Series synopsis
To Grow With Love, also known as 肥田囍事 is a drama television series that premiered on TVB Jade on September 11, 2006. It ended on October 9, 2006. It stars Myolie Wu Hang-Yee, Andy Hui Chi-On, Kenneth Ma Kwok-Ming and Selena Lee.
All things sweet and wonderful… You’ve made my life so special! Filipino-born Chinese HO MEI-TIN (WU, MYOLIE) has been slightly overweight since childhood. She is constantly teased about her chubby frame while in Hong Kong, where it is widely recognized that thinness is the essence of beauty. Feeling so frustrated and annoyed, TIN decides to move back to the Philippines. However, when she notices the comments left in her drawing in response to her views on love, she soon has a change of heart an ...
Premise
All things sweet and wonderful… You’ve made my life so special! Filipino-born Chinese HO MEI-TIN (WU, MYOLIE) has been slightly overweight since childhood. She is constantly teased about her chubby frame while in Hong Kong, where it is widely recognized that thinness is the essence of beauty. Feeling so frustrated and annoyed, TIN decides to move back to the Philippines. However, when she notices the comments left in her drawing in response to her views on love, she soon has a change of heart and chooses to stay and look for the man of her dreams. TIN’s boss TAI HEI (HUI CHI ON, ANDY) takes a strong dislike to her rotund figure and keeps picking on her for no reason. But who would have guessed he would fall in love with this girl one day? To break away from his passion for TIN, HEI decides to marry his girlfriend SUNG MAN-YEE (YIU, CLAIRE) as soon as he can...
Cast and characters
Leading cast
- Myolie Wu Hang-Yee as Ho Mei Tin / "Tina"
- Andy Hui Chi-On as Dai Hei / "Daniel"
- Kenneth Ma Kwok-Ming as Mak Kar Fai
- Selena Lee as Kwok Bo Lok / "Maggie"
- Jack Wu as Lam Koon Hei
- Gigi Wong as Yeung Sau Lan / "Nancy"
- Claire Yiu as Sung Man Yee / "Rachel"
- Eddie Kwan Lai-Kit as Cheung Yut Ming / "Terry"
Supporting cast
- Ram Chiang Chi-Kwong as Tai Fu / "Albert"
- Natalie Wong Kei-Ying as Lau Ka Man / "Carman"
- Matthew Ko as Chiang Man Jun / "Matthew"
- Lau Kong as Lam Sum
- Chun Wong as Ho Niem Heung
- Wong Ching as Dai Wong-ding
- Rainbow Ching as Wong Yim-fun
- Lily Leung Shun-Yin as Lily
Episodes
This series spans 1 season with 21 episodes.
| Season | Episodes | First aired | Last aired |
|---|---|---|---|
| Season 1 | 21 | September 11, 2006 | October 9, 2006 |
| Episode | Title | Air date |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Episode 1 Ho Mei-tin, the only daughter of Ho Nim-heung, lives together with her father. Because Tin is overweight, her father has been taking care everything for her. And marriage certainly becomes one of his major concerns over his beloved daughter. However, Tin strongly believes in genuine love relationship. She hopes to find a man who can best understand her and share similar views with her. One day, she flies from the Philippines to Hong Kong to attend her old schoolmate, Carmen’s, wedding party. In fact, she wants to free herself from the control of her dad. Heung follows Tin to Hong Kong. During the travel, they encounter Tai Hei, who takes a strong dislike of fat people. Tin settles down at Lok’s home. Lok, who is Tin’s cousin, has just broken up with her boyfriend. She brings Tin together with her to join a speed dating party. Soon, Tin finds out that Lok is dating with more than one man at the same time.… ... |
September 11, 2006 |
| 2 |
Episode 2 Tin hurts Hei accidentally. She holds him up in her strong arms and brings him to see a doctor. Carmen and Tai Fu put the final touches on their wedding preparation. In order to make Carmen’s dream come true, Tin takes the boutonniere from the wedding dress of Carmen’s mother, and put it on the wedding gown designed by Hei. Holding a strong belief in finding the true love, Tin decides to stay in Hong Kong and find a job. On the day of her first job interview, she makes an exhibition of herself on a minibus. She is having a really bad day. She is given a contemptuous treatment during the interview. With the help of Carmen, Tin finally gets a job in D-day, the fashion company owned by Hei. She works as a saleswoman. She feels deeply embarrassed when she puts on a maternity dress given by Hei as her uniform. The conflict between the boss and the staff does not end.… ... |
September 12, 2006 |
| 3 |
Episode 3 Hei is wrathful when he finds his design is being changed. He fires Tin after he has found out she is the one who has made the change. Yeung Sau-lan, who rent her flat to Tin, helps Tin to resolve the problem and secure the job. She threatens Hei with a possible complaint files to the Labour Department about the unreasonable lay off. Then, Tin plucks up her courage to demand Hei’s apology. Hei needs Tin to give up her job in his company. He resumes her duty and bets with her. If she can follow strictly his daily schedule for a week, he will make his apology to her. Early in the morning, Hei and Tin go to the swimming pool. Tin feels tired very soon. At this time, Tin is very excited to see Tseung Yat-tsun, whom she thinks is her Mr. Right. She chases Tsun and leaves Hei alone. Hei finds out his design is being imitated. In fact, it is deliberately done by Tseung Yat-ming, another owner of D-day.… ... |
September 13, 2006 |
Production
Release
| Original network/platform | TVB Jade |
|---|---|
| First aired | September 11, 2006 |
| Last aired | October 9, 2006 |
| Runtime | 44 minutes |
| Status | Ended |