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香港不吃馬肉又如何?

May be an image of text that says "All animals want to live... PET Where do you draw the line? ICDecaux"所有動物都珍惜自己的命仔, 是動物友伴/食物, 分界線劃應劃在哪裏? 素地當然是動物無分界, 現實是, 不同的地方定界或有不同, 西方不少地方想像自己跟原圖一樣 — 以馬為界. 但實在不. 香港呢? 素地將線推到馬兒之後. WHY? 香港不吃馬肉喎!! 但是, 香港每年六百只馬兒退休之後, 去了哪兒? Continue reading

Cos’ it is black? 那只黑貓

Why this cat is left alone in a cat-worshipping city? cos it is BLACK ? 電影裏面黑貓是裏面唯一的貓咪。其他的動物都是眾數。電影開幕, 貓咪遊走在一個滿佈貓塑像的地方,當洪水上漲,貓最後停留之處,也是一個看著遠方的巨型貓咪石像。所以這個地方的人不單愛貓成狂,貓咪更是神祇,因此,人類撤退的時候,一定不會留下貓貓。那麼,黑貓怎麼會留下來呢?
猜想有二:1)貓咪是切頭切尾的孤獨精, 人類要走了,他怕人多貓多乜都多,所以跟人類玩了躲貓貓,最後玩贏了。2).因為他是黑貓。黑貓在歐洲的歷史裏一直是一個特別的存在。當年歐洲獵殺女巫的時候,也對黑貓大開殺戒。到現在還有不少人覺得黑貓會帶來叵運或不祥。歐美每逢萬聖節之前,便有不少黑貓突然失蹤。電影中的黑貓,也可能因此被遺棄。
跟黑貓相處過的,都知道他們特別靈巧/柔軟/親人,否則怎麼逃得過當年劫數,跟人類玩躲貓貓的機會應該不大。被遺棄過的貓貓都愛離群,因為不自信或不信任,那麼隻電影中貓貓的孤獨感便解釋了。

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Caffine

忘了自己喝了重濃咖啡會發愁
這杯是傅說中
喝著喝著 會苦攻心 讓人淚流不止

的分手咖啡嗎?  (1)

油管唱著姜濤的兩首歌
Dear My Friend
鏡中鏡
死別與生離
你說
哪杯更苦

(1) ref  電影分手100次

Dichotomy

暴烈的陽光,
讓天上的雲發出耀眼的亮白
地上, 沒有細節 只有黑影

The scotching sun whitened all clouds in the sky
the brightness wiped out details on the ground

leaving behind
dark shadows

v2 陽光  暴烈
白了 彩雲
抺走了地上的細節
只  留下
黑影

Summer job

Jumbo – Now a palace under water. What a Karma

Finally., the Palace of the Sea is not lost at sea.
It is rest on the bottom of the ocean…..

Tipped over then capsized when the sea turned rough, on a journey it was not designed to carry. Now a palace 1000 feet under, an abyss where denizens of waters hover.
Is it Karma?  It has long been a floating seafood restaurant.

Is it karma? It is from a city that consumes the denizens of waters — three times world average.

It was once a sparkling presence, shinng bright at Aberdeen Typhoon Shelter, all decorated to charm the city’s tourists and its guests. Yet, when the winds of COVID blew out its lights, no one came to its rescue, even though it has ardently served the city for the last 40 years. The government turned its back when it was offered as a gift. The typhoon shelter was dim at night without its glory.

Then one day, the residents of Aberdeen were alarmed by the sight that it was being towed away to the open sea. Nothing they could do about it, but helplessly watching…. watching it slowly turned into a grey dot then disappeared. No one knew where it was heading, no one care to tell the citizens a thing. Until bad news came, which announced that the floating palace was tipping over before capsized in the big waves.

Its caretaker said it was an accident, all the fault of inclement weather. The people of this city disbelieved. They called it murder.

For a long time, it was being taken for granted. Now, they screamed that they treasured the floating palace so much and it was the city’s collective memory.

It is probably also the collective memories of the denizens of water, though it might not be pleasant ones, as their cousins being imprisoned and slaughters under the decorated roof of Jumbo. Now, they probably welcome it with their open arms, as the boat sunk to the sea and became their playground and shelter. Dive there, you can probably see fishes playing amongst the columns hide and seek.

Rest well and enjoy your new becoming for now.

june 20, 2020

 

 

戲臺風雲之挷架班政家

那時候戲台上的風流,隱藏著戲台下的風雲霸氣。

我爸自小愛粵劇,年青時便曾背著老媽到澳門學戲,並以藝名夏艶明演出。我爸的聲線宏亮清徹,不愛小曲小調,偏愛大曲,特別是歷史感重的曲目,曾參演《姬歸漢》與《黃飛虎反五關》。他在戲班裏的日子沒多長,在大班裏演的是小角,只在小型的班裏才可以演上二三線。他台上的生涯短其中原因包括老媽的不支持,還派人到澳門將拉回香港,在家族的檀香店學做生意;他也個子太高, 沒有配戲的花旦。走過兩次難的,也讓他成為一個現實的人,看不到自己在戲班裏有多大前景,便退居幕後戲台上的時光讓他結識了不少戲行中人和戲班最主要是,他認識了相等於現時製作公司,擁有布景導具、樂師班子及其他有關人手的雷公。藉著雷公的支持,他膽粗粗的當起班政家,作中介人替戲班接戲,並以相宜價錢來與對手競爭。 Continue reading

冬日的陽光II – 蕃茄濃湯 Winterlude II – Thick Tomato Soup with Eggplant and mushroom

心要安靜, 才能真心下廚
這是在靜修院的禪修.  兩人份.
蕃茄和茄子都慢火煎香, 才下小鎬,
平面鑊旁邊還放上切了片的白磨菇 後下.
慢火慢慢   出了濃湯, 小茴香 月桂葉
後放下煎好了的磨菇和昨晚剩下的薯仔.
灑下海鹽和黑椒粉末
一室   感恩

 

 

 

 

荃灣屠房. 夜訪 Tsuen Wan Slaughterhouse . At Night/

11 pm. Deep into the night these girls are awaiting the arrival of their final moment. No filthy stalls, no gestation crates, this is paradoxically the best time of their life, yet, the grunting that breaks the silence, the telltale sign of their anxiety.

21 Februray, 2017 at Tsuen Wan slaughterhouse, 荃灣屠房 21.2.2017
夜11時, 她們在等待死神,
雖然這已是她們最安舒的夜晚, 清潔和可轉身的空間
但她們沒有安睡
不安的聲音.不時 劃破靜夜.
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