Saturday, May 3, 2008

筷子的功能 The Function of Chopsticks

I recently watched King Hu's few classic films—Dragon Inn, Come To Drink With Me, Touch Of The Zen, and Legend Of The Mountains. After watching those films, I have an interesting idea of collecting classic scenes from some martial art movies. One of classic scens cross my mind is catching dart by using chopsticks.
最近連續看過胡金銓的幾部經典電影:龍門客棧、大醉俠、俠女和山中傳奇。看過之後,突發奇想地想蒐集一些經典武俠場景。閃入我腦海的經典場景的其中之一就是用筷子接暗器。

In many martial art films, chopsticks become a tool to demonstrate protagonists' outstanding Kung fu.
在許多武俠電影,中國人的筷子不再是單純的吃飯用具,往往變成展示主人翁高超的功夫的媒介。

龍門客棧(Dragon Inn)

大醉俠(Come To Drink With Me)

I vaguely remember that there are similar scenes from Ang Lee's Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon or Quentin Tarantino's Kill Bill and Kill Bill II, but I don't have enough free time to watch them again and pick out those scenes. I will update the pictures when I have more free time.

我隱約記得在李安的臥虎藏龍(Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon),還有在Quentin Tarantino的追殺比爾(Kill Bill),追殺比爾II(Kill Bill II)有類似的場景,但是最近沒什麼時間重看這三部電影。等我比較有空,找到其他類似場景,再作更新。

2008-04-25 攀岩不成 No Rock Climbing

Out lab will be move to a new building in July, so I feel like to take some pictures of our lab.
我們實驗室在今年七月就要搬家了!所以我想趁著搬家前,拍攝一些照片留念。

This research room is a haunt of two professors' graduate students. It seems to be the most busy and popular place in our department.
這間助理室是兩位老師的研究生常出沒的地方,應該是系上現今最熱鬧活絡的研究室。

Graduate students have chats in the room and enjoy the relaxing time when the bosses are away.
研究生們慵懶地在研究室裡聊天,享受老闆不在家的悠閒時間。

Almost at every Friday nights, we have dinner or have some activities together, so we can relief stress accumulated during our daily work or study. We plan to go rock climbing at a newly-opened indoor rock climbing venue in Shilin after dinner.

週五晚間,我們這群研究生有時會相約一起用餐或從事一些休閒活動,釋放一些平時因為工作或唸書所累積的壓力。今天我們計畫在晚上用過晚餐後,到士林新開的一家室內攀岩場攀岩。

I was injured few weeks ago and haven't recovered from it completely, I can't do rock climbing. I still determine to attend this activity because I always want to learn some basic rock climbing skills though, especially after I joined in Hiking Club.

我因為受傷的關係,當然是無法攀岩。但是在加入Hiking Club之後,我一直想學基礎的攀岩技巧,我秉持著好奇心,跟著一起參與這次的活動。

We have our dinner at a Shabushabu in Shilin. After dinner, we learn that the indoor rock climbing venue is still under renovation. We can't do rock climbing tonight.

我們一群人到士林的一家涮涮鍋店吃飯。吃完飯後,我們才知道這家室內攀岩場正在進行整修,我們沒辦法在今晚從事攀岩活動。

We think over other options, and then we decide to go to YZ's place and watch comedy movie and play PC games. Before going to YZ's place, I learn that JL and JH must go home to feed their cats. I want to see their cats, they invite me to their place and I can play with their cats a while.

後來,臨時起意,決定租影片,然後到YZ家看電影,玩大富翁。
YZ到家前,我知道JL和JH必須先回家餵他們家裡的兩隻美貓,我想看他們家的美貓,所以跟著去他們的住處,和他們的貓咪玩耍。

JL and JH's gentle cat, Mazhu. JL和JH的可愛溫和美貓:麻糬。


Another beautiful cat, FyFy. She is a bit of paranoid and untouchable. 另一隻美貓FyFy,有點神經質,比較難以接近。


We get to YZ's place, and spend our Friday night listening to YZ's singing, watching The Simpsons, and playing PC games. It's relaxing and leisurable time.

我們到YZ家,整個週五晚上,聽YZ唱歌,看電影,打電動。在慵懶和放鬆的心情下,輕鬆度過。


Tuesday, April 29, 2008

搬家嗎?

我妹昨晚突然打電話來,劈頭就問我要不要搬家。原來他們夫妻新開室內設計公司,在萬芳醫院附近租下一間套房作為登記的公司,套房內有些空間,他們夫妻覺得浪費,希望我能搬去,幫他們看管,同時他們也盤算要把我現在的住所出租。

我不知道應該說我妹是急驚風,還是有高超的行動力。她想到啥就做啥,鮮少考量前因後果。上星期她突然想到要處理家裡的事情,急著打電話找我。我因為在上課,手機沒有開。下課,回家後,手機開機。哇!12通未接電話,真的是奪命連環叩。她想到就要做,但弄到最後還是我到戶政事務所,地方警局申請相關文件,可能不久後,要我上法院開庭。

我一想到要處理這些麻煩事,就覺得煩。只是,這些事務因為外在或內在的因素,一再拖延,十幾年就這麼過去。這樣延宕或擱置不處理,似乎也不是辦法。(或許有時真的要像她那樣衝動,才能完成某些事。)這次,她建議我搬家,也是在一夜之間冒出的念頭。

我對於她的建議,倒是有些動心。因為時機恰好的關係吧!她打電話來前,我正好被管委會的老伯伯煩一陣子,我原本就有不喜歡現在住所環境的感覺,被煩後,感覺變得更強烈,想搬家的心情開始醞釀。只是,整理一個居住將近20年的地方實在是一件大工程。

我原本就在整理我這些年所累積的蒐藏品:漫畫、CD、DVD和中外文書籍。昨天晚上很認真的估算我到底有多少蒐藏品,算下來,還真的嚇一大跳。CD是最少的,大約200張左右(不包含放在學系辦公室,賴著不肯拿回家的部分),漫畫,數百冊,中外文書籍也有數百冊,數量最龐大的是電影和影集DVD,已經朝向1500邁進。我和室友S.F.,兩個人分近30坪的地方,我總是覺得不夠大,原來空間在不知不覺中被這些蒐藏品佔據。

現在,要裝箱打包為數眾多的蒐藏,真可怕!我每天整理家裡的某一角落,一塊一塊的整理,希望能逐漸的清理出空間,然後也藉這機會列出我的蒐藏品清冊,建檔管理。到工程完畢時,翻閱自己的厚厚一疊的蒐藏品清冊,一定會很有成就感吧!(唉啊!真的是大工程!)