistake. Cun Xi is the sole male heir to his family's company and has been in love with his girlfriend, Anna, for a long time. He was planning to propose to Anna on the boat but she didn't turn up on the cruise.

The island owner adds drugs into Cun Xi's drink and as a reesult he becomes disorientated and returns to his own room. Xin Yi and Cun Xi end up having a one night stand. Xin Yi later finds out that she's pregnant and Cun Xi's grandmother forces them to get married. Will a couple forced to marry for the sake of their unborn child find love with each other?

This is not your typical Taiwanese idol drama, there's a certain realism to it and it's pretty enjoyable to watch. There have been some outlandish moments, but since this is still running, i think it's worth the watch. What can I say? There's angst, sweet moments, happy ones and even a bit of ridiculousness. So far i like the way the storyline is heading...

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