20110425

DT's April news parade

David visited the Flora Expo in Hualian, Taiwan, on 4/22 with his mother, lady in red behind him. He was casually dressed but with the coolest sunnies. When he was asked as usual abt marriage plans, he said that it's extremely possible this year but declined to reveal who's the bride. More pixs here & 2 vids here & here. He does look very good & as usual vry talkative ^__^ He said he will not be releasing album since he is still writing his movie script *sigh* but bit of good news, he claimed he is also writing new songs. On 4/19, he performed Marry me today with Lene Lai for a fashion show.

20110412

A bone from DT

DT shared some thoughts abt a boy's behavior at a buffet in his Weibo & also recommended above hotel to stay at Pasadena, LA. He stayed for a few nites last mth. It looks like the kind of place he loves *sigh* Although it's nice that he posted but felt vry discouraged that he seems to be enjoying his life & not vry bothered abt his fans waiting for his works whether it's film or music. The fact that he could afford to stay at such an expensive hotel meant that he's not really bothered abt money & he is probably much too shrewd a businessman to be able to earn money numerous ways. Also amended his fee at the opening ceremony of Chinese Super League - it was more like Rmb60 000. Just wish he will hurry up with his movie or give us something, maybe direct a music video or short film or something, anything. Just throw us a bone, damn him! Apparently Don't go breaking my heart is doing well at the box office & has also revived the popularity of the 2 evergreen songs used in the movie by the two suitors, Louis Koo & Daniel Wu, to propose. One of cos is DT's I Love You & the other is I Do credited to Faye Wong even though she did not write the song but talented Taiwanese composer, Huang Kuo Lun. Faye is the original singer but she did not sing in the movie.

20110405

DT loves football

DT holding a football & looking cute despite the er ... jacket ^__^ This was on 4/2 during the opening ceremony of the Chinese Super League in Guangzhou Tianhe Sports Center Stadium. In his Weibo, he said that he was thinking of throwing the ball into the audience but refrained cos he was afraid of hitting someone's head haha he's just too precious. That's the r&b chinese singer Han Hong next to him. They were singing one of the theme songs & apparently a lot of his fans were not satisfied with his performance saying that they couldn't even hear his voice, & felt that he shouldn't have accepted the gig. But I don't know, I think it's nice that he sang for the football league in China. It's better than just singing in one of those largescale concerts. Apparently he was paid Rmb60 000 which seemed pretty good money if it was true. Anyway I'm sure he had a great time. DT also mourned the passing of Taiwanese songwriter & producer, Chen Zhiyuan, who had worked with his dad. He also started a debate on what to post on his Weibo which I had linked under his Twitter for those who can read Chinese. It's always interesting to read his posts especially when he included pix of his breakfast *__* Interestingly DT's I Love You was chosen as one of the theme songs in the latest Johnnie To's romances titled Don't go breaking my heart. The song was used in most of the trailers & his fans in China argued that the singer was not David. I think they actually used one of his demos cos the song sounded unfinished especially the chorus. Here's one trailer on youtube and here's his earliest KTV version for comparision. Apparently the use of the song was very meaningful in the movie & knowing Johnnie To, it would be, as he really knows how to use music in his movies. Another interesting thing is that instead of being filmed with a view to Hollywood, this is one of the increasing HK movies that was filmed to woo the mainland Chinese audience with both Chinese movies Aftershock & Let the Bullets Fly racking up more than US100 million. David's I Love You was mentioned in many of the film reviews which confirmed Johnnie To's unerring sense of using music. Instead of using old English songs as most HK movies are wont to do, Johnnie chose a Chinese love song that's not too old & not too new to resound with his Chinese audience. So proud that he used David's song in his movie.