AKA: The Gifts
Genre: Romance, Family
Episodes: 24 (DVD) / 15 (TV)
Broadcast
period: 2010-Sep to
2010-Dec
Cast: Li Kang Yi, Cynthia Wang, Jozie
Lu, Suki Low, Xiu Jie Kai, Nicholas Teo, Nylon Chen and Andrew Tan.
“For love, the princess and the cello player stayed in a simple
house. Very soon she gave birth to three little princesses, happily wanting
them to inherit the secret of beauty. On the day of her 28th birthday,
she gave every princess a beautiful secret. The oldest princess, Ruo Tian, got
a scarf. The second princess, Ruo Wei, got a mirror. And also, for the one
inside her, whether it was a princess or prince, she prepared a secret gift. As
for the third princess Ruo Yi, which is me, a suitcase - something that no
matter how you look at it, doesn’t seem like a gift for a princess. More like a
gift for a maid. It was thick and burdensome, and couldn’t be moved. Dad once
said that mom left a letter. The letter would explain the meanings of the
gifts. He said he would wait until we find our happiness before he read it to
us. We haven’t found our happiness, so we don’t seem to have the right to read
Moms letter” (introduction).
Zhang Ruo Tian (Li Kang Yi), Zhang Ruo Wei (Cynthia Wang), Zhang Ruo
Yu (Jozie Lu) and Zhang Ruo Yu (Suki Low) are four very different sisters. Ruo
Tian, the oldest, is a fussy prosecutor, known to do thing in her own style.
Ruo Wei, the second oldest, is known as the beauty of the fashion queen, always
succeeding due to her smarts and looks. Ruo Yi, third oldest, is the most
filial daughter of the bunch, spending most time taking care of their father,
even though she runs her own business. The youngest, Ruo Yu, is a student, not
listening to anyone, and decides everything on her own.
Living apart and going after different things in life, the four are
brought together again after their father goes missing. They soon find him, and
are told that he has late stage Alzheimer’s, which leads them to move back in
their old home to take care of their father.
At the same time, all four are at different stages in their love
life. Soon even they entwine, and the
sisters have to deal with work, love and family relations, all at once…
This is one of those that I was supposed to watch years ago, but
kept putting it off due to several reasons. I have always loved Taiwanese love
dramas, and this one reminds me a bit of the past dramas that introduced med to
drama world. Unfortunately, it is one of those I call “half-half”, meaning it
has a lot of ‘older’ drama feel to it, and yet they are trying real hard to
make it ‘newer’ or more ‘modern’ - which by the way makes it slow in pace. I
don’t hate it, but I rather see a drama with either an old feel, or a new feel -
not a mix/blend.
The cast was quite average, and idol-drama-like, except for Xiu Jie
Kai. He is kind of growing on me - haha.
The good, and the bad parts of this drama, is the sisters and their
bonds, so it is a good family drama. But I had moments when I really was
annoyed at most of them - I mean character growth, please~!¨
Anyways, not a drama I would recommend, but not an overall bad
drama.
☆☆☆ / 3 out of 5 stars
♥♥♥ / 3 out of 5 hearts
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