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Romantic Prowling In Taipei—In Search Of A Dream City For Your Staycation？
01-08-20 It was said that retirement is wonderful if you have 2 essentials: much to live on and much to dream for. We belong to the golden age. We earned more than our children do nowadays. We live longer than our parents. The advantage of us being 80 years old one day is that we…
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‘In For A Penny, In For A Pound’ —— The Benevolent Adrian Cheng And His Venturesome Heritage Preservation Project ‘State Theatre’ In North Point
17-11-2020 While new buildings are faceless, old buildings have a soul and smile. It was said the old buildings sang and new buildings have no music in them. While ordinary businessmen were ambitionless, a cultural tycoon had a dream. When the senior had no art in them, a young hero already used arting up to…
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“Stars, Too, Were Time Travellers. The 4 Great Stars That I Have Worked With And Salute.” ——The Respected Film Art Director Of Hong Kong Bill Lui
06-11-20 In film, an ‘Art Director’(美術指導)works directly below the ‘Production Designer’(美術總監) and a large part of his duties are the administrative aspects of the art department. The Production Designer is the superior individual responsible for the overall look and tone of the film project. He works with the art director, set dresser, prop master and…
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Growing Musicals In Hong Kong Never Shrink Back To Its Old Dimensions——The 9 Kinds Of Musicals in Hong Kong
19-10-20 My art memories are often evening moments and weekend encounters with musicals. Happiness radiated like fragrance when I saw friends between backstage and stage. Together, they formed the scrapbook of my life. When I was thirty years of age and uncritical, I loved western musicals and overrated their standards as being ‘godishly’ high. After…
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Raymond Young: Sweets And Bitters Of Being A Singer, As Contrasted With His Former High-level Official Role
05-10-20 If we can inspire ourselves to dream more, learn more, try more and become more, we will be an inspiration for other people. Many in Hong Kong are enjoying their uncritical satisfaction with the present ‘achievements’. Pride, if not arrogance, is often a bad companion of unrealistic perception. Complacency is vermin, more to be…
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Goodbye, Hong Kong’s Love ——My 10 Fond Memories Of Dragonair
01-11-20 On 21st October 2020, Cathay Pacific announced that its Cathay Dragon would shut down after almost four decades in business. This proud aviation brand was over. People of Hong Kong felt very miserable about the demise of our city’s first truly local airline, originally known as ‘Dragonair’. In 1985, some local Chinese businessmen founded…
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How Do You Deliver A Good Vocabulary With A Punch? At Home? At Work? With Friends? Good Advice From English Tang
18-09-20 “As I appear on the stage and start to pour my effective vocabulary and punches into the audience, the good show begins,” said English Tang (鄧英敏), one of the most celebrated masters of ceremonies in Hong Kong. He continued, “Speaking well requires skill and an eye for detail. It is composed of 4 elements:…
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Function Singer Ricky Wong—Message For The Depressed Ones In Hong Kong: Work Is Never Too Much Of A Good Thing!
11-09-20 We call the leading actor and actress in a film or TV drama ‘peonies’ and supporting ones ‘green leaves’ in Hong Kong. Peonies are well-rewarded but green leaves are underpaid. To hearten the supporting actors to their task, we usually cite a Chinese idiom to them ‘Peonies can never be beautiful without the green…
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Eason Chan Sings To Promote Mental Well Being. My Personal Sharing Too: Shall We Talk?
02-10-20 Mental health is about how we, driven by our brain, act and react cognitively, behaviourally and emotionally. In other words, it affects how we think, feel and behave in our daily life. Every day, most of us stay fit and normal: we can sleep, wake up, work, talk to friends, recognize our family members…
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i’m livin’ it— A Film Serious About McRefugees Of Hong Kong Or Simply Another Soap Opera?
25-9-20 There are residents called ‘McRefugees’ who sleep or even live in 24-hour McDonald’s restaurants in Hong Kong. Some may be homeless. Others face family estrangements. A few are losers. Individuals get mental issues. One answered the reporter like this, “There is no air conditioning in my tiny bunk bed. Here, I can use free…