Sunday, July 22, 2007

UG: Sun Yat Sen Park Background a. -- Addendum

The Number 5 Continued:

Undercover Gemenr failed to mention two other pillars of Chinese culture that are related to the Number 5. They are:

1. The 5 Human Relationships (五伦): Between ruler and subject (君臣); father and son(父子); husband and wife(夫妇); brothers(兄弟); and, friends(朋友).

2. The 5 Kings of Chinese Pop (五大天王): The below info was taken from fan websites. There may be inaccuracies.

a. Andy Lau (刘德华) - The Hardest Working Man in Show Business

Birthplace: Hong Kong
Birthday: 1961.9.27
Sign: Libra
Zodiac Sign: Wabbits
Height: 174
Blood Type: AB
Favourite Singer: Michael Jackson

Also acts in nearly 100 movies a year of varying quality, his most notable films being: 2002/03's Infernal Affairs 1 & 3 (无间道)which inspired Martin Scorcese's The Departed, 2004's House of Flying Daggers (十面埋伏),Wong Kar Wei's Days of Being Wild (阿飞正传), and 1989/90's God of Gamblers 1 & 2 (赌神/赌侠)。 Mr. Lau is also a shrewd producer, getting lucky with the suprise hit "Crazy Stone"(疯狂的石头),one of the highest grossing films in mainland China in 2006. It made over 20 million RMB, which is a substantial amount considering that one mainland film made a total gross of 20 RMB in the same year. US$1 = 7.5 RMB (approx.)

b. Jacky Cheung (张学友) -- Widely Considered the Best Crooner of the Bunch


Birthplace: Hong Kong
BirthdayJuly 10th, 1961
Height: 176-178 cm
Gender: Male
Blood Type: B
Favourite Instrument: the Guitar

Like the other Kings of Pop, he has also starred in many movies. The more well known ones are: 2005's Perhaps, Love (如果,爱) which some complained was an imitation of Moulin Rouge, and, Wong Kar Wei's Ashes of Time (东邪西毒)and Days of Being Wild (阿飞正传). 

c. Leon Lai (黎明) - Who Happens to Look Perpetually 7 years old and makes UG want to buy him a toy firetruck for Christmas and treat him to bubblegum ice cream at Baskin Robbins every Sunday with his (Leon's) girlfriend who is always a super hot goddess that makes UG so jealous of his adopted, yet adorable, son.


Birthday: 1966.12.11
Birthplace: Beijing
Height: 179 cm
ZodiacLeopard

Leon is also an actor and like the other Kings of Pop, he has acted in movies with them or in sequels of movies that they have also starred in and/or has been directed by the same directors. Yes, the HK film community is very small. It's more like 2 degrees of separation. He has been in: God of Gamblers 3 (赌神III), Infernal Affairs 3 (无间道III) where he acts alongside Andy Lau , and Wong Kar Wei's Fallen Angels (坠落天使) .


d. Aaron Kwok (郭富城) - He's the Jose Carreras (one of the 3 Tenors) of the 5 Kings of Pop, nobody remembers him and UG never can recall what he looks like, but Aaron doesn't seem to care about being the "other one." Just look at the picture below -- he's one happy camper:


Birthdate: 1965.10.26
Birthplace: Hong Kong
Bloodtype: A
Height: 172 cm
Common Phrases: "Thanks a lot" and “Tomorrow will be better.”
Favourite Colours: Black and White

Favourite Style: Casual

Favourite City: Vancouver
Place he hates the most: Public Toilets
Biggest Wish: Buy a pretty house.
When angry: Gives the silent treatment

He hasn't been in as many well known movies as his other fellow kings. His films seem to be derivatives of the movies made by the other more famous kings, like his 1991 film Queen of Gamblers (女赌神) which can also be translated as Goddess of Gamblers. He was also in 2 movies called 父子, which is one of the 5 Human Relationships -- the one between father and son. However, he was in a movie with Jacky Cheung called: Future Cops (超级学校霸王) in 1993. And he was in a movie with Leon Lai's ex-girlfriend Shu Qi (舒淇), called the Storm Riders (风云之雄霸天下).


UG assumes that Shu Qi never watched Blood Diamond, cause if she did she would never wear diamonds. Diamonds aren't forever, you know. Just ask Leonardo DiCaprio. He died smuggling them. But UG would buy her a diamond ring and tell her that diamonds are forever.

And finally, the last King of Chinese pop:
Bryan Adams (
布莱恩·亚当斯) A Working Class Rock and Roller and a Tenacious Little Bugger That Keeps Going

Gender: Male
Birthdate: 1959.11.5
Birthplace: Kingston, Ontario, Canada
Sexual orientation: Straight
Education: High School dropout
Favourite Instrument: The Electric Guitar

Mr. Adams made cameos in Pink Cadillac and Baywatch Hawaii.

He is not to be confused with Officer Bryan Adams of the City of Bozemen:


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