Book of Words 2nd season

2011 02/27 20:55 
source: on.cc
 即时新闻; singpao

Steven Ma opened the new season of Book of Words using the friendship card by inviting good friends as guests.  Among them are Evergreen Mak, and Maggie Cheung and Pamela Peck Wan-kam (白韻琹). * When asked if as a host he will give some tips to his guests, Steven says he will not do that privately but during the actual hosting he will give out some hints.  Having discarded school bag for some years, this hosting had him empathized the pressure students feel during exam’s time. He says: “Prior to the recording, I would spend 2 days going through the dictionary and the internet to research for information as homework.  I was never this diligent before.” (as student)  

Today Fala Chen and Kenneth Ma are Steven Ma’s guests for Book of Words blessing ceremony and the first episode. However,  Fala does not have much confidence in herself, that they would have to depend on luck to do well as both she and Kenneth studied overseas; as such, their Chinese language proficiency is limited.  They would have to depend on her brother, Steven, for tips.

Other future guests may include Linda Chung, Tavia Yeung, 

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 Steven jibes that both Kenneth Ma and Fala Chen's level of Chinese Language proficiency is too low.

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Book of Words blessing ceremony. Steven with his guests.

TN: Steven and Evergreen showed their traditional Chinese men's mentality with wearing some red to bring in good luck and prosperity to an enterprise.   Evergreen shows his goodwill to his good friend, Steve, with his red Chinese jacket.  Not sure if Fala donned the red blouse for the very same reason.

 

 pic credit: koni lui's weibo

*The news report omitted Koni Lui too as Evergreen's partner.
The program will air once every Monday starting Mar 14 at 10:30pm

Steven Ma attends Joyce Koi's Cantonese Opera

Translation on Steven's news portion
Last night, Steven attended the premiere of Joyce Koi's Cantonese Opera, 蝶海情僧 at Starlight Theater.   Steven said of course he would attend the premiere as a show of support to Joyce.  As to the opera will be touring different places in China, Steven laughed and said he knew only of the one in Beijing and that if he had the time he would attend it.  As a former student of Lung Guai Tin, Steven said he had stopped taking lessons on opera.  At that time, he was just learning the basic fundamentals, and that to be able to perform on stage will require long term practices.  But swarm with work as he is, he cannot afford the time to learn.  He said: "I learned the art because of my filming ancient series.  I learned some body movements, and some kung fu movement intricacies.  I thought they were difficult.  I don't have the qualification nor the courage to act on stage.  But if it is for charity then singing a piece of an act should be all right. Actually, Liza Wang and I did discuss about us doing an act but nothing came out of it."

Steven Ma on break; prepared to be an easy gambling prey

2011/02/02馬仔放假預做魚腩 @网易
credit:  steven-ma.org

Last night, Steven Ma (Ma Zai), whose new series wrapped up production the night before, treated his fellow cast and crew members to a bbq party at Nam Wah Wui.  The attendees included Kenneth Ma, Selena Li and Natalie Tong etc.  Both Kenneth and Selena have birthdays coming up in February, so Steven gave them birthday presents.  Also, the attendees all brought gifts for a gift exchange. To heighten the excitement, Steven was also able to  make the producer and a group of artistes sponsor a lucky draw cash prize; the total contribution was expected to reach five digits.

Steven will be having a family CNY reunion tonight, furthermore, he is accorded 8 days of vacation.  Aside from hosting* (sic) a TVB CNY tv program with Liza Wang, he will spend most of his break resting because shooting “Thunder” required ample action scenes which  exhausted him greatly.  Furthermore, because of limited time spent with family and friends, he will use this break to connect with friends over mahjong.  He jested: “I’m a well-known “yu nam” (an easy gambling prey) so friends all like to invite me for mahjong. (Will you get married this year?) When the time comes to get married, I’ll certainly inform you all. For now, I will keep that as a mystery.” He also said that his work schedule is already full, after the new year, he will be hosting Book of Words; he will  also be releasing a new book in April, and that he also has Mainland jobs and a big commercial. But will have to wait for the commercial sponsor to announce the details.

Previously he disclosed that "Book" will have a female co-host, but now the producer wants him as the sole host to avoid the trouble of dividing work.  He feels no pressure as the sole host because he has confidence in words.

notes:
1) Just read from a weibo that Steven's Mainland job is a China tv series.
2) From other reports, Steven reportedly gave Kenneth a key bag and Selena, a crystal wallet.
3)*In earlier news reports, Steven was just a guest performer, not a host as reported here.
4)  Book of Words will air starting  March 14 at 10:30-11:30 pm once a week for 25 episodes.
5) oscar weibo 2/2 

Tonight was a "Thunder" wrap-up party.  Steven Ma was very meticulous in its preparation ~from bbq to lucky draws to karaoke!!! -- he did it all!  In all, a 5- figure digits expenses out of his own pocket.  Wah! Truly love his attention to details. ..!  As for me, was so lucky to have received from Steven's own hand, a big prize of HKD 1,000!  Haha! This is what is called eat and take out!