來去如風的中秋節過去了，九月尾聲的香港仍然是盛夏般乾煎酷熱。公園賞月的人水泄不通，比病毒折騰久了，不顧一切全家大細出動，前所未見的墟冚！ covid or not that was the most i’ve seen such a jam-packed park on any given night during the year. this moon festival broke all personal obversation record for human density there! people really were having some quality time with friends and family while mesmerized by the full moon.
太多人風箏也放不了 ／ with so many people, no place for kite flying
書展裏瞥見國泰航空七十年代的餐牌，除了英文外竟然有點造作之餘加了法文。中文係殖民時代是否欠奉是常態就不得而知。我倒是好奇這班連名稱皆印到餐牌上的 ” compassion tour group ” 乃何方神聖？另一張海報的亞洲女郎活像是蘇絲黃的世界跳出來一樣，嘴藐藐的但洗不掉那種西人對東方的迷戀。
à quoi ça sert le menu en français dans un vol de cathay pacific dans des années 70s? les lettres en MAJUSCULE de taille plus GRAND que celles en anglais, cela rend l’office québécois de la langue française jaloux hahaha. néaumoins, c’était un vol entre tokyo et hong kong, deux villes qui tiennent aucune relation francophone. la fille qui apparaît dans une autre affiche rappelle une caricature datée d’époque suzie wong!
i will write a non-Chinese language review if time permits and my heart still at it, for the time being u have to settle on imperfect google translate
香港社會運動電影節(今年第十七屆)是我覺得比較進步的組織之一。在過去幾個月香港嘅社會運動、遊走拉美之間、以及老豆進出醫院之間，到十一月中先至到電影節做觀眾。
第二套睇嘅戲係yes, we fuck，內容探討身體不同能力嘅人的性需要 。
影後討論提到性教育、衛生巾、男女待遇不同、性小眾等等當代議題。對於身體狀況不一樣嘅人，如智商低於70的話，香港政府以保護為由，所有跟以上人士的性行為皆屬違法。問題來了，性慾、性高潮、甚至更複雜的性愛情感是天生賦予的，在保護個別人士和滿足他們生理需要甚至生理健康之間怎樣取捨？我相信認識個人身體、體質、能力係非主流媒體世界外隱形但實實在在放喺觀眾眼前的多樣的胴體、多樣的性需要、多樣的性快感，是包容不同需要人士的進步社會遲早要正視的第一步。
不是農曆年初一的通宵班火車
也不是凌晨尾班車要回廠時
只是總站車門打開後轉車的沙甸魚還未追上的一刻
一卡又一卡的向前看
展示完美的直線
未看到盡頭已朦朧
背負的是人皆可見的生活重擔
So this has been a weekend loaded with activities I attended haphazrdly. The Kowloon City Bookfair, which is running its 6th annual leg, finally fit into my junky, over-the-head, boisterous music-by-the-habourfront weekend. Organised by young literary connoisseurs, back by a creativity-oriented high school, a think tank, etc., the bookfair is a mélange of talks, roundtables, flea market, mini-bookfair and a mini-concert. Free of charge to everybody, coarse but ever-evolving, it’s what this overcrowded and over-developped city needs if Hong Kong were to slow down and smell some roses, or fresh air!
Thanks to a random gift of kindness, I set foot in West Kowloon waterfront for Clockenflap, probably the last time in a while by the West Kowloon waterfront since constructions will be swung into actions in the coming years.
My previous impression of this “music festival” has been some gweilos replicating rock concerts spiced with burning man. Upon entering I was upset with the overfloated plastic recycle bin with all types of trash. A day later however, a politically charged performance by “my little airport” sort of eased my displeasure. Well, in a non-perfect world, room for improvement is the key!
ole ola….
The dust has long settled after the World Cup 2014 in Brazil. Football aside, the theme song and its video really sounded and looked heavily American, albeit international production. So much for Brazil’s backbone of photographing and fingerprinting Americans visitors knocking on their doors on arrival, when it comes to big money, multinationals still dictate how events are run or sponsored. This couldn’t be truer weird and somewhat vulgar and definitely violent (towards the end) parody which par hasard caught my attention today:
So the Brazilians spent all that money, threw in some false pride, garnished with cultural absence and misrepresentations and topped off with some posh infrastructures, et Voilà! Who eventually would benefit? Wait, Rio will host the Olympics in less than 48 months and the story keeps on fermenting itself.
and here’s the NFL or Miami-like original jingle.
What did you do on Christmas Eve? For me this year it was sprinkled with solitude as I walked mostly alone during the day, passing by a Buddhist temple in the afternoon, spending well over an hour looking at its architecture, the free literature they are giving away (mainly the Sutras)
Towards midnight I descended into the town centre, blended into a sea of tourists, excited teenagers and took a few pictures, then had into a midnight mass. While most attendees were indulged in their prayers and hymns, the entrance looked a bit like a circus, with the curious but not the religious parading in and out taking pictures and videos. Festive indeed and I applaud the church and its open door policy – showing everyone that those who don’t believe or are not familiar with their protocols or etiquette are still very welcomed, which is a first step in preaching their beliefs, if not getting to world peace !
這裡的前言是指2013香港特別行政區特首梁振英先生於1989年北京的軍人開火屠殺學生後發表的譴責。當然說那番話的人已經被今天的那個政客如當年坦克車壓人般推倒。梁生這陣子跟很多豐衣足食的人一樣基本上不敢說後語！歷史看來還要黑暗一段長時間。
2013 的梁振英 無言以對 1989 的他
我在上世紀九十年代開始有約二十年的光景以香港以外為家。2012年可算是留港較長的日子。正因如此，廿年來只錯過一次十號風球。也許時間沖淡了我對自然災害的警覺性。看見從書展（不）匆忙離開的人群，抑或是街道上連綿不絕的候車人龍，初時大家也估計不到會吹正十號風球。
plein de gens等巴士的人真多啊！
a glimpse of the typhoon through the glass at the largest exhibition venue in the heart of HK
a glimpse of the typhoon through the glass at the largest exhibition venue in the heart of HK
小時候還會『掛』風球的，現在大概有需要的能從網絡的twitter，rss等更新到電腦或手機上。我能夠從天文台的網站『記錄』下十號信號的圖像，想若問二十年前的人，必會覺得匪夷所思。
No. 10 typhoon signal, only the third time in the past 30 years
令人心痛的是颱風過後的幾星期，大大小小連根拔起的樹木，吹遍滿地的樹枝和落葉，所謂十年樹木，百年樹人。要補充失去的樹木不知要幾多光景。
debris everywhere in town
幾個月前在微博天津衛視求職類節目《非你莫屬》中,海歸郭傑因對答結結巴巴被主持人和嘉賓懷疑學歷造假。節目後引發前谷歌中國的李開复網上討論。姑勿論學歷的真真假假，如果在一個國家生活了十年才講這程度的外語真是有點那個。
Une émission de téléréalité à Tianjin a soulevé de controvese en Chine. Ce programme qui aide des gens à trouver d’emploi sur l’antenne a eu comme candidat un gars de 32 ans qui avait passé dix ans au hexagone. Étant donné qu’il tient trois diplomes en sociologie, en réalisation (du cinéma) et du tourisme, il a survécu des moments en (pas) répondant des questions du panel sur 1) nommer un sociologue français; 2) Saviez-vous Godard ou Truffaut, etc. Même si vous parlez pas de chinois, vous pouvez sentir la gaieté (sur la part de l’hôte) et l’inquiétude (sur la part du candidat) qui ont persisté dans une vingtaine de minutes.
http://video.sina.com.cn/v/b/77809783-1374893571.html
par contre, Shang Wenjie, gagnante en 2006 de ‘chao ji nü sheng’ (c’est-à-dire Star Académy Féminin) en Chine, diplomée de la prestigieuse université Fudan dans le département du Français, s’entretien en un français impeccable. S’il y a une chose que les chinois en sont fiers, c’est une formation locale en Chine ne désavantage pas nécessairement contre un séjour de dix ans en France.
不相信我所說的，聽聽本地薑復旦大學法語系畢業的尚雯婕一下於CCTV法語的訪問吧！這位2006年超級女聲出身的藝人倒替國內大學出一口氣！
所以呢，一個在法國學“導演”的竟然不知Godard或Truffaut是誰，又或學了“社會學”也點不出一個法國社會學家的名字，這真的不用網民生氣為他平反。當然，其中一個老闆文頤好不到那裡，但boss團從參加者答案使他們懷疑也有其道理。
un asiatique et son charabia 某亞裔噏得就噏 an Asian Guy's rigmarole 