Singapore ― Homegrown actress Zoe Tay has been allocating more time for herself and work – now that her three sons are older. Brayden is 16, Ashton 14, and Nathan 11.
Tay surprised many late last year when she picked up skateboarding with TV host Vivian Lai, and announced in an Instagram post that she had always wanted to learn skateboarding. Tay, 53, added this hashtag: “You are a bit stronger than you think.”
She is also an avid hiker and cyclist. She told AsiaOne that she recently tried cycling around the island via the park connectors, and enjoys it. One night, she added, she and her husband even rode more than 60 km from Bukit Timah to Bedok and back.
On another occasion, she cycled with a girlfriend from Bukit Timah to Coney Island, East Coast, Marina Bay Sands and back to Bukit Timah. After that, she cycled again – completing a total of 80 km in one day.
Despite all her workouts, her great stamina and fitness levels could not fully prepare Tay for her upcoming performance in this Sunday’s (Oct 10) President’s Star Charity televised show. Tay will be performing a wheelchair dance with actor Zhang Zetong, and also a solo routine with 15-year-old beneficiary Jeremiah Liauw, reported AsiaOne.
In reply to AsiaOne’s questions about her performance on Wednesday (Oct 6), Tay said: “I think my fitness routine does help me with my stamina. But with dancing, there are certainly some muscles that are not used during my exercises so those were aching slightly for a while after rehearsals!”
She added: “I think it was quite tough to properly synchronise with everyone and remember all the steps as it is a fairly long routine, so it’s definitely challenging.”
Sharing with Lianhe Zaobao, Ah Jie said that she breaks into a big sweat during rehearsals even though the pacing of the dance isn’t considered fast.
“We need to twirl in the ballet segment and when I spin, I end up at another spot and I forget my moves. When the others do it, they look so graceful and light. Instead, I feel like a spinning block of wood!”
Still, she’s having fun in the preparations because everyone is working well together and putting in their best efforts for a charitable cause.
Besides Tay and Zetong, other performers in the show include Mandopop queen Stefanie Sun, British singer-songwriter Calum Scott, Malaysian girl group Dolla, Taufik Batisah, celebrity couple Benjamin Kheng and Naomi Yeo, and Stephen Zechariah.
It will be hosted by Rebecca Lim and Nurul Aini.
Tay will soon start work on her new drama You Can Be An Angel 4 where she plays a community leader. Her latest drama The Heartland Hero is now showing on Channel 8 and meWATCH.
President’s Star Charity 2021 will be shown live on Channel 5, meWATCH, and Mediacorp Entertainment YouTube channel on Sunday Oct 10 from 7:30 pm. Members of the public are encouraged to donate by scanning via their bank apps a PayNow QR code that will be available on mediacorp.sg/psc2021 and flashed on-screen during the show, or through giving.sg/psc2021. /TISG