Name: Aiming High
Genre: Drama
Released: 2000-01-31
Cast: Nicholas Tse Ting-Fung, Nicola Cheung Sun-Yuet, Yuen Wah, Fiona Leung Ngai-Ling, Hawick Lau Hau-Wai

Episode 1

Jan 31, 2000

SHAN and CHI was getting married. SHAN thought that she had all the blessings, but she did not realize that CHI was having an affair with another girl SEE. In a judo competition, CHI lost to BUN. CHI took the excuse of practicing judo to cancel the wedding. SHAN was upset and thought that BUN was the culprit. SHAN’s younger brother CHUNG returned from abroad. He knew that his uncle CHAI admired a woman called YING. He followed YING to BUN’s judo club. He was forced to pay for his lessons to learn judo. In front of everyone, BUN disclosed that SHAN’s wedding was cancelled. He thought that SHAN would jump into the sea to commit suicide, and tried to save her. SHAN’s cousin, YAN, persuaded SHAN to join her to open a beauty parlor, which was next to BUN’s judo club. SHAN saw that CHUNG was knocked down, and shouted at them to stop.

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Episode 2

Feb 1, 2000

CHUNG went home with SHAN, and knew that BUN was the man destroying her sister’s wedding. He then decided that he would not learn judo from him again. Afterwards, CHUNG went back to BUN and asked him to take him back as his pupil, but CHUNG was turned down. CHUNG worked hard to create chances for CHAI to date YING, but they were destroyed by JING every time. One day, CHING saw that stuff from the beauty parlor was put in front of the judo club, so she moved everything back to the beauty parlor, and accidentally blocked YAN’s way out. Luckily, SHAN came back in time to get her out, and they had an argument with CHING. SHAN finally knew that CHI had an affair and gave up her relationship with him, and resigned from being a traffic cop. BUN had heard about it and felt very uneasy. CHUNG and CHAI had an argument with the pupils from Kam Tin Judo Club. BUN was there in time to help them out……

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Episode 3

Feb 2, 2000

On BUN’s persuasion, SHAN agreed to let CHUNG learn judo. CHUNG was very happy. In a cafe, CHUNG and CHAI pretended that they ran into YING and JING. However, CHUNG was misunderstood to have peeped on a waitress. CHUNG was unable to explain. BUN had helped SHAN, and they forgave each other. LEUNG, who worked for a magazine, was scolded by his editor BRIAN. BRIAN ordered him to take the picture of the ‘King of Tutorial’ immediately. LEUNG and CHUNG were good friends. He was able to take the pictures with the help from CHUNG. On the day of the grand opening of the beauty parlor, SHAN had an argument of a woman, who later turned out to be BUN’s mother, KING. She was arranging a date with his son, but the girl turned out to be SHAN.

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Episode 4

Feb 3, 2000

KING did not like SHAN, so she told SHAN all of BUN’s bad habits, making her very embarrassed. CHUNG had made the arrangement so that CHAI and YING could go to the movie togather. However, the date had mistakenly turned out to be CHUNG’s and JING’s. They had another argument again. On the other hand, YING had turned down CHAI’s love. BUN had seen SHAN for sometime, and discovered that she had a very gentle side, which began his admiration. LEUNG’s mother HO returned to Hong Kong. Their relationship had turned from confrontational to harmonious. Before the Hong Kong Youth’s Judo Championship, Kam Tin Judo Club and BUN’s club had a friendly match. CHUNG, who was still a white belt, knocked down a yellow belt opponent. Everyone was amazed.

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Episode 5

Feb 4, 2000

CHUNG’s judo technique was excellent, so BUN promoted him to be a yellow belt. CHUNG was overjoyed. BUN had taken JING’s advice, and bought flowers for SHAN. He ran into JOHN, whose life was saved by SHAN. He admired SHAN so much that he was unable to give up, but SHAN refused him. She pretended that BUN was her boyfriend. CHUNG secretly learned some new judo techniques, but he was berated by BUN. BUN was drinking with JOHN and got drunk. JOHN deliberately took BUN’s pictures with many girls and showed them to SHAN, but she did not mind. JOHN went to the judo club, and said that he wanted a fight and hoped that he could win back SHAN’s love.

45m

Episode 6

Feb 7, 2000

JOHN fought with BUN, and of course BUN won. He saw that JOHN was going to hit the wall, so he saved him. JOHN was moved. CHING tried hard to win KING’s goodwill. BUN led his pupils for a special training session before the championship game. They went through the tough training and were exhausted. LEUNG saw some wild flowers that JING loved. He put them in her quarters, but he mistakenly put the flowers on YING’s bed. CHUNG loved to play, but he had made LEUNG lose his opportunity to be promoted to brown belt. When BUN knew, he punished CHUNG to make many straw men. CHING went to the camp, and accidentally said that SHAN was admitted to the hospital. BUN made his excuse to leave the camp and went to the hospital, and knew that SHAN had only three months to live.

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Episode 7

Feb 8, 2000

BUN knew that SHAN did not have much time left, so he brought her to dine in an expensive restaurant, and bought a ring to propose to her, only to find out that SHAN was not the one who is terminally ill. BUN was extremely embarrassed. During the training, CHUNG was oppressed by JING. She ordered him to chop some wood to cook, but he did not returned for a long time. At last, JING found CHUNG, but she was hurt. CHUNG carried her back to the camp. After the training, the physique of everyone has reached the requirement. CHUNG’s result was excellent. BUN gave SHAN the ring, but she gave him a check to buy the ring. CHING realized that there was only SHAN in BUN’s heart. So, she set up a plot to destroy their relationship. One day, the three of them were together in an elevator. The light suddenly went off, and CHING immediately slapped on BUN. He was totally lost.

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Episode 8

Feb 9, 2000

BUN was slapped in the face without any reason. SHAN began to be suspicious about his integrity. After many deliberate attempts by CHING to destroy BUN’s reputation, SHAN realized that BUN was in love with herself. However, she politely refused his love. LEUNG went out with JING and YING, but they came back without joy. LEUNG saw that CHUNG was giving some stars to JING and thought that he was dating her. LEUNG was lost. CHUNG knew that JING wanted to have an interview with the famous long runner, WONG. After much hard work, CHUNG finally persuaded WONG to participate in the interview. JING realized that CHUNG offered the helping hand, and brought him to the judo club, and taught him a technique called ‘Double Hand Cut’. During the practice, CHUNG knocked down JING, and he fell down also. This intimate encountered embarrassed them both.

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Episode 9

Feb 10, 2000

CHUNG listened to CHAI’s advice and started to date JING. Their relationship had become much better than before. SHAN ran into a rapist, but she fought back and escaped. When she ran into him for the second time, BUN was around and saved her. SHAN was very grateful. YAN was very superstitious, she calculated that CHAI was her future companion, but she refused to accept it as a fact. BUN’s judo club ran a qualifying match, so that the representatives for the championship can be selected. On YAN’s unintentional encouragement, CHAI fought well and won. The five representatives were selected. In the final round, LEUNG and CHUNG were fighting to become the chief representative. CHUNG used the secret technique that JING taught him and won. Everyone was amazed.

44m

Episode 10

Feb 11, 2000

CHUNG used the secret technique to defeat LEUNG to become the chief representative. On YING’s encouragement, LEUNG expressed his love to JING, but he was refused. BUN knew that CHUNG was still running short of techniques and strength, so he ordered him to learn another new skill. If he did not succeed, CHUNG would not be allowed to participate in the championship. BUN and SHAN were mistaken to be dating. SHAN denied. In between her words, she hurt BUN and felt uneasy. During the match, JING was tipped off by MAN to win. JING told CHUNG that MAN could be her father whom she missed for many years. In the championship, everyone from BUN’s club was defeated. CHUNG was also defeated by FUNG because he did not master the new skill.

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Episode 11

Feb 14, 2000

CHUNG was very upset because he was defeated. JING tried to call CHUNG but he was not answering the phone. He went to Cheung Chau alone. JING went there also to look for him. She saw him playing basketball with some children. It appeared that he had forgotten about his defeat. JING was relieved. CHING deliberately told SHAN that she was dating BUN. SHAN pretend to be calm, but she was so shocked that she misapplied her lipstick. YAN calculated from the horoscope that CHAI would be her life long companion. However, she was so upset to see that CHAI was not smart and had no plan for the future. JING went to see MAN, but he was avoiding seeing her. CHUNG knew that JING was very sad, and spoke to MAN. MAN finally met JING and acknowledged being her father.

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Episode 12

Feb 15, 2000

CHUNG practiced judo again, but her mind was not prepared. He lost to a beginner. BUN practiced with him, and found out that CHUNG had no mentality to fight. He was so disappointed to take off CHUNG’s yellow belt. CHUNG and JING met FUNG in a bar. FUNG verbally abused CHUNG, and said that CHUNG would never defeat him. CHUNG was very angry and lost his confidence. In order for CHUNG to regain his confidence, JING went to look for seashell in the middle of the night. CHUNG was deeply moved and decided to practice judo again. Finally he gain his blue belt. In the beauty parlor, CHING purposely introduce some boys to SHAN. SHAN accidentally poured an entire bottle of apple acid over CHING’s face. CHING denounced her that SHAN was jealous about her relationship with BUN, and intentionally did so.

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Episode 13

Feb 16, 2000

JING was angry to have realized that CHUNG was playing at her love. CHUNG wanted to apologize, but he angered her more in between his words. BUN brought back the dessert that SHAN prepared for his mother. CHING put some detergent into the dessert. So BUN’s mother misunderstood SHAN. CHING saw that BUN and SHAN were holding hands. She told BUN’s mother and said that BUN had another affair. BUN’s mother and CHING went to see SHAN, and accused her for bothering BUN. SHAN was lost for words to explain. CHAI wished to tell YAN that they would not be able to develop into a relationship, but YAN said that they were God’s choice. CHUNG apologized to JING. JING asked CHUNG to bark as a dog. They had another argument.

45m

Episode 14

Feb 17, 2000

JING and CHUNG had another argument and did not speak to each other. CHING followed BUN and SHAN to the movie. BUN and SHAN were forced to sit separately. SHAN felt that they were dating like having an affair. She decided to solve this problem. LEUNG came back and knew that CHUNG had separated with JING. LEUNG took the opportunity of celebrating his father’s birthday, and hoped that his parents could forgive each other. However, they had such a strong opinion and were unable to do so. KWUN fainted on the street, and was diagnosed to have Parkinson disease. KWUN condition deteriorated, and could not recognized CHUNG’s family. The letters that KWUN wrote in the past were discovered. Everyone was very sad, and decided to continue to run his small cafe. The pineapple bun that CHUNG made was so bad that the business of the cafe plummeted. CHUNG wanted to sell the cafe.

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Episode 15

Feb 18, 2000

CHUNG decided to study to make a better pineapple bun, and did not want to sell the cafe. However, SHAN was worried about the financial condition. BUN wanted to sell his taxi and help SHAN out. KWUN’s condition deteriorated further, but he still insisted to make the best pineapple bun. CHUNG saw how KWUN made his bun, and learnt the secret. He finally made a delicious bun. LEUNG was forced to resign. His parents were misunderstood that he would commit suicide. LEUNG had succeeded in taking this opportunity to make his parents to forgive each other. JING went out to dine with LEUNG. CHUNG misunderstood that JING was LEUNG’s girlfriend. In order to avoid JING, CHUNG withdrew from the judo club on the excuse that he had to offer his helping hand to the cafe.

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Episode 16

Feb 21, 2000

LEUNG was hired by a comic house for his skills, so he wished to abandon judo. However, BUN recommended him and JING for a promotion test. LEUNG was encouraged by JING so he decided to go for the test. YAN’s parent wanted CHAI to resign from working in the cafe, but CHAI thought that he was insulted and he refused. YAN was touched and stayed on his side. LEUNG gave the encrypted black belt to show JING, which brought back her memory of the belt that she gave to LEUNG. LEUNG practiced very hard, but he failed the test. HE was very depressed. Suddenly he expressed his love to JING and asked her to give him another chance. BUN wanted to resolve the misunderstanding between his mother and SHAN, but he failed. BUN suddenly fell unconscious and admitted to the hospital. The doctor suspected that he had a brain tumor.

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Episode 17

Feb 22, 2000

Because BUN had a brain tumor, he did not want to make it a burden for SHAN. SO he told SHAN that he had a wife and kids in the Mainland, and also brought her to a motel. CHING and BUN’s mother had made him drunk, and made SHAN to misunderstood that BUN and CHING had sex. YING applied for a comic contest on LEUNG’s behalf. LEUNG was encouraged by JING to rush the comic overnight. BUN was worried that JING could not take care of his judo club, and wanted CHUNG to take up judo again, but CHUNG refused. SHAN disclosed that she had already separated with BUN. CHUNG went to see BUN and beat him up out of his anger. BUN was sick, so CHUNG and JING sent him to the hospital and found out that he had brain tumor.

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Episode 18

Feb 23, 2000

CHUNG and JING realized that BUN had brain tumor, and promised that they would go through this difficulty with him. CHING moved to BUN’s apartment, and said that she would marry him. However, BUN showed that he did not care much. BUN went to the hospital for another diagnosis. The doctor told him that he should have the operation sooner, but BUN was worried that the operation would fail, so he refused. JING told LEUNG that she only saw him as a very good friend. After he had told YING to leave, LEUNG realized that she was very important to him. LEUNG won in the comic contest. When he received his prize, he apologized to YING. She was moved. CHI wanted to make up with SHAN again. BUN was assisting their relationship. SHAN was angry. CHUNG could not help but tell SHAN of BUN’s illness.

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Episode 19

Feb 24, 2000

SHAN asked BUN why he lied to her about his illness. BUN said that he did not want to make it as her burden. SHAN forced BUN to wear the ring, and said that she would stand by him. BUN was moved and decided to go for the operation. CHUNG finally got his black belt. He insisted that he would wear the black belt that JING gave to him. JING was moved, but they were too afraid to express their love to each other. LEUNG challenged BUN for a fight. SHAN was behind BUN all the way. BUN finally defeated LEUNG. CHUNG fought FUNG in the Hong Kong Judo Championship. At last, he defeated FUNG on his strong will to win. The Japanese judo master CHUBUEN invited CHUNG to train in Japan. In order to help CHUNG to fulfill his dream, JING told him that she was playing on his love, so that CHUNG could leave.

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Episode 20

Feb 25, 2000

CHUNG had the support of everyone, and realized the hope that BUN and JING had on him. He decided to go to Japan to follow the master for the intensive training. One year on, LEUNG became a famous comic artist. JING became a reporter, and YAN’s restaurant had very good business. After the operation, BUN’s left hand was no longer as agile as before, but he was happy playing with his child. CHUNG won the Japan Youth Championship and returned to Hong Kong. He was interviewed by the radio station and expressed his loved to JING. The couple finally became together. BUN was trained to practice judo again. He also participated in the Hong Kong judo championship. BUN’s judo club reopened. CHUNG became the coach and BUN was the head coach.

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