Sunday, February 26, 2017

"Revolving Heart" drama promotion (《心门》造势活动 ) - Sunway Velocity Mall (25th February 2017)




























“Revolving Heart” is a Mandarin drama produced by local TV station, NTV7. The only reason I am covering the promotional event is due to Raymond Wong Ho Yin.  Raymond has been pretty active in Malaysia last year, shooting the above mentioned tv series as well as “Show Me Your Love” (a movie co-starring Nina Paw and Ivana Wong). In fact, I was looking forward to Raymond’s participation in the movie premiere but there was none in Malaysia, which is kinda odd. Anyway, a big thank you to NTV7 for inviting Raymond to take part in the promotional blitz in KL and East Malaysia. Joining Raymond are local celebs such as Jeffrey Cheng, Debbie Goh, Frederick Lim and a very annoying NTV7 artiste known as Aaron, whom I absolute hate to the bones…each time trying his best to steal the limelight with his stupid ass antics. Raymond initially spoke in Mandarin but asked if he could converse in Cantonese instead (bystanders roared in approval, of course). I have to say, Raymond’s Mandarin is not bad at all. Better than I had anticipated. Raymond revealed that he has a wonderful time working with the local filming crew and it is a challenge to act in the Mandarin dialect.  He wished he could extend his stay here.  Unfortunately, he is on a tight schedule as he is currently in the midst of shooting a TVB drama.  During the game session with members of the audience, Raymond picked a little girl as his partner. However, Raymond was harassed by an overzealous dude during the game session. The guy asked for not one but at least, 7-8 wefie ! Finally, it caught the staff’s attention and he was told to quit bugging Raymond. It was definitely a  well- coordinated event.  The media and official photographers squatted when taking pictures, so as not to block the spectators’ view.  To me, it speaks volume of their professionalism and a gesture that is greatly appreciated. In addition, this is also a very long session, from 8.30 pm till 10.15 pm ! The shops in the mall were already closed for business by then! The only downside is having to endure a torturous 1.45 hour of stinking body odour. It got so bad that my friend had to leave after less than ½ hour. She told me she is going to pass out and puke from the pungent rotting carcass smell !