轉工後,每星期總有兩三天可以跟你一起出門吃早餐。
你總推著單車跟我走路到大圍市中心。路上,兩旁是樹,河上有白鷺 ,間中有騎著單車,帶著狗的途人,很寧靜。走不了多久,你鼻上便會冒出「粒粒汗」--哈哈,我最愛取笑你這個。
來到市中心,把單車鎖好,便醫肚去。「太興茶餐廳」是必然之選 -- 舒服,乾淨企理,還有大大杯凍檸茶,凍鴛鴦。若有甚麼財經大事,你總會「歎」一會信報,我便搶著文化版來看。看一會,你便會一邊吃你的沙嗲牛肉/午餐肉通粉和太陽蛋,一邊跟我談這個說那個。
這一個月,你的話特別多。我便靜靜聽你的心思。
這兩個星期要一早上課,真的很懷念我們的早餐。
5.29.2007
5.09.2007
Emilie Simon 的奇幻世界
昨天晚上終於看到她的現場演繹 -- 說終於也許有點不乎事實,我喜歡上她才數個月,她便應法國五月的邀請來港作一晚演出,是我的幸運罷。黑色的背景,沒有舞台設計,台上只有各式各樣的樂器,和有限的紅綠燈光作陪襯。
在不足一個半小時的演出裡 (對,正確地說只有一小時二十分鐘,短得驚人) 穿黑色短裙赤著足的她活脫像一隻黑色小兔。從舞台一角跑到另一角,轉到後方又跳回台前。沒完沒了的把玩她各式各樣的樂器,一時背起電子結他、木結他,一時靜靜坐在鋼琴後,還不忘撥弄臂上自創的電子樂器。小兔一邊跳著轉著,口裡一邊送出甜美古怪的音樂,異想天開的如 I wanna be your dog 和 Never fall in love ("I am not human. We will never be the same...Roses never fall in love"),充滿童真趣味的如 Flowers ("I want to buy you flowers. It's a shame that you're a boy.") 和 All is white "I (penguin) want to live in paradise. I want to live in the south"),像夢囈的如 Opium (法文) 和 Swimming ("I was swimming across the sky, clouds and angels by my side...")。 我不是曾說過,很tim burton嗎?
若emilie是小兔,是誰把她帶到這音樂世界?魔術師。(別笑,這名字是我從其他觀眾口中偷來的,又的確貼切) 後方的台階上,頭戴黑色禮服帽的電子混音師在一台黑色音響儀器前手舞足蹈,賣力的把音樂調高弄低。最有趣的還算是吊起來的方框,他隨節奏在框內的中空位置的彈撥,紅色的雷射線便在他手上閃現。很電子,很超科技,很超現實。同時我還是深信他便是童話中的從帽中取出小兔的魔術師。
在另一邊廂是超原始的音樂。只穿簡單灰白襯衣的敲擊樂手的樂器是三個普通不過的鼓,一盤水,一塊像洗衣板的木,一條膠管,還有三角琴的琴箱、琴弦。當然,還少不了他那雙不可思議的手。他雙手在這些原始的物件上拍拍打打便製造出跟電子音樂莫名配合的聲響,我看(聽)得目(耳)不暇給。
在另一邊廂是超原始的音樂。只穿簡單灰白襯衣的敲擊樂手的樂器是三個普通不過的鼓,一盤水,一塊像洗衣板的木,一條膠管,還有三角琴的琴箱、琴弦。當然,還少不了他那雙不可思議的手。他雙手在這些原始的物件上拍拍打打便製造出跟電子音樂莫名配合的聲響,我看(聽)得目(耳)不暇給。
個多小時的奇幻旅程很快便完結。燈亮起,眨一眨眼,便回到現實世界。放眼一看是難得一見座無虛席的大會堂演奏廳。回頭一看是因為幾近滿座而被迫坐在我身後的你,連忙挽著你的手,問:「悶嗎?」。哈,早已不耐煩的你已在查看電話了。沒打緊,你陪我,我已很快樂。
5.05.2007
5.04.2007
失去,不可以
常問:若一天我被車撞倒,死了,你會怎樣?若我消失了,你會怎樣?
問只是撒嬌,要更多疼愛,從不認真。
昨天重看<<藍>>,讓我想到我一生失去過甚麼。原來沒有甚麼,關心的人都安然在我身旁。你說我很幸福,這個我知道。
但幸福可以永遠嗎?上天終有一日從我這裡取走甚麼,怎辦?。父母動手術,你病的日子時好好收藏起來的恐懼,一下子湧出來。記得當天我跟自己說:不可以,不可以。
昨天,我再說一遍:不可以。
請你時刻記著,不可以。
問只是撒嬌,要更多疼愛,從不認真。
昨天重看<<藍>>,讓我想到我一生失去過甚麼。原來沒有甚麼,關心的人都安然在我身旁。你說我很幸福,這個我知道。
但幸福可以永遠嗎?上天終有一日從我這裡取走甚麼,怎辦?。父母動手術,你病的日子時好好收藏起來的恐懼,一下子湧出來。記得當天我跟自己說:不可以,不可以。
昨天,我再說一遍:不可以。
請你時刻記著,不可以。
4.27.2007
生日很快樂
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。
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.
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... ^____^
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