Gigi Lai's Retirement

As you may have heard recently, Gigi Lai is retiring from the entertainment world which means she won't film anymore TV dramas, movies, and advertisements in the future in order to care for her brother, who was in a serious car accident, and to manage her brother's business. This is shocking and extremely sad news since Gigi is one of my favorite actresses; she's only second to Jessica Hsuan. I always knew she was taking a break after filming "The Gem of Life" to care for her brother but to claim retirement is another thing. I just wish that this is just going to be a short retirement of maybe 10-20 years since Gigi will surely be a missed actress to watch. TVB claimed that Gigi still has a few years left on her contract so whenever she feels like doing dramas again, TVB will unfreeze her contract so hopefully, one day that will arrive. I truly respect Gigi's wishes and hope her brother will recover soon and Gigi's business to flourish.

Because of news of retirement from one of my most beloved actresses, I will do a tribute to Gigi after watching "The Gem of Life" since that will be Gigi's last drama. However, because "The Gem of Life" is long and I have to wait for the Vietnamese-dubbed version to be released, which is usually a couple of months after the airing in Hong Kong, this tribute will not be completed/released until (hopefully) the beginning of the year 2009.