Actress Chantalle Ng turns 29 as her mother recalls their bedtime story ritual

SINGAPORE – Local actress Lin Meijiao recalled her bedtime reading ritual with her daughter, as actress Chantalle Ng turned 29 on June 17.

“Chantalle loved listening to stories when she was young,” Lin, 60, wrote in Chinese on social media.

“Before going to bed, I would read stories to her when I had the time. We would immerse ourselves in the stories every night.”

The veteran actress said her daughter’s love for reading remained unchanged after she grew up.

“I wanted to let her relive her childhood favourite for her birthday this year,” Lin wrote. “We need some innocence and some relaxing moments for balance and to relax our mind while we’re busy working.”

The veteran actress used the hashtags #HappyBirthday, #StoryBook and #ComeHomeWhenYouAreTired.

Ng, best known for her role as the bubbly Vietnamese bride in the hit drama My Star Bride (2021), shared past and present photos on Instagram to mark her birthday.

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“Happy birthday to me yay,” she wrote. “Surrounded by so much love, thank you, everyone who loves me.”

The actress is currently filming the blockbuster drama Emerald Hill, a spin-off of the popular television series The Little Nyonya (2008 to 2009).

She posted photos of herself making funny faces when she was a child, and a photo of her celebrating her birthday with her co-stars.

Ng and her mother had shared on social media over the weekend that their 17-year-old dog Dasher had died.

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