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Yesterday at midnight, Joel Chan uploaded a photo on Weibo of himself with a birthday balloon and announced it was his birthday. Many good friends from the industry including god-sisters Christine Ng and Sharon Chan wished him a happy birthday. Joel’s girlfriend Florinda Ho didn’t reply until 5am. She posted a photo of herself with a cake she designed herself for Joel. Joel immediately replied: “thx my love”

However, about 20 minutes before Florinda’s birthday wish post, Christine suddenly made a heartbreaking post on Weibo. She wrote: “Just before I went to bed, a friend called and told me not to contact him ever again! So upsetting! I already said goodbye for good to him! This is too disappointing! Doesn’t your conscience feel uncomfortable?” Christine deleted her birthday wish comment she wrote for Joel and also stopped following him on Weibo.

Once the message was out, many good friends ‘spoke out’ in support. Sharon Chan comforted Christine: “Some people is already muddled into the brain by money and fortunes! … … From now on we will go our separate ways!” Sharon also deleted her birthday message for Joel and removed him off her list of following. Seeing many friends comforting and supporting her, Christine had always been strong and replied again: “Friendship is actually equal, we were once no strings attached.”

Reporters contacted Christine to ask if Joel was the ‘friend’ she was referring to? She said: “I never named anyone. You all can guess whoever you want. I just passively ended a friendship, unhappiness will only be for a short while. When fate ends, just have to let go, it’s ok! Friendship is like taking a bus. There will be people that come and go, if he wants to go then go. Some people might take a million years before they get back on the bus, but I know he will not come back on again because I will no longer open the bus door for him. Weibo is a place for people to express emotions. My little sister Sharon was just expressing her anger too, she isn’t trying to get publicity.”

Yesterday reporters passed on the news to Florinda and she was asked if she’s worried people might think the person Christine was referring to was her boyfriend Joel? She said: “I don’t know what’s happening. She didn’t say any names, but I completely trust my boyfriend that he’s a very good person. I don’t believe he will do something that will make people unhappy.” Christine initially happily watched the fireworks and sent her birthday wishes to Joel , but not long after she angerly expressed a ‘friend’ personally made a call to her and said they should break off all relations. She immediately posted the news on Weibo and got support from many friends!

Wong Cho Lam, Louis Yuen, Johnson Lee, Toby Leung, Ella Koon, Aimee Chan, and Christine Ng took part in the TVB anniversary series SUPER SNOOPS promotional event yesterday. Although lead actress Liza Wang was absent, she pre-recorded a video clip expressing she has great confidence for this series. At the event, TVB presented The Gods with ‘TVB Anniversary Sauce King Group Award’, each of them received either black bean sauce, oyster sauce or soy sauce ‘awards’. The Gods (‘Fuk Luk Sau’) all estimate that the TV ratings will peak at 40 points and the online views will reach 1 million. They modestly expressed that they will leave the awards for Steven Ma, Moses Chan, Bosco Wong and Michael Tse. When asked if they’ll be afraid the group of TV Kings will feel unhappy that they said this? The Gods said: “No, they will probably be upset for one night at most. In fact, it doesn’t matter whoever gets TV King, the most important is we all flourish.”

Christine Kuo and Wong Cho Lam are paired up again. Christine expressed she is fortunate that they don’t have to kiss again. When asked why she’s afraid to kiss Cho Lam? She said: “He has a girlfriend now, it’s not too convenient. Last time when we had the kiss scene, I didn’t know they were dating, but now it will be a little awkward.” Louis joked that he got to kiss Aimee Chan much earlier than Moses, and felt sorry for him. Ella Koon was dressed like a ‘Ma Jeh’ (maid) to the promotion and was asked if she and her Western boyfriend will undergo a ‘lightning marriage’ like the current trend? She laughed: “I plan just not marry, but only for today. Marriage is not about following a trend, it is an important event in life. It should be decided at the right time and place. My boyfriend is just mixed, he is not a Westner, so I don’t plan to do a lightning marriage.”

Yesterday Virgina Lok shared the happenings at the newly-wedded Sonija Kwok’s wedding on her behalf. The other day at the wedding, Sonija walked into the church with her elder brother. When her brother gave her hand to Zhu Xiaojie, Sonija was already feeling very emotional and nearly cried. However, to avoid ruining her beautiful makeup, she could only hold all her tears in.

Virgina Lok said: “Sonija was very pretty, very happy and the atmosphere was very romantic. That’s why she felt so emotional and was about to tear up, but she feared she wouldn’t have time to fix her makeup, so she tried hard not to cry!” Virgina also clarified that Sonijia’s wedding dress was not designed by Dorian Ho, but was actually a gift from her family. The dress was especially brought to her from Taiwan.

Sonija and her husband are currently in Mainland working on the same series. The two took several days off from work especially for this wedding. After the wedding, they stayed on the small island for a few more days for their honeymoon before resuming work. After marriage, Sonija’s husband agreed to let her continue her acting career. She frankly said she will be diligent in having a baby because her husband loves children. In terms of her health, Sonija already prepared herself and is ready to have a baby at any time. As for her wedding, it was sponsored by Global. Sonija will also be holding a banquet in Mainland later in the year to make up for not inviting her friends, so they can be happy for her too.

Amidst rumours of break-up, Edison Chen stressed that everything is fine between him and Vincy Yeung, the niece of Albert Yeung (the boss of Chen’s former management Emperor Entertainment Group).

Brandishing the bracelet that signifies their romance, Chen, 30, denied that his girlfriend of five years was upset over his reconciliation with Cecilia Cheung on an airplane earlier on.

“We are very happy together!” he declared. In fact, the singer-actor is planning to celebrate his 31st birthday with his girlfriend in advance, as he has to fly to the US to attend a meeting on the day (Oct 7).

His multi-national fashion business and jet-setting lifestyle did not get in the way of his romance, he added, saying that he makes time every month to accompany Yeung.

However, don’t expect him to make an honest woman out of Yeung anytime soon, as Chen is focusing on making a full comeback to the showbiz. On top of releasing three albums, Chen said he’s “definitely starring in a movie” next year.

“I’m too busy, but we are like a married couple now because we are happy everyday,” he said.

However, he smiled awkwardly when the subject shifted to the divorce between Cheung and Nicholas Tse. Chen refused to comment on that, saying that he has been too busy with his career to follow the news.

Raymond Lam, Tavia Yeung, Kate Tsui and Lin Xiawei took part in the Oriental Watch Company’s 50th Anniversary Banquet last night. Currently busy promoting for new film The Sorcerer and the White Snake, Raymond expressed he is extremely pleased with the box office success. He is currently busy working on new film Saving General Yang, which is expected to complete mid-November: “Because there are a lot of fighting scenes in the film. I am basically horseback riding every day, so much that my bottom is in pain and feels sore.”


Tavia appeared in a low-cut dress last night. She expressed she is currently busy shooting a new series and rarely gets to wear tight dresses. When Tavia was praised that it’s a feast to the eyes that she rarely dress this sexily, she laughed: “I do my exercises. This is considered healthy sexiness, nothing much to see. Ultimate sexiness, I will leave it for the TVB anniversary.” It was said she has a ‘career line’, she joked: “I have a lot of lines on my hands!”

Kate was asked about the rumors that Ron Ng’s ‘girlfriend’ Viann Zhang’s date with Alex Fong. Asked if she asked Ron about it? She said: “We are just normal friends. We don’t talk about relationships. Recently I’ve been working with him, but I don’t see anything different about him, it shouldn’t affect him.”

The Hong Kong singer revealed that her husband would visit nightclubs four times a week.

Hong Kong singer Kelly Chen will be celebrating her third anniversary with husband Alex Lau on Oct 2. However, recent rumours suggest that the couple's marriage might be a bit shaky.

At a recent event, the singer revealed that Alex would visit night clubs at least four times a week, every week and said that he would give their son junk food.

When her remarks were published, people began speculating that the couple might be facing problems in their marriage.

Kelly later responded to the rumour, saying that she was merely describing how she got along with her husband, and did not understand why people misunderstood her words.

"A couple needs to accommodate each other's habits, since they live together. Alex is definitely not used to that yet. When I was pregnant, he stopped socialising [with his clients]. After Chace was born, he cut down [his visits to the nightclubs] from four times a week, to about one or two. He would also wait until our son is asleep before going out," the singer said.

She also compared Alex's nightclub visits to a woman's habit of shopping, adding and emphasising "that's why we have to accommodate one another".

Kelly also explained her initial "complaint" that Alex was feeding their son with junk food.

"Alex doesn't have the time to see Chace much, so Chace would stick close to me. Alex gave Chace [junk] food because he wanted to leave a good impression on our son. That's why I'm also feeding Chace cakes now," she said. 

37 year old Sonija Kwok gone through a journey of twist and turns in her love life. Finally, she found her lifelong other half. Yesterday, she married her Mainland action director boyfriend (Zhu Xiao Jie) in the island of Guam. The couple had only been dating for a little over a year. The wedding was very low-profile, but Sonija uploaded a very sweet photo of her and her husband on Weibo and announced: “Today, we are married!” Say goodbye to the ‘leftover woman’ procession, Sonija’s good friends from the industry and fans all sent their blessings to her. They wished her happiness and hoped she’ll have children soon. Sonija plans to put in great effort in ‘making a baby’ and is prepared to be a good mother.
February 2011, Sonija exposed she and Zhu developed a sister-brother love relationship. Despite Zhu being 5 years her junior, the couple still developed their relationship smoothly. September 2010, Sonija was shooting Jade Palace Lock Heart in Mainland, where she met Zhu through a blind date dinner. Their relationship quickly developed, where Zhu successfully proposed to Sonija in February. Sonija announced the good news on Weibo, and uploaded a close-up photo of her and Zhu. She sweetly wrote: “Happiness, I waited too long. Just when I thought my hopes were gone, a foolish man came along. He said: ‘I’m willing to let bully me for a lifetime!’ When I heard this, tears came streaming down. This is our story.”

The day before, Sonija had a few days off from the series she’s shooting in Shanghai. She and Zhu held a simple heartwarming wedding witnessed by just her relatives, close friends and old classmates. She uploaded the wedding photo, where she appeared dressed in a low-cut dragging wedding dress with her husband Zhu, who was dressed in a tuxedo, standing on the grass with a ocean view background. She happily announced the good news: “Today, I’m married!” In just a few simple words, Sonija already expressed her joyous moment. She received warm responses from nearly 8,000 fans wishing her happiness and over 10,000 forwards of her post.

Steven Ma: Hurry and have a little Zhu
Good friends from the industry sent their blessings. Ex-rumored partner Steven Ma said: “I should call you Mrs. Zhu! I am truly happy for you. You and Mr. Zhu will definitely be a loving couple forever, blissful of happiness! Hurry and get yourselves a little piggy (Zhu)! At most, what I could do is get myself a wife and have a little horse (Ma) too, so they can play together. Then will there be many little animals? Haha! Congrats! I am really happy for you!” Other good friends from the industry also sent their blessings including, Wong Hei, Linda Chung, Carol Cheng, Charmaine Sheh, Yoyo Mung and many more. They all wished her always of one mind and live until old age together! Yesterday Samantha Ko, Vivien Yeo, Pierre Ngo and Chris Lai were at an event together and when learned of Sonija’s marriage, they were happy she found a good husband. Pierre Ngo revealed he also have plans for marriage himself.

Tavia Yeung: Lightning wedding is not stable enough
Tavia Yeung learned of Sonija’s marriage through Weibo, but did not have time to congratulate her and send her blessings. Asked if she feels her marriage was too sudden? She said: “No, we all knew she found her other half. As she had so many twist and turns in her love life for so long, and finally found true love, I am happy for her. I actually think Gigi Leung’s lightning marriage was really lightning fast.” Does Tavia accept lightning marriages? She said: “Too lightning fast for me! I am the stabled type, lightning marriages is momentary and not stabled enough.” Bobby Au Yeung expressed Sonija didn’t tell him about her marriage, but he congratulates her.

Virgina Lok praises the Groom: absolutely a good man
TVB executive Virgina Lok congratulated Sonija. She expressed Sonija had plans for marriage all along. She hoped for a simple ceremony having a meal with her family is already happy enough for her. She will have to postpone her Mainland wedding banquet until a little later because she will have to get back to shooting very soon. Virgina strongly praised Zhu as an absolute good man. He’s a smart guy who loves Sonija very much. Asked if Sonija will reduce her workload after marriage? She said Sonija will not, but she does tell Sonija to have a baby soon. Sonija heard this and said if she does get pregnant, she hopes to get a pregnant woman role, so she can continue working. She hopes Sonija can be a beautiful mother in the future.