Monday, March 27, 2006

HOWW CAN we not loveee JUSTIN???

剛剛去完Justin首埸的個人演唱會《Chivas Justin One Good Show》回來,覺得做得非常好! 佢把聲真係好鬼死有吸引力,唱功又掂,加埋唱live簡直一流,難怪只發行了一張個人大碟就開演唱會,實在唔簡單。

新派唱作人當然有佢自己style同玩下D新gimmick野啦! 好似佢自己想唔跟稿咁,但講野又唔好,當古巨基爆肚時又話基仔(用超級細路仔tone):「明明夾好,你又唔跟稿,搞到我都唔知講咩喇...」hehe... 又例如佢唱完晒D歌,明知之後係encore位,就話:「依個係first ending,一陣見!」... 學L姐話齋,可能而家D人唔出黎encore先係suprise呀 hehehe。另外都有D gimmick野幾好,好似請林子祥做家賓唱《一千個夜晚》(勁touching,聽到有D毛管棟!!) and 叫觀眾開住個cell揮下揮下,搞到成個場真係好靚 (見圖1),尤其我地依D睇最貴,感受特別好啦....呵呵!!

我鍾意睇Justin就係鍾意佢有才華,等同我鍾意Karen一樣! 我今日o向個演唱會上真正realize到 if you're gifted with
something but you don't make good use of it, learn it and elaborate it, then you'll be no different from an idiot. 佢今日的成就比人睇到,相信佢都有好努力同用心去做去學... 楊千嬅都係咁講啦,做人最緊要問心無愧,用心去做就okay! 而我都希望有朝一日我的成就都比人睇到呀!

今日其實有另一件errand要做,就係要試下我部Sony-R1係咪真係咁堅.... hmm 係就係堅D,但因為我D技術差,雙手唔夠steady,好多相都唔滿意呀... (見圖2 & 3) :P

Monday, March 20, 2006

BOOK RECOMMENDATION: La masturbation: Histoire d’une grande peur

書名﹕自慰﹕恐懼的歷史
作者﹕Jean Stangers & Anne Van Neck
譯者﹕陳姿穎
出版社﹕邊城

【明報專訊】如果你是一個面臨升學壓力的高三或國三學生,有些別人看似不大、自己卻覺得不小的泌尿科問題,提不起勇氣親自去掛門診,網路醫院免付費問診會是解決的好辦法。掛有專科醫師證照的泌尿科大夫,通常會像底下的例子友善回答你。

Q﹕夢遺很苦惱,有什麼解決辦法﹖
A﹕試試看適當的自慰,起碼省掉洗內褲換床單的麻煩。
Q﹕一天手淫一次,算不算過度﹖
A﹕還好,二十歲上下,每天一次還稱不上頻繁,但如果沉溺於此,忽略正事就不好。
Q﹕手淫會影響發育嗎﹖我的鬍子、體毛都比同學長得少。
A﹕第二性徵跟荷爾蒙的關係比較密切,自慰不會影響荷爾蒙的分泌。
Q﹕我是個喜歡通宵看 A片的人,幾乎每天依此自慰,身體會不會因此弄壞﹖
A﹕適度自慰除了能達到性的滿足,也有紓解壓力的效果。但是長期熬夜看 A片及自慰,除了造成荷爾蒙的混亂,更有可能成為逃避現實的方式。應該試轉移自己的注意力,或者找精神科醫師幫忙也是不錯的方法。

以女性角度詢問的也不少,手淫會不會得子宮頸癌、菜花、性冷感、不孕﹖會不會造成左右陰唇大小不一﹖會不會造成陰道黏液分泌過少﹖月經周期可以手淫嗎﹖

身為一個即將邁入青春期男孩的父親,筆者對青少年自慰的擔心,遠不及對電腦與手機線上遊戲的苦惱。日本腦神經科學專家森昭雄教授就提出,許多電玩遊戲會讓大腦額前區的活動明顯降低。如果任其發展下去,沉迷電玩的孩童很容易偏差衝動、心神散漫及缺乏創造力,即使到了成年也是如此。更讓人擔心的是,還可能加速早老性癡呆的發生。

死亡不歸路﹖

除了賣偽藥的地下電台,「一滴精,一滴血」的信徒已不踴躍了。泌尿科醫師還告訴我們,精液內除精蟲及前列腺素外,主要的成分是果糖、礦物質與磷脂類。如果以營養學的觀點來看,幾毫升的精液還不足以產生一卡路里的熱量,一滴精一滴血實在是無稽之談。精液在人體生生不息,不管射精或夢遺,精液的流失是不會傷害身體或元氣的。

更為尤甚,「一盎司精,四十盎司血」的觀念,統御歐洲醫學近二千年。精液是生殖的精華,分級在體液的金字塔頂端。一個奶媽可以一天被嬰兒吸走幾磅乳汁而若無其事,失掉的若是血液必然斃命無疑,精液價值更在血液之上。因此,手淫在醫學百科全書裏,定義為可恥的習慣,染此惡習必帶來消瘦、萎靡、墮落、全身各個系統都會出問題,死亡是它的不歸路,進而造成國破與滅族。

即使開明派的啟蒙大師狄德羅、伏爾泰、盧梭,都未能脫離這種恫嚇。狄德羅、伏爾泰編譯百科全書與風物誌,不脫道德譴責,勸告年輕人寧可冒嫖妓得性病的危險,也強過有手淫習慣。盧梭以青年導師寫下的教育小說《愛彌爾》,信誓旦旦譴責手淫。他那露骨的《懺悔錄》,一方面表白無法克制的自慰沉溺,一方面又無法消弭過後的悔恨咎責。

巴爾札克狀似瀟灑,戲稱一場自慰害得法國文學痛失一部小說巨作,彷彿把一攤精液看得比四十盎司還重。

中國的房中術雖然廣涉仙風道骨岐黃名家,但還沒有「原罪」的觀念。舊約《創世紀》,猶大的兒子珥因為冒犯耶和華被處死,猶大要求次子俄南替長兄生個子嗣。俄南每回與嫂嫂他瑪性交後,都拔出陽具射精於地,不願為哥哥留後代。俄南因而觸怒耶和華,同樣也被處死。「俄南之罪」便成為基督教義,中斷性交有罪,以自瀆規避行房有罪,不止手淫,如果夢遺是因為酒醉或想入非非所致也有罪。

「俄南之罪」

「俄南之罪」統御基督教中產家庭迄二十世紀初,即使像石破天驚的性學大師佛洛伊德,也沒有大刀闊斧的翻盤。一直到二十世紀中葉,醫界才漸漸體認自慰對人體的害處過於誇張,它的最大傷害其實在罪惡感引起的恐懼與羞恥,也就是心理創傷遠超過肉身損害。從罪大惡極羞於啟齒,七、八成願意承認有手淫習慣,到金賽、海蒂報告百分之九十九受訪者從自慰得到高潮,自慰終於在二十世紀正式除罪與除魅。

「俄南之罪」令人想起,同樣籠罩在基督教義氛圍的「安魂曲之審判與神怒」。西洋宗教音樂是古典音樂精神大宗,具備三個形式與主旨,其一是重視信仰與虔誠,其二是表現偉大與認真,其三是開發感覺與熱情。歷來偉大的安魂曲都具備這些特質,但也有受詬病之處。

安魂曲一如既定的彌撒儀式,有固定的拉丁經文﹕進台詠、慈悲經、繼敘經、奉獻經、聖哉經、羔羊經等等。最受到作曲家反感的是「神怒之日」、「死後審判」恫嚇,只有白遼士對這種經文欣然以赴,因為這是表現管弦樂壯大雄偉排場的段落。布拉姆斯與佛瑞都不喜歡為自己父母所寫的安魂曲,落入這種憤怒與審判的情緒。近代作曲家寫安魂曲,大都放棄這種既定的拉丁經文,自尋認同貼心的歌詞。

二十世紀同性戀的除病與除罪,差不多已完成階段任務。《聖經》認定不為生育目的之性行為有罪,也備受新一代飲食男女挑戰。每個人都可以在私密的領域,進行不妨害他人的性行為。適當自慰是安眠藥與鎮定劑,至於過當自慰的詮釋權,應該交給精神科醫生,而不是神學家或衛道者。

《自慰﹕恐懼的歷史》是一本豐富又動人的好書,讀來有那麼一點安魂曲的韻味。當我們由文獻認知,幾百年前情欲勃發的年輕人,是如何飽受恐嚇摧殘。一些防止手淫的發明,簡直無異殘酷刑具,教誨訓條更是一級級讓人走入沒有光的所在。除了慶幸吾輩能夠幸運走出自慰的失樂園,這本書還提供大家審視,我們是否又在其他地盤,築造俄南的囹圄,繼續施展另一種霸權。

Saturday, March 18, 2006

攝石蜂

呀呀呀... miss 了由某旅遊雜誌與某航空公司舉辦的 photography competition,個心真是有點不憤氣,決定把自己的作品登出來比大家欣賞一下... HAHAHA!!! 小弟之作名為《攝石蜂》,請賜教!

「泰國 Khao Yai National Park 是一個熱帶雨林,於去年夏天被正式列入為《世界文化遺產》之一,屬東南亞地區難得的天然寶庫。小弟為了親自感受一下何謂真正的大自然,於是勇闖雨林,睇下傳說中高達30至50米高的大樹、壯麗的瀑布及玩下摸黑尋動物遊戲。最難忘的,就是在攀山越領途中待拍攝小野菊之際,突然遇上一隻蜜蜂仔攝入鏡頭,令張相增添了不少大自然生氣:P 」

唉... 超級憎打中文,但無辦法,鬼叫自己想 practice 咩!

Monday, March 13, 2006

Time to BE STRONNGER

Unfairness happens in life from time to time. Some people can cope with it pretty effortlessly, but for some people will likely doubt about their abilities because of this. To avoid being in the latter group, we must have an appropriate degree of self-confidence and be moreee independent. And I.... I need both of them.

How many of you know where your confidence derives from I'm wondering? Well... for me, my confidence step up when every time I face to and get over the DAILYY failuresss. I quite disdain those who build up their confidence by treading on others... NO MATTER HOW well educated you are and HOW many BRANDS you put on your fat ass... YOU're just a poor person with a shallow mind... you know!

As for independent... can't deny that this is absolutely one of my weaknesses. I just don't know WHYYY I like being told and being reminded now and then... even if I know what things are really going on. Umm think I better quit this 'asking-for-known-advice' habit then repackage and reposition myself... :P

SPECIAL THANKS: Kookie (Model, MP-S)

Sunday, March 12, 2006

Spring Sprung Upp

The humid and foggy weather of spring is bewildering me; as if I'm bewildered by every single unexpected thing occurs in life that prevents me from the way I'm going. Everything seems to be blurred at the moment. Sometimes I wonder: WHY am I doing this and WHY ain't I doing that etcetera...

It snatches my compass and makes me feel a bit lost in a way. What I've known is waiting, though I don't really know what I should be waiting for.

Perhaps I should wait for the fog to dissipate, then sunshine will come out and make way for me again.

Wednesday, March 01, 2006

Pride & Prejudice, BRAVOOO!!

Watched 'Pride & Prejudice' tonight.. it's actually the first time I see it on screen, and it turns out totally out of my expectation!! When I saw the trailer of this movie last year, I knew that this is gonna be the 'MUST SEE' movie on my list!

Well... can't deny that Keira Knightley's acting has improved a LOTTT compare to the last work of her I saw, the Pirates of the Caribbean (well now I might have another reason to go for the sequel of the Pirates of the Caribbean apart from Orlando Bloom :P).

Alsooo... although the 2006 Mr. Darcy isn't as good looking as how Jane Austin portrayed in the novel, Matthew Macfadyen has the kind of fine classic look, so does Keira, and his pair of dreamy eyes in the movie brought about the consuming and the deep feelings his has to Elizabeth... ANDD the last dialogue they say to one another vitally peak the level of the kind of *True love + Simple life = ROMANCE* Joe Wright has been representing... 'Call me Mrs Darcy when you feel happy and felicitous'.

P.S.// Just took a glance at my dear friend LULU's post right after I've done mine, a question poped in my head: Are gals not into romance anymore or they are just afraid of being hurt after a moment of romance?