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聖誕節當天，鴛鴦與檸茶去了冬季購物節暨美食嘉年華。會場人山人海，尤其美食嘉年華的會場更是老饕肆虐，每個攤位都擠滿張牙舞爪，狼吞虎讌的人群。這真是教人透不過氣來，我倆走了一圈便匆匆離開。 往回家的巴士站前正是檀島咖啡餅店。其蛋橽雖是聞名已久，但是我一直未嘗一口。適逢下午茶時間，遠聞蛋橽酥皮香味，近看更是滑溜動心，於是我倆便入內初嘗。 我倆點了蛋橽，夾心多士（即是法國吐司）及吉列魚柳公仔麵。蛋橽碓實名不虚傳，皮脆蛋滑，蛋味濃郁；吉列魚柳更是驚喜，外脆內滑，與蛋橽的做法一脈相承。看著四周典型茶餐廳的環境，我想，如此簡單的小食便能俘虜食客的心嗎？ 當我想得出神，豎著刀叉的茶杯突然翻瀉，茶水濺至四周。說時遲那時快，旁邊的侍應已經拿著乾布上前抹乾桌面玻璃及其它濕透的地方，連玻璃與桌面之間的縫隙也用紙巾抹過，把茶蹟水蹟吸得一滴不留。當我倆驚魂未定，侍應已經完成他的工作。那時候我便明白，那般一絲不茍的服務態度便是那間茶餐廳的成功之道。 我記得某日本同僚曾經說過：香港人非常喜歡吃。所謂「民以食為天」，當時我覺得喜歡吃是理所當然，似乎他的話言猶未盡。現在我可能明白了：只求溫飽，不求卓毅，與犬豚何異？

一九九七年一月一日零時，港生與韻文同遭車禍，死去... 就主題與情感表達而言，姑且勿論演技好與壞，由張婉婷執導的「玻璃之城」確實是上乘之作。該劇把黎明飾演的港生與舒琪飾演的韻文之間，既像透明又易破碎的玻璃之愛表現得絲絲入扣，楚楚淒美，娓娓道來，柔情似水，逝意如風。縱使我因身份與時代不同而未能代入其中，然而當中二人相識，相愛，分別，重遇，舊情復熾，難捨難離，破境重圓，共赴黃泉的一幕一幕，伴隨著香港七十年代至九十年代的滄海桑田，無不教人惆悵興嘆。 電影前半部是製造懸疑及交代主人翁的背景。港生與韻文是七十年代成長的社會精英，在象牙塔生活相愛，對未來有著無限的憧憬，為理想可以犧牲無悔。不過，現實無情。港生負笈法國，獨留韻文在港，結果兩人各自成家立室，金童玉女的童話好像在那時候劃上句號。 時耶命耶？還是無可避免？內地改革開放，把港生拉回到香港這個舞台；再因中英聯合聲明簽署，回歸在即，港生與韻文兩位不諳普通話的精英不約而同修讀同一個普通話課程。結果兩人再次相遇，悄悄地喚起當日的甜蜜回憶。那時候，他倆的故事便真正開始。 他倆起初是欲試還止，直至韻文在電話中聽到救護車的響號，兩人才察覺真愛便在眼前，因為自己掌上的生命線，事業線，愛情線都已經刻上對方的名字了。港生兌現當天的承諾，與韻文一起學習駕駛飛機，要飛越一座一座的橋，因為他們心中有著共同的「康橋」。 雖然他倆是真心相愛，但是事實是他倆各有家室，不容婚外情。他們嘗試面對現實，分手了結。然而，正如韻文所言： 「咁我都希望你記得, 我地分開嘅日子, 你唔喺我身邊, 我先至最愛你。」 當下社會豈容不倫之戀。於是，張婉婷導演給予他倆最圓滿的結局：死亡。只有死亡，兩人才可以真正擁有對方，真正地永不分離。 這齣電影不是轟天動地，而是輕柔，淺淡，細膩，好像是導演自己的感情溶入沖照片的藥水裡。大概因為這齣正是香港大學畢業的張婉婷內心映照，而玻璃之城正是英治香港。回歸前夕，對於七十年代成長的她，英治香港是瑰麗璀璨，卻又像霧裡看花，又易摧毁破碎。當回歸變成鐵一般的事實，她不得不接受這個歸室，感情上卻還依綣著殖民時期。我想，因為這個矛盾，所以她內心一直掙扎。只有死亡，猶如王國維投湖殉清，才能釋懷，讓自己可以永久擁抱那片回憶，儘管現實則是過去已經隨風消逝。 與「 每當變幻時 」相比，「玻璃之城」未必能夠引起大眾共鳴（正如韻文所言，有三分之二的精英已在回歸...

When the sun rises again from the south east, the winter has come. A year goes by. Hang Seng Index has dropped from 27,460.17 (on 19 Nov 2007) to 12,915.89 (on 18 Nov 2008). This is another world.

Sedan Chair was a kind of transportation for the rich in the ancient China. It was also the mean of transportation in the early Hong Kong. Now it was no longer the symbol of the rich but has become the mean of charity. In order to promote Matilda International Hospital , Sister Joyce Smith suggested to raise a Sedan Chair Race of charity. Thus the 1st Sedan Chair Race was inaugurated in 1975. Sedan Chair Race 2008 was hold yesterday morning. Our organization was one of participants. We finished the race with around 18 minutes . (not bad for amateurs :P) our Sedan Chair theme: One World

Here are some highlights of Talk For Thoughts - Tour of Language Fantasy by Mr. Chow: 1. Word Order is important in Analytic Languages. English: Do you eat to live or live to eat? Chinese: 狗放屁，放屁狗，放狗屁 2. Adposition is required in Isolating Languages. e.g. 黃毓民將蕉掟向曾蔭權 but 黃毓民蕉掟曾蔭權 3. Inflection for Causative also happens in Chinese. Can you pronounce the following correctly? [衣]錦還鄉 窌窕淑女，君子[好]逑 [飲]馬長江 [王]天下 親賢臣，[遠]小人 齊侯欲以文姜[妻]鄭大子忽 齊威王召即墨大夫，[語]之曰 4. Counting Words in Chinese are similar to Genders in European Languages but they also act as classifiers. 一篤屎 一舊屎 一灘屎 一pet6屎 我個女朋友 我條女 5. Language Structure in Chinese changes along the time. Ancient: 殺牠死 Modern: 殺死牠 6. There is Suffix in Cantonese. 我打工[架咋喎]。 7. There is Circumposition in Cantonese. 佢[差唔多]死[咁滯]。 8. Cultural Relativism vs Social Darwinism My Conclusion: Have Fun!

There were two flower girls, who were four years old, in my friend's wedding yesterday. Before the wedding, a friend taught the girls ABC. A for Accumulator B for Bond C for CDO Oh my god, what will the world of the next generation be? D for Debt E for Equity F for Fund G for GAAP H for Hedge-fund I for Investment J for Junk-bond K for Keynesian-economics L for Liability M for Mini-bond N for Nasdaq O for Obligation P for PE-ratio Q for QDII R for Real-estate S for Sunk-cost T for Tax U for Underwriting V for Value-added W for Warrant X for XD Y for Yield Z for Zero-coupon-bond

The couple was at the top of the world, while I was at the top of the banquet venue. Over, over. Yes sir, all are under control. Operation Control Centre, Macau Tower Convention & Entertainment Centre , Macau