7/27/2008

星期六

亦要返工,生活艱難。陽光普照,下午獨個兒由office信步而行至灣仔赴我一年一度的書展約會。

站著兩個小時聽了村上春樹的兩岸熱潮研討會。講者是賴明珠和林少華,主持為我也頗buy的健吾。就當是一邊聽一邊回味小時在公共圖書館等心愛的書上架的時光。我也承認我心目中的村上春樹就是賴明珠,先入為主的覺得較對味。林少華的譯作只看過一兩本,講不上喜歡。不過我一向對內地的翻譯毫無好感,因為那些中文偶爾令人骨痺,再加上橫排簡體字,視覺效果亦甚劣。不過無論如何,若非有這兩位有心人,廣大的華文讀者就要錯失很多好書了。研討會上賴明珠講的不多但深得我心,林教授卻經常令我頗為不耐,而且討論翻譯也可以帶酸腐味,難頂。

接著又逛了幾小時,近幾年的書展其實也大同小異,那些賣英語老歌CD的攤位依然九唔搭八。最後有必要展出我的戰利品。



我要買回我的回憶。不過好沉重。

7/20/2008

慶賀......

爸媽結婚三十週年。

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週末的超市很擠。可能對很多家庭而言,推著購物車這兒看看那兒看看,讓小孩子對著薯片糖果發狂一會後再去鄰近food court食tea,是一個不錯的家庭樂,足以消磨一個下午。也蠻幸福的嘛。

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充滿回憶的星期天。

6/27/2008

Work is Work.

近日有個同事問我覺得每個月搵幾多錢至係多
其實投身社會不久我已經realise
閣下若非在金融界打滾
靠出糧多極有限

自問無乜entrepreneurship
所以應該整定打工
既然搵錢唔會多
老套D講,工作的寄託自不應是來自薪水
但偏偏我愈來愈發覺
除了薪水福利
很多工作也是差不多 - 開會,收發電郵,趕deadline

Passion is scarce.

6/18/2008

Celtics' 17th champs

What a game and what a series. I have never been rooting for the Celtics but Im really happy that KG and Allen get their rings. And Pierce too. Three very respectable individuals.

But not as happy as seeing Mr Kobe the cry-baby Bryant shooting bricks throughout the series, losing it all and proving that he is unable to win a championship by himself. At least not up to this season. No doubt he is a superb player having legendary abilities but I, perhaps joining millions of other basketball fans out there, just couldn't stand how this guy has been bitching about everybody. His bosses, teammates whosoever. Putting all the blame on the others but himself. And his club has finally managed to close a deal and stole Gasol from the Grizzles, how unfair it was to the other teams.

You just would not be able to stop detesting this guy when you see him throwing his typical glares all over his teammates and showcasing his gigantic ego again and again. Okay, when you're a winner, perhaps people love to see you doing all this (while many still hate to). But Mr Kobe cry-baby Bryant is no winner. VERY NO. No winner but a whiner. At least not up to this moment. Perhaps he is going to win it some time but let us just indulge in the 2008 Finals for now. Hooray.

Last but not least, let us not forget about the comments from the experts too:


Sometimes I still don't see why people would get paid for analysing sports statistics. Okay, Im not a happy guy after all.

6/16/2008

還願

近日各地天災不斷,每個消息也令人難受。汶川地震至今已一個月有多,我們或已不那麼對災民感到揪心,但他們還有很多要面對。誠心祝願受苦的,不論男女老幼國籍,也都早日脫離困厄。