Acting gives you the roles that you can play outside of being merely yourself. The various roles I got to play - from the son of a single parent in MAYA BLUES and I AM I to an orphaned child longing for love in HARMONIOUS SEPTEMBER, I can handle the roles very well drawing upon the books I have read over the years that immerse me into the world of imagination.

A sequel to MAYA BLUES, I AM I continues to narrate the relationship between father Wong Yau Fat and son Wong Sau Nam leading up this sequel. Sau Nam possesses the power of prediction being an Indigo child. His misbehaves at school turn out to be a life-saving act of love for his father.

The Sau Nam in this short film is on a different path than the first movie MAYA BLUES as I am the leading character in this short film. Sau Nam is in fact an indigo child who has superpower but it is a secret that I needed to keep to myself. Playing this role requires me to be emotionally expressive while subtly holding back my secret is a challenging call in this short film.

“Time is irreversible, your decision defines today.”

At the face of losing his wife and turning into a single parent, Fat has got to know the art teacher of his son, Agnes at a special occasion. With Sau Nam (Fat’s son) being the critical link to perhaps a brighter future for Fat and Agnes, Fat and Sau Nam are stepping into the unknown world of Agnes and her forgotten past of dark freemasonry history. The seems-to-be happy journey has led Agnes leaping into the saddening departure.

Sau Nam is a modest, cheerful and understanding kid who always puts the feeling of his father first yet longing for the recognition and love from his only parent. Raised as a single child who has lost his mother, Sau Nam is on the lookout for his dad’s wellbeing and emotional needs. I was only 10 years old when I took on this role. The role of Sau Nam is really critical in the film to lead the plot. I think Sau Nam is a quite a challenging role to play - optimistic yet struggling with a sad family situation. The consistency of the role is key due to the long production time of the 10 episodes.

Paul is an abandoned child left at the orphanage since his dad passed away, the fear of rejection has transformed into his passion for violin. The encounter with the new social worker, John, has inspired Paul to rediscover the love from his long-lost mother who has returned to his life 14 years later. This time, Paul has come face to face to his fear of rejection and overcome his painful past to connect with his mom at the point of another possible departure.

Playing Paul as a kid, I tried to stand in his shoe feeling the pain of being abandoned at this young age as I am from a loving family in reality. As I was only 6 years old at that time, I needed to follow the director’s instruction carefully to manage this role. The departure scene, in particular, was not easy for me as I got emotionally absorbed when a cheerful child turns into an orphan.