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Malaysia's Hottest Husbands - Female Magazine August Issue 2007

2007-08-01T07:30:00.000+08:00

Female Magazine, August 2007 issue, nominated Malaysia's Hottest Husbands ; Christien New, Bernard Chandran, Resmonu, Steve Yap.

Pls be advised that I have moved my blog to http://www.christienlavin.com/blog

Life is Good!!!

Christien New

NST Sunday People - Christien Lavin ..... We are a Brand

2007-07-01T08:08:00.000+08:00

One Couple, One Brand by The New Straits Times Press

They're Malaysia's answer to Posh and Becks and justlike the popular celebrity couple, it seems their fame alsocomes with a price.
HE is a multi-talented producer, host, writer and the business brain behind their partnership. And just like footballer Beckham, Christien New, 36, with his exotic Indonesian and Hong Kong mix is also sinfully tasty.
His wife, a former beauty queen, is an accomplished actress of 12 years, not only in Malaysia but also in Hong Kong, Taiwan and China.

These days, Lavin Seow Yee Thin, 30, is busy co-hosting, producing and writing with her husband as well as playing mum to their toddler son, Gabriel. She is also seven months pregnant and looks glowingly beautiful.

Together they are the brand ChristienLavin, and just like the Beckhams they hope to have their own empire too - one day. Their similarities to the Beckhams don't end there. Just like David who was, at one time, beset by all manner of sordid accusations regarding his extra marital affairs, Christien is presently doing damage control for supposedly having an affair with model Amber Chia. And just like Victoria, Lavin is steadfastly standing by her man.

"My sixth sense tells me that nothing happened between my husband and Amber," says Lavin, "and I believe that. I haven't just known Christien for a short time. Believe me, I'll know when he's lying." Sighs Christien: "I don't want to seem perasan or anything but I guess there must something that Amber sees in me that she likes. But I wasn't expecting this." Admiration in his voice, he adds: "I have to salute my wife for the way she has handled it all. Most women would have jumped, believing in the stories but she didn't. Instead, she remained focused and has not once wavered from our vision for the family and our brand." Their vision for the brand, according to the vivacious hosts and drivers behind Celebrities' Secrets (ntv7, Fridays 6pm), a talk show based on the lifestyle, interests and current happenings of our local celebrities, is to have a wider reach than just the small screen. That's why they have ventured into the fashion line, fragrance, cosmetics, skincare and it seems, bigger plans are in the pipelines.

"Yeah, we are a bit like Posh and Becks I guess but unfortunately Christien doesn't play football!" giggles Lavin. He swiftly retorts: "Yeah, but I can play sepak takraw!" He adds: "The brand - of us together - was actually quite unintentional. But whenever one of us went out without the other, people would always ask for the other half. It became that we needed to be seen together. Even our names have been joined to become one - ChristienLavin. It has become our trademark." Celebrities' Secret is actually their first outing together in a show but it's proving to be a synergy that's working very well, says Lavin. "We respect each other's strength.
Christien handles the business side - he knows what he wants and how to get it. I'm more artistic, I go by feel.

When we shoot our programme, I will decide what colour we want to have, what concept we want to portray etc." Christien used to run Konsortium Christien and Lavin want to build an empire based on family Logistik Bhd, a supply chain logistic company. "We owned 17 listed companies.

I mastered international business. I worked in California for Hewlett Packard before being promoted to run certain parts of HP in Asia Pacific, based in Singapore and then I came back here." Work keeps the couple driven and to a certain extent, the component that cements them even closer together.

"We discuss work all the time. Sometimes in the middle of the night we have to handle the director's calls. We make the calls to the celebrities, check the scripts and yes, work gets into dinner table conversations too," admits Lavin.

Christien says: "A lot of people say that if you work together, the relationship will become stale. But for us it has proven otherwise." Their son is also a huge cementing factor. "Despite our hectic schedules, we try and spend as much time as we can with our kid," says Lavin. "We just have to sacrifice our personal time to make time for him. When we come home from work, we do things with him instead of reading the papers or doing our own things. We talk to him, tell stories, sing songs, and on Sundays we go to church together because religion plays an important role in our life." When they are not busy working or spending time with their son, they love to watch films, so much so that Christien has decided that maybe he'd try the silver screen next. "Yep, a film called My Life is in the pipeline and both of us are in it. We'll be working with Yasmin Ahmad." They were supposed to commence shooting last June but with their hectic schedules, things had to be put on the burner for a bit. "We had to focus on the talk show and now TV stations are chasing us for the second season. Then there's our shop opening soon.

"With selling our skin products and our drama due in December... we just don't have enough time in the day!" Going back to their brand, I ask them about the kind of image they want to portray.

"Oh, definitely that of a balanced individual, a balanced couple and a balanced family set up," says Lavin, without hesitation. "That's also one of the things I love about her," says Christien. "The fact that she puts family first. Every king needs a general. We can crack jokes about this domestic affairs minister thing but it's really true because if the domestics are not taken care of, everything will be messed up. Lavin is very supportive when it comes to decisions I make." She adds: "Even if I don't agree, I still support him. If I don't let him try, he'll complain. So I just let him bang his head on the wall and figure it out!" The couple has noble visions for the brand.
"We want to do something for charity - on a big scale," says Lavin.

"Hopefully one day our name will be big enough and we'll be able to help other people, especially orphans." Any other dreams? A short pause and Christien replies tongue-in-cheek: "Yeah, for me to play soccer and her to sing songs!"

Just a thought!!!

2007-05-24T22:43:00.000+08:00

1 mother can take care of 5 children but....

5 children may not be able to take care of 1 mother....sad isn't it!!!

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Met up with some new Blogging friends...

I am obviously a bit drunk here, ok ok maybe a bit more then a bit hahha! Victor on the left, the middle..... who is that ahhh??? Hmmmm

Altis, hmm why is he standing at the back huh? Well, camera is Altis punya Nokia N70 so the resolution not so good lah....ok ok ...I m damn stone here lah, just woke up from a hangover lah... muka baru bangun.

So You Think You Can Dance?

I cannot believe JOJO is out!!! I wanna protest!!! I voted for her OK!!!

Wah , this guy was like throwing this partner all over lah.

Contestant waiting for the results .... who stays and who says bye bye ... I can imagine how it feels like especially with the music...

It's Mark's birthday today!!! Our Director is 22 year old, beat that huh!!!

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I attend events so many events ... when I am not shooting or recording or when I am in Malaysia but I must say this is one of the most happening event!!!

Celebrity Ribbon cutting Ceremony. Ok people please pose before you cut it ok!!!

Don't cut ahhh before pose pleaseeeeeeee!!!

Ok people, please pose again after cutting!!!. Gloria Teng (Miss Malaysia), Emmeline Ng (Miss Malaysia @ 6'2" with heels, Christien New, Lavin Seow, Winnie Loo, Winnie's Husband, Carmen Soo, Amber Chia, Xandra Ooi and Angel Wong. Hmmm why did I stand next to a 6'2" chick huh????

Lavin Seow, Christien New and Winnie Loo

Lavin Seow, Christien New and Angel Wong (HK actress, Yoga Zone spokes person, Home Coming actress....ayah famous lah!!!)

Ok having the privillage to sign first may not be a good thing .... hmmm what shall I write after I put my signature huh? Alamak people all looking, how ahhh? Ok ...."All the best and God Bless from Christien New"...

Ok they want us to pose again.... after I have sign!!! OK lah for the sake of MEDIA.....

Carmen Soo ... the girl that camera loves so much!!!

Some of the many many beautiful ladies ....Celebrities and Models that attend this event.

Hung Shen (Star Search Malaysia and Singapore hero), Lavin Seow, Christien New, James Wong (Global Arts Best Actor)

Lavin Seow, Winnie Loo, Christien New

Winnie Loo, Hung Shen and Key Ng (YES...the designer ... Key Ng himself)

Some of our Chinese Artiste friends!!!

Melvin Lam (Designer), Emmeline Ng (Miss Malaysia) and Christien New

Jacinta Lee (Miss Malaysia), Christien New, Anne Wong (Miss Malaysia, Tourism)

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Miss Malaysia World 2007 / 2008

And the winner .. Miss Malaysia World 2007 goes to .... Ms. Deborah Priya Henry. Height at

5' 10" with modelling experience plus a pretty face ....

In fact it's a bit obvious that she'll win, there was simply no rival for her.

Good on yah... Deborah!!!

Lavin Seow and Christien New at the red carpet!!

My buddy Ajai a popular n a damn good singer( use to be called Ajai and Nurul), Christien New

More buddies, super star from Singapore Syed Azmir, Ajai, Lavin and Christien New

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My Dear Friends,

I just wanna say thanks for your kind and encouraging comment. Your comment meant a lot to me as I know that the little I do is being recognized.

Please do continue to support my work by continue to read my blog as I will continue to post all my future up coming events such as my latest Movie release date and perhaps to be listed as my personal guest list for the said movie premier, my music album release and many many events that is coming up.

Thank you for your patience and time spend, god bless.

P/S: The "Cheong Sam" Lavin is wearing is a Christien Lavin's Design. :)

Christien New
christien@christienlavin.com
Http://christienlavin.com

Celebrity Appearance at MAYA Hotel - Malay Mail and News Straits Times

2007-05-23T23:25:00.000+08:00

Lavin Seow and Christien New walking on the run way of Maya Hotel

HOTEL Maya put on a wedding extravaganza with celebrities walking down the aisle in commemoration of the launch of its wedding CD. Celebrity Jojo Struys, Love perhaps winner Shree Jeiyalachmee and TV Hostess Yasmin Hani each showcased the wedding culture of their respective races. Adding to the excitement was celebrity couple, entrepreneur Christien New and Ex-Miss Malaysia 1997 runner-up Miss Lavin Seow renewing their wedding vows. The wedding dresses were supplied by Melvin Lam and make up by Bobbi Brown.

Lavin Seow and Christien New on the Stage

Shree, Christien New, Lavin Seow, Jojo Struys and Yasmin Hani

Malay Mail and NSTP May 23, 2007

Day 8 Off day but....

2007-05-22T09:05:00.000+08:00

Fitness First CelebrityWall Climbing Challenge

Off day for me today but that’s just for Jarum Halus.

I had to go for Fitness First Celebrities Rock Climbing Challenge at 9.30am.

I had my first race with Juliana Ibrahim, damn she is fast!!! She was like an expert lah. She’s got her own shoes and the whole works. She climbs like spider man!!! So Hollywood, if you are looking for a women Spiderman next season, you gotta get Juliana….

Fitnest First, Celebrities Challenge: Chermaine Poo, Juliana, Christien New, Lavin Seow

Immediately we had to rush for the next event. It was a wedding event, not for real but just for publicity, where we had to appear as celebrity couple. Also in the event was JoJo Struys, Yasmin Hani and Stree. We had such a great time together. Yasmin Hani was such a character!!! Hanging out with her just makes you feel like 1o years younger. The word for her is “FUN”. No wonder she has been hosting the same program for 8 years. She is such a good entertainer. Jojo of course was naturally entertaining as we all know. Met her parents too, such modest people. Nice.

Very entertaining day indeed…….. I love it!!!

I've to go now for my Day 9 shooting for Jarum Halus....

Christien New
christien@christienlavin.com
http://www.christienlavin.com

Tell Magazine Event & Mamak with Kenny Sia

2007-05-20T03:33:00.000+08:00

Attended Tell Magazine's Launch at Nikko Hotel. Almost all the glam glam people in town were there lah. Above: Zaini Ahmad, Lavin Seow and Christien New. Got to know Zaini when he was one of our Talk Show guest. Trully a nice guy indeed. No air at all. We are in a planning stage to Host a new talk show together.

We left early from the event to rush to see our new "Celebrity Blogger" friend, Mr Kenny Sia himself. I mean we had like the minister and all the the Cream de la Cream people there and we left for Kenny, hmmmm.

Anyway, we lepak at the famous Sri Murni mamak. I thought I could like show him around but it turns out that he comes to KL once a month so guest he has seen it all lah. It's the first time I get to finally meet him. He is a cool guy, nice and humble. Learn a fair bit from him about Blogging, I mean learning from the Guru himself sure is motivating. Wish he could stay and extra day but he's leaving tomorrow after his event. Speaking of event, he is here cause he's invited as a special guest for a New College's Opening. I mean, Kenny is so famous that even College is inviting him for the opening ceremony, what can I say!! Kenny you're damn terror lah. Two thumbs up for Kenny Sia.

P/s Sorry for looking like shit on the pics but it was taken at 3 in the morning and we had a long day.... :)

Last Day for Jarum Halus

2007-05-19T23:32:00.000+08:00

Left: The main Artist of Jarum Halus and my new dearest freinds.....Rajif and Juliana. As much as they are funny, when it comes to work, they are dead serious. The guy in blue is our soundman.

Right: Fiona and I. She takes care of .....hmmmm what does she do again??? I forgot but I am sure something important ahhaha.....she takes care of 'conti' and taking pics. I call her the "conti girl".....hahah. If you notice some of the pics in this blog is blurrr, then it has to be from her camera lah....hahahha. She spends half the time day dreaming and SMS.... but we all like her. She is UNIQUE!!!

Today is the last day of Shoot. So sad!!! It’s like everybody gets along with each other and just when we are so very comfortable with each other, it’s over. Wish we could like do this for much longer.

I guess that is life. We tend to not appreciate things around us, instead we complain about it….this no good and that no good….but all of a sudden, you lose it….then only you realize how much it means to you. How happy you were….then

"People never know how special someone is until they leave, but maybe sometimes its important to leave, so they are given that chance to see how special that someone really is!"

Like when we had to wake up early for shooting or go home late…. We bitch about it …blah blah blah…..

Now we couldn’t even bitch about it, in fact we are hoping that it would be extended…hahhaha.

Right: Mark giving instruction on how to shoot the scene...or was he cracking a joke again!@#@#$%^&*()

"Friendship is like a violin; the music may stop now and then, but the strings will last forever."

I had fun with the whole team;

Crew- Mark (Director), Eleanor (producer), Aaron (DOP), Khai (PM), Colin (acting coach), Fiona (conti), Ben(misc), Lighting, Wardrobe, Make-up, Hair.

Artist: Christien New(Daniel), Rajif Hashim(Iskandar), Juliana Ibrahim(Mona), Megat Shahrizal(Rahim), Farah Putri(Amelia), Dato’ Rahim Razali(Kalel), Yasmin Yusof(News Reader), Helmi(Baharudin), Stephanie Chai(Bianca), Justin Chan(Michael).

Left: Helmi, a popular man of GOD! Got to met and acted with him. The honor is all mine indeed!!!

The ball is now turned to our director; Mark Tan….his job is to now edit it the way he thinks best fits. So the show is now in the hands of Mr. Tan himself. Hahhaha.

We are going to have our outing this Friday and Saturday. Looking forward to that as that is like our departing meeting….arghhhhhh……so sad……

I would also like to take this opportunity to say sorry…minta maaf zahir batin to all that I may have offended lah….. Please forgive me ok. Don’t put it in your heart as I did not mean it…..love you all yah……

I hope we’ll make a re-union for Jarum Halus’s team. Hopefully the show will do well, then we’ll have a reason to meet. But to think about it, even if we do not win anything, to me, I have won a whole lot…..experience and friendship that I would always cherish. These are the things where money truly cannot buy.

I also want to thank everybody especially Mark and Colin for having patience with me…..hehehhe.

Love you lots,

Christien New
Http://www.christienlavin.com
christien@christienlavin.com

Day 10 - Cry my butt off......

2007-05-18T12:07:00.000+08:00

Today is the most crucial day for the entire film. I had so many crying scenes. I cried so much….in one day, I had cried more then my entire life, no kidding hahahaha. We arrive at Mark Grandpa’s house at 1pm but it started to rain so we had to wait till late afternoon. It’s a very intense day for everybody.

This is a pic where I have a bullet hole in my head. Nice huh!!! In this movie there are many flash backs and imaginary scenes, so is this scene my final verdict or is it just another of the many imaginary scenes in this movie? Well, friends, you gotta go watch to find out, ok :)

Dato (the ex ambassador of Malaysia in USA) sat in to watch. So pressure is on but I like pressure, it makes you better. Dato Rahim Razali came in at 9pm for this scene. It was certainly an honor to meet him. A very modest man indeed. Very calm and steady. I actually had the opportunity to act with him. He played as my mentor. The man that I probably only respect in this movie that is. And he fits the role perfectly.

Finally came the ultimate scene. This is the scene where I had to give my ultimate speech. Tell my story, in Malay!!! It was about 3 pages of scripts and had to done in one go. We all know this is the scene where the success of the movie, do or die, the entire movie depended on this scene. So if not delivered properly, the movie is gone with the wind. To everyone’s disbelieve, I did it in one take. YES!!! I am so proud of myself. No mistake, thank you GOD!!!. Mark was like walking around smiling. He kept going, “do you see my face , can you see me smilling? I am so happy…”

Mind me this big scene had to be done while crying you eyes out and even laughing at certain part. As you know, when you cry, you then to forget things, but thanks to Colin and his inspiration ….I did it. I owe this to Colin, for his patience with me….hahahha. So it’s official now, Colin is my hero in acting.

Pic on the left: They told us to do a serious pose..... hahaha

Thank you for your support in my little blog

Christien New

Http://www.christienlavin.com

christien@christienlavin.com

So you think you can Dance!!!

2007-05-18T01:38:00.000+08:00

Attended Juliana Ibrahim, "So you think you can dance" show today. I must say, those contestants can really dance lah.... very impressive. Jarum Halus team was there too, Eleanor, Aaron, Ken, Rajif, Lavin and Megat.

Left to Right: Eleanor, Lavin Seow, Juliana Ibrahim and I.

People must be so jealous that we took photo with the Host herself, wait till they find out she is my wife ahhaha, in Jarum Halus the movie lah....heheh

Left to Right: Jarum Halus Artist; Megat, Rajif, Me and Lavin Seow.

Thoughts....

2007-05-17T02:31:00.000+08:00

It's not how many times you fall but how you arise from every fall that really matters....

The memories and a new family for Jarum Halus the Movie

2007-05-14T02:57:00.000+08:00

How it all started...in pictures...ele

Mark's Buddies.... supporter of Jarum Halus from UK

2007-05-13T19:00:00.000+08:00

Woo, go UK Support Team! lol

It is true, Mark has lots of people back here in the UK rooting for him (and the JH crew and cast).

Hopefully some of us can make it out for the premiere. I am hoping I can manage somehow to get out there and see it.

Looking forward to seeing JH!

Jon

Left: Mark and Jon, Mark's buddy and a big time supporter from far far away...... :)

To the gang from YOO KAY, thanks for all thou support!!!! You people are awsome!!!! Do leave comments as often as possible so that we know you people are reading this blog

Mark's buddies that are supporting Jarum Halus from UK. Some of them will fly all the way here to attend the premier and we look forward to meeting them soon.

Wish I have such great friends....Hey people, would you like to adopt me pls??? :)

Hey Jon, can you pls provide me all the names of these cool people via the comment box. Thanks.

Christien New

Kenny Sia - Celebrity Blogger

2007-05-12T23:14:00.000+08:00

I have been hearing from quite a few people on Kenny Sia and his Blog. From my producer to Nicole Tan to so many people lah. The word some described him to be is “Celebrity Blogger”. I mean Celebrity as in actors/actress or singer, I know lah plenty but Blogger??? Hmmm, that’s something new to me!!! So after all the talk, I decided to go check out Kenny Sia’s Blog. Wow, I was very touch with one of his many write-ups, the letter he wrote to his papa that had passed away 2 years ago.

I mean, I was so touch that I couldn’t help it but to send him an SMS the next day telling him how I felt without expecting any reply. Well not too long after my sms, we replied. He is actually climbing Mount Kinabalu, terror lah this guy, can write some more can climb J Anyway, I was thinking of interviewing him for my next talk show cause I really have never interviewed a “Celebrity Blogger” before and I really think he’s earn that name…. good going Kenny Sia !!!!

Christien New

Appreciating your good old Dad...

2007-05-11T02:34:00.000+08:00

When I was 7 years old, I believed that my dad really knows everything.
When I was 15, I started to think that my dad may not know everything.
When I was 21, I think my dad does not understand me and that he does not know anything and that I wish he would just leave me alone.
When I was 30, I realize that my dad is not so dum after all and that he is actually pretty cool to be with.
At 45, I wish my dad would be around cause surely he would understand my all problems and that he would be able to advice me to all my problems. How I wish I could have spend more time with him…..how I wish he was around by my side…sorry for taking so long to realize this Dad but you are and will always be my HERO!!!!

I am still way before 45 but I am starting to realize how important my dad is to me and he'll always be my hero!!!

Christien New

Guest Star in a "Fine Dining" Talk Show Today, La Bodega and Atrium

2007-05-10T22:51:00.000+08:00

Attended as guest star in a talk show today called "Fine Dining". Our job was really tough. We had to eat, eat and eat and then give comment. I think we all gain quite a few pounds today. They literally stuffed us today with nothing but good food. La Bodega!!!! Yes, La Bodega for lunch, I was just there last week shooting Jarum Halus and now again. Hmmm is that a sign.... Well what ever it is, I love the food there.

Left: Lavin, Bhavani(Sales and Marketing), Melanie (Marketing Manager), Christien New, Fay Khoo.

Melanie was a super PR person. No wonder she is talking care of PR and Marketing for La Bodega. This girl is "Damn Steady" lah.... don't believe, go check it out yourself. I also truly enjoy meeting Fine Dining's host, Fay Khoo. She is so funny. Feel like I have known her for years. She is gonna cook us something interesting next week, can't wait lah.

Right: What the ?!@#. Are we like rolling here? What is Shin doing walking right in front of the camera??? Ohhh not rolling yet ahhh? Then tell lah, make me say all the stuff when the camera is like off, apa lah!!@@## hahaha.

Yes this is just some of the food we were spoild with...jealous right.....Hehehe.

We later had dinner at Atrium at Heritage Row. I had the good old Rib Eye Steak...... God Thank you for all the fine food you had provided me to day. Do you know that food usually taste better when it's free hahhaha. La Bodega and Atrium....Melanie, thank you for your great hospitality....enjoyed every moment of it!!!! Yum Yum

Christien New

http://www.christienlavin.com

christien@christienlavin.com

Event - Malaysia Association of Practising Optical (MAPO) Fair

2007-05-08T23:21:00.000+08:00

Was invited as one of the Celebrities to attend MAPO Fair on 21 April 2007.

Left: Chelsia Ng, Ashraf Sinclair, Jojo Struys, Christien New, Lavin Seow, Will Quah (behind in blue on the right)

Right: Ashraf Sinclair, Chelsia Ng, Aishah Sinclair, Chermaine Poo, Juliana Ibrahim, Lavin Seow, Christien New, James Wong

Group Photo: Sassy Falak, Chelsia Ng, Aishah Sinclair, Azura, Jualiana Ibrahim, Chermaine Poo, Lavin Seow, Marion Counter, Joey G, Will Quah, Ashraf Sinclair, Christien New, James Wong

Right: Took a photo of me with one of the many sunglasses, of course, it's mine now hahaha.

Bandar Utama Fashion Launch

2007-05-08T13:25:00.000+08:00

Attended Bandar Utama fashion launch. A Very grand fashion show indeed.

Right: Lavin and I at the bottom page in blue and me in a gray jacket. Write up on Malay Mail on April 19, 2007.

Jarum Halus Day/Nite Out

2007-05-06T02:36:00.000+08:00

Well the whole team of Jarum Halus, Mark's parents, the original cast of Jarum Halus when to watch Spiderman. Mark's dad literally booked the whole cinema ... Gold Class of course!!!

After Spiderman, we all when for dinner... steam boat!!!

Finally we when to the Heritage Row......

left: Eleanor, Lavin, Juliana, Mark and Me at the back ground.

Right: Rajif and his sisters

Naz (right) wants to be a dipomat, cool huh!!!

Left: Lavin and Juliana

It's not all about the blog title by Nicole Tan

2007-05-04T18:26:00.000+08:00

Lavin, first encounter with her will simply take your breath away.

She's amazingly gorgeous and unspokenly friendly, not to mention humble. If I were a guy, I would probably steal her away and marry her, whisk her on a cruise and shower her with love.

An actress, model and host. She has been in show business for around 13 years, acting in more than 80 dramas, landing contracts all over Asia.

Matched with an equally witty and outspoken celebrity husband, Christien, no wonder the celebrity couple remained a hot topic long after their marriage.

But alas, god made me out of a guy's rib bone.

Sorry Christien, I can't help it, I'm in love. :p

Written by

Nicole Tan

Day 12 Jarum Halus

2007-04-30T23:39:00.000+08:00

Today is where we shoot all the office scenes. Met Ping, the famous drama Director from Popiah pictures. His latest work would include; “Reality”. He’s really a nice guy, smiling all the time. Extremely humble lah.

Pic of Razif and I at the lift scene. They wanted us to look happy when we enter into this scene so they requested Razif and I to crack a joke to get into the mood. So we decided to crack a joke on ........

Also included for today’s scene is Dato Razali and the famous Mr. Helmi.

I think this is a nice pic of Razif. It was taken during a scene. I think he is drawing a naked picture...... wonder who???

Juliana Ibrahim and I. In this Scene, it's supposed to be our first time tackle scene.....

Christien New
http://www.christienlavin.com .
christien@christienlavin.com

Day 11 Part for Jarum Halus

2007-04-29T03:02:00.000+08:00

I had an interesting day today. Met some new friends today; Ashraf (7 years old) and Ayesha. He goes to the same school as Razif. I promised him I’ll hang out with him when I am free. Yeah!!!

Pic on the right: Mark (our director), Ashraf, Juliana Ibrahim, Ayesha and of course me on the back ground....

Anyway, today’s shoot was in Ashraf’s house. The main event for today’s shoot was a party scene. Mark also got 96 dozens of roses = 1152 roses. The roses were place in the entire room. Nice!!!

We also had Dato Razali and tons of other people too.

Pic on the left: Me, Colin, Stephanie Chai, Razif and Justin

I had a great time today, especially meeting my new friend Ashraf, Ayeshah and his big brother too.

Nite Nite……Ashraf and Ayesha…

Christien New
christien@christienlavin.com
http://www.christienlavin.com/

Day 9 - house scene

2007-04-25T22:12:00.000+08:00

Took photos with Razif and Juliana.

Today’s shoot was interesting. Scene: an argument scene with Farah and Mona. We had to do 31 takes before Mark and Colin was finally happy with it. It was mostly my fault as I was not able to get angry enough. Those that know me well enough would know that I am a happy go lucky person so getting angry was not my nature and I must say, I needed sometime to get warmed up…… sorryyyyyyy

Had a shower scene later where I literally had to submerge my whole body and face into the bath tub. While in the water, I had to keep my eyes open wide for quite awhile. The eyes was one problem, it was the nose cause I was lying down so water was just getting into my nose. But for the sake of our movie, I had to bare with it. Otherwise they will blame me if the Jarum Halus do not win any awards in Cannes Movie Festival in France or Sundance Festival in the Iowa, US.

This is how it looks like from the actors point when a scene is taking place. This is just 4 people staring at you. There are times when satu rombongan stands right in front of you staring at you and expecting you to perform....

Hmmm why is Mark looking at the girls like that???? What is he thinking about???? He is looking a bit cheeky huh!!

Next was Mona and Farah, where Farah was concern about me and complain about me in a way, buy my good old Mona stood by me .... yeah BABE!!! Pic of the right: Mark was giving pointers to Mona and Farah on how he wanted it to look like....feelingssssss pls.... otherwise i would have to do it myself....hahaah just kidding lah!!!

Dr. Colin is trying to look serious here, I think he is falling fast asleep here. Amazing how he can maintain his looks all the time. These guys are good!!!

Pic on the right: Mark yelling "IT'S A RAP!!!!".......

Didn't realize how big his mouth is till now.....

Christien New
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Day 7 of Jarum Halus the house scene

2007-04-24T01:18:00.000+08:00

One of my scene today was with Mona (Juliana Ibrahim), my wife. Where we argue cause I suspect she is like cheating on me. But cause I have no solid evidence, I let it out on something else lah. Something that I had given to her, something meaningful to me…

We did the scene in Mark... Grandpa’s place…. It was such an honor; he was the Malaysian Ambassador in USA during Ronald Regan’s time. You’ll see like lots of his pics with good old Uncle Ronald. We’ll guess life is full of surprises, huh! You'll never know who you'll meet.

Took lots of pics today….. I realize that if you don’t take pictures in your very moments in life, you’re missing out a lot….. here are some of today’s scenes and after scenes too….

I am supposed to post as if i am in deep thoughts in this pic but hey...... wonder what was i really thinking about? Do i kill her or not??? hahahha.....

Right: this is our back up actors in case we fall sick. Aaron our camera man and Min Yaw our lights dude. Wonder why our director never used them...hmmm

Nite nite…..

Christien New
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Day 6- Club scene at BED

2007-04-23T10:49:00.000+08:00

I started today’s shooting at 1pm at a club called BED. This is a scene where we were like hanging in a club but landed up fighting and stuff like that. It’s a pretty intense day as there is also a car scene where Iskandar and I landed up arguing in the car.

The truth is, we got no idea what the heck is Colin talking about!!! but out of courtesy, we "layan lah"...

We also had to walk down a quite street that is .... hmmmm shall I say smelly…..big time.... it’s the back the lane of a butcher shop, so that pretty much spells out the whole picture, huh!!!

Colin was there everyday just to make sure that we are up to standard, his standard. And as you know, stage play standard is way high… so when Colin says ok, I know for sure, it’s OK!

So, Colin… thanks for everything…. You the best!!! hehehe...

The pic on the right: Khai pointing out to Mark..."hey did you see that?". Mark said in his heart, "you think i am blind or what?" but of course, being Mark...so polite...he replied, "hey good point, keep it up khai!!" "what can i do without you??"

Anyway, got home at 2am. So tired but productive. I love my work!!!

p/s sorry for any type-o yah!!!

Christien New
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http://www.christienlavin.com

Day 5 Off day for me but .........

2007-04-22T01:47:00.000+08:00

Hey, who says it wouldn't fit??? Only problem is...how the heck do i go out now????

Today is my off day. Funny enough, off day is where we take a rest but as an artiste, there is no such thing as off day. I still had to attend events and as for today, it was the optical expo in KL convention center.

Tomorrow is working day for me and that’s Sunday! So to all of you out there, stop complaining that you are working past working hours or you do not work on Saturday or Sunday!!! Hahaha. Appreciate what you have cause you may just lose it tomorrow, if you know what I mean.

I recall going to India many years ago. You’ll get a major culture shock especially for the first timers such as myself then. You’ll see poverty beyond your imagination. Kids going around begging…without limbs. Rumors has it that their limbs were actually chop of by the syndicate so that they will be sympathize by people. It’s part of the business model, can you believe it!!!

Remember all the things that we always complain why we don’t have this and why we don’t have that, well, when I got back, I truly appreciated everything I have including my life. We complain, why am I not tall enough??? Well have we ever thought about those that don’t even have limbs to begin with???

Guess today is what I call myself actualization day!!!

Have a good weekend ……..

Lov,

Christien New

Day 4 for Jarum Halus...by the sea

2007-04-20T22:55:00.000+08:00

Jarum Halus outdoor shooting today, Bagan Lalang. We arrive at around 12noon, I think. As we know this is the low tide time so we had to walk like a mile out just to get our feet into a half foot deep water. Quite an interesting experience as the water was so muddy. You really need to get use to it, I mean stepping into the muddy water. There were like so many little crabs all over running from these small like holes to another. Naturally we had to be dress in the respective clothing for the scene and the color was like light, color was not picked by us obviously. So you can imagine trying to walk thru all this muddy water without getting dirty. Not easy I must say! Juliana Ibrahim was like screaming half the time. In fact she even cut her leg and that got us like really worried! Nevertheless, she still had to continue to walk and act for the scene.

The scene for the day was like a happy by the sea scene, you know, a dating scene lah. I had to carry her and spin around. Thank god she’s very light, other wise I would have to get a trolley for this scene, hahahha. And as you know, I had to repeat this scene for like so many times….. can die!!! Mark kept going, Christien New just one more time, just one more time. It came to one poing, I just said no more lah..... koyak already.......

For the record, Juliana is better in character than she looks. I mean this girl is like popular but without any air. She is so down to earth. Very fun to be with yet she takes her job seriously. I am very happy to have the privilege to be working with her… FYI, she is currently hosting “You think you can Dance”. So people, you gotta watch it ok!!! Must support “good” people ok!!!

Mark got a pretty bad sunburn. This UK mari boy obviously had never got under the sun in his life hahahha. Funny enough he feels that he is getting a sun stroke!! Alamak Hahahha. I did tell him to go get some aloe vera gel lah.

Khai posing for Malaysia Idol 2008. Pls SMS to vote for Khai at 1800umbrella

Christien New
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Day 3 for Jarum Halus

2007-04-20T01:17:00.000+08:00

Mark our Director, Aaron our Director of Photography, our sound man and lighting crew (all big shots here) preparing for the big scene...actually what is really happening is that they are figuring out...how to use the camera ahh? Hmmm where is the "ON" button ahhh? How to put the "TAPE" in ahh? While we are figuring this out, lets just act as if we know what the heck we are doing, ok guys!!! Remember, no matter what happens, we gotta look good....k???

Just got home, almost 1am now. Shooting a movie or drama is really not easy, especially the long hours you have to sacrifice but I must say, I really like it. In fact, I love it. Guess it’s a passion that I learn to love….

I remember when I finish my MBA, naturally I had so many dreams and the most obvious one was to be a millionaire lah. Like who doesn’t, right???? Well, bought a book and after reading the whole book, it all goes to just one simple logic. You first fine something you really love to do. Because you love doing it, you would naturally be passionate about it. And with passion, you’ll do it well and people around you will take notice of what you do. They will be able to see it and you will also stand out of everybody else. Once you gain recognition from what you do, money will come naturally. As for me, I have found something that I truly love, in fact I found more then one, I love business and I love acting. I am very bless cause, with god’s grace, I found both. I have my own business with is Christien Lavin and I also host my own TV program and act in other company’s movie or drama too.

You’ll know when you have found what your heart desires when you do not look at the clock to see when the day is over. You’ll somehow find that you are just not getting enough of it. And that’s when you found the love of your life; it can be your work or your life partner.

I will retire now as I need to be at Bagan Lalang early in the morning for a beach scene with my wife …. My wife in the movie lah that is…..

p/s pls ignore any typo-error…. :)

Christien New
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Day 2 for Jarum Halus Rock Climbing...trying to that is....

2007-04-18T23:03:00.000+08:00

Hey see, we finally figured out how to put the belt on....hmmm wonder what is it called? Ahhh whatever....

Ok done for Day 2. Eleanor and Mark came to pick me up at about 11am and we headed for Summit the mall that is… for the Rock Climbing scene. It took quite a long time to set-up the scene cause we actually brought in a crane. Of course since it had to be dismantled to be able to bring it in, it also needed time to put it all back to one piece. The crane was an excellent idea and work every penny cause it could bring the camera over a big Rock that was next to us and then come down onto where we were…. just about to climb.

Just when we were ready to go, the rain started to pour. As you may know, when it rains we are not able to proceed cause the sound of the rain will ruin the recording of our voices from the shoot. So, what to do, wait again lah till it stop… and that was like for the next 2 -3 hours. So I deceided to entertain the gang by telling some of my silly jokes. Well, we did had a good laugh, I must say…. You know exchanging dirty jokes is usually interesting or shall I say, refreshing…hahhaha

Right pic: Ok, how do we tie this damn rope? was it from left to right or right to left? razif said "hey you think i look good in this? I replied : hey, can you focus here? otherwise we'll be here all day. Shit, the director is starting to think we may not know what heck we are doing? how ahhh? told you to go ask that pretty girl... see now how to do this, not her damn phone number?? Idiot!!!

When we finally got the scene done, the crew just clap cause after all the waiting, jokes and the many takes, it was finally done. But Mark our director and Colin felt that we have to do one more. So one more lor…what to do…..

Anyways, next scene was like in Shakey’s Pizza downstairs. So off we went for the scene. Great place to act, cause food and drinks was on the house. I have never eaten in Shakey’s before but I must say, nice pizza lah.…hmmm… we had so much pizza cause we had to keep doing the scene for quite a few times cause Mark wanted 4 different shots for the scene. I had to slice so many pizza till my finger hurts…..but it was worth it. Good take and good food was just GOOD.

Anyway, we are like very happy with the results. I think it went well. On the way back, drop by at Mark’s place to try out the clothes they bought for me. Got home like around 10.30pm. I am so so tired….. I am sure I am going to enjoy my sleep tonight.

Tomorrow will be another long day for me, like really a long day cause I have like so so many scenes. Big time sad and crying scene too. Mostly with Mona (Juliana Ibrahim).

Good Night!!!

p/s sorry for any typo error....damn tired lah...

Christien New
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Day 1 Experience for Jarum Halus

2007-04-18T09:34:00.000+08:00

The day started with a scene where it’s shot in an old house in PJ old town. It was like at 4 – 6pm and I tell you, damn hot man! Because the house had like zinc roof on it. Well I finally get to experience how it feels in one. Cannot imagine how it feels like during noon time. Arggghhh!!! It was certainly a good experience as I now appreciate more on what I have. We always complain about things we don’t have but till we see hardship will we appreciate our own life!

Lavin and Gabriel was in this scene. This is a flashback scene where I play as my Father, Lavin plays my mother and Gabriel plays me when I was like 3 years old. It’s Gabriel’s first movie. I must say, he did a great job! He had no problem getting around and did what he was supposed to do. I mean, this kid is like 3 years old. When I was 3, I was like this “Dunggu” walking around. Hahaha. My mom would was so proud of me answering the phone but I was like 7 years old then, hahahha. Bodoh right!!!! Well I guess, Gabriel, being in the cover of 14 different magazines helps huh!!! I have a funny feeling he is going to grow up as some kinda artiste …… hmmmm… I wonder why?????

The day moved on to a mamak store in Wangsa Maju. My ohhh my, the mamak was so huge that it looks more like a food court. And next to the place had like this huge KFC. It’s nice to sometimes step out or our home ground and goes exploring something new, huh!!!

Hey, can you guys stop eating all the food? there are props lah!!! Farah, you have been drinking like 4 glasses of teh tarik!! patutlah dah gemuk!!! Justin ask "hey you think i look better from my left or right?"

The place was pretty humid, so humid that your face would be full of oil in a few minutes. Anyway, we had made our own news which was supposed to be played at the back ground while they shoot our scene. Our news reader was “Yasmin Yusof”. I must say, so was very good in reading news, hehehe. In fact for a minute, I thought it was like for real. In fact it was done in NTV7, so it did look very real lah.

I was done by around 1am but I was told that the rest finish like at 5am this morning. Well, lucky me huh!! Juliana Ibrahim drop me home as I was too lazy to drive.

Hey that boom looks delicious lah, now that they told me not to eat the food on the table!!! said Farah..... "do you think i am fat?" ....well you can be a bit slimmer......!@@#$$%^^

Anyway, today is another day. Day 2 shooting. I’ll be doing rock climbing with Rajif. A whole day event, I guess…… long day for me I supposed.

Christien New
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Day 1 Shooting - Jarum Halus mamak store

2007-04-17T10:36:00.000+08:00

Today is the first day of shoot for the movie Jarum Halus. Scene will be on as follows;

Scene 1.
Description: Flashback
Location: Somewhere in PJ Old town

My mom, dad and I, when I was like a toddler. This is the scene where it shows how my parents would argue all the time and has somehow affected me then. When I grew up, naturally I did not want to be like my dad so I would try my best to be a perfect husband ….. or at least I think so…..

Scene 2.
Description: Meeting at Mamak Store
Location: Wangsa Maju

Scene is done in a mamak store where my best friend Iskandar would try to psycho me that women should be in the kitchen, bedroom …. and giving birth. But I disagree and call him a chauvinistic dude. At this point of the movie, I am deeply in love with my wife….. after all we did elope and just got back home…. Hahaha.

The following scene on the right is where we get to see the news presented by Yasmin Yusof. I must say, she is excellent in news reading.... terror lah!!! Go Yasmin... FYI, the whole news scene is done by mark and the crew....as in, it's a home made news....but shot in NTV7.

Well hope that the first day of Jaurm Halus would turn out well so that we can all go back to early for tomorrow’s shoot…. me Rock Climbing….. hahaha.....

Next, you'll see Razif our Quickie Host doing a scene where he "mengamuk" cause he is ain't getting any.....

Christien New
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Welcome my Dear Friends

2007-04-15T21:44:00.000+08:00

Hello People,

Welcome to Christien New zeee blog. I am like.... new at blogging but I guess I gotta be up to date right? Hahaha.

Anyway, how is live been treating you? As for me, all is good.

I will be acting in an English movie called “Jarum Halus” which will be playing in the cinema sometime around 16 September 2007 nationwide. It’s based on the famous Shakespeare play called: Othello but in a movie format and in a 2007 modern environment. I’ll be playing the lead role…Othello, but since it’s brought forward to 2007, we have change the name “Othello” to a more acceptable name called “Daniel”.

The whole movie is filmed in English with a 'localized' touch. As for the “Iago”, Othello’s best friend, which in this case, he'll be called “Iskandar” will be played by Rajif (Quickie TV Host). Desdemona my wife will be called “Mona” and will be played by Juliana Ibrahim.

Other artiste involve; Lavin Seow, Gabriel, Stephanie Chai, Dato’ Rahim Razali, Yasmin Yusof, etc. Jarum Halus is directed by a fine gentlement....Mark Tan. His work is out of this world, you gotta see it to believe it!!! So Malaysia, watch out for the new kid on the block, Director Mark Tan is in town. To top it up, he is like only 21 years old. When to school in UK and did some fine work there before coming to Kuala Lumpur.

We are also very lucky to have Malaysia's famous Stage Actor; Colin Kirton as our Casting Director and Acting Coach, Eleanor (Producer) and Aaron Chung (Director of Photography). Shooting starts on Tuesday 17th April 2007. Looking forward to seeing you all at the cinema when it’s played sometime in September.