Articles Translations: Sharon and Rain + Fables? + Eyes + Raymond: Still Like a Xia Men Boy [4/8/2006]

Sharon and Rain
The Sun

Yesterday, Sharon Chan (left of image) was a guest-host for a radio show and especially invited her good friend Rain Li as a guest. However, Sharon actually mentioned Raymond Lam, but Rain said, "Sharon is closer to him (Raymond)!" and very obviously meaning for Sharon to admit to something that wasn't true. On the other hand, it turns out that the two became close friends since filming together three years ago and since then have referred to one another as her sister.

Don't ask me where the images are. I don't think Sasa at Fung's Label posts images unless they're of Raymond. Well, I think we will all be able to survive without a picture of Sharon and Rain ^.^

Ming Pao

Yesterday, Sharon Chan took on the role of a hostess to interview her good friend Rain Li. When Rain was a model she met Sharon, but they only became close friends after filming TVB's Dream of Colours, and would tell each other personal things.

The two have both been rumoured to be with Raymond Lam before and they both immediately denied it, with Rain first saying, "Sharon is closer with Raymond." Sharon then said, "Raymond and I have the same manager. Our manager is the closest with Raymond." Afterwards, Sharon said that she and Rain both seek different qualities when seeking a partner: "I like the mature type while Rain likes good-looking guys. She really likes Beckham!" Beside her, Rain said, "No, that was a long time ago."

Sing Pao

Yesterday, Sharon Chan was the guest-host of a Metro radio show and she invited her good friend, Rain Li, as the guest to be interviewed. The two had known each other since they were little, but only became friends three years ago when they worked together on the series, Dream of Colours. Sharon expressed, "We'd seen each other before when we used to be models when we were little. Back then people used to say that we really look alike and Rain thought so too. We were always mistaken for one another." After filming DOC, although the acting was fake, the feelings were real. They were so close that they began to call each other her sister. Rain laughed that while filming, it was incredibly tough and she would usually sleepover at Sharon's house and would impolitely eat all of Sharon's snacks.

Seeing that they were so close and how they even look alike, would their criteria for a partner be the same? Sharon admitted, "Not the same! Rain likes good-looking guys while I like the more mature types." At the mention of how both of their ex-rumoured boyfriend was Raymond Lam, both of them seemed quite evasive of the topic but said that they weren't close to Raymond. Rain even pointed at Sharon and said, "She's closer to him!" Sharon then shifted the matter onto her manager.

Fables?
Posted by 兔牙仔仔 at Baidu and thanks to sehseh for giving me that link!

Fable 1: When Raymond first entered the entertainment industry, he was followed by bodyguards who called him their young master and so then the fans and media started calling him that as well. (The version that I heard was that when Raymond was visited on the set of Blade Heart for an interview, the reporter doing the interview discovered that Raymond's father has always been sending someone from his company to take care of his son and so in the newspaper article, the reporter referred to Raymond as a young master and since then this nickname has been widely used.

*Raymond's Mainland fans usually do call him young master.

Fable 2: His real name is Lam Fung. He studied the same subject as me but was in a higher grade. At that time he was really popular and was the winner of the top ten singers of the school. He went there for about a year and stopped. Later I heard he was playing the King in A Step into the Past and everyone excitedly found it to watch. It really was him, though he was a bit darker than original. (Personally I think that the person who wrote this was from Raymond's school. I'd also like to add that Raymond used to be called Lam Yat Fung

*And before Lam Yat Fung, Raymond was Lam Wui Man.


Fable 3: His singing is even better than his acting and it was probably because that it was harder to become well-known as a singer than an actor and so he decided to act instead. At that time there was this classic story. The Architecture classes are held in a large classroom and there would always be songs playing. There was this one time when a Jacky Cheung song was playing and after listening to it, no one noticed anything much. That was when he told everyone that the song was actually his own version.

*I wonder which Jacky Cheung song it could've been?


Fable 4: He definitely went to Xiamen University, what is there to say about that? He was in Architecture in 1996 and was a boarder student and lived at Cai Qing Jie Building. If you can, go and look up that year's list of the winners of the top ten singers. The first one whose last name is Lam is it. Afterwards when it was the school's anniversary he specially came back and sang that song. Oh, that time I think I took some photos, but I can't remember if I got them developed or not, I'll go back and have a look. Before he was a very simple person, think he had always been in an all boys school and he'd never dated anyone before. He'd always be asking the guys in his class how to ask girls out. Later when he was a bit famous and came back, he is still very friendly and he even specially went to teach the boarding students who will be entering the top ten singers competition singing skills.

*Aww. Sweet!


PS: When Raymond was studying at Xiamen, his grades were very good. He is a very bright person.

*Of course ... ha ha.

Eyes
Wenwei Pao

Raymond Lam and Sharon Chan, these two "Loving Eyes Stars" attended an opening ceremony yesterday where they and four children each used a small little sword to burst these black balloons. The meaning was to lead these children out of the world of blindness.

When Raymond Lam was interviewed he expressed that he had far-sightedness, near-sightedness and also astigmatism. When asked whether or not he took care of his eyes well when he was a child, Raymond laughed and replied, "The near-sightedness was probably passed on from my parents, the near-sightedness was probably because when I was studying, I read books too closely." Raymond expressed that due to the fact that he is always filming series, he doesn't get enough rest and so his eyes are exceptionally prone to redness. And even though he knows that eye drops aren't good, he has no choice.

At the mention of how TVB might be exchanging their ownership, Raymond said that he has heard his friends mentioning it, and even laughed that if he had the money, he would also want to buy a share. He said, "I'm not too worried. I'm sure that the way things are run would still be the same. Even if the owner is changed, there won't be any immediate alterations. Also, I'm an artist of the manufacture department. The manufacturing department is rather independent and so there probably won't be too big an effect. Also, if the ownership really changes, it might be a good thing, because there could be new influences and also new investments."

As to yesterday's reports of TVB having signed the good-looking, Taiwanese Mike He, thus becoming a threat to the heavily promoted Raymond Lam, Ron Ng, Kevin Cheng and Bosco Wong, as one of the four, Raymond replied, "I wouldn't have any stress. The company hasn't only just signed one person! TVB signs new people every year. I've worked with most of the TVB artists already and it's pretty good to have more new people. Plus, Taiwanese series and Hong Kong series are very different. Over there the series tend to be mostly idol series. If it's possible to bring new elements into the series then that's not bad!" Asking also whether Raymond considers himself as belonging to the idol group or the ability group, he expressed that his approach is to the ability group, but the series always comes first.

Sharon Chan, who was also present at the event, supported Raymond, saying, "Who's Mike He? Is he really that good-looking? But he can't be any better looking than my big brother (Raymond)." She also expressed that her near-sightedness is almost a thousand degrees and that she really regrets not taking good care of her eyes. She has considered going through laser treatment, but because her work schedule doesn't allow time for her to do so, she gave up.

Raymond Lam: Still like a Xia Men Boy
Credits: CSNN, Raymond's Forest; Translation by: Vickie

Yesterday when Raymond Lam arrived in Xia Men, the weather was extremely horrible with hard rain, but a lot of fans still waited early in the airport lobby. At 13:38 (1:38pm), the Hong Kong artist who was born here and went to Xia Men University arrived. Surprsingly, he was alone, wearing tight T-shirt, jeans, sports jacket and a cap. Looking like a boy, it's hard to connect with the king in "A Step Into The Past".

Interview was at Raymond's house in Xia Men. Raymond looks more skinny, and lighter than he was on television. He says, he used to purposely get a tan, so others won't be able to see his pale face and black eyes. Raymond Lam went to Xia Men University for 1 year in 1996, majored in architecture. He misses the times in Xia Men University, staying up late with his classmates, fooling around, and joined many outdoor activities. Raymond also said that he was the winner of that year's "School Top 10 Singers", and was invited to film some shows. Afterwards, he received a lot of girls' love letter, because he can't reply all of them, he told his classmates to help. Now, since Raymond is so busy, he has no time for a girlfriend. He doesn't have a specific image of his girlfriends, just have education, looks okay, easy to communicate will be fine. However, he especially love girls with long hair.

Tonight, Raymond will be at the 4th International Singing Contest to sing the themesong "Meeting Xia Men". Raymond says he feels the pressure,because it's his first time joining such a big event, and the song is more of a serious song. So he went to find his singing teacher to practice his singing, hoping he can go back to the times when he learned to sing.

Raymond's singing is not bad, he said that his company (TVB) gave him a lot of chances to sing themesongs and subthemes, but his series was one after another, he never have the time to have a CD. Need to focus on recording, might take at least 4 months of planning, hope that he will soon have an album. If he will, Raymond says that the CD should include any kind of style, fast songs,slow songs, love songs, etc, he is interested in trying all of them.

## Credit To: Winter_Stargirl@Beehive