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Haha...I notice the same thing!
ReplyDeleteIt can be the other way around though. Hong Kong people like to call their kids "nui nui" and "dzai-dzai" even when they are adults! It is appalling. You can say it is a term of endearment but yike it doesn't sound right. The other day I heard a HK radio person referred to a 43-year old man as "dzai-dzai" (may be because he is mentally challenged). I almost fell off the chair.
I suppose 50 is considered "old" in HK and 60 is seriously an elderly.
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I thought I was the only one who felt that way. I'm glad I've company. Yeah, I think Andy Lau will be forever called Wah Dzai even when he's in his 60s. But man, I give credit to the dude. He really works on it to make himself look fit. I know it isn't easy--not that I've tried myself.
ReplyDeleteYou remain "old" for thirty years since the average life span in HK is like 80.
ReplyDeleteMuch like China, age discrimination in the job market here is rampant, esp. in the service sector. One only needs to go to a fast-food chain store. You'll immediately find out if you are 50 or over, all you can do is cleaner provided you are female.
There's almost no male worker aged 50 or older working in the service industry, except perhaps in traditional Chinese restaurants and goldsmith shops. All they are left to do is security guard who work 12-hour shifts for about HK$6,000 a month.
I notice in one recent photo in the newspaper that Andy Lau's facial skin around his mouth becomes very loose when he smiles, much like Wong Wang Fat or Uncle Fat, an ex-LegCo councillor. I reckon maybe that's because he's too skinny and that makes him look gaunt and old.
ReplyDeleteI don't know why women are crazy about Andy Lau. I think he is too skinny and too short.
ReplyDeleteDuring my infrequent visits to HK, I notice that HK people in their 50's do act much older than Americans of same age. I think part of it is cultural. Don't Chinese people like to say "act your age" a lot? We are expected to behave a certain way when we hit a certain age. I don't think Americans are like that.
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Once upon a time when I was 23 years old, I thought to myself, maybe I was too old to wear blue jeans already. And here I am, still wearing them every day.
ReplyDeleteYeah, when Andy Lau first came out I thought Gee, what a POS. But the guy works hard and perseveres. I haven't seen him in low def or high def for a long time, so I don't know how he looks exactly. But from a distance, with proper lighting and make up, the guy looks good.
Ha ha, I think some women are just turned on by too skinny and too short guys like Lau. What can I say? He has proven himself to be popular among the Chinese communities.
ReplyDeleteI am appalled when people submit any employment application letter they still "need" to submit date of birth, marital status and the horror--a picture. This got to stop.
What if some airline that wanted to hire male air stewards but ended up getting some hunchbacks of Notre Dame.
ReplyDeleteWhen I first saw Tony Leung on TV acting alongside Wong Yat Wah, I said Gee, he's a really handsome guy.
ReplyDeleteIf the applicant can perform the job, I see no problem with it.
ReplyDeleteBut like Andy Lau, Tony Leung is not tall.
ReplyDeleteAgain, Tony Leung has proven himself to be a worthy actor. So there is no contest whether he is popular or not. That being said, of course, one could always hate him because sometimes we just love to hate. And you would have thought oh maybe Wong or a bunch of others taller and equally handsome kids would out perform Tony Leung because at some point he was relegated to be a host of a children program and in funny costume no less. But he works his way out from ridicule and irrelevance, much like Chow Sing Chi--he actually embraces ridicules, and becomes one of the biggest stars not only in Asia but quite internationally as well. What distinguishes Tony Leung or Lau Tak Wah is, I really don't know, probably perseverance and hardwork. And like the PowerRangers say, "Never give up." But I guess for every Tony Leung or Lau Tak Wah, there are at least a million losers out there...
ReplyDeleteI see no problem with that, either, as long as the air stewardesses are alright.
ReplyDeleteWell that just shows vertically challenged is no major obstacle to mega stardom in Asia.
ReplyDeleteI like to see Tony Leung act. I like to see him act in Wong Kar Wai's movies more. I like to see Tong Leung play the role of a womaniser vis-a-vis his crony Ah Ping the best. If you ask me, I'd rank Tony Leung as the best actor in Hong Kong. He's about our age and I'm rather proud our generation produced such a great actor. I still remember vividly Tony Leung's acting in his first TV soap opera - Heung Shing Long Tsz. Frankly speaking, he was already quite good at the time.
ReplyDeleteOh yeah, our generation. I think over the years, he's just become more down to earth, a man good at what he does, and nothing more. You give him a job, he fucking does it brilliantly. Get the job done and moves on. In some way, he is lucky he meets Wong or the other way round. The last 60 seconds in Days of Being Wild kind of cemented him as the charismatic leading man, without saying a single fucking word, he stole the movie.
ReplyDeleteCorrect. And handsome tall guy such as Michael aka Wong Mak Tak is just so-so in HK. He might be very well-received in Thailand 'cause Thais are crazy about Eurasians.
ReplyDeleteAbsolutely, man. And he doesn't party. Nor was he seen cozying up to people with lots of clout in showbiz, like Tam Wing Lun, Ah Lek and Tsang Chi Wai. I like his kiss-no-ass attitude.
ReplyDeleteMaybe except his wi**'s.
ReplyDeleteI heard a scurrilous rumour that his wife likes to arrange 20-something girls to have sex with his husband while she watches. I don't know. Some of my friends are really bad, and you know who you are.
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Man, I don't even know what scurrilous rumor is but I take it it's basest of the basest. Them, at least his always scandalous wife is good for something, no?
ReplyDeletedo you know that Alan Tam has just celebrated his 60th year old birthday, he has two "wives" and a teenager kid
ReplyDeleteJailed Chinese pro-democracy activist Liu Xiaobo has won the Nobel Peace Prize. Beijing immediately condemned the decision, saying it had "violated and blasphemed" the award
ReplyDeletefinally China has "produced" their own local made Nobel Prize Winner
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