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What a long programme - from 7.30pm to 11pm !
Still, these are the parts I enjoyed plus some other observation:-
(1) The Xinyao portion my favourite - coming from my era, thoroughly refreshing to hear all my fav tunes again.
Eric Moo reportedly refused to dye his hair at his age, so all that white hair is authentic ! Long time no see Dawn Gan - Yan Liming, still same cheeky look but pui-pui aunty now. Timeless hits & catchy tunes.
(2) Guo Liang's impersonation of Jacky Cheung is surprisingly good. Kudos for mimicking the Heavenly king's dance moves. Guo is really innately talented, his hosting talent simply crowded out his other promises.
Aunty Lucy - as usual hilarious - but repeating the 'SO embarassing' trademark remarks too much. Indian Dance & rap very creative for DJ Chew.
Patricia Mok - usual sultry-wannabe, Am I wrong to notice her cleavage was comically drawn on her milky white chest for laffs, or for real ?!
All very commendable acts of effort & industry.
(3) To my ear, right from Irene Wan, 90% of all singers lip-synch.... what do you all think ? Irene Wan, damn bloody frigid bitch with attitude, still I like
(4) For once, MDA sensible in allowing some cantonese to be used on live TV. 1 song & Cantonese remarks from Nancy Sit allowed.
Kudos to Adrain Pang, he really memorised some good classical Mandarin - in fact for his exit line in the skit, I heard him speak in hokkien : Limpei mai cho leow (I quit) ! Walau !
Whenever TV camera panned on PM Lee, I felt he looked bored - must have mastered dozing off with eyes open. Little wonder he looked very fresh at the end.
Mrs Lee aka Ho Jinx, every bro must be thinking - raise what funds, 1% of her investment losses more than enuf for every charity !
With PM Lee gracing the show as an important gesture of support to the Ren Ci cause & by logical extension the Chinese Taoist/Buddhist community, the target of $4 mil from phone-in should be accomplished, though not with ease.
Towards last 10 min, I noticed still $200,000 from target. Surely, PM's backroom must have made some calls.
Next thing we know, the gross amount raised is 7 million plus ! Huh ? Corporate Top-Ups I supposed.
One other little thing.
The hosts publicly announced the higher than usual single donations. Amongst the donating organizations are 2 Taoist temples & KongMengSan Bright Hill temple (50K) I think. Not surprising.
I was thinking if I were NCC or CHC, to have made some donation to Ren Ci over live TV would be good PR as well as doing their humanitarian bit for a local charity - with positive inter-religious harmony credit & displaying faith-blind goodness to fellow men.
It was wishful thinking on my part of course.
Still, these are the parts I enjoyed plus some other observation:-
(1) The Xinyao portion my favourite - coming from my era, thoroughly refreshing to hear all my fav tunes again.
Eric Moo reportedly refused to dye his hair at his age, so all that white hair is authentic ! Long time no see Dawn Gan - Yan Liming, still same cheeky look but pui-pui aunty now. Timeless hits & catchy tunes.
(2) Guo Liang's impersonation of Jacky Cheung is surprisingly good. Kudos for mimicking the Heavenly king's dance moves. Guo is really innately talented, his hosting talent simply crowded out his other promises.
Aunty Lucy - as usual hilarious - but repeating the 'SO embarassing' trademark remarks too much. Indian Dance & rap very creative for DJ Chew.
Patricia Mok - usual sultry-wannabe, Am I wrong to notice her cleavage was comically drawn on her milky white chest for laffs, or for real ?!
All very commendable acts of effort & industry.
(3) To my ear, right from Irene Wan, 90% of all singers lip-synch.... what do you all think ? Irene Wan, damn bloody frigid bitch with attitude, still I like
(4) For once, MDA sensible in allowing some cantonese to be used on live TV. 1 song & Cantonese remarks from Nancy Sit allowed.
Kudos to Adrain Pang, he really memorised some good classical Mandarin - in fact for his exit line in the skit, I heard him speak in hokkien : Limpei mai cho leow (I quit) ! Walau !
Whenever TV camera panned on PM Lee, I felt he looked bored - must have mastered dozing off with eyes open. Little wonder he looked very fresh at the end.
Mrs Lee aka Ho Jinx, every bro must be thinking - raise what funds, 1% of her investment losses more than enuf for every charity !
With PM Lee gracing the show as an important gesture of support to the Ren Ci cause & by logical extension the Chinese Taoist/Buddhist community, the target of $4 mil from phone-in should be accomplished, though not with ease.
Towards last 10 min, I noticed still $200,000 from target. Surely, PM's backroom must have made some calls.
Next thing we know, the gross amount raised is 7 million plus ! Huh ? Corporate Top-Ups I supposed.
One other little thing.
The hosts publicly announced the higher than usual single donations. Amongst the donating organizations are 2 Taoist temples & KongMengSan Bright Hill temple (50K) I think. Not surprising.
I was thinking if I were NCC or CHC, to have made some donation to Ren Ci over live TV would be good PR as well as doing their humanitarian bit for a local charity - with positive inter-religious harmony credit & displaying faith-blind goodness to fellow men.
It was wishful thinking on my part of course.
