taipei '09 with *aa*

again im super outdated.. almost 2 mths im back fm my tpe trip then i started to update in my blog.


9/14 ~ my 3rd trip to tpe and 3rd time taking Jetstar. is ok just luggage weight too strict hehe or i hv too many things to bring back


my travel companions :)


wow, seeing another plane on air

greeted by many cute Taiwan Deaflympics mascot on arrival. since im travelling on free n easy, there's no airport transfer and i hv to take those airport bus to tpe city and it's quite convenient. heng ar! i know i can survive with my limited chinese characters knowledge! hehehe...

after checked in @ hotel, I meet up with my tpe fren *wl* and we went to see that man's rehearsal for tmr's Deaflympics Games Closing Ceremony. obviously we cannot go in since this is the rehearsal and not the actual event. Im a tourist so i dun care cos no1 knows me there, i go ard and asked those volunteers for their pass and try to 'ha-la' with the security to let us in... and u shld be able to guess ~ failed la.
but i did not gv up, suddenly the gate @ the entrance we were at; opened and the security was busy with other 'passer-by', so i quickly sneaked in. then i try to get to the seating area by getting help fm a volunteer. hahaha.. im a tourist, so i dun care :p

I choose a seat nearest to the stage to chk out the rehearsal which was fun, seeing how they co-ordinate the performance. but abt 30mins later some security found we do not hv pass and kick us out. la la la....

9/15 ~ thk u *wl* and *ac* for getting my tic for the closing ceremony

this closing ceremony is held @ the outdoor stadium beside taipei arena

both short side of the stadium is a stage. *aa* will perform @ this stage. so cute, got steamed bun deco.

opposite side of the audience. and on the field, the games hv prepared a big feast for the athletes which is a way taiwanese treat their guests...also a way to show atletes fm other country abt traditions in taiwan

*ee* with tpe *aa* fans ~ cool and @ 1st row.

our king is finally out.. singg the theme song

he so dark ar...

did i mention tpe is super super hot. yes, it is. "hot-die-me-ar"

9/16 ~ Premiere of Murderer @ Taiwan

surrounded by reporters b4 the autograph session

posing with his 'wife'

my autograph-ed movie postcard and tic... can u see he wrote ee?

actually 1 person is only allowed to sign on 1 thing but i din know how come both mine is being signed. haha.. and after i went down, i couldn't find my tic.. haha.. which i forget to take. heng the person behind me is our gang 1.

wow! wat a fruitful trip for me. hehe.... and this is juz the beginning ;)

astro-man?

upcoming movie to look forward to.... check out the official movie website.. quite cool. i wanted to watch this movie even not with this reason


but it's more reason to watch this movie in Cantonese, since our fren will be dubbing the voice of the professor of cos, u think he still can pass as a boy? hahahaha.... his 'son' fm After this, our exile will be Astro Boy.


they look like brothers together, dun they?


last seen in the movie After this, our exile. ah boy hv grown so much... one day he will be taller than *aa*. hahaha.... and btw, the location in tis pic is Ipoh :) Taman Merdeka to be exact.

anyway this movie will not be shown in canto here so will get the DVD ;)

when showg here?

last talked abt this movie in feb 09, which the movie oredi start filming end of 2007. zzz..zzz....

so when are u goin to show it here ????????

ware is CLOUD?

I hv last talked abt this movie here when they first released the first batch of movie characters' poster.

on 7/20, the distributor of the upcoming 《風雲2》which the english title hv been changed to Storm Warriors due to some copyright reason (huh??), have organised a 150days countdown to the opening of the movie on 17 Dec 2009 (pls mark this date in yr calendar). but only the Wind is here without Cloud.


can u tell there's 2 person tryg to be very funny... haha...


my best shot on Ekin as we were way behind


the countdown plus replica of both Cloud and Wind's sword

see wat we are holding? hahaha....
the workers were moving the counter/display to another place and we asked whether we can "borrow" the sword to take pic... hehehe...

Cloud's sword

fans posing with Cloud and his sword. more pic here.

new poster was revealed at the recent HK Comic Exhibition

one more and this is hand-drawn by the comic creator, Mr. Ma Wing Shing

this is a 12" replica of the sword. i wan!!!!
pic taken fm here

USB set - i wan too!!!!

EMPIRE OF SILVER 白銀帝國

one of the most anticapated movies in 2009! first look @ the poster....





i like this poster the best!
this movie will premiere @ Berlin Film Festival 2009
still no info when it will be screen in Asia but will keep u update ;)
Taiwan - 31st July 2009 (thks *hs* for the info)

EMPIRE OF SILVER
Director Christina Yao’s opulent feature film is a dynastic saga; it is also a passionate love story and a moral tale, based on historical events. The story of the Kangs, a family of bankers, and their banking empire on China’s ‘Wall Street’ spans a period from the Boxer Uprising to the Chinese Revolution and the founding of the People’s Republic in 1949.

The film begins in 1899. A carefree, hedonistic young man is next in line to inherit a banking empire which has hitherto meant very little to him. However, following a tragic abduction, of which his sister-in-law was the victim, this ‘third man’ reluctantly bows to his authoritative father’s iron will.

Keen to prepare his offspring for the time when he will take over his financial conglomerate, this powerful banker, Kang, is determined to turn his son into as ruthless a businessman as himself. However, his idealistic son has always called into question his father’s high-handed style of leadership and hard-nosed business principles. The tense relationship between the two men is put under additional strain on account of Kang junior’s undying love for his beautiful young step mother. She was the first and only love of his life – before his father stole her from him. It is time for him to decide whether he will take the path his father trod before him or whether he will make his own way in life…

Berlinale Special 2009
The Berlinale Special is a part of the Festival’s official programme, and presents extraordinary new productions and topical works by contemporary filmmakers whose films the Berlinale wants to honour. The filmmakers of all the works in the Berlinale Special will attend the premieres and present their films.

So far 13 films have been invited to this year’s Berlinale Special; nine of them are world premieres.

Baiyin Diguo (Empire Of Silver) People’s Republic of China/Hong Kong
By Christina Yao
With Aaron Kwok, Tie Lin Zhang, Hao Lei, Ding Zhi Cheng, Lei Zhen Yu
World premiere

u r always our 影帝 (very the 'song')

I can't sleep again, dun think I'm refusing to sleep... juz can't close my eyes... does the result of this year HK Film Award affects me ??? nah.....

track back my previous post on best actor thingy here

I dun think I'm dissapointed cos the results is expected; I mean that I had expected that aa will not win the best actor..... again to emphasize that is not that his acting is not good, is just the character does not hv much room for him to show his acting skills :D but for the parts that he shld show good acting skills - he DID.

my fav parts are:
a) the reporting missing person (he is so funny)
b) fake gun part ware he was held as hostage (again very funny)
c) his police fren told him the other 2 bodies found is suspected to be his missing parents years ago (isn't he good?)

he hair is weird but still looking good (hehe...) can't be help as he need to wear a wig for Stormriders2


presenting Best Actress award with Simon Yam..
hahaha... always like his all-kinds-of-funny expressionssssssss.......


another thing that is worth spending time to watch the award.....
our beloved clam and leng2 (we love morton too)


not goin to comment on other results fm this award. hope one day our aa will be given recognition in HK which I think is the place he care most. thinking of this always make me sad and sth angry. anyway hoping the day will come soon..... (zzz...zzzz.....)

however, went to other disscussion forum and found actually many ppl like to see him win thou many still op for Lau Ching Wan; which I can understand. anyway thks for those ppl for their support.... which I'm quite surprised actually.... and this real makes me touched and happy (dun say me crap)

thk u to director Oxide Pang and looking forward for Stormriders2 in 2009 !! (promote again)

introducing >>> Stormriders 2

after 10yrs, movie makers is making a not-so-related-sequel to the 1st Stormriders. the movie will start filming next month and will be released @ 2009. so counting down to one year.

take a first look at the poster - both main character remained


after 10yrs, CLOUD is stilll looking so good


cool pose!


if u are interested to see other character in the movie, pls go here

back to 1998......

CNY 2008 (Part 2)

CNY @ SG 10th-21st Feb

nothing much to update other than eat, eat and eat...

watched KungFu Dunk on 12th or 13th Feb with ch, do & sh. not too bad, very funny and entertaining.


then on 19th Feb watched CJ7 with ch, hs & sh. haha.. is more like an educational movie, not a typical type of Mr.Chow's movie. the alien dog is very cute thou.....


lou hei @ ichiban novena sq on 20th Feb with S4 cum celebrating yh's b-day.




highlight of CNY @ Li & Fung - 'Kam Buffet' by ee.
- i am assigned to peel all the mandarin oranges and served them.
- obviously u can guess wat no I intended to arrange, juz of CNY so I arranged 1028 instead of u know wat no. hahaha.........




really ate quite a lots and my weight back to normal (heavy) again. sigh.... hv to start goin on diet soon. ok, that's all abt this yr CNY.... boring rite?

CNY 2008 (Part 1)

新年快乐，星想是“城”

wanted to post this happy cny wish b4 I leave for home but was very bz and din post this up. I thot of using last yr pic.


however, when I'm back, this yr pic is oredi available. hehehe....


one GOOD news b4 CNY is the nomination list of this yr HK Film Award. haha.... our favourite best actor is nominated again. see also my previous blog post on this topic:
http://double-small-e.blogspot.com/2007/12/road-to.html



some shots fm the movie:






CNY @ Ipoh 6th-9th Feb
- I left SG on 7.30pm bus on tues, 5th Feb nite and arrived Ipoh abt 4+am the next day.
- tis yr CNY can be described to be as peaceful as the blw plant sticking on the wall of my dad's little garden.


the blw is a BIG bowl of ginger-spring onion sauce for our food. by looking at the size of the sauce, tink u can imagine how much food we had :D


lou hei on 2nd day of CNY


our grand-parents hv 8 grand-children and this girl is the youngest and all-time-naughtiest of us all.


reached SG abt 5+am on sun, 10th Feb morning, and once reached home saw my mr.brown oredi hanging on wall up-side-down. haha.


CNY 2008 (Part 2) will be up soon.