Wednesday, March 31, 2010

北京話



北京話(不是普通話)是極豐富生動的語言,是中國文化的精華,就連罵人,都罵得特別有水平。北京人罵人,不帶髒字。

「你一出門,千山鳥飛絕,萬徑人蹤滅。」
這是罵你人緣差。

「想咬你一口,可惜我是回民(回教)!」
這是罵你像豬。

「天下之大,大不過你缺的那塊心眼。」
這是罵你蠢。

「小子,今兒是怎麼了?出門忘了吃藥,還是吃錯了藥?」
這是罵你神經。

「你活着浪費空氣,死了浪費土地,半死不活浪費人民幣!」
這是罵你多餘。

「你的人生,總結起來就八個字:生的荒唐,死的窩囊。」
這是罵你沒用。

「看看你的排名,就知道你們班上有多少人了。」
這是罵你廢物。

Saturday, March 27, 2010

明日晴れるかな - 桑田佳祐





「埋藏心底的愛不是愛,唯有付出的愛才是愛」。

日劇「求婚大作戰」的主題曲,歌名是「明天會放晴嗎?」,劇情描述健的青梅竹馬好友禮結婚了,在婚宴舉行當天,健發現自己真的很愛她,祈求上天讓他回到過去,好讓他將埋藏心底的愛告訴她,把她追回來,其實禮從少就喜歡健,奈何健一直愛理不理,禮最後決定嫁給中學時的代課老師......

喜歡歌的意境和歌詞,桑田佳祐將淡淡哀愁娓娓道來,觸動我心。

付出了,覆水難收,不再回來,「忘記背後,努力面前」卻還不是時候!

Thursday, March 25, 2010

我不想忘記你

2009年3月25日早上11:15你發出的那個電郵,揭開了改寫我們人生的序幕,還是我在3月18日發出的才是? 由顛覆標準到站在黃綫以後,我能選擇的是甚麽?

每當六神無主的時候,就翻開南華早報的每日星座運程一看,我還保留了「事發」以後的一些:

March 25
You have a knack for explaining the virtues of new plans or ideas in a way that can make them appealing even to those who insist they’re not interested. However, winning them over to your way of thinking will require a serious dos of charm combined with solid information.

March 26
When things go wrong, you can be extremely tough. However, you also make a clear distinction between what’s important and what isn’t. Sadly, other people haven’t and are making a large issue out of the very small errors made by one particular individual.

March 27
Only days ago you were arguing against certain agreements that would result in substantial changes to elements of your work or lifestyle. Now you’re enthusiastically planning for the future. Keep this in mind, especially over the next several weeks.

March 28
A clash is brewing with somebody you respect but who also rather intimidates you. Obviously, you’d prefer to resolve differences before it all comes to a boil, so you’re trying to gather the facts you need and thinking things through, which will make the situation easier to manage.

March 30
Nobody would blame you for being suspicious about ideas that would require far-reaching changes to elements of your working or domestic life. However, you also realize these aren’t just wise but also help you ease into the changes taking place around you.

March 31
Making a plan and sticking to it is important. Still, the powerful planetary activity involving Mercury, Pluto and your ruler Saturn indicates you’re facing a combination of intriguing developments and changes in the actual circumstances you’re dealing with.

April 1
Because you dislike it when others take a heavy-handed approach to discussions. You state your points clearly but do everything to avoid being brash. This is the problem: one particular individual anything less than blunt statements.

April 2
Others say they’re excited about the plans you’re mulling over but you’ll soon need more than just their enthusiasm. Actually, their anxiety is greater than they’re admitting. Take it slowly, allowing the facts triggered by the new moon to expose those issues that need to be discussed.

April 3
Every Capricorn struggles with self-doubt in some form and sometimes they’re vicious. The irony is that not only are others rarely aware of these, they’re often intimidated by your knack for organizing things. This is the case now. Reassuring them in relatively simple.

April 4
There is a difference between knowing that you’ll have to make life-changing decisions and actually making them. Some people seem to think that because they’ll have to be made eventually, the sooner they’re dealt with, the better. You’re right in deciding to wait.

April 6
You’ve been struggling to create a balance between you domestic life and various more worldly obligations but you haven’t achieved much. The events triggered by the full moon later this week will result in big changes and bring all those efforts together.

April 7
Little makes you more uncomfortable than emotional dramas. Yet you’re aware that, of ages, one particular individual’s circumstances have been deteriorating. And you fear if you even mention these issues it will all come out in a waterfall of feelings.

April 8
You realize that it’s unwise to try to preserve one particular longstanding arrangement in your domestic set-up just because it’s become part of your life. As delightful as this situation once was, things have changed, and this element is seriously holding you back.


你不是如此難以忘記,我只是不想忘記你。

Monday, March 22, 2010

世界反映自己 - 周兆祥


你生命之中,許多人輪流出場,佔一席位。你可曾知道,他們個個都是一面鏡,反映出你自己內心世界的一些情況?

如果你望進鏡裡看著自己,感到鏡中的自己不夠好,你會說那面鏡扭曲了形象,未能正確反映真相,自己其實並非那個樣貌。

生命中出現的每一個人發生的每一件事,其實都是上天要求我們反省一下,更進一步認識自己,改善一些要改善的地方,從此更趨完美。

我們不時會遇到一些人,我們覺得他們不妥,於是企圖改變鏡中的影象那麼傻,這是拒絕面對現實。我們覺得某人不妥,感到看不順眼,正是因為此君象徵著、突顯出某些我們自己不妥(而不肯正視)的情況。如果你發現某位朋友小器,快快自我檢討:是不是自己不夠大量、無法容納他人?如果子女暴戾火爆,快快檢討理解自己內在的憤怒。或者你的上司做事毫無計劃,你會覺得自己辦事有條不紊,肯定他不是你的鏡中倒影,不過其實說不定你自小被家長嚴格規管,做事處處規行矩步,你的內心長期渴望解放,有機會做些荒唐不負責任的事,於是你身邊的人真真正正反映出你內心的世界。

人人都有各種特色,你周圍的人具備許多特色,你毫不留意、視而不見,証明你自己雖有這些特色卻不覺得不妥。你對他們某種特色看不過眼,往往正是上天出手在提醒你留意自己有這種問題。

我們生命中遇到(其實是當時留意到)的人事物,往往是上天的啟示——尤其如果連續3次:

那一天你在路上遇到3次盲人,是不是你有甚麼看不到、不肯去看?
一連幾天看到3次路上車禍,是不是你的生命驅趕得速度太高?是不是隨時會大禍臨頭?
忽然發覺自己3次找到用罄的電芯,是不是你已經筋疲力盡,內心能量乾涸?

我們平日遇到(其實是當時留意到又事後記得起)的人事物,也多有象徵意義,提醒我們好好反省自己的處境、狀態:

失掉了辦公桌的鎖匙——是不是你覺得自己的事業失去方向、或者失去信心、或者對這份工作失去了興趣?
無緣無故滑倒——會不會是你的生命失去了重心或平衡?你擔心自己的處境,感到難以站穩腳步?
突然被樓上倒下來的水淋個正著——說不定你內心積存塵垢太多,需要好好清洗?

阿祥明白了這個道理之後,不再念念不忘去改變身邊的人,反而努力內省,想辦法改變自己。

http://hk.myblog.yahoo.com/simonchauhk/article?mid=5389

Sunday, March 21, 2010

"Didn't I" Stay "By Your Side"?



I didn't realise that you were someone else
Until it was too late
So fooled by your disguise, carried away
I thought you were my friend

But things change and you along with them
Gone are the days when we laughed through the night
And it will never be the same

I said it wouldn't last forever didn't I, didn't I
Don't want to say I told you so but didn't I
I gave you all my heart and soul and didn't I cry
But somewhere deep in your heart, deep down inside
I got to you
Oh baby didn't I

We made no promises, we lived for every moment
Together come what may
What need was there to lie, for heaven's sake
I loved you anyway

But things change and time heals the wounded
Where there was pain there's a scar on my heart
Now I can't look at you the same

I said it wouldn't last forever didn't I, didn't I
Don't want to say I told you so but didn't I
I gave you all my heart and soul and didn't I cry
But somewhere deep in your heart, deep down inside
I got to you
Oh baby didn't I




You think i'd leave your side baby
You know me better than that
You think i'd leave you down when you're down on your knees
I wouldn't do that
I'll tell you you're right when you want
And if only you could see into me
Ha ah ah ah ah ah

Oh when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me

When you're on the outside baby and you can`t get in
I will show you you're so much better than you know
When you're lost and you're alone and you can't get back again
I will find you darling and i will bring you home

And if you want to cry
I am here to dry your eyes
And in no time
You'll be fine

You think i'd leave your side baby
You know me better than that
You think I'd leave you down when you're down on your knees
I wouldn't do that
I'll tell you you're right when you want
And if only you could see into me
Ha ah ah ah ah ah

Oh when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me
When you're low
I'll be there
By your side baby

Oh when you're cold
I'll be there
Hold you tight to me
Oh when you're low
I'll be there
By your side baby

Thursday, March 18, 2010

不負如來不負卿



曾慮多情損梵行,入山又恐別傾城;
世間安得雙全法,不負如來不負卿。
美人不是母胎生,應是桃花樹長成;
已恨桃花容易落,落花比你尚多情。

六世達賴喇嘛倉央嘉措在布達拉宮的寢宮裏,
懷念伊人而寫的情詩。

愛,或者不愛


你見,或者不見我
我就在那裏,不悲不喜
你念,或者不念我
情就在那裏,不來不去
你愛,或者不愛我
愛就在那裏,不增不減
你跟,或者不跟我
我的手就在你的手裏,不捨不棄
來我的懷裏
或者
讓我住進你的心裏
默然 相愛
寂靜 歡喜
昨晚收拾東西時看到這則剪報,今早無聊鑽進自己的博客看到它,發現2009年12月27日上載當天,沒有寫下甚麽,唸了一遍,突然想寫一點。
六世達賴的高尚灑脫情操,不是一般凡夫俗子可以做到,所以沒有默然相愛寂靜歡喜,至於那些「愛你愛到殺死你」,也不是傷春悲秋如我者能做到的轟烈。
我還在那裏握著你的手,不捨得你,同樣想走到你的懷裏,住進你的心裏,我只是默然想念,寂靜傷悲而已。

「世間安得雙全法,不負如來不負卿?」

http://blog.xuite.net/moonraining/blog/8359548

Wednesday, March 17, 2010

I Used to Want to Change the World


「I used to want to change the world. Now I want to leave the room with a little dignity.」Lotus Weinstock 的名言。

十多年前,跟當時青年服務團體繼任自己的人合不來,失蹤了一段時間,看到Weinstock的話,不知道她是何許人,更不知道她說的所謂何事,就是感同身受。

過了這麽多年,去年底因爲一次虛榮心傷害了自尊心,又想起了。

話説老大哥服務團體的理事D先生邀請我到他們的每週例會分享,感到榮幸之餘,還有點光宗耀祖,心想日後可在江東父老面前炫耀一番,便一口答應。日子過去,D 先生沒有再與我聯絡員,此時我卻發現老大哥於同日另邀高明,且大事宣傳,隻字不提我的部分,主動聯絡D先生,他表示的確在同日安排了兩位嘉賓,提議我先分享我的。

眼見自己知名度不如人,既然人家隻字不提自己,便打退堂鼓罷了。

因爲傷得很,還想起了「自尊心是不能傷害的,被傷害的自尊心底下生長的是仇恨」,如果說「世界的一切不會因爲我的悲傷而改變」,世界的一切也不需要因爲任何人的悲傷而改變。

有時候,我的確覺得自己沒有理會別人感受的必要,因爲他們沒有顧及我的感受。

Tuesday, March 16, 2010

惜與求


「惜食惜衣不獨惜財還惜福, 求名求利必須求己免求人」鄭家大屋内鍾駿聲書之對聯。
上週日參觀鄭家大屋,看到一樓大廳有這有意思的對聯便抄了下來。

Sweet Child O' Mine - Guns N' Roses






據説Axl Rose 跟吉他手Slash不和,不然Guns N' Roses會更上一層樓,我所認識的Guns N' Roses,謹是Sweet Child O' Mine和Axl扭動蛇腰的舞姿而已。

Saturday, March 13, 2010

LV vs 投資風險


一天,一位其貌不揚的男士,帶著一位十分豔麗的OL,來到Causeway Bay一家LV店。

他為OL選了一價值6萬5元的LV handbag。

付款時,男士掏出支票本,十分瀟灑地簽了一張支票。店員有些為難,因為這對夫婦是第一次來店購物。

男士看穿了店員的心思,十分冷靜地對店員說: "我感覺到,您擔心這是一張是空頭支票,對嗎?今天是週六,銀行關門。我建議您把支票和handbag都留下。等到星期一支票兌現之後,再請你們把 handbag 送到這位小姐的府上。您看這樣行不行?"

店員放了下心來,欣然地接受了這個建議,並且大方的承諾,遞送handbag的費用由該店承擔,他本人將會親自把這件事情給辦妥。

星期一,店員拿著支票去銀行入賬,支票果真是張空頭支票!憤怒的店員打電話給那位元顧客,客戶對他說: "這沒有什麼要緊啊!你和我都沒有損失。上星期六的晚上我已經同那個女孩上床了!哦,多謝您的合作。"

這個故事揭示了次貸危機的本質。

人們在對未來收益充滿良好預期的時候, 對於可能加大風險缺乏防範意識。

美女認為週一六萬多LV就到家了,自然也就放鬆了警惕, 認為ONS的投資是值得的,對於投入產出的預期是建立在一個具有巨大不確定風險的情況下的。而對未來收益預期的包裝則是這些投資機構最擅長的事情。

股民大多跟這個美女一樣,所以虧錢基本上是活該,沒有這些人,股市賺誰的錢呢。

而媒體和分析家們,往往在其中扮演了LV店員的配合角色。

Friday, March 12, 2010

三杯酒


原載於2010年3月11日東方日報副刊,請按滑鼠便能閲讀放大版本。

我可算是梁小姐的專欄讀者,覺得她跟我一樣懷有赤子之心,另一種説法是「長不大」,我的選擇一樣是「傻仔酒」,雖然更多時候,我是同時喝那三杯酒。

Tuesday, March 09, 2010

當「明星」進化成「無需要太多」






當你見到天上星星 可會想起我
可會記得當年我的臉
曾為你更比星星笑得多
當你記起當年往事 你又會會如何
可會輕輕淒然嘆喟
懷念我在你心中 照耀過

我像那銀河星星 為你默默愛過
更那柔柔光輝 為你解痛楚

當你見到光明星星 請你想 想起我
當你見到星河燦爛
求你在心中記住我

無需要太多 只需要妳一張溫柔面容
隨印象及時掠過 空氣中輕輕撫摸
無需要太多 只要再三地望向我
請妳望向我
仍慣性笑笑似最初一樣
仍感覺到妳我也認識過

人活著但願尋找開心不曾做錯
誰又受罰為何只淮陪我坐
妳注意過我已經稱賀
世界太闊 妳的哭笑不止為我

*曾失去太多 只想妳置身於他人面前
仍會略略提及我 彷似妳歡喜的歌
無需要太多 只要某一夜夢見我
當妳夢見我 會碰碰那一個 失眠的我

就算妳是重要 如何能講出需要
身邊沒缺少 還祈求多少需要

我說「進化」,因爲我不欣賞「昇華」,後者多用於美化「行不通」的感情關係,我用前者,意味進步。

有趣的是,一方面我確「曾為你更比星星笑得多」, 而你說過「妳注意過我已經稱賀,世界太闊,妳的哭笑不止為我」,另一方面我站在那段由前者到後者的心路上,時而徘徊,時而顛簸,需要「愛」、「狠」,更需要「寬恕」和「放下」。

昂首闊步以前還是希望「當你見到星河燦爛 ,求你在心中記住我。」

同樣我相信你會希望我「當妳夢見我,會碰碰那一個,失眠的我。」

Monday, March 08, 2010

「不要讓自由變成放縱」


原載於2009年的明報副刊,卻忘了寫下日期。

曾經在「沙士」以後,有幸聼過沈教授的講座,感受他的高尚情操,就明白為甚麽這位抗沙士英雄能夠帶領香港走出恐怖。

Sunday, March 07, 2010

The Purpose of LIFE


The purpose of life is not to be happy. It is to be useful, to be honorable, to be compassionate, to have it make some difference that you have lived and lived well." Ralph Waldo Emerson

偶然看到,很喜歡的名人名言。

I'd Rather Be A Could-Be

"I'd rather be a could-be if I cannot be an are; because a could-be is a maybe who is reaching for a star. I'd rather be a has-been than a might-have-been, by far; for a might have-been has never been, but a has was once an are." Milton Berle

「曾經有」和「發生過」,可能比「從來沒有發生」來得痛,但來得好。