Hint

Hint, of surviving...
Thanks p for reminding.
In case I'm not showing another hint soon enough...

HAPPY NEW YEAR EVERYONE!!
WISH YOU GOOD HEALTH AND PROSPER!!!
WORLD PEACE.

雀仔

風和日麗, 與雀和雀仔相約 IFC. 吹水吹海風吹冷氣食雞食榴槤(!)兩粒半鐘, 不亦樂乎.
Good boy, unlike the 5-year-old 雀.
hohohooo... 預祝你下星期1大歲生日快樂!
好嘞, 我返來你地走之前再見啦.

滿分

噢, 扣分一週年.
http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2007/01/blog-post_17.html
終於, 回復清白滿分之身了.
話時話, 怕且是科技發達, 兼便宜了, 現在路上的影相設備真是無日無之無地無之.
各位要加倍behave了.
當然, drive safely!

Csárdás with a... BASS!!

Monti's Csárdás was originally arranged for violin and cello. Arrangements in violin and piano are common too.
But this one is in double bass... which is AWESOME!!!!!
Watch it yourself, how a bass could be played... as nimble... and in those pitches... hohohohoooo

醫師話要食飯

傍晚睇完醫師等煲藥, 梗係要乖乖食啲米.
去咗遠近馳名嘅呢度- 再興.
燒肉飯同例湯, 唔錯.
而且氣氛熱鬧, "唱單"聲此起彼落, 食得頗開懷.
好奇'珍肝'和'燒雞膶'有何分別呢?


買咗新Brie嚟試. 比買開嗰隻鵝仔牌淡口一些, 但貴一點點. 下次邊隻新鮮啲買邊隻.


媽買的車厘子, 來自時為夏季的南半球.

醫師與我

這幾星期拜會了醫師幾次, 可能因為熟絡了一些, 況且我都是個ok乖的病人, 她似乎沒有那麼cool了, 開始閒話一點點家常.
除此之外, 就當然是我的"病歷". 概括一下這些'高智慧外星話', 大致可分為幾個主要類別. 自己沒足夠的慧根去理解, 唯唯諾諾就是了, 不要駁古.

時間性的, 例如:
~ "永遠不能吃龜苓膏. Definitely."
~ "要清你啲千年積聚嘅熱"
~ "噚晚不停醒呀? (瞓得唔好, 猛發夢) 發唔好嘅夢? (唔記得啦... 凈係記得係咁發)"

溫度攸關的, 例如:
~ "千年熱"
~ "嘩, 你好凍. 凍親我添." (輕輕3秒把把脈就已經覺得我'凍'? 還有, 這個comment跟"千年熱" 是同一次診症講的...)
~ "感冒唔清. 幫你發啲熱出嚟. 一陣'攝'手巾先出去, 好似出面個小朋友咁, 唔好冷親."

食用攸關的, 例如:
~ "你噚晚食咗mud? 冇食飯 (i.e. 米) 呀? 今日lunch食三文治呀? 仲係凍嗰隻."
~ "唔可以飲老火湯"
~ "燕窩可以食少少. 花膠 for 你冇作用."
~ "係美國食少啲牛肉."

"驚嚇警世"性的, 例如:
~ "[把左手] 唔夠血喎. [把右手] 直情冇(血)添."
~ "你今晚都唔會瞓得好, 因為仲係凍"
~ "下星期嚟啦, 呢幾日你會愈來愈暖. 不過以為夠暖就好易冷親."
~ "唔後生得幾耐..."

有趣有趣.

Live in Cartoon Motion

谷谷地氣最啱睇. 一貫Mika.
嗰晚開完工睇咗啲, 之後笑住咁瞓唔著.


Live At L'Olympia, Paris, 30 June 2007
1. Relax, Take It Easy
2. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
3. My Interpretation
4. Billy Brown
5. Any Other World
6. Stuck In The Middle
7. Ring Ring
8. Sweet Dreams (Are Made Of This)
9. Holy Johnny
10. Happy Ending
11. I Want You Back
12. Love Today
13. Grace Kelly
14. Lollipop

Bonus Features Videos:
1. Grace Kelly
2. Love Today
3. Big Girl (You Are Beautiful)
4. Relax, Take It Easy [French Version]
5. Happy Ending

Live & Acoustic:
1. Grace Kelly [Live From 'Later With Jools Holand']
2. Everybody's Talkin'
3. Love Today

Documentary:
A Long Way From Home

局長的罵豈能當作耳邊風?

7 December 2007
信報
林行止專欄

老總和主筆昨天選了一個時間性不算迫切的論題寫「社評」，筆者有點意外。

陳方安生周三在立法會宣誓就任議員，填補了馬力的遺缺，令議會恢復六十議員共議政事的正常運作，加上方議員是特區政府的退休高官，她之「轉戰」立法會，原該意味立法會地位日受重視，是值得出席議事堂者高興的事，然而，迎接方議員的，卻是官方的「冷屁股」，政務司司長唐英年固然沒有待以前輩之禮，「不但沒有祝賀陳太，甚至對她視而不見」。反映了政府高層對陳太高票當選很不是味道，除非這是來自不可抗力的京官指示，唐氏的表現，實在「失禮」，令旁觀者因議會缺乏「不同而和」的氣氛日趨明顯而惴惴不安，亦為高官文化質素低劣而感遺憾。
方議員甫就座，便受到府(官方)會(議會)「圍剿」。民建聯議員王國興在議論首次置業貸款時，突提「按揭門事件」（指陳太十多年前免首期的買樓事件），二者並無關聯，王議員的「岔開一筆」，顯然是有備而來；而商務及經濟發展局局長馬時亨回答議員有關迪士尼業務狀況時，莫名其妙地暗示當年引入迪士尼的決策，方議員有份參與。王議員和馬局長的表現，徹底暴露政府與親政府的政黨陣營對陳太當選恨得牙癢癢，那正好反映他們全力支持的人選敗陣令他們非常惱怒以至方寸大亂、口不擇言。

不過，最令人悚然的是民政事務局局長曾德成針對方議員有關推動社會企業發言的狙擊。方議員表示認同「民主和民生不可分割的說法，沒有民主和公義，弱勢社群便得不到照顧」。她又提及競選期間的切身體會，指出「感受到弱勢社群生活困難、失業者對就業的渴求……」。在筆者看來，這些不過是陳腔濫調，沒有任何實質意義（如藝員逢年過節時口中念念有詞許願世界和平、繁榮昌盛）。可是，曾局長大動肝火，突然發難：「今日的新議員，是昔日的舊高官，她對特區政府提出了批評，還贊成沒民主就沒民生，但記得她曾經在英國殖民統治之下，主持過經濟和福利方面的工作，除非她認為殖民統治就是民主，否則不知道她當時所做的，到底是否民生的工作，還是官生的工作，或者不叫『安生』，應該叫『官生』才對。」接著又嘲弄方議員：「原來除了忽然民主之外，還會有忽然民生的。」　　曾局長的表演，正如李卓人議員所說，是「左毒上腦」，亦是傳統親共力量總動員力壓陳太卻無法對抗十多萬有自由選擇選民崇尚民主追求雙普選的意志因而惱羞成怒的投射。曾局長有一頁被港英迫害的歷史，他的絕非忽然愛國的政治取向該受尊重，但他不顧議會禮儀向方議員的肆意攻擊，若不受特區政府適當懲處，便開了把文革式的批鬥態度引進立法會的惡例，令前朝遺臣的所謂「舊電池」人人自危！

曾局長雖然已入建制多年，他向方議員連珠發炮之舉，卻切實暴露了他的無知和無禮。第一、陳太在末督彭定康和第一任行政長官董建華手下身居要津，由於與董氏意見不合，而港澳辦又暗裏施壓，令她感到道不同而提前求去；身為政務司司長，陳太任內參與一切重大決策，其為良政、劣政，要以當時的客觀環境、尤其是政府的財政狀況及社會條件來衡量；由於出發點不同，本報（包括筆者）批評政府施政向來嚴厲，曾局長如今抨擊方議員，等於證實特區政府當年確曾出錯，那是筆者絕不意外的看法，問題是，港英留下的香港不算是爛攤子，陳太是否與有功焉？董建華把特區弄得人仰馬翻，陳太未終任請辭，此時算舊賬，董先生又該如何對待？曾局長的秋後算賬，不僅沒有必要，其對人不對事的針對性，就是左毒橫蠻、令人不寒而慄的典型。

第二、方議員「忽然民生」，可以說是社會環境「催生」，而不是她個人為求選票而「突變」。顯而易見，貧富現象早已存在，惟兩極化愈拉愈遠，還是近年的事。由於中港距離愈近，草根階層的收入因為新移民激增而毫無議價能力，其次是人民幣升值，影響民生的副食品售價攀升，令清貧者更趨困乏；再加上過去有遺產稅，那對留住資金和引進外資雖有消極效果，總算是對富裕階級課以「重」稅，現在遺產稅取消了，受惠的是有錢人......。當然，更關鍵的是如今財政盈餘大增，因此主張在稅務上、福利上對中下階層寬容一點，正是人同此心，不必爭取選票的行政會議成員范鴻齡昨天在本報與新城財經台合辦的二○○八年香港經濟峰會上的發言亦本此意。「忽然民生」的，豈止陳太而已！以此試圖中傷陳太，豈不無知無聊之至？

第三、立法會主席范太限於會議規則，以事過境遷，無法要求曾局長道歉；而當事人方議員則故作大方，不願追究，看來這是她在官僚醬缸浸了近四十年所養成的虛偽和擔心要求道歉不遂的尷尬；這樣的和稀泥反應，與人們認為她決斷果敢、勇往直前的政治形象不無出入。香港的議會文化不能因為范太和陳太的得過且過而毀於一旦。官員代表政府出席立法會，姑勿論其任務是在於解釋政策或接受質詢，都不能以個人身份表態；換句話說，局長的「頂頭上司」行政長官必須作出嚴正聲明，指出曾局長那番言論並不代表官方立場，他化私為公，於法不容、於理不合，因此行政長官必須正式澄清，代表政府向方議員致歉！

第四、如果特區政府對此事不作處理，「舊電池」被「左盲」的官員或議員直指著鼻子或指桑罵槐式臭罵，陸續有來。如今的議事堂上仍有一些當年英國人遺留下來的繁文縟節，未必都有用，不過政治文明就是要有些隔開刀光血影的虛飾，而對人的禮貌、對自己身份的尊重是不可或缺的元素。一個地方的當權者愈威風，愈容易開口罵人，那個地方與民主的距離必定愈遠，特區政府這回不認真、嚴肅對待官員借議事堂宣洩個人怨氣，將令立法會降格，並且會令府會、不同派系議員的對立尖銳化，這對社會和諧的負面影響，是不言而喻的。

黑熊一星

一大年咁大把
http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/12/hi-ste-l-stl.html

預祝你新官上任n把火.
半年後可以接番你老頂一招半式, 唔洗死得咁慘...
記得問下點講價.
又或者萬一你自己開竅頓悟, 半年內嚇佢一跳兼講番'突'個價... hohohoo

蕭敬騰

今天意外得到一隻CD (謝謝烏囉!), 記起了這首歌.
那天在台北機場打碟釘, 該店正在播一首男女合唱歌. [http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2007/09/blog-post_16.html]
歌本身不怎麼的, 但那男的真的唱得不賴, 還有, 聽起來聲線風格有點熟...
難道是... 他?
雖然只是從人家 fwd過來的 Youtube中看/聽過他(還有另外一個男孩)唱一隻歌仔咁大把, 但已足夠讓我記住並認出他的歌聲了. [http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2007/08/blog-post_10.html]


btw, 在機場聽到的, 原來是這個 "一眼瞬間".
還有, 我那天是聽不出女的原來是張惠妹... 唔...

又一年

一年一度虎山行. 起火!
舊年:
http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/12/christmas-eve-square_25.html
http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/12/ps-christmas-eve-square.html
http://amoozing.blogspot.com/2006/12/ps2-variation.html

今年:
~ 虎府仲係未裝修完...
~ 如舊over-config 得好好好好緊要. 無須細表, 當你知道太子道雷太係主力買手之一.
~ 第一次打邊爐飲普洱(唔計出去街打), 反而冇開wine (啤酒就有)
~ 冇腦筋運動唯有四肢運動, 第一次4個人一齊打.
~ 打wii打到半夜三更, 放棄老蘭.
~ p2-車神-公子簡直係bowling天才.
~ 可憐虎嫂帶病在身.
~ 陳總趕唔切嚟, free upgrade first-class 都補唔番ga la.
~ 難得, 我諗(差不多)冇講公事

(阿千年蛋兄a兄: 影咗咁多, 快手放住啲啲出嚟先得ga)
From a - http://shallwetalk.blogspot.com/2007/12/blog-post_2469.html

冇腳雀仔

嗰隻雀回來(路過)了. (阿'雀仔'有冇一齊?)
如常神神秘秘.
唔好話我過親去都唔搵你. 雖然一東一西.
實情係我過去你就返嚟.
我返嚟你就返過去.
咁... 喺香港快快手手食餐晏仔罷啦.

忽然

Thanks a. Wanted to share this too.

http://appledaily.atnext.com/template/apple/art_main.cfm?iss_id=20071207&sec_id=4104&subsec_id=15337&art_id=10503831&cat_id=6939156&coln_id=7028579
From Apple Daily, 7 December 2007
探針: 盼曾經忽然民主的曾德成忽然民生

民政事務局局長曾德成在立法會會議上不點名揶揄陳方安生，質疑她在殖民地統治時是為民生工作，還是「官生」工作，又嘲諷她在競選期間說知道民生疾苦，「除了忽然民主，更是忽然民生」。其實「忽然」並非甚麼大問題。佛家有謂「頓悟」、莊子亦有所謂「開竅」，如果因為一些人或事或物，令你突然領悟真理，改過自新，覺今是而昨非，又有甚麼不好？嘲諷陳方安生的曾德成何曾沒有「忽然」民主過？八九「六四」時，《大公報》不也曾轟轟烈烈的投入這場民主運動嗎？《大公報》出版過《歷史見證》小冊子，圖文並茂紀錄八九民運發展經過。當年五月三十一日，還報道了行政立法兩局議員的特別會議，會上議員一致通過不遲於二00三年開始普選行政長官。就是曾德成的大哥曾鈺成，也曾在學校早課上當一眾學生，為北京的血腥鎮壓而痛哭流淚。當時擔任《大公報》總編輯的曾德成，以至眾多自命有血性的土共，在八九民運期間有過甚麼言行，大家不妨翻查昔日報章、新聞片段，自有分曉。「忽然」能否經得起考驗，又是另一個問題。當中共老佛爺把八九民運定性為暴亂，有多少人能真正醒悟到政權不代表人民，更不等同於國家? 為保自身利益，多少人再顧不上甚麼公義公理，讓今日的我打倒昨日的我? 繼續黨國不分，為專制橫蠻的政權幫腔，對中共政權的種種惡行視而不見，聽而不聞。曾德成不但是特區政府的民政事務局長，他還是當了近二十年全國人大代表的土共精英，請問他這麼多年來，有為受苦受難的中國老百姓爭取過甚麼? 倒盼望曾德成局長也能「忽然民生」，為那些長期被中共迫害的上訪民眾，受到不公平對待的大陸弱勢社群說些實話，辦些實事，總好過走去「忽然」祭孔、亦比「忽然」揶揄新任民選立法會議員有意義得多!

簡文章. 自由撰稿人.

Go-No-Go

Supposedly going to a luncheon forum next week.
When get to know the organizing firm, there's a weak but distinguishable 'ding' in my head.
Quickly look at the key speakers. Bingo.
There's one whom I met quite some times and fought quite some battles before declining to join his organization that many months ago.
Would never know if better-off. Sure should stay away from this thinking trap.
Maybe, good to see an old "friend" again.

Power-Point-Power

TIME Magazine, 26 November 2007
Commentary
Michael Kinsley

Can McKinsey & Co Fix the Government?
Mitt Romney told the Wall Street Journal last week that if he is elected President, he will "probably" hire McKinsey, the management-consulting firm, to tell him how to reorganize the government. "I'm not kidding," he said, tactfully adding that it might be another management-consulting firm such as Bain (where Romney worked for years and where he got rich) or the Boston Consulting Group. Or he just might call on Jack Welch, who retired years back as CEO of General Electric but has yet to be replaced in the Lee Iacocca Chair as America's semiofficial Business God.
If Romney stands for anything, he stands for management consultantship. This is a belief that pragmatism and brainpower are superior to ideology in understanding the world, although this amounts to an ideology of its own. Romney went on and on about how much he loves "data." Give him a problem, give him the data, give him Jack Welch.
The myth of the management consultant in general and McKinsey in particular has never been stronger. McKinsey consultants are restructuring the educational system of Israel, advising insurers on dealing with Hurricane Katrina, comparing the performance of Indian and American companies, reforming the North Carolina Department of Transportation. Even Time Inc. is a client. And a 36-year-old former McKinsey consultant, Bobby Jindal, has just been elected Governor of Louisiana.
What exactly do management consultants do? I asked this of a McKinsey recruiter many years ago. He said, "We provide expertise." I said, "But you're thinking of hiring me, and I have no expertise." He said, "We'll train you." Nothing about that interview dissuaded me from the view that consultants spend at least as much energy and brainpower selling themselves to clients as they spend doing whatever the client pays them to do.
In the beginning, at about the turn of the last century, what management consultants offered was much clearer. It was called Taylorism, after its inventor, Frederick Winslow Taylor. Taylor called it scientific management, and it involved slicing up industrial processes into bite-size tasks and then doing detailed time-and-motion studies to determine the most efficient way to perform them. Described in hindsight as "the first big management fad," Taylorism was widely criticized--from the right as a step toward totalitarianism, from the left as soulless and alienating. It was famously parodied by Charlie Chaplin and Lucille Ball (remember Lucy and Ethel at the candy conveyor belt?).
All that's left of Taylorism among management consultants today is a pretense to scientific precision in whatever it is that consultants do, which generally involves parachuting into some situation, being smarter than everybody else, coming up with a solution--or at least a PowerPoint presentation--and then leaping onto their horses and galloping away. Who was that masked man? At their best, consultants see a situation with fresh eyes and bring some useful analytical tools. At their worst, they are a prestige play verging on a protection racket. Hey, Mr. CEO: Every other big company has hired McKinsey. What's your problem?
The notion that the cacophony of politics can be replaced with the smooth hum of expertise and that all the challenges our society faces can be solved by making the government run more efficiently has a long and generally laughable history. It is not inherently either liberal or conservative. President Dwight Eisenhower actually did hire McKinsey to redesign the presidency. President Jimmy Carter talked endlessly of "reinventing government." He took the Department of Health, Education and Welfare and turned it into two departments. Then there was Ross Perot, the presidential candidate who babbled about opening the hood of a car and tinkering with the innards. President Bill Clinton showed his lack of interest by assigning the subject to Vice President Al Gore. And now there is Romney, who told the Journal that--depending on the data, of course, and whatever McKinsey recommends--he would create a layer of "super-Cabinet" positions so that the President doesn't have "30 direct reports."
If big-shot CEOs are happy to hire McKinsey and then do whatever its 25-year-old hotshots recommend, why shouldn't voters do the same? If you're looking for a reason, look no further than the Times of London, Oct. 29, in which the head of McKinsey, one Ian Davis, addressed the topic of "government as a business." We "must enter the dialogue on how to help resolve" disputatious issues, he recommends. Well, isn't that the definition of politics? But Davis rejects politics. "This is not a partisan issue but an issue beyond political stance."
I dunno. Maybe it sounds better in PowerPoint. Or maybe he's saving the good stuff for paying customers.

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