Missing in Action
Kit Chan, 34
RGS (1984-1987) --> haha.. this should have been (1985-1988)
RJC (1989 - 1990)
Why couldn't we get an interview with Kit Chan, one of Singpore first Mandarin pop superstars? Well, she's holed up somewhere in Boston and unavailable for interviews, says her manager who adds that letting us talk to the songstress may lead to an avalance of requests from other media. (We hear she's been pursuing a long distance Bachelor of Arts Degree Honours with LASALLE since last year) So we did the next best thing - and talked to her RGS alums instead. In exchange for anonymity, here's what they told us.
Chubby Checker "Kit used to be a bit chubby, especially around the face, like Sammo Hung. But she started slimming down in her RJC days. Still, she stayed rather tubby throughout secondary school."
She was an "angmoh pai". "She struck me as a big angmoh pai (Hokkien for "westernised"); maybe because her spoken mandarin wasn't very good then and she had this offbeat air about
her. But the girl was incredibly good at English Literature and even wrote poetry! It was amazing because English Lit is supposed to be one fo the hardest subjects to score and most of us were struggling with it."
Born to Perform "She was acting and singing onstage like a pro back in primary school, while the rest of the kids were scared stiff by stage fright! She's really a born performer.
She was in the choir and everyone knew her as the girl who could really sing. She starred in every major production by the club. I remember her playing lead roles like Maria, in The Sound of Music, and Sandy in Grease. There was no doubt she had the best set of pipes in school.
She formed this band called "The Banshees" with three other RGS girls. I heard they later joined a Xinyao (Chinese singing) competition, where Kit was talent-scouted by (local music maestro) Billy Koh. I guess that was the start of her road to stardom."
transcribed by ting
RGS (1984-1987) --> haha.. this should have been (1985-1988)
RJC (1989 - 1990)
Why couldn't we get an interview with Kit Chan, one of Singpore first Mandarin pop superstars? Well, she's holed up somewhere in Boston and unavailable for interviews, says her manager who adds that letting us talk to the songstress may lead to an avalance of requests from other media. (We hear she's been pursuing a long distance Bachelor of Arts Degree Honours with LASALLE since last year) So we did the next best thing - and talked to her RGS alums instead. In exchange for anonymity, here's what they told us.
Chubby Checker "Kit used to be a bit chubby, especially around the face, like Sammo Hung. But she started slimming down in her RJC days. Still, she stayed rather tubby throughout secondary school."
She was an "angmoh pai". "She struck me as a big angmoh pai (Hokkien for "westernised"); maybe because her spoken mandarin wasn't very good then and she had this offbeat air about
her. But the girl was incredibly good at English Literature and even wrote poetry! It was amazing because English Lit is supposed to be one fo the hardest subjects to score and most of us were struggling with it."
Born to Perform "She was acting and singing onstage like a pro back in primary school, while the rest of the kids were scared stiff by stage fright! She's really a born performer.
She was in the choir and everyone knew her as the girl who could really sing. She starred in every major production by the club. I remember her playing lead roles like Maria, in The Sound of Music, and Sandy in Grease. There was no doubt she had the best set of pipes in school.
She formed this band called "The Banshees" with three other RGS girls. I heard they later joined a Xinyao (Chinese singing) competition, where Kit was talent-scouted by (local music maestro) Billy Koh. I guess that was the start of her road to stardom."
transcribed by ting
posted by irishblue @ 1:58 PM
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