Monthly Archives for February 2008

高等教育

為人師表者,理應有過人之處,或博古通今,或思慮敏銳,方能服人。所以我總認為,師範教育是名符其實的高等教育。

A小姐修業一年,即將出關,做孔夫子的繼承人。對師尊行業煞是好奇的我,常常打聽她在某大名校的修業生活,沾點微光。但有時瞥見她老人家的家課作業,真有點摸不著頭腦,例如一個名為「老師的個人成長與修養」的科目,要求各位準教師撰寫一篇關於師生關係的文章,以真實經驗為基礎,點出(1)老師對學生的一些誤解或磨擦,(2)如何冰釋前嫌,以及(3)一些反省與得著。

我的疑問是,教授大人如何分辨案前一堆大作,哪些是有血有肉的師生故事,哪些是胡亂杜撰的虛情假意?這種小學週記式習作,考驗的難道是吹水能力

又,聞說有一課,教授找來某中學校長作嘉賓講師,分享教育經驗。你猜他說什麼?他竟長篇大論地講解不同款色的米高峯,評論哪些手感較好,哪些發聲更準,活像在街邊擺陣的行銷講座。今天A小姐又跟我說,堂上教授要大家練習冥想,以便日後可以自行減壓,「合埋雙眼,想像你置身一個大草園……」

其實新聞系的課程,唔係咁差姐!

給自己和打算轉工和已經轉工的朋友

《八分三》 謝安琪

把握青春最後十年 珍惜中午的光線
很多支票未曾兌現 只因長大了看穿
成名得獎一概不算 不可更改的最佳路線
何謂幸福秒秒在變
由這裡 行過去 行過去 下一區
誠實地 無懼地 隨遇地 行過去
彈指間 第幾關 原來都走到這裡
但我高興繼續漫遊於這裡
寫好這刻這一句

好毒呀!

17/02/2008 太陽報

(節錄)多本雜誌近期均大篇幅報道藝人床照風波,其中壹傳媒集團旗下《壹週刊》更將床照結集成特刊促銷,惹起公眾反感…… 

誤導讀者性是污穢
香港性育會副會長吳敏倫形容該等雜誌「comments好差囉,表現佢自己性智商程度差」。他指有雜誌以大量文字形容藝人床照,如指女星動作「不堪入目」、「低俗及惡心」,更批評女主角荒淫、表現得樂在其中。吳敏倫反駁指「唔知咩叫做低俗喇,性行為有低俗同高級咩」、「(性行為)有樂趣先會做得好,然後先對健康有益,對傳宗接代都有利」。

亦有雜誌指照片中男女性愛場地眾多,「無定向程度令人咋舌」,城大應用科學系講師黎定基則斥:「私人地方做呢其實係正當行為,唔會因為唔同地方就有偏差。」專家指該等雜誌宣揚的性觀念有偏差,若讀者因此而相信「性是污穢的」,長遠或令讀者患上性功能障礙。

荒誕

超荒誕的處境,日本人的想像力真豐富。很想很想看《大日本人》,快快出碟吧!

Rockaby

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(Photo by Mr Chin the GHOST of LIGHT and SHADOW)

Rockaby“, written by Samuel Beckett, and produced by his old friend Peter Brook last Saturday in Culture Centre, is probably the most astonishing play I have ever seen in my whole life. Let it be the first time I admit it is worthless to describe the experience in theatre with mere words.

I would not say so in the past since I believe a good story remains vivid outside theatre, but this time, “Rockaby” can only degrade into boredom when told by mouth or depicted by pen. Therefore, I do not attempt to introduce it to anybody, anyway, this is beyond my talent. 

“Rockaby” does not come alone, it is performed along with five short pieces in  Art Festival . But I like it most, “Come and Go” the second. In fact, Samuel Beckett is so well-known for his play “Waiting for Godot” and many others, but I have never touched any of them.  A merit of Mr Chin, a few months ago he “urged” me to choose a program of no matter what, and watch with him, finally I chose this and I got shocked when I knew it cost three hundreds something and the show last around one hour only.

Thanks god, I am more than satisfied after the show.

Although some art group criticised the show to be far away from original, but I don’t really care since I don’t really know what is original. All I know is, the show at least demonstrated how Samuel Beckett manages to bring us theatre poems with fruitful images. Shadow lighting, simple sets, repetitive lines and dialogue patterns and the most important thing, deep observations of life, I feel like mesmerized and see something beyond. 

I hope this will bring something new to my recent scripts.

(Keep talking is nonsense, just watch: “Come and Go“, by Samuel Beckett, written in January 1965 in English.)