超越時空的少女

以下的文章是前兩天看完電影後有感而發寫的, 本來是自娛娛人而已,
但是眼見下筆如有神, 寫了一千多字這麼多, 乾脆投稿到知日部屋(請看右邊的連結)算了.
結果還真的登了出來 XD
可口可樂, 可口可樂!
有人評論說, 這是篇過得去的fundamental analysis, 只是flow analysis需要加強.
天可憐見! 我的文章本來不過是篇觀後感而已, 怎麼會上綱上線成為fundamental analysis 呢?
真是無心插柳柳成蔭啊!

以下是文章的連結: http://www.cuhkacs.org/~benng/Bo-Blog/read.php?701
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超越的旅程 - 超越時空的少女觀後感

今天剛剛看了超越時空的少女(時をかける少女).
這部作品. 來頭是非常不小的, 筒井康隆在1967年的原作, 數十年來被日劇化, 電影化了七次之多. 那這一次的動畫電影化有甚麼特別呢?
其實我也不知道...反正之前都沒有看過, 那也無從比較了啊...
不過這個的海報在第一眼就吸引住了我的注意力.

青空, 白雲, 飛躍的少女.
好詩, 好詩

附帶一提, 人設是為一代傳奇EVA做人設的貞本義行. 貞本清爽的畫風很能切合人物的性格, 要是找永井豪來做人設的話... 咳咳咳…

故事的內容可以說老土, 講述一個平日懶散慣了的普通少女真琴, 每日的生活不外乎慌慌忙忙的起床, 對著考試卷一籌莫展和放學後跟兩個死黨千昭和功介去揮灑青春的汗水(你你你在想甚麼! 打棒球難道不流汗嗎?!), 對自己的前途? 沒有啦, 老師問起來再去考慮吧! – 她就是這樣一個平凡的少女. 但這一切自從她不知為何獲得了自由跳回到過去的能力開始, 起了變化..

就像一個拿到了新玩具的孩子, 真琴無時無刻都在隨心所欲的使用自己的超能力, 在妹妹偷吃掉布丁之前捷足先登, 卡拉OK連唱10個小時卻只給1個小時的錢, 偷看(?)考試題目之後再胸有成竹地拿到100分. 很無聊對嗎? 但換成你是高二(中五左右吧)的學生真琴, 你又會做出怎樣的事呢?

當然, 故事是不會這樣發展下去的, 而時間跳躍也並不是毫無後果的, 回到過去改變現實總是要付出代價的. 眼見著因為自己隨意操縱時間而產生了多種自己根本無法預測的結局. 真琴陷入了迷亂之中. 劇情的之後發展, 我還是賣個關子吧, 讓各位預先知道結局, 恐怕我也要付出一定的代價(lol).

操縱時間的概念, 恐怕是小說家永遠的題材, 經典名著Dune對時間的刻劃入木三分. 而動漫作品中, 力量型的有: 空條承太郎, 萌的有朝比奈Mikuru, 想不到1967年的前輩也要粉墨登場呢.
可喜的是這部作品並沒有變成我想像中的公式化作品, 雖然劇情推進可以用以下流程簡介:
發現能力 > 濫用能力 > 造成破壞 > 努力補救 > 三省吾身 > 結局

但每一部分都不落俗套, 故事的發展非常流暢. 前半部相當輕鬆惹笑, 除卻開始的十幾分鐘為了鋪排劇情而顯得較為靜態之外, 我是懷著”啊! 你這個蠢才!”的愉悅心情欣賞的. 後半部劇情開始加速, 看著真琴發現了自己能力的局限, 眼見著自己改變了現實而令周圍的人走上可能關乎生與死的道路上卻越幫越忙的窘境. 我在心中也暗暗為劇中人物著急不已.

女主角的性格描寫非常出色.
很明顯的, 她就是那種粗線條大姐頭角色. 做事不用大腦, 想幹就馬上去做的行動派.
這種人碰到愛情疑惑時會怎樣呢?
"時間跳躍!
跳到那個男孩子表白之前就好了嘛!"
就是這麼簡單. 明明自己喜歡人家, 但就是彆扭的不肯面對, 甚至要出動到時間跳躍來避開表白的一瞬. 實在令人哭笑不得.
人家擺明要向你表白, 卻非要跟人家扯自己妹妹的瑣事.
哦! 女孩子呀...
雖然這一幕有點像那齣看得我氣急敗壞恨不得衝進銀幕給劉若英幾個耳光的"生日快樂"
但之後真琴的勇氣令人非常印象深刻. 她盡了一切努力去促成別人的幸福, 也同時追尋自己的人生.
這種正面的態度令我擊節讚賞! 性格決定命運還有更好的例子嗎?

氣氛營造方面, 整部動畫洋溢著年輕人的朝氣
熙來攘往的校園, 三三兩兩的學生有些坐在樹陰下聊天, 有些在玩排球還有的練習摔跤技!
突擊測驗的教室, 鴉雀無聲的緊張氣氛
傍晚的河邊偶而跑過了長跑的運動部員, 還有那無聊打水漂的頑童.
最後不得不提的是陽光燦爛的棒球場, 三個主角對著晴朗的天空揮灑汗水.
這一切無不刻劃著青春的痕跡.

日本的動畫技術是無庸置疑的, 這部作品展是給我們的並不是出類拔萃的突破.
反而是扎實的基本功. 人物的一顰一笑都能牽動我的情緒.
印象最深刻的, 是片末千昭的欲言又止的蠢樣.
先是微微彎腰, 右足不安地撥弄著地面.
跟著是下定決心似的挺直胸膛卻又被突然襲來的害羞擊潰, 不自覺的摩娑自己的脖子.
這些小動作看似無關痛癢, 但當我代入角色, 卻發現這正是我很可能會擺出的姿勢.

All in all.
這是一齣不可多見的好戲, 看官絕不應當把它當成一個簡單的動畫而嗤之以鼻.
我忘了一提, 這齣戲得到了06年度日本文化廳Media藝術祭Animation部門的大獎.
怎麼樣, 有一點興趣想看看了嗎?

續. 復活節假期?

上次寫到復活節假期的第三天, 之後呢?

well...

事隔數日, 我都已經忘記到底有甚麼值得一提的趣事了...

倒不如講一講今天吧.

最近兩天過的很不開心...雖然早就知道兩個人相處, 溝通上的誤會總會避免不了.
而且也盡量嘗試避免犯這方面的錯誤, 不過事實是, shit happens.

甚麼是梅菲定律? 去wikipedia 查查Murphy's law 吧, 頗能解釋這兩天的遭遇.

外部原因有之, 自己的過錯也有, 人家的感覺更是無法全部掌握. 所以這兩天過的很不開心.

幸好, 最後的結果還是雨過天青. 希望這只是促進我們了解的一個小插曲吧!

電影的主題是不要拘泥於過去, 要勇往直前. 就這個主題發展出一段時空穿梭甚至拯救世界的故事.

而開始的迪士尼短片並不是毫無意義的一段騙錢時間, 這是在1938年上映的一段短篇故事.

在這一年, 迪士尼面臨事業發展的歧路, 他手上有廣受歡迎卻形象受到約制的米奇老鼠, 在1928到1938的10年間, 這個神經質, 富有冒險精神, 有時帶點邪氣的角色已經蛻變成為迪士尼公司的代表人物了.

名氣越大, 責任也就越大. 他不可以再以前那樣穿梭叢林, 與食人族共舞了, 因為他是一個真正意義的明星了. 萬千小朋友都期待他正面榜樣的教育意義. 米奇的故事陷入了困境 - 不能隨心所欲的冒險, 還能怎麼樣?

就是這一部米奇造船記, 它承載了承先啟後的任務, 將迪士尼對未來的想像: 高科技唾手可得卻又如此的脆弱 - 化成了影像故事.

那麼, 他成功了嗎? 沒有. 這部作品因為太前衛, 並未受到大眾的一致好評.

但迪士尼深信, 沒有創新的勇氣, 就沒有後來大放光彩的娛樂事業.

而Meet the Robinsons是迪士尼自己的動畫工作室在迪士尼收購Pixar(這個應該很出名...)之後的第一部影片. 珠玉在前, 動畫工作室面對的壓力不可不謂沉重.

在推出前的10個月, 影片修改了6成的內容. 他們要在Pixar的陰影下闖出自己的天空!

故事方面, 留待其他人評價吧, 我只希望告訴大家, 這是一個揮別過去, 勇闖未來的故事.

您願意跟他們一起, 勇往直前嗎?

完之乎? 未完也!

還以為那天殺的peak season已經遠去了, 誰知它冷不提防的一記回馬槍宣告了它的頑強.
簡單而言過去的一個月每天都在如山般的工作中度過. 其間乏善足陳.

剛剛過去的復活節假, 其實半個假期都在煩躁中度過, 星期四送完annie 機之後就倒頭大睡, 直到第二天下午才甦醒. 正想開電腦的時候發現了Dual channel ram 好像出了問題, 電腦無法啟動, 算了, 我去bios裡面看看又甚麼設定可以調整一下, 誰知道load 完default setting之後可以正常啟動了. 但是找不到hard disk了...
於是我三番四次進bios想看看說是不是哪裡錯了, 可是就是沒能找出根源, 而以庖丁解牛的精神拆開機箱後除了擦了擦灰塵外倒也沒什麼作用.
當晚惟有靠Wii的碌碌波子game陪伴我到深夜....

星期六起床之後沒多久就去了灣仔看扭蛋/玩具展, 雖然說去之前已經做了心理準備說有可能會和一眾香港的未來主人翁們其樂融融, 可是進到會場中還是被攤位的內容震攝了.
主辦機構的確沒有騙我們, 總數共計約60架的扭蛋機也不能算欺場, 沒有涼宮春日扭蛋我也認了, 畢竟這不是甚麼大眾的趣味. 可是,
為甚麼扭蛋玩具展會最大的攤位會是瑜珈和XX兒童舞蹈學校的?????
依比例來計算, 十個攤位中, 有1個是扭蛋, 2個是玩具, 3個是補習機構, 2個是家庭教育圖書攤位, 1個是得意毛公仔攤位,最後1個是師奶用品大傾銷...
我們三個大老爺們, 只能你眼望我眼...難道你希望我們從扭蛋展中出來, 捧著王X曼芭蕾舞學校的招生簡章嗎?
最後還是在灣仔太原街的傳統扭蛋名店裡搜刮了Keroro Full Armor, 期間發覺店內的顧客
比平常多了很多, 正在想"不會吧..."的時候, 就聽到有人說"X! 一早知就黎呢度算啦"...
Orz

跟著的兩天...今天沒心情寫啦 XD 明天(?)再續!

300影評

睡覺lu~~~ 最近忙死了, 所以只能有空把之前寫下的戰狼300影評post上來, 權當作是濫竽充數吧








導演繼上一部罪惡城之後的另一部漫畫改編力作。
影片的表現手法和構圖以至光影效果都和一般的史詩式古裝戰爭片大相徑庭。
片中有非常多的靜止，定格還有旁述穿插。
每一個鏡頭抽出來看，其實都等於漫畫的一格插圖。雖然我沒有看過原著漫畫，無從評價是否忠於原著，但能在電影裏重現漫畫的風采，當世惟有此導演Zack Snyder。
劇情本身其實非常簡單：邪惡獨裁東方敵軍進攻自由民主西方社會，民主超人軍團拼死捍衛祖國光榮戰死。
假如你和我一樣看得津津有味，對，那是正常的。有誰會質疑影片背後的東方主義呢? 疑似忍者軍團脫下面具原來是畸形怪狀食人魚人，波斯秘密武器是姚明級身高的孔武有力怪力男，軍團首領更加是自稱現世真神的山羊寶座波斯王。
一切一切都把東方來的侵略者描繪成仿佛地獄爬上來的惡魔，而西方的守護者則是有情有義肌肉發達頭腦冷靜熱血將領。
還有比像這樣的影片更能詮釋何謂東方主義嗎?
當一個社會從新聞到政治到娛樂都齊心協力把另一種文化妖魔化，卻連最基本的了解都拒絕作出時，你還有臉批評對方拒絕接受你的十字架嗎?

p.s. 罵了這麽多，我還是要給5分 :P
因爲，這部戲實在太熱血了啊!!!!!!

無病呻吟

最近很忙...
沒有甚麼時間做除了上班之外的事
下班之後能有的時間, 就剩下那麼一個小時而已...
講講電話, 還有看一下Code Geass就要睡覺了
唔...我不要這樣的生活...> <

波叔出城!

波叔出城好笑程度簡直滿分!

此乃劇照











此為真人


























劇情介紹(Yahoo影評): 「波叔」話自己係一名來自哈薩克的新聞記者，據說，他靠著賣炸彈給鄰國，先籌到5,000美金咁多，從家鄉走到老遠的美國，拍攝一齣騎呢紀錄片。「波叔」踏步美國即周圍搞搞震，屎尿屁飛雞走狗乜都出齊，不斷呼攏美國人出洋相，並用攝影機錄低每一刻，搞野過「笑笑小電影」。一次意外令「波叔」認識到電視螢幕中的波霸彭美拉，「波叔」即時迷戀著她，仲決定要闖關荷里活，結識這位「新歡」，同她交歡成親……《波叔出城》粗俗而不低俗，被譽為年度最爆笑喜劇。

Sacha Baron Cohen 果然是一代笑匠, 這套戲的每一個笑位都計算精準, 既有王晶式的屎尿屁低俗橋段, 也有異常英式的頷首微笑, 甚至有大量嘲笑政治的辛辣之語.
像是他在牛仔大會上的一段支持反恐戰爭的發言, 足以笑死政治評論家:
甚麼: 祝願美國的恐怖戰爭(War of terror, 不是Bush聲稱的War on terror 喔~)武運昌隆!
希望布殊能痛飲伊拉克人的血液, 從士兵到平民到小孩, 直到伊拉克的沙漠上連蠍子毛也沒一條.
如果你對美國政治以及國際關係認識不足, 那是肯定沒有我笑的這般大聲的 :D

評分: 9/10 笑死!

附上哈薩克斯坦共和國國歌,請起立欣賞 :


Kazakhstan greatest country in the world.
All other countries are run by little girls.
Kazakhstan number one exporter of potassium.
Other countries have inferior potassium.

Kazakhstan home of Tinshein swimming pool.
It’s length thirty meter and width six meter.
Filtration system a marvel to behold.
It remove 80 percent of human solid waste.

Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Northern fence of Jewtown.
Kazakhstan friend of all except Uzbekistan.
They very nosey people with bone in their brain.

Kazakhstan industry best in world.
We invented toffee and trouser belt.
Kazakhstan’s prostitutes cleanest in the region.
Except of course for Turkmenistan’s.

Kazakhstan, Kazakhstan you very nice place.
From Plains of Tarashek to Norther fence of Jewtown.

Come grasp the mighty penis of our leader.
From junction with the testes to tip of its face!

3 Sixty 好!

話說最近peak season 狂熱持續. 所以也沒什麼時間去搜刮各地珍饈美食了.
於是決定就近搞定. 結果讓我在landmark上面發現了一間新開張的 3 sixty.
這是一間標榜"change the world, one bite a time" 的新派貴價 food court. 銷售的東西由中環最常見的三文治 panini rice roll 到有機湯飯, 蒙古燒烤以至朱古力噴泉(!). 應有盡有.
三文治味道不錯, 份量也夠, 一個昂藏七呎的男子漢是絕對不會叫餓的.
不足之處是其他正常的 set lunch/set dinner 實在有夠難吃...
雞沒有雞味, 羊吃起來像鞋底, 還有那個跟飯的汁, 那是人吃的嗎?
好端端一個紅酒被弄得好像變壞了的羊奶芝士一樣. Disgusting!

btw, 今晚OT的時候收到學妹的電話(說是學妹, 人家已經做了1年工作了...)
她收到了KPMG offer, 今年年底會上班...
知道我第一個反應是甚麼嗎? :"歡迎加入新地獄."

Youtube!2

這是名為Rahmens的日本爆笑組合, 巨著 the japanese tradition: dating
如果你真的以為這是認真的教科書作品, 請去醫院檢查一下自己的腦袋



同樣是the japanese tradition: sushi: 完全昆鬼佬手冊之~ 壽司篇

Youtube!

笑爆嘴...雖然早就看過, 但是每次看都還能笑出來.
這次有英文字幕了 :D

Yes! 春茗!

今天無心向學返工. 整個上午都在渾渾噩噩的度過... 我不依呀~~~~

居然有那個美國時間跑去看春節聯歡晚會的小道消息, 真他媽的是老鼠給貓拜年 - 沒事找事.

結果到下午4, 5點的時候就有報應了... 兩個tax provision 一起爆出來, 6點己就要春茗的說...

算了, 說回春茗本身, 今年的搞手從善如流, 把那些拍馬屁呀, 擦鞋呀, 把A1當猴耍呀等等等等的無聊玩意都統統cut 得一乾二淨!

一定要給個Good job!












想當年我們要玩些甚麼超級無敵大電視呀, 辣辣壽司邊個食呀等等的無聊到連復活節島石像也會呵欠連連的白癡遊戲.
大概他們以為所有的老闆都喜歡從自己的手下那些孤苦伶仃不想做卻又不得不做的神情中取得高潮吧.
時代畢竟改進了, 今年我們只是在席間係甘意抽了一下利市就算. Good!
10點鐘就能離開酒樓, 還想怎麼樣呢?

p.s. 今天發現公司的零食機又出毛病了, 有兩袋Nacho 懸掛在出口邊緣, 仿佛在說"來嘛, 快吃了我嘛"
我跟小田田分別貢獻了共計29元, 買了3包百力茲和一包oreo硬生生的把nacho砸了下來.
是兩包喔~~~
(迷之聲:29元....直接買還比較划算)
吼~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~要你管!!!

過年好!!

今天去了NE家晚宴, 說是晚宴絕不誇張, 18個人同台吃飯,所有的飯菜都要分成兩份上台. 情況的混亂可想而知.

姑姐的BB好不容易才能找到一個可以被它蝦的動物, 於是追逐著白兔的屁股轉個不亦樂乎.
說是屁股那也是文雅的稱呼, 事實上它連兔兔的便便也不放過, 果然常言道狗改不了吃屎是正確的!

最開心的, 莫過於"豆"了十數封利是. 自從來到香港以來, 也從沒試過如此豐盛呢!

不過說實話, 這十來封利是也肯定比不上去年爸媽兩個人給的一封...

為甚麼說去年? 吼~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

今年大縮水呀!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 少了5倍呀~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

香港經濟有這麼差嗎 = ="

嗚...

無論如何, 恭喜發財, 美X髮彩...um...恭喜大家發財

p.s. 如果有人在玩"Cum" 棉胎的時候發現某位對手太弱而令遊戲呈現一面倒的局面時.
不要絕望, 請嘗試採用第二最慢的人拿牌的規則. 會令這個遊戲再現雄風!

豬年愉快!!!

真的是好一段時間沒有update了
不過算了,新年新希望, 今年我會有更多的心情來update這個疑似荒廢了的blog.
今天就讓我開始小修一下sidebar.
遲些會更加注重內容!
Yeah!

我們團結在新經濟的旗幟下前進!!

很久沒有提鼠寫點東西了… 作為一個理應是隨時寫下心情小寫的blog, 實在是不合格有餘。

至於為什麼現在要寫東西? 很簡單，本來想放工，不過某manager 溫馨提示他想在吃完晚飯之後商討客戶事宜，所以惟有滿臉堆笑地答應。

環顧四周，7 點鐘尚未有任何一個人有一絲半點離開的徵兆，無論是最低的A1 還是最高的partner. 我們被告知的是什麼?

Manager A: "你們今年是升職前一年，你想想，要是一個人每天都留到8 、9 點，另外一個準時離開，誰會比較進取? "
Manager B:" 今天要物理治療？5 點半要走? 噢… 康復得怎麼樣? 噢… 那今天早點走吧。來，我們先討論一下這個 provision file。 " 當然，離開辦公室的時候我已經遲到了 1個小時。

我知道很多人會說"食得鹹魚抵得渴"。我也無奈接受，可是最少，我也保留我小小的追問為什麼的權利。

為什麼惟有無盡的OT 才是進取的表現?

為什麼個人健康，休閒娛樂，朋友家庭統統都要讓道予工作?

為什麼工作就是我們生活的最中心? 為什麼想追尋其他的東西就被視為異類?


香港近年的發展有目共睹，蔭權政府雖沒有繼承老董的假大空式口號建港套路，那些赤裸裸的惟經濟至上論也令人掩面歎息。所謂文化發展，就是建立多少間劇院/ 提供多少文康場地，仿佛在玩Simcity -- 哦! 北角建立了粵曲中心，市民文康指數上升10 ，政府支持率上升1% 。預算減少 5,000,000.

一切皆可量化，一切皆可用數字表述，還有什麼比經濟資料更能一目了然的呢? 上有好者，下必有甚之焉。於是乎整個社會都在圍著一個錢字轉轉轉。當然。究竟是政府為經濟之上再先，市民隨之起舞在後還是正正相反? 這可能是本世紀其中一個最能令人爭論不休的論戰。

反正我只知道，那個聲稱7 點回來開會的manager, 現在8 點時還在某處晚餐。

"現在的年輕人，心眼兒裏只有自私，絲毫不想想人家是怎樣辛苦" – 對，若果我是那個 manager, 大概看到這篇文字後會作如斯感想。



p.s. 公司block了blockspot...只能回家才能upload 此篇短文．．．

望月懷遠

海上生明月 天涯共此時
情人怨遙夜 竟夕起相思
滅燭憐光滿 披衣覺露滋
不堪盈手贈 還寢夢佳期

moviemistakes.com compilation vol. 2

So, you think movies are always made perfect? Not always so.
Pay attention to last part, where a stormtrooper did something silly...

飛來橫禍？

上個星期和可愛的安妮去了台灣玩耍，出發前大家都認為這將是一個令人難忘的旅程，不過．．．沒有像現在這般難忘．

就讓我娓娓道來吧：

旅程的第一天：
抵達高雄．飛機窗外的景色其實頗為乏善足陳，跟我想像中的台南城市形象倒是相當符合．


















腳踏實地的感覺和飛機上的確不同，高雄給我最深的感覺是．．．交通混亂．．．
滿街都是機車，和十年前大陸滿街都是自行車的景象相差不遠
最大的問題是似乎都沒有甚麼人在遵守交通規則，紅燈他也動，綠燈他也動．
看來我是能寫出＜車潮＞來了　＝．＝
















話說回來，在這個城市裡走走倒相當賞心悅目，因為生活節奏慢上不少（機車的速度除外）
走到市民會堂前，也能見到這樣的搞鬼ｐｏｓｔｅｒ呢！　
香港政府是不可能用這樣的設計的！





















我忍不住也想Orz 一下呢! XD

逛逛走走, 我們就到了著名(?)的六合夜市,
其實私底下以為, 台灣最出名的還是基本上每個城市都翻版出一個來的夜市.
就好像香港的女人街, 沒有來過的話就不算來過香港, 台灣的夜市亦然.
東西還算好, 算是頗美味的, 有相為證:
甚麼甚麼?...相中那個裝模作樣的怪叔叔? 這個...口胡!!! 受死吧!




















旅程第二天:

今天去佛光山. 很著名的佛教聖地, 而且離高雄也不算遠, 1個多小時的車程而已.
這裡給人的感覺其實相當入世, 也印證了佛教這一世俗宗教的本像.
我印象最深的是無所不在的佛光茶, 當你走了一段路, 感到口干舌燥的時候, 就會有一個免費的茶水供應點等著你. 這種程度的體貼可不是一般旅遊點想到的.
這是在山門留的倩影: 這是飛天的姿勢嘛? 好像有點差異耶...














上圖乃翻版
































此乃正版 =.=

有鑒於純粹發佈女孩子的照片有欠風度, 附上本人玉照一張, 以示公允





















雖說是佛門聖地, 但印象最深刻的反而不是那些金碧輝煌的佛像, 而是像這樣的寫意環境:
我和安妮都為此而懾服呢
正是 疏影橫斜水清淺 暗香浮動月黃昏
好詩, 好詩.
看看她拍下的佳作吧 :D




















佛光山一游令人印象深刻, 雖說難免有點刻意營造的出世情懷, 但畢竟人文的關懷還能令人感動.
可是下午的景點就有點令人皺眉, 因為縈繞 在景點周圍的是揮之不去的斧鑿痕跡.
下面的是龍虎塔, 游人被建議從龍口(右塔) 進入, 從虎口(左塔)出去.
塔內的壁畫是些地獄景象和聖賢圖. 這跟虎豹別墅毫無二至.
所以看起來興味索然.















比較起來, 楊柳美女圖更加吸引一些:D




















晚上嘛...游愛河. 氣氛還好, 只是河岸兩邊沒有甚麼可以看的上演的建築物.















當天印象最深的甚麼? 佛光山? 也對, 不過風光秀麗也在估計之中.
我最記得的, 反而是這個:




















是酒店樓下賣的小甜品呀 :P
好好味! 當天最大驚喜!!

旅程第三天

此次去台南, 最大的心願還是陽光與海灘, 墾丁呀!!!!
好野!!!

所謂仁者樂山, 智者樂海. 下海前還是享受一下山林的陶冶吧.
原始森林耶 @@




















所謂...樂極生悲, 就是這樣:
















車禍受傷, 左腿三處骨折....
就這樣, 我的台南之旅...就這樣了...我的陽光與海灘...

後續
跟著的幾天只能在旅店裡呆著, 連一粒沙子都沒有見過...
幸好有安妮無微不致的照顧, 才令這幾天沒那麼難過
m(_ _)m

下一次!!! 下一次一定不會這麼失策的!!
我要和妳一起去另外的陽光與海灘來彌補這次的遺憾!

Baby?

Got this somewhere on the web. It makes me to think alot, what about you? ;)

20 Reasons Not to Have Children

1. Birth. Imagine pushing a grapefruit through your anus. Imagine it taking ten hours. Imagine that after ten hours of trying to push a grapefruit through your anus and failing that doctors cut a big hole in your belly to remove the grapefruit. Don't believe anyone who says that they forget all about it in a few months.
2. Responsibility. All of life's prior responsibilities pale in comparison. If you decide to have a child, that new person must absolutely be your top priority. As your child will remind you when he or she is older and something goes wrong, "I didn't ask to be born." A child is a life long commitment to a person who is innocent of this choice.
3. Diapers. Disposable diapers these days absorb lots of liquid, and they don't leak. But you still have to change hundreds of them. Often they contain more than liquid. As the child gets older, diapers become smellier and bigger tasks. Then there is toilet training, with its inevitable setbacks and accidents.
4. 3am wakeups. Caring for a child takes a lot of physical and emotional energy, made all the harder by babies that only sleep for ninety minutes at a time. Many parents of much older children seem to forget how hard the first few months were as they look at the past with rose colored glasses. Don't believe them. Parents need sleep to work well, and they often can't get it.
5. Hard on marriages. A baby takes so much time and attention that spouses must already have a great friendship and work well together before the baby arrives. It is a certainty that one spouse will disagree with the other about decisions on how to care for the child. It is likely that one spouse will resent the lost time with the other. A marriage with some difficulties will get much worse when a baby is crying and the parents are sleep deprived.
6. Advice. Total strangers leap forward to offer advice about how to raise your child. Most of the advice is contradictory and flat out wrong. Strangers will be much easier to ignore than your friends and family, many of whom have raised children quite successfully. Some advice you may want, but lots of it will be unsolicited and unappreciated.
7. Changed relationships. When your family expands by the addition of a child, your relationships with everyone, and I mean everyone, changes. Your child is at the forefront of most of your thoughts, and those people without children cannot relate. Those people with children are finally happy to see that you can relate. Everyone will watch how you raise your child and will at some point cluck and disapprove, including those who raised ten children and those who raised none. Some strong bonds will weaken, some friends will not been seen again. Some may improve, but with your energies and devotions directed towards your child, that is much less likely.
8. Free time. You will have none. Most time not spent with your child will be spent catching up on work you need to get done. You and your spouse must carefully plan any time away from your child, and very little can be done spontaneously. To pretend otherwise is probably neglectful of either your child or your spouse.
9. Worry. Parents always worry about their children, monitoring how fast they reach each milestone and how well they grow, eat, sleep, crawl, walk, read, make friends, and so on. And yet there is little a parent can do beyond allow a child to proceed at his or her own pace. It can be frustrating and scary when your child isn't eating well, or cannot read at his or her grade level, or is socially inept.
10. Money. Children are expensive in several ways. One parent loses wages while caring for a child. Children need to eat and be clothed. They need toys with which to explore the world. They need health care, they need education, they need activities and hobbies. They will need car insurance. The proper raising of a child is not cheap.
11. Laundry. Children do not contribute to household chores until they are older, and even then they generate more work than labor. Having a child means that your living space will need more cleaning than before, not only as your child makes a mess of it but also because you cannot let your child crawl around in dust and dirt. Your child will find all sorts of vile things to put in his or her mouth in the cleanest of homes. Your laundry and dishes will double, and you will do all the picking up after your child for many years.
12. Tantrums. Many times you will tell your child that they cannot have what they want, and they will scream to get you to change your mind. You will need to avoid saying "no" as much as possible, but then stick to your decision when you do. Otherwise you will encourage tantrums. However, younger children cry because that is the only way they have to express themselves, and you need to be attentive. It becomes difficult judging when a child is having a serious problem and when he or she is having a tantrum. Tantrums are not just for two-year-old children, they will continue for years in many different forms as your child will attempt to change your mind. At some point children figure out how to get what they want despite you, and that opens another can of worms.
13. Rebellion. Children need to assert their independence and individuality. All will feel stifled in some way by their parents or other authority figures, and they will attempt to subvert the dominant hegemony. Didn't you? It usually isn't pretty.
14. Dissonance. Lots of adults do not get along with their parents. Perhaps they forget all the work that their parents put into raising them, or perhaps they resent that the work that their parents did was not enough. At some point your child will probably be very angry with you, and may even hate you for years. This is not uncommon, and you know it because you can name a dozen people who don't get along with their own parents.
15. Pain. Your child will cry and you won't know why or how to fix it. You will mess up and let your child get hurt. You won't be there and your child will get hurt. Your child will get really sick. Your child will fail at something and feel humiliated and worthless. Guaranteed. The world is a hard place on everyone, especially small, naive, fragile people.
16. 6 billion. The world is already overpopulated. Do you really have to add to it? Do not answer this question lightly. Every new human draws on our limited resources, tramples over previously undamaged land, creates more waste, and accelerates worldwide instability.
17. Failed expectations. You may expect your child to be interested in things that fascinate you, and then be disappointed. You may be brilliant and your child may be dull. You may be athletic, unhappy to discover that your child has trouble walking a straight line. Your child may abandon your religion or main beliefs. Your child may grow up to be someone you have very little in common with. In fact, your child will definitely not be a little version of you. Any thoughts about what kind of person you want your child to be are wasted thoughts, and probably detrimental.
18. Lost freedom. People without children can easily pack up and move. They can be without work or change careers. They can break up with their partners and find new ones. Children, while often flexible, must be accounted for in all major life changes. In fact, they demand that the world not change around them so fast while their own understanding of the world grows and changes at the same time. Stability and routine allows a child to explore life from a vantage of safety and consistency. You must be willing to give your child such stability at the cost of your own freedom.
19. Hard work. Raising a child takes more than love and time. You must concentrate on all methods of communication that your child attempts so that you may properly understand his or her needs and wants. You must introduce your child to new stimulation and situations regularly. You have to figure out best ways to teach your child at each age, what to teach them, and when to teach. You must be available and responsive to your child even when you are tired or sad or very busy.
20. The unthinkable. The death of a child, while unlikely, is devastating. It often destroys marriages, as both spouses need comfort that the other cannot provide. Frequently one parent will blame the other. So much emotion, time, and energy gets poured into a child that to lose it all at once is crippling. Many well meaning people say hurtful and stupid things in a misguided attempt to help. This is one case where it is better to not have loved at all than to have loved and lost.

10 Reasons to Have Children

1. They're cute. In fact, your own child is adorable. Every sigh, every laugh, every motion is bliss. You fall in love with them.
2. Re-experiencing childhood. Regardless of how good your own childhood was, your child allows you to vicariously relive childhood. Usually it's much better the second time around, when you have all the wisdom of age but can enjoy the energy of youth. Playing with a two-year-old feels like being two years old again.
3. Learning. Watching your child learn is fascinating and fun. Each new skill or idea or word learned is a little victory. If you watch carefully, you will see that something new is discovered or conquered every single day. Your child will need to learn a lot from you, as he or she starts without much knowledge at all except for perfect sense of his or her feelings. While you are busy teaching your child about practical aspects of the world, your child will be teaching you emotional sensitivity. The active teaching and learning process is rewarding and fulfilling.
4. Reflection. Everything that you already can do probably take for granted, but your child will remind you that all those skills had to be learned. It reminds you of how far you have come in life, and shows you the sorts of difficulties you probably had when you were your child's age. Your child will also notice things that you have long since filtered out. I didn't realize how many birds there were outside my house until my daughter showed me.
5. Reincarnation. Your genetic makeup is a small part of your identity. More important are your ideas, beliefs, manners, and stories. All of these things will be taken up by your child and then changed around. Your child will never be a clone of yourself, fortunately, but instead will be a new variation of you and the other people that raise him or her. If you like yourself then this is very satisfying.
6. Socializing. Every society has a subculture for people who raise children. At every age you can find people also raising a child in a similar situation. You can make many new friends with whom you have a lot in common. The comradely and shared experiences ease some difficulties.
7. Control. You must not tell other people how to raise their own children. However, if you raise your own child, you get to do it your way, which you presumably believe is the right way. People might disagree with your methods, but if you have thought at great length about it--and you should if you plan on having a child--then you probably have good reasons for all the decisions you will have to make. When you find that your methods are not perfect, which you will, you can change them appropriately.
8. Adoption. There are lots of children in the world without parents. Adopting a child is an excellent way to greatly improve the life of someone who would have a very hard time otherwise.
9. Entertainment. Children have lots of energy and can be lots of fun. They develop imaginations, a sense of humor, and lots of excitement. Little kid laughs are infectious. Playing with children is very enjoyable.
10. Love. You are the center of your child's world, and as much as you may love and need your child, he or she will love you more. Children that are shown love and affection show it back many times over.

憂耶，喜耶?

最近在做某大型銀行的 tax provision, 親身的感受永遠比雜誌上的知識切身得多。
人說國内各銀行不良資產繁多，内部管理混亂且賬目不清，真的如此嗎?
以一個年營業額為100億人民幣的銀行來説，不良資產居然有500億之多，不可不謂觸目驚心!

可是什麽叫危機? 這個銀行在今年6月份的時候進行了不良資產的剝離。所謂剝離，就是將這批不良資產統統賣給第三方的大型資產管理中心。 如此的話，就能擺脫這一大筆不良資產。
這不可不謂大刀闊斧，但是成效如何?

我不知道，因爲我們現在正在見證中國轉型期的歷史性時刻。是成是敗，歷史自有公論。我
們能做的，就是為這些一個又一個大膽的行動呐喊助威吧 :D

吾不欲觀之

本來想寫一些輕鬆一點的文字, 或者是針貶時弊的短文
不過很明顯的, 由於自己沒有任何精力去故作風趣/睿智.
還是算了吧.

只是希望留下一點點紀錄, 我現在好累...好累...
tax pro, IPO, advisory, 全部明天要交貨.
OT到幾點不是問題, 但是成品的質素令人憂心...
嗯, 還是早點睡覺吧,不然明天不知道該怎麼過

巴士狂潮

最近這個月, 香港最流行的話題是甚麼?
不用問, 一定是巴士啊叔.
起因只不過是一段在Youtube的短片, 片中一個貌似TVB評述員林尙義的阿叔以高分貝和極度流暢的粗口和歪理痛斥一名毫無還擊之力的四眼後生仔.

這個是最原始的片段:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=76I82ZBtBJ0&search=%E5%B7%B4%E5%A3%AB%E9%98%BF%E5%8F%94

然後一發而不可收拾, 片中的 "你有壓力, 我有壓力, 你做咩挑釁我啊?" "未解決, 未解決, 未解決!!!"
"你好好打咩? 士多啤梨!!" 成為城中佳話.

於是, 出現了如下的versions:

煞科卡拉OK版

少爺占DJ版

雙語字幕版(翻譯的不錯 @@)

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四眼仔當事人回應 part1

四眼當事人回應part2


還有更多的, 不過, 懶得再貼出來了.

不得不提的是, 熱潮衝出香港走向國際, 連紐約時報也有報導 =.=

紐約時報
節選:-

''I don't know you. You don't know me. Why do you do this?'' the infuriated bus rider says, punctuating the sentence by jabbing his right hand downward in the air.

When the young man, who rarely talks back during the lengthy argument, expresses an unwillingness to continue the conversation, the middle-aged man explodes, ''This is not resolved! This is not resolved! This is not resolved!'' -- which has now become a catch phrase in Hong Kong.

He goes on to say, ''I face pressure. You face pressure. Why did you provoke me?''

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徇眾(?)要求, 現將其他滄海遺珠巴士阿伯片段公諸同好:

巴士阿叔大戰Alan Ho (N年前著名蠻不講理片段主角)

有線新聞有關巴士阿叔片段的新聞

巴士見 卡拉ok版

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