In My Life

中年近,人自然容易想當年。我未算中年人,但歲月流走,感覺亦相近。

近日重聽Beatles的In My Life,體會與以前大有分别。年少時,一直以為生命中的人和事會長久下去,永不止息。事實當然並非如此。

有朋友已身故多年。少年時期所住的地方已不復存在。家人老去,朋友嫁的嫁、娶的娶,分開的亦已分開。舊愛亦肯定地成為歷史,感情不再。下一代誕生、長大,完全沒有興趣變成長輩的我亦無可避免地走馬上任(雖然我仍自稱「哥哥」,而非「叔叔」)。自己亦不自覺地成為小肥佬一件。回首前塵,從來沒有想過自己所選擇的路是如此的曲折,而現在所做的會是如此的有趣。

現在聽In My Life的我,雖然仍是我,但已不是最初的我。要悔恨的可以很多,可以放開的更多。現在還算可以吧。唯一可惜的,是還未有一個可以讓我感到 “In my life, I love you more” 的人。

In My Life
Composed by John Lennon and Paul McCartney
Lyrics by John Lennon

There are places I remember
All my life, though some have changed
Some forever not for better
Some have gone and some remain
All these places have their moments
With lovers and friends I still can recall
Some are dead and some are living
In my life I’ve loved them all

But of all these friends and lovers
There is no one compares with you
And these memories lose their meaning
When I think of love as something new
Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more

Though I know I’ll never lose affection
For people and things that went before
I know I’ll often stop and think about them
In my life I love you more
In my life I love you more

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This post was written by Felix on July 10, 2010

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海濶天空…

明天又是七一。去行與否,適隨尊便。我去行,只為三個原因:為了不「被代表」、為了一口冤氣、為了對得起自己的良心。路上見。

今日則是黃家駒的死忌。下面送給大家的「海濶天空」,是一群外國音樂人的cover,足證音樂果真無界。歌詞送給明天在街上和不在街上的人們,一起共勉,願你平安、快樂。

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This post was written by Felix on June 30, 2010

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[Audio Blog] 六•二三之後

去完反對政改爛方案,有啲嘢想講,但唔想等寫(寫得嚟已經過晒時),所以選擇以audio blog嚟發表。有乜不足之處,請隨便發表意見,感謝。

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This post was written by Felix on June 24, 2010

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二十一年

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年年難過年年過。春夏之交、一年一度的六四燭光晚會,今晚又再於維園舉行。

二十一年,很多事都變了。在香港,要悼念六四,越見困難。亦正因如此,我們更應該去為已死的先人、為不能發聲的內地人,做一點事。

今晚,維園見。

延伸閱讀:
Behind the Scenes: A New Angle on History By PATRICK WITTY


抗戰二十年


「六四」是怎樣一回事?

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This post was written by The Webmaster on June 4, 2010

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PPHK4後記

PPHK4結束了。今次應該是參與PPHK以來最辛苦的一次。公事忙,私事亦忙,情緒繃得緊緊的。再加上今次自薦成為講員,雖然在去年的PPHK Lite已經擔任過一次,但因為今次觀眾多達二百人,故心情更為緊張。

是次表現中規中舉,成功於七分鐘內完成,最後播Geoff Smith的Hello Hello雖然並未算反應理想,但以完全未聽過的英文歌而言,觀眾並未有完全drift off,已是好的結果。

至於身為籌委,大部份工作在開始前已完成,自己的短講亦在上半場完成,所以在中場時和在場的音樂人交流。現場氣氛不俗,但參加者「傾偈」的聲音較大,這個其他blogger已有大量討論,在此不多講。

總體而言,PPHK4是成功的。而我嘛,總算可以稍為鬆一口氣。

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This post was written by The Webmaster on April 29, 2010

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廣東道聖誕Street Party後記

蒙海港城邀請,昨晚參加了在廣東道舉行的聖誕Street Party。當場拍了不多的相片,都已上載到我的Flickr户口去。

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由於是第一次參加,總覺得是一個新鮮的體驗,雖然我不大喜歡擠迫的環境和震耳欲聾的音樂。全場最喜歡Michael Jackson模仿比賽,參賽者表現一個比一個好。庾澄慶的表演亦不俗,只是稍嫌比較短。其他嘛⋯只能說是我聽不了多少電台節目,那些新進明星我可不認識多少。

和大學同學一起去參加,感覺很好,同場還和MobileRadio的一眾朋友們一起,部份人更間接上了電視新聞呢。是一個盡興的平安夜晚上。

CMP.ly 利益申報: CMP.ly level 2

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This post was written by Felix on December 25, 2009

我看blogger利益申報

在今年的香港博客年會,最末的討論是有關blogger收取不同情度的商業利益時,是否需要申報利益的問題。當在現場的我,亦有為此發表了一點意見。其實一直對這有點既定的立場,再加上近日終於有需要做產品測試,所以今日希望和大家談一下。

寫博的目的,人人都不同。在外國有所謂職業blogger,主要為大型blog network的寫手,題材以tech、政治和資訊類為主。個人認為,要成為職業blogger,寫產品測試和介紹的文章,在所難免。而申報利益是他們工作的一部份,所以並不是本文的討論目標。我等普通blogger申報利益的需要與否,和如何處理在文章中的批評力度,才是我希望探討的。

當日我在討論中的意見,和我現在開始做產品測試時所持的立場,是一樣的:一切以透明度為先,因為關乎你個人的公信力。因為,只要產品不是你自己購入,你寫的文章便是「鱔稿」,所以無需否認了。要分辨「鱔稿」容易得很,如果還不明言來源,讀者流失只是時間問題。

好,要寫「鱔稿」,那力度該如何調節?力度太少,稿會太「鱔」,沒有交易亦會分令人有所懷疑。力度太大,會怕接頭人交不出「功課」,亦怕廠家、商家接受不了,以後類似的機會不再有。這些都是可能發生的。可是,如果寫blog的目的是寫自己想寫的人和事,那本來便不應該賣人家的帳。除此以外,唯一可以做的便是相信商家們的容人之量吧。西諺有云,誠實是最佳的策略,人家要不要與你合作,還是隨緣吧。

註:我將會使用CMP.LY為有關產品測試、商業blogger meeting等報導作出申報,希望大家多多包涵。

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This post was written by Felix on November 24, 2009

[舊歌分享]What A Wonderful World

剛回到家。過去兩、三星期的忙碌,在今日總算告一段落。為了上載香港網誌年會表演的片段,打開了YouTube。在Recommended for you的欄目上,竟看見了這個:

在風雨漂搖的此刻,可能很多人會因為生活壓力而迷失方向。Louis Armstrong告訴我們,世間美好的事雖然「買少見少」,但它們的存在,不會因為我們面對的難題而消失。只要靜心觀察,便會發覺。

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This post was written by Felix on November 9, 2009

坐言起行,努力事成

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Lunar New Year is coming up, and people are already greeting each other with goodwill proverbs like “Be healthy” (身體健康), “Be lucky and had windfall” (橫財就手), Kung Hei Fat Choi, i.e. get rich (恭喜發財) or “get what you wish for” (心想事成).

However, I kinda not like the last one. From what I experienced last year, I realized one thing: You can wish for whatever you want, but wishing doesn’t make things happen, doing things does.

Let me give you an example. I took up pottery last year, and had been continuously churning up pottery pieces every month or so. It is fascinating, all the things you can create with just clay balls and slabs, with just a few tools and your hands. Now, I love pottery pieces in the past, but never really considered to learn how to make it myself. That I got the idea and opportunity is really by chance.

That said, the thing I realized from my classes is: no matter how much you like pottery pieces, if you want the piece to be exactly what you want it to be, you have got to roll up your sleeves, don an apron, and get your hands dirty by shaping the clay yourself. And even then, there is no guarantee whether the piece will turn out the way you want it to be, there are so many factors, be it heat and moisture, the clay itself, how you handle it, that affect the final product.

But there is no reason to not doing it, even though there is a limit in what we can influence the way things go.

So, I won’t greet you with “get what you wish for”. Instead, I wish you “start doing what you wish for, and get it” (坐言起行,努力事成).

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This post was written by Felix on January 25, 2009

年終YouTube – Miniature Earth

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今年除夕,似乎大家都貼年終YouTube。我也來一個!

John Lennon的Imagine,相信很多人都喜歡。當配上Miniature Earth Project的presentation之後,歌詞的意義便更進一步地展現。

對大部份人而言,來年不會太好。可是,在憂慮、不安的同時,請嘗試用另一個角度思考:在這個都市的大部份人,比起受戰亂貧窮的人都幸福得多。短片中的事實,雖然有點過時,但都仍是事實,並可能比零一年時1更差。如果還有餘力的,無論是金錢或時間,請你為社會出一分力。

祝各位零九年快樂、平安、健康。

Imagine
Written and Performed by John Lennon

Imagine there’s no Heaven
It’s easy if you try
No hell below us
Above us only sky
Imagine all the people
Living for today

Imagine there’s no countries
It isn’t hard to do
Nothing to kill or die for
And no religion too
Imagine all the people
Living life in peace

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will be as one

Imagine no possessions
I wonder if you can
No need for greed or hunger
A brotherhood of man
Imagine all the people
Sharing all the world

You may say that I’m a dreamer
But I’m not the only one
I hope someday you’ll join us
And the world will live as one

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  1. Miniature Earth Project是在零一年時發表的。 []
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This post was written by Felix on December 31, 2008