HongKong/Vancouver

Only those who will risk going too far can possibly find out how far they can go. — T. S. Eliot

Thursday, May 26, 2016

令人陶醉的生活/Charmed life



























那些過著陶醉生活的人, 不用再飛到巴黎買 macaron 小餅, 巴黎著名的 macaron 店 Ladurée 終於在溫哥華的羅布森街開了分店。
For those who live a charmed life, no need to fly to Paris next time a macaron craving hits. The Parisian macaron shop Ladurée finally opened their Robson Street shop in Vancouver.

Wednesday, May 25, 2016

鮮花的下午/An afternoon with flowers

Stanley Park, Vancouver

VanDusen Garden, Vancouver

VanDusen Garden, Vancouver














































一個充滿了鮮花的下午, 事實上昨日下午也充滿了鮮花, 只是荒謬變得無關緊要, 花并不好笑, 或離奇, 或哀傷, 他們只是存在, 我們將其轉化為純潔的美和香和音樂, 就在那一天, 當我們無意走過盛放的鮮花, 他們真的沒有改變, 變的是我們。

An afternoon was filled with flowers. Add to that the fact that yesterday afternoon was also filled with flowers, and absurd just becomes irrelevant. Flowers aren’t funny or bizarre or sad, they just are. It’s up to us to translate them into pure beauty and perfume and music. On that day when we walk unnoticing by the blooming flowers, they haven’t changed, really. We have.

Friday, October 2, 2015

記得當時年紀小

月光光  照地堂  年卅晚  摘檳榔...


兒時的記憶已經非常遙遠, 大部份的往事都變得模糊不複追憶, 但有些事實却非常深刻, 比昨天發生還要清晰。

追索到不知何年何月, 大概是五, 六歲時候, 父親最愛在天清氣朗的日子, 和叔叔, 舅舅, 朋友們去釣魚, 直到傍晚潮退, 在海灘掘些海螺, 大蜆才滿載而歸, 我們一家匆匆吃過簡單晚飯, 等到夜涼時份, 在園子裡打開小桌子, 父親和眾人喝啤酒煮濃茶, 吃著美味的魚粥, 炒蜆炒螺, 酒酣耳熱高談濶論起來, 不多言語的叔叔總愛拿出他的口琴來, 吹著一首不知名的調子, 伴著口琴聲還有不住的蛙叫蟲鳴, 夜涼如水, 月光照得台階如同白晝, 園子裡盛放著薑蘭, 茉莉花, 和晚香玉, 花香濃郁, 當時情景是很美好的, 雖然年紀小, 這大摡就是大人所說的花好月圓吧!

—1996年7月1日發表在加京華報

Sunday, August 30, 2015

Nor beauty born out of its own despair

Yick Cheong Buildings in Quarry Bay

Choi Hung Estate in Wong Tai Sin

Lai Tak Tseun Apartments in Causeway Bay

Oi Man Estate in Ho Man Tin, Kowloon

Yick Cheong Buildings in Quarry Bay




































































photos by Peter Stewart
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/09/29/stacked-hong-kong-public-housing-peter-stewart_n_5900292.html?ir=Arts

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

Vancouver sky

Burning sky

Golden sky

Painted sky

Windy sky




























































It's about Vancouver sky. All view from my patio.