Sammi Cheng is on road to recovery after seven months of recuperation. Photo: Sammi Cheng/Instagram
Long Covid symptoms are debilitating, and Sammi Cheng can attest to that.
The Cantopop superstar, who went offline for seven months, returned to Instagram on Jan 25 with an update that she is finally on the road to recovery after contracting the virus in May 2023.
Clad in a baby blue cloud-print sweatsuit, the 51-year-old Hong Kong actress-singer said her outfit reflected her mood.
“Looking back at last year, there were times when I was really physically and emotionally numbed. Sometimes I was OK, sometimes not. Sometimes high, sometimes low ... that’s life,” Cheng wrote in her post in Chinese.
She added: “By 2024, the dirty clouds will have dissipated, and my body and mind will be like the blue sky and white clouds.”
Cheng, who won Best Actress at the 2023 Hong Kong Film Awards for her performance in the drama Lost Love, also shared snapshots of herself exercising.
Known for her strict diets and fitness regimen, she said it felt great to finally be able to get active again, even if she had to start slow and keep her workout simple and non-strenuous.
Cheng also offered glimpses of how she spent her time at home, including taking make-up lessons, watching make-up tutorials on YouTube and clearing out her wardrobe.
Known for songs such as Beautiful Life (2001) and Love is... 2.0 (2023), she had to postpone her You & Mi Sammi Cheng World Tour for a year as she was suffering from Covid-19 symptoms. She had planned to hold 13 concerts at the Hong Kong Coliseum from July 14, 2023. – The Straits Times/Asia News Network
