2011年9月27日星期二

Baileys

話說星期天買了瓶 Baileys,然後藏在房間某處每天喝一點點訓練酒量。它暫時是我喝過最好喝的酒。(雖然我也沒有喝過很多種酒)

因為有牛奶的關係,感覺就好像是帶天真的誘惑。如果把不同的奶類混進去,可以假裝成真牛奶給弟弟喝。

我在想,到底我算不算是自制力好。不管是在香港還是在加拿大,我都不允許自己喝醉。其實我知道,自己只是危機意識強。因為家裡的人都不會喝酒,我一直都不知道自己的酒量。雖然也想知道喝醉是怎樣的,但一想到可能的後果就不想試。似乎是太理智了一點。

不過現在也想探探自己的底。要知道自己的底線到哪裡,這樣比較好。不論是工作還是其他,知道自己的底線就不會越界。

當然,喝 Baileys 某程度也算是一點/一種反叛?

2011年9月22日星期四

King's Speech


I am really moved at the end of the movie.

The story based on the true story of King George VI.
It's about a man who're overcoming his barrier step by step with the help of a friend.

I was touched by the courage and the endurance of the king, and his friendship with the "doctor".

Remains me to work harder and fight for my life.

2011年9月16日星期五

One Day

The afternoon lesson was cancelled, went to watch <One Day> with friends.

This is a heart-touching movie with a sense of humor, and you can definitely see the fickleness of life. Even though I don't really like the ending, I like the way it surprised me. (You know, it's kinda bored if you can guess the ending.)

Highly recommended!

2011年9月14日星期三

Never Let Me Go

This is a film I borrowed from the school library, which talk about genetically engineered clones.

After watching, what lingering in my mind is that why don't they rebel?

I only got the sad feeling but was unable to express, and then I saw this and this, they solve some of my questions and lead me to have a deeper thought of the film.
For more, see the Guardian review.

2011年9月10日星期六

J 先生

在差不多一年後的今天,才確實知道 J 先生是輕度抑鬱。

他曾經是我的老師,但在還有最後幾星期 Sem. 完的時候走了,我們還擔心不知是甚麼事。其實說是說「我們」,也不知有多少人真正在意他。

那時高層 G 小姐的說詞曖昧不清,不跟我們說明真實情況,只道「你們有空發封電郵關心關心他,也不要問他有甚麼事‥‥‥」說我們是小孩子,怕影響我們情緒云云,轉頭卻跟相熟的同學密談,大概她認為某心臟功能比較強。問某呢,她只說不是撞車不是大病佛曰不可說。

曾經懷疑是不是因太多人投訴,所以學校連最後幾星期都等不到就要解雇他。當然其時已猜他可能是抑鬱,只是不能確定。

其實 J 很有教學熱誠,他錯在用錯方式。又或者,他錯在倒霉。

平心而論,他的筆記的確頗有進步空間,而教學方式也可改變一下。但老實說,大學的課程其實自己也要看點書。能靠老師固然好,但也不是單靠老師的。而如果有看書,就會知道他基本上已經覆蓋了所有範圍。只可以說,他一定不是最差的一個。而即使他是最差的那個,我也不認為他應受如此對待。

起碼他有心。

他平日解釋後常說「其實我也不是很清楚」也不代表他「很廢」。
我的理解是:「其實我也不是比你們聰明或是其他,我想以平輩的方式大家互相交流」。

枉他還說「不關他們事」,在病中仍關心你們情況:其實不會不關的。

我想如果妳真不滿意其實可以先跟他本人談/反映而不是越級跟他上司打小報告(當然妳跟他上司或許比較「熟」比較容易「溝通」);而假設你不滿意也可以跟他上司說而無需跟他上司的上司說;而其實您們不滿意也無必要三頭二天投訴再加送黑臉為禮。

其實他又有沒有差到(幾乎)一年後再提起時仍是如此嘴臉?教書不好者‥‥‥他拆你們房子打你們老子還是偷你們銀子?

很多無大能力又無心教學的人所受的攻擊反而更微,只因為他們的說話(面具?)比較華美?難道花言巧語比真心珍貴?

在這世界努力和過程似乎不比結果重要。

我們教育孩子不要計較得失、書本上寫成敗不是最重要,但現實勤力努力用心值多少錢?

我對他其實沒有特別好惡,只是覺得他很可憐。像 C 說的,為了這群人不值得。但將心比心,很難不抑鬱的。當「全世界」都針對你。

但我承認我軟弱。
我沒有在「人前」為他說話。

2011年9月4日星期日

Essays in Love: Marxism

I got to know Alain de Botton because of a guy that I admire.
I tried to find his book "The art of Travel" before my Canada trip but have not succeeded, so I haven't really read his books until I came back.

Few days ago I wandered in the school library (which is a small one) looking for books, and accidentally find his book "Essays in Love", and started to read.

It provides some answers for me:
Why I admire people who are "different" from me; why I feel shock/ uneasy when somebody I like likes me back; why I started to lose interest when somebody shows interest; why I want to hide...

"Perhaps becasue the origins of a certain kind of love lie in an impulse to escape ourselves and our weaknesses by an alliance with the beautiful and noble. But if the loved ones love us back, we are forced to return to ourselves, and are hence reminded of the things that had driven us into love in the first place. Perhaps it was not love we wanted after all, perhaps it was simply someone in whom to believe, but how can we continue to believe in the beloved now that they believe in us?"

And in the conclusion, it says:

"There is usually a Marxist moment in every relationship, the moment when it becomes clear that love is reciprocated. The way it is resolved depends on the balance between self-love and self-hatred. If self-hatred gains the upper hand, then the one who has received love will declare that the beloved (on some excuse or other) is not good enough for them (not good enough by virtue of associating with no-goods). But if self-love gains the upper hand, both partners may accept that seeing their love reciprocated is not proof of how low the beloved is, but of how lovable they have themselves turned out to be."

That's why people said "love yourself before you start to love others".

2011年9月3日星期六

The Waste Land

We shall not cease from exploration
And the end of all our exploring
Will be to arrive where we started
And know the place for the first time.

     T.S. Eliot -- "Little Gidding" (the last of his Four Quartets)