2010 Miss NYC chinatown beauty pageant (愛之初体驗)

Steven's weibo entry makes me wish that he would one day hold a concert, preferably close to me.

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When I feel the blues I watch this video and I'll feel much better.  Haha! The angst of first love!!!

Steven Ma as guest performer in 2010 Miss NY Chinese Beauty Pageant singing 愛之初体驗.  If not for Steven himself pointing that out in his weibo that he messed up the lyrics, I wouldn't have realized it at all. He was so high after singing that song because he had such a blast performing it with melodrama and exaggerated gestures.

related post:
2010 ny trip - meet+greet and NYC chinatown tv report
NY weibo
NY-Toronto weibo posts compilation
My 1st encounter with Steven

~~ 愛之初体驗 Lyrics~~

NY - Toronto trip - Photos

photos credit to: Tamaya
NOTE: I only attended Steven's autograph signing in NYC but did not watch his performance in the beauty pageant held Casino Mohengan Sun, Connecticut. 
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The signing venue is the store  beside the corner store.  @3pm

2010 Steven Ma's New York Trip - meet and greet videos

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NY Chinese News report:  NYC local tv station reporting on the signing event. Gist: The presence of TVB artists Steven Ma and Louis Yuen stirred up a whirlwind in the Chinese community.

SM's performance video:  youtube 愛之初体驗 




source: 見到鬼仔就嘰哩咕嚕

The video is a keeper! lol
Oh, how I wish I was in the audience watching Steven struts his stuff.  At 1:08 Steven's reaction was so funny when a woman shoved him on his side. Haha! In fact, Steven's whole performance was laughter inducive and thoroughly enjoyable. Fans call him "fung sao". I don't even know how to describe his performance, just that it makes me want to laugh every time I watch it which I did many times. Obviously, Steven was having a blast singing that song too, by what he wrote on his weibo, saying he was 'high' after singing that song.This is the song Steven said he messed up the lyrics but I'm sure only he knew he messed up with his audience none the wiser about his misstep.  But he sure seems high! His cheekiness was so reminiscent of the time he sang, "My Girl" on tvb 42 anniversary gala. For those who have not watched the video, you're in for a treat.

video 2: introducing the contestants as they stepped onto the stage



video3: skit with contestant

related materials:
2010 NY Chinatown Beauty Pageant videos - 愛之初体驗 English translation
weibo NY posts only
weibo compilatio of NY - Toronto posts

2010 Aug NY Trip - News Reports

Steven Ma to Make Real Money in USA and Canada
Posted 20 August 2010 - 05:56 AM

Steven Ma Chun Wai will be flying to the United States to make a guest appearance in a beauty pageant. Afterwards, he will hold a concert in Toronto , Canada . In response to the upcoming money-making opportunities, Steven smiled, “Working overseas for a dozen days, I will be earning enough to make a down payment on a house!"

“For this occasion, I went to millionaire, Cheng Yu-tung’s favored tailor shop and requested fashion designer, Andy Daniel, to design my stage costume. I spent over six figures on the clothes!”

Source: the Sun
Credits: Jayne http://jaynestars.com

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Translator: Tamaya @ Asianfanatics.net
Posted 20 August 2010 
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Steven Ma 'digs' gold in US-Canada; 6-figure investment in costumes
马浚伟美加登台掘金 花六位数巨资买衣服

Riding on the good ratings of both A Watchdog’s Tale and Ghost Writer, this morning Steven Ma flew over to America to ‘imbibe gold’. During this trip, Steven will be the guest performer in the Miss USA New York Chinatown Beauty Pageant, after which he will fly to Toronto, Canada for another performance. Apparently just these few days of commercial performances are enough to generate him the down payment for a flat.

Always professional, Steven, so as to do good by his performances, went earlier to Cheng Yu-tung’s favored tailor shop, Tailor One, to place an order for suits and shirts. He also requested good friend, fashion designer, Andy Daniel, to design numerous stage costumes for him that ended up costing him over 6 figures in total payment. Steven expressed that business dealings between people should be fair. “They’ve paid so much for my appearances, in return, I should dress well and sing well for the audience’s enjoyment and appreciation. This is how professional ethics should be practiced.”

Besides the heavy investment in self, Steven exercises daily to build up his ‘qi’ and physique. “I love to play badminton. Will play 3 times at least once a week. I’ll organize ‘ABA’ (Artistes Badminton Association) soon. Besides providing exercises, I hope to use the combined strength of “ABA” to do some charity work.” Recently, Steven has also taken an interest in golf. “At first, I knew nothing about golf. But having played some recently, I realized that this sport is easy to get but tough to master. It is a sport that challenges self. I enjoy playing it now. I'll spend more time on it in the future.”

As for his US-Canada performances, the event organizers have requested Steven to sing his own songs plus some oldies. “I really like Teacher Lau Ka Cheong’s “Hoi au” 《海鸥》(Sea Gull) and also Emil Chou’s 《花心》. 《花心》’s Cantonese version is my own song, Lucky is to have met you. 《幸运就是遇到你》. Because this is my debut song when I first entered the music industry, it is very meaningful to me. I’ll arrange to sing it in my performances.”

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source: On cc news 2010/8/23
steven-ma.org
translator: Tamaya

Steven Ma’s New York Autograph Signing Event Attracts a Crowd
August 19th, Steven Ma went over to US-Canada for performances. His first stop was at a jewelry store in New York Chinatown for an autograph signing event, followed by a guest appearance in 2010 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant in Mohegan Sun Casino. His attendance at the signing event attracted a huge crowd of fans from around New York city and other parts of America. Two hours before the event, there were already 2 long queues of people waiting for admission. The owner of the jewelry store expressed that he likes Steven a lot, besides presenting him a solid gold home accessory, he also gave Steven a special thank you gift.

Source: Apple Daily 2010/8/23 5:13 pm
Steven Ma is greatly welcomed by mother – daughter team in America.
Last Thursday, Steven Ma (Ma Zai) went over to US-Canada for performances, and while there had an autograph signing event that attracted a huge crowd of overseas fans. The fans made the special trip to NY Chinatown to support Steven’s signing event. Steven was touched by their support.

Steven saw the long queues of people that began two hours before the signing, among them were many mother and daughter duos. The mom generation praised Steven for his performance in Ghost Writer. As for the young ladies, they like his singing a lot. Steven  said: “Thank you to TVB for letting me film such a popular series.”

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below pix source: Tsui/y/y weibo
 

TN: Guess Steven was getting ready for the signing event. Hair's not jelled up yet.

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reposting clamine/tamaya's comments on Jaynestars here
I was at Steven’s signing yesterday at NY Chinatown. The milling crowd was so huge that it became a curiosity to police, to tourists and passersby who came to investigate. Haha! Don’t think Steven is holding a concert in Toronto. He might be in a concert but not holding one, at least I don’t think he is. All he said in his weibo was that he will be in Toronto for a stage performance. His numerous past concert performances with Joyce in Toronto were always sold out. But then it may be just due to Joyce’s popularity nothing to do with Steven’s. I’ve posted pictures in asianfanatics.Can the reporter at least pick a more recent photo? That’s an old photo! Haiz!

~~Where is his autograph signing?~~~
160 (?) canal street & Elizabeth - venue: Magnolia Jewelry Store. The crowd was estimated to be around 1000 people strong, according to event organizer. And that was after many left after seeing the long queues or out of impatience or out of time. Right where the 4 branches of Magnolia Fine Jewelry (Dai Sing Jewelry) are located. The event was hosted by the jewelry company

NY - Toronto trip - weibo

Reminder: Time in Steven weibo is HK time. NY is 12 hrs behind HK. 

2010-8-19 07:43  Good morning!  Today, flying to New York and  later to Toronto. The thought of flying over 10+ over hours ....not too bad la, hopefully can fall asleep!  ByeBye! (song: Lionel Richie-Hello)

2010-8-20 12:47  Good afternoon! Just check in to the hotel, so tired! After a 15 hour flight, went straight to the jewelry store in China for an autograph signing event. Lots of people, the event organizer said that it was close to 1000 people. Just couldn’t finish signing autographs for all. I know there was this ‘tong xue’ (person) who especially flew over from Boston but the signing event had already ended, so started crying at the venue. Don’t worry, I signed them already and gave them over to the staff. They promised they will send them to you, so don’t worry.  Will talk later, good night! 

8/20/2010 01:14 You all still haven’t slept yet?
2010-8-20 13:00  It's early morning here at 1 am 這裡是凌晨一点!
p-89 2010-8-20 19:19 I'm here,  Good morning! 我来了  早晨!
p-87 2010-8-20 19:25  Jet lag, done exercising and having breakfast 時差中,做完運動吃過早歺了!
p-88 2010-8-20 19:50 Riddle: 4th Brother went diving. The shrimps underwater all got eaten up! Guess 4th Brother performance venue! lol!  謎語題:四哥去潛水,海裡的蝦都給吃光了!猜四哥演出的地方!  笑死人了 

2010-8-20 19:52   Incorrect! 不對!

2010-8-20 20:00  Reveal answer! It's in Cantonese "mo har gan sun" (no shrimps came along)"  Mohegan Sun! haha! (I'm) being very silly! lol! 開估啦! 係廣東話"無蝦跟身", Mohegan Sun! 哈哈! 超無聊!笑死人了 

2010-8-20 20:07 That's where the beauty pageant takes place 選美就在這裡辦吖! 
2010-8-21 01:19  1 2 3zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz Goodnite!

2010-8-21 08:22  Good morning! It's dusk here, jet lag catching up, feeling confused! Today, I unwrapped fans' gifts: flowers, Dingdong, letters! Thanks, everybody! Also, all the notes inside the gifts addressed me as 4th Brother, so (givers) must be of Grand Piggy Ma's family. Felt very warm!  I'll have my show in the wee morning tomorrow, hope everything go smoothly.    

page-188 2010-8-21 08:42  Tonight just now, lo ban treated us to a lobster dinner. Louis ( 阮兆祥) and I are both so full now.v 剛オ晚歺老闆請吃龍蝦,和祥仔各人吃得很飽!v

page-187 2010-8-21 08:46 Actually, Mohegan Sun's transliteration should be "武器跟身" (mo hei gan sun) , hence no scare of bad people!  .... so nonsens對了,Mohegan sun的譯音該是"武器跟身",那就不怕壞人了! ..........很無聊吧!嗯嗯

page-184 2010-8-21 08:58 Thank you for the best wishes! There'll be two events held in mainland in early September 多謝祝福! 九月初已有兩個活动在內地!   

read the rest of Steven's live chat on his baidu

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2010-8-21 08:22 Many places are now nighttime, people are preparing to turn in for the night. Whereas here it is high noon. Just finished enjoying sunbathing. Not too hot, very comfortable! This is the view from my hotel room, not too bad, eh? After tonight’s performance, I will fly to Toronto tomorrow! From young I’ve always liked DingDong! Thinking thus makes me most fervently wish that Dingdong can invoke a teleportal gateway for me…haha!  wallpaper link  

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Live chat with fans. Steven is right now on weibo chatting with fans. But the rapid updating of the msg board is too quick for me to catch up.

8/21/2010
2010-8-22 01:14 你們還不睡?

page 216 2010-8-22 08:11 Good morning, the show rehearsal has just started. 早啊,總採排才剛開始...............

page 215 2010-8-22 08:19 My attire for tonight is more costumey. Have waited since 3 o’clock till now. Who wouldn’t want to sleep…looking for stimulation. 今夜穿的是舞台感重一点的.....下午三點等到現在...誰不想 找点刺激

11:59 Going to start soon. 
12:37 Feel sleepy again..

page 149 2010-8-22 14:06 Just finished singing a song, but I got the lyrics wrong. Anyway, the audience was very high. Me, too!唱完一首了! 可唱錯歌詞.........但觀眾很high, 我也是 惊喜 

 p-148 2010-8-22 14:09 sang 愛之初体驗! Will sing Safeguards' themesong and Shanghai Bund later.愛之初体驗! 待會唱铁血和上海灘! 我来了

page 146 2010-8-22 14:23 Not nervousness, just that I was too high. Casino shows always start at these hours. 不是緊張,是自已太high!casino的show一直都這時間的! 

page145 14:45 Just finished singing another one.又唱完  
15:13 Accomplished! Surprise! Can you all see? (note: see his invoked Weibo ‘surprise' icon)
15:18 Was it good? Maybe will attain a celebratory party later?

see baidu pp70-71 

Looks like Steven had a great time performing. So nice of him to share his performance real time with fans. Guess he is sleeping in this morning.

8/22/2010 10:04 Good night/ good morning, everybody! It's raining here! Getting ready to leave the hotel.

8/22/2010 10:47 : Have left the hotel for the airport! See you in Toronto

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 2010-8-23 13:02  Today is truly a “waiting” day. Left Mohegan Sun this morning at 11 o’clock for the airport to catch the 4 pm flight to Toronto. Maybe because of the rain, the flight kept delaying. Finally boarded at 7 pm but due to ‘air traffic jam” it didn’t take off until 8 something. That is understandable but coincidentally the plane was of those small aircrafts. I was truly bored at the same time nervous. Know that my one time hair-raising airborne trauma is still vivid in my memory.

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Omitted Steven's latter weibo posts on the current HK hostages situation in The Philippines

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The above pix was first uploaded by tsui/y/y on her weibo yesterday, but I guess a reporter got hold of it and enterprisingly made a news report out of it.

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Toronto trip

source: Leslie Yip


Steven enjoying his visit with old friend, Leslie Yip, in Toronto. Leslie in her weibo: Your 4th Brother 'cuts' off his face during self-snapping of photo.

8/27/2010 7:10 (hk time) live comment:
Thank you everybody! My showtime about to start. I sure the show will go smoothly. Here's wishing everybody positiveness and optimism in facing a brand new day!

2010-8-30 21:00 Home finally! Finished 3 shows in US-Canada all at one go. Very successful. Thank you to all the brothers and sisters who supported me. Now that I’m back in Hong Kong I need to re-adjust to jet lag all over again. The picture posted above is taken during a rehearsal in NY. The lady in it is the Miss NY Chinese 2007, Wang Ying; hope I got her name right! Thank you for performing with me. Add oil!

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related photos

NY - Toronto Fans' Encounters

 asianfanatics 668 
Posted 20 August 2010  

Tamaya: 
OMGosh! I met Steven today at the signing event. There were so many people that we were rushed in and out so I just got glimpses of him sitting down behind the glass counter. He is simply gorgeous and very cute. Excellent skin complexion, face smooth and unblemished. No sign of fatigue, very friendly and warm. Smiling, talking and signing all at the same time. His voice sounds exactly the same as on tv and radio. I was so surprised to see him in suit.I have pictures posted there. Not many photos because we were being rushed out immediately after Steven finished signing. Sorry, guys!

Days Prior to Steven's NY Trip

steven-ma.org 

http://www.misschinesepageant.com/2010/latest/final-show-poster @NMFu rm  

On August 19, a meet and greet event will be held on Canal street in Chinatown for the famous Hong Kong celebrity Steven Ma. All fans are welcome to attend. The final show will be presented at Mohegan Sun in Connecticut on August 22 at 1 AM, featuring Steven Ma as the special guest to witness the crowning of this year’s beauty queen. The show will be hosted by the TVB celebrity Louis Yuen (Yuen Siu Cheung) and the 2002 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant winner Jessie Liu. The show will be recorded and aired by TVB (USA). ! 4uTi [e  
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Posted 10 August 2010 - 09:42 PM

exclusive mag scan by tamaya
source: Compact News Magazine, 綜合新聞 New York

August 19 (Thurs) @ 4pm Hong Kong popular singer and tv star, Steven Ma and well-known tv program host, Louis Yuen, will be at the Meet and Greet event held at Magnolia Fine Jewelry Store. Patrons and fans are welcome to attend the function. phone # (212) 233-7788 address: 160 Canal Street, NY

Steven weibo: 8/16/2010
Will fly to NYC on the 19th … I dread long distant flight. 

Gosh! Steven is on very tight schedule, a nonstop flight from HK to NYC will take at least 16 hours flight time. And his meet and greet event is scheduled at 4 pm. I’ve called up Magnolia Fine Jewelery to confirm that the event is still on, and it is. (Didn't occur to me to ask if there are handouts/posters for Steven to sign to hand out to fans.) Guess time is of monetary essence for the sponsors. But poor Steven! I hate long distance flight, too. And I especially hate flying in 12 0r 24 seaters small aircrafts which I did far too many times. 

8/10/2010 14:54 steven weibo
Good afternoon! These few days I’ve been preparing for my performances in NY and Toronto; exercising everyday and rehearsing songs! But the selection of songs is giving me problems. The songs for NY have been selected but still undecided on the songs for Toronto. I hope to sing more of other artists’ songs. Can you all recommend some to me? I will most certainly take them into consideration! Thanks!

2010 -8-19 Steven Ma’s New York Autograph Signing Event Created Chaos

Posted 23 August 2010 - 02:14 PM

source - US Sinovision tv station
Steven Ma’s New York Autograph Signing Event Created Chaos
August 19th, Steven Ma went over to US-Canada for performances. His first stop was at a jewelry store in New York Chinatown for an autograph signing event, followed by a guest appearance in 2010 Miss New York Chinese Beauty Pageant. His attendance at the signing event attracted a huge crowd of fans from around New York city and other parts of America. Two hours before the event, there were already long queues of people waiting for admission. The owner of the jewelry store expressed that he likes Steven a lot, besides presenting him a solid gold home accessory; he also gave Steven a special thank you gift.

Source: Apple Daily 2010/8/23 5:13 pm
Steven Ma is greatly welcomed by mother – daughter team in America.
Last Thursday, Steven Ma (Ma Zai) went over to US-Canada for performances, and while there had an autograph signing event that attracted a huge crowd of overseas fans. Many came NY to Chinatown to support Ma Zai’s signing event which touched him.

Ma Zai saw the long queues of people that had already appeared two hours before the signing, among them were many mother and daughter duos. The mom generation praised Ma Zai for his performance in Ghost Writer. As for the young ladies, they like his singing a lot. Ma Zai said: “Thank you to TVB for letting me film such a popular series.”

source: On cc news 2010/8/23
http://www.steven-ma...ad.php?tid=2809

Other videos

introducing contestants
skit
autograph signing
autograph signing 2
leaving the store
steven entering the jewelry store