APRIL 21-25, 2008

Jones Missing Again

There is something I forgot to tell you, something that has left me feeling very upset for a good period of time. I came back to Hong Kong the day before yesterday and had two very unforgettable days. After I had a meeting with a friend, I went home and played with my two dogs for a while before going to sleep. When I woke up in the morning, I heard someone say that the two dogs were missing. My first reaction was “What? Missing?” I was honestly in shock - the news hit me out of the blue. Why did they run away?

We looked back at the video footage from the security cameras and discovered that for some unknown reason, around 3 o’clock in the morning, the main electric gates at the front door automatically opened. This was when the two dogs ran out of the property. By the time they wanted to come back home after roaming the streets, it was around 5 o’clock in the morning and everyone was still sleeping so no one opened the gates for them to come in. As a result, they left again and continued running around the streets. This time when they left, they didn’t come back. I think that no one should rely completely on electronics or computerized things because you never know when a problem will occur or when they’ll decide to malfunction.

In the morning, it wasn’t until after everyone woke up before someone noticed that the dogs were missing. We immediately called the police, made inquiries to the Agriculture and Fisheries Department to see if they had found any lost dogs roaming around, and made some other calls. As it turned out, the Agriculture and Fisheries Department found JJ but there was no sign of Jones. I had never imagined that Jones would go missing again. I’m not sure if you all still remember - my previous dog that went missing was also called Jones. I tried looking for him so many times but in the end, I never found him. After that incident, a friend of mine gave me two pups so I named one of them Jones in memory of Jones that I’d lost. And now Jones is missing again.

It’s been three days already since Jones disappeared and we still haven’t found him. I think the chances of finding him now are very slim.

Note: Jonesie was returned a few days later. To show you that Jackie has indeed been reuinted with both dogs, we took some photos on May 5th:

Travel Plans Delayed

My schedule for the past two days has been very tight and busy, and I wasn’t allowed to worry about my two dogs, so when I attended the Jackie Chan Sports opening ceremony, I couldn’t help but feel a little unhappy.

The Jackie Chan Sports opening ceremony was the day before yesterday and when it ended at 5 o’clock in the afternoon, I rushed straight to the airport. The weather was terrible with gale force winds, thunderstorms, and non-stop rain. On the way there, I kept asking if the planes could take off in this weather because if they couldn’t, then I didn’t need to be so rushed. Luckily, by the time I arrived at the airport, the signal three typhoon warning had been removed.

Although the strong wind warning had been removed, heavy rain was still falling and there was no sign of it stopping. I saw that a lot of places had surface flooding and I also noticed a lot of garbage and plastic bags being flushed along the gutter by the rain, blocking the opening of the storm water drainage system. With the garbage blocking the drains, it’s no wonder the streets are flooded. While traveling in the car, I watched as water from the rain surged towards low-lying lands, making already flooded areas even worse. I then started thinking, whenever there’s a flood, residents start blaming the government for not improving the problems that cause these floods. But then, why don’t people stop and think about how these floods happen in the first place? Why don’t they blame the people who throw their garbage in the streets, which ends up blocking the drainage system and creating the surface flooding? We should start by first improving ourselves, making sure that we throw away garbage the proper way, and regularly clear the gutters and drainage systems. If people can do this then the flooding problem will naturally be solved.

I finally arrived at the airport just after 6:00 P.M. For this trip, I deliberately asked my assistants not to come with me because I wanted to do this trip alone. I carried a bag on my back and inside it I had my brand new camera lens that I just recently bought.

Let me tell you, I used to really enjoy taking photos, it’s just that I’ve always had someone who would especially do this for me so I stopped taking photos myself. When I was filming with director Derek Yee, I listened to a lot of his theories and reasoning, and he said that there are a lot of things happening these days that can easily be forgotten but if you capture these moments with photos, you can bring them out at any time and remind yourself that at some point in time you went to some place and did something. I agree with his reasoning and think this is very true. Even though someone is already recording all this for me, documenting the things I do and the places I’ve been, but there are just too many events and too many things happening that even I get confused or forget what I did. One other thing, I’m currently the spokesman for Canon so I can easily buy some really good cameras, equipment, and lenses to take photos; for example, I bought a 200-300mm lens that I take with me everywhere. I must admit that this lens is a little heavy but at least I can use it to take photos wherever I go. The feeling is really nice and I enjoy every moment of it.

My two assistants walked me to the entrance of the restricted area and said their goodbyes before leaving. After they left, I went into the restricted area carrying my own bag on my back feeling lighthearted and carefree, completed immigration procedures, cleared airport security, and then made my way towards the waiting area. When it was nearly time to board the plane, I started heading towards the boarding gate and noticed a group of about 30 Canadian students who were waiting for their flight. They recognized me right away and were so excited that they all rushed towards me like a tidal wave. Right at this moment, an airline ground staff saw the situation and immediately offered to arrange for me to take an earlier flight. Of course I was very pleased to hear she could do this so I immediately said yes and accepted her offer. I gave her my plane ticket and she helped me rearrange my flight changes. By this time, the students were requesting to take photos with me, one after another, and also asking me for my autograph. I was happy to oblige but I knew if I started giving autographs, I wouldn’t be able to leave because behind the Canadian students, I saw a group of Koreans who were heading in my direction. In the end, I told them I was in a rush and had to catch my flight so I waved goodbye to them and then quickly left the boarding area. I went to the waiting lounge and waited for the boarding call. Time ticked by minute after minute. Seven o’clock, eight o’clock, nine o’clock and I was still waiting for the call. I started to wonder, why hasn’t anyone told me to board the plane yet? I couldn’t refrain from asking the customer service staff, when the plane would be boarding? They kept telling me “soon”. Finally, at 9:30, I was told I could board the plane.

I waited until after everyone had boarded the plane before being the last to get on the flight. As usual, I sat in my seat and started reading the newspaper. But while I was reading the paper, I noticed the airline crew walking up and down the aisles and quietly discussing something among themselves. Then an air hostess came up to me and told me that the flight had just been cancelled. I didn’t want to disturb other people on the plane so I quietly stood up, gathered my bags and grabbed my camera. By the time I was about to leave, a lot of passengers were already looking at me. I think they were wondering why I was travelling alone and getting off the plane by myself.

After I got off the plane, I didn’t know where to go so I called my assistant to come and pick me up, and then I made a few inquiries to see whether I could be booked on another flight, asked where I should go to change my plane ticket, and other things like that. I have to say, I learned a lot of things on this trip. In the past, I didn’t have to worry about any of these problems, big or small, because I usually have an assistant with me. But this time, I didn’t have any assistants by my side and I had to personally handle these things myself. Suddenly I realized that I’m not that stupid after all and I am capable of handling these things alone, which made me feel very happy. But of course, I couldn’t handle these matters without the help from airline staff and as it turned out, not even one flight would be taking off for the rest of the day so all I could do was change my ticket.

After I changed my plane ticket, I wanted to call my assistant but the batteries in my cell phone went dead. Just then, I remembered that I packed my spare batteries in my checked-in luggage. So, I had to go and collect my luggage before I could get my spare batteries, meet up with my assistant, and then leave the airport.
By the time I got back home, it was already past midnight. The weather outside was terrible - wild winds and heavy rain. I saw my dog inside his kennel and I felt sorry for him because it was windy, it was pouring, and he was all wet from the rain. I decided to let him out of his kennel and he was so happy that he pounced on me, making my whole body damp and dirty. I then bathed him, dried his body, and arranged a nice dry place for him to sleep. By the time I went to bed, it was around 2:00 A.M.

I woke up at 6 o’clock in the morning and rushed to the airport again. At last, there was a flight, which meant I could continue with my original schedule. However, the flight ended up being delayed for an hour before it could take off. I nearly forgot to tell you something, when I arrived at the airport, the place looked like a sea full of faces. There were people everywhere. I think because a lot of flights were cancelled yesterday that is why there were so many tourists and passengers gathered at the airport trying to rearrange their flights.
 
This time, I decided to travel alone again. The staff in my office said to me, “Wouldn’t it be better if you had an assistant with you? If you travel alone and come across more flight problems, it could get very troublesome.” I said to them that it doesn’t matter and I still wanted to travel by myself.
Because my flight was delayed for an hour, by the time I arrived at Beijing, it was already 1:30 P.M. and I still hadn’t collected my luggage. I waited for half an hour and my luggage still didn’t come. I have to tell you what happened but I don’t think you will believe me – my luggage wasn’t loaded on with my flight! Originally, I was scheduled to attend the Mitsubishi press conference at 1 o’clock but of course I was late. I could only hope to try my best and rush to the conference as soon as possible.

Events in Beijing

On the way to the conference, I was stuck in a traffic jam and it took over 45 minutes just to travel 328 feet. After making it through the traffic, I finally arrived at the newest and biggest exhibition hall in the whole of Southeast Asia. This is the first time Mitsubishi exhibited these new car models in China. Because my luggage didn’t make it to Beijing, I didn’t have any clothes to change into so I could only attend the press conference wearing the track suit that I had on.

Do you see that I'm wearing the track suit I traveled in? 

This is a very nice and environmentally friendly car.

At the press conference, I introduced three of Mitsubishi’s newest car models to the media. They were the tenth generation Evolution, Concept-RA (the newest model dream car), and the first generation environmentally friendly electronic hybrid car, i-MiEV. I was very happy to introduce this cute looking electronic hybrid car. I think that if everyone drove these hybrid cars, there would be less pollution and the quality of the air would greatly improve. Not only is this good for the environment, it will also benefit everyone’s health as well.

After the Mitsubishi press conference ended, I quickly rushed to attend an anti-piracy discussion forum where I met with the anti-piracy chairman, vice-chairman, and others, discussed ideas and exchanged opinions on the topic of anti-piracy. At the discussion forum, I saw Professor Yu Dan again. I was so happy. Many specialists and professionals attended this event and I was very pleased to hear everybody’s different views and suggestions. The government is also very supportive with striking back at piracy. We discussed the topic for nearly two hours and we came up with a lot of very useful and constructive ideas. Hopefully in the not too distant future, we can bring some good news to the heavily affected movie industry by totally eliminating piracy.

The Disciple Competition

After I finished all the work, I went back to the hotel and watched the video tapes of competitors from The Disciple competition. I think all my friends who have been reading my diaries will know about this program of finding a new star. We’re now in the stages of eliminating a contestant each week. To tell you the truth, I think all the competitors are very evenly matched and it’s getting hard for me to choose who should continue onto the next round and who should be eliminated. Every time I have to make this decision, I always find it very difficult. While I was watching the third episode, I felt very moved and touched. In this episode, two competitors (one male, one female) accidentally made an error while doing their performance and it resulted in them breaking a leg. Even though they were both injured but they still insisted on completing all the tasks and persevering to the end. When I injure myself, I never cry or shed a tear. But when I saw the contestants injure themselves, it wasn’t just me who had watery eyes, even the staff watching the video tapes with me had tears rolling down their cheeks because we all know how much hard work and effort they put into their performance and they never ever thought of giving up. We were all deeply touched by their steadfast spirit to continue till the end.

A lot of people say that children born in the 80s [in China] lack a sense of responsibility. Why is that? Children of this generation were brought up in an era of eating McDonalds and KFC, and watching Mickey Mouse and Donald Duck. This is the general impression people have on the generation born in the 80s. The reason for describing them with these distinctive characteristics is because these were the dominant things that reminded people of the generation that was born during the time when China started to reform, open to the world, and when the economy started to develop and flourish. At the same time, people of this generation were the first in China to be born under the one child per family policy, which means that the majority of these people are the only child in the family.

Some people feel that compared to a traditional family household, the lifestyle of an only child is considered well-off because they have more material possessions and they don’t have to share with anyone else. An advantage of being an only child is that most of them have the opportunity to get a good education. And because they have a good educational background, when it comes to competing with other people, they have the ability to present themselves with extra self-confidence. Some people think that another advantage of being an only child is that they are very realistic and their competitive nature to succeed is extraordinary. Surveys have also shown that because they live in an enriched environment, being spoiled with material possessions over a long period of time, they have a very strong sense of self-esteem. And because they live under very few restrictions, one of the extremes of developing too much self-esteem is that they become very self-centered, especially when compared to those who are not an only child in the family. On top of that, a lot of [Chinese] people think that the personality of an only child is very stubborn, strong-willed, and also a little selfish.

Why did I start talking about people who were born in the 80s? Well, mainly because all the young competitors participating in The Disciple competition were born in this generation. Their performance during the competition has not only changed my views towards them, they have also changed the views of many other people as well. After going through this particularly strict training session, I was very impressed with how they performed and they handled the tough tasks very well. At first, we were all waiting to see who would be the first to pull out in the middle of the competition, but they were all determined to succeed and there was no sign of anyone giving up. I truly admire them all. Because of their hard work and efforts to do well, every time I watch them perform, I always give them my full attention and I make my selections carefully.

Off to Singapore

This morning I woke up and ate my favorite soup and rice, then I prepared to go to the airport so I could catch my flight to Singapore. I arrived at Changi airport in Singapore and I have to say, this airport is very beautiful. A lot of gardening work had been done around the surrounding areas. In this particular aspect, I think Hong Kong or even China could learn a few tips from Singapore. A lot of the time when I visit different places around the world, I see the good things being used in that country and whenever I see these advantages, I naturally hope that my own country can use other people’s strengths to make up for our own weaknesses. Please don’t think that I’m looking down at my own people, I only want to encourage my own people.

I took this photo to show you the trees inside the airport.

Singapore gives me the feeling of being in a city within a forest. As for Hong Kong, it’s true that the outer suburbs are very green with lots of trees, shrubs and flowers but when you’re in the city, it’s like you’re in a concrete jungle. There just isn’t enough greenery work being done. Anyway, I know that it takes time to improve a city and it takes talented people to run it well. Hong Kong and China have both the time and the people, so I believe it’s only a matter of time before the city turns into an even better, more beautiful place.

In Singapore there are a lot of these rooftop gardens. I took this photo to show you one that I thought was amazing.

Since I’m in Singapore, of course I had to visit my Jackie Chan Café. After visiting my cafe, I went and had two meetings.

Journey to India

After I finished my scheduled work in Singapore, I caught a connecting flight to India. When I arrived in India and walked out of the airport, I got such a surprise. I was overwhelmed to see so many people - it was like a sea of faces everywhere. With the help of security guards who surrounded me, I managed to make it through the crowd and into the car.

During this trip to India, I presented a check donation to a charity organization and I also attended the premier of a movie, invested by one of my friends. This friend of mine has been distributing my films for over thirty years now. He has always hoped to cooperate with me on a project so I made use of this opportunity and discussed with him what things we could do and the possibilities of working together in the future.

I watched the premier of the movie and was absolutely amazed after watching only twenty minutes of the film. The movie was filmed brilliantly. I was astonished. I had never imagined that Indian films were at such a high standard. The way they used the camera angles, how they set the lighting, everything about the film was done with great skill. I think filmmakers in Hong Kong and China have to keep working harder otherwise other people will start catching up or even overtake our standards.
While I was in India, I met up with Mallika Sherawat (the Indian actress in The Myth) who was very hospitable and took good care of me. She is a very warmhearted and gracious hostess.

Here I am with Mallika Sherawat.

One little Indian fan showing me his skills.

Another little fan.

Jackie with Mallika and actress Asin.

One thing I noticed during my stay in India is that they have some pretty serious traffic congestion problems. If you think the traffic jams in Shanghai or Beijing were bad, they are absolutely incomparable to the heavy congestions problems here in India.

People Talking Nonsense

I know that I talked about my India trip already in another diary, but I want to talk some more about what happened when I returned:

After being interviewed by media and reporters, I left India on the second day. However today, I heard some disturbing reports that made me extremely upset. The matter originated from an article written by Indian journalists who claimed that while I was India, I wouldn’t accept any interviews, and I wouldn’t drink their local water – only drinking my own bottled water. They also said that I refused to eat Indian food - only eating food prepared by a personal chef traveling with me. When I heard this news, my first reaction was: ridiculous, how ridiculous, absolutely ridiculous! How come the media has changed into something like this? While I was in India, I had two delicious Indian meals, every day I drank water provided by the hotel and I definitely didn’t bring my own water to drink. I honestly don’t understand why these rumors exist. The articles also wrote that no one was allowed to enter my hotel room without first making arrangements with Mallika, and security guards outside my room were armed with AK-47 guns. The article totally exaggerated whatever they could think of. And one other thing, they also said that I didn’t recognize any of the Indian stars. When I read these ridiculously false articles, I didn’t know whether to laugh or cry. Let me honestly tell you, when I see an Indian movie star, I can definitely recognize them, it’s just that I don’t really know how to pronounce their Indian names properly, that’s all. I saw an Indian star and recognized him right away. He’s a legendary movie star in India and there isn’t anyone who doesn’t know him.

Amitabh Bachchan and me.

I signed autographs...

...gave interviews...

...and attended the audio launch.

I never denied the fact that I haven’t studied much. My highest education level is only at primary school second grade. It wasn’t until later on, because of the things I needed to do for work and knowing my own shortfalls, I started making an effort to continuously learn more things and expand my own knowledge, enabling me to communicate with many overseas reporters today. But this doesn’t mean that my verbal English is very good and that I can pronounce every word accurately. I know my own weaknesses and I don’t want to pronounce other people’s names incorrectly but I had never imagined that this would lead to people misunderstanding me, thinking that I didn’t recognize any of the local superstars because I didn’t say their names. This doesn’t really matter now. The truth will prove my innocence. I will not mind people writing these things about me, it’s just that it breaks my heart to see how irresponsible journalists are today, ignoring the most basic moral obligations as a reporter, and not asking me to get the facts right before writing all that nonsense. The things they write won’t have too much of an effect on me, but it will have a huge impact on their own reputation for providing dishonest and false reports.

After finishing all the work, I quickly rushed to the airport, caught the evening flight to Singapore and then transferred onto a connecting flight to Beijing. Okay now, I’ll talk to you some more when I arrive in Beijing. Bye bye.

Text and photos ©2008 The JC Group. All Rights Reserved.

April 21 - 25 (星期一至星期五)

Jones再次失蹤了：

          有一件事情忘了告訴大家，真的令我不開心了好一陣子。前天回香港，過了非常難忘的兩天，我跟朋友開會以後，回家跟兩頭狗兒玩了一會兒才睡覺。我醒來的時候，聽到傭人說兩頭狗兒不見了，我第一個反應就是：「什麼？不見了！」我真的感到晴天霹靂，為什麼又走掉了？

          我們翻查錄影帶，不知道為什麼在深夜三點多的時候，大門口的電閘自動開了，兩頭狗兒就是這樣跑出去了。牠們遊蕩了兩個小時以後，想回家的時候，是零晨五點，大家都睡了，沒有人開門給牠們，最後牠們又四處跑了，這一次走了以後，他們沒有再回來。所以，我現在覺得電腦化或電動化的東西不可以盡信，因為你不知道它什麼時候會出現問題。

          早上，當大家醒來，方發現狗兒不見了，我們馬上報警，向漁農署查詢有沒有發現流浪狗等等。結果，漁農署尋回JJ，Jones依然不知所蹤。這是想不到，又是Jones不見了，不知大家還記得嗎？之前不見了的狗兒，又是Jones，幾經搜尋，都沒有把牠找得到。後來朋友送我兩頭狗兒，我就把其中一隻叫Jones，以紀念不見了的Jones，這一次Jones再次失蹤了。

          從Jones失蹤到現在，已經三天了，還是找不到牠，相信找得到牠的機會越來越渺茫。

行程受阻：

          由於這兩天的工作排程非常緊密，也不容我為狗兒煩惱，我只抱著失望的心情出席Jackie Chan Sports的活動。

          我記得前天於下下五時完成了Jackie Chan Sports的活動後，我馬上趕去機場。沿途，狂風雷暴，雨不斷的下著，我不斷問到底飛機能起飛嗎？如果不能飛，那不用趕了。幸好，我趕去飛機場後，三號風球已取消了。

          風球雖然取消了，可是大雨還是下個不停，我看到很多地方都有水浸的情況，還看到很多垃圾和塑膠袋被雨水沖到溝渠上蓋，這些東西把溝渠口封蓋了，那有不水浸的道理呢？我的車一直在開，就看到水一直湧向低窪地帶，水浸越來越厲害。我在想，有水浸的情況，市民一定會罵政府沒有改善水浸的問題；然而，為什麼不想想到底為何會水浸呢？為什麼不怪那些亂拋垃圾，弄成水浸的人呢？我們應該先從自己做好，自己好好處理垃圾，定期清理溝渠，那水浸的問題就會迎刃而解了。

          終於六點多趕到飛機場。這一次我故意不帶任何助手，自己一個人上路。我背著一個包包，裡面放了我新買回來的照相機的鏡頭。其實我以前都很喜歡拍照，只是一直都有專人為我拍照，那我就沒有再拍了。可是，我在跟爾冬陞導演拍戲的時候，聽他說了很多理論，他說現在有很多事情都很容易就忘了，但是，如果拍了照片，隨時拿出來看，就會記得曾經什麼時候去過什麼地方和做些什麼。我想這也很有道理，雖然我的事情和行程都有人為我紀錄，但是實在有太多活動和事情了，我真的會混淆了或是忘記了。另外，我現在又是Canon的代言人，我很容易就可以買到一些很好的照相機和鏡頭，譬如，我買了一支200-300的鏡頭走天涯，雖然是重了一點兒，但是可以走到那裡拍到那裡，感覺很好，我是樂在其中的。

          兩位助手只是陪我走到禁區入口，她們就跟我道別，那我走進禁區，自己背著包包輕輕鬆鬆的辦理過關手續，然後往候機區走去。差不多是登機的時間，我就向登機閘口走去，那個時候，我看到三十多名的加拿大學生，當時他們都看見我，很開心的如潮水般走向我。此時，一位航空公司的地勤員工見狀，馬上提議為我安排乘早一班的飛機，我當然很高興聽到她的提議，連聲說好。那我就把機票交給她為我辦理手續，這個時候，那群學生紛紛要求拍照和簽名，我知道跟他們簽名的話，我肯定走不了，因為在他們後面，有些韓國人正在走過來。最後，我以趕飛機為由，跟他們揮手道別，匆匆離去。

          然後，我坐到頭等候機室等待登機。時間一分一秒的過去，七點、八點、九點都過去了，為什麼沒有人通知我登機呢？我不禁向服務員查詢何時登機？他們總是說快了，終於九點半通知我登機。

          我讓所有人登機以後，我才最後一個登機。我跟平常一樣，坐下來就看報紙，但是當我在看報紙的時候，留意到空中服務員在機上走來走去，又輕聲的議論紛紛。然後，突然一位空姐告訴我這一班航班取消了。

          我為了不騷擾其他人，悄悄的站起來取回行李，拿過照相機，可是已經有很多乘客在看著我，他們應該正在懷疑為什麼只有我一個人下機呢？

          下機以後，我都不知道應該去那兒？那我就打電話叫助手來接我。然後，我要查詢是否有另外一班飛機可以出發？到那裡換機票等等。這一個旅程讓我學了很多東西，因為以前這些大小事情都不用我操心，現在沒有助手在旁，我要親自處理，突然感覺自己也不是那麼笨，也可以處理這些事，我為此而感到開心呢。當然，我是在航空公司職員的協助下，才可以處理這些事情，可是最後都沒有一班航班起飛，我只能換過機票。

          我辦理換機票手續以後，想打電話給助手，可是手機沒電，才想起手機電放在行李箱，可是行李箱已經在辦理登機手續時寄艙了，我只好去領回我的行李，取出電，會合助手，離開機場。

          回到家裡，已經是晚上十二點多了。在狂風暴雨下，看到狗兒在狗屋內，怪可憐的，因為大風大雨，狗兒都被雨水弄濕了。於是我就把牠放出來，牠很高興的撲向我，把我全身弄得髒髒的。那我就替牠洗澡，為牠擦乾身體，把牠安頓在乾爽的地方睡覺。當我躺在床上，已經是深夜兩點鐘了。

          今天早上六點起床，我又要趕去機場，終於有航班起飛，開始我原定的旅程了。然而，最後都是延遲了一個小時才起飛。我差點忘記告訴大家，當我到達機場，我看到的情形可以說是人山人海，相信都是因為昨天很多班航班取消了，所以才聚集了那麼多旅客在辦理手續。

          這一次，我又是一個人起程，公司同事跟我說，是不是有助手比較好呢？自己一個人遇上航班有問題的時候有多麻煩啊！我說沒關係，我都是希望自己上路。

          由於航班延誤了一個小時，到達北京的時候已經是一點半，還要等行李，可是等了半個小時也等不到，我想說給大家聽，大家可能不相信，原來行李沒有運上飛機呢！本來我要一點鐘出席三菱的記者招待會，現在都遲了，我也只好盡快趕去了。

北京的活動：

          沿途，又是遇上塞車，短短一百米的路程都塞了四十五分鐘。最後，我終於到達了全東南亞最新最大的展覽廳，三菱第一次在中國展覽這幾款新車。由於行李沒有運到北京，所以沒有衣服替換，我只好穿著運動衣服出席記者會。

          記者會上，我向傳媒介紹三菱的三款新車，分別是第十代的Evolution、Concept-RA（這是最新的夢幻車），以及新一代環保型電動汽車‘i MiEV’。很開心向大家介紹這輛小型的電動車，我想大家都開電動車的話，污染少了，空氣質素得以改善，這樣對環境和大家的身體也有好處。

          三菱記者會完畢後，我馬上趕往出席一個反盜版的討論會，與反盜版局長、副局長等人交流反盜版的意見。這一次討論會，我又見到于丹老師，我很開心。討論會上有很多專業人士出席，很高與大家都提出不同的意見，政府也很支持打擊盜版。大家討論了接近兩個小時，有很多很好和有建設性的提議，希望不久的將來，盜版絕跡，為受影響的業界帶來好消息。

龍的傳人：

          工作完畢後，我回到酒店看‘龍的傳人’參賽者的錄影帶。相信有看我日記的朋友都知道這個選新人的節目，現在已經進入每一星期淘汰的階段。其實，每一位參賽者都勢均力敵，很難挑那一位入選，那一位被淘汰，每一次做決定都是很困難的。我在看第三集的時候，我真的很感動，因為有兩位參賽者（一男一女）在表現時失手弄至腿部骨折，雖然他們受傷了，他們仍然堅持完成所有障礙賽。我自己受傷的時候，從來都沒有流過一滴眼淚，可是不單止我，就是陪我一起看錄影帶的同事看到他們受傷都流淚了，因為我們知道所有參賽者一直都很努力，從來沒有想過放棄，我們真的被他們的堅毅不屈的精神所感動了。

          很多人說80年代出生的小孩子沒有責任感，為什麼？因為這一群孩子是吃著‘麥當勞’、‘肯德基’，看著‘米老鼠’、‘唐老鴨’長大，是人們通常對於出生在上個世紀80年代這代人的評價。之所以用這幾個特徵，是人們對於他們‘出生在我國改革開放、經濟日益發展的大好形勢下’的強烈印象。而同時，這代人又都是出生在我國實行計劃生育政策後的一代，絕大多數是獨生子女。
　　和傳統家庭相比，獨生子女物質生活更為豐富，不必和別人分享，而獨生子女的優勢在於大部分受過良好的教育。而由於擁有良好的教育背景，獨生子女在日益激烈的競爭中表現得更為自信，有人認為獨生子女的另一優勢還表現在現實感強，競爭意識超人。調查同時披露，由於長期生活在資源獨享的環境中，獨生子女的自我意識更強，受到的束縛也更小，而自我意識強的一個極端就是，他們可能比非獨生子女更多地以自我為中心。而且，有很多人都覺得獨生子女在性格上更為任性和自私一些。

          我為什麼會提到80年代出生的人呢？因為參加‘龍的傳人’的這一群年輕人都是這個年代出生的，他們的表現，不單讓我對他們改觀了，也讓很多人對他們改觀了。經過這一次嚴格的訓練，覺得他們表現良好，很吃得苦，本來大家都在看有誰會中途退出，可是他們都努力以赴，絕不退縮，我真的很欣賞他們。所以，因為他們的努力，我每一次看他們的表演的時候，我都很用心的看，用心的挑選。

往新加坡：

          今天早上起來，吃了我喜愛的湯飯，然後就準備前往飛機場，乘機去新加坡。

          我到達新加坡的樟宜機場，這個機場也很漂亮。四周都做了很多綠化工作，這一方面，我覺得香港或是國內都可以向新加坡學習。很多時候，我到訪不同的國家和地方，每一次看到別人好的地方，我都希望自己的國家可以取別人的長，補自己的短，不要以為我是貶自己人，我是希望激勵自己人。

          新加坡給我的感覺是森林裡的一個城市，而香港呢，郊區是很綠的，有很多花草樹木，城市裡就是石屎森林，綠化的工作是做得不足夠的。總之，我知道把一個城市管理得好是需要時間和人才的，香港和中國有的時人才，相信假以時日，一定會變成一個很好、很漂亮的地方。

          到達新加坡，當然要到Jackie Chan’s Café看看。然後，我去了開兩個會議。

啟程到印度：

          完成新加坡的工作後，我轉機去印度。   當我步出印度機場，嚇了我一跳，我看見人山人海，我是在保安人員簇擁下，才勉強從人群中突圍到車上。

          這一次來到印度，我把一張善款支票交到一個慈善機構。另外，出席一位朋友投資的電影的首映禮，這位朋友代理我的電影已經有三十年了，他一直希望可以跟我合作，我也乘這次機會跟他閒聊，看看日後有什麼可以合作的機會。

          我看了電影首映禮，只是看了二十分鐘，真的感到很驚訝，拍得非常好，想不到印度的電影水平非常高，不論是鏡頭和燈光的運用，很多方面都很有水準，香港和中國的電影一定要努力，要不然就會給人家追趕上來，或是比下去了。

          來到印度，見到Mallika（《神話》裡的印度女演員），她很熱情的招待我。

          印度給我的感覺是塞車的情況也很嚴重，如果上海、北京的塞車問題嚴重，印度的塞車問題有過之而無不及。

無稽之談：

          接受了傳媒訪問以後，第二天我就離開了。然而，今天我聽了一些消息，真的讓我感到不開心。

          事緣是有些印度傳媒說我來到印度卻不接受訪問，而且，不肯喝本地的水，只喝自備的水；另外，不吃印度菜，只吃隨團到來的廚師所做的飯菜。我聽了之後，第一個反應就是荒謬、很荒謬、非常荒謬！為什麼現在傳媒會變成這樣呢？我在印度吃了兩頓印度餐，每天都是喝酒店供應的水，絕對沒有喝自己帶來的水，真的不明白為何會有這些謠言？還有，他們更說只能夠通過Mallika的安排才可以進入我的房間，房間外的守衛是手持AK47的，說得有多誇張就有多誇張；另外，又說我不認識印度的大明星。這些小撮傳媒的不實報導，真的令我啼笑皆非。坦白說，當我見到這些印度明星，我完全把他們認出來，只是我不大懂讀他們的印度名字而已。這位印度明星可以說是印度的傳奇人物，沒有人不認識他。

          我從來沒有否認自己讀書少，我的教育程度只有小學二年級，只是後來因為工作的關係，和知道自己的不足，所以我不斷努力學習，今天才可以跟不少外國傳媒溝通，但是，這不代表我的英文拼音很好，什麼英文都能準確地發音。我就是知道自己的不足，不希望把別人的名字讀錯了，這卻讓人誤會我不認識當地的大明星，真是意想不到。怎樣也好，清者自清，我不會介意這些言論，只是痛心為什麼他們完全沒有做傳媒的操守，沒有求證於我就亂寫，這不是影響到我，是影響到他們自己的名聲和誠信而已。

          工作完畢後，我馬上趕去機場，乘夜機到新加坡，再轉機到北京，好了，待我到達北京再跟大家聊吧，拜拜。