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MIA....Sort of...
Monday, Jul 13, 2009 3:37AM / Standard Entry / Random
Hellooooooo!!
I've been MIA on AnD, it's been almost two months!! I feel so guilty.... Sorry guys!!!
How is everyone? As for me, it was the season finale for the sitcom I was in, "Mr Siao's Mandarin Class" on Wednesday (Oooh you can watch it on YouTube you know!
), hosted a press conference for Acuvue last Thursday, but what really got me nutty was the week before, coz I went through some pretty interesting moments when I was shooting a short film here in Malaysia for a local director.... 
I had to run and twirl and play "come and catch me hee ha hee hee" with the camera
- but as silly as I felt while I was doing it, when I watched the playback I was completely blown away! It was 1000 x better than what I had in mind... It looked like something out of a really high end expensive perfume ad/sports campaign thingy (coz of the running)... Plus it was all in slow motion and my "long" hair was all windswept and flowing like a shampoo commercial.... 
*Ahhhhhhhhh....*
Oh, and heeehehehehehehehahaheeeeehaaaaaaa I had to slap this guy 16 times!!!!!!
Heehohohohohahahahe
hehehehehahahahaahahahahahhahalololololololol !! Not one single slap was fake, and GEEZ, my palm and shoulder actually felt sore the next day. And the reason we had to do it 16 times was because the whole scene had to be done in one take, and one little problem meant we had to do it again. And again. And again. Till it got to take number 16. WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! You all must think I'm reallllllly mean for laughing like some maniacal hyena, but omg it was such a fun and amazing experience! Come on - you gotta admit that it can be quite funny. And I like to think of it like this: "The more you slap, the better you get at it" ..... WAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!! Seriously though, I was supposed to cry each time I slapped the dude, and then walk away sobbing, and well, I did. 16 times!
So guy get's slapped, I cry, and the next day he has a face that's half sore and a slightly sprained neck, whereas I had a sore shoulder and slightly puffy eyes. SEE? We're even. 
*giggle giggle*Other than that, I've been hosting press conferences and events, and also shooting another TV drama for Malaysia. If all goes as plan, then I'll be filming a movie and another TV series from August till October... *fingers crossed*
(AND I might be coming to HK sooooooon too
)
I'll be posting up some pics from our "Mr Siao's Mandarin Class - Meet The Fans" session soon, and also some pics from the night when all of us (cast & crew) gathered together to watch the season finale.....
I'll be back soon!
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你好! Mr.Siao's Mandarin Class - Press Reviews!
Monday, May 11, 2009 1:03AM / News / TV
- Mr Siao's "Grades" - Wednesday May 6, 2009
"The Star"
- Gags aplenty -
ON THE AIR
By Seto Kit Yan
Join Mr Siao’s Mandarin Class to pick up not only the language, but also a barrelful of laughter.
NTV7’S latest Chinese series Mr Siao’s Mandarin Class sure has a lot going for it, including the eye candy provided by former beauty queens, which is always welcome. And after only a few episodes, the laugh-o-meter is already hitting a high as everybody who has watched it has given it a thumbs-up.
It’s a bit like the hit Brit sitcom Mind Your Language, only our Made-in-Malaysia version tickles the funny bone with locally-flavoured punchlines and a muhibbah ensemble cast that plays a hilarious bunch with amusing names and even funnier personalities.
Having colourful characters speaking Chinese dialects like Mandarin, Cantonese, Hakka and Hokkien as well as English, Malay and Tamil, provides the multi-lingual sitcom a rich source for hilarious word play.
Kudos to director Berg Lee and producer Tan Boon Huat for a fine sitcom and the experienced actors for very well-developed and colourful personalities.
First-time director, theatre and indie enthusiast Lee definitely has a way of getting the best from his motley crew of performers.
The story goes that the owner of a multi-level marketing setup Dream Big International, buoyed by the success of his company in local markets, makes plans to expand his business to China.
Mr Siao’s Mandarin Class stars (from left) Ling Tang, Ramasundran, Zahamin Baki, Steve Yap, Auguste Kwan and Loo Aye Keng.To prepare his agents, Robert Toh (Kee Thuan Chye) hires a Mandarin teacher to put them through an intensive Mandarin class.
He divides the eight agents into two opposing teams and appoints his two most competitive and successful agents as team leaders: tough-talking Chung Kok Keong (Loo Aye Keng) nicknamed Firey Phoenix and Hakka-speaking “Queen of Pasar” Dai Bai Sha (Ling Tang) nicknamed Great White Shark (which is actually what her name sounds like in Cantonese).
Kee’s Mr Robert has amusing lines that would have you practically falling off your seat. An example is the erroneously spouted “luo yau ren bu zhi, chu fei bu yao zuo” (which should be “ruo yau ren bu zhi, chu fei ji mo wei” – meaning “if you don’t want others to find out then you had better not do it”).
Introduced by Mr Robert as “the handsomest Mandarin teacher in Malaysia”, Auguste Kwan is as as cute as a button playing the teacher, whose Mandarin name Siao Lang sends his students into fits of laughter because it sounds like “orang gila” (mad person) in Hokkien. Mandarin class is made more fun as the teacher resorts to creative play-acting like dressing up as a circus ringmaster complete with tophat and whip in hand and as a chef.
Each episode begins with Mr Siao in a lift. It turns out that the cute guy has a phobia of being stuck in a lift due to a traumatic childhood experience.
Viewers get an idea of the extent of his phobia when he is trapped in a lift with the curt Miss Q (Miss World Malaysia 2008 first runner-up Cindy Chen), who is amusingly economical with words and declares she cannot tolerate chatty types.
Alvin Wong’s portrayal of the finicky British English-speaking Tan Tai Shan will have you rolling on the floor with laughter. Wearing the same green shirt with a variety of colourful bows, his is among the most animated of characters.
Elvanna Raine is as adorable as Cherrie Chung Chor Hung (also the name of a sexy Hong Kong actress). Her breathless speech and the coy way she peers through her luscious lashes has Hanson totally smitten and eating out of her hands.
I must say that Steve Yap has outdone himself playing Tey Eng Jun or Hanson, a Hokkien-speaking lanky baba from Bukit Mertajam. Nicknamed Handsome, the lad attends Mandarin class just to be with his dream girl.Ever heard of Ma-Can-Lish? It’s a term coined by the Cantonese-speaking Dang Huan (Tony Ong), nicknamed Don Juan, for the tongue he speaks – a mixed-up Malaysian Cantonese English. The spiffy dresser is always seen with a scarlet ribbon tie and keeps trying to woo Cherrie.
In a case of the blind leading the blind, we have the Malay man and the Indian man correcting each other to obvious hilarious outcomes.
Shah Rukh Khan (Ramasundran) from Batu Caves loves Jacky Cheung so much he even has the singer’s hit song Wen Bie (Kiss Goodbye) on his phone. He is eager to learn but cannot differentiate between Cantonese and Mandarin.
He’ll have you in stitches with his over-enthusiastic rolling of his “Rs” as he tries to teach Amir how to count “yirr, errr, sanrr... (one, two, three ...).
Meanwhile, Amir (Baki Zainal) arms himself with an electronic dictionary which seems to help him progress faster than the rest.
Miss World Malaysia 2008 Soo Wincci plays Sophia, Toh’s wife who pretends to be the counsellor for the class to help her husband spy on the progress of the training. Of all the performers, Soo seems the least at ease, perhaps overwhelmed by so many far more experienced and talented performers. Yet, one cannot deny that she is nice to look at all the same.
The Indonesian cleaning lady named Siti (Chai Jen) is another colourful character who seems to have an agenda which we have yet to find out.
Mr Siao’s Mandarin Class airs on NTV7 at 9pm every Wednesday.If you've missed previous episodes, you can view them online - just log on to www.ntv7.com.my !
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《你好！Mr.Siao》·三大种族搞笑学华语·关德辉执教鞭恶梦连连
去年推掉港台6部戏约的关德辉，今年抽空接拍大马处境喜剧《你好！Mr.Siao》！原来，他以前常看《Mind Your Language》这类教人学英语的处境喜剧，“《 你好！Mr.Siao》是以教人说华语为出发点的处境喜剧， 所以很吸引我。”他更表示，以后若 有好的剧本，他不排除再回马拍戏。 问关德辉是否被制作人陈温法“三顾茅庐”才接拍此戏 让他哈哈笑说，“他是在我的首张专辑里，对我有‘写歌之恩 啦，但即使不是因为他，冲著剧本的结构，应该也会打动我！ 而且花2週就能拍完13集，如果要我3个月的档期， 我可能就没办法了。”
他表示，十年河东，十年河西，以前他唸独中时外出募款曾被华人嘲笑，但如今中国壮大， 华语抬头了，全球每天有3000多万人在学华语，所以让他觉得《 你好！Mr. Siao》正符合如今的世界趋势，一定会受瞩目。
演员个性鲜明
集合华、巫、印三大种族演员的喜剧《你好！Mr.Siao》将从4月15日起，每逢週三晚上9时在ntv7启播。 关德辉受到梦想集团老板邀请，成为此 集团内部华语特训班的导师，却发现是恶梦的开始！他盛讚吕爱琼、 王骏、邓壹龄等人都是硬底子演员，“每个演员都有鲜明个性， 我这认真的华语老师要教一堆‘ 神经病华语，所以很有化学作用。只可惜我毕竟演老师， 所以不能玩得太过火。”
他表示，拍摄至今，每天都有好笑的事情发生。“像戏里的印度同胞，只要唸一二三四时加上印度腔，就很好笑了。 而参演的马来演员本来就是独中生，说得一口漂亮华语， 戏里却要他讲不标準的华语，所以让他很痛苦。哈！”
关德辉2008年全年没拍戏，反而专注于拓展生物科技公司在海外的生意， 他的4家瑜伽舞蹈学院今年也预计在上海开分院。“ 2007年在台湾拍《神机妙算刘伯温》，7天拍5集， 1集90分钟，200多集拍下来， 就像是我们这次Sitcom的600多集，太累人了。”
至今和香港无线仍有合约的他表示，从18岁开设计公司、成立唱片工作室，甚至在1999年开舞蹈室， 他从未真正把事业重心放在生意上。“我看过台湾资 深艺人在我面前赶戏赶到轻微中风，却得拍完才能住院， 心里有很大感触。去年转战生意，让我觉得自己到了另一个阶段， 感恩我如今是为了享受而拍戏，再不是为 三餐。”
汪芷榆自认戏外不甜美
曾在偶像剧《天国的嫁衣》演出赛车手的汪芷榆，在《你好！Mr.Siao》饰演吕爱琼的妹妹“锺楚红”，后来更和叶良财配对。 问她戏里角色可和自己相近她表示，戏里的她甜美娇嗲， 懂得利用美色来得到好处，但她自认戏外的她一点也不甜美， 而且还很“TomBoy”。
由于汪芷榆身上有多达14个刺青图腾，所以在拍照前都得补粉“遮盖”。她表示，由于姐姐住在大马，所以她已来马将近1年， 间中会拍杂志、广告甚至接主持工作，这次则通过试镜取得《你好！ Mr. Siao》的角色。
她表示，当初在拍完《天国的嫁衣》后，她就回英国继续伦敦大学法律系的学位。 至于曾和陶喆和立威廉传过绯闻，让她至今说起仍觉好笑。“ 其实也没什么，只是觉得很好笑而已。”
她承认自己的兴趣是朝戏剧方面发展，“哪里有机会就往哪里去吧！因为拍戏让自己还蛮有成就感的。”这次来马演出，她觉得很好玩， 和剧组也相处得很好。 “我们每位演员的角色都很有特色，导演李承运常会亲自示范， 加上他又很好笑，所以拍戏气氛非常融洽。”汪芷榆表示， 这次最困难之处，反而是要怎样忍笑。“ 有场临时演员又唱又跳的戏， 我在他们排练时已经笑到眼泪都飙出来。我想， 那是我人生中笑得最多的一次吧。” 
Behind the scenes of Ep. 4 ...
http://www.youtube.com/v/Dg2ajn2VpaM&hl=en&fs=1&color1=0x2b405b&color2=0x6b8ab6&border=1
You will be tuning in every Wednesday night......right?
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NIKE - Summer 2009 "Summerdelic" Collection Fashion Show!
Sunday, Apr 26, 2009 3:05AM / Event / Work
A warm welcome to Nike's new Summer 2009 collection!
This is by far one of the most fun and craziest shows I've ever done! Everyone was so much fun to work with, it actually didn't feel like "work" at all And here are some pics that prove my point, hehehe....
Ok, let's start from the "behind the scenes" stuff ......
Ooooooh.... An All Access Pass!!! Wheeeee ~~~ !
AHA! We see RAISINS
I had NO IDEA how I was gonna look.....
Not that it really mattered, since I didn't have a choice anyway
But...Wow. Pink Bubblegum? Me like...
Viva la Retro-Pop!
Faking the innocent "deer in headlights" look...
Now it's the "attitude" look...
Loved the pole. And...Oops! Naughty naughty me... 
Caught red handed!! Heehee....
Our improvised pole dancing stunt went quite well I think!
And my arms and legs are still sore from all that twirling too... We HEART NIKE! 
You can totally tell that we were REALLY enjoying ourselves!
My dear friend Jin, from Hitz FM
Jin is just wayyy too lovable
Another day, another job done, and another fun experience gained! Gotta go get some rest now and loosen up my sore muscles, coz I've got a massive hair show to do tomorrow, and I'll need all the energy I can get...
(to hold up my "fashionably/designed/ornamented/wigged/exaggerated" hairstyle)
Till then......
<A big thank you to Eeping for taking all these great photos, and for letting me steal them, hahaha! What would I do without you??>
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Ni Hao Mr Siao! & Ni Hao to the Cast!
Monday, Apr 20, 2009 2:47AM / Press Release / TV
Ling Tang aka Shark, (whom I've nickanamed "Tang Yuan" ) is actually super super sweet, she's always laughing, making her the most adorable and usually the silliest one on set. AyeKeng plays my "che che", Phoenix. She just comes up with the funniest things at the most random moments and cracks us up big time, you won't even know what hit you! 
The "Handsome" Steve Yap, your typical boy next door character, down to earth and naive. And of course, there's me! I play someone's who's sweet, dreamy, ditzy, constantly happy for no reason, and pretty much gets confused by everything. SO not like me.... 
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ygllHm_megWell it's obvious that I always get bullied by these two old boys.....
Literally our "class clown", Alvin Wong has the energy of a turbo-charged bunny and sometimes he's just so funny that you actually wanna strangle him... Ah Liang plays "Don Juan", a character that's so cute and annoying all at the same time...
Cindy Chen is hilarious! She plays the slightly "uptight" secretary Ms. Q, Chye is our Boss, a man who believes in his values and his dreams, never forgetting his roots, and Soo Wincci plays the mysterious Sophia...
Last but not least, my childhood idol (^.^) Auguste Kwan, is our endearing Mr Siao - passionate, sincere, loves his job and is determined to be the best Mandarin teacher ever! Auguste is without a doubt a very interesting person, his jokes can be SO lame that you end up laughing at him out of pity... Tsk tsk tsk.... Some teacher huh?
I'm just kidding - he's actually very funny & friendly, albeit in a very quirky way. Very health-conscious too, and OMG
- This man CAN reallllly EAT!!! He almost broke MY record. Hmm. Not bad.....
Video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=N_cGCwITyqM
Mr Siao's Mandarin Class is on every Wednesday at 9pm on NTV7, but if for some bizarre & crazy reason, you actually miss an episode, don't you fret - you can log on to www.ntv7.com.my and you'll be able to catch up on all the previous episodes!
Thanks to everyone for all the great feedback since our debut last week, your encouragement & support means the world to us, very heartwarming
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Don't forget to join us every Wednesday on NTV7 at 9pm, we'll see u there!
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Mr Siao's Mandarin Class - Now Showing!!!
Sunday, Apr 19, 2009 12:51PM / News / Work
So. We're finally wrapping up after almost 3 weeks of shootingNTV7's "Mr Siao's Mandarin Class"!
After almost 3 weeks of non-stop shooting, on an average of roughly 13 hours per day, we have finally "graduated"!
Who cares that myself and everyone else had some stupid flu the whole time? (Somehow I think I might have been the one that passed the flu to everyone else on set....Oopsie!
)
"Fooooooooood!" 
Who cares that we had a bizarre food poisoning episode that pretty much incapacitated most of the cast and over half the crew for a day?
>> No Pain, No Gain <<
As tired (and ill) as we were at times, it was all worth it in the end. Everyone on set worked so hard, day and night without complaint, even cracking silly jokes just to keep our spirits high and energy levels up. Now that's what I call true team work and real professionalism.
You guys seriously ROCK!!!
I actually can't remember the last time I had so much fun working and laughing so hard till I cried like a moron and had stomach cramps. It's so heartwarming to see everyone bond so quickly and get along so well, totally morphing into some huge & crazy family, heehee....
It was a real honour to have the chance to work with so many talented and experienced actors. Opportunities like this don't come by everyday, and I feel tremendously blessed to be able to be a part of this production.
Thanks to all my fellow actors, I feel the utmost respect for you all & your many helpful tips and endless support, the same goes to our die-hard crew for putting up with all our nonsense, and erm.....my ditzy
performance, & "wannabe" comedy stints - it was so kind of you guys to "fake-laugh" at my jokes!! 
Geeeeez, the pressure !!!
Okie dokie - Time to enjoy some of the pics!
Watch "Mr Siao's Mandarin Class" on NTV7, every Wednesday at 9pm, starting from the 15th of April 2009, don't forget to tune in!
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