EDISON CHEN. HEALING THE HURTS as Life Moves On. The DEMON shows PENITENCE.

Let's borrow the title from DAN BROWN's famous thriller ANGELS & DEMONS for this article.

It's apt.

EDISON CHEN.

He is one pretty boy DEMON oozing unnerving charm.

So you can classify him as the incidental arch-ANGEL.

Oxymoron or Paradox?

Bless this child?

YES, but every inch along the way, he still has to douse the fire he ignited more than a year ago when lucid pictures of his sexual escapades were leaked all over the internet.

" I am also the victim," claimed EDISON CHEN.

But for his beautiful damsels in waiting, the damages were irrepairable as the dents had already sunk too deep,

He had so far expressed to the Hong Kong MEDIA, (the latest was on CNN's TALK ASIA on June 3,2009), of his indiscretions and the shame.

He openly apologized to the hapless actresses involved in the scandal and sought their forgiveness.

No, confessed GILLIAN CHUNG in a recent televised interview with TVB Honcho STEPHEN CHAN in Hong Kong,EDISON had not contacted her with a personal apology.

It would have been a sincere gesture if he did.

Whether he's the devil sprouting fire and brimstone (" the sex pictures were consensual, the acts were filmed knowingly"), or the angel spilling cherubic honey (the charming dandy), EDISON was man enough to admit that he was young and reckless when he took those photos.

He has shown penitence. He's healing the hurts. And life moves on.

And like each and everyone of us, there comes a time that we get tired of the mundane world, and would like to embark on an adventure-of-sorts.

And in all our lives, some rain must fall, right?

But silliness can cause us to hit rock bottom if caution is thrown to the four winds -

LIFE's like this, you get mettle and grit thrown to you from time-to-time,

These are challenges and we embrace them.

EDISON CHEN is now facing the  biggest challenge of his lifetime, fighting to save his integrity in an act of redemption,

He's facing the consequences in full force now, and at the end of the day, it must be a lesson well learnt.

Did he?

His entertainment career is non-existent presently, and his clothing business may have suffered an image crisis.

He has lost a myriad of acting and business opportunities.

No decent advertising endorsement wants to be associated with a devious name.

That's MONEY down the drain,

MONEY that goes with the toilet's flush which may enable him to call-the-shots,

Especially at a time when his father, business man CHEN CHAK MAN was declaring bankruptcy proceedings,

A case of wrong timing.

It's not easy and we respect what he has been going through.

There are probably thousands of perverts out there who are doing what Edison Chen did - filming sexual trysts.

Cheap thrills, but these culprits were never exposed.

The paparazzi isn't interested in them anyway.

Simply because they are NOT CELEBRITIES.

Like we all know, stardom may bring fame and money -

BUT STARDOM COMES WITH A PRICE TAG.

SO USE IT WISELY.

HAYDEN KHO, you are up next!

STOP PRESS!

Any gossip on EDISON CHEN remains newsworthy, right?

The mere mention of this name provides that kind of buckle-up-for-edge-of-your-seat excitement for his many followers, much to the man's chagrin.

On Saturday June 20, 2009, EDISON CHEN appeared in MALAYSIA to publicly launch the 1st Malaysian outlet of his boutique, the JUICE Store that stocks the inhouse label CLOT and various streetwear, urban clothing and footwear.

He appeared to be in high spirit, smiling and waving to fans and readily answered questions fielded by the press.

In the past decade, many popular Hong Kong artistes had also invested in Malaysia, among them a duck rice franchise, restaurant management to celebrity make-over ventures.

As usual, many hundreds of curious fans thronged the openings, but when it was time for business, the patronage was far from pleasing.

And sadly speaking, these businesses had since folded.

We know that every product faces a shelf life if top-of-mind awareness is not perpetuated.

Celebrity endorsements can sometimes be a farce,

True, they create buzz and attention to the product -

But they do little to increase sales except "to jack up the price sky-high",

Samplings are proven to do a better job to lift items off the shelf,

Whatever the case,

It pays to be friendly to the paparazzi,

Respect what the online media can do,

It's the digital age now,

The internet can make or break you,

So move forward with the trends.

Come clean.

So there -

Stay tuned, folks!

Here's LOOKING at YOU, HAYDEN! Gotcha, We CAUGHT YOU with your PANTS DOWN!

Hey, HAYDEN.

I am dedicating this to you.

To err is human.

The damage's done, and life goes on.

But it's time you show penance and begin your journey to redemption

to ease your own conscience and peace of mind.

You were caught with your pants down when a slew of your private videos documentating your sexual peccadilloes were leaked into cyberspace.

You should have known better than to believe anyone, remember - your closest allies never intended to have your horny dalliances stashed away quietly.

Trust no one with kinky secrets,

You cannot force love on anyone.

The best thing is to be someone who can be loved and the rest is up to them.

Well, the Netizens are up in arms with your expose and are gaming to nail you down.

You win some, you lose some.

Perhaps there's a moral out there that we can derive from your problems,

For one, LOVE in its final embers can still scorch you with pain when it goes awry.

SEX is an intimacy and when it's EXPLOITED, hell knoweth no fury like a woman (or a man) scorned.

We are grateful that we are learning from you.

It's a stark pointer that we should never to take sexual matters for granted.

When you are a celebrity-in-love, ensure that your partner is not a fetish freak before you fornicate mindlessly.

Because there's a price to pay for the frolicking.

The entertainment world is besotted with SHAMS, SCAMS, THRILLS AND SPILLS.

You are for REAL.

I just remember this:

My friend, ADOLFO ALIX JR a young and much sought after PINOY feature film director has a potential movie project in mind.

We discussed it.

It's called PORNO, a sexy tale exploring sleaze in the porn industry, about voyeuristic pleasures, slamming tight the lid on the unscrupulous crooks who rig cameras in lesser known motels to shoot unsuspecting couples fornicating.

By ADOLFO's own admission, " The plot weaves around three leading characters - one who works for porn, one who acts in porn and one who buys porn."

Next?

In REEL, these sharks then transfer the "taped actions" direct into DVDs for mass distribution and consumption.

Aren't they not doing the same thing in REAL?

This project was discussed long before your sex scandal surfaced.

And the most appropriate choice for the lead role would of course go to you, HAYDEN KHO (thumbs up), now infamous for your notorious online sex romps.

ART IMITATING LIFE?

Surely!

If Boys are boys, then

MEN WILL always BE MEN, right?

MEN belong to the dominant specie.

They are the hunters,

They are more daring and explicit .....

Definitely more adventurous.

No holds barred?

Sure, challenges accepted.

CHANGING IN THE OPEN?

MAKING HOT SEX IN DARK ALLEYS?

SKINNY DIPPING IN SOME QUIET LAKES?

FILMING YOURSELF BALLING YOUR GIRL FRIENDS?

So the FETISH in you is still egging you to take the plunge?

You're rearing to go again?

Be careful, because unseen eyes may be trailing your sly movements with cameras.

Hungry voyeuristic eyes may be feasting deliciously on your glorious genitals.

You may just be the roast meat for the drool.

Or maybe, you may have this FETISH of secretly enjoy immensely, the thrills of being watched.

But do spare a kind thought for your unknowing, participating girl friends (they're innocent) -

Just like the notorious SEX VIDEO SCANDALS of Hong Kong EDISON CHEN and YOURS, of course.

Not forgetting your bevy of beautiful actresses.

Roll over, buster.

IT'S TIME YOU WISE UP.

CHEAP THRILLS ALWAYS COME WITH A PRICE.

So indulge wisely.

It's common to read online of frustrated blokes who always feel so liberated to the extent of wanting to "flash" themselves in public, wanting to run down the streets or ejaculating in a shop frequented by females NAKED AND SUNDRY.

It must be the stress of modern day living taking its toll.

Take note that thrills come with spills.

There's always a price tag for wrong doings.

EVERYTHING IS RELIGIOUSLY INCORRECT.

MEN MAY BE MEN.

But hey -

HERE'S LOOKING AT YOU DUDE!

GOTCHA,

CAUGHT YOU IN YOUR NAUGHTY ACT .....

Oh no, not again!

The HAYDEN KHO SAGA continues. From ONLINE to Pirated DVDs, all over ASIA.

CURIOSITY KILLS THE CAT, peeps!

HAYDEN KHO is NOW basking in his new-found regional fame.

His infamous SEXUAL TRYSTS - those of balling his beautiful actresses has arrived at another chapter.

Their private escapades gleefully romped right out of the bedroom ..... into pirated DVD release, found mostly in ASIA.

It's FEAST for the EYES - the REAL stuff.

These downloaded-for-a-quick-buck DVDs are known to be openly sold at night bazaars in MALAYSIA, along the streets of Silom in THAILAND, and in homeland PHILIPPINES, amongst others.

And is known to be selling like hot cakes, raking in great profits, distribution rights tossed aside, courtesy of HAYDEN KHO.

Everyone enjoys a free ride, get the drift?

Film producers who are mindful of cashing in, or jumping onto the bandwagon may well be considering HAYDEN to star in some soft porn flicks soon.

He's currently the hottest candidate around for voyeuristic sex-for-peeps.

No, the DVD pirates are never going to leave anyone alone where there's money to be made.

SEX IS BUSINESS.

Where business is concerned, these profiteers have "a nose" for shady scandals.

SCANDALS SELL.

And they'd readily spread their tentacles far and wide whenever they smell something looming in the horizon.

More than one year ago, they were peddling EDISON CHEN sex DVDs with glee.

This time round, HAYDEN KHO has shaken off EDISON CHEN and unexpectedly usurped his throne.

Not that EDISON is complaining.

He is in fact only too pleased to bestow the undesirable crown onto HAYDEN.

This is the name of the game.

The spills are here, after the thrills.

AND WHAT OF THE LOVESTRUCK LADIES, KATRINA HALILI, to speak of one?

The late poet ,W.H.AUDEN best sums this singular episode in his poem, THE DREAM:

Dear, though the night is gone

Its dream still haunts to-day,

That brought us to a room
Cavernous, lofty as
A railway terminus,
And crowded in that gloom
Were beds, and we in one
In a far corner lay.

Our whisper woke no clocks,
We kissed and I was glad
At everything you did,
Indifferent to those
Who sat with hostile eyes
In pairs on every bed,
Arms round each other's necks
Inert and vaguely sad.

What hidden worm of guilt
Or what malignant doubt
Am I the victim of,
That you, then, unabashed,
Did what I never wished,
Confessed another love;
And I, submissive, felt
Unwanted and went out.

NOW, WHAT'S NEXT, PUSSY CAT?

WHATEVER THE CASE, JUST LEAVE THE HAPLESS WOMEN ALONE.

HAYDEN Kho versus EDISON Chen. Of ANGELS and DEMONS. Will the REAL CHILD please stand up?

HAYDEN KHO from the PHILIPPINESS in 2009.

EDISON CHEN from HONG KONG in 2008.

Two lost souls, like-minded spoilt brats from wealthy families to start off with.

They must be very bored, because they both shared the same bizarre interest of filming themselves having sex with nubile actresses.

Cheap thrills that eventually "screwed" their reputations and those lovestruck maidens who readily frolicked with them.

Falling in love blindly with the wrong guy may not be the wisest thing.

BOTH are celebrated artistes basking in the glory of their achievements, once-upon-a-time adored by millions of fans around ASIA.

Not any more.

These are pretty boy hunks with a sorry yarn to spin - a cobweb of sexual perversions behind closed doors, the spiders beckoning the unsuspecting butterflies,

then for inexplicable reasons, these trysts are exposed online for zillion of netizens to relish.

It's all about SEX, LIES and VIDEOTAPES.

Both wear a facade of deception,

ANGELS OF THE MORNING on REEL.

DEVILS IN DISGUISE in REAL.

Sparkling contrast, of their REEL and REAL roles.

Nothing to be proud of, everything to be condemned.

In moments of screaming out loud their orgasms, did these two nut heads ever spared a thought of the irreparable damages they might have caused if unintended "leakages" were spilled unknowingly?

It's liken to unprotected sex without a condom, leading to an unwanted pregnancy.

Trust no BEST friends with your sex videos. NEVER.

So there!

They were role models before, but then were extremely arrogant, inconsiderate and now dangerous.

They thought that the world evolved around them.

Well, the world beamed for a while, until the ring of truth caught up with them.

LOOK at the real mess they have caused - global outrage.

TENESSEE WILLIAMS, famed playwright/novelist once said:

" I CAN'T STAND A NAKED LIGHT BULB ANY MORE THAN I CAN STAND A RUDE REMARK OR A VULGAR ACTION."

Aptly put.

Their online sex scandals.

HAYDEN KHO pleaded with the paparazzi to blame it on the ACTION and not the SINNER.

To ERR is human, right?

The doctrines of forgiveness and redemption exist in our hearts - and not in our words.

There's been too much hatred, angst and pain.

We have been treated to a media spectacular.

Now let some peace prevail.

Let closure come.

Everything may be easier said than done, but it's time for healings here.

For the sake of the victims, let's unite to bury the shameful past.

It's time to put their unwarranted deeds to rest.

Would you?

Will you?

Alas, it's just NOT the end yet.

There are the die-hards who are not that forgiving, who cannot forget.

THE HAYDEN KHO SEX VIDEO SCANDAL even reached the SENATE for hearing in late May, 2009.

It's here in court that the brouhaha took another bashing.

It had not only "rained" with consternation, it really "poured".

An enraged ex-Cop called ABNER AFUANG took the law in his own hands, stormed right to where HAYDEN KHO was seated and proceeded to douse him with water from a mineral bottle.

All these boiled down as a cheap kind of circus entertainment, like the unfolding of a sex drama between EDWIN KHO the Villian and KATRINA HALILI the Virtuous.

Here's quoting KATRINA HALILI on her own admission:

" I loved Hayden. I was young so I was easily blinded to think that I was the only one who owned his heart.

But like any relationship that began with lies, this did not go anywhere.

I never thought that every embrace and kiss was scripted.

I fully gave my heart and soul to a man who was doing his own movie.

I was so foolish, instead of a doctor, he was a director. I made a mistake and I admit it.

My fault is that I loved him and I believed that he loved me too completely.

He told me I was the princess in his other world. I was young so I was made to believe easily.

But like all other relationships that started with a lie, this went nowhere.

I gave my heart and soul wholly to a man who turned out to be doing his own movie.

I was stupid.

Instead of a doctor, he was a director.

He said I was his princess in his second world.

I was young - it was easy to make me believe.

I am the victim here. Every day I am the victim each time the video is watched."

Or is it really so?

ANGELS AND DEMONS.

Will the real culprit kindly stand up!