Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Self-importance
When I got back home this evening, my landlord was leaning against the corridor talking to our neighbor who looked positively steamed in the bathing suit. The conversation, or 'late night face-to-face heart-to-heart neighborhood meeting about problems in the neighborhood' was centred around the unusually hot corridor. There is no aeration between the two ends of the corridor and for some reason, probably overheated steamer and everyone's cooking, the ten metre something passage feels like Sahara.
I asked tentatively, out of politeness, 'Something wrong?', and was reduced to standing and listening to repetitive complaints which we all knew too well could be summed up concisely as 'It's bloody hot!Do something about it!'. Then suddenly, a profound look surfaced upon my landlord's face.(By the way, she was holding a novel in one hand.) She said 'I should call Health Canada and let them inspect this place. This's no place to live. There'll be serious health hazards we should be aware of.'Ohohoho, the wonderful democratic society that boasts civil rights and welfare and everyone knows they hold da POWER! While the simple solution is to open the door partitions, with a stopper. Health Canada! Workers Union! You feed on tax and you're cheaper than a call!Sure it's hard to manage people who think they know the law too well.
She will call. Health Canada will be here experiencing tropical air. There'll be friendly conversation with the manager who has a lot to explain, followed by paper work and filing to superiors. And by the time they come up with a solution, it'll be late winter when hot corridor is no longer a problem.
I asked tentatively, out of politeness, 'Something wrong?', and was reduced to standing and listening to repetitive complaints which we all knew too well could be summed up concisely as 'It's bloody hot!Do something about it!'. Then suddenly, a profound look surfaced upon my landlord's face.(By the way, she was holding a novel in one hand.) She said 'I should call Health Canada and let them inspect this place. This's no place to live. There'll be serious health hazards we should be aware of.'Ohohoho, the wonderful democratic society that boasts civil rights and welfare and everyone knows they hold da POWER! While the simple solution is to open the door partitions, with a stopper. Health Canada! Workers Union! You feed on tax and you're cheaper than a call!Sure it's hard to manage people who think they know the law too well.
She will call. Health Canada will be here experiencing tropical air. There'll be friendly conversation with the manager who has a lot to explain, followed by paper work and filing to superiors. And by the time they come up with a solution, it'll be late winter when hot corridor is no longer a problem.
Sunday, September 14, 2008
中秋快乐！
好久没写流水账啦！
今天去探访一位年长的熟人，她问我要不要去江苏省同胞bbq聚会，地点在某公园的大草坪，时间为晚上6至9点。我暗自惊叹只要有华人的地方就有界门纲目科属种般繁多的同乡会，一边想象着自己鱼目混珠的在一堆有些代沟的新老移民中拉家常。不不，爸妈说这种想法是不对的！是很小青年的！我马上振奋起来说，好啊，我们去吧！
结果我们来到Burnaby中央公园某湖边开始吹风。号称百人的江苏人民俱乐部只见几簇人站在草坪上闲聊，没有烤肉或非烤肉食物的迹象。江苏人民仍在等待“工作人员”外购食物，我们继续站着吹风。看到现在温哥华各处的景色都大同小异，再多一张也无妨。野鸭飞起后破水而入的瞬间是很优雅的，比水上直升机升降刺溜的多。
“你来了几年啦？”
“两年多了。”
“哦，我才刚来几个月。”
“你是江苏哪里人啊？”
“我是南通人。”
“我也是南通人！”（激动地）
“你是南通哪里人啊？”
“我家在XX桥YY门ZZ小区。”
“我家也在XX桥YY门ZZ小区！”（含泪地）
“你家几零几啊？”
“我家－”
NG!此般对话热闹的重复着。事实上，来这儿的中老年移民大多很寂寞的，这样的事讨论起来就围城了，家家有本难念的经。
晚饭是面条、炒饭、沙拉类的自助，可惜没准备够，我才吃了一轮不到就断粮了@_@
司仪站在桌上问“大家吃饱了没有？食物够不够？”
江苏人民以含糊不清的嗯啊声带过。
之后有即兴表演，有个以前唱黄梅戏的上去撤了两把嗓子，什么涛声依旧、茉莉花、梁山伯与祝英台，还真有味儿。当然少不了传统的灯谜。
回到家我又饿了，煮了俩荷包蛋结束。
答案: 1.观 2.翌 3.棚
今天去探访一位年长的熟人，她问我要不要去江苏省同胞bbq聚会，地点在某公园的大草坪，时间为晚上6至9点。我暗自惊叹只要有华人的地方就有界门纲目科属种般繁多的同乡会，一边想象着自己鱼目混珠的在一堆有些代沟的新老移民中拉家常。不不，爸妈说这种想法是不对的！是很小青年的！我马上振奋起来说，好啊，我们去吧！
结果我们来到Burnaby中央公园某湖边开始吹风。号称百人的江苏人民俱乐部只见几簇人站在草坪上闲聊，没有烤肉或非烤肉食物的迹象。江苏人民仍在等待“工作人员”外购食物，我们继续站着吹风。看到现在温哥华各处的景色都大同小异，再多一张也无妨。野鸭飞起后破水而入的瞬间是很优雅的，比水上直升机升降刺溜的多。
“你来了几年啦？”
“两年多了。”
“哦，我才刚来几个月。”
“你是江苏哪里人啊？”
“我是南通人。”
“我也是南通人！”（激动地）
“你是南通哪里人啊？”
“我家在XX桥YY门ZZ小区。”
“我家也在XX桥YY门ZZ小区！”（含泪地）
“你家几零几啊？”
“我家－”
NG!此般对话热闹的重复着。事实上，来这儿的中老年移民大多很寂寞的，这样的事讨论起来就围城了，家家有本难念的经。
晚饭是面条、炒饭、沙拉类的自助，可惜没准备够，我才吃了一轮不到就断粮了@_@
司仪站在桌上问“大家吃饱了没有？食物够不够？”
江苏人民以含糊不清的嗯啊声带过。
之后有即兴表演，有个以前唱黄梅戏的上去撤了两把嗓子，什么涛声依旧、茉莉花、梁山伯与祝英台，还真有味儿。当然少不了传统的灯谜。
回到家我又饿了，煮了俩荷包蛋结束。
答案: 1.观 2.翌 3.棚
Wednesday, September 10, 2008
摩天轮爆炸红还是蓝反手一记耳刮子
古畑任三郎第二季第四集：这里看
赤か、青か (1996年1月31日) 客串演員：木村拓哉
这么看来，柯南第一部剧场“時計じかけの摩天楼”（97年）也太相似了。古畑反手那记耳刮子真是酷毙了。
生气了生气了
今泉小剧场笑倒不偿命
注：今泉是古畑的白痴助手一名，身来一贱奴才，被古畑使唤来使唤去。以下是他模仿古畑解说的镜头。
***
猜猜这是谁
赤か、青か (1996年1月31日) 客串演員：木村拓哉
这么看来，柯南第一部剧场“時計じかけの摩天楼”（97年）也太相似了。古畑反手那记耳刮子真是酷毙了。
生气了生气了
今泉小剧场笑倒不偿命
注：今泉是古畑的白痴助手一名，身来一贱奴才，被古畑使唤来使唤去。以下是他模仿古畑解说的镜头。
***
猜猜这是谁
Sunday, September 07, 2008
KRAZY
I haven't mentioned anything about the KRAZY exhibit which I attended 2 months ago but totally missed out the 2nd floor out of bloody ignorance.I checked it out again this Mon and discovered an extremely lovely theatre screening popular movies like mind game, over the hedge, the place promised in our early days etc. The 'theatre' is in fact a rather empty and spacious room with tall ceilings. Reclining sofas and giant screens are placed on all four sides so that viewers can watch the movie from either direction. When I stepped in, I saw people fixated like couch potatoes staring up ahead.The atmosphere is sure comfortable, and soporific. Photos are not allowed! (Too bad I can't auction this.) Right, the bloody staircase I missed on first visit. Thought it's just deco!
The 1st floor is sub-divided into four sections:comics,manga,anime and animation while the 2nd floor is for video games, pop art, gift shops and movie screening. I'm unfamiliar with comics (Should I be expecting Garfield and Peanuts?) but from the reviews I read,they left out some big names. I was instantly attracted to two artists, one of them Shaun Tan, and the other Chris Ware. They break out of the traditional sequential storytelling and instead emphasize a great deal on the aesthetic side of graphic design.
Shaun Tan's comics don't have textual dialogues (wonderful!!). The experience is similar to watching silent film. He specializes in pencil sketches of imaginative landscapes and characters with rich body languages.
From 'The Arrival' by Shaun Tan (I highly recommend this book)
Chris Ware has style which makes the narrative interesting and the same time complicated because you usually need to trace text bubbles in a tall building to fill the mental picture.It's a lot of deciphering.
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We went cycling again today. Bobo loves car rides. She's like a white dragon with wind ruffled hair, and a look that says she's on cloud 9. If you roll up the window she'll stare you down in protest. No kidding! Our teenage lady has a temper!
I have negative talent for freesby. It spins so beautifully in a straight line...only in my dream.
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