4.27.2007

生日很快樂



很久很久沒有畫過甚麼,把家裡唯一、早封了塵的十色粉彩翻出來,是要畫昨晚那很漂亮的蛋糕 。畫得很醜,但我很高興。

昨晚一家人,還有你,都在我身旁,都寵我。我很快樂。


註:蛋糕是我最愛的士多啤梨拿破崙。項鏈是我嚷著要你買的。cd是哥哥悄悄在我blog得知我喜歡emilie後買的。

4.20.2007

Emilie Simon -- 幽靈女孩

詭異的甜蜜,總是剎食的。
她活脫是tim burton的聲音版。童真中陰暗,怪誕裡爛漫。

近日一坐下來便不停放。
讓一團黑把我包裹起來,讓我尋找乍躲乍現的綠光。

(you tube播的是她替<<小企鵝大長征>>造的音樂之一)

4.17.2007

回家喝湯

星期天在火車站,一個中年婦人在電話中半罵半怨、既啕且鬧的說:「咁你連湯都唔返o黎飲啦!」之後似乎沒再說甚麼,但我斜眼看到她哭了。我低頭便怱怱繼續上路。

那天晚上,我回媽媽家裡喝了兩大碗濃濃的湯。
還有捧了早已盛好包好的一大盒回家。

The Death of Mr. Lazarescu -- tender complexity of life


A film with a minimal plot: Mr. Lazarescu is very ill one day and a 'nurse' (stop fancying -- already in her 50s) takes him on a 'journey' from one doctor to another, each of whom comes up with a different diagnosis, and from one hospital to another, all of which are short of beds and the 'right' personnel and/or equipment, until Lazarescu's death puts an end to it.

Despite the tragic ending, the film is in fact a comedy, one that may not set you off laughing your head off, but that will definitely raise a smile. The destined helplessness of Lazarescu's medical journey and sadness of his death are completely offset by the playful dialogues and amusing description of humanity: the chaotic quarrelsome but definitely warm and happy -- in its own down-to-earth sense -- life of the couple nextdoor; the laughable ignorance and self-styled 'know-it-all' attitude of the in fact sympathetic and dutiful nurse; the snobbishness and self-righteousness that the doctors use to hide their exhaustion, ignorance and yearning for family and love. These characters' stories that weave together to form Lazarescu's last journey are making a hundred different statements of life. However different from one another they may seem, these statements are in fact celebrating one thing all the same: tender complexity of humanity.


If you're looking for a movie that tells little tragic stories of 'nobodies' and 'somebodies' in a comical lively way, you just can't miss this one.

IMDb link: http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0456149/

N.B. I also experienced some complexities when watching this film: 1. To catch the next film, I really had to miss the last 10 minutes or so; 2. Someone beside me, if not asleep, just couldn't stop yawning, moving and checking her watch... ^____^