Chi-zheimer's disease

After autopsies of my Chinese writings and numerous lab tests, I am diagnosed with Chi-zheimer's disease on Sep 29, 2006 at 6:28am.

For the rest of my life I have to bear the aftermaths of the disease, of which include word disorder, missed subjects and objects, wrong word usage, word and idiom misuse. The list goes on and on. I am done.

The good news: it is infectious.
The better news: almost everyone is infected
The best news: Not many cares if they are infected or not

As for myself, the ominous signs toward the disease has begun since I was a kid. Nonetheless, the disease is nothing new. It's chronic and language-borne. Through low-quality ads, newspapers, small (or big) talks, schools, and even lower-qualoity 八掛雜誌 the disease has infiltrated almost everwhere

So if you are not infected, you are abnormal. Let's take a diagnosis. Please read out:
1.) 任逹華
2.) 否極泰來
3.) 周刊
4.) What are the meanings of 「呆若木雞」 and「差強人意」？
Warmest regard to you if you got them all "wrong!" "Hongkonger-wise" you are correct.

The disease epitomizes the drawbacks of our education system. We are, unwillingly, the by-products of the botch in Chinese teachings.

Anyway, 反正這也是個習非勝是的世界！
Chi-zheimer's Disease! Be exuberant!
Enjoy the game on your cellphone, parallel-processing Secretary of the Education Bureau!


Ans:
1.) 任(淫)逹華
2.) 否(鄙)極泰來
3.) 周刊(看守的看)
呆若木雞: 指最高境界
差強人意: 尚令人滿意

笑匠也有愠色

許冠文帶給我的聯想通常是冷面笑匠、警機、聰明、多才多藝、生活美滿。

最近的更新可能是忐忑、憔躁、有愠色、未能放手。

何事令一向泰若自然的笑匠如此張皇失措？ 原來是兒女都組織自己的家庭去了。

被訪問時他笑言日後子女再不會像以前般同住，家中也是冷清清的感覺，經過房門將發現兒女已成家立室去了。這都道出了為人父母的心聲。

儘管改變似乎是好，只要是面對改變都會帶來壓力，許冠文也不在此以外，這都是見怪不怪。

反倒令我感到愕然的是連在短短一兩分鐘的娛樂訪問中，他沒有一如以往談笑風生輕描淡寫將視轉移，反而言簡易賅道出了自己的心情，臉上更浮現出靦覭之情，為人父母的擔子及箇中滋味實在不言而諭。

Identity & Perception

I like to see/read/watch ads. But I enjoy understanding ads even more.

Recently I am puzzled by the series of ads of a real estate. In the ad there is a glamorous lady in different elegant costume. You can't miss if you are in Hong Kong these days. While I enjoy watching the beautiful lady in the ad, I am totally befuddled by the concept behind. Well, the "model" is as expected, beautiful, and, probably glamours. But after all, what is the deal between a real estate and a pretty model leading a stylish life? The conventional selling point of real estate is to co-relate happy family and the real estate.

I don't get it, not until I see the fine prints. "Oh! She is MISS UNIVERSE! " After the stunning discovery, surprisingly she becomes more than just a model. She's all that! Chiseled, luscious, sexy and attractive.

I won't be shocked to learn that if the model is Miss Hong Kong because the stature of Miss Hong Kong has long been denigrated. But my perception is definitely skewed by the identity "Miss Universe." Miss Universe is still some kind of quality assurance even though that might not be the case. After all I am demarcated by psychology.

Without identity, we are plain and bland. With identity, we could be easily misunderstood.