Bon anniversaire, chère Anita

Fans in Hong Kong held Birthday Party for Anita.
They are trying to raise $200,000 (HK dollars) to build a school in China, in memory of Anita.

Below is reporting from SingTao Daily Newspaper (Canadian version, Oct 10, 2010)
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Fans籌20萬建梅艷芳學校

[2010-10-10]

今日是已故樂壇巨星梅艷芳的47歲生忌，對她懷念至今的200名Fans，昨日於酒店筵開18席為偶像舉行悼念活動，席間播出阿梅生前一些演唱片段。Fans來自亞洲各地，在阿梅生前舉行的生日會均會出席，現在亦每年抽空來港出席紀念活動。
昨日場中並舉行義賣活動，包括一些梅艷芳的照片、日曆及一些報章雜誌剪報，據會長蘇小姐表示，希望籌得20萬善款用作以梅艷芳名義在內地興建第一所學校。另外，蘇小姐表示，今天他們一眾阿梅Fans亦會到寶蓮寺阿梅的靈位拜祭，又於今晚訂了卡拉OK房一齊唱K聚會。


文、圖：林子棠

Here is more news on Birthday celebrations for Anita.

From SingTao Daily Newspaper Oct 11/2010

祖兒難忘生日會上共舞 鍾舒漫《烈燄紅唇》打扮懷念梅姐

[2010-10-11]

昨天是梅艷芳的生忌，獲大批Fans及後輩懷念，何韻詩於網上表示到寶蓮寺拜祭恩師，鍾舒漫更以《烈燄紅唇》造型出席梅姐的紀念活動。


文、圖：鍾舜英、林子棠


昨日是梅姐的47歲冥壽，歌迷為她於屯門市廣場舉辦梅艷芳展，梅姐的好友們：劉浩龍、楊千嬅也在網上對她說生日快樂，蔡一智則表示：「向我最敬愛的師傅講聲生日快樂！希望在遠方的你開開心心。」
昨日省善真堂內，Fans在梅姐的靈位前放滿生日卡、鮮花、生果及蛋糕等祭品，但不見她的徒弟到場。
惟剛從台灣返港的何韻詩在網上透露：「帶同小小乾女兒去跟阿姐說生日快樂，轉眼7年，在大佛護蔭下的你現在一定很快樂。大家都很有你心，都很懷緬你的點滴。用心用力活過的人果然是會永遠繼續活在別人心中的，你不曾離開！祝遠方的你永遠快樂。」
容祖兒也在微博上憶述與梅姐的情誼：「梅姐，2000年出席你的生日會，當晚我還不小心把學友的凌志房車撞凹，嚇到我差點瀨尿！而最記得最記得就是與你共舞的一幕，半醉的你在我耳邊輕輕說出鼓勵我的話，很是感動，銘記於心。」
此外，昨日鍾舒漫以梅姐的《烈燄紅唇》造型為「梅艷芳舞台皇者致敬日」演出，舒漫很佩服梅姐放到盡的演出，「梅姐就是30年前已出現的Lady GaGa。」
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I won't have time to translate till some weeks later.
If anybody would like to help do the translation, please go ahead.

In the last paragraph above, someone made this comment:
"Mui Je (Anita) is the Lady Gaga who appeared 30 years ago".

Did everyone see the beautiful new moon for Anita's birthday?

Hocc has posted on her blog a photo w/ Anita which I've never seen before, with comments which I'm sure you will enjoy:

http://www.goomusic.com.hk/blog/?p=813

I believe the guy in the photo is hocc's brother.

I cannot recommemd her "2009 Supergoo Concert" DVD set (4 discs) highly enough.

I recall reading, in early 2004, an article which said that the period of mourning for a lost loved one lasts seven years, with special attention paid to the one year, three year, and seven year marks, at the seventh year mourning officially ends. If this is true, then these next couple of months until Dec. 30 become especially important. We will be changing from grief to incredible gratitude that we were lucky enough to be alive at the same time as the amazing Anita Mui.

HI FB, BeepBeep and other Anita fans,

I went to HK for her birthday events. I feel lucky that I could go there again because my personal reasons. Both my parents in Japan were hospitalized and had majoy operations past five months, but now they are out of hospitals.

In Japan mourning for loved ones, if I remember correctly, lasts for 33 years. The first, second, seventh, thirteenth, seventeenth, twenty third, twenty seventh and thirty third years are important.

However, I totally agree with FB that we should shift "from grief to incredible gratitude that we were lucky enough to be alive at the same time as the amazing Anita Mui." I am still fasinated her performances on stage and TV.

AT: Sorry to hear about your parents' illness. Good to know that they had a speedy recovery such that you could visit HK again.

As for the mourning period, I am amazed that time period is so long in Japanese culture.


FB: IF I am not mistaken, the 1, 3, and 7 that you were referring to are meant to be weeks, and not years. It is quite common for special prayer sessions or other memorial activities to take place at the end of 1st week, the 3rd week, and at the end of the 7th week from the date that the person passed away. So the more intense mourning period is in the first 7 weeks.