2015.04.09 | 大學初期

[Volume 10 Issue 4, #2011]

My Growing-up: University Days

好呀!! 我知大家睇到上面兩張相時實係啃親, 你叫自己要相信相中人係我, 不過(同依家嘅我比較後)又說服唔到自己?? 冇呃你啦, 相入面真係我嚟㗎, 哇哈哈哈!! 你可能想問我, 無啦啦做乜要拎呢兩張相出嚟嚇人?? 其實我係醒起自己有個成長系列篇, 對上一貼已是18個月前所寫嘅學院日子, 我覺得唔好俾佢停啦, 於是今日就以大學生涯故事為他延續落去.. 至於呢兩張相, 我又有咩故事可以講咁呢?? 呢兩張相係將近兩個世紀前, 於1996年12月讀緊大學時所攝.. 場景係term break時嘅campus, 叔叔當年未有廿歲!!! :D 嗰一次係人生中第一次見到雪, 興奮到呢, 我哋幾個大鄉里不顧一切就咁走出去玩雪同影相.. 當年未有電子相機, 所以影得菲林相嘅都係大事件㗎!! 當時唔係著得好厚衫, 因為落緊雪冇啲雪融緊時咁凍, 而且我入面係著緊衛生衣保曖嘅, 再加上自己身上囤積嘅脂肪.. 呵呵!! 最後我不得不話俾大家知我睇見相中當時嘅自己, 真係想星佢兩巴, 哈哈!! 天呀!! 嗰一身不知所謂嘅打扮, 嗰一頂雌雄難辯嘅頭髮!! 想點??!! 其實我可以解釋: (1) 我哋怕怕去搵鬼佬理髮, (2) 當時個個都唔捨得立亂洗錢, (3) 呢個郭富城頭當時尚係頗風摩, (4) 好多亞洲人都係呢個款, 我係其中典型一個.. :p

great!! i know you choked very badly when you saw the photos above, you wanted to believe that was me in the photo yet not convinced (after comparing to the now me)?? seriously, i assured you that person in the photos was me, muahahaha!! why am i showing these horrible photos out of a sudden, you may ask?? i recall my growing-up series of posts, of which the last post was published 18 months ago on my college days.. abandoned for too long, i thought i am going to resume the series today, continuing with stories from my university days.. so, what story can i tell from these two photos?? in point form.. these photos were taken about 20 years ago in December 1996 during my university days, in the campus during term break.. Uncle was still a teen!!! :D that was the first time i see snow in my life, was of course extremely excited and hence a few of us kampong Malaysians cared for nothing but just went out to play and take photos.. digital camera wasn’t popular then, hence taking film photos meant this was something big!! i wasn't wearing thick winter clothes because it wasn't that cold while snowing compared to when the snow is melting, and i was wearing thermal inner wear to keep myself warm on top of my body fat, kekeke.. lastly i must tell you that i really feel like slapping that me in the photo while looking at him now.. muahahaha!! that unsightly fashion sense, that horrible "sexually vague" hairstyle!! OMG!! let me explain why:- (1) we fret to go to angmoh barber or hairdresser, (2) we were at times very bothered about spending extra money, (3) this Aaron Kwok inspired hairstyle was still influencing, (4) many Asian looked like that macam and i was proudly one of them.. :p

2015.04.06 | 清明時分

[Volume 10 Issue 4, #2010]

Times during Qing-ming

清明期間嘅紙紥祭品愈來愈有創意, 呢度燒一件, 袋中又燒多張錢.. 最近讀過一篇文章, 覺得甚是頭頭是道.. 話說自古已有類似嘅焚燒文化,只是古人燒嘅係往生者嘅私人物品, 個意思係指「人已去, 其物皆也, 一切盡空」.. 之不過呢個傳統不知不覺間, 已演變成今時今日嘅習俗, 越係燒得多, 就表示先者往生生活更富裕.. 就係咁樣燒, 當然一盡孝心啦, 暫且將佢哋會唔會收到呢個問題放一邊, 其實先人去咗嗰一個異度空間, 係唔係仲對呢啲物質享有所需求受呢?? 值得深思噃.. :) 另一方面, 提到傳統隨時間而演變.. 現時真係不難喺墳場內發現, 好多人拎住部手機就係咁影, 甚至同先人個墓碑齊齊selfie或wefie噃!! 比較起以前提起呢啲嘢都係禁忌嘅年代, 依家啲後生人若見到先人顯靈在相片中單眼微笑擺V字手勢, 應該只會覺得興奮.. :p

the paper offerings for ancestors during qing-ming are surely getting more and more creative, burned are the offerings and so did our money.. i recently read an article which i found rather making sense and enlightening.. all these burning started in the ancient, where belongings of the departed were burned to signal "all gone, the person and his belongings, and there left nothing to remain".. this tradition has however unknowingly become contrary, today the more offering you burned means the richer afterlife the departed would enjoy.. we just burn, of course to show how filial, but do our ancestors (put aside if they will receive) really need luxury stuffs in another space where they probably need nothing "tangible" at all?? food for thoughts.. :) on another note, talking about traditions that change with time.. in cemetery nowadays, we can easily see photo-shooting and even selfie or wefie with the tomb.. compared to the taboo of even mentioning anything close, younger ones probably are more excited if their ancestors appeared with a winky smile and a v-sign in those selfies.. :p

2015.04.03 | 猜字游戲

[Volume 10 Issue 4, #2009]

A Game of Rebuses

對上一次喺度同大家玩游戲, 已是好耐之前嘅事喇.. 我知大家都心痕想玩游戲, 見今日係禮拜五, 好啦, 大家一齊嚟輕鬆下!! 好簡單嘅一個猜字游戲, 每個圖估一個英文單字.. 每個游戲會有一套全新嘅圖片組合, 唔須要輸入答案, 冇分數壓力, 只須在心中猜估, 然後點觸該圖查看答案及其解釋.. 哦, 仲有呀, 唔駛麻煩各位留言喇, 祝大家有個愉快嘅週末啦!! :)

it's been a while since we last had a game on this blog huh?? okay, i know you miss this, and since it's Friday, so let's just have some fun!! a very simple game of rebuses, where you guess one word from each of the pictures below.. each new game gives you a new set of random pictures.. no need to type out the answer and no scores to pressure you, but just guess it in your heart and then click/tap on the picture for the answer and its explanation.. and yeah, no comments to trouble you today too, have a great weekend everyone!! :)

All images taken from the REBUS game apps developed by Jutiful