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Tuesday, 17 February 2009

  • 一封可愛的email

    Dear students,

    Please be reminded that the information on Assignment 1 and Quiz 2 has been posted on web.

    I understand that time of notification is short, but life is full of suprise and we have prepare for sudden event. Actually, the work is quit simple and the quiz will select the questions from the Assignment.

    All I want achieve is that you are actually doing your own work.
    Please noted that Question used in quiz will not marked!!

    Assignment is due on this Wednesday and quiz will be on the same day.

    Regards,
    WH Lau
     

    Regards,

     

Tuesday, 27 January 2009

  • 幸福的抉擇

    在友人「誠意推薦」下,這個新年假第一樣辦成的事
    便是完整地看完一套二十集的 「幸福的抉擇 i do」。

    整套劇來說,很出奇地,我没有感到拖長拍的感覺(可能是我不太尊心)
    而且故事的內容蠻完整,主線由五年前一次同病相憐邂逅,到五年後相遇的極速結婚,然後三個月後的迅速離婚,再到亦心懷孕、失憶,到最後亦心和浩哲重新理解愛,並得到眾人的祝福。劇中事件的前因後果都有合理的交代。

    與偶像劇不同,這套劇的著眼點放在時下的愛情觀上。
    没有太多著墨於浪漫兩字。劇中没有像惡吻入面那種不現實的傻氣;
    也没有像鬥牛入面那種耍師的場景;更没有億萬麵包那種造作的鬥氣。
    這是一套反影現實中錯中復雜的愛情劇。

    劇中出現的角色不多。角色之間没有明顯的對錯之分,
    没有那些神一般(成世是對的)的角色,
    而事實上可看出每個角色都在尋找甚麼是愛。

    有李浩哲和夏亦心,這對主角在人生底潮有過奇遇邂逅後,互相愛上對方。因失去通訊,五年來只得互相祝福對方。直到一天相遇,二人便不顧一切成婚,莫視了所有人的反對。結果三個月後便離婚了,(後略...) 兩個不懂相處的青年就是未能修成正果。

    也有符明珠,任玲玲,這兩個上代人對婚姻從一紿終的執著。前者,一個事業心重的女人,不惜違背家庭的反對,下嫁給李俊仁,結果一個事業心重的女人就是没法跟一個大男人共存,二人分開了二十年,後來感慨:匹配的婚姻不一定有愛情;後者明知自己不是先夫至愛,仍每星期到先夫的墓,仍為保護先夫的夢想而努力。可笑的是,二人雖為心愛同一人,但那人依然還有一位不愛他的第三者。

    也有Joan和思兩這對情侶,前者對愛情單純的追求,任勞任怨,認為自己一輩子只愛一個人,四年來單戀心有所屬的亦心,曾有同時愛上亦心和思兩之惑;後者曾以為為對方付出便可以證明對對方的愛,為了她男友墮了四次胎,結果不能生育,並對婚姻、固定的關係產生抗拒,性愛便成為她的生活了。

    還有簡美莉,出生單親家庭,是大財團團長的女兒,眼中没有愛,也没大多感情,只愛炫耀,只愛面子,最後甚麼都得不到。

    其他的角色也没大多重要,頂多值得一提的是小妮對明亮,這傷殘者的支持,而明亮則有對自己條件不好,在朋友與事業上有過的爭扎。

    看完二十集,反看這劇的標題-幸福的抉擇。這劇有甚麼想講的呢?還記得在劇集的第一集,思雨說了一些我聽不明的話,內容是:
    "...很多人都不懂得去愛,只是懂得找一段感情,說服自己沉浸在愛裡而已,相處跟相愛是個很大的學問,但我們不能質疑愛,我個只能質疑關係和緣份的不足...。"
    想不到這其實就是點了題。這套劇試圖呈現現代人對「愛」這字的汎濫程度,並重新定義愛。
    兩個人有過深情的經歷是否就是愛?還只是感情?
    忠於已死伴侶?還是活在當下才是最幸福?
    愛又是否要緍絪?緍姻是簽紙買保險嗎?
    一輩子愛一個是最幸福嗎?還只是自欺欺人?
    再見還是朋友嗎?性與愛分得開嗎?
    離婚值得高興嗎?搞個離婚party來示威也不錯!
    怎樣才算一個家?兩個人,兩代人,還是三代人?
    要是同時愛上兩個人那有錯嗎?難道感情可以控制嗎?
    要是没有將來的胎兒,那該誕下嗎?選擇誕下又是否自私的行為?
    年青就是有忘記過去的本錢嗎?不快就是值得忘記嗎?
    以上問題只是就劇集內容提出而已。

    另外,我個人聽故喜歡"博"故,睇劇又喜歡"博"劇。
    這劇另一個令我感到出奇,而且值得讚的地方是,整套劇我只覺得有兩個疑點。
    1.生於單親家庭的浩哲,性格真的是這樣的嗎?
    2.其實只要浩哲的媽媽願意借錢比浩哲搞麵舖,那美莉的奸計便行不通,而這點美莉是没法預計的。
    慶幸地,這兩點不算是重點。
     
    最後,可能不少看倌已看了這套劇,我也是上lecture時看見坐我前面那個在看,加上朋友「誠意推薦」,故一看究竟。個人覺得這劇不沉悶,不過又的確是香港流行的娛樂性欠奉。如各位有時間,又没甚麼好看,可一試「幸福的抉擇 i do」。

     

    幸福的抉擇插曲-崇拜 梁靜茹

    作詞:陳沒 
    作曲:彭學斌 
    編曲:陳建騏

    你的姿態 你的青睞
    我存在在你的存在
    你以為愛 就是被愛
    你揮霍了我的崇拜

    我活了 我愛了 我都不管了
    心愛到瘋了 恨到算了就好了
    可能的 可以的 真的可惜了
    幸福好不容易 怎麼你卻不敢了呢?

    我還以為我們能 不同於別人
    我還以為不可能的 不會不可能

    你的姿態 你的青睞
    我存在在你的存在
    你以為愛 就是被愛
    你揮霍了我的崇拜

    我活了 我愛了 我都不管了
    心愛到瘋了 恨到算了就好了
    可能的 可以的 真的可惜了
    幸福好不容易 怎麼你卻不敢了呢?

    我還以為我們能 不同於別人
    我還以為不可能的 不會不可能

    你的姿態 你的青睞
    我存在在你的存在
    你以為愛 就是被愛
    你揮霍了我的崇拜

    風箏有風
    海豚有海
    我存在在我的存在
    所以明白 所以離開
    所以不再為愛而愛
    自己存在 在你之外
    轉載來自 ※Mojim.com 魔鏡歌詞網

Sunday, 16 November 2008

  • Recreational Blog

    I haven't blog for 59days. Time is rushing and hurrying. These weeks, like all the mates I know, I was working on my tests, assignments and reports, but I wouldn't say that I am busy, at least, I knew some of you worked really hard and emotionally, I ain't stressed. But it still feels like I am running out of energy. You know, every week when I clean up the assignments and the next week, there will be new assignments available. It is really monotonic and tedious. Freakly speaking, I do believe continuous assessment is more stressful than one desperate examination. I don't know why there are some people saying that continuous assessment is less stressful.


    This is a fun black hole.

Saturday, 27 September 2008

  • English Clinic

    Dear student,

    You were selected to attend the Language Clinic and you need to make appointments online through:

    http://lc.xsy.cityu.edu.hk/language_clinic/main_make.htm

    When you click into this site, you needs to choose the clinic of "Faculty of Science and Engineering". Then, after typing your own electronic ID and password, you will automatically log in the system and be able to choose a suitable time and date for a face-to-face consultation with the student tutors.

    Regards,
    Dr. Brian Chan


    This is the best letter I have ever seen to mandate students to English Clinic. I don't know how many "needs" I should choose the clinic of "Faculty of Science and Engineering".

Sunday, 21 September 2008

  • Week 3 ends. Now, I understand why some people say that how much you gain in University is depending on how much the effort you spend on it.

    Most lectures are only three hours a week. Over 3 weeks, I don't think I have learnt much things, though I attended every lecture. I start to realise the reason why so many undergraduates quit lecture. I am having the feeling like them. Managing my own time assigning some time to reading books is better than attending all those irregular-timing lectures. It is the matter of efficiency. Maybe I' m a self-learner.

     

Tuesday, 16 September 2008

  • The moment of truth

    Recently,  Fox has a new series of programme called the moment of truth session2 . This show has a simple concept: if you say the truth, you will get the money. The contestants will be pre-asked 50 questions before the show and the answers are tested by polygraph . And in the show, the MC will choose 21of  them to ask. Interestingly, no one has ever answered all these questions. Maybe human just has too many secrets for so many purposes, some time we are to protect our own adventages, some time we are to protect the relationship with others... In this show, you will see how being honest can make somebdy hurt and it makes me wonder is it necessary to tell all the truth to others? Is being hoest good? And one more ridiculous thing you will see in this show is we will lie for money, and also we will be honest for money. How powerful the money is!

Thursday, 11 September 2008

  • Now, I'm sitting on sofa right near the corriedor on forth floor of academic building in Cityu waiting for my next lecture at 5:30. People around me usually speak in mandarin. I don't understand why so many students can speak fluent mandarin, as I even can't speak and hear a word.

    This morning, I attended two lectures, one is CCIV0102, and other one is EE2000. The lecturer of CCIV0102, Mr. Wong, shared with us a topic of Music and Culture. He started with the definition of culture and how the definition develop. In sixteen to nineteen century, culture mean human  development process and the education of mind, the meaning is near to civilization. Since then, different disciplines and sects have different ways to approach "culture". And then he talked about music. What is music? In HK, we always talk about songs, we talk about melody, but we merely say  "it's music".He gave us some ideas from some of the dictionaries. Some are from Western, some come from Chinese. And we can see that the definition of music in Chinese culture is changing and it changes to be similar to Western one. 

    Mr. Wong also showed us an interesting music which is made in a post office in Africa. The whole compostion is only consisting of whistle and the sound of stamping with a wood stamp, which sound like playing drum. He asked us where does this music belong to? and why? ...

    He demonstrated us that music varies with different cultures at different time and they are not dividable.

  • I am planning to compose my blog entry in English from now on or at least last for few months. And this brief notice is just a easy start.

Tuesday, 09 September 2008

  • 想不到才第二個星期,便可以大條道理一嘗城大"十三醫"服務.

    話分兩頭先, 今天終於在機縁巧合下見到青春可人的子同, 不過還是未能遇上dicky同學.

    回正題,從今日第一堂MA就開始流鼻水.最衰是city的空調,不停地刺激我鼻水的分泌,導致分泌失調,難以自拔的地步.於是放學便去楊仲儀保健中心一嘗"十三醫",一去到先要付13蚊登記費,之後入去3號房見曾金龍醫生,之後不到三分鐘,便有三天的藥.真是相當方便~~

    話說之後,病到蒙蒙地回家.

    去到荃彎站的時候,去錯門口出站,接着打算拍卡入站到另一門口出站,
    誰知, 這麼一入一出,港鐵便吃了2.2,咁就膠左.算吧,無下次就得.

    出站之後,竟讓我碰上位同事,那麼就傾了兩句,
    就是這樣,就也媽爹!!!
    本來是撘60M去屯門市中心, 點知我撘了68M...
    去了十年我也未曾搭過的大檻隧道..仲要塞車添
    咁就到達左元朗woooow

    之後,打算乘614返回家算,費是轉來轉去,
    點知就是又撘錯相返方向,去左元朗西鐵站
    最後只好乘西鐵回家

    總結,原本$7.3,35mins的路線
    變成而家2.2+8.8+3.7+1.3=$15,1h25mins的路線...
    (注:一開始撘西鐵,可散1h的時間)

    膠畢~~

Sunday, 07 September 2008

  • 一星期了

    一星期了,未來12個星期的時間表也會跟着這個星期來行.

    有人說大學是新開始,的確是個麻煩的開始

    麻煩一,時間表
    個時間表好麻煩,以前日日朝八晚三, 而家日日都唔同
    又要記幾點上,又要記邊到上,又要記week幾唔使上,
    又要記運動場幾時有得免費book場,
    又要記幾時開始派八達通學生身份確認申請表
    有時想去下d seminar,就更加多野記,
    搞到成日都要check電腦,好麻煩!!

    麻煩二,notes
    d notes又係麻煩,要自己dl完自己print,
    d professors又係衰,有d notes就放係blackboard, 
    有d就放在自己個website到,仲要Set麻password,我都唔知佢想點...
    淨係sd封信黎,叫我自己dl,而city 個email又係煩野黎
    而且,city個printing room經常地很多人,果到有個好似fast-pass的機
    係果到拍卡,之後到時到候去print,有成15mins比我print,
    不過佢D printers又係麻煩的...上手人sd成MB野去個printer到,
    我一放紙就狂print,cancel又要等成世咁長..好麻煩呀!!

    麻煩三,email
    email係city入面最偉大的系統,所有的通訊都係靠佢
    包括宣傳from SU,SAC,SDS,EE deparment,career and intership office...好鬼多email,好鬼多都唔岩我用,一日收20封email到. 佢套email system最衰又係冇標纖功能.有時有d email有用想留住,過左幾日就搵唔返=.=搵都晒時間...

    麻煩四,copyright
    任何project如用非正版軟件做的assignment,都有機會犯刑事罪
    任何没有擁有發佈權的檔案(包括一切文件,音樂檔,媒體),一旦連上city個wan都機會侵犯原著人的權利.
    即使使用免費軟件,但大多只限於家用用途,一旦將該軟件制成或加工的作品,用於assignment之中,即可能違反了於安裝該軟件時所同意的條約

    麻煩五,library
    city 的run run shaw library是全亞洲最大的"單層"圖書館,
    係一個作為city人都感到驕傲的圖書館,不過,就大到我都唔知要點樣搵書.
    目前覺得個Searching system係虧的,出唔到我想要的書.
    即使搵本我手上渣住的書,都搵唔到

    總之煩啦!!