[19.6.08]Ella Buying Runners at Mongkok; Complimented by Male Companion To Be [Pretty]

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Ella Buying Runners at Mongkok
Complimented by Male Companion To Be [Pretty]
[19/06/2008 The Sun Paper]

It is truly troublesome to go shopping when one is an artist. If you are popular, you will be surrounded by fans wherever you go. It is impossible to shop leisurely. It is even worse if you are not popular. No matter where you go, there will be speculations towards at you, trying to guess whether you are a star or not. That is why it is always said that to be a star, one must have well-adjusted EQ level to deal with all sorts of unpredictable situations. That’s why Miss SoSo really admires Ella from S.H.E who is not only unafraid to shop at Mongkok on her own but also can shop happily in her shopping spree.

There was one time when Ella was in Hong Kong to give a performance. When she heard the host of the program mentioned runners, Ella who loves special edition runners, immediately asked for his phone number. She said that she wanted to go and shop it after she finished taping that evening. Everyone who heard her thought she was just making small talk only. No one expected that she would really call and said that she was ready to go anytime. She quickly hitched a ride with a couple of people to Mongkokto meet up (with the host) and embarked on a shoe-buying shopping spree. Ella was very quick and decisive when buying runners. She tried it on and asked whether it looked good or not. When she heard the group of boys said in Mandarin: [Looks good], she was elated and even changed into one of the new runners as soon as she bought it. Never mind that she has short-haired and is always rumored to have homosexual inclinations or dressed up and pretend to be a boy in [Hana-Kimi], actually these are all false impressions. Actually she is just like any other girls who likes to look pretty and likes to be complimented by boys!

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This is one piece of news that the headline is truly misleading when trying to translate into English. The content is OK, especially the last sentence but the headline really does not connect with the rest of the article. The word "good" in Mandarin sounds exactly the same as the word "pretty" (but not in a good way) in Cantonese. The newspaper is trying to play on words but it did not come out very good.