8/28/2005

日記

1. Saw an anti-Disneyland campaign in Mongkok today after the Disneyland visit yesterday. However what I concern most is what they would be able to do when everything is already in place. Their webpage: http://disney.no-ip.com/

2. 買左旺福誌.

8/27/2005

Disney!!!

Spent a whole day in the Hongkong Disneyland. Like work, I had to get up early and squeeze into fully packed MTR trains. Bumped into some friends there, and a lot of schoolmates, some colleagues also. The visit turned out to be very physical. It was really exhausting walking here and there, and waiting in lines all day. The sun was shining bright and so the air was in a sweaty smell.

Still having such a theme park in Hongkong is amazing. The trip also reminded me that Walt disney had indeed created a lot of classics, and dreams.

8/06/2005

一個閒適的下午

今日又來一支公出擊,決定到西貢找terra。自a-levels那年暑假在flow長期打礅後,幾年來就只回去過三數次。近兩次到訪得知terra在西貢開了分店,但週末下午方開。拿了咭片但就此而已。今日有空,就起行。

一直以來心目中的西貢離不開海鮮和滿記糖水。但今日一下車,就彷彿立即被一種不同的感覺包圍,很悠閒很舒服。放眼四周的特色店舖和食肆,我很多也想試光顧看看。不一會到了目的地,不難找。唐樓單位內滿眼是舊書,我認為selection甚至較flow更好。樓底很高,加上實內的擺設和流動著的收音機聲,很有懷舊味。幾年不見,terra好像較以前還精神。店內還有一個女孩在幫忙,是自幼在西貢生活念書的,膚色黝黑而且身型窈窕得很天然,和一般的女孩很不同,也很好看。

三人愜意的閒聊,那時方知terra原來就住在店內,平日上班週末開店。漫漫長夜有書為伴,實是美事。收開收音機,旋律中一室發黃的故事。還有滴滴答答的水龍頭,惹人遐想的輕掩著的木門,放眼窗外cafe旁的太陽傘。單是想想已令人興奮,真的很嚮往這種lifestyle。怪不的女孩謂住在西貢的人都不想離開。

臨行前買了一本小時候很喜歡的書。從前是要在圖書館借的,今日能找到也是緣份。女孩帶我在市內走了一圈,在cafe內喝了一杯忍不住要大讚好味的shake。實在不枉此行。

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這樣的書店不可能會賺錢。但從terra身上,我很確切的感到賺錢不是最重要的。而這種態度,也瀰漫在西貢的大街小巷。

無論你是否有空或路過,也請去看看︰

流動的心情書店 flow organic bookshop
1/f, No 16, Wan King Path,
In the Square, Sai Kung Town
Opening hours: Sat/Sun 12:00 - 18:00
http://www.flowagain.com/

8/03/2005

當我們在一起

適逢星加坡朋友來港工幹,一班UC EAPers又有機會聚一聚。畢竟我們曾經愜意地朝夕相對,所以別有一種特別的連繫。

我應不應該為了Jur破戒,製造廢物??? 呵呵呵。