Richard Poon

Omg I know this line has been said in my site too many times already, but for this guy, I would say it again! I love Richard Poon. He is not the typical drop-dead-gorgeous guy but he definitely looks handsome! Chingky eyes are my weaknesses haha and Poon just turn my knees into jelly…I cannot believe he is 30-ish! He is smoking, goin once, going twice, and sold to the highest bidder! Hehe...Isn't he gorgeous? Say no, and I will squeeze you till your eyeballs pop out...kidding! Hehe...You don't have to stop with his looks, his voice sounds so much better too! Crooner all the way! And you should see him with the piano and guitars, can he play the violin? Saw pics of him doing that…sheshhhh, what can he NOT play? The leaf I guess.. And he sings awesome Chinese songs too! He sang Peng You by Emil Chow and made it totally classy! Wo xen de xen de han ai ni...He is all around awesome! Am I right? Or am I right? I am always right...right kiddos? Hehe...I think I have lost my wits. You got to buy his cd already! I just went to a record store and his cds are selling like freakin hot cakes!

His profile from what I have gathered from different sites, this guy does not have an official profile? Open to additional stuff, suggestions, violent reactions, peaceful negotiations.

Name: Richard Poon

Father: Mr. Poon  (Cantonese chef from HK, anyone knows the full name of his AhPa?)

Mother: Eva Poon (Taiwanese pop star, of Eve's Garden fame)

Sister: Eva Marie Poon (sang Quando Quando with him in his launching, equally pretty too!)

Degree: Business Management,  DLSU (Yay La Sallista! I told you We'd rather be green than be blue..)

Ethnicity: Pure Chinese but born in the Philippines

Former Band: U-turn (he plays the guitar), Sunny Side Up, For the Road

Restaurant Name: Mr. Poon Restaurant, Little Poon Food Technologies

Wife: Me! Kidding! Don't bash me please... ^_^

Richard Poon:
On his way

He comes up the stairs, and as soon as he pushes the glass doors open, he is greeted with exclamations of "You look so young in person!"

If Richard Poon has people thinking that he's older than his 30-something years, blame it on the music that he sings: Richard belongs to that rare breed known in the music world as crooners, people who sing songs popularised by Frank Sinatra, Sammy Davis Jr. and Dean Martin. He listened to the standards as a child, so when he decided to pursue a career in music full-time, it was easy to adapt them into his repertoire. "I think may influence, the type of music I sing, on the way that people see me, that's why they think I'm older than I actually am," he offers. "But I'm not bothered by it. Tanggap ko na."

Despite his age, Richard is a newcomer to the music business. It's only now that he is pursuing a full-time career in singing. If his family had its way, he would have followed his father's footsteps into the restaurant business. His father started the famous Mr. Poon chain of Chinese restaurants. As the only son, Richard was expected to take up the mantle and follow his father into the business. But Richard's "extraordinary passion for music" (his words) dictated a different path.

The decision wasn't easy for his father to accept and they became estranged for a while. Richard left home in 2000. But he was determined to prove to his father that even if they couldn't see eye-to-eye on business matters, that they were still father and son, and that nothing could change that.

His persistence paid off, and eventually, his father's heart melted. "He became proud of me. I'll never forget what he told me after watching one of my performances. He said, 'You have something special in you.' For me, that was better than even money or fame," says Richard.

The singing chef finds his voice in standards

BY ISAH V. RED

Richard Poon, after cooking for many years in both his dad's Mr. Poon and a charming gourmet restaurant along what is now C5 fronting what is now occupied by the SM Hypercenter Pasig, is now whipping up a different kind of dish.

He is singing and not cooking, something his father, the older Mr. Poon whose Cantonese cooking has made him a byword among Manila's gourmet set, may not have wanted his son to do, but is very proud of these days.

Richard, whose fledgling career in music at one point in his youth nearly pressed him to give up on music and focus his mind more on cooking up palette-pleasing dishes, is now a celebrity in his own right.

He has a CD out in the market, a regular segment in a musical variety show every Sunday, an increasing fan base, and an upcoming solo concert.

Eva Poon (of Eve's Garden fame) from whom Richard inherited his talent for music —she was a popular chanteuse in Taiwan before moving to Manila to settle with Richard's dad —should be very happy that Richard is actually singing his way to the bank.

Richard Poon is living his dream—writing songs for other artists such as Piolo Pascual, singing standards and contemporary songs and performing in front of an audience. Being in the limelight is already in his blood since his mother was a Taiwanese popstar. But don't think that Poon is only talented in music. He is also a businessman and owns a restaurant which offers both Chinese and Filipino food.

He shares that for a Cantonese-Taiwanese singer like him, it is rare to find another one in the music industry. This is why he feels honored that music icon Jose Mari Chan himself encourages and supports Poon in his endeavor.

When writing songs, he doesn't have any ritual and isn't contained into writing 'within a box.' Most people don't know that he dreams of collaborating with a variety of musical artists from different genres, such as Bamboo, Gloc 9, Andrew E and Salbakuta as well as Regine Velasquez, a woman he speaks highly of, and Christian Bautista for a Buble-Groban concert.

When asked how he feels working with Asap (the weekly Sunday concert party) and Asap Live (concert production) he states, "It's very challenging. Sometimes I feel pressured because since I'm new in the industry, I don't know what to do. But I'm so overwhelmed with Sir Deo's [Endrinal] support for me. Everyone—they're all so supportive and so nice."

He shares that people can expect to hear and watch a different Richard Poon in his much-awaited concert. Be ready to be captivated and delighted by his refreshing old school music and unpredictable production numbers.

Credits: star studio mag, richardpoonmusic at multiply, pics lifted from his multiply site 

Cast:

Jeon Ji Hyun as Hye Young

Summary:
Hye Young (Jeon Ji Hyun), a street painter is caught between two opposite sides, Park Yi (Jeong Woo Seong) a professional assassin and Jeong Woo (Lee Sung Jae), an Interpol agent. She mistakes the guy who sends her fresh daisies daily for Jeong Woo while Park Yi, the actual secret admirer is left resenting in the background. An incident during Jeong Woo's exchange of fire with some gangsters leaves Hye Young physically hurt and she loses her voice, while Park Yi takes over Jeong Woo's place to take care of her when the latter leaves out of guilt. Park Yi is later ordered to kill Jeong Woo, which sees a tragic love triangle played out against the backdrop of Amsterdam.
Daisy is an urban melodrama about a young struggling art painter, the Interpol police detective she loves and a professional hit man for whom there is no escape. With a twist that is bound to make its audience think about their own perception about love, the film was shot entirely in The Netherlands, for the most part in the capital of Amsterdam, Haarlem and Epen.

Credits: wisefool at www.spcnet.tv

Alternative Title: 데이지

What I Think:

The movie background scenes was awesome, Netherlands is so beautiful. I just do not get it why this movie flopped and that it has lots of negative reviews. First of, this is not much of an action – packed outing, it is a romantic movie set with an action movie undertone that's for sure.

Jeon Ji Hyun, it has been my long-time wish to see her act in a series, I guess she does not like shooting long series; she only has movies and commercials. She is just so beautiful; she looks so pretty even with tussled hair and drabby clothes. Her long shiny hair and beautiful face just shines. I have noticed when it comes to her movies, she always has this thing of talking to the audience on a first person basis, it is like she is always the one telling a story. It is always like that. Acting-wise, she is a good actress what can I say, she is already a Hollywood-bound Giana Jun; got wonderful chemistry with both male leads too.

Jung Woo Sung, I love this guy! Ever since I saw him in an interview he did back then, I already loved him without seeing a series or movie with him in it, I just knew I like him. He is definitely handsome, has this very manly, oozing with sex appeal presence. Haha so fan girl! He is one hot assassin and he is a very good actor too, got great action scenes and can handle a gun well too.

Lee Sung Jae, this is the first time I have noticed this guy and I do not know much about him, he reminds me of the lead guy in "Il Mare." He is passable in the looks department, and can even look so much like Jung Woo Sung in Hye Young's sketches.

The only thing that did not work for me in this movie, was the ending…I do not like the ending it is too gloomy…don't some of the characters deserve some kind of good/happy ending. Jezz…

Rating: 7 Korean Kimchi out of 10

credits: wikpedia, mysoju, yahoo, hancinema