Archive for January, 2004
星期六、日-沉迷於信長之野望X-天下創世 和三國誌二裏。浪費了不少光陰。遊戲機魔力大如此。
去旅行前在Pro Sounds 也買了幾盒CD,聽之,精采。
有Szymanowski Symphonies (EMI double CD),
Honegger Symphonies (EMI double CD),
Debussy Images, Jeux, etc. (Haitink, EMI),
Rota Film Music (EMI),
Vaughan Williams Complete Symphonies (Boult, EMI)
Beethoven Complete Piano Sonata (?)
Szymanowski Symphony No.3 超正!勁激動。這個是天才,不可不聽!
點解Szymanowski會不如許多同期作曲家出名呢?
Vaughan Williams late symphonies 也是超正。
星期日,多了一個樂理學生,小六女生,比我還高,如果不是冇左兩粒大牙,我唔會覺得佢係小六。
晚上,會同班同學。有WL, VT, NW, JJ, PKT, RW。久未相見了,見面好像只是互相update info 而已。
她們談起三年前費蘭斯合作社在二月十四日成立的種種趣事。
記得當晚我則和佛,鼠,木和WW(!)在大埔打鞭爐。
上海來伊貓。ZQ 結婚了!之前毫無音訊,竟突然收到六封電郵,六張照片。但是電郵裏無隻字留言,有點奇怪,乃回覆恭賀並問訊。
星期一 CWL 工作,很多,做不完,早上精神緊張,六點即醒。晚上累透,早睡。
星期二 琴房遇U,夾F minor Blues,正。與MS飯。借 DV 與 HDM, 今晚有得聽「全Brahms餐」, 正!
January 1st, 2004 青島歸來
25/12 濟南:大明湖, 有老人家以鋸奏音樂。夜遊,廣場上有人以水在地上寫毛筆字,勁。遊地下商場,百貨+超市。團友中有三歲小童侯康淮(音譯),每每叫我們做薯片哥哥和雞脾姐姐。每次開車都要千方百計才能誘使其回到父母身邊。
26/12 曲阜:孔府,孔廟,孔林。泰安:岱廟。珠寶店、茶葉店、腳底按摩藥水店。
27/12 纜車上泰山,以為甚冷,豈料出汗。黃河上坐氣墊船。回濟南:趵突泉、李清照紀念館。夜遊濟南旺區:地攤買報紙、大快活拉屎、麥當勞食雪糕、串燒小巷、肯德基集合。
28/12 淄博:齊國博物館、葬馬坑。濰坊:中午吃飯,有人在飯店內新婚擺酒。楊家埠看風箏、剪紙、版畫。烟台:夜遊百貨+超市。
29/12 烟台:[一個不知名的塔],看烟台市景觀。蓬萊:蓬萊閣,建築、海景、樹、藤、光影皆甚美。看元朝沉船。青島:遊吉之島,新華書店買書。搭的士往食宵夜,司機中途迷路,幸有手機,電導遊小龍求救。酒店無浴缸,廁所盡濕。
30/12 青島:小魚山、覽青島景色、歐陸風光、買小屋。德國式總督府、裝潢精致、燈飾優雅。教堂,甚高,白色,十字形,美。迴瀾閣、見戰艦。小青島(琴島)。中午於「山水傳」食海鮮,甚鮮美。青島啤酒廠,生啤任飲。嶗山,在毫無心理準備下遇一股寒氣,看見湖面結冰堅於石,落雪細如絲,山岩高偉奇峻,映襯亭臺小橋,仿佛即是山水畫景致。海味鋪。晚飯,有人生日,領隊送蛋糕。夜遊高檔百貨公司,眾人議食宵,因意見不一,散隊收場。領導阿Roy有旅行社內幕消息不吐不快,豈料最終竟無機會告知團友,可惜。
31/12 車上早餐吮袋裝牛奶,回港,A12車上看照片。
快樂的旅程,總是短暫,而且記憶很易事過即忘,
不寫下,怕以後無以追憶。
旅程思考:
1.自由行,旅行團,孰優孰劣?旅行社到底應如何提供服務才較好?加錢外遊節目抽傭金有沒有問題?
2.父母千般方法管教兒子,發人深省,
湊仔到底應該嚴刑峻法?以獎勵相誘?還是恩威並施?
3.山東也越來越多快餐店,超市經營模式幾乎和百佳超級廣場一樣,甚至更大規模,全球化現代化,可喜乎?大型百貨價錢甚至比香港更高,似炫耀性消費,消費者則不多,貧富懸殊乎?報紙亦越來越接近蘋果排版、彩色印刷,有早報、日報、晚報,是否等於報業真正興旺?公路平穩,餐店和廁所皆較以往潔淨。但交通不守規則而混亂,隨地吐痰仍比比皆是。街邊小販的叫賣手法為甚麼趕客多於吸引客人?中國的商品為何很多時無法給人品牌高級的感覺和信心?為何一些地方給不了旅客安全放心的感覺?是公共交通不夠user-friendly?
4.從團友和領隊之間的談話,知多了很多旅遊上的知識,獲益不少。港客消費精明,想起有些港人旅遊時依然帶著香港的一套生活模式,並且要求頗多,過份斤斤計較,太精明,比起糊里糊塗,誰快樂些?一大班人商議決定選擇,為何會因意見不一而無法協議?缺乏領袖型人物?還是大家要求太多?
5.MS開心見誠,待人親切,很快就可以和團友混熟,得益也就多。自己則不慣和陌生人交往,少向人發問,有問題只肯自己嘗試解決,不假外求,也不懂和小孩相處,需當改進。
Review of a year
After seeing Alfred’s review in his diary,
I’d copied and made a review of last year too:
JAN
bike with mouse, alfred, wong kong yu & cherry; (5/1)
join Prof.Tao Kwok Cheung’s reading sessions on saturdays with cherry, universe and akki;
FEB
compo concert with Dennis Wu, Wong Kong Yu, & Alfred Wong (18/2)
Intermezzo performed by George, Suite performed by Chu Hang Chun and me.
MAR
未圓驚夢 performed by Ricky in his dizi concert (14/3)
APR
Written an analysis paper on Mahler’s Lieder eines fahrenden Gesellen
about Mahler’s use of minor third and major third relationship in the structure.
Made poster for CC annual concert, but postponed due to SARS.
MAY
Sold my bicycle for $20.
APA Short Course on directing and acting, taught by William Yip;
JUNE
“Capriccio” performed by JENGA in RTHK New Generation 2003(5/6);
Art Centre oil painting short course;
Art Centre film editing short course;
Started teaching piano and erhu in Parsons;
joined a drama production of 土房子,
made poster and some recorded background music;
JULY
Start teaching theory grade 8 for a private student of IEd ;
Teaching GCSE composition + theory for a private student in Kowloon Town;
Bought my first DV - Panasonic DS-60;
Joined a short course on DV filming by UMovie;
Joined 灣仔劇團 for a short course on
acting and backstage;
AUGUST
灣仔劇團榕樹下 drama practise;
arranged music for the drama;
The first time in my life to date with a girl, MS;
“Fantasy” for Sheng, Pipa, Keybaord, Bass and Drum Set,
performed by Yin, So Hon To, Simon, Wai, Phoebus in Sheng It Up concert (30/8, 31/8);
Made poster for Law Kit’s concert;
Accompanied Scarlett Tang for her singing exam;
Promised Ross for making music for another computer game, but too busy,
wrote two pieces, but failed to complete all;
SEPTEMBER
榕樹下 performance (12/9)
(First time acting on stage)
watched 土房子 drama (13/9)
榕樹下 re-U (28/9), promised Chu Hei
for joining his drama in Macau Fringe Festival;
Started working part-time for CWL, scanning Messiaen’s Traites;
Improvised in the Bauhinia Concert 2003;
OCTOBER
Tried to arrange music for Chu Hei’s “Antigone”,
but failed to follow and fulfill his always changing ideas;
Went to Shatin once and Macau once for watching drama rehearsals;
Deeply depressed for unable to compose for portfolio;
Bought my first synthesizer - Alesis QS6,
second-hand from Yahoo auctions;
NOVEMBER
Stayed in Macau for two weeks (28/10 - 9/11)
controlling the mixer and playing 簫 in ChuHei’s drama 月影寒松(1-2/11,2/11);
got a birthday present and have a nice day with MS (4-5/11);
Played recorder, keyboard and miscellaneous percussions in ChuHei’s drama “Antigone”(8/11, 9/11);
Accompanied Idy for her saxophone exam (15/11);
watched 再度飛躍紅船 arranged by Phoebus and acted by friends of 榕樹下 (29/11) ;
DECEMBER
completed “Rhapsody” for string quartet;
changed to full-time work for CWL;
declared to defer the composition portfolio;
a nice trip with MS in 山東.
