幸福的人才鳩嗚

聖誕節買甚麼禮物？要去shopping鳩嗚？
還記得每逢聖誕節某美國護膚店C 外一定排著隊站滿人，
我愛我的朋友家人，但是我沒有要為他們鳩嗚買東西 ——他們都不缺甚麼。
為甚麼為消費而消費，為鳩嗚而鳩嗚？
想像一下，花一小時用一張紙給他們畫一張聖誕卡，比花一小時在商場蕩來蕩去，（不，你應該還在逼金鐘地鐵站），哪個會讓他們更快樂？

Hong Kong's got World's Attention. What's Next?!!

Hong Kong's Occupy Central protest or the Umbrella Revolution has made its appearance on the international media, including here in Latin America. But this is not a war. This is a long journey of revolution which requires long-term strategy. Universal Suffrage is not going to solve the social problem and discontent. Learn from the mistakes and tragedies of Venezuela and many latin american countries. Hong Kong has yet created a strong political leader. Attention-seeking is not a what a smart free-rider would do.

International coverage on Hong Kong's Protest (Spanish).

El País (Spain)

La Nación (Argentina)

La Tecera (Chile)

El Tiempo (Colombia)

O Globo (Brazil) 

Hong Kong Protest Alternative Views

Since there's no Hongkongers in nor do I think anyone would be interested in a small place like Hong Kong over here in this continent, I feel an urge to express my alternative views towards this Occupy Central, or Umbrella Revolution in Hong Kong that has been going on since September 22, 2014.

"When dictatorship becomes a fact, revolution becomes a duty." Yet, after making a mere appearance on the international media, some innovation is necessary to take the revolution to the next level. Politics aside, China has massive capital and linkages across the pillar economic sectors of Hong Kong. CY Leung is nothing more than Beijing's puppet, Li Ka-shing and his fellow tycoons are the real big players. The city of Hong Kong is waiting for new real leaders like Jack Ma. And shall we not forget about the forgotten, that 1/5 of us, 1.3 Million of Hongkongers are still living in dire poverty and cage homes under the Chinese regime. What are we actually fighting for? Power or equality?

我關心的不是達賴喇嘛的地位，而是生活在中共佔領下六百萬藏人的權利 - 達賴喇嘛
心繫我城。這時代是屬於八九十後的。唯獨這城市的核心依然被舊中環價值佔領。

Our enemy is the 'inexplicable fear' inside us towards the super power. Democracy is not the panecea of social-economic problems, just look at Venezuela and Argentina. How many of us Hongkoners are actually working something substantial on maximizing our opportunities and lowering the risk for the pursuit of a better quality of life and social and economic sustainability in the place we call home?

More scattered demostrations are taking the Hong Kong nowhere whilst all potential leaders of the town are hiding in their own comfort zone. Occupy Central, or the Umberella Revolution, like any other protests, will lose international attention in no time. The journey of revolution has just started and it will be a long way to go. Get busy, please, my fellow Hongkoners. And please, we don't need to spread more hatred.

When I Grow Old I Want To Be Like Chico Buarque

When I grow old, I want to be like Chico Buarque. I want to look myself in the mirror and see a pair of eyes like those of Chico Buarque, with a warm light that shines behind them. Having been existed in the earth for 70 years, those pair of sparkling sapphires are those in which passion prevails and emotion still lusters, profound like the sea of wisdom.

Life is yet to be completed

I have made a good fight,
I have come to the end of my journey,
I have kept the faith.

II Timothy 4:7

那美好的仗我已經打過了，
當跑的路我已經跑盡了，
所信的道我已經守住了。

提摩太后書 4

癮

Facebook 成癮的人的氣色，就像尼古丁一樣。一旦上了癮，那氣味就再嗅不出來了。

Siquiera - Essential Spanish Grammar Advanced

Al ignorar los flujos la teoría económica termina tratando al agotamiento del recurso y a la polución como costos externos "sorpresa", si es que siquiera se los admite.

si es que = en caso de que, which goes with subjective.

Siquiera = just/only (tan solo) in this case.

admitir = accept
admitirse = admit

So the whole phrase would mean: if he'd even admit it.

大麻在烏拉圭是合法的 Marijuana is Legal in Uruguay

大麻在烏拉圭是合法的。要是房祖名和柯震東在烏拉圭，甚或南美洲其他地方，房祖名和柯震東便可免受無知的羊群和媒體亂拋石頭了。

On the other side of the world, marijuana is not a drug.
One of those things in life which we thought we have a clear understanding yet it's nothing but a preconception.

Maldives is disappearing. Let's Chill Out.

I find it very difficult to go and have a beer with people who've got that "yeah gotta go there quick" thought first come to their mind when realizing Maldives is disappearing. It's unfortunately not a way to chill out. It only gives me more stress.

And yet pathetically there are so many people of this kind in Hong Kong. It's like yeah Maldives will be lost due to the climate change, let's just chill out.

I'm kind of looking forward to go back to Buenos Aires, yes, the mega-city where there's a water shortage practically all year round.

The Forgotten

There is a part of our society that is worth more attention from the people and our media.

Those adventure travellers have long been given the crown of bravery and courage. Let's not forget the homeless trembling in the wild cold one side of the planet and the true heroes in the sweatshops on the other. They are here too to share this planet and enjoy the beautiful things that the earth and the human kind have to offer.

If I have to work in the marketing and media industry, I shall strive to advocate the value of humanity and give voice to the forgotten.

Word of Wisdom from a 70-year-old

Two cents from my Argentinean housemate. I thought they are gold.

1. Keep promises to kids.

2. A real hug is one without patting the other's back.

Eason Chan 苦瓜 Bitter Melon | Cantonese Lyrics English Translation

歌詞英文翻譯
Cantonese lyrics English Translation

苦瓜　陳奕迅
Bitter Melon - Eason Chan

作詞 Lyricist：黃偉文 Wyman Wong
作曲 Composer：Kenix Cheang@Private Zoo

共你乾杯再舉住　突然間相看莞爾　盤中透著那味兒
The monent we clink our glasses, we exchange looks and smile, relishing the savour of the plate

大概今生有些事　是提早都不可以　明白其妙處
Perhaps things are meant to be difficult until the right moment comes

就像你當日痛心她回絕一番美意
Just like that day when she turned you down

怎發現你從情劫亦能學懂開解與寬恕
Not until then did you realize how to forget and to forgive

也像我很糾結的公事　此際回頭看　原來並沒有事
What I used to call trouble at work, now that I look back, that's not even a thing.

真想不到當初我們也討厭吃苦瓜
How we used not to appreciate bitter melon

今天竟吃得出那睿智愈來愈記掛
Everyday it tastes more and more like wisdom

開始時捱一些苦　栽種絕處的花
Live on with the ordeal of bitterness, scatter seeds in the extreme

幸得艱辛的引路甜蜜不致太寡
Bitterness and sweetness complement each other

青春的快餐只要求快不理哪一家
Whatever I wanted when I was young, I wanted it quick and instant

哪有玩味的空檔來欣賞細緻淡雅
Why bother appreciating delicacy and simplicity?

到大悟大徹將虎嚥的昇華　等消化學沏茶
Later I came to appreciate the patience to swallow, to digest, and the art of tea infusion

至共你覺得苦也不太差
After all bitterness is not that bad when shared



下半生竟再開學　入迷的終於醒覺　移走最後的死角
I am having a new start of my life, I realized that it was not the end of the world

用痛苦烘托歡樂　讓餘甘彰顯險惡　如藝壇傑作
embracing the moments of bitterness followed by happiness, goodness after evilness, like masterpieces of art

就像我一直聽香夭從未沾濕眼角
I used to be indifferent listening to oldies, not shedding a tear

仔細地看神壇裡木紋什麼精巧也不覺
unenthusiastic to the details of the wood carved altar

卻在某蕭瑟晚秋深夜　忽爾明瞭了　而黃葉便碎落
yet everything became clear in that night of solitude late in autumn, while the golden leaves had fallen


做人沒有苦澀可以嗎
Can we live a life without bitterness?


真想不到當初我們也討厭吃苦瓜
How we used to stay away from bitter melon

當睇清世間所有定理又何用再怕
But what is to be avoided from once you have comprehended the theory of everything?

珍惜淡定的心境　苦過後更加清
Tranquility prevails as bitterness fades

萬般過去亦無味但有領會留下
Thousand flavours are gone but the essence of experience stays



今天先記得聽過人說這叫半生瓜
I recall some naming it 'half-mature gourd'

那意味著它的美年輕不會洞察嗎
Doesn't it symbolize the immaturity and the ignorance in the younger days?

到大悟大徹將一切都昇華　這一秒坐擁晚霞
Everything clears out in golden hour, under the red dusk

我共你覺得苦也不太差
Bitterness does not seem that bad when it's shared with you

La Palabra Crisis y Oportunidad en Chino

Ayer Aldo Ferrer me preguntó en la facultad si la palabra crisis en chino significó peligro y oportunidad.

La palabra crisis en chino se compone de dos caracteres.
Chino simplificado: 危机; chino tradicional: 危機
Pronunciación mandarín: wei-ji; cantonés: ngai-gei

危 significa peligro, sencillamente.
機 tiene varios significados, incluyendo al momento de una incidente o un punto crucial, oportunidad, maquina, entre otros. Se usa con otro(s) carácter(es) normalmente para formarse una palabra. Otros ejemplos son: 機會 chance y 隨機應變 ser adaptable a las circunstancias cambiantes.

Aunque la palabra crisis en chino no representa completamente la famosa frase 'cuando hay peligro hay oportunidad', la palabra suele ser interpretada como 有危必有機 (有: haber, tener; 必: por cierto). Es una expresión muy común.

Lo que me lleva la libertad

La libertad me lleva a la felicidad tan alta más allá del cielo y la tristeza tan profunda ni me puedo hallar.