Friday, December 15, 2006

Ron & Shirley Make Money In New York




Ron Ng and Shirley Yeung headed out to New York this Christmas for the first time, making some real money in a stage performance as well as being invited to be guests at a promotion for a cosmetic surgery company. As their schedule was quite tight, they headed out to the venue straight away when they arrived in the afternoon to do their final rehearsals for the performance the following day. Although this was the first time in New York for them both, the audience were very supportive and called for encore numerous times. They each performed four songs and ended on a high note as the audience screamed in support. Ron became good friends with the local choreographer as they tried out each other's skills and he has arranged to take lessons from him again in May.

After the show, the pair had an hour's spare time and Shirley immediately headed out to do some shopping, spending a five figure sum on Christmas presents for her friends and family and buying herself a pair of shoes, full of praises saying how beautiful and inexpensive they were. Ron did not buy anything and just went window shopping. After the shopping trip, it was very late and they were tired, but they decided to give up their resting time to go for a drive around the sights, heading out to Times Square and soaking in the bustling and festive atmosphere.

Both Ron and Shirley found the trip to be fulfilling and happy as they combined business with pleasure, but Shirley was a little disappointed that she was not able to see any snow. Ron has longed to go and visit New York, so his wish was fulfilled this time and more importantly he could meet with his friends there. He hopes that next time he will have more time to see the sights and go shopping.

Wednesday, December 13, 2006

Shirley Yeung Makes Snowmen Sushi To Welcome Christmas






In the entertainment circle, Shirley Yeung is well known Japanese food fan, every meal she is able to eat salmon as a substitute for rice. Christmas is just around the corner and Shirley, of course hopes to have a meal of Japanese Christmas food. However, the Japanese people do not take Christmas Day as crucial to their traditional custom, so they wouldn't specially make Christmas food - unlike the westernised countries where they traditionally have roast chicken, etc. Even so, Shirley says why don't I personally make an entire plate of Christmas atmosphere filled salmon sushi!

Don't look at Shirley and think she's so small; every meal she persists to fill her stomach entirely, she particularly likes to eat sushi because there is rice to arrive at the stomach even though she knows it might result to a stomach ache, she doesn't care. "In every meal I have to eat rice, if there is no rice in my stomach, it would feel like I haven't eaten anything at all. Moreover, sushi seems like there isn't much oil, so it's really healthy! Other than salmon fish, sea urchin, scallops and the red shell which I really like, I remember one time, I saw some raw fish and the colour as a bit weird, but I couldn't resist it. After that, I had a really bad stomach ache which was really uncomfortable ?and from then on, I will sort out the fresh raw fish then I would eat it."

"One year at a high school Christmas party, we all made sushi instead because all the food had been eaten beforehand. Therefore I used cucumber, crabmeat and salmon to wrap inside the sushi. Luckily, all the food had gone afterwards! I usually cannot finish it myself, one; there's too much work and just on the basis of sushi rice takes a long time, two; I am someone whom you cannot starve. Once I am hungry, I have to eat ?so I don't have the mood to slowly make it!"

This year's Christmas, Shirley plans to use the idea of a snowman to make food for family, friends and relatives, "Then I will also add fried salmon skin, crab and salad inside the snowman. Dad, mum, boyfriend, everyone will have their share!" Such a thoughtful Christmas gift!

Monday, December 11, 2006

Ron & Shirley Will Be In New York For Christmas



Ron Ng, Shirley Yeung, Alvina Kong, Jack Wu and Ha Yu were filming for new TVB quiz show "Questioning Showbiz" yesterday.

Ron took his pet dog that he has had for five or six years to film a promotional clip earlier because he felt the dog was a bit too fat, so he wanted to show him off. As for Christmas, Ron will be heading out to New York for a stage performance with Shirley and setting out today, so he will be working on Christmas Eve. Asked if he will be giving a Christmas Present to rumoured girlfriend Ella Koon, he says: "No, I wont. I will give to my friends though. (She is a friend also?) I don't think I will see her this year, but I don't want to talk about these things now." Shirley has already bought a gift for her mother, but she has not bought anything for her boyfriend yet. This quiz show will be asking questions about entertainment news and Shirley has usually kept an eye on the gossip, most recently checking out Cathy Tsui's fairytale wedding news.

Tuesday, December 5, 2006

Shirley Yeung Wants To Travel Tibet By Train



Shirley Yeung was guest at the opening of a Korean cosmetics outlet yesterday and as well as receiving a satisfactory feel, the sponsors also presented her with many skincare products. Asked if she was worried about it not being suitable for her skin, she says she is not worried because she has been wearing make-up for a long time and this makes her skin very dry, so all moisturising products are good for her.

As for her fee, Shirley smiles that it is enough to buy a Christmas gift for her boyfriend Gregory Lee, but she has not though of what to get him yet. She has just finished filming for her series so she can spend Christmas celebrating with a group of friends. So what present would she most like to receive? Shirley says that she would like to have a vacation, because she has not had time to take a holiday: "I wanted to go to Tibet before, because it is very exciting and I can experience the ancient and simple lifestyle as well as travel on the new Qingdao to Tibet Railway. (Are you not afraid of suffering from altitude sickness?) If I don't do overactive things or go jogging, then it should not be a problem?"

Talking of Gregory's family being devout buddhists, has she been influenced by them in her decision to visit Tibet? Shirley says this is not the case and in truth, she has wanted to go since she went on a trip to the Silk Road with her friends but they were unable to get the plane tickets, so this was cancelled. Her boyfriend also knows she would like to go, but he will not go with her as she wants to travel with her friends.

Sunday, December 3, 2006

Prince Steven & Princess Shirley Judge Disney Princess Contest



Shirley Yeung and Steven Ma were judges at a Disney Princess Contest held at a shopping mall yesterday. Also in attendance were Michael Wong and his family and Michael's eldest daughter Kayla performed a ballet dance as guest performer.

Shirley was dressed in a pure white dress to match with Steven's suit in a Prince and Princess arrangement and they both praised the children for being so cute and lovable. Shirley appeared as the big sister as she led the young princesses down the catwalk and raising much applause from the audience.

Asked to comment about Yumiko Cheng's embarrassing incident, Shirley says she feels sorry for her, but the most important thing is her safety. Of course she will be unhappy, but people will forget about it very quickly. Shirley says that she only found out how difficult the act was after reading the reports.

Saturday, December 2, 2006

Shirley Yeung Is Not Yet Prepared For Marriage



Shirley Yeung wore a pink chipao-style dress to model a special set of wedding jewellery and revealing a special golden pig statue as well as joining in some games. Shirley is very pleased with her fee for this event and she was also presented with a miniature golden pig. If she gets married, will she be sponsored with even more jewellery? She smiles that when the day comes for her to get married, then she will think about it then.

Asked if she has prepared her jewellery for when she gets married, she says she has not, but she feels that gold is a good investment, so she will buy a golden goat pendants to match her own zodiac sign. Asked if she will give one to her boyfriend, Shirley smiles at first that she does not know which will match her boyfriend's zodiac sign, but then she jokes: "I think he will be most compatible with me, but there are no pendants with me on for him! (If there were pendants with your image on, would your boyfriend wear it?) I don't know, I don't think he will." Shirley says that she and her boyfriend rarely match their outfits, but as he has recently been attracted by her phone, then they might soon have matching phones.

Asked if she minds shooting ads together with her boyfriend, Shirley admits that they have been asked to do this in the past, but they could not match their schedules to take the job. The most important thing is to make money, so she would be happy to work together with her boyfriend. Shirley would most like to work with him to model the latest lovers' diamond jewellery.

Friday, December 1, 2006

Shirley Takes Mother On Location


Shirley Yeung was accompanied by her retired mother at the recording of a road safety show for TVB yesterday and was showing great care for her. She smiles: "My mother has retired from her administrative job now, so to avoid her getting too bored at home, I let her come to work with me." Is your road safety knowledge quite good? "You could say so, I have only had tickets for forgotting to pay the parking meter and going through a red light by accident."