名字大聯盟

以藝人嘅名字串成一句對聯。


武琳天下 - 金城武﹐陳慧琳

羲喜楊羊 - 吳卓羲﹐楊怡

聚豪珊莊 - 陳豪﹐陳慧珊

蒙醒 ‘Steven (時分)’ - 蒙嘉慧﹐馬浚偉

杏林先鋒 - 胡杏兒﹐陳鍵鋒

千彥萬語 - 楊千嬅﹐吳彥祖

浚男美女 - 馬浚偉﹐吳美珩

永珩國度 - 吳美珩﹐馬國明

嵐天白雲 - 向海嵐﹐古天樂

曼佛潮宗 - 佘詩曼﹐黃宗澤

杏宗飄忽 - 胡杏兒﹐黃宗澤

宗生杏福 - 黃宗澤﹐胡杏兒

明中注定 - 馬國明﹐胡定欣

豪氣迫人 美力更強 - 陳豪﹐吳美珩

文武雙全 美艷動人 - 黃德斌﹐吳美珩

只要有珩心﹐美夢可成真 - 吳美珩

保嘉慧國 - 林保怡﹐鍾嘉欣﹐蒙嘉慧﹐馬國明

鴻飛曼里 - 陳錦鴻﹐佘詩曼

FloMo @ TVB 35th Anniversary 2002 Clip

Flora Chan and Moses Chan!!!
A must watch for backstage interviews of the winners of TVB's 35th Anniversary!

*Credits to ath113

Eye Catching: Justin Lo

Date of birth: July 1
Horoscope sign: Cancer
Instruments played: Piano, drums
Most want to work with singers: Sam Hui, George Lam
Favourite music: Soul pop
How he entered: After Justin graduated form design in the States, he got bored working for a Yahoo website, so he returned to Hong Kong two years ago to do music. Through his Uncle Ted Lo, he met Mark Lui and composed many songs. His more known compositions include Leo Ku's "Nobita", "Hurt Chasing Person", and Leon Lai's "Do I Still Love You". It was not until being a backup singer for Leo Ku's concert that he was discovered by Paco Wong and signed to the music company Gold Label as a singer.

When performing as a backup singer for Leo's concert, Justin did not reveal himself too much because he does not have a handsome face, and he is not tall, but he has an unbelievable amount of cuteness in him that makes him shine. Plus the big hit "Good Guy", all eyes were focused on this new male singer, making him the most focused new male singer. When comparing to other newbies who have all released their debut albums, Justin has not rushed himself in order to release an album. He laughs, "I have only recorded two songs. I need more time to work on other songs. I don't want this album to have any boredom to it. I want all ten songs to have its own style just like 'Good Guy' and 'Erica'. Actually, it is very difficult for fans not to skip any tracks in a CD, but I would like to do the impossible for this album".

Before becoming a singer, Justin kept a lot to himself. After entering the business, one's personality nevertheless will change due to entertainment value. However, he insists on keeping the music for real. He says, "After becoming a singer, I've came in contact with a lot more people, there's photo shoots and interviews. Compared to when I was just doing music, I don't need to care about anything else. It's like jumping out from the bottom of a well and coming into the big world. I hope that, in five years, I can become a complete music producer, not just in Hong Kong, I want to get the approval from all around Asia. That is my dream".

Shall We Talk 2002: "Sweet, Sweet, Bitter Man" - Moses Chan

Besides the smell of sweat, for every man, there may be another scent. "I am a bit sweet and a little bit bitter kind of man", Moses laughs.

After bitterness, does not always come sweetness, but today, Moses Chan is famous.

At the age of 31, he entered the entertainment business as a young man. For 8 years, he was cast in a category III movie revealing his buttocks; he played a numerous evil characters, and the most 樣衰 of no-namers. In the end, he still gets himself to a rising position with the role of 'Cho Pei' in "Where the Legend Begins" as the evil character. Continuing that, the role 'Siu Hin Wah' in "Family Man" stabilizes his position. After much suffering, Moses went through more than a little bitterness. In this person's eye, he has succeeded, and it is worth a drink to. He smiles sweetly.

Throughout the interview, Moses Chan kept a soft laughter as if he was giving them out for free. He laughs happily. Laughter is a natural reaction, even if it encounters any wounds containing questions, the answer will always be full of blood. But in the end, you will not forget to add a couple sounds of laughter. "Actually, I'm a very miserable man! Ha ha ha ha".

Actually, I am too! Ha ha ha ha.

「Don't worry, it will resemble a French movie」
Yes, Moses Chan knows he is famous. Even with a stable girlfriend, he, too, like many other artistes, does not like to talk about his love life. Everybody can see that TVB is promoting him. He is filming series back to back, he is rumoured with the two 'dong ka fa dans', Flora Chan and Sonija Kwok. In one allegation, it was said that the female pursued him, and now he is nicknamed as 'Fa Dan Killer'.

Moses laughingly says that he has already looked past it and does not have any special feeling.

"I entered the business in 1994. The director persuaded me to film 'Twenty Something'. He told me, 'Don't worry, we'll film it like a French movie, it will look very natural even if you don't wear any clothing'. After that being said, I believed it and took on the role. But who knew that, on the first day of filming, there would be so many sexual scenes! Ha ha.

Before the movie was aired in theatres, I told my friends not to go watch it. Even until this day, I'm not used to seeing my bare naked butt on the big screen. With this experience, the biggest relief is that I've already filmed the worst that there is to film because I've done it when I first entered the business. So, anything after that is no big deal".

「How to continue to be evil」
After filming that movie, I thought to myself, "Such a big sacrifice, should I be getting this year's best actor award?" I was indulging in the wildest fantasy. People would laugh to death. Ha ha!

After that, there were some people who noticed me, and I was able to film a couple of movies where I was the main lead, but at that time, I was very arrogant. People would give me a numerous chances, but I didn't even say 'thank you' nor did I even buy them a cup of coffee. They probably thought, "Why should I give you a chance?" Shortly after, I started to get supporting roles and evil roles. I played many of those roles. I thought to myself, "If I continue to be evil, there would probably be a chance that I can't go back".

「A wish I can't accept」
During those days, he decided to throw himself out. He took on all roles and he would spend all of his money. Since he does not have fame, then all there is left is money. He says that he was already used to it, he depended on his 6'1" body in exchange for money. "In my modeling days, when I arrive at a show, all they would tell me to do is stand there. I would stand there the whole night. When I was done standing, they would tell me to leave. It was very boring. It was so easy but people would pay me to do so, what was I suppose to do?"

Moses Chan is too modest, even in asking him about his one wish, he could not answer it.

"A wish? Um... I don't know! I can't accept it. It's not that I've never thought about, it’s just that I dare not to think about it. The entertainment business is really weird, the more a person wants to be famous, he'll never be close to fame; on the other hand, the chance will be given to a 戇居居 ABC who doesn't know what's going on. Ha ha!

「Please look like a person」
During those days, the more I work, the more the bad luck followed. There were no jobs in both modeling and in movies. I was jobless for half a year. After that, I opened up a little store selling quartz accessories. I called everybody in my address book, trying to sell accessories for a thousand dollars a piece. "I really am no good at marketing. I would call up my friends, and I would not know what to say to them. I would think to myself, "You have to buy this! You have to buy this!" Of course, I only sold a few. Until one day, a good friend scolded me. "It doesn't matter what kind of job you do, but when you speak to me, please sound like a normal person, and be more humane". That is when I realized that I was not suitable for that kind of job."

「Gaining weight to look less cunning」
With jobs lessening everyday, manager Clarence Hui signs him over to TVB. At that time, he swore an oath inside his heart, "This is that last chance I'm giving myself. If there isn't any result, I will never step foot in the entertainment business".

In order for his image to enter the house more easily, he gained 10+ pounds to look less cunning. In television, his life became more like a daily routine; he was focused in filming series. In 2000, he was noticed in "Healing Hands II". After that, he helped TVB film many series. After the success of "Where the Legend Begins" and "Family Man", TVB plans to air "Take My Word For It", "Perish in the Name of Love", "Back to Square One", "Love Again", etc.

「Cho Pei ah! Come buy a fish」
"Even though I have entered the business for 8 years, people do not speak to me when I go to the market and buy groceries, but now, I go to the market to buy a fish...the boss lady would say, 'Chan Ho! Don't leave!' The vegetable lady over at the next stall would yell out, 'Cho Pei ah...Chan Ho, I'll give you some free vegetables, come and buy some from me!' Afterward, a bunch of housewives would surround me and say, 'You've come to buy groceries? May I have your autograph?' I don't know how to leave their surroundings. But inside my heart, I am happy". At least Moses' last chance was not wasted.

"There are a lot of people who need to take the wrong step. With no wrong, they will never learn". All of a sudden, Moses is touched.

「Wrong early, Quit early」
Moses Chan, born in Hong Kong, father a doctor, mother a Chinese doctor, and has 2 older brothers. His father passed away when Moses was 12 years old. His mother was afraid that her sons would misbehave, so they all immigrated to Australia. But Moses did go bad. In his early teens, he would take a couple hundred dollars and would stay out for a couple of days. He and his friends would hang out at pool halls, go to discos, smoke cigarettes, drink alcohol, and pick up girls. These days lasted for a while. After he got older, he went to a club and asked himself, "Do I really belong here?"

"It was like all of a sudden I realized that I wasn't a person who was willing to let myself live like that. I know I look like a player and my friends often ask me, 'You can't drink? Doesn't seem like it!' They ask me if I smoke cigarettes. I tell them that I have quit when I was in my early teens. Ha ha!"

"Being bad early doesn't necessary mean it is a bad thing. It may be a chance to let myself realize it at an early stage".

「Loving without character」
When it comes to his love life, Moses says that he knew early on that he is used to loving without character.

"Hey, you'll naturally lose or have no character when you like someone. I used to always put love on the top of the list. I can put down everything just to go dating. In the end, I was always the one being dumped because I spoil my girlfriends too much. That's why there's no character. I've experienced going out with 2 girls at the same time. I let the person who loved me get hurt. After this experience, I've learned not to make the same mistake again. Of course, vice versa, I've experienced being hurt as well."

Asking Moses to recall his deepest love wound, not speaking of details...just talking about feelings. He described it as bleeding non-stop.

"Once, she tells me [to break up], my whole body is shaking, my breathing starts to accelerate. After that, I can't breathe. I sit down hoping to calm down. In my heart, I just want to run out of the house, but I can't because I can't move an ounce of my body. I think non-stop to myself, 'Why would you break it! All my trust for you is gone!'"

「Chocolate as healing medicine」
A month later, I wouldn't do anything but eat chocolate non-stop. I was so sad that the chocolate was tasteless, and I didn't even get fat. That was the one time I realized I'd eat chocolate every time I'm sad."

「Love, no forward just backwards」
Moses explains that his longest relationship lasted for 7 years. He says that this relationship is not in the past tense nor is it in the present tense. He does not want to talk about the details, but he does not mind sharing how two people get along.

For a relationship to last, they each must compromise. That is a must. The most important is that they have to put endless effort into the relationship. You can't expect it to grow naturally. If you leave it, it will not grow, it will just wither. A relationship is like muscle: if you don't work out, it will just go flabby.

"When I date, I would talk to her on the phone, sing her a song...sometimes I would make her a photo album with all of our pictures together. Or the simplest is to help her wash dishes. That is already enough to make her happy. And for two people to be together, you must include a little bit of romance".

「Listening to Memories」
During the whole interview, Moses kept his laughter. With his soft voice, half-good and half-evil eyes, and big laughter, if I were a young girl, I would have fallen heads over heels for him.

When Moses was in his teens, he liked to stay out late and eventually caught the flu. The flu damaged his voice box making it sound very hoarse and scratchy. Before entering TVB, he underwent a surgery to have his voice fixed.

"Shortly after the surgery, my voice was very high-pitched. It sounded as though I was a transsexual. It was very scary. I thought, 'Oh no, I shouldn't have had it done'. Luckily, a month or two later my voice turned back to normal".

It was this voice box surgery that made him realize that he misses the hoarse voice because he says that it helped him in his entertainment career. Before the surgery, he did not hate his scratchy voice.

"There were many fans who that liked that voice. They thought it was cool and special and it had a lot of character. After the surgery, I think I must have lost some fans. Ha Ha! I do miss that voice sometimes".

*Credits to mingpao

《男人之苦 》 "Men in Pain"

With the success of "La Femme Desperado", TVB has decided to air "Men in Pain", starring Damian Lau and Ron Ng, following "Trimming Success" on June 13. The series explores the sources of stress that men encounter at different ages, as represented by Ron Ng the younger generation, the middle-aged man Damian Lau, and the senior citizen Bowie Wu Fung. The men in the series use various methods to relieve their stress.

HK viewers have always accepted Damian portraying the role of a "little man". In 2000, Damian's "Ups and Downs" had an average of 33 points and a high of 43 points, with 84 percent of the viewers tuning in for the show.

With 'Bus Uncle' being the top issue in HK and his quotation, "You have stress, I have stress too", hopefully it will bring some promotional value for the 《男人之苦》 "Men in Pain".

Bus Uncle

Everybody has been raving about 'Bus Uncle' for the past week. This all happened on a bus with a young man tapping the shoulders of a middle-aged man due to the fact that he was speaking too loudly on his cell phone. 'Bus Uncle' gets furious and starts cursing the young man endlessly. A boy riding on the bus captures the whole incident on his cell phone. The six-minute clip surfaces on the internet with various versions to it. These versions included "Infernal Affairs" adaptation, Sammi Cheng's "煞科" cartoon versions, movie versions with Chinese and English subtitles, and many more.

This incident was so huge that a Taiwan variety show has made a parody out of it.

Experts explained that the reason people are so interested in this is because the clip was dramatic, and you can see it happening in reality. Also, the middle-aged man's abnormal actions indicate that he is suffering from an illness. More like an anger problem. It doesn't take much to push the wrong buttons to trigger his anger.

People are going crazy over the clip. Hong Kong TV shows are using it. Radio stations are reenacting it. TVB is even using it as a method to promote its to-be-broadcasted series "Pain of Being a Man", showing that "You have stress, I have stress too!" The men in the series have many sources of stress, which remain unresolved, but they deal with the stress using various methods.

I first viewed the clip on Sammul Chan's blog (http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/sammul-blog) on the first of June. I just think that some people don't have manners and don't care about other people around them. 'Bus Uncle' was very rude; however, on the other hand, the young man didn't handle the situation that well either. 'Bus Uncle' made the young man apologize for something he started in the first place. The young man didn't emphasize that the problem started off by 'Bus Uncle' speaking too loudly on the phone. 'Bus Uncle' should be apologizing and the young man as well. The two quotes from "Uncle Bus", "你有壓力, 我有壓力!" (You have stress, I have stress too!) and "未解決!" (It's not over!), are the most-used quotations used in HK right now.

Link to watch 'Bus Uncle'.

Quotations from TVB Series

I grew up watching TVB series, so I will be posting up some quotations from their series. Many of them are very memorable. I was reading an issue of TVB Weekly, and I came across a section labelled, "Top Ten Classic Quotes". The writer surveyed fifty artistes and came up with these results.

Top Ten Classic Quotes
1. "老婆仔,我哋去洞房囉." - 丁常旺《戇夫成龍》
2. "飲啖茶, 食個飽." - 段飛《蓋世豪俠》
3. "Yo!，駛乜驚呀!" - 孫悟空《西遊記》
4. "人善人欺天不欺, 人惡人怕天不怕." - 丁蟹《大時代》
5. "我唔係契丹人! 我唔係契丹人!" - 喬峰《天龍八部》
6. "格格Jel Jel." - 尚人《兄兄我我》
7. "So What!" - 方謹昌《流氓大亨》
8. "你阿爺o丫!" - 韋小寶《鹿鼎記》
9. "你班耆英同麻英!" - May May《真情》
10. "又如何?" - 余樂天 (阿Lok)《男親女愛》
"Off!" - Miss Mo《男親女愛》
To me, I thought that these weren't classic enough. The following quotes are memorable as well as classic.
"係咁先! 唔係咩呀!" - 木咀輝《親情》
"你媽我登!" - 木咀輝《親情》
"唉! 又洗米啦!" - 洗米華《城市故事》
"吹乒乓." - 韋諾《香城浪子》(黃日華)
"你嗰大隻講!" - 舅父東《新紮師兄》
"我封你做我偶像囉." - 楊澤霖 飾演詹秉熙師傅《畫出彩虹》
"你咪當我LuLu呀!" - 歐嘉寶《兄兄我我》
"你講野呀?" - 段飛《蓋世豪俠》
"我哋係醒字派嚟呀嘛!" - 尚天堂《老友鬼鬼》
"你個PK呀!" - 尚天堂《老友鬼鬼》
"咪當我Robert呀!" - 尚天堂《老友鬼鬼 》
"馬小靈, 妳在何處馬小靈, 我王小虎空有威名." - 何鑫淼《他來自江湖》
"先生幾多位，mark開邊條仔?" - 何鑫淼《他來自江湖》
"我係花果山水簾洞美猴皇齊天大聖孫悟空!" - 孫悟空《西遊記》
"話之你!" - 程如寶《開心華之里》
"你都低低哋!" - 低B瓊《真情》
"問世間, 情是何物, 直教生死相許." - 李莫愁《神鵰俠侶》
"食得又訓得，我係OK得!" - 游自得《闔府統請》
"有強哥, 冇奔波, 呵呵呵!" - 游自強《闔府統請》
"並非浪得虛名!" - 石美《皆大歡喜》
"Hur Hur 聲!" - 石美《皆大歡喜》
"咪就係咁之嘛!" - 鄭艷《錦繡良緣》
"之嘛, 之嘛!" - 程智勇《錦繡良緣》
"Come on, go go go!" - 過少哲《美麗在望》

The following quotes are long, funny, and fun to say.
"亞太區國際業務, 海外營業部高級經理, 並唔係浪得虛名." - 蕭顯華 (蕭公子)《絕世好爸》
"我拾義妹,義字行頭,為民除害,除暴安良,鋤強扶弱,捨己為人,人民愛我,我愛人民." - 陸拾義《秀才遇著兵》
"我係如來佛祖玉皇大帝觀音菩薩指定取西經特派使者花果山水簾洞美猴王齊天大聖孫悟空啊! 型到跌渣!" - 孫悟空《齊天大聖孫悟空》
"涼風有信, 秋月無邊, 虧我思嬌既情緒, 好比度日如年, 雖則我唔係玉樹臨風, 瀟洒倜儻, 但我有廣闊既胸襟, 加強勁既臂彎...." - 韋小寶《小寶與康熙》
"我係江湖上人稱水上小白龍, 能夠連續三日三夜喺水中氣都唔喘, 生食魚蝦蟹都面不改容既小白龍韋小寶" - 韋小寶《小寶與康熙》
"哼！你呢個卑鄙無恥下流賤格社會嘅人渣敗類拆白黨死飛仔!" - 李奇《難兄難弟》
"我哋做兄弟嘅, 三個人, 一條命, 有今生, 冇來世, 兩'協'插刀, 上刀山, 落油鑊, 歡樂今宵!" - 駱天佑/吳大興/司徒拔《烈火雄心》

Quotation Sing-alongs
"佢人智勇甚威風廣東有位伯夫叫做黃飛鴻!" - 林蘇 (牙擦蘇)《我愛牙擦蘇》
"大無畏,不惜一切 為人永遠不顧自危, 熱誠為大眾, 為人為到底,重重危難救大眾出重圍." - 南山三虎《烈火雄心》
"滑滑呀嘟嘟似豬羔咁滑, 牛油蛋撻冇咁滑. 迷人面珠我好想錫一啖, 味香滑, 如食新鮮蛋撻." - 麥守正《巨人》
"財來自有方一世有排旺!" - 余樂天 (阿Lok)《男親女愛》
"你又醒目，我又醒目，磨沙搓泥，呀確係手熟，呀確係手熟." - 魯輝《孖仔孖心肝》

Encouraging and Meaningful Quotations
"無嘢搞佢唔掂嘅!" - 方家輝《新鮮人》
"又唔駛生又唔駛死!" - 邵麗華《新鮮人》
"只要有鬥心，鐵杵磨成針!" - 甘元《勇往直前》
"享受過程不問結果!" - 蘇怡《衝上雲霄》
"唔駛騰, No problem!" - 莫作棟《棟篤神探》
"船到橋頭自然直!" - 孟麗君《再生緣》
"做人最緊要忠直, 就算要乞食, 腰骨都要挺直!" - 謝源《難兄難弟 》
"我唔係傻㗎，我只係單純!" -丁常旺《 戇夫成龍》
"頭向天, 腳向地, 面向關二哥, 距離六呎四!" - 尚天堂《老友鬼鬼》
"好嘅, 壞嘅, 都總會有, 總會過, 自已一樣有好嘅, 壞嘅, 其他人都會有㗎." - 周世芬《吾係差人》
"所以好嘅, 壞嘅都會發生. 我哋瞇埋眼深呼吸唔係去逃避, 而係比自己冷靜一下去諗一諗. 到再張開眼嘅同時, 就係解決問題嘅時候." - 林志剛《雷庭第一關》
"記憶係痛苦嘅根源! 我哋唔係電腦. 我哋無能力隨心所欲, 將唔鍾意嘅記憶全部刪除. 發生過嘅事, 哩一世都會記得. 一世都會跟住你!" - 林志剛《雷庭第一關》
"If you think you can, you can!" - 蔣進《大家族》
"對女人, 最緊要有誠意. 佢想飛出你手指罅, 呢世都唔使旨意." - 余在春《壹號皇庭五》
"一家人最緊要整整齊齊, 平平安安." - 《萬里長情》

Funny Ones
"若要人不知,唔太低B!" - 莫作棟《棟篤神探》
"劈啪你個隆的咚!" - 孫悟空《齊天大聖孫悟空》
"咪當我係搖搖!" - 吳大興/司徒拔《烈火雄心》
"你份人無咩點, 不過衰在命短." - 吳大興《烈火雄心》
"我哋行消防嘅!" - 吳大興《烈火雄心》
"Wala Wala!" - 駱天佑《烈火雄心》
"Who am I?" - 劉海寶《烈火雄心》
"姐仔！咪攪嘢喎!" - 關家仁《緣來沒法擋》
"食得多, 屙得多, 好似Raymond哥!" - 余在春《壹號皇庭四》
"拿拿拿都唔知喺邊度學埋d咁嘅衰野, 次次唔係扮嬲就扮走左去唔埋單." - 余在春《壹號皇庭四》
"o彭o彭聲!" - 韋小寶《小寶與康熙》
"罰你跪榴蓮, 頂菠籮!" - 《兄兄我我》
"你想play我? 你save啦!" - 過少哲《美麗在望》
"You are not a horse!" - 《大澳的天空》
"嘅嘢, 嘅嘢!" - 張美真《夢想成真》
"奇哥, 你都無解嘅!" - 程寶珠《難兄難弟》
"有冇So先?" - 賀高升《花木蘭》
"會餓死老婆, 仲瘟～臭屋添?" - 丁常旺《戇夫成龍》
"你係咪要我成世嫁唔出, 成世做老姑婆, 你先至開心呀?" - 李笑好《阿旺新傳》
"我貴為鑠蘭格格, 一出娘胎就高人一等!" - 喜搭臘·鑠蘭格格《我的野蠻奶奶》
"唔掂當!" - 慕容珠《師奶強人》
"係威喎!" - 慕容珠《師奶強人》
"你咪當我老花呀!" - 李小森《師奶強人》
"一千幾百, 尤如垃圾." - 簡靜美《師奶強人》
"幾好呀! 都冇解!" - 許大廣 (大隻廣)《大鬧廣昌隆》
"叻靚醒." - 紀開心《心花放》
"鬥! 就係本宮嘅擅長!" - 鈕姑祿·如玥《金枝慾孽》

Shall We Talk: "Thirties" - Kenneth Ma

三字頭 馬國明

無線○六年力捧名單，有馬國明。快要三十二歲，成名在望，首先要推翻張愛玲名句「成名要趁早」。

廿四歲入行，三十歲簽經理人合約，一切都比別人遲起步，年紀是大了點，但勝在夠成熟沉穩，比年輕人有腦。

「以前訓練班有些十七、八歲的同學，幾靚仔，雄心萬丈，做了一年路人甲乙丙，都意興闌珊走了。」

他願意守，扮過黃子華身旁的小強。「著衫幾好玩。」

又常扮死屍。「躺還好，站到二八（凌晨四時）更辛苦。」

終於做到「S4」之一，他又懂得冷靜分析﹕「其實公司只是想捧吳卓羲，我是用來湊齊四個的。」

如此腳踏實地，起飛要加倍用力拍翼。他說過，奮鬥目標是許紹雄，五字頭仍套套有份、過足戲癮。三字頭的馬國明，目標未免太長……遠了一點。

在無線做藝員，是馬國明的第二份工作，他畢業後在玻璃幕牆公司做過九個月，負責監督工程。

「要打呔，戴頭盔落地盤，看進度，拿圖則行幾十層樓，很悶，也很辛苦，而且我最抗拒打呔。」

他怕悶，其實自己也是個悶人，父親以前讀機械工程，在煤氣公司工作，他入大學時沒頭沒腦，覺得父親收入穩定，做工程師幾好，也選了機械工程。他說﹕「我最擅長對一大堆數字計來計去，最想找一份工，整天坐在房裏，對電腦計數，你叫我管理工人，死梗。」

他九八年加拿大UBC畢業，回港找工作，金融風暴剛過，經濟差得很，寄出八十封求職信，全部石沉大海。

「工廠北移，除非肯長駐大陸，很難找到和學位有關的工作。大公司又不請，我寄過信去地鐵，又寄過去機場，連面試機會都沒有。」

唯一有回音的是電視廣播有限公司，藝員訓練班招生，母親知道他喜歡演戲，替他寄信報名，結果獲得取錄。

馬國明性格害羞，但有戲做就變成另一個人，他怕對陌生人，但面對鏡頭就生龍活虎。為了演戲，放棄萬多元的工程管理工作，入無線做學生。

「薪金是之前那份工的三分之一。」他說。

在訓練班，馬國明也是最不起眼的學生。

「我不喜歡表現自己，但喜歡做戲，都幾矛盾。最有表演慾的人都做不久，有些同學十七、八歲，中五畢業入來，幾靚仔，心想可以一炮而紅，剛開始時野心勃 勃，做了一年，仍做路人甲乙丙，我看他們『謝』得很快，沒有心機開工，我猜他們前一晚飲完酒，站也站不直，一句對白也唸不好，很快，他們就消失了。」

馬國明做了三年死屍兵卒，黃子華要拍《男親女愛》MV，他被安排扮小強，穿衫彈結他，他說﹕「幾好玩呀。」

「我入行時年紀比較大（廿四歲），不會像小朋友，思想實際些，接受做路人的能力比較高。」

他第一部有對白的劇集是《Loving You》，做舞男。

「開心到『飯應』，一早去搶劇本，做足準備。」

他在《創世紀》演羅嘉良的炒股跟班，有一場戲匯報股票價格，要記股票名字和價位，怎樣也記不熟，NG了三十次。

「我看撈家的黑眼圈，他已經幾晚通頂，被我阻住收工，成個廠只等我幾句對白，真的很驚。」

後來在《衝上雲霄》演機師學員，和吳卓羲、黃宗澤、陳鍵鋒被封為「S4」，曝光率一下子大增。

但他深知娛樂圈的遊戲規則，報紙記者要求四人合照，他識時務，懂得靠邊站。

「『S4』個名只不過是公司想做noise，大家都知目的是捧吳卓羲，這是事實，我只是用來『湊齊四個』。那時，他們三個已經簽了經理人約，我還是簽訓練班約。」

馬國明合共跟無線簽了五年訓練班約，直至去年《同撈同煲》，才轉為經理人約。他拍《我師傅係黃飛鴻》、《西廂奇緣》等一大堆劇集期間，都是簽底薪低得多、機會少得多的訓練班約。

「最近一年，我的底薪才比得上第一份工。我很節儉，坐地鐵、坐巴士，只喜歡踢波，花不了多少錢。」

男人三十而立，馬國明現在還跟母親同住太古城，他只能感謝家人給他很大的自由度，沒有催他拿多點家用回家。

「我已經算幸運，仍簽訓練班約的師兄大有人在，很多一起踢波的隊友，在無線做了八、九年，仍簽訓練班約。」

馬國明三句不離足球，他是標準波牛，小學和中學讀筲箕灣的男校慈幼，自小只會踢波，小三開始踢校隊，除此之外，沒有其他專長。

「我一點也不突出，老師不會記得我，除了體育阿Sir。」

波牛不懂得追女仔，中五之後，他跟家人移民加拿大，在溫哥華讀college，十九歲第一次拍拖。

「一班唐人學生，經常聚在飯堂，我覺得那個女孩子很漂亮，是長頭髮的典型靚女，不知怎樣就拍起拖來。」

他的初戀只維持三個月，女朋友要到多倫多升大學，他便失戀了。之後入了大學，讀機械工程，全個學院只有四個女生，而且機械工程學生要搬機器，僅有的幾個女同學都孔武有力，他根本碰不到合眼緣的女孩子。

他說，讀大學幾年，感情空白一片。

「我認為應該寧缺毋濫。」

性格老實如馬國明，不知女孩子會覺得有安全感，還是沉悶。在加拿大，當地女孩的偶像是冰上曲棍球員，他仍離不開足球，在唐人街酒樓贊助的足球隊中踢波。

入了娛樂圈，嗜好仍是踢波。「現在有時一星期踢六場，我參加很多隊，訓練班同學一隊，無線幕後人員一隊，又有藝視會，間中又踢明星足球隊。」

陪他一起來的無線藝員主任，說他只懂踢波，當然沒有女朋友。「難道要女孩子陪你去球場曬太陽﹖」

馬國明的皮膚又黑又粗，他說因為每次練波，都會脫掉上衣曬太陽。藝員主任關心他，要安排他去做護膚，但因他要留在內地拍劇四個月，護膚療程都救不到。

皮膚難滋潤，愛情的滋潤更遙遠，他說﹕「我很想拍拖，已經想了幾年。」

早前傳他和曾華倩過從甚密，譜出一段年齡相差九年的姊弟戀。

「我和她只是談得來，我們什麼都可以談，有時講公事，有時講私人事，有時講是非，約朋友出來吃飯飲茶，沒什麼大不了。

「識朋友和年齡、性別沒有關係，我和很多女性都談得來，好像譚小環、蘇玉華，在電視城碰到蘇玉華，我會挨埋去和她傾偈。（會不會考慮和華倩拍拖﹖）不會考慮，已被人寫到這樣，影響到別人就不好，現在約她出來喝東西也少了。」

他說，不會抗拒和比自己年長的女性談戀愛，最重要合得來，只是不喜歡年紀太輕的「細路女」，「因為我不夠浪漫，不懂得『』人」，但如果可以選擇，女友的理想年齡是廿五至三十，可以「襯番自己」。

有人說馬國明木口木面，在三小時的訪問中，卻讓人發掘到他不太木訥的一面，甚至幾好笑。

一、他曾是張國榮歌迷會會員，因為其母是忠實張國榮歌迷，兩母子一起入會，他說﹕「我媽媽因為太喜歡張國榮，英文名叫做Monica。」

二、馬國明九歲起愛上唐老鴨，現在睡房內仍放當年買的唐老鴨毛公仔。為什麼獨愛唐老鴨，而不是主角米奇老鼠﹖他說﹕「米奇老鼠好假，經常笑臉迎人，沒有真人是這樣的。唐老鴨貪錢又鹹濕，喜歡搵人笨，比較有真實感，演唐老鴨幾好玩，如果要演米奇老鼠，真的沒戲可演。」

由卡通人物談到演戲，馬國明幾聰明。他暫時最喜歡的電視劇《同撈同煲》，扮鄧寄塵，常搵郭晉安笨，就是一個唐老鴨了。

他被批評在劇中演得浮誇，但浮誇好過木訥，到底是有人留意到了。要不然，要扮張活游、張瑛、吳楚帆，也未嘗不可。

*Credits to mingpao