The Lunar New Year Festive Season



Very year when time comes close to the Lunar New Year Season, I will have not choice and be forced to listen to those famous oldies, such as 'He Xin Nian', 'Gong Xi Gong Xi'. Year in year out, the same song will be repeated at the same time frame. No doubt, sometimes the singers are different, the music arrangement has changed. But the tune is the same.

When I was younger, I really get sick of them, once I heard them. This is why I do not like this season.

But as years passed by, age catching up, things change greatly. These days, as I walked pass China Town, heard of these songs, certain strange feeling arises. Suddenly, the old memories float up from nowhere. Suddenly realized that my parents were passed away for more than 15 years. Suddenly, noticed own self is no more younger as before. Suddenly, the world seems to be parting away from me. All of my elderly relatives were not around, those young siblings turn into full grown adults. Friends disappearing one by one, even my own students' faces starting to appear on obituary page!

Other things also happened in silence: The actors that I admired, the singers that I most adored; one by one, all slipped into the other side of the world. But their movies, their songs still mingle around the moment I play their records or videos.

Suddenly, shockingly realize that time also had slipped away so much and so fast from me. Yet, there are so many things not done yet. Life, is really rush away as the tidal wave. If we do not catch it on time and present ourself in full colour, it will never be another chance for you....

怀旧之歌

今夜不慎取出方琼的怀旧金曲影碟,一看就看了两个小时。看到自己百感交集,泪聚满眶。一是方琼唱得投入,把旧时情怀唱得丝入扣。一是每首旧曲,都是我人生旅途上的一种刻记。一时之间,听到前尘胸涌,往事奔腾。茫茫间,犹如重入旧世，重返失落己久的旧路。

吴莺音的明月千里寄相思，令我想起傍晚五六奌丽得呼声的歌曲奌播,老父躬着身子打金的背影。周璇的天涯歌女,母亲嘶喊吃晚饭的叫声。隨后姚莉的歌声跟着灯亮时刻播起。如今这些与我听歌的人,一一作古矣。人生始终是这么的无奈。

特别是方琼唱的 ‘莫忘今宵’，‘永远的微笑‘；昔日听歌的人，今日不知身在何处。如果斯人有朝也听得此曲，是否还会忆起这么一个痴人？昔时年华方盛的你我，今朝都以白发苍苍。如今细嚼词曲，才深深领会到其中的滋味。虽然事隔多年,但歌曲在空中依旧，恍佛间有如重坠时光遂道，那人的一言一语历历隨曲重生。定过神来，才恍悟那都是杨州一场大梦！人生真得如戏呵！

心上的人儿。。。。。歌声依旧，只是时间与场景都大不相同。怀念与牵挂，依旧。

看你横行到几时

螃蟹实在是一种莫明奇妙的生物（我是指它的行为举指），还因为它的双眼长在头上,傲视天下，不覚察自己不过是大海边沿的一隻微小生物，整日横行!

这世界里也不乏这类的人物,仔细想想你周边的人,不难会看到这样的人!

台湾的政冶人物更是彼彼皆是!横行多时,把民族,国家不视眼内；整天在为自已作秀,到头来,一次的选举遂败得人样全殁!实在是罪有应得!这种无法无天的行为,我这个局外人看了,都为当地的台下阿斗不值!幸好当地的民众还有一條颇刚直的脊骨,默默地忍受了多年,一待时机成熟,万众一心,一人一票,把成箩的螃蟹打回原形!真是大快人心!

螃蟹, 到处都有。只是要奉劝这些螃蟹一句话:横行时,切勿做得太绝,留下一条后路给自己退。免得有朝一日,走到穷途末路,无法回头,落得粉身碎骨的结局!切记,切记。

Traceless (Poem in Chinese)

草根艺人之逝

草根艺人蓝顉嘻突然逝世,本地华文报章大幅度报导。令人对这位终日笑脸迎人,却不想让人轻易撞入他内心世界的艺人,感到非常婉惜。以他自已供及在搏客或媒体的资料看来,他入行十多年始终挤不上头缐演员名册,心中的甜酸苦辣,外人肯定无从想象。但他在小银幕的阳光造型,深得人心,那是不可否认的；既使他自己的同事也有同感。

他逝后的媒体报导,引起了一些令人回味的因由。试想一名草名演员,为何以令到惜笔如金报纸不惜大版位报导吸?他的突然猝死,当然有其新闻价值,但个人认为他的亲民作风才令所有为他执笔的人,下笔如风。看到大小华文报,对他的报导都是充满着温情,不像一般公式型的报导,就知篮顉嘻平时的为人,是何许的亲易近人事。

只是上苍往往爱开世人的玩笑:天妒善人,唯让恶棍横行!时也!命也!哀哉!

HDR Chase

Few weeks ago, the first time I saw HDR photographs from the Web, I was so amazed by its range of colours. I told myself that I have to learn the techniques and produce such photographs. What is HDR? It stands for High Dynamic Range. Some interpreted it as High Digital Resolutions. Anyway, a rose is a rose, no matter what name you give her. What I like to see is the full range of colours captured in one photograph. In traditional or conventional photography, we hardly see such photographs. So, it opens a new door of exploration to me. I am like a curious cat. Spent day and night trying to figure out the procedures and process of it. With reasons unknown to me, my CS2 works like a crazy guy, sometimes it produces it, most of the time, it gives me a message stated that the photos I have loaded were short of dynamic range of exposures, and refuse to do the conversion for me. It was a frustrating experience, until I use Photomatrix Pro. It works perfectly for me. I am using the trial version, therefore, you would see its water markers appear on every piece of the works here. HDR really is very pleasant to look at. Beside the range of tones, it also provided great details of the subject captured.

The Amazing Arrangement from the Beholder!



The yellow petals glowing in the afternoon light.


This flower to me looks like a lonely child lost in the buzzing world.
Patterns arranged by nature.

That are very tempting fruits!

The Purple Prince??

The beauties of Purple World

Sleeping Beauty.

Hanging flames!

The forceful arrangement of RED.

Pinkish Red Petals

贝娜姬之死

追求理想的人,往往是最大的受害者。自古以来,彼彼皆是。古有文天祥,现有伯杨。外有曼德拉,肯尼地等。他们都是为了追求一个理想,不为自已,只望国家兴旺。无奈他的国土都狠狠地赐他一个早夭。贝娜姬便是这个忠直名册上,最新添上的一个亮丽名字。

个人最不能忍受的,是那些蟑螂老鼠般的弱者,不敢坦坦然的站出来,光明正大的和对手交锋。而是采取懦夫行为而暗袭,事后还沾沾自喜,公然自赞。看来他们的老祖宗一定没有教他们礼义廉耻这一回事矣。

巴基斯坦,你这个东亚古国,多事之秋已提前降临你的前门了!如果枪杆与炸弹,真能解决问题,那么人类的语言便是一种多余的废料矣。

政治,始终是那么险诈,丑恶!贝娜姬,你是一缕亮丽新添的冤魂!

10 reasons that I will not take taxi!

Recently since the raised of GST, everything seems to have a cause to raise its price. The price hike is like a tsunami, it swallows everyone who are on its way! Every agency has its glorious reasons to give price hike for its products. But no one came out and say something on behalf of those who are in the low income group or the retired! Maybe, they think these groups of people are ecomonically unsound, and leave them to their own. The most unreasonable price hike is on taxi fares. If it is due to oil price, everyone could understand. But what has it to do with the city surcharge and midnight surcharge? Any man with a logical mind would not be able to figure it out! Therefore, to combat this sort of unfair business, we should follow CASE's advise: Compare the price, if not reasonable, do not purchase it. Personally, I listed out TEN reasons not to assist them in unfair price hike:

1. Do more walking then use TAXI, as walking could improve your cardiac condition.
2. Use MRT or bus, then suppliment with walking, it is cheaper and healthier.
3. Use any means of transport, say bicycle or even inline skating; this would help you to cut down your waiting time.
4. Do not wire call taxi, save on telephone bill or frastration, as there are many cabbies choose and pick their customers.
5. Get glocery within your own precinct save on transport fees.
6. Make full use of MRT, contribute your own share in reducing global warming effects.
7. Make trip with bicycle more often, this could improve your lower extremities' muscle groups.
8. Bit the congested traffic, by using MRT not TAXI.
9. Help to release car loads on the road, less TAXI trip.
10. Finally, improve on your own psychological health, by not cursing and swelling while waiting for TAXI, if you do not take it.

How? Am I insane?? Any taker out there?

旧事

璧浩在他的最新搏客里,提起小时候看戏的事。再看到他附在网页上的几张剧照,一时百感交集,心里久埋的各种滋味,刹时涌上心头。

犹记得懂事之后,专找感情浓厚的戏来看。當时正是十七八时少年维特的年纪,不知愁时偏寻愁。每逢周末,必定约了几位同学,放学后便直奔加东的乐斯戏院,或隔怜的另一间戏院（忘了那戏院的名字!）,专选长城或风凰的戏来看。那时,真看了不少长城的戏。个人当时特别倾迷夏梦和陈思思的戏。所以,对这两个演员留下很深刻的印像。今时今日,重看这些戏,倒是忆起那些和我一起看戏的人。这些友人,如今犹有联络,只是每个都发上飞白,不再英气非凡矣。岁月可真不留人呵!

那时看的戏,如今能想起的戏名有:三笑,啼笑姻缘。再往后的便是蓝与黑,不了情,意难忘等。现在回顾,多数这些戏的演员都作古矣。这些戏就这样陪伴一个多愁善感的少年,走过他那段不甚欢愉的青春岁月!

乖乖,这些竟时四十年前的旧事!

发光

每个人的一生里,总有一段时日会发光的。只是有的人想尽方法,隐性埋名,不想人知；怕得是:树大招风。但有人却恰好相反,每次一有机会,便大事一番,惟恐天下不知。人也,可悲的一种生物,却狂妄的称自已是‘万物之灵‘。

反观自然界,各有各发光。谁也不说谁不够水准。谁也不强争第一。大家在这大千世界里，各取所好,相安自如。

在摄影的过程中,常常感悟到这奌。这里发表的几张摄影就印证我的想法。看到这些照片,真佩服造物者心思。大小万物,只要我们仔细去看,不难发现它们都有各自美丽的一面。丑,只是个人自已心态上的一种影像而己,和真实相距十万八千里。

儿子的摄影术

儿子自从由医院出来之后,在康复期间,忽然对他一向来都喜爱的电脑技术和知识,抛之脑后。杀时之间对摄影术入迷非常。先是口上说说而己,续而拿起我给他的那部尼康傻瓜相机,四处猎影。开始时,所摄得的照片,毫无构图及主题可讲。

拍了一些时日,他竟然投资买了一架佳能40D, 专业摄影机。过后还购入一系列的佳能镜头。他的摄影器材,转眼间竟超越他老爸许多。一时之间,令这个做老爸的又爱又恨!爱者,因他能从中学得一门求生技术。恨者,看他年纪轻轻,竟能拥用如许高挡摄影器具。

令人更加心惊肉跳的,莫过于他对我说:工作的单位要他做摄影员,专门负责以摄影来记录单位的各种活动。哈!我真得服了他。当时,我还怕他功力不够,力不从心。还吩咐他要多阅读摄影书籍,勤于拍摄以吸取更多经验。

谁知事隔两个月,他竟然电邮几张夜景给我。看得我口塞眼呆。只能捶胸撞壁:真是后生可畏!不信,各位可看看他的作品,才下定论。

My Virtual Flower Show

闲情一二

真的是很久很久没有如此闲情过了。近日为了应付考试夜夜难眠,只为了证明自己,人虽老,记忆未老。常常一读,就读到凌晨二三奌。

考试终於过去了。成织还算不丢人。心情也就得放轻松一些。今日无意乘电轨车到圣淘沙一行。一下车,成片的尉蓝扑面而来。蓝的是一片青天,更蓝的却是那一片淘白的海洋。一看到满眼的蓝,心中的所有烦忧,所有的不快,刹时释然。

地铁站怜近有一小店,店外一片沙滩,沙滩上插着一支支巨大白阳伞,傘下有躺椅。一眼看去,此情此景,竟能在加坡这种闹市寻得,可不称奇?當下立刻小店主人买了一杯冰冷的啤酒,找一张置放在椰树下的躺椅,躺下。爽呯,人生最大的享受便是如此与大自然相拥!喝一口冰凉的酒,闭目聆听,顶上椰风习习,远处涛声不绝,偶而一两隻无名小鸟,随风窜过,添增一份惊喜!

一个炎炎的下午,遂随流云与和风逸然而去。畄下,几许的淡淡情怀,让我细嚼。