Monday, December 03, 2007
Ever since I came back to Singapore, I've been spotting celebrities out and about in the streets.
No doubt they are not big shot celebrities, but nevertheless still people who have made a name for themselves through television.
The nice thing about Singapore is that they are given the privacy they deserve (and can live like normal people) and on the few occassions that I saw them, no one rushed to take a picture or ask for an autograph, they just stood at the side whispering to each other LOL. Maybe because they are not Fahrenheit or F4.
Celebrity spotted 1: Saw Lee Teng in Orchard Cineleisure. Lee Teng is a Taiwanese host/DJ who works in Singapore now. He was just hanging out with friends when I saw him.
Celebrity spotted 2: Saw Terence Cao Guo Hui at Great World City having lunch with a girl at Ichiban Boshi. I was having lunch there with my sister. He was wearing a cap and walking around looking at sashimi whilst the girl paid for lunch!!
Celebrity spotted 3: Saw Victor Huang Pin Guan (other half of Malaysian ex-group Wu Yin Liang Pin) at the M hotel at Anson Road. I was waiting at the lift lobby for Michelle (who is also staying there LOL) and Pin Guan and a girl I assume to be his assistant/manager...I have no idea...popped out of the lift. Anyway they went to the back exit and left in a white van. Next time I see a white van I will look carefully cuz celebrities are good at being inconspicuous by hiding in them. Victor looked at me with the "is-she-my-fan" look but I just pretended I didn't know who he was. I must have looked like a stalker because I was checking my phone to see if Mich was going to respond to my miss call. He may have thought I was reporting back to the fan base LOL.
Anyway all of them look exactly like they do on TV. Except maybe Pin Guan - he looks slightly better in real-life. He has a real boyish-next-door-neighbour-nerdy-friendly-playing guitar-thing going on there.
(picture courtesy of his official fan website)
He just came out with his new ALL-English song album. Wonder if it's any good. I've always preferred him to Guang Liang (who I believe is more popular) because he just looks more likeable LOL (I've got this 6th sense about people).
Anyway celebrities are still human after all (except Josh who is an angel) so no doubt we love them but we still have to give them their privacy. In Media law, some Judges say that since celebrities choose to put their lives in the public sphere then they should accept that they will have less privacy. I suppose it's like policemen who put their lives on the line. There are pretty good arguments for both sides but in the end of the day it's just a job so I guess it's ok for the media to ask about your job and such but that has nothing to do with your private life so when celebrities are out and about when they are not working, they should be left alone and their personal life should be respected.
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Sidetracking: I saw the CUTEST clip of Josh speaking a bit of Japanese (he said "hajimemashite, dozo yorushiku" - which means "How do you do? Pleased to meet you" AND "doumo arigatou gozaimasu" - which means "Thank you") on a Tokyo talk show interview (because he learnt Japanese for 2 years in high school) - MAN...it made my day *faints - thudthudthudthud*
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Illustration courtesy of Edward Monkton
Yinny was Joshing around @ 12:49 PM
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