"Stay Hungry. Stay Foolish."

('You've got to find what you love -- Steve Jobs)

"Your time is limited, so don't waste it living someone else's life. Don't be trapped by dogma - which is living with the results of other people's thinking. Don't let the noise of other's opinions drown out your own inner voice. And most important, have the courage to follow your heart and intuition. They somehow already know what you truly want to become. Everything else is secondary."

('You've got to find what you love -- Steve Jobs)

"You've got to find what you love. And that is as true for your work as it is for your lovers. Your work is going to fill a large part of your life, and the only way to be truly satisfied is to do what you believe is great work. And the only way to do great work is to love what you do. If you haven't found it yet, keep looking. Don't settle. As with all matters of the heart, you'll know when you find it. And, like any great relationship, it just gets better and better as the years roll on. So keep looking until you find it. Don't settle."

"If you live each day as if it was your last, someday you'll most certainly be right."

"Remembering that you are going to die is the best way (...) to avoid the trap of thinking you have something to lose. You are already naked. There is no reason not to follow your heart."

('You've got to find what you love -- Steve Jobs)

Tuesday, July 11, 2006

本 blog 已停止更新。想察知我最新消息,請到 Alan Poon's Blog (My Wonderland) <http://alanpoon.wordpress.com/>。謝謝﹗

I've moved to a new blog site at <http://alanpoon.wordpress.com/>. It looks fresher and organized. I especially love its search engine which allows the vistor to trace back my old posts, even they're in Chinese. Moreover, its import and export features render easier management of the blog. I hope you guys would love it. Thank you!
續上篇

梁煥松先生在杜十娘(下) <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=205197> 也引用了一般教科書對杜十娘描寫來做開端,之後他就說了自己的觀點,大部分跟我所抱的看法相同。

但他也作了另一個假設︰

「假如她當時哈哈大笑,「曬」出一大箱財寶然後揚長而去,保留了自尊和生命,然後逍遙自在「睇李甲點死」,豈不更妙……」

我認為她

「...... 自十三歲破瓜,今一十九歲,七年之內,不知歷過了多少公子王孫。一個個情迷意蕩,破家蕩產而不惜......」

滿以為李甲可附托終生,到頭來發現他跟其他男人一樣不中用,失望至極。既然男人靠不住,又覺悟自己無親無故,徒有萬金生存也無意思,不如一死做烈女好過。

她自幼就生活係妓院,對外面世界認識相信不深,以為所見過的男人就代表了全部,可以說是一個井底之蛙。她用了七年才找到比較好的李甲,失去了他,也就失去了唯一的依靠,缺少社會經歷的她難免對未來充滿恐懼。可能就因為咁,她做不成梁先生假設中的俠女,只能做個同歸於盡,一拍兩散的柔弱女子。

梁先生最後說︰

「好了好了,以今人的價值觀責難古人,當然並不恰當;但是我們讀古書應該活學活用,吸收教訓作為現代的參考,那是準沒錯的了。杜十娘的困惑,其實我們在今日時常有的,您又會怎樣處理呢?」

是的。處身事外想就容易,若是當事人又會如何呢?

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忘了曾否介紹過這個 blog

Advertising/Design Goodness <http://www.frederiksamuel.com/blog/>

它不斷搜羅張貼很有創意的廣告/設計,以下是兩張最新刊貼的一個鼻敏感藥廣告。



Monday, July 10, 2006



嘩﹗係真唔係呀,咁既基因玩具寵物出現,仲成世界既...

再去個網頁 <http://www.genpets.com/> 睇睇,各方面都似層層,只欠售賣的准許。

不過唔使擔心住,睇埋呢個網頁 <http://www.brandejs.ca/portfolio5/gp01.php> 就知係假既。

p.s. 以上反應純屬假扮,因為... 我是讀了「不大不小的空間 - 生物工程玩具」 Genpet <http://andrewon.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=204219> 才到相關網站細看。

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子貓物語~~~【附庸風雅】 - 杜十娘(上) <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=204336> 講我好好好喜歡的一篇艷情小說 - 〈杜十娘怒沈百寶箱〉

未知梁煥松先生會怎樣形容這篇文章帶出的社會現象,我就將我手頭上的教材原文照錄︰

「小說中,杜十娘的形象是中國文學畫廊中最豐滿的婦女形象之一。在杜十娘身上,我們看到了作者毫無保留的同情和讚揚。杜十娘美麗、聰明、天真、善良、深情、溫柔、果斷,幾乎是女性所有美德的化身。但是,在社會的抗爭之中,她最後卻只能玉碎香消,以悲劇結束,今人扼腕切齒,嗟嘆再三﹗這是一個人的悲劇,也是一個社會的悲觀。那個千刀當剮的罪魁不是別人,正是那個社會本身。

小說中男主人翁李甲的形象也十分成功。那是一個極為可信的真實人物。如果說杜十娘被作者理想化了,那麼李甲則是一個不折不扣的現實人物。他像一面鏡子,照出了很多人的靈魂。李甲絕不是那種始亂終棄、玩弄婦女的好色之徒,她對灶十娘的真情可以從四處告貸、甘受凌辱中見出。但是,他的家庭、他的地位、他的人生目標、他的性格都造成了他脆弱的一面,最終導致不可挽回的結局。在杜十娘投水之前,李甲的「大悔」和「慟哭」並非虛偽的做作,但是來不及了,只能留下終的遺憾﹗」

香港公開大學 (2000) "AC162C 中國人文學科基礎課程(一)歷史與文學 - 單元十︰中國文學︰小說",香港︰香港公開大學,頁38。

不過我就咁睇,李甲此人畏首畏尾,千辛萬苦先覓得美人歸,殊不知被孫富拋兩拋就寧捨美人要千金,想在父親面前面子好看,證明自己沒有在京成做敗家仔。他對杜十娘的情不過爾爾。而且他買得杜十娘走預左要面對父親,買完又要驚不如唔好買。

而杜十娘雖「幾乎是女性所有美德的化身」,但女人畢竟是女人,身藏萬金仍不凝於色,到李甲表明孫富的主意時更說反話,將自己推入深淵。其實她大可在離開京城後稍稍透露自己有些私己錢,讓李甲安心,不必對日後生活太過苦惱 (當然也不要說自己有很多錢,以免被貪財小人利用,留些不為人知的錢財保障自己是必須的)。我想她是想和李甲之間的情不要涉及金錢,順便測試李甲的忠誠度。至於反話,她是想李甲反對,聽一句︰「我與卿之情萬金不換,只想與汝白頭皆老。」吧。可惜事與願違,李甲竟回︰「未得恩卿之諾......」,那即已表示公子有心作交易,只待她的應允。若果當初她不說反話,堅拒接受,我想李甲應會作罷。

悲劇的發生往往只是一念之差,可憐這對苦命鴛鴦的結合是如斯短暫,很是可惜。


想細讀的可到以下網頁︰

學習加油站 - 〈杜十娘怒沈百寶箱〉 <http://content.edu.tw/senior/chinese/ks_rs/content/chinese/novel/speech/threeword/4story.htm>

Sunday, July 09, 2006

在 3 Minutes Blog <http://3mins.wordpress.com/> 的 "America's Got Talent" <http://3mins.wordpress.com/2006/07/09/americas-got-talent/> 看到的兩個驚人表演︰

An eleven-year-old kid sings Jennifer Holliday's song "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going"




中國國技「變臉」的難度加強版 -- 「瞬間換衫」




p.s. 縱使個女仔既歌喉係咁令人讚嘆,但評判都不忘說要改變形象 (change your hair, change your dress, change your shoes, and you'll win this tournament) 才可十拿九穩贏得比賽。真係人靠衣裝,單單有實力是未夠的。

Saturday, July 08, 2006

呢幾星期義工那邊有流感,接到通知暫時唔駛去,諗住會好清閒。勢估唔到反而去得俾以前密,頻頻接 call 要去幫手,七日內竟然去了三次。幸好情況已有好轉,預料下星期會回復正常。

去多左,與職員就更熟悉。亦因為咁就知道左短期內有幾位 BB 要走,其中兩個聽日就 farewell,今日就係我見佢地既最後一次... L 仔好似知到以後見唔到我,今日係都唔肯訓覺,攪左一大輪先成功;而 J 妹就明明訓著左,我臨走前行去佢張床望住佢,佢竟然起身,仲伸出隻嫩手同我握,攪到我一時感觸流左一滴眼淚... 上次有 B 仔走,我之後先知反而冇乜野。唔唔... 我決定唔去聽日既 farewell 都岩,到時既場面一定好傷感。當 L 仔係仔既職員 L 實喊,咁既環境太難接受喇。

走了他們,剩低既太部分都好少接觸,應該話佢地仍然好細,未識走,印象/感情就冇 B、L、J 咁深。剎那間覺得好似冇左照顧他們的動力,更要摸索照顧他們的不同手法... 希望感情可以慢慢增長,對住他們就可以輕鬆 D。

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好日都唔去會所,今日做完義工上到去室內體育館,發現正舉行乒乓球比賽雙打初賽。因穿著的不是運動鞋,所以只企係門外定睛地看。不久後被一名業主立案法團的委員叫了入館,說沒有關係,慢步行就得。入到去 court 3 (三號枱) 師奶對著住全套乒乓球裝既細路女既對戰已經打完,但我冇留意邊個贏,只係覺得個殺氣超強既細路女得一千零一招開波 (應該係弧圈球) 殺食,接球技術未到家,尤其係近檯波,成日想「削」,但又「削」唔到,俾師奶食叉燒咁食。或者係有人教路,以為靠開波就可進級,忽略左其他既技術。

Court 1 就係四位中年男士對決,其中一邊實力超哂班,直落贏三盤。對手雖打得很落力,奈何各方面既技術都係平平,開波完全冇威脅,超班個邊直頭係抽番過去,多數已經可以攪惦。

Court 2 原先係我覺得應該會好好睇既,因為練波時四位球員都有番咁上下,識抽,識拉,來來回回十幾板都得。點知... 似係父子既一隊,個大人既開波超普通 (輕微既下旋球),擋波技術亦麻麻,對方一時玩下下旋,一時玩大力丸式上旋已經足以被打亂。雖然佢個仔實力相當唔錯,可惜個鍋唔易補,又係直落輸三盤,不過可觀性仍然係度。

睇左三場,總結就係︰

拍擋弱,輸﹗
開球好,接球差,輸﹗
開球差,接球好,都輸﹗

不過,新賽際 (十一分) 絕對對弱隊有著數,因為實力強既會失手 (如︰Court 1 強個隊人地一開波就抽,抽落網/出界既都唔少),將比分拉近,弱隊就算贏唔到都唔會輸得好難睇,以前廿一分就冇咁易囉...

p.s. 中學之後就冇打過乒乓球,以上所說都係得個講字,如有不實,請多包涵。

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又來介紹 blog。

之前介紹過「譯豚G家」 <http://transpig.mysinablog.com/index.php>,今次既介紹既「子貓物語~~~【附庸風雅】」 <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php> 既內容都差唔多,有關語言,亦有涉及文化。Blog 主係梁煥松,移民澳洲前係教育署要員,現在係傳媒人。

英語正確發音趣談 <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=91012>

翻譯之道:多動腦筋 <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=94266>

粵語稽古 <http://chrisleung1954.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=96442>

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「譯豚G家」既做編輯老友 "Makoto Rakuen" <http://blog.makotow.com/index.php>,當中有一篇「神奇物理機關」<http://blog.makotow.com/read.php/671.htm> 介紹日本NHK電視台的一個教育節目。影片中既彈珠/骨牌遊戲設計得好精彩,絕不容錯過。







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昨天又拎 "The Emperor's New Groove" 既 DVD 出黎睇。睇左超過五次,依然係咁好笑,咁有娛樂性,配音非常盞鬼,人物又趣緻,絕對係我動畫電影既至愛。Pixar 暫時都未有套片好得過佢,我既 Pixar 至愛 "Monsters, Inc." 都未得。以下既 trailer 雖未反映到套片有幾好笑,但都可以一看...

Friday, June 30, 2006

亭思間 - 「辯」和「論」 <http://teristam.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=197512>

篇文寫得真係好﹗收尾一句︰「網上辯論和在街市打野戰不同,沒有快感,只有麻煩。」,應該寫中很多經常參與網上「討論」的人的感受...

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昨天沒有去交學費註冊入學,等同自動放棄學位。唔... 沒法子,財政緊拙。圖書館學,有緣的話我們會再見的...對不起﹗﹗

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Voluntary Confinement in Los Angeles <http://voluntaryconfinement.blogspot.com/>

為什麼她用的英文字我很多都不懂?是她讀 Journalism,愛看英文小說的關係;還是我的英文水平太低?能入 San José State University 諗 LIS,這台灣人很不簡單耶...

一開始就選擇用她和 The Dustless Workshop (Version 2.0 beta) <http://richeyxx.hkbloggers.org/> 的 blog 來學英文果然沒錯,而且眼界也增了不少,收獲滿豐富的。

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棄 Firefox 改用 Opera 了兩天,感覺還好,但似乎有不少網頁不是很接受 Opera。就是經過這九代,Macromedia 旗下的 Shockwave 都不支援 Opera (如有錯,請不吝指正)。話雖如此,暫時我還會繼續用它,直至 Firefox 推出 2.0 版。因為它比 FF 穩定、快、耗資源量少,很符合我對瀏覽器的要求。我亦會留意 Flock。雖然它好像雷聲大,雨點小,但到正式版推出時才下定論也未遲,很期待呢...

順帶一提,MSN Messenger 已經推出 8.0 版,正名為 Windows Live Messenger。對我來說,最重要的一項新功能是能像 ICQ 一樣接收 offline message。再過不久,它更可以與 Yahoo Messenger 互聯。相信到時,ICQ 和 YM 會是繼 AIM 之後再遭我棄用的 IM 軟件 (雖然我已經不常 online 了)。

我有否介紹過 shakalaca <http://shakalaca.wordpress.com/>?它提供常用軟件的新消息和更新,以及簡單的介紹和應用。它往往快人一步的消息最得我歡心,很值得信賴。

Tuesday, June 27, 2006



不得不佩服年逾 75 的「股神」畢菲特仍能明智地作出這驚人善舉。尤其是他確確實實地做到他廿年前所說一句話︰ "a very rich person should leave his kids enough to do anything but not enough to do nothing."。實在是太值得受人尊敬了。

希望他此番舉動能帶起富豪的善行,妥善運用自己的財產,並注意金錢對子女的影響。

FORTUNE Magazine: Warren Buffett gives away his fortune <http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/25/magazines/fortune/charity1.fortune/index.htm>

FORTUNE Magazine: A conversation with Warren Buffett < http://money.cnn.com/2006/06/25/magazines/fortune/charity2.fortune/index.htm>

塵世過客的部落格 - 股神捐身家 <http://www.bloghk.com/blog.php?id=327136>

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The dog and a blog - 愛寵篇(十二): 一本好書 - Animals in Translation <http://medogdog.blogspot.com/2006/06/animals-in-translation.html>

blog (狗) 介紹了一本書 -- "Animals in Translation : Using the Mysteries of Autism to Decode Animal Behavior" by Temple Grandin and Catherine Johnson。只是第一章的 "Inattentional blindness" (不注意視盲) 就已經很吸引了。以後談及動物的行為應該很有趣吧...

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梁董的吧台後 - OSS 在圖書館的應用(II ) <http: //www.wretch.cc/blog/arshloh&article_id=7156689>

好﹗終於提到 OSS (Open Source Software) 在圖書館的運用。其實經費緊拙的圖書館真的要考慮使用 OSS,以求達到運用經費的最大效益。

以 Linux 為核心的 Ubuntu 我用過,一月份也引了兩位用家「Madthiu’s PALACE - 免費送到你家的免費作業系統」< http://blog.madthiu.net/archives/2005/12/15/free-os-delivery-for-free/>和「龜趣來嘻 - 到ubuntu一遊」 <http://www.bigsound.org/portnoy/weblog/001321.html> 的文章作粗略的介紹。綜觀有一大問題,就是它對中文的支援不足。若要處理中文書籍,可能會比較麻煩。希望年尾出的新版會有改善。


梁董的吧台後 - Open Source Software 在圖書館的應用(I) <http://www.wretch.cc/blog/arshloh&article_id=6854877>

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The Wall Street Journal's Online Edition - Social Networking for Bookworms <http://online.wsj.com/public/article/SB115109622468789252-i8U6LIHU7ChfgbxG1oZ_
iunOIWE_20060727.html>

The WSJ Online 介紹了 LibraryThing...

如 Ubuntu,LibraryThing 仍未能支援中文、日本及任何歐洲以外的文字。但知道他們在努力中就沒什麼好擔心了。
Personal DNA <http://www.personaldna.com/>


My Personal DNA Report <http://www.personaldna.com/report.php?k=OQFiEIPMOcbtHaS-IE-CAAAA-2550>



You are a Generous Realist.


about you


You are a Realist


Your attention to detail, appreciation of how things function, and awareness of the world around you make you a REALIST.


Routines are reassuring to you—you feel safer and more at ease when sticking with familiar things.


You like to stay close with those around you, seeking comfort from familiar faces.


You are interested in processes—how things work, what they do, and why—not just how things look.


Sometimes you doubt that you can find solutions to problems, although you have a good sense of why things happen, and can use that knowledge to find the best way to do something.


You are down to earth, concerned more with practical, detail-oriented things than with dreamy or ambiguous ideas.


You have a good sense of your abilities and weaknesses, and don't let your ego get in your way.


You're not one to force your positions on a group, and you tend to be fair in evaluating different options.


If you want to be different:


Appreciate that your skill set can be useful in many ways; your attention to detail and your familiarity with the inner-workings of things are valuable assets.


Try looking beyond the earthly qualities of things in order to expand your perspective, without losing your grounding in reality.


how you relate to others


You are Generous


Your awareness of those around you, along with your nuanced perceptions of the world at large, makes you the GENEROUS person that you are.


You value time to yourself and understand how rich your private world can be—you know that you don't have to go wild to have a good time.


You are excited and energized by ideas and often enjoy things more through observation than through experience.


This tendency gives you an appreciation for different perspectives and opinions about the world.


Being as aware of others as you are doesn't mean you find it easy to trust them immediately—this is something that happens more slowly for you.


Despite this, you are aware of the complexities of many situations and are reluctant to pass judgments on others.


Although you have fewer friendships than some people, those that you have are meaningful and are important to you.


You value spending time alone—it is while reflecting on the world around you that you often learn something new about yourself or begin to understand something that's been bothering you.


You're not one to force your positions on a group, and you tend to be fair in evaluating different options.


If you want to be different:


Given how attuned you are to others' thoughts and feelings, you might find that trusting people more is a way to broaden your perspective even further.


While you know how much can be learned from observing the world around you, remember that much of life can be lived by experiencing it, not just by understanding it.



Monday, June 26, 2006

Open Cloze <http://kitx.mysinablog.com/index.php> 集結了漫畫 blog 的連結︰

漫畫BLOGs <http://kitx.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId =193363>


其中以下的絕不容錯過︰

彎彎的漫畫日誌 <http://www.wretch.cc/blog/cwwany>

不多講,我已經在過往的 blog 文提過三次,有行開書局的或許已經揭過她的作品...

<http://kyokoap.blogspot.com/2005/08/blog-post_11.html>
<http://kyokoap.blogspot.com/2005/10/blog-post_26.html>
<http://kyokoap.blogspot.com/2005/12/hc -hc.html>


閱讀的雜食性動物 <http://blog.sina.com.tw/505/ >

月頭亦已提過...

<http://kyokoap.blogspot.com/2006/06/war-of-worlds-dakota-fanning-i-am-sam.html>


SANA 的網誌 <http://www.wretch.cc/blog/sana217>

風格跟「彎彎」的很相似,喜歡「彎彎」的定會喜歡 SANA,尤其在「彎彎」少了出文後,它的存在或更重要...


小五毛漫畫天地 <http://blog.sina.com.tw/sindy_aries/>

漫畫主要是主角小五與她老公之間的趣事,亦有少部分是小五小時候的...

奶茶的大小事 <http://blog.sina.com.tw/milktea/>

出名程度應與「彎彎」相當,因為都熱到出書,咪話唔犀利... 主角是 Kenty 養的兩隻貓 -- 奶茶和椰果。無論你喜唔喜歡寵物,你都會覺得很可愛。 (有相、漫畫,連短片都有喔...)


85階公廁 <http://blog.yam.com/otoko/ >

雖然我有訂閱,但它的題材比較通俗,未必會岩所有人睇...


晒月亮的貓 <http://www.smilefish.idv.tw/index.php>

不屬漫畫 blog,但 blog 主小玄子會將愛兒 -- 甜甜、蜜蜜、多多的照片加對白,也很有趣的,愛貓人士不容錯過。 (網友們可更可見證 blog 主小玄子和她老公的蜜運過程,從求婚、結婚註冊、婚宴、現在的婚姻生活等等,很浪漫喔...)

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不得不提星期日才發現的「譯豚G家」 <http://transpig.mysinablog.com/index.php>,blog 主謙稱自己是香港報館小翻譯,但就憑他貼出來的翻譯疑難和問題,就知他對翻譯的學問有很大興趣,絕不是馬虎之人。他每一篇跟翻譯有關的文章都很值得一讀, 所以就不個別引出啦。

其中將 Saddam Hussein (薩達姆.侯賽因) 來個港英「督式譯法」,譯之為 -- 許士仁,甚是妙絕,差一點笑爆我的嘴... 哈哈哈... 真是高手...

譯番個督爺名 <http://transpig.mysinablog.com/index.php?op=ViewArticle&articleId=55353>

p.s. 他自我介紹用的是圖片是漫畫《四葉妹妹》的主角四葉妹妹哦。她的父親是做翻譯的,但四葉妹妹不明白啦,所以就跟鄰居說他是做「蒟蒻」(日音近「翻譯」) 的... ha ha... 非常可愛呀... 日本已經出左第五期,未知香港幾時有呢?