Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Family. Show all posts

19/09/2013

男人心目中的一位LOLITA(上)

讀完《Lolita》一書後,即使原先是因為那電影海報吸引我,但不知怎的,讀完這本書之後,連電影也不大想看,就是覺得整個故事令我感到點沉重,繼而有點乏力。

或許是因為自己於中學時代是位理科生,念的書多是跟科學有關,就算教科書全是英文的,存在於腦海裡的詞彙十居其九都是科學詞彙,這樣一來,讀《Lolita》這文學小說著實有點吃力,不過,誰知哪裡來的魔力,為了讀完這本書,我每翻一頁,每有不懂的字詞,我都會抽寫下來,然後每讀完一頁兩頁,又或遇上太深太難明的字,就不再讀下去,先翻查字典,若有需要再讀某些段落才可以繼續讀下去的話,我或會再閱讀多一篇那些段落。結果,我花了頗長時間才讀完了整部書,然而,我倒能慢慢細嚼書裡的情節和作者的文字。



故事談一位中年男人愛上了(或迷戀上)十二歲女孩Lolita,她令他想起年少時喜歡過的一位女孩。故事的發展與情節惹來很多的議論,題目包括不倫之戀、戀童癖、強姦、謀殺、誤殺等等。不過,這既非偵探小說,亦非情色小說,字裡行間沒有暴力、沒有懸疑、沒有色情,但字行間透著忘不了的過去、迷戀、情慾、抑壓與不能自控,使我於讀完整個故事以後,也像沾染了點點男主角的鬱結與哀傷,然後換來沉重,繼而感到乏力,不想再看電影了。

(待續)



25/04/2011

"Grandma, I love fish & chips. I hope you like too."

Thanks God for the sunshine during holiday, bringing me the mood to move my temporary office to the beach! So, despite some kind of upset mood for some reason, I went alone to the beach in a Sunday afternoon!

Lovely sunshine - really wanna get tanned (a bit).

I took the one-hour-ride ferry from Central to Mui Wo. I particulary chose the 'ordinary' one, meaning it is cheaper & slower. Really enjoyable seeing the blue sky, the blue sea and feeling the heat from the sun!

Whenever I was on the sea, I could feel the energy from the Nature. Another thought was - we, human beings, might think the Nature belongs to us most of the them. Yet, think deep, that might not be the case. We are in fact in the hand of the Nature! Especially these days, we are kind of immersed in the thought about earthquake, tsunami, tornado,etc. - that is true and we should have recognized that fact easily!

Anyway - so I stayed there on the beach under the sun for around two hours, and decided that I wanted to move to another place - Discovery Bay!

One of the best place I like in town. When I was there, I felt more like I'm away from Hong Kong!! It's like a little corner of expats!

I got to say clearly, I AM CHINESE. Just that my lifestyle or some of my thinking is not that 'Chinese'. Probably that is the reason why I love being away from Hong Kong, or stay there in Discovery Bay! There, I found 'my world'.

Bit tired after some sunbath indeed, so I went to a restaurant and wanted to stay there for dinner. I sat beside another table of four - Mom & Dad & two little boys. Did not mean to pay attention to their conversation, but I overheard a few words there.

Dad was holding the all-in-one phone, taking video of the boys. He asked the younger one to say a few words to Grandma. Then he said, "Grandma, I love fish & chips. I hope you like too."

Next moment, I smiled from my heart. Kind of touching for the fact that this little boy reminded me something.

It seems when we love something, we want others to love that too. This is especially true when we were kids, we somehow thought that whatever we loved, our family, Mom & Dad, and Grandparents would love them too - or we wanted them to love those too. When we grow up, it seems there are a lot more temptation/ choices around - then we got the money to buy something we 'love' or they 'love'. 'Individualist' mentality came in. We would then easily forget that sharing something we love with others, or when someone else wants to share with ourselves what they love - is actually some kind of blessings!

Spread your passion today - tell others what you love, and love what others love too!

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P.S. "Hey, I love wines. I hope you like too."