Kenneth Ma @ TVB8 《名星私遊記》

Clip

TVB8 has a segment about stars and their past. Here is a clip of Ma Ming visiting his high school, Salesian English School.

Yearbook Comment:

Kenneth Ma: Chatterbox, but talks about pointless things, and dresses like a disco dude from East Tsim Sha Tsui.

The comments left in the yearbook were done on purpose because comments in previous yearbooks were very formal and they would say "hardworking youngen" and other boring comments, so Ma Ming and his classmates thought of irregular comments.

Ma Ming always sat in the back row near the corner because of his height.

During recess, the first thing he would do is drink Vitasoy, and then eat chips, fish balls, or the school's cart noodles.

Ma Ming talks about soccer and shows off his soccer skills. He only likes soccer.

Ma Ming's soccer medals. You can see some TVB soccer tournament medals.

Ma Ming's proudest medal (HK Educational Soccer Tournament Silver Medal).

Personal Note: Ma Ming does only talk about soccer all the time. He is so cute!

Ninth Round: Team MengMa - Cha Cha/Jive

Introduction + Grace Wong & Niu Meng Meng Solo

Nancy Wu, Chen Lo, Myolie Wu Solo

Yang Ruo Xi Solo and Myolie Wu & Kevin Cheng's Tango

MengMa's Cha Cha/Jive, Elimination, and YangCheng's Rumba

TinLu's Waltz, TeamSuccess' Argentine Tango

LittleStar's Paso Doble, SCD Promo Clips x 3, and Elimination

TVB aired the Ninth Round on Saturday on the Lifestyle Channel.

Like I mentioned in my previous post ("Strictly Come Dancing II" Ninth Round), the TVB host was Astrid Chan and the guest judge was Nancy Sit.

Part 1

Part 2

Part 3

Part 4

Part 5

Part 6

In this week's episode, all the competitors spoke about the other competitors. This is what they had to say about Team MengMa:

Grace: Every time I have lunch with Ma Ming, he looks like this (points to poster)...very handsome....
Ham: Very cool.
Grace: Very cool.
Ham: But once he meets up with Meng Meng and messes up on the dance steps, he would be very scared.
Grace: (imitating Ma Ming) What should I do? What should I do?
Nathan: In this competiton, he (Kenneth) is the most hardworking one. He sweats so much, so much.
Chen Lu: He is like a hardworking ox.
Timmy: When Meng Meng is practicing in the room, she'll be like, "Neh (the sound of an ox), you have come. Neh".
Chen Lu: Meng Meng is like a horse that does not eat grass.
Timmy: Yes.
Chen Lu: Very cute.
Nathan: She (Meng Meng) is like a female peacock. When she competes, it seems as though she has fanned her hair.
(Nancy is laughing.)
(Someone in the background: Feathers!)
Nathan: Yeah, feathers. The peacock has fanned her hair feathers.
(Nancy laughs and pushes his left cheek with her hand.)
Kevin: Meng Meng...I can consider her. Ma Ming is also not bad. He is a super, good guy.
Myolie: It's not not bad, he is very good...
Kevin: Very good.
Myolie: He is an extinct good guy.
Niu Meng Meng: I think that, out of all the guys in this competition, Ma Ming is the cutest out of all of them. Because, every time you ask him, "What do you think of this dance?" He would say (imitates him), "It is very difficult". If you ask him, "How is the progress of learning the dance?" He would say (imitates him again), "I still don't know. What should I do?" All you need is practice and our chemistry will grow. Just get used to it.

Niu Meng Meng: It's a perfect match.
Kenneth: Do you think so?
Niu Meng Meng: You (audience) dare to say not?!
Kenneth: You (audience) dare to say not, right?
Niu Meng Meng: You (audience) should come and dance this routine.
Kenneth: Yes, come and PK me.

After Team MengMa had finished dancing:

Astrid: I can tell, Ma Ming, that you really enjoy dancing.
Niu Meng Meng: Yes, he danced very well.
Kenneth: I'm confused again.
Teacher He: Meng Meng, what else do you want to say?
Niu Meng Meng: He truly danced very well.
Teacher He: Last week, when they finished dancing, Meng Meng said to me offstage, because it was inconvenient for her to say onstage, "Did you see? What'd you think? Ma Ming danced extremely well!" At this time, you can only hear Ma Ming speak in a fake voice because when he finishes dancing, he only speaks in a fake voice. How are you right now?
Kenneth: Can't speak now (high-pitched voice).
Astrid: Difficult or not?
Kenneth: Very difficult. (You can see the judges laughing.)
Teacher He: He will become unable to speak in a normal voice.

Teacher He then asks Kenneth about his thoughts on facing elimination.
Teacher He: Are you confident about staying?
Kenneth: If it was only me, I would not be confident, but since I have her, I have confidence.
Niu Meng Meng: I...think that the outcome isn't important anymore. To be able to still dance on this stage, I have to thank him (holds Kenneth's hand). If there's no him, there's no me.
Kenneth: I also have to thank you. If there's no you, I would have left the competition already.

As for Nancy and Nathan, they danced a Argentine Tango routine and received their second perfect score from the judges. Nancy cried and said that she wanted to dance the tango this week, and asked Nathan if he was comfortable in doing the dance. The night before, Nathan told Nancy, "I'm sorry, I can't do it". Nancy said he was very scared because they only had three days to learn the dance. She also questioned whether she had chosen the wrong dance because she was putting pressure on Nathan. Nathan supported Nancy and said, "There was a lot of pressure on her shoulders because she had to dance a solo, which she practiced in Hong Kong, and she had to fly back to Hunan and learn the Argentine Tango with me. I understand why you are crying even though I can't hear it. (Nathan pretends to cry which made Nancy laugh.) I understand. Don't cry".

Personal Note: Hahaha.... Ma Ming was very good at dancing the jive. Who would have guessed that he would be able to do the jive? Not even Teacher Chou expected that. Teacher Yang couldn't help but say out loud, "Ma Kwok Ming, you really danced very well!"

In the VCR, Nathan was very funny because he didn't know how to say 'feathers' in Mandarin. Haha....

*Credits to tudou and kiko

《Ten Years》 - "Healing Hands"

妙手仁心

"Healing Hands"

Producer: Tang Tak Hei

Cast: Lawrence Ng, Ada Choi, Bowie Lam, Flora Chan, William So, Astrid Chan, Nick Cheung, Angela Tong, Jojo Cho, Kenny Wong, etc.

Air Date: August 31, 1998
Watch Date: December 18, 1998

In 1998, TVB produced many classic series and, even though ten years have passed, they are still very memorable in the audiences' mind.

Allow me to exaggerate a little bit here, but this is the only series in which the love storyline is extraordinarily written for the four main characters (Paul & Jackie and Henry & Annie).

Paul and Jackie are the perfect couple. Paul is a great neurosurgeon and is very dedicated to his work; however, he is not very good when it comes to his love life. One of the reasons why Paul is such a success is because of Jackie. Jackie completes Paul.

As for Henry and Annie, right from the beginning, Henry does not want to commit to any relationship because he cannot forget that his ex-girlfriend committed suicide for him. Ever since having a secret crush on Henry since college years, Annie changes her lifestyle habits to become similar to Henry. Henry did not want history to repeat itself; he gives Annie hope and breaks her heart. When Henry was close to death, he finally lets go of his remorse [toward his ex-girlfriend] and loves Annie.

Classic Scene 1: Jackie ties Paul's shoelace and cleans his glasses

Jackie once said that she will not allow her man to not know how to tie his shoelaces, clean his glasses, or not have his tie straightened.

Classic Scene 2: Jackie tries to hold Paul's hand

During the romantic dinner, Jackie drops hints to Paul about the feelings she has for him, but Paul does not realize it and just eats.

The song "Angel Eye" represents Paul and Jackie.

During the walk home, Jackie attempts to hold Paul's hand, but fails because her illness had elapsed.

Classic Scene 3: Sunrise

If 'After Five' is Henry and Annie's "Old Place" (destination), then the place where Paul and Jackie goes to see the sunrise is their love destination.

Another representation of their love is the 'never-ending' box of snacks.

Classic Scene 4: The Ending

Paul: "I remember you (Jackie) once said that a person should at least see a rainbow once in their lifetime. Today's rainbow is very beautiful and, for some odd reason, it appeared for a long time, and it is still here. If you wake up now, you can still see it. Wake up! I know you're trying hard, but try harder. It is still here and it is outside. Wake up! Wake up!"

Paul falls asleep while reading "The Little Prince" to Jackie, and dreams of Jackie awakening from her coma.

*Credits to tvb, mtime, and cnmdb