By My Side (TV Drama)
| By My Side (不凡的爱) |
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|---|---|
| Genre | Kinship, Drama |
| Written by | Ng Kah Huay 黄佳华 |
| Directed by | 李美凤 |
| Starring |
Chen Hanwei Zoe Tay Elvin Ng Rui En |
| Opening theme | 我的家 by Joi Chua |
| Ending theme | 慢舞 by Rui En |
| Country of origin | Singapore |
| Original language(s) | Chinese |
| No. of episodes | 20 |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | 李宁强、赖丽婷 |
| Running time | approx. 45 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network | MediaCorp TV Channel 8 |
| Original release | 28 October – 24 November 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Preceded by | Crime Busters x 2 |
| Followed by | The Little Nyonya |
| External links | |
| Website | 8 |
By My Side (simplified Chinese: 不凡的爱) is a Singaporean Chinese drama which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It made its debut on 28 October 2008 and ended on 24 November 2008. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm.
The drama bears the same English name as another 30-episode SBC drama which debuted on 1 May 1990 (Chinese: 逆风天使), and was screened on weekdays at 9.30pm, but both dramas are not related in any way.
The series is about AIDS patients and the social stigma they suffer, hence the red ribbon shown on the title sequence.
Chen Bufan’s family of 5 [wife (Xinya), daughter (Tiantian), and his parents-in-law] live in a 4-room HDB flat. Happy-go-lucky by nature, Bufan is a family-man who works as a section supervisor in a supermarket. Xinya is a tutor. Ever since his parents passed on, Bufan has shouldered the responsibility of caring for his younger brother, Buqun, who is assertive to the point of being annoying.
A man with no unsavoury habits, Bufan’s biggest pastime is fishing which he does every weekend in the company of friends like Ma Shiyou (nicknamed Black Horse), Gao Liguo (nicknamed Grey Hound), and Bai Maolin (nicknamed White Fur). They usually go angling in the open seas or by the beach and would give the fish away. Of the lot, Black Horse is a lecher, Grey Hound had been unsuccessful in many match-making sessions and doesn’t dare to express his feelings for Xiulan (his colleague) even though he is enamoured with her, and the effeminate White Fur is uninterested in women. They usually tease Bufan for being the most “normal” one psychologically.
Black Horse usually skips to brothels and nightclubs on the pretext of fishing, leaving Bufan and the rest to cover his tracks in front of his wife. Their advice to him (to not philander) fall on deaf ears as he reckons that he would never contract venereal diseases. He even jeers at Bufan’s monogamous and “boring” lifestyle, which the latter laughs off.
Bufan and Xinya are high-school sweethearts. Ever since having Tiantian, Xinya has resigned from her job as a primary school teacher to become a tutor, citing health reasons. The youngest daughter of her family, she is highly dependent, and is reliant on Bufan. Xinya is feeble-minded and would consult Bufan even for disagreements between her parents and sister-in-law, adding to his burden. This is why Bufan sometimes jokingly questions how she can survive, if he should pass on.
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