A midsummer quartet on Senses 99

a splendid nite with a long lost friend,
hookah and shisha , mint mojito at Sahara Mezz Bar
plus great jazz at senses 99,
we played a little "automatic writing" games,
the first person wrote a line on the paper, folded it and next one continued,
we had 2 rounds , unfolded the paper and
came up with two beautiful writings...
we all liked it and became our memories on that particular nite.

A midsummer quartet on Senses 99
by mj, n, d and a , 26.05.07

1.

buds, cigarette buds
the beginning and the end
extinct, and re-ignited
I thought i was someone else, someone new
and black befalls in the music hall
ashes blown away
we meet to depart
Beside the lake, beneath the trees, fluttering and dancing in the breeze

2.

I don't describe to this point of view.
top of the world, edge of the universe
on a jazzy nite, music and wine
tip-toed to the top,
Gentle is rare in this society
Sink under your favourite green island
on the right track with endurance
fallen pregnant with mental block
wan to vanish inside your kiss.
the day after tomorrow

The Taste of Food 09

太平包
住在長洲的同事
從老遠帶來了
熱騰騰新鮮出爐的太平包，
對，是熱的，從長洲的麵包店帶來的，
這是我從來未吃過的，
最「暖心」的下午茶小點。
從新聞報導得知一些無聊新聞如
今年的太平包是塑膠做的(衛生的理由)，
又有第一位女參賽者進入決賽…

從未吃過它…
不是很甜曳曳的，
很香口的蒸麵粉味道
加上白芝麻及白麻蓉…
不論怎樣，也是味道好的，
因為以被同事的誠意及太平包的代表性蓋過一切…

心想，我住的地區有什麼獨特小食
可與同事朋友分享？

回到家

回到家
只喝了兩杯啤酒
也帶有點醉意(真的不是喝酒的人…還是自我陶醉…)
看見了最親的家人(侄仔和亞媽)
睡着了
上前給侄仔蓋上被子(慣常地把被子翻開)
在他臉上給了兩個吻
再看睡着的母親
很老土地親了她一下
有點想哭但哭不出來的感覺…
怪怪的

weddings and a funeral plus etc

...8am - helped my u mate for online wedding registration...
...8pm - attended a furneral ...
...someone just gave birth to her first child...
... someone is waiting for the medical report...
... a farewell to my colleague ...
... a meet up with some long lost friends...
... a beginning (also the end)of a relationship...
...just happened within one day /week ...

dunno y, it makes me think of an old movie "Four weddings and a funeral" , which is back in 1994. From there , i recall this beautiful poem ,just google and you can find it easily...

Funeral Blues
Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,
Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,
Silence the pianos and with muffled drum
Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aeroplanes circle moaning overhead
Scribbling on the sky the message He is Dead.
Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,
Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,
My working week and my Sunday rest,
My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;
I thought that love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now; put out every one,
Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun,
Pour away the ocean and sweep up the woods;
For nothing now can ever come to any good.

-- W.H. Auden

According to the information, this poem was first published as "Song IX" from 'Twelve Songs' (1936); reprinted under the present title in 'Tell me the Truth about Love' (1976)

What ? 1936 ? cant imagine this poem was written at that time, as it still sounds
" modern" to me ...well maybe a slight change to some lines...
Stop all the mobile , cut off the msn/internet(pls forgive me as i am ruining the poem)...

Lamma 14.05.07

dear sandy beach,
dear sunshine,
dear seabreeze,
dear bluesky,
dear soft and white sands,
dear seawaves,
dear birdsss,
dear greenland,
dear bookworm ,
the creamcheese bagel and
wonderful apple and spinash soup...

u just let me day to live in full!

In Rememberance of My Heart ( 28.1-25.4 2007)

a bday present from greenrabbit...
greenrabbit said she gave this "love-heart shaped" leaf to me
so that i could take care the "love" and let it grow
until one day, "love" would find her companion again...
sadly, "love" could not survive...

你是「剩男、剩女」嗎？

繼電車男女後，在新聞上發現新「名詞」！好笑亦可悲！

「剩女」
即剩下的優秀女子，表面風光內心隱痛，
她們感情豐富、長相漂亮卻找不到男友，這些「剩女、準剩女」
的父母也面臨中國有史以來第一次女兒愁嫁的時代。
單身是發展趨勢非問題
解構三大類單身族
個案二﹕ 三十而立 告別孤單
萬人相睇會8女爭1男

睡蓮

從來不是愛花之人，
某年夏天從娥頸橋街市花墟看見睡蓮
從顏色繽紛奪目的花群中靜悄悄地躺在水瓶裹，
不屑與花群爭妍鬥豔，
不須綠葉伴着，
獨自立足着，
大慨從那時起喜歡它吧！

買回家後才知道「睡」蓮的意思，
白天開着花辨，夜間花辨便收緊着…
不費力鬥豔、平實簡潔…

對話二

某天某人又說：「來看看你們在談什麽？」
「哦，怎麼，又來叫我們轉工？」
「是呵！何必搭沈船」
「那麼，你真偉大，是一首沈船也來乘搭」…

然後，某人又轉話題，九唔搭八…
對某人的期望又再减退…

我結婚了+紅色炸彈(前傳)

今年的復活假很有「假期」的感覺。
五天的紅假，只有一天回公司工作，
此外，亦與朋友聚會、看了幾套電影、煲碟及一些「發白日夢」空間。
感受深刻的是參與好友群的第一個「三十生日派對」。
好友與她的男友特地回港，故我們的聚會也帶來男友、
未婚夫及丈夫出席，好讓男仕們彼此認識談談。
看着「大合照」的情景及閒談間，
心裡又再次感受着「我們真的長大了，不斷地轉變」等感覺。
看着好友們努力維持與伴侶及家庭等可以令人快樂亦令人煩惱的人際關係，
再細看自身的情況，「隱隱作痛」維持了一年多的感覺漸漸放下及變得清澈起來。
發現原來自己還未準備好…
是給自己一個藉口、是看了「不能結婚的男人」*？

*blog友 greenrabbit曾在不惑不婚中提及的日劇
ps:這篇blog是在假期後寫成的，一直存在草稿中，當作前傳吧…

我結婚了+紅色炸彈

今天又從中學同學口中得知某女同學的婚訊，
心裡想着：「又來了！巳是第五個了！」
心裡又想着這位女同學在中學時我認識她的印象…
心裡繼續想着：「結婚…連男友也沒有，不用想吧！」
在星期一還在weekend mood 無心工作時得來這個消息…
一時忍不着氣在辦公室向同事們大聲呼叫：「如果你們結婚，請我拍 video 吧！
剪接、做fade in fade out 老套的powerpoint 我也可以，友情價！！」
又立刻向某女同事要求快些舉辦單身BBQ 派對(她曾向單身女同事們提及過，
只是反應不大)…發嗡風一輪及做gym平伏心情後，又收到以下一封電郵…
我的未婚夫叫Chan Kong，我的婚禮在星洲……救命啊！

>From: Joanna Tng Yilin
>To: agneschan@hotmail.com
>Subject: Re: Changi Village Hotel Wedding Showcase - 21 April 2007
>Date: Mon, 16 Apr 2007 15:32:25 +0800
>
>
>Dear Agnes & Chan Kong
>
>Celebrate your Wedding/Solemnisation with us & join us at our upcoming
>Wedding Showcase, jointly brought to you by Changi Village Hotel and our
>esteemed partners: J&C Bridal Collections, Soo Kee Jewellery, Calvin Klein
>Fragrance, Ronce Envy Creation, The Bliss Collection, The Retreat Spa &
>Thalasso Centre, The Third Party wedding planners, Hollywood Nails, Bottles
>& Bottles, Motionimage Productions and Cheong Geomancy Consultants.
>
>Enjoy special perks and lucky draw prizes when you book your wedding with us
>during the show.
>
>Please be informed that we have processed the registration on our end & you
>will be receiving the Invitation Card within the next 2 days.
>
>Kindly furnish me with your credit card details, with the expiry date so
>that I can process the charging on my side.
>
>Thank you & we look forward to welcoming you to our Hotel!
>
>
>Joanna Tng
>Catering Coordinator
>DID: 65 6379 7182
>Fax: 65 6546 1488
>Email: joannatng@changivillage.com.sg

對話

某天某人說：「我叫xx，你叫什麼名字？」
我是 xx 。
你負責什麼工作？
我負責xx
哦，是最虧損錢的…轉工吧！市道好。

巳不是第一次聽了，原來為「熱誠」來工作 (包括不想工資，事業前景等)，
到頭來只會換來「傻瓜」、「作賤自己」的稱喻…傻瓜！

學習篇

從來也沒有機會嘗試學習國畫及西洋畫，
甚至從小就對繪畫缺乏信心，
自覺要在空白的畫紙上，
利用畫筆把實物/景重現是非常困難的事。
要達到「心手合一」，更是難上加難…
從此不再深究，也確認「它」不是我杯茶。

想不到離開校院後在工作的地方加上
同事的鼓勵，兩樣也試過了。
雖然出來的沒有什麼好看，
但是也很滿足，不竟一生人也試過一次吧！

300

300
是一部喜出望外的電影。
古裝戰爭片並不是我杯茶，
不是朋友的邀請陪伴，也不會到戲院看，也不會買dvd。
改編自美國漫畫家 Frank Miller (Sin City)的作品，電影講述三百戰士敵百萬大軍。
Sin City已經很暴力血腥，此部還更甚，但非常精緻 — 從場景、服裝、音樂…
也是精心製作。
我最喜歡是基本的人物設計，每個戰士各有性格，
記不起他的名字也記得他們的故事…演技非常專業！
場景設計更是超於現實，真的要向荷李活big budget片致敬！
只有這樣的大製作才能做到令人讚嘆的場面…
及感受到只有在大銀幕下看才能品嚐電光幻影的魅力。

記得" love actually " 中的辦工室靚仔嗎?
他的名字叫Rodrigo Santoro，有非常出人意表的演出！

特首來了！

今天下午，他來了參觀工作的地方。
「你哋聽好呢個電話！」
「你哋手執好呢堆紙！」
「我代表公司升你哋500%人工！」

眾人雖知道他的「底細」，
但是他比「真」的更受歡迎，
說不定某年後，他真的變成民選特首！

The taste of food 08

某天，看過某雜誌封面中某男歌手手中拿着一個漢寶包，
加上看過那本雜誌很頓覺跟社會脫了節像外星人般，
立刻走進 M餐廳，買了那個剛推出改良的漢寶包，
來做個最潮最update的人。

做潮人的代價是把一堆junk food吞下肚下，
當天吞下的還有蛋撻，半can coke zero
幸好，某男同事幫我吃了cheese cake...

看着工作桌上的全是食品…而不是文件，
心裏不禁想，是某些事情發生的前奏...

My Brain Blue

Your Brain is Blue

Of all the brain types, yours is the most mellow. You tend to be in a meditative state most of the time. You don't try to think away your troubles. Your thoughts are realistic, fresh, and honest. You truly see things as how they are. You tend to spend a lot of time thinking about your friends, your surroundings, and your life.

What Color Is Your Brain?

Lamma 29.1.07

Lamma 29.1.07
Originally uploaded by bunbun1978.

Ting the dream have a wonder "Companion" photo series in her blog earlier....
in respond to her blog...i have this :)

B2564

RUNning boots
Originally uploaded by bunbun1978.

Finished the 10K ..FINALLY..
after the 2 months "serious" training...
just in time to catch up ...
someone said its a joke for me to run 10k..but
this 1hr 5mins (from my own watch) becomes my motivation for my next goal "the half marathon" ---

if 10 K is my before 30s goal..this half marathon will be part of my 30s goal...

Comic Abstraction: Image-Breaking, Image-Making”

(top)Courtesy of Philippe Parreno and Friedrich Petzel Gallery, New York
Philippe Parreno's "Speech Bubbles" (1997)
(below)Speechless: “Zé Carioca No. 4” (2004), by Rivane Neuenschwander.

Seems like an interesting exhibition where artist influenced by comics strip, cartoon and animation.

Cant tell if its a good exh as i cant look at all the artworks.

As the reviews from NYTIMES said

"Beyond the big solo retrospectives that MoMA handles with expert aplomb, too many of the museum’s recent exhibitions have a veneer of political piousness that limits and shortchanges everything: art, artists, the public and the institution itself. In MoMA’s efforts to go beyond a formalist, linear view of modernism, the museum often seems to confuse sincere political intent with genuine, groundbreaking artistic quality.
No wonder it ends up showing shallow, label-dependent art rather than work that offers deeper, more contradictory encounters. Art becomes a kind of one-liner. The viewer looks a little, reads a label, says “I get it” and shuffles on. If you are new to art, you don’t know what you are missing. If you aren’t, you feel had."

A little doubt just by looking at a few photos, is anything exhibit in MoMA are good? um...

Museum of Modern Art thur 11 june