Monday, October 25, 2010

围绕一零零,可能会有的对话

“老婆啊,怎么最近的衣服晾了一整天都还湿湿不干的?”
“老公啊,你瞎眼了啊?你没看见门前那一零零都把阳光给挡掉了吗?”

“老公啊,最近我的颈好酸啊!快帮我按摩。”
“都叫你不要整天抬头看那一零零罗!天天看你不会闷的咩?”
“哎呀,人家是要看它有没有突然摇一摇嘛!如果真的摇,至少可以立刻通知咱们家儿子立刻逃开嘛!”

“老婆啊,来我帮你和一零零拍照!”
“才不要啦,人家要的是世界最高!这又不是杜拜的又不是台北的,才不要拍!”

“老公啊,怎么这地方总是塞车塞不停啊?一零零不是有很多层拿来当停车场的吗?”
“哪有啦?人家一零零是拿来给人家做工的好不好?”
“那塞车是怎搞的啊?”
“没办法啦,地下铁要等到2020年嘛!”

“老婆啊,这星期六我们去KLCC shopping罗!”
“还去KLCC?一零零比较便宜列!”
“卖的不都是一样的东西吗?怎么会比较便宜的?”
“人家KLCC是外国人建的嘛!那一零零却是100%本地制造列!不用进口,当然比较便宜啦!”

“老公啊,外国朋友问我来吉隆坡看市景要去哪里看?吉隆坡塔?KLCC?还是一零零?”
“当然是一零零啦!它最高嘛!都是同样的市景,你会去低点的地方看吗?”

“老婆啊,我想去吉隆坡碰碰运气,总好过这乡下工作都没有的。”
“你没文没凭,你去干嘛啊?”
“人家一零零那么多层,每一层都请人的话,就算一层只需要五十个人,也有五千个机会了。就算扫地的也可能需要几千人也说不定,总有工作的!”

“老公啊,真的很高,很美列!”
“有没有那么美啊?我还是喜欢KLCC的。”
“哎呀,一零零再怎么说也是用了些我的钱来建的列,当然要讲美啦!不然怎么好安慰自己?”

“老婆啊,XXXXX一零零XXXXX!”
“老公啊,XXXXX一零零XXXXX!”

于是,年度最具话题性词语得主没有面对什么争议。
——一零零。

Thursday, October 21, 2010

四种声

你,为什么完全不出声?
选择沉默,默默接受?
瘦瘦身躯可想过油钱都去哪吗?
面包价更高?山高皇帝远?
一间屋子少了一根钉也不行也!

你,为什么不出大声点?
蜻蜓点水,谁会听见?
轻轻一弹已当成付出与贡献吗?
积水可成河?明哲可包身?
长啸不断肯定胜过偶尔一叹也!

你,为什么会出声附和?
间中利益,一份归你?
狠狠无视良心试问此生何谓啊?
因人在江湖?因信有善终?
长线钓大鱼解不了当务之饥也!

你,为什么反而不出声?
赞成反对,对辩已乏?
茫茫视野于是不知落声何处吗?
时机未成熟?无声是有声?
至少也得挥毫留字方泄心闷也!

Tuesday, October 19, 2010

Cheers

两本杂志,各自记载了二十五堂人生必修课,来自五十个真实人物真实故事。
政商界,时尚界,娱乐界,表演界,运动界。。。
他们来自不同的背景,不同的世界,却有许多共同的地方。
其中三个,是努力,努力,以及努力。
爱迪生关于天才与努力的名言,完美体现在他们身上。

他山之石,可以攻玉;他人的故事,可以有很多可以。
可以是起点站,可以是加油站,可以是休息站;
也可以是终点站,或者是转换站。
他们的成绩,他们的成功,也许我们难能复制,难能拷贝;
但从他们口中说出的一句话,或者从他们口中说出的一段经历,
却可以把惊涛变静浪。
或反之,在声默处激起长啸一阵阵。

原谅我无法在这里一一引用其中名句,毕竟我心中之尺可能非彼之尺。
使我茅塞顿开的,可能对彼而言只是普通一句话。
何况那些名句名言,还得有背景有故事才能更传神惊人。
于是,我把这两本杂志,平放在伸手可取的桌面上。

能源随时断缺的如今,我为自己多准备了一个能源管道,不让自己有借口说难有来源了。

Friday, October 08, 2010

大建设,小细节

再次踏足美丽宝岛,我试着收起之前的记忆。
就好像同一个小王子,不同时候的相逢会有不同的发现。
我想知道,归零后的重游,我会看到什么感觉到什么。
也许,所看所感,就是我这三年来成长之处。
于是,我东张西望,我前观后看。
一砖一块,一楼一宇;
一笔一划,一气一息。
——意外的,我还是看到了怡保的颜色。
没错是小巫见大巫,但走过的那些街那些巷子,总有股格外熟悉且亲切的空间感。

另一个意外的收获却是从旅馆主人口中说出的一句话:
“大建设,我们已经渐渐完成;如今,是往小细节处发展。”
“所以台北有了一个新景点——华山1914创意文化园区,一个前身是酒厂而今是保有旧台北味道的文艺展演区。很多外国旅客去了后都纷纷赞好呢!”
虽然我最终没有去到那园区,但那句大建设小细节的话却一直荡漾在我耳旁。
——我首先想起那不再唐人的茨厂街,以及那暂时只被推倒了一面墙的富都监狱。

如果说那些高楼大厦创造了千万商机,那些高速大道方便了车辆流通;
而那些曾号称最高最大最前卫最先进等最的大建设则敲响了我们的名声,
喧哗之下我们的小细节是否有好好地被磋磨呢?
是大建设还是小细节,才会让游客留下更深印象,立下重游之言呢?
又是大建设还是小细节,才能让我们更加自豪地把马来西亚的内面带出去呢?

大建设,给了我们美丽的外表;大建设,把发展不再流于言辞描绘。
但小细节,却是我们的内涵来源,甚至可说是我们的文化扎根之处。

大约一年前我在报章上看到了几篇说大马城市的文章,其中一篇我想借来在此分享:
“書店、美術館、藝術節、雙年展、獨立音樂、表演藝術、藝術工作者,以上這些標籤,很微妙的構成了一座城市的文化涵養指標,用以檢測一座城市的文化藝術溫度。”
“環顧四週,行道樹永遠是不開花的沉悶風景,安全島上的矮木叢有時候修剪成可笑的形狀,街燈像灰色堅硬的芽苗。”
“這個島嶼明明太有天賦,大片藍天底下有種瓜得瓜的肥沃土壤,何以沒有溫美的景觀。行道樹負責調節溫度,還是負責遮擋路標?安全島的矮木叢太過茂盛,枝椏長到車道刮傷摩托車。街燈不是太俗氣華麗就是太冰冷黯淡,哪一座公園能讓你安心散步看看美麗的落葉?街道上有方便好用且創意美麗的垃圾桶嗎?輕快鐵車廂偶爾 有趣但恆常沉悶,候車亭的造型永遠讓人不敢恭維。”
那篇文章,名为《一个城市的温度》
它的结尾:“你從不覺得這城市美麗。”如今再看更使我只能嗟乎不已。

小细节,不小,乃是大学问,才有大明日,晓得吗?

Tuesday, October 05, 2010

"What is life?"

I definitely don't like this question. It sounds too philosophy.
"I'm a philosopher, what else do you expect me to ask?"
But I'm still an ordinary student, still a way far from answering that kind of question.
"What does an ordinary student answer then?"
I don't know, it depends on which field is the student in.
"How long do you think you need to answer my question?"
May be when I'm much older? Do you think that a lad can have a nice say about life?
"There's a man working hard under the blazing sun now. Are you trying to say that he can tell more about life when his life might be nothing but earning bread to live on everyday?"
Alright, you got me. For them, bread is surely more important than the quest of life.
"Which means life is about living, or rather surviving, to see the sunrise tomorrow?"
I bet you won't see that as an answer.
"Mind to share your thought then?"
Like I said, I'm too young. All I know is just follow the path ahead.
"Who gave you the path ahead to follow?"
Don't ask me, that's where others normally go. Life is some sort of formula, I guess.
"What do you mean by formula?"
Well, we are born, grow up, study, work, marry, then become an old folk, and finally die. It is set. It is a formula, a nature formula, and most of us apply it.
"So life is a formula that can't be changed?"
I don't want to admit it, but it seems to be a yes.
"Then why are there still so many asking about life?"
May be they are not satisfied? May be they need some answers for their unbalanced life? Or may be they are searching for something that make them different from others?
"So you are trying to say that searching for answers, is what defines life?"
Some said, life is about spending the every moment meaningfully. But please, don't ask me to define meaningful. It depends, too. And now who is the philosopher here? Isn't that I'm should be the one who hear but not speak?
"Everyone is looking for answers. Everyone is thinking about life. Everyone is philosopher."
Bearing that so-called his conclusion in mind, I looked over the street. I saw a colorful board with some writings on it.
——"JUST LIVE." ——