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Inside the Cave

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How can I escape from the cave? 長洲.張保仔洞

Sleepless in Victoria City

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鋼の會計士: 在中環和維港是多麼的消遙! 親愛的朋友呀, 妳在想什麼? Victoria Harbour @ 3am (HKT), Hong Kong

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...

Lunch in Jollibee

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I had lunch alone yesterday, so I walked to Central to explore any special restaurant. In the lane beside World Wide House, there were some Filipino restaurants. One was a McDonald's-like fast-food shop called Jollibee . The appearance looked a rough clone of McDonald's, the menu of foods was similar too. They were still different yet. Jollibee was better, I mean. Most of cashiers were Filipino, who could speak in English and Cantonese. Similar to staff of McDonald's, they did upselling too. However, they were more friendly and polite. The pace was not slow but I did not feel pushed at the counter. I felt comfortable to buy foods there. I ordered a lunch set with ALOHA, which was a Hawaii-style hamburger. As well as burger meat and some vegetables, it consisted of bacon and pineapple piece, which are my favorite. The fried potato sticks were hot and crisp, not too heavy in taste. Plus HK$2.5, Mr. Juice accompanied me. Although Centralmen may not appreciate such raw place, ...