Singer-songwriter Justin Lo
Justin Lo , the kid who once sang for Barbie and AXE dish detergent, is now an acclaimed singer-songwriter about to perform with the Hong Kong Philharmonic Orchestra. He talks to Jan Leung about gangs, geeks and goals.
I was born in New York into a family of four. My family went back to Hong Kong when I was two.
I studied at St. Paul’s. I was a good kid. Come on, I was in the choir!
I went to the States to further my studies. I hung out with my gang-like friends and did very, very bad things that I am not going to tell you about.
No, I did not kill anyone. As the saying goes, "A murderer is presumed innocent until he is proved guilty or insane!"
Education matters. There is less structure and discipline in the west and for me, the all-you-can-abuse freedom was too good to be true.
They encouraged us to think out of the box, or out of their mind... whatever you call it.