My life on the screen began in Young and Dangerous suburb, Causeway Bay. But in reality, my life began in myself.

When I was young, I always wondered what the Chinese character "Yee" represents. Every male child in my family would have a "Yee" character in their names. My older cousin is called "Yee-Neng" and my brother is called "Yee-Zun". My father is a very old-minded person, and finally he named me "Yee-Kin" so that I can grow up healthily. ("Kin" in Chinese means healthy). "Yee" is an adjective, it could mean he or she; or it could be a word without meaning. "Yee Chi" could also mean "Kai Chi" (which means begin)!

I was born in a surgery that was right next to the temple, therefore my story should begin in "Temple Street" (a very famous street in HK).

When I was a child, my family always commented that I was different to them. Everyone in the family has pale skin, but I was very tanned. My aunt said it was probably because when my mother was pregnant, she ate too much fish.

However, the thing that concerned me the most was the structure of my body. Before, I was a fat kid, it was not until I started primary school that I began to loose weight, but my muscles were still tightly bonded together. I guessed I was born with muscles like that, in layers and this was totally different to my family's.

The muscles I've got today was not from doing exercises. In "Young and Dangerous", I was suppose to be very fit and muscle to suit my role, but I only went to the gym for a week and I've already got what I wanted. People always say "If you don’t do exercise once you are over twenty, your muscle will become flabby." I never worried about that. If I need to do exercise, I might as well just swing a wooden sword around a few times.

Another thing that was different to my family was my personality that was the total opposite to my brother's. He was the kind of person that will keep quite if you shouted at him and won't fight back if someone hits him, he was truly a very honest person. But, I liked to run, jump and would do many naughty things. For instance, throwing model planes off my apartment, climbing bunk beds, stepping on the opening of glass bottles, I simply would do almost any naughty things. I could still remember when I was in primary school, a group of high school kids asked if they could join mine and my neighbor's game. However, before they even finish talking, I was already squirting them with my water pistol.

My entire childhood has been made out of these silly, nonsense, naughty but full of laughter memories.

Many people have known that I was from a poor family. However, during those poverty days, I didn't feel sad or hurt. My father didn't earn much money doing his job and he always had to work extra hours and would come back very late at night. Father and son didn't have much of a chance to talk to each other, but I understood that he was trying his best to give us what we wanted.

In my childhood, I always have a strong feeling about the lovey-dovey couple next door. They have kids and got along with each other fairly well, I could say that they are a perfect family. But one day when I walk past their house after I came home from school, the wife have left because the couple were having a divorce. I leaned against their door, flashes of questions came to my mind: "What will happen to their children?"

My parents were the older generation people, they have a strong responsibility for everything they do. Our generation, however, have lost all that. Divorce? Let's have one then. Kids? Let's deal with our own problem first, then we'll think what to do with them.

This was the reason why I really admired my father. Although he hasn't completed my biggest wish when I was a child, but today, even I am able to complete my wish, but I am not willing to do so. Why don't let "it" be my wish forever. The wish really contained my entire childhood memories.

When I was a kid, I always believed that if I could have a "Space Dragon" toy, then my biggest wish in my whole life would be completed. The first time I saw it in the mall I was entirely obsessed with the golden bodied and half a meter in height toy. The cost for it then was very expensive, it was sixty eight dollars. I wouldn't even dare to ask my parents for it. Today, the cost of it has risen to thirty thousand dollars. I am able to afford it, but D.J Wayman said to me: " If you buy it, then you will not have a wish anymore. If you don't buy it, then the Space Dragon will always be your wish!" What he said does make sense. Then just let it be my eternal wish! Not being perfect is also a kind of beauty!

This is the reason why I never forget my childhood days as a happy normal person. To just have a peek at the toy I love, I would catch no.11 to Wong Kok. Did bus no.11 changed its rote? Of course not, no.11 was my pair of feet. I didn't have any pocket money then, the most I could afford was a one way bus ticket and when I'm hungry. I could buy a small ice block. My childhood might be very different to yours, but having an obsession with toys, I believed that every child would be the same.

Rich people could easily afford to buy any toys and take them home; Poor people could also borrow it from friends. I always ask my neighbors if I could borrow their Nintendo so that I could take it home and play with my brother and sister. If I wasn't able to borrow it, I would go to the park lands and play hide and seek with my friends.

When my father have a day off, we would all go out together. However I am still a "Kowloon" person and really hated going across to Hong Kong Island. Especially in summer when we have to ride a bus there, then standing under some shelter eating very hot fish balls. Please help!

It's really hard to say to my parents "I love you", but since the day I was born, I had always been influenced by them.

Mum was a cheerful person, even without much money, she would still buy presents for us to make us happy.

Dad was those kind of people that would jump into a wall of flame to rescue people without even considering about his own life at risk. I might not be able to learn every perspective they have towards things, but having manners towards people, I could still manage. Although I wasn't good at school, I was very confident in pretending to be others and the people I would pretend as of course my parents!

Early, at the beginning of high school, I realized that there were girls that noticed me, although I could feel it, but my mother always told me to concentrate in my studies and don't go out with girls just yet (in fact his parents have 3 strict rules: no.1 don't date girls until you're 18; no. 2 don't smoke cigarettes; no.3 never join any triad gangs eg. the ones in Y&D). In fact, during then, I only like to hang around my neighbors.

My course of growing up might be very different to the people now. I remember that I haven't even properly worked in the society, I already had a holiday part time job. For example cutting thread heads. Once I've earn some money, I would buy a hair dryer for myself and a bird for my sister. In those days, it was not popular to have hair like now, the hair then looked liked boats.

Young people always like to compare themselves with others. Entering a singing competition was because my friends believed that they could sing better then those competitors on TV. Because of peer pressure, I decided to compete as well, just to see what it was like. I entered the tryouts singing a song with my friend's older sister. I thought it was better to have someone than be alone. During the competition, we only sang two lines and got 'Ding" out. I thought we had lost it, but a few days later the phone rang "You've got in. You have to come for tryouts again." From then till now, I still believed that it was a fluke. It must be because the people who got in did not want to compete so they put me into their place instead.

I immediately phoned my friend's sister to tell her the good news, but unfortunately she had just came back from camping and had loss her voice. However, we still went for the tryouts, but got "ding" out again. It must be the end of it, I thought.

Suddenly, there was another phone call, and this time it was from a TVB worker. He had saw me at the tryouts and thought I have a fairly good look and told me to come for the tryouts at TVB. The kept coming surprises gave me a feeling that could not be explained. In those days, TVB was very strict at selecting new people. Once you've tried on the ancient costumes, you have to try for the present day characters as well as MC (host). Uncle Sheng was running here and there but did not even once looked at me.

At last, I got selected into the TVB acting course. I was the only one who was chosen from the group of tryouts from the singing competition. However, after three months, I got kicked out again. I understand that I get very nervous when I perform in front of people, but I can't help or change it.

Afterwards, I tried lots of other jobs, but they never lasted long because I didn't like working from nine to five in a office. Finally, when TVB began to select new people, I decided to go for it again. Once they saw it was me, they immediately said "You don't have to be tested, just come back. But you have to start from the beginning!"