23.11.2008 | 十一分鐘

我可以老老實實同大家講, 我絕對唔係個鐘意睇書嘅人, 小說太多字唔在講, 長篇漫畫太多頁其實我都冇耐性睇晒.. 所以以前老師問我嗜好係咩, 我答閱讀其實係有欺騙成份囉, 哈哈!! 不過最近睇緊一本書, 應該算係短篇小說, 朋友飛びたい豚極力推薦嘅呢本《Eleven Minutes 》(十一分鐘).. 用咗我三四個月嘅時間, 今日終於畀我啃晒成本書喇, 忽然覺得好有成就感.. 該燴咯, 其實人家最多咪三四日就可以搞掂??

作者Paulo Coelho係根據一名妓女嘅真實故事而編寫嘅呢本書, 講述女主角瑪利亞點樣由一個巴西小鎮村姑, 渴望到大城市見識世界賺錢養家, 結果漂洋過海到咗瑞士從事賣身事業, 看盡天下男人世態炎涼, 最後(經過多次情傷)終於覓到真愛, 而家係細兩個小朋友嘅媽咪喇.. 幾鐘意作者嘅文筆同寫作手法, 用詞簡單直接又真實, 所以我睇得毫無壓力, 而且都相當enjoy.. 故事裡頭當然走唔甩需要描寫到性愛情慾, 不過我覺得作者呢點處理得很好, 真係劇情需要而且一啲都唔低俗..

點解點題叫做十一分鐘呢?? 因為以一個妓女嘅經驗, 佢發覺平均每個顧客都係用咗十一分鐘就完事, 由尋求快感到達到目的, 前序裡頭有一段專門解釋.. 呢本書我覺得唔錯, 大家不妨睇睇架..i can be very frank to tell that i am not a reading fans, not to mention novels with tons of words, in fact even long comics with long stories are of a challenge to my patience.. so when my teachers asked what was my hobby and i answered reading, you know that was something not really truthful, haha!! anyway, have been reading a book recently, a short one i supposed, strongly recommended by a friend 飛びたい豚 (literally, the pig dreaming of flying), titled "Eleven Minutes".. i've spent about four months on the book and finally i managed to finish it today, and suddenly am so proud of myself for making it.. well, but that's very embarrassing though as people would have spent the most four days to finish it, you see!!

the author Paulo Coelho has written the book based on the true story of a prostitute named Maria, on how the little girl from a small town in Brazil, dreaming of going to big cities to see the world and to earn more money to help the family, but ended up as a prostitute in Switzerland, having seen all kinds of men and all kinds of things, anyway lucky enough to find her true love (after being hurt so many times) and now a mum of two lovely children.. i do like the way the author wrote the book, he did not use pompous words but indeed used simple words and straight forward approach and honest way to tell the story, hence i actually find it effortless and really enjoyed the reading.. and inevitably there are love and sexual scenes he described in the story, but i really didn't find them disgusting or low class as i think he handled this quite well..

you might ask why "Eleven Minutes" then?? it is explained in the forewords that, from the observation of a prostitute, her customers in average spent only 11 minutes to get things done from the search of excitement to the fulfillment of their excitement.. i would think this is quite a nice book to read on, perhaps you can have a go on it..

22.11.2008 | 兩張精選

今日一口氣買咗兩張精選專輯, 因為我係一個專門靜心等候歌手出精選集先支持佢哋嘅人, 所以之前收到消息已經好期待.. 喺度同大家介紹分享..

[Josh Groban, A Collection]
因為佢喺處境劇集《Ally McBeal》入邊唱咗一首《To Where You Are》, 令我非常之鐘意呢首歌, 覺得好感動好有feel.. 當然佢一把令人聽落好舒服嘅歌聲, 亦係我喜歡呢位歌手嘅原因.. 聽佢唱歌, 可以好舒服, 有啲classical+gospel咁, 唔似一般流行歌曲處處澎湃激情嘅壓迫感.. 除咗英文歌之外, 佢都仲有唱西班牙文歌架, 個格當堂昇高咁喎(哈哈!!)..

[Christina Aguilera, A Decade of Hits]
當年同佢嘅死對頭Ms Spears同一時間出道, 雖然風頭唔夠撼, 但係一首《Genie In A Bottle》卻令我留意到呢位細細粒, 但係歌聲充滿爆發力嘅歌手.. 之後都一路有佳作而且漸趨成熟, 一首經典之作《Beaufitul》更能見證佢嘅實力, 因此憑呢首歌而獲獎無數.. 十年嚟嘅佳作一次過收錄於一張專輯內, 再另加收錄以上兩首歌嘅全新演繹版本, 而家正在聽緊, 果然係精彩連連..bought two greatest hits albums one shot this afternoon, as i am one who will only wait to buy greatest hits, and hence when i knew these two artists are going to released their greatest hits compilation, i have been really looking forward to.. shall introduce and share them here in this entry..

[Josh Groban, A Collection]
because of the song "To Where You Are" he sung in the series "Ally McBeal", i got so touched by the song and started to love it so much.. of course his vocal is also one reason why i like him, just feel so relax and comfortable when you hear him sings.. a little classical and gospel (maybe??) blended into his singing technique, it's totally different from the pressure you got from those ubiquitous pop rock hiphop R&B etc genre.. and mr groban, besides singing english, also sings spanish songs, which kind of make me feel a little more classy (haha!!)..

[Christina Aguilera, A Decade of Hits]
coming into the scene together with Ms Spears almost at the same time, though not as limelight-snatching like her counterpart, a song "Genie In The Bottle" she sung has already make me noticed this petite lady who yet possesses a very powerful voice.. thereafter she always brings us good songs and getting more matured in singing, the classic "Beautiful" just about there to show how well she has been doing and won her numerous musical awards.. a decade of hits compiled into a single album, plus the remake versions of the above two songs, am listening to them right now, i would say a very spectacular album it is..

21.11.2008 | 逃往非洲

星期三放咗自己一日假, 去咗睇動畫片《馬達加斯加2:逃往非洲》.. 可能係學校假期關係, 入到戲院坐低, 週圍都係小朋友.. 未開場前, 啲小朋友已經坐唔安企唔樂, 一輪嘴向家長發問連串古靈精怪嘅問題, 鬼咁天真活潑, 聽見都真係唔知好嬲定好笑..

延續第一集個氣勢, 呢個續集其實並冇令人失望喎, 原班人馬再加多幾個新角色, 呢次比較注重劇情發展.. 同上一集比較, 我會較為懷念少咗嘅爆笑場面同埋大型歌舞場面, 尤其係King Julian忽然淪為大配角, 我非常之懷念佢嘅古怪拉丁口音同埋歌唱舞蹈, 呢點有少少失望.. 反而加咗成班紐約人類入去, 尤其個老太婆嘅戲份甚多, 我就覺得好無謂囉..

總括嚟講, 笑料係貫穿整齣戲嘅, 睇完都會好開心咁笑住出嚟嘅.. 其實我興趣知道會唔會有第三集, 交待長頸鹿Melman同埋河馬Gloria呢段跨種戀情, 跟住佢哋嘅仔仔囡囡到底會係生成咩樣呢?? 睇完呢場戲, 你一定會識得唱i like to move it move it架喇, 哈哈~~got myself a day off on wednesday and went to watch "Madagascar 2: Escape to Africa".. most probably it was school holidays, and that was why we were surrounded by kids anywhere in the theatre.. before the show started, the kids were already very excited indeed and kept asking their parents head-scratching questions, really innocent and jovial of them, am sure you'll be confused between fuss and fun when you overhear their conversations..

a continuation from the heat of previous one, this sequel was not any disappointing at all, full original cast and of course new characters being added, but this time focused more on the storyline.. compare to the previous one, i do miss the hilarious and the grand sing-and-dance scenes, especially King Julian suddenly being cut out a lot, i really miss his quirky Latin accent together with his singings and dancings, a little disappointed at this point though.. also, there was a sudden surge of human characters into this sequel, and especially the Nanny being quite focused, i thought this was actually quite unnecessary..

overall you still laugh from the start till the end, and ended up leaving the theatre in a happy mood.. i'm actually very interested to know if there will be a next sequel to talk about what's gonna happen to Melman the giraffe and Gloria the hippo, on their cross-breed love and perhaps how would their babies look like??!! ascertain you that once you left the theatre, you will know how to hymn the song "i like to move it move it", hahaha~~