October 23, 2008

So Many Meetings

When I arrived in Hong Kong from Beijing, it was already 11:30 at night, but there were people scheduled to meet with me; there was a line of people all waiting; they kept waiting and we kept having meetings until almost 4:00 in the morning. So many meetings…it seemed endless. As soon as one problem was solved, it was on to the next one. Then when that one was solved, it was next….next…next. I said to each of them, “Are you finished? Okay, go away and I’ll see you when I come back to Hong Kong.” Then boom, more people to see. If I didn’t push people to finish up and leave, I think the meetings would have continued forever. I wanted to spend time with my dogs, but it was so late. I played with them until about 5:00 or so; touching them and feeding them. I kept looking for one of my cats, but he never showed up; I don’t know where he is.

Before I went to sleep I had to pack everything for my trip to America. I did that for a while but finally I stopped and decided that I wasn’t going to pack anymore. Whatever Osumi decided to pack, that’s it. If I had to choose, it would be endless: I don’t like this, I don’t need this. I want that. Do I need this? Yes, I need this one, but not that one. No, maybe not that one, maybe this one. So I let my assistants pack and they are so clever. They just packed one pair of jeans, one black shirt, one white shirt; that’s all! They know that in New Mexico I will have nothing to do; I don’t have concerts or events. Most of the time I will be wearing my wardrobe for the movie.

October 24

Off to America

I woke up around 10:30; I think I only slept three or four hours. I rushed to the office; I wanted to talk to Katharine and I wanted to record my diary with Fibe about the things I did in China. By the time I got there, Katharine had already left for the airport, so I said a few things to Fibe and talked to Tang Sir, then played with my dogs for a minute before I rushed to the airport.

When we got to the checkpoint for hand baggage, everyone waited for me to do what I usually do which is to just put my hand luggage up onto the belt to be scanned. But I stopped and said, “Wait, I have a computer” and I opened my bag and took out my laptop. I looked over and saw Katharine and Osumi staring at me with their mouths wide open. They burst out laughing and said, “What?! You have a computer??” I did have a computer! I don’t believe it myself; I used to laugh at everybody and say “See? Look at what a problem it is. You have to stop, open the bag, take out the computer.” Now I know what a problem it is. As I put my computer up on the belt I saw that everyone was still bent over double laughing at me. Ha ha ha.

I’ve started learning to use the computer, but only to listen to music and to look at photos. But then when I tried to put all my photos into the computer, I found out I didn’t have enough….I don’t know what it’s called….enough room on the computer. They told me I should buy a new one, but I said no, I don’t even know this one! There are so many functions but I only know two functions – one is “delete” and one is “listen to songs.” Nope, I’m not going to buy a new one.

After we got on the plane, I read the newspaper, then watched two movies which were both terrible. I don’t want to mention which movies they were. Sometimes filmmakers don’t always make good movies; even a famous director, even myself. Sometimes you just make a mistake. You think it’s good, but sometimes it turns out that it’s bad. And sometimes when you think it’s bad, it turns out to be good. You don’t know. Making a movie is like gambling; you never know. I remember with Rush Hour, everyone said the script was bad, no class, small budget. I was so worried, but when it came out, it was a huge hit. So after Rush Hour, I was willing to try everything because if you never try, you never know.

After the movies, I fell asleep and when I woke up we were almost in Los Angeles. I took some photos and when we arrived in LA, I went through them and I noticed that the blue sky became yellow as we got closer to the city. I know that Los Angeles has had a big problem with smog, but was amazed to see the difference between the blue sky and clean air and the yellow sky over the city.

When we arrived at the airport we got into a car and it took us over to our next flight. We had to pass through another checkpoint and everyone continued to laugh at me because of my computer. They kept laughing, and I just ignored them and pretended I wasn’t listening.

When we got on the next flight, I looked through the SkyMall catalog and immediately found some things I wanted to buy. But instead, I looked out the window and wow! I saw the big desert, the empty land so big and I thought about how we always hear that the Earth is so small, but when you look out over the desert you think, “Wow! It’s just so big.” The Earth already has 6 billion people but there’s still so much space. I took some photos and when I looked at them I thought they were so beautiful. When I saw the blue sky over the desert and compared it to the yellow smog over LA, I could really see the difference between the big city and the small city.

When we arrived in New Mexico, we went to the hotel and the manager came out to welcome me. They gave me the best room in the hotel; they knew I’d be staying there for two months and the manager told me that we would be like a family and if I needed anything I should just give him a call. As soon as I saw the room, I hated it. There was nothing wrong with the room, I just don’t like this kind of formal place. One of my stuntmen told me that he knew about an apartment; not as good as the hotel, but he thought I’d like it better. I immediately knew that I’d like it; after all this guy has been with me for 10 years and I know that he knows what I want. So I said “Let’s go to check on the apartment.” When I saw it, I knew that it was definitely my kind of place; small, warm, not beautiful. I want to stay close to my crew and have everyone around me. There was nothing around the first hotel but this one had lots of things nearby – restaurants and shops. It was definitely for me. I wanted to move right away, but they didn’t have room until the next day, so we went back to the original hotel and got ready to go to dinner.

On the way to dinner we listened to country music on the radio; I like to listen to this kind of music when I’m in America. We drove to a local Chinese restaurant and I was really disappointed to see that the place was dirty and shabby. I wondered why they didn’t do anything to improve the look – put some nice decorations, clean things up. I think it’s so important. But anyway, the food was…I won’t say it was good because I was so hungry I think I would have eaten anything. It was just okay. But I want to tell you about the restaurant owner, who came out to say hello. Thirty years ago he escaped from Guangzhou to Hong Kong by swimming. From Hong Kong he immigrated to Los Angeles and from there he came to New Mexico and has been here for thirty years. He told me his story – it’s a long story – but finally, at the end he told me that he regrets coming to America; he thinks that China is much better now. I told him that before it may have been difficult in China but that in time things have gotten better. I told him you have to give time for China to change. I believe that in the future, China will continue to be much better. Now the leaders are better educated and they know how to fix up the country. I told him he should go back and he said that he goes back every few months or whenever he has time. His life is here but when he retires he will move back to China. I told him “Welcome back to China!” 

We went back to the hotel and I fell asleep immediately but woke up at 7:00 AM and even though I tried, I couldn’t fall back asleep. Later, Solon called me and told me it was time to start working so we went to the production office where I met the director, Brian Levant. When I saw him, he immediately reminded me of Frank Coraci [director of Around the World in 80 Days]. They have the same look, the same way of talking. Different face, different hair – one has short hair, one long; one has black hair, one has blonde - but their stomachs, voices, height…everything seemed the same.

Meeting with director Brian Levant.

I spent the morning trying on costumes – I think I put on 70 different outfits. When we were finished, they said, “Okay, done!” but I told them I wanted to work more. They reminded me that it was Saturday, next day was Sunday. No more work today. Oh well, that’s the American way; I’m used to it.

We went back to the hotel and immediately got ready to move to the apartment; I couldn’t wait to get there. When we were done packing we all left together and as we walked through the hotel lobby, I held my head down because I didn’t want to see the manager. I felt so bad; he had been so excited about us being family and having a nice two months together. But it wasn’t his fault and there was nothing wrong with the hotel. It just wasn’t my style.

We packed up the cars and that’s when I noticed that all together we had 7 cars! I immediately made a note to tell the production to come and take back some of the cars. Four cars is enough; seven was too many. I really want to save money for the production; that’s just me. After we moved everything I was so happy. I know that for the next two months this apartment would be my home.

Look at all the food we bought!

We took a walk around; there are so many stores and restaurants nearby so we don’t have to take the cars every time we want to eat or have a walk to look at things. At the first hotel, there was nothing around; you walk and see one store, go inside and take a look, then boom, finished. Here, there are so many places to see. So we found a restaurant and had lunch together. When I looked around at the giant plates of American food, I told the waiter that we would just order a few things and share. I saw a family at a table nearby and couldn’t believe my eyes. The Mom had a huge plate with two hamburgers and a mountain of French fries; the daughter had the same thing. Each person had a big plate of food and after they were finished and were paying the check, I saw that the Mom had only eaten one hamburger and the daughter had only finished half! I asked Katharine why they don’t just order one hamburger and share. Then maybe order some pasta and share that too. But she told me that they don’t do that because they’re just not used to it. It’s the American way for each person to order one meal. I told her that I thought it was stupid. But Katharine said that it was the custom; that’s just the way they do things. They don’t do it the Chinese way. Honestly, I think our way is better because we order many things – one burger, one pasta, one this, one that and put it all in the middle and share. What happens if an American wants to have a hamburger and some pasta – are you supposed to order two plates? Then you can’t finish! I just don’t get it. But I guess it’s just like when I first came to America to make movies. I wasn’t used to the way they did things, but now I’m used to it. Anyway, I think maybe once you should try eating the Chinese way…order a few appetizers and just a few entrees. There’s no waste of food and everyone can enjoy many different things.

When we got back to the apartment, my friend Curtis Wong had just arrived from LA. I’ve known Curtis for thirty-something years and no matter where I am in the world filming, he will always come to visit me. That’s a real buddy.

October 25

Day Trip to Santa Fe

I woke up this morning at 7:00 and watched some television. Later when I picked up my phone I noticed that it was out of battery. Then I wasn’t sure what time it was. So I called Osumi on the room phone and asked her what she was doing. She said that everyone was going to go to Roswell and Santa Fe, and she told me I should join them. At first I told them all to go ahead; I’d stay back at the apartment and take a rest and maybe get some exercise. But then I decided to join them and told her to call everyone; we’d all go together. We ate breakfast and talked about the places we’d go and I told them I didn’t want to go to Roswell because I don’t believe in UFOs and I don’t like these kinds of things; I told them we should just go to Santa Fe. So we left and after we were driving for an hour I asked myself, “What the hell? Why are we driving so far; what’s to see in Santa Fe?” Nobody really knew; they said maybe there were shopping malls. I said, “What?!” I think it’s so strange. American people go to Hong Kong for shopping; Hong Kong people come to America. Hong Kong people go to Japan to shop; Japanese go to Hong Kong for shopping. Probably the people from Santa Fe will come here to shop and we’ll pass them on the road as we go there. Ha ha ha! We were all laughing. But as soon as we arrived in Santa Fe, I thought Wow! What a town. The culture, the people, the art. Later I found out that Santa Fe is the oldest capital city in the United States and one of the oldest towns. It’s also well known as a center for the arts. There are museums and galleries everywhere and the town is full of historic buildings.

There are also many legends of hauntings and you can take a ghost tour and see some of the haunted buildings. We didn’t do that, but we saw so many interesting things. I found two sculptures I really liked and I bought one of them. Later on I will show you what I bought. Usually I don’t buy too much art; I don’t want to spend money on these kinds of things. But sometimes you just know you like something…you see it and boom, bang…it catches your eye and you have to have it! There was so much art that caught my eye, so I decided to buy one. There was another one – it was a pig sculpture – and when you look at him, you just can’t help but smile. For that one, I will have to look and see where I would put it. When I decide, I will call them and have them send it.

We walked all around the town and sometimes it was a little difficult when people recognized me and followed or chased me. Sometimes when I saw the little kids following me, I stopped and took a photo with them. I didn’t want to disappoint the children. Still, I think if this didn’t happen, I would have spent even more time in Santa Fe. But anyway, we saw a lot of beautiful things. There is so much art in Santa Fe; sculptures everywhere; so many gorgeous buildings. I think that if you come to visit the US, you should definitely go to Santa Fe. It’s only about a 6 or 8 hour drive from LA, and it’s wonderful. I took some photos just for fun so I could share them with you:

These are some little kids we met.

Hmm.

At one art gallery they had a room set up for kids to draw and paint. I thought this was a very clever idea.

A nice man on the street took a photo of our group. In the back row from left to right:  "Disciple" winner Jack Tu, stuntmen Han Guan Hua, Wu Gang, and Alan Ng. In the front row from left to right are Katharine, Solon, Curtis Wong, and Osumi.

As I was driving back from Santa Fe, I suddenly saw flashing police lights in my rearview mirror and heard the police siren. I looked down at the speedometer and saw that I wasn’t speeding; I didn’t know what I’d done wrong. So I pulled over – well, not just pulled over. Because I know so many police movies, I know what to do and I know how dangerous it is to pull over on the side of the highway. So I slowed down and drove until I could exit the highway and find a safe place to pull over. The policeman came to my car and said, “I thought you were Jackie Chan. I want to shake your hand, then you can go.” I said to myself, “Oh shoot!” He wanted to take some photos, so we took some pictures together and even though I thought I’d done something wrong, I still ended up being happy. Of course I am happy that fans want to see me and take a photo or shake my hand. This same kind of thing happens in Hong Kong; the police pull me over and say, “I just wanted to say hello.” I always laugh and tell them that they scared the you-know-what out of me. 

When we came back we decided to go to a nice restaurant because Solon, my new CEO, had a birthday the other day. We had a very nice and relaxing dinner and then went back to the apartments and went to sleep. I can’t wait to start working!

Don't forget to check out Jackie's New Mexico photos in our Photo Albums section!

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Oct 23 (星期四)

很多會議：

          當我從北京回到香港，已經是晚上十一點半了。然而，有人已經約了跟我開會，還有好些人輪候著跟我開會，他們等到差不多深夜四點鐘呢。真的有太多的會議，這似乎有開不完的會議。當一個問題解決了，接著要解決第二個問題，然後一個，又一個，又一個。我跟他們說：「你們講完了沒有？好的，走吧，我回香港的時候，會再跟你們見面的．．」。然後，又有更多的人需要跟我見面。我想如果我沒有催促開會的人盡快完成會議，相信會議會繼續開下去。我想跟我的狗兒玩玩的，可是已經太晚了，我仍是跟牠們玩了一會兒，摸摸牠們，拍拍牠們，一直到清晨五點鐘。另外，我一直在找其中一頭貓兒，但是牠始終都沒有出現，我也不知道牠在那裡。

          睡覺前，我還要收拾行李，準備前赴美國。我收拾了一會兒，最後我都停下來並決定不再收拾行李了。總之，讓助手Osumi決定帶什麼就帶什麼吧。如果讓我自己挑選，肯定沒完沒了的，因為我會想：我不喜歡這個；我不需要這個；我想要那個；我需要這個嗎？我需要那個嗎？是，我需要這個的，但是不需要那個。不是，可能不是那個，可能是這個。所以，我讓助手為我收拾行李，因為他們很精明。因為，他們只會帶一條牛仔褲、一件黑色襯衫、一件白色襯衫，那就完工了！這都是因為他們知道我在新墨西哥將會沒有什麼事情做，既不需要參與演唱會或是活動，大部份的時間我都會穿著戲服拍戲。

Oct 24 (星期五)

出發去美國：

          我醒來的時候，大概是早上十點半，我想我只是睡了三至四個小時。我馬上回公司，因為我想見Katharine和跟Fibe錄日記，講述在國內所做的事情。當我回到公司的時候，Katharine已經出發去機場了，所以我跟鄧Sir（香港公司的副總裁）談了一會兒公事，再跟Fibe講了一點點日記。然後，我又跟狗兒玩了幾分鐘，就趕往機場去了。

          到達機場的手提行李檢查處，每一個人都在等我，我如常的把手提行李袋放到輸送帶，準備作電腦掃瞄檢查。但是，我停下來並說：「等一等，我的電腦．．」那我打開我的袋子，把手提電腦拿出來。我看到Katharine和Osumi愕然的看著我，她們禁不住笑出來並說：「什麼？！你的電腦？？」我真的有一部電腦呀！就是我自己也不相信。平常我都會笑別人的說：「看，就是這個問題了，你需要停下來，打開袋子，把電腦拿出來．．」。現在，我知道這是什麼問題了。我把我的電腦放到輸送帶上的時候，看到他們仍然笑得彎著腰，哈哈哈！

          我開始學習使用電腦，但是只是聽音樂和看照片而已。可是，當我試著把所有的照片傳送到電腦的時候，我發覺我不足夠．．．我也不知道叫什麼．．電腦的空間不足夠。他們說我應該買一部新的電腦，但是我說不，因為就是這一部電腦我也不清楚呢！這一部電腦有很多功能，我只知道兩個功能：一是“刪除”，另一個是“聽音樂”。總之，我是不會買一部新電腦的。

          登機以後，我就看報紙，然後看了兩部電影，兩部都是不堪入目，我不想說是那兩部戲。有時候，電影製作人，就算是出名的導演或是我自己都不是經常拍出一些好電影，有時會犯錯。當你想這是一部好的電影，但是有時出來會變成不好；有時當你認為這部電影拍得不好，出來的反應卻是好的，你是不會知道的。拍電影就像賭博，你永遠不會知道的。我記得每一個都說《尖峰時刻》的劇本不好，沒有格調，小本製作，我也很擔心。但是當電影上映之後，票房卻出奇的好。所以自《尖峰時刻》之後，我願意嘗試所有東西，因為如果你不去嘗試，你是永遠都不會知道結果的。

          看過電影，我就睡覺了。當我醒來的時候，我們差不多到達洛杉磯了。我們到達洛杉磯上空，我拍了一些照片。看這些照片的時候，我注意到當我們靠近城市的時候，藍天變成泥黃色的。我知道洛杉磯有煙霧的問題，但是看到這個藍天和清新空氣與城市裡的泥黃色天空的差別，我仍是感到驚訝。

          我們下機以後，就上了車，有人帶領我們去轉機。我們需要經過另一個檢查點，而每一個人都因為我的電腦，繼續取笑我。他們不斷的笑著，我裝作聽不到，沒有理會他們。

          當我登上下一班飛機，我就看空中購物指南，我馬上看到一些我想買的東西。但是我從窗戶看出去，嘩！我看見一個大沙漠，那偌大的一片空地，我就想我們經常聽到說地球是那麼小，但是當你看到那個沙漠，你會想：“噢！這真是很大啊！”。地球已經有六十億人口，但是這裡還是有這麼多空間。我拍下照片，我看著這些照片，覺得真的很美。那沙漠的藍天對比洛杉磯的泥黃色的煙霧，我真的能夠看到大城市與小城市的分別呢。

          我們抵達新墨西哥後，就去酒店，酒店的經理出來歡迎我。他們為我提供酒店裡最好的房間，因為他們知道我將會在這裡住上兩個月，經理跟我說我們就像在家裡一樣，有什麼需要就打電話通知他就可以了。當我看到房間後，我討厭它。並不是房間有什麼問題，我只是不喜歡這種正規的地方。我的一位武師兄弟告訴我，他知道一間公寓大樓，沒有酒店那麼好，但是他想我應該會喜歡的。我馬上知道我一定會喜歡，因為我的武師兄弟跟了我十多年，我知道他會明白我想要什麼的。於是我說：「我們就去看看那個房間」。當我看到這個房間以後，我就知道這就是我要的房間，小巧、溫暖、不太華麗。我想與我的工作人員距離近一點，每一個人就住在我周圍。第一間酒店是沒有問題的，只是這一間附近就有很多東西：餐廳和商店，這絕對是我喜歡的那一種。我想馬上就搬進去，可是他們沒有房間，要明天才有，所以我回到原來的那間酒店，準備出發去吃晚餐。

          去吃晚餐的途中，我們聽著收音機播放的鄉謠音樂。我在美國的時候，我喜歡聽這一類音樂。我們開車到本地一間中國餐廳，餐廳很破舊和髒，我真的覺得很失望。我真的不明白為什麼他們不裝修一下門面，加上一點好看的裝飾品和把地方打理得乾淨一點呢，我想這些是非常重要的。但是不管怎樣，食物是．．．我不是說很好，因為我真的快餓死了，我想我可以吃光所有東西，我只是說食物是可以的。然而，我想跟你們講這間餐廳的東主，他走出來跟我打招呼。三十年前，他從廣州游泳來到香港，又從香港移居到洛杉磯，再來到新墨西哥，就留在這裡三十年了。他跟我講了他的故事，是一個很長的故事，但是最後，他說他懊悔來到美國，他認為中國現在比較好。我告訴他以前中國可能是有一點困難，但是隨著時間轉變，中國已經好了很多，我更說他應該給中國一點時間去改變。我相信在將來，中國會更好。現在的領導們受了更好的教育，而他們知道如何處理國家。我叫東主應該回去中國，他說他幾個月就回去一次，或者是有空就回去。他的生活在這裡，但是退休以後，他將會回歸中國。我跟他說：「歡迎回到中國！」

          回到酒店以後，我很快就入睡了。雖然我是累，可是早上七點我就醒來了，怎樣也睡不著。然後，Solon打電話給我，說是時候開始工作了，於是我們去了製片部的辦公室跟導演Brian Levant。我見到他以後，他馬上讓我想起Frank Coraci（《八十日環遊世界》的導演），他們的面容和談話的方式都很像。不同的面孔，不同的頭髮；一個是短頭髮的，一個是長的；一個是黑頭髮，一個是白的。但是，他們的腹部和高度，其他所有都一樣的。

          我花了一個早上在試穿戲服，我想試穿了七十多套不同的衣服。當我們試完服裝以後，他們說：「好了，完成了！」但是，我和他們說我想再做多一點工作。他們提醒我今天是星期六，明天是星期日，今天就到此為止。好的，這是美國的方式，我已經習慣了。

          我們回到酒店，我立刻準備要搬去公寓大樓了，我實在是急不及待。我們收拾好行李以後，我們一起離開，經過酒店的大堂，我垂下頭來，因為我不想看到酒店的經理。我覺得不太好，他興奮的以為我們是一家人一般，會一起住在這裡兩個月。但是，這不是他的錯，酒店也沒有問題，只是這裡不是我的風格而已。

          我們把所有東西放到車裡去，完畢後我才發現有七輛汽車呢！我馬上寫下一個紙條給製作部，通知他們來駕走三輛車子，四輛車已經很足夠了，七輛是太多了。我真的想為製作部省點錢，我就是這樣的人。所有的東西都搬好了，我很開心，我知道在接下來的兩個月裡，這裡就是我的家了。

          我們出去散散步，這區附近有很多商店和餐廳，所以每當我們想吃東西或者是逛逛街的時候，都不需要開車出去了。第一間入住的酒店，附近是沒有什麼的，你走出去只看到一間商店，你走進去看看，那就已經看完了。而這裡呢，有很多地方可以去看看。於是，我們找了一間餐廳，一起享用午餐。當我看到那一大盤的美國食物的時候，我跟侍者說我們只能點幾樣東西，一同分享就可以了。我看到坐在我們附近的一家人，我不能相信我的眼睛。那位母親面前大大的盤子上有兩個漢堡包，還有如山高的炸薯條；而女兒的食物也是一樣的。每一個人都有一大盤食物，他們吃完了並付帳，我看到那位母親只吃了一個漢堡包而已，她的女兒也只是吃了一半！我問Katharine為什麼她們不就點一份漢堡包分享呢，然後或者再叫一些意大利粉一起吃？可是Katharine告訴我他們不會這樣做的，因為他們就是不習慣這樣做，這就是美國方式，每一個人叫一份餐。我告訴她我覺得這樣很笨。但是Katharine繼續說這是習慣；這就是他們做事的方式，他們不會像中國人的方式的。坦白說，我覺得我們的方式比較好，因為我們點了很多東西：一個漢堡包、一個意大利粉、一個這些、一個那些，把所有的食物都放在桌的中央，讓大家分享。如果一個美國人想吃一個漢堡包和一些意大利粉，那就要叫兩盤食物嗎？那根本就吃不了！我就是不明白為什麼要這樣做。但是我想這就像我第一次來到美國拍戲，我不習慣他們做事的方式，然而現在我習慣了。不管怎樣，我想可以嘗試中國人吃東西的方式，叫一點兒前菜，一點兒主菜，那就不會浪費食物，而每一個人都可以享用不同種類的東西。

Oct 25 (星期六)

聖達菲一日遊：

          今天早上七點起床，我去拿我的手提電話，我發現手機沒有電了。由於我不肯定是什麼時候，我就用房間的電話打給助手Osumi，問她在幹什麼？他說每一個人都預備出發去羅斯威爾（Roswell）和聖達菲（Santa Fe），她說我應該跟他們一起去。起初我說他們去吧，我想留下來休息一下，可能做一點運動。後來，我又決定跟他們一起去，並告訴助手打電話給每一個人我們一起去吧。我們吃早餐的時候，談到應該去什麼地方，而我說我不想去羅斯威爾，因為我不相信不明飛行物體（UFOs），而且我不喜歡這一類東西，我想我們應該去聖達菲。我們離開酒店，開了一個小時的車以後，我問自己：「到底幹什麼？為什麼我們開車去那麼遠的地方？在聖達菲有什麼好看？」沒有人真正知道，他們說可能那裡會有購物中心。我說：「什麼？！」我覺得很奇怪，美國人到香港買東西，香港人去美國買；香港人去日本買東西，日本人去香港買東西。有可能聖達菲的人會到我們身處的地方購物，我們前去的路上大家擦身而過，哈哈哈！大家都笑了。當我們到達聖達菲，我感到驚訝，這是一個何等的鎮呀！這裡的文化、人和藝術品，我們看了很多東西，我看了兩件東西，我真的很喜歡，我買了其中一個。稍後，我會給你們看看我買了什麼。平常我不會買太多的藝術品，我不想花太多錢在這些東西上。但是，有些時候，你就是知道你喜歡，你一看了，心裡就會歡呼，嘩，噢，你的目光會被它吸引了，你一定要擁有它！這裡有很多藝術品，我一看就著迷了，所以我決定買一個。這是另一個：一個豬的雕刻品，當你看著它的時候，你就是控制不了，打從心裡發出微笑。至於這一個，我要想想到底應該擺放在那裡。當我決定以後，我會打電話給他們，叫他們送貨給我。

          我們在鎮上走走，有時候是有點兒困難的，因為當我被人群認出了，他們就會跟著或者是追著我。有時候，我看到一些小朋友跟著我，我就停下來，與他們拍照片，因為我不想讓小孩子失望。我想，如果不是有這些小困難，我會多花一點時間在聖達菲的。無論如何，我們看到很多美麗的東西。在聖達菲有很多藝術品，四處都有雕塑，還有很多華麗的建築物。我想如果你到訪美國，你一定要去聖達菲。從洛杉磯到聖達菲大概是六至八小時的車程，這裡真是很好的。我拍了一些照片跟大家分享：

          當我開車離開聖達菲，突然我從倒後鏡看到有警車在閃警號燈和聽到警報器。我看汽車的速度計，我沒有超速，我不知道我做錯了什麼。於是，我打算把車停在一旁，然而，卻不只是停下來，因為我知道有很多警匪片，我知道怎樣做，我知道在公路上停靠一旁是有危險的。所以，我減低車速，把車開到可以離開高速公路為止，再找一個安全的地方停下來。警員來到我的車子並說：「我想你是成龍，我想跟你握手，那你就可以走了。」我跟自己說：「噢，拍照而已！」我以為自己做錯了什麼事情，原來他只是想跟我拍些照片，那我們一起拍照片，最後我都是開心的。當然我是開心的，因為有影迷想見我，跟我拍照或是握手。在香港也有類似的情況，警員要我把車停在一旁並說：「我只想跟你打招呼。」我經常因此而大笑並告訴他們我被他們嚇了一跳呢。

          我們回程的時候，我們決定去一間好的餐廳，因為明天是Solon（我公司的新CEO）的生日。我們吃了一頓很好和輕鬆的晚餐，然後就回酒店睡覺去了。我非常期待開工！