Fish Leong in love?

She was glowing when she was in town yesterday to promote her new album Today Is Our Valentine's Day. The best tell-tale sign: The 30-year-old songbird blushed when asked about the man she was photographed with at a concert in Taipei last month. He is known as Tony or Mr T - a nickname coined by the Taiwanese media. United Daily News reported that the gentle-looking guy is 33, had studied in America and Europe, and now works as a manager in a liquor company.

The couple reportedly met during the celebratory dinner for Fish's concert in Shanghai last December. Mr T gave her a bottle of her favourite pink champagne, and both had good impressions of each other. Last month, they were first photographed attending the concert for singer Crowd Lu Guang Zhong, and then, spotted at a basketball match together.

When the topic came up during group interview here, Fish giggled and said she will usually go if guy friends ask her out. 'Just give it a chance, see how it feels, don't think too much,' she added.

While she is not prepared to call Mr T 'boyfriend' yet, she did admit that she feels 'very pampered'. 'I'm very happy, and people can see it because it'd show on my face. I feel blissful and pampered.'

Later, she admitted to The New Paper that she clicks with her guy on all levels. 'We can chat about so many topics and we share so many common interests, be it in movies or music. We'd even say the exact same words...

Giggling and glowing

'Maybe it's a sign! But I'd take it slowly and not rush, just enjoy the moment.' She doesn't believe in long-distance relationships anymore, after encountering two such failures.

Her first love was a Malaysian musician whom she got to know through a singing competition in school. They shared the best Valentine's Day she's ever had, she said. She was 19 then, fresh out of school, and they had candlelight steak dinner together in Kuala Lumpur. 'We had a romantic meal and he held my hand as we crossed the road, but what I remember most is how tiring it was to wear high heels and how my feet hurt.'

In 1997, they were separated when Fish moved to Taipei to become a singer. They were together for four years. She has since become the undisputed Queen of Mando Love Ballads, and her last concert tour, Today Is Our Valentine's Day, attracted numerous couples.

Fish then started another long-distance relationship but it also ended after four years. 'If I meet someone now who is very eligible and suitable for me but lives in a different place, I won't start anything,' she said. 'There are just too many barriers to overcome and lots of misunderstandings.'

Nowadays, what she asks of her beau is for him to be there with her and pay attention to the 'small things' in her life. She likes him to be observant, like keep for her the magazines she loves to read, help her out with chores without her asking, and be sensitive to the needs of not just her but also the people around her.

In return, she professes to be a good lover who is attentive to his needs. 'I'll rely on him, but I'll also give him the space he needs.'

On the most romantic thing she's ever done for a guy, Fish said, she e-mailed him a recording of his favourite English songs that she personally sang. 'So when I'm not around, he can just listen to those songs,' she said. 'I did the recording after our MSN chat and I e-mailed it to him immediately. 'I think he was very touched by it.'

Her hectic work schedule doesn't leave her with much time for romance. But, she said, she is mentally prepared to devote herself to a serious relationship. She added that her management company gives her the freedom to fall in love, and she is also prepared to cope with any pressure arising from media scrutiny. 'I have very high expectations of love. I think it's very important, and if you manage it well, you will eventually find happiness.'

If she gets any free time from work, she would spend it with her guy. 'We'll be happy as long as we're doing something together, be it shopping at the supermarket, going on a drive or reading novels at a cafe. Or we could plan a holiday to the countryside in Europe.'

But, she's not the sort who will ask her guy to wear lover's bracelets or matching T-shirts. 'If he gives me (a bracelet) I'd wear it. But I won't wear matching outfits or shoes. I find it a little scary... it's too obvious, too flaunting, you don't need to do that to prove how in love you are.'

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