过年咯

Thursday, January 29, 2009

常听人说长大了，好想像孩提时那样过新年。依我看，这除了是种念旧的表现，更多的是种向往过度浪漫化的过去所产生的心理作用。

而归根究底，我想症结离不开简单的两个字：现实。更确切地说，是认清了现实后而得到看待新年的新视角。

对小孩来说，新年最棒的就是拿红包。（这个我想你若是问十个孩子至少有七个会这样说）但自小就被灌输红包不外就是一种大人礼尚往来的表现的我，也忘了是从几何时（大概是从那次开始）就对拿红包没多大兴趣了。大人为了不让自己发红包时口中的“一点小意思”变成不好意思，有时还真得费一般心思的。“内容”如果不怎么样，就得从“包装”上下手，所以即使我到了这个年纪还拿到“口袋怪魔”的红包封套也不会感到奇怪。当然，为什么有些人选择避年，除了是苦恼要包“多少”的问题外，或许就是要避免赴这一年一次的“鸿门宴”，也就是俗称的“拜年”。

和亲戚的寒暄，把一年、甚至两年、三年所累积的客套话一次过讲完，感觉好像是一轮又一轮的面试。（现在在哪里读书啊? 今年几岁了？当完兵了哦！时间好快！）和以前不一样的是，没有妈妈在身边帮忙“挡”住一些问题，还是能应付自如，不为什么，只是岁月提炼出的老练，经验化身成的圆融而已。

这样一年一度的关心往往让我受宠若惊，浑身不舒服之余，就是觉得自己像只动物园里被围观的旅客观赏着的动物一样。更何况以前大多时候只是静静地在一旁当花瓶，所以对问候中暗藏着的比较，也没太在意，现在反而讨厌自己的“听者有心”，不知以我这小人之心度了多少“言者无意”的君子之腹。

如果是一年见那么一次的亲戚，那就真的是除了那层“亲属关系”外，可能和你完全没有任何关系的人。甚至可以这么说，若地点不是在一个聚集了众多“亲戚”的家，而是人来人往的大街上，很可能这些“亲戚”会和其他陌路人一样和你若无其事地擦身而过。

世界上的事情，有时看不清楚也不错。

突然想玩烟火棒，看着它在燃烧时绽放令人目眩的光芒，须臾就只剩下一片烟雾和一根废铁。容我再玩一支，延续又一次对美好的奢望。

Envoy of the Stars @ 8:58 PM
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扭转乾坤

Monday, January 26, 2009

一元复始万象新，虽然“新”这种东西只有在跟旧有的事物比较时才能分个清楚。既然这样，那就在见证物换星移的同时，继续探索着有趣、无趣的未知。

向着看得半清不楚的前方狂犇吧，握着生命钥匙的初生之犊们。


Envoy of the Stars @ 1:22 PM
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老港日记之老饕上身

Friday, January 23, 2009

注意：以下照片可能会让你觉得不舒服，那是一种叫肚子饿的症状。空腹饿肚者务须警惕。若有闪失，恕不负责。

Disclaimer: The following pictures may cause mild discomfort through the triggering of a symptom known as hunger. Those on an empty stomach please be warned. The author will not hold any responsibility should any emotional or physical disturbances be experienced.

Food hunt commenced on the third day. Brunch was dim sum. The above picture is roast pigeon.


All smiles..

Char Siew Bao rocks!

Too spoilt for choice

Dessert at Hui Lau Shan (which has franchises practically taking over the whole HK)

杨枝干露

Along Causeway Bay

Watching...

Dreaming...

Feeling...


A Junk

Sitting and watching as the world goes by

Avenue of Stars

Tired after so much walking..

But having enough energy to roleplay

"I said, 'Action!'"

Free advertising

Tucking in

云吞面太棒了！竟然让我叫了两碗。其他人更不用说。店老板看着我们点菜的表情是一脸的难以置信。没特别原因 ，就你们的店很赞嘛。

Another good shop found.

Satisfaction guaranteed after yet another day in HK.

Envoy of the Stars @ 11:30 PM
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In Simplicity We Seek

Wednesday, January 21, 2009

In science there is this principle Occam's Razor that decrees that if two competing theories both explain the facts and make the same predictions, then the simpler one is correct.

Sometimes we end up covering up explanations with more explanations and weaving a greater web of complication when we get too caught up with details.

But that's science and logic, human relations are another thing.

On a side note, makeup is something like that, covering and concealing what one has applied, the significance of which is self-derived. The fact I suddenly brought up this example has probably raised some quizzical eyebrows but well, I just had to include something I learnt from Makeup Class 1101E given by none other than a certain Ms Denise Yuen who was kind enough to conduct the lesson in the canteen, with alfresco concept in mind, not to mention the totally unrehearsed presence of so many who happened to be nearby. Oh well, it is always interesting to know a little bit more.

Envoy of the Stars @ 9:52 PM
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老港日记之疯狂暴走

Friday, January 16, 2009

延续自〈老港日记之澳门前传〉

翌日，我们一行人睡至日上三竿，方乘车至澳门渡轮码头，准备搭船到香江。

船在起浪时会有些颠簸，有点坐海盗船的感觉，想必船外头是怒海翻腾，我的肚子也是风起云涌。看着前面放着的一杯奶茶，在船身摇晃中晕开的水面，透露了几分身不由己。Yes, it is but a teacup in a storm or is it but a storm in a teacup.

Yongen 的偷拍技术不输传说中的狗仔队

Where is the hotel?! It says "one min walk from the mrt station".

寻找当中

見つけた！

For that we rewarded ourselves with lunch. About S$4.50 for this set meal. One of the cheaper meals we had. Or should I say cheapest.. (a foreshadow of things that will come later)

Train rides are shorter when you talk to each other.

He has a thing for post boxes. Not.

Trams that looked cute on the road.

Cheers to us all.

Dinner was exquisite.

The popular dish was roast goose.

Thumbs up for this place! (and the money spent)

Interesting shop names.

Always beware of dark well-lit alleys where bullying is always around the corner.

No none of them broke their backs.

And up we go... to the Peak.

After a long stretch of escalators and through this winding road..

we were officially lost. (No actually we were at the middle point. 半山腰) Here's cheng checking out the map, which says we only have to walk along this mountain path to reach the peak.

And so we walked...

and walked...

and stopped..

Before walking again.. Memories of a*my route march flooding back... We were too crazy... singing aloud without a care in the world as we trekked. Our song list includes community songs from back in the good old sec school days. So if someone heard 关怀方式 and "If we hold on" that night, it is not something of the supernatural.

The scent of the rich..

Rewarded with a nice view for our efforts of choosing to trudge up the mountain instead of taking a tram from the bottom.

And finally we reached this tram stop where we were about to take the tram up...





... only to be told by the tram driver that we were only couple of hundred metres from the top.

We made a dash to the finishing line, all smiles..

And met Angelina Jolie and Brad Pitt who happened to be there as well.

And hence began our cam-whoring at Madame Tussauds.

I hope she is happy now..

And him too.

And her as well.

We have our own agent in our midst.

我是警察。

We love the Beatles!!

We try hard to fake the moonwalk..

Saturday night fever for them..

See what I mean.

Comon Woods. You can see THAT!

Elated soccer fans

The wind was frigid that night. But that didn't stop Gavin's “我听到了”pose.

I knew it. The world is a matrix. We can fly!

We never get tired of this.

情陷夜中环

"LOST" in 兰桂坊



Taxis in abundance lined up along the road, ready to pick up anyone who has decided to call it a night.

No we didn't.

We only walked around the place 3 times...

Finally decided to settle down for a small drink. What happens after this is unpublished. And so ends the second day.

Envoy of the Stars @ 4:18 PM
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