生存意義

「看了你寫的文字，讓我激動了一會。」我馬來西亞的朋友，兩個孩子的媽媽、經驗豐富設計師說。
「我覺的你比我更有自信。」一個匈牙利的

三十年的實驗

這是一個可能超過三十年的實驗。
讀香港文人林夕、梁文道和馬家輝的文字總是能刺激我的腦袋心臟，暫時忘我放下我執。
工作的關係，我平常沒有很多機會用口說話，所以就寫。
可能修個三十年之後有一天可以像他們一樣賣字維生。
可能實驗開始晚了，可能沒有很多讀者。但自我修煉就是最大的價值。

Sabores 五味

Aunque me falte de azúcar, y me ha venido mucho picante...If one hasn't got sugar in hand yet insists to make desserts, he'd be banging his heads against the wall. He could've made a trillion of other great dishes with other ingredients.

林夕說，到寫詞的第二個十年，他要鑽研其他方法去形容阿媽係女人的道理。因為很多道理雖然知道了但有時都無幫助。

斷捨離，也許是種我執，但也是當人不能和沒有空間胸襟和事物和平共處的時候，技術性將他們暫時解決的方法。新的會來到，舊的會忘掉。將有一天，他們會化成你甚至其他人臉上的淺笑，就變得有價值了，也算是回收環保吧！ :) 

Some reflections

#1. Life's been very kind to me - luck has allowed me to indulge in 'the road less travelled' in South America, away from home and familiarity, where my curiosity gets well fed yet at the same time, where the darker and stupid side of me met heart-wrenching solitude, dangerous moments of self-doubt and perhaps a bit of self-loathing. But I believe that every good and bad essentially makes life an enthusiastic one and I'll rather stay stubborn about the idea that all efforts will eventually pay off - it's clear to me that there's a small part of me doesn't like things that come too easily. Having the privilege to live in the East and West, I've come to realise that we human beings living or making a living in the modern society of market, have a lot more in common than what differentiate us. From the “first world” to the “third world”, if they ever exist at all, there's the "rich" who make a fuss out of anything just to make their lives appear less dull, get confused about the ideas of price and value, money and wealth, and those who stay complacent by almost conscious choice; whereas the unlucky ones who get obsessed with their ideological enemies, left discouraged to take better responsibility and individual initiative. That being said, if one is willing to see, off the mainstream spotlight, there're those, regardless of their social status, who are generous with their “ownerships", share and dedicate themselves, without making a noise, in order for other members of the community to grow or to suffer less. The struggle to lead a meaningful and successful life might be intimidating and very likely puts one in a sulk (otherwise those well-educated and blue bloods engaging themselves passionately in blaming and judging must have been extremely happy). But there's a fine line between satire and cynicism. I feel like that there's enough of the latter and I don't want to contribute to that. Alongside the club of snobs there's a brighter side of the humanity. And I'd rather be less judgemental and complain less and give room for backing up the brave action-takers and change-makers, while trying to be more sympathetic to the rest - after all we all have one of those moments being in need of love and attention and some need them more desperately! Many hugs!!!

They say writing helps clarifying thoughts and beliefs, so I did.

For years I've been obsessed with the notion "development", which is the paramount goal that governments from all parts of the world strive for. I've been having a love and hate relationship with this lovely term. A lot of people, including government officials, social entrepreneurs, economists, seem to know what it means. However, what my everyday life, the people around me, even the society to which I belong to, does not happen to prove it. Constant questioning, doubt, uncertainties at the personal level have left my head and consciousness exhausted. Some friends are whining persistantly about how tiring and meaningless their work is, how overbearing their colleagues are, whereas others are consuming an unnecessary amount to get emotional satisfactions and a sense of honour. In my hometown, the stinky extreme capitalists and the "loyal" and highly educated civil servants have unfortunately lost their mind.

陳奕迅 Eason Chan - 落花流水 | Cantonese-English Lyrics Translation

陳奕迅 - 落花流水
Eason Chan - Falling Flower and Running Stream

Cantonese to English Lyrics Translate

作曲：Eric Kwok/陳奕迅
填詞：黃偉文 編曲：Eric Kwok/Jerald


流水像清得沒帶半顆沙
River runs not carrying a grain of sand

前身被擱在上游風化
his previous life was decaded in the upstream

但那天經過那條堤壩
one day when he passed by the dam

斜陽又返照閃一下　遇上一朵落花
where the dusk sparkles, he came across a fallen flower


相遇就此擁著最愛歸家
Once upon a time and happily ever after

生活別過份地童話化
don't imagine life too much of a fairy tale

故事假使短過這五月落霞　沒有需要驚詫
even the story lasts shorter than the sunset in May, there's no need to be shocked

"Are you 'Han'?"

"So are you 'Han'?" My Colombian classmate was very curious. I hadn't given much thought to it until I came across this question right in the face. 

Han dynesty (206 BC–220 AD), was when old "Chinese" (as known in the Western world) or, more precisely, Han characters (also known as Kanji in Japan & Kanja in Korea as "sister systems") were standardized. The first dictionary of Han characters《說文解字》published in 120 AD, explaining the six principles of Han character formation (六書), is still being taught at schools in Hong Kong.

The 28th Year

"Two years are going to pass by in the blink of an eye." a friend said to me in a park in Tribunales.

And here I am, 1/4 away from the end of my course, feeling like I haven't done enough already.

Life is too short to live other's dream and spend time on people who do not need my attention. Watching someone's success does not keep me out of the cruel rat race.

四月青空

View from the balcony

看青空由橙轉深藍，雲朵遊動，看飛機划過，鄰居曬衣服，為花澆水；清風自來，窗台上的薰衣草擺舞搖曳。馬黛茶的甘苦流連於舌尖。如此無聲地踏進了阿根廷的的第三個年頭。

沒忘記兩年前立下的志：對自己忠貞。只要不需為麵包煩惱，我便把我的生命和努力，謙和的學習，積極地了解世界多一點，耐心的讓夢想靠近，為世界大同做最強硬的一顆小螺絲釘。年輕應該是浪漫的。可是浪漫不是一夜的無悔，是困頓中堅定的追尋。不是撈水中圓月，是不輟載種絕處的花。

一個知識份子應該認識自己的時代，帶領自己的時代，保持不向權貴折腰的人文風骨，用生命影響生命。

Eason Chan - 今日 Today | Cantonese Lyrics English Translation

歌詞英文翻譯
Cantonese lyrics English Translation

陳奕迅 - 今日
Eason Chan - Today

作詞 Lyricist：林振強 Raymond Lam
作曲 Composer：柳重言 Jim Lau


今日事情如不順　今日問題如不盡
Every thing today turns out badly, one trouble after another

像處圈中圈　了斷也了不斷
all efforts go in vain

若今日你倦了頹然哭　容許我送贈暖
If you are fed up right now, crying hopelessly, allow me to give you warmth

准我漫漫長路末端亦如初戀
for which at the end of everything it'll still feel like the blossom of first love.


當日熱情燃不盡　今日熱情仍不盡
The passion of yesterday is still sparkling

就算怎都好 你願我更加願
Nothing matters as long as there's hope between you and me

共跨盡冷及暖甜和酸 才可以算是共存
We coexist overcoming all ups and downs, laughters and tears

能共患難才是認真的有緣
having gone through thick and thin is the real destiny.

Eason Chan 浮誇 Exaggeration | Cantonese Lyrics English Translation

歌詞英文翻譯
Cantonese lyrics English Translation

陳奕迅 - 浮誇
Eason Chan - Exaggeration

作詞 Lyricist：黃偉文 Wyman Wong
作曲 Composer：C Y Kong



有人問我我就會講但是無人來
I'd say if somebody asks, but nobody came.

我期待到無奈有話要講得不到裝載
From high hope to frastration. I've got things to tell but nobody bothers.

我的心情猶像樽蓋等被揭開 咀巴卻在養青苔
I feel like the lid of a bottle waiting to get opened, but my lips are left with moss

人潮內愈文靜愈變得不受理睬 自己要搞出意外
In the middle of the crowd, silence is never heard, only big drama gets the spotlight.

像突然 地高歌 任何地方也像開四面台
Sing out loud out of the blue, every place can be a open stage

著最閃的衫 扮十分感慨
Wear the most stunning glitters, pretend to think deep.

有人來拍照要記住插袋
Make sure to pose with hands in jacket when the paparazzi comes

玻利維亞Bolivia旅遊行程Itinerary

玻利維亞Bolivia 20天旅遊行程圖

玻利維亞行程Itinerary參考：
La Paz 3-4 天
Uyuni 2-4天
Potosí 1-2天
Sucre 1-3 天
Cochabamba 1-2天
Santa Cruz 2-3天

玻利維亞過境資料：
由阿根廷La Quiaca 陸路過境到玻利維亞的Villazón，需時約1小時。由玻利維亞過境到阿根廷人流甚多，需時約4小時。
Villazón 有大量巴士路線到玻利維亞各主要城市。

HKSAR Passport Bolivia Visa 香港護照玻利維亞簽證申請辦法 2015

香港特區護照玻利維亞旅遊簽證申請方法 2014年12月最新資料:

Bolivia Tourist Visa Application for HKSAR Passport holders:

簽證申請地點：

阿根廷 (Argentina)首都布宜諾斯艾利斯 (Buenos Aires)

玻利維亞領事館地址：

Consulado General de Bolivia

Bartolomé Mitre 2815
(Plaza Miserere, Subte Once站)
到1樓找申請Visa的Office
＊Once區人流小販甚多，背包應放胸前。

簽證所需文件：

石頭樹

Árbol de Piedra, Bolivia

他們美稱之為石頭樹。它倒也沾沾自喜，自許奇花異草。

可它不過有形無物，風吹雨打不形於色──石頭的情緒控制的本能畢竟無人所及。

此物足夠觀賞，無須灌溉。

到此一遊，清風兩袖。

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。

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