Monday, September 01, 2008

週日雜記

這兒的超級市場,芝士(乳酪)種類多不勝數。很多中國人都受不了芝士,我則不抗拒,也不是太喜歡。

最近,卻愛上了軟綿綿的法國 Brie:



薄薄的切數片來夾餅乾,便是週日的早餐。

不過,十多美元才一小塊,得小心一點,慢慢品嚐。

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從日本買回來的咭片,在箱子中藏了三年後,今天終於把它們放進新買的相架,掛在廚房:



是不是很可愛?

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自兩星期前看了高達的《Masculine Feminine》後,這首歌一直在腦裡不斷重播:



一「聽」到音樂,便想起電影中 Chantal Goya 那誘人的冷漠和高傲。但陰魂不散的旋律,在腦裡揮之不去,很是難受。

把心一橫,到網上買了 Goya 的唱片,實行以毒攻毒。希望一輪疲勞轟炸後,能把音符驅走。

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在 The New Yorker 看到一篇側寫北京奧運的文章。最後的一段,我覺得頗有意思:

As I dined, one day, on a Big Mac in a thunderstorm, seeking and failing to find refuge in a packed McDonald’s beside the Olympic Green subway station, I heard the Olympic theme song, playing on a tape loop inside, and watched a Chinese teen-ager in the doorway. She sucked on her milkshake and then sang along, swaying; she was, at once, everything that the capitalist corporation could hope for, and everything that the Communist Party had planned. I tried to talk to her, but she spoke no English; besides, what young person wants to be asked if he or she feels free? What kind of question is that? I thought of the sign I had seen on the first full day of the Games, in the Forbidden City, as I headed back from the cycling. “Hall of Earthly Tranquillity,” it read, and then, at the bottom, in smaller letters, “Made Possible by the American Express Company.” One world. One dream.

(本來打算把它翻譯成中文,結果還是放棄了。)

輕描淡寫的一段文字,沒有評論,不帶立場,卻是一個意味深遠的剪影。

有時會覺得,中美之間的所謂爭執,不過是政客和新聞媒介刻意製造出來的幻象。

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在公園拍到的藍天白雲:



很久沒見過這麼壯觀的一片雲。

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《Elegy》裡的 Penelope,實在太美了:



電影節奏是慢了一點;但攝影優美,有 Ben Kinsley,有 Dennis Hopper,還有 Penelope 兩幕毫不忸怩,令人屏氣凝神的赤裸演出,夫復何求?

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渾渾噩噩又過了一天。夏天,就這樣悄悄溜走了。

3 comments:

  1. 一旦愛上了芝士,就等於上了年紀一樣,再也不能回頭了!我亦是特愛 Brie;但要小心,有很多種 Brie 的,名字差少少,小心買錯!

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  2. 哈哈﹐我也覺得﹐愛上芝士是條不歸路。

    嗯﹐介紹我的至愛給你吧﹐gouda & havarti。特別是gouda﹐真的好好味﹐會停不
    了口﹗而havarti﹐也是軟綿綿的﹐比較mild。(不夠Brie軟綿綿啦。) 當然當然﹐blue cheese 也是超好味的﹗但我明白﹐不是個個受得了。我也是喜歡了芝士好些年才愛
    上blue cheese的。加blue cheese落salad度真係正到不得了。嘻﹗

    那些咭片真的好可愛呀。但估唔到你會問「是不是很可愛?」囉。:P

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  3. paul:下次買時,要看清楚一點了。

    暫時仍未算是真的愛上芝士,還是要考慮多些,才能決定該不該付出感情。

    yun:我唔識架!gouda,hararti,讀都唔識讀喎。不過我會記住的,thank you!

    可愛有甚麼問題呢?童心未泯呀!(barfing...)

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