Closer than expected… a first encounter

At last, I met Bosco on November 26, 2006.

I was extremely psyched that entire day. After 6 years and 5 months, I finally get to meet him. At first I thought atmost I will meet him briefly at the airport as fans send him off to film TMBSD in Hoikado. Never really expected to catch the DB functions until the last few days before I depart NYC.

After I arrived, friends from LoveBosco.com tell me he postponed his trip to Japan, which I guess I wasn’t surprised but was waiting for some sort of confirmation. There’s now a great chance for me to meet him more than once. I was laughing hysterically on the floor, and may have made a fool of myself in front of LB friends that I just met for a few minutes. The day of the function, I was prepared to go on stage and play games with the cast. I thought that’s the best way to get close to him because many fans were there that day; and once they surround him, I may not even get a chance to take a picture with him.

Good news came one after another. First, we find out that Bosco will arrange time to meet fans after the event. Second, Snowy offered me the chance to give him the birthday cake on stage. I never expected to get so close under such special circumstances the very first time I meet him. I feel so so lucky and blessed.

At backstage, I scrambled to prepare the cake and flowers and then waited beside the stage for the right moment to bring up the cake. I wanted to get closer but was afraid to interfere with the crew. I had my digital camera with me, but was unable to take any pictures. Firstly because his back was facing me the entire time. Secondly, my hand was shaking and all the pics came out horribly blurry. All I could think of is ask Chan On Ying to turn around and let me take a picture. “Soh Gu’s” smile was friendly as she was 20 years ago in Condor Heroes. I eventually calmed down a bit.

After I got on stage, I was surprisingly calm. I remembered to light the candle on the cake. Bobby handed me the microphone and I started singing the birthday song. Bosco then cut the cake and I took pictures — which happen to be the clearest pictures taken the entire day. I heard Turtle (from LB) screaming out I’m from US, so I said it again to the mic. Bosco gave Jo a kiss and I shamelessly asked for one too. Of course Bosco politely gave me a peck on the cheek. I got all I wished for and more, so I was ready to leave. The press asked for a group picture. I was sorta afraid to stand out among the entire cast. I wanted to pull Jo off the stage but she clearly did not wanna leave Bosco’s side. So I took the group pic, feeling awkward the entire time — thinking “who’s that nobody standing among all the stars?” Once the cast left the stage, I relaxed and took pictures with Bosco. “Soh Gu” was really nice. Not only did she help us take pictures, she also suggested changing the direction we were facing so that the “Dicey Business” title was in the background. The press began to interview Bosco. I took a few more pics and walked over to take pics of Michael. Michael’s really really handsome in a mature and masculine way. I believe Bosco would be just as manly in the future.

After leaving the stage, I developed amnesia — everything that just happened seemed hazy and my heart began pouncing again. I mindlessly followed the rest of the fans to the upper level to wait for Bosco. It was weird that only when he came out from the restaurant, I gained back some sense. I did not rush up at the first moment. Instead, Turtle was the one pushing me to get my picture with Bosco — she was telling the helpers I’m from US and kept saying “GL go. GL go.” I eventually got my chance for a portrait with Bosco. I placed my arm around his waist but it was not as exciting as I imagined; maybe because I’m use to slight intimacy during photos. Nonetheless, my happiest and most memorable moment was about to come. After the portrait, I looked straight into Bosco’s eyes and asked if he remembers the music video I posted on his BBS. He widened his eyes and looked at me, apparently surprised, and asked “That was you?” I nodded my head. He then reached out both hands, placed one on my arm, the other held my hand, with a serious and sincere tone he said “Thank you.” And then he gave me a smile — this smile was different from the one he had during all the pictures. That very moment, the numerous sleepless nights, the years and months of time and effort, all were reconciled.

I took out the “Forever Red” Music Video Collection DVD that I made and sent to him in June. I asked if he received it and he said yes. Though his expression tells me he did not watch it. However, I was not disappointed. Knowing how busy he is and the amount of mail that he must receive, I expected this DVD may not ever reach him. Now it has a chance to be watched by Bosco. From the video Turtle filmed, I see Bosco had his eyes glued to the DVD jacket until I put it away. Wonder if he would look for it and watch it when he gets home?

Tina asked me for the paper on which I wanted Bosco to write a message. I handed it to Bosco and stood behind him while he wrote on it — close enough to smell him. I did not smell cologne, but a teeny tiny bit of nicotine. I’m very sensitive to the smell of nicotine, but nicotine on him did not smell bad at all. Xiao8 (from LB) asked me to hand him pictures for autographs. There were many pics of different events and I passed them to him one by one. He said he really likes the red jumpsuit he wore during the night of the hiphop performance because he thinks it looks really good on him. I whispered to his ears “Everything looks good on you.” He turned his head and smiled at me — a very cute smile. I found a pic of his firefighter look from the night of the anniversary show and passed it to him while saying I really like him as a firefighter. After he signed his autograph, he used the gold marker to circle the expensive diamond watch — how could anyone not love his innocence.

A mysterious fan I was, hiding my face in all forums, now exposed to such degree, I find it very ironic and funny. The thought that once I leave HK it will be really hard to see him in person again really saddens me. However, this one encounter is enough for me to savor for the rest of my life. I’m very satisfied.

終於見到他了。本來不想寫什麽感想，可是真的很怕自己會忘記那天的感覺。

我那天整天都很興奮，因爲知道終于可以見他了，等了六年零五個月了，不興奮才騙人。
我原本以爲這次來香港可能只有機會在機場匆匆忙忙送他出發北海道拍外景，沒想到會碰上《賭場風雲》的宣傳活動。

來到的時候，LB的親們說他改遲了到一月才去日本，我將有機會見他多幾面，我簡直樂瘋了，坐在酒店房間地下對住幾個既陌生又親切的人傻笑，畢竟第一次見面才幾分鐘，真失禮，大當家形象完全幻滅。活動當天，我做好心理準備隨時上台玩遊戲，因爲只有這樣才可以多點時間親近他，那天太多fans了，他一旦被纏上，我可能連一張合照也拍不到。

好消息一個接一個，先是說Bosco會安排時間見我們，然後多得pinpin讓出上台獻蛋糕的機會，我萬萬想不到能那麽近距離，在那麽特別的安排之下見他第一面，我覺得自己太幸運太幸福了。進了後台，手忙腳亂的擺好蛋糕和花，然後就在台邊等時機。我又想走近點，但又怕妨礙工作人員，只好靜靜的等，順便叮囑自己上台後別太緊張也別太花痴。手上拿數碼相機，什麽也拍不到，一來全程只看住他背影，二來手不停的發抖，就想到叫安瑩姐轉身讓我拍一張照，“傻姑”的笑容二十年如一日的親切，好讓我冷靜下來。

上台後，我反而非常冷靜，記得要點蠟燭，Bobby把米交給我，我就唱生日歌，然後Bosco砌蛋糕我就拍照，是我整天拍得最清晰的幾張。聽到我那個熱心契細佬在台下大叫說我是美國來的，我也用米說了一次。Bosco親了Jo一下，我居然罕有地當衆撒嬌說“我又要”，Bosco當然不會拒絕，我得嘗所願，其實已經準備下台了。記者要求大合照，我怕插在多位演員中間，正想把Jo拉走，可是她明顯不願下台，我就留下來一起照，心裏縂覺得很尷尬。後來所有演員都下台了，我就放心慢慢跟Bosco合照。“傻姑”很好，不只幫我們拍照，還建議換站立方向好讓後面看見到《賭場風雲》的字。契細佬不示弱的跳上台跟我們合照，撘住她脖子，我更是開心，看見記者來，她閃得很快，很搞笑。記者訪問Bosco，我再拍幾張，跟住就開始拍三哥，他好帥，我想Bosco將來也會一樣有魅力。

下台之後，怫然失憶了，發生的事好像夢一樣模糊，心跳又好像開始加速，游魂般跟所有人上樓等Bosco。很奇怪，他從酒樓出來我又變得理智了。我沒有第一時間衝上前，反而是契細佬摧我，跟helper說我是美國來的，她很怕我錯失拍照的機會，在我後面說”GL上，GL上”，我好感動。我上前合照，還攬住Bosco腰，只是感覺沒有我想象的興奮，可能因爲我習慣跟人攬頭攬頸，麻木了，但是讓我最最開心興奮的一刻即將來臨。我拍完照，緊緊望住他雙精靈眼睛，問他記不記得我放上BBS的MV，他瞪大眼睛看住我，很愕然說“果個係你啊？”，我點頭，然後他伸出雙手，一隻手撘住我右臂，一隻手牽住我右手，很嚴肅誠懇的說了聲“多謝你”，然後對住我笑，這一笑跟剛才拍照的笑容不一樣。無數個通宵，一直以來所花的精神同心機，就在那一刹得到百分之二百回報。

我拿出六月時寄到電視城的”Forever Red” MV特輯DVD，問他有沒有收到，他說收到，可是他眼神告訴我他沒有看過。我沒有覺得失望，我清楚知道他有多忙，每天收到的信件多不勝數，DVD寄出的時候我就想很大機會石沉大海，現在它反而有機會重見天日。從契細佬拍的視頻我看見Bosco盯住那個DVD封套直到我把它收起來，他會不會回家找來看看？我開始妄想了。

Tina問我拿寫手稿的畫紙，我就給Bosco寫，站在他身後看他寫字，聞到他身上氣味，他沒有古龍水味，但有丁點尼古丁味，我對這個很敏感，可是他身上的一點也不難聞。小8叫我給他簽照片，很多不同活動的照片，我一張張給他簽，他說喜歡跳HipHop那晚的紅色運動裝，自己覺得穿的很好看，我在他耳邊說“你穿什麽都那麽好看”，他回頭對我笑，好可愛。我看見他台慶夜消防員那張照片，傳給他簽名時說我很喜歡他做消防員，簽名後，他用金筆圈住那只昂貴磚石錶，真的不能不愛他的孩子氣。（要謝謝小8割愛讓出帥帥消防員）

本來神神秘秘的隱蔽fans，現在一次過狠狠地暴光，自己覺得很矛盾，但又好好笑。我知道離開香港之後，很難再見Bosco了，有點失落，可是這一次足以回味一輩子，我很滿足了。