World in a Grain of Sand – Idy Chan

June 23, 2013 at 21:09 Comment Comments Off on World in a Grain of Sand – Idy Chan
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Sources: Sina / DYJY / Special Thanks JingMui for the translation

Idy Chan in AnHui, Going Miles to Seek Charity (Volunteer) Successor but Still No Luck

Previously filmed in the television series, “Return of the Condor Heroes” (Andy Lau’s version) as Siu Long Lui, Hong Kong actress Idy Chan arrived in Anhui looking for a volunteer successor. Earlier, Idy drove from Anqing to Hefei to visit a poor pair of sisters. During Chinese New Year’s 7 days, Idy has remained in Anhui, driving thousands of miles but still haven’t found a destined “pupil”.

Pupil requirements:

  • Teenage (10-19), preferably someone from an impoverished family
  • Parents do not have the conditions to properly take care of them
  • Oval (seed shape) face, pretty, docile personality
  • Laboriously going miles to seek a successor
    Evening news having provided an exclusive report that Idy Chan is looking for a volunteer successor, a wave of readers were able to successfully recommend a suitable “female pupil”. Therefore, Idy Chan from Taiyuan, Shanxi south to arrive in Bozhou to visit these impoverished families. “New Year’s Eve and the first day, I arrived in Bozhou, Lixin etc , saw a few families but still they weren’t suitable.” However she was not discouraged and continued south in Changfeng and Chaohu to continue to meet the enthusiastic people. “In Changfeng area, a pottery teacher, was very enthusiastic, and recommended a few of the local children, and I went to see them but at last, couldn’t agree upon it.”
    However, Idy says something good did come out of all of this. “While I was in Changfeng village, I saw the authentic common rural lifestyle, ate with them salted meats and village dishes. It gave me a deeper understanding of their life,” Idy said. While searching for a destined person, and having a taste of an authentic village life, “It is good for helping with the charity work.”

    Plans to continue looking for a successor
    February 14, Idy Chan according to original plans was to go from Hefei to Anqing to find her “female pupil” but one of the girl’s little sister fell ill, the entire family stayed in Heifei to treat her. As a result, Idy Chan returned to Hefei to meet the girl and to send some sympathy and funding for her little sister. “I have two female pupils with me, let them practice.”
    During Chinese New Year’s 7 days, Idy Chan has rushed thousands of kilometers, visited about 10 girls but due to the strict requirements to be a “pupil”, there currently hasn’t been anyone found suitable. “Next step is to go to Yunnan etc, if anyone in Anhui have recommendations, can send an email to idychanyuklin@qq.com”

    Note: Similar news back in November 2012 also has phone number as the contact point.

    Random weibos

    February 1, 2013 at 12:07 Comment 8 Comments
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    Fans posted this old photo of Idy Chan’s taken back in 2010 on one of her charity missions, and Damian Lau re-posted the photo to many other cast mates in “Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles” 《名媛望族》 and they too re-posted Damian’s messages.

    Here are some captures of weibo posts regarding Idy:
    Sources: Oriental /

    Sources: Molichina /

    名媛望族 SSSS Christmas Promotion…

    Sources: SingTao /

    Elena Kong shared a photo taken with Ben Wong “3rd Madame [Yvonne] and Yat Fai? So difficult for her…”

    Ben replied “You also have a difficult road! Did you ask 2nd Sister [Yee Yin] yet?” . He also shared a photo taken with Damian Lau and Kenneth Ma.

    Sources: Next #1180

    前來影樓的陳玉蓮莫說化妝,連美容也放棄,自嘲:「四年前《原來愛上賊》已經俾觀眾鬧肥到破壞形象啦!」陳玉蓮脂粉不施而來,拍照前倒不停搽手霜,對鏡說:「並非怕老,是怕醜樣。」「係觀眾無長大啫,大家中晒小龍女毒,小龍女唔會死添!人梗會老,如果我永遠停留小龍女模樣你仲驚啦。」

    陳玉蓮信奉「以戒為師」,但不避葷腥。「茹素了幾年,身體支撐不住。佛陀托缽吃十方,從無揀飲擇食。西藏的喇嘛搵兩棵菜都艱難,不吃肉吃什麼?比起有些人打着宗教旗號其實為了減肥美容,在奢華的餐廳吃極品素食,誰更似跟隨佛陀?」

    陳玉蓮:「以前人幫我,好應該現在我幫人,但這並非主要目標,人生並非追求成績。常說學佛,但佛陀首先示範了他是不稱職丈夫——拋妻棄子出家,示範了不稱職兒子——拒絕繼承王位導致國家滅亡,這些人倫道德都不惜違反了,因為他想人學他的更大目標——超脫輪迴。」

    !Spoiler Alert! Sneak peeks of some “intimate” scenes in “Silver…” 《名媛望族》 via iHKTV with English translation via JayneStars [Vietnamese translation via DamianLauVN]

    2012-10-17 Idy Chan attended some event in Shenzhen with Lawrence Ng 吳啟華. Only found few blurry photos on Weibo, and heard that Idy even performed a song on stage, and it’s Teresa Teng’s 鄧麗君 trademark song “The Moon Represents My Heart 月亮代表我的心”.

    Thanks JC for the clearer photos.

    Aimei /

    Sources: MPW #2289 [TVBChannel] / Apple2 / MingPao /
    At the interview for TVB program “Best Actor” 《最佳男主角》 hosted by Luisa Maria Leitão 黎芷珊 this week featuring Tony Leung 梁朝偉, Anthony Wong 黃秋生, and Andy Lau 劉德華. Once again, Andy answered on his relationship with female artists in the circle like Anita Mui 梅艷芳, Rosamund Kwan 關之琳, and Idy Chan 陳玉蓮. He said “I did tell Idy my feelings, but she simply just gave me a smile.” Later he gave up knowing Idy was dating Chow Yun Fat 周潤發. “She could have been my girlfriend” he expressed. [Also read at JayneStars]

    Sources: Dayoo / YWCB / NFDaily /
    In the afternoon on Sep 22nd after just returning from Tibet, Idy Chan immediately rushed to a cosmetic center in Guangzhou. As it’s already winter in Tibet, and still wearing a thick leather jacket, she had no time to take it off to get ready for the grand opening of “Meien Medical Aesthetic Hospital of Guangzhou”. At the event, Idy was quite interactive with the fans on answering questions about beauty, however the focus of the talk was about the girl name Hua Yanwen whose face was genetically masked with big “mole” on 2/3 of a cheek and often bullied by peers. After the ceremony, the “Love Clinic” established and the manager together with Idy presented the girl $10,000RMB and free of charge for her first treatment at the center.

    Idy also briefly mentioned her role in the upcoming “Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles” 名媛望族 “The character is quite resentful, just reading the scripts alone made me want to cry, and there’s crying in almost every scene.”

    It’s believed that Andy has agreed to film a drama for TVB with Eric Tsang’s 曾志偉 pursue, and it seems that Chow is also in the talk to film for TVB also. It’d be great if Idy be part of these dramas as a guest cameo. In the meanwhile, I’m impatiently waiting for the airing of “Silver…”

    Sources: Tibet News /

    Sources: QHNews via TaKungPao /

    After finishing reporting from Yushu earthquake struck area, reporter came to Qinghai–Tibet Autonomous Region to meet up with Idy Chan for an interview. Idy along with 4 others drove directly from Guangzhou with one main purpose: charity. For the past decade, Idy and entourage have been involved in spontaneous work of going to remote areas to help poor people. Their main goal is helping local children with food, clothes and shelter, so driving is the most convenient way to go directly to the locations.

    Next stop will be Tibet, then Xinjiang, there they’ll need to 1000 jackets for the children at orphanages. Then Shaanxi, Shanxi, and then will return to “camp” in Guangzhou around Oct or Nov. It’s almost the same over the past few years, they set out the mission in Spring because the roads would be safer and return home in the Fall because of colder weather.

    Idy Chan expressed that she has changed a lot from doing charity over the years and able to “let go of myself”; very content and gaining a lot of perspective on life.

    According to Weibo, the premiere date to air “Silver Spoon, Sterling Shackles” is Oct 22.

    With Idy takes break from her work during the fall and winter months, hopefully we’ll get to see her involved more in events for the new drama this time. Let’s hope….

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