Don't know what to wear for Halloween?
It's all about accessorizing............


Ladies in black


Bumped into a  friend from Holland who dressed up as a crazy gorilla man


Even though I dislike smoking... a lot... I thought these costumes were quite creative!
"Can you spare me a ciggie?"

Another busy weekend! I hosted a TV show for the international Channel.
Here I am with host Stephen looking for the best hotpot in Shanghai.
This is the northern style hotpot. I love the sesame paste that goes with it!


In this other hotpot place you get your own little hotpot so anyone can have their favorite soupbase.


Filming in the kitchen learning how to make squid balls.


It seems like October and November are very popular months for weddings!
On Saturday I attended the wedding celebration of my close friend Sunny.
It was held at the 4th tallest building in the world, the World Financial Center. The view from there is spectacular!


Sunny and her hubby Jason. Doesn't Sunny look gorgeous!


Every time I go to a wedding, they ask me to sing! Am always working!


This little boy was very serious about 干杯! ( ganbei)


Delicious wedding cake!


World Financial Center


After the wedding celebration some of us to another venue to continue partying!


With all of the choice that's out there, we manage to get either an Iphone or the Nokia E71...


Congrats dear Sunny & Jason!!!!


Sunday - Another wedding!
This time it's Sky & Selina!
Selina can literally kick ass, she is a gold medalist in Wushu!


Selina & Sky look so cute together!
The first thing they asked me as soon as I arrived: sing a song for us!!!

The wedding bands were in this balloon that Sky had to shoot.


Selina introduced me to some other ladies who were all national champions in wushu.

I don't have the official pictures yet, but here are pictures that I've collected from friends! Most of them are shot by GR Rodis.  Just like last year, GR took countless pictures from the show and rehearsals. It's a great remembrance. Musical Moments is truly one of my highlights every year!

The Pig sacrifice


In the dressing room waiting for our call to get on stage!


We opened the show with "We Will Rock You" and I sang "Somebody To Love" straight after that.





Robert singing "Stars"


The amazingly talented Joanna


Marsha and Loren singing a cute duet


Me singing "Someone Like You"


Tomos Griffiths has played the title role of "The Phantom of the Opera" in the West End.
His rendition of "Music of the Night" was fantastic!!!


Last year Jessica sang a song as the innocent Sandy from "Grease", but this year she turned into a femme fatale for her solo: "All That Jazz"


Absolute perfection, Howard and Joanna singing "Somewhere"




You are the "Dancing Queen"!!! The most fun part was when we walked into the audience during the song!



A selection from the "Rat Pack"


Howard McCrary...no introduction necessary!


A song from the musical "Spamalot". This pose reminds me of the love duet in "Miss Saigon", one of the musicals that Joanna has played in.


Curtain call!


From left to right: Charmaine who came all the way from Las Vegas to watch the concert, Stanley, Marsha, me, Ariel, Joanna, Robert and Tricia.


The after party was held at Muse next to the Cultural Centre.







See ya'll next year!!!!

We had an amazing show last night at the Hong Kong Cultural Centre!
We worked with the Lifeline Express Charity foundation again and they were able to raise 2.2 million HKD this year!
This time we had very little rehearsals compared to previous years, but it all came together in the end! We had a great time rehearsing and getting to know the new members;Loren, Tomos and Chloe.
It's so great to return to HK and see our HK friends, Stanley & Mary, David & Jovita, Marsha, Jessica, Howard & Ivy and also the gorgeous Joanna who flew in all the way from London. It's such a great honor and pleasure doing this show with all of them.
I will post up some pictures of the rehearsals first! Can't wait to share the show pictures with all of you when I get them!

This is our first band rehearsal:



We also made a trip on the OOCL junk boat to Lamma Island with the cast for some delicious seafood:




Joanna and Loren singing their duet from "Spamalot" for the first time together.




I think Tomos and Marsha were making fun of eachother here!




Jessica going trough her dance routine


Joanna and Howard rehearsing their beautiful duet "Somewhere".


Robert blowing us away with his powerful voice.


We were able to have a dress rehearsal at the cultural centre one day before the show.
My sister Lily, Ida and Christina flew in from Shanghai to watch the concert!





Our mic packs


Producer David Quah checking the stage before the run through


Loren and me just goofing around


Alex passed by the rehearsal as well. There will come a day when people will say: No, I'm not on f&^#ing Alivenotdead!!!




Ater our run through we had a big meeting that lasted till after midnight at Dada in TST.


Show pictures will be up soon!!! Cheers!!!

Mao's Last Dancer



I went to a private screening of the movie Mao's Last Dancer. It's based on the autobiography by Li Cun Xin.
The story tells of a boy from a poor village in communist China who gets chosen to train ballet for several years at the Beijing Dance Academy.
Li Cun Xin's hard work and determination payed off when he was allowed to be one of the first two exchange students under Mao's regime to train in the US. In the US he falls in love with an American ballerina played by Amanda Schull who was the lead in another dance movie called "Centerstage".  Li Cun Xin applies for an extension of his stay in the US but the Chinese government refuses and Li Cun Xin gets locked up at the Chinese Consulate.
After a political stand-off between Washington and China he was released as a free man.
He is no longer allowed to enter China and doesn't see his family for several years. One of the most touching moments was when his parents showed up at a performance and they get reunited. Joan Chen was amazing as Li Cun Xin's mother and her acting was one of the many highlights of the movie.

Li Cun Xin was a principal dancer with the Houston Ballet and performed all around the world. He currently lives in Melbourne and is married to an Australian ballerina and has two children.



Today I watched the musical WICKED for the first time and I thought it was absolutely wicked indeed!!!!
We had the 1st understudy who played Elphaba and I thought she was really good! I love all the songs, the set design and the costumes. It's definitely a show I would want to watch again!

This is my rendition of one of my favorite songs in the show, "Defying Gravity"
The pictures below are only a few of the places you should visit in Sydney!

The Harbour Bridge


The view from the Harbour Bridge              The fish market


Enjoying the Guylian Cafe                            Salsa night with my sister and Alaine


Watching a cycling tournament                    Bondi Beach                 


The annual Sydney Marathon


@ Featherdale Wildlife park                         Isn't this a cool chicken?!!!


I've been to Tarronga Zoo before, but visitors were not allowed to come too close to the koala's. At Featherdale people could cuddle up with these cute animals!


Balmoral beach


The Three Sisters


The Blue Mountains


I'm all packed and ready to go to HK tomorrow to start rehearsing for the Musical Moments concert on the 4th of October!