近幾天有點心煩,人在低潮時往往會自動串連所有失意的事...
幸好畢竟有點年紀了,懂得解開心結,順著自己的直覺走,不如只著眼開心和幸福的事。
其中一件,是和中學同學的聚會,唱著K時竟然也聊到了讀書。
一般像我們這種年紀,談起讀書通常都指"讀一(多)個master"之類。
但昨晚談的是很純粹的讀書。"最近看什麼書?"等等的話題。
感覺很親切,好像立即又回到學生時代。
中學時追報紙專欄,有幾個名字活躍紙上。馬家輝、舒展超等,是家中仍有"東方日報"的年代。
後來家裡轉到蘋果日報,我也和他們失去連絡...但在我心中,仍是一貫瀟灑的文人形象。
只是後來讀的書越來越少,我也和這種簡單的生活越來越遠。
其實現在的通訊比十年前發達得多,可以讀的書更多更廣,也更容易。
今天在網上,很輕易的就可以找到作家們的網誌。
我把會經常更新的網誌加進來,於是又可追看他們的文字。
9.10.10
5.10.10
Side B selection 10
I applied AL on birthday successfully for the first time!
To be exact, I dare to be on leave for my birthday and make it happen for the first time!
I felt so good after work today. So I went to pick some oysters and then this happy song to celebrate.
To be exact, I dare to be on leave for my birthday and make it happen for the first time!
I felt so good after work today. So I went to pick some oysters and then this happy song to celebrate.
1.10.10
慈善也是大眾的事
蓋茨和股神去中國搞一場"富豪酒會",在國內掀起支持及反對聲音。
反對者言論偏激,可以不提。但兩人身體力行做這件事,引起中國人民反思的第一步,已很成功。
不然"慈善"這個agenda,在這個大多數人只關心爭名逐利的社會,在priority list上的位置有多後便有多後。
十分贊成有人提出慈善不只是富豪的事,也是平民百姓的事。試想中國13億人口,若只有其中五億人有能力一年內捐出十元,那也是50億元的數字啊。
反對者言論偏激,可以不提。但兩人身體力行做這件事,引起中國人民反思的第一步,已很成功。
不然"慈善"這個agenda,在這個大多數人只關心爭名逐利的社會,在priority list上的位置有多後便有多後。
十分贊成有人提出慈善不只是富豪的事,也是平民百姓的事。試想中國13億人口,若只有其中五億人有能力一年內捐出十元,那也是50億元的數字啊。
25.9.10
is greed good?
五年前住在中文大學的宿舍,位處半山,往窗外看就是吐露港。
仍記得那是"心型"間隔的單位,三人同房,把三張床拼合在一起,騰出空間,有了我們的小天地。
當時一年宿費只7千多。
今天無心插柳下去看了馬鞍山一新樓盤的示範單位。正在吐露港的另一面。
7座共逾千個單位,最少面積也在八百多呎以上,而且只得向園林的一座而已。其餘都是九百呎以上的三房設計。今天參觀的示範單位中,一千二百呎,竟然有3個廁所。
其餘推介還有整楝三層的獨立屋,每層只有6百餘呎,比村屋每層標準7百呎還細。
發展商很用力地把樓盤打造成"海景豪宅"。全屋豪裝,和我心目中的室內設計風格相距甚遠。
譬如說省去不要的生活機能,創造凝聚人流的公共空間,增進住在屋子裡的人的交流...
我曾乘車經過那兒鄰近的居苑,環境的確不錯。自成一閣,還有海濱長廊。但這新盤入場價五千元一呎,而且動輒千呎以上,並不針對上車族。
如要自食其力,又要符合李嘉誠說的三成首期才入市,即是說一個年青人要賺到150萬資本才有"入場"的資格。
但經紀不斷游說,買不買,不重要,總之先拿15萬入場。28號正式開售後,抽籤揀選首輪108個單位。到時看不上心儀單位,十月中退票即是。他們說,"飲茶都要攞飛"。態度極度進取,似要追"入場人頭"數。我們逃跑出來的同時,也看見不少人"入場"。
怪不得昨天看報道,說發展商現在不再推出上車樓,因為"豪宅"長期有市場。
安居樂業,有時不需要3個廁所的。今天我看見的,似是投機成分較多。
但我知道,即使生活在廣闊的北京的八十後,同樣面對貴價樓之苦。
回家後看報紙,黃金海岸,呎價也只3600。要在海邊安居樂業,即使在香港,也是有選擇的。
更何況,海也分"有情海"和"無情海",不一定有海景就好。這是麥玲玲說的。^^
Hello again, Beijing
上星期到北京出差。由北京南站打車到機場途中遇上大塞車。
但車經過這CCTV大廈。低抄拍照,發覺它真的很大。
出發前沒想過會看到鳥巢體育館,結果也看到了。近距離看,也覺得真的很大。
在這裡開演唱會,可容納9萬人。我問誰有如此號召力,當地朋友答"成龍"。
然後也看到水立方,前面是一個很大的廣場。
我很喜歡這樣邊走邊聊,這樣一個晚上,寫意地漫遊。風很大,讓你知道秋天的味道。
在那裡放風箏,可以飛得很高很遠。
此行也看到了四合院,在五環,名叫"望京一號"的餐館。地方不大,但坐在庭園,可看到戶外的景色。朋友說小時候也在四合院生活,我可以想像到那時的人,晚後聚在庭園裡撥扇乘涼,聊天。
距離上次到訪北京已兩年,今次的感受最深。這麼遙遠的朋友們,兩年來的生活也起了大變化,大家都踏實地,努力地實踐更好的生活。
而在我獨自遊走那裡的社區、車站、火車的旅程裡,發現的是比以前更貼近當地的生活。
是新北京,也是老北京。
我竟也斷斷續續的,逐漸了解這地方、這裡的人。
23.9.10
1.2.3.4.
four core values to make a better life.
•Trust in the belief that the world is fundamentally a good place and that all people, however, flawed, are—at the core—well-intentioned
•Tolerance for other people’s viewpoints and perspectives
•A passion for education—not in the traditional sense but as a way to approach life with curiosity and an openness to what others have to teach us
•A personal work ethic grounded in self-discovery and a commitment to finding something that you wake up every morning looking forward to
Continue reading: The Gates Notes - Life is What You Make It
•Trust in the belief that the world is fundamentally a good place and that all people, however, flawed, are—at the core—well-intentioned
•Tolerance for other people’s viewpoints and perspectives
•A passion for education—not in the traditional sense but as a way to approach life with curiosity and an openness to what others have to teach us
•A personal work ethic grounded in self-discovery and a commitment to finding something that you wake up every morning looking forward to
Continue reading: The Gates Notes - Life is What You Make It
11.9.10
4.9.10
3.9.10
blessings
I saw the hymn on Jennifer C's calendar of 3 Sept.
It is a nice hymn. I like it and I sing.
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
- Irish blessings -
It is a nice hymn. I like it and I sing.
May the road rise to meet you
May the wind be always at your back
May the sun shine warm upon your face
And rains fall soft upon your fields
And, until we meet again.
May God hold you in the palm of his hand.
- Irish blessings -
31.8.10
Welcome to HK, 誠品
Funny news.
Confession: In fact I have given higher marks to Mr. Donald Tsang after 823 issue. For this reason, I will not put the song here. But youtube got it. ^^
誠品明玩鬍鬚曾
菲律賓慘案後，煲呔、唐唐等高官即時煞停外訪，但鬍鬚曾就繼續台灣之行，噚日朝去咗港人遊台必到嘅誠品書店，行咗近兩個鐘，去到 CD部時，誠品太子女吳旻潔（Mercy）唔知點解咁鬼醒，喺現場逾萬計嘅CD中，揀咗香港組合 my little airport隻碟出嚟播畀鬍鬚曾聽，當中曲目寸爆特區政府，包括以鬍鬚曾老細為題嘅《Donald Tsang, please die》，搞到鬍鬚曾聽咗 15秒就掟低個聽筒走人。
呢隻CD鬍鬚曾聽咗15秒就掟低個聽筒。
話說噚日太子女陪鬍鬚曾行到CD部試聽機前，想示範點樣可以唔使拆開隻CD，都可以試聽到張碟嘅音樂，隨手拎起隻未拆開嘅 CD，想話播畀鬍鬚曾聽。原來隻碟係香港獨立樂隊 my little airport舊年出嘅《介乎法國與旺角的詩意》，碟中名曲包括寸爆林公公嘅《瓜分林瑞麟三十萬薪金》，同埋因為煲呔喺六四 20周年前發表見利忘義論、激發樂隊成員阿 P創作嘅《 Donald Tsang, please die》。
只見鬍鬚曾睇到碟背嘅歌名，即時面色一沉。但洋名 Mercy嘅太子女認真 No mercy，一邊播碟一邊問死頂聽歌嘅鬍鬚曾：「你有聽得見嗎？」鬍鬚曾就話：「這支是最後。」又話「這一首是廣東話」，跟住聽唔夠 15秒就掟低聽筒走人。
碟背資料顯示，最尾一首歌，正係叫煲呔去死嘅《 Donald Tsang, please die》。似乎毫不知情嘅太子女此時仲表現興奮，話「隨手拿一個，就拿到是廣東話的」，鬍鬚曾就答話自己都係鍾意聽 Jazz多啲。
呢單嘢真係好有意思，鬍鬚曾去誠品話歡迎呢啲香港冇乜嘅創意產業嚟香港發展，但正正因為香港經濟被地產壟斷，啲租金貴到嚇死人，誠品先搞咗 10幾年都未喺香港落戶。阿 P就同八方講，希望鬍鬚曾聽晒佢哋啲歌，除咗都了解吓香港嘅創意產業，亦都希望佢明白，香港繼續有功能組別，繼續有官商勾結，根本冇得搞。
鬍鬚曾之後又去咗故宮博物館，政府新聞署諗住可以幫佢影相留念，點知博物館堅持執正嚟做，連司長到訪都冇面畀，唔准影相。
Source: Apple Daily, 30 Aug 2010 (http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100830&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=15333&art_id=14397087&cat_id=45&coln_id=20)
Confession: In fact I have given higher marks to Mr. Donald Tsang after 823 issue. For this reason, I will not put the song here. But youtube got it. ^^
誠品明玩鬍鬚曾
菲律賓慘案後，煲呔、唐唐等高官即時煞停外訪，但鬍鬚曾就繼續台灣之行，噚日朝去咗港人遊台必到嘅誠品書店，行咗近兩個鐘，去到 CD部時，誠品太子女吳旻潔（Mercy）唔知點解咁鬼醒，喺現場逾萬計嘅CD中，揀咗香港組合 my little airport隻碟出嚟播畀鬍鬚曾聽，當中曲目寸爆特區政府，包括以鬍鬚曾老細為題嘅《Donald Tsang, please die》，搞到鬍鬚曾聽咗 15秒就掟低個聽筒走人。
呢隻CD鬍鬚曾聽咗15秒就掟低個聽筒。
話說噚日太子女陪鬍鬚曾行到CD部試聽機前，想示範點樣可以唔使拆開隻CD，都可以試聽到張碟嘅音樂，隨手拎起隻未拆開嘅 CD，想話播畀鬍鬚曾聽。原來隻碟係香港獨立樂隊 my little airport舊年出嘅《介乎法國與旺角的詩意》，碟中名曲包括寸爆林公公嘅《瓜分林瑞麟三十萬薪金》，同埋因為煲呔喺六四 20周年前發表見利忘義論、激發樂隊成員阿 P創作嘅《 Donald Tsang, please die》。
只見鬍鬚曾睇到碟背嘅歌名，即時面色一沉。但洋名 Mercy嘅太子女認真 No mercy，一邊播碟一邊問死頂聽歌嘅鬍鬚曾：「你有聽得見嗎？」鬍鬚曾就話：「這支是最後。」又話「這一首是廣東話」，跟住聽唔夠 15秒就掟低聽筒走人。
碟背資料顯示，最尾一首歌，正係叫煲呔去死嘅《 Donald Tsang, please die》。似乎毫不知情嘅太子女此時仲表現興奮，話「隨手拿一個，就拿到是廣東話的」，鬍鬚曾就答話自己都係鍾意聽 Jazz多啲。
呢單嘢真係好有意思，鬍鬚曾去誠品話歡迎呢啲香港冇乜嘅創意產業嚟香港發展，但正正因為香港經濟被地產壟斷，啲租金貴到嚇死人，誠品先搞咗 10幾年都未喺香港落戶。阿 P就同八方講，希望鬍鬚曾聽晒佢哋啲歌，除咗都了解吓香港嘅創意產業，亦都希望佢明白，香港繼續有功能組別，繼續有官商勾結，根本冇得搞。
鬍鬚曾之後又去咗故宮博物館，政府新聞署諗住可以幫佢影相留念，點知博物館堅持執正嚟做，連司長到訪都冇面畀，唔准影相。
Source: Apple Daily, 30 Aug 2010 (http://hk.apple.nextmedia.com/template/apple/art_main.php?iss_id=20100830&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=15333&art_id=14397087&cat_id=45&coln_id=20)
24.8.10
R.I.P
May the victims in the hijack rest in peace.
We need the truth from the Philippines government.
22.8.10
Side B selection 6
I love her voice and the way she sings "I don't wanna miss a thing".
Just too sweet!
20.8.10
14.8.10
不要忘記初衷
如定下了一生的目標,不管是什麼,只要是好事,即使實踐過程遇到挫敗及阻攔,也不要忘記初衷。
讓興趣不斷深入發展,對事情專注,對自己作出承諾,不要輕言放棄。
以上改篇自一篇舊到發黃的JOB MARKET(之類的刊物)的剪報,題目是"自己喜愛又有前途的工作?"。
讓興趣不斷深入發展,對事情專注,對自己作出承諾,不要輕言放棄。
以上改篇自一篇舊到發黃的JOB MARKET(之類的刊物)的剪報,題目是"自己喜愛又有前途的工作?"。
Side B selection 4
Whether it is Side A / B doesn't matter anymore.
Just wanna share some good music here.
Mr.Children 口笛
頼り無く二つ並んだ不揃いの影が 北風に揺れながら延びてゆく
凸凹のまま膨らんだ君への想いは この胸のほころびから顔を出した
口笛を遠く 永遠に祈る様に遠く 響かせるよ
言葉より確かなものに ほら 届きそうな気がしてんだ
さあ 手を繋いで 僕らの現在が途切れない様に
その香り その身体 その全てで僕は生き返る
夢を摘むんで帰る畦道 立ち止まったまま
そしてどんな場面も二人なら笑えますように
無造作にさげた鞄にタネが詰まっていて 手品の様 ひねた僕を笑わせるよ
形あるものは次第に姿を消すけれど 君がくれた この温もりは消せないさ
いつもは素通りしてたベンチに座り 見渡せば
よどんだ街の景色さえ ごらん 愛しさに満ちてる
ああ 雨上がりの遠くの空に虹が架かったなら
戸惑いや 不安など 簡単に吹き飛ばせそうなのに
乾いた風に口笛は 澄み渡ってゆく
まるで世界中を優しく包み込むように
子供の頃に
夢中で探してたものが
ほら 今 目の前で手を広げている
恐がらないで踏み出しておいで
さあ 手を繋いで 僕らの現在が途切れない様に
その香り その身体 その全てで僕は生き返る
夢を摘むんで帰る畦道 立ち止まったまま
そしてどんな場面も二人で笑いながら
優しく響くあの口笛のように
12.8.10
上帝的最後禮物
今晚回到家,看到大貓不太舒服的樣子,心裡不忍,撫慰牠一會,才覺好一點。不知是人的心理影響,還是真的有上帝的底牌這回事。
面對疾病,不由得虔誠地相信神。
另新聞說又一病毒在擴散、內地奶粉又出問題...接下來,我想"個人環境衛生"和"安全感"將會是大趨勢。
上帝的最後禮物 - 嚴浩
有不少被醫生判了死刑的病人索性去旅行，抱着活一天是賺一天的心情，每天醒來都歡天喜地，待死刑期限早就過了，仍活得好好的，這時再驗身體，健康已經恢復了正常。身體有自愈的能力，但到底是什麼原理，人類從未能清楚。崇拜「科學」的西方醫學，因而輕率地忽視了這個神秘的身體機能，不知道這種態度才是最不尊重科學。南佛羅里達大學的那位醫生在這片空白的領域裏作出了貢獻，他發現人的樂觀情緒可以誘使心臟分泌出徹底控制癌細胞的荷爾蒙，也能緩解冠心病和腎衰竭，情緒越高昂，心情越愉悅，心臟分泌的荷爾蒙就越充沛，反之，處在痛苦、憂慮、抑鬱等消極狀態時，心臟幾乎完全停止分泌這種激素。
研究中有一百位自願者參加，報導說，這是上帝手裏的終極底牌，人類不走近生命的盡頭，往往看不到它，所以這是上帝送給人類的最後一件禮物。這個報導言重了，上帝送給我們很多禮物，我們只需要動手拆開包裝，就可以看到這張所謂的終極底牌。關鍵是，為自己創造一個身心愉快的環境，而這一切是從自己的生活態度開始。運動、氣功、宗教、音樂、電影、文學、書畫、茶道、花道……種種有益身心的嗜好絕對能打開我們的心鎖，釋放出寶貴的荷爾蒙。關鍵的字眼是心情，心情會像天氣般變化，但我們曾經說過有一種藝術叫做「允許的藝術」：你的身體你的心，只有你才有權決定擁有怎樣的心情。只有你才能打開自己的心鎖，釋放出令自己健康長壽的靈丹妙藥。
面對疾病,不由得虔誠地相信神。
另新聞說又一病毒在擴散、內地奶粉又出問題...接下來,我想"個人環境衛生"和"安全感"將會是大趨勢。
上帝的最後禮物 - 嚴浩
有不少被醫生判了死刑的病人索性去旅行，抱着活一天是賺一天的心情，每天醒來都歡天喜地，待死刑期限早就過了，仍活得好好的，這時再驗身體，健康已經恢復了正常。身體有自愈的能力，但到底是什麼原理，人類從未能清楚。崇拜「科學」的西方醫學，因而輕率地忽視了這個神秘的身體機能，不知道這種態度才是最不尊重科學。南佛羅里達大學的那位醫生在這片空白的領域裏作出了貢獻，他發現人的樂觀情緒可以誘使心臟分泌出徹底控制癌細胞的荷爾蒙，也能緩解冠心病和腎衰竭，情緒越高昂，心情越愉悅，心臟分泌的荷爾蒙就越充沛，反之，處在痛苦、憂慮、抑鬱等消極狀態時，心臟幾乎完全停止分泌這種激素。
研究中有一百位自願者參加，報導說，這是上帝手裏的終極底牌，人類不走近生命的盡頭，往往看不到它，所以這是上帝送給人類的最後一件禮物。這個報導言重了，上帝送給我們很多禮物，我們只需要動手拆開包裝，就可以看到這張所謂的終極底牌。關鍵是，為自己創造一個身心愉快的環境，而這一切是從自己的生活態度開始。運動、氣功、宗教、音樂、電影、文學、書畫、茶道、花道……種種有益身心的嗜好絕對能打開我們的心鎖，釋放出寶貴的荷爾蒙。關鍵的字眼是心情，心情會像天氣般變化，但我們曾經說過有一種藝術叫做「允許的藝術」：你的身體你的心，只有你才有權決定擁有怎樣的心情。只有你才能打開自己的心鎖，釋放出令自己健康長壽的靈丹妙藥。
8.8.10
Side B selection 3
I practised this song on my Electone for a while in this morning and evening.
It then looped in my mind for the rest of the day.
2.8.10
Have a nice dream
昨天看了Inception, 導演Christopher Nolan又一次把簡單複雜化。但好看。
只是我以前已看過類似的書和漫畫,所以意識與夢啊的概念,已是早"incepted"的了,不會太驚喜。
如對現實世界的inception有興趣,可找以下一書看看。我甚至懷疑導演也有看過此書。
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
http://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287
如對潛意識有興趣,絕對要看富堅義博的Level E!
只是我以前已看過類似的書和漫畫,所以意識與夢啊的概念,已是早"incepted"的了,不會太驚喜。
如對現實世界的inception有興趣,可找以下一書看看。我甚至懷疑導演也有看過此書。
Made to Stick: Why Some Ideas Survive and Others Die
http://www.amazon.com/Made-Stick-Ideas-Survive-Others/dp/1400064287
如對潛意識有興趣,絕對要看富堅義博的Level E!
28.7.10
堅強的理由
讀赤柬著名殺人魔受審的報道,看相片中他的眼神,有一個感覺。若你問他,對你所做的事,後悔嗎?他大概會說,我為勢所逼啊,發生了,我也不想的。
我們身邊,類似的潛台詞也很普遍吧。"人人都會這樣做!"、"換你是我,你也會做同樣的事!"...
不。人永遠有選擇權。宗教思想宣揚的信望愛,或中國人講的道義等等,是做人的基本原則。以外的,是個人選擇。要扭曲真理求存,是選擇。要為真理犧牲,也是選擇。
我們總有很多理由去解釋自己的行為。我今天哭了,是我只想到事情的一面。但現在我想,我脆弱,我哭,是投放了情緒。這次之後,容我選擇理性蓋過感情,我要堅強,只需要一個理由。
因為這就是我的選擇。
我們身邊,類似的潛台詞也很普遍吧。"人人都會這樣做!"、"換你是我,你也會做同樣的事!"...
不。人永遠有選擇權。宗教思想宣揚的信望愛,或中國人講的道義等等,是做人的基本原則。以外的,是個人選擇。要扭曲真理求存,是選擇。要為真理犧牲,也是選擇。
我們總有很多理由去解釋自己的行為。我今天哭了,是我只想到事情的一面。但現在我想,我脆弱,我哭,是投放了情緒。這次之後,容我選擇理性蓋過感情,我要堅強,只需要一個理由。
因為這就是我的選擇。
27.7.10
The days people can love each other in one year
The answer is here.
曾經有一次跟老闆去見客,對方是賣日本產品起家的。
客人知我是個日本迷,就談起日本來。他問我,喜歡日本的什麼。我竟然回答,我不喜歡它的流行文化,但喜歡傳統一點的。
現在想起來,我其實喜歡日本人的一些概念。像日文,我對"出会"(邂逅)這個字感到莫明的浪漫。但浪漫是膚淺的。如果出会的結果是愛,然後愛的延續是一起生活,那日常生活裡的柴米油鹽又怎會浪漫呢。
但日本人有說"一期一會",這是本於人生可能只相遇一次的信念去待人。因為人生裡只見一次,更要把最好的呈獻給對方。這和中國人前世今生的想法可能又有些不同。中國人想,今世對你好,下世你要報恩喎。前提是"出得嚟行,預咗要還"。很"理性"的。嗯。
我看過幾個感人的日本作品,共通點都是一個信念,"能遇上你真好"。即使相遇的人最後沒有一起生活,但也在對方生命裡發揮了作用。但即是怎樣呢?
就是經過漫長的時間考驗,當你回想起那次相遇,你仍很感激,即使沒有宗教信仰,但竟也相信冥冥之中有神靈的存在。不然你怎會那麼幸運能遇上那人?
我也很慶幸自己認識了Mr.Children的歌,十年前到現在,他們仍不斷把感動帶給我。一直創作出色的新歌,透過歌詞把愛還原為最單純的一份感動。在這年代,不容易啊。
24.7.10
你有沒有發現光
So in today's lesson we talked about lighting. When we went through the notes on lighting fixtures, what came to mind is my experience of seeing how dramatic lighting can cast an effect on a person, an object and an atmosphere.
I remember I walked through the corridor outside Po Lam MTR station at night once. And the spotlight just set me in the mood of a 杜琪峰's movie。Like in the movie "大隻佬", the way Celia Cheung and Andy Lau walked through at mid night made me wonder where this beautiful night street is.
I remember I walked through the corridor outside Po Lam MTR station at night once. And the spotlight just set me in the mood of a 杜琪峰's movie。Like in the movie "大隻佬", the way Celia Cheung and Andy Lau walked through at mid night made me wonder where this beautiful night street is.
And then there is another movie in mind, Somewhere in time, in which the lighting draws beautiful outlines of the actors.
A more recent one shall be 志明與春嬌 according to someone's comment. Let's see.
Bonus track: 志明與春嬌 OST: Why Couldn't Be Together Everyday
17.7.10
timeless
B/W & Grey = achromatic = timeless
世界還原最純粹的黑和白。
Monochrome album on flickr
Continue reading: KONICA MINOLTA: Colour Knowledge Seminar : Categorising Colours
意識流linking to:
世界還原最純粹的黑和白。
Monochrome album on flickr
Continue reading: KONICA MINOLTA: Colour Knowledge Seminar : Categorising Colours
意識流linking to:
12.7.10
半天假
我喜歡偏離常軌的時光。
平日的半天假、突然多出來的空檔之類，改變了一成不變的生活行程，也常因此察看到不一樣的事物。
陽光普照的早上，可能是生平第一次乘坐42號小巴。很隨意的，只要知道自己的目的地，還有寬裕的時間，隨你要怎麼走也行。登上往又一城的小巴，心裡就踏實起來。終站是地鐵站的話，那之後便是熟悉的路途。
沿太子道一路往又一城途中，陽光耀眼，寧靜的公寓一座一座在旁邊掠過，一轉彎，一個倘大的草地球場暴曬在太陽底下。那感覺就像是澳洲的悉尼大學，又像是記憶模糊的加拿大。
在小巴上浮光掠影的看窗外街景，這一條路，竟然很新鮮，感覺自己在觀光。香港也有這種好地方。會這樣想的可能只有我吧。後座的幾個少年，粗口橫飛，討論學校的女教師、考試…我在前面偷偷笑了幾次。
最後著陸在太古坊，Dymocks原來的地方，開了一間agnes b cafe。那是我本來想打發時間的地方，結果走到海光街逛街。有一兩間小店，衣服的感覺也不一樣。神奇。一個地方很久有逛，再訪時仍感覺美好，大概是一種情意結。感謝我在這個精緻的地方待過一些日子，回來也不會太陌生。
然後這天恰如其分地美好。
平日的半天假、突然多出來的空檔之類，改變了一成不變的生活行程，也常因此察看到不一樣的事物。
陽光普照的早上，可能是生平第一次乘坐42號小巴。很隨意的，只要知道自己的目的地，還有寬裕的時間，隨你要怎麼走也行。登上往又一城的小巴，心裡就踏實起來。終站是地鐵站的話，那之後便是熟悉的路途。
沿太子道一路往又一城途中，陽光耀眼，寧靜的公寓一座一座在旁邊掠過，一轉彎，一個倘大的草地球場暴曬在太陽底下。那感覺就像是澳洲的悉尼大學，又像是記憶模糊的加拿大。
在小巴上浮光掠影的看窗外街景，這一條路，竟然很新鮮，感覺自己在觀光。香港也有這種好地方。會這樣想的可能只有我吧。後座的幾個少年，粗口橫飛，討論學校的女教師、考試…我在前面偷偷笑了幾次。
最後著陸在太古坊，Dymocks原來的地方，開了一間agnes b cafe。那是我本來想打發時間的地方，結果走到海光街逛街。有一兩間小店，衣服的感覺也不一樣。神奇。一個地方很久有逛，再訪時仍感覺美好，大概是一種情意結。感謝我在這個精緻的地方待過一些日子，回來也不會太陌生。
然後這天恰如其分地美好。
11.7.10
An education
I remembered one of my Electone lesson was like this. My miss was talking with another teacher outside the classroom. I was practicing a song hardly inside. The door was opened I suppose? From time to time, she shouted behind the door and pointed out the parts I played wrongly.
I was about 13 at that time. Later I changed the teacher and continued learning Electone until I entered university. I dropped out finally before graduation. I think almost 10 years should prove that I have no special talent in it. Nor passion as well. A passion that is strong enough to drive me doing this thing crazily. Perhaps simply make me enjoy doing it.
Then there were some days I went to music concerts with my friend Michelle. She likes Jazz but she doesn’t play. She brought me to Jazz piano concerts, live shows, etc.
Another year, one of the shows in Hong Kong Art Festival was performed by a Japanese female Jazz pianist. I forgot her name and all the songs she played but the way she played it still lasted in my memory. She played the strings of the piano instead of the key. And tonight I learned that that is called String piano.
The next day I read the comment on her show in a newspaper’s column. The author told her story. When she was small, she met a teacher who inspired her by adding colourful notes on piano sheet. Which parts are showing feelings of joyful, which parts are about pain…All these colorful illustrations make a world class pianist.
Tonight I played a fortune telling game on the internet. It said that I am not a lucky person. Well. If the chance of meeting a good teacher, or someone who is inspirational, depends on luck, then the game is correct in a sense that I am not lucky on my music path. But I don’t trust fatalism. I believe in destiny but it should be in control of people’s free will. And I believe in education. That’s also the reason why I choose to donate to education projects by Oxfam.
I would not blame my music teacher. Thanks to her I wrote an easy opening for this post. She is part of my life experience. And the conclusion is that “teacher matters most”.
Continue reading: gatesfoundation Blog: Teachers Matter Most - Vicki Phillips
I was about 13 at that time. Later I changed the teacher and continued learning Electone until I entered university. I dropped out finally before graduation. I think almost 10 years should prove that I have no special talent in it. Nor passion as well. A passion that is strong enough to drive me doing this thing crazily. Perhaps simply make me enjoy doing it.
Then there were some days I went to music concerts with my friend Michelle. She likes Jazz but she doesn’t play. She brought me to Jazz piano concerts, live shows, etc.
Another year, one of the shows in Hong Kong Art Festival was performed by a Japanese female Jazz pianist. I forgot her name and all the songs she played but the way she played it still lasted in my memory. She played the strings of the piano instead of the key. And tonight I learned that that is called String piano.
The next day I read the comment on her show in a newspaper’s column. The author told her story. When she was small, she met a teacher who inspired her by adding colourful notes on piano sheet. Which parts are showing feelings of joyful, which parts are about pain…All these colorful illustrations make a world class pianist.
Tonight I played a fortune telling game on the internet. It said that I am not a lucky person. Well. If the chance of meeting a good teacher, or someone who is inspirational, depends on luck, then the game is correct in a sense that I am not lucky on my music path. But I don’t trust fatalism. I believe in destiny but it should be in control of people’s free will. And I believe in education. That’s also the reason why I choose to donate to education projects by Oxfam.
I would not blame my music teacher. Thanks to her I wrote an easy opening for this post. She is part of my life experience. And the conclusion is that “teacher matters most”.
Continue reading: gatesfoundation Blog: Teachers Matter Most - Vicki Phillips
5.7.10
Guys don't understand why Justin Bieber is so popular
I am not a fans of Justin Bieber. But I think people who like him will know the reason why. Vice versa.
Will this storyline illustrate the things in a better way?
Usher is genius!
And in this one, everything just being put together. Dark humor, party, and even Twilight = fantasy for all ages. :p
Will this storyline illustrate the things in a better way?
Usher is genius!
And in this one, everything just being put together. Dark humor, party, and even Twilight = fantasy for all ages. :p
1.7.10
because of the color of the wheat fields
Le Petit Prince
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Chapter 21
It was then that the fox appeared.
"Good morning," said the fox.
"Good morning," the little prince responded politely, although when he turned around he saw nothing.
"I am right here," the voice said, "under the apple tree."
"Who are you?" asked the little prince, and added, "You are very pretty to look at."
"I am a fox," said the fox.
"Come and play with me," proposed the little prince. "I am so unhappy."
"I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."
"Ah! Please excuse me," said the little prince.
But, after some thought, he added:
"What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"You do not live here," said the fox. "What is it that you are looking for?"
"I am looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"Men," said the fox. "They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"
"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."
"'To establish ties'?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
"I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me..."
"It is possible," said the fox. "On the Earth one sees all sorts of things."
"Oh, but this is not on the Earth!" said the little prince.
The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.
"On another planet?"
"Yes."
"Are there hunters on this planet?"
"No."
"Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens?"
"No."
"Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.
But he came back to his idea.
"My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."
The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
"Please-- tame me!" he said.
"I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."
"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."
"What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me-- like that-- in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."
The next day the little prince came back.
"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites..."
"What is a rite?" asked the little prince.
"Those also are actions too often neglected," said the fox. "They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all."
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near--
"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."
"It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..."
"Yes, that is so," said the fox.
"But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince.
"Yes, that is so," said the fox.
"Then it has done you no good at all!"
"It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." And then he added:
"Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."
By Antoine de Saint-Exupéry
Chapter 21
It was then that the fox appeared.
"Good morning," said the fox.
"Good morning," the little prince responded politely, although when he turned around he saw nothing.
"I am right here," the voice said, "under the apple tree."
"Who are you?" asked the little prince, and added, "You are very pretty to look at."
"I am a fox," said the fox.
"Come and play with me," proposed the little prince. "I am so unhappy."
"I cannot play with you," the fox said. "I am not tamed."
"Ah! Please excuse me," said the little prince.
But, after some thought, he added:
"What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"You do not live here," said the fox. "What is it that you are looking for?"
"I am looking for men," said the little prince. "What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"Men," said the fox. "They have guns, and they hunt. It is very disturbing. They also raise chickens. These are their only interests. Are you looking for chickens?"
"No," said the little prince. "I am looking for friends. What does that mean-- 'tame'?"
"It is an act too often neglected," said the fox. It means to establish ties."
"'To establish ties'?"
"Just that," said the fox. "To me, you are still nothing more than a little boy who is just like a hundred thousand other little boys. And I have no need of you. And you, on your part, have no need of me. To you, I am nothing more than a fox like a hundred thousand other foxes. But if you tame me, then we shall need each other. To me, you will be unique in all the world. To you, I shall be unique in all the world..."
"I am beginning to understand," said the little prince. "There is a flower... I think that she has tamed me..."
"It is possible," said the fox. "On the Earth one sees all sorts of things."
"Oh, but this is not on the Earth!" said the little prince.
The fox seemed perplexed, and very curious.
"On another planet?"
"Yes."
"Are there hunters on this planet?"
"No."
"Ah, that is interesting! Are there chickens?"
"No."
"Nothing is perfect," sighed the fox.
But he came back to his idea.
"My life is very monotonous," the fox said. "I hunt chickens; men hunt me. All the chickens are just alike, and all the men are just alike. And, in consequence, I am a little bored. But if you tame me, it will be as if the sun came to shine on my life. I shall know the sound of a step that will be different from all the others. Other steps send me hurrying back underneath the ground. Yours will call me, like music, out of my burrow. And then look: you see the grain-fields down yonder? I do not eat bread. Wheat is of no use to me. The wheat fields have nothing to say to me. And that is sad. But you have hair that is the colour of gold. Think how wonderful that will be when you have tamed me! The grain, which is also golden, will bring me back the thought of you. And I shall love to listen to the wind in the wheat..."
The fox gazed at the little prince, for a long time.
"Please-- tame me!" he said.
"I want to, very much," the little prince replied. "But I have not much time. I have friends to discover, and a great many things to understand."
"One only understands the things that one tames," said the fox. "Men have no more time to understand anything. They buy things all ready made at the shops. But there is no shop anywhere where one can buy friendship, and so men have no friends any more. If you want a friend, tame me..."
"What must I do, to tame you?" asked the little prince.
"You must be very patient," replied the fox. "First you will sit down at a little distance from me-- like that-- in the grass. I shall look at you out of the corner of my eye, and you will say nothing. Words are the source of misunderstandings. But you will sit a little closer to me, every day..."
The next day the little prince came back.
"It would have been better to come back at the same hour," said the fox. "If, for example, you come at four o'clock in the afternoon, then at three o'clock I shall begin to be happy. I shall feel happier and happier as the hour advances. At four o'clock, I shall already be worrying and jumping about. I shall show you how happy I am! But if you come at just any time, I shall never know at what hour my heart is to be ready to greet you... One must observe the proper rites..."
"What is a rite?" asked the little prince.
"Those also are actions too often neglected," said the fox. "They are what make one day different from other days, one hour from other hours. There is a rite, for example, among my hunters. Every Thursday they dance with the village girls. So Thursday is a wonderful day for me! I can take a walk as far as the vineyards. But if the hunters danced at just any time, every day would be like every other day, and I should never have any vacation at all."
So the little prince tamed the fox. And when the hour of his departure drew near--
"Ah," said the fox, "I shall cry."
"It is your own fault," said the little prince. "I never wished you any sort of harm; but you wanted me to tame you..."
"Yes, that is so," said the fox.
"But now you are going to cry!" said the little prince.
"Yes, that is so," said the fox.
"Then it has done you no good at all!"
"It has done me good," said the fox, "because of the color of the wheat fields." And then he added:
"Go and look again at the roses. You will understand now that yours is unique in all the world. Then come back to say goodbye to me, and I will make you a present of a secret."
26.6.10
The morning's playlist
I forgot from when my dad will play a CD every morning.
His preference for music is different from mine for he will never be interested in my Japanese rock or English favorite songs. Few months ago, he told that he started to like classical music. I should not laugh at him but can only laugh at myself. Well, yes I am the vulgar one. It is only until a Japanese TV drama about classical music was in show few years ago, I started to get know of it. May be I can write somethings funny on that later.
It is the Chinese old songs which attract both my dad and me. The golden 80’s and 90’s when stars were stars, singers were singers, and lyrics were lyrics.
Every weekday I woke up by the today’s special, the song playlist in that morning. The random songs sometimes make me ponder on that day, for the lyrics are often meaningful and inspirational.
Yesterday, when he was about to set off to work, he pressed the stop button. I begged him to play the last song. He refused and told me to listen to it tomorrow.
So this is the last song, Leslie Cheung’s old song,追(chase).
I google and found that there is no English translation of the lyrics.
I think it deserves one so I wrote it.
If anyone will read this by chance and think you can perfect the translation, please do let me know. Thanks.
Make things happen in this life
But who is on mind in this moment?
I would say you are the only one I cannot lose
Good times are illusory
Who understands the pleasures of life?
I would say it is still right for love
Who is more important than you?
It does not matter to succeed or to fail
Who is more important than you?
Fire up tempest because of you
Catching again and again just want to catch a minute of life
How ridiculous it is
You are truly the target
Catching again and again
Follow some basic needs in life
No longer in shortage a long time ago
Be with you
Even ordinary but the most important
Though not much good times
So what a minute
Worthwhile to be with you together through
The more crazy love the more errors
What if redo
I would say I will advance misdoing for you
Only you make me as if the most important in the crowd
Be with you
Even asleep with a smile
His preference for music is different from mine for he will never be interested in my Japanese rock or English favorite songs. Few months ago, he told that he started to like classical music. I should not laugh at him but can only laugh at myself. Well, yes I am the vulgar one. It is only until a Japanese TV drama about classical music was in show few years ago, I started to get know of it. May be I can write somethings funny on that later.
It is the Chinese old songs which attract both my dad and me. The golden 80’s and 90’s when stars were stars, singers were singers, and lyrics were lyrics.
Every weekday I woke up by the today’s special, the song playlist in that morning. The random songs sometimes make me ponder on that day, for the lyrics are often meaningful and inspirational.
Yesterday, when he was about to set off to work, he pressed the stop button. I begged him to play the last song. He refused and told me to listen to it tomorrow.
So this is the last song, Leslie Cheung’s old song,追(chase).
I google and found that there is no English translation of the lyrics.
I think it deserves one so I wrote it.
If anyone will read this by chance and think you can perfect the translation, please do let me know. Thanks.
Make things happen in this life
But who is on mind in this moment?
I would say you are the only one I cannot lose
Good times are illusory
Who understands the pleasures of life?
I would say it is still right for love
Who is more important than you?
It does not matter to succeed or to fail
Who is more important than you?
Fire up tempest because of you
Catching again and again just want to catch a minute of life
How ridiculous it is
You are truly the target
Catching again and again
Follow some basic needs in life
No longer in shortage a long time ago
Be with you
Even ordinary but the most important
Though not much good times
So what a minute
Worthwhile to be with you together through
The more crazy love the more errors
What if redo
I would say I will advance misdoing for you
Only you make me as if the most important in the crowd
Be with you
Even asleep with a smile
17.6.10
One Hundred Years from now
(excerpt from "Within My Power" by Forest Witcraft)
One Hundred Years from now
It will not matter
what kind of car I drove,
What kind of house I lived in,
how much money was in my bank account
nor what my clothes looked like.
But the world may be a better place because
I was important in the life of a child.
16.6.10
1 or 2 things about beer and me
On a day of training last week, several commercials were shown to teach us what great communication ideas are. Besides the touching OMO & ala commercials, there are some others impressed me.
Cheers beer:
Not only me, some other colleagues also find the commercials very much Stephen Chow's style. The exaggerated facial expression, the nonsensical plots… Probably because I grew up with his movies, I do think these are funny...
Well, another more classy Guinness:
Guinness from a can will taste better if poured and rested 2 minutes before drinking. That's why the commercial is nothing but the golden 2 minutes. See this.
I will try that next time for sure.
Visuals do have influence on me. At the end of the training, I wanted to get a cup of beer with buddies badly. It’s World Cup opening, what an excuse, even though I am not a soccer fans.
I do not drink much. But I do have an attachment to beer. My dad used to enjoy a cup of beer after a day of hard work. (though he swifted to red wine now...thanks to the health claim.) When I was a kid and took a sip of his beer, I disliked the bitter taste so much that I felt like drinking medicine.
I forgot until when I get used to the bitter taste. I remember in the first or second lesson by the new Japanese teacher last year, she told me I look like the type of person who is fond of wine tasting, holding a glass of red wine…and she is TOTALLY WRONG. I guess I can make up a psychological test on facebook and classify people in term of wine?
May be I associate beer with the free style and heroism now. But at the same time, I think those real beer lovers won’t bother to write up. After all, the beer says itself, just grab a cup and drink! Cheers!
Cheers beer:
Not only me, some other colleagues also find the commercials very much Stephen Chow's style. The exaggerated facial expression, the nonsensical plots… Probably because I grew up with his movies, I do think these are funny...
Well, another more classy Guinness:
Guinness from a can will taste better if poured and rested 2 minutes before drinking. That's why the commercial is nothing but the golden 2 minutes. See this.
I will try that next time for sure.
Visuals do have influence on me. At the end of the training, I wanted to get a cup of beer with buddies badly. It’s World Cup opening, what an excuse, even though I am not a soccer fans.
I do not drink much. But I do have an attachment to beer. My dad used to enjoy a cup of beer after a day of hard work. (though he swifted to red wine now...thanks to the health claim.) When I was a kid and took a sip of his beer, I disliked the bitter taste so much that I felt like drinking medicine.
I forgot until when I get used to the bitter taste. I remember in the first or second lesson by the new Japanese teacher last year, she told me I look like the type of person who is fond of wine tasting, holding a glass of red wine…and she is TOTALLY WRONG. I guess I can make up a psychological test on facebook and classify people in term of wine?
May be I associate beer with the free style and heroism now. But at the same time, I think those real beer lovers won’t bother to write up. After all, the beer says itself, just grab a cup and drink! Cheers!
13.6.10
The Starfish Story
Original Story by: Loren Eisley
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed
a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish,
and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…
“I made a difference for that one.”
One day a man was walking along the beach when he noticed
a boy picking something up and gently throwing it into the ocean.
Approaching the boy, he asked, “What are you doing?”
The youth replied, “Throwing starfish back into the ocean.
The surf is up and the tide is going out. If I don’t throw them back, they’ll die.”
“Son,” the man said, “don’t you realize there are miles and miles of beach and hundreds of starfish?
You can’t make a difference!”
After listening politely, the boy bent down, picked up another starfish,
and threw it back into the surf. Then, smiling at the man, he said…
“I made a difference for that one.”
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