星期三, 10月 14, 2015

3.0

我仍在掙扎。我也知道很可惜,我給自己一個月,看天主給我一條是向前,還是停止的盡頭。

行屍走肉很痛苦。米蘭的男子陪我看日出的香港男子,我只能給你擁抱和軽吻。

《也許》 聞一多:那麼你先把眼皮閉緊, 我就讓你睡,我讓你睡

《也許》 聞一多

也許你真是哭得太累
也許,也許你要睡一睡,
那麼叫夜鷹不要咳嗽。
蛙不要號,蝙蝠不要飛,

不許陽光撥你的眼簾,
不許清風刷上你的眉,
無論誰都不能驚醒你,
撐一傘松蔭庇護你睡,

也許你聽這蚯蚓翻泥,
聽這小草的根鬚吸水,
也許你聽這般的音樂
比那咒罵的人聲更美;

那麼你先把眼皮閉緊,
我就讓你睡,我讓你睡,
我把黃土輕輕蓋著你
我叫紙錢兒緩緩的飛。

YE XU : "Maybe"
-- Wen Yiduo (1899 -1946)
-- Translated by Frank C Yue

Maybe, you have been crying for too long, now don't cry;
Maybe, you should sleep awhile and hear the lullaby.
Well then, I shall ask the night owls not to cough,
Frogs not to cry, the cave bats not to fly off.

I won't let the sunlight touch your eyelids now,
I won't let the fresh light breeze brush your eye brows,
No one, Yes, no one shall wake you from your sweet slumber;
I shall open up a pretty umbrella pine for you to sleep under.

Maybe, you like the sound of worms subsoil churning,
Or that of grass-roots softly water siphoning.
Maybe, you like hearing this music -- "tinkling-bell" --
Better than man's quarrelsome words and cursing spell.

Well then, first you must shut both eyes tightly:
Sleep and I shall let you -- Sleep and I shall let you.
I'll cover you with yellow earth lightly,
Let fly, slowly, spiritual paper money too.





翟紹唐


我寫多啲表白多啲係咪多啲機會可以認識翟紹唐?你地成日問我喜歡怎樣的男人,我喜歡翟紹唐。如果可以跟他喝一頓下午茶,我相信我可以令他有個喜悅的午後。 

星期二, 8月 18, 2015

You will when you believe



Whitney Houston – When You Believe Lyrics

Many nights we prayed 
With no proof anyone could hear 
In our hearts a hope for a song 

We barely understood 
Now we are not afraid 
Although we know there's much to fear 
We were moving mountains 
Long before we knew we could, whoa, yes 

There can be miracles 
When you believe 
Though hope is frail 
It's hard to kill 

Who knows what miracles 
You can achieve 

When you believe somehow you will 
You will when you believe 

[Mmmmmmmmmyeah] 
Mmmyeah 

In this time of fear 
When prayer so often proves in vain 
Hope seems like the summer bird 
Too swiftly flown away 

Yet now I'm standing here 
My hearts so full, I can't explain 
Seeking faith and speakin words 
I never thought I'd say 

There can be miracles 
When you believe (When you believe) 
Though hope is frail 
It's hard to kill (Mmm) 

Who knows what miracles 
You can achieve (You can achieve) 
When you believe somehow you will 
You will when you believe 
[Hey] 
[Ooh] 

They don't always happen when you ask 
And it's easy to give in to your fears 
But when you're blinded by your pain 
Can't see the way, get through the rain 
A small but still, resilient voice 
Says love is very near, oh [Oh] 


There can be miracles (Miracles) When you believe (Boy, when you believe, yeah) [Though hope is frail] 

Though hope is frail [Its hard] 
It's hard to kill (Hard to kill, oh, yeah) 

Who knows what miracles 
You can achieve (You can achieve, oh) 
When you believe somehow you will (Somehow, somehow, somehow) 


Somehow you will (I know, I know, know) You will when you believe [When you] 

(Ohoh) 
[You will when you] 
(You will when you believe) 
[Oohoohooh] 
[Oh... oh] 
[When you believe] 
[When you believe]

Songwriters: SCHWARTZ, STEPHEN LAWRENCE / 

EDMONDS, KENNETH BABYFACE

When You Believe lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group




長夜星空祈禱
人們可否傾聽我夢
期望存在我心內
勝過無限障礙


無懼荊棘危險
不怕周邊眾多試煉
崖上靜待小花開
你我從未怯


用這雨傘編織 自由天空
就算失望 卻不退讓
別笑我在空想 虛無飄渺
信有夢想 留待見證
You will when you believe


危險中成長
祈求彷彿不得應驗
承諾似斷線風箏
飄遠然後告別


仍然堅守在此
沿途崎嶇 我不畏懼
從未害怕受傷害
別再沉默按耐


用這雨傘編織 彩虹的天
就算失望 卻不退讓
別笑我在空想 虛無飄渺
信有夢想 留待見證
You will when you believe


There can be miracles
When you believe
Though hope is frail
It's hard to kill


Who knows what miracles
you can achieve
When you believe
Somehow you will
You will when you believe


You will when you believe

創作團隊包括香港中大音樂系學生、翻譯系學生和醫科生
琴、編、混 Perry Lau
敲擊、錄音 Caleb Yuen
改詞、製片 Tracy Tse
主唱 Amanda Ng
攝影 Shadow Ng

本歌之歌詞版權因上載者Amanda Ng於Youtube標示作品採創用CC授權而已釋出至公有領域,使其能更廣為流通與改作,而不渉及侵權問題。

星期一, 8月 17, 2015

Five Suggestions to Make Ladies' Business Trips More Organized and Less Stressful



 1. Check online asap
There are some seats even in the economy class they are bigger and wider than the others. These seats always are situated near the Exits. Short trips and no business class arrangement? No problem. Just a little preparation will do.


2. Employ pouches and separators
It’s worthwhile to purchase the set of pouches sold by Cathay Pacific airline. Organized your stuffs according to the functions and put them in different bags. Your suitcase suddenly becomes spacious and you will be contented with your baggage inside out.


3. Arrange your outfits in another way
Rolling up your shirts, your cardigans, your dresses, makes a huge difference to save up spaces and at the same time, maintain your outfits wrinkle free and in shape! Hang them in the bath when you are having shower. The evaporation and water steam will "iron" your clothing.


4. Have a mini set of face toner, lotion and a little kit of travelling makeup
Travelling is exhausting but I insist to look great EVERY MOMENT. I will clean my face and refresh my simple makeup when the airplane is beginning to land. You don't have to privatize the bathroom and stay there for one hour. The whole thing takes only 10 minutes. I feel empowered when I leave the aircraft with a refreshing face.


5.  A dedicated case for your electronic messy things
iPhone, chargers. computers, tablets...etc you name it. Put them together and let them stay together for handy use all along your travelling journey. Horrible nightmare happens when it is last minute for returning flight and you are still looking for your iPod in your messy hotel room.
What is your secrecy to stay glamorous at business trips? I would like to hear from you.
Thank you very much for reading. Have a nice MONDAY (blue is the Monday colour…).



星期一, 8月 10, 2015

憤怒的人

八月八日立秋了,天氣卻異常酷熱,整個城市都是憤怒的人。

聖經説的七宗罪,憤怒是其一。

憤怒的人大部分是不安的人,憤怒的人絕不會是優雅的人。

我最怕憤怒的男人,我是真的怕。

小巴司機時常很憤怒。外國婦女不懂廣東話的,叫下車不夠大聲的,沒有看清楚已經客滿而付了車資的又或多付車資而問究竟的乘客,小巴司機一概很憤怒。

其實坐這程小巴的都是居民,大家街坊一樣,有必要用憤怒來對抗嗎?

當司機喃喃詛罵時,我總是很害怕。

其實就像書店老闆說的這些都是life drama。賴應彬老師不知何故,突然對我是人都是卑微的,把手上的這副牌玩得好了,便是足夠;能夠在營營役役的生活𥚃找到一點意義,更是難得。

人都是卑微的,我是卑微的。我用卑微的角度看世界,看了兩個星期,似乎又真的參透了些許。

卑微,首先是不求,然後是別生氣。

不是説笑,我現在天天對鏡子學習笑得更親切。

知我者謂我心憂,不知我者謂我何求。

我用三十五年時間徙手創造自己的世界,最後沒辦法,終於還是要向人云亦云低頭。

畢竟是不知我者多,常謂我何求,不了解我的多愁善感。

最要緊是還是別生氣。有啥事體要憤怒呢?




星期日, 8月 09, 2015

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Cinderella, a sweet coincidence at Flowbooks at Lyndhurst Terrace, Central, Hong Kong. www.flowbooks.net






星期日, 7月 26, 2015

記上星期四人在上海



工業意外嗎?非也。善用酒店原子筆作髪釵也。

頭髮短了又長了,下雨天直髪又自動變鬈髮,用筆把一頭亂髪盤起來,是一直沒有變動的習慣。

有時用彩色鉛筆畫畫,會同時扎髻,靈感立即泉湧而至。

我今天好想畫畫,其實已經很久沒有畫畫。

從前有個男子問我為什麼不去賣畫,he said, 'if you were in Europe...' 我回答他我的畫紙太小,畫出來的畫不夠氣派,男子喝著香檳大大聲話我要多大的畫紙儘管吿訴他,他會辦。我微笑了,回應他畫紙大了,怕我的小房子不夠容納大畫紙。

^_^ 當然他就算幾分醉他也不敢許下送我一間大房子的諾言。然後我與他音訊杳然,自然連大畫紙也沒有獲得。

今天想起這段往事,是由於下雨了,不禁多愁善感。

…反抗,我知道我的身體在反抗我的意志,這時候千萬別接觸 psychoanalytic 的東西,例如希治閣電影或逹利的畫。在這個 transformation 的時候,我謹記Mr. Lai 教我們那些關於 cognitive behavioural 的材料,用意志去抵抗軟弱的身體,燃燒仍在手上的青春。

星期二, 6月 30, 2015

出差深夜好讀黃碧雲


這次赴趿上海我帶了黃碧雲的《末日酒店》。在辦公室從九時工作到晚上九時,離開辦公室要把心情也帶離開。閱讀,是get a life的好活動。睡前讀黃碧雲,是一種精神的休息但同時亦是靈魂的修練。深夜好讀黃碧雲。

盲約五大盲點

(傳貼)

香港女多男少又科技發達,online dating乃勢之所趨。一般人對此有所誤解,認為網上情緣虛偽又危險,但其實只要冷靜分析profile及訊息內容,不難窺見對方為人係點;首先避開下列五類無謂人,在網上世界尋覓真命天子絕對有可能。

1. 散餐王
後生又靚仔,profile得體兼浪漫,現實生活冇另一半仲要上網覓真愛真係幾可疑。搭上他之前,建議你跪求靚女友人照片一用,開多個account主動聯絡他,通常你會收到同一個冧女message。這類寫多隻字都嫌煩的男人,擺明冇誠意冇諗過搵真愛,唔怕copy & paste最怕鑽唔入你裙底。

2. 癡情哥
受過情傷的男人,以為上網搵個新女友就可以忘記過去,點知當你跟他傾到開始有feel時,卻忽然不再回覆你的message,因為跟另一個女人調情勾起了他的傷心回憶,甚至令他發現自己原來仍深愛前度,重新展開一段關係實在有心無力。

3. 苦悶男
好多人因為現實生活苦悶,上網見合眼緣的便留言示好,結果不是被拒絕便是找不到投契對象。經歷多次失敗後,不願再花時間深入認識你,一開始只簡單留言幾隻字,若你回覆就索性問你拎direct contact,這類男人重量不重質,只想搵個人拍下拖,未必知道自己所需,試愛一輪最後咪因了解而分手囉!

4. 自戀王
如果你見到他至少貼上三張chok到爆或晒腹肌的profile相,而他表明同志免問的話,好可能他就係高度自戀一族。這類男人眼中只有自己,女人對他來說只係強化自尊的工具。他不排除主動同你調情,內容一般圍繞你的bra size,甚至急不及待呈獻視像真人騷。自戀的他,上網只為得到別人的關注及讚美,而非覓真愛,更不會戀上你。

5. 挑剔叔
與其話:無論幾多歲的男人都鍾意青春少艾,不如話:冇自信的阿叔阿伯都鍾意借助後生女以令自己感覺年輕,重拾朝氣。這類男士一般年過五十、已離婚或婚姻不如意,交友要求多多,只限18-25歲的女性、唔煙唔酒、未婚冇仔女;不會視自己為契爺,更不會送你小禮物或請食飯,錢未必係問題,最大原因係他不想用物質來換取愛,他想你需要他,分一點青春給他而已。