Park Sihoo Macau

I remember this photo. It was taken on location in Macau when Park Sihoo-ssi was there to film his new drama “Neighborhood Hero. It was taken on Saturday, 24 October 2015, in a remote location.

I will also remember this as a very long day. I believe Park Sihoo-ssi started filming as early as 7 am in the morning and ended the day well after midnight. Going by what others have posted on the world wide wide, there must have been maybe five location shoots on that day alone! So he was all over Macau! It must have been a most exhausting day!

Like Park Sihoo-ssi, we started that day early. We heard wind of a shoot in the morning at a church somewhere in Macau. So, Macau is small, but then not that small when you try to find one church among the many it has! We narrowed down our search to the most probable, and with the most densely populated churches around the St. Augustine’s Square. We took a morning walk to all the churches around the area, but no luck!

So we ended up having breakfast and then reconvening to meet some other fans over the famous Margaret’s Cafe e Nata egg tarts 🙂 Then we went walking some more, shopping for cookies at Lisboa Hotel and ended up having a cuppa tea there.

Ok, half a cup of barely touched tea! Someone found the next location shoot so we left in a hurry! Yes, it was at that elusive church which we have been looking for all morning! Finally, up on the Penha hilltop to the Penha Church with its panoramic view of Macau. So we made it to our first shoot of the day! We saw our gorgeous Park Sihoo-ssi in gear, kept him company and kept ourselves entertained throughout his shoot – more than a couple of hours, mind you! 

Then, as he took off for the next location and we got into a wild goose chase. Six ladies and our driver, we lost him and the crew going down the hill. And with our growling tummies, we abandoned search and headed for a late lunch at Coloane Village. This time, we were on the trail of the famous baked pork knuckle at Cafe Nga Tim and maybe to get a taste of the other famous egg tart – Lord Stow’s. So off to the beach we went!

Lo and behold, as we drove by Lord Stow, we spotted the crew! What luck! They were stopping for lunch too! So happily we chowed down our scrumptious lunch of pork knuckle, stewed clams, baked sardines with cheese, pork chop buns and fried cod fish in batter.

Then, our driver rushed in, “They are leaving! Hurry!” By the time we settled our bill and got into our car, we could only spot the tail of the last of their cars disappearing round the corner.

Our brave driver followed but we lost them! Several false twists and turns later including a dead end in a grave yard, an 8-point U-turn and then we hit home at the bend of a remote beach road! A location, which according to the friendly drivers of the cast and crew, where even the Macanese don’t know of! So where exactly were we?

So remote was the location, there was hardly any passer-by in sight. Bad phone and data reception. Totally un-contactable! 

What to do, what to do? It was only them and us! So embarrassing! It will be all eyes on us if we got off the car! Close the blinds! Blush! Blush! Yikes!

Our driver laughed! “You ladies! So funny! You want to follow a star and yet you are so embarrassed!” “Okie, okie, since we are here already, we might as well be brave!”  So out we crawled from our car, one step at a time.

But where was our Park Sihoo-ssi? No sight or sound of him for the shoot!

Ah, at the far end of the beach, behind the low lying bushes and trees in the dim light. We could barely make out his silhouette. But being true fans, we know him so well, even with his back to us! He was out there feeding the mosquitoes looking out for fresh, foreign blood to the amusement of the drivers! Poor Park Sihoo-ssi. That was where he stayed, for more than a couple of hours, far from the maddening crowd! No shoot for him that afternoon!

By the time the shoot ended, it was dinner time and since we already knew the location for the night filming, we headed back to the hotel for some much needed rest. And of course, to catch up with the avalanche of left messages which we could not receive due to poor phone reception! Obviously everyone was upset at missing the afternoon filming! So sorry! Our hearts were willing but our modern technologies were weak!

Rested, we took off for the night shoot – another place of worship except that it was a temple this time! Interesting the set for the shoot and more interesting Park Sihoo-ssi’s outfit and make-up! Shhh…my lips are sealed!  This was the shoot with well over 20 retakes. If I were exhausted and called it a night before it hit mid-night, can you imagine how totally zonked Park Sihoo-ssi was, filming all day and all night long!

Yes, it was a day I will remember well.

And oh, did I remember to reveal where that first photo was taken? Shot when they wrapped up the afternoon shoot. It was at the bend along the remote beach road of Estrada Aldeia 乡村马路, past come graveyard and where they had some luxurious homes being built!  Happy hunting!

美好的回忆！

我记得这张照片。那是施厚君在澳门拍摄他的新剧“邻家英雄”时拍摄的全体照。那天是星期六2015年10月24日，是在一个偏僻的位置。

我也记得，这是一个非常漫长的一天。我相信施厚君是一早7点开拍，一直到午夜后才结束的。看到网上发的照片和信息，那天也许连拍了5个地点！所以，他当天跑遍了澳门，是多么辛苦疲劳的一天啊！

像施厚君，我们一早就出门。打听到剧组早上会在澳门的一个教堂拍摄。澳门虽小，但要找起来真的不小！我们缩小搜索的范围，在最密集的教堂区岗顶找线索。走偏了整个区域， 就是没运气！因此，我们干脆去吃早饭，然后和刚到的几位厚粉集合，在著名的玛嘉烈蛋挞咖啡店享用刚香喷喷，刚出炉的蛋挞 🙂 之后，我们再逛街，买了葡京酒店的饼干，在哪喝茶。

好吧，半杯茶几乎都没喝到，就收到下一个拍摄位置的信息。于是我们冲冲就出发了！是的，下个拍摄地点就是我们寻找了一个上午，那难以捉摸的教堂！最后，是在西望洋山山頂上的西望洋聖堂，能够看到澳门全景的地方。那是我们观看到的第一个拍摄地点！我们看到了我们华丽的施厚君，陪伴着他拍摄，一起互粉聊天，过了两个小时拍摄时间！

然后，他往下一个拍摄位置赶时，我们设法追尾。六位女士和我们的司机，可是，下山时，他一溜烟就不见了！饿着肚子的我们，放弃了搜索，就去寻找吃的了。去了路环村，寻找雅憩花園餐廳著名的烤猪蹄， 和另外一家著名的蛋挞店 －安德魯咖啡店。所以，我们去了海滩！

你瞧，当我们开车经过安德魯咖啡店时，发现了剧组！真幸运！他们也在路环村用午餐！因此，我们有幸能享用丰盛的烤猪蹄，炖蛤，烤奶酪沙丁鱼，猪排包和煎鳕鱼面糊。

然后，我们的司机冲了进来，“他们离开了！快点！” 当我们买了单，钻进车时，他们最后的一辆车已经转弯消失了。我们勇敢的司机跟着，但找不到他们了！逗了好几个错方向，包括一个坟场，转个8点掉头，后来，终于在一个偏远海滩路弯找到了！

一个位置，根据演员和工作人员的司机所说的，甚至连土生葡人都不知道的地点，哪怕是我们外人呢？那里是完全没有路人视线的地方。手机和数据接收极差的位置。完全无法联系到外人的地方！

怎么办，怎么办？只有他们和我们！如此尴尬！一下车所有的目光都会在我们身上！关闭百叶窗！害羞！害羞！哎呀！

我们的司机笑了！ “你是的这班女士！太可爱了！你要追星，但如此的狼狈！” 好了，好了，居然已经在这里了，我们不妨勇敢些！所以，我们小心细细地从车下来。

但是，我们的偶像施厚君呢？没有看到他的踪影！

嗯，在远端的海滩，低矮的灌木丛和树木中，在昏暗的灯光看到了模糊的背影。但作为真正的厚粉，我们都可以认得出他！司机们都笑着，说他在那里喂着寻找新鲜，外国血液的蚊子！可怜的施厚君！他可是在那呆了超过两小时！下午的拍摄，没有他的戏份！

拍摄结束的时候，已经是旁晚时刻。因为我们已经知道夜拍的位置，我们就回去酒店休息。当然，还要回复之前因为没有信号，收不到的短信，微博和QQ啦！显然，每个人都不高兴，错过了下午的拍摄！非常抱歉！我们的心有愿，可是现代技术不给力啊！

休息后，我们去了夜景拍摄地点， 是另外一个宗教信仰的地方，这回是一座寺庙！有趣的拍摄地点，更有趣的施厚君的穿着和化妆！嘘……我的嘴唇是密封的！这就是之前我提到的超过20重拍的场景。如果我是精疲力尽，可以想象施厚君拍摄了一整天，一整夜会如何？

是的，这是一个难忘的一天。

呵呵，那张集体照拍摄的地点？就是他们下午拍摄的地方。那沿着乡村马路 (Estrada Aldeia) ，过了墓地，在正在建造一些豪华房屋，偏远海滩路弯的地方！快乐寻找！

Photo Credits – Many thanks! Instagram, Weibo, Twitter, openrice.com, tripadvisor.com, ironwulf.net, nasilemaklover.blogspot.hk/

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