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Saturday, January 16, 2010

谢谢八十后

  这周闭关完成论文,什么都没有管,唯独是高铁的新闻没有离开我的关注。短短的一两个月,这件事情终于升级到新闻每天报道的程度。所谓‘八十后’(用所谓是因为看过一些报道,其实那些示威人士都很抗拒给标签为八十后,但是为了方便,还是会叫他们八十后)的努力是不可忽视的。在这个还没有结果的高铁事件里面,我深深的为八十后所做的感动。他们的理念,他们的理据,为自己相信的理想社会而争取,不诉诸激进的行为和武力,以和平,深刻的方法去表达他们的想法,感动旁观的人。很多次,读到有关的报道的时候,我都忍不住涌出了眼泪。他们打动人心的不比剧场所能带出的少,当中,是因为我们看到的是一些真诚,无私的行为,为他们所不认识的人而付出。这种感动跟艺术一样,都是能触动人心的。
  以前读政治的时候分析参与政治的人的目的时,不免看到他们都是为了积累自己的政治本钱,为自己的事业积累经验和功绩。政治是这些人的事业,他们的前途,他们的全部。但是眼前这班八十后并不是这样。政治不是他们的全部,他们很多有好学历,好工作,也不是什么社会的边缘人,不是双失,没有家庭问题。他们并不是为反而反,他们所做的,是他们自己理性的选择,选择以行动去关心社会上不公义的事情。
  跟以往的示威很不一样,在他们身上我学到很多东西,对自己看事情的方法有很多的反省,世界又比我所认识的更大了,对社会和戏剧也有一个新的理解。我希望这次的社会运动能成功,即使不然,我也想说,“谢谢八十后。”

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Friday, October 09, 2009

青松先生和CSSD (Mr. Aomatsu and CSSD)

Many years ago, when I started working in a Japanese company in Beijing, my big boss, Mr. Aomatsu had a short welcoming in a small meeting room with me. He asked me, "What do you want to do in this job?" I, came unexpected with this question, answered him, "anything I can contribute to the company development." He then spoke in his Japanese English accent for the next couple minutes which stuck in my mind for many years. "Josephine, for most of the people working, they don't get to do what they want to do in their jobs. Mostly, they get orders from their bosses, directions from their company management, and they have to follow. If they are lucky, maybe they get 20% of what they like to do, and 80% of what they don't want to do but have to do. Some luckier ones will get maybe 40% of what they want to do, and 60% they don't. I have a different philosophy, I hope people who work under me can do at least 70% of what they want to do, and 30% they don't and if possible, I like to reduce this 30% to 20%. BUT, in order to achieve this, I have a condition, you have to do your very best in that 30%. Now, welcome to our company and I hope from now on you can spend your time to think of what are the 70% you want to do because for the other 30% you will mostly get it from me."
From that day onwards, I had 5 thrilling years with this company doing mostly what I love to do.
It was until the year that unwanted assignments dominantly occupied my work hours and private life, I researched, quitted, and started my new full time status in CSSD.
Not long ago, we had a postgraduate induction day, it was another thrilling moment. We were in groups sharing what brought us here at this point. We were told, no mini-CV, no job-interview type of sharing. And thus, short and yet in-depth sharings were flowing around the rehearsal room. And to summarize what we all have in common, 3 words, "pursuit of happiness". Indeed, we are all very happy to be here doing what we love to do.
From Mr. Aomatsu to CSSD, I was, indeed, and still blessed. The advice that Mr. Ling shared with me when I graduated from GPA, "Do things that you like and be good at it, money will come." It has been the case and this piece of advice keeps coming back to my life when I need to make a call.

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Tuesday, October 28, 2008

草間彌生-愛慕自己


跑去藝術中心電影院看了日本藝術家草間彌生的紀錄片叫"草間彌生-愛慕自己",英文名字是"Kusama Yayoi - I Adore Myself"。很好看的電影。 中英文名字都改得很合適,看畢也非常佩服草間彌生對自己和自己作品的鐘愛。現場,有很多笑聲的,大家都因草間彌生的認真和執著而看得非常投入。

草間彌生很直率,也是一個很認真的藝術家,我覺得不能用自信來表達她對自己作品的欣賞,因為她是打從心底裡面衷心的喜歡自己的作品,當她稱贊自己的作品時,仿佛是以第三者身份說的。我不一定喜歡她的作品,但卻深深的給她這種態度,想法,行為吸引。覺得她的人生活得很浪漫,雖然是差不多八十歲了,但是還是有一個年青的心。特別喜歡她堅持自己是“Avant-Garde Painter"的稱謂,還有非常在意自己的外表和形象,都讓我感受到她的真。有兩段她讀出自己所作的詩的時候,我的鼻子一酸,真的覺得很感動。很高兴这个晚上看了这位艺术家的故事。

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Tuesday, September 23, 2008

Passion


一直都很喜欢STELLA SO的画作,也为此买了陈奕迅的“不想放手”,画作很漂亮,歌曲也好听。
诳书店,终于买到一直想买的书---"粉末都市---消失中的香港"。回家一看,爱不释手。是一份完全能感受得到的诚意,对我们每天能见到的香港景貌和事物有很深刻而细緻的描述,是从心里发出来的一份热情。艺术的感通,让人从心里感动出来。

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Monday, September 22, 2008

All time favourite


I can't help watching it again. It was over the dinner that we talked about it and I just couldn't resist and ran over to rent it from the Movie Land. I can't say it's a great movie but definitely one with depth.

The first time I watched it, I don't think I have gotten much from it. It was mainly for leisure and for laughs. I especially love the idea of "doing nothing", and going after "single moms". (not that I support this idea but found it quite crazy to think like that.)

Then I have watched it again sometime ago, that time, I think I remember only the Godfather scene and the Dead Duck Day, it was fun and hilarious.

And then, I have watched it again, that time, the song "Killing me softly" struck into my head, since then, whenever, I hear this song anywhere, I will have this image a boy singing it with his boyish sound.

This time, I have again watched it. And this time, there is a lot more from it. Maybe my status has changed. I now can share the idea of "doing nothing" as well as counting day by units. And I noticed a lot more from the movie, the begining, "No man is island"; the restaurant scene, "I am on my own, I don't have to put anything first."; the park dialogue scene, "Do you want to touch her?"; the walking home scene, when everyone is walking towards him to work; the rock concert scene, "You are about to commit social suicide, that's why I dropped by."..... and a lot more.

This movie is dynamic and refreshing. Everyone is sort of "screw up" (to put it in Will's term), and yet, they all found their "back up". Can we all be islands? I just love this movie that refreshes our senses from a good laugh.

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Thursday, July 03, 2008

慢慢地



慢慢地,一年一度的回归日都成了上街游行的传统,也慢慢地,有不用诉求的团体也懂得这一天站出来,再慢慢地,政府学会了利用这出口让市民说说话,更慢慢地,也许我们能走出一个有民主的和谐社会。

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Wednesday, June 04, 2008

耐人寻味 (Jun 4, 2008)

小时候看老夫子,老夫子总喜欢用四字的标题,其中最常见的可说是"耐人寻味"了。

最近几天看报纸新闻都是在说副局长的事情,电台讨论,报纸社评,政党演说等都是集中这个事情。 一下子每隔两天就出现的公营机构个人资料外洩的问题就变得销声匿迹,没有调查报告,不用向公众交代,也不用找出要对事件负责任的人。再看看出来评论事件的,也没有什么政党的关注。这个事件不能让政党得分,也不能打击执政者,说白了就是没有什么政治价值。可是,这种私隐问题却与老百姓息息相关。这种现象让我充分体会“耐人寻味”的意思。

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Sunday, June 01, 2008

Memory (June 1, 2008)

之前花了一些时间整理北京生活的点滴,都写在博客上跟朋友分享了。今天收到一个老北京朋友的邮件说他已经从美国搬回去北京了。(他可说是我人生中认识的第二个北京朋友,第一个是)收到邮件的时候刚好在听Sarah Brightman的Memory,(对的,自从上次对Music of The Night的obssession后,这段时间都在听她。书本说我这血型的人就是这样,喜欢一个事情就要不停的重复直到闷为止,挺对的。)

Memory的歌声下突然让我记起了很多刚到北京的回忆。刚到北京,一个朋友也没有,当时他们俩都在国外,所以通过电邮分别的介绍了他们的朋友给我。这些朋友跟我年纪相约,但都是对我能在北京生活下来很重要的朋友。他们帮助我在工作上和生活上很快的适应下来,也邀请我去他们的聚会,让我不会有思乡病。可是他们的出现很有意思,就是在我刚到北京的两,三个月里面常见面,或是只见过一次,但却帮我解决过一些重要问题的,之后大家都忙,或是有些人调离开了北京就没有再联系了。回想起来,最初的两三个月在新地方其实最难适应,如果没有他们,我就不会认识到后来的朋友了。这感觉很有意思,有时候我想,人生里面的小天使不就是这样出现的吗?

让我数算这些天使有谁:
一位南京来的女教师跟我共勉南方来的单身女生在北京的喜与愁
一班山东大学国际政治系的同学让我感觉跟自己的同学聚会一样
一领先旅游网站的CEO常引导我去适合的商业活动
节日怕我会想家所以会邀请我去他们家吃饭的贺爸爸,贺妈妈
一领先的资讯网站的老总常跟我分享在国内当领导要有的技能
在外交方向发展的HYP和RLB常常跟我分享他们的梦想
清华的郑大哥常常在我生活所需用的提供协助
朋友M小姐的健身房的教练,只见过一次,但送了我一台让我看完“蓝色生死恋”的电视机

再一次想起他们虽然是很遥远但也很实在,幸福的感觉也就是这样了。


 

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Thursday, May 08, 2008

人之常情(May 8, 2008)

今天坐巴士回家的路上,我坐的位置前面坐了一个婆婆带着一个大概是两岁的小孩。孩子天真烂漫,活泼得很。小孩站在座位上不停的前后跳动,还不停的转动着头儿,哈哈大笑。未几,小孩的唾沫随着他的兴奋程度在半空中,水平上飞扬。我坐在他后面看着,觉得实在是恐怖万分,可怜还是可幸他前座的乘客并没有为意。

当小孩已经满面和手布满唾液之时,他突然转过身来,看着我,他傻傻的笑着,伸出手来,不停的说着,“姐姐,握握手!”他旁边的婆婆一直微笑着,“是啊,姐姐,来,跟小孩握握手!”我身体本能的往后移,把双手交叉在胸前结得紧紧的。小孩看我没有反应,提高了嗓子的叫,“握握手!”婆婆也同时的劝道,“是啊,握握手!”我还是微笑不动,心里想着,“太呕心了吧!”坐在我旁边的女乘客也开始对我侧目,走道旁的乘客也开始往我这边看。我感觉我的面已经转红了,在这个情急之际,不得不提高嗓子说,“不好意思,姐姐感冒了,不想传染你!”婆婆一听,立即着孙儿转过身去,然后说,“不要跟姐姐玩了,姐姐不舒服。”刻下,其他乘客的目光都放回他们原来专注的事情上。

原来,要在大众面前拒绝一个小孩的要求是有一定的社会压力的。

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Monday, July 16, 2007

我會做好呢份工!(Jul 16, 07)

義工,到底是怎樣的一份工?
現實可能是這樣的:
機構需要有錢人的錢多於他們的勞力,有才能的人需要機構的工作。即使不想這樣想,但當義工的不是被認為時間過剩,就是被認為是想找機會進機構的人。

有人跟我說:「有錢的人坐董事會,有才能的做幹事,兩者都沒有的就當義工啊!」聽者覺得太現實了,總得欣賞那些有心人啊!

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