Camera not with me

Hong Kong's temperature dropped further today. But I'm feeling OK. The TN monster is not visiting.

I left my camera somewhere. I'll get it back in a couple of days' time. Until then, I won't be writing about double-boiling etc. because I'd like to show some photos when I give explanations.

In the meantime, since I was on the subject of entertainment (namely, seeing performances as mentioned in my last post), maybe I can tell you a bit of news about the entertainment circle in Hong Kong.

Recently, the big news in Hong Kong's show biz is an incident where two young singers - one male, one female - got caught by the Japan police for possession of cannabis when the couple went on a private tour there.

(Remember I told you about the similarity between the Chinese characters of Tin Mah and cannabis?)

The news confirmed people's speculation that the two singers are lovers (which they've always denied).

More importantly, their involvement in drugs is making headline news here, even though the two are not really top singers.

Below is a youtube video regarding the incident as reported on an enterainment channel on TV, in particular a press conference given by the music company (called A-Music) of the girl singer. The singer is called Jill. If you have nothing better to do, perhaps you would be interested to take a look at the video.

Although much of the dialogue in the video is incomprehensible to you because it is in Cantonese, there's a small part which you would understand. It's Jill's father, who is Filipino, speaking in English.

After Jill's father, you'll see the representative of Jill's company speaking rather sternly. He says that Jill's jobs will be suspended for a lengthy period of time when she is released from Japan. He does not rule out the possibility of terminating contract with Jill, subject to further information being known on her involvement in drugs.

Jill's company is taking the matter very seriously because this is already her second involvement in a drug-related scandal. The company considers that such matter should not be tolerated because of its negative effects on Hong Kong's younger generation.

In the video, you'll also hear another name Janice being mentioned. She's Jill's older sister who is also in entertainment biz (not involved in the scandal).

Near the end of the video, you'll see a man leaving Hong Kong's airport. He's Jill's manager making a trip to Japan. He was interviewed again upon arrival in a Japan airport.

As regards the male singer who was caught along with Jill, he belongs to another music company. The latter is also looking into the matter.

Both singers are being held in custody in Japan right now.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=keH2whB5pX8

I'll resume writing about soup-making after I get back my camera. That won't be too long; a couple of days later.