Saturday, February 2, 2008

Kite Runner


















今年年初的一部好戲. The story takes place in the 70’s in Afghanistan。12歲的富家子阿米爾和僕人哈山情如兄弟,最愛一起放風箏和分享有趣的故事。然而,一宗可怕的暴力事件,卻令一對好友從此變成陌路人。不久,蘇聯入侵阿富汗,阿米爾隨父親逃往美國。20多年過去,阿米爾仍然被自己對哈山的罪疚感纏繞著,這時一通來自遠方的電話,令他決定冒險回到塔利班政權下的故鄉,勇敢面對自己的背叛和贖罪,為童年好友盡最後一點心力,卻發現了父親一個埋藏多年的秘密。
















這部片雖然有些慢,但多元化的情感元素卻讓它變的很有張力。忠誠,廉恥,仁愛 ,孝順,包容,勇敢,親情,友情, 愛情,貪婪,背叛,恐懼,政治,暴力,妒忌,自私,戰爭 … 還有許許多多。基本上,人一生中所能遭遇到的情感都包括在這短短的兩小時內。每次看完這纇的電影,心裡都會沉重許久。沉重的是人的世界盡是如此龐雜。但從另一個角度看,這些長年堆積錯綜複雜的情感卻能被濃縮在這電影裡,反而然我覺得,人的一生也不過如此。這樣的想法,另人對時空的概念變的有些錯亂。

這部戲,不止導演棒,演員出色,劇本對人性及宗教的揣摩還真不是蓋的!

劇中有一幕是阿米爾與父親坐卡車逃離阿富汗跨越邊境的場境。當每個人為了活下去,都不敢出聲屈服在蘇俄邊警的槍口下。阿米爾的父親,用正念勇敢的解救險被凌虐的同胞妻子。那不要命的伸張正義真不是一般人能做得到的。
















伊斯蘭教應該有“善有善報,惡有惡報“ 這麼一說。我想戀童症的惡魔,被彈弓打瞎並不是偶然。

這整部戲敘述是一個故事,但我更看出人類的社會是如何沙盤推演的向下發展。家庭的關念,父母的教育,可以孕育出截然不同的下一代。恐怖的是,人的一念之差卻可以在我們住的地球上帶來天堂與地獄。


















這真是一部不簡單的電影,希望看過的人能夠對世界的另一邊有更多的了解。也希望所有人能夠重視承傳的重要,把“好“的留給下一代。

Friday, February 1, 2008

烤肉店














I was watching 新聞挖挖哇 last night and they were interviewing this 烤肉達人. This dude has been in the industry for 10 years. Starting from a waiter and worked his way up to manager position in a falling 烤肉店. 他不管薪水的多少 (當時拿的是 27,000 NT) 他就苦心研究,將所有缺點改進。在烤肉店經營不下去的情況下,他花了 70 萬NT買下所有股份。開始自己的創業之路。他在食材上不斷的研究,從豬的每一個部位,到不同品種的豬,黑豬,白豬,甚至是各國的豬,美國豬,日本豬. He carefully choose the best ingredients to serve his customers. Moreover, he holds meeting with staff to invent different sauces and ways to cook the food. Now, he owns 6 shops and 開發銀行 is offering 400 million NT to buy 30% of the company’s share because they foresee its potential to grow to 40 to 60 shops across Taiwan. He refuses the offer simply because he is not ready yet. “There are still a lot of rooms to improve and he needs to develop a system where management can be well controlled”, he said. Currently, he is sharing 30% of the monthly profit with the employees and the employ turn over is almost zero for senior staff. He said “don’t ask how much you get paid, but ask yourself how much you can give in cuz eventually, your hard work will get paid off. 少說多做,這樣的理念希望當下人可以做為借鏡.

I went to this 烤肉店 the next day because I was eager to try after watching the interview. It was not cheap, 2,000 NT for 3 people and I think my expectation was too high. The service was so so… and food was not superb as I imagined. Over rated…

They do give out rebate tho, I think that is one of the way that keeps on attracting the customers to come back.

Wednesday, January 23, 2008

Prophesy: Bird Flu in 2008?

在一場地震中被震出的《陝西太白山劉伯溫碑記》這樣寫著:「天有眼,地有眼,人人都有一雙眼。天也翻,地也翻,逍遙自在樂無邊。貧者一萬留一千,富者一萬留二三,貧富若不回心轉,看看死期在眼前,平地無有五穀種,謹防四野絕人煙,若問瘟疫何時現,但看九冬十月間。」又說:「遭了此劫不上算,還有十愁在眼前,一愁天下亂紛紛,二愁東西餓死人,三愁湖廣遭大難,四愁各省起狼煙,五愁人民不安然,六愁九冬十月間,七愁有飯無人食,八愁有人無衣穿,九愁屍體無人撿,十愁難過豬鼠年,若得過了大劫年,才算世間不老仙。」

劉伯溫是中國有名的預言家,他透過《燒餅歌》和《金陵塔碑文》,讓後人能逐一將發生的事與他的預言驗證,而且直到現在為止,只要是已發生的事,結果證明他的預言都是很準確的。
《陝西太白山劉伯溫碑記》的預言內容雖還未發生,但所描述情景卻較《金陵塔碑文》更為可怕!玄奇的是,碑文是在20多年前的一場地震中被震出來的,對照《金陵塔碑文》被發現的經過,天意安排的味道已非常濃厚。

簡單分析所摘錄兩段話的大意是,有一場很可怕的大瘟疫將發生在豬鼠年之間或之前(根據金陵塔碑文所講2003年羊年的SARS示警脈絡,這裡指的豬鼠年最有可能是2007至2008年之間或之前)的某年九月或十月間,把大瘟疫發生時間點出,而今年就是2006年了!

碑記還提及瘟疫發生時,貧富存留的比例差距極大(貧者一萬留一千,富者一萬留二三),貧富存留為何有此大分別?也是讀者應該注意的焦點,筆者將在第六篇「善惡到頭終有報」中敘明原因。@*(http://www.dajiyuan.com)

Daft Punk Alive 2007


















Daft Punk Alive 2007 is the best CD in 2007! They ROCK, they ROCK they ROCK! ROCK ROBOT ROCK~ 原來他們的 Live 是如此的 sick! Frigging sick mixing and performance! Can someone bring them to Asia? I would DEF fly down there and ROCK with them.


















Daft Punk held world tour in US, Australia, France... and left out Asia. Their signature stage is decked up like a pyramid shooting out lights, laser and rocking music. Its was truly amazing.


















Daft Punk is now the official sickest duo in my DJ ranking. They triumph not only in music but also concepts and total looks! They should really start marketing their LED Helmets! Darn! They will make a killing. What…? They have copy right on the helmets? Screw that shit… I am in China!















Wanna see how the helmet works? Here... http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NyBHb3gfr2Q

2008 New Year full moon party in Koh Phangan


















With the two attempts in the past two years, we have failed to attend this infamous full moon party in Koh Phangan. But, 事不過三, this time, we finally made it. It takes about 30 minutes by speedboat to get to Koh Phangan and its 過程其實滿危險的,因為浪很大而且上百人不要命的在岸邊擠上船. We safely made it anyhow. There is a good 10 minutes walk from where you get off and to the actual party, which is on the other side of the island. On the way, all the stands are selling booze in a bucket where music gets louder and louder. The party is BIG! And the vibe is unexpected western. I think at least 70% are from Europe and Aussie. It was quite international. The weather was nice and music was pumping. It is quite a scene. There was a good D&B hall with a MC from London and he was rocking the whole night. That is where we spent most of our time!


















The party was C A R Z Y! People are either too high or too drunk in this party. Some dumb doods were walking around holding sharks in their hands, which they bought in the seafood restaurant. People were dancing with fire.


















Fists were flying around in every clubs. The power went short on us for a few time and we got hit by a storm at 5 in the morning. It last about 45 minutes and we decided its time for us to leave. Heading back is another hassle. We didn’t get back to our hotel until 8am. Darn… me getting too old for this shit.


















People have to jump off the dock in order to get on the speedboat on the way back... Yah... serious... I am getting too old for this shit...

Pearl~
















妳知道珍珠怎麼形成的嗎? 當蚌在水中,水中的砂粒很容易進到蚌內,將蚌刺傷,那時它就會分泌出生命的汁液,一層層的包裹砂粒。砂粒則在時間的過程中,逐漸變大,形成美麗的珍珠。

Happy 1st Anniversary

一點都不覺得結婚已經一年!是不是新婚的第一年都覺得過的特別快呢?It feels all the memories are still running fresh in my mind just like yesterday. 或許是我不想讓這些美好的片段這麼快的變成回憶吧!

HAPPY 1st ANNIVERSARY TO MY DEAREST WIFE~ Hope you like your pearl pendant =)