HELLO,

I AM STEPHENTAI. VERY NICE TO MEET YOU. I LIKE TO EXPRESS MY WARM WELCOME TO YOU. HOPE YOU GET TO KNOW MORE ABOUT ME HERE IN THIS STEPHENTAI'S PAGE.


I WAS BORN IN HONG KONG. RAISED 2 YEARS IN MALAYSIA,
DID NOT GET TO STUDY CHINESE TILL FORM 1, SECONDARY EDUCATION. THEN I LEARNT TO WRITE PROFESSIONAL CHINESE,
I HOPE, FROM SCHOOL AND A PRIVATE TUTOR. SO I LEARNT SOME MALAY IN MALAYSIA, PORTUGUESE IN PRIMARY SCHOOL BUT GUESS WHAT! I FORGOT ALL ABOUT MALAY AND PORTUGUESE NOW!

I HAVE ALWAYS LIKED SINGING AND PERFORMING. I WAS TWICE CHAIRMAN OF THE DRAMA CLUB IN MY SECONDARY SCHOOL AND IN A TECHNICAL INSTITUTE. BUT I STILL DON'T THINK I CAN ACT. I CAN SING THOUGH !!!

I WAS ALSO THE CHAIRMAN OF A HISTORY CLUB AS WELL. IN
HONG KONG, IT WOULD GET YOU EVERYWHERE IF YOU SPEAK GOOD ENGLISH DURING THOSE TIMES. I GUESS I DID.

I NEVER WANTED TO BE A TOUR CO-ORDINATOR AND MY ONLY DREAM DURING THOSE TIMES WAS TO BECOME A SINGER IN JAPAN, FOLLOWING THE PATH OF MY FAVORITE SINGER, T.T. I TRIED HARD TO GET INTO THE PRESTIGED HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC HOPING TO GET A DIPLOMA IN JAPANESE SO I COULD LEARN JAPANESE WELL. THE COURSE AT THAT INSTITUE, NOW A UNIVERSITY, WAS THE BEST.

I TOOK A TOURISM COURSE WHEN I FAILED MY FIRST TRIAL. I GOT INTO A FAMOUS INSTITUTE FOR TOUR GUIDES AND HOTELIERS. I ALSO STARTED MY SINGING AS WELL. I WON FIRST PLACE AND ALSO JOINED A SINGING ART SCHOOL TO LEARN SINGING TECHNIQUES.

I WORKED FOR A TOUR COMPANY WHEN MY SECOND TRIAL TO THE JAPANESE COURSE WAS WITHHELD. I ENJOYED SPEAKING IN ENGLISH AND SO I LOVED IT.

FINALLY, I WAS ADMITTED TO HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC IN 1983. I SPENT 2 YEARS OF MY LIFE THERE. IT WAS LOVELY. I MADE MANY EVERLASTING FRIENDS. WE ARE STILL GOOD FRIENDS TILL NOW. I GUESS WE ALL GREW UP TOGETHER.

AFTER GRADUATION, I JOINED A JAPANESE TOUR COMPANY TO PRACTISE MY JAPANESE. I WAS LUCKY AND DID MAKE A GOOD FORTUNE OUT OF THE 4 YEARS SPENT. I ALSO PERFORMED ALOT. PLS CHECK OUT MY "AWARDS" PAGE.

HOWEVER,MY HIGHEST ACADEMIC ACHIEVEMENT WAS ONLY A DIPLOMA IN HONG KONG POLYTECHNIC AND WHEN YOU WERE RICH, YOU WOULD WANT SOME RECOGNITION TOO, RIGHT? INSTEAD OF BUYING A HOUSE, I DECIDED TO GO BACK TO SCHOOL TO GET A DEGREE. (was it a good choice?) I CHOSE HAWAII PACIFIC IN FIRST PLACE AND THEN SWITCHED TO UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII. I STILL LOVE LIVING IN HAWAII. BUT I ALSO LOST CLOSE TO 100,000 USD IN INVESTMENTS AND MUSIC PRODUCTION BY THE TIME I LEFT HONG KONG. I WOULD NOT HAVE FINISHED MY LAST YEAR IN HAWAII HAD IT NOT FOR MY DAD'S FUNDS. THANK YOU DAD.

I WAS BASICALLY REBORN IN HAWAII. I NO LONGER CARE FOR BRANDED NAME ITEMS. I STARTED TO ENJOY A VERY SIMPLE LIFE. A WHOLE NEW STEPHEN EMERGED IN THE EARLY 1990'S. LESS PARTIES, LESS GATHERINGS, LESS GOSSIPS.

AT THE END OF MY TIME IN HAWAII, MY IDOL(T.T) OF MANY MANY YEARS DIED OF ASHMA ATTACK AND THAT BROUGHT ME INTO ANOTHER KIND OF LIFESTYLE--MORE ISOLATED, MORE SECLUDED KIND OF LIFESTYLE. RICH OR POOR, WE STILL HAVE TO DIE, DON'T WE. WE SHOULD LIVE THE WAY WE WANT TO LIVE. DO NOT JUDGED OTHERS BUT DO NOT LET THEM JUDGE YOU UNLESS THEY FED YOU.
I WANT NO NONSENSE IN MY LIFE. I DO NOT CARE ABOUT RELATIVES OR BLOODED RELATED PEOPLE IF THEY DO NOT CARE FOR ME. WE ALL HAVE TO BE HAPPY WITH OURSELVES FIRST BEFORE WE CAN HELP PEOPLE, OR ELSE YOU WOULD PASS YOUR MISERY TO OTHERS.

NOW, LOOKING FOR MY SECOND SUCCESS IN LIFE, I HAVE TO START ANOTHER LIFE. I HAVE TO OPEN ALL POSSIBILITES. BUT I ALSO WISH TO KEEP MY PRIVATE LIFE.
MAYBE YOU MIGHT SAY "THAT IS RIDICULOUS!". YES, YOU ARE RIGHT!! BUT I INSIST ON THAT. I DID NOT SIGN ANY LONG TERM CONTRACTS WITH SO CALLED THE BIG GUYS IN THE MUSIC INDUSTRY IN ASIA, EUROPE AND HONG KONG BECAUSE I KNEW MYSELF THAT I WOULDN'T FULFILL THEM WELL.

I CANNOT PERFORM IN CLUBS WHEN AUDIENCES ARE DRINKING AND SCREAMING. I CHOSE TO SING IN BETTER ENVIRONMENTS SUCH AS CITY HALLS OR BIG STAGES.

ANYWAY, I AM STILL LOOKING FOR MY BREAK AND I DECIDE TO SING AS LONG AS I CAN BREATHE AND STILL CAN SING!! I AM NOT RETIRING AND YOU CAN'T STOP ME!!
I DON'T MIND SUCCEEDING AT AGE 70 AS LONG AS IT IS ON MY TERMS.


MY NOT WANTING UNNECESARY AQUAINTANCES IS VERY SIMPLE.
I WANT TO ADVANCE AND NOT TO BE HELD BACK BY LOSERS.
WE ALL HAVE TO LEARN TO LIVE OUR LIFE. HE OR SHE CAN'T LIVE YOURS. ALSO CLICK ON MY "LONER" PAGE.
I WILL TEACH YOU HOW TO BE A HAPPY LONER.