叛將 - 20101020

傳了一會，肥仔朗尼要求離隊，費蛇昨日終證實此事。

肥仔去年為紅魔鬼射入了很多波，漸變成新icon。此前，他常對曼聯作愛的宣言，說要踢到掛靴云云。但是，霎眼間，卻又要求轉會了。轉軚比女人還快。

肥仔從來不是我喜歡的球員。雖則異常勤力，上前墜後不惜氣力；奈何技術絕非頂級，看他上腳、傳球，粗枝大葉。不過，愛看英超球迷，多被速度蒙蔽，無暇欣賞技術。肥仔是球味有餘，球技不足。

可是，我也未曾預計肥仔會要求離隊。看他待在奧脫福的日子，除卻近日，絕對是集萬千寵愛於一身。費蛇愛護，球迷愛戴，理應無甚不快。只是近日再受召妓新聞困擾。不過，肥仔愛妓，不理好醜老嫩，人盡皆知。照理無甚大不了。所以，他要求離隊，的確詭異。也只能嘆，肥仔演技著實不賴。

由是之故，傑斯、加利佬與史高斯，更見可愛。

The Chilean Miners - 20101012

Marcelo Rios and Fernando Gonzalez, tennis players. Ivan Zamorano and Marcelo Salas, football players. Moais in the Easter Island. So that's all of my knowledge of Chile, until the Chile mine disaster.

After an "imprisonment" of 69 days, all the 33 miners trapped underground in Chile were saved.

Normal Hong Kongers, like me, cannot help comparing this joyful result with the common ones occurred in China, which were destined to be tragedy. We are so numb as well as used to the casualties from Mainland's mining accidents. Chile's marvellous salvation is out of our thought.

The image of Chile is highly boosted. Through the 33 miners, we could see the quality of Chileans. Leadership, the word that we often hear but rarely see, has been demonstrated in the event. Luis Urzua, the leader of miners, deserved two thumbs up. Through his impartial and strict arrangement of food, nobody has been died under starvation. In addition, being the leader, Mr Urzua opted to be the final one to be saved. This is particularly impressive, as we see so many leaders jumped boats at once during hard times.

Co-operation has also been reflected. The 33 miners, understand that Hollywood would approach them for the story, agreed to keep in silence individually, and sell the story collectively. "The Prisoner's Dilemma" is up there, and they have voted for the optimal outcome, by resisting the seduction of getting much more benefit through betrayal. I really hope that no one would break this brotherhood later.

私情狂 - 20101011

上星期六，為打發一點時間，倉促間，獨個兒選看了《私情狂》。

女主角是Tilda Swindon。高挑、蒼白、冷峻。快五十歲了，還是如斯有型，實在厲害。劍橋畢業，蘇格蘭人，在電影中說意大利文，這才是star。還有幾近露三點的sex scene，環顧全球，誰有此能耐？就是眾人偶像梅麗史翠普看了，也得俯首稱臣。

電影主題並不新鮮，直如Lady Chatterlay's Lover的翻版。不過，角色稍變，換轉了中年闊太和年輕廚師的愛慾。由廚房的噴射火鎗，到一口一口啖鮮蝦，以及疑似北非皮膚黝黑鬍鬚勁多的男角，性聯想顯而易見。

意大利風情洋溢戲內。大屋裏的鏡頭調動簡潔安靜，Sanremo戶外拍攝猶如彩色版的《甜美生活》，豐富多變的配樂適當地為電影吊起味道，導演Luca Guadagnino的功夫不容忽視。

這一趟，時間打發得很妥當。

Marriage - 20101006

So, as generally predicted, the High Court case of transsexual marriage was turned down. W could not be a legal bride, though "she" has obtained the female status in her HKID card.

Opponents of the court ruling argued that the judge has been too conservative, and has omitted the changing tide of the social norm. However, a judge should stick to legal principle while writing judgment. That is, if ordinance exists, follows. If there is no ordinance at all, see the common law precedents. So, even if the ordinance is obsolete, judge should still apply it. The responsibility of keeping ordinance up-to-date should be on legislators' shoulders, not judges.

One of the newspapers made an interesting comparison. There is a transsexual, called Joanne. "She" is a male-turn-female. However, Joanne loves women. Thus, according to the prevailing law, Joanne could marry another lady, legally and openly, as the gender on her birth certificate is "M".

Ridiculous, right? Nevertheless, I don't see the law would change in the near future. Our legislators are either too timid to predict the reaction of the 9/10 heterosexuals, or too retard to acknowledge equal rights. Status quo is always nice.

噴飯 - 20101004

中午吃燒味飯，適逢午間新聞，聽到連串怪誕事件，堪令人噴飯。

開首一則：港股半日暴升三百多點，原因是「市場對前景感到樂觀」。這句子的主語「市場」和賓語「前景」都是虛詞。

第二則：兩解款員於周日銅鑼灣的商場懷疑爭執，其中一人懷疑開鎗射擊另一人。想像一下，如當時正置身商場中的唱片店，聽著jazz，突然有一鎗聲「即興」加入，可會為原本的jazz潤飾不少？

第三則：小學教師於高院承認多次性侵犯十三歲女生，並拍下片段，判入獄六年。抖出此案也有段故，話說小學教師牽涉另一非禮案，警員在調查間於小學教師的電腦發現此案影片，才有今天之新聞。不能否認，「天網恢恢，疏而不漏」，間中也是如此。

能夠於三數分鐘內聽到如斯高潮迭起的「怪談」，只有新聞報導能做得到。