Wong Fei Hong used to scold his disciples 'You bunch of monkeys'. Here is a clip of Master Wong scolding his disciples who have been up to mischief.
牙擦蘇 This is Sai Kua Pau acting the role of Nga Chaat So, one of Wong's disciples.
牙擦蘇為黃飛鴻的弟子，其貌不揚，哨牙兼口吃，但為人卻樂天知命，性格可愛。
What distinguished Nga Chaat So were his buck teeth, his stuttering speech and his nga-chaat way of talking - characteristics which also made him likable. I don't know what is the English word for nga chaat.
nga chaat also sounds like toothbrush in Cantonese, 牙刷
Here is a dialogue in a movie in which someone asked him where his Sifu was. The dialogue is in Cantonese.
Someone: So, where is Sifu?
Nga Chaat So: Sifu has gone to call chicken ... chicken ... chicken ... chicken ... chicken ...............
Actually he wanted to say Sifu has gone to order chicken rice but the word rice took so long to come out.
You must have seen hundreds of advertisements on TV and in the cinema. How many of them have left an impression in your mind and you can still remember them after all the years?
Here is one I saw once in a cinema a long time ago. I don't know why I can still remember it, of course not all the details.It was a short cartoon strip.....
A man was trudging through a desert. You could see the scorching sun, the burning sand, skeletons of dead animals and the haggard look on the man's face . Towards the end of the advert the man reached an oasis. He took a rest ... and then viewers saw what the advert was trying to sell.
Well, what do you think the advertisement was telling you to buy?
For example - a brand of skin lotion, Anchor beer, some air-conditioners, soft drinks like Green Spot, 7 Up, etc.
This quiz is for folks who who are nostalgic about black-and-white Cantonese movies they used to watch in their younger days. All the pictures here are from two Wong Fei Hong's movies. The stars in the first picture are Kwan Tuck Heng and Sek Kin.
What are the names of the stars numbered 1,2,3,4,5,6 ? No. 1 is a female. I don't think any one of you can name all of them correctly. I don't know every one of them either but I have the movie credits to help me.
'The fishes sink, the geese plunge, the moon and the flower retreat in shame' - these are the phrases used to describe the 4 beauties of ancient China.
I have posted 4 Cantonese opera clips of these beauties recently. You can go to my Youtube Channel to watch them again. The actresses performing them are shown in the header picture above. Now, do you know that you can find the beauties hidden among the housing blocks in one of our housing estates.
2009 is coming to a close. It is time for reflection and rejuvenation.
My blog will mark its 5th anniversary in 3 week' time. There will be no celebrations just like there were none in the past years, unless you all want to give me big $$$ ang-pows.
This poster is my first post. Blink your eyes and 5 years have passed. Remember the Tsunami disaster? This was a charity show to raise money for the Tsunami victims.
