米記雪韻——報道

　　＊推出文字版《霎時感動》，TVB周刊特別邀請米雪親筆寫下我的「霎時感動」，與讀者分享。

小孩與狗

　　最近，聽了一個小孩與狗的故事和看了一本小孩與狗的繪本小說，都教我深深感動。
　　小孩與狗的故事，是朋友在閒談中說起的。
　　孩子很愛狗，但家貧，只能到寵物店中看看，就已心滿意足。
　　小孩在寵物店中看到了一隻很特別的狗。
　　自那天開始，小孩每天都到寵物店去探望這小狗，小孩和小狗的感情，就隔�小鐵籠無形的建立起來。但小孩卻因此而遭到店員白眼，並謂如小孩能付某一個數目，就可以把小狗帶走。
　　此數目不大，但對家貧的小孩來說，就是一個天文數字。小孩之願望，最終得母親應允，准小孩養小狗。小孩遂把每日的零用錢儲蓄起來，幾經辛苦，小孩終儲足金錢。但當小孩向寵物店之店員購買小狗之時，店員反口謂此小狗不賣，小孩堅持，驚動了店主，店主解釋此小狗不能賣，是因小狗的一隻腳是跛了的，沒有人會要的。
小孩緩緩的把一邊褲子扯高，指�他的義腿對店主說他也是跛足的，所以要照護這只跛了足的狗。
　　店主聽後，大受感動，就以特惠的價錢售予小孩。

　　聽了故事，到書局找《小孩與狗》這本書來看，但意外買回來的，不是聽回來的故事，而是音樂人韋然寫的另一本同名小說《小孩與狗》。

　　《小孩與狗》寫一個孤獨寡言小孩和一隻機靈小狗的友情，畫出了小孩踏過的路，見證了歲月的成長……一個只有小狗為伴的童年，原來，是可以很令人感動的。
也許是自己眼淺，當讀到親如家人，養育�小孩的嬤嬤、愛惜小孩的外籍姨姨和與小孩作伴、一起長大的小狗在同一時間中相繼離去，再看到小孩忍�淚在洋姨姨的墓旁掘小洞安葬剛逝去的小狗，竟制止不了眼淚從眼睛中湧出來。

　　這兩個小故事，都很平凡，教人感動，也許是這兩則小故事中滲出的關懷和愛，而這種關愛，正是大愛之源，也是感動人的基因。

　　希望這世界有更多感動他人的故事！

第一章：親情的力量
　　與朋友成長各有不同，有時與他們談話，他們總會說小時候欠缺甚麼，所以出來做事後，要爭取更多名利作補償，而我則想永遠停留在小朋友階段，永不長大。我的童年生活愉快得很，我們五兄弟姐妹感情好好，小時候出街玩，他們總是將我放在中間，企在我身邊四個角落保護我，那時沒人敢欺負我們，當然我們也有原則，學識保護自己，亦不會欺負其他人。記得當時有個好惡的女仔欺負一個年紀很小的小朋友，我們幾兄弟姐妹即上前叫她不要欺負人，學會抱不平外，亦令我明白團結、互愛力量又多大，遇到困難時，親情總給我莫大鼓勵及後盾。

　　　　　　 第二章：偵探哥哥
　　我的大哥是一名教師，在家他代替出外工作的媽媽，擔起教師職責來管教我們，有日我和二哥如常地放學回家，在家中等待我們的哥哥拿起我們的鞋，看看鞋底，然後說：「你們放學，竟然不回家，出去踩單車！」那時我奇怪大哥何以突然做了偵探，憑鞋底知道我們踩單車，況且我到現在還是不懂踩單車，我那會踩單車呢？當然，我明白媽媽將管教我們責任放在大哥身上，他只是盡責而已。記得有段時間，他知我數學成績差而不斷幫我補習，結果我真的考到一百分。大哥雖然管教上有不好的地方，但盡責用心的地方還是值得我學習，從他身上學到好的地方亦會同樣會教給弟弟。
　　長大後拍戲，我聽到很多前輩的經驗之談，讓我避免不少麻煩，走少了冤枉路，人生歷練是用錢都買不到的財富，所以現在我亦同樣將自己經驗分享給後輩。

（俏黃蓉是米雪的成名作，為了演好這個角色，她下了不少工夫Michelle shot to fame for her role as "Huang Rong", she put in a lot of effort for this role.）

　　　　　　第三章：苦練一百擊
　　拍武術片一點不簡單，究竟一個拳頭打出去，要多大力氣，如何配合表情去運勁？拳風需苦幹。入行不久，我接拍電視劇《射鵰英雄傳》，飾演俏黃蓉，第一次接觸武術片的我與一班演員接受一個月功夫特訓，一個月後，老師叫我們打一次給他看，誰知每人都打不好，姐手姐腳，氣到老師用盡所有粗口破口大罵，那次是我被人罵得最狠的一次。初初有點不忿氣，後來老師了講了句：「你們都不會，我當初也不會，為什麽我現在會，你們不會？」這句說話激發了我，開始自我反省，為什麽大家一齊學，為什麽其他人可以打三十下，我只是打到十下，只有一個原因，不夠上心和勤力，於是我跟自己講，即使打得不夠其他人多，亦要跟其他人一樣打到那麼多拳。一個月後，老師再看我們的進度，其他人踢沙包踢到五十下，我踢夠一百下，老師讚我不錯，沒再開口大罵。
　　罵是有用，只要罵得有理，有啟發性。反省，可能就是靠人罵醒。

　　　　　　　　　　　　第四章：無眠武師
　　七十年代，有段時期我拍電影又要拍電視，公司又找我當旅遊特輯主持，所有工作排山倒海而來，心想即使不睡覺也應接不瑕。
　　那時我每日開工，無論早班夜班都會看到一個武師，我是主角就要每場戲出現，難道他不需要休息？他跟我說：「我妹妹要上學，我爸爸病了，我媽媽要家用，我不出來拍戲，誰賺錢？只要有人請我拍戲，我不睡都會繼續拍，即使這樣，都不一定有人請，所以現在可以開到工，我還不搏命做？」別人夢寐以求的機會，全放在我眼前，那一刻醒覺，要把握每個機會，於是乎當時有人叫我拍電影、電視、或是上節目，時間相就便全部接拍。始終機會，不會人人也能得到。

　　　　　　　　　　　　第五章：二人之玩笑
我與尹佬（尹志強）可算是朋友間的社工，經常開導別人。朋友在工作、感情上遇到任何問題，都喜歡問我們意見及解決方法，有次朋友跟我說：「針不刺到肉不知痛，當事情發生在自己身上，你會不會那麽容易解決？」這次真的發生在自己身上。

　　尹佬出事時，我剛接拍《溏心風暴之家好月圓》，當時我說不拍劇來陪他，他說不好，我拍戲給與他推動力繼續治病，況且他知我是工作狂，喜歡工作，兩個人都想兩全其美，站在對方的立場去著想。那時我工作忙，周圍走，有時忙到幾日沒時間探他，有時工作太辛苦，太累，想偷懶休息，等明天才探他，遇到這種情況或起了這種想法，也會令我覺得很內疚。不過這些都是小事，最緊要是他身體健康，見到他病，感覺就像媽媽見到自己的BB病，情願病的是自己，不想BB辛苦，我也有這種想法。

兩個人相處，吵鬧肯定有，只是到了這個時候，吵來幹甚麼？一切都以他健康為主。幸好我倆都是樂天的人，既然事情發生了，便樂觀去面對。他要做物理治療，當時他好累，做不到復康動作，他說：「做十下可以嗎？」，我話：「不成！做三十下！」兩個人好似講數一樣，好好笑。那時我逗他高興，而他康復每一步亦給我很大推動力，彼此依靠，互相支持，度過難關。

　　這件事讓我學識忍讓、為對方設想，還有要樂觀面對，現在我更有信心當起別人社工，因為我也經歷過。

剛完成的《宮心計》只有一個字來形容－［靚］，頭靚、衫靚、景靚、人靚，最緊要劇本靚，由於劇本太靚，對白太文雅，要花好長時間去背書，所以我同戲的演員一樣，一有時間就會拿劇本去背，好彩現在總算捱過。

　　現在我開始拍攝另一套民初新劇《五味人生》，故事裏面，我因一次意外大受打擊而失憶，由一個豪門太太變回一個思想只有二十幾歲的少女。拍這套戲令我好開心，因為這套是喜劇，很多情節對白都很輕鬆搞笑，而且我還做一個只有二十歲的少女。現在我以少女打扮出現化妝間，有人還問：“那個少女是誰？”髮型師及化妝師幫我改了個花名，叫我“卜卜趣”（美少女之意），哄得我好開心。
　　其實外貌與心態極有關係，每日多煩惱，愁雲慘霧，樣子都會表現出來。我這個人可是沒什麼煩惱，人生總會經歷各種困難，不能逃避，所以不要自尋煩惱，應儘快尋找解決方法，解決困難讓自己不再煩惱。其實想一想，我可沒有因為工作而哭過一次，一來我是工作狂，愈多工作，愈開心，二來我是會想辦法解決面對的問題，所以又何需自尋煩惱呢？

　

　　A story or even a word can suddenly touched you, like a beacon, it shines a light into the darkness, giving strength to lost to carry on. That is the objective of TVB‘s production "One from the heart". Inviting people from all walks of life, be it a person or a story, based on one's own life experience or be in the form of a story, share the emotions and feelings, in doing so, present the truth of one's character.

　　Michelle Yim is one such person. Her boyfriend of many years, Wan Chi Keung contracted nose cancer, Michelle never left him, but instead is always by his side, caring for him. In 2008, she reached a peak in her career when she won the best actress award for her role in "Moonlight Resonance".

　　Michelle said that in order to stand up to adversity, the secret is not to pity yourself but to face it with a positive attitude. Laughter is the best medicine in times of adversity.

　

＊For the publication of "One from the heart", TVB magazine specially invited me to pen down Michelle story of "One from the heart" to share with the readers.

The boy and the dog

　　Recently I heard of a story about a little boy and a dog, at the same time, I read a novel about a little boy and a dog. I was very touched by both stories. I heard the story of the boy and the dog from my friends.

　　There was a little boy who loves dogs, he would go to the pet shop to see the puppies, but as his family was too poor to afford a dog, he could only long for one in his heart. One day, the boy saw a very special dog in the pet shop.

　　From that day forth, the little boy would go to the pet shop every day to visit the dog. Even though they were separated by the metal fence, the relationship between the boy and this dog strengthens with each passing day.

　　This caught the attention of the owner of the pet shop, who looked down on the poor little boy, doubting if the little boy will ever have the money to pay for the dog.

　　Even though dog is not expensive, but to a boy from a poor family, it is still a very big amount. The boy asked and pleaded with his mother and eventually, he obtained his mother's permission to keep a dog. The little boy starting saving all of his daily allowance, no matter how difficult it gets, he still manages to save the money. However when the little boy tried to buy the dog from the pet shop, the pet shop refuses to sell it.

　　The little boy asked the owner why can't he sell the dog? The owner explained that because the little dog was born with a broken leg, the dog is crippled, no one would want a crippled dog.

　　The little boy rolled up his pant leg, pointing at his leg, he told the shop owner that he is also a cripple, he wants to take care of the crippled dog. The shop owner was touched by what the little boy said and sold the dog to the boy at a lower price.

　　After hearing the story, I went to the book store to look for this book, but the book that I bought was not the story that I have heard, it was a novel with the same title but different story by the musician WeiRan (韦然).

　　The novel "A boy and a dog" is about the friendship between a lonely boy and a clever dog. It tells of the boy's journey through life, the hardship that he faces as he grows into a young adult with only his dog for company. This story is really moving.

　　Maybe it is because I cry easily, whenever I read about family ties, mothers who raised little kids, distant relatives who loves and brought up the child, a dog who is the child's only companion, grew up together and later the dog passed away from old age. As I read about the boy withholding his tears as he stands next to the grave of his dog, I too could not hold back my tears.

　　Even though both these stories are very common, they are also very touching, maybe it is the love and concern that is shown in the story, this expression of concern came from love, it is also the source of what emotionally touches a person.

　　I wish for more stories that are able to touch the people of this world.

　　All of us experience different things when we are growing up, sometimes when I talk to my friends, they will always mention about things that they lack while growing up. Now that they are working, they will strive for more power and prestige to make up for the things that they lacked when they were young. For myself, I just wish that time will stop at my childhood, wishing that I don't have to grow up.
I have a very happy childhood, my four brothers and I have a great relationship. When we were young, while out at the street, all of them will surround me on all sides, to protect me. Back then, no one dares to pick on us. Of course we have our principles too, not only do we learn how to protect ourselves, we do not pick on others.

　　I remember once there was a nasty girl, who was picking on a child much younger than her, all of us went right up to her to tell her to stop. Not only did we learn how to stand up to injustice, we also learn the importance of unity and the power of our sibling’s love for each other. Whenever I encounter a difficult patch in my life, my family will always gives me the greatest strength and support.

　　My eldest brother is a teacher, back home, he would take over the role of a teacher from my working mom, to educate us. One day, my second elder brother and I went home after school, waiting for us at home was my eldest brother, he picked up our shoes, looked at the soles and then said to us "Why didn't you two come back home after school but went cycling instead?" At that time I was surprised how my eldest became a detective, just by looking at the soles of our shoe, he would know that we went cycling. Until today, I still do not know how to cycle, how could I be cycling then? But of course, I understand that mom put the responsibility of educating us on my brother, he is just being a responsible brother.

There was a time when he knew that my maths result was not good, he kept tutoring me on math, eventually I scores 100 marks for that subject. Even though there are areas in my brother's disciplinary methods that can be improved on, but his dedication to this responsibility is worthy for me to learn from him. The positive things that I have learn from him, I will also pass it down to the younger generation.

Now that I am an actress, during filming session, I will listen to the seniors sharing their experiences, this has helped me make a lot less mistakes, waste a lot less time. Life's experiences is something which cannot be purchase with money, thus I would also share my experiences with the younger generation just as the seniors have shared theirs with me.

　　It is not easy to act in a martial arts movie. When you throw a punch, how much strength should go into a punch, what kind of expression should go with the punch? Shortly after I joined the industry, I had a role as "Huang Rong" in the TV serial "The Legend of the Condor Heroes". As this is my first martial arts film, all the actors including myself had to undergo a special month long martial arts training. One month later, the instructor asked that we execute the moves that we had learned, who would had realize that everyone executed the moves very badly causing the instructor to shout and scold everyone of us, that was one of the worst scolding that I have ever received in my life.
　　Initially I was feeling a bit upset, but then the instructor said "Everyone started not knowing how, when I first started, I do not know how to either. Why is it that now I know? But you do not?” This sentence inspired me, I did a self-reflection and I understood why everyone has to go to the classes, understood why when others can execute thirty kicks, I can only do ten kicks. There is only one reason, that reason is because I am not dedicated enough in putting in the hard work required. I then told myself, even if I don't have to execute as many moves as the others, I will still have to practices as hard as them.
　　One month later, the instructor tested our progress, when the other can only execute fifty kicks to the punching bag, I was able to execute a hundred kicks. The instructor praised me and he never scolded me again. Scolding is good, as long as there is a reason for the scolding, to inspire something better in the person. Maybe my self-reflection was brought about by the scolding that I received.

　　During the 70s, there was a period of time when I was acting in both the movie and TV serials, the TV station will also cast me as host for variety shows on travelling, my work was lined up for me, non stopped. In my heart, I thought that even if I do not need to sleep, I will still not be able to finish all the work lined up for me. Back then, I would work every single day of the week, no matter if it was a day shift or a night shift I will always see a certain martial artist on the set. As I am the leading actress, I need to appear in every scene of the film, but what about him? Doesn't he need to rest either? He then told me, "I have a younger sister who is still schooling, my father is sick, my mother needs the money for household expenses. If I don't act, how can I pay the bills? As long as someone is willing to let me work, even if I do not get to rest, I will continue to work, even so, that does not guarantee that I will get the opportunity to work. Now that there is work for me to do, shouldn’t I be giving it my all to work?”

　　The opportunity that others can only dream about, has been placed right before me, what he said to me jolted me awake, I must cherish every opportunity that I can get. Thus whenever I get offers to film a movie, a TV serial or even attend a variety show, as long as the time permits, I will accept them all. Not a lot of people get such opportunities like I had.

（拍《溏心風暴之家好月圓》期間，米雪要拍戲跟照顧男友，雖然身兼兩職，但亦憑劇集的精采演出，成為視后。Whilst filming "Moonlight Resonance", Michelle had to straddle her time between the filiming and caring for her boyfriend. Despite the dual role, she manages to deliver an outstanding performance and clinches the Best Actress award）

　　My boyfriend, Wan Chi Keung and I are like social workers among our circle of friends. Whenever they have problems at work, problems in their love life, they would like to consult us and ask us for a resolution. Once a friend told me "If the needle doesn't prick your skin, you won't know the pain. Unless it happens to you, do you still think the problem can so easily be sovled?

　　This time, it really happened to me. When Wan Chi Keung fell sick, I just got the offer to film "Moonlight Resonance". I wanted to turn down the role, but he said not to. He said that by me continuing to act, it gives him the motivation and determination to get better. He also knows that I am a workaholic, I love to act, both of us wants to have our cakes and eat it too and we would consider the situation from each other’s point of view. I was busy with my work, having to move about. There are days when I was so busy that I did not have the time to visit him. Some days when I was very tired, I had the thought of wanted to postpone the visitation to the next day. Whenever I had such thoughts because of I was too tired from working, I would also feel a tinge of regret. However, these are all small matters in life, whenever I see him sick, I would feel like a mother looking at her own sick baby, wishing that it was the me who is suffering and not the baby.

　　When two people are in a relationship, there will definitely be disagreements, however, at this point in time, what is there to disagree about? Everything should be about his health. Fortunately for both of us, we are both optimistic people, since the matter has already happened; we will face it with a positive attitude.

　　He needs to undergo physical therapy, sometimes when he does not have the strength to carry out the exercises, he would asked "May I just do ten?" I would replied "No way! You need to do thirty!" It feels like we are bargaining with each other, we find it quite comical. I would do my best to cheer him up, make him happy whilst every step that he takes towards recovery gives me the motivation to carry on, we depend on each other, encouraging each other through these difficult times.

　　From this incident, I learn the meaning of tolerance, to be considerate of each other and to have a positive attitude in times of difficulties. Now I have even more confidence in helping others, because I have experience it for myself.

(米雪一向被說駐顔有術，在新劇《五味人生》中，飾演一名二十多歲的少女，當然不會難得她Michelle is well known for maintaining her youthful looks, in the show <Five Flavors of Life>, she has no problems fulfilling the role of a twenty year old girl.）

　　I have just completed the filming of the TV serial "Beyond the Realm of Conscience" and there is only one word that I can use to describe the show, "beautiful". The head dress is beautiful, the costumes are beautiful, the sceneries are beautiful, the people are beautiful, most importantly, the script is beautiful. But because the script is too beautiful, the dialogs are very elegantly phrased, thus a lot of time is needed to memorized the script. Resulting in all the actors, including myself, with whatever free time we may have, memorizing the script. It is good thing that the filming is finally over.

　　I have started filming for another TV serial titled "Five Flavors of Life", in the show, I had an accident which causes me to lose my memory. I went from the wife of a wealthy man to a woman who only has the memories of a twenty year old. I was very happy to act in this serial, because this is a light hearted drama, the scenes and dialogs are very light hearted and comical plus I am acting as a twenty year old young lady. Nowadays when I am in costume as a young lady walking out from the changing room, strangers will asked "who is that beautiful young lady?". The hairdresser and makeup artist gave me a nickname, "young lady", that made me very happy.

　　Actually, there is a connection between a person's appearance and his mindset. Problems exist everyday of our lives, if you worry every single day, it will show on your face. I am a person who does not have much worries in my life. Everyone will definitely face some problems in their life, no one can run away from it, so why go looking for more problems. One should instead be looking for solutions to these problems, and solve the problem as quickly as possible so as to not have to worry about it any further.

　　Come to think about it, I have never been upset over my work, firstly I am a workaholic, the more work there is for me, the happier I feel. Secondly, I always look for solution to deal with my problems, therefore, why would I need to worry for?