2006-08-22

海市蜃樓


某天msn中,謝蛋說到在SimCity中創造出一個兒時想出來的古怪境象:在中銀大廈旁有農婦耕田(見上圖)。之後在在下的胡思亂想下,出現了以下的三個可能性——第三次世界大戰後,現代社會的一切都被破壞。

1.
「人類只能在巨大的廢墟之間,用自己的雙手耕作。」

2.
「巨大的廢墟之間長出能與之媲美的參天巨木。我們應該為這些巨木咁到高興。他們應該能比之前的同類活久一點吧。」

3.
「一些從其他行星回來尋根的人,驚訝地發現地球人住在一座座灰色的山中,從矩形般的洞穴走 出來。『真是反樸歸真啊。我們的祖先,不正是穴居的嗎?』」

起來,在西九龍發展計劃鬧得沸沸揚揚的時候,我也曾對未來香港的"形狀"有一些近乎荒謬的幻想。當時就想,說到天幕,不如將來興建一個橫跨維港的拱,連接 港島北和九龍,東至筲箕灣,西至上環。有了這個拱,就可以提供大量「土地」作各種建設。下圖畫功極其差劣,不便之處敬情原諒。

  
凌晨時分,在電車的上層,觀看被路燈照得發黃的街道,猶如湖心的玻璃幕牆上的月影,以及陰暗的街角。黎明之時,在四周一片灰藍之間,迎向天邊的紅雲。

述的都是城市漫遊時令人「心動」的景象。對我來說,城市漫遊除了是一個欣賞各種景物的旅程,亦是享受短暫的寧靜之時。不論是在鬧市繁忙的中午,只有電車聲 的午夜,還是雀聲長鳴的清晨,以緩慢的腳步,輕鬆的心情經過的城市所發出的聲音,都與「嘈音」二字無緣。而漫遊於腦海中看不見的城市,不論是可能的還是不 可能的,也是一大樂事。


令我等天文人咬牙切齒的燈光,某些時候是十分迷人的。

2006-08-20

some comments on commenting

a xanga site was created almost a year ago because someone wanted to comment a xanga entry of a friend. the same thing happened today with the word "xanga" replaced by "blogger"

sometimes i treat blogs as forums where people can discuss something interesting
however i found that only a few people comment seriously

it is easy to tolerate comments which involve personal offence and completely off topic materials since kids should be given chances to improve

however it is frustrating to read comments made by people who comment without careful reading, understanding and thinking; since these comments disappoint the writer who want some "real" discussion

finally, although people seldom reject positive responses, i think it is better to comment the content of the entry instead of saying something like "quite good" since comments like this are meaningless at least among hong kong people