Beijing Times

I arrived in Beijing last Tues, the 27th and since then my days have been filled with activity.  I have never really had a chance to enjoy Beijing.  The last time I spent a long time in this city was when I was 14.  My dad took my sister, Jen, Harry, and me one summer for an entire month.  In this month, we were mainly there to learn.  During that time I remember I had swimming, Chinese dance, volleyball, piano, and mandarin classes...so, my outlook on Beijing was much different back then.  

You have a new take on a city like Beijing…having friends already and being an adult.  I spent the first night meeting up with my friends from Norway who live in Beijing…as well as my 2 cousins, Lawrence and Martin.  We watched Lawrence play at a gig in this club that had a weird set up and was extremely hot.  Martin asked one of the workers if they had air con and the guy nodded his head…then when he asked if it was turned on….he shook his head…then when he asked “can you turn it on?” he shook his head again…yes, Beijing is filled with very hospitable people (sarcasim)….makes you feel proud to be Chinese….Lawrence was in Beijing playing at the Jazz Festival that is held only once a year.  So, the Hilton was filled with musicians from all over the world.  It was pretty cool!  I’m hoping to visit a few jazz clubs on my nights off from shooting…luckily, I’ve met a few great musicians in the city….it will definitely help me relax on my days off.  

So…my action packed days started off with a meeting with the directors and some of the cast and crew.  It looks like I’ll be working with some cool people.  My new assistant, Guo Guo is a very cute little girl and we hit it off on the first day that we met.  My new China manager, Linda…is also way cool. I have been spending most of my days with the two of them….going for massages, facials, shopping, eating, yoga, badminton…you name it!  …all the necessary things to do…we have done it!  I almost feel like I have been on vacation for the past few days.  I’ve gone and explored the nightlife with my Euro buddies…and they’ve called out their hot friends to go dancing with us.  It’s been pretty fun so far….

Now, I’m off to Shanghai to take care of some things as well as spend some time with my family…esp Lawrence’s little twins….when I get back to Beijing it will almost be time for me start shooting.  During this time, I’ll have to start learning my lines and memorizing lyrics…..I’m going to attempt to do some video blogging while I’m shooting this movie.  By the way, the name of my musical movie is called “Dance For Love”….stay tuned!

自從我上個月二十七日來到了北京，我的生活變得非常充實，說真的 ，我以前從來沒有機會好好欣賞過北京。

記得我在北京呆的最長的一次，是在我十四歲的那年，那年夏天 ，我父親帶著我二姐和弟弟以及我，在北京住了整整一個月 ，學各種東西，其中包括游泳，中國舞，排球，鋼琴，以及中文等等 。所以我當時認識的北京完全不一樣。

我再次來北京已經是成年人了，而且還認識了一些朋友。

這回我到北京的第一晚上，我和我的兩個表哥Lawrence和M artin，以及一個從Norway來的朋友一起玩 ，我這個朋友已經移民到北京，我們約了一起看我的表哥Lawre nce表演，他是在一個俱樂部裡演出，那天天氣特別熱 ，Martin問一個服務生他們有沒有冷氣，那傢伙點了點頭表示 有，Martin又問，“那你能不能開冷氣啊？”，他又點了點頭 ，北京人就這樣，自以為是的樣子。

Lawrence是來參加一年一度的爵士節的，Hilton擠滿 了來自世界各地的音樂人，非常

cool，我希望在北京拍戲之餘，能有更多的機會去爵士俱樂部看 演出，因為我有機會認識了好幾個非常棒的音樂人，我相信對我來說 ，那會是最好的減壓方法。

他們走了以後，我開始進入工作，首先我和導演以及一些其他的演員 見了面，看來我會和一些很不錯的人一起工作。

我的助理果果是一個很可愛的女孩，我們一見面就已經很投緣了 ，我也很喜歡我大陸的經理人Linda，接下來的時間我都和她們 倆混在一起，我們一起去按摩，美容，購物，吃飯，做瑜珈 ，打羽毛球，差不多可以做的都做了，我像是在渡假似的 ，我還體驗了一下北京的夜生活，我的朋友（歐洲活佛 ）把他的那些很火的朋友都叫了出來，陪我們跳舞，到現在為止一切 還都挺不錯呢。

現在我回到了上海料理一些雜物，趁機和家人聚聚，尤其是Lawr ence的一對雙胞胎，接著再回北京時，我真的得投入工作 ，開拍之前我得熟記我的台詞，歌詞，同時還得為這部電影作宣傳 ，哦，我拍的這部電影名字叫［如果愛我就跟我跳只舞吧］

This is my assistant, Guo Guo (in the middle) and my manager in China, Linda (right)