Lu's Days ...

Seems like people want to hear more about the Hong Kong Movie star BS story. So I'll write about it today.

Last Sunday, we intended to go to a place called Film City. To get there, we have to take a bus to a central bus station to catch a connecting bus.

We got there. We checked the time for the next bus on a timetable board. There was still about an hour left to go, so we decided to walk around for a bit. But before that, Rohit wants to check with the guy that works at the bus station first. He told us that the bus should be here any minute. Even thou the timetable says otherwise, we trusted him.

So we sat at the bench where the bus should stop at, quietly waiting. About 10 minutes later, 4 teenagers came and sat beside us. The guy next to me turned his head from time to time, peeking at probably the first live Chinese guy he saw in his life.

That day was hot. I was sweating like a dog. The bus hasn't came as the bus station dude promised. And having a guy who constantly turn his head looking at you while sitting beside him is annoying.

Then I thought maybe I should start a conversation with him to kill time and take my mind off the heat and also his annoyance. So, I turned my head, and politely said "Hi" to him.

He was a bit stunned.

"Hi", he replied.

. . . . .

Silence. All that's in my mind is the heat.

Even thou my random-people-chat skill isn't really all that great, luckily, he seems to be really interested in this good looking Chinese dude. :)

"Sir, where are you from ?"

"Canada."

Puzzled.

"Canada, it is north of America," I said, trying to put things into perspective for him.

"Aahhhhh .... So, what are you doing here in India ?"



Canada, eh ?


Seeing his "pretending to know where Canada is" face drew the devil out of me. "Lets have some fun in this heat," I thought.

"Well, you see, I'm a movie actor in Hong Kong. Rohit (pointing next to me) is my manager and we are here for vacation."

My manager looked at me. Stunned. Within 2 seconds we bursted into laughters. I thought my lie would blow. But apparently, I was wrong.

"Wow. Why do you come to India for vacation?" Staring at me with his admiring and innocent eyes, and again puzzled by our laughters.

I couldn't believe he will believe it. But somehow, he thought our laughters were a Canadian cultural thing. Seeing him face made me want to drive this thing further. Much much further.

I toke out my cigarettes, crossed my legs like how the celebrities on Jay Leno's shows do, and put on probably the most seriously face that I could've ever put on.

"Well, you see, as an artist, we need a constant flow of inspirations and experiences to make our acting believable. I think that when we are still young, we should try as many things as possible so that our acting can relate closely to the real world. So that's why I'm in India."

Wow. Even I couldn't belive what I've just said. At first his friends didn't really believed me. But after hearing what I've just said, they were totally mesmerized by my speech. To make it even more believable, I framed myself as a young star, with a big vision of course, who is just starting his career, and tried to act all humble like many young person do.

The next 30 minutes was basically a QA session. They asked me about the Hong Kong movie stuff, what stuff i've been playing, did I met Jackie Chan or not, blah blah blah. I basically just throw them with all the generic stuff I learnt from reading the newspaper and watching HK TV. But along the line, I try to convey the message that they should persue their own dreams and see the world while they are still young. Hey, when you did something bad, you'll try to make up for it somehow.

This kinda opportunity is probably a once in a lifetime kinda thing. How often would you get a group of teenagers thinking you are cool ? So I offered to take a picture with them, making it sound like doing them a favour.



Me and my fans.


When he left, he had to chase the bus cuz he had spent too much time with his idol. "I will look out for your movie !!" he shouted, with an Indian accent.

My manager and I still can't believe we pulled the whole thing off. Man, being a chinese guy here is like being a star.

Wait, I AM a star. But not a movie one, I'm a BS-ing star.