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While We Are Young
''While We Are Young'' ( zh, link=no, Z世代) is a 20 episode Singaporean drama produced and telecast on MediaCorp Channel 8. The show aired at 9 pm on weekdays and had a repeat telecast at 8 am the following day. The drama series is a production to commemorate 35 years of locally produced Chinese-language dramas and in appreciation to the local educators in celebration of Teacher's Day. It stars Zoe Tay, Rebecca Lim, Zhang Zhenhuan, Terence Cao, Denise Camillia, Zong Zijie and Chantalle Ng. The show featured several "second-generation" stars who are children of veteran artistes, including Calvert Tay (son of Hong Huifang and Zheng Geping), Chantalle Ng (daughter of Lin Meijiao and her ex-husband former actor Huang Yiliang), Chen Yixin (daughter of Xiang Yun and Edmund Chen), Marcus Guo (son of host Guo Liang), and Shalynn Tsai (daughter of Chen Xiuhuan). Cast Generation X/Y * Zoe Tay as Fang Ting 方廷For the first time in 29 years, Tay played the role o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Zoe Tay
Zoe Tay (; born 10 January 1968) is a Singaporean actress and former model. She has been referred to as the "Queen of Caldecott Hill" and "Ah Jie" (Top Actress) by the local media since the rise of her popularity in the 1990s. She is one of the first batch of actors to receive the Star Awards All-Time Favourite Artiste award, along with Li Nanxing and Chew Chor Meng. To date, Tay has received four Star Awards for Best Actress - a record for most number of wins in the category. Early life Tay is the sixth of seven children born to Teochew parents. She was three when her biological mother died in an accident. Her father remarried and had a daughter with Wong Pong Chin. Her father worked at a pig farm in Lim Chu Kang while her stepmother was a housewife. Tay attended Kay Hua Primary School and later, Yuan Ching Secondary School, where she completed her O-level examinations. She studied fashion design at the Baharuddin Vocational Institute. When she was 13, she thought of u ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Guo Liang (actor)
Guo Liang (born 11 November 1970) is a Chinese-born Singaporean actor and television host. Career Guo graduated from the Shanghai Drama Institute and moved to Singapore during the 1990s to join the Television Corporation of Singapore (predecessor of MediaCorp). He joined TCS in 1994. He joined SPH MediaWorks in late 2000 but returned to MediaCorp in 2005 when the two companies merged. Although trained as an actor, he is mostly known in Singapore as a presenter of MediaCorp Channel 8 current affairs programme '' Hello Singapore'' (狮城有约) but he stop as a presenter as he will return to MediaCorp as a full-time artiste and host of the Star Awards. In 2019, Guo undertakes as a host for a new dating variety show - The Destined One. Personal life Guo married Jade Shen Jie, a Chinese citizen, in 1994 and has a son, Marcus. He took up Singaporean citizenship in 2001 and his wife took up Singaporean citizenship in 2015. In 2010, Guo and Elvin Ng were reportedly engaged in an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Star Awards 2018
Star Awards 2018 (also SA2018SG, Chinese: 红星大奖2018) is a television award ceremony which is held in Singapore. The Post Party and Ceremony Awards was broadcast live on 22 April 2018. A total of 15 awards were handed out during the ceremony, among which the Special Achievement Award, an award given out to a celebrity in recognition to meritorious contribution, returned after a 15-year absence, with the award last presented in 2003, in the place of All-Time Favourite Artiste, which was not presented this year, and the third ceremony overall, after 2007 and 2013. The ceremony saw ''When Duty Calls'' winning the most awards (five), among which they were Best Theme Song, Best Director, Best Drama Serial, Best Actor and Best Supporting Actress; ''The Lead'' was the second-biggest winning drama serial, clinching the two other major categories plus Young Talent award, for a total of three. Seven other programs won at least one award during the ceremony. Programme details S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
YES 933
YES 933, formerly known as 933醉心频道 (''933 Zuìxīn píndào'', "933 Intoxicated Channel"), is a Mandarin radio station owned by Mediacorp in Singapore. The station now holds the slogan of 顶尖流行音乐电台，引领潮流时代 (''Top pop music station, leading the trend''). It is a 24-hour music station that plays contemporary hits. It also includes a modern trendy mixture of lifestyle, food and travel tips as well as on weekend getaways. This is a station that caters to youngsters by allowing them to get informed about what is trending now in terms of life and playing fresh new launch songs as a global premiere in the first minute. YES 933 ended its broadcast on 20 January 2017 at 10:00 at Caldecott Broadcast Centre and thereafter, moved to the new campus at 1 Stars Avenue. The first programme was broadcast there from 12:00 on the same day. History Singapore Radio began in 1936 with stations each broadcasting in its four official languages - namely Radio One (En ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kenneth Chung (host)
Kenneth Chung Kun Wah (born 11 July 1985), better known by his stage name Kunhua, is a Singaporean radio personality and actor. He works as a radio disk jockey for Singapore-based Chinese music station YES 933 YES 933, formerly known as 933醉心频道 (''933 Zuìxīn píndào'', "933 Intoxicated Channel"), is a Mandarin radio station owned by Mediacorp in Singapore. The station now holds the slogan of 顶尖流行音乐电台，引领潮流时代 ('' .... Background Chung had previously worked part-time for YES 933 in as early as 2005. He later attended the National Chengchi University in Taipei, Taiwan, where he studied arts and radio. Graduating in 2010, he joined YES 933 as a professional disk jockey that year. He is the host of his own radio show, ''Moo...ve It On'', which is targeted at school-going children. Filmography Movie / Theater *2011: Resonance 回音 *2014: Like Me.I Like 守机碍情 Television Series Compilation album Awards and nominations Refer ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Adele Wong
Adele Wong (born 8 March 1983) is a Singaporean actress, singer, writer, and screenwriter. Biography Born in Singapore, Wong traces her ancestry to Shanghai, China. She graduated from the National University of Singapore (NUS) with an honors degree in sociology. At NUS, Wong was active in dance and theatre. Upon graduation, Wong began her professional career in acting, hosting and writing. She played the lead role in ''Damned'' which was part of an omnibus feature film which premiered at the Osaka Asian Film Festival in 2009. Wong also played a lead role in ''Garden Girls'', a short film, which premiered at the Singapore Film Festival in 2009. Wong has been seen in several television programs in Singapore. She recently starred as the female lead Annie in Jack Neo's first English-language drama series for Okto titled '' Happily Ever After''. She was also seen in the 2009 MediaCorp Chinese New Year television film, ''A Kuchinta Family Reunion''. In July 2009, Wong played the l ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Li Wenhai (actor)
Li Wenhai (, born ) is a veteran Singaporean actor. He has acted in various Singaporean television dramas. Career In 1981, Li joined Singapore Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). In August 1991, after filming ''Jealousy Potion 100'', Li applied to have an early termination to his acting contract with SBC and to transfer to the voice dubbing department. After eight months, in April 1992, he resigned from SBC. After leaving SBC, Li opened a shop with friends selling Buddhist equipment at Balestier Shopping Center. The shop was eventually closed down in 1988 after the shop lease had finished and business was poor. Li was then invited by the producer and writer of ''Riding the Storm'' to act in the drama. He left Media Corporation of Singapore (rebranding of SBC) in 2003 due to migraine. In 2004, Li joined SPH MediaWorks. Filmography TV series ; 1982 * Mother's Birthday Present 一束花 * Evening Breeze 晚来风急 ; 1983 * Double Blessings 春风得意 as Li Ming Feng ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Generation X/Y
A generation refers to all of the people Childbirth, born and Personhood, living at about the same time, regarded collectively. It can also be described as, "the average Era, period, generally considered to be about 20–30 years, during which children are born and Aging, grow up, become adults, and begin to have children." In kinship terminology, it is a structural term designating the parent-child relationship. It is known as biogenesis, reproduction, or procreation in the biology, biological sciences. ''Generation'' is also often used synonymously with ''Cohort (statistics), cohort'' in social science; under this formulation it means "people within a delineated population who experience the same significant events within a given period of time". Generations in this sense of birth cohort, also known as "social generations", are widely used in popular culture, and have been the basis for sociological analysis. Serious analysis of generations began in the nineteenth century, e ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Video Game Developer
A video game developer is a broad term for a software developer specializing in video game development – the process and related disciplines of creating video games. A game developer can range from one person who undertakes all tasks to a large business with employee responsibilities split between individual disciplines, such as programmers, designers, artists, etc. Most game development companies have video game publisher financial and usually marketing support. Self-funded developers are known as independent or indie developers and usually make indie games. A developer may specialize in specific game engines or specific video game consoles (such as Nintendo's Switch, Microsoft's Xbox Series X and Series S, Sony's PlayStation 5), or may develop for a number of systems (including personal computers and mobile devices). Video game developers specialize in certain types of games (such as role-playing video games or first-person shooters). Some focus on porting games from ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Psychological Stress
In psychology, stress is a feeling of emotional strain and pressure. Stress is a type of psychological pain. Small amounts of stress may be beneficial, as it can improve athletic performance, motivation and reaction to the environment. Excessive amounts of stress, however, can increase the risk of strokes, myocardial infarction, heart attacks, ulcers, and diathesis stress model, mental illnesses such as Depression (mood), depression and also aggravation of a pre-existing condition. Stress can be external and related to the environment, but may also be caused by internal perceptions that cause an individual to experience Anxiety, anxiety or other negative emotions surrounding a situation, such as pressure, discomfort, etc., which they then deem stressful. Hans Selye (1974) proposed four variations of stress. On one axis he locates good stress (eustress) and bad stress (distress). On the other is over-stress (hyperstress) and understress (hypostress). Selye advocates balancing ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Physical Education
Physical education, often abbreviated to Phys Ed. or P.E., is a subject taught in schools around the world. It is usually taught during primary and secondary education, and encourages psychomotor learning by using a play and movement exploration setting to promote health and physical fitness. Activities in P.E. include football, netball, hockey, rounders, cricket, four square, racing, and numerous other children's games. Physical education also teaches nutrition, healthy habits, and individuality of needs. Physical education programs vary all over the world. When taught correctly, P.E. class can produce positive effects on students' health, behavior, and academic performance. As part of this, health education is the teaching of information on the prevention, control, and treatment of diseases. It is taught with physical education, or P.H.E. for short. Pedagogy The main goals in teaching modern physical education are: * To expose children and teens to a wide variety ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Performer
The performing arts are arts such as music, dance, and drama which are performed for an audience. They are different from the visual arts, which are the use of paint, canvas or various materials to create physical or static art objects. Performing arts include a range of disciplines which are performed in front of a live audience, including theatre, music, and dance. Theatre, music, dance, object manipulation, and other kinds of performances are present in all human cultures. The history of music and dance date to pre-historic times whereas circus skills date to at least Ancient Egypt. Many performing arts are performed professionally. Performance can be in purpose-built buildings, such as theatres and opera houses, on open air stages at festivals, on stages in tents such as circuses or on the street. Live performances before an audience are a form of entertainment. The development of audio and video recording has allowed for private consumption of the performing arts. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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