Internal Culture Night 2009

By: Akhilesh Narayan

Photos: Cao Ying and Zhou Shuo

Nine cultural groups, one night and an escape into the world of diverse cultures present in King Edward VII Hall. The 22^nd of October 2009 was a night filled with a variety of dances and songs, a drama, a movie and a very gripping display of martial arts, all of which gave shape to KE’s Internal Cultural Night. The emcees for the night were Asher and Lisa, who had a small skit of their own before every performance. They did not allow the audience to feel dull at any moment, while the stage crew propped the stage up for the next cultural group. The night was inaugurated by F Block Resident Fellow, Dr. Seow Teck Keong who announced to the audience that there was something extra special about this particular ICN.

There was a small opening ceremony which consisted of dancers, colourful curtains and very sensual and soothing music. It was just the right thing to calm everyone down before the burst of energy that would grip the entire Hall in the next few hours. And just as the calm music subsided and the dancers faded away, the KE Titans burst into the Comm Hall from what seemed to be literally every entrance. The cheerleaders in red and black brought along with them a thunderous applause and an immense amount of KE spirit as they charged towards the front of the Hall. This was the first ever performance by the KE Titans (Cheerleading Squad of KE) and boy, did they lift everyone’s spirits.

The opening ceremony dance

Go Titans!

This was followed by five songs that were composed by KEVIIANs themselves from Xinyao. The first song ‘Broken’ was in English, while the others ‘Shi Shu’, ‘Que Shui De Xln Qing’, ‘Zui Ling ‘Long’ and You ‘Zi Yin’ were in Chinese. Xinyao’s performance contained a variety of music ranging from archaic tunes to modern ones. Their compositions were very delicate and contained a lot of heart in them. This was followed by a tale of love in the form of some very different dancing styles in the first dance performance titled ‘Love Affair’. There were graceful and elegant moves happening on stage, behind stage and along the sides of the stage in this performance and they all received deafening appreciation from the audience.

A Love Affair

Beautiful singing...

The next performance was by Chinese Drama- ‘An Unexpected Valentine’s Day’. How bad can your Valentine’s Day be? Well the answer to that was provided by the very simple yet deep play. The protagonist gets thrown out of a bus because he gives up his seat to an apparently pregnant lady, he nearly gets beaten up by a hooligan for trying to look after the hooligan’s bicycle, he loses his girlfriend when he runs behind a woman to get his money back and he gets yelled at by a mother when he tries to lift a little girl’s (Dr. Seow Teck Keong’s daughter) spirits. Pretty bad, right? But the silver lining for the protagonist was when then little girl came running back and gave him her balloon. A small gesture of gratefulness can mean a lot. That was the moral of this story.

I want my money back...

Go Andy!

A Cappella has always given a very tranquil and blissful performance. There are no fancy gimmicks, just good old fashion beautiful music. They performed two songs which were very contrasting in nature showing the versatility of the group. ‘If’ and ‘Fire’, the two performances, displayed how music can in fact change the entire mood of a place. The most mesmerising fact about their performance was that they made it look effortless. Pop music has always been very peppy and dance inducing. The audience snapped their fingers and tapped their feet along with the dancers in their second performance of the night titled, ‘Those Pop Songs’. There was a praiseworthy moonwalk from either side of the stage that looked perfect. There was again a lot of energy in the dancers as they danced to these old, but popular numbers.

The harmonious voices of A Cappella

Fire indeed!

Looking good!

A short break for light refreshments and then we had the lucky draw prize winners announced. Then the KE band was welcomed with a thunderous applause. Six songs later the crowd was left begging for more. ‘Free Loop’, ‘Careless Whisper’ (by Seether), ‘Paralyser’, ‘Geek in the Pink’, ‘September’ and ‘Don’t Look Back in Anger’ was the selection the band went with to turn the Comm Hall into a concert ground. There were mobile phones being raised in the air, people singing along and a lot of cheering, solos on the drums and guitar and loud rock music in everyone’s ears. There were no drugs and no sex, but the band rocked and rolled their way into the night.

Craig singing Careless Whisper

Look at him go...

The hooting after the band’s performance subsided, as the lights went off and the theme of Mission Impossible paved the way for ELnD’s movie ‘Camp KE’. The recession, Jack Sparrow, Super-man and Harry Potter brought themselves onto the screen along with NS. This was supposed to be an intense comedy, but due to the lack of subtitles, many of the funnier parts remained unnoticed. Despite this there was a roar of laughter from the audience when Gavin’s ahem… ‘R-rated’ scene came. Wonder what was so funny about that?

The third dance performance called ‘Haunting Dreams’ was a very unique one. As the name suggests, it had a very eerie feel to it. The music, the dancers, the costumes and the lighting all contributed to the effect of the song. The abstractness in this dance contrasted with the next dance performance called ‘Crazy Little Thing’. There were hats, girls in colourful clothes, guys in white shirts and jeans, glitter, light and a lot of colour that highlighted the excellence of the dancers. It was a fitting finale to the DansDemonz performance.

Haunting everyone's dreams...

Woah, so much colour!

Men in black and women in white, but the music was perfected to a point beyond perfection. The KE Choir sung three songs- ‘Solerum’, ‘Lux Aurumque’ and ‘Pasigin’. While the first two songs were slow and soothing, the third was full of life and jumpy. There were a number of loud cheers from the audience, as the choir got ready to perform.

The KE Choir!

The final performance for ICN 2009 was by Wushu. The Wushu team put up a very well choreographed display of the martial art. The thunderous beats in the background, the war cries, the clanging of swords, the acrobatics of the Wushu team, the different coloured costumes, all lead to one ultimate thing- the end of KE’s ICN. The fight which involved the girl in a purple costume and a hat definitely stole the show.

Is he flying?

Thus, ICN 2009 came to an end. It was a month of hard work put in by all the cultural groups, no doubt, but many people tend to ignore the enormous amount of work put in by the people behind the curtains. The people handling the lights, the sounds, the stage, the decorations, the marketing, the publicity and the logistics would have spent many sleepless nights trying to co-ordinate with the different culture groups. The Culture Comm did a splendid job in making ICN a success and they deserve a huge round of applause…

The Cultural Group Heads

Good job Culture Comm!

Gavin and Priscillia!

Malaysia Night 2009

Writer: Pearly Neo
Photos: Kelvin Anggara

Pearly: First of all, I’d like to apologise to all readers for the SUPER late posting of this article. There was a major technical problem while I was uploading the photos, and I thought I’d hold off on posting the article entirely until I could fix it…but I still can’t so the photos are without captions. I really am very very sorry, and I hope you all enjoy reading this, late though it be! Will post more photos, and fix up the remaining ones as soon as I figure out how to fix the problem!

As part of the organizing committee for Malaysia Night 2009, I’m sorry to say I may just be a leeetttle bit biased when writing this article. After all, when you’re there first-hand to witness how weeks of sleepless nights, endless rehearsals, meticulous planning and various diseases (yes, diseases!) boil down to this one special night, it’s more than a little difficult to not feel proud of it. I was, unfortunately, unable to actually watch Malaysia Night, having had to be onstage throughout almost the entire production, but what I can write about here is the thrilling experience of being part of the event. So here goes…  

Saturday, 12 September 2009

5.30pm After a full day of rehearsing and practicing, everyone was caught up in a frenzy of excitement when it was suddenly heard from somewhere outside that ‘There are GUESTS arriving! Guests!’, upon which we all hastened to get ready in double time. I personally hadn’t really felt that much of nerves up until that point, but when I was finally dressed up in my cheongsam (for emcee-ing) and was looking around watching everyone else get their make-up done, it finally hit me: IT’S TIME. Gulp.

6.00pm The crowd truly arrived in full force (Later, we found out that we actually sold 180+ tickets, more than our initial target of 160. Yay!), which is of course really good in retrospect, but at that point in time when I peeked out the curtains and saw how many people there were, I felt quite a bit of a shiver rush down my spine. I pointed this out to Edward (my co-emcee) and his only response was to walk away from the curtains and start repeating his script lines to himself, over and over and over again.

 6.15pm And so it began, with the grand entrance of the Hall Master, Associate Professor Dr. Ho Yew Kee and his family. All traces or nerves I initially had soon disappeared under the warm response of the crowd, and it was all smooth sailing from the singing of the Malaysian National Song ‘Negaraku’, to the speeches by the Hall Master and Kenneth (Malaysia Night Committee 2009 Chairman) to the officiation ceremony, which involved the Hall Master pasting on the ‘Enter’ key to this year’s logo, ‘Malaysia. my’.

We decided to start things off this year with our own rendition of ‘Here In My Home’, a song performed by multiple Malaysian artistes to showcase their love for Malaysia, as our essential underlying theme this year is Home, and how we treasure it. Given the very VERY diverse range of voices onstage, I was extremely relieved when it turned out sounding pretty good. More importantly though, were the messages of goodwill we had written beforehand and displayed for the audience whilst singing the song, which we hope served to convey our love for our country, no matter where we are.

Then, of course, there was dinner. The chorus of ‘Food, Food, FOOD!’ from both the audience and backstage was a lot louder than initially expected. A LOT louder. I guess everyone must have been really, really hungry. Again, I am unable to comment on the food as I didn’t get to eat any of it, but I heard it was pretty good, and I do hope everyone was satisfied!

7.30pm While things must have seemed pretty quiet onstage from the audience’s point of view (especially as I’m sure everyone must have been much too busy queuing for food than paying attention to closed curtains), the actual fact was that the torrent of activity going on behind the scenes could only be described by one word: MAD. Everyone was changing and memorizing lines and touching up make-up, so much so that no one gave a second thought to food at all, as I later found out. Occasional peeks out the curtains saw things going well with the audience’s food (Note: THANK YOU SO MUCH to all the seniors who helped us out with the food! You guys rock!), but our personal sustenance was a very low priority on the list that day.

Sanity behind stage seemd to be at an all-time low too. 

8.00pm Showtime! The night’s performances were kicked off with a drama written by yours truly, telling the story about a young Malaysian girl named Julie who’s lived in the United States all her life. Bad financial circumstances result in her having to come back to Malaysia, where she initially feels lost, but is gradually reintroduced to the beauty and culture of her homeland by her childhood friend, Ramli. That’s the basic gist of the story, and it was really fun inserting the various cultural elements like the Malay, Chinese and Indian dances, as well as the market scenes into it. The whole point of the drama was to introduce Malaysian culture as a culture with not only aesthetic and entertainment value, but to try to portray a unity and flow between the different facets, and I do hope that this was brought across appropriately!

Nevertheless, I was incredibly proud of the entire cast, all of which very clearly put their best foot forward for the show. Even though my heart was pounding non-stop through the entire drama, I had a wonderful time as soon as I realized things were actually going very smoothly. The audience’s reaction was perfect every time, laughing at the right moments and noticing all the correct minute details. After the drama, we went straight into a fashion show, as part of a performance for the Malay wedding scene. Andy and Wen Yan looked simply adorable on the bersanding seats, all ready to get married! It seemed to me that although it involved the least acting or even moving, this scene had Andy the most nervous of all, even more so than the market scene!

9.00pm The drama ended on a high note, with Xing Ying’s pride and joy, the mass dance. Her long hours of choreographing and planning apparently did pay off really well, judging by the happy, amused faces I saw in the audience during the dance. Even our dear Hall Master was grinning ear to ear.

Just mere performances from us would not be enough for Malaysia Night 2009, so it was our pride and honour to invite our dear Malaysian seniors from Malaysia Night 2008 back onstage with us to perform last year’s theme song, Identiti along with us. It was just our small way of thanking them for all that they have done for us, for making us feel so welcome in KEVII Hall and really making us feel at home. It was a touching scene, and I do believe I caught a not-so-dry eye or two.

Next up was the showcasing of the various talents in Malaysia Night 2009. We had Juin Shiong and Su Yi perform a beautiful song each on the piano, but I do believe that the crowd-stealer was their duet on Jay Chou’s Secret. Then out came Xing Ying and Kenneth to sing Gemilang, literally translated as Excellence, a song popularized by the first Malaysian Idol, Jaclyn Victor, which carries elements of striving to be the best one can be and being capable of achieving anything. (Note: I am to clarify that it was NOT a love song. Repeat, NOT a love song.)

9.30pm So the night went on, with a hearty and hale games session. The game emcees were expecting to have to do quite a bit of work in pulling people onstage for the bamboo dance, air bandung and lompat tali (rope-skipping), but we were all pleasantly surprised when we had a surplus of volunteers! Watching from backstage, it was fun to see not only the volunteers get to have fun, but those watching from amongst the audience be highly amused as well. The air bandung game got a bit messy, with a few spills and contestants having to drink from punctured straws, but it was quite a hit nonetheless. The star of the lompat tali though, was Hui Ning, who proved herself quite the professional as she traversed height after height of rope effortlessly.

All too soon, it was time for the lucky draw, and then a final round of mass dance. As we then went down from the stage to mingle with the crowd and say our thank-yous and good-byes, it was good to sense a general feeling of satisfaction and good feedback! Thank you everyone for coming and supporting this year’s Malaysia Night. We had a blast, and certainly hope you did too!

《过客》—-King Edward VII Hall中文戏剧社倾情奉献

(Translated article will be up soon.)

by: 刘晨瑶

烛光摇曳，乐声凄婉。

伴随着那抹白色的身影隐入幕后，《过客》－KE VII中文戏剧年度大戏－在观众的惊叹，意犹未尽中，画上了华丽的句号。

二月十七日晚上八点，这一出耗时一年，倾入中文戏剧全组人员心力的年度大戏呈现给了观众最好的视听盛宴。感人至深的表演，美轮美奂的舞台设计，如梦似幻的灯光效果，摄人心魄的背景音乐，不能不说，今年的年度大戏各个方面都取得了长足的进步。

剧情剖析

《过客》，是赖声川导演早期创作的一部舞台剧，讲述了一个诡异的乡下女孩闯入了一群文艺青年的生活。她的到来引出了激烈的冲突，撕破了表面平静的表象，呼唤出每个人真心的自我。

相别于很多舞台剧分段式，破碎不连贯的场景，《过客》巧妙运用了分段却连贯的情节发展手法。首尾呼应的独白，构成铺陈与结论，结构更显饱满，完整。

第一幕的独白，七个剧中人物勾勒出第八位主角的故事，从各自的角度刻画了一个谜样的林未。七段独白如同告解一般，向观众吐露心中的疑惑及感受。不完整的叙述引出倒叙的剧情，接下来的场景则自然而出，水到渠成而不显突兀。一如第一幕，第13幕的独白中，林未依然是缺席的主角，前后浑然一体，凸现了“谜”一般的形象，平添了几分神秘的色彩。

一桩报上的分尸案暗中推动着情节进入了主旋律。这个由鸿鸿无意提出的片断性话题看似不至于成为剧情的脉搏，然而在无意识下，我們一直被提醒著有关“清水分尸案”的后续报道。不免有点对号入座式的联想，到底这案件和此剧中的人，事物有没有关系？这样，成功的勾起了观众好奇心，观众的心中不免在像看偵探小說般有着深切的好奇，“到底，誰，是兇手？真相，是什么？”

值得一提的另一个吸引眼球的手法是戏中戏。在〈(3) 訪客〉及〈(5)劉董〉這兩段場景中，太劍一人在台上假想著自己是武俠小說中的大俠，自己自說地演出一個段落中的片段。這樣似真似假的「角色扮演」無形中已建構成一個戲中戲的模式。此外，最為明顯的段落莫過於〈(7)雙焦點舞台〉及〈(10)在森林中找尋自我〉。配上绝美的音乐和灯光效果，似假还真，欲说还休的氛围贯穿了整出戏，扣人心弦，欲罢不能。事实上，这就是赖声川所提及的“集体创作”的原貌及整体的运作模式，同时，更为剧场及表演下了很好的注解。

最后的独白无疑是剧情的升华，犹如August Strindberg’s A Dream Play的结局，角色一一舍去自己最重要，最珍贵的东西抑或负担，重新审视自我。呼应开场，仿若回忆着如梦似幻的相遇。然而，梦醒了，却仍百思，不得解。这样的再现不仅承袭了现代剧的表现风格，也加入了后现代的元素，而这也正是当时台湾戏剧流行的表现手法。

分段式连贯的剧情架构以及独白前后呼应，让这出戏有着完整的呈现；戏中戏的手法，加深了情节发展，拓宽人物层次；侦探式的片段，切片剖析创作的面貌让此剧成功吸引了观众的目光。无疑，这是一次成功的尝试。

结束语

让人赞叹的是，中文戏剧社在没有任何专业演出可以参考的情况下，所有场景，灯光，音效全部由学生自己揣摩，反复推敲，讨论。无数次修改方案，多少夜晚挑灯开会，终于，这样一出凝聚了所有成员心血的剧作成功在艺术中心成功上演。

我们相信，一路走来，点点滴滴，都将铭刻在我们的记忆，烙印在观众的心上，成为King Edward VII Hall历史上永远的一笔。

Forum #5: Chinese Drama – Passer-By

What Do You Think Of It?

KEVII Dinner & Dance! “In Your WILDEST Dreams”

(This post will be a sticky till DnD ends. Scroll down for the latest KE7News updates.)

Hey KEVIIans!

Dinner and Dance 2009 proudly presents to you the mega event of the year:

“In Your WILDEST Dreams”
14 March 2009, 7.00pm
Seletar Country Club
Ticket price: $35

It is a Fantasies and Nightmares theme which means anything goes! Come dressed as anyone from your favourite movie characters to toys to sea creatures or even getai! Come up with the best table theme and you might just win best dressed table!

Tickets are being sold from now till next week in the dining hall from 5.30-7.30pm – HURRY and GET THEM BEFORE MID TERM.

Brought to you by,
DnD 08/09

Love is in the Air! (and in your ears!)

KE A Cappella will be singing door to door upon request on every night 8 to 11pm from Wednesday (11th February) to Friday (13th February)!

Take this opportunity to Confess Your Love or Celebrate Friendship with each other! Each song will cost a token sum of $1.00.

There’ll be a booth set up in the dining hall this week so come down to support us and check out our song list!

- KE A Cappella

Chinese Drama: Passer-By

Come and support KEVII’s Chinese Drama!

KEVII Wushu Camp – December 2008

Writer: Sharon Lynn Chu
Editor: Angel
Photographs: Sharon Lynn Chu

If you were to walk by the KE7 Comm Hall last week, you would have been greeted by gleeful shouts of children, as young as seven years old – a rare occurrence in our hall. From Monday the 11th to Friday the 15th of December, the comm hall served as the training grounds for the 2nd Wushu camp organized this year by the coach of the KEVII Wushu team, Zhuang lao shi (老师 or teacher). The 1st camp was held in July 2008 to prepare our athletes for the then upcoming National Wushu Competitions in August.

The camp gathered not only Wushu athletes from the KEVII team but also Wushu practitioners from other clubs outside, all children much younger than us and also students of our coach.

For those who attended the camp, last week was a tiring but tremendously enjoyable and fruitful week. Starting at 8.45am, training lasted until around 12pm when we would break for lunch before taking off again at 2pm till around 5pm. Throughout the five days, the more experienced of us underwent a revision of our Wushu basics while the uninitiated ones were introduced to this wonderful martial art. All of us also went through physical fitness and stamina exercises, and we each learned a new routine, either fist or weapon.

The Wushu camp has certainly been a great experience for all those who joined in. Frog jumping all the way up the newly-built slope near G block after having run six times up and down it first is no easy feat, but the satisfaction afterwards was enormous. The camp has also enabled us to forge new friendships and to strengthen the bonds between us.

To sum it all, KEVII December Wushu camp 2008 encapsulated everything that is the essence and spirit of WUSHU: perseverance, determination, passion, benevolence, patience, courage… On behalf of KEVII Wushu team, I would like to take this opportunity to sincerely thank our coach, Zhuang lao shi. If you would like to join our big KEVII Wushu family, it is not too late. Come and join our trainings next semester, starting the first week of school in January!

Wushu Inter-Varsity Games 2008

Author: Ashish Rudola
Edited by: Chan Yu Kit

The Wushu Inter Varsity Games 2008 was held on the 18^th of October, just two days after our Hall’s Inter- cultural Night (ICN). The competition was a chance for participants to showcase their martial arts skills. It was held in the Macpherson Campus of the ITE College Central. Among the various institutions which participated were Singapore Polytechnic, Ngee Ann Polytechnic, NTU, ITE College and Republic Polytechnic, to name a few.

The NUS Wushu team comprised of 6 members, all females and all from KE!! These elite Wushu artistes are Ng Huey Shin, Ye Dan, Sharon Lynn Chu, Shan Yu, Zeng WanLing and Irene Wong Mei Jin. These girls have had to undergo rigorous and incessant trainings since September this year. They had to tirelessly perfect their choreographed moves while keeping it in sync with the music. The music they used was “Ba Wang Bie Ji” – translated as “Farewell My Concubine”. It was chosen by their coach who thought the lyrics were very motivating. And he was right! The team put up a magnificent performance!

There were many categories for teams to compete in. Some of them were chang quan (long fist), nan quan (Southern fist), short weapon, long weapon et cetera. All these formed part of the “Traditional category”. Our team, however, took part in the “Open category”. This was the first time our team was taking part in this category because previously we always took part in the traditional category.

The event started at 10am. First up were all the traditional categories. Our team had to wait patiently for the very last event of the day, the “Open category- Group Routine”, to showcase their talents. All attired in red, the team started with utmost focus. Each team member did justice to her place in the team by skillfully and gracefully executing each and every move. Choreographed to perfection, each move dazzled the audience. With perfect coordination, the team completed a series of jumps, flips, kicks and punches to finish their act which earned a huge round of applause from the audience.

The team secured 4^th place in the group routine- open category. The champion was the host institution, ITE College. Though the KE Wushu team did not win first place, it was still a mighty effort to finish just outside the top three in a category where the team had never taken part in before. Credit must be given to all the team members for having worked so hard throughout this semester. By experiencing this event, the team would surely have learnt a lot and by next year, they would be in a position to grab the gold! They have the entire Hall’s support. Go Wushu!

All Photos Can Be Found Here: KE Vision

An Interview with Mi Chelle :)

Mi Chelle is the One in Pink! (ICN 2007)

Foo Mi Chelle – a former KEVIIan, Pharmacy graduate and an illustrious dancer – was one of the DansDemonz dancers who performed during ICN 2008. KE Press was intrigued and we’ve managed to get 15 minutes of her time for a brief interview!

1. An introduction about yourself?

My name is Foo Mi Chelle. Yes, it is separately that way. No it is not joined together. It is an English cum Chinese name, special eh? Haha. Anyway, I was in Pharmacy while I was in NUS, graduated July 2008. I am an avid AB blocker. My last 2 years were spent in room B309. It’s a quiet, peaceful place and I love it! Currently, I am completing my 9-month pre-registration pharmacy training at National University Hospital.

2. What are you participating in for KE right now and why?

I am currently dancing with Dansdemonz. Why? I would say, why not? I have been dancing with them for 4.5 years now, and it has been a great experience for me. In my 2nd year, I was dance head. I had the opportunity to play a lead role as Juliet in my 1st year, and another lead year in my 4th year. Thanks to Fen, the super alumni really Anyway, Dansdemonz during work life is the best place to let out some steam, to do something different from work, to interact with the ever-bubbly and fun dancers. Working makes me miss things that you would never have thought you would miss during uni days. So treasure it!

ICN 2004: ... when Mi Chelle was cast as Juliet opposite Fen. (Trivia: Banner says October 22nd 2004)

3. Wow, you’ve really been active in Dansdemonz! Apart from dancing, what do you miss most about KE?

The sincerity of people, feeling like we’re one big family, the dance room!

4. Mind sharing with us your Top 3 Favourite Dinner Specials?

Oh, that’s a hard one. Can I choose from breakfast instead? The Hara Lotus bao, waffles and tea!

ICN 2006

5. What about your favourite CCAs and Block?

Dansdemonz, Float Dance, Hallplay, Band. Block B!

6. Ooh, anyway what do you hope KE will be like in the near future? Any improvements you would like to see?

Escalators from the bus terminal. And lifts in blocks! I mean, seriously, those stairs are ridiculous especially when hallmates are injured (which happened to me in my 1st year), climbing those stairs are a pain!

Performing in ICN 2007

7. Haha we hope that will be a reality one day! Last question, any words of advice for current KEVIIans?

Make as many friends as you can. Keep as many as you can. When you start working, things are not as straight-forward. You don’t know who you can trust. Find a gf/bf. Learn as many skills as you can, including languages, because you sure will NOT have as much time to do so when you’re out working.

Thank you Mi Chelle! We hope that you’ll be successful in all your future endeavours and we’ll see you around in Hall soon? Thank you again for performing during ICN!

And of course, ICN 2008!

ICN: Behind the Scenes

All Photos Courtesy Of KE Vision (also known as KE PhotoComm).
Photos can be found here: ICN 2008

Photographers: Ada, Cao Ying & Wen Qing