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Hooked On You

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因為家妹的功課選擇陳奕迅、楊千嬅主演的「每當變幻時」為題,所以我也順道一同觀看這齣劇名聽來驟似無聊愛情劇的電影。一看之下,竟然產生意想不到的共鳴。有感而發,遂作此評。 「每」的劇情其實十分簡單:當魚販的陳奕迅在其經營的街市「富貴墟」遇上為父還債而賣魚,年近三十的楊千嬅,十年來經歷回歸後香港的風風雨雨。他倆從冤家到相愛,後來又分開,最後重遇卻仍不能成為情侶。隨著「富貴墟」的清拆,曲終人散,各自生活, 留下的只有絲絲的惋惜。 與其它回歸慶劇一樣,「每」都有加插不少回歸十年的集體回憶。例如:連鎖超市入侵街市、連鎖餅店倒閉、傳銷騙案、SARS肆虐、七一大遊行等。就算最後清拆「富貴墟」的一幕,也有清拆天星碼頭事件的影子。就重播集體回憶這方面來說,「每」不是拍出特別出色。幸好也沒有濫播,反而更能夠帶出本身的主題。 表面來看,「每」是陳奕迅與眾街坊在「富貴墟」的故事。我卻認為,楊千嬅的十年人生歷程才是「每」的主題。雖然楊因為家境而被迫屈就街市,一個於賒來的時間借來的地方,日以繼夜工作,但是她沒有因為自己身處的劣境而放棄對生活及愛情的要求。正如她選擇錢包一樣,她不會退而求其次去選擇現有卻不是自己的理想目標。她對理想的執著最終得到回報,成為蜚聲國際的化粧師。 可惜,楊的執著卻成為她愛情的絆腳石。她在街市的時候已被餅佬、豬肉佬和陳奕迅追求;當她事業有成的時候更是不乏條件優秀的選擇。然而,經歷多年的尋尋覓覓,她發現原來什麼條件、什麼標準都不是最重要;原來一個喜歡自己而又自己喜歡的已是「一個值得嫁的人」。 不過如果主題是這一點,「每」只不過是一齣老掉牙的愛情劇而已。重點是楊本身是一個典型七十年代(香港經濟飛躍的開端)出生的香港女子,當她踏入她人生的黃金時期,香港卻由黃金時期急轉直下跌落一蹶不振的深淵。身處大時代的巨變,作為小市民的楊在事業與愛情都顯得進退失據。這種反應不是因為她個人的性格缺陷,而是因為面對巨變的她不懂得如何調整心態。可是,調整心態倒不是容易的事情。她曾經嘗試改變,嘗試改革街市,嘗試投靠豬肉佬,嘗試傳銷。然而,每人心中總有一條底線,不會想變就變,如果可以變便已經不再是她自己了。最後,楊得到妥叔的幫助,離開街市,開創自己的事業。 然而感情不像事業,錯過了未必可以回頭。回歸十年,楊事業有成,機緣際遇讓她再遇上陳。多年不見,陳對楊依然關懷備至,楊也一直使用陳送給她的普通錢包。然而情

Work Hard for Living

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In order to welcome my friends who will visit later, I started my maiden work. After that, I have realized that I should invite them to have a hotpot instead. :P This scene outside my bedroom wakes me up around 7am. >.<

Glorious Moment

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燦爛的一刻 屯門.黃金海岸遊艇會 早晨新一天 金鐘.金鐘廊Délifrance

Alibaba Rally

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Alibaba stock rocketed to the cloud by horse yesterday. The stock price closed at HK$39.5 per share, $26 more from its offer price $13.5. In the other words, the stockholders almost tripled their capital on the first trading day. According to a source, the founder and chairman Jack Man Yun was a teacher before he becomes the dotcom giant. After he visited the US, he learnt the Internet and then founded Yellow Pages of China. After his Yellow Pages contained a plenty of companies, he thought why not match them to do business. This thought thus created Alibaba.com 8 years ago. In 2003, my company made a proposal of establishing a B2B platform to a giant bank. The bank would like to utilize the Internet to build a platform for processing LC amongst its customers, which include suppliers, buyers and trading companies. The platform would also allow the companies doing business online so that it becomes a bank-supported B2B marketplace. Unfortunately, the person in charge was assigned to ano