APRIL 30-May 5, 2008

The Disciple Theme Song

Yesterday, I was at the recording studio again to re-record the theme song for The Disciple competition. In the initial version that I recorded, I sang the song with a group of children. This time, I sang with Yi Fang Zi, a group of artists signed under my company. After recording the song, I had dinner with the final ten contestants from The Disciple competition. We all had a very happy, relaxing, and enjoyable evening.

Because I knew I had to attend an event at the Imperial Ancestral Temple the next day and I wanted to feel my best, I made sure I got to sleep early so after having dinner, I said my goodbyes to each of The Disciple contestants and then quickly went back to my room to sleep.

The 100-Day Countdown to the Olympic Games

This morning, I arrived at the Imperial Ancestral Temple to rehearse for the 100-day countdown to the Olympic Games celebratory event, which also tied in with the fourth Beijing 2008 Olympic song selection event and awards ceremony. When I arrived at the temple, I saw that a lot of people were already there, including artists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan. I think only events that have something to do with public welfare, the government, disaster relief, or charity would have so many celebrities. I saw many of my friends as well and I tried to say hello to every one of them but there were just too many people and we had to prepare for the rehearsal. When it was time for the rehearsal to start, there were still a few artists who hadn’t arrived because of delayed flights so we tried our best to practice singing the song Beijing Huanying Ni (Beijing Welcomes You). This song involves a lot of artists. Here are the translated lyrics:

Beijing Huanying Ni (Beijing Welcomes You)

Lyrics: Lin Xi                  Composer: Xiao Ke

[Chen Tianjia]                Welcoming in another dawn, Bringing along fresh new air,

[Liu Huan]                     The atmosphere has changed but emotions remain the same, Aromas of tea fill the air with friendly feelings.

[Natasha Na]                 The doors to my home are always open, My arms are open waiting for you,

[Stephanie Sun]             After a warm embrace you’ll have a tacit understanding, And you’ll fall in love with this place.

[Sun Yue]                      People near or far are all our guests, So please don’t be shy,

[Leehom Wang]             Let’s make arrangements and meet together, We all welcome you.

[Han Hong]                    My house is full of evergreens, Blossoming with each new legend,

[Emil Chow]                   Sowing seeds for our traditional land, Planting memories just for you.

[Gigi Leung]                   Strangers and familiar faces are all our guests, So please, no need to be formal,

[Yu Quan]                      It doesn’t matter how many times you’ve been here, There are too many topics to discuss.

[Jackie Chan]                Beijing welcomes you, Opening the sky and breaking land for you,

[Richie Ren]                   Our mesmerizing movements are filled with lively energy.

[Jolin Tsai]                     Beijing welcomes you,Sharing the same breath of air under the sun,

[Sun Nan]                      Creating ground breaking achievements on this yellow land.

[Bibi Zhou]                    The doors to my home are always open, Openly accommodating the sky and land,

[Wei Wei]                      Youthful smiles bloom over the years, Welcoming in this special day.

[Huang Xiaoming]          Everyone between the sky and land are our friends, So please don’t be shy,

[Han Geng]                    Paintings and poems contain our cheerful intentions, Because we’re waiting for you.

[Wang Feng]                  Beijing welcomes you, Like music, emotionally moving you,

[Karen Mok]                  Let us all work hard and try to excel ourselves.

[Tang Jing]                    Beijing welcomes you, Anyone with a dream is extraordinary,

[Eason Chan]                 With courage there will always be miracles.

[Yan Weiwen]                 Beijing welcomes you, Opening the sky and breaking land for you,

[Dai Yuchen]                  Our mesmerizing movements are filled with lively energy.

[Wang Xia,                   
 Li Shuangsong]             Beijing welcomes you, Sharing the same breath of air under the sun,

[Liao Changyong]           Creating ground breaking achievements on the yellow land.

[Allen Lin]                      Beijing welcomes you, Like music, emotionally moving you,

[Jang Nara]                   Let us all work hard and try to excel ourselves.

[JJ Lin]                         Beijing welcomes you, Anyone with a dream is extraordinary,

[A-do]                           With courage there will always be miracles.

[Joey Yung]                   The doors to my home are always open, My arms are open waiting for you,

[Chris Li]                       After a warm embrace you’ll have a tacit understanding, And you’ll fall in love with this place.

[David Huang]               People near or far are all our guests, So please don’t be shy,

[Aloys Chen]                 Let’s make arrangements and meet together, We all welcome you.

[Nicholas Tse]                Beijing welcomes you, Opening the sky and breaking land for you,

[Han Lei]                       Our mesmerizing movements are filled with lively energy.

[Vivian Xu]                    Beijing welcomes you, Sharing the same breath of air under the sun,

[Kris Phillips]                 Creating ground breaking achievements on the yellow land.

[Tang Can]                    The doors to my home are always open, Openly accommodating the sky and land,

[Lin Chiling,
 Zhang Zilin]                  Youthful smiles bloom over the years, Welcoming in this special day.

[Jane Zhang]                 Everyone between the sky and land are our friends, So please don’t be shy,

[Valen Hsu]                   Paintings and poems contain our cheerful intentions, Because we’re waiting for you.

[Yang Kun,
Fan Weiqi]                     Beijing welcomes you, Like music, emotionally moving you,

[You Hongming,
Zhou Xiaoou]                 Let us all work hard and try to excel ourselves.

[Sha Poliang,
Man Wenjun]                 Beijing welcomes you, Anyone with a dream is extraordinary,

[Jin Haihsin,
Peter Ho]                       With courage there will always be miracles.

[F.I.R, Pan Long]            Beijing welcomes you, Opening the sky and breaking land for you,

[Kenji Wu, Qi Feng]        Our mesmerizing movements are filled with lively energy.

[5566, Anson Wu]          Beijing welcomes you, Sharing the same breath of air under the sun,

[Yumiko Cheng,
Luo Lin]                         Creating ground breaking achievements on the yellow land.

[Ji Minjia,
Tu Honggang, 
Denis Ng]                      Beijing welcomes you, Like music, emotionally moving you,

[Guo Rong,
Liu Genghong,
Teng Koerh]                  Let us all work hard and try to excel ourselves.

[Kym, Allen Su,
Wei Jio]                         Beijing welcomes you, Anyone with a dream is extraordinary,

[Fu Lishan,
Huang Zheng,
Jaycee Fong]                 With courage there will always be miracles.

[all singers]                   Beijing welcomes you, anyone with a dream is extraordinary,
[all singers]                   With courage there will always be miracles.
[all singers]                   Beijing welcomes you, anyone with a dream is extraordinary.

[I put the video at the end of this diary so you can watch it later.]

Standing next to me on one side was Gigi Leung and on the other was Leehom Wang. There were over a hundred artists from China, Hong Kong, and Taiwan singing this song together. It was a magnificent occasion and I don’t think you’ll get to see something like this happen very often.

After rehearsal finished, we all attended the press conference together – all hundred or so artists. Because there were so many of us, each person could only give a five minute interview. Interviews continued until five o’clock in the afternoon and then we all had to leave because the roads around the temple were going to be blocked off for the countdown event. I arrived at the temple and changed my clothes, then I was supposed to wait at director Jiang Wen’s office but because of this large scale event that was about to take place, all the offices were closed for the day, which also meant that I had no place to wait. Actually, organizers did arrange a big tent for all the artists to wait in, but I knew if went inside the tent, I’d be greeting everyone non-stop. Anyway, I had to wait around for a total of about three or four hours before and after the rehearsal, so I asked myself, what should I do during this spare time? I then pulled out my camera, explored around the Imperial Ancestral Temple and took some photos of the surroundings. I have to tell you, the temple looks absolutely beautiful when it is lit up with lights at night. I took quite a few photos to share with you all:

Waiting around before rehearsal.

Here are the photos I took:

This is a view of the temple roof. Wait till you see what the temple looks like at night, though!

Here is a panorama I took of the temple at night. (Click to see bigger image)

The moment finally came and over a hundred artists sang the song together. However, there were still a few artists who couldn’t make it to the event because of flight problems or delayed transportation. No matter what, we still successfully sang Beijing Huanying Ni. Afterwards, I sang a solo rendition of We Are Ready and then together with Olympic torch bearer, Jin Jing, we announced the ideal Olympic theme song award.

Jackie waits to sing his solo.

I Finally Met Kenny G

When I finished performing and came off the stage, a lot of students came running towards me asking for my autograph. At this particular moment, a foreigner came rushing out of the crowd of students and immediately grabbed hold of me. At first, I thought he wanted my autograph but he didn’t. He wanted me to go with him to meet someone and that person turned out to be Kenny G. I first bought Kenny G’s musical album a very long time ago. He’s a very good saxophone player and I’ve always wanted to meet him but I’ve never had the opportunity. Now I had the chance, I wasn’t going to let it go that easily.

I went with the man and he brought me to meet Kenny G. We shook hands and Kenny said that he really wanted to meet me ever since his first trip to Asia but over the past decade; he hadn’t had the opportunity to see me. This time, he saw me performing at the event and he didn’t want to miss this chance of meeting me, saying that he had to see me somehow, so he watched me perform during the whole event, waited until I came off stage, and then grabbed hold of the opportunity to meet me in person. After the event, the place became a little chaotic because there were so many people requesting to take photos with me and asking for my autograph so I immediately invited Kenny G to my friend’s private club and arranged to meet up again later in the evening.

After meeting up with Kenny G at my friend’s private club, Kenny said that he wanted to play a song on the saxophone especially for me. The four band members that were playing live at the club felt delighted and honored because they were asked to play as Kenny G’s accompaniment. When Kenny G started playing the saxophone, a lot of people including Emil Chow, Karen Mok, Jonathan Li, Stanley Tong, Vivian Xu, Ruby Lin, and Fan Bingbing, stopped what they were doing to listen. After Kenny finished playing the song, I ordered a bowl of noodles for him to eat. It looked like he enjoyed eating the bowl of noodles I ordered for him.

A little later on, Emil played the piano, Kenny G played the saxophone, Jonathan harmonized, and I sang. We had an unprecedented private mini-concert! Ha ha ha! I hope one day this situation can happen again at one of my charity concerts.

Kenny G, Stanley Tong, and me.

I love this photo.

Don't you think this is a sweet photo? That's my friend Karen Mok resting her head on my shoulder.

My good friends Emil Chow and Jonathan Lee.

In Asia, Kenny G is classified as one of the heavenly kings of music but he never ever appeared snobby and was always very humble. A lot of people were requesting Kenny G to play as the accompaniment and I was honestly caught by surprise because there wasn’t a song that Kenny didn’t know. You might not believe me when I say this but he was also familiar with playing Chinese songs too. Whatever song people requested, Kenny knew how to play it on the saxophone. He is absolutely admirable.
I’m not famous for my singing so when I was given this wonderful opportunity to sing, of course I took hold of the moment and joyfully sang without stopping. But Kenny G is a professional musician, playing songs on his saxophone for a living, and yet tonight he played the saxophone all evening just for fun. He happily played as the accompaniment for each and every friend from eleven o’clock in the evening all the way through till four o’clock in the morning, enjoying every moment and showing no signs of being tired. We all sat in our seats, admiring Kenny G playing the saxophone, and had a very happy “evening of saxophone” music.

Olympic Torch Relay in Sanya

On the May 3^rd I went to Sanya for the Olympic torch relay. Sanya is a small island on the southern end of Hainan Island. I’ve been there a few times before and the place has changed quite a bit over the years. I was surprised to see that Sanya had developed into a very beautiful tourist spot. While I was there, I saw tourists from different parts of the world visiting the area. Although I said Sanya was a small island, don’t underestimate the size of this place. Traveling from the airport to the hotel took 45 minutes by car, and from the hotel to the rehearsal location also took another 45 minutes. So I guess Sanya isn’t really that small after all!

After I arrived at the hotel, settled in and made sure everything was okay, I set off to the event location for rehearsal. For this event, not only was I a torch bearer for the Olympic flame relay, I was also the performance advisor for the show after the relay. Because of this, many of the workers and crew helping organize this event were members of my company in China. They coordinated with CCTV and worked on the show together. It’s been quite a while since I last saw my staff from my company in China because a large group of them was sent to Sanya in advance as the initial team to do the preparation work for this event, making all the arrangements for this show.

When I arrived on location in the evening, I saw my staff and I could tell they had all been working very hard so I asked how they were and expressed my regards. After that, I started rehearsing for the event. You know, transferring the Olympic flame and running the torch relay may look like a very simple task but it still needs to be rehearsed because you have to know which route to run for the relay, how to coordinate with the event organizers, how to pass and received the torch, and other things like that. Also, I needed to come here for a rehearsal because I was running the torch together with a town representative from Tianya Haijiao’s ethnic Li minority so I needed to go through a practice run with her.

Let me take this opportunity to tell you a little about Tianya Haijiao (literally translated as “Edge of the Sky, Corner of the Sea”). The scenic area of Tianya Haijiao is surrounded by the sea in front, mountains in back, and is situated next to a town called Tianya, based at the foot of Mt. Ma Ling, located about 14 miles away from Sanya’s urban district. As soon as you enter this tourist spot, a pair of giant grey rocks protrude from the surface of the beach, measuring over 33 feet tall and 60 feet wide, will immediately grab your attention. One of the rocks is engraved with the words Tianya while the other is engraved with the words Haijiao, meaning “the edge of the sky” and “the ends of the sea” respectively. This is how the town, Tianya Haijiao, got its name. The rocks, Tianya Haijiao and Southern Heaven Rock, each have a very emotionally moving story behind them that has been passed down through the generations.

Going back over a thousand years, Tianya Haijiao was a place that inevitably made anybody sad and tearful. Back in those days, it was a remote and isolated yet exquisite island. It was said to take a bird over half a year to travel to and was sparsely inhabited and was mostly barren. It was a place where the imperial courts exiled prisoners like rebel civilians, disobedient officials, and traitors. Just during the period of the Tang and Song dynasties, about forty to fifty prisoners were banished here, including a few well-known historical figures like the Tang dynasty’s Zai Xiang. The people who were exiled onto this island were said to have traveled across the land, trekked over mountains and crossed through the waters until they reached the very end of the world where facing them was nothing except the vast open sea. This was where they had the feeling of “reaching the edge of the sky and the corner of the sea”. During the reign of the Qing dynasty, local officials ordered someone to engrave the words Tianya (edge of the sky) on one of the giant rocks. At a later date, a scholar suggested engraving the words Haijiao (corner of the sea) on the other rock. From that day onwards, Tianya Haijiao became a world famous scenic attraction.

Now back to talking about the Olympic flame relay with the town representative...

At the rehearsal, she told me that she was feeling very scared and excited so I said to her “don’t worry, just follow me and you’ll be fine.” After practicing the relay for the Olympic flame, I had to rehearse for the dragon dance. To tell you the truth, performing the dragon dance is actually quite simple for me but I still practiced it three times because I didn’t want to make even one little mistake in front of an audience of millions of people who would be watching this Olympic relay event. So I tried my best to clearly remember every little detail like the route of the relay, exactly how many circles to turn during the dragon dance, the lyrics to We Are Ready, and other things. I think during the days that will be coming up, I will sing this song quite frequently, and also sing Beijing Huanying Ni (Beijing Welcomes You), up until the beginning of the Olympic Games.

I rehearsed all the way through till midnight and then I had to leave early because I had to give an interview. By the time I was finished being interviewed, it was already 1:30 A.M. but everyone else was still at the venue rehearsing. From this I could tell how serious, how nervous, and how cautious everyone was about this event and the Olympic flame relay.

See how nervous town representative Pu Huifang looks?

First rehearsal for Lion Dance

Second rehearsal for Lion Dance.

Third time.

Taking a rest.

Rehearsing "We Are Ready"

After I got back to the hotel, it didn’t take long for me to enter dream land. I think I must have been quite nervous that night because I started dreaming about how the Olympic flame was going to be lit and whether the torches were actually the same as the ones used in Athens, Greece. I have to say, they didn’t look very similar (in my dream).

I was the 208^th torch bearer for this leg of the Olympic flame relay. In the morning, I waited at the venue in preparation for the relay and ended up waiting for about five or six hours. I saw many friends at the event and I saw Leehom Wang again so while we were waiting, we sat down and had a chat together.

Leehom Wang is an artist that I admire very much because he is one very talented, gifted, and skillful person. I actually think the heavens above have been too good to him and haven’t been very fair with the rest of us! Why would I say something like that? Well, once you get to see what Leehom Wang looks like and watch him perform, I think you’ll understand why I said that. Let me try to describe a few things about him here. Starting with his appearance, he has the looks of a handsome and charming gentleman; as for his figure, he is tall, fit, and slim; about his talents, he knows how to compose songs, write lyrics, rearrange and edit songs, and also has a very nice voice so he sings really well; about his language skills, he knows how to speak fluent Mandarin and English, and he even knows how to speak a little Cantonese; about his musical skills, he knows how to play the piano, guitar, violin, and drums; about his physical abilities, he knows how to dance and perform Chinese kung fu. After reading my descrīption of Leehom Wang, I think you might also be asking why the heavens have been so kind to him, gifting him with so many skills and talents. It’s like the love and affection from tens of thousands of Gods were all gathered together and put into his body. He’s an amazing guy (but I still think it’s not fair to the rest of us  ha ha ha).
 
While I was getting prepared and waiting for event organizers to call me for the relay, I saw Leehom sitting to one side. He was making use of his spare time, composing a new song while he was waiting. He’s definitely one very hard-working artist. Since I had the chance, I started taking a few photos of him but before I could finish, someone called me to get ready for the relay, so I immediately put down my camera and quickly prepared for the run.

When I arrived at the spot where I’d receive the torch, I was feeling very nervous, and so was the town representative. Then when I received the Olympic flame, I became even more nervous. Luckily, all the spectators around me were continuously applauding and constantly cheering me on which acted like a confidence booster for me.
I ran with the torch to the next transition point and then transferred the Olympic flame to the next torch bearer. After I did this, I was feeling happy but I was also a little worried. Why I was happy, I don’t really think I need to explain any further but the reason for being worried is because I was afraid that the flame would be blown out. Fortunately, my concerns were quickly eliminated because at each point where the flame was transferred, there was always a person responsible for lighting the torch or putting out the flame.

When the torch in our hands was lit with the Olympic flame, the town representative and I started running together. We were the final torch bearers for this leg of the relay so we needed to run about 492 feet to the cauldron. I still remember the time when I was in Athens and I didn’t get to finish running my 328 feet because there were just too many spectators at the time and the situation became chaotic. Before I could finish my run, security guards put me in a car and escorted me away.
When the town representative and I arrived at the final destination, we used the Olympic flame on our torch and kindled the cauldron in a simple yet grand ceremony. This also marked the completion of my task for the relay.

Afterwards, I went backstage, changed my clothes, waited for 45 minutes and prepared to perform the next item for the show - the dragon dance. Just before the dragon dance was about to start, the sky suddenly turned dark and everyone was worried that it might start raining. But to my surprise, when it was time to perform the dance, the weather turned very nice and there was even a cool breeze that helped make the dancing dragon look even more lively. After the dragon dance, I sang my last song for the show, We Are Ready, and then I left the event.

In the evening, I invited all the friends to meet up and have dinner together. Because there were so many people involved with the event, everyone was living at different hotels scattered around Sanya so I waited until everyone had arrived before starting dinner. By the time we began eating, it was already 10:30 at night. The 2007 Miss World also attended the dinner and I was very pleased to hear that she was the first Miss China to be honored with the Miss World title. Morris, the organizer and founder of the Miss World pageant, had dinner with us as well.

After dinner, a lot of friends came to my hotel room and we chatted together until well past two o’clock in the morning. Afterwards, everyone left feeling very happy and content.

This morning I woke up at six o’clock and when I opened my eyes, I was still feeling excited from head to toe, thinking about the events that happened yesterday and the Olympic flame relay. I then looked outside the hotel and noticed the amazingly beautiful scenery so I immediately grabbed my camera and went outside to take some photos.  Unfortunately, as soon as I stepped outside the hotel, the lenses on my camera fogged up because there was a huge temperature difference between inside the hotel and outside. I tried to take some photos anyway but the resulting pictures looked like I was taking them under very foggy conditions. I just wasn’t able to capture the beauty of the moment with the lovely surroundings so all I could do was patiently wait for my camera to acclimate and return back to normal. By the time my camera was ready to take photos, the pretty moment of when the sun was just rising had already gone and the sun was already high up in the sky. I couldn’t capture the feeling of the sunrise anymore so in the end, I just had to give up. But that’s okay. The view outside my hotel was very nice and there were lots of trees and plants surrounding the place. I’m very pleased to know that our country consists of these stunningly beautiful places that give visitors a feeling of being in a tropical climate. I believe our country will always be improving and I think this is definitely something worth being happy about. I took some photos of Sanya for you to see:

During this trip to Sanya, I happened to come across a basketball player from China, Yi Jianlian. He is the fourth Chinese basketball player to play NBA basketball in America. I joked around with him for a while and we took these photos:

Today, I arrived back in Hong Kong and after I got off the plane, I quickly rushed home to see my dogs. The weather is getting hotter and hotter these days so my two dogs had a haircut and now they look like this. Aren’t they cute?

Here is a video of the song that I told you about earlier in my diary.

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April 30 – May 5 (星期三至星期一)

龍的傳人主題曲：

          昨天我又走進錄音室，重新為‘龍的傳人’錄主題曲，因為之前所錄的版本是我和一群小孩子一起唱的，這一次是我跟自己公司‘一房子’的藝人一起合唱。完成錄音後，我跟‘龍的傳人’的十位候選人一起吃飯，大家都過了一個愉快輕鬆的晚上。

          由於今天我要出席一個太廟的活動，所以一定要早點休息，希望以最好的狀態出席，所以昨天飯局後，跟各位‘龍的傳人’候選人道別，匆匆回去睡覺了。

奧運會倒計時100天：

          今天早上到北京勞動人民文化宮太廟綵排‘奧運會倒計時100天’的慶祝活動暨第四屆北京2008奧運歌曲評選活動頒獎晚會，甫到達太廟已經看到很多人，包括中、港、台的藝人，我想只有一些公益、政府、賑災或是籌款活動才可以動員這麼多人參與。由於見到很多朋友，我試圖一一跟他們打招呼，但是實在太多人了，又要綵排，有好些人因為航班的問題，還沒來到，所以很快就開始綵排合唱一首歌：‘北京歡迎你’，以下是這首歌的歌詞，大家請看看：

北京歡迎你歌詞--群星

詞：林夕              曲：小柯

迎接另一個晨曦 帶來全新空氣——陳天佳
氣息改變情味不變 茶香飄滿情誼——劉歡
我家大門常打開 開放懷抱等你——那英
擁抱過就有了默契 你會愛上這裏——孫燕姿
不管遠近都是客人請不用客氣——孫悅

相約好了在一起 我們歡迎你——王力宏
我家種著萬年青 開放每段傳奇——韓紅
為傳統的土壤播種 為你留下回憶——周華健
陌生熟悉都是客人請不用拘禮——梁詠琪
第幾次來沒關係 有太多話題——羽泉
北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地——成龍
流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣——任賢齊
北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸——蔡依林
在黃土地刷新成績——孫楠
我家大門常打開 開懷容納天地——周筆暢
歲月綻放青春笑容 迎接這個日期——韋唯
天大地大都是朋友請不用客氣——黃曉明
畫意詩情帶笑意 只為等待你——韓庚
北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你——汪峰
讓我們都加油去超越自己——莫文蔚
北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起——譚晶
有勇氣就會有奇跡——陳奕迅
北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地——閻維文
流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣——戴玉強
北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸——王霞 李雙松
在黃土地刷新成績——廖昌永
北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你——林依輪
讓我們都加油去超越自己——張娜拉
北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起——林俊傑
有勇氣就會有奇跡——阿杜
我家大門常打開 開放懷抱等你——容祖兒
擁抱過就有了默契 你會愛上這裏——李宇春
不管遠近都是客人請不用客氣——黃大煒
相約好了在一起 我們歡迎你——陳坤
北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地——謝霆鋒
流動中的魅力充滿著朝氣——韓磊
北京歡迎你 在太陽下分享呼吸——徐若瑄
在黃土地刷新成績——費翔
我家大門常打開 開懷容納天地——湯燦
歲月綻放青春笑容 迎接這個日期——林志玲 張梓琳
天大地大都是朋友請不用客氣——張靚穎
畫意詩情帶笑意 只為等待你——許茹芸 伍思凱
北京歡迎你 像音樂感動你——楊坤 範瑋琪
讓我們都加油去超越自己——遊鴻明 周曉歐
北京歡迎你 有夢想誰都了不起——沙寶亮 滿文軍
有勇氣就會有奇跡——金海心 何潤東
北京歡迎你 為你開天闢地——飛兒 龐龍
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          站在我身邊的有梁詠琪，另一旁的有王力宏，還有很多很多中、港、台的百多位藝人合唱這首歌，場面之偉大，我想不是經常可以見得到。

          綵排完畢後，我們百多名藝人一起出席記者招待會，由於太多人，每人只能夠接受五分鐘的訪問。訪問直至下午五時，大家就要離開，因為這個倒數活動，太廟將會封路。到達太廟後，我換了衣服後，本來安排我到姜文的辦公室裡休息的，但是因為舉行這個大型節目的關係，所有辦公室都要休息一天，所以我沒有地方可以休息。其實，大會安排了所有藝人在一個大帳篷內休息，如果我到帳篷裡，相信只是打招呼就已經會打個不停，而且，我還要等三、四個小時，這段等待的時間我應該做什麼呢？那我就拿起照相機在太廟四處逛逛，拍些照片，晚上的太廟亮起了燈，很漂亮，我拍了好些照片跟大家分享。

          終於百多位藝人一起大合唱，然而，依然有幾位藝人因為航班的問題，或是車遲了的關係未能趕及出席。無論如何，我們都完成了這首‘北京歡迎你’。後來，是我獨唱‘We Are Ready’以及與奧運火炬手金晶共同宣佈奧運會志願者主題歌。

我和Kenny G終於見面了：

          當我表演完畢下台的時候，有很多學生走過來要求我簽名，此時，有一位外國人從學生叢中走出來，馬上把我拉住，我還以為他想要簽名，原來不是，他說有一個人想見我，他就是Kenny G。很久以前我已經買Kenny G的音樂專輯，他吹色士風很好聽，可是我沒有機會跟他會面，這一次有這個機會，我豈容放過。

          老外領著我與Kenny G見面，我們握手。他跟我說，他第一次來到亞洲已經想認識我，但是十多年都沒有機會見到我，這一次他看到我表演，他不想錯過這個機會，他一定要跟我見面，所以他一直看著我表演，直至我走下台，他就抓緊機會跟我見面。由於現場太多人要求簽名和拍照，場面有點亂，我馬上相約Kenny G晚一點到我朋友的私人會所見面。

          當我和Kenny G在我朋友的私人會所會合後，他說要特別為我吹奏一首音樂給我聽。在私人會所的四名樂隊成員可以為Kenny G陪奏，他們感到非常高興和榮幸。Kenny G演奏時，很多人聞風而至，如：周華健、莫文蔚、李宗盛、唐季禮、徐若瑄、林心如、范冰冰等等。Kenny G演奏一曲後，我點了一碗麵條給Kenny G吃，看來他都喜歡吃我給他點的麵條。

          其後，周華健彈琴、Kenny G吹色士風、李宗盛和音，我唱歌，這是一次破天荒的私人演唱會，哈哈哈！我希望這個情景有一天會在我的慈善演唱會出現。      

          Kenny G在亞洲來說，可以說是天王級的人，他竟然完全沒有架子，很多人都爭相邀請Kenny G做伴奏，真的想不到，什麼歌都難不到Kenny G，不說不知道，他熟悉中國歌曲，總之他們說出什麼歌他都懂得吹奏，真的令我佩服不已。

          我不是歌星，突然間有這個機會，當然喜孜孜的唱過不停，但是Kenny G這位專業音樂人，經常吹奏歌曲，今天吹了一個晚上的色士風，從十一點開始到深夜四點，他都是樂此不疲，為每一位朋友伴奏。我們就席地而坐欣賞Kenny G吹奏色士風，大家都渡過了一個很開心的‘色士風之夜’。

到三亞傳聖火：

          5月3號我去了三亞，就是為了北京奧運傳聖火。三亞是海南島的一個小島嶼，我去過好幾次，它已經變了很多，現在竟然已經發展成為一個很漂亮的旅遊勝地，所到之處都見到很多不同國籍的遊客。不要小看三亞是個小島嶼，從機場到酒店需要四十五分鐘車程，從酒店都綵排場地又是四十五分鐘，看來三亞都不算小呀！

          到達酒店後，安頓一切以後，我們就出發到綵排的地方。這一次我不單止傳遞聖火，也是聖火傳遞的表演顧問，所以很多工作人員都是我國內公司（成龍中國）的班底，配合中央電視台一起做的。我已經好一陣子沒有見過國內公司的同事，因為部份員工已經做先頭部隊到達三亞做籌備工作，就是為了安排這一場表演。

          晚上到達現場，看到公司同事，知道他們很辛苦，我慰問他們以後，就開始綵排。不要看傳聖火似乎很簡單，也是需要綵排的，因為要知道走那條路線，如何配合工作人員和接棒等等。另外，因為我要跟‘天涯海角’的一位黎族鎮長一起跑，所以我要到這個地方綵排一次。

          就讓我借這個機會向大家介紹一下‘天涯海角’。天涯海角風景區位於三亞市區約23公里的天涯鎮下馬嶺山腳下，前海後山，風景獨特。步入遊覽區，沙灘上那一對拔地而起的高10多米，長60多米的青灰色巨石赫然入目。兩石分別刻有 ‘天涯’和‘海角’字樣，意為天之邊緣，海之盡頭。‘天涯海角’就是由此得名。奇石‘天涯海角’和‘南天一柱’各都流傳著一個動人的故事。

          上溯一千多年的天涯海角，不禁令人心酸淚下。其時，孤懸海外，‘鳥飛尚需半年程’的瓊島，人煙稀少，荒蕪淒涼，是朝廷流放‘叛民’、‘逆官’犯人之地。僅唐宋兩代，被流放到此就有四、五十人，其中有不少著名歷史人物，如唐代宰相。被流放的人跋山涉水來到這裏，面對著茫茫大海，他們發出了‘到了天之涯，海之角’的感歎。清代雍正年間，當地官員程哲于命人在此鐫刻了‘天涯’二字，後又有文人在另一塊巨石上題刻‘海角’二字，從此以後，這裏就成為一處天下聞名的風景點了。

          說回我跟黎族鎖真傳聖火一事，他說又怕又興奮，我說不用擔心，跟著我就好了。排練過傳聖火後，就綵排舞龍，其實這些都很簡單的，但是我也綵排了三次，因為將會有超過60億人口收看傳聖火，我們不能有一丁點兒出錯的。所以，我要緊記傳聖火的路線、舞龍要舞多少個圈和記著‘We Are Ready’的歌詞等等。我想，跟著下來的日子，我要經常唱這首歌，直至奧運開始，然後就會唱‘北京歡迎你’。

          我一直綵排到晚上十二點，然後我先離開去接受訪問，完成訪問已經是一點半，然而，其他人還在綵排，可見大家對這次傳聖火活動有多認真、有多緊張、有多謹慎。

          我回到酒店以後，很快就進入夢鄉了。因為很緊張的關係，晚上已經夢到如何點燃聖火？到底是不是跟希臘雅典的火炬一樣呢？似乎是不同的。

          這一次傳聖火我是第208位火炬手，早上我在現場等候，等了五、六個小時。沿途，我看到很多朋友，再次見到王力宏，在等待的時候，我們坐下來聊天。

          王力宏是一位我非常欣賞的藝人，他可以說是多才多藝。我覺得上天對他太好，對我們太不公平了！為什麼我會這樣說呢？因為只要你看到王力宏的樣子、身材、和他的表演，你就會明白為什麼我會這樣說了。論樣子，他擁有俊俏的樣子；論身材，他個子高佻；論才華，他能作曲、填詞、編曲，還有一把好嗓子，唱歌很好聽；論語言，都能說流俐的國語和英文，廣東話也懂一點點；論樂器技巧，他懂彈琴、結他、小提琴、打鼓；論身手，他懂跳舞和中國功夫。大家聽到我的描述，相信你們都會說為什麼上天那麼厚愛他，他是萬千寵愛集於一身，對我們實在太不公平了。

          我在準備等待負責的人叫我傳聖火，我看到王力宏坐在一旁，原來他利用等待的時間在作曲，他是一個非常努力的人，我乘機為他拍了好幾張照片。我還沒有拍完，已經有人叫我準備跑了，我馬上放下照相機，匆匆準備就緒。

          走到接火炬的地點，真的很緊張，我和鎮長都很緊張。我第一次拿著聖火的時候，非常緊張，幸好四周的觀眾不斷在歡呼，給我們打了強心針似的。

          我走到下一個交接點，為下一位火炬手燃點聖火後，我既開心又擔心，開心的理由應該我不用多解釋了，擔心的就是怕火會被吹熄，慶幸我的憂慮很快就消除了，因為不論是點火或是熄火都有專人負責的。

          我們手上的聖火熄點起後，我和鎮長開始起跑。由於我們是最後一棒的火炬手，大概需要走150米，我還記得在雅典的那一次，因為圍觀的人實在太多，場面有點兒混亂，所以我還沒有完成100米已經被保安推上車離去。最後，一個簡單而隆重的點火儀式完成後，我就完成了我的任務了。

          走到後台，我馬上換衣服，等了四十五分鐘，準備做下一個環節──舞龍。舞龍快要開始時，天色轉黑，大家都擔心會下雨，豈料正式開始時，天氣非常好，還有一陣陣清風送爽，這令我舞龍更加起勁。舞龍後，我唱最後一首歌：We Are Ready，然後我就離開了。

          晚上，我相約所有朋友一起吃飯，由於有太多人，他們都住在三亞裡不同的酒店，為了遷就大家，直到集齊人吃飯時已經是晚上十點半了。新的一屆的世界小姐都有出席飯局，很高興知道她是第一位中國小姐奪得世界小姐榮銜。還有，主辦世界小姐的創辦人Morris也來一起吃飯。

          飯後，很多朋友都來到我的酒店房間聊天，直至兩點多，大家才懷著愉快的心情離開。 

          今天早上六點已經醒來，張開眼整個人仍然感到興奮，還在想著昨天傳聖火的情況。我看到酒店外的景色非常漂亮，我立即拿起照相機到外面拍照，可是因為室溫和室外溫度差距很大，我的照相機的鏡頭一剎那就白茫茫一片，拍出來的照片就像在濃霧下拍的，完全展現不出美麗的環境。我唯有等鏡頭回復正常，可惜當我可以拍照的時候，那一刻漂亮的日出景色已經完成了，太陽已經整個掛在天上，拍不出日出的感覺，那我只好放棄了。沒關係了，我住的酒店外面的風景很美，很多樹木，很開心知道我們的國家都擁有一些漂亮而有熱帶風情的地方，相信我們的國家會越來越進步，這是值得高興的。我拍了一些三亞的照片給大家看看：

          這一次三亞之旅，無意中見到一位中國籃球員，他就是第四位中國籃球員到美國打NBA的易建聯，我跟他開玩笑的拍了這張照片：

          今天回到香港，馬上回家看我的狗兒。由於天氣越來越熱，兩頭狗已經剪了毛，現在已經變成這個樣子，可愛嗎？