黃子華呢云真係嘩眾取寵，睇來佢海嘯真係入肉……
好彩佢仲算誠實，改個咁既名。
竟然，
我真係寧願睇絕代商驕。
我要退出Dayo群組……
照顧與創作
6 年前
2009年8月30日星期日
2009年8月28日星期五
兩件事是一回事
放下工作到青海走走，想感受海拔達三千三百米的神聖青海湖，舒坦一下身心；自然環境總有一種讓人釋然的能力，可只要有人的地方就會有利益與政治問題，無論環境如何都未能令人放下。
兩種佔領、一種邏輯
青海湖面積廣大，從每一個角度望去也是美景處處，可是政府就偏偏不把這種自然景色自然保留，忽在湖邊一段劃定為風景區，聚隻一些商品食肆招倈本不為過，然而要近距離接近聖湖，就要買票進入風景區，要到對面的沙島又要再買船票。
不甘被規定位置觀賞湖色，唯有多走些路，找個劃定區外的民宿入住，一樣可以徒步到湖旁。一宿過後，晨早起床看日出，在湖旁看見一個石碑，用不甚自然的雲石上刻著青海湖三字，另用紅漆草草寫上二零零七年，雖不甚好看，但遊人還是自然地作到此一遊式合照；合照過後才發現不遠處竪立著一木條，上寫有油漆己然剝落五個大字：照相三塊錢。在雄奇的大自然環景下看見這小家子土霸生意，五個大字忽然與了小狗撒尿霸地盤變成同義。
晨光現起，正打道回府，忽一藏民邊喊邊走來、邊走還要拿起一塊石頭，大叫快給三塊錢，我止住腳步與他理論，問：「湖是你的嗎？」他說：「湖不是我的，但石碑是我的，快給三塊！」朋人按捺不住，大叫要找公安來，藏民反過來問我們是否要欺負他；多言無謂，唯有拋下一句電影對白 — 「你係度等我！我搵公安來！」 — 就逃之夭夭。
走著，赫然發現，這兩種行為背後的邏輯都是一樣的，不過是規模大小的問題。
漢人司機、藏人鄉長
地緣政治決定生活，無論高度發展的香港還是靠山食靠水食水的青海湖也是一樣。離開當日，在馬路上遇到拉客包車司機，談好條件，就開車回民宿拿背包轉戰他方，不料到馬路入口，忽還上一幫當地藏民堵塞出入口；交涉不果，唯有車阻落地行，徒步回店拿背包離開，可憐一班杭州客，車子堵在門口交涉半個小時也不得要領。
跳回車上，司機嚕囌著剛才的藏民駡他不合作，追問之下，原來那位正是青海湖某鄉鄉長，他們當日正開始一個堵塞行動，為的，正是要把「遊客」推到風景區入住。原來當地的鄉長本來是由鄉民一人一票選出來的，所以向來鄉長就算德不夠高、民望也重（這點比香港強多了！），然而最近卻取消選舉鄉長、由省長官指定鄉長人選（據說十萬就可以撈個青海湖鄉長來做了！）；鄉長其一職責就是分配鄉民的謀生隊伍事務，其中包車司機分為五組人，當中一組主要由土生土長漢人組成，也許是漢人性格比較勤快使然，他們賺的錢也就較其他組多，惹來其他藏人不滿，指他們到處拉客、不聽話不把客人帶到風景區入住（因為這樣鄉長就拿不到回佣了！），所以他們就組織起其他人堵塞其他民宿、旅店馬路口，不讓人入住、也不讓人離開，來個一拍兩散！
同行的政治系講師友人把事件理解成漢藏衝突的歷史互動，我卻沒有想到這麼複雜（或日深入），因為在大陸這是普通不過的事，並非特殊的地緣政治事件；這應該不是種族主義的問題，而是經濟利益角力的問題；在一個經濟發展如此急激的社會，人們的注意力都放在利益之上，所謂種族問題很多時也是一種旗幟多於真實問題所在；漢人與藏人本非什麼世仇，在漢藏問題還未真正成為民族矛盾前，實不宜取這樣的視角去把問題「深化」，我這樣對朋友表達想法。
中國的眾多社會問題中，貪污是根源，然後從惡生惡，生出欺壓、隱瞞、公器私用等問題，由於沒有獨立的制衡機關，對貪腐的制衡力諷刺地來自於不同的貪團間的力益衝突 — 就如黑社會間的地盤角力，可是如果一個地方由某一利益團體一統天下、或是某地利益的絕對量（absolute magnitude）不足，制衡「機制」就自然失效。所以，即使中央有「抽象的」最高權力去管事件，真的落手落腳去抓問題時，還是會顯得無能為力 — 你看豆腐渣說要查還是查出個沒有人要負責就明白了。
所以，當連司機德明都說香港有廉政公署很重要（他年青時曾到珠海「闖一闖」，可見廉記的威名遍及珠三角地區也！），也就說明，不必學者告訴我們，也知道一個地方要改善貪污問題，一個獨立的制衡機關是多麼的重要。大陸一天沒有類似的機關當局出現，貪腐情況也不會有根本性的改變。
兩種佔領、一種邏輯
青海湖面積廣大，從每一個角度望去也是美景處處，可是政府就偏偏不把這種自然景色自然保留，忽在湖邊一段劃定為風景區，聚隻一些商品食肆招倈本不為過，然而要近距離接近聖湖，就要買票進入風景區，要到對面的沙島又要再買船票。
不甘被規定位置觀賞湖色，唯有多走些路，找個劃定區外的民宿入住，一樣可以徒步到湖旁。一宿過後，晨早起床看日出，在湖旁看見一個石碑，用不甚自然的雲石上刻著青海湖三字，另用紅漆草草寫上二零零七年，雖不甚好看，但遊人還是自然地作到此一遊式合照；合照過後才發現不遠處竪立著一木條，上寫有油漆己然剝落五個大字：照相三塊錢。在雄奇的大自然環景下看見這小家子土霸生意，五個大字忽然與了小狗撒尿霸地盤變成同義。
晨光現起，正打道回府，忽一藏民邊喊邊走來、邊走還要拿起一塊石頭，大叫快給三塊錢，我止住腳步與他理論，問：「湖是你的嗎？」他說：「湖不是我的，但石碑是我的，快給三塊！」朋人按捺不住，大叫要找公安來，藏民反過來問我們是否要欺負他；多言無謂，唯有拋下一句電影對白 — 「你係度等我！我搵公安來！」 — 就逃之夭夭。
走著，赫然發現，這兩種行為背後的邏輯都是一樣的，不過是規模大小的問題。
漢人司機、藏人鄉長
地緣政治決定生活，無論高度發展的香港還是靠山食靠水食水的青海湖也是一樣。離開當日，在馬路上遇到拉客包車司機，談好條件，就開車回民宿拿背包轉戰他方，不料到馬路入口，忽還上一幫當地藏民堵塞出入口；交涉不果，唯有車阻落地行，徒步回店拿背包離開，可憐一班杭州客，車子堵在門口交涉半個小時也不得要領。
跳回車上，司機嚕囌著剛才的藏民駡他不合作，追問之下，原來那位正是青海湖某鄉鄉長，他們當日正開始一個堵塞行動，為的，正是要把「遊客」推到風景區入住。原來當地的鄉長本來是由鄉民一人一票選出來的，所以向來鄉長就算德不夠高、民望也重（這點比香港強多了！），然而最近卻取消選舉鄉長、由省長官指定鄉長人選（據說十萬就可以撈個青海湖鄉長來做了！）；鄉長其一職責就是分配鄉民的謀生隊伍事務，其中包車司機分為五組人，當中一組主要由土生土長漢人組成，也許是漢人性格比較勤快使然，他們賺的錢也就較其他組多，惹來其他藏人不滿，指他們到處拉客、不聽話不把客人帶到風景區入住（因為這樣鄉長就拿不到回佣了！），所以他們就組織起其他人堵塞其他民宿、旅店馬路口，不讓人入住、也不讓人離開，來個一拍兩散！
同行的政治系講師友人把事件理解成漢藏衝突的歷史互動，我卻沒有想到這麼複雜（或日深入），因為在大陸這是普通不過的事，並非特殊的地緣政治事件；這應該不是種族主義的問題，而是經濟利益角力的問題；在一個經濟發展如此急激的社會，人們的注意力都放在利益之上，所謂種族問題很多時也是一種旗幟多於真實問題所在；漢人與藏人本非什麼世仇，在漢藏問題還未真正成為民族矛盾前，實不宜取這樣的視角去把問題「深化」，我這樣對朋友表達想法。
中國的眾多社會問題中，貪污是根源，然後從惡生惡，生出欺壓、隱瞞、公器私用等問題，由於沒有獨立的制衡機關，對貪腐的制衡力諷刺地來自於不同的貪團間的力益衝突 — 就如黑社會間的地盤角力，可是如果一個地方由某一利益團體一統天下、或是某地利益的絕對量（absolute magnitude）不足，制衡「機制」就自然失效。所以，即使中央有「抽象的」最高權力去管事件，真的落手落腳去抓問題時，還是會顯得無能為力 — 你看豆腐渣說要查還是查出個沒有人要負責就明白了。
所以，當連司機德明都說香港有廉政公署很重要（他年青時曾到珠海「闖一闖」，可見廉記的威名遍及珠三角地區也！），也就說明，不必學者告訴我們，也知道一個地方要改善貪污問題，一個獨立的制衡機關是多麼的重要。大陸一天沒有類似的機關當局出現，貪腐情況也不會有根本性的改變。
2009年8月26日星期三
Spirit of Adventure
Spirit of Adventure
好像讀過朋友在facebook的感想，就是看了十分鐘就流淚，心想沒那麼誇張吧？怎料，就是這樣子，眼水即使沒有掉下來，卻在眼眶迴盪著，一直至完場。
也許最好的故事，就是真實的人生。
十分鐘走過Mr. Fredricksen先生太太的一生，簡單又真實。你說是因為瑣事俗事沒有完成夢想，到最後一切都已太遲，但原來兩個人在不經不覺間，已經走過多少的歷險 — 有你在身邊就是最美的歷險了。（老土到呢……但又真又實喎。）
一次又一次搗碎儲蓄夢想的玻璃瓶，為的是面對生命種種實實在在的需要，那實在是無可厚非的；時間一直過去，夢想只成為兩個人的核心，不再是兩個人的生活，時間一直流逝，生命一直平常過去，這樣的人生說不上是不美好、也是平凡了點，不是嗎？
有人陪伴著你一直實現不了夢想，那不是已經很浪漫嗎？
生命只有一次，冒險給你的是夢，是可能性、不確定性，日常生活給你的是現實，是實在的、確定的經驗驗，那一種更有價值？那一種更值得選擇？那一種是你現在所需要的？只有你自己知道。
生命不會在十八歲時才開始，也不會在八十歲就一定結束，如果你願意的話，哪一點也是起點。
Adventure is out there! Cross your heart to swear!
把擱在你心中的那兩張椅子，留在Paradise Fall吧！
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Plot (by wiki)
Carl Fredricksen is a shy 8-year-old boy who meets an outgoing and rather eccentric girl named Ellie and discovers they share the same interest in adventures as their hero, famed explorer Charles Muntz. Ellie expresses her desire to move her clubhouse, a dilapidated home, to Paradise Falls in South America, a promise she makes Carl swear to keep. Over the next 70 years, Carl and Ellie marry and grow old together in the house where they met while making a living as a toy balloon vendor and a zookeeper respectively. Unable to have children, they also try to save up for the trip to Paradise Falls but other financial obligations arise. Just as they finally seem to be able to take their trip, Ellie succumbs to her old age and passes away, leaving Carl living by himself, becoming bitter and missing his wife terribly. By this time, the city has grown around Carl's house with construction as he refuses to move. After a tussle with a construction worker over his broken mailbox, the court orders Carl to move into a retirement home. Carl comes up with a scheme to keep his promise to Ellie, and uses his old professional supplies to create a makeshift airship using 10,000 helium balloons which lift his house off its foundations. However, shortly after taking flight, Carl finds that Russell, a Wilderness Explorer trying to earn his final merit badge for "Assisting the Elderly", has stowed away on the porch after being sent on a snipe hunt by Carl the day before.
After a storm throws them off course, Russell steers the house with the help of his GPS navigator, and they find themselves on the opposite side of the tepui from Paradise Falls. The two find their body weight provides enough ballast to let them walk, dragging the floating house behind them. The two begin to walk across the tepui, hoping to reach the falls while there's still enough helium in the balloons to keep the house afloat. During the journey, Russell befriends a huge, colorful bird which he names Kevin, not realizing that the bird is actually female. They later run into a dog named Dug with a translating collar that lets him speak. They discover Dug's owner is 92-year-old Charles Muntz, who has remained in South America for many decades. Muntz explains that when he had brought back a skeletal species of a new bird species, he was called out as a fraud, and thus now seeks to bring back a live specimen, specifically Kevin, to restore his reputation. Carl is initially thrilled to meet his hero, but when he realizes that Muntz is after Kevin and will kill remorselessly in order to capture her alive himself, Carl takes steps to save the bird and escape from Muntz. Thanks to Kevin and Dug they escape Muntz's pack of vicious dogs, but Kevin is injured during the escape.
Led by a tracking device in Dug's collar, Muntz and his dogs arrive in his airship while Carl and Russell assist the injured Kevin to her chicks. Muntz traps Kevin in a net and sets Carl's house on fire, forcing Carl to choose saving his house over cutting Kevin loose. After Muntz flies off with Kevin, Carl firmly tells Russell he intends to get to Paradise Falls or die trying, and begins walking back again. The next day, Carl successfully gets the house on the cliff overlooking Paradise Falls like Ellie's wish just as the balloon no longer have any buoyancy to lift the house, but Russell's desire to assist Carl has been dulled out of anger and disappointment. Carl, settling down in his house, finds Ellie's childhood "adventure" scrapbook, which he thought had been left blank after the first few pages to save room for their planned adventure to Paradise Falls. However, he instead discovers that the pages have been filled with mementos of her life with Carl after they were married, and finds a final note from her thanking Carl for the adventure of their marriage, and an encouragement for him to go on an adventure of his own. Invigorated by Ellie's last wish, he goes outside to see Russell, only to find him giving chase to Muntz. Carl lightens the weight of his house by dumping furniture and his possessions, allowing him to chase after Muntz in his house with Dug by his side.
Russell enters the airship through a window, but is captured by the dogs. He is tied up and left to fall outside, but Carl saves him and keeps him tied up in the house. Carl and Dug board the ship, and are able to lure the guard dogs away from Kevin to free her. Carl and Muntz duel face to face and fight (Muntz with a sword, Carl with his cane), while Dug is able to wrest control of the pack and the airship. Russell frees himself but clings to a lifeline as he finds the house in a dogfight with biplane fighters. When Carl shouts for help, Russell distracts ("Look, a squirrel!") the dog pilots and regains control of the house to rescue his friends, who are now on top of the airship. In pursuit, Muntz shoots out some of the balloons, causing the house to land and slide off the airship. Carl manages to trick Muntz inside the house while saving Russell, Dug, and Kevin. Muntz attempts to reach the airship again, but gets tangled in the house's balloons and plummets to the earth below. Carl's house drifts off into the clouds, a loss Carl gracefully accepts as being for the best.
Carl takes control of Muntz's airship and returns Kevin to her chicks, and then returns with Russell and Dug back to the city. When Russell's father fails to attend his son's Senior Wilderness Explorer ceremony, Carl fulfills that role himself to proudly present Russell with his final badge, the grape soda badge that Ellie presented to Carl when they met ("The Ellie Badge"). Afterward, Carl becomes a cheerfully active community volunteer with a strong father-like relationship with Russell, Dug, and the other Wilderness Explorers. Meanwhile, his house, through happenstance, did ultimately land back on the cliff overlooking Paradise Falls, exactly where he and Ellie envisioned it.
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