Visit DYT@"Together" Film Set

Written by: Jia En
Translated by: Anollec

The "Together" Film Set visit in Malacca was indeed an emotional one for me. I was feeling both excited & down due to some recent happenings in my family. I was extremely troubled, thus I was uncertain whether I should go ahead with the trip . Finally, I decided to go. It was a memorable & happy trip. I'd like to thank my friends on the trip, namely, Anollec, Helen, Jac, Jane & Wenzii.

After watching "The Little Nyonya", Anollec & I wanted to visit Malacca. However, due to the H1N1 cases, this plan has been shelved. "Together" started its filming in Malacca on 20 Sept 09. All of us wanted to pay Dai Yang Tian (DYT) a visit & decided to set off on 3 Oct 09 (Mid-Autumn Festival). During our trip, we met many nice people who helped us in many ways. To these people, "Thank you very much!"

On 3 Oct morning, we found the filming location but DYT was no where to be seen. We continued to wait till noon & he still did not appear. We were very tempted to ask Eelyn Kok but we did not do so in the end. After our chicken rice (ball) lunch, we returned to the filming location, however, it started to rain. Our mood has changed for the worse due to the rain. We tried to look for shelter. Then, Jane entered a shop to buy socks for her son. May be that was fate! The shop owner, Uncle Lim knew we were there to visit one of the cast members, therefore, he shared filming schedule & 'stories' with us. He even mentioned the assistant director's name & told us he is an extremely nice person, & he would be able to help us.

It continued to pour & we remained in Uncle Lim's shop for shelter. Then, we saw Jeanette Aw arriving at the filming location & we were lucky to have the opportunity to take a picture, & to have a brief chat with her. We had wanted to ask her about DYT but eventually we did not do so. Camera started to roll, so we returned to Uncle Lim's shop. This aimless wait for DYT was not a good solution. Hence, Anollec & I decided to ask one of the crew members . Coincidentally, this crew member whom we approached was the same 'nice guy' that Uncle Lim mentioned & he is none other than Hu Wen Jue.

Hu told us DYT would not be filming that day. He was unsure if DYT had filming the next day. Anollec & I were a little troubled as to how we should give the mooncakes that we both bought, for DYT & the crew members. If we were to give them the following day, then the 'Mid-Autumn Festival' meaning would have been different, especially to the crew members. Helen & I met Hu the second time & he was really nice to check with his colleagues, & we finally knew that DYT would have filming the following day. Hu said he could pass the mooncakes to DYT for us. After discussing with Anollec, we decided to pass the mooncakes for the crew members to Hu whereas the Shanghai mooncakes for DYT, we would pass them to DYT personally. When Hu received the box of mooncakes, he thought they were for DYT, when Anollec told him they were for the crew, surprise was written all over his face. After that, Hu went round showing that box of mooncakes to many of his colleagues & told them they were from DYT's fans.

Since DYT would not have filming on that day, we left the filming location & adjourned to other places of interest in Malacca. Before we left, we made an appointment with Uncle Lim to have breakfast with him at 7am the following day & then to wait at the filming location for DYT.

The next morning, we woke up at 5am, after washing up, we checked out of our hotel. We arrived at Uncle Lim's shop before 7am. When we were there, crew members had started preparing for the day's filming. After our breakfast with Uncle Lim, he took us to the well-known Cheng Hoon Teng Temple which was given a UNESCO award in 2003. This temple was near the 'Together' filming location. We then took a slow walk back to Uncle Lim's shop. Little did we expect that the filming has started. We had to find a place to stand in order not to block the camera. One crew member asked us to go onto the 5-foot way in front of the staff resting room. Once everything was done, we could return to Uncle Lim's shop.

Ha ha! When we were on the 5-foot way, we saw DYT in the staff resting room. He was seated next to Elvin Ng. We waved at him, when he saw us, he immediately walked to the entrance. We told him we arrived the day before & had wanted to celebrate Mid-Autumn Festival with him but unfortunately he was not filming then. He told us he only arrived in Malacca the night before as he was filming in Singapore prior to that. Anollec & I then passed him the Shanghai mooncakes. DYT added that crew members told him about the mooncakes that we gave & he asked them in jest, why they did not leave any for him to eat.

I asked him if he knew the mooncakes were from Singapore Kangaroos (fans), he said he did not think of it & had thought they were from Malaysia Kangaroos (fans). That was how we chatted at the staff resting room entrance. DYT then suggested to look for a place to chat as there were many people entering & leaving the room. The Kangaroos were touched by his action. We suggested DYT to go to Uncle Lim's shop & it was there, his message to the Kangaroos (fans) was recorded. We would like to thank him for that.

We took a group picture with DYT & continued to chat with him. He shared many things with us & we chatted happily. He also recommended us to try the popiah at a stall located near the filming site. He told us he had to wait for an hour to buy the popiah. I then asked him, 'you waited for an hour?'. He replied with his waiting-pose, 'Yup! I just waited in this manner.' We all laughed at that action. You could watch this from Anollec's clip, DYT fans' Malacca Trip http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nezJLDtG7A .

Anollec was funny, she had originally wanted to quietly take a picture standing in between DYT & Uncle Lim, & requested me to take it for her. DYT was sharp & alert, noticed her action & said, 'Don't hide any more, come on, I'll take a picture with you. 'Haha, so that was how we all had a round of solo pictures with DYT. We were very happy!

The chat went on & on till a crew member looked for DYT. He had to prepare for his filming. Hence, the unforgettable 35-min mini-gathering with DYT has come to an end.

After DYT has finished his filming, we decided to leave. We told him that we would see him back in Singapore & he reminded us to take good care of ourselves on our return trip.

We adjourned to Palawan shopping centre & lunch after we left the filming location. After our Nyonya lunch, we wanted to bid a final farewell to DYT before we embarked on our journey back to Singapore. After arriving there, we waited for a while for DYT to appear. He saw us & raised 4 fingers in the air, then with his palm facing northwards, 'asking' us why we were back? We were touched by his action once again. The reason being that when we chatted in the morning, he asked us when we would return to Singapore, we said 4pm as all of us would need to go to work the following morning, so it would not be advisable for us to leave too late. And .... he remembered '4 pm ', he really cared for us.

We then watched DYT's, Jeanette Aw's, Eelyn Kok's & Zhou Ying's parts till it was time for us to make a move. We were reluctant to leave Malacca as the next time we see DYT would be at the promotional event of 'Together'.

This was indeed a very happy trip. We must thank DYT for the precious time he forked out to chat with us & to take pictures with us. For the Kangaroos (fans) who visited DYT at the 'Together' film set, this joyous moment will be an experience indelibly printed on our minds.

Thank you, DYT!

独家报导：袋鼠马六甲探班手记

作者 ：Jia En
这次的马六甲袋鼠旅游探班记真得很多感触。

我本身其实带着即兴奋又很down 的心情过去。家人之前出了些事，我的心情真得很烦很烦, 烦到极点。所以这次马六甲之行，我是真得有想过是否要去还是不去呢？最后我还是决定过去。
不枉之行，玩得很非常开心，非常难忘的旅程，在此谢谢同行的朋友们; Anollec, Helen, 淑琳, Jane & Wenzii.

前些时候看了<小娘惹>，就曾和Anollec约好要去马六甲游玩，但是遇到HINI，计划做废。
<当我们同在一起>9月20日就过去拍摄，大家都想去探戴阳天的班。于是大家计划，决定10月3日(那天正好是中秋节)出发。这次旅行遇到好人，贵人，帮了我们不少，真得要谢谢他们

3日早上到了马六甲找到拍摄地方，可是却看不到小戴，我们一直在看在等，到了中午，还是不见他的影子。很想去问同剧的郭惠文，最后还是没问。去吃了鸡饭午餐，我们决定再过去拍摄片场但是天不作美，下了雨。淋湿湿的，心情也变了很不好。大家一路走去避雨的地方， Jane 于是进了一间店要买袜子给他的儿子。缘分吧！机遇吧！命中注定吧！店长林伯伯竟然知道我们是来探班，于是什么拍摄Schedule, 什么关于拍摄的东西，他知道的，都告诉我们。还告诉我们一个助导的名字，说这位仁兄人很好，他可以帮我们。

天一直下雨，我们也一直在林伯伯的店里避雨。期间，看到欧萱前来拍摄地方准备拍她的戏份，我们也很幸运有机会和她合照，聊了一下。本来很想问她关于小戴的下落，最后还是没有。戏开始拍了，我们也跑出去店里去看。一直无目标得等小戴也不是办法。于是我和Anollec 决定去问一位工作人员。好巧，原来这位工作人员就是林伯伯口中那个很好的仁兄，他叫胡文爵。

他告诉我们今天没有小戴的戏，明天他不是很清楚。我和Anollec 就在烦恼怎么办呢，我们两人合资买了月饼给小戴和工作人员吃。今天没给的话，明天给，意义就不一样了，尤其是给工作人员的。于是Helen和我再次去问文爵。文爵帮我们问其他工作人员，说小戴明天才有戏，如果我们要给他月饼，我们可以交给他，他会帮忙转交给小戴。和Anollec商量后，工作人员的月饼我们自己给他们，至于小戴的那个上海月饼，我们两个还是觉得亲手交给他比较好。文爵从我们手中拿了月饼时，以为是给小戴，谁知道Anollec说是给他们吃，他真得很惊讶。过后看他拿了那个装有月饼的袋子不知告诉了多少工作人员是戴阳天的Fans 给的

既然今天没有小戴的戏份，我们也决定离开拍摄现场，继续我们的马六甲旅游的行程，临走时，我们还约了林伯伯明早7点和他一起吃早餐，然后再回来拍摄片场等小戴。

隔天早上，大家5点就起身，梳洗完毕，Check out酒店，7点没到就到了林伯伯的店。到了那里，已经看到<当>剧的幕后人员在打点了，准备开始一天的拍摄工作。和林伯伯去吃点心早餐后，他也带了我们去参观马六甲的著名的百年老庙青云亭，就在拍摄片场附近。过后，我们一路慢走回去林伯伯的店。谁知道，剧组已经开始安排拍摄的镜头，走位了。我们到了林伯的店，因为没地方避他们镜头，一个工作人员就安排我们暂时走去他们休息室外的五脚基避下，等他们镜头安排好，我们再回去林伯的店。

哈哈，谁知道，我们一到了那个五脚基竟然看到小戴就在休息室里头，旁边坐着得是黄俊雄。我们就那里挥手，他也马上看到我们，起身走到门口。我们告诉小戴我们其实昨天就到了，本想和他庆祝中秋节的，但是昨天没他戏份。他告诉我们他其实是昨晚才从新加坡再回去马六甲，之前回去新加坡是因为那里还有他的戏份没拍完。我和Anollec就把我们之前买的上海月饼交给他。小戴也告诉我们工作人员和他汇报，我们送了月饼给他们工作人员吃，他还打趣得说，问工作人员怎么没留些给他吃呢！

我就问小戴知道是新加坡袋鼠送的吗，他说他没想到是新加坡袋鼠给的，以为是大马的影迷
大家就这样在休息室门口和他聊天，期间因为一直有人要进出休息室，小戴就建议找个地方继续聊天。他这个举动让我们在场的袋鼠都很感动，他真得很贴心。我们过后就建议小戴去林伯伯店里，也就是在那里，他录了问候袋鼠的视频给我们。真得要谢谢他。

之后也和他来个大合照，继续和他聊天。他和我们分享很多东西，聊得很开心。期间，他还介绍我们去吃一摊在片场附近售卖薄饼的摊位，还告诉我们他等了一个小时才买到。我就问他，你在那里等了一个小时？他就回应是：“是呀，我就是这样等”，摆出他如何在等他爱吃的薄饼的姿势，我们大家都笑翻了。这个姿势其实可以在Anollec上载的袋鼠探班记的视频 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nezJLDtG7A 看到。

Anollec 很搞笑，想偷偷在小戴和林伯中间合照，就嘱咐我帮她拍。谁知道，机灵的小戴看到她的举动。就说；“不要再躲了， 来吧， 我跟你合照吧”哈哈，就这样，我们各自再度有机会和小戴再拍单人照。真得很开心。

就这样聊啊聊，直到工作人员来找小戴，因为他得准备开始拍戏了，才结束这个难忘的35分钟小戴和我们的小型聚会。

我们也在小戴拍完他的戏份准备离开，临走前告诉他我们新加坡再见他，他也嘱咐我们回程要小心。

就这样，我们离开拍摄现场，继续去诳街，吃我们的午餐。吃了娘惹午餐，大家很想再回去拍摄现场看小戴，和他Say Goodbye。到了那里，等了一会，终于看到小戴。他看到我们时，举起他的4根手指，后手掌向天，是在问起我们为什么又回来呢？我们都对他的这个举动感动到。原因是早上我们在和他聊时，他有问我们几点回去新加坡，我们和他说4点离开，因为大家都得上班，不想太晚回去。他还记得我们4点得回去，他真得很关心我们。

就这样，我们待在那里继续看他，欧萱，郭惠文和周颖的对手戏，直到时间到了，大家才带着依依不舍的心情离开马六甲，因为下次再见小戴就是<当我们同在一起> 的宣传活动了。

这次真得玩得很开心，很愉快。感谢小戴抽出宝贵的时间和我们聊天，拍照。探班的袋鼠们永远都会把这个美好的回忆铭记在脑海里。

谢谢你，小戴！