1x1 - Episode 1

March 21, 2011

Renowned food critic CHUNG KWOK-CHU is invited by a new restaurant to give comments on their food. AU KO-WING and TIN HOI find the service and the food quality of the restaurant unacceptable. In fact, WING and HOI are CHU’s colleagues. CHU, who is also an assistant editor-in-chief of a paper, gives negative comments on the restaurant in his paper. Editor-in-chief CHIN TAI-KWAN tells CHU the restaurant, whose owner is a celebrity, is complaining them. CHU settles the matter tactfully. SUEN MA-LEI and HOI join CHU and his wife, TAU KWAI-SUM, for dinner. HOI tells them, CHUNG SZ-HON, CHU and SUM’s son, is returning to Hong Kong soon. HON has returned from overseas and is staying at LEI’s for the time being. He is preparing a surprise birthday party for CHU. CHU meets with the boss of a fast-food chain to look for a job for HON. KWAN and TAI SZE-HING see them. LEI finds a half naked male westerner in her place.

1x2 - Episode 2

March 22, 2011

HON and JOE are making cakes in the kitchen. LEI is shocked to hear that they have already registered in Canada. For fear that CHU cannot take the news, SUM and LEI try their best to prevent CHU from meeting HON. HON announces at CHU’s birthday party that he is going to stay in Hong Kong and that he wants to be a cake chef. CHU smashes the cake in anger. Although HON does very well in his job interview, he does not get the job because of CHU’s intervention. HON is returning to Canada. LEI offers to finance his cake shop with a view to making him stay. HON has a talk with CHU, who agrees not to interfere with HON’s career choice if he can cook a Chinese banquet that CHU finds satisfactory. HON takes up the challenge.

1x3 - Episode 3

March 23, 2011

CHU has lost his fountain pen. Then he sees a woman picking up a fountain pen. He requests her to give it back to him but they end up in a quarrel. KWAN tells CHU Joyful Kitchen has hired SHUM PUI-YEE, who is better known as the Kitchen Goddess, recently. As YEE is very close to celebrity UNCLE KAU, KWAN believes she is worth an interview. He prods CHU into taking up the task of interviewing her. CHU does not know until he arrives at Joyful Kitchen that YEE is the woman who picked his pen. Accusing him of badmouthing her, she refuses to give an interview. HON asks HOI to recommend a cooking school to him. HOI advises him to learn from a prestigious chef. YEE agrees to give CHU an interview for the sake of UNCLE KAU, though she calls him a cultural scoundrel in the interview. On the other hand, HON decides to become YEE’s student.

1x4 - Episode 4

March 24, 2011

HON discovers that YEE earns the same reputation as her fellow colleague ROGER, a western chef. He goes to Joyful Kitchen to look for YEE again ROGER challenges him to a cooking test. ROGER wants HON to be his assistant. HON will only agree on the condition that he can learn cooking from YEE. YEE has no choice but take HON as her student as requested by ROGER. YEE needs HON to shop for cooking ingredient. He cannot find the Chinese marinade she wants. CHU tells him to go to an outlying island, but HON discovers on the Internet that the address CHU has told him is now a bar. He did not know until then that his father has been making things difficult for him. KWOK-TUNG, CHU’s younger brother, mediates between the father and son but CHU blames him instead. HON is drunk. CHU covers him up with a blanket. HON pours his heart out.

1x5 - Episode 5

March 25, 2011

Entertainment news assignment editor HING has taken photo of LAU CHUNG, their supplement writer, going out with a woman. KWAN would like to publish the photo, but CHU thinks the photo is not telling the truth. The two have a fierce argument. The Turkish Culture and Tourist Office would like to place an advertorial. CHUNG and other writers refuse to do it. KWAN orders that CHU resolve the matter. HOI tells CHU a travel blog titled “The World on a Shoestring” attracts a daily hit of over ten thousand. CHU thinks very highly of the blog owner’s articles. He tells HON to write an email invitation to the blog owner. His reply does not come until the last minute. The sound of TUNG using the computer has awakened CHU. He complains to TUNG. TUNG is so furious that he hits hardly at his computer, which breaks down as a result. HON learns by chance that TUNG is the blog owner.

1x6 - Episode 6

March 28, 2011

SUM and her friend see a flowerpot falling from a building. Just when it is about to land an old woman, who is pushing a pram, TUNG goes up to their rescue. He knocks over a passer-by called MABLE in the process. MABLE adores his heroic act. SUM wants to line up MABEL and TUNG. TUNG tells HON to deliver to MABEL’s for him. SUM blames herself for minding TUNG’s business. TUNG is looking for a dress. HON believes it is for his new girlfriend. He tells SUM not to worry too much about TUNG. TUNG wants to make a bohemian dress. He asks SUM to recommend a tailor. He shows her a photo. She cannot believe it that the woman in the photo is their neighbor MRS. KUNG. CHU looks for TUNG at a restaurant and accuses him of going out with somebody else’s wife.

1x7 - Episode 7

March 29, 2011

BIU, supplement editor, is immersing himself in horse racing broadcast when CHING puts a proof at his desk for endorsement. He tells her to redo the layout afterwards but she insists she has done nothing wrong. CHU walks out of his room and tells her to do as requested. A Macau hotel has placed an advertisement as well as an advertorial for its Portuguese restaurant. CHU assigns the writing of the article to BIU. BIU and HOI have returned from Macau. HOI has bought a Portuguese baked duck rice for CHING. She can tell Mediterranean Rosemary has been added to the dish. BIU has mistaken a chicken bouillon powder recipe for the hotel’s recipe. CHING cannot reach BIU. And so she suggests replacing the recipe to CHU, claiming she will be responsible for the consequence.

1x8 - Episode 8

March 30, 2011

CHING corrects the recipe after she has clarified with the hotel. On the other hand, CHU puts the printing on hold when the new layout is being done. HON takes a cake his father’s office. He lets it slip that BIU is going to another paper while he is chatting with HOI and CHING. CHU overhears their conversation. WING, CHING, KWAN and HING are all of the view that BROTHER TSUI of Ching News will be BIU’s successor. CHU hopes CHING can take up BIU’s editor role, but she prefers the status quo. CHING has a shooting appointment with best actress MAGGIE. HING interviews her for the entertainment page before CHING has a chance to. CHU reasons with KWAN, the editor-in-chief, but to no avail. MR. KO, their boss, calls and commends on CHING’s feature article. CHU tells him right away he intends to promote her. KWAN, however, recommends HING to MR. KO instead.

1x9 - Episode 9

March 31, 2011

SZ-NGA moves back home, as she cannot get along with her roommate. HON has to sleep in the sitting room as a result. YEE shoots for a TV cookery program. HON works as her assistant. He thinks YEE should tell the audience the exact amount of condiment needed. Provoked, she challenges him to a competition to see whose orange pork chop is more delicious. After a whole day of experiment, HON has finally come up with the best orange pork chop recipe. TUNG records the ingredients and condiment he has used in his computer. Unfortunately, NGA breaks his computer. HON finds it difficult to get along with his family and would like to move out. TUNG supports him. TUNG is fishing for the name card of an estate agent. MUI-KWAI wrongly thinks that he is moving out and so offers to let a room to him. TUNG, HON, HOI and CHING visit KWAI’s place. HON finds her fully fitted and beautifully equipped kitchen very impressive.

1x10 - Episode 10

April 1, 2011

The competition between YEE and HON begins. The judge, in this case CHU, finds YEE’s pork chops more delicious. HON cannot be more convinced when YEE reveals her secret. TUNG learns by accident that CHU does not want TUNG to move out. HON and TUNG have dinner together. TUNG tells HON why he lives with TUNG all these years. CHU opens TUNG’s letter by mistake. TUNG makes a fuss over this and demands HON to move out with him. HON turns him down. He stomps out of the house in a fury. TUNG is dinning on his own when CHU appears. On the other hand, NGA announces that she is moving back to the dormitory because her roommate has moved out.

1x11 - Episode 11

April 4, 2011

YEE and KWAI fight over a clock at a shop. Neither of them is willing to give up. It turns out YEE has ordered a porcelain pot online from KWAI earlier. YEE told LIN to pick up the pot for her. LIN did not check up on the pot before she left. KWAI is renting out a room on the Internet. YEE demands a refund but KWAI accuses her of cheating instead. LIN turns to HON for help. HON tells TUNG how the pot was broken. A couple is interested in renting KWAI’s flat. YEE checks up the flat with them. The couple intends to knock down the kitchen. YEE stops them, praising the landlord’s taste in design.

1x12 - Episode 12

April 5, 2011

SUM asks CHU to take a watch for repair. CHU tells HON to do it but HON asks TUNG instead. SUM and her friends do volunteer work at an old people’s house. They see a man taking away an old lady’s wheelchair. SUM runs into the man again later. She decides to get the wheelchair back for the old woman, only to be accused of stealing. Her “stealing” has hit the headlines of a paper. Everybody in CHU’s office talks about this. HOI clarifies for SUM. SUM’s watch is still at home. CHU takes it to the service center but he drops it on the floor without himself realizing it. HON steps on it accidentally. CHU cannot find the watch everywhere when he arrives at the service center. He buys SUM a new one as compensation, not knowing TUNG and HON will do exactly the same.

1x13 - Episode 13

April 6, 2011

CHING thinks KA-KEUNG is too addicted to computer games. She frowns when she hears his romances in the past. The colleague responsible for the fashion section has had a traffic accident. HOI and SUSAN recommend KEUNG to write a feature article for the fashion section. CHING is not happy with KEUNG’s “The Greatest Ten Computer Games Ever” and tells him to produce another piece. KEUNG thinks she is biased. The two argue with each other. CHING tells WING to prepare a letter of dismissal for KEUNG, the reason for his dismissal being “failing to follow the instruction of his supervisor”. HOI hopes CHU can do something for KEUNG. CHU tells him to pass a “magic stick” to CHING. CHING requests KEUNG to rewrite the article at another angel or simply choose another theme. He refuses. CHING decides to write it herself. HOI believes this is KEUNG’s ultimatum.

1x14 - Episode 14

April 7, 2011

HOI passes CHU CHING’s interview article on well-known shoemaker SIU KWOK-WAH. He believes she will replace KEUNG’s story with this, but CHU thinks otherwise. HON and CHU have breakfast together. CHU tells him how he told CHING off three years ago for giving out only second-hand information in her article on WAH. Touched by her sincerity, WAH agreed to give CHING an interview, and she managed to fight for a full page for her story. As she sees the “magic heel”, which is in fact the broken heel of her shoes, she realizes she should look at things at a different angle.

1x15 - Episode 15

April 8, 2011

YEE has moved into KWAI’s flat. KWAI likes her body lotion, so she puts it in the bathroom so that KWAI can also use it. TUNG goes to KWAI’s flat to take a camera. He has flu and the medicine makes him feel very drowsy. He takes a nap in KWAI’s bedroom. YEE cannot find the lotion anywhere. She calls KWAI, who tells her it is in her room. Covered only by a towel, she screams out loud when she sees TUNG in KWAI’s bed. KWAI has bought YEE a small gift as a token of apology, but she does not correct her when she mistakes TUNG for her boyfriend. YEE cannot put up with KWAI’s untidiness anymore. She decides to move out. KWAI has bought a dishwasher. She and YEE apologize to each other. She tells YEE not to move out when she hears her talking to an estate agent.

1x16 - Episode 16

April 11, 2011

TUNG delivers something to Joyful Kitchen to YEE. She tells him to take a box of soy sauce chicken to KWAI, his girlfriend. TUNG demands KWAI clarify their relationship to YEE but she refuses to do so with a make-up excuse. YEE has won a free fondue dinner for two persons. She invites KWAI to go with her, but she would like to go with her lover instead. So YEE gives her the coupons. HON has bid a fondue dinner at on the Internet. YUNG will go with him. HON cannot make it in the end, as YEE needs him to work extra hours. TUNG is wondering if he could have a portion of the dinner only, then he sees YEE. The photo of TUNG and YEE dining together is published in the paper. KWAI demands TUNG to clarify his relationship with YEE. He replies in the same way she replied him the other day.

1x17 - Episode 17

April 12, 2011

HON needs to buy some cooking utensils. He borrows CHU’s new car. Somebody has parked in HING’s car park. He delivers a hard kick to that person’s car so as to vent his anger. CHU tells HON off when he finds out HON is the person who has parked in HING’s car park. CHU and TUNG quarrel over an incident in the past. HON goes to Pak Lai with HOI to gather material for a story. They did not know until they get there that the pavilion they are looking for is in fact in Nam Sang Wai. HON runs into CHU in Nam Sang Wai. CHU mentions how HON broke his tooth here as a child. HON climbs up the pavilion to look for his tooth. They are surprised to find that the note of apology TUNG wrote on the stone can still be seen clearly. They take a photo of the note.

1x18 - Episode 18

April 13, 2011

SUM has been running around in the kitchen. MABEL’s boyfriend dumped her because she is a terrible cook. SUM tells her she is no different. HOI has taken information for a cooking class for SUM. She meets him at a restaurant. She has left her food at the restaurant. She sees YEE when she returns to get her food. She grasps the opportunity to ask her the secret of cooking tenderloin. SUM’s cooking has improved a great deal but CHU still finds it unacceptable. YEE finds SUM’s cooking notes at the restaurant. She is reading them when SUM returns. YEE tells her to feel free to call her if she has any question on cooking. CHU commends on SUM’s food for the first time ever. SUM calls on YEE after the staff of Joyful Kitchen have all gone. YEE wonders…

1x19 - Episode 19

April 14, 2011

There is an ant’s nest at home and so the CHUNG’s decide to have a thorough cleanup. NGA has found a family photo in a box. LEI is upset that she was not invited to take the photo. HON breaks honey-colored stone, which is a family treasure. LEI treats the whole family to dim sum to apologize on behalf of HON. LEI suggests going to Zhuhai for the weekend. Everybody in the family will join but for different reasons they will go separately. LEI waits for them at the pier but nobody shows up. In fact, CHU, SUM and NGA are dining at a restaurant. They did not remember their date with LEI until the manager of the restaurant picks up the flyer LEI left the other day. CHU, SUM and NGA hurry to the pier. HON will meet them in Zhuhai as he is working. LEI leaves in anger, accusing them of treating her as an outsider.

1x20 - Episode 20

April 15, 2011

TUNG has returned from Zhuhai. He complains that everybody has forgotten about their trip. HON has made a dessert for LEI in order to apologize to her. TUNG suggests compensating her instead. LEI hits CHU’s waist when the elevator stops suddenly. CHU needs a surgery, but it clashes with the cutting of the family honey-colored stone. He places the surgery appointment letter on the coffee table, believing his family members will see it. Nobody but LEI notices the letter. As a result, only LEI shows up on the day of his surgery. As if this was not enough, the others text to say tell him they cannot come. SUM and the others hurry to the hospital as soon as they have got LEI’s call. LEI realizes then that her family do care about her. She still, however, finds it a pity that she was absent when they took a family photo.

1x21 - Episode 21

April 18, 2011

MEI-CHING has left her wallet in the office. HING pays for her lunch, taking the opportunity to invite her to the movie. Joyful Kitchen is not open yet and so HON cannot get in. He calls CHING, but she is ill. HON hears her weep. HOI believes something must have happened after the movie. Ten years ago, CHING’s boyfriend LAU LAP-CHUN stood her up at their wedding. TUNG tells her he was a good friend of CHUN’s. It turns out HING could not make it to the movie. He sent his sister to inform CHING. This reminded her of what happened on her wedding day when CHUN sent his sister to inform her he was not coming. Memory of the day made her collapse. YEE sees TUNG and CHING together and she is crying. YEE tells SUM what she has seen. CHUN has returned to Hong Kong. TUNG encourages CHING to see him.

1x22 - Episode 22

April 19, 2011

TUNG sits in his car, his eye fixed on a distant restaurant. What he does not know is, his family is watching him in a distance. In the meanwhile, CHING walks inside the restaurant. TUNG’s family members conclude that he likes CHING. CHING slaps CHUN on the face after he has told her why he ran away. CHU and the others ask TUNG about his relationship with CHING. He stresses they are nothing more than friends. CHING clarifies her relationship with TUNG to YEE, who says what she should clarify is what happened to HING and her. The next day, CHING brings a basket of fruit to apologize to HING. TUNG gives HON a shrimp sauce coupon. He leaves it on the table, and a waiter gives it to CHING. The next day, she takes a bottle of shrimp sauce to TUNG’s company.

1x23 - Episode 23

April 20, 2011

HOI overhears in a motorcar showroom that TUNG has ordered a limited edition sports car. None of TUNG’s family believes what he says. TUNG tells MING to take photographs of their newly ordered bracelets. As MING is celebrating his girlfriend’s birthday after work, he declines him. TUNG insists he works overtime though. MING leaves in anger. KWAI tells TUNG MING has already broken up with 11 girlfriends because of him. TUNG and his friends run into KAM TAI-YAT, their school friend. They embarrass him purposely, as he owed every one of them money. TUNG is so kind that he goes up to his help. HOI is writing a feature article on cars. HON goes to a showroom with him. They see TUNG returning his sports car. Unable to repay TUNG, YAT gives him his late father’s saxophone.

1x24 - Episode 24

April 21, 2011

MING has been absent for a few days. Not until TUNG asks about him then KWAI tells him MING had resigned via email. MING shows up suddenly, before TING is about to hire a replacement. TUNG has been behaving rather oddly recently. SUM and CHU are worried about him. KWAI and HON fear that he is being possessed. KWAI look for TUNG with the family at a cemetery, bringing along with her objects she believes can drive out evil spirits. Understanding that he does not have a flair for saxophone, TUNG tells HON to give his saxophone to someone else. TUNG is walking in the street when he hears a mellow sound of saxophone. He walks up to the musician to ask him how to play the instrument well. It turns out that the man, MARTIN, is the owner of his favorite sidewalk food stall. Sharing with him his experience, MARTIN encourages TUNG to practice more. What is more, he invites TUNG to join his band.

1x25 - Episode 25

April 22, 2011

KWAI is tidying up the storeroom when a burglar breaks into the room. She resists and ends up all bruises and raggle-taggle. As she refuses to call the police, TUNG suspects something bad has happened to her. He asks YEE to check out what has actually happened. KWAI requests TUNG to cut her pork chop and feed her, as her hand has been injured. She also tells him to go to the movie with her, saying she feels insecure after her injury. KWAI refuses to attend a lineup at the police station. YEE sincerely believes her appearance is not so bad that she scared the burglar away. So she asks YUNG about the truth. He promises on condition she goes to the cinema with him.

1x26 - Episode 26

April 25, 2011

HOI is writing a feature article on wedding. He and CHING pretend to be lovers and gather material at a wedding company. Looking at the wedding photos, HOI imagines that CHING and him are the bride and groom. CHING says she is flexible when the staff asks her how she would like her wedding. HOI leaves as he hears this. HOI tells CHING to move out as soon as she is home. Totally bewildered, she asks HON to check out why HOI is mad at her. It turns out that HOI is fond of her. HOI asks SUSAN to do her a favor by putting up a show in front of CHING to let her know they are not lovers. SUSAN gives CHING two movie tickets. CHING dresses up and goes with HOI. They go to a new sushi restaurant after the movie, but there is already a long queue.

1x27 - Episode 27

April 26, 2011

CHING needs to tell YEE the content of a student notice. She is completely stumped when she faces YEE. HON asks her what she is most confident about. She replies it is playing Lolita, a role she played once in secondary school. He therefore tells her to pretend to be Lolita. As expected by HON, she completes her mission smoothly in her second trial. LEI is looking at a website that promotes food tasting blind date. Claiming it was time for HON to find a girlfriend, she volunteers to go with him. He reads her mind though, and so tells her to go alone first to find out more about it. Unexpectedly, KWAI has come on YEE’s request, and CHING has participated with the encouragement of HOI. YEE tells LEI BEN, owner of the restaurant, is a nice guy. LEI hurries to the washroom to redo her makeup. But when she sees BEN, she gets panicky.

1x28 - Episode 28

April 27, 2011

LIN asks TUNG to search for a battery for an old model cell phone. The shop he recommends is surrounded by motels and sauna parlors and so she dares not go. KWAI has found MING’s wallet. She does not return to him right away, or else she will miss the opportunity to go on a business trip with TUNG. TUNG delivers to the news agency. He drops in at LIN’s desk to give her the battery. LIN has a backbone ache. In addition to recommending an acupuncturist to her, TUNG also gives her some coupons. She shares a breakfast with him as a token of thanks. YEE and the others are certain they have a crush on each other. TUNG goes to the acupuncture center with LIN but he leaves first. She is persuaded into buying a mattress that she does not need after buying a package. LIN cries at work. YEE and CHING jump to the conclusion that she has been upset by men.

1x29 - Episode 29

April 28, 2011

HON would like CHU to comment on his dishes without prejudice. So he asks LEI to claim she prepares them. CHU is too tired to eat anything when he is home. LEI takes the food home. She runs into TUNG at the door. He finds the food unpalatable. YEE learns from TUNG why HON learns cooking from her. YEE is very strict with HON. He has to work overtime very often. TUNG apologizes to YEE and pleads her to let HON leave on time. CHING also finds YEE too demanding. YEE has cooked some deep-fried taro balls. KWAI takes some to TUN. He likes them very much. And when he finds out about the names of her dishes, he realizes what YEE has done for HON.

1x30 - Episode 30

April 29, 2011

HON has cooked something for TUNG. He rushes back to the Joyful Kitchen after taking them to him. LIN calls TUNG to see whether he would be so kind to return the mattress for her. CHING overhears their conversation but she mistakes that LIN is having TUNG’s baby. She tells YEE about this without delay. TUNG tells KWAI to return to the company in the evening. She turns him down. YEE has bought KWAI a dress. She is so happy that she changes her mind. Seeing how obsessive KWAI is about TUNG, YEE tells her he is actually not as good as she thinks. KWAI does not agree with her though. CHU has been selected as one of the best ten writers in town. His colleagues celebrate at his place. HON has prepared three dishes for his father, namely deep-fried taro balls, stir-fried crabs with ginger and scallion, and stuffed hairy gourd with dried scallop. To his great disappointment, CHU only tries the hairy gourd.

1x31 - Episode 31

May 2, 2011

CHU sits on SUM’s glasses and breaks them. He tells her to buy a new pair. She hesitates, as this means spending money. It is hard to run into the glasses hawker too. CHING tells HOI CHU is allergic to taro and that he choked on crab shells once. HON does not feel well. He tells CHING to prepare the cooking ingredients for KWAI’s TV show. CHU thinks it is irresponsible of him to bring troubles to his colleagues. HON agrees with what his father says. LEI tells HON CHU has a girlfriend called TE. As her computer has broken down, CHING returns to the office to work. She is surprised to find CHU there. HON follows CHU. CHU goes to the glasses hawker to buy SUM a pair of glasses. But when TE calls, he leaves in a hurry.

1x32 - Episode 32

May 3, 2011

The hot pot restaurant of MR. KO, owner of the news agency, opens today. CHU sits poker-faced all the way and leaves midway. Everybody finds this unusual. The second generation of Man Mo Restaurant, a prestigious restaurant in town, has fallen out with each other. CHU tells HOI to invite the two brothers for an interview. CHU is taking medicine when SUM suddenly comes in. He drops the pillbox when he is trying to cover it. HON takes the pills to a clinic for a chemical examination. HOI picks up the report with him. They see CHU leaving when they arrive at the building where the clinic is. They check out the clinics in the building one by one, and manage to find out what is wrong with CHU’s health. They try to figure out why CHU takes anti-allergy drugs. SUM tells them CHU was allergic to the food of Man Mo Restaurant when it was under UNCLE LEUNG’s management. TUNG wonders why HON has to replace the seasoning in the house.… ...

1x33 - Episode 33

May 4, 2011

CHU goes to Man Mo Restaurant for one of its signature dishes, i.e. “chicken stuffed with shark fin in double-boiled soup”. When he gets home, he asks TUNG to print out the article he wrote on UNCLE LEUNG. CHU goes to Man Po Restaurant again, this time for its “sparerib in special sauce”. He forgets to take anti-allergy drugs in advance. As a result, his faces get swollen. CHU is of the view that UNCLE LEUNG has overestimated his two sons but HON thinks otherwise. The father and son have yet another argument. HON goes out early and goes home late recently. And when he is home, he is always drunk. HON has invited UNCLE LEUNG’s two sons, MAN and MO, to the Joyful Kitchen to prepare a meal for CHU. By doing so, he lets them know why their father did not pass them his secret formula.

1x34 - Episode 34

May 5, 2011

CHU enjoys the meal very much. He is surprised he is not allergic to the dishes. HON tells him what he has done in arranging the meal. NGA cannot be home for Mother’s Day because she needs to prepare for her examination. She, however, has already bought SUM a present, which she has put in the bag SUM always uses when she delivers soup to her. Both HON and LEI have text to invite SUM to dinner on Mother’s Day. CHU’s old landlord informs him he has sold his house, and that the new tenant would like to get rid of the mango tree in front of the house. The tree was planted by HON’s biological mother. CHU and HON hurry to their old house to remove the tree. SUM and HOI have been waiting in the restaurant for quite a while but nobody shows up. They call CHU, HON, TUNG and LEI, but none of them answers their calls.

1x35 - Episode 35

May 6, 2011

CHU and the others take the mango tree to Aunt To’s Farm. When they finally arrive at the restaurant, SUM has already left. CHING’s mother has mailed her a video clip. It reminds her of the warm and happy memory of them eating marinated eggs together when she was a kid. CHING cannot find a satisfactory marinade sauce. She asks YEE for advice as suggested by HON, only to be shown the cold shoulder. HOI has borrowed the Joyful Kitchen from HON for CHING. YEE shows up suddenly when CHING is cooking marinade sauce. CHING hopes that YEE would let her finish cooking the marinade sauce for her mother, who she has not seen for seven years. YEE’s attitude softens. What is more, she helps CHING. CHING is still not happy with the sauce they have come up with. YEE has prepared a big breakfast for KWAI, which she says her family used to have for breakfast every day in the past. KWAI takes a photo of the breakfast and uploads it on to the web.

1x36 - Episode 36

May 9, 2011

WAI is looking forward to his Korean trip. He could not be more disappointed when KWAN, who is not happy with the story he wrote, disapproves of his leave application. MR. KO has bought a Yellow Emperor Stone from feng shui master TSAT-HOP. He requests a front-page headline story on this. KWAN assigns CHU the job. It turns out that another story has hit the front-page headline. MR. KO demands an explanation; KWAN refuses to give in. HOP says that KWAN’s arrogance is affecting the vitality of the stone and will bring bad luck to MR. KO. The only solution is for him to set up a formation. XIAO-HONG, a reader from mainland, writes to reveal the cheap behavior of a Hong Kong customer of hers. CHU recognizes the man is no one else but HOP. HOP’s evil deeds are exposed in the paper’s supplement. The measures against KWAN are taken off in no time. He treats CHU to breakfast to thank him.… ...

1x37 - Episode 37

May 10, 2011

SUSAN sees JIMMY, who is a fund manager, peeping into ABBY’s skirt. She goes up to expose him but WING stops her. The new girlfriend of SUSAN’s boyfriend calls her. CHING goes shopping with her so as to cheer her up. SUSAN sees the handbag she has always wanted to buy at a shop. She is still thinking whether or not she should buy it when WING shows up out of the blue and buys it. HOI and SUSAN shoot for the paper. WING and MR. KO’s son see them. SUSAN’s beauty takes WING’s breath away. WING and SUSAN are reconciled. He invites her to karaoke. HOI hears them. CHING gets a call from a Macau hotel, saying that WING has booked a president suite and a candle-lit dinner. As SUSAN is working in Macau the same day, CHING worries about her safety. Everybody tries his own way to stop WING from harming SUSAN.

1x38 - Episode 38

May 11, 2011

RAYMOND tries his best to please SUSAN, including invites her to go to sea. On the other hand, he tells WING to buy an apartment. WING visits a show office with RAYMOND. He did not know until then that the apartment is a present for GIGI, a famous model, for giving birth to a child to the son of a local tycoon. RAYMOND tells WING SUSAN and he are going to sea, where he can do whatever he wants. Someone has found a brown envelope that contains SUSAN’s personal information at a shopping mall. Interrogated by SUSAN, WING hints that everything he has done he does it for RAYMOND. SUSAN deduces that GIGI’s boyfriend is RAYMOND. She treats WING to a meal so as to thank him for unmasking RAYMOND.

1x39 - Episode 39

May 12, 2011

KWAI and YEE are surrounded by reporters at a restaurant. While YEE finds it annoying, KWAI enjoys being in the limelight immensely. Producer TSUI asked YEE last week what she would like to cook at her last episode. She was giving it a thought when her crew was having egg noodles for lunch. After tasting the noodles, she decided egg noodles would be the theme of her last episode. The last episode of the program takes place at Oi Hing Yuen, a famous noodle shop in town. UNCLE WONG, owner of the shop, has moved his noodle factory to Shenzhen, mainland China, because of high rent. When renowned food critic MR. CHOI learns about this, he decides to lease out his shop to UNCLE WONG at half the market price. He also invites YEE to a traditional food carnival. KWAI books a buffet dinner under YEE’s name. What is more, her ungainly manner makes YEE hit the cover of a magazine.

1x40 - Episode 40

May 13, 2011

YEE runs into TUNG as she is buying underwear. TUNG accompanies LIN to return a mattress. TUNG has gone to pick up his car. An old woman gives LIN a rabbit when she is waiting for TUNG. TUNG delivers to the Joyful Kitchen the next day. LIN tells him the rabbit is carrying a twin pregnancy. YEE overhears their conversation but she misunderstands the content of what they say. YEE waits for KWAI at her office. She gives TUNG a good telling-off when she hears him telling LIN to give up the babies. KWAI has put YEE’s medicine in her luggage by mistake. YEE has fallen sick. KWAI therefore tells TUNG to return the medicine to YEE. He helps YEE with the medicine. She throws on him. He takes a shower at her place. She stomps into the bathroom suddenly. He worries that she has seen his naked body. MING shows TUNG his watch that YEE has returned. YEE shows up as he is saying this.

1x41 - Episode 41

May 16, 2011

NGA goes home for holiday. SUM waits for her at a bus stop. NGA shouts out loudly when the traffic lights turn green and scares other pedestrians. Unwilling to take HON’s bedroom, NGA stays at LEI’s. LEI has bought HON a cell phone. NGA likes it so much that she is going to save up for the same model. HON gives the phone to her as soon as he hears this. NGA screams out loud again when she is crossing the road. LEI is scared out of her wit and breaks the bracelet her late husband bought her. LEI shops for crystals for her broken bracelet in Shum Shui Po. She sees NGA go up an old building packed with vice establishments. Back to her house, LEI is surprised to discover NGA’s brand name handbag. She cannot help but suspects she works in an indecent business.

1x42 - Episode 42

May 17, 2011

LEI sees NGA going into a vice establishment. NGA confesses she is tutoring for the son of a sex worker when SUM and CHU ask her what is going on. CHU calls for a family meeting, during which everybody shows NGA their support. SUM and CHU wait for NGA at where she works. LEI appears out of the blue and shows them a video clip. The boy NGA tutors for has done very well in his exams. His mother calls on NGA to thank her. NGA is not happy that LEI only cooks HON’s favorite dishes. She calls on a family meeting on whether LEI makes a favorite of HON. LEI loses in the voting. NGA wants to have luncheon meat for dinner. LEI promises she will have what she wants. NGA is looking forward to the dinner, but…

1x43 - Episode 43

May 18, 2011

HON calls and tells HOI to meet up at the restaurant they used to go with CHING in their school days. HOI texts HO at a meeting. CHING tells him off in front of other colleagues. CHING visits SUM for information of a charitable event. She is surprised to see MAY, her senior at secondary school, in SUM’s place. CHING has difficulty in parking. The driver behind her is annoyed that she is on his way and they have an argument. MAY happens to be passing by. To CHING’s surprise, she asks the man to give CHING a hand. CHING tells MAY she was her idol at school. Looking back, MAY thinks she was too self-centered then. SUSAN tells HOI CHING will save his article until the next issue, as she wants to carry some swimsuit photos instead. CHING’s colleagues believe she will blame HOI for failing to meet his deadline. HOI dares not enter the house for fear that CHING will give him a good telling-off.

1x45 - Episode 45

May 20, 2011

A reporter had a traffic accident. He blames the news car for being too old. KWAN suggests buying a new one but MR. KO turns down his request. But when CHU puts forward the same proposal, MR. KO changes his mind. People in the company find this strange. WING therefore tells them how Pao Cha Daily, their biggest opponent, stopped a distributor from distributing for Ko Tsim Daily when it was established. The matter was settled after CHU had met with SISTER KUEN, a rich, powerful but low profile businesswoman in town. WING believes CHU had the matter settled at his own expense. SUM overhears their conversation. She tells HOI to find out more. SUM learns that CHU meets SISTER KUEN every year when she returns to Hong Kong. CHU is meeting up with SISTER KUEN again. SUM follows her to the washroom. CHU is determined to tell her his secret.

1x46 - Episode 46

May 23, 2011

HOI and CHING go to a community center for an interview. CHEUNG YAU-TAK, a mentally challenged member of the center, is being complained by parents of other members for having head lice. TAK is a world record keeper for marathon for the disabled. TAK fights back when a Pao Cha Daily reporter tries to take off his cap. CHING decides to do TAK a justice when she reads Pao Cha Daily’s unfriendly coverage on TAK the next day. CHING and HOI discover that it is TAK’s good friend, KIN, who has head lice indeed. She promises TAK to keep this a secret. TAK shaves his head for his marathon partner. CHING asks him why. He says he will tell her the reason if she helps him make iron-on T-shirts. In addition to cooking for HOI and HON, CHING prepares a special dish for TAK. HOI and HON are impressed.

1x47 - Episode 47

May 24, 2011

A customer is dissatisfied with a lamp bought from TUNG and requests for a refund. MING’s girlfriend demands for a break-up because of his love letters. The former girlfriend of YEE’s father, ANN, shows up suddenly. YEE buys her a cup of Kopi Luwak at a restaurant. The manager of the restaurant turns out to be the man who demands a refund from TUNG. TUNG therefore goes to the restaurant to collect evidence of his trying to cheat money. As he is taping the manager, he accidentally tapes YEE, whose dress is being blown up by the wind, as well. TUNG makes a delivery to Joyful Kitchen. ANN recognizes that he is the ex-husband of her daughter, JESS. Feeling that her daughter has let TUNG down, she tells YEE to pass him an envelope, inside of which are a confirmation letter of JESS and TUNG’s joint account and her stamp. YEE has no idea as to how to complete her mission. Meanwhile, KWAI is writing TUNG a love letter.… ...

1x48 - Episode 48

May 25, 2011

HON has left his menu at home. He calls and asks SUM to take it to Joyful Kitchen after telling YEE about this. YEE volunteers to go to HON’s house to take it. YEE teaches SUM to cook fried poached egg. When SUM is busy at the kitchen, YEE grasps the opportunity to sneak into TUNG’s room and puts the envelop into his drawer. Meanwhile, KWAI calls, telling YEE she cannot find her letter everywhere. YEE did not know until then that she has taken KWAI’s letter by mistake. KWAI also tells YEE there is an infrared thermograph camera in TUNG’s room. YEE gets very panicky. YEE visits SUM, claiming to teach her how to cook fried poached egg again. She manages to swap the envelopes at last. TUNG makes a dash to Joyful Kitchen as soon as he learns that YEE has entered his room. ANN leaves immediately. The faucet breaks just when TUNG is about to leave. So he stays and repairs it for YEE. It is his birthday.… ...

1x49 - Episode 49

May 26, 2011

More than one client would like to place an ad in the paper, one of them is CHU’s cousin. CHU tells WING to stick to their normal practice. NGA has applied to be a summer intern. WING decides to employ her. His colleague suggests informing CHU, but he does not think so. CHU is taken aback when he learns that WING has hired NGA. CHU lunches with NGA, over which he tells her to quit. She tells his father she will join Pao Cha Daily if she quits. The paper is reporting the lost of a copper cow statue in the US. NGA has done an extensive research on this. KWAN finds her information very useful. People in the supplementary section goes home at six o’clock except NGA, who volunteers to help her colleagues in the local news section.

1x50 - Episode 50

May 27, 2011

The missing of the copper cow statue turns out to be a marketing tactic of the “King of Stock”. KWAN commends NGA in front of other colleagues. SUM has a tumor. Her doctor suggests having it removed as soon as possible. Unwilling to worry their family members, CHU and SUM lie that they are going to Macau. Professor MA of NGA’s university is fundraising for the reservation of Kam Tai Uk on the Internet. NGA suggests covering the project; KWAI agrees. The article on the project has received very good response. KWAN hopes that the supplementary section could work accordingly with NGA’s article. This means CHU has to cancel his leave application. CHU refuses to do so. NGA is upset. SUM wants to tell her the true story when she learns about this, but CHU stops her, unwilling to affect NGA’s work. NGA talks to HOI, who later advises CHU to tell NGA the truth. KWAN overhears their conversation.

1x51 - Episode 51

May 30, 2011

TUNG invites HON to call on his band on Tuesday. LEI asks HON to attend a charity ball with her on Wednesday. SUM’s charity party clashes with the ball however. Producer TSUI invites YEE to participate in a cooking competition. She is not interested. HON has to prepare cooking ingredients for casserole rice for YEE. CHU tells him Kwan Li Kee is worth a try. HON intends to go after work, but that means he will be late for TUNG. LEI offers to buy takeaway casserole rice for him. She also calls TUNG to tell him HON is running a bit late. SUM is having dinner with AUNT PAT, who has returned from overseas recently, on Thursday. She hopes HON would join them. On the other hand, LEI asks HON to dine with AUNT TSAT and her. SUM and AUNT PAT have been waiting for HON at the restaurant for quite a while. CHU calls HON. To his surprise, LEI says HON is unable to come so soon, but she has sent “another HON” to come.… ...

1x52 - Episode 52

May 31, 2011

HOI has got the recipe for Kwan Li Kee’s casserole rice. HON follows the recipe. Both HOI and ROGER find his rice delicious. HON has no confidence in his rice though, as YEE insists that casserole rice must be cooked using an open grill. YEE hears his words. Producer TSUI tells YEE UNCLE KAU has agreed to let her take part in the cooking competition, leaving her with no choice but to say yes. To YEE’s surprise, HON has not only prepared casseroles and open grills for her class but has also repaired her shovel. KWAI has bought YEE a shovel made of superalloy with nami technology but the latter refuses to take it. YEE gets the same scores as her opponent FUNG TING. TING suggests that HON acts as the judge in the last round. HON finds TING’s dish tastier. The next day, every paper in town writes that HON has betrayed his teacher.

1x53 - Episode 53

June 1, 2011

HON suggests using cheese rather than fermented bean curd to bake vegetables. YEE does not find this a good idea though. HON wants to leave, but YEE needs him to prepare for the pork for tomorrow’s class. TING would like to employ HON to work as sous chef in his new restaurant. HON cannot make up his mind whether he should work for TING. YEE tells HON to pluck pig hair with eyebrow tweezers. He understands that she is creating an opportunity for him to learn. He hands in his resignation. YEE does not say anything. TING’s new restaurant is open. HON finds that he only uses low quality ingredients and that the chef adds MSG to the soup. HON returns to Joyful Kitchen to pack his stuff. ROGER has bought some cheese for YEE. HON did not know until then that YEE has adopted his suggestion. He regrets having resigned. Meanwhile, ROGER reminds him that he has forgotten to sign his resignation letter.

1x54 - Episode 54

June 2, 2011

WAI needs to go to dragon boat practice in the afternoon. He demands colleagues at the local news section to let him use the head table at lunch hour. He also applies for reimbursement for his lunch expenses. KWAN reprimands him. An independent is having a coup and the rebel army is putting the prince in house confinement. KWAN mentions this at a meeting. KWAN takes NGA to Tung Hing Ho Mansion for curry. They run into CHI-TAN, owner of a security company, and TAK-CHUNG, who is a member of the Very Important Person Protection Unit of the police force. KWAN deduces that the prince has come to Hong Kong. He wants to borrow a few colleagues from the supplement section. NGA volunteers to take charge of the news. She manages to find a video clip of the prince saying thank-you to a man called BEN. It happens that YIP-BUN of the Yips Group is also called BEN.… ...

1x55 - Episode 55

June 3, 2011

LEI has left a message in her digital recorder that she is not coming back. She also complains that nobody in the family ever cares about her. LEI tells MING, who works as a part-time insurance agent, that NGA has once upset CHUNG. In order to patch up NGA and CHU, she asked the owner of a beauty parlor to buy her a CD of the renowned pianist LAW YAU-YAU from the US. What is more, she bought a package that was worth ten thousand dollars to thank the owner. But to her huge disappointment, CHU did not appreciate her effort. TUNG suggests going to a food stall for dinner. LEI goes home to get changed. She slips at home. She calls HON for help. Mistakenly believes that she is calling to inform them she is not coming, CHUNG does not let HON pick up her call. The family looks everywhere for LEI. MING shows up suddenly, accusing them of neglecting LEI.

1x56 - Episode 56

June 6, 2011

WEI has conducted an interview with MR. KO, the new golf champion. MR. KO mentioned in the interview that massage therapist KUNG PAN has healed his waist problem. CHING suggests interviewing PAN as well. SUSAN volunteers to go to the TV station PAN works for to invite him. Producer TSUI forbids her from seeing PAN though. KWAI likes PAN very much. She is thrilled to bits when she discovers that he lives on the same floor as her. She peeps at him with a telescope. And when she knows that SUSAN is unable to invite him for an interview, she offers to give her a hand. KWAI asks PAN to repair her water pipes and toilet, but… KWAI and SUSAN wonder how did YEE get to know PAN. KWAI offers to lower the rent if YEE accepts PAN’s conditions. KWAI wants to borrow something from PAN. She is surprised to find that his first girl friend looks very like YEE. KWAI charges her females friends for massage fees in the name of PAN.

1x57 - Episode 57

June 7, 2011

LEI and SUM’s respective NGOs are organizing a charity ball together. The NGO that SUM represents would like her to take care of the check presentation session of the ball, but LEI fears she will make a fool of herself in front of her idol. LEI moves on to reveal SUM’s other shortcomings. To make up to SUM, LEI takes her to socialite MRS. HUNG’s gallery and encourages her to learn drawing there. MRS. HUNG appreciates SUM’s drawing very much. She offers SUM ten thousand dollars for her painting ands invites SUM to draw five more for her upcoming art show. After spending the last four days painting at the gallery, SUM decides she has had enough. CHU takes some food to the gallery to her. MRS. HUNG has been arrested for cutting street sleepers’ hair and handing out money to strangers. HOI shows CHU MRS. HUNG’s photos, adding that MRS. HUNG has mental problem.

1x58 - Episode 58

June 8, 2011

1x59 - Episode 59

June 9, 2011

CHU snapped TUNG on the face years ago. TUNG had a retinal detachment because of this, and his dream of becoming a police officer broke. When CHU wakes up, he realizes he may have talked nonsense when he was drunk. TUNG tells HON to Ho Cheong Optical Shop to fix UNCLE MAO’s computer. HON finds it interesting that UNCLE MAU refers TUNG as his son-in-law. DR. TSUM keeps his mouth shut when CHU asks him about TUNG’s eye surgery. As KWAI is very familiar with TUNG’s schedule, CHU pretends to be a Sichuan client to check out the date of TUNG’s surgery. CHU goes to the hospital with SUM and LEI. TUNG takes the opportunity to ask CHU whether he has ever felt sorry for hitting him. CHU replies he would let him have his eyes if he wished. Meanwhile, NGA appears. CHU realizes then it is in fact she has had an eye surgery.

1x60 - Episode 60

June 10, 2011

MING has been taken in and lost some goods. KWAI scolds him so loudly that TUNG can hear them at the doorstep. Having failed to pay his rental on time, MING has been kicked out by his landlord. He spends the night at the company, but a security guard discovers him. MING cannot play any music instruments. TUNG is therefore very surprised to know that MING has joined his band. MING has been absent-minded recently. When TUNG asks him what has happened, he confesses his admiration for CHING. He intends to apply for the position of office assistant at Ko Tsim Daily so as to get close to CHING. When she learns about his plan, KWAI promises to do something about it so that he can see CHING everyday. Neither CHING nor HOI wants to take care of the housework. KWAI suggests them hiring a household assistant. CHING and HOI are surprised to see that their household assistant is none other than MING. They decide to hire him on a long-term basis.… ...

1x61 - Episode 61

June 13, 2011

1x62 - Episode 62

June 14, 2011

There has been a lot of positive feedback on SUSAN’s feature article on organ donation. KWAN tells her at the team meeting to write a follow-up story. KWAN has a word with WING alone after the meeting. HING has recently applied for two reimbursements of lunch expenses, each involving over one thousand dollars. KWAN questions why WING has approved his application. WING returns HING his invoices, only to be scolded madly. WING drops his pager in the midst of the chaos. He offers to give HING three thousand dollars to have it back. SUSAN believes that the pager must be a gift from his girlfriend. After all these years, WING still hopes that his former girlfriend would page him. WING is throwing away his former girlfriend’s stuff. SUSAN is visiting PANG KA-MEI, who is on the kidney donation waiting list. SUSAN sees MEI’s photo amongst WING’s stuff, and comes to know that MEI and WING were lovers.… ...

1x63 - Episode 63

June 15, 2011

Father’s Day is coming. NGA would like to take part in a mixed triathlon with HON, believing a golden medal will make a wonderful Father’s Day present. As HON’s class clashes with the triathlon, HOI will take his place. HON is visiting his mother’s grave with LEI and CHU. HON and LEI will start from the foot of the mountain. CHU requests to join them. SUM tells LEI to drive to the halfway and wait for HON there. HON wants to watch the sunup with CHU, but NGA hopes CHU can watch the sunset with her. HOI has twisted his ankle. CHU volunteers to take part in the triathlon with NGA. TUNG tells CHU HON and NGA have had a traffic accident which means they can neither participate in the triathlon nor watch the sunrise. HON and NGA are having dinner with CHU on Father’s Day. When they finally get to the restaurant, they are bruises all over. CHU discovers from the CCTV that…

1x64 - Episode 64

June 16, 2011

SUSAN is interviewing a feng shui master. She plans to take the opportunity to ask for a few charms for other girls. KWAI claims she was born in the Year of the Rooster. SUSAN finds a photograph of KWAI and TUNG. KWAI says it has been computer-modified. MO YAT-MAT, who is a painter, shops at Pakbaodot for a frame. He spots the photo. TUNG acted as MAT’s nude model twenty years ago. Now MAT would like to return the drawing to TUNG. KWAI lies that TUNG is her late husband. So MAT writes her a note, signs on it and tells her to collect the drawing at his office later. TUNG makes open KWAI’s age. She swears to revenge. MING tells TUNG about the drawing. Being locked up in the office by TUNG, KWAI calls YEE to collect the drawing for her. TUNG goes to get the drawing too, only to make a fruitless trip.

1x65 - Episode 65

June 17, 2011

People in the office have found an x-rated movie VCD. Everybody believes it belongs to WAI, who is responsible for the adult pages, but they are wrong. CHING shows her team photos of the “freeze-frame girl”. She tries but fails to contact her for an interview. It turns out that the freeze-frame girl’s real name is CHOR SUET and was HOI and HON’s junior at school. SUET requests that HOI comes to her exhibition and comes up with an article before she decides whether or not to give him an interview. HOI cannot make it to the exhibition. CHU tells WAI to go form HOI but leaves the writing to HOI himself. HOI emails SUET his work the next day. He did not know until then that WAI has drafted a story too, and that CHU thinks very highly of it. SUET requests that the interview be done by WAI. HOI has found WAI’s memory stick, which he believes contains nothing but pornographic photos.

1x66 - Episode 66

June 20, 2011

HON asks WAI where he got SUET’s photos, which obviously are not downloaded from the Internet. So WAI tells him. SUET agrees to give an interview, but it has to be conducted by WAI. HOI is angry that WAI did not pass him all the material and took away SUET’s interview from his hand. The interview takes place at a restaurant. Looking at SUET and WAI a few tables away, HON is confident WAI will come up with a great story. HON praises WAI’s writing. WAI has read from SUET’s article that HON had once bought her a camera. HON and the people of Ko Tsim Daily look at photos of the “freeze-frame man”. Judging from the man’s key ring, HON is certain he is none other than WAI. To make sure that WAI will not harm SUET, HON follows him. He is astonished by what he has seen.

1x67 - Episode 67

June 21, 2011

MR. KO, who is hot on bowling, has recently bought a bowling center. He invites his staff and their family to play at the center but everybody leaves early with an excuse. MR. KO is unhappy about this. In TUNG’s opinion, he should try to raise his staff’s interest in bowling. Ko Tsim Daily is organizing a bowling competition. Everybody is coveting the attractive prizes. KWAI teams up with MEI-CHING, CHING and SUSAN. They invite YEE to be a backup, but she hates the game. MEI-CHING twists her hands as she is moving YEE’s old notes. So YEE has to play for her. YEE is surprised to discover that none of her teammates knows the proper posture. So she shows them the correct way of playing the game and plays a strike. Impressed, KWAI and the other girls try all they might to talk her into taking part in the game.

1x68 - Episode 68

June 22, 2011

CHING, KWAI, SUSAN and LIN gather at the swimming pool where YEE is giving them training. YEE tells them to swim back and forth for 20 times, followed by a workout at the gym. SUSAN and CHING hope HOI can persuade YEE into giving up the intensive training. The next training is coming. LIN pretends to be sick, while KWAI lies that she is being trapped in an escalator. Despite the fact that MEI-CHING has not fully recovered, YEE suggests the two of them form a team. MEI-CHING goes to the doctor for an analgesic injection. She runs into TUNG. She tells him to keep this a secret. But he tells YEE everything when he meets YEE in the bowling center. YEE tells TUNG how her love for bowling turned to hatred. TUNG beats YEE at an extraordinary bowling game.

1x69 - Episode 69

June 23, 2011

KWAI waits YEE at Joyful Kitchen. YEE has received piles of letters from her supporters. The letter sent from Buenos Aires catches her attention. MAK LOK-KEI, a business friend of TUNG’s, tells TUNG to pass a pair of wedding bangles to YEE. The memory of how her mother and her younger sister left home returns to her as soon as she sees the bangles. TUNG has bought some chocolate donuts to YEE to cheer her up after learning about her past. YEE has a dream of her father forcing her to burn her mother and sister’s photographs. She cannot see her mother’s face clearly in the dream. She wakes with a start. She cannot believe that she has forgotten how her mother looks like. YEE asks KWAI to sell the bangles, so KWAI takes them to Pakbaodot. TUNG volunteers to take care of the sales of the bangles.

1x70 - Episode 70

June 24, 2011

CHING is singing at her good friend EVA’s wedding. She invites HOI to play a piano accompaniment for her. She is also looking for souvenirs for the guests at the wedding. MING offers to help her, telling her he can play the piano too. EVA has decided to use another song. CHING worries that HOI will not have enough time to practice the new song. She cannot decide whether she should choose HOI or MING. YEE suggests they both play in front of EVA and let EVA decide. TUNG asks MING why he did not go to the rehearsal; he replies he is no match for HOI. In fact, MING has learnt by chance that HOI has been practicing very hard recently and that he plays very well now. He appreciates HOI’s effort. MING looks for HOI at a piano room. He is surprised to learn that HOI has gone to rehearsal either. The two men decide to have a fair competition.

1x71 - Episode 71

June 27, 2011

The bank has sent CHING a letter. HOI deduces from this that she will not come back again. MING is sad to see her go too. YEE goes into a deep trance after hearing the others talk about CHING and her mother. YEE has bought KWAI an expensive camera. MEI-CHING and LIN have a present too. KWAI believes YEE is trying to use up the money from the sale of the bangles. YEE’s marinade does not taste right. She loses her cool when HON tells her about this. Then she remembers she was crying while she was preparing the marinade yesterday evening. She believes it must have been her tears that had ruined her marinade. TUNG reminds YEE they are playing bowling. He suggests that she should face her true feeling no matter how she feels about her mother. CHING looks for YEE at Joyful Kitchen, telling her she is SHUM HOI-YEE, her younger sister.… ...

1x72 - Episode 72

June 28, 2011

KWAI is totally astonished to learn that YEE and CHING are sisters. TUNG reminds her not to hurt her feelings. HOI and MING have set up a tent in the sitting room so that CHING’s mother can use their room. The idea of moving out occurs to CHING as she sees this. CHING is waiting for YEE home. There is something wrong with their mother’s liver and her days are numbered. CHING sincerely hopes that YEE would go and see her one last time. KWAI dresses up for TUNG, who YEE has been keeping a distance with after learning that KWAI has a crush for him. MING, however, does not like her new image. KWAI is dead drunk when YEE is home. She has brought a guy she does not love home. From what she says, YEE understands that she is doing all these for her. UNCLE KEI looks for YEE at Joyful Kitchen, returning the bangles to her.

1x73 - Episode 73

June 29, 2011

YEE waits TUNG at the bowling center but he is very late. In fact, TUNG is going up to mainland China for business with MING. TUNG and YEE chat and drink at a pier the whole evening. YEE remembers how her mother looks at last, and how she put on a pair of wedding bangles for her. YEE is determined to cut off with CHING and their mother. She writes CHING a check for ,000,000. YEE takes a cake to KWAI’s office. Her mother’s admission paper falls out from her pocket. TUNG is preoccupied with something at dinner. It turns out that he has come to know that YEE has written CHING a check for ,000,000, and that she has sold the shares of Joyful Kitchen to UNCLE KAU. TUNG visits YEE’s mother at the hospital. YEE’s mother has fainted. He informs YEE immediately. When YEE arrives at her mother’s room, there is no one to be seen.

1x74 - Episode 74

June 30, 2011

YEE does not see her mother when she gets to the hospital. She breaks down, believing her mother has already passed away. Then a nurse tells her CHOI-HA, her mother, has moved to another room. TUNG advises her to patch up with her mother before it is too late. She, however, tells him to mind his own business. HOI informs his colleagues that CHING will use her original name SHUM HOI-YEE from now on. YEE is looking for a flat large enough for three persons. In fear that her new tenant will be a nasty person, KWAI persuades MING to move in. It is totally out of her expectation that YEE will rent her flat and that she herself will move into CHING’s flat and has her room. YEE stays up late at Joyful Kitchen. HON reckons she does not want to go home to face two strangers. In order not to disturb her mother, HOI-YEE decides to sleep on the sofa. Seeing this, YEE tells her to have her room.… ...

1x75 - Episode 75

July 1, 2011

YEE and ROGER have a meeting. HA keeps calling her for some trivial matters. What is more, she shows up uninvited at the studio, disturbing YEE’s recording. TUGN gives YEE a pair of bowling gloves when he is delivering to Joyful Kitchen, making HA believe they are lovers. YEE goes out to take photographs with HOI-YEE and HA but she feels rather uneasy. TUNG teaches her how to get along with her family, but she worries that she will fall out with her mother in the end. He assures her it is not important at all who wins in a family argument. YEE goes to the Chung family to teach SUM to cook. SUM’s family members did not know until now why SUM can cook so well now. They invite YEE to stay for dinner. Looking at TUNG and CHU, she comes to comprehend the art of getting along with one’s family.

1x76 - Episode 76

July 4, 2011

SUM has forgotten about her appointment with LEI and their friends. As a result, she is being made a fool of and gets telling off. LEI defends for her, and ends up falling out with them as well. This, in fact, is the last thing their family members want to see. This is because whenever LEI is free, she will take charge of the household chores, which means troubles for them. MR. KO invites CHU to bring a partner to a ball. In CHU’s opinion, if LEI can find a guy at the ball, she will have no time to take care of the housework. TAI NIP, one of the guests, is fond of LEI. He bids for a pair of crystal high heels for her. NIP takes advantage of LEI. CHU takes her away right away. LEI and SUM wait for their family members at a restaurant. NGA tells LEI CHI is at a meeting. LEI makes a dash for their office, demanding to see the Editor-in-chief, who she thinks is preventing his staff from going home.

1x77 - Episode 77

July 5, 2011

LEI stomps into the conference room, accusing KWAN of forbidding his staff to dinner. KWAN does not get mad though. LEI and the CHUNG family go to dim sum. KWAN shows up suddenly to invite LEI to go to Macau. To everyone’s surprise, she agrees readily. LEI and CHU play golf with MR. KO. NIP, who is also in the course, accuses CHU of taking LEI away at the ball. CHU apologizes to him. LEI snaps back at NIP, throwing the crystal high heels at him. MR. KO cannot help but appreciates her even more as he sees this. HOI and HON are not sure whether they should publish KO-LING, MR. KO’s girlfriend, and NIP’s photos. LEI gives them some suggestion. LEI bumps into MR. KO and LING as she is seeing friends. MR. KO offers to give her a lift when they run into each other in the car park again. He tells her he is going to break up with LING. She decides to tell him about LING and NIP’s affair as soon as she hears this.

1x78 - Episode 78

July 6, 2011

KWAN is thinking letting HING work as supplement editor concurrently. Unwilling to see KWAN take the opportunity to advance in his career, CHU decides to take up the post himself. HING has drawn up a budget for the supplement assignment for the coming six months. HOI shows it to CHU at his home. After studying the budget, CHU changes his mind and agrees to let HING act as the editor of supplement. The 80th birthday of MR. KO’s mother is round the corner. HING suggests everybody in the supplement section pitch in to buy a gift. Someone has given the supplement assignment free tickets for a concert. ABBY, who works at the entertainment news assignment, passes the tickets to HING. HING takes them all right in front of his team members. Later, they decide to buy MRS. KO a present themselves. They ask HING to return their . A contributor is on vacation. HING never checks his emails. HOI and others decide not to inform HING this.… ...

1x79 - Episode 79

July 7, 2011

KEUNG is learning Judo. He applies Judo throws at HOI accidentally, almost twists his arms. He invites his colleagues to learn the sport with him. KWAN comments that HOI does not have much fight but CHU is confident that the young man will regain his fittest form soon. HING beats HON and HOI at Judo. Surprisingly, HOI finds his throws very awakening. No one wants to take charge of the feature article on organic fertilizer because of the bad smell fertilizers leave. WAI and KEUNG insist they will not do it anyway. HING orders HOI to take the job. A drunk approaches NGA as she is leaving the office. Fortunately, KEUNG shows up in time to save her. NGA is interviewing JIMMY soon, an investment manager better known as a womanizer. JIMMY invites her to a date. NGA is praised for her job performance. Her colleagues are all of the view that CHU should reward her. NGA wants it to be flowers.

1x80 - Episode 80

July 8, 2011

Shortly after CHU has warned JIMMY not to lay a finger on NGA a person from JIMMY’s calls and informs her that somebody else will give her an interview. CHU orders flowers for NGA at a flower shop. KEUNG is also at the shop, doing exactly the same thing. HON has made some fermented bean curd. CHU tells NGA not to eat it, adding that she should reject things she does not like at once. SUM asks CHU what kind of person KEUNG is. As KEUNG has many shortcomings, CHU does not want to see NGA going out with him. SUM suggests asking HOI for help. HON dashes for the Judo court after work, for fear KEUNG will give HOI a good lesson. HOI hopes KEUNG will give up chasing NGA, but KEUNG says HOI has no authority over him. KEUNG challenges HOI to a fight.

1x81 - Episode 81

July 11, 2011

KWAI visits YEE. YEE tells her HA is much better now and can go to the wet market and cook a meal on her own. CHU asks HOI-YEE if she can work part-time for the supplement assignment. She turns him down gently, as she needs to look after her mother. HA has missed her medicine. HOI-YEE blames YEE for failing to remind HA to take her pills. A fire nearly breaks out while HA is cooking. The two sisters have an argument over this. YEE complains to her friend. On hearing this, KWAI tells her how HOI-YEE helped HA with the stuff she had forgotten when she called on YEE. MING joins their conversation. According to him, HOI-YEE carries a bag of HA’s personal articles, including adult nappies, wherever she goes. YEE opens HOI-YEE’s bag secretly. A look at it make her eyes brim with tears. YEE gives HOI-YEE her schedule so that HOI-YEE can find time to work part-time. YEE plays bowling with her mother.… ...

1x82 - Episode 82

July 12, 2011

HING intends to find out who is the owner of the car from its license plate. Then he discovers that the photos of the car are stored in HOI’s memory stick, which HOI has just taken away. KWAI hurries to the newspaper office to beg HING not to reveal the owner. KWAI cancels her leave application but does not give a reason. It turns out that HING has published KWAI and TONG LIN-CHI’s photos, resulting in the canceling of their wedding. SZE-MUI has uploaded the photo of HON’s windbreaker so as to find out its owner. When HOI asks him what it is about, HON tells him the story. KWAI replies MUI using the name JOE. MEI-CHING runs into MUI in a restaurant. MUI tells MEI-CHING JOE has told her to treat his brother’s colleagues well. As she finishes, she foots the bill for MEI-CHING and her colleagues. HING browses MUI’s blog and discovers that a blogger named JOE replies to MUI very frequently.

1x83 - Episode 83

July 13, 2011

HOI broke his notebook carelessly while conducting an interview. He requests HING to apply for a new one for him but HING turns him down resolutely. As if this is not enough, he demands HOI to compensate to the company. KWAN wants CHU to conduct an exclusive interview with well-known painter CHAI PAK-SHUI. HING snaps up the opportunity. Everybody despises him. MUI has bought HOI a new notebook, making HING believes HOI is JOE. Not sooner than has HING arrived at SHUI’s hotel than he receives a text message informing him MUI is in danger. He rushes to look for her in the country in no time. MUI tells JOE not to contact her again. Rather surprisingly, JOE expresses “his” love for her and invites her to a date. The next three days, MUI waits for JOE on the street but he never shows up. Having failed to make her give up, HING pleads with JOE at the staff canteen to tell his sister to stop what she is doing.

1x84 - Episode 84

July 14, 2011

HON is jealous to see CHU and HOI get along very well. HING learns that Ko Tsim Daily has been given the opportunity to cover the retrospective of the late singer-song-writer LAU SZE-SZE’s work exclusively prior to its opening. CHU decides to assign HOI and NGA the job. HOI lets his ex-girlfriend use his flat for a few days. He has to move into HON’s place as a result. HON discovers that HOI knows his home better than he does. HOI can even tell precisely the eating habit of everybody in the family. HOI and NGA visit SZE’s home. A wardrobe falls down suddenly. NGA would have been hit if it were not for HOI. HON shows up, and stays there the whole night while NAG and HOI are working. HON finds HOI in the judo court. Under HON’s pressing, HOI reveals having fallen in love with NGA. LEI tells NGA her love story with her late husband. NGA is immensely impressed.

1x85 - Episode 85

July 15, 2011

HOI talks about the story of a liver donor at a meeting. HOI-YEE, who is family of a chronic patient, shares her thought. HA looks at YEE’s school reports. She is surprised YEE had been given a demerit once. YEE tells her it was a misunderstanding. HA insists going to YEE’s primary school to do her daughter justice. HA faints, and does not wake up until three days later. According to the doctor, her liver is working only 20 per cent of its normal function. HA apologizes to YEE for leaving her to her father. YEE’s queries have at long last been answered. CHAT tells TUNG the blood results show that she is unsuitable to donate a liver to HA. HON is going to watch the meteor showers and make a wish for YEE at the beach. He invites TUNG to come along. TUNG visits HA at the hospital but she is not in her room. A bad feeling occurs to him all of a sudden.

1x86 - Episode 86

July 18, 2011

Rumors have it that UNCLE KAU is leaving Hong Kong soon. As all know, YEE and UNCLE KAU are very close. KWAN offers to pay HOI-YEE ,000 if she can interview him before he goes. UNCLE KAU is throwing a birthday party for his younger sister. HOI-YEE pretends to be a waitress at the party, but UNCLE KAU recognizes her right away. YEE shows up just when he is kicking HOI-YEE away. UNCLE KAU’s younger sister has recently opened a quality food shop. As part of his marketing campaign, he invites YEE to write for a newspaper column with notable female author CHOW SIU-LAN. In an arrogant manner, LAN tells YEE to cook bird’s nest with abalone. HOI-YEE overhears everything at the door. LAN refuses to write anything. YEE suggests letting HOI-YEE be responsible for the writing of the column. Later, HOI-YEE takes her article to the restaurant to let YEE have a look. YEE cannot read it right away though. HOI sees YEE reading HOI-YEE’s article.… ...

1x87 - Episode 87

July 19, 2011

The feature on the retrospective on LAU SZE-SZE’s work ranks the most popular story in terms of Internet hit count. As a reward, HING gives them two tickets to a Macau show, as well as free transportation and accommodation. HOI tells NGA to meet him in Macau, as he needs to go to Judo practice. He does not make it in the end because of foot injury. There will be a new column on modern-day perspective on love and relationship in the paper. HOI and NGA volunteer to take the job. HING suggests they each write a piece of story. Whoever writes better will get the job. HING likes both of their stories. KWAN therefore suggests using both, and naming the column “Mixed Soup”. HOI and NGA do not want to carry on writing for the column. However, someone has placed an ad on the page already and so it is too late to cut the column. CHU tells them to each produce a story under the title of “the most romantic place to express your love in Hong Kong”.… ...

1x88 - Episode 88

July 20, 2011

MR. KO invites CHU to try out the food in KIU FUNG’s hotpot restaurant. He also asks CHU to return LEI’s notebook to her. In fact, she left the notebook deliberately but to her disappointment MR. KO failed to grasp the opportunity to date her. A newspaper has publishes a photo of MR. KO and LEI, alleging that he has molested LEI. MR. KO does not bother to clarity to her friends. LEI is waiting for MR. KO at a hotpot restaurant, where she sees him giving CHU a good telling-off for criticizing the food of FUNG’s restaurant earlier. The incident is widely reported the next day. As she reads the report, LEI decides to place an announcement on Ko Tsim Daily. CHU tells her to take it back, assuring her he can fully understand why MR. KO had to embarrass him in public. Actress BING-BING rings MR. KO. He promises to take her to a charity ball. He shows up solo in the end. He cannot take his eyes off LEI as she turns up.… ...

1x89 - Episode 89

July 21, 2011

KWAN announces at a meeting that he is nominating three pieces of articles for the “Worldwide Chinese Newspapers Award for Outstanding Reporter”. He has chosen an article from HO-PING and KEI so far. He encourages other staff members to work harder for the remaining nomination. MR. KO did very well at a golf competition in Zhuhai, China. He tells KWAN and CHU to go up to cover his good performance. KAR CHING-KUNG’s son calls KWAN from Macau, informing him that his father is on his deathbed, and that his father would like to talk to KWAN before he dies. KWAN’s travel document has been stolen. He tells CHU to pretend to be him. KUNG tells CHU his long kept secret. Using KWAN’s name, CHU writes a story on KUNG. MR. KO is pleased with sales of the paper. KWAN wonders why CHU did not put down his own name in the article.

1x90 - Episode 90

July 22, 2011

HING has replaced HOI’s article with somebody else’s. HOI reasons with him. HING retorts that, if published, HOI’s article will get Ko Tsum Daily into a lawsuit. HOI writes and signs on a written promise that he will take full responsibility should a lawsuit arise. HING is issuing a warning letter to HOI. He requests CHU to endorse it when the editorial meeting has finished. CHU refuses to do as told. KWAN and CHU treat their staff members to lunch. They find themselves in front of the cameras all of a sudden. It turns out that KWAN has won the “Worldwide Chinese Newspapers Award for Outstanding Reporter” for his article on KUNG. CHU is not happy. Meanwhile, MR. KO invites him to a meal. CHU is determined to tell him the truth when he sees him. CHU arrives too early. He overhears KWAN and MR. KO’s conversation in the washroom. On the other hand, LEI tells NGA the truth.

1x91 - Episode 91

July 25, 2011

HA can go home soon. A friend of UNCLE KEI has an accident. He therefore tells HOI-YEE to pick up TONG FOOK, who is her stepfather. HOI-YEE calls a taxi to the airport. YEE admits she will never like FOOK. Both YEE and KWAI are there when HOI-YEE and FOOK get home. YEE stands like a log when she sees FOOK, making the situation very embarrassing. TUNG and UNCLE KEI visit HA at the hospital. UNCLE KEI tells TUNG what FOOK has done for HA and HOI-YEE. YEE almost twists her ankle when she goes to UNCLE KEI’s home to have a look. She concludes that it is not suitable for her mother, who has to rely on a wheelchair. HA has been discharged. YEE does not let FOOK live with her mother. Meanwhile, TUNG calls.

1x92 - Episode 92

July 26, 2011

HOI and MING eat snacks and microwave rice for dinner. KWAI misses the good old days when YEE lived with her. YEE would like to borrow KWAI’s kitchen. She confesses having no communication with HOI-YEE ever since HA has moved to live with FOOK. HOI-YEE turns to HOI for advice on how to get along with her sister. Then she remembers YEE has given her ,000,000 for their mother’s medical fee. She decides to contact YEE using the excuse to return the leftover sum to her. KWAI hears from HOI and MING that YEE would like to move back in. She tells YEE and HOI-YEE she is moving back to her own flat, inviting them to move in too. HOI-YEE does not feel at all comfortable as she is having dinner with KWAI and YEE. The way KWAI eats makes her relax a bit.

1x93 - Episode 93

July 27, 2011

Ko Tsim Daily has secured a big advertising deal with a cosmetic company. The client requests that the paper conduct an interview with their CEO, CHIN TUNG. CHU thinks the interview should go to the entertainment assignment. HING agrees, but he demands to borrow a man from the local news assignment. PING suggests borrowing KEI. MR. KO is taking part in a charitable social dance competition. He invites his staff to join him, offering a rich reward. PING tells HING TUNG’s eyes have been injured. HING in turns tells KEI to follow the matter up. TUNG refuses to give KEI an interview and breaks her camera. HON sees the incident. He takes KEI to his friend’s shop to fix her camera. With the help of HON, KEI manages to sneak into the competition venue and cheers TUNG up when the occasion occurs.

1x94 - Episode 94

July 28, 2011

Susan teaches the other girls make-up skills at the cafeteria. The boys in the office tease them for having outer beauty but no inner beauty. SUSAN stays in the office most of the time. The boys therefore suggest HING assign her the job of interviewing a construction site. SUSAN snaps back. As a result, CHU suggests them to switch jobs. To his surprise, they agree readily. Cosmetic product testing is not as pleasant as the boys have expected. On the other hand, SUSAN has no clue at all as to how to comment on computer software. She complains to WING. UNCLE KAU shows up suddenly to invite SUSAN to his daughter’s party. SUSAN thanks WING for his help afterwards.