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去年十二月時﹐政府清拆天星碼頭引起一場小風波﹐數十名反對清拆人士佔據碼頭與警方對峙。最終鬧劇完滿落幕﹐天星碼頭得以順利清拆﹐沒有影響填海工程。天星碼頭沒有什麼歷史意義﹐拆了也不可惜﹐在天星碼頭旁邊的皇后碼頭﹐畢境是歷代港督上任登岸之處﹐有保留下來歷史價值。政府亦從善如流聽取反對聲音﹐提出原件重置皇后碼頭的保育方案。可惜反對清拆人士並不領情﹐誓要爭取原地保留皇后碼頭。他們抗議政府沒有他們達成共識﹐可是政府有可能與非理性的反清拆者達成共識嗎﹖… [...]
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Today, my company have a massive layoff, 15% of the employee is gone. I have been stressed out for the whole week. Since the beginning of the month, there were rumors about the company is having a layoff plan. The rumour is leaking more and… [...] 
在地球平均每十二個人就有一枝手槍﹐ 問題是如何向令其他的十一個也買手槍呢﹖軍火買賣是一門大生意﹐Nicolas Cage主演的「軍火之王 」﹐講的是一個軍火推銷員的故事。這套電影戲中出場的槍械多不勝數﹐軍事迷必定不可以錯過。據說在拍攝這套電影使用的槍械﹐是從黑市購買真正的槍械﹐而片中還有展出過一個中隊的坦克車﹐同樣的也是從軍火販子借來拍攝﹐因為真品比道具槍電腦特技還便宜。雖然這套電影荷槍實彈﹐但不是一套動作片。這套電影嚴格來說是齣黑色喜劇﹐有很多充滿精警諷刺的對白﹐主角走私軍火時走法律罅的招數更是抵死搞笑。… [...] It was raining, we don’t need the sign to tell us the ground was wet.… [...] 
鄭伊健「古惑仔」系列電影中的大佬型像深入民心﹐時隔多年由他演出「天行者」中的出獄後改過自身的大佬最適合不過。拍攝過氣江湖大佬出獄的電影有不少﹐早年「英雄本色」狄龍那句﹕我無做大佬好耐﹐堪稱經典﹐鄭伊健自己也在「九龍冰室」演出過這種角色。那些電影的過氣大佬總是總落難落泊﹐只是想過平靜生活但給仇家追救﹐不得已再踏上江湖路的小角色。「天行者」與其他電影不同之處﹐是劇中鄭伊健飾演的葉秋﹐出獄後不甘於隱姓埋名﹐搖身一變為高調富商慈善家﹐成立基金公司在慈善事業大展拳腳。其他過氣大佬入獄原因不外是失手就是被出賣﹐與其說他們在獄中改過自身﹐不如說是他們對江湖事心灰意冷萌生退意。葉秋入獄卻是出於奇遇﹐他在舉刀劈人之際﹐刀鋒被雷電擊中。正所謂多行不義遭雷擊﹐看著給導雷燒傷的手掌﹐他沒有選擇逃走只是站著發呆﹐他在那一刻已經是得到重生。在獄中八年他閱遍中外名著﹐尋找人生的意義﹐在出獄後他就決定要貫切實行仁者之路。… [...] How much is one billion? I am surprise to find out no many people know this word represents two numbers difference by a factor of 1000 depends on who you talk to. In US, 1 billion is 1000000000, 9 zeros, but in UK, 1 billion is 100000000000, 12 zeros.… [...] 
添食開拍的續集電影通常比第一集遜色﹐「迦勒比海盜」也不例外。第二集「決戰魔盜王」承接上集的餘威﹐雖然在票房方面十分賣坐﹐但說穿了還只不過是套很通普的荷里活公式大片。主角起用靚仔靚女吸引粉絲入場﹐使用大量電腦特技令觀眾覺得值回票價﹐從開場到完場一路節奏緊湊﹐劇本有打有笑交足功課﹐不過故事內容則完全欠奉深度。我沒有看過「迦勒比海盜」第一集﹐亦從不打算看第二集﹐時間不應浪費在看通俗娛樂片上。上星期去旅行時﹐酒店有免費電影供住客租借﹐反正晚上沒有電腦上網﹐左右也是無聊要打發時間﹐便呆在房中的觀看這齣電影。既然是免費自不能喊回水﹐不過倒想問片商賠償我兩個小時寶貴的光陰。若要用一個字來形容這電影﹐就是一個『悶』字。… [...] Today I had beer and wings with some colleagues after work to celebrate success of our previous the project. Between beers, we chatted about environment issues. The boss talked about a documentary he saw on global warming. It is the controversal… [...] 
在離開溫哥華市個多小時車程的滑雪勝地威士拿(Whistler)中﹐每天有數百隻可愛的小動物過著沒有自由沒有尊嚴的生活。狗拉雪橇是威士拿當地旅遊工業的一項重要活動﹐遊客只需要花數百元﹐便可坐寫意地坐著狗拉雪橇﹐在效野山道中遊覽雪山景色。可是這遊客沒有顧及狗隻的感受﹐他們高高在上的人類中心主義﹐勞役著那些可憐的雪橇犬﹐與狗拉雪橇公司一同剝削犬隻。狗兒在嚴寒的天氣中﹐要拉著載著肚滿腸肥的遊客﹐連控狗員起來幾百磅重的雪橇﹐在崎嶇的山道上吃力地奔跑﹐慢下腳步就立即受到控狗員的喝罵。那些雪橇犬以時速十多公里拉動雪橇奔跑﹐走得氣喘如騾舌頭也伸了出來﹐遊客舒適地坐在雪橇上的開懷大笑﹐正好滿充足了遊客的權力慾和消費慾。… [...] 
有些電影要像淳酒一樣要經過時間的發醇﹐才會散發出醉人的芳香﹐「月黑高飛」正是一套這樣的慢熱電影。這電影在九四年上映時票房慘淡﹐雖然有七項奧斯卡提名﹐最終一個獎項也沒有空手而回﹐全敗給那年的最佳電影「阿甘正傳」。不過這電影在落畫後的市場後勁凌厲﹐在電視重播和DVD中找到第二生命﹐不單口碑載道逐漸成為家傳戶曉的經典電影﹐更長期穩佔觀眾最喜愛電影投票的三甲位置。這套電影的成功在於它的耐看﹐觀感不會除著時間而變得老土過時。整套電影也很平淡﹐但看完後感覺很窩心感人。電影沒有刻意地說教﹐卻讓觀眾領悟出一點人生道理。… [...] To blog or not to blog, that is the question. I have been thinking about why do I blog lately. Newspaper, magazine have been talking about the blogsphere for quite some time. Some people think blog is just an open dairy, some other blog is the new… [...] If I have learned a single key concept from the project management training that is project management is all about ownership and accountability. You are accountable to make some deliveries in the project, and that may depends on the deliveries… [...] I attended an offsite training today at Vancouver Golf Club on project managment. The course itself is more or less the same old stuff I read from the book “Rapid Development”. However, the environment is really nice and a… [...] When you dine out in a restaurant, usually you have to pay tips on top of the amount on the bill. The original intention of paying tips is to reward good service. However, tipping slowly deviated from its original intention and no longer correlate… [...] 
This picture is the World Press Photo of the Year 2006, taken by Spencer Platt in Beirut right after the Isreal bombing. According to the commentaries, this photo is great because the complex structure in the photo triggers the reader to think.… [...] This the comments Pat made after hearing my story about today’s Whistler trip. I went to Whistler with 2 other guys and 1 girl today. It was snowing heavy and the wind was really strong. It was all white out on the top of the mountain, so the… [...] 
零二年劉偉強﹐麥兆輝兩人合力創造出「無間道」的神話﹐去年他們二人再次聯手出擊﹐拍攝同樣是兩大型男主演的「傷城」。今次依舊是警察為題材﹐依舊有梁朝偉﹐不過劉德華換為金城武。因為在表面上實在有多太相似之處﹐很自然觀眾會把「傷城」與「無間道」作比較。看兩片在香港公映時的票房大慨可以反映高下﹐「無間道」當年有四千萬票房﹐「傷城」只有二千萬﹐很明顯前者比較受歡迎。不過請不要對「傷城」有錯誤的期望﹐不要以為這套電影是另一套「無間道」﹐兩者想表達的內容與說故事的風格有很大差異。要放開「無間道」的包伏﹐才能夠感受到「傷城」獨特的氣質﹐那份帶點悲傷淒美的浪漫。… [...] I really miss BBQ goose from HK. Since I moved to Canada, I couldn’t find any restaurant serves BBQ goose. I thought goose is protected birds in Canada, so it is illegal to eat goose and that’s why I couldn’t find BBQ goose anywhere.… [...] 
拿著長劍的少女在日本動畫中是常見的設定﹐以此為題材的動畫數目之多﹐足以獨立歸類為一動畫類別﹐零六年上映二十六話的「蒼之曈的少女 」正好是這類作品。但這套動畫並非一般的長劍少女動畫﹐沒有著校服裝可愛賣萌的女主角﹐只有一個著軍服的男仔頭女主角﹐在動畫中她連裙也沒有著過一次﹐相信令不少長劍少女迷大失所望。這套作品改篇自原野亮的輕小說﹐動功細緻動作場面流暢精彩﹐主題曲「砂上的夢」十分悅耳動聽﹐很有在大漠滄桑流浪的味道。鏡頭運用和配樂也很出色﹐在技術層面這套動畫無懈可擊。故事是暢銷小說改篇應該沒有問題﹐配樂與畫面也是一流水準。不過看完之後﹐總覺得這套動畫差了點什麼。細想才下發現原因是期望與現實出了誤差。初看這套動畫的設定﹐長劍少女加人工智能坦克﹐在世界大戰後沙漠化的大地上流浪﹐心想這套必定是結構宏偉的科幻大作﹐倒頭來發現原來自己看錯劇類﹐大跌眼鏡難免會有點兒失望。不過若能調整好欣賞的心情﹐「蒼之曈的少女… [...] Pat told me this story she watched from TV, and got me interested so I researched a bit more on the internet. It is a case about an Indian girl murdered by her wealth family for marrying a poor guy in order to preserve the honor of the family. This… [...] |
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