Date: 2010 9/2
Translator: Tamaya
Steven Ma Praised as the Nanny to the Miss Chinese Beauty Pageant. Happy to meet old friends again.
Steven Ma just came back to Hong Kong from his US-Canada’s performance stint, a trip that lasted more than 10 days beginning August 19 until his return. Steven first went to New York for an autograph signing session, and then onto a guest performance in the Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant 2010. Next, he flew to Toronto to perform in a two-night charity fund-raising dinner show organized by the local arts group. Steven says that this trip stirred up deep feelings; the last time he performed in a Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant was 8 years ago. This time he was re-united with the same staff from that year. “They said everybody has become fat and sports a pot belly, but I still look the same. Look even younger than 8 years ago. I told them to play a few games of badminton, drink more soup; if possible, get plenty of sleep. Then you’ll get younger. Haha!”
Steven also met Jessie Liu, the winner of that year Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant 2002. She and Louis Yuen co-hosted this year pageant. “I feel that she and I have ‘yuan’. (fate) She was very happy that we met again on stage. Jessie plans to release an album soon, and will come to Hong Kong for recording. We’ve exchanged phone numbers. When she comes to Hong Kong, I’ll arrange a meeting with her and Louis for a get-together dinner.”
On that night, Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant 2008, Stacy Wang, was arranged as Steven’s dancing partner in a chacha dance. The chairman of the Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant, Yip Biu, (葉彪) praised Steven as the nanny for the ‘hua jie’ (Miss Chinese Beauty Winners) because many ‘hua jie’ including Bernice Liu, Fala Chen, and Linda Chung all have had numerous collaborations with Steven after entering TVB. Mr. Yip also praised Steven for being a good teacher; all those ‘hua jie’ who collaborated with him got a good start in Hong Kong.
Besides work, Steven also toured Casino Mohegan Sun in US. (TN: that’s the pageant venue) The casino owner highly recommended the lobsters and oysters in the casino restaurant, so he took Steven, Louis and some employees for dinner there. The restaurant has an open kitchen and the ingredients were all very fresh. Steven could not resist checking out the restaurant, and the chef of that night very obligingly let Steven take pictures of him posed in front of the stoves. Steven’s colleagues laughed that he must have become possessed by master chef because of his Apprentice Chef program. When his lobster dinner came, Steven commented that it was enormous and had lots of goop. (tamale). Luckily they all shared the lobster, and Steven, after eating only a quarter of it said he was stuffed. Lucky for him, his cholesterol has always been on the low side so was not afraid it might cause problem. (to his health)
After his New York stint, Steven straight away flew to Toronto to perform in a 2-night charity dinner show. Because of the rain that day, the flight was continuously delayed. Steven had to stay put in the airport for 5 hours. “But I support the airline’s decision. Would rather wait than have accidents. Compensation won’t do any good.”
Besides rehearsing for the performance, Steven found time to get together with old friends there, including Louise Lee’s daughter, Leslie Yip and her husband. The couple readied a scrumptious dinner to welcome Steven.
While in Toronto, the tragic killing of Hong Kong residents in the Philippines occurred; Steven together with the locals followed the news closely. Wherever there was tv reporting on the incident, they would all pay close attention to the news. They were all very shocked, upset and angered by the tragedy. Steven posted 6 entries on his weibo to express his sadness and dissatisfaction.
During his performances on the stage, Steven dedicated the song, “Don't hold back love",《愛是不保留》to express both his and his audience’s condolences to the victims, and to convey their best wishes to the survivors and the victims’ families. He hoped that victims’ families will one day walk out from their trauma of pains and sufferings onto a new chapter of their lives.
related material: vid-guest performance NY Chinatown beauty pageant
Chinese source: steven ma baidu
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