Tuesday, April 17, 2007

Aroom Represents

原來我一直搵果隻LMF album並唔係佢地最後一隻專輯,而係同其他本地勁人一齊Jam出黎既Aroom Represents (2001)。開行部機,間屋即刻變D場。

睇下有份Jam既人就知d音樂都有番咁上下斤兩:

1. High High - Yokohara/Joey Tang
2. The Realazy Mofo - Yokohara/Mc Yan
3. 唔好諗 - Kit/Joey Tang
4. 有計無 - Phat/DJ Tommy
5. 慾望 - Wah/黃貫中/LMF
6. 誰人伴你睡 - Joey Tang/HK String Quartet
7. 大懶堂 (Brown Sugar Mix) - Oakey
8. 1127 (Big Eater Mix) - DJ Tommy
9. X家拎 (Video Drome Dance Hall) - Video Drome With 壞碑唇
10. YYYY (Slow Tech Riddim Mix)
11. 反骨仔 (Retile Skank Mix) - Richy Swan

頭五首、大懶堂、1127,電子、迷幻,Rock,首首各有風格,首首都咁型。至於其他粗口歌,我仲未夠忿怒,未識欣賞住。

Monday, April 16, 2007

Happy Tree Friends

The students showed me a very funny cartoon series today. The characters are cute animals, but they are mad. This is the latest episode. Mind you. It is freaking violent and bloody.



If you love it, crave on it here.

砵仔糕

今日終於比我打爛左塊拍個手柄。咁樣爛法,應該可以去代理度換塊新既。雖然我都唔會楂到咁低,而且塊拍仲打得,不過都係打電話問下Head有冇得換先。

頭先去左大埔食牛腩河,之後去街市買新鮮蒸起既砵仔糕,甜得岩岩好,熱辣辣,軟棉棉,好味。

Sunday, April 15, 2007

Terminal 2

今日爺爺要返台灣了,我同細佬坐爸爸車送佢地去機場。以前好少叫我多d打電話過去,近幾年佢經常都叫我咁做。我會架喇。

送左佢地入閘,我同細佬去左新開既Terminal 2八下。去到行左一輪先知,果度連登機閘都冇,只有Check-in櫃位同機場有關。Terminal 2地下一層係返大陸既巴士站,樓上係一個兩層既商場加check-in counters。佢d食肆加商店既數目仲多過check-in counters,而且幾靚。我相信呢個Terminal 2主要係因為Terminal 1冇位起商場而建。

呢個Terminal 2商場其實幾正,d鋪幾得,仲有間大機鋪,有架360度旋轉既頭文字D賽車機,有幾十人排隊等住玩。



果度仲有一部乒乓波機,不斷噴d波出黎,你要將d波打去指定既地點。個場仲有十幾架貼紙相機,不過仲未用得。



商場上層有好多食肆,都係幾出名既食店。行到有d餓,赫然發現有間黃枝記,即刻拉埋細佬入去。前年o係澳門食過佢既蝦子撈麵,超正,即叫。細佬就食豬扒包。



黃枝記隔離有間扭蛋鋪,好多扭蛋機。一問之下,竟然有三百幾部機,去乜鬼扭蛋節。有d蛋幾得意,我幾十歲人都扭左三隻。

個場仲有一間4D電影院同一間蚊型航空館,有幾架飛機模型,同一個飛機引擎模型。最正係佢有一個駕駛倉,可以坐入去,個窗一路播住一段simulation,由畢架山經過九龍城,降落啟德機場。佢雖然尚未開放,不過細佬都坐左入去玩... 哈哈(有相為證)。

我地o係個場無無聊聊都玩左兩個幾鐘。坐車走時細佬問我有冇搭過昂平吊車,我話冇,佢話不如搵日搭下。我話:「好,不過有冇女一齊去先?」

Saturday, April 14, 2007

屯門藥房貓 + 遙控金巴

又同細佬出左市中心行,專登去左搵藥房貓映相。根據Animalia所講,淺啡+白,爛嘴既係仔,深啡+白既係女,佢地都係十歲左右。今日天氣好,佢地係佢地既寶座(藥房門口既紙車)上晒太陽大覺訓。我都想一邊晒太陽一邊訓覺。





之前行80M,tum左細佬買左架遙控金巴。細細架,雖然個遙控好低能,但架車幾靚,仲有車頭燈,車尾倒後燈同左右燈,好玩。



p.s. Nokia 6300個映相功能好有問題,映近野全部focus唔到。

Friday, April 13, 2007

Karma

I am only 32 years old, but it seems to me that I have gone through a few reincarnations already: childhood, my first relation, my second relation, and now. It is not only the way of living but the mentality that have changed. One reincarnation is the result of the previous. There is no way to get away from karma.

That reminds me of my favorite manga series: Phoenix by Osamu Tezuka (手塚治蟲的《火之鳥》)

簡評 (adapted from here)

關於手塚治蟲的故事,在前幾期雜志的《怪醫秦博士》中筆者已經介紹過了,這位偉大的漫畫大師創作過的精彩作品實在是太多了,這次推薦給大家的是另一部堪稱史詩級的作品 —《火之鳥》。如果說《怪醫秦博士》是通過戰爭和疾病來探討生命的價值,那麼《火之鳥》更是把生命與善惡提高到了哲學的高度。

雖然名字是《火之鳥》,單其實火之鳥並不能算是主角,每個故事都是相對獨立的,火之鳥隻是作為引導人類的一個至高神的存在,對劇情僅僅起到了推進的作用。

“鳳凰篇”所討論的故事是善與惡的轉變,即是“善非善,惡非惡”。強盜我王本是惡的化身,並且還搶劫過本來是善的代表的茜丸,但是經過時間和環境的磨練,兩個人的關繫逐漸發生了變化,我王在惡中覺醒,踏上了從善的道路,而茜丸則被紫醉金迷的生活所羈絆,漸漸地在欲望面前低下了頭。在轉變的過程中,手塚大師 並沒有刻意去描寫我王的改變,而是把矛盾的焦點放在了茜丸的身上,讓觀眾看到一個充滿理想的青年如何一步一步迷失了自我,當他和我王再次對決的時候,觀眾驚奇地發現,兩個人的對立面已經完全掉轉,一下子就形成了強烈的戲劇衝突。通過簡單的一個故事,手塚大師就將善惡之間的轉變盡收其中,而且結局非常的悲壯,引人深思。

“大和篇”探討的是生命的意義和價值,大和王子奧古那在愛情面前無從選擇,在責任和愛情之間最終選擇了責任,但是等待他的卻是令他悔恨的結果。面對強權的 統治,民眾的生命顯得微不足道,奧古那無法以一己之力扭轉這樣的悲劇,自己反而也成了犧牲者,但是他們的堅持卻使得這樣的惡俗最終被摒棄。如果能給後人帶來幸福,那麼這樣的犧牲是否值得呢?相信手塚大師自己也沒有一個完整的答案。

“宇宙篇”則一直在揭露人性的貪婪,奇崎為了爭奪心愛的人而想要殺死自己的情敵,牧村更是為了自己的欲望幾乎毀滅了一整個種族,到了故事的最後,另一位船 員同樣為了愛情的欲望而動了殺心。整個故事就是一直這麼圍繞著欲望與貪婪,隻有唯一的一位女性娜娜,犧牲了自己的形態隻為了照顧變回嬰兒的牧村,正是這樣 如母親般的關愛,在一個充滿欲望的故事顯得格外的偉大,相信這也是手塚大師再一次在自己的故事裡向母親致敬的表現。

《火之鳥》是手塚大師最好的一部漫畫作品,從1955年開始連載,直至手塚大師逝世的時候,依然還沒有完全完成這部偉大的作品,經歷過這麼久的制作時 間,就正如故事內容所描寫的一樣,火之鳥穿過了不同的歷史。在日本寶塚市的手塚紀念館門外,豎立了火之鳥的銅像。這隻擁抱熾熱、象徵生命的火鳳凰,也同時象徵著手塚的信念。

News Digest

吳志森﹕風水玄學 全民瞎猜
(明報) 04月 13日 星期五 05:10AM

【明報專訊】溫家寶 總理叫曾特首「死而後已」,引發全城猜想,溫總究竟給了曾蔭權什麼任務,嚴重得要非死不可,是解決普選 ?是硬闖23條?是委任新班子要顧全大局,不得有私心?還是有其他秘密議程,天機不可泄漏?


這種沒有標準答案、近乎風水玄學的瞎猜,形成了「一國兩制」的 獨特景觀。地方諸侯上京領旨,皇上有什麼指示?說話的語氣如何?是熱烈還是冷淡?眉頭緊皺還是和顏悅色,還未離京,早已傳遍天下,成為諸侯得寵還是失勢的 憑證。各路人馬,照覑自己的利益和願望,按需解讀,成為日後巴結還是疏遠、討好抑或打擊的根據。

中國五千年封建傳統帝王文化,與亞洲國際都會世界金融中心接軌,得出來的特異效果,令老外們嘆為觀止。香港回到祖國懷抱,十年過去,一切都在急速變化當中,看到今天的情景,港人早已與國家緊緊擁在一起,仍然堅持香港人心尚未回歸的觀點,不是昧覑良心,就是睜覑眼在說瞎話。

說本地傳媒對溫總的說話過分解讀,肆意炒作,不應苛責,這只是 媒體的份內工作。君不見兩年多前胡總當覑眾港官面前訓斥董建華要「查找不足」,不也是聽得港人一頭霧水嗎?不旋踵,老董不是要腳痛下台,榮升國家領導人 嗎?當時,人人爭做事後諸葛,個個都說有舻可尋。經此一役,每次特首上京覲見,傳媒當然不敢怠慢,金精火眼,連握手多少秒,上下搖晃是否熱烈,早已發展出 一套精確的計算模型,成為了一門前無古人後無來者的絕學。

溫總叫曾蔭權「死而後已」有什麼微言大義,全民競猜,樂此不疲歷久不竭。但胡總要香港「循序漸進地推進民主」,就說得太白,相信無人可以誤解了。上世紀80年代,即20多年前草擬《基本法 》 的時候,草委們已開始討論「循序漸進」了。到90年,「循序漸進」正式寫進《基本法》。97回歸,「循序漸進」成為了政制發展的原則。回歸10年,胡總又 再提「循序漸進」。「循序漸進」足足講了20年,香港的民主,只能寸進,唯一的期望,是長命百歲,等到看見普選的一天。

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Thursday, April 12, 2007

Student Union's Magazine

I was reading the April issue of the CU Student Union's Magazine. In one of the articles, the author discusses that Hong Kong is still being run like a colony after 1997. This is pretty true, although no one would admit it. The promise of "No change in 50 years" probably includes the status of being a colony. That's fine. But the daily experience and the way the society runs give young people an impression that we are not able to control our own destiny. This mentality will ruin the society.

I was not so aware of this before I worked in the US. Yes, Americans are arrogant, and many of them are even ignorant. But they understand that anyone in the world can make a difference. It is your choice but not your ability that decide your way of living.

I told people that I would retire in Europe but not work there. Not to mention they do not accept Asian as much as the Americans, European societies are not as open to individual performance as well.

I am glad that the Student Union's Magazine is having so many quality articles on local affairs, politics and movies. It also has one thing that most Presses in Hong Kong dare not to have: a strong and firm political stand point. Righteousness and guts are all it takes to become a world-class newspaper. Keep it up.

Mustang

An awesome commercial of the Mustang.

痴餐日

正,今日食左Dr. Shaw兩餐,仲要佢兩餐佢都唔o係度。中午雖然都叫左好多野食,但o係中大食都唔食得幾多錢。晚餐先正... 哈哈,沙田印尼餐廳,你兩個學生襯我未到叫o左八碟野,得四個人,好在我打完波好肚餓,唔係真係食唔晒(又因為打完波勁口渴,所以我仲叫多兩杯飲品... 哈哈)。埋單八百幾,Dr. Shaw見到張單一定知我有0黎痴餐。

Wednesday, April 11, 2007

Leica M8

The M series has gone digital!

http://www.dpreview.com/articles/leicam8/



and it costs US$4800... you can almost buy an unused male brain for a transplant.

Tuesday, April 10, 2007

The Brain Transplant

Tell you a joke. It is from http://rootsgpk.blogspot.com again:

In the hospital the relatives gathered in the waiting room, where their family member lay gravely ill.
Finally, the doctor came in looking tired and somber, "I'm afraid I'm the bearer of bad news," he said as he surveyed the worried faces, "The only hope left for your loved one at this time is a brain transplant. It's an experimental procedure, very risky but it is the only hope. Insurance will cover the procedure, but you will have to pay for the brain yourselves.."
The family members sat silent as they absorbed the news.
After a great length of time, someone asked, "Well, how much does a brain cost?"

The doctor quickly responded, "$5,000 for a male brain, and $200 for a female brain."

The moment turned awkward. Men in the room tried not to smile, avoiding eye contact with the women, but some actually smirked.

A man unable to control his curiosity, blurted out the question everyone wanted to ask, "Why does the male brain cost so much more?"
"The doctor smiled at the childish innocence and explained to the entire group, "It's just standard pricing procedure. We have to mark down the price of the female brains, because they've actually been used."

Swing When You're Winning

This is one of my favorite music albums: Robbie Williams sings the Jazz classics. The name of the album is reminiscent of his previous Sing When You're Winning, and you can't stop from swinging when you listen to this album. I don't fancy Robbie Williams' pop songs, but I was stunned when I first listened to this album at HMV. At one point I was playing this album in my car, and Jacopo complained that this guy was faking Frank Sinatra. I said to him that Frank Sinatra was a great Jazz singer, but Robbie Williams had a even better voice and talent for Jazz.

This album was released in 2001 and was the 4th solo album of Robbie Williams'. It is in fact the dream-comes-true of his - RW himself is a life-long admirer of Frank Sinatra. He even did the recording at the Capitol Studios in Los Angeles, Sinatra's favorite studio. In this album, RW covers Sinatra's Mack the Knife, Do Nothing till you Hear from Me, One for my Baby, Something Stupid (FS duets with his daughter Nancy Sinatra), and a "live duet" with FS in It was a very Good Year. There are songs from other famous Jazz singers, such as Beyond the Sea (my favorite) by Bob Darin. In only 2 weeks, 2 millions copies of the album had been sold in Europe.

With this album, RW earned the honor to perform in the Royal Albert Hall in London. I didn't know how prestigious the Royal Albert Hall was before I saw the DVD (named Robbie Williams - Live at the Albert) - men in Tuxedos and womens in evening dresses at round tables with champaign in their hands, and the band sitting in front of the stage was the London Philharmonic Orchestra. In this live performance, RW sang all the songs in the album, plus a few more classics. RW's cover of Frank Sinatra's My Way at the finale was literally moving. You can tell he is enjoying the show, not performing. His unorthodoxal personality gives him the charm that other artists don't possess. He dared smoking cigarette on the stage in the Albert Hall!

It is rumoring that the sequel of Swing When You're Winning is being recorded and to be release at the end of this year, bearing the name "Let's Swing Again". Man... It's gonna be an event.

Monday, April 9, 2007

Backyard

終於好天。返黎咁耐都冇見過太陽,今日先見到,但個天都唔係藍色。拿拿聲洗晒d牛仔褲,唔係晒唔乾著兩日就發臭。

行出花園見到棵芒果樹同橙樹都結o左子,有芒果仔同橙仔出緊黎。阿爸話已經被雨水沖跌左好多。

香港可能一年只得幾日好似今日咁舒服,唔濕,唔熱,有太陽。有d懷念Boston既夏天,日日都係咁,藍天白雲,仲有草香。星期日邊度都唔去,o係backyard片草地上晒太陽+睇書+訓覺,爽到唔記得晒所有煩惱。

My backyard in Ipswich, MA

Sunday, April 8, 2007

摔到損

個骨姐姐手勢真係唔掂,我膊頭已經比佢到好痛,o岩o岩照鏡先見到太陽穴對落仲比佢摔到損左。好在最後個鐘叫佢隨便擰下算。下次要搵個好手勢d。

大姨媽

去o左深圳骨,本來好好地,點知幫Joy個個阿姐勁似ex個阿媽,個樣似,語氣似,連際遇都有少少似。妖,呢個時候搞到我M到。返到黎搵個friend諗住睇套笑片笑左去算,條死婆又o岩o岩落完club,話個樣太殘唔見人。

未識ex之前覺得自己太冇感情,個人好冷漠,同佢一齊幾年之後就變得有時太emotional。雖然我都覺得依家好過以前,但係大姨媽,你幾時先肯走呀 ?

阿媽煮左牛仔骨。化悲奮為食量,連吞兩碗白飯。

Saturday, April 7, 2007

真正的愛情

今日讀到一篇很有趣的專欄,區樂民醫生在蘋果日報的「真正的愛情」:

在復活節假期,即使你未有宗教信仰,也可以翻開聖經,讀讀耶穌受難的經過 。
如果要我用一個字來總結耶穌在人世間的一生,我會用「愛」字。耶穌沒有犯任何罪,卻被釘上十字架,換作常人,必感憤怒或沮喪,但耶穌在十字架上說:「父啊,寬赦他們罷!因為他們不知道他們做的是甚麼。」
這是最動人的愛情。
曾聽過一個故事。亞巴郎(亞伯拉罕)邀請一個乞丐回家吃飯,飯前祈禱剛完成,乞丐說:「如果主是慈悲,我為甚麼要行乞?天主是殘酷的,故意造些人出來受苦。」
亞巴郎聽了,大怒,並把褻瀆神明的乞丐趕走。
夜半,天主在夢中對亞巴郎說:「那個乞丐詛咒了我四十年,我每天還是讓他吃飽;你為甚麼連一頓飯的時間都忍受不了?」
真正的愛情,非霎時衝動,而是恆久忍耐。


宗教都無非要教導世人抵抗人性深處源自動物的獸性,讓人得以為人。只要你活得無慚便已得道。

屯門藥房貓

爺爺今朝要拉我去飲茶,但我近排食得太多,想食粥,於是夾硬拉佢同grandma去左食粥。好在去左食粥,去到爺爺話個肚唔舒服,食粥岩岩好。

食完粥爺爺話要去市中心買維他命丸同行下,去到藥房見到門口有隻肥貓挨左係d廁紙上面,左邊塊面冇左一忽,露左d牙出黎,好似Batman裡面個Two-Face咁。我問藥房老闆,原來呢隻貓好出名,香港貓書貓雜誌都有講過佢。人地叫佢屯門藥房貓,有次佢同隻狗打交打傷左隻狗,隻狗既主人用強水淋佢,結果冇左半邊面同半隻耳仔。

真有種,夠膽同狗打交仲要打贏。依家佢已經肥都唔想郁,好多人經過都會摸下佢,佢一於賴理任摸。不過頭先爺爺係咁摸佢摸到佢郁身郁尾,好似唔多舒服,我都係叫爺爺停手,咪搞興佢。

p.s. 原來之前已經有一個愛貓人士o係佢既blog詳細講過呢隻貓,仲講得好詳細添。

悼王太

王太突然去左,真係覺得好突然。佢剛剛先打贏王生的遺產官師,咁就去左。我雖然未親眼見過王太,但自細聽埋爺爺講好多佢既事。

爺爺o係華懋跟王太跟左廿幾年,因為爺爺抵得諗,乜都幫佢做,所以王生王太好鍾意爺爺。爺爺以前除左賣樓同管理之外仲要管倉、綠化、連同業主立案法團開會都要去,晚晚要帶文件返屋企做到半夜。

無論王太對自己同下屬幾孤寒都好,始終佢真係好叨,知道自已有cancer都要為左自己既名聲要打贏場官師,連Washington Post同New York Times都為佢寫唁文。佢生前對自己咁孤寒,搵埋咁多錢,依家去左,願意捐晒成千億港紙出黎,好值得尊敬。希望佢既家人可以好好運用呢筆錢。

Friday, April 6, 2007

細佬

今日去扭蛋節,Calvin約人,去到得佢同佢女友,好在我拉埋細佬一齊,唔係做電燈膽。

去到會展d人竟然要排4個鐘買飛。車... 去旺角兆萬睇玩具好過。去到兆萬Calvin買左隻馬斯特博士軍閥造型公仔。跟住比我見到紙砌既高達RX-78-2,只賣$69。即買。我同細佬講:「第時我死o左記得燒呢隻紙扎高達比我」... 哈哈。

搭車返屋企,細佬訓到流口水... 哈哈傻仔。


____________

今日語錄:
阿哥:邊個打黎?
細佬:你阿媽呀。
阿哥:我阿媽做乜打比你呀?
細佬:因為佢都係我阿媽囉。
阿哥:哦...

Thursday, April 5, 2007

清明節

今朝去拜山,諗住在坐西鐵去到荃灣站,然後行過去。姑媽打o黎,叫我o地由荃灣站坐的士過去。又係喎,grandma雖然仲行得,但係都唔好行得太多。但爸爸話的士只可以係外面落客,唔可以入到裡面。我話,同的警察講有兩個老人家,應該可以放行。就係咁,我同細佬就同爺爺grandma一齊坐的士入到去,其他人就行左20分鐘... 哈哈,唔洗行。

搭的士經過以前住果度,依家已經面目全非,起好哂超高新樓,應該就快賣得。我o係果度大,住o左二十幾年,依家發夢返屋企都係返果度,而唔係其他住過既地方。我仲記得我地未搬入去之前,媽媽拖住我(我果時得4歲)係層樓樓下望,佢話:「我地遲d就要搬去果度喇。」

姑媽姑丈年年都會同我地一齊拜太婆。拜完之後我地九個人一齊返入屯門飲茶,之後黎我地屋企打牌。去到茶樓,超多人,至少要等45分鐘。於是我地上左樓上間茶餐廳,原來佢都有好多小茶,而且已經有幾圍檯坐o左出黎,都係拜完山既人。結果我地就係果度叫小菜,竟然仲好食過間茶樓同對面間大排檔,真係失覺哂。

上次同爺爺飲茶佢爭住要比錢,君子有所不為,爭比錢係其中之一,所以我都唔同佢爭。不過今次除左爺爺之外,仲有爸爸同姑媽會爭,所以我比定五百蚊細佬,叫佢比錢。佢最細,又唔係經常比,佢地一定唔會同佢爭。哈哈... 死仔,比錢果陣,爸爸起身話佢比,細佬企起身指住佢話:「錯,呢次我請。」咁就立埋張單去比錢。

近排有d撞聾,頭先搭西鐵,細佬話唔知話乜野閉門作賽,我就聽到「閉門種菜」... 哈哈。

Tuesday, April 3, 2007

女兒紅

剛讀完鹿鼎記的第一回。金庸在這裡將時代背景的說明融入到幾個角色的介紹之中,和用角色的複述和對比點出陳近南這個人物的氣勢。最妙的是陳近南在章末突然出場,出手救了正在討論他的人。真的要學習他的鋪排手法。

除了講故事的方法之外,還長了點知識:

「要知那紹興女兒紅酒入口溫和,酒性卻頗厲害。紹興人家生下兒子女兒,便釀數罈至數十罈不等,埋入地下,待女兒長大嫁人,將酒取出宴客,那酒其時作琥珀色,稱為女兒紅。想那酒埋藏十七八年以至二十餘年,自然醇厚之極。至於生兒子人家所藏之酒,稱為"狀元紅",盼望兒子日後中狀元時取出宴客。狀元非人人可中,多半是在兒子娶媳婦時用以饗客了。酒坊中釀酒用以販賣的,也襲用了狀元紅,女兒紅之名。」

鹿鼎記

Calvin今日終於比左套金庸全集我。我由小學六年級已經開始想睇鹿鼎記,但係中學時期比衛斯理同日本漫畫霸佔左,大學之後又要讀書,後尾去o左美國只可以睇鬼書。依家終於可以欣賞下呢位大師自已話係終極大俠「有中無劍,心中有劍」既韋小寶點上下其手,上至康熙大帝,下至妓院龜婆都治得掂。最緊要係睇下佢點樣溝晒七個靚女,學下野都好。

Monday, April 2, 2007

打爆機

頭先落左U Gym同班舊波友打波。我地由undergrad開始一齊打校隊,跟住打公開聯賽,打到依家,個個都結哂婚生埋仔(除左我)。U Gym個場都係我地同佢開齋。識o左十幾年既朋友之中佢地算係見得最多。

以前我係一班人之中打得最差o個個,經我o係美國一星期三日,打足兩年有多既特訓之後,依家冇人夠我打... 哈哈。頭先除左deuce輸左比William之外,其他三個人都輸比我。William你唔好咁得戚,你之前兩次都輸比我,我頭先未熱身先輸比你,下次你就知死。


呢塊係我依家用緊既壁球拍,Control同Power都一流,但我花o左一個月先習慣呢塊拍既打法。佢個grip近排搖搖下,可能就快玩完。都係squashgear.com講得o岩,球拍要一次過買兩塊,舊拍爛o左都唔洗花時間習慣新拍。

我話比細佬聽我打贏哂班人,佢話我終於打爆機。

校隊好似逢星期四練波,等我落去會一會佢地先。

福氣

更正。我姑婆原來已經超過九十歲。我爺爺同尋晚係姑婆屋企打牌同食飯。佢地話姑婆後尾問佢地,頭先有鬍鬚o個個男人係邊個... 哈哈哈,姑婆竟然記得見過我,都話留鬚好o架啦,連老人癡呆都記得。連我姑媽(一個五十幾歲既師拉)都話我型... 哈哈。

尋日姑婆重有單攪笑o野。佢食我爺爺帶返黎o既巨型番荔枝o個時,話要煮返熱食,凍o左唔好食... 哈哈哈。

其實姑婆除左老人癡呆之外身體一切都好好,我地先至笑得落。咁都唔錯,老o左有錢有老公同一班子孫陪同照顧,自己就乜o野煩惱都冇,淨係記得以前D開心o野,身體又健康。睇我條生命線,我都可能九十歲都未死得,唔知我有冇咁好福氣。

Sunday, April 1, 2007

姑婆

尋晚成五點先返到屋企,今朝十點就要起身陪爺爺去太和飲茶。佢地次次返黎都會去同我姑婆,即係我爺爺既大家姐飲茶。我姑婆九十幾歲,十年前開始有老人癡呆症,淨就記得幾十年前D野,連自己D仔都唔認得,朝早會問人坐o係間房裡面個男人係邊個(個男人係佢老公.. 哈哈)。

姑婆當然唔認得我,但係人地o係佢面前提起我,佢就話記得我細個o個陣成日帶我去行街,有次我要企係間玩具店前睇玩具,姑婆拉住我要我走,話我成屋都係玩具,唔準再買。我就答佢:「我睇下架咋,我睇陣就走架o刺。」唉,我到依家都係睇多過買... 1.5米高既RX-78同紅彗星呀... Millennium Falcon同X-wing fighter呀... 成十年冇砌高達o刺... 唔知依家仲有冇得賣Perfect Grade既RX-78呢 ?

臨走o個時,姑媽再話比姑婆知我係康仔。姑婆問我讀完書未,哈哈... 讀完好耐o剌。佢話:「我湊過既細路哥個個都要讀書既,唔讀書冇用o架。」又真係,比佢提一提先記得,細個時佢真係成日叫我要讀書,唔讀書冇用。唔通我細細個就比姑婆催眠o左 ?

挑戰書

終於知道自己o既酒量去到邊。原來飲醉都只係影響個人既coordination,聽野同諗野都唔受影響。

多謝Amanda同家威送我返o黎。下次一定要隊lum你地班蒲精!

By the way,究竟家威架係真「露荀」定係喪改Lancer?

Friday, March 30, 2007

種瓜得瓜

種瓜得瓜,種果得果。但你又點知道手上既種子係冬瓜子定南瓜子? 幾小心都好,種種下比蟲鉒爛,或者比人偷左又可以點?

有D野都係由得個天作主罷啦。

The Romantic Husband

Another joke from http://rootsgpk.blogspot.com


Husband and wife in bed together.
She feels his hand rubbing her shoulder.
She: "Oh, that feels good."
His hand moves to her breast.
She: "Gee, honey, that feels wonderful."
His hand moves to her leg.
She: "Oh, honey, don't stop."
But he stops.
She: "Why did you stop?"
He: "I found the remote."

梅菜扣肉

都係自己蠢,做埋D野攪到佢唔開心,自己仲更加唔開心。想搵陳大文出o黎發洩下,佢又唔得閒。結果一個人係火車站出面坐o左一個鐘。已經係第二次一個人食風。上次係舊年6月12號,我轉登搵陳大文出o黎傾,但條死仔食完飯就急急腳要返屋企。我就自己一個人漫無目的咁開車,最後去左Charles River邊吹左一個鐘頭風。

睇住D人放工/放學行入火車站都幾得意,有D人一班人哈哈笑咁行,有D一雙一對拖住手,最多既係一個人急急腳走入去。但無論點樣行,佢地最後都係返去家人或愛人身邊。我又未到無家可歸o既地步,不過我想要多少少野o者。有要求先有進步嘛。

尋日同個朋友食tea,佢話有好多入o左政府做o既同學到依家都冇變,個心態重好似讀書個陣咁細個。姐姐,我都唔想攪到依家咁樣o架。你估經歷得多真係好好玩呀? 思想簡單既人係最幸福o架。

頭先睇電視介紹水溪鎮既傳統扣肉,突然好想食梅菜扣肉。

Wednesday, March 28, 2007

小喇叭

小喇叭! 都冇人黑仔得過我! @#$%@#@?!@#$

Pan's Labyrinth

I saw Pan's Labyrinth last Sunday. I was not aware of it until my friend recommended it to me. It is a Spanish movie, and the story is set in 1944 when Spain entered an era of fascism after the Second World War. A 12-year old girl is told by a fairy that she is the Princess of the Underworld, and she needs to complete 3 tasks to return to her world. The story is a interplay of the conflict between a military group to the authoritarian government and the adventure of the little girl.

Film critic A.O. Scott of the New York Times gives Pan's Labyrinth a B+ and describes it "a political fable in the guise of a fairy tale. Or maybe it’s the other way around." The story is intuitive and crude the same time. It is about the quest for goodness through the eyes of a kid, and the quest for freedom through the blood of the grown-ups.

It is surely a good movie that makes you think. But maybe I am getting too complicated, I don't feel as overwhelmed as before over a good movie.

Distractions

Being stranded here makes me feel lost. I don't know what I can do, and what I should do. Do nothing and live through it? Or do something aggressively and get something out of it?

I was planning for the latter, and I was almost derailed by all the distractions. Good that I have this blog to write and think it over. I have just decided that I should really do something when I was writing this post.

I read a manga today. In one of the scenes, the main character says that you life is not shaped by your ability, but your decision and determination to make things happen. It is very true.

Tuesday, March 27, 2007

Dopamin

I should keep some chocolate at home. I am running very low in dopamin at night these days.

I have waited for 4 years for Hoyee to get the visa. I have decided long time ago where to bring her to see and eat. Now she got the visa, and she is going to Boston, but I will not be there, and we have broken up. How stupid.

飛機師

Eddie條死仔,已經放o左我兩次飛機,約o左聽晚食飯,頭先又打黎話唔得。再約? 我話:「有緣就見啦。」仲等我今日一早趕返黎做份Freelance。

冇果樣恨果樣

Patrick不嬲都恨仔,但係佢老婆話佢已經收左工。尋日Patrick同佢老婆都有去探Christine。佢睇BB相睇到成個烚熟狗頭咁,前前後後係咁裝D相,好似睇極都唔夠喉咁。

佢遞張相過黎,話:「喂,康少,整番件ar。」我話:「買叉燒呀依家? 我斬兩磅,你斬一磅,仲可以留番三磅比Christine。」

人人都係冇果樣恨果樣。Ice有兩個仔,個大仔今年都入大學,佢到依家都仲恨女。上次同袁隆平食飯,見到人地個孫女BB,即刻走去抱(佢真係跑過去),抱左成五分鐘,到BB喊先肯比番人地阿媽。

Monday, March 26, 2007

一地都係

今日超勁潮濕,加上成日落毛毛雨,我諗濕度可能接近99%。今朝spot sample上MS plate,要spot 189個sample,每個spot 3次,再spot多次matrix,總共要spot 4x189=756個spots。Spot完一次,放o係desicator入便成個鐘都唔乾。後來o係G50度做先乾到,因為阿Yeo開行抽濕機,服侍台價值五百萬大元o既MS/MS 4700。買到一層豪宅架。

探完Christine之後返到屋企,除鞋,嘩,個地濕o既?

劉華Fans

今日得閒走上414搵Judy吹水,仲以為識o既人已經離開晒414,去到除左Judy原來仲有阿Don同Calvin,咁o岩Patrick,Amanda同阿Sue都o係度做聚o野。

行去Judy個位,見到佢釘左幾張劉德華既靚仔相o係佢張檯前面個Board度,先知原來佢咁lum劉華 (陳大文,呢樣你輸比Judy o刺)。其中有一張相被張紙遮住o左一半,淨係睇到劉德華企o係一個人側邊,另一個人被張紙遮住o左。Judy o係另一邊,我好興奮咁大聲問佢:「喂,企o係劉華側邊o個個係咪你?」跟住我撥開張紙,原來企o係劉華側邊o既係一隻馬... 哈哈哈哈哈哈... 笑到我標眼水!

Calvin個衰仔仲加多句,話我好有喜劇感... 哈哈哈... Judy,我真係以為你咁叨同劉華一齊映o左張相o架... 哈哈哈哈...

A new life begins

Christine gave birth to her first son last Saturday. I visited her at the hospital with the others today after work. She was quite surprised to see me because she didn't know I was in HK.

Both the mother and the son were fine, although the baby came out a week earlier, and they needed to open the womb to take the baby out. She was very careful and nervous for this pregnancy, because she had an infection in the amniotic fluid a few years ago for her first pregnancy and lost the baby. I am really happy for her and her husband. She is not young to have baby after all.

I didn't see the baby, but the father showed us the boy's pictures taken right after birth. The boy looks exactly like Christine.

The hard work has just started. Be a good mom, Christine.

Sunday, March 25, 2007

Saturday, March 24, 2007

VANS

著得我好舒服0既絕版啡皮VANS Tony III 比我踩爆0左個氣墊,行路行到0即0即聲,好低能。搵番對Rebok出o黎,著o左兩日,著到腳痛。佢個鞋底個形完全唔對路,個arch位頂住個ball位。o個陣買佢都係貪佢靚仔,原來靚仔真係冇本心,攪到我腳痛。

頭先趁有時間去o左旺角諗住買番對波鞋。睇完成條街都冇對睇得入眼。著住對Rebok又好腳痛,最後買o左對好醜樣o既Columbia行山鞋,至少可以番到去同Shamik行山用。最後仲要C等番我15分鐘。哈哈,要我等你2個鐘ar la。

In the Confessional

Another laughter from rootsgpk.blogspot.com

An elderly man walks into a confessional. The following conversation ensues:
Man: "I am 92 years old, have a wonderful wife of 70 years, many children, grandchildren, and great grandchildren. Yesterday, I picked up two college girls, hitchhiking. We went to a motel, where I had sex with each of them three times."
Priest: "Are you sorry for your sins?"
Man: "What sins?"

Priest: "What kind of a Catholic are you?"

Man: "I'm not Catholic. I'm Jewish."

Priest: "Then why are you telling me all this?"

Man: "I'm 92 years old. I'm telling everybody."

Kill time

今晚又M到。唯有彈下結他,學BB King話齋,心情唔靚o個陣彈下結他,聽下D funny sound。雖然唔係好識彈,但至少可以kill time。

男人背後的女人

原本約o左C食lunch,個死婆話要訓多兩個鐘,改食Tea。攪到我要臨時搵人sip時間。好在有劉師兄,幫我消磨o左兩個鐘。

識o左C幾年。o個時個傻妹因為比男朋友飛,割脈自殺,好在比人發現得早。後來同返個男仔一排之後都係要分手。佢打比我,話又想自殺。我都唔記得同佢講o左乜,總之佢冇再做傻事。之後佢成日出去浦,浦左成年,乜都玩過,直到識到依家個男朋友。

個傻妹話成日同男友吵交,話佢掛住做野一個星期都陪唔到佢一次。但佢又鍾意人,人地又鐘意佢。早兩年個男仔生意有D問題,C幫佢周圍同人借錢,自已上身。總算個男仔對佢好,同佢講,佢陪佢渡過o左最艱難o既時期,以後有成果一定要同佢分享。

C話唔明點解平時只係同佢傾D無聊野,但佢都會好開心,話見過佢之後,成個人會舒服晒。我話,男人唔同女人,唔會同朋友講自已D煩惱。就算對住自己女友/老婆都唔一定講。但係只要見到個女仔,同佢傾下計,個心都會定好多。我話,好多女仔都唔知自己o係男朋友既心裡面係咁重要。如果個男人係好男人,你陪佢同支持佢渡過難關,佢一世都會記住。就算個女仔事實上幫唔到D乜,只要個男人唔開心既時候陪下佢,已經好足夠。

我仲話,即使個男人o係人地面前幾強,對住自己鍾意既女仔,就算表面唔係,心裡面都鬆懈晒。如果個女仔唔了解個男仔,又冇見過佢工作o個陣個樣,可能仲以為個男人真係咁軟弱。其實佢只會對住你先會表現出佢軟弱o個面。

佢話:「我都唔知原來男人生理上需要女人之外,心理上都咁需要。」妖!死妹釘!

其實我都係呢兩個月先領悟出呢D野.... 總之祝你地幸福啦。

Thursday, March 22, 2007

又食又拎

今朝心情好差,以為申請visa D野又有麻煩。拉o左Yeo去Medic食早餐飲咖啡。好在個lawyer個assistant夠勤力,複o左我朝早八點(東岸時間夜晚八點)sent過去既e-mail,話我知有其他辦法,個人先輕鬆D。

跟住o係走廊撞到Judy,住一大袋龍眼。佢問我龍眼o岩唔o岩食,佢要用好多龍眼做實驗,但淨係要皮同核,要搵人幫手食。我話好,佢話陣間袋比我,點知等o左成日都唔見人。落山時撞到佢由MMW出黎,佢話唔記得左我。死婆!佢o岩o岩o係Patrick度番一大袋龍眼皮同核。我問佢究竟佢有幾多龍眼,佢話100 kg。嘩!我最鍾意幫朋友。我左佢電話號碼,聽日一定要去派街坊。

做呢D實驗真係好玩,又有得做,又有得食。其實上兩個月我已經食o左好多新鮮捉既海蝦,因為Priscilla要好多蝦蛋做實驗。Sophie好似要用海膽既蛋做實驗。唔知佢買o個種海膽食唔食得?

Wednesday, March 21, 2007

Letters from Iwo Jima

I watched Letters from Iwo Jima today. I was a bit disappointed because it was not as good as I expected. I expected a more coherent storyline about the battle and more expression of personal feeling from the Japanese commanders and soldiers. I think the praises from the US film critics are inflated by their emotional attachment to the cruelty of the battle on Iwo Jima.

The movie ends with a shoot where a bunch of archaeologists (seems like amateurs) digging out the bag of letters written by the Japanese soldiers in a cave on Iwa Jima. Those "archaeologists" open the bag and dump the content (the letters the name of the movie refers to) onto the ground from chest high, and the letters fall onto the ground like snow flakes. That looks like dramatic, but it was very troubling to me. It looks like you empty a bag of recycled paper into a recycling bin. Would any sensible archaeologist (no matter how amateur they are) would dump such important historical artifact onto the sandy floor of a cave? At least they should show some respect to the dead, I suppose?

That shoot ruins my mood a lot. The end of a movie is very important to the overall feeling of the audience. In the few minutes we walked out of the cinema, we would rethink the movie. The memory and feeling perceived at the end of the movie is the strongest during those few minutes.

Clint Eastwood also directed Flag of our Fathers which tells the stories of the soldiers who erected the American Flag on Iwo Jima after the intense battle ended. I have not watched it, and it may help to understand the big picture Eastwood wants to tell. But I suppose each of the two movies is a stand-alone complete movie to watch and understand.

Tuesday, March 20, 2007

An old waggery

Talking about jokes, I saw this a couple of years ago. It is the real front page of Daily Mirror of the UK on Nov 4, 2004, right after the re-election of George W. Bush. It is still my favorite political waggery. If you don't remember, George W. Bush got 59,054,087 popular votes in 2004.

The world's most hilarious blog

I came across this blog one day when I was terrible bored. It is probably the most hilarious blog in the world. This guy has a few sources of funny stories/jokes and he adds new laughters everyday. Now whenever I am gloomy, I look at it and have a few laugh, I will always feel better.

As I have said, in addition to my talent on counseling, I can always find a way to sooth myself somehow.

This is one recent laughter:

Hmmm ... Do They Come Long-stemmed?

Captured at 115th & Allisonville Road in Fishers, Indianapolis. The sign is real & was up for about 2 hours before someone stopped & told them how to spell peonies.

Exhausted

I played squash with 2 old teammates today after work. The game was good, and I kept beating them since I came back this time. It really takes a lot more to play in such a humid condition. But it is not the cause of the exhaustion. I am exhausted inside out. I only want to go to bed early tonight, but I need to stay up late to wait for email from the US.

Sigh.. Maybe it is the troubling visa application procedures. Maybe I am tired of taking all the responsibility on my own all the time. Maybe I don't have a person who is willing to listen to me. Maybe it is simply the M period.


Marilyn Batte is an oil painter based in Ontario, Canada.

Monday, March 19, 2007

Talks

I gave a talk and listened to another one today at CU. Ice hosted my talk in the Dept. of Biology, and for some reason it made up one of the seminar series the graduate students needed to attend. Just like the talk I gave last year, there were only 2 faculties attended my talk (One is Ice, the other one is Dr. Shaw). At least ~ 10 students whom I am familiar with and a few Biology students came by.

The talk I listened to was given by a patent lawyer who practiced in Canada. The talk was announced only a few days ago, but there were only 3 faculties attended the talk, including Mary who hosted the talk. There were only 5 more students there. If it was not me who asked 3 questions at the end of the talk, and the speaker herself had a couple of question to ask, it would be really embarrassing. Mary should thank me for that.

Sigh.. Hong Kong.

Sunday, March 18, 2007

BBQ

尋日Dr. Shaw個Lab D師弟妹黎BBQ。我之前一日係百佳買Drinks, wines and beer + 其他野,其他人就係上水買野食。一早講好要燒海鮮,結果佢地真係買左好多海鮮:幾隻花蟹,兩隻怪蟹,兩斤賴尿蝦,一斤大蝦,咖喱尤魚,一條生尤魚,1打帶子,好多肉丸,仲有我特別要求既白膳,加上我之前一日買既兩磅雞翼,兩包羊肉,我後來買既鴨胸都冇出黎,D野食已經多到可以燒多次。

已經唔係第一次,人地叫我買Coke Light Lemon我又試買左Regular Coke Lemon。Haha... 算啦,飲得可樂就唔好飲Light啦,個after taste好苦架。

燒到一半(其實我已經飽),開檯!打完四圈剛剛到12:00,佢地仲趕到尾班車走。喂,你地唔記得飲我阿媽煲既五花茶呀,好好味架。

今朝同細佬一齊煮麵食,加了食剩的肉丸同菇,先發現我尋日冇食到大蝦,好在有一隻燒好左,可以黎麵。

D賴尿蝦好細隻,冇乜肉。今日叫阿爸煮左D食剩既野,佢話賴尿蝦要活生生煮先有肉,死左既賴尿蝦D肉會化哂水喎。唔怪得啦。我見到燒蟹覺得好殘忍... 睇住隻蟹活活被燒死... 仲心諗好在D賴尿蝦已經死左,哂使受火刑添... 都係留番比D專業人士煮呢D「雕鑽」野,自己印印腳等食好。

p.s. 點解依家D帶子咁平,十蚊有三大隻??

Friday, March 16, 2007

The Driver Rules

I like listening to Jazz, and Shamik likes Rocks. When he sits in my car, he always complains about the music. He said, "Fuck... How can you listen to such miserable songs??" I said Jazz was not sad; that was Blues. He said, "Fuck... I am depressed listening to this."

I have made this little strip and plan to stick it outside the glove box of my car.


A Useful Cantonese Phase

Alice was born in Hong Kong and brought up in France. She met her boyfriend Jacopo in the US. Jacopo is from Italy, a small town near Venice. He said that before the new water management works in Venice were done, his town was flooded every time the dams were opened to ease the flood in Venice. He speaks French, Greek, English, Italian and Spanish.

One evening in a pub, he told me that Alice always said "lain-hoi" in the dream, and asked me what that meant. I gave it a thought for a second, and said, "Fuck off." He giggled wickedly and said, "I like that... kakaka.."

Now "lain-hoi" is Jacopo's favorite greeting to say when he sees me.

Thursday, March 15, 2007

Cramped leg

Now I can feel how big local environment affects the performance of athletes.

I played a league game today. I was down 2 games to 0, then I got 1 game back. In the forth game, my left calf got cramped!! Damn it! I have never got cramped even in 2 hours' straight game with Remus and then Paul back in Beverly! I knew it is freaking wet here even inside the squash court. I have never sweat so badly back in Beverly. The wet air just keeps the sweats on my skin and stops me from cooling down. Well.. the players are more competitive here also. I have to play harder too.

Really. I need to play more to get use to the humidity.

Tuesday, March 13, 2007

青哥旋風腿

頭先搭火車,撞到Medic Canteen既Amy姐、青哥同阿威,大家都搭羅湖方向。
講開我住村屋,原來青哥都住村屋,重係大埔林村(許願樹果度)。佢話佢以前養左八隻狗,依家得返五隻。
阿威問佢:「食哂呀?」
青哥伸左佢一腳。
講講下,青哥話佢D狗都老啦...
阿威話:「呵... 所以唔食。」
青哥伸多佢一腳。

原來青哥除左有招牌奶茶之外仲有招牌旋風腿。

Monday, March 12, 2007

Airplane Sex Guide

I have just come across this Airplane Sex Guide on the web. It is so hilarious but practical I want to share with you all. The most funny part is it takes the form of the safety instruction card that is inserted into the front pockets. The instructions go quite into practical details and consideration of other passengers as well as the pleasure of the people engaging the act. Which airline provides this Guide on their planes?

傾佛計

頭先食完飯,同Simon Lee一齊行。佢問我依家有冇好D。我話:「有D野係整定,種瓜得瓜,種果得果。」
「菩提本無樹 明鏡亦非台 本來無一物 何處惹塵埃」呢句係我自己心諗既... [出自禪宗六祖慧能]