Heart of Greed Promo@Ipoh, Perak Part 1

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Last weekend was Heart of Greed Promotion Activity at Ipoh Parade, Ipoh. Artistes invited are Moses Chan, Tavia Yeung, Linda Chung and Louise Lee. The meet-the-stars event on Saturday was scheduled at 7pm and on Sunday was at 4pm. I went for both days with my friend KC and Grandpa Jo. It was a very very eventful weekend. Hahaha.

Event Day 1

After arriving and meeting up with Grandpa Jo at the hotel and also some Linda's fans, we headed to Ipoh Parade by foot(Ipoh Parade is just around the corner). We arrived there at around 4pm and there was already a small crowd but we still managed to stand at the front row as it was still early actually(3 hours before the event). So we started our wait and as time pass, it got hotter and hotter and I mean really hot(something must be wrong with the air-conditioning). And it got worse as the crowd grew. I felt lack of oxygen!! Hahaha. And to make things worse, there was this middle-aged lady standing beside me with her daughter and she was pretty rude and inconsiderate. I was standing between her and Grandpa Jo and Jo gave her a nickname, Sai Khai(Sussana Kwan's character in HOG). At 6pm there were performances by Astro Star Quest Finalist and also Astro Veteren Singing Competition 2007 Winner. And during these performances, Sai Khai's little son, maybe around 3 or 4 years old wanted to enter the venue. And the crowd was so packed already, and she asked her son to squeeze in into the front beside her!! Please, next time if you come to these events don't "ba wai"(save place for other people). Come early!!

Okay, now the real thing. The MC for the day was Myfm DJ Vivian. And she started with playing some Q&A games giving out some goodies, HOG posters and autographed artiste postcards(we were not lucky enough). And during the Q&A, the crowd roared and we saw Tavia, Moses, Linda and Louise walking into the tent beside the stage...they arrived already!!!



Vivian then invited them up stage, first Louise followed by Tavia then Linda and finally Moses!! And my eyes were focusing on Tavia and Linda! Wow....Linda is TALL!! She's half head taller than Tavia and she's so skinny!! I was expecting the skinny part as from experience, I know that artiste look 30% skinnier than on-screen. Linda was very pretty and looked really young and gentle. And Tavia was Wow!! She's so pretty in life! Hahaha...very hard to express here but she is really really pretty and friendly! And I loved her dressing. She carried the white top with the black belt well. Then I looked at Moses, Oh No!! He lost so much weight!! The last time I saw him at Astro Wah Lai Toi Drama Awards 2006 he wasn't that skinny. The Non-stop filming from Gem of Life to Moonlight Resonance sure is tiring. Then Louise, she is thinner in real life and she seems to be in very good terms with Tavia. They were standing side-by-side and I saw them chatting happily together while Vivian introduces Moses and Linda.

Then Sai Khai attacked again! The security was standing in front of her and she told the sucurity, "Hey! I've been waiting since 3pm, don't block my view and stand somewhere else!" The security guy said, "I'm doing my job. I have to stand here!" Back to Tavia, Moses, Linda and Louise. They played some games with fans and also talked about their character in HOG. And we were really lucky that Tavia kept walking towards our side and I got to see her really close up! Wow..so pretty. Hahaha. And I loved the way she played games and interacted with her fans. She treats her fans like her friend. And she really involve herself in the games and work as a team with her fans. She has that attitude that Charmaine posseses when playing games which made me like her even more now!

The event for the day ended after a group photo and let the pictures we took (thanks KC for helping out with taking pictures) tell all!! Oh, by the way, at almost the end of the event Sai Khai's son was making noise and Sai Khai scolded her son and then the guy infront of me which was pretty muscular and big sized got into a quarrel with her. They were quarreling until pointing fingers at each other and I was between them. I was on standby to run away incase they really started fighting. Luckily they did not. Phew! Anyway, Sai Khai deserved that scolding. How could she blame her son for making noise. It's not his fault. He's still so young to uunderstand what is happening. Bad Mother!

Pictures from Event Day 1 :



As the post length turned out to be very long I will split the post into two post. Stay tuned for Part 2(more interesting stuff). Also I may post a special album for the pictures without watermark specially for selected readers of my blog only. Stay tuned.....

Joey Yung Starlight Live in Genting

Last Saturday, 28th June to be exact I went to watch Joey Yung's Starlight Concert Live in Genting Highlands, Malaysia. I reached Genting at around 2pm, after a very long journey by bus. I decided to collect my tickets earlier at around 4.30pm to avoid the crowd collecting their tickets later so true enough there wasn't a que at the counter. Besides collecting the ticket, I was also there to collect my promised copy of Joey's autographed poster( I actually requested this from Genting because I was supposed to get the autograph on 31st May which I missed because of exams). But the counter guy told me they are only going to have the poster after 7.30pm....so okay then, I'll come back here at 7.30pm then.

So my friend and myself went back to the hotel to freshen up and then decided to go for dinner at around 6.30pm. When we got down to the entrance of the Arena Of Stars, we could hear them playing Joey's song already. Then when we sat the escalator up which was beside the arena, we heard Joey rehearsing and testing the audio system! Haha...she was rehearsing one of her fast songs.

Okay, after a very very filling buffet dinner (which I regretted later) I went back down to the ticketing counter. True enough there was already quite a huge crowd....but luckilly they are entering the arena and not collecting tickets.Hahaha. So I went back to the counter and asked for the poster...and then they were blur! And I saw them started talking to their walkie-talkie. Then they asked me to wait and so I was thinking oh no I don't think I'm going to get the poster.....then suddenly a lady called my name and asked who's Ivy? So I told her "I'm Ivy." She then told me(In Cantonese) that she haven't got the poster yet because Artiste(Joey) not done signing yet. So I asked her when will Joey be able to pass it to you then? And she told me she's not sure and asked if I'll be staying overnight. I told her yeah I am(by this time we're speaking English...I don't know why..maybe coz my Canto sounds weird??) and asked her for her contact number so I'll call her tomorrow to collect. She then gave me her contact number. And I added that I'm catching the 2pm bus so if by 2pm she still hasn't receive it from Joey then.....? And to my surprise she answered, "Then I'll pass it to you in Penang." I was speechless at first then she said "Oh, I'm from Penang and I'm going back to visit next month." Ooh...hahaha..."Ka Ki Nang"!!

JOEY'S FANCLUB

We walked into the arena and along the way we saw Joey's fanclub members promoting their fanclub, selling merchandise such as T-shirts, Key Chains, Soft Toy(which I think Joey designed herself as she repetitively asked her fans to buy it during her performance), posters, albums etc. I was impressed by her fanclub, and later on I got to know that she has a very very very huge fanbase and this fanclub is a new fanclub etablished by Joey herself and not under her company EEG. Joey is incharged of her own fanclub together with her family and friends helping to manage it. And fans from Hong Kong and Singapore flew all the way to Genting and booked almost all the VIP sits to support her!!!

Joey's fanclub soft toys

The concert started at about 8.30pm(30 minutes late from schedule because of people still pouring in looking for their seats). Then the lighs went off and Joey sang the first song for her concert. And her voice was just so WOW!!! So smooth and powerful. Listening live and on the CD is very different.

My camera got out of focus and went blur but the audio is good enough! Listen to Joey's voice, so steady even in high notes!! Flawless Live singing!

Then after that we were entertained with more of Joey's singing. She sang her songs in intervals of Fast and Slow. So after her first slow song, she then sang a fast song "Lucky Star" which is the Starlight Concert themesong. She then sang "Love you more this minute" then another fast song "Run Away"(逃). Recording was not actually allowed but I managed to record the following two. Hahaha. Before that annoying guy came and told me recording is not "alloweded" okay...it should be "Allowed".

Joey cracked some funny jokes during the concert and her dance sequences are beautiful! And she changed into about 8 different costumes throughout the concert. I love the white top where she wore when singing "Run Away"(逃). And when I saw her waist I go...wooww....perfect figure. Hahaha. One of the best part of her concert was her non-stop singing of all her Classics in 9 years being in the industry. She sang parts of around 13 of her top hits non-stop. It impressed me that after dancing and singing at the same time non-stop for about 20 minutes, she didn't ran out of breath!

ENCORE!!

After Joey sang her last song which was about 2 hours through and said bye, the audience started shouting Encore! Encore! Joey did not do an encore on the Friday show so I was wondering if she will encore tonight and she did!!! She came back on stage and said she'd like to sing the song 16th Lover which a fan who came yesterday wanted to hear her sing but she didn't. So she hopes that fan could hear her sing this if he/she is here tonight. Then Joey took requests from fans ad one fan shouted "xiao xiao"!! I go yes yes yes!! I love that song!! But she did not sing it and said she'll sing "Amen" instead.(maybe she's not prepared to sing mandarin songs as all her songs that night were cantonese).

DUET WITH FAN

After that something unbelievable happened...A fan made a big banner and stated she wants to sing with Joey!! And Joey said, "Okay since this is not the Hong Kong Colliseum. They don't charge me for overrun!!" Hahaha. The fan then went up stage and started bursting into tears and Joey gave her a hug and asked her not to cry. Joey then shoulder hugged her and they sang together!!(The fan's voice was pretty good) Then the fan took out her phone(Joey thought she wanted to call someone) and took a picture with Joey and thanked Joey for fulfilling her dream. Joey said that she's very happy she could fulfill her dream too. The fan gave Joey the banner as a souvenir and also pecked Joey on the cheek. Hahaha. Joey then told her, "Join my fanclub! See those light-banners there? Go there and register yourself with them." Haha...she's promoting her fanclub LOL. She then sang a song dedicated to her Fanclub thanking them for accepting her and supporting her all these years.(I had this whole scene recorded but its in my phone!! I'll try to convert it. If it works I'll upload it here.)

**Updated 8th August 2008

I didn't manage to get a clear image after conversion. But here's a news clip about the concert and also the duet. Lucky fan^^

AUTOGRAPH FROM JOEY

During the show, I received a SMS and its from Corrine(the lady that talked to me about the poster). She told me she got the autograph from Joey already and she'll meet me at the entrance about 15 minutes after the show!! After the show we met up and she passed the poster to me. Thank You so much Corrine! You're so nice! I told her when she come to Penang give me a call. I'll treat her to repay her kindness! Hehehe.

Overall the concert was FANTASTIC! Love every song she sang and she sang every song flawlessly! I used to hear remarks that Joey is one of canto-pop's current best live singer. I 110% agree now. The concert changed me from Liking Joey to Loving Joey! Will I go if there's another concert in the future? Definitely YES!!

Charmaine's TVB Blog entry : 27th June 2008

Madam Ma

Recently, Siu Ching Jie and myself, together with Bobby(波比) and Ka Wing appeared in Pleasure & Leisure(都巿閒情) to talk about Forensic Heroes II. These two pictures coincidentally featured my character in the series at the background. Pretty amusing. Post it up here to share with you guys.

Original Blog Post and Pictues Credits to Charmaine Sheh's TVB Blog.

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Ivy : Charmaine updated again!! Haha. She'll be starting her holidays soon after the USA event. Happy Holidays Charmaine! Rest Well! Please leave her a comment at her blog! Thanks! She's in 2nd place now after Raymond. Bobby's name was written in chinese as 'bo bi' ( 波比) instead of in English Bobby...LOL..cute!

I'll be going to Genting for Joey Yung's concert tomorrow. So I'll probably update when I'm back on Sunday night!

Forensic Heroes II Casts on Pleasure & Leisure

clip credit to Bebe at shehsheh.com BBS

Charmaine Sheh Requests Liza Wang to Help her Clarify

Added 26th June!!

Clip credits to 阿米 from shehsheh.com. Thanks Jessie for uploading to youtube.

Source : TakungPao

Date : 25th June 2008

Casts from TVB's latest drama (Forensic Heroes II) Bobby Au, Kevin Cheng and Charmaine Sheh recorded for talk show(Pleasure And Leisure) yesterday. Recently, there were reports circulating that Charmaine was turned a dark face and scolded by Liza Wang while filming in Mainland China because she was often not punctual for filming. Charmaine expressed that there is no such incident and whenever there is a new series filming, there will be some rumours.

Denies Being Late

Charmaine Sheh and Liza Wang worked together in new series(Turbulence of East and West) and regarding reports of her arriving late on set and was scolded by Liza Wang, Charmaine denied, "There is no such thing, you can ask Ah Jie(Liza). This is not our first time working together and it was very smooth sailing and we are happy working together. I even told Ah Jie(Liza) that she has to help me clarify!" Is it because of working with Liza, so you dare not be late? Charmaine replied, "It is my principle to be punctual, the reports are written only by misinterpretion of the pictures."

Do Not Go Over The Limit

Recently, there were rumours between her, Ron Ng and Joe Ma. She took the rumours lightly and said, "I could not care less for these rumours, I feel that it is very silly and I'm numb from hearing these rumours. When there is a new series, there will be some rumours spreading. Being an artiste, it is important to have some rumours so that there will be some discussion topics. As long as the reports are not over the limit, then it's okay." Reporters asked Charmaine to share who is her prince charming and she asked them back, "Any recommendations?". Regarding the criticsm of her unsteady vocals in the subthemesong of Forensic Heroes II, she said, "Not true, at least nobody said that I sing badly." Will she focus on strengthening her singing skills? She replied, " I still prefer filming more to singing. Singing is not my strength, but I will still sing my best."

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Ivy: Charmaine always replies the reporters with a high EQ!! Haha. She dressed very properly for the talk show.

**Updated!!

Liza Wang Clarifies That Charmaine Sheh Was Never Late

Source : On.CC

Date : 25th June 2008

Liza Wang voluntarily models for jewelleries and precious stones for a charitable event. She expressed that she has finished filming Turbulence of East and West. When asked about magazine reports that she was not satisfied of Charmaine Sheh for being late while filming, she clarified, "Every series has rumours, she was never late before." Liza Wang does not have a new series to film currenly, but she will not rest. She will be busy from next month participating mainly in fund raising activities. Her main motive is to raise fund.

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Ivy : So nice of Liza to clarify for Charmaine just as Charmaine requested. Haha. Liza is comparable to the Julie Andrews of the East. Gracious and elegant. So nice of her to spend her resting time to raise funds!

Charmaine at Qing Yuan, Quangdong Real Estate Opening Ceremony

Clips took by fan who attended the event. Special thanks 爱佘1986 from shehsheh.com BBS for posting. San Fu Sai le~~ The crowd was really bombastic and it was chaotic!! Pretty scary。。。