The Seventh Day

Cast: Kevin Cheng - Yau Chi Wing
Niki Chow - Ling Ka Yan
Bosco Wong - Hui Wai Yan
Natalie Tong- Wong Chi Kwan

This drama’s main focus is on two guys [Wing and Don] who are born on the same day, of the same year, [7th August] but have very different personalities. Don is more childish, seems to care more about playing and getting rich the easy way, whereas Wing is more serious, and had a much more difficult life.

We know this through a painter who paints this and also says some very interesting phrases about the two different guys. Both guys meet their future wife on the way into the island, at the vending machine. But with different results initially.

-Wing and Yun have some misunderstanding the first time they meet, when she was trying to get a drink from the vending machine but the drink does not come out and then he comes along and manages to get a drink, and she thought that he took her drink but actually hers comes out later.

-Whereas Don and Sasa took a liking to each other because he gives her his drink when there were no more left in the vending machine.

Niki and Kevin:
- After a few misunderstandings Yun eventually realises that Wing is actually a good guy who is always helping out his friends. And after a few encounters she falls for him.
- But at the beginning he was a bit annoying because he did not seem to care much about her, and was a really bad boyfriend, but after August 7th when they started going out officially after she told him to meet under the wishing tree for his birthday and they celebrated together he started to treat her like a proper girlfriend

- Viewers could see that they truly love each other very deeply from ep 12 onwards when Yun went to Japan to find Wing, and we can tell he really loved her when he wrote his wishes on the paper at the temple in Japan.

-Niki and Kevin’s character are very sweet together, the two of them have a very strong chemistry on screen; just seeing them two together just makes you smile. I guess we also feel they have a strong bond because they were a couple in two other TVB drama hard fate and under the canopy of love. So the third series just shows an even stronger bond. I can understand why there are rumours that they are going out for real in real life.

Natalie and Bosco:
-Don originally started dating Sasa because he thought that she was rich but in fact the rich girl was Sasa’s friend. He thought that he can get his “ number one bucket of gold through her” And Sasa went out with Don to get ideas for the anime that she was drawing for work. So they both set out because of advantages for themselves not because of feelings or love. However as life is never so simple, they end up falling for each other. Just then they find out each other’s motive for getting together and subsequently split up, even though they now really have feelings for each other. And then Sasa’s friend the rich girl [Jessie] starts to like Don.
- And after some time he starts to date Jessie. But life always messes with you. Don wanted to earn his first bucket of gold at the start of the drama but towards the end he gets the chance to go out with a sweet girl, who is also rich and can get him his first bucket of gold but then it is not how he thought it would be. Because he has already realised that he actually loves Sasa!

-I like the funny and catchy phrases that the drama has such as..

“yau ngor don gor, d lui sil hor hor”, and “Chut Duk lay lo ja ng hor yee say no”
- I love it when it shows what the characters are thinking, it makes it even funnier. Especially when Don and Sasa does it when they are dating each other
- Bosco and Natalie’s character are immature and childish in a fun and cute way at the start. The chemistry between the two was quite good together. Bosco played a character he does not normally play, completely different to the one he played in under the canopy of love. And I have grown to like Natalie as an actress in this drama.

Final few episodes highlight parts:
-Episodes 15 made me cry when Niki found out that she was ill, even though I expected it to happen, when it did, it somehow made me feel quite down and tears were in my eyes.

-Ep17 this was the first time Yun told Wing face to face that it was over, but could he not tell she did not really mean it, she could not in look him in his eyes and say it.. it was heartbreaking seeing them both in so much pain. But I feel for Yun much more because she is not only going from being ill but also suffering a break up, she should not have to deal with both of this at the same time.

-In episode 17 when Wing was demanding to see Yun after she broke up with him, because she did not want him to have to see her get ill as she knew it would break his heart a lot. It was so emotional watching him trying to get her to come out to talk to him and her in her room crying because you know that at a time like this she really wanted him to be by her side and support her but she could not tell him…even her dad knew they both loved each other so much at this point(he previously did not like the idea that Yun and Wing were going out)…. And it was so sweet when he designed the house for the competition using what Yun said she wanted as a dream house… And then there was the part when he sent her an email after a week of not seeing her and he told her what he had been up to, and showed her the pictures of their dream house, and saying that he had not stopped thinking about her and could not live without her. It was so emotional, both their acting was so good, and the words were so strong and touching, that I could not help getting teary. Also because you have followed their relationship from the very start you feel you understand it better, so hence feel the pain they are going through!

-Ep 17 Don and Sasa’s eye contract said it all. She had planned to leave HK to study in Japan, but they both still had very strong feelings for each other. For once it did not feel like they were childish but truly in love…. but I also felt very sorry for Jessie, because she did not do anything wrong, but then from the start Don and Sasa were going out first! But then she deleted the message which was quite wrong.

-ep18 Wing finds out about Yun’s illness, but to be honest I don’t think Kevin’s acting for that particular part was that good because he did not reacted that much to the news. Maybe he was supposed to show a delayed response or something.

- Yun tries to tell Wing why she lied to him and broke up with him after finding out about her illness, but the thing is has she ever thought, even if she dies he will find out and will eventually figure out that she did all that because of him and then he will feel EVEN worse because he was not there to support her or see her for the last time…

-Ep19 when both guys find out that their other half is pregnant, its extra special for Wing and Yun because it took them a long time to get this baby.

-Ep20 ~ ending. I don’t know why but I expected it to be a very depressing ending for wing and Yun mainly because she had an illness that could not be cured. But it was better than I expected, I was actually quite satisfy with the ending, because at least they managed to have a child and she survived for five years to see her daughter grow up a bit. So even though it was a tragic ending it was not too extreme.

As for Don and Sasa, I’m glad they finally got together in the end…

Overall I really enjoyed watching this drama, it has been a while since I’ve been very happy with a TVB drama AND it’s ending. Because there has been too many TVB drama that has predictable endings, and I guess to some extent sad ending makes it more memorable and you “feel” more. Not that I’m saying Yun should have died but I think I accepted this ending more, because I expected it to be worse, and they made it seem like she was going to die when she was going to have that operation so when she did not I ended up feeling relived. Because as least she had 5 years with Wing and her daughter.

Other general things:
- Yun’s dog, Jack was so cute, smart, it was a delight watching him. One of the smartest dogs I’ve ever seen. He done stuff like made her happy when she was sad, opened the tap for her, got help when she was in trouble. Such a sweet dog I wish I had one like that ^_^

-First episode I thought this drama seemed a bit like under the canopy of love, the way it showed the drawing, so I looked it up and it was produced by the same person [Amy Wong]. But this one is a tragic romance drama.
- And I love the snowy scenes in Japan, it really sets the scene and much more romantic and nice to watch ^_^
- Also like the way how there is the painter who draws and says some very cool phrases
- The 4 rings were also very special the ones that Wing gave to Niki to symbolize the different stages of their relationship

One of my favourite TVB dramas this year so far I would give it a 4 out of 5 stars. ^_^ Worth watching!!!