得不到的葡萄，原來是甜的

上一個月, miss o左 apply 去智利 study trip o既機會, 真係好傷心, 因為上一年join 呢個 Program 時, 最想參加就係呢個活動, 只怪自己唔留心學校o既 e-mails, 所以無為意個 deadline, 唉~

今天上課時, 從同學口中得知智利’’大軍’’明天便出發了, 心情有些少失落, 可能好似世界杯那些球員, 因為受傷, 本來有得去參賽, 追逐夢想, 到只係見住d隊友, 開開心心o甘出發, 自己卻只可留在家裡呆著...心情應該差無幾? HAHA…

但聽到他們的行程後(當然, 唔係遊玩同考察既細節啦,而係個 flight plan)...真係可以用’’嘔心’’黎形容!! 點解o甘講? 你估下由北京飛去智利要幾耐?? 同飛 LA 差唔多, 15個鐘?? 錯!! Um…o甘好似飛加拿大o甘20幾個鍾? Sorry, 都唔係好接近, 答案係…38個鍾!!!!! Holy sit…….一程 ja, 大佬…

事緣要轉2程機: (rough estimation from my classmates)

(1) 由北京飛 Munich = 15 hours

(2) Waiting time = 5 hours

(3) Munich 飛 Madrid = 3-4 hours

(4) Waiting time = 2 hours

(5) Madrid 飛 Chile = 10+ hours

真係就o甘聽都覺得恐怖, esp. 我怕搭飛機… 我問同學A, 無得飛得快d架?? 佢就話, 其實有第2條行線, 就係先飛加拿大, 再飛智利, 但因辦签证太長時間, 而且, 又要飛過百慕達三角洲上空, 老師話驚喎，haha~~ 但同學就話, 消失左仲好, 唔駛做作業同考試 = P

Anyway, 我計一計数：一程38 hours, 2程 76 hours, o甘即係 only spend 在transport 上都3日4個鍾, 佢地會去10日, wah, 1/3 o既行程都o係飛機or機場上過, um… 我突然覺得miss o左呢個trip, 真係好幸運!!

呢d係唔係叫做柳暗花明又一村呀 ??!!!

联合國部隊

我們班裡, 當過兵的男生不少, 因為來自台灣, 韓國, 新加坡的, 也在20歲左右要強迫性服兵役... 還有一個以色列o既同學, 他更厲害, 真的打過仗, 有時, 真想問問他在戰場上的事, 有沒有開槍殺過敵人哩~ 當過兵的人, 真有點不一樣, 那些行為, 想法和氣度, 可能真係要攞過槍和子彈, 受過地獄式嚴格訓練的人, 才 develop 到o甘o既心智... 很高興可以和他們相處, 感覺很不一樣.....

昨天是中秋節, 我們班熱熱鬧鬧o甘去o左一間家常菜聚餐... 大家2杯到肚後, 也很 relax, 有一個同學還帶了瓶59度既白酒來贈興, 我倒不敢喝，因真的受不了太多的酒精...但他們興高彩列的不停灌酒, haha, 食完飯後, 有幾個已經 high o左啦~

下樓去拿 e-bike 時, 其中一個台灣同學, 突然高聲唱著歌, 我們問他是甚麼歌, 他說, 是台灣的軍歌, 然後, 另一個韓國同學, 二話不說的, 又唱起無人聽得懂的韓語歌, 然後好像在單挑台灣同學般, 告訴他這是韓國的軍歌, 好攪笑... 在回家途中, 他們一邊開著 e-bike, 一邊大大聲o甘互唱自己以前從軍o既歌, 一個新加坡同學也加入''戰團'', 你一句, 我一句o甘, 在中秋月圓的夜空下， 我們在路上風馳電掣, 秋風吹來, 感覺真係好正.....

今年, 是一個特別的中秋, 雖然沒有在維園賞月, 也沒有像往常一樣在家中渡過, 但, 也是一個值得紀念的中秋節吧!!

INCEPTION

很久沒有看一部o甘有深度同覆雜度o既電影啦... 真係好精彩, 看o既時侯和看後, 都真係有''wow'' 既感覺, 真係不得不佩服美國人o既 Innovation... It's really stunning~ 對上一次睇完劇有o甘o既感覺同埋要思考o既, 我記憶中, 應該係 Steven Spilberg 既 ...

剛回家和我 roommate 閒聊o左幾句, 先發覺佢都剛剛睇完, haha, 我倆跟著又討論起劇情來, 一部成功的電影, 莫過於此吧!!

在某 website 上找到對這劇情o既解釋, 看看大家是否同意:

Confused about the ending of ‘Inception’? Here’s an explanation of what really happened in the film.

The Ending

There are a ton of theories being tossed around the Internet about the ending of Inception, the two biggest debates being whether Cobb was still in a dream or did he in fact return to his children in the “real world.”

The ending of Inception is meant to leave you thinking and questioning the nature of reality. The important question is not “Is Cobb still dreaming?” – What is important is the fact that the character of Cobb goes from being a guy who is obsessed with “knowing what’s real” to ultimately being a person who stops questioning and accepts what makes him truly happy as what’s real.

But people want more concrete answers than that, so here you go:

After two viewings I can tell you that from the moment that Cobb and Saito (seem to) wake up from limbo, Nolan very purposefully shifts the film into an ambiguous state that leaves it somewhat open to the viewer’s perception and interpretation of that perception – two big themes of the movie, coincidentally enough.

From the moment Cobb and Saito wake, there is no more dialogue between the characters and few shots or images that would concretely explain or prove one interpretation. Is Cobb still dreaming and his team and family (and maybe Saito) are all projections? Or is it the job completed, everyone is back in reality and everything is happily ever after? There are a few pieces of “evidence” that we can certainly address:

-Was Saito truly powerful enough to make one phone call and end Cobb’s problems or was that just Cobb in limbo projecting his subconscious wish to go home? You can argue logistics all you want, but if it’s said that Saito is a powerful and wealthy man (he bought a whole airline on a whim), then there’s reason enough to infer that he could bend the legal system for Cobb. Rich powerful people bend laws all the time.

-Is there something up with that immigration agent or is he just an immigration agent? After two viewings, the conclusion should be that the immigration guy is just a guy. If he’s staring at Cobb, it’s because his job is to look people over and scrutinize them. Would you want immigration letting people through without face-to-face scrutiny?

-Did Cobb’s father (Michael Caine) arrange to meet him at the airport or is he there because he’s Cobb’s projection? At this point we’re reading way too much into things. There is a phone on the plane, so Cobb could’ve easily arranged for pickup. This was also an intricate plan they were hatching, so arranging for airport pickup would probably be on the to-do list.

-In early dream scenes Cobb is wearing a wedding band that doesn’t appear in the “real world” scenes or the end scenes in the airport – does that mean the ending is “reality?” Details like that are certainly strong evidence that there is a real world and that Cobb does live in it at times – such as when he isn’t wearing a wedding band.

-Does the fact that Cobb uses Mal’s totem mean it doesn’t work as a totem and therefore he never knows if he’s in reality or not? Again, we’re reading a little too deep into things. The only people who know the weight and feel of that totem are Mal and Cobb, and since Mal is dead, Cobb is the only one left who knows the totem’s tactile details. So yes, he could certainly use it as a measure of reality, the totem was not “ruined” by him using it.

-At the end, Cobb’s kids seem to be the same age and are seemingly wearing the same clothes as they were in his memory of them – is it “proof” he’s still dreaming? As carefully documented by our own Vic Holtreman, at the end of the film Cobb’s kids are wearing similar outfits to the ones he remembers, but their shoes are different. As for their ages: if you check IMDB, there are actually two set of actors credited with playing Cobb’s kids. The daughter, Phillipa, is credited as being both 3 and 5 years old, while the son, James, is credited as being both 20 months and 3 years old. This suggests that while it might be subtle, there is a difference between the kids in Cobb’s memories and the kids Cobb comes home to. That would suggest the homecoming is in fact “reality.” But feel free to debate that.

-Will the spinning top keep spinning or was it about to fall over just before Nolan cut to black? Sorry, we will never know for sure, although it does start to wobble and it is never shown doing that in the dream world. Each of us will take away a guess – kind of the point of that final shot.

At the beginning of the film, after the first job Cobb’s team tries to pull on Saito, we see Cobb sitting in his hotel room alone, spinning the top and watching it intently, gun in hand. This is a guy who is ready to blow his brains out if the top keeps spinning, in order to “wake himself up.” That’s how obsessed and paranoid he’s become.

Throughout the film, Cobb continues to obsess about spinning the top and verifying reality – however, at the end of movie, he spins the top and walks away from it before he can verify if it stops spinning or not. His kids come running in and Cobb could care less about about the top or “true reality” or extraction/inception anymore. He just wants to be with his children, in whatever place he can be with them. That emotional connection and desire is “reality” enough for him.

In the end, Cobb walking away from the top is a statement in itself that also completes the arc of his character. In a way, the movie is its own maze designed to plant a simple little idea in the viewer’s mind: “reality” is a relative concept.

黑仔日

今日要返北京預備開學啦...心情有些不太好, 可能自從6月起, 真係飛得太多, 我計過, 3個月搭左8次飛機, 仲要我係幾怕搭飛機o既人...所以, 今朝起身, 都真係唔想返去, 好想留係屋企...可能人大左, 真係要 settle down o既??? 沒有好似細個時o甘有精力四處闖蕩, haha~

就係拖住o甘o既心, 早上在出發前去了屋企附近o既眼鏡鋪fix一下我o既眼鏡, 好可惜, 可能太早, 行左3間都未開, 好彩第4間時, 終於有一間開o左... 然後趕返屋企, 拿拿臨執好行李,便去巴士站, 好可惜, 應該係 miss o左班車, 等o左20分鐘, 唉, 時間真係失晒預算…到機場時, 已經係12點半, check-in 過後, boarding pass 上寫住o既登機時間係12:40, haha, 但個一刻, 已經係 12:35… 個地勤都叫我快d去閘口… 誰不知, 過關後, 在等無人駕駛時, 竟然突然間通知大家, 無人駕駛壞左, 無電!!!!! 嘩, 真係未試過, 亦都無諗過無人駕駛會無電囉, 真係 bairrrr ~~ o甘, 點好?? 已經o甘趕時間, 仲要有突發事… 我即刻問個staff, 佢竟然叫我同另一個同機 o既乘客行過去, 話10分鐘就 ok… 於是, 我地行呀行, 又要拖住件 hand carry, 今日仲要有 d 頭痛…激氣… 結果, 我o地半走半行, 都要成20分鐘, 超累…

好彩今程機都幾穩定, 無咩大氣流… 落機時,唔知攪mud, 要d乘客行落機, 再搭接駁巴士後再要行上飛機跟terminalo既connecting bridge, o甘, 點解架機唔直接停係個bridge 呀, 要d乘客走上走落...連一個中國人都忍唔住同一個外國遊客講: ''This is China Service. They just can't let the plane stop at the empty bridge!!''

落機後去o左搭機場大巴, 因有一件大行李, 兩件 hand carry, 所以打算放件大o既係巴士o既行李storage, 點知, 其中一個櫃已經满左, 另一個, 係壞左, 開唔到…..shoot, 又要好辛苦o甘抬舊又大又重o既行李上車…好煩… 到o左總站, 又等左20分鐘的士… 都唔明點解成條街都無車…唉…

回到家, 已經很累,很累… 點解一日內可以o甘黑仔??

希望,明天會更好啦...好彩, 今晚,有我的超級巨聲 ~~ GOGOGO ~~

Hubert & Mag Lam: ~ Support ~

網友的我的志願

剛在網上的某處看到关於[小時候我的志願], 好攪笑 ---

網友1:
我小時候的志願是當工程師，因為小時候看見有位伯伯坐轎車，就問媽媽，媽媽說因為他是工程師，所以有車坐，於是我就夢想著當一名工程師，目的就是有自己的車坐。現在，工程師是當上了，不過自己的車還沒有，因為我也不想做馬路殺手.

網友2:
記得當年有個小學男同學, 他說他的志願是做一個”書包”, 老師話書包是一件物件, 不能當志願, 他又說, 我未工作過, 咁點知自己想做什麼, 但書包他日日用, 知道它的工作是什麼.
以前覺得他是挑戰老師的權威, 現在卻覺得他說得對.

幾 creative ~