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In everyone's hearts, Nnadia Chan is a good girl. But academically, she is not
a good student. Many people who read that will criticize the way it is put. The writer isn't criticizing Nnadia that she doesn't concentrate on her studies. It's just that Nnadia is different from most students. To graduate, she has been working hard on getting her credits. She says, she has a long life to study. Now she is working and going to school. It looks like it must be very hard, but it's not because she's not rushing to get all her credits and graduate. In the past, it seemed like Nnadia didn't like this entertainment circle. But to earn money for a living and to study, she had to work. So she hoped she could graduate early and find a better job or maybe strive towards her goal of preaching her religion to people. To just completely leave the entertainment circle. But now, it looks like Nnadia has a lot of feelings towards this entertainment circle and can't leave. Why this change? "The more I work, the more I think that this circle isn't too bad. And I like it a lot. Acting can give me a feeling of satisfaction and success." "If you're talking about bad points, well every industry has bad points. The most important thing is whether you can resist it. If you have dedication, no matter what is going on around you, it won't affect you. In this circle, there are a lot of people who love and won't lose themselves." Nnadia really loves studying, and now she has also fallen in love with acting. If you tell her to give up either one, it would be too difficult. Her life right now is pretty good. She can study what she likes to study. She can work in a job she loves. There really is beautiful things like this in the world. Nnadia isn't in a rush to graduate and doesn't need a diploma. So she doesn't mind studying till she's 80. Of course, this way of studying is something she can only do at the university level. Nnadia is a good girl, but even her isn't without rumors. There have been rumors before that someone wealthy bao her (that's something like paying someone to be your 'partner' for a long period of time) and that she had some kind of orientations. Lately reporters have been following a lot of stars. Will she become one of the victims? "I'm not afraid of that. I'm not doing anything, so even if they do follow me and take photos of me, they won't get anything that's news-worthy." "I'm not afraid of anything except that they will publish pictures of me without make-up, my hair in a mess, and wearing home clothes. Just like a see lai (middle aged housewives). That is Nnadia's real image." Women naturally love beauty and Nnadia is no exception. Of course she wouldn't like it if reporters had pictures of her wong meen por (yellow face woman - slang for middle aged housewives who are usually not very uh pleasant looking). So she suggests to the media that if they want pictures of her personal life, then give her a call first so that she can get herself beautified first. She might get very cooperative and pose dei ha ching (underground love - slang for a relationship that is kept secret) style pictures. As long as she looks good. In her latest series To Love with Love, Nnadia is the main main character - acting from beginning to the end, from small to old. It's quite a challenge. She says, the biggest challenge was playing a pregnant woman because she never tried it before. Because she had a chance to play a pregnant woman, she understood the greatness of being a mother. It was hard enough having a fake belly, what it must be like if the belly was real! "Because I experienced it, I know that being a pregnant woman brings a kind of honor but is also the most cho lo (graceless, clumsy) woman there is. But no one would mind, no matter the people involved or not involved." She says that pregnant woman move slowly and with the big belly, they walk in a kind of sideways manner. It looks extremely bad. But mothers have a kind of honor and confidence to them, so others won't think it looks bad. Even though she feels that there is honor to being a mother, Nnadia doesn't really have the heart to want a child. Of course, it's not cause pregnant woman are awkward and clumsy. It's cause the world is already so bad, she doesn't want to bring another child into the world to suffer. If she likes kids, then why not go to the orphanage and adopt a kid: 1) won't harm the world 2) gives an orphan a chance to be in a family 3) there's choice - she can pick and choose. (Television Weekly #917 June 4-10, 1995) |