Saturday, June 6. 2009Aging explained人越大了,犯過的錯也越多。夢裡,它們會回來纏繞著你。有時候是個直截了當的噩夢;這還好,最慘的是有時候會讓你好像坐時光機一樣再經歷一次,以現在的你應付當時的情況,讓你知道那個錯是不必犯的,讓你親眼看一次沒有錯的那條路是多美好。 人越大了,累積的遺憾也越沉重,讓你不敢睡覺、不敢去做夢。大概就是因為這樣,老人家的睡眠時間會越來越短? Wednesday, May 27. 2009Week of self-imposed exile: ConclusionSat: Rainy. Special trip to old market for lunch (otherwise we would have stayed back the whole day). Bought roasted chicken for dinner, again! Self-imposed reduced diet on account of waist gains. Sun: Sunny despite forecast of thunderstorm. Yay. Train ride to Iittala, famed for glassware... turns out all the fame is concentrated inside one shop. Ate, shopped in the one shop, returned. Simple and pleasant. Got a nice notebook (paper-and-glue, not electronic) for myself. Contemplating writing all my future blog posts in physical handwriting and then scanning them in. Mon: Took metro to Hakaniemi to visit the market. It really did feel like a precarious ride with shady people around you. Market wasn't much more exciting than the old market. Pizza at Rosso was pleasant, though. Lovely, refreshing walk along the river back to central station, and a bit of shopping. In order to gain tax refunds, your entire tax-deductible purchase has to placed be in a hermetically sealed bag. What a system. Greek dinner somewhere near the hotel and called it a day. Tue: Last lunch at old market. Realizes vacation was over as soon as we arrived at Helsinki Vantaa and had to endure loud Cantonese talkers. For a moment there I was utterly ashamed of my dialect. Saturday, May 23. 2009Week of self-imposed exile: The story so farTue: Finnair economy seats have actual leg room. Respect++. "Grand Marina" turns out to mean giant dock, hotel themed as such, but at least clean and comfortable. Attempt to enjoy ice-cream by the sea ended in tragedy as pigeons / sea gulls swept in, one struck J's head to distract us while another knocked ice-cream cone to the ground; feathery feast ensued. Clearly premeditated, organised crime. Will no longer hold pigeons in high regard as symbol of peace. Wed: Ferry to Suomenlinna; most places are closed until June; toy museum consisted mostly of an esoteric collection of scary dolls. Pebble paths are painful to walk on. Saaga Lappish dinner w/ reindeer as main dish while J looked on in dismay. Thu: "Church festive" thingy and a public holiday, so we too gave ourselves a holiday within the vacation and did nothing (except watch the festive thingy). Savotta Finnish dinner. Ordered a meat appetizer (incl. reindeer) but ended up with seafood appetizer. Ah well. Fri: Design Museum - would be much more fun if it's a participative museum where you can use and handle and sit on things for the full experience. Walked around design district; mostly consists of shops calling themselves galleries. Snacked on supermarket-bought roasted chicken for dinner; surprisingly pleasant. Perhaps we are all a little addicted to chicken. Monday, May 18. 2009Regarding the acid attack in Mongkok
曾近榮話齋,去旺角逼,記得帶哥士的!
Sunday, April 26. 2009啟動應變措施因應豬流感肆虐,家裏現已採取了果斷而有效的措施以隔離病源:
Sunday, April 26. 2009The coolest connecting tone everCame across this one by accident. Originally I was trying to find a connecting tone so distressingly out of fashion that people feel painful every time they try to call me. I ended up choosing a depressing little ballad from the 1940's. But then there must be some software glitch at the mobile operator, and now people get complete silence when they call me. Silence... and then more silence... and then out of the blue I pick up and growl hello (or I cut them off). Coolest ever. I hope they never get around to fixing this glitch. Wednesday, April 22. 2009要燃點希望,首先要撲滅山火。今天,巧遇由我負責 mentoring 的學妹。 本來高高興興的聽同學們討論成果,但最終還是逃不過要中途離座、繼續救火的宿命。 同學們談的,是前沿的方向、新的建設,但我們最近工作上面對的,好像就只有一次接著一次的後欄失火。 這樣說好像很悲涼,但其實又彷彿看到了我們這一輩的使命。如果讓這爛攤子一直的爛下去,到同學們畢業就要他們投身參與永無止境的救亡、補過,那實在太對不起下一代了。所以,即使自己大概沒機會在盛世中大展拳腳,起碼我們也要做到把亂局平息下來,讓後人有穩定的基礎去發展、去探索新的方向。 阻擋我們平亂的、趁勢撈政治本錢的人,就像那些大肆採礦捕獵、預支下一代自然資源的無良企業家一般可恥,其罪可誅。 Sunday, April 12. 2009當一天神農氏病了,其實也是個科研的機會,可以乘機體會一下家裡的藥那種最管用。 Panadol ActiFast: 貴一點也值得,因為十分鐘開始見效,不到半個鐘就化解了忽冷忽熱的感覺。 Piriton: 竟然沒有睡意,而且有效驅除了鼻敏感那種惱人的痕癢,但鼻水還是會在毫無感覺的情況下繼續流下來。(如果抗抑鬱劑也是這樣,情緒穩定了,但眼淚還是無緣無故地流,那是多麼的可怖...) 同仁堂感冒沖劑(各種顏色):無效了,可能是因為喝的時候已經在期待 placebo effect ? Saturday, April 11. 2009《禮儀師之奏鳴曲》看後感
Thursday, April 9. 2009Alternative explanation of realityWe are all part of a slowly-progressing nightmare inside the mind of a sleeping god. The moment the god is awakened, we'll be gone. I suspect someone somewhere already holds a patent on this. As soon as I try to turn this into a book or a movie or a belief system, lawsuits will start flying. But if I were a tribal leader of 20 people in an isolated jungle, I'd totally turn that into a myth and create a religion around it. And the job of believers is to cause enough terror inside this nightmare to jolt the god awake. I guess that makes my religion a doomsday cult. Specifically, an activist doomsday cult. Sunday, March 22. 2009How slow is painfully slow? My rendition of Erik Satie's Gymnopédie No. 1Erik Satie's instructions for his Gymnopédie No. 1 is "lent et douloureux" (slow and sorrowful / painful). So how slow is painfully slow? I just have to find out for myself. Setup of the experiment:
After studying the score and test-playing a few times, I settled upon my own definition of "slow and painful". Appropriate annotations are added:
Good measurements are key to a successful experiment (especially when you are down to 30 beats per minute), so here's my instrument:
The result was recorded into an MP3 (duration: 7m51s) and can be downloaded for your listening pleasure / pain. Enjoy / Squirm. Sunday, March 1. 2009低智的港式電腦科技電腦科技,可以善用也可以濫用。不知怎地,任何科技到了香港人的手上,其濫用的潛能就會給發揮到極致。以我比較常用的兩種科技產品為例:
結論: Hong Kong is the ghetto of the Internet. Sunday, February 22. 2009旅行(或:放假、躲懶、賴床)的意義人有很多必須要做的事情。從一般社會眼光來看,要安排到一件接著一件、滿滿的直到永遠、充滿前瞻性,才是正常的人生。 放假與躲懶,好像變成了消極的抗議、正常的反面。 但是,不可以看作是積極脫離社會主流期望,為心靈預留空間,找自己的路嗎? Wednesday, February 11. 2009Compulsive serial business bullshit spewing disorderJust overheard the following from a business-type loud cell phone talker in a Starbucks:
I was going to have lunch but now I feel nauseous. Monday, February 2. 2009 |
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