One Minute

No matter when we are awake or deep in sleep,
time elapses silently.

People usually remember some special days,
birthday,
anniversary,
earthquake happened somewhere,
or the day when two meet each other... ...

In fact, have we ever noticed at some particular moment,
where we were,
who we were staying with,
and what we saw?

That one minute, what were I doing?

Just read my friend Joyce's note,
and her sharing of the movie clip 'Days of Being Wild',
then I came up that question in mind.

One minute,
without heater or clothes in the coldness out there,
it is like a whole lifetime;
chatting with friends over some wines,
one minute could be like just one second;
staying with lovers,
it could be like just 1/10 second,
time passes really quick;
being apart from each other,
one minute is like one hour.

I remembered the one minute
at the countdown for a few years;
the one minute when I saw the sunrise in Croatia;
the one minute when I was crying outside St. Peter's Basilica in Vatican;
and also... ...

To me, a date means nothing,
instead, that one minute means a lot.


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克羅地亞的一分鐘｜The one minute in Croatia.















梵蒂岡的一分鐘｜The one minute in Vatican.

一分鐘

無論我們清醒或在睡夢之中，
時間都會靜靜地流逝。

很多人會記得某些日子，
那是生日，
結婚紀念日，
唐山大地震的那天，
跟情人相識那天... ...

那，我們有否留意過某些時刻，
自己在那裡，
正在跟誰渡過，
眼裡收過那樣的影像？

就是那一分鐘，
我在做甚麼呢？

讀友人的文字，
和她分享的《亞飛正傳》片段，
我想到以上的問題。

一分鐘，
在冰封的世界，沒暖氣，沒保暖衣物，
感覺可以是一輩子的時間；
跟朋友一起談天說地，
那分鐘可以是一秒鐘而已；
與情人走在一起，
一分鐘也許只是十分一秒，
轉瞬即逝；
分開的時候，
一分鐘就好像一句鐘那樣。

我記得，
某幾年倒數的那一分鐘，
在克羅地亞的海上看見晨曦曙光的一分鐘，
於梵蒂岡的聖彼得廣場前落淚的一分鐘，
還有... ...

日子，對我來說，沒意義；
那一分鐘，才是最有意思的。
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克羅地亞的一分鐘｜The one minute in Croatia.















梵蒂岡的一分鐘｜The one minute in Vatican.

Be My Guest

My friend said, 'you are still like a bird without legs.
Always thinking about flying away, and leaving.'

Partly right, but not the truth.

The truth is I am a bird with legs,
just that my legs are now temporarily stored somewhere else.

There, I could find
white truffles,
wine,
sunshine,
enchanting sunset,
vineyards without boundary,
opera house,
music, stage, arts,
history and culture... ...

Today,
I am a little bird hobbling,
and always thinking about flying away.
However, whenever I flew,
I would be coming back very soon.

Anyway,
I am confident that I will get my legs back,
and become a real bird.

When the day comes,
please be my guest.
I will get ready loads of
local food & wine for all of you.

Wait for me, dears!

宴客

朋友說我依然是沒腳的鳥，
還是想著出走，離開云云。

其實那不是事實之全部。

我是有腳的鳥，
只是我把腳暫存在某處而已。

那兒，
有白松露，
有酒，
有陽光，
有迷人的日落，
有一望無際的葡萄園，
有歌劇院，
有音樂，有舞台，有藝術，
還有歷史，有文化... ...

今天，
我這小鳥在一拐一拐走著，
並經常拍翼想飛，
飛不遠，又走回來。

然而，我有信心，
終有一天，我會跟那雙腳會合，
做隻真真正正有腳的鳥。

當那天來到的時候，
定必宴請各方好友到來，
以地道美酒佳餚會友。

大家，等我呀～！

我的新年餐單｜My New Year Dinner Menu

繼聖誕之後，又一新作。
為新年作好準備，
迎接新一年的開始，
和一切新挑戰！

Following the Christmas, here comes another new creative.
Get ready for the New Year,
be prepared to welcome more
new challenges!

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我的聖誕餐單。｜My Christmas Menu.

終定好了：我的聖誕餐單。
一連兩晚的聖誕前夕和聖誕夜的晚宴。

多年沒在家過聖誕，今年於這兩個晚上，決定跟家人歡渡。

Finally fixed the Christmas Menu.
Big Feast for Christmas Eve & Christmas Night.

Haven't enjoyed these moments at home with family for years.
So, this year, I decided I would celebrate with my family at these festive moments.
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A touching day which made me wanna cry

Yes, a really touching day which I had today.
Just wanna cry loud.

Yet, once again,
I want to say, it is not because I'm really sentimental or feeling sad,
it's just because I feel more than happy & thankful that I wanna cry.

Today,
I had some huge impact on my life, on my living;
I was touched by something, somebody;
I also got some 'undecided' feeling came up in my heart;
and I came across some touched feeling which I have not had for these years.

All everything
made me touched.

On this day,
I realized there are so many things which are not under MY control at all.
What I could do,
is actually 'let it go, let it be'.
Simploy nothing more than that.

Perhaps the touched feeling
actually came from this.. 'let it be'.

If we are meant to be going together, the day will certinaly come;
if not, we just said HI there when we met face to face,
it is still OK.
All I could is to say 'We will meet one day if it meant to be.'

Note: Friends, no worry. All words here not related to my relationship issues (which quite some friends have been hearing some kind of 'story' from me. Anyway.). All these are related to an interview I attended this morning, so that's the only reason why i was touched. Yes, it was the interview which was kind of one that I was so much emotionally attached to. Nothing much, everything fine, life still goes on. All well, just suddenly a few words about my feeling of the day.

感觸落淚的一天

是呀，感觸的一天，
很想大哭一場。

不過，重申，
哭，不是因為偒感，
而是因為感謝的心。

這一天，
遇到了打擊，
遇到了感動，
遇到了解釋不了的猶豫，
更遇到了這年多以來
沒感受過的心動感覺。

所有
令人為之動容。

同一天，
我明白到很多事情，
實不能強求，
因能盡人事，聽天命。

感謝的心，
就是源自這想法... 聽天命。

要是有緣，
總能相遇，走在一起。
若天意如此，
只能擦身而過，
有緣無份，
我亦只好默默地
打從心裡說一聲
「有緣再會。」

註：朋友，不用掛心。以上文字跟感情事完全沒有關係。事緣只是今早經歷的一個面試，因此有感而發。對，真的是一個面試，一個跟個人情緒和感情十分相關的面試。沒事，可好，不用掛，只想留言，以抒懷。

讀後感：《中國文化背景八千詞》（其中一章）

記得舊年，遇上了「詞窮」跟「語障」，今年，竟遇上「文盲同學會」。這些都令人感嘆，何以會來到如此境地，是那樣差嗎？

相信並非如此，只是我們有否花時間和心機去填補一些「距離」。

由年頭至今，刊登於報紙雜誌的文章、平日寫下來的FACEBOOK文字和自己個人網頁的篇章，加湊起來，想已達數萬字，就是刊於信報的旅遊稿就足一萬三千多字。沒想過會有一天，能寫下那樣多的中文字。只是當靈感湧現，停不了，墨水就那樣留在紙張之上，成為了我的生活印記。

常言「執筆忘字」，實在那會忘？揭穿了，根本是「執筆無字」，未讀過，不懂寫；未經歷過，不會寫。然而，明白要能寫，先要能讀，學明白詞彙，再理解如何把詞語串成有意思的句子篇章，才會寫出好文章。

自知出於我手筆的文章離「好文章」還有一大段路，多謝朋友安慰，跟我說作為一個香港人，母語非普通話，文筆尚算可以。不過，我還是覺得有點慚愧，今天的字裡行間，仍有點生硬之感，未如理想，不夠順暢。或許，那就是「詞窮」的問題吧。

於是，為了寫好文章，我希望每天都抽空多看幾頁書，多寫幾個字，他日必會有所進步。繼早前幾篇提過的中文書，今天又「失守」，本走進書店查詢自己心儀的三本書，怎料，買不到那三本，卻在書架上找來一本《中國文化背景八千詞》，正好合我心意，讓我有機會認識更多古今有意義的詞彙。

基於本身，我還在看《浮生六記》，只看過目錄，找找有沒有自己較有興趣的，先看一下吧！結果，我找到一章，題為「花是植物的精英」。當中，特別引起我注意的是「牡丹」。以下節錄了其中一句：

「唐未時洛陽牡丹最盛，因稱牡丹為洛陽花。」

看罷，只目瞪口呆。

個多星期前，我說要到洛陽賞雪。
昨天，媽買了牡丹回家，我在賞花。
今天，我決定一月要到洛陽走一趟。
同日，看了這句，知道洛陽跟牡丹有如此關係，只在想一切何以這麼巧合!?

話說回來，相信「距離」是可以填補的。只要我們肯抽點時間，花點精神，一切也有可能。