JERRY IN THAILAND
He wiggles his fingers, they scream. He touches one fan鈥檚 shoulder, they scream even louder. And when he speaks Thai, they go absolutely insane.Having passed through the eye of the storm, we were back in the frenzy of the hurricane called F4, although this time it was a quarter of the force: Only Jerry from the now-disbanded Taiwanese pop foursome was in town 鈥?promoting Oral-B dental-hygiene products.Several hundred of fans 鈥?girl fans, of course 鈥?packed into Bangkok鈥檚 Central Plaza Lat Phrao last Saturday to get a glimpse of the object of their infatuation. Not all of them had a ticket, a mere 1,090 of which were dispersed to winners of an Oral-B lucky draw. 鈥淚 sent more than 20 entries, but no luck,鈥?said high-schooler Aor, begging anyone and everyone for a chance to get into the heavy-security 鈥淪mile Party鈥?Inside, Jerry Yan met the press wearing a black velvet jacket over a white shirt and black pants, his hair shorter than it was the last time he graced the city a year ago, on Pepsi鈥檚 behalf.Jerry was chosen as Oral-B鈥檚 presenter because he takes good care of his teeth, explained Chalermpong Mahawanichwong, Gillette Thailand鈥檚 manager for the products.鈥淚 brush my teeth correctly twice a day and change my toothbrush every three months,鈥?the singer confirmed when asked for details. Amateur dentists within the press scrum leaned in for a dubious closer look. Jerry arrived fresh from a one-off classroom visit. Hor Wang School 鈥?conveniently right next door 鈥?had been selected to host him for a seminar on 鈥淥ral Health Problems among Youth鈥? Finally, after showing the media his smile, Jerry changed into a black turtleneck and brown leather jacket to sit down before a swarm of devotees chanting 鈥淛erry, Jerry, Jerry鈥? as Tin Chokkamolkij started firing questions at him in Mandarin.A group of fans came forward to play a jigsaw game, with the winners getting a pillow bearing Jerry鈥檚 autograph and portrait. More games followed and the screaming became truly unbottled, especially when Jerry sang his two hits. His voice was ragged from his promotional tour, but the fans helped him out, even in Chinese, right to the end.At one point Tin almost shocked the Oral-B braces out of one young fan鈥檚 mouth when he called her name and invited her to the stage. The candlelit cake Jerry presented her for her 20th birthday came as a complete surprise.But the biggest thrill of the day was reserved for Siriporn 鈥淎untie Pam鈥?Sudto, at age 57 probably Jerry鈥檚 eldest fan. She鈥檚 the author of a biography on the singer that鈥檚 been translated into several languages, and she gave all the proceeds 鈥?some Bt200,000 鈥?to Her Royal Highness Princess Maha Chakri Sirindhorn for her charity projects.鈥淚鈥檝e never been infatuated with any stars before, but I like Jerry,鈥?Auntie Pam declared from the stage with the singer at her side. 鈥淵ou鈥檙e my puppy love!鈥?Cue the screams.鈥淎ll of your fans here want you to have the same beautiful muscles and good health,鈥?she told the ailing pop idol.More screams ... and exeunt.
THE LATEST PEPSI FAMILY
Popular Korean idol Rain is officialy apart of the "Pepsi Family," along with F4, Jay Chou, Jolin Tsai, Louis Koo, Nicholas Tse and Edison Chen. They are now known as a "perfect" group. Rain will be going to HK on the 27th for a press conference. One of Pepsi's endorsers, ZZ, was very happy to hear that Rain has become a member.This year Aaron Kwok and Sammi Cheng dropped out of the "Pepsi Family" and Louis Koo and Nicholas Tse was added. And with the addition of Rain, this year is quite a show.Rain will be attending a press conference in HK on Dec. 27th to meet 3,000 fans. Yesterday Pepsi released new photos of their current 9 stars. They all dressed in black. Jerry Yan, who was rumored to leave F4, will be working with F3 in the new commercial.Now that Rain is apart of Pepsi, the group is described to be "perfect." Within the group Rain and Jay are said to be "enemies." In the coming year they might have a chance of workign together. Rain expressed that he took notice of the commercial the 9 Pepsi stars filmed in Jordan and their "blue hair" images. Both sides had much consideration for many months and he looks forward to working with the other endorsers.As for ZZ (Vic Chou) who attended a "Meet&Greet" in Guangzhou earlier was asked about the addition of Rain. ZZ expressed that he was really happy and hoped that the family will grow bigger and bigger. As for whether or not he'll ask Rain to teach him how to dance ZZ said, "I won't learn from Rain because I've tried really hard before. I put a lot of effort and time into it but in the end I couldn't dance. I can't dance like Vanness so I won't learn!"
P.S. The pepsi pictureis on top...hard time tryin to move it..gave up!
haiz...today...boring...anywaes...cuz came over..another one..a younger but more irritating one.. needed me to entertain him... taught him to play othello...bcame addicted n played the rest of the day..until he wanted to go see 'snow'..haiz.. went there...didnt want to play...scared of dirt. geez... looks like i m the only normal person in this crazy family mann...haiz...
Signing off...
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