Monday, July 27, 2009

my father is home alone

Sunday, went back home in early morning and have breakfast with my dad. My dad is home alone, as my mum has gone spend her 'vacation' with my brother in KL. It is always time like these that my father and I have our ' 二人世界‘ , when mum is away.

And only in moments like this, i come realised how my father has aged.. His famously thick, dark hair has become mostly white and much thinner.. He frame has shrinked, his eyes look tired, his voice softer, his skin starts develop the ' ageing spot's , and the way he walks, is of an old man...
observing the physical changes on my dad, talking to him, checking on his health's condition, his working condition with my bro..I feel exceptionaly closed to my father this morning and exceptional saddened too by the passing time and it's imprint on my dad...

Last night, when i went through Yasmin Admad old commercials, I saw one that is echos my morning's feeling, which brought me to tears...

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VCM0JJ5mc7w&feature=related

times.. * sigh

and one more sweet one
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SKd-coKQJSk&feature=related

Sunday, July 19, 2009

放纵

在有着四季的国度里,夏天好像是属于放纵的季节。。阳光,海水和短短的,季节性的爱情。。。
一年皆夏的我们,会不会容易纵欲过渡? =)

这一个七月,好放纵...

Saturday, July 18, 2009

面对海洋

"..「衝浪這東西,是比表面看起來更深奧的運動。我們透過衝浪,學到不要抗拒自然的力量。不管那是多麼粗暴的東西。」 .."
                           —村上春樹《海邊的卡夫卡》

第一次讀到村上春樹這段描寫衝浪的文字時,剛好也是自己第一次接觸衝浪這種運動,在缺乏技巧且以頑抗的態度面對大海,果然吃盡苦頭。浪大的時候,每個浪潮都像拳擊手揮來的重拳一樣,把人K得頭昏眼花。風平浪靜時,又枯坐在海上閒得發慌。後來才知道,這運動跟人生一樣,沒放鬆心情去面對的話,不但無法從中得到樂趣,而且會把自己搞得精疲力盡。。。 ”
我在某处读到这样的文字,用同一种心情去面对海洋吧。

above or under the blue...

Thursday, July 16, 2009

my re-entry to the deep blue

Dive 1- Stress level 80%
Shit man... after 3 years absent from any dive.. was lead straight to assemble the equipments. Bloody hell, i can't even really 100 % sure which button is deflate and which is inflate..thought i am very sure the cylinder is the oxigen tank..And before the dive, the stupid Pig head dive operator , as if the 'unfamiliarity' hasn't burden me enough, keep stressing how distant my last and... Only dive trip was..problematic, problematic, his bloody expression looked more worried than me. on the boat ride out to the sea, still try the very last minute of revision- verbally...Before realising.. boom !.. .. shit.. can not sink..in a kelam kabut way.. pig head stuck 1 kg weight in my bcd and i sink....in a reversed position ( imagine a prawn shape posture, with waist down first, follow with head and fins). .. hang on..!!!! i have yet to properly equalize myself...... in a uncontrollable way... i 'swing' my way to the bottom... before i properly 'kneel' on the sand... i float slowly... slowly ... slowly ... up... wei..!!! pig head u not going to grap me??!... and i just float my way up... disastrous!
- not enought weight, didn't equalise properly wet suit

Dive 2- Stress level 75%
F**K ! though i m taking an advanced course, doesn;t mean my skill very advance le.. introduced to the instructor, better refresh how to 'breath' under water again.... slowly get back the rhythm. Finally sink, but in a very akward way, can't kneel in a balance way. Do i hav dog gene inside, why 1 leg keep 'floating' up.. ??
- BCD too big, tank keep swinging side way- cause imbalance.

Dive 3- Stress level 50%
Changed to a XS BCD. Great! at least i can descend legs down man...keep myself underwater longer to familirize with the deep blue and the breathing... still feel tensed.

Dive 4- Stress level 40%
Underwater Navigation? already no sense of direction above ground and i have to navigate under the deep blue?.. Dun care, any how. MAN wan to 'cubit' me liao.. totally clueless of the direction. And MAN said i m 'vertigo' . alamak! can i find a diving labrador not ? imagining ..it would be a cool one =)

Dive 5 - Stress level 35%
dark, dark , dark..Not as stressed as i expected, though i still having difficulty descend.. this time - didn't press the button hard enough!. what a reason! Anyway, the 'charming instructor to be' Francis come to rescue. Even in the darkness i can see his impatience eye 'piercing ' thru me, ‘白’了我两眼 , at least.( hey Francis, must learn to be more patient with lousy student if wan to be intructor la). There was a time, the torch out of function for few minutes, but no chance panic as the buddy MAN just right beside. I think he must be quite stressed also by tis 'vertigo' student hehe.. and after his twist and turn, torch light back to function, bloodly handicapped torch charge us 20 ringgit some more..blood sucker ! didn't see much fish in the dark water .. only the darkness get deeper and deeper..imagine outside the glow, the fishes that were eyeing us in the unknown darkness..as if, .we are the protagonists on the under water's big screen mann... eerie..what an experience!

Dive 6 - Stress level 15%
Deep Dive- 25 meter down, MAN is not going down with us. Instead, pig head was the one sinking with us.. though without my usual guardian. I was getting comfortable with the deep blue and the breathing and of cuz the rope-at least something lead me. Sinking down to 25 m and did the mathematic, brain seemed functioning well under the deep blue...swimming back to shore.. only at 1 point tend to float unvolunteerly-mistake, mistake shouldn't inflate BCD to climb the underwater slope, ok, remember to deflate a bit next time toward end of dive-tank is emptyng and tend to 'fly' and i shall anchor tis tank and bring it back to where it belong..

Dive 7- Stress level 5%
1st and last group dive.. yeah ! we dive together finally. And definitely my nicest dive for the trip, so many colourful creatures and corals to see.. practicing hovering and buddha sit at the safety stop. This is the fun one, all of us, like astranaut 'floating' in the deep blue...Now can really feel the fun! And what a way to ends the deep blue journey -the sight of a Manta Ray! awesome =)

will keep blowing bubble till 1 day total stressless, total fearless.

blow bubbles and be happy ...

Monday, June 15, 2009

女人落难, 还是女人。。。







抵死晤?‘风头火势’还有闲情搞这些。 哈哈。

落难沙马乡,这就是我们消磨时间的方式。完全发挥了随遇而安的精神。We were so cool =)

Monday, May 11, 2009

all about my mother

昨天,去看了日本电影-kabei - 母亲。很感人的电影,这是我给自己的母亲节的prelude. 日本人总是可以教我们什么是‘温柔’。。。

今天,五月的第二个星期日, 是母亲节。想写一些关于母亲的什么。。。这是我第三次写关于我的妈妈。第一次,是在小六的时候,参加作文比赛;那一次,我得了第一名。我的妈妈,没有看过那一篇作文。 第二次,是在中学的时候,遴选学生记者的时候,我的妈妈, 还是没有看过那一篇作文。。。大约二十年后的今天,我再一次想写关于我的母亲。。。

我读过一篇文章,是已故的波兰导演,我喜爱的kieslowski 写的,关于父母的。。。 ‘relationships with parents are never fair. When our parents are on top form, at their best, their most energetic, their most lively and the most loving, we don’t know them because we don’t exist yet. Or we’re so tiny that we can’t appreciate it. Then, when grow older and start to understand certain things, they’ re already old. They no longer have the energy which they used to have. They no longer have the same will to live as they had when they were young. They’ve been disillusioned in all sort of ways, or they ‘ve experienced failure. They’re already bitter. I have wonderful parents. Wonderful. Except I wasn’t able to appreciate them when I Should have.. I was too foolish.’ 

是不是,父母都必须去等待,等待愚蠢的子女长大,大的懂得珍惜自己的父母,并祈祷这一天来得不会太迟。。前几个星期,我写了一些关于和妈妈起的小冲突和之后的内疚感的事情;几个朋友都和我谈起她们的感同身受。。。我们是不是,一直也都在愚蠢而不自觉。。

我的妈妈,生于二战期间。1943年。( 现在想起来,战争宝宝,是不是会极度没有安全感? 毕竟是conceived within atmosphere of fear, 我妈就没什么安全感 )。我的妈妈, 和我一样是家里唯一的女儿, 很可惜,那个时代显然不流行‘掌上明珠’这回事儿。特别是我的外婆是家里的‘老二’。根据‘史料记载’,就是我妈的资料提供啦, 外公在她七八岁的时候, 被人诬赖是共产党,被递解出境。外婆带着三个小舅舅跟着外公回中国。 妈妈因为是女儿,在那个还是属于‘赔钱货’的年代被留了下来。本来听说还打算卖给人作‘Y 头‘的,后来好像也卖不得什么好价钱(我妈的‘卖相’大概也不怎么好吧, 哈哈),所以, 我的姑婆,就是外公的妹妹,毛遂自荐把妈妈收留下来。我的妈妈,上学也只上到小学三年级,就在也没有回到学校了。‘史料‘又说(当然,又是我妈啰 -),在她仅有的三年教育里,她的成绩很好。这虽然是咸丰年,也无从考究的事,我倒是蛮相信的, 因为妈妈虽然见识不高,‘醒目‘度却可以说是我认识的人里面,绝对是排前几名的。。。

我的姑婆,据说,在她‘盛年’的时候,火气非常旺盛。 而且,绝对是非常TYPICAL 的广东婆-就是毒舌派啦。妈妈寄人篱下的生活好像非常不好过,反正就是工作工作再工作。那时肯定是没有什么童工法律的。妈妈有时谈起那时的待遇,还有点咬牙切齿的 哈哈。 同样的姑婆,就是我小时候也照顾我的姑婆。 老年的她,大概‘收火’了,又或着安逸的生活,会让人变得慈祥许多。印象里的, 小时候姑婆对我很好的, 所以,老妈算了吧,我把的你应得的享了。。我的妈妈,二十岁的时候嫁给了我爸。同一村的, 谈不上熟悉的男子, 当然不可能是自由恋爱-显然没有那种自由, 也没有那种闲功夫。

象所有的粤语残片一样 (老实说,我妈的心酸史,还真的很像粤语残片的剧情, 只差一个好色老爷。 哈), 婚后的妈妈,一样有着婆媳,妯娌间的问题。 幸运的是,我没有见过面的阿公 对我妈很好。又很不幸运的是, 我阿公在我出世不久的几个月后,就去世了 (那一年,我和堂妹,两只母老虎出生,他们曾经说过阿公是我们克的。 我现在的说法是-生死有命。我也很想见我慈祥的阿公啊,太伤人了吧 -(。。

Anyway, 婚后的妈妈,就一手‘策划’推我有点'laidback'的老爸,南下新加坡学修机器。然后慢慢的,我们一家人也搬下JB, 远离了其他的亲朋戚友, 也远离了所谓的‘新村文化’,就是有点laid back 啦。后来,我爸,在树胶园里的树胶厂找到工作,我妈,也在同一个老板的树胶园里工作。后来我们就在这一片树胶园里长大。写到这里,我想一家人都感谢妈妈当时的坚持,和她面对未知的全新环境的勇气。不然,现在的我很有可能就在新村里的某个理发厅为人剪着头发。。well, U never know.
关于我妈,如果去到细节,可以写的太多太多, 以后有空再写我妈的‘丰功伟业’。

现在,我妈,大概是我最在乎的也是和我有着最多冲突的人了,虽然这些冲突只是一丁一点的 (因为我是和平主义者咧)。可能有冲突, 就是因为太在乎吧。。。想说的是,我的妈妈,绝对不属于好相处, 也不温柔的人。可是她非常善良。为什么可以善良又不好相处?? 那是因为,我的妈妈非常‘真’也非常‘直‘。她只说她心里的话,她相信的话 ( 她真的可以‘非常相信’她说相信的-)。她从来不说一些场面话来巴结人的, 从来不。

有时候,我会冒一头冷汗,为我不懂‘人情世故‘的妈妈圆场, 担心她的话又得罪了谁。更多时候,我其实为我这个谁也不卖账的酷妈喝彩。我觉得我的妈妈,有着很单纯的心,所以她才可以心无城府,说她要说的话,做她要做的事,不去思前顾后这些actions可能带来的利益冲突和伤害 她很勇敢,也不太在乎别人爽不爽她。我的妈妈,并不绝对完美,象所有人一样。。。她很固执,有时候,也太执著,非常相信自己总是对的。。。but still, she is my dear mum. 母亲节的今天,我要为我妈打分数。回想我妈的背景,她有的资源, 她一路来做过的决定, 她的坚持,I think she well deserve a distiction. I can never do as good given the same circumstances.

虽然自己不是妈妈,可是,和我同龄的一些朋友已经是另一些小朋友的妈妈了。所以,和她们一起多了,好像也越来越可以体会一些作为妈妈的心情。。。我妈, 不看blog 的。她当然也不会看到这篇。可是,最近,我越来越觉得, 世事非常难料。。。

You never know, what’ll happen next. I think, 1 day if I am not around, I would like my mum to know that- mum, I am your fan !!! Although I might have argued with you, made you sad / angry…. I am always your fan.

11th May 2009. I m 35, my mum is 66. We have known each other for 35 years...nice to know you, mum.

Happy Mother day !

Medan's girl

Threesome again -).

从medan 回来,看拍回来的照片。很喜欢这一张,为三个小女孩在乡间的小路拍的照片。 这次去medan, 其实没有去了什么地方,除了lake toba. lake toba, 其实除了很大, 也没有给我太了不起和惊艳的感觉。 反而是,在湖边遇到,拍到的这一群小女孩们 have made my day and trip. No regret.

这一张照片,让我想起,几年前,在angkor wat 拍的另一张三个小男孩的照片, 最小的很害羞,最高的笑的比较含蓄,不大不小的笑的最大方灿烂, 和这张照片一样。。。奇怪的deja vu 哦。

http://ac-yixiang.blogspot.com/2009/01/angkor-wat-cambodia.html