Yung Mei Ling’s room is filled with small items everywhere: clothes and small toys all over the place.
Visiting Yung Mei Ling’s home can be considered one of the longest visits I’ve had. From the time I made an appointment with her, starting from the first season of The Legend of the Condor Heroes, she had been very quick to agree, likely due to her confidence. Although the plans had changed a few times, Yung Mei Ling did not disappoint me or the readers, and finally, I was able to knock on her door.
When the door opened, I immediately saw a tall building, about half the height of a new modern skyscraper. The space was spacious and much cooler. The house was divided into two parts, with a front and back living room. Yung Mei Ling’s room was at the front. For one person to occupy a hundred square feet of space was quite nice, especially in a place like Hong Kong where land is so valuable. Yet, Yung Mei Ling still felt it wasn’t enough. She often complained that the room was too small, with no space to store all her things. No wonder when I entered, the floor was covered with bags of items. It turns out they were all her fan letters, which were piling up more and more. Her mailbox was often “overflowing.” Staff members would stack her letters and give them to her when she returned to the company. Currently, she’s only managed to go through the letters from April. Yung Mei Ling felt very sorry towards her fans, as she had been so busy recently that she barely had time to breathe. Now that she had a moment, she was trying to catch up on the photo shoots, appointments, and interviews.
In her room, on top of her bed, there’s a photo frame. In addition to her own photos, there’s also a picture of a small dog. It’s a photo of her dog from her home in England. Yung Mei Ling had three dogs and more than ten cats in England, practically like a zoo, it’s quite surprising.
"Last night I couldn’t sleep, so I got up and started replying to letters. I didn’t stop until 4 a.m.," Yung Mei Ling said as she opened more letters. Her fan letters, shoes, and other miscellaneous items were all over the place, making it hard to organize.
"Because the space is so small, no matter how much I clean, it still looks like this. There’s really no way to tidy everything up properly," she said with a bit of frustration.
After she had put away a lot of clothes into the wardrobe, there were still bags of things she couldn’t find a place for. Yung Mei Ling explained that these were toys gifted to her by fans—plush toys and small decorations. She joked, "It won’t be long before I can open a toy boutique!"
Yung Mei Ling is very easy going and likes to sit on her bed, so even her guests would sit there with her. She brought a large box of tissues to the bedside and took out a stack of letters, preparing to reply to them.
"My dog at home is funny. It doesn’t seem to know whether it’s a dog or a cat. No matter what, it’ll eat with both the cats and the dogs." Yung Mei Ling even showed a photo of her feeding the cats to the reporter. In addition to this, she also shared some pictures of her life in England.
In her home in England, aside from the many cats and dogs, her second passion was painting. Whether in the living room or bedroom, the walls were covered with oil paintings that she had collected since childhood. All of these were works by her uncle, who was the person she admired the most. The two had a mutual admiration for each other.
Her home was originally quite comfortable, but nuisance phone calls had disrupted the atmosphere. The phone would ring endlessly throughout the day. Some calls were from a man who not only used vulgar language but also sent filthy messages on postcards, which caused much distress for both Yung Mei Ling and her foster mother, Mrs. Chen. On one occasion, the man even called in the middle of the night. Yung Mei Ling angrily shouted, "He deserves to die!" As a result, she was planning to move house to escape these bothersome individuals.
翁美玲 房小东西多
遍地 衣物 及小玩具
与翁美玲度湖散家 访,可算是俊得最久的 一位退,打重她的「射 英雄传」第一辑就开 始预约,可能当初答应
得出奇的爽快,信心也 特大,虽一改再改之后 ,翁美玲终没有令疾风 和读者失望,终于敲到 她的门了。
门一打开,就看到高高的楼面,和新型楼字足足高了一半,宽敞, 清凉得多,房子共分两部分,有前、后二厅, 翁美玲的房间就在头,本来一个人占百呎房间,实在不错了,以香港还寸金尺土的地方, 更为可贵。但翁美玲似 仍有不足之感,常头房 开太细,没地方放置地 的东西。怪不得一入房 内,便见地上满是一袋 二袋东西,原来那全是
她的信越来越多了,信箱水告「常满」, 有关人员还特地为他把信一叠叠的东起来,得她还公司时交给她, 现在只不过覆到四月的信而已,翁美玲深对视迷有着抱歉,早阵子她实在忙得透不过气来,现在则趁有空,便一一起拍照约、访问的发
清远占债。 在婚房内的的头上图看一个相架,里面除了他自己的相片外,还有一只小狗的照相来来是继英国的家中小狗,看美玲在英国养了三头与十头猫,有如动物园可算惊人。
用。 「昨晚睡不着,索 性起身覆信,至凌晨四 点才『收工』。」翁美 玲边拆信边说,一心二
她的影迷信、鞋子及杂 物东西多得令人眼球 乱。
「因具地方太细, 我执来执去还是这样子 ,确实没法放得齐整些 了。」她有点造悠的说
当她把大批衣物收放入柜后,还看到一包二包的东西,无法收拾,美玲说这都是影迷送给她的玩具,不是乜乜公仔就是小摆设,看美玲还说笑:「唔驶几耐,我可以开玩具精品店了。」
翁美玲很随和, 喜欢坐在床上,所以连 客人也随她坐床,她一 手就把特大纸抽拿到床 边,一叠叠的信件拿出 来,准备覆信。
「我家有只狗才好笑,它也不知自己是狗是猫,不论猫或狗,它都给它们吃。」翁美玲还把喂猫的相给疾风看,除了这些,还看到她在英国所拍的生活照
在英国的家,除了猫狗多之外,画便占第二,不论厅房全排满美玲由小到大的油画, 这都是她舅舅的作品, 正是翁美玲最崇拜的人,也是欣赏她的人,这双甥舅,互相欣赏。 在她家,本来很舒服,但那些无聊的电话,破坏了气氛,整天响个不停,有个是男的, 不但讲粗话,还用市士咭写满秽语,害得美玲和代母陈太烦恼不堪,有次还半夜三更打去胡关,翁美玲气得大声说:「渠死吃带。」仍此,她便打算搬家,好远避那班无聊之徒。
This article was published in Gold TV Weekly nr. 418, 16 August 1983
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