挫折

妹最近学做生意，经过几个月的筹备上个星期终于开张了。正满怀信心开始大展拳脚之际，却收到新业主逼迁的通告，原来妹没签署有效的租约，无处投诉只能自责粗心。他给我通了电话，说了缘由，还被我批了数句。我不是落井下石，只是出于关切。只能劝他 take it easy 别屈于这小小挫折。罗文曾唱过“小小苦楚等于激励。。。”

Irresistible

This album cover is simply irresistible… J Lo's first ever Spanish language album Como Ama Una Mujer is an instant #1 storms the Billboard Latin chart. The album is very Spanish, a good change after getting fed up with her previous hotchpotch hip-hop albums.

Survey

Went with my colleague to learn site survey today (probably this is the first time in my career). This work is fundamental in our project, of course it is easy to describe theoretically, but the site work is tiring. In fact I did feel a little boring. Walking and transporting equipment and material consumed most of our time. Not to mention the summer heat was enhancing lactic acid production causing muscle fatigue.

The main idea I planned this trip was to experience and understand the site works, would be useful to manage the project.

The Satanic Verses

British author Salman Rushdie was awarded knighthood on Sunday in Queen Elizabeth's birthday honours list for his service of literature. The Islamic world immediately recalls a death warrant on him with lucrative award.

I read the controversial novel "The Satanic Verses", frankly I have stopped flipping the pages after going through 1/3 of the book. The story was so dull (do not expect any commercial element). A simple topic occupied pages to describe the details. Secondly my English level is simply too poor to understand his powerful vocabularies, causing me losing interest on it.

P/S: I do not know which part of the novel has committed blasphemy against Islam…

Minimum Wages

An article on the newspaper today has listed the minimum wages among the EU countries.

Highest : Luxembourg (€1570), Ireland (€1403), UK (€1361)
Lowest : Bulgaria (€92), Romania (€114), Latvia (€172)

I do admit the life in Bulgaria is cheap (comparatively), therefore it is advisable to travel to the east bloc countries before the living standard soaring high.

粤剧

孩时妈总在做饭时扭开收音机听粤剧，偶尔哼上两句。当时觉得这戏曲就是嘈，千篇一律。时代转移，现时空气播送的尽是流行曲，皆因粤剧捧场者越是见少。

今天上网看到了这熟悉的名字-唐涤生，察看了他的资料。原来他对粤剧影响重大，可惜在四十三岁就逝世了。我只对两段粤剧有兴趣-《帝女花之香夭》以及《紫钗记之剑合钗圆》。曲词皆佳不落俗套。

《帝女花之香夭》

女：落花滿天蔽月光　借一杯附薦鳳台上
帝女花帶淚上香　願喪生回謝爹娘
偷偷看　偷偷望　佢帶淚帶淚暗悲傷
我半帶驚惶　怕駙馬惜鸞鳳配
不甘殉愛伴我臨泉壤
男：寸心盼望能同合葬　鴛鴦侶相偎傍
泉台上再設新房
地府陰司裡再覓那平陽門巷
女：唉惜花者甘殉葬
花燭夜　難為駙馬飲砒霜
男：江山悲災劫　感先帝恩千丈
與妻雙雙叩問帝安
女：唉盼得花燭共諧白髮
誰個願看花燭翻血浪
唉我誤君累你同埋蒘網
好應盡禮揖花燭深深拜
再合巹交杯墓穴作新房
待千秋歌讚註駙馬在靈牌上
男：將柳蔭當做芙蓉帳　
明朝駙馬看新娘
夜半挑燈有心作窺妝
女：地老天荒情鳳永配痴凰
願與夫婿共拜相交杯舉案
男：遞過金杯慢咽輕嘗
將砒霜帶淚放落葡萄上
女：合歡與君醉夢鄉
男：碰杯共到夜台上
女：百花冠替代殮裝
男：駙馬珈墳墓收藏
女：相擁抱
男：相偎傍
合：雙枝有樹透露帝女香
男：帝女花
女：長伴有心郎
合：夫妻死去与樹也同模樣

《紫钗记之剑合钗圆》

李益：雾月夜抱泣落红，险些破碎了灯钗梦。唤魂句，频频唤句卿须记取再重逢。叹病染芳躯不禁摇动，重似望夫山半崎带病容。千般话犹在未语中，心惊燕好皆变空。
（喊白）小玉妻。
小玉：处处仙音飘飘送，暗惊夜台露冻。雠共怨待向阴司控。听风吹翠竹，昏灯照影印廉拢。
（序白）雾夜少东风，是谁个扶飞柳絮，
李益：是十郎扶你，
小玉：生不如死，何用李君关注。
李益：愿天折李十郎，休使爱妻多病痛。
（序白）剑合钗圆，有生一日都望一日呀，
（续唱）并头莲亦有根基种，权势尽看轻只知爱情重，与你做过夫妻胜梁鸿。
小玉：坟墓里可尽失相思痛，憎哭声，喊声将霍小玉叫回俗世中。
（序白）生生生，我虽生何所用呢，
（续唱）你再配了丹山凤。把白玉箫再弄。则怕你红啼绿怨，由来旧爱新欢两边也难容。祝君再结鸳鸯梦。我愿乞半穴坟，珊珊瘦骨归墓冢。
李益：云罩月更迷濛，是谁个误泄风声播送，瑶台未有奇逢。
小玉：你既非负心，胜业坊与太尉府只是一街之隔，你胡不归来。
李益：泪穷力竭严如落网归鸦困身有玉笼，一朝翅折了怎生飞动。
小玉：谁信你，想你见我变卖头上紫钗，已知我今非昔比，我想那卢家小姐，
（接唱）佢在你乘龙日半绕盘龙髻，插玉燕钗腰肢款摆上画阁中，投怀向君弄髻描容，佢斜泛眼波，微露笑窝，将君轻轻碰。指玉燕珠钗不惜金买来耀吓威风。
（白）你又可知新人髻上钗，会向旧人心上刺。
李益：郎未变爱，针锋相迫刺郎未免阴功。
小玉：我典珠卖钗，以身待君，盼君望君，醉君梦君，你到今竟再婚折害侬。
李益：盟誓永珍重。我未负你恩义隆。枕边爱有千斤重。大丈夫处世做人，应知爱妻兼尽忠。
小玉：真既，（接唱）既尽爱何以未洁身自重。
李益：咪再错翻醋雨酸风，当知衷心隐痛。
小玉：侯氏报消息那有不忠。
李益：经拒婚摧恶梦。
小玉：未信君你入赘绣阁，敢拒附凤与攀龙。
李益：十郎未惯同床异梦，更忆小玉恩深重。
小玉：柳底问有摺摺薰风，且听君将在颂。
李益：日挂中天格外红，月缺终须有弥缝。
（序白）千差万错，错在我吹台赋诗，有不上望京楼之句，
（续唱）佢便借诗中意谣言惑众，有心逼我乘龙。玉燕钗又再相逢，我誓死不向遣贵附从，吞钗拒婚拚命送。
小玉： 十郎十郎, 你可曾為我吞釵拒婚, 不慕權貴.十郎, 若是真情以釵還我, 自釵燕失春風, 憔悴不出眾,我再將紫釵弄漸露笑容, 玉潔冰清那許有裂縫, 今宵壓髻有紫釵用.

The Italian

An Italian couples came to Russia to meet their chosen child for adoption has stirred the orphanage. 6 year-old Vanya was chosen and was nicknamed "Italian" by other mates. He was deemed having blessed and would escape from the unpromising fate in his homeland. While everyone else envies Vanya having this good opportunity, a thought to find his maternal mother sprouted. With assistance from the elder mates, he escaped from the orphanage and started his journey.

The little actor is truly adorable, but the director has endowed the character a far matured thinking. This Russian movie is not bad.

WiTricity

Among colleagues we used to joke if electricity power could be transmitted wireless like the electronic signals, everyone has to be cautious not to be electrocuted.

Yesterday the newspapers worldwide reported that the scientist at MIT has successfully demonstrated this significant breakthrough based on the concept of magnetically coupled resonance instead of electromagnet radiation. They have dubbed it "WiTricity".

When this technology turns matured and commercialized, that's the time I have to look for new job.

美丽时光

昨天看了这一部台湾旧电影《美丽时光》，在没有期待下反而被深深吸引。平实的故事、平凡的人物，描述两位生活在低下层年轻人的故事。相对于高盟杰的‘放’，我较欣赏范植伟的‘内敛’。

电影笼罩着一股压迫感，让人体会到生活的累与无助。导演诚恳地说戏，可能是要提醒我们去追寻和享受美丽时光。

放逐

心情很不舒畅。尝试压抑情绪但不得要领，越觉烦闷！工作、家庭事宜都有些但不是重点，只想放逐自己一段日子而之后再投入工作。