I’ve loved Singapore movie ever since I saw ‘The Best Bet (????)’ followed with ‘I Do. I Do (????) ‘, ‘One More Chance (3???)’, ‘I Not Stupid Too (????2)’ and so on until the latest one would be ‘Just Follow Law’. Mostly or perhaps all that I mention are written and directed by Jack Neo. A talented man. Well, let’s not talk about him this time.

Recently, I’ve been hooked on another insightful Singapore drama, ‘Mars Vs Venus’. It’s showing on Astro Shuang Xing every 6.30pm Indonesia time with 20 episodes. I reach home about 6pm, take bath, eat some small foods and sit nicely in front of the TV from Monday to Friday. The title tells everything. It’s about man and woman relationship. It will point out some important points and the problems with man and woman and put it in a quote. I find it’s so real and insightful. It reflects back on our society and problems around us. Not always serious, with some fun and jokes of course.

The story starts with 3 good friends, all married. First couple, Wen Jing and Steven, married for 8 years with 2 kids because of ‘accident’. She is a full time housewife who cares about the family so much, very good in saving, a good mum but doesn’t mean a good wife though. Being married for years, she forgets to take care of her appearance and somehow shows the respect to her husband in a wrong way. While the husband loves to buy 4D hoping one day will get rich. He’s caring to his children but doesn’t mean is a good husband too. Both of them has lost the spark in their relationship, things getting fade, and they are lacking in communication. Plus the mother in law who loves to goes in their problems. The come-back of the former girlfriend adds in spices to their relationship. The missing piece in Steven’s life is soon been replaced by her. Something so simple can be so complicated.

Second couple is William and Ziling who is a happy newly-weds with 6 months wedding period. She used to be a model, very pretty, doesn’t know how to do housework but lucky they are staying with William’s sister whom is a spinster. She also wants to have baby so much. But problem is, the husband doesn’t ready for that yet. Even though he isn’t ready, he loves and care the wife so much. Everyone will be jealous with their relationship.

Third one is Carmen and the rich husband who loves having affairs with other woman and somewhat dies on one of the affair’s house. That makes her become so insecure and want to take revenge, that’s why she become the 3rd party in others relationship. She once asked why all the good men in the world is belongs to other women and not her. This feeling brings her to feel jealous with her best friend’s (Zi Ling) relationship that she tries to seduce Zi Ling’s husband too. “A cup of coffee can be cold, ice cream can be watery too, sooner or later a good man will turn to a bad man too.”,she said something like that.

Besides that, there is a story between Yulian, William’s sister and Ah Wu, a rich man. Both already has some ages but still single.

It brings us to step back so that we can see the problems clearer. Sometimes when the relationship is quite long already, we were like forget about the need of romanticism. Sometimes, it’s not always man’s fault but also woman. Nobody’s perfect. Combining two different personality isn’t an easy thing. It needs communication and effort from both party. We can’t clap with only one hand. Everyone knows that.

*Pictures taken from MediaCorpTV, Singapore TV channel.