星期天發生了好多事，應該說，發生的事其實不多，但掀起心裡好多好多感覺，到了一個滿瀉的地步。原來心裡可以裝這麼多的感覺啊，好神奇。是一堆只會留給我的日記本子的回憶。
對了，跟he's just not that into you完全無關，電影是前天看的。別亂猜喇。是完全另外的一些事。
30 March 2009
he's just not that into you.
The book is way better than the movie - if you are looking for a "slap in your face" effect, than a sweet marshmallow-y dream.
The movie is too hard trying to conjure a coherent fictional story from the book, which is in fact a Q&A style relationship guide book - so, the movie ends up with interweaving characters who know each other.
AND, the disappointment for me is that the movie adds a Hollywood happily ever after ending (as my friend said, the movie first slaps you in the face, then, gives you a candy in the end as comfort, while the book slaps you in the face and that's it, nothing). Such ending is totally opposite to what the book is saying all along, "you are not the exception, you are the rule".
With such an ending, the movie becomes a date movie and pleases all the couples who go and watch it as a date movie, I guess. If a film is made 100% like the book, it would be a HORROR movie instead.
So, why do I seem to know so much about a book called "He's Just Not That Into You"? A confession, I read it (at lightspeed, I remember, ha) at a time when I needed someone to tell me this:
"He's just not that into you".
Yes, he's just not that into me.
Probably, he was never into me, anyway.
The movie is too hard trying to conjure a coherent fictional story from the book, which is in fact a Q&A style relationship guide book - so, the movie ends up with interweaving characters who know each other.
AND, the disappointment for me is that the movie adds a Hollywood happily ever after ending (as my friend said, the movie first slaps you in the face, then, gives you a candy in the end as comfort, while the book slaps you in the face and that's it, nothing). Such ending is totally opposite to what the book is saying all along, "you are not the exception, you are the rule".
With such an ending, the movie becomes a date movie and pleases all the couples who go and watch it as a date movie, I guess. If a film is made 100% like the book, it would be a HORROR movie instead.
So, why do I seem to know so much about a book called "He's Just Not That Into You"? A confession, I read it (at lightspeed, I remember, ha) at a time when I needed someone to tell me this:
"He's just not that into you".
Yes, he's just not that into me.
Probably, he was never into me, anyway.
26 March 2009
電影節。友情回水一日遊。
電影節又開鑼，近幾年已失卻了對電影節的熱忱，甚至試過連小冊子也沒有拿－年輕時（唉）本小姐會倒數派發小冊子的日期，然後極速看完它，再細心計劃看戲路線（真的要有路線啊，不然怎樣跑一天幾場哩！最瘋顛的時候，路線可以如下：１２時半文化中心－（坐船過海）－２時半大會堂－（再坐船回來）５時文化中心－（飛奔或坐車）７時半科學館）然後翌日（郵購訂票首天）親手把表格交到文化中心的電影節辦公室。
好顛，也好爽。那時候，一日可以看超過３場電影（最顛好像是５場），太空館那些「難坐度十粒星」的座椅，仍記憶猶新。
３月２５日晚，本來考慮看全度妍ａｎｄ河正佑的「愛情回水一日遊」(即是MY DEAR ENEMY!!) 後來作罷。結果，好朋友多了一張票子，陪他看他的心水片子…結果，出哂事！全片僅長８４分鐘，我們捱了一小時便提早離場，再一次中了「電影節小冊子精彩絕倫的介紹」的陷阱！友情回水一日遊呀，老友。
除了年紀大捱不住「一日五餐看電影」以外，電影節小冊子介紹的內文跟影片本身的落差（可以恐怖地大！）也是我跟電影節說再見的原因啊。
好顛，也好爽。那時候，一日可以看超過３場電影（最顛好像是５場），太空館那些「難坐度十粒星」的座椅，仍記憶猶新。
３月２５日晚，本來考慮看全度妍ａｎｄ河正佑的「愛情回水一日遊」(即是MY DEAR ENEMY!!) 後來作罷。結果，好朋友多了一張票子，陪他看他的心水片子…結果，出哂事！全片僅長８４分鐘，我們捱了一小時便提早離場，再一次中了「電影節小冊子精彩絕倫的介紹」的陷阱！友情回水一日遊呀，老友。
除了年紀大捱不住「一日五餐看電影」以外，電影節小冊子介紹的內文跟影片本身的落差（可以恐怖地大！）也是我跟電影節說再見的原因啊。
25 March 2009
24 March 2009
The Reader. 讀愛。
讀愛這個譯名很搶眼 （對文藝青年而言！），但其實－
重點是「讀」而不是「愛」(狹義指男女之間的愛情)、
「讀」得最清楚的是「恥」（個人恥辱和國恥兩個層面）。
不是愛。
千萬不要帶著愛情片、更甚帶著「三級性情片」（自作term！ 哈哈哈！）的眼光進場，否則會把你悶壞！也是老中青三名演員的演技實力大比拚時間： Kate Winslet 固然精彩 (看罷十分十分後悔，沒到戲院看Kate 和Leonardo 的「浮生路」Revoluntionary Road)，少年米高 David Cross（只有１８歲的小伙子！）的演出也見層次，眉宇間也跟Ralph Fiennes 出奇相似。
讀愛，你又會讀到甚麼？
重點是「讀」而不是「愛」(狹義指男女之間的愛情)、
「讀」得最清楚的是「恥」（個人恥辱和國恥兩個層面）。
不是愛。
千萬不要帶著愛情片、更甚帶著「三級性情片」（自作term！ 哈哈哈！）的眼光進場，否則會把你悶壞！也是老中青三名演員的演技實力大比拚時間： Kate Winslet 固然精彩 (看罷十分十分後悔，沒到戲院看Kate 和Leonardo 的「浮生路」Revoluntionary Road)，少年米高 David Cross（只有１８歲的小伙子！）的演出也見層次，眉宇間也跟Ralph Fiennes 出奇相似。
讀愛，你又會讀到甚麼？
飲恨。
因為工作關係(HKAFA亞洲電影大獎 3月24日即是今晚 晚上8時半 明珠台 我有份翻譯呀睇啦睇啦), 直到今天才認真研究今年國際電影節的戲碼, 這才發現, 日本電影《橫山家之味》(HKAFA 最佳導演獎作品) 導演是 是枝裕和 (很喜歡啊!), 男主角是阿部寬 (超喜歡啊!), 女配角是樹木希林 (很欣賞啊!), 而女主角竟是阿部寬在日劇《不能結婚的男人》(超超喜歡!!呀!!呀!!呀!!) 的舊拍檔夏川結衣 (超超超喜歡!!!) - 哎呀!!
後知後覺的我, 工作完畢即CHECK 《橫》片售票情況, 一場已滿, 一場未滿 - 但是, 那天我「要」開會啊 - 哎呀呀!!
飲恨。
後知後覺的我, 工作完畢即CHECK 《橫》片售票情況, 一場已滿, 一場未滿 - 但是, 那天我「要」開會啊 - 哎呀呀!!
飲恨。
23 March 2009
「講」男「講」女。不「讀」出來就不明白的「讀愛」。
最討厭把戲院當成自家客廳、一邊一啖零食一邊跟另一半高談闊論劇情細節之「講男講女」，他們這樣做，完全反映其眼光之狹窄、無視其他觀眾的存在（也許在他們眼中，世界之大就只有眼中的情人一個吧）。
我到世界各地旅行也會看電影、看電影院、看看電影的人，這類無品「講男講女」絕對是香港別無分店的特產，實為香港之恥也。
我看的電影是「讀愛」(THE READER)，很想問問我身後的講男先生講女女士：喂！你地唔將銀幕上發生的每件事每本書名「讀」出來，係咪會死架呢？
我到世界各地旅行也會看電影、看電影院、看看電影的人，這類無品「講男講女」絕對是香港別無分店的特產，實為香港之恥也。
我看的電影是「讀愛」(THE READER)，很想問問我身後的講男先生講女女士：喂！你地唔將銀幕上發生的每件事每本書名「讀」出來，係咪會死架呢？
08 March 2009
Still humming.
humming frantically (true)...don't like this...
humming crazily (true)...
humming non-stop (not in tune, but true)!
humming gently (false, I wish)...
humming beautifully (false, I wish)...
humming softly (oh, I've got it!)
Here you are, the amended lyrics.
auntie judy humming softly
to the tune of 小(小)姑娘
miss the dumplings made by rafa's
amazing papa in beijing
humming crazily (true)...
humming non-stop (not in tune, but true)!
humming gently (false, I wish)...
humming beautifully (false, I wish)...
humming softly (oh, I've got it!)
Here you are, the amended lyrics.
auntie judy humming softly
to the tune of 小(小)姑娘
miss the dumplings made by rafa's
amazing papa in beijing
Care to join me?
Saturday lunchtime is the most relaxing to me.
Good food, nice coffee,
great sharing time with a good friend.
Care to join me next time?
Early reservation recommended.
No early-bird special though.
For the foodies out there, to save you asking -
this is back ribs @ Ginko House on Temple Street.
you were always on my mind.
Two songs are playing interchangeably in my mind these past few days.
Entirely different styles, and for entirely different reasons.
(1) 小小姑娘 This is a song dedication to dear Rafael.
(If you know what this is all about, enjoy it along with Rafa. If not, just let the tune pass, you'll be fine, haha.)
auntie judy humming frantically
to the tune of 小(小)姑娘
miss the dumplings made by rafa's
amazing papa in beijing
(2) "Sally's Song" (from the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - a wonderful but dark-ish movie, perhaps not for kids?! Go go go watch it if you haven't. I just LOVE Tim Burton.)
In Joanna Wang's 王若琳 concert in Hong Kong, she sang this song and said it has a big influence on her music style. Found later that one of her favorite musicians is Danny Elfman. You can watch her sing it here.
It makes me want to watch "Nightmare" again, oh Sally.
Entirely different styles, and for entirely different reasons.
(1) 小小姑娘 This is a song dedication to dear Rafael.
(If you know what this is all about, enjoy it along with Rafa. If not, just let the tune pass, you'll be fine, haha.)
auntie judy humming frantically
to the tune of 小(小)姑娘
miss the dumplings made by rafa's
amazing papa in beijing
(2) "Sally's Song" (from the movie "The Nightmare Before Christmas" - a wonderful but dark-ish movie, perhaps not for kids?! Go go go watch it if you haven't. I just LOVE Tim Burton.)
In Joanna Wang's 王若琳 concert in Hong Kong, she sang this song and said it has a big influence on her music style. Found later that one of her favorite musicians is Danny Elfman. You can watch her sing it here.
It makes me want to watch "Nightmare" again, oh Sally.
06 March 2009
The world which "they" live in.
我是一只貓頭鷹，昨晚早了點睡，不知怎地，今早清晨彈了起床，難得跟爸媽一起吃早餐，餐後更去了－晨－運－。（難怪有朋友指，我是「退休青年」）
早晨的街頭，人來人往，出發時有大群大群的小學生（附近有至少五家小學）、陪行的家傭或爸爸或媽媽，回程是有大群大群的上班族，一概是我久久未見的風景，有點那是「他們生活的世界」，跟我無關之感。－他們大概也久久未感受過，工作至清晨，看到朝霞、聽到鳥兒吱吱叫的美妙吧？！
但是，為了健康，我還是慢慢做回一只早起的鳥兒吧。讓我做那只吱吱叫的鳥兒好了。
早晨的街頭，人來人往，出發時有大群大群的小學生（附近有至少五家小學）、陪行的家傭或爸爸或媽媽，回程是有大群大群的上班族，一概是我久久未見的風景，有點那是「他們生活的世界」，跟我無關之感。－他們大概也久久未感受過，工作至清晨，看到朝霞、聽到鳥兒吱吱叫的美妙吧？！
但是，為了健康，我還是慢慢做回一只早起的鳥兒吧。讓我做那只吱吱叫的鳥兒好了。
05 March 2009
"hear a pin drop".
Last night I went to Lisa Ono's concert (HK Arts Festival finale performance, 2 more shows but all sold out as I have been told, sorry we missed you), it's simply Bossa Nova heaven.
When she sang "Moon River", there's just light guitar and piano accompaniment, you could hear a pin drop in the room. Total silence, all ears and eyes (and all the other senses!!) focus on her tenderly voice.
If there's one thing I could change about my life (well, I can still start now, of course....), it's to learn a music instrument of some sort, of any sort. Music can do things even movies (haha) and literature cannot to one's soul.
When she sang "Moon River", there's just light guitar and piano accompaniment, you could hear a pin drop in the room. Total silence, all ears and eyes (and all the other senses!!) focus on her tenderly voice.
If there's one thing I could change about my life (well, I can still start now, of course....), it's to learn a music instrument of some sort, of any sort. Music can do things even movies (haha) and literature cannot to one's soul.
01 March 2009
mama mia
我媽媽煮菜奉行少油少肉原則，吃得極清淡，做人極有規律。不知何故，近年卻愛上看電視台星期日八點鐘的「好味呀好有口感呀好有肉味呀」飲食節目。今晚難得陪她一起看，我們一邊看，一邊在胡扯：
媽：「韜哥好胖哦！」
我：「對對對，看來好像不倒翁。」
媽：「食物多肥膩，整個碟底都油油的。」
我：「對對對，看完節目，光是用眼看都增加一萬個卡路里，膽固醇超標。」
看完「日日有食神」（今晚主題是澳門），卻又激發我跟老媽重新研究早前提過的吳氏四傻澳門之旅。她又問問我找工作的情況，最近翻譯工作的稿量。然後，她多玩一會「channel surfing」便去睡了。
然後，我開電腦收電郵，接到好友媽媽突然安息主懷的消息－猛然醒覺，陪媽媽看無聊（到爆）的電視節目，已是幸福。
媽：「韜哥好胖哦！」
我：「對對對，看來好像不倒翁。」
媽：「食物多肥膩，整個碟底都油油的。」
我：「對對對，看完節目，光是用眼看都增加一萬個卡路里，膽固醇超標。」
看完「日日有食神」（今晚主題是澳門），卻又激發我跟老媽重新研究早前提過的吳氏四傻澳門之旅。她又問問我找工作的情況，最近翻譯工作的稿量。然後，她多玩一會「channel surfing」便去睡了。
然後，我開電腦收電郵，接到好友媽媽突然安息主懷的消息－猛然醒覺，陪媽媽看無聊（到爆）的電視節目，已是幸福。
《目送》－「冬，一九一八」
今天晚上，想到《目送》以下的話：
「人生本來就是旅程。夫妻、父子、父女一場，情再深，義再厚，也是電光火石，青草葉上一點露水，只是，在我們心中，有萬分不捨：那撐傘的人啊，自己是雜亂時代的孤兒，委屈了自己，成全了別人。兒女的感恩，妻子的思念，他已惘然。我們只好相信：蠟燭燒完了，燭光在我們心裡，陪著我們繼續旅程。
在一條我們看不見，但是與我們的旅途平行的路上，爸爸，請慢慢走，白日依山盡，黃河入海流。欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。」
「人生本來就是旅程。夫妻、父子、父女一場，情再深，義再厚，也是電光火石，青草葉上一點露水，只是，在我們心中，有萬分不捨：那撐傘的人啊，自己是雜亂時代的孤兒，委屈了自己，成全了別人。兒女的感恩，妻子的思念，他已惘然。我們只好相信：蠟燭燒完了，燭光在我們心裡，陪著我們繼續旅程。
在一條我們看不見，但是與我們的旅途平行的路上，爸爸，請慢慢走，白日依山盡，黃河入海流。欲窮千里目，更上一層樓。」
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