Hello to everyone! I think you will remember me; my name is Matthew (formerly known as "Baby Matthew") and I was the baby star of Jackie's movie Rob-B-Hood. During filming, Jackie had a lot to say about me and at the time I couldn't talk, so I didn't really say much about him. However, now I am three years old and I have a lot to say.


This is me when the production assistant for Rob-B-Hood discovered me on the MTR in Hong Kong.


And this is me now.

You know, since the end of the filming of the movie, my Mommy has kept in touch with the JC Group and that's why you sometimes see photos of me on Uncle Jackie's website. Well, last week my family and I visited Hong Kong and my friend Kath invited us to the office to see everyone. Lucky for us, Uncle Jackie was in town so we got to see him too.

When we got to the office, there were a lot of people there and everyone wanted to take a photo with me so I posed with about 20 actors and singers! There were all of the winners from Jackie's competition The Disciple, plus a bunch of artistes that Jackie's company represents. Some of them are really famous and I think that the rest of them will be famous some day soon. 

These are all the actors and singers that were visiting Jackie's office the day that I was there.


Anyway, I know you're wondering if I started crying the way I used to in the old days when I was young. Well, no, I didn't. I don't cry anymore because now I am practically grown up and I am very professional. Poor Uncle Jackie had to put up with a lot of trouble from me when we were filming, but hey....blame it on my youth. Here are a few memories from the olden days:

This is one of the first photos ever taken of me with Uncle Jackie.

Well...



I think Uncle Jackie is showing you how big his hand is compared to my little baby head. 


There were a few times when I wasn't crying during the filming:





Anyway, I hung around the office for a while and waited for Uncle Jackie to show up. All of a sudden I heard a deep, booming voice call out "Where's my baby?!" I knew immediately that it was Uncle Jackie and that he was looking for me. (He always called me "his baby" when we were filming. Well...most of the time, anyway. When I was crying and screaming, he seemed to feel that I was my Mommy's baby...).

I was a little nervous about seeing Uncle Jackie after all this time, but I shouldn't have been. He was just as terrific as I remember him being, although I think that he doesn't look as big as he used to, or maybe it's because I'm almost all grown up now.  He was so happy to see me and kissed me about a hundred times. He told me that I was growing up so fast and also mentioned that my hair was as long as a girl's. Actually, he's right - my hair is really long. That's because I was doing a modeling job in China and the photographers wanted me to have my hair long. Anyway, I can cut it soon.

Maybe someday I will work at JC Group!


Uncle Jackie invited me and my family to go to his house and visit with his dogs and cats. This was very exciting for me since I love animals. But even more exciting was that I discovered something really fun to do - taking photos with Kath's big camera! Of course I've seen all kinds of cameras before, but I never had a chance to take pictures with such a big one because all the adults think that I can't handle it. However, Kath let me use her camera and only made one rule - that she would always hold it with me so that if I let go, it wouldn't fall on the ground. Unfortunately for her, this also meant that she had to carry me around most of the time, but she didn't complain too much. She showed me how to look through the little hole (this is called a viewfinder) to see what I was taking photos of and also taught me to push the big button down. I had a lot of fun taking photos of Uncle Jackie, the dogs and cats, and the other people who came to Jackie's house with us. I had to let Kath use her camera for a few minutes, but I made sure that she didn't forget who was the photographer of the day.  I want to show you some photos. The ones I took have a special stamp on them so that you don't confuse them with Kath's.

Uncle Jackie introduced me to Dong Dong and Ding Ding. I am pointing to Dong Dong.

This is me with my brother Darren.

JJ comes to say hello.


As you can see from the expression on Dong Dong's face, he isn't too fond of JJ.


Don't worry...I didn't really ride on JJ. Uncle Jackie just did this for a joke.


Here is a great picture I took of Uncle Jackie.


Um....I don't really know what this guy is doing. I was trying to take a picture of Dong Dong. Do you see his head on the right side of the photo?


These are some of my new friends.


This is another great shot of Uncle Jackie. That's my sister Ganne on the right.


Here are a few more. Uncle Jackie is a very good model for my photography:



Uncle Jackie showed me a trick that he taught to Jonesie and JJ.


This is me and my family with Uncle Jackie.


Even though Uncle Jackie is a big star, I make sure I appear very cool. I have a reputation to uphold.


But I can't help smiling when Uncle Jackie kisses me a hundred times!


Uncle Jackie was very attentive to me the whole time I was visiting his house.




I had important work to do, so I borrowed someone else's camera for a while.


I am a good photographer!


Group photo with all my new friends and one special old friend.


After playing with Jackie's animals, we went back to the office for a while to visit with some of our old friends. Jackie invited me and my family to come to a special Mid-Autumn dinner in the evening, so we left the office and went to our hotel to get ready.

In the evening we went to a big beautiful place where there were lots of people. Everyone was so happy to see me but I didn't have the heart to tell them that I didn't remember them. I saw a lot of the crew from Rob-B-Hood; I even saw the director Benny Chan! I certainly remembered him. Too bad he ran away before we had a chance to get a photo together. Maybe he was afraid that I would start to cry like I did in the old days before I was such a grown-up.

I spent most of the night taking photos of all my friends and visiting with Uncle Jackie. The party was a lot of fun and they had a lucky draw, but I didn't win. It was really nice to see all my old friends and I hope that someday I will see them all again. At the end of the night I said goodbye to everyone and they all gave me kisses and hugs. But the person who hugged and kissed me the most was Uncle Jackie!

Here are some of the photos I took at the party:

This is my new friend Josh with his Mommy. Josh also likes to take photos.


Josh took this photo of Uncle Jackie doing the Drunken Master pose.


This is my Mommy, Victoria.


This is my brother Darren and my Daddy.


Here is my friend Mayu. She is the daughter of Jackie's assistant, Osumi.


This is Kenneth Low.


My new girlfriend, Eryn. She is the daughter of Uncle Jackie's Segway partner Matt McGuire.


You can see that she adores me.


My sister Ganne.


My old buddy Jaycee.


I am so cool wearing Jaycee's hat, don't you think?

Here I am practicing my "No Photos!" pose. I will use this when I am very famous and don't want pictures taken of me.


Well, that's the story of my day with Uncle Jackie. I hope you liked it! The next time I visit I will tell you more.



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