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W：Winnie
H：Host
( Gary Ngan）
（The
beginning part of the interview is omitted）
H：Are
you afraid?
W：No,
I'm not. I’m not afraid. It’s very beautiful. Actually everyone will be
grown up and aged.
H：Yeah.
W：I
think it’s the process that we should go through, so I’m not afraid of it.
I enjoy it. Every stage is different. Your thinking, experience and the
aspect that you see this world is not the same… I think it’s the reason!
Besides, manybe I’ve been worked in this area for a longtime, so make you
see things… sometimes… how can I say? I will think of what I did and many
things will go itself. (smile)
H：Right。
W：Yeah…
so it’s not worth to get something eagerly… as the result maybe not good.
H：Right.
As a woman who work hard for career and living, do you agree you are good
at planning?
W：Mhmm…
just in some aspects. (smile)
H：Do
you think it’s not safe to depend on man, should depend on myself and
should keep a certain amount of saving in the bank?
W：I’ve
such risky cognition long time ago. (smile) Ha… I think not just for the
man-woman relationship, but also for your living. That is, you should
depend on yourself as others can’t help you a lot. You should basically
settle many things on yourself, so that you can have safety feeling.
H：Good,
but in some cases, spending a man’s money… is a kind of enjoyment.
W:
Ha… I don’t have such… (smile) How to say that… I don’t have such fate!
(smile)
H: Oh…
W: It’s true. (smile)
H: Is it true?
W: Yes. (smile)
H: Mhmm… okay. Later we talk about your fate, okay. (smile)
W: Ha…
H: We continue your days in the States. You said San Francisco is very
romantic place. We just finished the part about career, how about your
love?
W: What I think is… let everything goes by its
way. I think love depends on karma. Although you meet a man, but there are
still many other things on its sides… and they’re unpredictable. Not just
only man-woman relationship, but also for living and working. So now I’m
not so persistent.
H: If
you’re so rational, then it’s hard to enjoy love! As the most attractive
thing in love is…
W: Not really! (smile)
H:… you don’t have any strong feelings…
W:
No, you won’t like that because love has different faces, sometimes it
sweets. Reality appears after you tasting its sweetness. You may encounter
some problems and it’s contradictory. What I think is, don’t be so tough.
Things keep changing and it’s out of your expectation. Thinking too much
will make yourself so hard. If you think too much, you will be very tired.
No matter how you concern about the problem,
it still there.
H: As a woman, do
you afraid if by the end of your life, you still alone?
W: Mhmm… mhmm… er… (smile) I believe if you
have a partner, you have a kind of living style; and if not, you have
another of living style. You have to prepare for living alone.
H: Is that alright?
W: In fact I think it has many
ways out. (smile)
H: As a woman, you may afraid of being alone. What suggestions will you
give if one of your friend have to face such circumstance?
W: The ideal one is having a
partner who doesn’t be your burden but knows your very well. For me, it’s
a complete life. Unfortunately, reality is not what we think of. If you
can meet your better half, then friends are very important, no matter
boyfriends or girlfriends. The most important is know you well and can
share things together. Some of my friends don’t have partners now (smile)
and they always tell me, if we haven’t married when we’re old, and without
a partner, then it’s better to live together. We’re talking about it now.
(smile)
H: In some cases, it’s not good to have a partner, ha…
W:
Ha…
（play
the song ‘Foolish’）
（Jingle:
Tonight the sun shines has… Winnie Hsin）
（play
the song ‘Forever’）
W: This is the theme song for a Korean drama. When this song was being
selected, I thought this kind of melody was rare in Chinese songs; and the
arrangement included great up and down, so I really wanted to have a try.
H: What did you think after recording?
W: I thought the melody was great, and a bit
dramatic, something liked the song ‘understanding’.
H: I see. How about your life? Anything new?
W: My life… (smile) I think… not bad.
H: Nothing new?
W: Mhmm… not bad. (smile)
H: Because you have a boyfriend?
W: Oh… it's stable.
H: Good.
W: (smile)
H: How long for the relationship?
W: It’s been two years.
H: How did you know him?
W: Well… we met in the airport, ha…
H: Oh, that's great！Tell
me more.
W: It can be said that he’s my fan, but not
died-hard fan. He didn’t know all my things clearly and just heard of my
songs. We met in the airport and he passed something via my colleague of
promotion and asked for my autograph. Later, he and my colleague became
friends.
H: Maybe he’s target was your colleague.
W:
No, ha…
H: Just kidding.
W: Alright. He began from my people by the
side…
H: Then started.
W: Right.
H: So well-planned. How long did he take?
W: Well… (smile) Maybe a few months!
H: A singe has to go everywhere and meets
many people, but in fact his area of living is very small.
W: Exactly.
H: Yeah.
W: I just want to a simple and pure love.
H: I see. Also, you want your partner comes to you not because you are
singer Winnie Hsin.
W: Right. That's the point.
H: You mind it?
W: Yes.
H: How do you overcome it?
W: At the beginning you
didn't believe it's possible...
H: Are you a woman who thinks too much?
H: Well... I was and thought it's not possible, so I
didn't think too much...(smile) Do you know what I mean?
H: I know. Don't be so careful.
W: I have many friends and they are worried about my
future. They would introduce friends to me.
H: Did it work?
W: No.
H: They didn't introduce friends or it didn't work?
W: It didn't work. When other people introduced
friends to you, you would have barrier inside your heart. Don't you know?
H: I know. Unfortunately my friends just
talked and did nothing. Ha...
W: Ha... They should be
beaten.
H: Do you have any requirements for being
your partner?
W: No requirement. No,
actually no. (smile)
H: (smile)
W:
I don't set any requirement. Love is hard to tell.
You may meet a person unexpectedly.
H: Do you believe 'love at first sight'?
W: I believe.
H: Really?
W: Yes.
H: Have this matter ever happened?
W: Well...
H: Of course not. If that have ever happened, then we don't have to talk
of it.
W: (smile) I think this
kind of feeling is quite sure.
H: How can you take off your self-protection?
W: Say you didn't think of
talking about love with a guy. You won't think of it at the beginning.
After some days, you find his personality is quite good, and you can chat
with him happily, including music. The lovers know each other more and
more.
H: Which airport did you meet him? I want to go there for a walk.
W: Ha...
H: Which airport?
W: In Taiwan, Hsong Shan
Airport.
H: Feng shui is good there.
W: Ha... Feng shui is good.
H: Yes. Then you had
the first date?
W: Well... start from among
of a crowd of people.
H: Of course like that. Then
when did both of you alone?
W: Ha... Well... I have
to think about it.
H: I know it's hard to leave from the crowd.
W: Maybe we didn't in
Taiwan at that moment. I burdened a little pressure if I were in Taiwan.
H: What are those pressure?
W: Well... I'm a person
that people know me, so I have to burden a certain extent of pressure,
especially in Taiwan. If I stay outside Taiwan, it will be better. I would
not be so tense if I felt relaxed.
H: There was a news about
Winnie went shopping with boyfriend in Hong Kong, though I didn’t read the
content…
W: It was wrong. That guy is not my boyfriend.
(smile)
H: Oh! What a pity! The headline was so…
W: Shocking.
H: Right. Do you know the headline?
W: I don’t know the exact headline, but I
understand the rough meaning.
H: The meaning is, Winnie Hsin’s got a ‘bigger sister-younger brother’
love relationship.
W: I see.
H: Winnie Hsin went and bought a watch with a guy who was younger than
her. Why was… and did you know you was caught by camera?
W: I didn’t know.
H: The photo was quite big. If it’s the fact, I’m glad to know that. So
what?
W: Right. But that guy was my manager, not my
boyfriend.
H: Is Xiao-ke your manager?
W: Yes, he is. He comes with me today. (smile)
H: Is that he?
W: Yes. (smile)
H: Oh!
W: He’s the guy on the newspaper… (smile)
H: Ha…
H: That gentleman! (smile)
H: What a pity! Not a pity, but lucky!
W: He was being
misunderstood.
H: Did any reporters follow you after that?
W: Recently I’ve just
released my new album, and of course I have to meet reporters. In Taiwan,
they concern this matter very much. They…
H: You had time to go to Cartier… Do you like Cartier?
W: Oh… I just went to see
a watch.
H: Ha…
W: Yes. Just to see it. Ha…
H: Did you buy
one?
W: Yes… yes… (smile) Yes. I think as a person
who is known by many people, I have to burden something that an ordinary
people can’t imagine. Including your personal life, say, your lover.
People are interested in your love affair. It’s usual. So I can understand
the thinking of media.
H: Did your boyfriend expose in the media, did he?
W: (smile) I think I should protect him!
(smile)
H: He didn’t, right?
W: Yes.
H: It’s because sometimes reporters…
W:
No, they didn’t. He lives in a place that is far away, so I think it’s
better… (smile) it’s better to protect him.
H: It’s precious, so you should protect him well. Sometimes the power of
two people is not enough. People around should bless both of you. Don’t
doing bad things on you. Artists are very ‘fragile’. Their world is very
small and hard to find their better half. So please don’t make them apart.
W: (smile) Right.
H: Does he come with you this time?
W: (smile) How can he come with me! No.
H: Why?
W: He’s busy with his examination.
H: What kind of examinsation?
W: He’s going to study in faculty of medicine,
so he’s preparing his examination.
H: Who is he? Is he a Taiwanese or…
W: He’s… he’s a Taiwanese but studies in The
States… how to say it?… he has been living there since he was very young,
in 11 or 12 years old. Then he lives and studies there.
H: What does he do? Does he older than you a little bit, or…
W: His age… how can the age difference is
small? (smile)
H: Older than you a lot.
W: Younger than me!
H: Ah! Your age… that is, your boyfriend is younger than you.
W: Yes, yes, yes.
H: Really?
W: That’s true.
H: That… how to say it?… the headline that I mentioned before is… but…
W: I think everyone like to use that term to
describe.
H: What do you feel?
W: Nothing, actually.
H:
Good。
W:
I really feel nothing, because…
(smile)
H: Chinese women are quite conservative. They face a dilemma: Their
appearance seems very modern, but in their heart…
W: They are suffered.
H: Right. Sometimes I…
you know I do that kind of radio programme! Sometimes listeners call in
and say, ‘my
boyfriend is younger than me, what should I do?’.
Luckily, I think that you’re
happy about it.
W: Right. It’s
because I think this matter is nothing for me. The important thing is, the
feeling of the couple. If the couple are happy together, I think…
actually…
until now my friends, including media are optimistic towards our
relationship. At least I have to thank them as they don’t
give me pressure. So let it goes.
H: Very good, very good. So relaxed. We chat again later.
***
H: When you replied to my question, I found that… you’ve changed a lot.
W: Really?
H: Very relaxed.
W: (smile)
H: If you got married one day, I would buy a ticket and fly to be a guest
in your wedding ceremony.
W:Woo！Great,
thank you.
H: Do you have any worries?
W: Some. There was a period that I thought too
much, including those very down to earth problems. He’s
younger than me. If I waited for him until he’s settle down himself, I’m
getting old… I thought if he would leave me and find a young girl. But
later I found that I no need to think too far. Why I had to think too far?
Future is hard to tell. If he really changed, then so what? The only way
out is to make yourself a ‘healthy heart’. If that happened, you don’t
need to blame anyone and live happily.
H: Right. It’s practical. Do you still have any worries after you had that
thinking?
W: Well…
I had worries before. I accepted we have a little obstacle. But my
boyfriend gives me a lot of courage, and he’s very brave. He… What I think
is a problem but he thinks not. I think communication is important for
both of us. Don’t make one thing stick into the corner. It will be very
dangerous. If the couple are open to communication, then worries would be
less.
H: You’re right, but… Winnie I… love is not a matter between two people
but two families.
W: (smile) Right. So I think the couple should
have a stable background and they have to face the problems together, say,
the two families, the society…
H: No problem about the society, but the family.
W: (smile) Right, so I think if the couple
share the same thinking, have enough communication and face problems
together, problems would be fewer. If not, problems would be occurred.
H: What does his family think?
W: Well…
the two families are the same, they didn’t accept us at the beginning, as
this is not an ordinary relationship…
H: It’s common in foreign countries.
W: Yes. Luckily the two families are quite
open…
until now, it’s okay.
H: Good. Did you come across low tide?
W: Well…
H: For example if he invited you to see his parents, did you have worries?
W: What I did was, I would let him to meet my
parents in a pleasant environment. I won’t
make it… you know… so I would do something before the meet.(smile)
H: Do you have a feeling that you’re guiding him?
W: Well…
sometimes. Perhaps it’s my personality. I don’t like to be the host all
the time. Actually I… well… I want to be a little woman, do you know? So
sometimes I have be patient, as he’s younger than me… he didn’t come
across many things. If I say something that’s a bit difficult for him, he
would not understand thoroughly. So I have to be very patient. He also has
to be more mature than other men in the same age. So you can understand me
more.
H: Well, how old is he?
W: His age?
H: Yes.
W: (smile) He…
H: It’s up to you to say.
W: He’s
twenty something.
H: Okay. Do you read books about this kind of relationship?
W: Well, until now, I think it’s
okay for me.
H: Just for reference.
W: Well…
I think it’s okay, really. If I get an answer, many things would not be
problems and not so serious.
H: Do you think about the future?
W: No.
H: You didn’t talk to him about this?
W: I don’t
think too far.
H: Think and talk is two different topics.
W: I didn’t
talk about it. It’s impossible to talk about it!
H: Planning is better. Women like planning, don’t they?
W: Ha…
H: The defect of men is they don’t have any planning, I tell you.
W: Really?
H: The suffering of women is they have too many planning.
W: (smile) I think it’s
good to have planning. It’s absolutely a safe method (smile) But sometimes
it should depends on the couple! They should have a same pace to go the
next step.
H: You’re right. We go step by step in our lives. Why we have to think
more? Just live happily at this moment!
W: (smile) Right.
H: Then we can live
happier. Apart from buying a watch in Cartier, why don’t you come to Hong
Kong often?
W: (smile) I think it due to many reasons! One
of them is the planning of the records company…
H: But you can come for shopping, sight-seeing and visiting friends on
your own.
W: Right, but don’t know. These years I always
go to America and don’t come to Hong Kong very often. I don’t know why and
days were gone. (smile)
H: You start busy recently, don’t you?
W: Yes!
H: Because the release of latest album. Are you going to attend many
function?
W: Yes.
H: This time you just stay a few days. Don’t you?
W: Yes. Just three days.
H: Then…
W: Then go to The Mainland.
H: Which places?
W:
Yi-bing, for a
recording of Central Television. Then go to Shanghai. After that, I will
back to Taiwan, as at Christmas, there are some concerts, including one
across the end of the year.
H: There are many fans that hope Winnie Hsin can sing in Hong Kong. Did
you ever had your own concert in Hong Kong?
W:
No. Actually I really want to. So I have to work harder, then I can meet
my Hong Kong fans by this.
H: I think the listeners who have listened to Winnie… you can feel that
she’s changed a lot. She’s now more relaxed. I hope you can keep this,
it’s lovely. And I wish your life is more happier.
W: Thank you.
H: More fruitful in your work.
W: Thank you.
H: Of course, as I said, wherever your wedding is held, I will attend. I
hope my words don’t give you a pressure, but a blessing.
W: I know it’s a kind of support. I know.
Thank you.
H: Whatever you want me to do, I will do it for you.
W: (smile) Thank you.
H: No matter it’s about career or marriage… I will do my best ok？
W: Thank you. (smile)
H: If you have to choose a song and say goodbye to fans in Hong Kong.
Which songs would you prefer?
W: How about ‘Two
Different Lovers’?
H: ‘Two Different Lovers’. Okay, but why?
W: I think in this moment… I really want to
share my favourite song with everybody.
H: I hope I can invite you to my programme next time you come to Hong
Kong.
W: Okay.
H: Of course I long for dining with you.
W: Ha…
H: I’m very happy tonight. I can meet you in my birthday.
W:
Happy Birthday。
H: Thank you. It’s the biggest present for me. Thank you Winnie.
W: Thank you.
（play
the song ‘Two Different Lovers’）
（The
End）
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