Erm, know them? I am not a fan of them, but I chanced about Van Ness Wu’s artiste blog while browsing wong Li Lin’s link, which was to her hubs, Allan Wu, who is also on this alivenotdead website.
I have read somewhere before that Van Ness has become a born-again Christian, & he has actually publicly declared to abstain from sex (he spoke to a large crowd of kids at a God is better than Sex event, even opening admitting his previous act of sin) & alchohol (i mean man, I still have my fill of beer & wine!).
There are not many celebrities who are very open about their faith. As I browsed thru his blog, I am amazed to find many entries about God, how good He is. Every entry has a “thank God” for something for that day, whether his work, his friends. And it did not come across as cliche or fake..
He even hold prayer dinner meeting at his home!
In fact, the few recent trips he made to SG was to attend some Christian events/conferences, & he hanged out with the people from Church of Our Saviuor (COOS), & performed with other TW celebrities at some City Harvest events.
His blog description is actually “SERVANT OF GOD FIRST, ENTERTAINER SECOND”.
It was interesting & somewhat I developed a new found respect for him. I reckon it is tough in the entertainment industry. But he made it out clear & loud God first, entertaining second..
Pray that God wll indeed use him as a beacon in this industry as a light & example for all to see.
I just googled abit a youtube & found some clips on him in SG, including his performance & testimony at the CHC event. Then there was another one that was in feb 2009 where he came to SG to promote his move Kungfu Chef (which he blog as KFC; cant rem this movie tho). He was honest in his interview about while praying helps him become calmer, his temper still flies with the media when they irritate him.
Then there was the mention of him spending 40min to an hour every morning before he starts the day. My! I feel so guilty! He said no matter how busy we are, we need to prioritize and reschedule our activities around prayer time with God because having intimacy time with Him is so important. The day will start & end well with committing everything to Him. I am taking home a lesson here…
Check out Van Ness here!