鯨魚女孩‧池塘男孩
http://jht.pixnet.net/blog/post/30473052
剛剛完成溫哥華冬奧嗰份工, 係一個好搞笑, 好奇特o既經驗. 雖然比預計中少賺一千蚊, 但係都唔係好緊要, 本來有嘢做就係額外, 應該覺得感恩先係. 而家先休息幾日, 之後就將成個經驗寫出嚟, 做個紀錄.
難得o既係, 一開始失業, 就開始有好多嘢玩: Heavy Rain 已經出咗, Final Fantasy XIII 就快出, 而今日又突然見到痞子蔡有新書出... 咁多好嘢玩, 所以都唔會覺得好落寞.
Wednesday, 24 February 2010
Monday, 15 February 2010
Monday, 8 February 2010
Adventureland
有 d 電影, 雖然唔係特別好睇, 但係唔知點解會特別鍾意. 早幾日睇到一齣我覺得唔算係好特別, 但係我自己就好鍾意o既電影, 叫 Adventureland. 幾日前睇咗另一齣我好鍾意o既戲, 叫 Zombieland (第日再寫), 好鍾意入面個男主角, 所以順便睇埋佢o既另一齣新戲, 就係 Adventureland. 本來以為係好似 Euro Trip 之類o既青春喜劇, 但係其實故事相當成熟寫實, 甚至有少少負面.
我好少特別鍾意邊個男演員, 但係呢個我鍾意. 故事講佢係一個讀比較文學o既人, 考咗入哥倫比亞大學o既研究院, 但係唔夠錢去讀, 想搵暑期工又乜都搵唔到, 最後去咗一個遊樂場做嘢, 齣戲就講佢呢段時間o既經驗. 唔使多講, 知我背景o既, 都應該能夠明白點解呢齣戲一開始我就睇得投入, 因為主角嗰種迷失 feel, 我真係身同感受. 其實故事冇乜大上大落, 平平咁講到尾, 但係我就由頭到尾都唔覺有任何一刻悶場. 睇個主角最後終於去咗 New York, 雖然唔係佢計劃咁發生, 但係都為佢高興.
另一個我好鍾意呢齣戲o既原因係因為佢o既音樂, 個導演選 d 歌真係好好聽. 呢齣戲個 setting 係喺 80 年代, 所以個故事有講到對草, 連反猶主義都有講到, 但係最能夠突出 80 年代 feel o既, 始終都係 d 音樂.
除主角外, 其他幾個配角我都鍾意, 其中最正就係呢個食煙斗, 讀俄羅斯文學而失戀又失業o既 Joel, 佢不時講 d 好正o既金句, 又係主角o既益友, 好正. 做靚女 Lisa P. 嗰個女仔亦幾靚, 有說服力, 後來睇返, 先知原來呢個就係喺 The Invisible 入面做 Annie 嗰個, 當時就已經覺佢靚. 以下係其中一段我最鍾意o既對白, 我打算背起佢, 將來人地問到, 我就照答.
Sue: What are you majoring in?
Joel: Russian literature and Slavic languages.
Sue: Oh wow, that's pretty interesting. What career track is that?
Joel: Cabby, hot dog vendor, marijuana delivery guy.
我好少特別鍾意邊個男演員, 但係呢個我鍾意. 故事講佢係一個讀比較文學o既人, 考咗入哥倫比亞大學o既研究院, 但係唔夠錢去讀, 想搵暑期工又乜都搵唔到, 最後去咗一個遊樂場做嘢, 齣戲就講佢呢段時間o既經驗. 唔使多講, 知我背景o既, 都應該能夠明白點解呢齣戲一開始我就睇得投入, 因為主角嗰種迷失 feel, 我真係身同感受. 其實故事冇乜大上大落, 平平咁講到尾, 但係我就由頭到尾都唔覺有任何一刻悶場. 睇個主角最後終於去咗 New York, 雖然唔係佢計劃咁發生, 但係都為佢高興.
另一個我好鍾意呢齣戲o既原因係因為佢o既音樂, 個導演選 d 歌真係好好聽. 呢齣戲個 setting 係喺 80 年代, 所以個故事有講到對草, 連反猶主義都有講到, 但係最能夠突出 80 年代 feel o既, 始終都係 d 音樂.
除主角外, 其他幾個配角我都鍾意, 其中最正就係呢個食煙斗, 讀俄羅斯文學而失戀又失業o既 Joel, 佢不時講 d 好正o既金句, 又係主角o既益友, 好正. 做靚女 Lisa P. 嗰個女仔亦幾靚, 有說服力, 後來睇返, 先知原來呢個就係喺 The Invisible 入面做 Annie 嗰個, 當時就已經覺佢靚. 以下係其中一段我最鍾意o既對白, 我打算背起佢, 將來人地問到, 我就照答.
Sue: What are you majoring in?
Joel: Russian literature and Slavic languages.
Sue: Oh wow, that's pretty interesting. What career track is that?
Joel: Cabby, hot dog vendor, marijuana delivery guy.
Wednesday, 3 February 2010
12 Angry Men
最近溫哥華冬季奧運嗰份 x-ray 工開始咗, 所以都冇乜時間寫嘢, 不過今日難得放假, 又有精神, 就講下最近睇過一齣我覺得好正o既舊片, 叫十二怒漢. 差不多成齣戲就由十二個人做晒, 場景亦主要只得一個, 就係一間房, 但係齣戲由頭到尾都好刺激, 絶無冷場, 真係神乎奇技.
故事講到有個由十二人組成o既陪審團, 要決定一宗殺人案o既 suspect 係咪有罪, 而結果一定要十二人都同意先可以成立. 故事開始嗰時, 本來十二個人當中有十一個人覺得立即就可以達成一致意見, 定個人有罪, 但係其中一個人覺得有花多少少時間討論o既必要, 而成齣戲, 就講如何由一個人覺得要判無罪, 變成十二人認為要判無罪, 當中過程好好睇, 雖然只係得把口講, 但一 d 都唔悶. 而我最鍾意o既地方, 就係嗰十二個主角, 到齣戲完o既時候, 會覺得對佢地每一個都相當熟悉, 雖然話"主角"係當初力排眾議嗰個人, 但係都唔係佢一個人玩晒, 因為佢都有盲點, 其他成員都不時有 d 精明o既發現, 好多角色都有表現o既機會.
總結: 連我呢種只鐘意睇動作片/恐怖片o既人都咁鐘意睇呢齣全無動作, 只有對白, 場景簡單o既電影, 算係一個異數. 大力推薦, 應該必人都會鐘意睇.
Sunday, 31 January 2010
北帝見証
時常喺教會聽人講見証時都會心諗, 其實佢地講嗰 d "神蹟"/"奇事"唔証明乜嘢, 因為其他宗教都一樣有咁多同樣o既見証. 例如, 香港冧樓事件後, 就見到呢一篇"証實"北帝大能o既見証.
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【東方日報專訊】土瓜灣馬頭圍道唐樓頃刻變廢墟，能僥倖逃過一劫除賴人間有情與守望相助外，屹立災場對面的北帝也疑似顯靈令四代同堂一家人現能齊齊整整。八十九歲的范伯伯與女兒及曾孫同住上址，塌樓慘劇前一小時，七歲曾孫突從窗口望着北帝廟大嚷不適，更提議嫲嫲與曾祖父落樓散步，家園就在散步間坍塌，對面單位的廿歲青年更命喪瓦礫中，范伯伯的女兒昨稱：「孫仔講得啱，錢無咗但最緊要人無事，一定要去北帝廟還神。」
小孩懂性安慰大人
范伯伯女兒林太稱住在上址已八年，平日亦會到北帝廟參拜祈求一家平安，事發當日中午，她、范伯伯及孫兒午膳後，孫兒突從窗口望着北帝廟稱心胸不適及不安，年紀小小的他更自行唸經：「佢好少咁，唸完仲話唔舒服，叫我同太公陪佢落街散步。」
散步未幾回家之際傳來塌樓，返抵時家已不在，林太說：「成個人呆晒，老人家行動慢，如果無落街散步，都唔知走唔走得切。」
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每逢巨災後，靈異事件總不斷湧現，塌樓現場附近一間藥房老闆陸醫師稱，舖內飼養一狗一貓一龜，名叫「富貴」的泥龜大半個月前突患眼疾，治療也無效，塌樓意外後，藥房門外曾暫用作停屍間，老闆為求安心，昨在門外拜祭，詎料「富貴」突然開眼，眾人對此事稱奇。
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【東方日報專訊】土瓜灣馬頭圍道唐樓頃刻變廢墟，能僥倖逃過一劫除賴人間有情與守望相助外，屹立災場對面的北帝也疑似顯靈令四代同堂一家人現能齊齊整整。八十九歲的范伯伯與女兒及曾孫同住上址，塌樓慘劇前一小時，七歲曾孫突從窗口望着北帝廟大嚷不適，更提議嫲嫲與曾祖父落樓散步，家園就在散步間坍塌，對面單位的廿歲青年更命喪瓦礫中，范伯伯的女兒昨稱：「孫仔講得啱，錢無咗但最緊要人無事，一定要去北帝廟還神。」
小孩懂性安慰大人
范伯伯女兒林太稱住在上址已八年，平日亦會到北帝廟參拜祈求一家平安，事發當日中午，她、范伯伯及孫兒午膳後，孫兒突從窗口望着北帝廟稱心胸不適及不安，年紀小小的他更自行唸經：「佢好少咁，唸完仲話唔舒服，叫我同太公陪佢落街散步。」
散步未幾回家之際傳來塌樓，返抵時家已不在，林太說：「成個人呆晒，老人家行動慢，如果無落街散步，都唔知走唔走得切。」
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每逢巨災後，靈異事件總不斷湧現，塌樓現場附近一間藥房老闆陸醫師稱，舖內飼養一狗一貓一龜，名叫「富貴」的泥龜大半個月前突患眼疾，治療也無效，塌樓意外後，藥房門外曾暫用作停屍間，老闆為求安心，昨在門外拜祭，詎料「富貴」突然開眼，眾人對此事稱奇。
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Wednesday, 16 December 2009
The First Christmas: The Story of Jesus' Birth in History and Tradition
為咗應節, Biblical Archaeology Society 出咗本免費o既電子書. 我自己仲未有時間睇, 但係見有幾篇文章都係由出名學者寫o既, 有閱讀價值. 望落似係俾一般讀者睇, 應該人人都會睇得明.
http://www.bib-arch.org/e-books/pdf/christmas.pdf
http://www.bib-arch.org/e-books/pdf/christmas.pdf
耶路撒冷裹屍布
今日見到有個相當有趣o既考古發現. Shimon Gibson 喺耶路撒冷發現到一塊來自與耶穌同期o既裹屍布. 最有趣o既係, 呢塊裹屍布同 Shroud of Turin 好多唔同o既地方. 首先, 編織o既方法唔同. 其次, 同 Shroud of Turin 唔同, 呢塊新發現o既裹屍布唔係一塊布, 而係有一塊分開o既包頭布.
點解 Shroud of Turin 同呢塊同耶穌同期o既裹屍布咁唔同? Hmmmm...
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Burial cloth found in Jerusalem cave casts doubt on authenticity of Turin Shroud
By Matthew Kalman
Last updated at 1:08 AM on 16th December 2009
Archaeologists have discovered the first known burial shroud in Jerusalem from the time of Christ's crucifixion - and say it casts serious doubt on the claimed authenticity of the Turin Shroud.
Ancient shrouds from the period have been found before in the Holy Land, but never in Jerusalem.
Researchers say the weave and design of the shroud discovered in a burial cave near Jerusalem's Old City are completely different to the Turin Shroud.
Radiocarbon tests and artefacts found in the cave prove almost beyond doubt that it was from the same time of Christ's death.It was made with a simple two-way weave - not the twill weave used on the Turin Shroud, which textile experts say was introduced more than 1,000 years after Christ lived.
And instead of being a single sheet like the famous item in Turin, the Jerusalem shroud is made up of several sections, with a separate piece for the head.
......http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/worldnews/article-1236161/First-burial-shroud-carbon-dated-time-Christs-crucifixion-caves-near-Jerusalem.html
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Tuesday, 8 December 2009
Graduate Studies in Biblical Studies = Bungee Jump without the Cord
Man, why didn't I read these when I was 22?
http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the/44846
http://chronicle.com/article/Just-Don-t-Go-Part-2/44786
As a current graduate student in biblical studies, I must testify to the validity of this person's warnings. What he wrote is so painfully true and accurately describes my situation now. I'm not so desperate that I need to hang myself in the near future, but it is very very very true that I don't see an academic future for myself AT ALL.
http://chronicle.com/article/Graduate-School-in-the/44846
http://chronicle.com/article/Just-Don-t-Go-Part-2/44786
As a current graduate student in biblical studies, I must testify to the validity of this person's warnings. What he wrote is so painfully true and accurately describes my situation now. I'm not so desperate that I need to hang myself in the near future, but it is very very very true that I don't see an academic future for myself AT ALL.
Friday, 13 November 2009
A ridiculously lame sermon
In the past two weeks, I've been going to a church called Newbern Alliance which is somewhat close to where I live in Vancouver. I've tried both the English and the Chinese services, the former definitely seems better. Everybody was so long-winded in the Chinese service that I attended: the guys who led the singing said there's no need to say much because the songs' lyrics are so well written, and then he gave a speech on the song... But the worst was during the communion. The guy who administered the communion gave a 15-min SERMON on the purpose of communion right after the official lengthy sermon.
In any case, so I decided to go to the English service. And last week, at the English service, I chanced upon one of the most ridiculous sermons I ever heard, an experience totally worth recording.
The speaker's speech had a title, something along the line of "spiritual inputs & outputs". He began with Matthew 12 and James 3, saying that we gotta watch our tongues, which is the "output". But that'd be too simple, so he went on to say that we also got to manage our "input", so we'll have the right "output". He encouraged us to throw away our DVDs, video games, and music CDs, which might pollute our pure mind, just as a drop of cyanide can poison an entire cup of water. He then cited Job 6.24: "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred." According to this guy, Job found out that the reason why he suffered so much was because of what he had said; he didn't watch his tongue, so he lost his family and properties. So how shall we watch our tongues? He suggested that we shall not utter expressions such as: "unbelievable", "break a leg", and "it blew my mind". These are exaggerations that we don't mean. If we speak unreal things in the morning, our prayers at night will have no chance of being realized, or so he suggested.
Now, this sermon errs in so many points that it is difficult to criticize in a systematic manner, but I'll try. First, his two key passages, Matt 12 and James 3, do condemn the practice of bad-mouthing (output), but they don't talk about the inputs at all. Matt 12 relates bad fruits to bad trees, but it says nothing of what inputs the tree has received to become bad in the first place! So one of the 2 main points that he's making isn't even talked about in the biblical passages that he focused on. The other support for his point about inputs is the cyanide analogy. But whenever someone appeals to analogy as an argument, we should see a red flag. While it sounds reasonable, we have to question what is cyanide in water to do with DVDs in our life? I can argue in the same manner in the opposite direction: just as a chicken dropped into the Pacific Ocean won't turn the ocean into chicken soup, DVDs won't have much effect to our spiritual life. There, analogies don't make conclusive arguments.
His interpretation of Job 6 is even worse. It says: "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred." Job isn't saying he suffered because he spoke to much, and now he shall shut the hell up. It says it right there in this passage, he has no idea why he suffered at all, that's why he challenges God to "show me how I have erred". If God can tell him even just one thing he had done wrong, he'll shut up; otherwise he'll keep whining. And this speaker turned this passage around to say the exact opposite. Man, this is just bad exegesis.
The applications of these teachings are equally lame. Regarding the inputs, I have already said that his teachings find no basis in the 3 main passages that he cited. Regarding the outputs, although Matt 12 and James 3 do talk about controlling tongues, I'm pretty sure they do not mean to say that it is wrong to say "unbelievable" or "mind-blowing". They're talking about curses, blaspheming against the holy spirit; they're not forbidding the use of figures of speech and rhetorics. In fact, the bible itself does that all the time. When it describes God as a man with hands, or a heart, it isn't being untruthful to its readers. Any sane person will recognize the use of anthropomorphism in such descriptions. Why not?
Well, all in all, this sermon was so unbelievably lame that it is mind-blowing.
In any case, so I decided to go to the English service. And last week, at the English service, I chanced upon one of the most ridiculous sermons I ever heard, an experience totally worth recording.
The speaker's speech had a title, something along the line of "spiritual inputs & outputs". He began with Matthew 12 and James 3, saying that we gotta watch our tongues, which is the "output". But that'd be too simple, so he went on to say that we also got to manage our "input", so we'll have the right "output". He encouraged us to throw away our DVDs, video games, and music CDs, which might pollute our pure mind, just as a drop of cyanide can poison an entire cup of water. He then cited Job 6.24: "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred." According to this guy, Job found out that the reason why he suffered so much was because of what he had said; he didn't watch his tongue, so he lost his family and properties. So how shall we watch our tongues? He suggested that we shall not utter expressions such as: "unbelievable", "break a leg", and "it blew my mind". These are exaggerations that we don't mean. If we speak unreal things in the morning, our prayers at night will have no chance of being realized, or so he suggested.
Now, this sermon errs in so many points that it is difficult to criticize in a systematic manner, but I'll try. First, his two key passages, Matt 12 and James 3, do condemn the practice of bad-mouthing (output), but they don't talk about the inputs at all. Matt 12 relates bad fruits to bad trees, but it says nothing of what inputs the tree has received to become bad in the first place! So one of the 2 main points that he's making isn't even talked about in the biblical passages that he focused on. The other support for his point about inputs is the cyanide analogy. But whenever someone appeals to analogy as an argument, we should see a red flag. While it sounds reasonable, we have to question what is cyanide in water to do with DVDs in our life? I can argue in the same manner in the opposite direction: just as a chicken dropped into the Pacific Ocean won't turn the ocean into chicken soup, DVDs won't have much effect to our spiritual life. There, analogies don't make conclusive arguments.
His interpretation of Job 6 is even worse. It says: "Teach me, and I will be silent; And show me how I have erred." Job isn't saying he suffered because he spoke to much, and now he shall shut the hell up. It says it right there in this passage, he has no idea why he suffered at all, that's why he challenges God to "show me how I have erred". If God can tell him even just one thing he had done wrong, he'll shut up; otherwise he'll keep whining. And this speaker turned this passage around to say the exact opposite. Man, this is just bad exegesis.
The applications of these teachings are equally lame. Regarding the inputs, I have already said that his teachings find no basis in the 3 main passages that he cited. Regarding the outputs, although Matt 12 and James 3 do talk about controlling tongues, I'm pretty sure they do not mean to say that it is wrong to say "unbelievable" or "mind-blowing". They're talking about curses, blaspheming against the holy spirit; they're not forbidding the use of figures of speech and rhetorics. In fact, the bible itself does that all the time. When it describes God as a man with hands, or a heart, it isn't being untruthful to its readers. Any sane person will recognize the use of anthropomorphism in such descriptions. Why not?
Well, all in all, this sermon was so unbelievably lame that it is mind-blowing.
Monday, 2 November 2009
教會執事殺情婦?
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教會執事涉殺聾啞情婦
(星島)2009年11月3日 星期二 05:30
被公認為性情溫和、樂於助人的虔誠教會執事，與同為聾啞的已婚女教友發生婚外情，女教友疑苦苦相纏要求執事離婚，執事不勝其煩下涉以刀捅殺女教友。事發三日後，執事哭著向教會牧師和盤托出殺人一事，並到警署寫下自首信。執事被控一項謀殺罪，案件昨於高院開審。
記者：何鳳儀
現年四十七歲的被告葉啟明，昨於高院否認一項於去年九月十三日謀殺女子吳桂芳（三十九歲）罪名。被告指自己當時精神失常，承認誤殺罪，但不獲控方接納。
控方開案陳辭指，被告與死者年幼時相識於聾人學校，八九年在九龍城衙前圍道香港聾人基督教會相聚，被告為教會執事，而靠綜援維生的死者也熱心教會事務，二人各家室子女，但暗地裏發展親密關係。死者丈夫昨供稱，他視性情溫和的被告為普通朋友，被告曾替他修理濾水器及搬家具。
牧師面前哭著懺悔
死者丈夫梁偉光昨供稱，事發當日早上十一時，他帶兩名兒子到父母西區寓所，妻子原答應一同晚飯，但未有現身；晚上十時他返到沙田 新翠村新明樓寓所，赫見妻子躺於血泊中，毫無動靜，遂立即傳真通知被告、父親及教會傳道人鄺志雄，鄺趕到現場助他報警。救護員到場後證實吳已死亡，驗屍報告指死因是胸口被刀捅傷。
控方指出，與被告相識近十年的教會牧師高偉光，於同月十六日應被告妻子通知到其寓所會面，被告一見高即哭起來懺悔，承認自己用刀捅死吳桂芳，指死者要求他離婚及娶她。被告同日到警署，在警誡下寫下：「我要自首，因我是殺吳桂芳。」被告及後在錄影會面中表示他早於事發前兩日對死者動殺機，並於當日買兇刀及新衣。
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呢條友根本就冇誠心認罪, 話自己係精神失常誤殺.
教會執事涉殺聾啞情婦
(星島)2009年11月3日 星期二 05:30
被公認為性情溫和、樂於助人的虔誠教會執事，與同為聾啞的已婚女教友發生婚外情，女教友疑苦苦相纏要求執事離婚，執事不勝其煩下涉以刀捅殺女教友。事發三日後，執事哭著向教會牧師和盤托出殺人一事，並到警署寫下自首信。執事被控一項謀殺罪，案件昨於高院開審。
記者：何鳳儀
現年四十七歲的被告葉啟明，昨於高院否認一項於去年九月十三日謀殺女子吳桂芳（三十九歲）罪名。被告指自己當時精神失常，承認誤殺罪，但不獲控方接納。
控方開案陳辭指，被告與死者年幼時相識於聾人學校，八九年在九龍城衙前圍道香港聾人基督教會相聚，被告為教會執事，而靠綜援維生的死者也熱心教會事務，二人各家室子女，但暗地裏發展親密關係。死者丈夫昨供稱，他視性情溫和的被告為普通朋友，被告曾替他修理濾水器及搬家具。
牧師面前哭著懺悔
死者丈夫梁偉光昨供稱，事發當日早上十一時，他帶兩名兒子到父母西區寓所，妻子原答應一同晚飯，但未有現身；晚上十時他返到沙田 新翠村新明樓寓所，赫見妻子躺於血泊中，毫無動靜，遂立即傳真通知被告、父親及教會傳道人鄺志雄，鄺趕到現場助他報警。救護員到場後證實吳已死亡，驗屍報告指死因是胸口被刀捅傷。
控方指出，與被告相識近十年的教會牧師高偉光，於同月十六日應被告妻子通知到其寓所會面，被告一見高即哭起來懺悔，承認自己用刀捅死吳桂芳，指死者要求他離婚及娶她。被告同日到警署，在警誡下寫下：「我要自首，因我是殺吳桂芳。」被告及後在錄影會面中表示他早於事發前兩日對死者動殺機，並於當日買兇刀及新衣。
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呢條友根本就冇誠心認罪, 話自己係精神失常誤殺.
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