I have seen little of Amy this past week, as she spent most of the past week preparing for a performance honoring the 30th anniversary of the university's founding. Amy's involvement began with a simple phone call asking her to take part in the festivities, but it mushroomed into a massive undertaking with makeup and hairstyle "artists", rehearsals, and celebrity school alumni. Chinese variety shows have to be seen to be believed, suffice it to say, this performance had nine (9!!!) hosts, a traditional martial arts dance that devolved into a break dance routine, and a man wearing what appear to be gold priestly vestments from the disco era. Not really my scene, as you can probably imagine.
Amy is here performing a song called "Molihua" or Jasmine, about how her desire to pick a jasmine flower is outweighed by her fear of having people laugh at her. It actually is a very pretty song, though English translations certainly do not do it justice. That being said, she did a great job. In addition to the video, we have also linked to a collection of photos from the performance.
To see pictures of the week, click: http://picasaweb.google.com/shortames/MoLiHua02#.
