THE OPAQUE BUT FATAL CAPITALISM
I was too bad as an Economic student to comment on one of the greatest (and worst) ideologies of mankind. Wealth, prosperity, freedom, luxury… are - though profligate they all sound -all positive associations of this doctrine the first world surrenders to. It still, as always, seems to me that something is not right about it. … Read more
BEAUTIFUL
Syn Emergence from RICH BEVAN on Vimeo.
Don’t Buy. DIY.
Yes in some way it reminds me of the little craftwork my cousin did as some traces of her adolescence. Yet it is a pity that it so far has not been regarded as a necessity of daily life. Back to the primitive times when a man had nothing but his own limbs, clothes were … Read more
Merry Christmas does not mean sex and fun.
And I meant it. This is one of the three e-cards I made for Christmas, exclusively for my peers. As a Catholic I don’t want to be dogmatic. I KNOW any praise of God in front of “hipsters” is odd and stubborn. Therefore I gave up murmuring about the real and only meaning of Christmas. … Read more
My vintage uni homework.
曾宴桃源深洞，一曲舞鸞歌鳳。 長記別伊時，和淚出門相送。 如夢，如夢，殘月落花煙重。 The joyful time once in Eden, Ballads and Dances, intimate lovers. Forever in mind is the pain of parting; when farewell ended in your weeping. Dreamlike life, dreamlike life, Tears of the moon, death of the flowers, fog of my misery.
吾鄉香港
其實已經想講很多次都不知從何說起。 這片土地我曾經覺得很安全，殖民時代年幼或許無知時總覺對與錯分明。 97後經濟蕭條時再現繁華卻離譜到不得了。 我尚記得繁華時代全民炒股炒樓，以快錢為先的心態。 到後來連大學生都全職投資以為錢程錦繡。 當人人都將時光青春血汗都統統埋葬到美好將來的妄想當中， 就無人記得腳根本就是應該踏實地， 眼前光景未見生機又何來安享未來的福氣。 由科技走到金融，大學大熱科目中不見理想而見金錢掛帥。 他們都不談兒時作文題目「我的志願」，只想角力起薪點高低。 難忘好友在09爆破前還在跟我說基金在手如何安樂退休。 我說我想法未長久只在想如何出頭。 從前香港未必是樂園但總算陽光處處。 現在舊樓拆新樓起，重建添奢氣。 灣仔一眾舊樓光榮塌下，換來THE PAWN、J SENSES富者魚肉。 所謂市區重建都是向建築商讓地發財，非貧則富。 樓盤廣告奢貴華麗，看來好夢可笑可悲。 當金錢統統沖昏大腦，更別談環保此等人類大難的問題。 未得錢，焉知活？未得財，焉知綠？ 我實在已經不想再與愚者談笑風生。 他們自以為生於盛世的末代想法不值可憐。 這個世代實在容不下不想世難當前者。
GREEN HOME.
Avatar is the best of the year. Not to mention the completely flawless CG, it succeeded in creating somewhere we would die for to call reality. The wakeup call in the movie is hard to go through. For as you look at the vast green and colourful, bright and beautiful, you don’t want to look … Read more
Non-material gift.
It’s not just about money, materialism and consumerism. It’s all about the mentality of how Christmas is supposed to be spent. This evening I watched DOUBT with my man at home. One scene that really impressed me is that of the old Sister cheerfully putting the figures, slowly with her wrinkled hand, onto the setting … Read more
Shareable: The Stranger Exchange
Shareable: The Stranger Exchange. Not long ago I stumbled on this great website, Shareable, to find some resonance for my “big plan”. Being able to share with others is a bliss that not many urban crawlers realise. I personally love to see – or just imagine – the smile on the receivers’ face of whatever … Read more
HEARTBREAK
From Heartbreak Magazine Radio is playing ‘You are alone’; it can’t be more wry. The floating voice of someone dead is the worst tragedy of nostalgia. It exists without a form. Like you eat without tasting. Walking without touching the ground. Fucking without feeling. How bad. Technology keeps us reminded of things that are gone … Read more
