Vivian's Gossip Corner


Source : The Sun newspaper - May 14, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 14, 2004

Leo Ku leaving a moustache to praise Vivian
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Leo Ku.

 

 

 

Leo Ku Kui Kei said he will be singing many female songs during his upcoming concert. He will be singing songs which were sung by Vivian Chow, Sandy Lam Yik Lin, and Faye Wong and will be praising women. Leo said, "The most difficult song to sing is Vivian's 'Ji Jok Doh Ching' (One-Way Love). I've talked to her on the phone and she said she would come watch my show!"

His good friend Vivian, who is full of love for others, went to the Society for Abandoned Animals a few days ago to visit the homeless cats and dogs. She even seriously said she decided she wouldn't have children and is the most happy being a 'cat and dog owner.' When Leo knew about this news, he said, "If she doesn't give birth, then I'll give birth to her share of kids. This year she said she doesn't want kids! Maybe next year, she suddenly isn't careful and wants to have kids!"


Cha Siu Yan news from Commercial Radio 881 (in Cantonese) - May 13, 2004; Posted on May 14, 2004
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Cha Siu Yan talks about Vivian's new book "Pal Chow" which has sold more than 10,000 copies already. Cha Siu Yan said Vivian stated she won't have children and would spend the rest of her life taking care of her 2 cats and 2 dogs. Siu Yan suggested Vivian should write books about her other cat and two dogs and also write a book about Joe, and Joe should write a book about Vivian. Then this would be a complete set.


Source : Oriental Daily newspaper - May 13, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 14, 2004

Vivian won't have children for the rest of her life; happy to be a 'cat and dog owner'


When Vivian appeared outside of SAA, she was surrounded by the homeless dogs who were being cared for by SAA.


Vivian brought some snacks to give to the cats. Everyone was eagerly eating.


The bengal cat book "Pal Chow," which Vivian wrote for her and Joe's 'Baby,' is the number one seller at many bookstores. (Picture on file)

 

 

Vivian has always loved animals. Yesterday, she brought some snacks to a big group of cats and dogs. She drove her car to the Society for Abandoned Animals (SAA) in Yuen Long to visit a group of homeless cats and dogs who were taken in by SAA. She was seriously saying, "I've already decided I won't have a baby. I think I will be a 'cat and dog owner' for the rest of my life."

After Vivian stepped away from showbiz, she always devoted her efforts to promote SAA and would secretly go to SAA to pay a visit to the homeless cats and dogs who were abandoned by their owners. Yesterday, Vivian suddenly appeared at SAA, and the dogs on the outside of SAA were excited to see their master returning home. They all crowded around and went up to her and surrounded her in a circle. Some of them even jumped on her, passionately offering her a kiss. She then quickly passed out the large amounts of food.

Homeless Cocker Spaniel becomes a 'follower'
Vivian visited a cat who, when it was homeless, had its eye severely damaged by other cats. Later, a warm-hearted person gave this cat to SAA. After Vivian saw this cat, she was touched and spoke about an experience she had with a homeless dog. Earlier when she was shopping in Causeway Bay and was going to the parking garage to get her car, she discovered a homeless Cocker Spaniel dog who was abandoned by its owner and was wandering around outside of the parking garage. When the Cocker Spaniel dog saw her, it continuously followed her and wasn't willing to leave. When Vivian opened the car door, the dog jumped into the car and was sitting on her thigh. It looks like the dog was earnestly asking her to keep him. Later Vivian took the dog home and was busy trying to find the dog a new owner. Finally she was able to find the Cocker Spaniel a good master, and now the dog is a 'fat boy.'

She said, "I've already decided I won't have a baby. I will raise my 4 precious house pets (two cats, two dogs) until they die. I think I will be a 'cat and dog owner' for the rest of my life. I will continue to help abandoned animals look for a good master for the rest of my life."

Everyone can look at "Pal Chow" on the Internet
Vivian wrote a cat book called "Pal Chow," which is about her precious bengal cat, Pal. This book is selling very well. The book has been released for less than one month and it's already releasing the third edition. More than 10,000 books have been sold. She was so happy she said Pal has many faithful fans. Many Internet friends have left messages on the Internet asking questions about Pal's life and any interesting things he does. She said, "I plan on video taping some of his activities and then put the video on the Internet for everyone to see."


Source : The Sun newspaper - May 8, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 14, 2004

Good friends Vivian Chow and Vivian Lai
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Chris Wong. (Picture on file)

 

 

Chris Wong Hoi Kan said, "When talking about my good friends in the entertainment circle, most of them are singers from PolyGram, such as Vivian Chow, Vivian Lai Sui Yan, and Karen Tong Bo Yue. I still keep in contact with them. Vivian Lai also calls me on the telephone. She's doing pretty well these days and is a happy woman. Earlier Vivian Chow released a book. She told me very early on about her book. I'm also not used to writing things, so I just told her to write slowly. She raised the cat for several years, so she certainly has feelings about her cat. She might think this is an insignificant matter in her eyes, but her fans see this as a good thing. Vivian's writing is ok!"


Cha Siu Yan news from Commercial Radio 881 (in Cantonese) - April 29, 2004; Posted on May 8, 2004
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Cha Siu Yan says it's been reported that Vivian Chow will be a guest performer at the first show of Sam Hui's concert series. Siu Yan said that Sam is Joe Ngai's idol, so of course his girlfriend Vivian would show her full support. Other guests at Sam's concert include Miriam Yeung Chin Wa, Gigi Leung Wing Kei, and Bruce Lee's daughter, Shannon Lee Heung Ying.


Source : Oriental Daily newspaper - April 29, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Sam Hui's concert
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Vivian gives face to Sam and agrees to be a guest performer at his concert. (Picture on file)

 

 

Sam Hui Koon Kit's ten show concert series "Continue to meet 'God of Songs' with a smile" will be held at the HK Coliseum from June 5th through June 15th (no show on June 6th).

This time Sam invited many singers to be a guest performer at his concert, including Miriam Yeung Ching Wa and Shannon Lee Heung Ying (Bruce Lee's daughter). Reportedly Vivian Chow, who has retired from the singing industry for many years, has also 'given face' to the returning God of Songs and has agreed to be a guest performer at the first show. She will be singing with Sam his song '04 Wish You Well.' On the first night of Sam's concert series, everyone can see Sam and Vivian both returning to showbiz.

Sam's concert tickets will go on sale to the public on May 3. Because internal ticket sales have already exceeded 2,000 tickets, organizers have asked all of their employees to wait over night on June 2nd to get tickets. Because Sam wanted to sing around 70 songs per night during the concert, the organizers have asked the Hong Kong Coliseum to extend the curfew to 12:00AM, but unfortunately they were rejected. The organizers have asked the audience to arrive on time to the concert at 8:00PM, because if the show is over after 11:45PM, then the fine will be over HK$80,000 , and if the show ends after midnight, then the fine will be HK$120,000.


Source : The Sun newspaper - April 25, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 7, 2004

Joe and Vivian have known each other for 15 years


Vivian and Joe. (Picture taken August 2003).

 

 

Tomorrow (4/26) is Joe's birthday. Two nights ago on Joe's radio program, Jo Kuk Cho Lam and some of the workers at the radio station combined together to give Joe an air purifier machine for his birthday present. Joe said, "Actually today (4/23) is a rather special day, because 15 years ago in 1989, ah V (Vivian) and I met each other for the first time. On that day, I went to take a picture for the radio station's promotional poster. When I saw her for the first time, she was very plain and simple." Joe also revealed he would go out to dinner with Vivian to celebrate his birthday before going to the radio station. They're really in love!

Also, when Joe answered a phone call from a USA listener on his radio station, Joe revealed he had come into contact with marijuana when he was studying overseas!


Source : Wen Wei Po newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Joe 'selling' her book and doing proper things at the proper time


Vivian and Joe at Cheung Tat Ming's show.


Cheung Tat Ming (4th from left) and friends.

 

 

Recently, Joe and Vivian have often been seen together at public events. Two days ago, Vivian released her new book. Her boyfriend, Joe, even helped his girlfriend to promote her book. Two nights ago, both of them attended Cheung Tat Ming's show. Joe was holding another book in his hand. Vivian was hardly polite asking Joe in front of the reporters, "Why aren't you holding my book?" Joe was smart saying he gave all the books to his friends and also knew that some of his friends couldn't even buy the book.

Joe was asked if he was helping his girlfriend to promote her book. Joe said, "I'm rather light about this." After Vivian and Joe watched the show, they couldn't stop complimenting it. Joe said this show can't be missed. When Joe said Cheung Tat Ming's show was a touching comedy show, Vivian immediately applauded and yelled, "Great!" However, after Vivian watched the show, her mood was very confused and had to go home to digest it all.


Source : MingPao Daily newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Joe hinted that Sandra Ng Kwan Yue was often promoting her movie;
Joe went on a date with Vivian to watch Cheung Tat Ming's show

(abridged version of actual article)


Joe and Vivian went to support Cheung Tat Ming at his show.

 

 

 

Two nights ago, Cheung Tat Ming kicked off his ten show comedy series. Joe, Vivian, Kenny B Chung Jan To, Ronald Cheng, etc. attended the show.

When Joe appeared with Vivian two nights ago, he was holding a book and Vivian complained, "Why aren't you holding my cat book?" Joe revealed he gave all of the cat books to his friends, and also there were a few thousand books published for the first edition. The sale of the book was very good. The reporter asked Joe if he was promoting Vivian's book on his radio program. Joe said, "I only talk about it lightly. If you hear Sandra Ng Kwan Yue talking about 'Golden Chicken 2,' then you'll know!" It seems he is hinting Sandra often promotes her movie on her radio show. Joe said Vivian almost wanted to cry while watching the show, because it reminded them of the happy moments of their childhood life, and also included a warm feeling and is more interesting than talking politics.


Source : Ta Kung Pao newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Vivian asked her boyfriend why he wasn't promoting her book


Vivian and Joe always appear together.


Celebrities who attended the show included Joe and Vivian, Ronald Cheng, Sam Lee Chan Sam, Joey Leung Wing Jung, etc.

 

 

Vivian and Joe went together to Cheung Tat Ming's show two nights ago. Both of them had actually wanted to watch Tat Ming's show all along. Vivian also said she really wanted to see Tat Ming act as a dragon. After both of them watched the show, they said the show was great and was very good to watch. Vivian even cried during the last part of the show. Joe said the show was a touching comedy show.

Recently Vivian released her new book. However, two nights ago at the show, Joe was carrying another book in his hand, and Vivian asked him why he didn't bring her new book to promote. Joe really knows what to do, as he gave all the books to his friends. Some of his friends wanted to buy her book, but they couldn't! The reporter jokingly asked if he helped his girlfriend to promote her book. He said, "I'm rather light about this (promotes very little)."


Source : SingPao Daily newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Vivian listened to Joe's speech and applauded on the side like a small fan
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Vivian and Joe went on a date to watch a show.

 

 

Vivian and Joe went on a date two nights ago to see Cheung Tat Ming's stand-up comedy show. When the reporter was interviewing Joe, they saw Joe holding a book called, "Bad Girls are Loved By People," and Vivian, who was walking up the stairs, cutely said, "How come you didn't bring my book?" Joe explained, "I've given all of them to friends." The both of them didn't try to avoid talking sweetly to each other.

The reporter asked Joe if he bought a lot of Vivian's books to give to his friends. He said, "No, there are only a few thousand books printed for the first edition of the book. I couldn't buy all of them for friends, as the people on the outside wouldn't be able to buy the book. I'll wait till the second edition." When reporters said Joe often mentions Vivian's new book on his radio show and seems to really be helping his girlfriend, Joe said he was very light on promoting her book and didn't say much about it and then said, "Sandra Ng Gwan Yue talks more about her movie "Golden Chicken 2."

Joe will be returning to the USA soon to visit his parents, and Jo Kuk would also be resting from doing 'Cool Valley.' Nicola Cheung San Yuet would be hosting the radio show during their absence and would be inviting one male host as her partner for the show. The reporter asked if Joe would bring his girlfriend on the trip. Joe said, "No I won't. I have something else I need to do, plus it's such a short time period."

Vivian was protected by her boyfriend
After the show, Tat Ming's good friends went backstage to take pictures with him. Afterwards, Vivian, Joe, Lau Yuk Chui, and Joey Leung Wing Jung were talking together. The reporter asked if the show was good. Vivian said the show was very very good. Joe also complimented Tat Ming for being a master of visual arts movement. Vivian was extremely quiet standing aside, watching her boyfriend doing his speech. After her boyfriend finished his speech, Vivian applauded like a small fan!

Vivian said after watching the show, her mood was rather complicated and she needed time to digest the things she saw and heard during the show. After a while, the reporter asked if the show wasn't funny. Joe protected his girlfriend and said, "He (Tat Ming) played the audience very cruelly, and there were a lot of things we needed to think about, but it was worth it to watch him sweat."


Source : The Sun newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Cheung Tat Ming has a show;
Vivian and Joe go on a date and are hard-selling her new book

(abridged version of actual article)


Vivian and Joe went on a date to watch Cheung Tat Ming's show.

 

 

Cheung Tat Ming's show started two nights ago. Vivian, Joe, and Kenny B Chung Jan To came to the show.

When Joe and Vivian were on a date going to see the show, Joe didn't forget to promote his gilrfriend's new book. Vivian complained on why her boyfriend wasn't carrying her new book in his hand but instead another book. Joe said, "I've given all the books to friends. There are only a few thousand books printed for the first edition of the book." The reporter asked, "Are you going to buy again?" Joe said, "No need!" The reporter made fun of Joe for helping to promote Vivian's book. Joe said, "I'm very light (in the promoting)! It's not as much as Sandra Ng Kwan Yue who talks a lot about her movie 'Golden Chicken 2' on the radio."

Also two nights ago, Vivian did a phone interview on Joe's radio show 'Cool Valley.' On the radio waves, they were talking sweetly to each other, with Vivian saying, "When I hear you call me ah V, I feel it's really strange." Joe said, "Then I'll just call you Miss Chow!" As for Leo Ku Kui Kei singing 'Ji Jok Doh Ching' (One-Way Love) on his concert, Vivian said, "Really? Please don't!"


Source : Oriental Daily newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Vivian becomes Joe's 'mother'


Vivian, Joe, Vincent Kuk Tak Chiu and other people came to see their good friend, Cheung Tat Ming's, show.

 

 

Cheung Tat Ming's ten comedy show series started last night. Vivian Chow, Joe Ngai, Ronald Cheng Jung Gei and other good friends came to see the show. Everyone praised the content of Tat Ming's performance as being touching.

Vivian just released her new book. She and Joe were on a date and went to the show. When Vivian saw her boyfriend was holding a novel in his hand, she immediately complained, "How come you're not holding my book?" Joe revealed he hasn't bought his girlfriend's new book, and he laughed saying he would wait to buy the second edition of the book to show some support; as for people pointing out that he promotes his girlfriend's book on his radio show, Joe immediately laughed saying, "It's not a lot. It's very light! I'm not like Sandra Ng Kwan Yue who talks a lot about her movie 'Golden Chicken 2.'"

Vivian and Joe went backstage to visit Cheung Tat Ming. Vivian praised his performance as being very touching and almost made her cry. Joe also said, "The touching part was remembering our childhood, and he also talked about how we would sometimes forget about the good things that are next to us. Tat Ming is really a master of visual arts movement."

Also, after Vivian watched the show, she accepted a phone interview on her boyfriend's radio show. On the radio show, both of them weren't afraid to talk sweetly to each other. Joe called Vivian "ah V," and Vivian immediately said, "You usually don't call me by this name. I'm really not used to it!" After investigating, the reporter found out Joe and Vivian raised cats in their house, and both of them have become the parents of the cat sons. We can guess Joe calls Vivian at home as, "Mother."


Source : Apple Daily newspaper - April 24, 2004; Translated by Dawn; Posted on May 8, 2004

Cheung Tat Ming's comedy show
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Two nights ago, Cheung Tat Ming (4th from the left) had his comedy show in Wan Chai. His good friends Vivian and Joey Leung Wing Chung (2nd from the right) and others also came to the show.

 

 

Two nights ago, Cheung Tat Ming had his comedy show in Wan Chai. Ronald Cheng, Kenny B Chung Jan To, Vivian Chow and others also came to the show.


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