有趣錯誤

想找電影看
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怎知看到這個


標題是魔法保姆麥菲(Nanny McPhee)
劇照是偷情愛美神(How much do you love me?)
故事大綱是新紮師姐3
這樣的錯誤真的鮮有
你想他們要什麼時候才發現？

窗外風景

聽婆婆說，三十年前從我們家往外望，可以看到海。現在當然是沒可能的事，但慶幸我們的大廈對著巴士站，所以不用「樓對樓」，連別人看什麼電視節目，吃什麼餸菜也知道。


趁這天清氣朗的早晨，拍下這幅從我家遠眺的窗外風景，這樣的景觀也不錯吧。

領洗

能夠領洗加入教會，確是一份神恩。

有位兄弟經過兩年的慕道期，認識天主，閱讀聖經，學習道理，他熱切期待領受洗禮，決心棄絕罪惡，追隨基督，加入教會，又先後參與收錄禮、考核禮、甄選禮，只可惜在最後，今年復活節的夜間禮儀，因病而無法領受入門聖事。

今天，神父特別為他舉行儀式，施行洗禮。他的導師、同學一早便聚集在聖堂，同來分享他的喜悅。這位兄弟穿著漂亮整齊的西服，神情緊張，可看出他對洗禮的盼望。當神父用水倒在他的頭上，並說：我因聖父、聖子、聖神之名給你受洗，我看出他那感動的雙眼閃著淚光。

想起1997年，我領洗的晚上，當神父為我施洗、施放堅振，我也是同樣的緊張和充滿感恩喜悅之情。祝福這位兄弟在信仰旅途上，信望愛三德能不斷增長，主寵滿溢。

Relationahip that lasts

Have you confused in a relationship? Do you believe someone will love you forever? Do you believe you will love someone forever? How can we determinate the love is true or not? Here's a text about love. May be you can find the answer in it.

If somebody tell you, "I'll love you forever", will you believe it?

I don't think there's any reason not to. We are ready to believe such commitment at the moment, whatever change may happen afterwards. As for the belief in an everlasting love, there's another thing.

Then you may be asked whether there is such a thing as an everlasting love, I'd answer I believe in it. But an everlasting love is not immutable.

You may unswervingly love or be loved by a person. But love will change its composition with the passage of time. It will not remain the same. In the course of your growth and as a result of your increased experience, love will become something different to you.

In the beginning you believed a fervent love for a person could last indefinitely. By and by, however, "fervent" gave way to "prosaic". Precisely because of this change it became possible for love to last. Then what was meant by an everlasting love would eventually end up in a sort of interdependence.

We used to insist on the difference between love and liking. The former seemed much more beautiful than the latter. One day, however, it turns out there's really no need to make such difference. Liking is actually a sort of love. By the same token, the everlasting interdependence in actually an everlasting love.

I wish I could believe there was somebody who would love me forever. That's, as we all know, too romantic to be true. Instead, it will more often than not be a case of a relationship that lasts.

Youth

What do you think about youth? I'm touching by the poem written by Samuel Ullman. Nice to share with you.

Youth is not a time of life; it is a state of mind; it is not a matter of rosy cheeks, red lips and supple knees; it is a matter of the will, a quality of the imagination, a vigor of the emotions; it is the freshness of the deep springs of life.

Youth means a temperamental predominance of courage over timidity, of the appetite for adventure over the love of ease. This often exists in a man of 60 more than a boy of 20. Nobody grows old merely by a number of years. We grow old by deserting our ideals.

Youth may wrinkle the skin, but to give up enthusiasm wrinkles the soul. Worry, fear, self-distrust bows the heart and turns the spring back to dust.

Whether 60 or 16, there is in every human being's heart the lure of wonder, the unfailing childlike appetite of what's next and the joy of the game living. In the center of your heart and my heart there is a wireless station: so long as it receives messages of beauty, hope, cheer, courage and power form men and from the infinite, so long are you young.

When the aerials are down, and your spirit is covered with snows of cynicism and the ice of pessimism, then you are grown old - even at 20 - but as long as your aerials are up, to catch waves of optimism, there is hope you may die young at 80.

A good friend

I know the original had been posted and this was edited. Anyway, I still love it so much and would like to share with you.

In kindergarten, your idea of a good friend was the person who let you have the red crayon when all that was left was the ugly black one.

In primary school, your idea of a good friend was the person who held your hand as you walked back home after school.

In secondary school, your idea of a good friend was the person who let you copy their homework.

In pre-university, your idea of a good friend was the person who helped you pick a university and assured you that you would get into that university.

On the threshold of adulthood, your idea of a good friend was the person who sent you off to university knowing you were loved.

Now your idea of a good friend is the person who gives you the better of the two choices, holds your hand when you're scared, thinks of you at times when you are not there, reminds you of what you have forgotten, helps you put the past behind you and stays with you so that you have confidence, helps you deal with pressure from others, smiles for you when you are sad, helps you become a better person, and most importantly loves you.

黃皮樹

今年學校的黃皮長得特別漂亮
至於味道嘛
我想並不重要

真愛

C 想看我當新娘的樣子，說一定像幾米的女主角般可愛。還說：「希望這天快些到來，因為……你們……老……了。」

抱歉要叫她失望。因為我只能像幾米的女主角般瘋傻，而無法像她們般可愛。的確，我老了，卻還沒有找到相愛的人。

G 說女生可以有很多要好的男性朋友，但只能與一個相愛。只有那一個教你日夜思念，以他的喜為喜、以他的悲為悲，欣賞包容他的優缺好壞，不計付出收穫的人，才是你真正所愛。最後附註的是，畢竟要兩人相愛，才能得成正果。

希望只是機緣未到，幸福將竟日降來。

石榴

石榴

安伯母想栽種石榴，
正巧學校的石榴樹結籽初熟，
就此拍照留念，
作我偷果的罪証。

石榴原屬安石榴科(Pomegranate)，
因其果實又紅又大，
內裡籽實眾多，
故男女嫁娶之時，
喜互贈石榴，
取其豐碩多子、
多子多福之意。

曖昧

朋友說我有點「曖昧」。

曖昧泛指一切含糊不清之事，情感方面更指有不可告人之秘。而我真是「君子坦蕩蕩」，唯一期盼沒有失去一個朋友。突然想起王菲有這樣的歌，找到歌詞卻想不起怎樣唱，下次一定要拉她到卡拉OK，重拾那段旋律。

歌手：王菲 | 作曲：陳小霞
填詞：林夕 | 編曲：Adrian Chan

眉目裡似哭不似哭　還祈求甚麼說不出
陪著你輕呼著煙圈　到唇邊　講不出滿足
你的溫柔怎可以捕捉
越來越近　卻從不接觸　La...

茶沒有喝光早變酸　從來未熱戀已相戀
陪著你天天在兜圈　那纏繞　怎麼可算短
你的衣裳今天我在穿
未留住你卻仍然溫暖

徘徊在似苦又甜之間
望不穿這暖昧的眼
愛或情借來填一晚
終須都歸還　無謂多貪

猶疑在似即若離之間
望不穿這暖昧的眼
似是濃卻仍然很淡
天早灰藍　想告別　偏未晚

長相

我真的很好奇自己的長相。不，這樣說來，好像我從沒有看過自己長成什麼樣子似的。我是指我究竟長得像什麼樣的人呢？

很奇怪的問題吧！

記得小時候，婆婆說到醫院第一眼看見我的時候，她心裡想：那麼醜的女娃。這對一個小女生來說，是多麼難受的話，還好，後來我才知道，原來所有剛出生的嬰兒沒幾個是好看的，這才稍為撫平我的哀痛。

自知不是令人一見難忘的美女，但就是喜歡自己的樣子，是那麼親切、獨特、有個性，這全是自我偏見和好朋友不斷吹捧，好不容易才建立的自信心。

只是，好幾次在泳池給人搭訕，也以為我不是本地人，又或者是混血兒。雖然我的膚色比較黝黑，但也不至於是像外地人嘛。今天晚上，新相識的朋友一見面，開始便問我是否真的是土生土長香港人，他那神情極為訝異，他真的以為我父母其中一位是外地人，覺得我有菲律賓血統什麼的。

皮膚黝黑不等如外國人，那我應該還有什麼身體語言，叫人誤會吧！但那究竟是什麼呢？真的不明所意。

Sunny

Happy Pair
Originally uploaded by suesue2.

溫煦的陽光再次來臨，
這是否代表哪一種好兆頭呢？
下了差不多一個月的雨，
令人混身都是發霉的味道，
一切都變是灰灰朦朦，
沒有絲毫光亮的色彩。
這下白刺刺的陽光好好的照入屋內，
將一切灰灰濕濕的壞東西也掃走了，
剩下來的只有美好潔淨。

IPA

這星期的功課是譯 phonetyc symbols ，老師把450個拼音交給我們，要將它拼讀成英文字。

小時讀書沒有認真學好英文拼音，一直使我的學習障礙重重。去年夏天，上了一個20小時的拼音班，那些 International Phonetic Alphabet 還算記憶猶新。我想讀還算可以，但要串成一個一個正確的英文字，卻還是有點頭痛。而我那「粉認真」的學習態度，做好後還要逐一查字典，確認是正確無誤，結果就是沒睡好覺，心裡總是想著那些 vowels 呀， consonants 呀。連看書的時候，也還想著這個字讀的時候，究竟是 voiced 還是 voiceless 。

唉，真的有點變態。

由「六四」到「巴士阿叔」

Dr Michael DeGolyer 在2006年6月1日的 The Standard 刊登評論文章[1]，指出巿民透過互聯網，可揭發政府的惡行和秘密，而每人也成為新聞工作者。


1989年6月4日，在天安門發生的事件，無論在香港、甚至世界，傳媒都作了廣泛報導。那青年獨自站在一列坦克車前面的畫面，直到現在，還叫人歷歷在目。這些震人心絃的影像，不單拍自專業的新聞工作者之手，更多是來自外國遊客的相機和攝錄機。可是，若果沒有傳媒之助，或是當時的中國政府截斷了人造衛星通訊，我們根本無法看到。

然而，科技的發展與轉變，大家只要透過互聯網，便能隨時隨地，收看、下載所有最新的新聞資訊，真正的無遠弗屆。而普羅大眾也能透過網誌、網站，發布各種訊息。而我們無論何時何地，不只受政府或商人的「監視」，還受到小孩的影像電話所「威脅」。那究竟科技是用來揭發暴政，還是揭人蒼疤私隱？又由誰來負上責任呢？(經撮寫及翻譯)

看到這篇文章，令我想起最近至熱門的「巴士阿叔」，當我們說偷怕是失德行為時，將他人巴士上發生的事，不單偷怕，還要上載網上，甚至出售版權，這應如何判斷？那條道德的界線又應如何訂定呢？

[1] Michael Degolyer. "Internet power helps people reveal the misdeeds and secrets of
　 government: We are all journalists." The Standard. 1 June 2006.

New challenges

The last two modules of my diploma course finally started in this week.

One of modules is "Dissertation Writing Skills and Presentation Skills", I think, which is useful for preparing the IOL exam and further study as well. My tutor said that this module is the most difficult one. He also advised us making well preparations for writing our theses. "No pain, no gain" is always the word of wisdom.

To choose an interesting and meaningful topic of my research is the frist step, and a lot of challenges is certainly coming sooner or later. Of course, I'll do my best.

端陽

下雨的端陽節，爸爸回鄉探望祖母，我可以享受獨個兒在家的滋味。本想睡個日上三竿而無人阻攔，可是還是一早醒來，那只好做些有意義的事，做家務——先洗衣服，後抹窗子。「我看完了認為好」，肚子便隆隆作響，於是跑到哥哥家裡吃粽子過節。

一進哥哥家，嫂嫂二話不說，便端了一大碗湯來，說清熱解濕，逼令要馬上灌下。嫂嫂的命令，做妹妹的可敢怠慢，然後她又開始解粽子，一隻兩隻，都是她爸爸媽媽親自包裹的，那當然要吃啊。就這樣，在不足半小時，我的胃滿足得不得了。

為免嫂嫂五時三刻就端出食物來，我只好藉口要到圖書館去，溜之大吉。圖書館，真的是夏日消磨的好去處，置身書海固然令人興奮，加上有舒適的椅子，方便的電腦，最重要是有涼快的冷氣，而且費用全免。若不是到了關門時間，真的捨不得離開。

回家後，我又開始張羅晚飯——白汁磨菇吞拿魚長通粉，根據這次經驗，我想還是加點青椒和洋蔥，改用肉丸，味道應更好。飯後洗碗碟，然後繼續早上未完的工作，抹鐵閘、風扇、吸塵、地板。

一個端陽，竟自願做了那麼多家務，結果累得好比別人划龍舟的一樣，不到晚上十時，便倒在床上著了。