Showing posts with label Corinna Chamberlain. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Corinna Chamberlain. Show all posts

Monday, October 13, 2014

Corinna Chamberlain @ Toronto

Corinna Chamberlain was in Toronto for her "Lost in Translation" tour. First of all, thank you to a kind lady named Becky who offered me a ticket to the show.

Corinna shared her story about growing up as a Caucasian in Hong Kong and how religion helped her find her identity. She also talked about how religion helped her in her career and personal life. Of course, she sang a few songs as well, much to the delight of the audience.

I don't necessarily share in all her religious views, but if there was one message I resonated with, it's that there is a right timing for everything. Corinna talked about how her record company closed down just as she was preparing to release her first album. However, it turned out that she later got the opportunity to join TVB. She gained recognition after starring in Inbound Troubles and competing in The Voice of Stars. Then, when she finally got to release her album, she was able to do it amid much greater fanfare and popularity. Moral of the story: If things don't happen when you want or expect it to, it doesn't mean it will never happen for you.




Tuesday, January 01, 2013

Overview - Inbound Troubles

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Roger Kwok has always dreamed of opening up a travel agency with his girlfriend, Angela Tong. Unfortunately, they fell into a scam and accumulated huge debts, driving them into bankruptcy. Roger hopes to peacefully pass by the last few months of bankruptcy, then get married with Angela and start anew. He is hit hard when he discovers that Angela has hooked with her pal Bob Lam. Things change when he meets a newly-immigrated social worker (Joey Meng), his cousin (Wong Cho Lam) who came from Mainland aspiring to be a singer and an old-time entertainer (Mimi Chu). In addition, his sister (Ivana Wong) returns from Taiwan with a lie that she has completed her Masters degree. All these events combine with the cultural differences between Mainland and Hong Kong to produce a comedic family drama and make Roger finally understand that his ultimate life goal is…


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Comment: Some new faces and Wong Cho Lam's first time as scriptwriter. But the storyline isn't very appealing, especially since I (living in Canada) can't relate to the Hong Kong-Mainland issues. Probably a skip for me...


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