But since starting a new blog on the popular Chinese portal
Sina.com on 29 Aug, Fann has offered a rare glimpse into her
personal life in 10 postings.
We find out, for instance, that:
Fann, calls herself 'beautiful durian queen', but at the same time
worries over having 'durian breath'.
She even offers a snapshot of the view from the balcony of her
condominium home in the Orchard Road area.
But the most intimate detail is this: Fann made a mushy love
declaration, obviously to Christopher, dated 26 Sep.
'Dear, will you write a poem for me?' she wrote in Chinese.
'Don't wait till I'm gone then write a poem in my memory, because
then I won't bear to go...
'P/s: Dear, your love is like a poem in my eyes.'
She added this after gushing over a romantic Chinese poem about
eternal love that the late gongfu star Bruce Lee had deftly
translated into English.
This posting alone has more than 110,000 hits.
But she didn't specify names, so The New Paper decided to ask her
upfront, during a phone interview last Friday.
Fann was speaking from Busan, Korea, where she was invited to
attend the 12th Pusan International Film Festival, one of the
biggest movie gala events in Asia.
When I asked if it's intended for Christopher and teased that 'it's
so sweet of her', she said that she was only writing what she felt
at that moment.
Then she got a little flustered over the phone, in a girlish kind
of way.
I could almost imagine her blushing at the other end of the line.
'Aiyah, very embarrassing... I'm going to take it down!' she
exclaimed.
Pity we couldn't chat any longer, as her manager was rushing her to
leave for a red carpet event. But I got the distinct feeling that
blogging agrees with Fann.
The New Paper understands that her official fan club Fannatic Fann
helped her set up her first blog on its website in April this
year.
Its vice president, Ms Charmaine Sim, 26, said that Fann started
posting simple messages at first. Then she learnt how to use the
desktop publishing software Comic Life, and she has been designing
her own pages since.
They come with self-taken photos and detailed captions,
multi-coloured backgrounds and cutesy drawings.
The Sina blog (http://blog.sina.com.cn/fannhy) is an extension of
her original blog that is only accessible to registered fan club
members.
This new one is open to everyone, and despite little publicity, has
drawn more than 528,000 hits so far. Sina, a popular Chinese
portal, is famous for hosting celebrity blogs to attract netizens.
Its No.1 blogger is Chinese actress Xu Jinglei, who has attracted
120 million hits for her musings about life and work.
Taiwanese pop star Jolin Tsai blogs as if she's writing letters to
her fans. She calls them 'dear' and signs off as 'Princess
Jolin'.
PEEK INTO LIFE
Fann, who just finished filming the Dance Of A Dragon, hopes to
give fans a glimpse into her life through her blog.
She said: 'Actually I'm really tied up with my (work) schedule, but
I've discovered that it doesn't take much time to write a blog. It
helps fans to understand you better, and there's a personal
touch.'
It's quite amazing how much she reveals on her blog. Fann writes
mostly in Chinese with a smattering of English sentences.
Her first entry entitled 'My life - very blissful' includes a photo
of the 'beautiful view' from the balcony of her condominium at
night, offering the biggest clue to where she lives.
Then, she screams 'Fire!!!' in an entry dated 2 Oct. In it, she
recounts how she witnessed a car bursting into flames right outside
her home, complete with 'not so good' photos that she took.
Other blog entries offer glimpses into her showbiz work, like how
it was like staying in Prague while filming her first Hollywood
foray Shanghai Knights, and being an ambassador for Red Cross
China.
In another posting, she calls herself 'Beautiful durian queen' and
poses candidly behind a pile of durians. She wrote that she felt
like offering the king of fruits to her 'foreign friends' Jason and
Jang Hyuk (who also stars in Dance Of A Dragon).
'But I don't know if they'd faint out of fright, so I don't even
dare to bring durian puff.
'Even before eating durian, I'd have to think whether I have any
awkward close scenes to do (with them) the next day. Talking with
durian breath is just not so appropriate right? Am I being
paranoid?'
In another posting, she gets paranoid over two stains on her dress,
and how she felt like 'giving myself a beating' for inconveniencing
the wardrobe crew.
She only hinted at her 'dear' Christopher once though.
Pity we couldn't get him to comment on it. His manager said he is
now in China preparing to film a new period drama.
But Fann's fans love reading her blog.
Ms Sim said: 'We feel closer to her, and sometimes it really
brightens up our day to read her new postings in the morning.
'Over the years she has opened up.'
Source:
http://newpaper.asia1.com.sg/error/0,6313,6,00.html?
