You're my Destiny/Fated to love you 命中注定我愛你 Taiwan Drama

This drama had the highest rating in Taiwan when it came out. In 2008, it was awarded Best Television Series and Best Marketing Programme. Even my mother, who rarely watches chinese dramas, wanted to watch 'You're my Destiny'.

 




Chen Xin Yi is an unfashionable girl who everyone at her workplace calls a Post-it girl: you can use her whenever you are in need and throw away whenever you want. Soft and full of compassion, Xin Yi cares about people's feelings toward her, that's why she's struggling to be good to other people. She is very naive to the fact that she falls in love with anyone who treats her well. One day, she spends a large amount of money on a travel fee to go on a cruise to get her boyfriend back, she accidentally have a one night stand with Ji Cun Xi. Cun Xi the wealthy sole heir of a soap and cleaning products company. He had planned to propose to long-time girlfriend Anna but was unaware that she never boarded the ship. Xin Yi later finds out that her boyfriend is having an affair with a rich widow and breaks down when he leaves her. Cunxi pitying her, helps her get back at him when they were on the cruise.

After a month, Xin Yi finds out that she is carrying a baby. Due to Cun Xi's genetic factor, his family lacks male heirs to carry on the family bloodline, and this worries his grandmother, Grandma Zhen Zhu, a lot. However, Grandma Zhen Zhu coincidentally finds out that Xin Yi is having Cun Xi's baby thus forcing Cun Xi to marry Xin Yi and required them to start dating and go out together.

This drama is a romantic comedy and of course very fun to watch though sometimes a bit exaggerated. But then again, it'd not be a taiwan drama if it's not exaggerated. Laughed at almost every scene and there was one or two heartwrenching scene. Interesting story plot and great cast. Many of the songs in this drama are very catchy, even my 4 year old brother at the time kept singing one of the songs '"99次我愛他" (99 Times I Love Him)'. My favourite was '"我的快樂" (My Happiness)'

- Humour       8/10
- Romance     9/10
- Chemistry    9.5/10
- Antagonists  7.5/10
- Unexpectedness     7/10
- Story Plot               7.5/10

Results...   8.03/10