Doing Time In Jail

is the IN thing right now. I meant how many artist/actor/actress had actually broke the law, done jail time and gone back to their career, more famous than before?

I was grabbing a cup of hot tea from kopitiam when I heard those uncles having their tea break talking about this. Their conversation was in Hokkien though. For the sake of readability, I translate it into English.

Uncle 1,”You know hor, Christopher Lee going to star in another TV drama.”

Uncle 2,”Christopher Lee? Who is that?”

Uncle 1,”You know the one got jail for drink driving one lah.”

Uncle 2,”That one lar? He still can be actor meh?”

Uncle 2 might not have known who is Christopher Lee but once you mentioned the actor that had done time behind bars instantly recall his memory. Christopher Lee was not remembered for his roles in the local production rather he was known for doing time behind bars.

The latest to join the long list after Christopher Lee is Ex TV  host Benedict Goh. He was being sentenced to 3 weeks jail and banned from driving for 4 years after pleading guilty to  drink driving and colliding into a stationary car.

The difference between the 2? Christopher Lee committed a hit-and-run while Benedict Goh collided into a stationary car. Maybe that was the explanation why Christopher Lee got a longer jail term.

Besides the 2 above, there was the bad boy, Nicholas Tse, who crashed his Ferrari F360 Modena in central Hongkong. He claimed that his driver was responsible for the crash but investigations showed otherwise. Nicholas Tse was sentenced to 240 hours of community service for obstruction of justice.

 Nicholas Tse had another accident in November where he crashed his Audi in Lantau. He was banned from driving for 6 months and fined HK$4000 dollars for reckless driving. Because of these crashes, the crash site for his Ferrari on Red Cotton Drive in Central is popularly known as “Nicholas Curve” by locals.

Should I do time in order to be famous in blogsphere? Nah! I better work my way the blogsphere through hard work and tears. For those who want instant success, maybe you can try it out!