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Sunday, June 14, 2009

Sun, 14 Jun 2009 12:43:14 GMT

我們已經選擇沉默，形勢上我都無半點反對的餘地，為何你要用如此強暴的方法對待我們呢？我不想把這件事放上網，但我的內心十分痛苦，負面情緒一定要及早處理。

我的祖父星期二去世，他將會在今個月尾出殯，喪禮是佛教儀式進行。聖經中，神說過不可拜偶像。除了神以外，不可敬拜其他人或物。佛教儀式中一些燒香，燒衣紙的動作是有這麼的一些成份。我不希望因此令神不高興，但是在眾多親戚的壓力下，我想我和我的弟弟是不可能做少任何一個 item。但令我難受的不只於此。

有一天，媽媽在姑姐和叔叔面前提出我們的一些考慮，並沒有說出其他的東西。在場還未有發一言的弟弟即時遭受眾人責罵，一點互相溝通的餘地也沒有。今天，媽媽在電話和她一些基督徒朋友談到我們兄弟的情況，希望了解一下基督教的立場和從中希望更了解我們的感受。我父親就像發了狂一樣，一面罵教會，一面拿東西周圍投擲，把媽媽嚇得立時停了電話談話，全家人不敢再和他對話。

事實上，以他和那些姑姐叔叔的一貫作風，任何事我們說不的話，他們會視我們為敵人，並會使問題變得更嚴重。再加上他們的人數，我們那有反對的餘地？我們從來不太期望可以有什麼反抗和發言，所以我們都保持沉默。我已經這樣安慰自己：「一個被強姦的人是不應被定為犯姦淫。」但，當我看見父親發狂的情況，我很害怕和不安。家中的氣氛現在已經十分緊張，侷促得使人窒息。我現在每發一言，都要要有所避忌，免得觸動他的神經。在此之前，我已經擔心類似情況，我已經有多晚不能入睡，誰知情況更加惡劣。我的身體和心靈很疲倦，很辛苦，我很想離家出走，很想有一個安全的地方休息，但我很怕他們會找我教會麻煩。我不想一件本來很小的事牽連其他人。

我只想時間過得快一些。我很累了。我很累了。救命呀！我很辛苦呀！我很想離開這裡。

P.S. 如果晚上打電話給我，我會以英文講話，你們照舊用廣東話是沒有問題的，我只想有更大的言論空間。

波照踢　拒悼念　阿叔病 &

Sat, 25 Apr 2009 02:03:33 GMT

From Apple Daily:

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20090425&sec_id=25391&subsec_id=25392&art_id=12680671

林尚義前日不幸病逝，各界為這位深入民心的著名足球評述員感到惋惜之際，足總卻表現冷漠；以「阿叔」球員時代並非代表香港踢國際賽為由，昨晚在旺角場舉行的甲組聯賽未有悼念儀式。球圈人士批評足總處事僵化，沒人情味。

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足總昨午接受查詢時，發言人表示：「今（昨）日舉行的甲組聯賽，賽前不會有任何悼念（林尚義）儀式，因他在球員時代未有代表過香港踢國際賽（林當年代表中華民國）。」
足總昨日雖未有任何悼念儀式，但屯門普高在昨晚對香雪上清飲的聯賽，球員均臂纏黑紗上陣；該隊總監任煒雄賽後表示，此舉是球隊對林尚義離世的敬意。

It's clearly not a reason. Even though he has not played for Hong Kong, he had been an important players in many Hong Kong football clubs. In a nutshell, he has contributions to football in Hong Kong. I don't think the bolded words above can rule out all his contribution.

The HKFA should be condemned!

Can Someone Verify that?

Fri, 20 Feb 2009 02:01:33 GMT

http://blogs.zdnet.com/microsoft/?p=2072

There's a list of 2400 websites that IE 8 cannot visit. But it sounds too stupid that IE 8 cannot visit the following websites:

msn.com.cn
msn.com
microsoft.com

I can't really believe that. Can someone verify if it's true?

傑出港人系列：地鐵夫婦

Wed, 04 Feb 2009 15:35:14 GMT

They are so Hong Kong! Broadcast it!

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Thu, 29 Jan 2009 13:20:58 GMT

Happy Chinese New Year! Kung Hei Fat Choy! I hope everyone will have a fruitful and successful new year.

But more importantly, I wish you a healthy new year. I suffered from the flu again and most of the time in this holiday, I stayed home and took rest. Luckily, I have recovered 70% and I can work today. Thank God for that!

The bad side of getting the flu is obvious but the good side is that I could save my time from visiting some "moliu" people. I dislike squeezing a large number of relatives in a typical Hong Kong flat. It's noisy and it's lack of fresh air. More seriously, I hate listening to those money-oriented (and money-dominated) chats or the gossips of the others. I also hate those who keep bothering me on love issues. That's none of your business! Shut up! I still remember last time when they asked me about it again and I told them that I parted with my gf. They repeated my words loudly and they looked like discovering something funny. I still remember! I don't need this kind of "concern"! (See. It's very easy to make me hate you.)

Yeah! This year, this kind of noise is filtered! Awesome!

I found that I have grumbled more and more. In the past, I kept silent because I wanted to be "peaceful" with the others. But in recent years, I found that if I don't voice out my discontent, others will think that I accept those things. Hence, I have to make it explicit and straightforward!

做人的特權

Fri, 26 Dec 2008 01:27:48 GMT

Quote from Clement's blog:

我覺得做現代人，應該有拒絕的勇氣。拒絕去不想去的婚禮，拒絕去搞不想搞的婚禮 (1)，拒絕在宴會上加上不環保的魚翅 (2)，拒絕去為應節而送不想送的禮物。。。

引伸之，是拒絕去寫別人想您寫的文章，拒絕去爬別人期待您去爬的職場階梯，拒絕去結別人想您結的婚，或拒絕不去結別人不看好的您的婚姻，拒絕去做別人期待的但您不想做的自己。。。。最初可能會得罪一些人，令您以為會落得一個「六親不認」的下場，但慢慢您會發現，剩下來的才是您的真正朋友，哪些雞飛狗走或知難而退的豬朋狗友就由他們去吧！

最近學到一句說話：

"The privilege of a lifetime is to be yourself" （Anonymous)

「人一生的唯一特權，就是做一個真正的自己。」（佚名）

不要輕易放棄這個特權啊！共勉之。

－－完－－

(1) 我知道這一點對於孝順父母但又偏偏父母觀念很傳統的朋友來說比較難做到。我只能說一句「八仙過海，各顯神通」吧！

(2) 這一點我近期在努力中，但「革命仍未成功！」

I totally agree as I have (somehow) gone through this kind of stage. Friendship or any kind of relationship can be treasured if and only if it has no "melamine" (e.g. ridiculous expectations, void gatherings). Life is finite. Say "No!" to all relationships with melamine.

A Picture That Struck Me

Sun, 21 Dec 2008 14:35:00 GMT

How can I stop laughing?

Fri, 19 Dec 2008 11:17:30 GMT

Champions League: Last 16 draw:

Chelsea

Juventus

Villarreal

Panathinaikos

Sporting Lisbon

Bayern Munich

Atlético Madrid

FC Porto

Lyon

Barcelona

Real Madrid

Liverpool

Arsenal

AS Roma

Internazionale

Manchester United

Yeah! My dream comes true!!!!!

Three Ways to Present the Same News

Thu, 04 Dec 2008 13:19:42 GMT

Which one do you prefer?

Tuesday, November 18, 2008

Tue, 18 Nov 2008 15:24:45 GMT

Last night, when I returned home, I was exhausted so I didn't type anything in xanga. (well...actually, I'm very lazy in updating it :p)

Thanks Fred and Suetha who introduced Lin Heung Tea House (or literally Lotus Fragrance Tea House, http://www.openrice.com/restaurant/sr2.htm?shopid=1868) in Sheung Wan! The dinner was nice and the most attractive point to me is its long history (around 80 years if I recall correctly). We had a great time with Kelvin, Sara, Man Yee and Alfred. Fred told me that usually, there are a lot of customers queueing for the tables and it can be very noisy. But last night, it was exceptionally quiet. Perhaps, as Kelvin guessed, it's due to the financial tsunami.

We chatted a lot things. At least, our topics have spanned some interesting facts or history of a number of countries (Singapore, US, Canada, Iran, North Korea and China) and.................rickshaws. I heard that there are some Canadian university students have their summer job as a rickshaw driver in some tourist attraction points. Is it true?

I always like good gathering with good food and good friends!