興建中的水泉澳邨

這是在我家附近，興建中的水泉澳邨，是沙田區一個較大型的公共屋邨，共有十多幢三十多層高的大樓，整個屋邨的規模比同區的博康邨或沙角邨還要大，將有一萬多個單位，共可容納三萬多人，2014年開始入伙。

最近幾年這區不斷有大型基建工程，包括水務、渠務、道路等，把馬路掘得爛巴巴。下年開始居民開始遷入時，不知會為這個沙田圍區帶來什麼改變呢？

等了個多月，我的第一雙Sole Rebels終於由非洲運抵本港！

有一次在BBC看到創辦人Bethlehem Tilahun Alemu的專訪後，便深受這公司的環保和可持績發展哲學感動。Sole Rebels的鞋都是用有機綿和麻製造，鞋底是循環再造的舊輪胎，所有用料都是在工廠方圓幾公里的範圍內取得(不過不知省回來的碳排放會否被空運抵消？)。而Sole Rebel的工人的工資是同業的三倍，還享有醫保和教育津貼。

不過最重要的是，這雙鞋超級舒適，隻足被軟綿綿的埃塞阿比亞綿包裹著，感覺一流！

若我有任何做生意天份，一定會把Sole Rebels帶來香港。它已在台灣開了幾家專門店，但有點奇怪，不是在台北開，而是高雄、台中及台南！

Once upon a time I felt so identified with my books. I felt anyone could walk into my apartment, take a look at my collection of novels, non fiction, film texts, travel books, catalogues from film festivals that have shown mt films, journals and get a pretty good idea of who I am.Since the last satsang, I no longer identify myself with these books, so when I came back I had a strong urge to get rid of them. I cleared out 40-50 books, mostly novels I will never read again and biographies of people I'm no longer interested in, and donated them to this charity drive, now in effect till March 24. http://www.go.asia/%E6%9B%B8%E5%87%BA%E6%84%9B%E5%BF%83-%E5%8D%81%E5%85%83%E7%BE%A9%E8%B3%A3/?lang=zh-hant

 

Life is here

My first short was called "Life is Elsewhere." All my life I've been waiting for my life to start. I tell myself, when I make my first feature, go to a major festival, win prizes, fall in love, my life would begin. Many of these things happened but I was still unsatisfied, still waiting for life to happen.

After attending Dolano's intensive satsang, I feel like Ive woken up. The last satsang is a 5 week intensive investigation into the true nature of being. Letting go of my wrong vision means not looking elsewhere for fulfillment. It's all right here, right now.

In case you think I only post the raves, here is a damning review of Speechless, written by a Toronto critic after its screening at Inside Out. The only consolation is that the same critic also trashed Keep the Lights On, one of the best films, gay or straight, released last year--in my opinion.

After much delay, the Hong Kong edition DVD of Speechless came out last month. Purchase it at Yesasia.

《姚姐》的小資情懷

終於看了《姚姐》，葉德嫻的mannerisms、劉華的劉華式演技、那十分鐘一次的大導演cameos、還有那神經質的手搖鏡，都叫我完全投入不了。加上角色完全平板，劇情的空洞無力，唯一可取之處是它沒有大鑼大鼓的煸情，所以至少不可憎。

但想深一層，為一個服待了你一輩子的老人家付院費、過年過節去探望她，只不過是任何decent的人也會做的事，對中產的主角來說是沒有太大代價的付出。最要命的是主角與姊姊在車上對談一幕，主角讚美上帝的計算如何精密，那種幼稚和淺薄的小資世界觀一下子公諸於世，令整部作品都露了底：正正因為編劇和導演對生命的被動和宿命的態度，令他們對社會、階級以至人與人之間的關係都沒有反思；在信仰的蒙蔽下，一切都變得理所當然、不痛不癢。

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