Friday February 23, 2007 Hong Kong Leila Tong Hopes to Improve her Music and Wears Red for Good Luck Currently busy filming in the mainland, Leila Tong has spent her new year working. Each artiste would like to find great popularity, but Leila is very down to earth and will not make wishes that are beyond her reach. With her Indonesian heritage, Leila follows some Indonesian traditions for the lunar new year and her family will eat traditional Indonesian dishes, Indonesian salad and when her friends visit her, they will prepare a dish to share in a very atmospheric gathering. Each year, Leila will find something red and purple to wear: "As my horoscope lacks fire, then the fortune tellers suggest that I have to wear bright colours. I do like red and purple clothes anyway and my mother will buy me some red underwear for the new year!" As for romance, Leila says that if she has it, she will be very happy, but she will not force it to happen. She feels that having too much romance luck is not necessarily a good thing so she will not wish for it carelessly: "My new year wishes are very simple. I wish for good health and smooth progress with my work. I will not think about too many wishes because it is better to be realistic. I would like to work hard to learn some music this year and I would like to learn to play the saxaphone again because I played when I was at high school." Leila models designer Pacino Wan's latest designs for 2007 to tie in with the new year in red and purple. As well as the dragon and flowers design, there are also pandas on the skirt, which have a rather cheeky expression, quite a change from their normally calm and collected image. (Trendy Dragon Top: $1,298 - Panda Skirt: $698) credits: tvbspace, asianfanatics.
