Ip Man (traditional Chinese: 葉問; simplified Chinese: 叶问; pinyin: Yè Wèn) is a 2008 Hong Kong martial artssemi-biopic film that is based on the life of Ip Man, the celebrated martial arts master of Bruce Lee, and the first to teach the Chinese martial art of Wing Chun openly. The film focuses on events surrounding Ip that took place in the prefecture-level city of Foshan between the 1930s to 1940s during the Second Sino-Japanese War.

Directed by Wilson Yip, the film stars Donnie Yen in the lead role, and features fight choreography by Sammo Hung. Ip's two sons, Ip Chun and Ip Ching, along with several Wing Chun practitioners also appear in the film.

Ip Man is the first film to be based on the life of the martial artist. After a first attempt to portray Ip's life on screen resulted in the project being abandoned, producer Raymond Wong developed his own film with full consent from Ip's sons, and had filmmakers head to Foshan, to research Master Ip's life. Ip Chun, Ip Man's eldest son served as a consultant for the film. Donnie Yen, who was set to star in the abandoned film project, received a star fee and was invited to join Wong's production after a successful collaboration with director Wilson Yip on the 2007 film Flash Point.

From March to August 2008, principal photography took place in Shanghai, which was used to architecturally recreate Foshan. During filming, conflict arose between producers and film director Wong Kar-wai over the film's working title, Grandmaster Yip Man (一代宗师葉問). Wong had intended on making his own film based on the life of Ip Man tentatively titled The Great Master (一代宗师). To settle the dispute, filmmakers of Ip Man changed their title, and it was later revealed that Wong's five-year rights to make the Ip Man biopic had expired.

Ip Man was released in Hong Kong on 18 December 2008, ^[1] receiving widespread acclaim from both critics and audiences. The film was also released in New Zealand, and was the first country to release the Cantonese version due to time zone differences. Following its critical and commerical success, Ip Man was nominated for 12 Hong Kong Film Awards, including Best Picture, Best Actor and Best Director.

Ip Man is adapted from the life story of Ip Man, the grandmaster of the Wing Chun style of martial arts and sifuBruce Lee. This film is the first important record of the master's life. of legendary kung fu superstar

In the 1930s, Foshan thrives as the hub of Chinese martial arts, with various sects actively recruiting disciples and competing against each other to prove their strengths. Well known throughout Foshan for his martial arts skills is Ip Man, who is an expert in Wing Chun. While Ip Man is an accomplished martial artist, he is unassuming and keeps a low profile. At the same time he doesn't run any martial arts school, nor accept students. He only stays at home, quietly sparring with his compatriots in friendly competitions, swapping pointers with each other.

One day, Ip Man (Donnie Yen) is challenged by Master Liao (Chen Zhi Hui) in a closed match that ends with Master Liao losing. Sha Da Yuan (Wong You-Nam), who witnessed the entire fight while retrieving his kite from a tree, tells everyone about Master Liao's loss. Seeing it as a public humiliation, Master Liao gets into a dispute with Sha at the teahouse, forcing the local officer Inspector Li Zhao (Lam Ka-Tung) to intervene. Li scolds them for starting a commotion and mocks them by stating that in the new era, duels are meant to be fought with guns not fists. Ip Man proves him wrong by forcing the cylinder of his gun out with a single finger, calming things down.

The next day, a martial artist from out of town named Jin Shan Zhao (Fan Siu-Wong) starts going around challenging various martial arts schools in Foshan and beating them all in the process. The teahouse owner Zealot Lin (Xing Yu) who is also a martial arts practitioner, informs Ip Man of the situation. However, Ip Man isn't able to help due to his wife, Wing Cheng's (Lynn Hung), disapproval and dislike of her husband fighting. Jin eventually makes his way to Ip Man's residence and arrogantly challenges Ip Man. Ip Man dispenses Jin with ease, causing Jin to leave in shame. From this incident, the people of Foshan’s respect and admiration for Ip Man increase.

Following the Japanese invasion in 1937, everyone's life is adversely affected. Ip Man's property is confiscated and his family is forced to live in a decrepit house. Being one with strong pride, Ip Man refuses charity from his wealthy friend Zhou Qing Quan (Simon Yam), owner of a cotton mill, opting instead to work as a coolie at a coal mine to sustain his family, which turns out to be the workplace for several former martial arts practitioners and masters. At the mine, he reunites with Lin, who tells him that his brother Sha Da Yuan is missing.

Later, General Miura (Hiroyuki Ikeuchi) arrives with his troops. As a fanatical practitioner in martial arts himself, he sets up an arena for the Chinese martial artists to fight against Japanese karate military trainees, offering rice as a reward. Sato (Shibuya Tenma), another high-ranking Japanese officer, together with Li Zhao who is now an interpreter for the Japanese, goes around recruiting people to fight in the arena. Eagerly taking up the challenge, Lin makes use of the opportunity to demean the Japanese. This time at the arena however, Miura himself decides to fight, facing three men at once including Lin. The two other men declared defeat, but Lin continues fighting and is brutally beaten to death.

The following day, Ip Man notices Lin's absence, and decides to fight in the arena to find out what happened. He witnesses the death of former Master Liao who is shot by Sato for taking the rice (which he won earlier) after losing to three Japanese fighters. After being questioned angrily by Ip Man, Li finally admits that Lin was killed in the arena. Enraged, Ip Man demands to be faced by 10 fighters, which he dispatches swiftly, much to the interest of General Miura who told Ip Man to come back another day and fight again.

Later it is revealed that Jin Shan Zhao is now the leader of a highway robbery gang, with Sha having joined their ranks. They hijack a truck from the cotton mill and bully Zhou Qing Quan into giving them money. Since the cotton mill has not sold any of its goods, Jin gives Zhou more time to gain funds. Zhou's son quickly calls for Ip Man, and asks him to teach the workers Wing Chun to protect themselves, which Ip Man agrees to do.

After some time, General Miura starts getting impatient when he notices that Ip Man has not returned to the arena. He then calls for a search for Ip Man and Li is forced to lead Sato and some soldiers to Ip Man's home. Ip Man takes the entire squad down after Sato attempts to harass Wing Chen. Li then helps relocate Ip Man's family to his own house to hide.

Jin Shan Zhao's gang return to the cotton mill, and thanks to Ip Man's teachings, the workers are able to defend themselves from Jin's men. Ip Man arrives in time to assist them, and later single handedly defeats Jin, Sha and the rest of the gang. Before Sha could flee, Ip Man stops him and tells him that his brother Lin is dead. He also gives him Lin's metal box, which Ip Man found in the coalmine. Sha opens the box, and discovers that it contains his old kite, causing him to break into tears.

The Japanese soldiers continue searching for Ip Man and raid the cotton mill. Ip Man appears and turns himself in to protect the workers, while telling Zhou to take his family out of Foshan. General Miura tells Ip Man that his life will be spared if he teaches martial arts to the Japanese Army. Ip Man refuses and instead, challenges Miura to a duel, which the general gladly accepts. Before the match, Sato, who was more worried about preserving Japanese superiority and dignity, threatens Ip Man that he will be shot if he wins the duel.

Meanwhile, Zhou Qing Quan takes Ip Man's family out of Foshan, but Wing Cheng cries in despair. She pleads with Zhou to take her back to see Ip Man, fearing that this might be Ip Man's last match. Zhou eventually relents and brings Ip Man's family back to Foshan to witness the duel. After an intense fight, Ip Man wins the match, with General Miura severely injured. The crowd starts cheering and this prompts Sato to shoot Ip Man, hitting him on the shoulder. The crowd is provoked into fighting with the Japanese guards to come to the aid of the wounded Ip Man. Sato is killed when Li wrestles with Sato over the gun.

By the end of the film, it is revealed that after the incident, Ip Man and his family managed to escape and flee to Hong Kong. There, Ip Man sets up a martial arts school that teaches the art of Wing Chun.

Credit to Wikipedia

Recommendation: 4.5/5. Well, this review came later as what it should be. All thanks to someone who put me plane to watch this movie. Nonetheless, I managed to get the DVD and watched it at home. Great show, indeed. Now I know Bruce Lee's master is Ip Man. Donny Yan, as usual, a great fighter. Now I am looking forward to IP man 2, which is likely to be out late 2010. The lead actor to be Bruce Lee may either be Arron Kwok or my dear Jay Jay. 

詞：姚若龍 曲：曹格

茹: 三天不聯絡 和解要被動
格: 不談對錯 假裝沒冷戰過
合: 想在愛裡當主key 要搶到麥克風
茹: 三天淚狂流 殘局你來收
格: 雖然心疼 不能攤手低頭
合: 心思拉扯中 PK寂寞

Also known as: Superstar Express

Mars is a superstar whose popularity went downhill after a series of negative publicity. His finances went into red alert and he had to find a place to live. He ended up renting a place from Mo Mo, his agoraphobic homebody landlord. He befriended her and her childhood friend Jia Sen, a swimming captain with the intelligence of an 8-year-old.

Time to quit drinking? 

Doctors have come up with "safe" limits for alcohol consumption, but all these "limits" only confuse the public. What then, is the real risk involved in consuming alcohol?

The so-called "healthy" limit for men is between three and four units a day, about one and a half to two pints of normal strength beer. Any more than this, and the health risks begin to rise. And it is no safer saving up these weekly "units" for one big binge at the weekend – this may be just as harmful.

Most people are aware of the immediate effects of consuming large quantities of alcohol – although, as the body builds a tolerance to these, the effects often become less obvious. Too much alcohol can irritate the stomach, leading to sickness and nausea, and can lead to temporary impotence in men.

Alcohol also has a dehydrating effect, and the traditional hangover arrives partly as a result. However, it is the longer term effects which worry doctors. Too much alcohol over a prolonged period can affect nearly every organ in your body. 

Alcohol is essentially a poison, and the cumulative effects can be tremendous. Long term drinkers can suffer liver damage, as the liver is the organ that processes the alcohol and removes it from the body.

There are three types of damage – fatty liver, in which fat is deposited in the liver, impairing its function, alcoholic hepatitis, an inflammation of the liver which can cause severe symptoms and lead in some cases to alcoholic cirrhosis, which can eventually cause liver failure if the drinker does not stop. The first two stages are usually reversible, whereas cirrhosis has no cure.

Heavy drinkers can suffer from chronic gastritis – essentially a daily recurrence of hangover style nausea and sickness. They can also suffer damage to the oesophagus. Pancreatitis is also a common problem in heavy drinkers – this is an extremely painful condition which is hard to treat, and sometimes fatal. Brain damage, too, is possible in some cases – alcoholic dementia is often found in very long- term drinkers. However, it is damage to the heart and circulatory system that places many drinkers at risk. Drinking over the recommended limits is one of the most common causes of high blood pressure, which can, in turn, contribute to heart disease.

It can also contribute to osteoporosis, lead to muscle weakness and make skin conditions such as psoriasis and eczema worse. Many cancers are also alcohol-related, particularly those of the mouth, oesophagus, liver, stomach, colon, rectum, and perhaps breast cancer in women. If these then are the risks, why is alcohol being touted as being protective and healthy in small quantities? Many studies have found suggestions that moderate alcohol drinking, for example one or two units a day, can have a protective effect against, in particular, heart disease.

Firstly, this has yet to be conclusively proven, as it is not clear whether it is the alcohol, or some other ingredient in the drink, which is having the effect. Secondly, it must be remembered that no one began abusing alcohol: all heavy abusers were "healthy" drinkers at first; only they found it difficult to maintain that "healthy" limit. So, the bottom line must be, better none than a little; that way, the chances of remaining healthy are much greater than with a "healthy" amount of alcohol!

Kong Sei Lao (Michael Miu) has just returned to Hong Kong from Taiwan and wants to quickly find is daughter Yau Yau (Elanne Kong) to mend their relationship and also plan revenge. He pretends to surrender to Do Yik Tin (Lum Lei) who caused him to be jailed. On the other hand police officer Cheung Lap Man (Ron Ng) has been assigned a special assignment and good friend and police officer Lei Pak Kiu (Samuel Chan) are like a family. Pak Kiu continues to be strong and continues to be friends with Lap Man but Lap Man can only help the police investigate this case further in order to capture Sei Lao by becoming an undercover cop. But when evidence had proven the guilt of Sei Lao and Lap Man managed to have a good relationship with Sei Lao the police force did not let him reveal his real disguise yet wanting him to continue on being an undercover cop and so during this time Lap Man becomes one of Sei Lao's people and turns his back on the police force. Yik Tin keeps a close watch on Sei Lao but purposely shows that he trusts Leung Siu Tong (Michael Tse) more and intentionally puts him in a high position but Sei Lao has all the information to be able to plan the revenge and uses Yik Tin's wife Ching Yeuk Yui (Kathy Chow) in the organization as an influence to help Sei Lao up the ranks. But when he thought that he was in control, his drug dealing business failed and Sei Lao discovers that the people he trusted the most betrayed, tricked and used him.

Credits go to Asian-Drama.

我喜欢这首歌因为歌词太有意义了。

Kinda sad song though. =_(

今天寂寞感觉忽然又出现
浮现过去梦中的画面
哭泣因为不想伪装悲伤那一面
当你头也不回离开北极圈
有谁能为我捡起了伤痛
洒向了海中(天空)能重新再来过
我不要听借口我只想一人走掉
把泪留在街角我不过希望你会听到
爱情化作一片片冰雪单调
不用你多说我现在通通都了

我不要求什么我只想不被打扰
把爱留在街角就当你永远不会看到
记忆化作极光出现那一秒
我开始微笑以后会努力过得很好

爱情深埋在我 梦中
说不出口一种 难过
被风带冷落　不能覆盖我伤痛
你要转身你要走　不再多作停留

请你说爱我　也留下岁月
下一秒就出现　你给的纪念
风吹过的思念　曾有过的眷恋
就让我沉醉　带到我胸口 一天

Since Ha Yik Sum or Summer (Annie Liu), a wedding gown designer, met her first and true love, Lee Ho Chit (Blue Lan Cheng-Lung), on that very night five years ago, she has been praying for him during dawn and dusk. Even though Tam Yiu Chung Joan (David Chen), the photographer is so concerned about her but Summer is wholeheartedly gets involved with her career only. Yet Summer could never expect that her job brings her the connection with Chit again after many years. The worst thing is Chit dramatically runs away during his wedding ceremony, leaving his fiance Kan Mei Lei (Michelle Lin) alone and pulls the bridesmaid Summer along with him. Both of them ran away and got married. Chit's mother Fu Ming Chu (Yang Kuei-Mei) and his step-mother Yam Ling Ling (Shiu Mei Ki, Maggie) both are clueless to this unmanageable son. After the passion has gone and the romance vanished, in addition to that, Lei has been seducing Chit all the while. Their marriage only stays 100 days. When things seem to be settling down, both are astonished to find that there is an intangible bond between two broken hearts…