Other Trivias

credit to: ling gan

1, Sammul is pronounced as “Samuel.” Actually, his original name, which was given by one of his sisters, was the latter. But when he was 11, he had to fill out an identity card form and misspelled his name, thus his name is written as Sammul since.

2, Besides Sammul and 陈键锋, his fans also call him 苗 (Cantonese: Miu / Mandarin: Miao), which means sprout, or a new young plant. Besides the word “Miu” has a quite similar pronunciation with the last syllable of his English name, “mul”, it also depicts his looks that are refreshing, young-looking, and healthy.

3, Sammul lived his first 19 years of life in a church with his parents and 2 older sisters where his father worked as a church worker. His family has been a Christian for 5 generations. He never joins TVB’s praying ceremony, which is an important event for the involved TVB artistes to attend, because it contradicts his Christian beliefs. He prays according to his beliefs instead, for the good ratings of his series.

4, Sammul doesn’t sign a management contract with TVB (AKA is not TVB’s own son as the media calls it), and is managed by Ivy Chow who has been his manager since he began to work in the entertainment world in 1999. One of the reasons of his not wanting to sign a full contract with TVB is because he doesn’t want to change his manager, who is like his second mom as she has been promoting, caring, loving, and supporting him since they work together.

5, Besides being an actor and singer, Sammul also takes some jobs as a live event and TV host, model, and dubber.

6, Besides his native language Cantonese, he also has a good command of English and Mandarin.

7, Sammul always wants to try new things, and he has some eclectic certificates. He has been certified in lifesaving, grade 2 amateur roller blading, canoeing, being a member of the Red Cross, studying sign language, child caring, and scuba diving. When he is free, he will go hiking, canoeing and scuba diving.

8, Sammul is very good in flower arranging. He inherited and learned the skills from his mother, who is an expert in it. He also is a great gift wrapper. He always wraps his gifts for others, even if he’s busy, as he thinks it doesn’t look good when giving someone a gift without any wrappings.

9, Sammul is passionate about photography, child education, volunteering, and the environment.

10, Sammul likes to collect things like watches and some Red Cross paraphernalias, especially badges. Everytime he goes to a new country, he will always find as many Red Cross badges as possible to fulfill his dream, collecting different shapes and designs of them.

11, He has donated his blood for myriad times. He joined the Red Cross in high school from 1990-1997 and was appointed as Youth Ambassador for Red Cross since 2004.

12, Sammul has a sweet tooth.13. Sammul once received lymph node surgery.