出門，若抬頭便能看見藍天白雲，即使當天工作行程排得滿滿，心情總會特別好；要是甫出門便遇上貓咪，心情自然更好 o(^-^o)(o^-^)o
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＂灰灰貓＂披着一身灰白色虎紋，有點像雲南白虎，就家貓來說實屬罕有，好想上前揉牠的喵頭啊～～～可惜正趕時間，不然一定會上前逗牠玩的 (T ^ T)
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4.8.11
在晴朗的一天遇上貓
出門，若抬頭便能看見藍天白雲，即使當天工作行程排得滿滿，心情總會特別好；要是甫出門便遇上貓咪，心情自然更好 o(^-^o)(o^-^)o
＂灰灰貓＂披着一身灰白色虎紋，有點像雲南白虎，就家貓來說實屬罕有，好想上前揉牠的喵頭啊～～～可惜正趕時間，不然一定會上前逗牠玩的 (T ^ T)
3.8.11
人生交叉點
一連兩個難得的工作機會前來敲門，是上天眷顧？還是要考驗貓呢？
才剛下定決心要重拾寫作，一口氣為 Cat's Cafe 改版、翻出舊小說重編、寫散文......這些，都需要時間。當記者，付出與收入不成正比，然而工作夠彈性，對貓這種既要寫作又得上課的工讀生來說，乃無可取替的優勢。好不容易決定放棄新工作機會，這天早上又來一個！
這無疑是個難得的機會，可是一轉職，恐怕會重蹈覆轍，只有工作沒有生活，更遑論掏出時間來寫作。誠然，這家公司不比別家，大概不會每天工作１２＋小時，但１０小時準跑不掉，貓有足夠體力＋精神＋意志在工作和學業以外天天騰空寫作嗎？
但這可是個難得的機會啊......這次推掉了，大概不會有下一次了......
苦惱啊+.ヽ(*>Д< )/゜+.
無論最終決定如何，會被獵頭，證明工作能力得到認同，是樁好事呢！至於前路該怎麼走，考慮一晚再決定吧！
這幾天充滿幹勁，思前想後，又匆匆修改了設計，推出 Cat's Cafe 5.1 新版本！
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只是一點小改動，但看去佻皮朝氣活力多了ヾ(o゜∀゜o)ノ
還是那句：假如你看到的仍是舊版面，趕快多按幾次「Ｆ５」或「重新載入此頁」更新吧！若喜歡 Cat's Cafe，給貓一個「+1」或「Like」作鼓勵吧 (*゜▽゜)ノ
2.8.11
The Maze of Bones (39 Clues, No. 1)
Book title: The Maze of Bones (39 Clues, No. 1)
Author: Rick Riordan
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Minutes before she died, Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."
Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. From Benjamin Franklin to Mozart, every important historical figures was related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents.
"The 39 Clues" is Scholastic's groundbreaking new series, spanning 10 adrenaline-charged books, 350 trading cards, and an online game where readers play a part in the story and compete for over $100,000 in prizes.
Review: (***SPOILER ALERT***)
I picked up this book mainly because it's written by Rick Riordan, author of "Percy Jackson & the Olympians". Turns out he only wrote the first book of this series, though he did map the narrative arc for all 10 volumes (I didn't know it by then, but other high-profile authors will be writing for the series, too)
Anyway, "The 39 Clues" is totally my kind of thing, jammed with adventures, mysteries, plot twists, suspense, peril, puzzles and snappy humor. So all in all, Riordan is doing a good job keeping readers glued to the pages.
When Grace Cahill died, the chosen ones were given the choice: inherit one million dollars or participate in a perilous treasure hunt. Amy and Dan weren't so lucky, being the helpless orphans they were, money wasn't an option, as their heartless guardian would soon rip them off and suck them dry. Amy and Dan could be annoying at times, with her social phobia induced stammering, and his hyperactivity and inconsiderate behavior; but as the siblings worked together to solve puzzles and survive dangers, they've developed into well-drawn individuals with their own strengths and personalities.
Can't wait to start reading Book 2!
Author: Rick Riordan
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Minutes before she died, Grace Cahill changed her will, leaving her decendants an impossible decision: "You have a choice - one million dollars or a clue."
Grace is the last matriarch of the Cahills, the world's most powerful family. From Benjamin Franklin to Mozart, every important historical figures was related to the Cahills, yet the source of the family power is lost. 39 clues hidden around the world will reveal the family's secret, but no one has been able to assemble them. Now the clues race is on, Amy and Dan must decide what's important: hunting clues or uncovering what REALLY happened to their parents.
"The 39 Clues" is Scholastic's groundbreaking new series, spanning 10 adrenaline-charged books, 350 trading cards, and an online game where readers play a part in the story and compete for over $100,000 in prizes.
Review: (***SPOILER ALERT***)
I picked up this book mainly because it's written by Rick Riordan, author of "Percy Jackson & the Olympians". Turns out he only wrote the first book of this series, though he did map the narrative arc for all 10 volumes (I didn't know it by then, but other high-profile authors will be writing for the series, too)
Anyway, "The 39 Clues" is totally my kind of thing, jammed with adventures, mysteries, plot twists, suspense, peril, puzzles and snappy humor. So all in all, Riordan is doing a good job keeping readers glued to the pages.
When Grace Cahill died, the chosen ones were given the choice: inherit one million dollars or participate in a perilous treasure hunt. Amy and Dan weren't so lucky, being the helpless orphans they were, money wasn't an option, as their heartless guardian would soon rip them off and suck them dry. Amy and Dan could be annoying at times, with her social phobia induced stammering, and his hyperactivity and inconsiderate behavior; but as the siblings worked together to solve puzzles and survive dangers, they've developed into well-drawn individuals with their own strengths and personalities.
Can't wait to start reading Book 2!
1.8.11
《永遠還是永不》
在愛情跟前，時間尺從來都沒意義。
台灣藝人大S承認與一個見面僅四次的男人訂婚，並希望輿論能給予他倆一點空間。
對於「閃婚」這回事，外間反應毀譽參半：有人佩服大S敢愛敢為，勇於追求真愛；有人認為她過於莽撞，竟將終身幸福交託一個見面還不到一百小時的男人；有的羨慕世上還有一見鍾情，有的訝異竟還有人天真得相信「命中注定」。
說老實的，人家是愛得轟烈盲目還是冒險不智，干卿底事？她是愛得無法自拔還是早有預謀，這我半點不關心。藝人不過是個職業，離開片場，脫下那層華麗的身份，鏡頭後的她愛誰、恨誰，完全不必向任何人交代，也無須你我認同。
iPhonegraphy
喜歡攝影，喜歡留住珍貴一刻、捕捉稍縱即逝的畫面。
攝影分許多門派：有些追求器材，講求用甚麼樣的 body、甚麼樣的鏡頭；有些追求數字，要求極精確的光圈、快門、ISO、白平衡；有些追求色效／散景／淺景深等效果；有的追求構圖藝術感；也有的支持 point & shoot，但求不放過任何一刻。
無可否認，許多場合(如飛鳥昆蟲等遠攝或微距)，缺乏硬件條件，根本拍不成；某些特效(如流水或行車線性效果)，若無法掌握曝光技巧，根本拍不好。
硬條件和軟知識固然重要，然而一般人會天天有事沒事摃着一台專業級單鏡反光機和一堆鏡頭上街嗎？不太可能吧？
最初迷上拍Pinky:st，必須一台能同時提供微距＋小光圈(深景深)的相機，才能將一隻僅１０ｃｍ高的人偶拍得像真人實景般大小。因ＬＸ３尚算輕巧，因此有頗長一段時間機不離身；後來漸漸發現半專業級ＤＣ已無法滿足貓的要求，於是改投ｍ３／４陣營……拍出來的照片質素無疑較理想，可是興奮過後，卻自問沒這個體力天天揹一台相機２支鏡頭上街！
幸而手機內置相機愈來愈先進，質素雖比不上單反，但勝在輕巧方便 -- 沒多少人上街吃碗雲吞麵也拿着單反，但到便利店買汽水卻也例必帶着手機。
上街，偶爾在街角遇到貓，這時候，手機內置相機已能發揮作用。
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對貓而言，照片既是拍攝者的眼睛，也是拍攝者的內心演繹；記錄的，不僅是那一刻所發生的事，也是當下的心情和想法。
有器材在手，有充裕的時間慢慢構圖當然最好不過，但貓咪伸懶腰可不會等你慢慢調光圈快門啊～趕快拿起手機，咔嚓。
談不上藝術感，卻也是可遇不可求的珍貴畫面o(Φ ಎ Φ)o
況且手機攝影也可以極具美感，像日本攝影師三井公一便有一系列以 iPhone 拍攝的照片，不但出版了影集，還辦過不少影展，大受好評。
仔細看，當然看得出 iPhone 所拍的照片質素比專業級相機粗糙得多，但三井老師的取材、比例、構圖......每一幀照片都像在訴說一個故事，這，就是攝影。
有幸曾在美國向一位 National Geographic 攝影師賜教，聽他的手機攝影心得。最深刻感受？再次印證"勁機唔送 skill"所言非虛╮(╯▽╰)╭
31.7.11
Cat's Cafe 5.0
終於，Cat's Cafe 也成功改頭換面，邁向 5.0 版本 ヾ(o゜∀゜o)ノ。+゜
從２０００年拿剛學會的ＨＴＭＬ依樣畫葫蘆般建起 Cat's Cafe 的雛型，1.0 版本問世，設計陽春得可笑，勝在有熱誠和內容搭夠；後來多次改版，奉行簡約主義，有意無意間總採用藍白配色，設計精簡了，專心寫作；當中也曾有過許多小改動，出現過許多 1.2、1.2.3、2.1、2.1.2、4.1、4.1.3 等等更新。
自從加入 flash 元素，學着追趕潮流，設計是漂亮了，可是整個 Cat's Cafe 的核心 -- 小說／散文創作內容 -- 反而停滯不前。
因為忙着出版小說，忙着當公關經理、忙着唸碩士，最初最根本的創作動力反在追逐之間遺失了 (．．。)
決定放棄 4.0 版本，內心其實也經歷過一番掙扎。畢竟那是貓第一個以 flash 設計的版本，而且個人十分喜歡那設計。可是因為選單部分仍採用ＨＴＭＬ，故設計的整體展現完全受視窗大小所影響，而且看久了總會生厭？貓是喜歡求變的動物，所以痛定思痛，還是換了個全新的版面設計：
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Cat's Cafe 5.0 雖仍採用藍、白主色，但更簡潔清晰，這種反璞歸真的設計理念，大概多少受貓想回歸最初重新出發的潛意識影響吧！
網站連結內頁尚有許多部分未及更新，畢竟從 flash 8 跳到 CS5.5，得花上一點時間適應新介面和功能，又得花點時間學習基本 actionscript（這未免有點本末倒置吧，貓寫的該是小說而非程式啊），但替 Cat's Cafe 換新裝可說是一個宣言 -- 貓要反璞歸真重新努力寫作了！о(ж＞▽＜)ｙ
新版面還引進了社交網絡元素，喜歡 Cat's Cafe 的話，請按頁面 Google+ 的「+1」或 Facebook 「Like」給貓一點鼓勵吧 (*゜▽゜)ノ
p.s. 假如你看到的還是舊版面設計，那證明你的瀏覽器仍儲存着舊的快閃記憶～趕快多按幾次「Ｆ５」或「重新載入此頁」吧！ (￣∀￣)
26.7.11
Handle with Care
Book title: Handle with Care
Author: Jodi Picoult
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Yet another engrossing family drama of Picoult's, spiced with her trademark blend of medicine, law and love. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe's daughter, Willow, was born with brittle bone disease, a condition that requires Charlotte to act as full-time caregiver and has strained their emotional and financial limits. Willow's teenaged half-sister, Amelia, suffers as well, overshadowed by Willow's needs and lost in her own adolescent turmoil. When Charlotte decides to sue for wrongful birth in order to obtain a settlement to ensure Willow's future, the already strained family begins to implode. Not only is the defendant Charlotte's best friend, but the case requires Charlotte and Sean to claim that had they known of Willow's condition, they would have terminated the pregnancy, a statement that strikes at the core of their faith and family.
Review: (***WARNING: SPOILER ALERT***)
No hidden agenda, nothing unexpected, even Picoult's signature closing "twists", the death of Willow in this case, has become so formulaic that I could see that one coming half way through the book, and therefore can no longer call it a "twist". Having said that, I couldn't deny that it's a well-researched, domestic-and-legal-drama-told-through-multiple-viewpoints framework of Picoult's. Like all Picoult's books, this one is a page turner, though not as heart-wrenching and thought provoking as her other works. I still think Picoult's writing is captivating, that's what she does, to tackle tough subjects in a stimulating manner, yet this book is losing momentum, there's a lack of plot twists.
Maybe Picoult's focus is on underscoring the themes of hope, regret, identity and family, but there is no single one character whom I like in this book, which is a huge setback.
Author: Jodi Picoult
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Yet another engrossing family drama of Picoult's, spiced with her trademark blend of medicine, law and love. Charlotte and Sean O'Keefe's daughter, Willow, was born with brittle bone disease, a condition that requires Charlotte to act as full-time caregiver and has strained their emotional and financial limits. Willow's teenaged half-sister, Amelia, suffers as well, overshadowed by Willow's needs and lost in her own adolescent turmoil. When Charlotte decides to sue for wrongful birth in order to obtain a settlement to ensure Willow's future, the already strained family begins to implode. Not only is the defendant Charlotte's best friend, but the case requires Charlotte and Sean to claim that had they known of Willow's condition, they would have terminated the pregnancy, a statement that strikes at the core of their faith and family.
Review: (***WARNING: SPOILER ALERT***)
No hidden agenda, nothing unexpected, even Picoult's signature closing "twists", the death of Willow in this case, has become so formulaic that I could see that one coming half way through the book, and therefore can no longer call it a "twist". Having said that, I couldn't deny that it's a well-researched, domestic-and-legal-drama-told-through-multiple-viewpoints framework of Picoult's. Like all Picoult's books, this one is a page turner, though not as heart-wrenching and thought provoking as her other works. I still think Picoult's writing is captivating, that's what she does, to tackle tough subjects in a stimulating manner, yet this book is losing momentum, there's a lack of plot twists.
Maybe Picoult's focus is on underscoring the themes of hope, regret, identity and family, but there is no single one character whom I like in this book, which is a huge setback.
The Dragonriders of Pern
Book title: Dragonflight (Dragonriders of Pern, Book 1)
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Pern is a planet inhabited by humans. The original colonists were reduced to a low level of technology by periodic onslaughts of deadly Thread raining down from the sky. The dragons, with their human riders, destroyed the Thread in the skies over Pern before it was able to burrow into the land and breed. However, an unusually long interval between attacks, centuries in duration, has caused the general population to gradually dismiss the threat and withdraw support from the Weyrs where dragons are bred and trained. Only one Weyr remains (the other five having mysteriously disappeared at the same time in the last quiet interval), maintaining a precarious hand-to-mouth existence.
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when F'lar finds Lessa while Searching for candidates to Impress a new queen dragon Ramoth. Lessa becomes the Weyrwoman, and her hereditary telepathic abilities allow her to travel four hundred turns into the past to bring the five 'missing' Weyrs forward to her present in desperate times.
Review:
Anne McCaffrey has created a whole new world of fantasy in which dragons and riders bond for a purpose. This book is a page turner no doubt, though I dislike Lessa at first. Over time, Lessa's bravery and quickness outshines her recklessness, and like F'lar, readers would come to love her; annoyed by her often, yes, but couldn't help but love her.
Dragons are powerful creatures for sure, and the idea of dragons being able to go in "between", a means to teleport themselves between time and space, is refreshing and intriguing indeed, though I still fail to see how ancient, powerful and fearsome they are. Unlike Christopher Paolini's "Eragon", Anne McCaffrey's dragons don't have much character; they're more like riders' pets, obedient and loyal, but not the ancient, mysterious, powerful and magical species as featured in other fantasies.
Author: Anne McCaffrey
Status: finished
Synopsis:
Pern is a planet inhabited by humans. The original colonists were reduced to a low level of technology by periodic onslaughts of deadly Thread raining down from the sky. The dragons, with their human riders, destroyed the Thread in the skies over Pern before it was able to burrow into the land and breed. However, an unusually long interval between attacks, centuries in duration, has caused the general population to gradually dismiss the threat and withdraw support from the Weyrs where dragons are bred and trained. Only one Weyr remains (the other five having mysteriously disappeared at the same time in the last quiet interval), maintaining a precarious hand-to-mouth existence.
To the nobles who live in Benden Weyr, Lessa is nothing but a ragged kitchen girl. For most of her life she has survived by serving those who betrayed her father and took over his lands. Now the time has come for Lessa to shed her disguise—and take back her stolen birthright. But everything changes when F'lar finds Lessa while Searching for candidates to Impress a new queen dragon Ramoth. Lessa becomes the Weyrwoman, and her hereditary telepathic abilities allow her to travel four hundred turns into the past to bring the five 'missing' Weyrs forward to her present in desperate times.
Review:
Anne McCaffrey has created a whole new world of fantasy in which dragons and riders bond for a purpose. This book is a page turner no doubt, though I dislike Lessa at first. Over time, Lessa's bravery and quickness outshines her recklessness, and like F'lar, readers would come to love her; annoyed by her often, yes, but couldn't help but love her.
Dragons are powerful creatures for sure, and the idea of dragons being able to go in "between", a means to teleport themselves between time and space, is refreshing and intriguing indeed, though I still fail to see how ancient, powerful and fearsome they are. Unlike Christopher Paolini's "Eragon", Anne McCaffrey's dragons don't have much character; they're more like riders' pets, obedient and loyal, but not the ancient, mysterious, powerful and magical species as featured in other fantasies.
25.7.11
27.6.11
好來好去
不常看本地娛樂新聞，就連謝霆鋒和張栢芝婚變，初時也沒怎麼留意，還以為是雜誌標題煽風點火，要到最近讀報才知道事情真的搞大了。感情事，外人向來沒資格插嘴；人家的家事更不宜說三道四。誰對誰錯，又不是他們肚子裡的那條蟲，怎麼說得清？報章雜誌寫的有幾成真？又有幾多是他們故意讓人看見的？外人永遠無從得知。
最好奇的，反而不是誰對誰錯，而是假如當日某報沒"揭發"張栢芝在機艙邀陳冠希合照的話，事情會否演變至如此地步？要是事件從沒公開，而謝霆鋒只是私下從別的途徑得知，結果會否很不一樣？要是他倆不是公眾人物，不必向觀眾"交待"家事，不必掏出一顆滴血的心示眾，事情會否有轉圜的餘地？要是他倆真箇離婚了，那某報便是一手促成人家婚變的元兇；當日負責的記者可會反省？可曾感到一絲歉意或愧疚？抑或，像所有諸事者一樣，恨不得事情峰迴路轉、高潮迭起，將人家的不幸當作一齣好戲？
謝霆鋒也許有他的不是，但最少他是個聰明人，明白好來好去的道理。
也許兩人真的已經走到盡頭，沒有挽回的餘地，但畢竟曾經深愛過，與其互揭瘡疤，不如好來好去，給雙方一個下台階。是尊重對方，也愛惜自己 ── 讓自己能安心躲起來靜舔傷口；也為了他日回首，憶起的不是內心的醜陋，而是曾經許諾的甜蜜。
16.6.11
《婚或分》
愛情對每個人的定義都不一樣，那婚姻呢？
愛情是兩個人的事，兩情相悅，與外人何干？可是一旦論及婚嫁，事情立時變得複雜。
再濃情蜜意，一旦拉扯到酒席禮金婚後生活雜項，多少總會受雙方家長干預。幸運的，老人家通情達理，一切隨新人意願，祝福包容、歡天喜地；不幸的，長輩嫌這嫌那，為酒席禮金數目爭持不下，將本應慶賀的結合視為不平等交易，談不攏拉倒，反正婚結不成乃對方損失。
撕破臉皮，鬧得臉紅耳赤，還怎麼結得成的婚？
婚不成，只好分。
大好姻緣，最終栽在雙方家人手中；到底嫁的是愛郎還是他的母親大人？娶的是女友還是她的三姑六婆？
20.5.11
The Lost Hero
Now reading:"The Heroes of Olympus, Book One: The Lost Hero" by Rick Riordan
Haven't read much fantasy lately, been reading John Grisham's crime novels and Sara Shepard's "Pretty Little Liars (Book 1)". Not that those books are not good, but it's never the kind of page turner like fantasy novels do to me. I started to read "Pretty Little Liars" becoz the TV series is kinda cool, loads of mysteries and puzzles, more like a crime thriller, but the book it based on is quite a disappointment, a bit boring, more like typical high school chic clique sort of thing ╮(╯ ^ ╰)╭
So I turned to "The Lost Hero" before finishing "Pretty Little Liars", and instantly felt the magic kicking in ♪（≧∀≦）
Percy Jackson is still my fave hero (demigod), but the whole Percy Jackson saga centers around him anyway, "The Lost Hero" is a bit different. For sure Jason is the protagonist, and there's much to learn about him, but I also like Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite the love god, who is anti-Barbie and smart, unlike her other half sisters; yet Leo Valdez is the one who stands out. He's definitely smart and good with his hands, he has a special ability too, a very rare one. He's the living proof that heroes could do great even they are children of minor gods, not the Big Three.
Rick Riordan finally created someone who have so much character like Leo and Piper, someone who bear no resemblance to the Harry Potter Trio. I mean, Annabeth and Grover are great, but a clever know-it-all female protagonist plus a clumsy sidekick? Hello, ring any bells?
I'm only 1/3 way through the book, but am already loving it, and I'm pretty certain some great adventures are lying ahead. Way to go Rick Riordan!
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Haven't read much fantasy lately, been reading John Grisham's crime novels and Sara Shepard's "Pretty Little Liars (Book 1)". Not that those books are not good, but it's never the kind of page turner like fantasy novels do to me. I started to read "Pretty Little Liars" becoz the TV series is kinda cool, loads of mysteries and puzzles, more like a crime thriller, but the book it based on is quite a disappointment, a bit boring, more like typical high school chic clique sort of thing ╮(╯ ^ ╰)╭
So I turned to "The Lost Hero" before finishing "Pretty Little Liars", and instantly felt the magic kicking in ♪（≧∀≦）
Percy Jackson is still my fave hero (demigod), but the whole Percy Jackson saga centers around him anyway, "The Lost Hero" is a bit different. For sure Jason is the protagonist, and there's much to learn about him, but I also like Piper McLean, daughter of Aphrodite the love god, who is anti-Barbie and smart, unlike her other half sisters; yet Leo Valdez is the one who stands out. He's definitely smart and good with his hands, he has a special ability too, a very rare one. He's the living proof that heroes could do great even they are children of minor gods, not the Big Three.
Rick Riordan finally created someone who have so much character like Leo and Piper, someone who bear no resemblance to the Harry Potter Trio. I mean, Annabeth and Grover are great, but a clever know-it-all female protagonist plus a clumsy sidekick? Hello, ring any bells?
I'm only 1/3 way through the book, but am already loving it, and I'm pretty certain some great adventures are lying ahead. Way to go Rick Riordan!
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26.4.11
“Linger”
Our love may decay,
Our thoughts may stray,
Yet the memory of love is here to stay,
For sweet is its aftertaste.
Addiction, however,
is an entirely different matter.
Never mistake it for a Cupid’s martyr.
Addiction may blind you like mystic haze,
Disguise in passionate kisses and affectionate
gaze,
But it’s never love that you truly tasted,
Only your better judgment betrayed.
20.4.11
永恆
註：心血來潮重溫王菲的"人間"和"Eyes On Me"，聽罷這些念頭就不期然浮現腦海......
《永恆》
從不相信所謂的永恆。
「永遠」是條漫長而沒有終點的時間軸 ──
太遙遠，太難想像。
可是這一分，這一刻，
我和你緊靠着彼此，
那心跳，那體溫
那，便是我的「永恆」。
“Eternity”
There is no such thing as eternity;
Only everlasting memory.
This very moment you’re here by my side
Your fingers gently brush over mine.
To bottle up our kisses or sprinkle ‘em over the sky,
To keep them close or let them shine.
This beautiful magic of thine,
Blossoms like a fruitful vine.
We love, we age, we die.
All that’s left behind,
Are sweet memories that live forever on the spotless mind.
-- Catabell
“Eternity”
There is no such thing as eternity;
Only everlasting memory.
This very moment you’re here by my side
Your fingers gently brush over mine.
To bottle up our kisses or sprinkle ‘em
over the sky,
To keep them close or let them shine.
This beautiful magic of thine,
Blossoms like a fruitful vine.
We love, we age, we die.
All that’s left behind,
Are sweet memories that live forever on the
spotless mind.
by Catabell
撰於20.04.2011
Copyright © Catabell
Lee. Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.(BY-NC-ND)
11.4.11
Why wert thou so dear?
有些人，愛過以後，想記也記不起；
有些人，愛過以後，想忘也忘不掉。
有些人，愛過以後，以為早已淡忘，
午夜夢迴，他的餘溫他的吻，眼角半濕的淚痕，宛如昨日......
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee? —
With silence and tears.
有些人，愛過以後，想忘也忘不掉。
有些人，愛過以後，以為早已淡忘，
午夜夢迴，他的餘溫他的吻，眼角半濕的淚痕，宛如昨日......
If I should meet thee
After long years,
How should I greet thee? —
With silence and tears.
17.3.11
“Void”
There is this void inside of me,
one that I tried to fill with a heart,
only to rip it further apart.
Down it goes into the dark,
along it drags someone I care,
the very thought I couldn’t bare.
Maybe I should let it go,
before sweet turns sour, and it’s too late,
before fate gives me a look of pure hate.
Try as you may,
you can never piece together something so
broken,
because I’m only human.
by Catabell
撰於17.03.2011
Copyright © Catabell
Lee. Attribution Non-commercial No Derivatives.(BY-NC-ND)
13.3.11
PTSD？
Can sb has PTSD without actually experiencing the earthquake and tsunami? I had a nightmare about Japan post-tsunami......it's...devastated...and it's disheartening to see (even in dreams) all houses reduced to rubble, and people standing there with blank faces, too shocked to make a move.
I woke up, read the news first thing in the morning, and couldn't help bursting into tears again (T ^ T)
I'm sooooooooooooo depressed............
12.3.11
人性的光輝
早上醒來，梳洗前先為日本祈禱，祝願災難早日過去，傷者得看顧、亡者得永生。
日本政府素有地震災難對策，迅速宣佈所有超市和食店向無家可歸的市民提供茶水食物，全數由政府支付。
電訊商亦隨即宣佈免費開放 WiFi 網絡供市民使用、國內ＳＭＳ費用全免直至另行通知；街頭飲料販賣機亦具備緊急應變措施，可讓市民免費取得食水......
劫後餘生，遇上免費派發的救援物資，災民非但沒有插隊、推撞、爭吵、搶奪，反而安靜耐心地輪候，尤其照顧老弱；到圖書館避難的災民皆自覺地坐到樓梯的兩旁，騰空中間位置以免阻塞通道......即使在最惡劣的情況下，仍保持冷靜自律，盡可能不為他人帶來困擾，如此守紀自愛自重，實在令人折服。
日本災民為全世界上了寶貴的一課，讓我們見識到甚麼叫成功的公民教育，甚麼叫國民質素。
twitter 上，日本友人紛紛提出節能互助的點子，名人／作家／漫畫家／藝人除為大家打氣，更借助自己追隨者眾的優勢，勸粉絲們合力節能共度難關：
RT@ TakagiNaoko 寒がりですが、なるべく服を着込んで暖房消して仕事します。節電できる方々、がんばりましょう。(大意是雖然很冷,還請大家盡可能多穿點衣服關上暖氣地工作，一起為節能努力)
在困難的時刻，最能體現出一個民族的團結、教養和公德，這些都不是"國民生產總值"能買得到的。
有些"強國"富起來了，財大氣粗，欠缺公民教育，骨子裡盡是自私自利的因子。自發性停電？安靜耐心地排隊領取免費救援物資？恐怕海嘯還沒淹至，已爭先恐後踩死人 (．．。)
讀報，心都碎了。
RT@ 朝日新聞社: 共同通信によると、宮城県の海沿いにある南三陸町の住民約１万７０００人のうち約９５００人と連絡が取れず、県が安否確認を急いでいる。
單一個村落就有９５００人失去聯絡生死未卜，還有福島核能發電廠的輻射外洩危機......願主眷屬日本這個可愛可敬的民族，不要再增加他們的苦難了......
RT@ 朝日新聞社:東京電力福島第一原子力発電所１号機で、午後３時３０分ごろに大きな爆発音を伴う爆発が起きたことを明らかにした。炉心溶融は、想定されている原発事故の中で最悪の事態だ。これが進むと、爆発的な反応を引き起こして広く外部に放射能をまき散らす恐れもある。
爆発で格納容器が破壊されれば、大量の放射性物質が環境に放出されることになる。
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0312/TKY201103120478.html
日本政府素有地震災難對策，迅速宣佈所有超市和食店向無家可歸的市民提供茶水食物，全數由政府支付。
電訊商亦隨即宣佈免費開放 WiFi 網絡供市民使用、國內ＳＭＳ費用全免直至另行通知；街頭飲料販賣機亦具備緊急應變措施，可讓市民免費取得食水......
劫後餘生，遇上免費派發的救援物資，災民非但沒有插隊、推撞、爭吵、搶奪，反而安靜耐心地輪候，尤其照顧老弱；到圖書館避難的災民皆自覺地坐到樓梯的兩旁，騰空中間位置以免阻塞通道......即使在最惡劣的情況下，仍保持冷靜自律，盡可能不為他人帶來困擾，如此守紀自愛自重，實在令人折服。
日本災民為全世界上了寶貴的一課，讓我們見識到甚麼叫成功的公民教育，甚麼叫國民質素。
twitter 上，日本友人紛紛提出節能互助的點子，名人／作家／漫畫家／藝人除為大家打氣，更借助自己追隨者眾的優勢，勸粉絲們合力節能共度難關：
RT@ TakagiNaoko 寒がりですが、なるべく服を着込んで暖房消して仕事します。節電できる方々、がんばりましょう。(大意是雖然很冷,還請大家盡可能多穿點衣服關上暖氣地工作，一起為節能努力)
在困難的時刻，最能體現出一個民族的團結、教養和公德，這些都不是"國民生產總值"能買得到的。
有些"強國"富起來了，財大氣粗，欠缺公民教育，骨子裡盡是自私自利的因子。自發性停電？安靜耐心地排隊領取免費救援物資？恐怕海嘯還沒淹至，已爭先恐後踩死人 (．．。)
讀報，心都碎了。
RT@ 朝日新聞社: 共同通信によると、宮城県の海沿いにある南三陸町の住民約１万７０００人のうち約９５００人と連絡が取れず、県が安否確認を急いでいる。
單一個村落就有９５００人失去聯絡生死未卜，還有福島核能發電廠的輻射外洩危機......願主眷屬日本這個可愛可敬的民族，不要再增加他們的苦難了......
RT@ 朝日新聞社:東京電力福島第一原子力発電所１号機で、午後３時３０分ごろに大きな爆発音を伴う爆発が起きたことを明らかにした。炉心溶融は、想定されている原発事故の中で最悪の事態だ。これが進むと、爆発的な反応を引き起こして広く外部に放射能をまき散らす恐れもある。
爆発で格納容器が破壊されれば、大量の放射性物質が環境に放出されることになる。
http://www.asahi.com/national/update/0312/TKY201103120478.html
11.3.11
ご無事で何よりです
事發時身處某傳媒午餐會，一眾記者忙於以手機拍攝"一人一鮑"的罕見場面，並發揚實地採訪報道的傳媒精神，相繼將照片上傳至 Facebook......怎料給貓看到友人的留言：地震～～すごく強かった。。。死にたくない！！！(中譯：好強烈的地震～～我不想死啊！)
地震對日本來說理應習以為常，固當時不以為然，只當友人在開玩笑，沒想到不一會即傳來 CNN 的速報，指日本發生８．８級大地震！（￣□￣； ）
已有好一陣子沒上 Twitter，不過 Twitter 在日本的風行程度遠勝 FB，所以災後即時登入，跟當地友人聯絡......聽他們說，地震海嘯後電話及電郵一概不通，只有 Twitter 運作如常，因此日本人都在 Twitter 上互報平安互通消息 (*゜Д ゜*)
幸而貓認識的多住在東京都內，離重災區較遠，大家都安好 (∪o∪)
心配してくれてありがとう！とても嬉しいです。無事なので安心してください。
收到友人的推文回應，總算安心點。
因ＪＲ及市面交通陷於癱瘓，友人得花上一個多小時至三小時不等步行回家，可謂身心俱疲。不過經歷如此毀滅性天災，平安是福，於是逐一留言：ご無事で何よりです！
RT@ asahi.com【速報】 仙台市若林区荒浜地区に「２００～３００人の水死体」。宮城県警の警官が発見
RT@ 朝日新聞社: 死者５００人超す 行方不明７４０人に 相次ぐ水没の街 http://t.asahi.com/1l1a
整天追看推文，幾乎每數秒便收到新推文，而且噩耗連連，官方死亡和失蹤人口數字隨時間攀升，狀況不明但尚未能取得聯絡的更不計其數......心情...很沈重...(T ^ T)
My thoughts and hopes are with those in Japan, may God keep you safe and grant you peace!
18.1.11
Broken
Try as you may, you can never piece together something broken exactly the way as it was.
Once broken, it'll never be the same.
Then again, if you try hard enough, once in a while it might turn into something beautiful - different, but beautiful.
So beautiful that you can't help but wonder: Is this even real?
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Even if something amazing can come of those broken pieces, most often than not, you wouldn't dare to embrace it, coz it's too good to be true, it looks so delicate and fragile that you dare not sneeze, lest it be blown into pieces, again.
No matter how much you appreciate it, you're constantly tiptoeing around it, expecting it to dissolve any minute like an illusion.
Once broken, it'll never be the same again.
Yet sometimes, we got to have a little faith.
I can't say that it never fails, it might as well break into a million pieces again, but it's a risk we must take to reap the reward.
>> Go to my "Recycled art by secondary students" Album <<
13.1.11
All Powerful
Just watched the trailer of【127 Hours】on youtube, at the end, it says: There is no force on earth more powerful than the will to live.I know it's meant to be inspiring, but, really? There is no force on earth more powerful than the will to live?
I don't think so.
Yes, the will to live IS powerful, it could drive one to do incredible things, it could do miracles, sure.
But there are also fools like me, who would not think twice about throwing our lives away for the ones we love.
The moment love knocks on your door, your life only comes in second. Nothing in all the universe could stop that feeling, and there's no price you won't pay, including your dear life.
So, sorry, I have to disagree on this one.
The movie is based on extraordinary real-life story of a mountaineer who amputated his own arm to free himself after being trapped from a boulder that pinned him for five days. So it must be inspiring, but I don't feel like watching it in theatre. Maybe it's just me, but the idea of watching somebody struggle and strive just to stay alive when a series of mishap befall him isn't that entertaining when I'm trapped in the cinema. So maybe I'll get the DVD when it's released.
Life is beautiful. I might get lost sometimes, might feel miserable or depressed, but I never take it for granted, coz I know damn well that not all of us could live to see yet another sunrise. I guess I'm lucky, coz I enjoy and appreciate many simple things in life, like that feeling of warmth as the sun washes over me, like the clear blue sky, the soothing sea, or simply sipping ice tea reading a novel on Saturday morning.
If only you could open your mind and enjoy what you see, life could be beautiful.
5.1.11
Beloved Berlin Wall
一向抗拒外語片(英、日、國語除外)，總覺得看電影聽不明對白有所欠缺，看翻譯字幕不夠傳神盡興。
不過近年本港購入的外語電影質素不俗，地雷度竟比荷里活電影還要低。貓男說，外語電影畢竟屬小眾口味，千挑萬選出來的，差不到哪裡。
近月先因預告片吸引而進場看【The Concert】(original title: Le Concert)，這天又在荷里活喜劇與德國片【Beloved Berlin Wall】(original title: Liebe Mauer)之間選了後者。取外語片捨荷里活電影並非貓的一貫作風，可是在看過預告片後，貓＆貓男一致認為【Beloved Berlin Wall】比較吸引。
離開場只有４０分鐘，只能找個地方匆匆解決晚餐......豐富是很豐富了，味道也還可以，就嫌太油膩，炸雞排咬下去，滿嘴都是油 (．．。)
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演男主角 Sascha 的 Maxim Mehmet 外表憨直討好～加分！不過本片以柏林圍牆作噱頭，卻沒有深入探討東、西德政治，敏感話題要不蜻蜓點水，要不以黑色幽默帶過，是擔心令電影過分沈重嗎？不過與其深度不足兩邊不討好，倒不如乾脆胡鬧到底，黑色幽默一番算了。
說是愛情片呢，又沒有很細膩感人的情愛描寫，只有尾聲圍觀倒下，男女主角守得雲開一幕場面比較動人。不過電影沒有悶場，笑笑鬧鬧１０３分鐘就過去了。
4.1.11
《他的戀愛故事》
我們都憧憬盪氣迴腸的戀愛故事。
所以人們鍾愛楊過與小龍女；所以人們歌頌羅密歐與茱麗葉。
虛構故事尚且扣人心弦，發生在現實世界就更為人所樂道，是以溫莎公爵與辛普森太太那個不愛江山愛美人的浪漫故事至今仍為人傳誦。
司徒華先生是一位可敬的前輩、無懼無私的自由鬥士。他的殞落，無疑是港人的損失。
人們渴望知得更多，欲一窺自由鬥士在政治背後的另一面。這些，我都了解。
鐵漢柔情、終身不娶，多麼煽情的題材！於是一而再，再而三地炒作他的一段舊情，將他終身不娶的解釋引用一遍又一遍，務求叫讀者耳熟能詳為止。專題內容不便重複嗎？不怕不怕，乾脆針對他埋於心底的另一半來個「大起底」，由姓名、年齡、任教科目、所患何病、昔日瑣事一一翻出，繪聲繪影地描述一番，不賺人熱淚誓不罷休。
君に届け
華叔走了，報章日以繼夜的報道，本來無可厚非，畢竟一位民主鬥士辭世誰也感到惋惜。可是報道歸報道，可否別揭人隱私，翻華叔的舊情？
雖然報道皆屬正面，可是筆者有否想過，華叔多年來保持低調，僅以"好同事／拍檔"來形容女友，也許正正不想打擾先人及其家人？
誠然，相較華叔的履歷和功績，也許終身不娶的愛情故事對普遍讀者而言來得更煽情，只是，戀愛中的人之所以守候付出，並非為了博得傳媒歌頌，那只是發自內心最真切的選擇。傳媒朋友可否別再三引述華叔的獨身宣言，讓死者得以安息？
一時有感撰了心情隨筆：《他的戀愛故事》 ，上傳後才醒覺原來自己已有整整一年沒寫過散文了。
曾幾何時，靈感如泉湧，散文是最自然而然的抒發方式；
曾幾何時，小說創作猶如呼吸般理所當然，一天不寫渾身不自在。
近兩年卻連寫日記也感乏力，為甚麼呢？那個寫作的夢想貓並沒有忘記，也不想放棄啊！
畢業之初選擇當記者，正正是為了工作彈性，能磨練文筆之餘亦可騰出更多時間來寫作吧？打從甚麼時候竟把工作放首位，本末倒置，甚至轉職公關，弄得自己連睡覺的時間也不夠呢？
新一年，正好給自己一個目標，重新上路，重拾創作的樂趣。
貓男告知【君に届け】動漫第二季開播了，這才想起去年十一月遊東京時碰巧【君に届け】真人電影版上映，可惜當時只貓一個，沒進場，滿以為稍後香港會上呢，看來機會渺茫......
真人版電影由三蒲春馬演風早翔太，雖說貓很喜歡三蒲春馬過往所演的角色，不過風早くん由他來演，感覺上仍有點距離；倒是演黒沼爽子的多部未華子，本來對她的印象很一般，但預告片中的她卻能活現出"貞子"陰沈的神髓，值得期待！
"君に届け"真是個好名字 -- 內心的想法很想傳達給對方 -- 寫作亦然。
伝えたいの気持ち、君に届けるかな？
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