三战定江山之拜堂 - 梁兆明, 林婷, 郑建平

梁兆明, 林婷



郑建平

踏破铁鞋无觅处 .....

..... 得来全不费功夫。

Have you heard of the above Chinese saying? It says 'walk until your iron shoes are broken and you still can't find what you are looking for and then you get it without any effort'.

I think you must have such experiences before.

One morning I wanted to take a pill from a pack of ten. I pressed the pill against the thin metal foil below it so as to push the pill out. It popped out and dropped down.

Intuitively, I squatted down on the floor to look for it. After searching for about half of the area of the kitchen floor including under the refrigerator, I gave up searching and took another pill from the pack.

Then I picked up a mug of water from the table and ... there it was! The pill had landed behind the mug on the table.

會妻

草莽英風之會妻 - 陸廷偉, 何美珍 (吳川市粵劇團)

吳川市粵劇團生旦

More photos at Facebook, Cantonese Opera



from left 陳詩敏, 何美珍, 陸廷偉, 鄭永健

陸廷偉

鄭永健 and Yam Ah Mee (Director, People's Association)

何美珍, 陳詩敏

陳詩敏, 何美珍

passionate admirers ...

十绣 - 陳詩敏(吳川市粵劇團花旦), 朱幼慈

smart soldiers and pretty maids

One good thing about Chinese opera troupes from China is that they have many trained young artistes to do minor or supporting roles like soldiers and maids, Some may have short speaking or singing parts.

They enhance the overall presentation of the show.

It is a joy to watch a line of 6 or 8 soldiers striding smartly out onto the stage with spears held up in their hands or a bevy of palace maids floating gracefully out in quick short steps.

Here are a few maids (except the first one). Note the expressions on their faces and their roving eyes.

靚旦 Pretty dans

an Enid Blyton book

I am reading an Enid Blyton book; something I have not done for a very long time, ever since I was in Sec 1 or 2. As you know, Enid Blyton's books are meant for children. Of course that doesn't mean adults cannot read them.

You might wonder how come I read her book now. It is like this .....

I was walking home one afternoon and I saw this stall selling sundry goods at the pavement. There were some old books too, so I went to take a look and there was this Enid Blyton book. Out of nostalgia, I bought the book. It cost 50 cents.

Since I bought it I might as well read it, right?

I did not know it when I was a student; but now I find that her books were written in good correct English, whether it be grammar or tenses or even punctuation. And the children in her stories speak impeccable English too, which I think is not realistic. Maybe British students during her time spoke like that.

Here is the first page. Look at the first sentence. There is a semi-colon (;). I think people seldom use the semi-colon nowadays. I remember the semi-colon means a longer pause than a comma but shorter than a full-stop.

拜相

Bye-bye and photo-taking

拜拜

影相

Getting ready ...

One for the album ...


Zhanjiang troupe and members of the KAPTF together with MP Lily Neo ...
Zhanjiang's 4 main huadans are at the front row,

from left - Lum Teng (in green) and Leong Yin Fei

from right - Mok Yin Wun and Mak Mun Kit.
The shengs standing behind are Li Chou Yuen, Leong Siu Meng and Wong Wai Kuan ...

趙子龍 - 黄伟坤

趙子龍 - 黄伟坤

湛江生旦 Some Zhanjiang artistes

More photos at Facebook Cantonese Opera Page
By the way, the huadan doing make-up in the blog header above is 林婷. I think I have mentioned this before.

麥文潔



梁兆明

梁兆明, 谭兰燕

谭兰燕

林婷

林婷

林婷

莫燕雲

吳劍鳴

吳劍鳴

郑建平

無情寶劍 .....

李秋元



梁燕飞

麥文潔

湛江生旦 - 梁兆明, 林婷, 吳劍鳴, 莫燕雲

梁兆明

林婷

吳劍鳴

莫燕雲

狄青 - 梁兆明, 梁燕飞

湛江粵劇團

蝶海情僧

Butterfly Lovers' Concerto is about the love story of a passionate prince who is gifted with the ability to attract butterflies whenever he recites love poems. Later he is forced to become a monk after a coup in the Palace.

I only took a few photos before and after the performance.

leader

One morning I was passing a row of shops. A middle-aged man was unlocking the metal shutter and then trying to lift it up. Three young men, probably employees, had also arrived and were waiting to get in. The man, probably their boss or superior, had a little difficulty with the shutter as there seemed to be a little obstruction.

Surprisingly, none of three young men went to help him. Maybe it is something that often happens and they are used to it.

If there were only one employee around, I think he would have helped.

Sometimes a person doesn't want to help because he doesn't want to be seen as if he wants to curry favour with his superior.

In some cases if there are many people but no leader, no one wants to do it.


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