updated blog address

due to several reasons, this is now my new blog address:
http://hi.baidu.com/tingg902

cheers.

susie's dinner -> vodka revolution-> street revo

 

[gay strip club]真正eating becomes social matter 了

calzone and salsa

calzone是一種義大利食物 heather提著兩大袋子食材來喂我。做法和餃子類似 用披薩皮包裹食材 不可缺少馬薩拉奶酪絲 入烤箱180度 直到金黃即可。之前開胃菜是gaia做的墨西哥salsa醬和薯片 gaia是德國人 因為父母工作原因在分別墨西哥 印度 尼泊爾 和倫敦長大直到現在來到蘇格蘭念司法人類學研究碩士master by research。為人極度真誠坦蕩，是今年交的好友之一。臨走gaia說，不知為何你的住所總是讓人感覺親切。your flat always makes me feel so cozy.

感激涕零 酒足飯飽後在facebook上感歎：

this place is cozy because of YOU all, thanks. i believe every étranger knows what brings their soul into the ground of a strange foreign land-the genuine connection between individuals, humanity in the real. (than in fake theologians' "reasoning")

發完留言又去看了一下神學院某新同鞋的博客，可怕的facebook⋯⋯這斯87年生，已經育有一子，神情打扮足似47歲。博客上洋洋灑灑批判同性戀，認為他們是地獄的代名詞，按立同志的教會不再是基督教手足云云。

這就是在神學院裡努力保持樂觀向上精神面貌的我的生活一隅..............

Smoke Stack

the thing about sunshine is: it's always better sitting in looking at it than chilling out in it. as Prosper Mérimée wisely stated, that every goodness comes with two frauds, which emphasis the existence of beauty.


Smock Stack, five min away from where i live in the burgh. (so many cool places to discover in Broughton Street!). it's simple, interesting, straightforward and full of life. birds of paradise blossoming by the window, introducing the sunshine into this red passionland.


coffee liquer, and i should start my report about spiritualities in life due on Monday....


愛丁堡，部落頓街，咖啡，梅裡美，卡門，日光

sympathy for mr. vengeance

個體如何生存－1，看似孤立無助的個體其實扎根於龐大的體制中 2，而體制有其反人性的一面 3，人性又如何定義？

較之 old boy， 喜歡sympathy for mr. vengeance 多一點罷。也不一定。

Hangul	복수는 나의 것
RR	Boksuneun Naui Geot
MR	Poksunŭn Naŭi Kŏt
Directed by	Park Chan-wook
Produced by	Studio Box
Written by	Park Chan-wook Lee Jae-sun Lee Mu-yeong Lee Yong-jong
Starring	Song Kang-ho Shin Ha-kyun Bae Doona
Distributed by	CJ Entertainment Tartan Films
Release date(s)	South Korea: March 29, 2002
Running time	129 minutes
Language	Korean
Followed by	Oldboy

mundane trip

was talking about 文房四寶 with Rebecca - it is said to keep a peaceful mind in the mundane is important
Rebecca: great, i'm in the mundane quite a lot...

手有余香

良人贈我薄荷枝。從蒙太古街一路走到倫敦路，凌晨的蘇格蘭十分涼薄，薄荷葉香得更凜冽。

四個季節：冬，冬，冬，還是冬。有別于質里。

guilded season

auntumn in edinburgh can be beautiful - clear blue sky (when it is not raining, which is rare, but anyway) reflects those golden leaves, on trees or falling down.

walking in shadows and sunshine.
fresh children crash those dead leaves - everything seems cheerful and peaceful, however guildedly instead of goldenly bright.

structuralist

 

simple colour games. in a sense we are all structuralists, embodify the world to live up to it.

IKEA, a place that i used to disguise. the standerised happiness and seemingly humane details are anti-human indeed - to create a universal humanity and commercialise it, well-done of course. they tell you this is what you need and what you want, this is the RIGHTEOUS life attitude that you should pursue. if not, you fail.

dear...i don't give a damn.

prawn masala and other dishes

polenta with salmon omlette - perfect for a night menu










prawn masala was a brave test, turned out to be yum!

a creative dish - boil fungus till they are getting soft, fry with red pepper or chili to add some flavour; fry aubergine and mushrooms with blackbean sauce, salt etc. use brown sugar and coconut powder to cook the rice, and decorate with banana slices.

[spend my life time going back home]

Diaspora

Supported by Homecoming Scotland, Visiting Arts,
National Arts Council (Singapore) and the Singapore Arts Festival

About the Performance

Sweeping, panoramic performance
Diaspora is a sweeping, panoramic performance exploring memory, migration, assimilation and the triumph of the human spirit. Ong Keng Sen's visionary production is an intricate layering of music, video and live story-telling.
Notions of home
Keng Sen and a group of video artists have searched for real-life stories of diaspora and displacement. Through the personal stories of Vietnamese Americans, Indonesian Chinese, Indians in South East Asia, Orang Laut (or sea nomads) and Scottish Muslims, Keng Sen explores notions of home, identity and the dispersion of peoples through war, through birth and through choice.
2000 years of Chinese music
This epic panorama of image and sound is underscored by a timeline of Chinese music spanning 2000 years, ranging from mountain songs to contemporary compositions, performed live by the Singapore Chinese Orchestra.
'Ong Keng Sen is one of Singapore's cultural jewels.' The Guardian
Ong Keng Sen is Leverhulme Artist in Residence at the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities at the University of Edinburgh.
Performance Details

By Ong Keng Sen

TheatreWorks
Singapore Chinese Orchestra
European Premiere
Ong Keng Sen Director and writer
Tsung Yeh Conductor
Choy Ka Fai Video installation
Toru Yamanaka Electronic composer
Scott Zielinski Lighting designer
Video artists: Rabiya Choudhry, Ariani Darmawan, Zai Kuning, Dinh Q. Le, Navin Rawanchaikul, Tintin Wulia
Actors: Koh Boon Pin, Janice Koh, Lim Kay Tong, Nora Samosir

新加坡華樂團的演出 消息從美國朋友處得來 看來導演及作曲Ong Keng Sen（王景生）頗有號召力 這一出不僅用了中國民樂 民樂完全融合進管弦及電子音樂 多媒體的應用讓效果更震撼人心 非常好的演出 是今年愛丁堡藝術節至今為止最好的表演 可能也是對我來說近幾年來看過最好的 上半場結束已經淚如雨下

主題是diaspora 散居 四幕背景 投影人像 使音樂更具敘事性和感染力 四位主要敘述者好似憑空穿行 也表述了回憶被架空和曲解的意思

都 是亞洲人 印度人 華人 巴基斯坦人 越南人⋯⋯各族後裔在世界各地的無根無身分歧視茫然 華人在印度尼西亞65年及98年遭遇的屠殺 印尼女隨兒女定居加州 她為他們美國化而心痛 問到自己認為自己是美國人還是印尼人 坦言其實我是中國人 我父親甚至都出生在中國 星洲男因為母親是印度人從小受盡歧視 和日本女人結婚後做了變性手術 然後發現自己女兒有母親那樣的胎記 道教廟宇在巴厘島神蹟飄搖 越南戰爭幸存者回到胡志明市瘋狂搜購舊相片 ［人們以為當年的越南只有死亡 但是我們生活過 尋回我家族的影像已經不可能了 所以我想保存所有可能的記憶］

像我這樣的所謂上海人 祖父母輩遷移入滬 為甚麼？因為戰爭 來不及哀悼親朋的屍首 手足相殘又十年 終於決定忘記傷痛安頓家園 所有信望一夜成為恥辱 50年代不能提 60年代不能提 70年代不能提 80年代可以提最末一年的下半年－－新中國總共30年歷史 我們怎樣被教導成人？恥辱與驕傲 兩者深植於同一物 壓在心上的腫瘤也是肩上的負擔 越戰幸存者言：如何找尋流逝的？記憶被我們曲解 具體到個體 家因為［面積小 壓強就相對的大］所以家比故土更沈重 人人肅穆 事事凝重 家裡有些甚麼 人人避諱 也是為甚麼三表哥（我一共就兩名表兄 三表哥是為了讀起來順口……）和我都希望離家 而根在哪裡？異鄉客的生活殆盡心智 也是為甚麼Ong Keng Sen的一位敘事者的話這樣打動我：

i spend my life time going back home. 言下之意，雖歸家心切，卻無法回去。

不 想讓我的痛哭流涕破壞了別人的心情 結束後盡可能的和人解釋為甚麼這個演出對我來說這麼disturbing，因為這裡有這樣一個［雖歸家心切，卻無法回去］芝諾悖論。說到這裡為了鼓舞人心 就又自我開涮逗人樂：there's such a zeno’s paradox here，can u see the link between two great civilisations, the greek and the chinese? can u? can u? er??

Italian Seafood Gumbo

Yeah, I know this doesn't make sense..."Italian Seafood Gumbo". Sure, gumbo is Cajun cooking; rich, sensual, spicy. But if you want the sensual seafood goodness of gumbo, but want something lighter, less spicy...a little less "full on", then try this.

Essentially a veggie/shrimp soup base, with shrimp, crab stick (a shortcut, I know), some pasta of your choice (durum macaroni in this one), plus potatoes and carrots, with rosemary, thyme, shallots, and red onion added when it feels right. Just let it boil and when the potatoes start to break up a bit you can start serving.

A crazy combo, I know, but I've never liked identity politics anyway...