Super Friends @ Work @ W|在W工作中的超級好友|在W工作中的超级好友

Dearest Friends,

The past couple of weeks has been like a cyclone for me... Always being chased for time, always trying to catch up As I have mentioned months ago, i am currently still working on my first solo album. I am very blessed to have the freedom to personally write all my songs. As I am a first timer, it took me quite while to get my demos done with the help from my dear friend Charles Teo. After getting each demo done, I had to sum up the courage to send them to my company and tell them that  'this is the songs i wrote. Pls listen to them and hopefully we can use it for my album'' I was so terrified and worried that they might think it's simply lousy noise and not music. I am afraid of getting hurt. Sending them a demo each time made me lose a night's sleep. This went on for about 3 months. Today, though the album's yet complete, I wanna extend my thanks to my company Hk Star for their trust in me.

Everytime I send them a song, I will tell them of my vision for the song, I want them to visualise my song so they can feel what i felt when i was writing it. One day, my boss called me to the company for a meeting. He said, hey, since you have so much imagination for your songs and you have participated in quite a few movie productions, why don't you direct your own music video. Being myself, I simply jumped on the opportunity without hesitation and said "Wow ! Yah !! OK !!" . He then continued... " i thought you should direct a shirt film for your album too !"

I went " huh?short film ???" he explained and said it will be a very good experience for me and it gives me more space and medium to express what I want since this is my first self written album.... I jumped on that too, of course..

My initial idea of my story was a brotherly love. I needed a person who is physically much taller than I am, with a kind face and a person who loves to spread love to people around him... the 1 st person that came to my mind is Vanness. I took my chance and sent him an invitation email to star in my self directed short film and told him the story. Honestly, I didn't have much hope as I know he as been extremely extremely busy with recording, movie promotion, his album and music video production, his new jewellery line, and he gonna start filming his new feature film, been flying all over Japan, Taiwan, Singapore and China every other day........ and he will not be coming to HK anytime soon for any other jobs. He replied the very next day ! He said he's happy to be part of my short film but....will need some time to sort out his schedule.... Van went to Singapore for his movie production and coincidentally Rozy was there and I told Rozy...hey....hey.......can you pls ask Van if he can really make it for my shirt film?? please please please.....

Van emailed me again, He said " Hey Race, I'll do it, only if I get to stay at theW Hotel."

I said " OK .... yes yes sure...i'll get my company to arrange this" inside me....i thought... oh no....i wonder if my company has the budget. But if Van says that, I wouldn't hesitate to pay for the his hotel from my own pocket. and then......i remembered that months ago ,Patrick mentioned about some collaboration between Alivenotdead and theWhotel. I called him up and asked if he could hook me up with some discount.

I have to tell the world that I am such a LUCKY gal....Patrickintroduced me to Matthew, the marketing director of the W Hotel. 3 days before the shoot, i went to the W Hotel for a meeting with my camera man, Jam and scriptwriter, Banana to finalize our shooting schedule. It simply did not make any sense that I am able to finish what I wanted since Van is only gonna be in town for a one day shoot. I was on the verge of breaking down............oh my god....Van is gonna be here soon and i haven't got my story ready...... oh man...................i'm so lost............... i looked around me......took a deep breath.........i looked around the bar....the modern yet cozy decorations hanging in the air suspended from the ceiling..............at the sun setting outside the window.. the rays cutting through the glass and shadows cast on the carpet and sofas... i let the beauty around me envelope me in the romantic embrace........i feel so good here..... i'm so lost yet i feel good here................ can i capture this feeling on film...? What about a love story that started here in this hotel ....? I told my team my ideas and we came up with a completely new story. I met up with Matthew immediately and asked if we are able to shoot in the hotel.

The next day, which is Thursday afternoon, I walked the whole Causeway bay to look for clothes for Van and myself based on my ideas of what we're gonna shoot. I don't know Van's sizes but merely told the salesman to get me the standard Model's size for all the clothes i picked for Van. I was counting on my luck boy....after that I had to return to the W hotel for a final meeting. I called Phil up and asked for his help. I know it's impossible that I can pull this off on my own, being the actress and director  and get things all done in a day.  I know Phil has so much more expertise and experience and directing and camera works cuz he has taught Rozy and I a little on this area too.PHILIP NG, he is amazing. He canceled his appointments for the day and came to my final but his first meeting about my short film at 7pm at the W hotel. We realized that we have to start filming my part the very next day, which is Friday, before Van shoots his part on Saturday. After our meeting, i rushed over to show my support at a friend's concert, hurried home, packed my stuffs and checked into the W hotel in the middle of the night and woke up at 5am for day 1 shooting. Phil came at 6am and walked me through what he has planned for the day. He even drew out the shot list. Our shoot went smoothly and we had all our stuffs done. Van arrived in the afternoon and was immediately shoved to do an interview with us. . poor van..

The next day, Saturday is the day I have most anticipated and feared. We started hair and make up at 6am. The good thing about my short film is that it is continuation from my music video. So i got Jacky Heung to come and shoot the first break up scene with me. Van woke up at 5am to swim and work out at the gym. We had reporters following us throughout the day, a press conference at 2.30pm, then tv crew to interview us again in the evening. I sincerely appreciate all the media support and press coverage. However, on that day when we were chasing after every second, trying to get our stuffs done.......... there was simple so much interruptions.... and at early evening, I was losing it.... i kept telling Phil, '' Phil thank you for being here. If not for you, today's impossible. Thank you thank you.....oh my god...there's so much press and so much requests, so many people and everyone's exhausted and I'm sure Van's so tired too !!! "

Matthew saw me and said " girl man you look good but you're so stressed out. Is there anything i can do to help you?"

"yes Matthew. There's 35 people here and I can't make them leave cuz they've waited for an hour and a half and they're here to interview us ............ Can i go up to your pool and shoot ?"

Thank you Matthew. You have been the best person one could ever be given the circumstances on a sat night at W hotel. I am so blessed you're the Marketing Director there and not anyone else !!!!!!!!!!

Patrick and some of my other fav AnD family came to show their support for Van, Phil and I but were ignored cuz we were so stressed out...... so sorry....

Sincere thanks to my crew, Ming, Marco, Banana, Jam, Ah Lok and many others.... ...... people who gave their time and love and made things possible for me..

Van, thank you for your patience....and next time, I'll be more prepared. haha..... i wholeheartedly thank you for your trust and love. May us Super Friends have more collaborations to come. After working for 2 full days, I collapsed on Sunday and stayed in bed most of the day while Pil got up in the morning and edited the film. Phil, You're a superman !!!! I saw the rough cut on Sunday night and ...................ooohh................i can't boast about it too much but seriously, all the  stress and hard work....it was all so worth it !!!!!!!!!!!! Van you look great, only just your abs and your body, but your acting. Wow.... thank you for the tears. So touched..... can't imagine anyone else playing your part. .......

the 3.V.O.7 Postcards are beautiful. Next time give me some Poster sizes instead !

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親愛的朋友們，

過去幾週對我來說像是一個氣旋似的...

總是和時間在你追我趕

正如我幾個月前提到，目前我仍然在製作我的第一張個人專輯。

我很幸運可以擁有親自創作我所有歌曲的自由。

由於我是個初哥，在我親愛的朋友Charles Teo的幫助下，我還是花了不少時間去做 Demo。在完成每個 Demo 後，我還要鼓起勇氣將其送到我的公司，告訴他們 '這是我寫的歌。請細心聽聽，希望可以收錄在我的專輯，'我十分害怕和擔心，他們可能認為這只是噪音，而不是音樂。我怕受傷害。每次把 Demo 交給他們後我都會失眠。這種情況一直持續了近3個月。今天，儘管專輯尚未完成，我要感謝我的公司香港星對我的信任。

每次我送他們一首歌，我會告訴他們我對這歌曲的意念，我希望他們能夠想像到我歌曲的意境，以便他們能夠感受到我在創作歌曲時的感受。有一天，我的老闆叫我 到公司開會。他說，嘿，既然你對你的歌曲有那麼多的想像力為，你也參加過不少電影製作，何不嘗試為自己的音樂錄影帶做導演。我毫不遲疑地答應： “Wow ! Yah !! OK !! ” 。然後，他繼續說... “我覺得你也應該為你的專輯導演一套短片呢 ! ”

我說“huh? 短片??? ”

他解釋說，這對我來說將會是一個非常好的經驗，因為這是我第一次自己創作的專輯，這樣你便有更多的空間和媒介去表達你想要的是甚麼，....

我當然也欣然答應..

我最初想到的是一個關於友愛的故事。我需要一個個子比我高，擁有善良的臉，喜歡將愛散播給別人的人...我第一個想起的人就是吳建豪。我把握機會，向他發 了電郵，把故事告訴他並邀請他在我自編自導的短片中演出。老實說，我沒抱有太大期望，因為我知道他是非常非常忙著錄音，電影宣傳，他的專輯和音樂錄像製 作，他的新珠寶系列，還有要準備開拍的新電影，隔天便雖來回於日本，台灣，新加坡等地之間........短期內都不會因其他工作來香港。

第二天他回覆了!

他說他很高興能夠參與我的短片，但....需要一些時間來安排他的日程....

Van因為他的電影製作而到了新加坡，碰巧Rozy也在那裡，我告訴Rozy ...hey....hey.......可否代為問一下Van是否能真的抽空參與我的短片?? 請請請.....

Van再次發電郵給我，他說： “Hey Race，要是我能入住W酒店，我便答應你。 ”

我說“OK....是、是、一定...我會通知公司安排的”

我心裡想....oh no....我不知道公司有沒有這預算。但是，如果Van 這樣說，我會毫不猶豫地自掏腰包為他支付酒店的房租。然後......我記得，幾個月前，Patrick 提到Alivenotdead和 W酒店的一些合作計劃。我打電話給他，並問他是否可以幫我討一些折扣。

我要告訴大家，我確是個很幸運的女孩....在 Patrick 的介紹下，我認識了Matthew，W酒店的Marketing Director。 拍攝前3天，我到了W酒店和我的攝影師，Jam和編劇，Banana，開會確定我們的拍攝日程。由於Van 只有一天的時間在港進行拍攝，要在一天內完成我想要完成的根本沒有可能。我瀕臨崩潰............我的天....Van 很快就會來到，可是我還沒有準備好我的故事......oh man...................我很失落...............

我看著身邊......深呼吸了一口氣.........我看了看酒吧....那些舒適而又現代化的裝飾從天花板吊下來，懸在半空..... .........光線從窗外的夕陽..透過玻璃投射到地毯和沙發上...我被周遭的美麗我浪漫地擁抱著........我感覺很好.....我很失落但 這裡感覺很好................我能在短片中捕捉這種感覺嗎... ? 一個在這家酒店開始的愛情故事如何....?我將我的想法告訴我的同伴，我們提出了一個全新的故事。我立即找Matthew並問他我們是否可以在酒店內進 行拍攝。

翌日，週四的下午，我走遍整個銅鑼灣。目的就是要根據我的想法去為Van和我自己尋找適合的衣服。我不知道他的尺碼，只好告訴售貨員替我為Van挑選的所 有衣服找來標準模特兒的尺碼。我完全是碰碰運氣的....之後，我返回W酒店舉行最後一次會議。我打電話給Phil，並請求他幫忙。我知道自己要身兼演員 和導演，而且同時要在一天內完成所有的事情是不可能的。我知道Phil在導演和拍攝方面有更多專業知識和經驗，因為他曾經在這倆方面指導過Rozy和我。 伍允龍，他真是不可思議。他取消了當天的約會，於當晚7時首次來到W酒店參與我的短片的最後一次製作會議。我們很清楚知道在Van於週六抵達之前，我們必 須於第二天，即星期五，開始拍攝我的部份。會議後，我衝忙趕過去席一個朋友的演唱會，以示支持，然後匆匆回家，執拾了我的東西，在半夜到達W酒店 Check-in並於凌晨5時醒來開始第1天的拍攝工作。Phil 於早上6時到來和我簡述他的當天的程序。他甚至準備了清單。拍攝過程很順利，我們也完成了我們必須完成的東西。Van 在下午抵達，並立即和我們一起做訪問 。可憐的 Van..

翌日星期六，我一直期待和擔心的一天。我們從早上6時開始化粧和整理頭髮。幸好我的短片是我的音樂錄影帶的延續。所以我就請來 Jacky Heung 和我拍攝第一個分手的場面。Van在凌晨5點起床後去了游泳和到健身室做運動。我們整天都有記者朋友伴著，記者招待會於下午2時30分舉行，然後在傍晚再 次接受電視台的採訪。我真誠地感謝所有媒體的支持和報章的報導。然而，那天當我們正在追分逐秒，試圖把我們的工作完成..........但實在有太多的 打擾....到了傍晚時分，我感到有些失落....我不停地告訴Phil， " hil，感謝你在這裡。如果沒有你，今天是不可能的。謝謝!謝謝.....噢，我的天...這麼多的傳媒和要求，很多人，每個人都很疲憊，我相信Van也該很累呢!!! “

Matthew 看著我說： “你看來很招慮。我有甚麼能夠幫助你呢? ”

“有呀 Matthew。這裡有35人為要採訪我們在等了一個半小時，我又沒法令他們離開............我可以到您們的游泳池進行拍攝嗎?“

多謝 Matthew。週六晚上於W酒店遇上這種情況，你必定是任何人都想得到的最佳人選。我很慶幸這裡的Marketing Director是你，而不是其他人!!!!!!!!!!

在緊張和壓力下，尊誠到來支持Van，Philip 和我的 Patrick 和一些AnD的朋友，也被我們忽視了......非常抱歉....

真誠地感謝我的同事，Ming，Marco，Banana，Jam，Ah Lok 和許多其他.... ......所有為了令我這一切變得可能而付出他們的時間和愛心的人..

Van，感謝您的耐心等待....下一次，我會有更多的準備。哈哈.....我衷心感謝您的信任和愛。希望我們這班超級朋友將來會有更多的合作。

在兩個整天的工作過後，Phil 在週日早上便開始為短片進行剪輯，而虛脫的我則大多數留在床上休息。Phil，你是個超人 !!!! 當天晚上我看到短片的初版................... ooohh ................我不能太過自誇，但說認真的，所有的壓力和艱苦的工作....也是值得的!!!!!!!!!!!!Van 你真的很棒，不單是您的體型，還有您的演出。Wow....多謝你的淚水。很感動.....想像不到有任何人能代替您。 .......

那 3.V.O.7明信片十分漂亮。但下次請給我海報大小的啊 !

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亲爱的朋友们，

过去几週对我来说像是一个气旋似的...

总是和时间在你追我赶

正如我几个月前提到，目前我仍然在製作我的第一张个人专辑。

我很幸运可以拥有亲自创作我所有歌曲的自由。

由於我是个初哥，在我亲爱的朋友Charles Teo的帮助下，我还是花了不少时间去做 Demo。在完成每个 Demo 後，我还要鼓起勇气将其送到我的公司，告诉他们 \'这是我写的歌。请细心听听，希望可以收录在我的专辑，\'我十分害怕和担心，他们可能认为这只是噪音，而不是音乐。我怕受伤害。每次把 Demo 交给他们後我都会失眠。这种情况一直持续了近3个月。今天，儘管专辑尚未完成，我要感谢我的公司香港星对我的信任。

每次我送他们一首歌，我会告诉他们我对这歌曲的意念，我希望他们能够想像到我歌曲的意境，以便他们能够感受到我在创作歌曲时的感受。有一天，我的老闆叫我到公司开会。他说，嘿，既然你对你的歌曲有那麽多的想像力为，你也参加过不少电影製作，何不尝试为自己的音乐录影带做导演。我毫不迟疑地答应： “Wow ! Yah !! OK !! ” 。然後，他继续说... “我觉得你也应该为你的专辑导演一套短片呢 ! ”

我说“huh? 短片??? ”

他解释说，这对我来说将会是一个非常好的经验，因为这是我第一次自己创作的专辑，这样你便有更多的空间和媒介去表达你想要的是甚麽，....

我当然也欣然答应..

我最初想到的是一个关於友爱的故事。我需要一个个子比我高，拥有善良的脸，喜欢将爱散播给别人的人...我第一个想起的人就是吴建豪。我把握机会，向他发了电邮，把故事告诉他并邀请他在我自编自导的短片中演出。老实说，我没抱有太大期望，因为我知道他是非常非常忙著录音，电影宣传，他的专辑和音乐录像製作，他的新珠宝系列，还有要準备开拍的新电影，隔天便虽来回於日本，台湾，新加坡等地之间........短期内都不会因其他工作来香港。

第二天他回覆了!

他说他很高兴能够参与我的短片，但....需要一些时间来安排他的日程....

Van因为他的电影製作而到了新加坡，碰巧Rozy也在那里，我告诉Rozy ...hey....hey.......可否代为问一下Van是否能真的抽空参与我的短片?? 请请请.....

Van再次发电邮给我，他说： “Hey Race，要是我能入住W酒店，我便答应你。 ”

我说“OK....是、是、一定...我会通知公司安排的”

我心里想....oh no....我不知道公司有没有这预算。但是，如果Van 这样说，我会毫不犹豫地自掏腰包为他支付酒店的房租。然後......我记得，几个月前，Patrick 提到Alivenotdead和W酒店的一些合作计划。我打电话给他，并问他是否可以帮我讨一些折扣。

我要告诉大家，我确是个很幸运的女孩....在 Patrick 的介绍下，我认识了Matthew，W酒店的Marketing Director。拍摄前3天，我到了W酒店和我的摄影师，Jam和编剧，Banana，开会确定我们的拍摄日程。由於Van 只有一天的时间在港进行拍摄，要在一天内完成我想要完成的根本没有可能。我濒临崩溃............我的天....Van 很快就会来到，可是我还没有準备好我的故事......oh man...................我很失落...............

我看著身边......深呼吸了一口气.........我看了看酒吧....那些舒适而又现代化的装饰从天花板吊下来，悬在半空..... .........光线从窗外的夕阳..透过玻璃投射到地毯和沙发上...我被周遭的美丽我浪漫地拥抱著........我感觉很好.....我很失落但这里感觉很好................我能在短片中捕捉这种感觉吗... ? 一个在这家酒店开始的爱情故事如何....?我将我的想法告诉我的同伴，我们提出了一个全新的故事。我立即找Matthew并问他我们是否可以在酒店内进行拍摄。

翌日，週四的下午，我走遍整个铜锣湾。目的就是要根据我的想法去为Van和我自己寻找适合的衣服。我不知道他的尺码，只好告诉售货员替我为Van挑选的所有衣服找来标準模特儿的尺码。我完全是碰碰运气的....之後，我返回W酒店举行最後一次会议。我打电话给Phil，并请求他帮忙。我知道自己要身兼演员和导演，而且同时要在一天内完成所有的事情是不可能的。我知道Phil在导演和拍摄方面有更多专业知识和经验，因为他曾经在这俩方面指导过Rozy和我。伍允龙，他真是不可思议。他取消了当天的约会，於当晚7时首次来到W酒店参与我的短片的最後一次製作会议。我们很清楚知道在Van於週六抵达之前，我们必须於第二天，即星期五，开始拍摄我的部份。会议後，我衝忙赶过去席一个朋友的演唱会，以示支持，然後匆匆回家，执拾了我的东西，在半夜到达W酒店 Check-in并於凌晨5时醒来开始第1天的拍摄工作。Phil 於早上6时到来和我简述他的当天的程序。他甚至準备了清单。拍摄过程很顺利，我们也完成了我们必须完成的东西。Van 在下午抵达，并立即和我们一起做访问 。可怜的 Van..

翌日星期六，我一直期待和担心的一天。我们从早上6时开始化粧和整理头髮。幸好我的短片是我的音乐录影带的延续。所以我就请来 Jacky Heung 和我拍摄第一个分手的场面。Van在凌晨5点起床後去了游泳和到健身室做运动。我们整天都有记者朋友伴著，记者招待会於下午2时30分举行，然後在傍晚再次接受电视台的采访。我真诚地感谢所有媒体的支持和报章的报导。然而，那天当我们正在追分逐秒，试图把我们的工作完成..........但实在有太多的打扰....到了傍晚时分，我感到有些失落....我不停地告诉Phil， \"hil，感谢你在这里。如果没有你，今天是不可能的。谢谢!谢谢.....噢，我的天...这麽多的传媒和要求，很多人，每个人都很疲惫，我相信Van也该很累呢!!! “

Matthew 看著我说： “你看来很招虑。我有甚麽能够帮助你呢? ”

“有呀 Matthew。这里有35人为要采访我们在等了一个半小时，我又没法令他们离开............我可以到您们的游泳池进行拍摄吗?“

多谢 Matthew。週六晚上於W酒店遇上这种情况，你必定是任何人都想得到的最佳人选。我很庆幸这里的Marketing Director是你，而不是其他人!!!!!!!!!!

在紧张和压力下，尊诚到来支持Van，Philip 和我的 Patrick 和一些AnD的朋友，也被我们忽视了......非常抱歉....

真诚地感谢我的同事，Ming，Marco，Banana，Jam，Ah Lok 和许多其他.... ......所有为了令我这一切变得可能而付出他们的时间和爱心的人..

Van，感谢您的耐心等待....下一次，我会有更多的準备。哈哈.....我衷心感谢您的信任和爱。希望我们这班超级朋友将来会有更多的合作。 在两个整天的工作过後，Phil 在週日早上便开始为短片进行剪辑，而虚脱的我则大多数留在床上休息。Phil，你是个超人 !!!! 当天晚上我看到短片的初版................... ooohh ................我不能太过自誇，但说认真的，所有的压力和艰苦的工作....也是值得的!!!!!!!!!!!!Van 你真的很棒，不单是您的体型，还有您的演出。Wow....多谢你的泪水。很感动.....想像不到有任何人能代替您。 .......

那 3.V.O.7明信片十分漂亮。但下次请给我海报大小的啊 !