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Drama Family - Episode 1: The Return of Mummy Fanny

Gina woke up to the sound of door bell, and in her head she’s thinking “Who the hell rings up so early in the morning?” Nevertheless, she pulled on a thin cardigan and walked out. She had bubble tea last night and couldn’t sleeo until wee hour in the morning. What makes it better? Jim’s notorious snoring, even Bob next door sometimes complains to her that he thought they never turned off some kind of raw ring machine in their room. It’s a spacious master bedroom and often very quiet. She opened the door and to her surprise, Fanny is standing in the door way, luggage in her hand and a travel pillow sling on top of the handle. “Fanny??? Why are you here? Aren’t you supposed to be back in your home country now?” “I came here to look for Bobby.” “But... Bob is not around right now. He went to work.” “Oh ok... hmm... I will come back tonight. What time does he gets back?” “Errr, usually around 8 or 9 cos he always eats outside, you know him very well he doesn’t cook.” “Alright then ...

Drama Family - Prelude: Character List

The whole series take place in Singapore where a group of working adults and students share a flat, in which they learn to tolerate each other’s craziness and queer relationship(s). Get in line for the humour and ironic circumstances to unfold in their lives, each told from a different point of view. Character builds: Gina: in short Gin, or Ginny as what her Husband likes to call her (only when she’s angry). Her love/hate relationship with gin and the cocktails it entails could stem from her very name. Hot tempered but fiercely loving and loyal to friends and family, Gin often finds herself in between people arguing trying to fix things and calm everyone down. Jim: always (and I really mean always!) on the road, on the plane, or in some countries other than Singapore. His work requires him to travel so much that he can’t even call 1 place home. His ambitions drive him forward all the time, but at times when he’s down he wonders if it’s worth putting his marriage at risk? Jessic...