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Leaving for 四川北川

Sunday, Feb 1, 2009 7:00AM / Standard Entry / Members only
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I'm off today to earthquake-stricken 四川北川 for five days. I've been invited as a guest photographer to accompany a charity group which is raising funds to support the children there. Eleven people in all will be going including a professional photographer, a video crew and other charitable folks. I'll let you know about the trip after my return.

Then on Saturday, one of our kids Beethoven is scheduled to go under the knife with a serious spinal operation. Three of his discs are extending into his spinal canal pressing on the nerves within, one disc taking up as high as 90% of the spinal canal. He still have several years of life left, and he's a great dog so ignoring the problem or putting him down was not an option. It'll be a very nervous Saturday for both my wife and myself as we wait for the results.

Take care all. See you next week.

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konglongsha
posted on Tuesday, Aug 18, 2009 8:17PM [Report]

每次提到北川还是会泫然欲泣，天地不仁，以万物为刍狗，望无辜遭受浩劫的人们早日找到心灵的归宿。孱弱的不仅是他们的身躯，还有他们痛失家人和家园的心。
kitty1205
posted on Monday, Aug 10, 2009 1:04AM [Report]

In fact , I really thanks to you.
kitty1205
posted on Monday, Aug 10, 2009 1:04AM [Report]

I'm a student in SIchuan.
peachey
posted on Monday, Feb 2, 2009 1:07AM [Report]

Good luck to Beethoven.
rottendoubt
posted on Sunday, Feb 1, 2009 5:09PM [Report]

hope beethoven is ok..
janechu
posted on Sunday, Feb 1, 2009 3:30PM [Report]

oh.... Be safe while visiting 四川北川... hope everything goes smoothly...

Hope the Beethoven's operation goes well... =) Wishing he'll have a speedy recovery...

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1965. Born in Gympie, a small gold-mining town in Queensland, Australia.

1987. Arrived in Hong Kong. A month later, I was a guest singer at Alan Tam’s concert (one of Hong Kong’s superstars). I then taught English to make ends meet until the end of the year.

1988. Serendipitously began acting at TVB (Hong Kong’s premier TV station). I have been acting on a full-time contract basis with TVB ever since. Filming in Cantonese, I was involved in more than 200 different television series, some of them quite memorable.

1997. “Magic is the Moonlight”: My ﬁrst stage production; a supporting role. We performed 31 shows at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

2002. “Teresa Teng Forever”: My second stage production; a supporting role, this time involving singing. Again, we performed 24 shows at the Hong Kong Academy for Performing Arts.

2004. Having hit a brick wall in my attempts to improve my acting abilities, I attended the Lee Strasberg Institute in L.A. for 3 months. The study helped me immensely.

2005. “Perfume”; My third stage production. My ﬁrst role as a co-lead. We performed 8 shows at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre.

2006. Wanting to improve my singing and also in preparation for “They’re Playing Our Song”, I studied daily with Peisha McPhee in L.A. for four weeks. The improvement was incredible.

2007. “They’re Playing Our Song”; My fourth stage production. My ﬁrst lead. Just one actor and one actress, we performed the 2-hour musical play 10 times at the Hong Kong Arts Centre.

2008. I declined to renew my contract with TVB. After 20 years of serving them faithfully, it was time for me to move on and look for new adventures, and new avenues of continued improvement in my vocation.

Music and acting are my future.
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