BTS: A Tale of 2 Cities 乐在双城幕后花絮

Some of you must have seen our promo picture for A Tale of 2 Cities, which is a new drama that will debut on Valentine’s Day on Channel 8.

Our EP Paul Yuen directed this segment personally. He wanted us to come up with a pose as a couple and so we try to figure out in our little groups what to do to give you the wonderful final image.

Here goes…

Zhang Zhen Huan and Julie Tan

Zhang Yao Dong and me (Joanne Peh)

Rui En and Pierre Png

Kate Pang and Yao Wen Long

Standing by...

Rehearsal...

Take 1...

and...cut!

 

Star Awards 2010

I caught a bit of the re-run of Star Awards yesterday afternoon and I don’t know if it’s my ageing television or just simply the way sound is transmitted, but it did JJ Lin’s voice no justice. I’ve always been a fan of his because he’s a local singer/song writer who has displayed great talent and showmanship throughout the years.

He performed《无法克制》at the live venue, and his voice was crisp and confident even when it came to the high notes in the song. It was immaculate! But somehow on television, the power of his vocals failed to come through. In any case, he gave a flawless performance that night and I love it!

JJ Lin performing 《无法克制》on the second day of Star Awards 2010 held at Resort World Singapore, Compass Ballroom.

JJ and I at the post party!

The day of Star Awards happened to fall on my birthday (25 April), so before the whole frenzy began for hair and make-up, I had a sweet surprise backstage.

Winnie and Xing Ni quietly singing a birthday song for me.

Making my wish before cutting the "cake".

Mini-cake/Muffin. Winnie knows I'm cutting sugar so she made a really guilt-free one with no sugar! Aww...so sweet of her!

Me and my home-made "birthday" dinner. My mom cooked everything except for the chicken breast, which is my own salt-free, less oil recipe. I had chicken, egg, brown rice, vegetables and bittergourd beancurd soup. Yummy!

Oops...and everyone else was eating packed dinner provided. It's the company that matters!!

And then the frenzy began. As I was the first out on the red carpet, producers were calling and rushing everyone to standby. Ryan touching up my hair; Jeremy adjusting my outfit; Elaine finishing up with my make-up.

My fan club - Jolliteers

We stole a group photo before making our way to the ballroom. (From left to right) Belinda Lee, Priscelia Chan, Pan Ling Ling, Joanne Peh (me), Cai Peixuan, Jin Yinji, Yvonne Lim and Lin Meijiao.

The not-so-glamourous secret passageway that leads to the ballroom. Pan Ling Ling played my mom in The Little Nyonya, so I never stopped calling her mommy since then, athough Ling Ling is way too young to have me as her daughter. Still I just love her!

While we wait for the rest of our colleagues to come in after the red carpet, we decided to kill some time.

With the cast of YOUR HAND IN MINE, Zhang Yaodong (left) plays the love of my life and Shaun Chen (right) plays a baddie!

Huang Wenyong (left) and Chen Shucheng (right) are also part of YOUR HAND IN MINE.

Pierre Png plays my boyfriend in YOUR HAND IN MINE. Yes, I'm stuck between two guys, and as the drama unfolds, keep watching to see who I end up with. Weekdays, 7pm on Channel 8!

Chen Liping sporting a new haircut for her new drama. I love her image now, it's refreshingly different from her character currently in YOUR HAND IN MINE. This reminds me of Ellen Degeneres!

Some of the men that I have been paired with in dramas throughout my career. (From left to right) Tay Ping Hui, Qi Yuwu, Elvin Ng and Nat Ho.

Announcing the last position for the Top 10 Most Popular Female Artistes award. All my colleagues congratulated me prematurely while the presenters on stage took their time to announce the last name. I was so embarrassed! What if it's not me?!?!

The final 10 of us on stage.

Besides the Press Conference…

好多人都在问我最近忙什么，什么时候能在电视上看到我，现在就跟大家说。
我正在拍摄长剧《想握你的手》。这部剧的拍摄从去年12月开始而将会在明年中结束。不过本剧将会在11月9日，晚上7点播出。播出的当儿呢，我们将会继续拍摄。现在我们已经拍摄到100集以上，还有80集哦，所以还是得花一段时间。

现在就和大家分享前天媒体招待会的幕后情况。

Many people have been asking me what I’ve been busy with lately and when will my next drama be on television. Thank you all for asking!

I am currently still filming the 180-episode long drama YOUR HAND IN MINE. Filming for this drama began last year in December and will end mid next year. Currently, we are done with about 100 episodes, so that leaves another 80 more to go. However, our drama will be coming to your television screens from November 9th onwards, every Mondays to Fridays, at 7 pm on Channel 8. This means that we will be filming while the drama is airing! It’s fun that none of us knows how it’s all going to end!

In the meantime, here’re some pictures taken during our press conference held for the media two days ago…

《想握你的手》主要演员. Cast of YOUR HAND IN MINE.

姚文龙和方展发。播映日期和时间在背后！Yao Wen Long and Pierre Png.

Chinese characters for "YOUR HAND IN MINE"。

媒体招待会还没开始之前，演员们在干什么呢？哈哈， 当然是拍照啊！

Before the cast goes on stage to meet the press, how do we pass time? It’s got to be massive photo-taking.

我好喜欢这个手镯。它很独特，而且色彩鲜艳！I love this bangle! Actually it is made up of 2 bangles and the multi-coloured skulls add a dash of fun to the otherwise typical design.

让你再看清楚一点：这是莫小玲的私家货。Take a closer look at this private stash that belongs to actress Patricia Mok.

在等待媒体招待会的当儿，我们就 “无聊” 起来。。。Nothing else better to do, we start photographing our expensive shoes.

还加入了不同款式。。。猜猜谁是谁？And we have additions to the family! Guess who's wearing what?

李心钰，莫小玲，白薇秀 (我），林湘萍，蔡佩璇 （左到右）。Belinda Lee, Patricia Mok, Joanne Peh (me), Yvonne Lim and Cai Peixuan. (left to right).

拍了鞋子，就低镜头拍脸，哈哈，我不小心按了 zoom 所以三人好挤。Bored with the shoes, we started experimenting with unflattering low angle shots. I accidentally hit the zoom button, that's why it's so tight.

莫小玲拍我在拍我们。哈哈！ Mok taking a photo of me taking a photo of us.

闹完自拍就拍别人。。。Done with self-portraits, I started playing paparazzi...

夫妻潘玲玲和黄世南。Married couple Pan Lingling and Huang Shinan.

还没有机会和大家拍照就得进场了。台上访问结束后，就和几位记者朋友私下聊了一点。随后就赶去录些预告片。一个人录没意思，所以就跟戏里面的情人搭档啦！

Before I had a chance to snap pictures of everyone, it was time to be on stage. We have a huge cast, so the interviews took some time. After which, I spoke privately with a couple of reporters quickly and had to proceed to shoot some trailers and interstitial. I was paired up with none other than my lover in the show!

张耀栋。Zhang Yaodong.

我们在为《想握你的手》录预告片，你们一定要留意收看。我们没有剧本，也没有台词，不过感觉很好。不是我老王卖瓜，而是耀栋和我在一起拍了这么长的时间，默契十足。题材原创于我们，蛮好玩，希望大家会喜欢。We are doing a trailer for YOUR HAND IN MINE. It's unscripted but after filming together for so long, we've got good chemistry. It's original material from us, so I hope all of you will like it. Stay tuned!

导演在向我们解释他的概念。The producer is explaining the premise of the trailer.

我们还录了中文的圣诞祝语，说了一堆无里头的话，哈哈哈！We also recorded a Christmas trailer in Mandarin so look out for it!

《想握你的手》主角不是我们？

之前到曼谷拍 《亚洲时尚风》，去了3天就得赶回来拍《想握你的手》的trailer。

我们4人（蔡琪慧，陈泓宇，方展发和我）在炎热的太阳下野餐，汗流浃背，眼睛都睁不开了，不过主角竟然不是我们哦！猜猜是谁？

I was in Bangkok shooting FASHION ASIA for Channel U and returned home to shoot the trailer for the current long drama I'm working on titled YOUR HAND IN MINE. The four of us (Paige, Shaun, Pierre and I) had a picnic under the hot sun, and yet the real stars of the show weren't us! Guess who?

As you can tell, there was no shade available anywhere near us.

Thankfully I've got my huge umbrella and Pierre has got his portable battery-operated fan. The fan in my hand was provided by the production team.

The sound guy getting a nice tan...

We were filming at a beautiful open space, somewhere in Potong Pasir. I suspect it'd be nice and warm in the evening, but the late morning/noon sun was merciless.

Cameraman and his assistant. This trailer is shot by an outside crew who does commercial jobs, not the usual people we work with on our drama.

The different lenses used for different shot sizes. The box makes this look like it's some top secret ammunition prop in a thriller movie! Our drama camera crew aren't so lucky to have these available for them so that's why I've never seen them.

Our pillar of strength. Hence I took this low angle shot of him to make him look larger than life. Without him, we'd all have been baked! Thank you for shielding us!!

Taking a break from the sun. We even have chairs and cold drinks provided for us, that's very thoughtful. 🙂 Thanks!

Pierre doing his thing for the blue screen.

The back of our make-up artiste's head is so interesting, Shaun takes a temporary backseat in this picture.

Why is Paige being the assistant here? Ah hah, you got to catch the trailer to find out!

The wind keeps blowing the hair into my face. The nice thing is that we've got someone to see to that. 🙂

The fun thing about blue screen is, we never really know what we have behind us, because the effects are keyed in during post production. If you want to look like you've got the invisible cloak on, just wear something in a similar shade of blue, and watch yourself disappear on screen!

Stars of the trailer?

Not quite...because...

Ta-dah...these were the real stars of the trailer! Let's call them "Uno" and "Deux". LOL!! Want to find out why, remember to stay tuned to Channel 8 for our trailer! 🙂

是的，这两只乌龟才是主角，想知道为什么吗？记得留意八频道，收看我们的 trailer 哦！哈哈。。。！

想握你的脚？

那天拍戏的时候，不小心踩到蚂蚁窝，被咬了一口，我大叫起来！
本来拍很伤感的剧情，给我这么一喊一，点感觉都没了。除了痛之外，就是感觉到环境的潮湿。
哎哟，还真破坏美感。哈哈！

I was filming the other day when I didn’t realise I was invading in ant territory. I felt a sharp sting in my toe (I was wearing peep-toe boot) and my scream pierced through the trees.
The scene was supposed to be melancholic but I lost all that emotion with the scream. Not exactly the prettiest image.

蚂蚁窝就在这棵大树的另一边。

The nest is on the other side of this tree.

超大的蚂蚁！！！！

Pity you can’t see the ants clearly. They’re huge!

想握你的脚？

“Your Foot in Mine”?

蚂蚁好恨!

Look how vicious the bite was!

展发随身携带的 First Aid Kit。

Pierre Png and his ever-ready First Aid Kit.

展发细心的帮我敷药，“想握你的脚”！哎。。。耀栋，你输了！哈哈！

Pierre carefully cleans the wound and apply a spray-on bandage. My hero!

抢先看《想握你的手》

《想握你的手》

Your Hand In Mine

大家如果想抢先看《想握你的手》的预告片，记得明天（8月 9 日），晚上9点45分，锁定八频道哦！

If you’d like to catch a first glimpse of “Your Hand In Mine”, remember to tune in at 9.45 pm, tomorrow (9 August) on Channel 8!

逢场作戏

吴有礼（苏智城饰演）和吴有情 （白薇秀饰演）

My brother (Cavin Soh) and I

方楷 （方展发饰演）和有情是童年时的泛泛之交。

Pierre Png and I were childhood acquaintances.

岳光 （张耀栋饰演）是个观察敏锐的心理医生。有情则是个外冷内热的诉讼律师。

Zhang Yao Dong plays a psychiatrist with a quirky personality, while I play a lawyer, whose sees the world only as right or wrong.

《想握你的手》不知不觉已经拍了整整七个月，很快就要在电视上跟大家见面了。刚开始接到这部剧的时候有点透不过气。毕竟刚刚拍完《小娘惹》，就马上投入综艺节目《佳节年华》，随后在圣诞节的前几天就开始拍长剧，没什么时间进修，又担心拍这么长的戏会闷，会被束缚，会演来演去一直重复情节等之类的杂念。说我杞人忧天吧，因为根本就是钻牛角尖，想太多了！我发现自己随着时间开始成熟，戏里的人物也跟着我改变，情节或许相同，但是表达方式已经改变了。其实我们现实生活中不也会反反复复为了同样的人或事烦恼吗？你以为已经解决了的事，过了一段时间后，又浮现在眼前？重复又重复，其实也是我们现实生活中的一部分。

这几个月来我对演戏更是情有独钟。要塑造一个逼真的人物，必须把自己的人生历练和平日的观察融入角色。在分析剧本的时候，想的已经不再是要怎么说对白，而是了解这个人物出现在这场戏之前的心态，心情，遭遇，困惑，然后引观众走进故事里。我喜欢这个分析的过程，因为自己仿佛能够过另一个人的生活，却有不需要背负任何情感。自由的感觉很舒服。我可以和哥哥撒娇，发脾气，吵架，分享心事，可是却不需要承受家庭责任的压力。我可以享受谈恋爱的滋味，经历情人之间的甜蜜，醋意，不合，却又不会被爱情的欢喜悲伤久久的困惑。虽然当下的情感都是真的，但最后还都只不过是一场戏。

戏归戏，但这部剧很写实，所以我本身对剧情有共鸣。希望这故事能说的动听，能让你感动。

期待十一月的到来！

Star Awards 红星大奖 2009

Hairstylist/发型师

Make-Up Artiste/化妆师

尝试了新的呈现方式, 一目了然。

嘿嘿。。。当天用了别人的相机，结果自己拍的照片不是很多，oops. 本来想用黑白效果制造时尚照，哎，可是我的相机的镜头脏了没发现，所以有些照片是蒙蒙的。:(

红星大奖已经过了差不多一个星期了，我还没有在博客上发表，因为实在有点忙。颁奖典礼当晚后还有庆功宴，之后因为大家都走了，所以得开车到 stylist 的家还身上穿的 Hervé Léger bandage dress，隔天早上七点报道化妆拍戏。真不好意思，不能和在外头久等的粉丝多拍几张照，结果赶到连你们拍的照片都蒙了。希望很快会有机会和大家再见面。

坦白说，得了奖之后也不知道该说什么。本来想写一篇有条有理的致谢话，可是我当晚大概都说了。虽然有点语无伦次，但那是当时最真的感触。真的出乎意料之外啊！因为没想到，所以意外，因为意外，所以致谢词一塌糊涂。没经验就是这样，可要多多向大哥大姐们学习哦！

当天我还记得自己轻松得很，在后台不断的玩别人的相机，直到同事在出场之前跟我说了一些话，让我觉得还是想想如果真的上台所要说的话。头脑不断的在组织，可是还是让它溜走了。然后观看颁奖典礼有趣的颁奖方式，就统统忘了。

抱歉，多希望自己有所准备上台时能稳稳的，不过当时的心情真的难以形容。坐在台下等待颁奖的那一刻，心情很乱。幻想如果叫了我的名字是什么样的感觉，上台要说什么，但还没搞清楚，又告诉自己不可能的，应该不会叫我的名字，心里又期待又害怕，反反复复，头脑一片混乱，情绪澎湃。答案揭晓的时候，仿佛脑袋的电线插头被人扯掉了，突然进入auto mode，上台，领奖，致谢，脑袋一片空白。一直在挣扎想要说什么，可是一切发生的这么突然，时间又不多，担心警铃会响，说到断声多尴尬啊，劈里啪啦赶快说完后，还不知如何反应。后台看到我的 stylist Jeremy 兴奋得很，还有各评daddy，抱着我，恭喜我，说“Ger ger, see I told you.” 我就哭了稀里哗啦，很感动。然后被经理人牵着说要出去访问，我跟她说怎么办，我的头脑很空，一时不知道要说什么。乱七八糟！

以前常想，怎么得奖人总是那么激动，怎么都会哭，自己得奖后才体会到那种感觉。领奖真的不容易。

那一晚本来就只穿一件晚礼服，因为之前没有试穿过 Hervé Léger 的那一件，可是Jeremy在我做完访问后拉了我上去说换衣，我也就照做。大家都很紧张因为正在颁十大最受欢迎男艺人，一边挤进裙子的时候，心想这么匆忙，万一换了衣服又没有机会上台亮相会不会好像很多余？还没想到结果就已经坐在台下了，心情镇定了很多，完全没有压力。我想如果我的名字正好到后面才叫的话，可能会紧张，尤其如果大家认定你一定会进。一个人坐在前排的感觉很尴尬，去年尝过了，身边的女艺人都上台留下我一个，失望倒不会，反而尴尬到想找个洞钻进去。

我只能说我很幸运，这一路走来不容易，这是很大的鼓励。很多人事后都发简讯来恭喜我，我在博客，facebook，twitter 也收到了不少祝贺，谢谢你们。当然也有一群人认为我不应该得这个奖。这一切都不在我控制范围内，当初我也说过，如果时机未成熟，我不会强求，但评审决定颁这个奖给我，给我很大的信心和肯定。得奖并不代表已经到了终点，只是告诉我找对了路。要走的路还很长，当然能进步的空间也还很多，不过至少我已在起点立足。这对我来说很值得高兴！高兴不是因为有什么成就，而是因为我看见了自己迷失、跌倒、受伤再爬起来的过程。我的人生多一篇丰富的内容。

我很珍惜每一位在这旅途中碰到的人。有些站在原地指点方向，有些只是经过打个招呼；有些陪我走了最艰难的一段却无缘继续步行，有些则刚遇上；有些在我绊脚之前拉了我一把，有些却让我一头栽下去。

衷心感谢每一位，因为有你们，让我的人生道路更精彩。

红星大奖召势活动

那天到淡马锡初级学院为红星大奖召势，让我很兴奋，因为同学们的热情真的无法挡！我在路途中一直被其他三位艺人（俊雄，芷绚，展发) “围攻”考问我一些私人问题，让我防不胜防，对接下来要做的事一点心里准备也没有。所以当巴士开到淡马锡初级学院，我很意外竟然有这么多朋友已经在等我们了！不过好笑的是，我们巴士的前门卡住了，不能开，紧急门靠了三，四个人才把它成功的打开，好丢脸！结果还得搬桌子来让我们踩着下车，好好笑哦！

整个活动一眨眼就过了，没有办法跟一些同学拍照和互动，希望同学们可以谅解。真的很可惜，我们时间不多，让不少同学们失望，希望以后有机会再去拜访你们！

我真的很感动，和很开心见到淡马锡初级学院学生们的那种凝聚力。你们不停地为我们尖叫，欢呼，真是让我受宠若惊。谢谢你们，让我回到校园，重温学生生涯的那种幸福快乐，也给我留下了这么美好的回忆。

俊雄，芷绚，我，翠芳，展发

我们搞自拍！竟然还能把大家挤进去！

在台上和二年级学生互动

我们被热情的同学们包围了！:)

我们已经上车了，可是还有这么多学生在车窗外跟我们交流。

我们依依不舍的离开了！后面三个男生很可爱，竟然很爽快地在镜头面前向我求婚！当然是导播的意思啦！

玩了大半天，要谢谢Carol 的摄影，还有红星外景 crew 和工作人员为我们安排的一切！辛苦你们了，还要照顾到节目的拍摄，艺人的安全，还有学生的反应，真不容易！加油！

Bonia & Me :)

噎！ Bonia 又续约了！真的好开心，又能够再次当 Bonia 的代言人。那天在 Takashimaya Square 走秀后，韵仪和老板提到我们再次为设计包包的主意，如果能有机会，那就太好了！好兴奋哦！

哈哈！

我虽然不是特别有设计天分，但是整个合作的过程很愉快。可能是因为 Bonia 是由一个家庭从小做起，所以和他们合作很有一家人的感觉。每次上他们的公司，或好像上回一起吃饭时，都有一种很亲切的感觉。我曾经说过，很喜欢大家庭的那种凝聚力，而跟他们在一起，就让我有这种很舒服的感受。

和老板 Mr Chiang 的合照

俊雄，心钰，Me, 韵仪，Mr Chiang, 芷绚，Jade, Mr Chiang, 展发

走秀的“模特儿”

Tian Yang (设计我们的包包的才子）with me!

Me with my bag

Last Friday (12 Oct) was a day full of emotions for me. In the morning, I was bawling my eyes out with the rest of the cast of “A Path Of Gold”. Then in the afternoon was the Bonia fashion show, where I was really thrilled to be part of the Bonia brand once again! I was very tempted to sip the champagne in celebration, but somehow the glass didn’t come to me. *heehee*

And the long day ended with a bunch of fun-loving Jolliteers, who really brought sunshine in my heart even though it was nearly evening. Thank you all so much, for being so loving! *hugs & kisses*

I’m so lucky to be spoilt…

Big-head doggie smooches me!!

Yummy chocolate cake! I shared it with my mom and she loved it!

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