看我多 Auntie?

Behind the scenes for the filming of YOUR HAND IN MIND. In the later half of this long drama, I take on another role, that of my own mother. Do continue supporting this drama on weekdays at 7pm on Channel 8.

I’m a Maneater

如果大家有观看今晚（15集）的《想握你的手》，应该有看到我和耀东被关在茶水间的那一场戏，因为害怕而猛咬耀东的手臂。我可是在导演的吩咐下真咬的哦！看看可怜的耀栋被我如此”折磨“。。。哈哈！

In tonight's episode of YOUR HAND IN MINE (Episode 15), my character suffering from claustrophobia, bit into Yaodong's arm in a moment fear and panic. If you thought it was a fake bite, it wasn't, the director wanted me to do it for real. The marks are testimony to my "vicious attack". Actually, it's also because we had to do many takes.

Poor Yaodong!

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!

MediaCorp celebrates Children’s Day?

MediaCorp Trade Show 2009

The annual trade show was held at Ritz Carlton this year and almost every artiste was involved, except for those overseas or shooting in productions with a deadline schedule. It was a day where we, the “children” of MediaCorp, from TV, News, Radio and I think Publishing, got together for a major showcase of upcoming productions, programmes and projects to advertisers and long-time clients.

That was how I spent my Children’s Day!

We were joking that Jeanette's (centre) from the past (60s' image from her upcoming drama TOGETHER), I'm from the present (image from my upcoming drama YOUR HAND IN MINE) and Patricia's (extreme left) from the future (cos' she's wearing clothes from Superhero)!

Patricia and I pulls a face at Jeanette as we pretend she is a Madam Tussaud's wax figure exhibit. It was by pure coincidence that we both decided to stick our tongues out!

I love her outfit and imaging. There's something very classy about the costumes in those days. She didn't have her red lipstick on yet, but when she did, it completed the look. I'm so for this style right now!

Guess the owner of these beautiful legs, and I'm not going to tell you the correct answer because it's quite obvious!

I wanted to do profile shots of my colleagues who didn't have to dress in characters of the show they're doing, but was whisked off for rehearsal before I could snap anymore. By the time I got back, there were too many people so I only managed to get Jade (left) and Dawn (right). Jade's jacket was from some shop at Siam Square, Bangkok and Dawn's dress was from Jayson Brunsdon, Wisma Atria Singapore.

I love this duck ring. It's so unique!!

Ooooh...whose sexy back?

Ong Ai Leng's!

Rehearsal for the dance item starring one of our fellow colleagues...

...the one and only Patricia Mok!

This was one of the 3 dance sequences she had to do.

Hosted by Adrian Pang and Angel Teo. Try to guess what these artistes on stage share in common? Zoe Tay, Chen Hanwei, Ivy Lee, Christopher Lee (left to right).

Cuifang and I

Ah-jie is still gorgeous after two kids! You only realise what perfect features she's got until you actually get close enough to see for yourself.

She looks good any angle!

Aunty Lucy, Zoe Tay, Chen Hanwei and Ivy Lee (left to right).

A random group shot as we waited offstage. The hottest groom in town might have blinked just as the shutter clicked but he's still the "style" man (See his latest Style: Men magazine cover). And yes, he hasn't been able to go for his honeymoon yet.

Yet another random group shot.

Chen Liping and I and the rest of the cast of YOUR HAND IN MINE were on stage to promote the 180-episode drama.

The less-than-glamourous backstage holding area.

After rehearsal, it was back at the holding area as Belinda Lee (left) and Cai Peixuan (right) quickly have their lunch.

More photos...this time with Justin.

This was how we were before Justin came into the picture.

See how many shots it took to try and get everyone in shot properly and not distorted. It's still not perfect, but fun!!

《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。。。！

《想握你的手》第一集抢先看

前阵子，我们《想握你的手》所有参与者聚在一起看了第一集。大家边吃边观赏一些还没完全剪好的集数，乐在其中。对这部剧有兴趣的朋友恐怕要等到十一月才有机会看哦！

Some time ago, everyone involved in the production of “Your Hand In Mine” were invited to a gathering where the first episode of the drama was shown. We spent the rest of the afternoon, eating and watching some rough edits of the other episodes. I’m afraid fans of the show will have to wait for the debut in November. Good things are worth waiting for! 😉

Our drama schedule coordinator (lower left) Meifeng who does all the scheduling of filming days, artistes' conditions etc etc and our lovely story writer (top left) Rebecca, who's always there to listen.

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！