Housewives' Holiday


Housewives' Holiday is a Singaporean Chinese drama, which was telecasted on Singapore's free-to-air channel, MediaCorp Channel 8. It stars Hong Huifang, Ann Kok, Xiang Yun, Rayson Tan, Yao Wenlong & Brandon Wong as the casts of the series. This drama serial consists of 20 episodes, and was screened on every weekday night at 9:00 pm. The series is repeated at 7am on Mediacorp Channel 8 on weekends

Synopsis

Three housewives became friends when they worked together to nab a thief that stole bras from the neighbourhood. They discover that while they are each different in character and they have thing in common: an unhappy home life.
Chen Simei, 42, is very thrifty and looks out for discounts and opportunities. Alice, 40, is the modern and trendy one, who enjoys making herself look good. Zhong Aiqin, 39, is a natural worrier. Alice looks down on the others and pretends she’s a rich madame. Simei, in a bid to stand up to Alice, lies that her husband is a rich businessman.
Each has a different set of problems – a philandering husband, interfering in-laws and marriages that have lost their romance.
All things come to a head when Alice discovers her husband has a mistress. Aiqin, too is shocked when her suspicions about her husband is confirmed. Simei is devastated when she finds that her husband has resumed his gambling habit again.
The three women, who had been fighting secretly amongst one another, realise they are all in the same boat. All their sacrifices for their families had come to a nought. It was time for them to live for themselves.
They decide to go for a long holiday and set off without saying goodbye to their families. Their disappearances cause chaos in their families.
What will the outcomes be after they returned from their long holiday? Will things turns for the better, or worst?

Cast

Chen Simei's Family

Zhong Aiqin's Family

Other cast

Reception

The reception for the series was excellent, garnering peak points of 23.4%. This serial is the highest rated drama series for 2009.
The three lead actresses of the show - Ann Kok, Hong Huifang and Xiang Yun have gained much audience applause for their wonderful performance. Ann Kok was deemed by the viewing audience as putting up the best performance and having the most breakthrough.

Awards & Nominations

[Star Awards 2010]

Housewives' Holiday garnered 4 nominations in the Star Awards 2010 but only won the Highest Rated Drama Series award. The other dramas nominated for Best Drama Series Reunion Dinner, Daddy at Home, Together and Perfect Cut 2.